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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.
Who
     1. pron. honoraltcaps, who
     2. pron. (interrogative) What person or people; which person or people; (asks for the identity of someone). (used in a direct or indirect question)
           Who is that? (direct question)
           I don't know who it is. (indirect question)
     3. pron. (interrogative) What is one's position; (asks whether someone deserves to say or do something).
           I don't like what you did, but who am I to criticize you? I've done worse.
     4. pron. (relative) The person or people that.
           It was a nice man who helped us.
     5. pron. (relative, archaic) Whoever, he who, they who.
     6. n. A person under discussion; a question of which person.
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)
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.
public
     1. adj. Able to be seen or known by everyone; open to general view, happening without concealment.
     2. adj. Pertaining to the people as a whole (as opposed to a private group); concerning the whole country, community etc.
     3. adj. Officially representing the community; carried out or funded by the state on behalf of the community.
     4. adj. Open to all members of a community; especially, provided by national or local authorities and supported by money from taxes.
     5. adj. (of a company) Traded publicly via a stock market.
     6. n. The people in general, regardless of membership of any particular group.
           Members of the public may not proceed beyond this point.
     7. n. (archaic) A public house; an inn.
dinner
     1. n. A midday meal (in a context in which the evening meal is called supper or tea).
     2. n. The main meal of the day, often eaten in the evening.
     3. n. An evening meal.
     4. n. A meal given to an animal.
           Give the dog its dinner.
     5. n. A formal meal for many people eaten for a special occasion.
     6. n. The food provided or consumed at any such meal.
     7. v. (intransitive) To eat a dinner.
     8. v. To provide (someone) with a dinner.
party
     1. n. (legal) A person or group of people constituting a particular side in a contract or legal action.
           The contract requires that the party of the first part pay the fee.
     2. n. A person.
     3. n.          (slang) A person; an individual.
                   He is a queer party.
     4. n.          With to: an accessory, someone who takes part.
                   I can't possibly be a party to that kind of reckless behaviour.
     5. n. (now rare in general sense) A group of people forming one side in a given dispute, contest etc.
     6. n.          (RPG, online gaming) Active player characters organized into a single group.
     7. n.          (video games) A group of characters controlled by the player.
     8. n. A political group considered as a formal whole, united under one specific political platform of issues and campaigning to take part in government.
           The green party took 12% of the vote.
     9. n. (military) A discrete detachment of troops, especially for a particular purpose.
           The settlers were attacked early next morning by a scouting party.
     10. n. A social gathering.
     11. n.          A gathering of usually invited guests for entertainment, fun and socializing.
                   I'm throwing a huge party for my 21st birthday.
     12. n.          A group of people traveling or attending an event together, or participating in the same activity.
                   We're expecting a large party from the London office.
     13. n.          A gathering of acquaintances so that one of them may offer items for sale to the rest of them.
                   Tupperware party
                   lingerie party
     14. n. (obsolete) A part or division.
     15. v. (intransitive) To celebrate at a party, to have fun, to enjoy oneself.
           We partied until the early hours.
     16. v. (intransitive, slang) To take recreational drugs.
     17. v. (intransitive) To engage in flings, to have one-night stands, to sow one's wild oats.
     18. v. (online gaming, intransitive) To form a party (with).
           If you want to beat that monster, you should party with a healer.
     19. adj. (obsolete, except in compounds) Divided; in part.
     20. adj. (heraldry) Parted or divided, as in the direction or form of one of the ordinaries.
           an escutcheon party per pale
     21. adv. (obsolete) Partly.
sits
     1. n. plural of sit
     2. v. third-person singular present indicative of sit
     sit
          1. v. (intransitive, of a person) To be in a position in which the upper body is upright and supported by the buttocks.
                After a long day of walking, it was good just to sit and relax.
          2. v. (intransitive, of a person) To move oneself into such a position.
                I asked him to sit.
          3. v. (intransitive, of an object) To occupy a given position permanently.
                The temple has sat atop that hill for centuries.
          4. v. To remain in a state of repose; to rest; to abide; to rest in any position or condition.
          5. v. (government) To be a member of a deliberative body.
                I currently sit on a standards committee.
          6. v. (legal, government) Of a legislative or, especially, a judicial body such as a court, to be in session.
                In what city is the circuit court sitting for this session.
          7. v. To lie, rest, or bear; to press or weigh.
          8. v. To be adjusted; to fit.
                Your new coat sits well.
          9. v. (intransitive, of an agreement or arrangement) To be accepted or acceptable; to work.
                How will this new contract sit with the workers?
                I don’t think it will sit well.
                The violence in these video games sits awkwardly with their stated aim of educating children.
          10. v. (transitive, causative) To cause to be seated or in a sitting posture; to furnish a seat to.
                Sit him in front of the TV and he might watch for hours.
          11. v. To accommodate in seats; to seat.
                The dining room table sits eight comfortably.
          12. v. (intransitive) shortened form of babysit.
                I'm going to sit for them on Thursday.
          13. v. (transitive, US) To babysit
                I need to find someone to sit my kids on Friday evening for four hours.
          14. v. (transitive, Australia, New Zealand, UK) To take, to undergo or complete (an examination or test).
          15. v. To cover and warm eggs for hatching, as a fowl; to brood; to incubate.
          16. v. To take a position for the purpose of having some artistic representation of oneself made, such as a picture or a bust.
                I'm sitting for a painter this evening.
          17. v. To have position, as at the point blown from; to hold a relative position; to have direction.
          18. n. (rare, Buddhism) An event, usually lasting one full day or more, where the primary goal is to sit in meditation.
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.
lower
     1. adj. comparative form of low: more low
     2. adj. bottom; more towards the bottom than the middle of an object
     3. adj. (geology, of strata or geological time periods) older
     4. adv. comparative form of low: more low
     5. v. To let descend by its own weight, as something suspended; to let down
           lower a bucket into a well
           to lower a sail of a boat
     6. v. to pull down
           to lower a flag
     7. v. To reduce the height of
           lower a fence or wall
           lower a chimney or turret
     8. v. To depress as to direction
           lower the aim of a gun
     9. v. To make less elevated
           to lower one's ambition, aspirations, or hopes
     10. v. To reduce the degree, intensity, strength, etc., of
           lower the temperature
           lower one's vitality
           lower distilled liquors
     11. v. To bring down; to humble
           lower one's pride
     12. v. (reflexive) (lower oneself) To humble oneself; to do something one considers to be beneath one's dignity.
           I could never lower myself enough to buy second-hand clothes.
     13. v. To reduce (something) in value, amount, etc.
           lower the price of goods
           lower the interest rate
     14. v. (intransitive) To fall; to sink; to grow less; to diminish; to decrease
           The river lowered as rapidly as it rose.
     15. v. (intransitive) To decrease in value, amount, etc.
     16. v. alternative spelling of lour.
End
     1. n. A key that when pressed causes the cursor to go to the last character of the current line.
     2. n. The terminal point of something in space or time.
           At the end of the road, turn left.
           At the end of the story, the main characters fall in love.
     3. n. (by extension) (euphemistic) The cessation of an effort, activity, state, or motion.
           Is there no end to this madness?
     4. n. (by extension) Death, especially miserable.
           He met a terrible end in the jungle.
           I hope the end comes quickly.
     5. n. The most extreme point of an object, especially one that is longer than it is wide.
           Hold the string at both ends.
           My father always sat at the end of the table.
     6. n. Result.
     7. n. A purpose, goal, or aim.
     8. n. (cricket) One of the two parts of the ground used as a descriptive name for half of the ground.
           The Pavillion End
     9. n. (American football) The position at the end of either the offensive or defensive line, a tight end, a split end, a defensive end.
     10. n. (curling) A period of play in which each team throws eight rocks, two per player, in alternating fashion.
     11. n. (mathematics) An ideal point of a graph or other complex.
     12. n. That which is left; a remnant; a fragment; a scrap.
           odds and ends
     13. n. One of the yarns of the worsted warp in a Brussels carpet.
     14. v. To finish, terminate.
           Is this movie never going to end?
           The lesson will end when the bell rings.
           The referee blew the whistle to end the game.
of
     1. prep. Expressing distance or motion.
     2. prep.          (now obsolete, or dialectal) From (of distance, direction), "off".
     3. prep.          (obsolete except in phrases) Since, from (a given time, earlier state etc.).
     4. prep.          From, away from (a position, number, distance etc.).
                    There are no shops within twenty miles of the cottage.
     5. prep.          (North America, Scotland, Ireland) Before (the hour); to.
                    What's the time? / Nearly a quarter of three.
     6. prep. Expressing separation.
     7. prep.          (Indicating removal, absence or separation, with the action indicated by a transitive verb and the quality or substance by a grammatical object.)
                    Finally she was relieved of the burden of caring for her sick husband.
     8. prep.          (Indicating removal, absence or separation, with resulting state indicated by an adjective.)
                    He seemed devoid of human feelings.
     9. prep.          (obsolete) (Indicating removal, absence or separation, construed with an intransitive verb.)
     10. prep. Expressing origin.
     11. prep.          (Indicating an ancestral source or origin of descent.)
                    The word is believed to be of Japanese origin.
     12. prep.          (Indicating a (non-physical) source of action or emotion; introducing a cause, instigation); from, out of, as an expression of.
                    The invention was born of necessity.
     13. prep.          (following an intransitive verb) (Indicates the source or cause of the verb.)
                    It is said that she died of a broken heart.
     14. prep.          (following an adjective) (Indicates the subject or cause of the adjective.)
                    I am tired of all this nonsense.
     15. prep. Expressing agency.
     16. prep.          (following a passive verb) (Indicates the agent (for most verbs, now usually expressed with by).)
                    I am not particularly enamoured of this idea.
     17. prep.          (Used to introduce the "subjective genitive"; following a noun to form the head of a postmodifying noun phrase) (see also 'Possession' senses below).
                    The contract can be terminated at any time with the agreement of both parties.
     18. prep.          (following an adjective) (Used to indicate the agent of something described by the adjective.)
                    It was very brave of you to speak out like that.
     19. prep. Expressing composition, substance.
     20. prep.          (after a verb expressing construction, making etc.) (Used to indicate the material or substance used.)
                    Many 'corks' are now actually made of plastic.
     21. prep.          (directly following a noun) (Used to indicate the material of the just-mentioned object.)
                    She wore a dress of silk.
     22. prep.          (Indicating the composition of a given collective or quantitative noun.)
                    What a lot of nonsense!
     23. prep.          (Used to link a given class of things with a specific example of that class.)
                   Welcome to the historic town of Harwich.
     24. prep.          (Links two nouns in near-apposition, with the first qualifying the second); "which is also".
                    I'm not driving this wreck of a car.
     25. prep. Introducing subject matter.
     26. prep.          (Links an intransitive verb, or a transitive verb and its subject (especially verbs to do with thinking, feeling, expressing etc.), with its subject-ma
                    I'm always thinking of you.
     27. prep.          (following a noun (now chiefly nouns of knowledge, communication etc.)) (Introduces its subject matter); about, concerning.
                    He told us the story of his journey to India.
     28. prep.          (following an adjective) (Introduces its subject matter.)
                    This behaviour is typical of teenagers.
     29. prep. Having partitive effect.
     30. prep.          (following a number or other quantitive word) (Introduces the whole for which is indicated only the specified part or segment); "from among".
                    Most of these apples are rotten.
     31. prep.          (following a noun) (Indicates a given part.)
     32. prep.          (now archaic, literary, with preceding partitive word assumed, or as a predicate after to be) Some, an amount of, one of.
                    On the whole, they seem to be of the decent sort.
     33. prep.          (Links to a genitive noun or possessive pronoun, with partitive effect (though now often merged with possessive senses, below).)
                    He is a friend of mine.
     34. prep. Expressing possession.
     35. prep.          Belonging to, existing in, or taking place in a given location, place or time. Compare "origin" senses, above.
                    He was perhaps the most famous scientist of the twentieth century.
     36. prep.          Belonging to (a place) through having title, ownership or control over it.
                    The owner of the nightclub was arrested.
     37. prep.          Belonging to (someone or something) as something they possess or have as a characteristic; (the "possessive genitive". (With abstract nouns, this inter
                    Keep the handle of the saucepan away from the flames.
     38. prep. Forming the "objective genitive".
     39. prep.          (Follows an agent noun, verbal noun or noun of action.)
                    She had a profound distrust of the police.
     40. prep. Expressing qualities or characteristics.
     41. prep.          (now archaic, or literary) (Links an adjective with a noun or noun phrase to form a quasi-adverbial qualifier); in respect to, as regards.
                    My companion seemed affable and easy of manner.
     42. prep.          (Indicates a quality or characteristic); "characterized by".
                    Pooh was said to be a bear of very little brain.
     43. prep.          (Indicates quantity, age, price, etc.)
                    We have been paying interest at a rate of 10%.
     44. prep.          (US, informal considered incorrect by some) (Used to link singular indefinite nouns (preceded by the indefinite article) and attributive adjectives mod
                    It's not that big of a deal.
     45. prep. Expressing a point in time.
     46. prep.          (chiefly regional) During the course of (a set period of time, day of the week etc.), now specifically with implied repetition or regularity.
                    Of an evening, we would often go for a stroll along the river.
     47. prep.          (UK dialectal, chiefly in negative constructions) For (a given length of time).
                    I've not tekken her out of a goodly long while.
     48. prep.          (after a noun) (Indicates duration of a state, activity etc.)
                    After a delay of three hours, the plane finally took off.
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.
table
     1. n. Furniture with a top surface to accommodate a variety of uses.
     2. n.          An item of furniture with a flat top surface raised above the ground, usually on one or more legs.
     3. n.          A flat tray which can be used as a table.
     4. n.          (poker, metonym) The lineup of players at a given table.
                   That's the strongest table I've ever seen at a European Poker Tour event
     5. n.          A group of people at a table, for example for a meal or game.
     6. n.          A service of Holy Communion.
     7. n. A two-dimensional presentation of data.
     8. n.          A matrix or grid of data arranged in rows and columns.
     9. n.          A collection of arithmetic calculations arranged in a table, such as multiplications in a multiplication table.
                   The children were practising multiplication tables.
                   Don’t you know your tables?
                   Here is a table of natural logarithms.
     10. n.          (computing, chiefly databases) A lookup table, most often a set of vectors.
     11. n.          (sports) A visual representation of a classification of teams or individuals based on their success over a predetermined period.
     12. n. (musical instruments) The top of a stringed instrument, particularly a member of the violin family: the side of the instrument against which the strings vibrate.
     13. n. (backgammon) One half of a backgammon board, which is divided into the inner and outer table.
     14. n. The flat topmost facet of a cut diamond.
     15. v. To tabulate; to put into a table or grid.
           to table fines
     16. v. (now rare) To supply (a guest, client etc.) with food at a table; to feed.
     17. v. (obsolete) To delineate; to represent, as in a picture; to depict.
     18. v. (non-US) To put on the table of a commission or legislative assembly; to propose for formal discussion or consideration, to put on the agenda.
     19. v. (chiefly US) To remove from the agenda, to postpone dealing with; to shelve (to indefinitely postpone consideration or discussion of something).
           The legislature tabled the amendment, so they will not be discussing it until later.
           The motion was tabled, ensuring that it would not be taken up until a later date.
     20. v. (carpentry, obsolete) To join (pieces of timber) together using coaks.
     21. v. To put on a table.
     22. v. (nautical) To make board hems in the skirts and bottoms of (sails) in order to strengthen them in the part attached to the bolt-rope.
As
     1. n. plural of A
           She went from getting Cs and Ds to earning straight As.
     2. adv. To such an extent or degree.
           You’re not as tall as I am.
           It's not as well made, but it's twice as expensive.
     3. adv. In the manner or role specified.
           The kidnappers released him as agreed.
           The parties were seen as agreeing on a range of issues.
           He was never seen as the boss, but rather as a friend.
     4. adv. (dated) For example (compare such as).
     5. conj. In the same way that; according to what.
           Do as I say!
           I'm under a lot of pressure, as you know.
           As you wish, my lord!
     6. conj. At the same instant that; when.
           As I came in, she flew.
     7. conj. At the same time that; while.
           He sleeps as the rain falls.
     8. conj. Varying through time in the same proportion that.
           As my fear grew, so did my legs become heavy.
     9. conj. Being that, considering that, because, since.
           As it’s too late, I quit.
     10. conj. Introducing a basis of comparison, after as, so, or a comparison of equality.
           She's twice as strong as I was two years ago.
           It's not so complicated as I expected.
     11. conj. (dated) Introducing a comparison with a hypothetical state (+ subjunctive); ‘as though’, ‘as if’.
     12. conj. Introducing a comparison with a hypothetical state with the verb elided; as if, as though.
     13. conj. (now England, US, regional) Functioning as a relative conjunction; that.
     14. conj. Expressing concession; though.
     15. conj. (obsolete, rare) Than.
     16. prep. Introducing a basis of comparison, with an object in the objective case.
           You are not as tall as me.
           They're big as houses.
     17. prep. In the role of.
           What is your opinion as a parent?
     18. n. (unit of weight) A libra.
     19. n. Any of several coins of Rome, coined in bronze or later copper; or the equivalent value.
     20. n. plural of a
assistant
     1. adj. Having a subordinate or auxiliary position.
           an assistant surgeon
     2. adj. Helping; lending aid or support; auxiliary.
     3. n. (obsolete) Someone who is present; a bystander, a witness.
     4. n. A person who assists or helps someone else.
     5. n. (British) Sales assistant.
     6. n. A software tool that provides assistance in some task, a wizard program.
chairman
     1. n. A person presiding over a meeting.
     2. n. The head of a corporate or governmental board of directors, a committee, or other formal entity.
     3. n. (historical) Someone whose job is to carry people in a portable chair, sedan chair, or similar conveyance.
     4. v. To serve as chairman.
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