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on
     1. adj. In the state of being active, functioning or operating.
     2. adj. Performing according to schedule.
           Are we still on for tonight?
           Is the show still on?
     3. adj. (chiefly UK, informal, usually negative) Acceptable, appropriate.
           You can't do that; it's just not on.
     4. adj. (informal) Destined, normally in the context of a challenge being accepted; involved, doomed.
           "Five bucks says the Cavs win tonight." ―"You're on!".
           Mike just threw coffee onto Paul's lap. It's on now.
     5. adj. (baseball, informal) Having reached a base as a runner and being positioned there, awaiting further action from a subsequent batter.
     6. adj. (euphemistic) Menstruating.
     7. adv. To an operating state.
           turn the television on
     8. adv. Along, forwards (continuing an action).
           drive on, rock on
     9. adv. In continuation, at length.
           and so on.
           He rambled on and on.
     10. adv. (not US) Later.
           Ten years on, nothing had changed in the village.
     11. prep. Positioned at the upper surface of, touching from above.
           on the table;  on the couch
           The parrot was sitting on Jim's shoulder.
     12. prep. At or near; adjacent to.
           Soon we'll pass a statue on the left.
           The fleet is on the American coast.
           Croton-on-Hudson, Rostov-on-Don, Southend-on-Sea
     13. prep. Covering.
           He wore old shoes on his feet.
     14. prep. At the date of.
           Born on the 4th of July.
     15. prep. Some time during the day of.
           I'll see you on Monday.   The bus leaves on Friday.   Can I see you on a different day? On Sunday I'm busy.
     16. prep. Dealing with the subject of, about, or concerning something.
           A book on history.   The World Summit on the Information Society.
     17. prep. Touching; hanging from.
           The fruit ripened on the trees.   The painting hangs on the wall.
     18. prep. (informal) In the possession of.
           I haven't got any money on me.
     19. prep. Because of, or due to.
           To arrest someone on suspicion of bribery.   To contact someone on a hunch.
     20. prep. Upon; at the time of (and often because of).
           On Jack's entry, William got up to leave.
           On the addition of ammonia, a chemical reaction begins.
     21. prep. Paid for by.
           The drinks are on me tonight, boys.   The meal is on the house.   I paid for the airfare and meals for my family, but the hotel room was on the company.
     22. prep. Used to indicate a means or medium.
           I saw it on television.   Can't you see I'm on the phone?
     23. prep. Indicating a means of subsistence.
           They lived on ten dollars a week.   The dog survived three weeks on rainwater.
     24. prep. Away or occupied with (e.g. a scheduled activity).
           He's on his lunch break.   on vacation;  on holiday
     25. prep. Denoting performance or action by contact with the surface, upper part, or outside of anything; hence, by means of; with.
           to play on a violin or piano
           Her words made a lasting impression on my mind.
     26. prep. Regularly taking (a drug).
           You've been on these antidepressants far too long.   He's acting so strangely, I think he must be on something.
     27. prep. Under the influence of (a drug).
           He's acting crazy because he's on crack right now.
     28. prep. (mathematics) Having identical domain and codomain.
           a function on
     29. prep. (mathematics) HavingV^n as domain and V as codomain, for some set V and integer n.
           an operator on
     30. prep. (mathematics) Generated by.
           the free group on four letters
     31. prep. Supported by (the specified part of itself).
           A table can't stand on two legs.   After resting on his elbows, he stood on his toes, then walked on his heels.
     32. prep. At a given time after the start of something; at.
     33. prep. In addition to; besides; indicating multiplication or succession in a series.
           heaps on heaps of food
           mischief on mischief; loss on loss
     34. prep. (obsolete, regional) of
     35. prep. Indicating dependence or reliance; with confidence in.
           I depended on them for assistance.
           He will promise on certain conditions.
           Do you ever bet on horses?
     36. prep. Toward; for; indicating the object of an emotion.
           Have pity or compassion on him.
     37. prep. (obsolete) At the peril of, or for the safety of.
     38. prep. In the service of; connected with; of the number of.
           He is on a newspaper; I am on the committee.
     39. prep. By virtue of; with the pledge of.
           He affirmed or promised on his word, or on his honour.
     40. prep. To the account or detriment of; denoting imprecation or invocation, or coming to, falling, or resting upon.
           On us be all the blame.
           A curse on him!
           Please don't tell on her and get her in trouble.
           He turned on her and has been her enemy ever since.
           He went all honest on me, making me listen to his confession.
     41. v. (transitive, Singapore, Philippines) to switch on
           Can you on the light?
     42. prep. (UK dialectal, Scotland) Without.
     43. n. In the Japanese language, a pronunciation, or reading, of a kanji character that was originally based on the character's pronunciation in Chinese, contrasted with kun.
           Most kanji have two kinds of reading, called "on" and "kun".
our
     1. det. Belonging to us.
     2. det. Of, from, or belonging to the nation, region, or language of the speaker.
     3. det. (Northern England, Scotland) Used before a person's name to indicate that the person is in one's family, or is a very close friend.
           I'm going to see our Terry for tea.
     4. v. misspelling of are
way
     1. n. To do with a place or places.:
     2. n.          A road, a direction, a (physical or conceptual) path from one place to another.
                   Do you know the way to the airport?  Come this way and I'll show you a shortcut.  It's a long way from here.
     3. n.          A means to enter or leave a place.
                   We got into the cinema through the back way.
     4. n.          A roughly-defined geographical area.
                   If you're ever 'round this way, come over and visit me.
     5. n. A method or manner of doing something; a mannerism.
           You're going about it the wrong way.  He's known for his quirky ways.  I don't like the way she looks at me.
     6. n. A state or condition
           When I returned home, I found my house and belongings in a most terrible way.
     7. n. Personal interaction.:
     8. n.          Possibility (usually in the phrases 'any way' and 'no way').
                   There's no way I'm going to clean up after you.
     9. n.          Determined course; resolved mode of action or conduct.
                   My little sister always whines until she gets her way.
     10. n. (paganism) A tradition within the modern pagan faith of Heathenry, dedication to a specific deity or craft, Way of wyrd, Way of runes, Way of Thor etc.
     11. n. (nautical) Speed, progress, momentum.
     12. n. A degree, an amount, a sense.
           In a large way, crocodiles and alligators are similar.
     13. n. (US, As the head of an interjectory clause) Acknowledges that a task has been done well, chiefly in expressions of sarcastic congratulation.
           Way to ruin the moment, guys.
     14. n. (plural only) The timbers of shipyard stocks that slope into the water and along which a ship or large boat is launched.
     15. n. (plural only) The longitudinal guiding surfaces on the bed of a planer, lathe, etc. along which a table or carriage moves.
     16. interj. (only in reply to no way) It is true.
     17. v. (obsolete) To travel.
     18. adv. (informal, with comparative or modified adjective) Much.
           I'm way too tired to do that.
           I'm a way better singer than Emma.
     19. adv. (slang) Very.
           I'm way tired
           String theory is way cool, except for the math.
     20. adv. (informal) Far.
           I used to live way over there.
           The farmhouse is way down the bottom of the hill.
     21. n. The letter for the w sound in Pitman shorthand.
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
the
     1. art. Definite grammatical article that implies necessarily that an entity it articulates is presupposed; something already mentioned, or completely specified later in that same sentence, or assumed already
           I’m reading the book. (Compare I’m reading a book.)
           The street in front of your house. (Compare A street in Paris.)
           The men and women watched the man give the birdseed to the bird.
     2. art.          Used before a noun modified by a restrictive relative clause, indicating that the noun refers to a single referent defined by the relative clause.
                    The street that runs through my hometown.
     3. art. Used before an object considered to be unique, or of which there is only one at a time.
           No one knows how many galaxies there are in the universe.
           God save the Queen!
     4. art. Used before a superlative or an ordinal number modifying a noun, to indicate that the noun refers to a single item.
           That was the best apple pie ever.
     5. art.          Added to a superlative or an ordinal number to make it into a substantive.
                    That apple pie was the best.
     6. art. Introducing a singular term to be taken generically: preceding a name of something standing for a whole class.
     7. art. Used before an adjective, indicating all things (especially persons) described by that adjective.
           Feed the hungry, clothe the naked, comfort the afflicted, and afflict the comfortable.
     8. art. Used to indicate a certain example of (a noun) which is usually of most concern or most common or familiar.
           No one in the whole country had seen it before.
           I don't think I'll get to it until the morning.
     9. art. Used before a body part (especially of someone previously mentioned), as an alternative to a possessive pronoun.
           A stone hit him on the head. (= “A stone hit him on his head.”)
     10. art. When stressed, indicates that it describes an object which is considered to be best or exclusively worthy of attention.
           That is the hospital to go to for heart surgery.
     11. adv. 1=With a comparative ormore and a verb phrase, establishes a parallel with one or more other such comparatives.
           The hotter the better.
           The more I think about it, the weaker it looks.
           The more money donated, the more books purchased, and the more happy children.
           It looks weaker and weaker, the more I think about it.
     12. adv. 1=With a comparative, and often withfor it, indicates a result more like said comparative. This can be negated withnone.
           It was a difficult time, but I’m the wiser for it.
           It was a difficult time, and I’m none the wiser for it.
           I'm much the wiser for having had a difficult time like that.
top
     1. n. The highest or uppermost part of something.
           His kite got caught at the top of the tree.
     2. n.          (irrespective of present orientation) the part of something that is usually the top.
                   We flipped the machine onto its top.
     3. n.          The uppermost part of a page, picture, viewing screen, etc.
                   Further weather information can be found at the top of your television screen.  Headings appear at the tops of pages.
     4. n.          A lid, cap or cover of a container.
                   Put a top on the toothpaste tube or it will go bad.
     5. n.          A garment worn to cover the torso.
                   I bought this top as it matches my jeans.
     6. n.          (nautical) A framework at the top of a ship's mast to which rigging is attached.
     7. n.          (baseball) The first half of an inning, during which the home team fields and the visiting team bats.
     8. n.          (archaic) The crown of the head, or the hair upon it; the head.
     9. n. A child’s spinning toy; a spinning top.
           The boy was amazed at how long the top would spin.
     10. n. Someone who is eminent.:
     11. n.          (archaic) The chief person; the most prominent one.
     12. n.          The highest rank; the most honourable position; the utmost attainable place.
                   to be at the top of one's class, or at the top of the school
     13. n. (BDSM) A dominant partner in a BDSM relationship or roleplay.
     14. n. (LGBT, slang) A man penetrating or with a preference for penetrating during homosexual intercourse.
           I prefer being a top, and my boyfriend prefers being a bottom.
     15. n. (physics) A top quark.
     16. n. The utmost degree; the acme; the summit.
     17. n. (ropemaking) A plug, or conical block of wood, with longitudinal grooves on its surface, in which the strands of the rope slide in the process of twisting.
     18. n. (sound) Highest pitch or loudest volume.
           She sang at the top of her voice.
     19. n. (wool manufacture) A bundle or ball of slivers of combed wool, from which the noils, or dust, have been taken out.
     20. n. (obsolete, except in one sense of phrase on top of) Eve; verge; point.
     21. n. The part of a cut gem between the girdle, or circumference, and the table, or flat upper surface.
     22. n. (in the slang) Topboots.
     23. n. (golf) A stroke on the top of the ball.
     24. n. (golf) A forward spin given to the ball by hitting it on or near the top.
     25. n. (in restaurants, preceded by a number) (A table at which there is, or which has enough seats for) a group of a specified number of people eating at a restaurant.
     26. v. To cover on the top or with a top.
           I like my ice cream topped with chocolate sauce.
     27. v. To cut or remove the top (as of a tree)
           I don't want to be bald, so just top my hair.
           Top and tail the carrots.
     28. v. To excel, to surpass, to beat.
           Titanic was the most successful film ever until it was topped by another Cameron film, Avatar.
     29. v. To be in the lead, to be at number one position (of).
           Celine Dion topped the UK music charts twice in the 1990s.
     30. v. (UK, slang) To commit suicide, (rare) to murder.
           Depression causes many people to top themselves.
     31. v. (BDSM) To be the dominant partner in a BDSM relationship or roleplay.
           I used to be a slave, but I ended up topping.
           Giving advice to the dominant partner on how to run the BDSM session is called "topping from the bottom".
     32. v. (slang) To be the partner who penetrates in anal sex.
     33. v. (slang) To anally penetrate.
     34. v. (archaic) To rise aloft; to be eminent; to tower.
           lofty ridges and topping mountains
     35. v. (archaic) To predominate.
           topping passions
     36. v. (archaic) To excel; to rise above others.
     37. v. (nautical) To raise one end of (a yard, etc.), making it higher than the other.
     38. v. (dyeing) To cover with another dye.
           to top aniline black with methyl violet to prevent greening
     39. v. To put a stiffening piece or back on (a saw blade).
     40. v. (slang) To arrange (fruit, etc.) with the best on top.
     41. v. (of a horse) To strike the top of (an obstacle) with the hind feet while jumping, so as to gain new impetus.
     42. v. To improve (domestic animals, especially sheep) by crossing certain individuals or breeds with other superior breeds.
     43. v. To cut, break, or otherwise take off the top of (a steel ingot) to remove unsound metal.
     44. v. (golf) To strike (the ball) above the centre; also, to make (a stroke, etc.) by hitting the ball in this way.
     45. adj. Situated on the top of something.
     46. adj. (informal) Best; of the highest quality or rank.
           She's in the top dance school.
     47. adj. (informal) Very good, of high quality.
           He's a top lawyer.
           That is a top car.
     48. adv. Rated first.
           She came top in her French exam.
floor
     1. n. The interior bottom or surface of a house or building; the supporting surface of a room.
           The room has a wooden floor.
     2. n. Ground (surface of the Earth, as opposed to the sky or water or underground).
     3. n. The lower inside surface of a hollow space.
           Many sunken ships rest on the ocean floor.
           The floor of a cave served the refugees as a home.
           The pit floor showed where a ring of post holes had been.
     4. n. A structure formed of beams, girders, etc, with proper covering, which divides a building horizontally into storeys/stories.
     5. n. The supporting surface or platform of a structure such as a bridge.
           Wooden planks of the old bridge's floor were nearly rotten.
     6. n. A storey/story of a building.
           For years we lived on the third floor.
     7. n. In a parliament, the part of the house assigned to the members, as opposed to the viewing gallery.
     8. n. Hence, the right to speak at a given time during a debate or other public event.
           Will the senator from Arizona yield the floor?
           The mayor often gives a lobbyist the floor.
     9. n. (nautical) That part of the bottom of a vessel on each side of the keelson which is most nearly horizontal.
     10. n. (mining) The rock underlying a stratified or nearly horizontal deposit.
     11. n. (mining) A horizontal, flat ore body.
     12. n. (mathematics) The largest integer less than or equal to a given number.
           The floor of 4.5 is 4.
     13. n. (gymnastics) An event performed on a floor-like carpeted surface.
     14. n. (gymnastics) A floor-like carpeted surface for performing gymnastic movements.
     15. n. (finance) A lower limit on the interest rate payable on an otherwise variable-rate loan, used by lenders to defend against falls in interest rates. Opposite of a cap.
     16. n. A dance floor.
     17. n. The area in which business is conducted at a convention or exhibition
     18. v. To cover or furnish with a floor.
           floor a house with pine boards
     19. v. To strike down or lay level with the floor; to knock down.
     20. v. (driving, slang) To accelerate rapidly.
     21. v. To silence by a conclusive answer or retort.
           floor an opponent
     22. v. To amaze or greatly surprise.
           We were floored by his confession.
     23. v. (colloquial) To finish or make an end of.
           floor a college examination
     24. v. (mathematics) To set a lower bound.
we
     1. pron. (personal) The speakers/writers, or the speaker/writer and at least one other person (not the person being addressed). (This is the exclusive we.)
     2. pron. (personal) The speaker(s)/writer(s) and the person(s) being addressed. (This is the inclusive we.)
     3. pron. (personal) The speaker/writer alone. (This use of we is the editorial we, used by writers and others, including royalty—the royal we—as a less personal substitute for I. The reflexive case of this sen
     4. pron. (personal) The plural form of you, including everyone being addressed.
           How are we all tonight?
     5. pron. (personal, generally considered patronising) A second- or third-person pronoun for a person in the speaker's care.
           How are we feeling this morning?
     6. det. The speakers/writers, or the speaker/writer and at least one other person.
           We Canadians like to think of ourselves as different.
stopped
     1. v. simple past tense and past participle of stop
     2. adj. (of a vehicle) Not moving, but not properly parked or berthed; said also of the occupants of such a vehicle.
           We were stopped for more than three hours!
           They passed a stopped car on the side of the road, but realized there was nothing they could do to help.
     3. adj. (more generally) In the state resulting from having stopped.
           A stopped clock is right twice a day.
     4. adj. (of a pipe) Having a stop; being closed at one end.
     5. adj. (of a plant) In a well-pruned state.
     6. adj. (phonetics) Made by complete closure of the organs in the mouth; said of certain consonants such as b, d, p, and t.
     stop
          1. v. (intransitive) To cease moving.
                I stopped at the traffic lights.
          2. v. (intransitive) To not continue.
                The riots stopped when police moved in.
                Soon the rain will stop.
          3. v. To cause (something) to cease moving or progressing.
                The sight of the armed men stopped him in his tracks.
                This guy is a fraudster. I need to stop the cheque I wrote him.
          4. v. To cause (something) to come to an end.
                The referees stopped the fight.
          5. v. To close or block an opening.
                He stopped the wound with gauze.
          6. v. (transitive, intransitive, photography, often with "up" or "down") To adjust the aperture of a camera lens.
                To achieve maximum depth of field, he stopped down to an f-stop of 22.
          7. v. (intransitive) To stay; to spend a short time; to reside temporarily.
                to stop with a friend
                He stopped for two weeks at the inn.
          8. v. (intransitive) To tarry.
                He stopped at his friend's house before continuing with his drive.
          9. v. (music) To regulate the sounds of (musical strings, etc.) by pressing them against the fingerboard with the finger, or otherwise shortening the vibrating part.
          10. v. (obsolete) To punctuate.
          11. v. (nautical) To make fast; to stopper.
          12. n. A (usually marked) place where line buses, trams or trains halt to let passengers get on and off, usually smaller than a station.
                They agreed to see each other at the bus stop.
          13. n. An action of stopping; interruption of travel.
                That stop was not planned.
          14. n. A device intended to block the path of a moving object
                door stop -
          15. n. (linguistics) A consonant sound in which the passage of air through the mouth is temporarily blocked by the lips, tongue, or glottis; a plosive.
          16. n. A symbol used for purposes of punctuation and representing a pause or separating clauses, particularly a full stop, comma, colon or semicolon.
          17. n. That which stops, impedes, or obstructs; an obstacle; an impediment.
                Pull out all the stops.
          18. n. (music) A knob or pin used to regulate the flow of air in an organ.
                The organ is loudest when all the stops are pulled.
          19. n. (tennis) A very short shot which touches the ground close behind the net and is intended to bounce as little as possible.
          20. n. (zoology) The depression in a dog’s face between the skull and the nasal bones.
                The stop in a bulldog's face is very marked.
          21. n. (photography) An f-stop.
          22. n. (engineering) A device, or piece, as a pin, block, pawl, etc., for arresting or limiting motion, or for determining the position to which another part shall be brought.
          23. n. (architecture) A member, plain or moulded, formed of a separate piece and fixed to a jamb, against which a door or window shuts.
          24. n. The diaphragm used in optical instruments to cut off the marginal portions of a beam of light passing through lenses.
          25. adv. Prone to halting or hesitation.
                He’s stop still.
          26. adv. ====Punctuation====
          27. adv. Used to indicate the end of a sentence in a telegram.
          28. n. (UK dialectal) A small well-bucket; a milk-pail.
          29. adj. (physics) Being or relating to the squark that is the superpartner of a top quark.
at
     1. prep. In, near, or in the general vicinity of a particular place.
           Caesar was at Rome;  at the corner of Fourth Street and Vine;  at Jim’s house
     2. prep. (indicating time) (Indicating occurrence in an instant of time or a period of time relatively short in context or from the speaker's perspective.)
           at six o’clock;  at closing time;  at night.
     3. prep. In the direction of (often in an unfocused or uncaring manner).
           He threw the ball at me.  He shouted at her.
     4. prep. Denotes a price.
           3 apples at 2¢ (each)   The offer was at $30,000 before negotiations.
     5. prep. Occupied in (activity).
           men at work
     6. prep. In a state of.
           She is at sixes and sevens with him.  They are at loggerheads over how best to tackle the fiscal cliff.  The city was at the mercy of the occupying forces.
     7. prep. Indicates a position on a scale or in a series.
           Sell at 90.  Tiger finished the round at tenth, seven strokes behind the leaders.  I'm offering it—just to select customers—at cost.
     8. prep. Because of.
           to laugh at a joke   mad at their comments
     9. prep. Indicates a means, method, or manner.
     10. prep. Holding a given speed or rate.
           It is growing at the rate of 3% a year.  Cruising along at fifty miles per hour.
     11. prep. (used for skills (including in activities) or areas of knowledge) On the subject of; regarding.
           The twins were both bad at chemistry.
           He slipped at marksmanship over his extended vacation.
     12. prep. (Ireland, stressed pronunciation) Bothering, irritating, causing discomfort to
     13. n. The at sign (@).
     14. n. (alt form, att) (Laos currency unit)
the
     1. art. Definite grammatical article that implies necessarily that an entity it articulates is presupposed; something already mentioned, or completely specified later in that same sentence, or assumed already
           I’m reading the book. (Compare I’m reading a book.)
           The street in front of your house. (Compare A street in Paris.)
           The men and women watched the man give the birdseed to the bird.
     2. art.          Used before a noun modified by a restrictive relative clause, indicating that the noun refers to a single referent defined by the relative clause.
                    The street that runs through my hometown.
     3. art. Used before an object considered to be unique, or of which there is only one at a time.
           No one knows how many galaxies there are in the universe.
           God save the Queen!
     4. art. Used before a superlative or an ordinal number modifying a noun, to indicate that the noun refers to a single item.
           That was the best apple pie ever.
     5. art.          Added to a superlative or an ordinal number to make it into a substantive.
                    That apple pie was the best.
     6. art. Introducing a singular term to be taken generically: preceding a name of something standing for a whole class.
     7. art. Used before an adjective, indicating all things (especially persons) described by that adjective.
           Feed the hungry, clothe the naked, comfort the afflicted, and afflict the comfortable.
     8. art. Used to indicate a certain example of (a noun) which is usually of most concern or most common or familiar.
           No one in the whole country had seen it before.
           I don't think I'll get to it until the morning.
     9. art. Used before a body part (especially of someone previously mentioned), as an alternative to a possessive pronoun.
           A stone hit him on the head. (= “A stone hit him on his head.”)
     10. art. When stressed, indicates that it describes an object which is considered to be best or exclusively worthy of attention.
           That is the hospital to go to for heart surgery.
     11. adv. 1=With a comparative ormore and a verb phrase, establishes a parallel with one or more other such comparatives.
           The hotter the better.
           The more I think about it, the weaker it looks.
           The more money donated, the more books purchased, and the more happy children.
           It looks weaker and weaker, the more I think about it.
     12. adv. 1=With a comparative, and often withfor it, indicates a result more like said comparative. This can be negated withnone.
           It was a difficult time, but I’m the wiser for it.
           It was a difficult time, and I’m none the wiser for it.
           I'm much the wiser for having had a difficult time like that.
mezzanine
     1. n. A balcony in an auditorium.
     2. n. A secondary floor, in between the main floors of a building; entresol.
           On our way to the top floor, we stopped at the mezzanine.
     3. n. A small window used to light such a secondary floor.
     4. n. Additional flooring laid over a floor to bring it up to some height or level.
     5. n. (theatre) A floor under the stage, from which contrivances such as traps are worked.
     6. adj. (engineering) Fulfilling an intermediate or secondary function.
           To make interconnections easier, we added a mezzanine PCB.
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