| one |
| 1. num. (cardinal) The number represented by the Arabic numeral 1; the numerical value equal to that cardinal number. | |
| In some religions, there is only one god. | |
| In many cultures, a baby turns one year old a year after its birth. | |
| One person, one vote. | |
| 2. num. (number theory) The first positive number in the set of natural numbers. | |
| 3. num. (set theory) The cardinality of the smallest nonempty set. | |
| 4. num. (mathematics) The ordinality of an element which has no predecessor, usually called first or number one. | |
| 5. pron. (impersonal pronoun, indefinite) One thing (among a group of others); one member of a group. | |
| The big one looks good. I want the green one. A good driver is one who drives carefully. | |
| 6. pron. (impersonal pronoun, sometimes with "the") The first mentioned of two things or people, as opposed to the other. | |
| She offered him an apple and an orange; he took one and left the other. | |
| 7. pron. (indefinite personal pronoun) Any person (applying to people in general). | |
| One’s guilt may trouble one, but it is best not to let oneself be troubled by things which cannot be changed. One shouldn’t be too quick to judge. | |
| 8. pron. (pronoun) Any person, entity or thing. | |
| "driver", noun: one who drives. | |
| 9. n. The digit or figure 1. | |
| 10. n. (mathematics) The neutral element with respect to multiplication in a ring. | |
| 11. n. (US) A one-dollar bill. | |
| 12. n. (cricket) One run scored by hitting the ball and running between the wickets; a single. | |
| 13. n. A joke or amusing anecdote. | |
| 14. n. (colloquial) A particularly special or compatible person or thing. | |
| 15. n. (Internet slang) Used instead of ! to amplify an exclamation, parodying unskilled typists who forget to press the shift key while typing exclamation points, thus typing "1". | |
| A: SUM1 Hl3p ME im alwyz L0ziN!!?! | |
| Someone help me; I'm always losing! | |
| B: y d0nt u just g0 away l0zer!!1!!one!!one!!eleven!!1! | |
| Why don't you just go away loser!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! | |
| 16. adj. Of a period of time, being particular. | |
| One day the prince set forth to kill the dragon that had brought terror to his father’s kingdom for centuries. | |
| 17. adj. Being a single, unspecified thing; a; any. | |
| My aunt used to say, "One day is just like the other.". | |
| 18. adj. Sole, only. | |
| He is the one man who can help you. | |
| 19. adj. Whole, entire. | |
| Body and soul are not separate; they are one. | |
| 20. adj. In agreement. | |
| We are one on the importance of learning. | |
| 21. adj. The same. | |
| The two types look very different, but are one species. | |
| 22. adj. Being a preeminent example. | |
| He is one hell of a guy. | |
| 23. adj. Being an unknown person with the specified name; see also "a certain". | |
| The town records from 1843 showed the overnight incarceration of one “A. Lincoln”. | |
| 24. v. (obsolete, transitive) To cause to become one; to gather into a single whole; to unite. | |
| rejected |
| 1. v. simple past tense and past participle of reject | |
| reject |
| 1. v. To refuse to accept. | |
| She even rejected my improved offer. | |
| 2. v. (basketball) To block a shot, especially if it sends the ball off the court. | |
| 3. v. To refuse a romantic advance. | |
| I've been rejected three times this week. | |
| 4. n. Something that is rejected. | |
| 5. n. (derogatory slang) An unpopular person. | |
| 6. n. (colloquial) a rejected defective product in a production line | |
| by |
| 1. prep. Near or next to. | |
| The mailbox is by the bus stop. | |
| 2. prep. At some time before (the given time), or before the end of a given time interval. | |
| Be back by ten o'clock! We will send it by the first week of July. | |
| 3. prep. Indicates the actor in a clause with its verb in the passive voice: Through the action or presence of. | |
| The matter was decided by the chairman. The boat was swamped by the water. He was protected by his body armour. | |
| 4. prep. Indicates the creator of a work: Existing through the authorship etc. of. | |
| There are many well-known plays by William Shakespeare | |
| 5. prep. Indicates the cause of a condition or event: Through the action of, caused by, responsibility for; by dint of. | |
| 6. prep. Indicates a means: Involving/using the means of. | |
| I avoided the guards by moving only when they weren't looking. | |
| 7. prep. Indicates a source of light used as illumination. | |
| The electricity was cut off, so we had to read by candlelight. | |
| 8. prep. Indicates an authority, rule, or permission followed. | |
| I sorted the items by category. By the power vested in me, I now pronounce you man and wife. | |
| 9. prep. Indicates the amount of some progression: With a change of. | |
| Our stock is up by ten percent. | |
| 10. prep. In the formulae X by X and by Xs, indicates a steady progression, one X after another. | |
| We went through the book page by page. We crawled forward by inches. | |
| 11. prep. Indicates a referenced source: According to. | |
| He cheated by his own admission. | |
| 12. prep. Indicates an oath: With the authority of. | |
| By Jove! I think she's got it! By all that is holy, I'll put an end to this. | |
| 13. prep. Used to separate dimensions when describing the size of something. | |
| It is easy to invert a 2-by-2 matrix. The room was about 4 foot by 6 foot. The bricks used to build the wall measured 10 by 20 by 30 cm. | |
| 14. prep. (horse breeding) Designates a horse's male parent (sire); cf. out of. | |
| She's a lovely little filly, by Big Lad, out of Damsel in Distress. | |
| 15. adv. Along a path which runs by the speaker. | |
| I watched as it passed by. | |
| 16. adv. In the vicinity, near. | |
| There was a shepherd close by. | |
| The shop is hard by the High Street. | |
| 17. adv. To or at a place, as a residence or place of business. | |
| I'll stop by on my way home from work. | |
| We're right near the lifeguard station. Come by before you leave. | |
| 18. adv. Aside, away. | |
| The women spent much time after harvest putting jams by for winter and spring. | |
| 19. adj. Out of the way, subsidiary. | |
| 20. n. (card games) A pass | |
| 21. interj. alternative spelling of bye | |
| God |
| 1. n. A being such as a monotheistic God: a single divine creator and ruler of the universe. | |
| 2. interj. (short for, oh God): non-gloss, expressing annoyance or frustration. | |
| God, is this because of the "I don't love you anymore" T-shirt I bought? It was a joke fer chrissakes. | |
| 3. n. A deity or supreme being; a supernatural, typically immortal, being with superior powers. | |
| The most frequently used name for the Islamic god is Allah. | |
| 4. n. alternative case form of God. | |
| 5. n. An idol. | |
| 6. n. A representation of a deity, especially a statue or statuette. | |
| 7. n. Something or someone particularly revered, worshipped, idealized, admired and/or followed. | |
| 8. n. (metaphor) A person in a high position of authority, importance or influence. | |
| 9. n. (metaphor) A powerful ruler or tyrant. | |
| 10. n. (colloquial) An exceedingly handsome man. | |
| Lounging on the beach were several Greek gods. | |
| 11. n. (Internet) The person who owns and runs a multi-user dungeon. | |
| 12. v. To idolize. | |
| 13. v. To deify. | |
| a |
| 1. art. One; any indefinite example of; used to denote a singular item of a group. | |
| There was a man here looking for you yesterday. | |
| 2. art. Used in conjunction with the adjectives score, dozen, hundred, thousand, and million, as a function word. | |
| I've seen it happen a hundred times. | |
| 3. art. One certain or particular; any single.Brown, Lesley, (2003) | |
| We've received an interesting letter from a Mrs. Miggins of London. | |
| 4. art. The same; one. | |
| We are of a mind on matters of morals. | |
| 5. art. Any, every; used before a noun which has become modified to limit its scope; also used with a negative to indicate not a single one.Lindberg, Christine A. (2007) | |
| A man who dies intestate leaves his children troubles and difficulties. | |
| He fell all that way, and hasn't a bump on his head? | |
| 6. art. Used before plural nouns modified by few, good many, couple, great many, etc. | |
| 7. art. Someone or something like; similar to; Used before a proper noun to create an example out of it. | |
| The center of the village was becoming a Times Square. | |
| 8. prep. (archaic) To do with position or direction; In, on, at, by, towards, onto. | |
| Stand a tiptoe. | |
| 9. prep. To do with separation; In, into. | |
| Torn a pieces. | |
| 10. prep. To do with time; Each, per, in, on, by. | |
| I brush my teeth twice a day. | |
| 11. prep. (obsolete) To do with method; In, with. | |
| 12. prep. (obsolete) To do with role or capacity; In. | |
| A God’s name. | |
| 13. prep. To do with status; In. | |
| King James Bible (II Chronicles 2:18) | |
| To set the people a worke. | |
| 14. prep. (archaic) To do with process, with a passive verb; In the course of, experiencing. | |
| 1964, Bob Dylan, The Times They Are a-Changin’ | |
| The times, they are a-changin'. | |
| 15. prep. (archaic) To do with an action, an active verb; Engaged in. | |
| 1611, King James Bible, Hebrews 11-21 | |
| Jacob, when he was a dying | |
| 16. prep. (archaic) To do with an action/movement; To, into. | |
| 17. v. (archaic, or slang) Have. | |
| I'd a come, if you'd a asked. | |
| 18. pron. (obsolete, outside, England, and Scotland dialects) He. | |
| 19. interj. A meaningless syllable; ah. | |
| 20. prep. (archaic, slang) Of. | |
| The name of John a Gaunt. | |
| 21. adv. (chiefly Scotland) All. | |
| 22. adj. (chiefly Scotland) All. | |
| sinful |
| 1. adj. constituting a sin; being morally or religiously wrong; wicked; evil | |
| person |
| 1. n. An individual; usually a human being. | |
| Each person is unique, both mentally and physically. | |
| 2. n. A character or part, as in a play; a specific kind or manifestation of individual character, whether in real life, or in literary or dramatic represent | |
| 3. n. (Christianity) Any one of the three hypostases of the Holy Trinity: the Father, Son, or Holy Spirit. | |
| 4. n. (chiefly in science fiction) Any sentient or socially intelligent being. | |
| 5. n. (in a compound noun or noun phrase) Someone who likes or has an affinity for (a specified thing). | |
| Jack's always been a dog person, but I prefer cats. | |
| 6. n. The physical body of a being seen as distinct from the mind, character, etc. | |
| 7. n. (law) Any individual or formal organization with standing before the courts. | |
| At common law a corporation or a trust is legally a person. | |
| 8. n. (law) The human genitalia; specifically, the penis. | |
| 9. n. (grammar) A linguistic category used to distinguish between the speaker of an utterance and those to whom or about whom he is speaking. See grammatical person. | |
| 10. n. (biology) A shoot or bud of a plant; a polyp or zooid of the compound Hydrozoa, Anthozoa, etc.; also, an individual, in the narrowest sense, among the higher animals. | |
| 11. v. (obsolete, transitive) To represent as a person; to personify; to impersonate. | |
| 12. v. (transitive, gender-neutral) To man. | |
