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my
1. det. First-person singular possessive determiner. See.
2. det. Belonging to me.
I can't find my book.
3. det. Associated with me.
My seat at the restaurant was uncomfortable.
Don't you know my name?
I recognised him because he had attended my school.
4. det. Related to me.
My parents won't let me go out tonight.
5. det. In the possession of me.
I have to take my books back to the library soon.
6. interj. Used to express surprise, shock or amazement.
My, what big teeth you have!
uncle
1. n. The brother or brother-in-law of one’s parent.
2. n. (euphemistic) A companion to one's (usually unmarried) mother.
3. n. (figuratively) A source of advice, encouragement, or help.
4. n. (UK, informal, dated) A pawnbroker.
5. n. (especially in the Southern US, parts of UK, and Asia) An affectionate term for a man of an older generation than oneself, especially a friend of one's parents, by means of fictive kin.
6. n. (Southern US, slang) An older male African-American person.
7. interj. A cry used to indicate surrender.
8. v. (transitive, colloquial) To address somebody by the term uncle.
9. v. (intransitive, colloquial) To act like, or as, an uncle.
Is
1. n. plural of I
2. v. third-person singular present indicative of be
He is a doctor. He retired some time ago.
Should he do the task, it is vital that you follow him.
3. n. plural of i
remember to dot your is
be
1. v. (intransitive, now literary) To exist; to have real existence.
2. v. (with there, or dialectally it, as dummy subject) To exist.
There is just one woman in town who can help us. (or, dialectally:) It is just one woman in town who can help us.
3. v. (intransitive) To occupy a place.
The cup is on the table.
4. v. (intransitive) To occur, to take place.
When will the meeting be?
5. v. (intransitive, in perfect tenses, without predicate) Elliptical form of "be here", "go to and return from" or similar.
The postman has been today, but my tickets have still not yet come.
I have been to Spain many times.
Moscow, huh? I've never been, but it sounds fascinating.
6. v. (transitive, copulative) Used to indicate that the subject and object are the same.
Knowledge is bliss.
Hi, I’m Jim.
7. v. (transitive, copulative, mathematics) Used to indicate that the values on either side of an equation are the same.
3 times 5 is fifteen.
8. v. (transitive, copulative) Used to indicate that the subject plays the role of the predicate nominal.
François Mitterrand was president of France from 1981 to 1995.
9. v. (transitive, copulative) Used to connect a noun to an adjective that describes it.
The sky is blue.
10. v. (transitive, copulative) Used to indicate that the subject has the qualities described by a noun or noun phrase.
The sky is a deep blue today.
11. v. (transitive, auxiliary) Used to form the passive voice.
The dog was drowned by the boy.
12. v. (transitive, auxiliary) Used to form the continuous forms of various tenses.
The woman is walking.
I shall be writing to you soon.
We liked to chat while we were eating.
13. v. (archaic, auxiliary) Used to form the perfect aspect with certain intransitive verbs, most of which indicate motion. Often still used for "to go".
14. v. (transitive, auxiliary) Used to form future tenses, especially the future periphrastic.
I am to leave tomorrow.
I would drive you, were I to obtain a car.
15. v. (transitive, copulative) Used to link a subject to a measurement.
This building is three hundred years old.
I am 75 kilograms.
He’s about 6 feet tall.
16. v. (transitive, copulative, with a cardinal numeral) Used to state the age of a subject in years.
I’m 20. (= I am 20 years old.)
17. v. (with a dummy subject) it Used to indicate the time of day.
It is almost eight. (= It is almost eight o’clock.)
It’s 8:30 read eight-thirty in Tokyo.
What time is it there? It’s night.
18. v. (With since) Used to indicate passage of time since the occurrence of an event.
It has been three years since my grandmother died. (similar to My grandmother died three years ago, but emphasizes the intervening period)
It had been six days since his departure, when I received a letter from him.
19. v. (often, impersonal, with it as a dummy subject) Used to indicate weather, air quality, or the like.
It is hot in Arizona, but it is not usually humid.
Why is it so dark in here?
20. v. (dynamic/lexical "be", especially in progressive tenses, conjugated non-suppletively in the present tense, see usage notes) To exist or behave in a certain way.
"What do we do?" "We be ourselves.".
Why is he being nice to me?
always
1. adv. At all times; throughout all time
God is always the same.
2. adv. Constantly during a certain period, or regularly at stated intervals (opposed to sometimes or occasionally).
In this street, the shops always close during lunchtime.
3. adv. (informal) In any event.
I thought I could always go back to work.
happy
1. adj. Having a feeling arising from a consciousness of well-being or of enjoyment; enjoying good of any kind, such as comfort, peace, or tranquillity; blissful, contented, joyous.
Music makes me feel happy.
2. adj. Experiencing the effect of favourable fortune; favored by fortune or luck; fortunate, lucky, propitious.
3. adj. Content, satisfied (with or to do something); having no objection (to something).
Are you happy to pay me back by the end of the week?
Yes, I am happy with the decision.
4. adj. Of acts, speech, etc.: appropriate, apt, felicitous.
a happy coincidence
5. adj. (in combination) Favoring or inclined to use.
slaphappy, trigger-happy
6. adj. (rare) Of persons, especially when referring to their ability to express themselves (often followed by at or in): dexterous, ready, skilful.
7. n. preceded by the: happy people as a group.
8. n. (informal, rare) A happy event, thing, person, etc.
9. v. (intransitive) Often followed by up: to become happy; to brighten up, to cheer up.
10. v. Often followed by up: to make happy; to brighten, to cheer, to enliven.
to
1. part. A particle used for marking the following verb as an infinitive.
I want to leave.
He asked me what to do.
I don’t know how to say it.
I have places to go and people to see.
2. part. As above, with the verb implied.
"Did you visit the museum?" "I wanted to, but it was closed.".
If he hasn't read it yet, he ought to.
3. part. A particle used to create phrasal verbs.
I have to do laundry today.
4. prep. Indicating destination: In the direction of, and arriving at.
We are walking to the shop.
5. prep. Used to indicate purpose.
He devoted himself to education.
They drank to his health.
6. prep. Used to indicate result of action.
His face was beaten to a pulp.
7. prep. Used after an adjective to indicate its application.
similar to ..., relevant to ..., pertinent to ..., I was nice to him, he was cruel to her, I am used to walking.
8. prep. (obsolete,) As a.
With God to friend (with God as a friend); with The Devil to fiend (with the Devil as a foe); lambs slaughtered to lake (lambs slaughtered as a sacrifice); t
9. prep. (arithmetic) Used to indicate a ratio or comparison.
one to one = 1:1
ten to one = 10:1.
I have ten dollars to your four.
10. prep. (arithmetic) Used to indicate that the preceding term is to be raised to the power of the following value; indicates exponentiation.
Three squared or three to the second power is nine.
Three to the power of two is nine.
Three to the second is nine.
11. prep. Used to indicate the indirect object.
I gave the book to him.
12. prep. (time) Preceding.
ten to ten = 9:50; We're going to leave at ten to (the hour).
13. prep. Used to describe what something consists of or contains.
Anyone could do this job; there's nothing to it.
There's a lot of sense to what he says.
14. prep. (Canada, UK, Newfoundland, West Midlands) At.
Stay where you're to and I'll come find you, b'y.
15. adv. Toward a closed, touching or engaging position.
Please push the door to.
16. adv. (nautical) Into the wind.
17. adv. misspelling of too
discharge
1. v. To accomplish or complete, as an obligation.
2. v. To free of a debt, claim, obligation, responsibility, accusation, etc.; to absolve; to acquit; to clear.
3. v. To send away (a creditor) satisfied by payment; to pay one's debt or obligation to.
4. v. To set aside; to annul; to dismiss.
5. v. To expel or let go.
6. v. To let fly, as a missile; to shoot.
7. v. (electricity) To release (an accumulated charge).
8. v. To relieve of an office or employment; to send away from service; to dismiss.
9. v. (medicine) To release (an inpatient) from hospital.
10. v. (military) To release (a member of the armed forces) from service.
11. v. To release legally from confinement; to set at liberty.
to discharge a prisoner
12. v. To operate (any weapon that fires a projectile, such as a shotgun or sling).
13. v. To release (an auxiliary assumption) from the list of assumptions used in arguments, and return to the main argument.
14. v. To unload a ship or another means of transport.
15. v. To put forth, or remove, as a charge or burden; to take out, as that with which anything is loaded or filled.
to discharge a cargo
16. v. To give forth; to emit or send out.
A pipe discharges water.
17. v. To let fly; to give expression to; to utter.
He discharged a horrible oath.
18. v. (transitive, textiles) To bleach out or to remove or efface, as by a chemical process.
to discharge the colour from a dyed fabric in order to form light figures on a dark background
19. v. (obsolete, Scotland) To prohibit; to forbid.
20. n. (symptom) Pus or exudate (other than blood) from a wound or orifice, usually due to infection or pathology.
21. n. The act of accomplishing (an obligation); performance.
22. n. The act of expelling or letting go.
23. n. The process of unloading something.
24. n. The process of flowing out.
25. n. (electricity) The act of releasing an accumulated charge.
26. n. (medicine) The act of releasing an inpatient from hospital.
27. n. (military) The act of releasing a member of the armed forces from service.
28. n. (hydrology) The volume of water transported by a river in a certain amount of time, usually in units of m3/s (cubic meters per second).
His
1. pron. honoraltcaps, his
2. det. Belonging to him.
3. det. (dated) Belonging to a person of unspecified gender.
4. det. (obsolete) Its; belonging to it. (Now only when implying personification.)
5. det. (archaic) Used as a genitive marker in place of ’s after a noun, especially a masculine noun ending in -s, to express the possessive case.
Ahab his mark for Ahab's mark.
Sejanus his Fall
6. pron. That which belongs to him; the possessive case of he, used without a following noun.
The decision was his to live with.
7. pron. alternative spelling of His
8. n. plural of hi
tutelary
1. adj. Relating to guardianship or protection.
When a minor is involved, tutelary powers frequently accompany powers of attorney.
2. adj. Of or pertaining to a guardian.
My uncle is always happy to discharge his tutelary responsibilities towards me.
3. adj. Having the qualities of a tutor.
4. n. (religion, chiefly paganism) A deity or spirit serving as a guardian or protector of a place, person, culture, etc.; a tutelar, a tutelary deity.
responsibilities
1. n. plural of responsibility
responsibility
1. n. The state of being responsible, ac, or answerable.
Responsibility is a heavy burden.
2. n. A duty, obligation or liability for which someone is held ac.
Why didn't you clean the house? That was your responsibility!
The responsibility of the great states is to serve and not to dominate the world - Harry S. Truman
3. n. (military) The obligation to carry forward an assigned task to a successful conclusion. With responsibility goes authority to direct and take the necessary action to ensure success.
4. n. (military) The obligation for the proper custody, care, and safekeeping of property or funds entrusted to the possession or supervision of an individual.
towards
1. prep. alternative form of toward
2. adv. In the direction of something (indicated by context).
3. adj. Near; at hand; in state of preparation; toward.
Me
1. n. en-abbr
2. n. (chemistry) (abbreviation of methyl)
3. pron. alternative case form of me often used when speaking as God or another important figure who is understood from context.
4. pron. As the direct object of a verb.
Can you hear me?
5. pron. (obsolete) Myself; as a reflexive direct object of a verb.
6. pron. As the object of a preposition.
Come with me.
7. pron. As the indirect object of a verb.
He gave me this.
8. pron. (US, colloquial) Myself; as a reflexive indirect object of a verb; the ethical dative.
9. pron. (colloquial) As the complement of the copula (“be” or “is”).
It wasn't me.
10. pron. (Australia, British, New Zealand, colloquial) My; preceding a noun, marking ownership.
11. pron. (colloquial, with "and") As the subject of a verb.
Me and my friends played a game.
12. pron. (nonstandard, not with "and") As the subject of a verb.
13. det. (UK regional, Ireland) alternative form of my

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