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. | |
displays |
1. n. plural of display | |
2. v. third-person singular present indicative of display | |
display |
1. n. A show or spectacle. | |
The trapeze artist put on an amazing acrobatic display. | |
2. n. A piece of work to be presented visually. | |
Pupils are expected to produce a wall display about a country of their choice. | |
3. n. (computing) An electronic screen that shows graphics or text. | |
4. n. (computing) The presentation of information for visual or tactile reception. | |
5. n. (travel, aviation, in a reservation system) The asterisk symbol, used to denote that the following information will be displayed, eg, *H will "display history". | |
6. v. To show conspicuously; to exhibit; to demonstrate; to manifest. | |
7. v. (intransitive) To make a display; to act as one making a show or demonstration. | |
8. v. (military) To extend the front of (a column), bringing it into line. | |
9. v. (printing, dated) To make conspicuous by using large or prominent type. | |
10. v. (obsolete) To discover; to descry. | |
11. v. (obsolete) To spread out, to unfurl. | |
prejudice |
1. n. An adverse judgment or opinion formed beforehand or without knowledge of the facts. | |
2. n. Any preconceived opinion or feeling, whether positive or negative. | |
3. n. An irrational hostile attitude, fear or hatred towards a particular group, race or religion. | |
I am free of all prejudices. I hate everyone equally. | |
4. n. (obsolete) Knowledge formed in advance; foresight, presaging. | |
5. n. (obsolete) Mischief; hurt; damage; injury; detriment. | |
6. v. To have a negative impact on (someone's position, chances etc.). | |
7. v. To cause prejudice in; to bias the mind of. | |
against |
1. prep. A close but separated relationship.: | |
2. prep. In a contrary direction to. | |
If you swim against the current, you must work harder. | |
3. prep. Close to. | |
The kennel was put against the back wall. | |
4. prep. In front of; before a background. | |
The giant was silhouetted against the door. | |
5. prep. In physical contact with. | |
The puppy rested its head against a paw. | |
6. prep. In physical opposition to, or in collision with. | |
The rain pounds against the window. | |
7. prep. (heading, social) A contrasting or competitive relationship. | |
8. prep. In contrast and/or comparison with. | |
He stands out against his local classmates. | |
9. prep. In competition with, versus. | |
The Tigers will play against the Bears this weekend. | |
10. prep. In opposition to. | |
Are you against freedom of choice? I'd bet against his succeeding. | |
11. prep. In exchange for. | |
The vouchers are redeemable against West End shows and theatre breaks. | |
12. prep. As protection from. | |
He turned the umbrella against the wind. | |
13. prep. In anticipation of; in preparation for (a particular time, event etc.). | |
14. prep. (Hollywood) To be paid now in contrast to the following amount to be paid later under specified circumstances, usually that a movie is made or has started filming. | |
The studio weren't sure the movie would ever get made, so they only paid $50,000 against $200,000. That way they wouldn't be out very much if filming never began. | |
15. conj. (obsolete) By the time that (something happened); before. | |
or |
1. conj. Connects at least two alternative words, phrases, clauses, sentences, etc. each of which could make a passage true. In English, this is the "inclusive or." The "exclusive or" is formed by "either(...) | |
In Ohio, anyone under the age of 18 who wants a tattoo or body piercing needs the consent of a parent or guardian. | |
He might get cancer, or be hit by a bus, or God knows what. | |
2. conj. (logic) An operator denoting the disjunction of two propositions or truth values. There are two forms, the inclusive or and the exclusive or. | |
3. conj. Counts the elements before and after as two possibilities. | |
4. conj. Otherwise (a consequence of the condition that the previous is false). | |
It's raining! Come inside or you'll catch a cold! | |
5. conj. Connects two equivalent names. | |
The country Myanmar, or Burma | |
6. n. (logic, electronics) alternative form of OR | |
7. n. (tincture) The gold or yellow tincture on a coat of arms. | |
8. adj. (tincture) Of gold or yellow tincture on a coat of arms. | |
9. adv. (obsolete) Early (on). | |
10. adv. (obsolete) Earlier, previously. | |
11. prep. (now archaic, or dialect) Before; ere. | |
looks |
1. n. plural of look | |
2. n. (pluralonly) One's appearance or attractiveness. | |
His charm and good looks accounted for much of his popularity in the polls. | |
Looks can be deceiving. | |
3. v. third-person singular present indicative of look | |
look |
1. v. (intransitive, often, with "at") To try to see, to pay attention to with one’s eyes. | |
Look at my new car! Don’t look in the closet. | |
2. v. To appear, to seem. | |
It looks as if it’s going to rain soon. | |
3. v. (copulative) To give an appearance of being. | |
That painting looks nice. | |
4. v. (intransitive, often, with "for") To search for, to try to find. | |
5. v. To face or present a view. | |
The hotel looks over the valleys of the HinduKush. | |
6. v. To expect or anticipate. | |
I look to each hour for my lover’s arrival. | |
7. v. To express or manifest by a look. | |
8. v. (transitive, often, with "to") To make sure of, to see to. | |
9. v. (dated, sometimes figurative) To show oneself in looking. | |
Look out of the window i.e. lean out while I speak to you. | |
10. v. (transitive, obsolete) To look at; to turn the eyes toward. | |
11. v. (transitive, obsolete) To seek; to search for. | |
12. v. (transitive, obsolete) To influence, overawe, or subdue by looks or presence. | |
to look down opposition | |
13. v. (baseball) To look at a pitch as a batter without swinging at it. | |
The fastball caught him looking. | |
Clem Labine struck Mays out looking at his last at bat. | |
It's unusual for Mays to strike out looking. He usually takes a cut at it. | |
14. interj. Pay attention. | |
Look, I'm going to explain what to do, so you have to listen closely. | |
15. n. The action of looking; an attempt to see. | |
Let’s have a look under the hood of the car. | |
16. n. (often plural) Physical appearance, visual impression. | |
She got her mother’s looks. | |
I don’t like the look of the new design. | |
17. n. A facial expression. | |
He gave me a dirty look. | |
If looks could kill ... | |
down |
1. n. (especially southern England) A hill, especially a chalk hill; rolling grassland | |
We went for a walk over the downs. | |
The North Downs are a ridge of chalk hills in south east England. | |
2. n. (usually plural) A field, especially one used for horse racing. | |
3. n. (mostly) A tract of poor, sandy, undulating or hilly land near the sea, covered with fine turf which serves chiefly for the grazing of sheep. | |
4. n. (American football) Any of the four chances for a team to successfully move the ball for the yards needed to keep possession of the ball. | |
first down, second down, etc. | |
5. adv. (comparable) From a higher position to a lower one; downwards. | |
The cat jumped down from the table. | |
6. adv. (comparable) At a lower and/or further along or away place or position along a set path. | |
His place is farther down the road. | |
The company was well down the path to bankruptcy. | |
7. adv. South (as south is at the bottom of typical maps). | |
I went down to Miami for a conference. | |
8. adv. (Ireland) Away from the city (even if the location is to the North). | |
He went down to Cavan. | |
down on the farm | |
down country | |
9. adv. (sport) Towards the opponent's side (in ball-sports). | |
10. adv. Into a state of non-operation. | |
The computer has been shut down. | |
They closed the shop down. | |
11. adv. To a subordinate or less prestigious position or rank. | |
Smith was sent down to the minors to work on his batting. | |
After the incident, Kelly went down to Second Lieutenant. | |
12. adv. (anchor, Adv_rail)(rail transport) In the direction leading away from the principal terminus, away from milepost zero. | |
13. adv. (sentence substitute, imperative) Get down. | |
Down, boy! (such as to direct a dog to stand on four legs from two, or to sit from standing on four legs.) | |
14. adv. (academia) Away from Oxford or Cambridge. | |
He's gone back down to Newcastle for Christmas. | |
15. adv. From a remoter or higher antiquity. | |
16. adv. From a greater to a less bulk, or from a thinner to a thicker consistence. | |
17. adv. From less to greater detail. | |
18. adv. (intensifier) Used with verbs to add emphasis to the action of the verb. | |
They tamped (down) the asphalt to get a better bond. | |
19. adv. Used with verbs to indicate that the action of the verb was carried to some state of completion, rather than being of indefinite duration. | |
He boiled the mixture./He boiled down the mixture. | |
He sat waiting./He sat down and waited. | |
20. prep. From the higher end to the lower of. | |
The ball rolled down the hill. | |
21. prep. From one end to another of. | |
The bus went down the street. | |
They walked down the beach holding hands. | |
22. adj. (informal) sad, unhappy, Depressed, feeling low. | |
23. adj. Sick or ill. | |
He is down with the flu. | |
24. adj. At a lower level than before. | |
The stock market is down. | |
Prices are down. | |
25. adj. Having a lower score than an opponent. | |
They are down by 3-0 with just 5 minutes to play. | |
He was down by a bishop and a pawn after 15 moves. | |
At 5-1 down, she produced a great comeback to win the set on a tiebreak. | |
26. adj. (baseball, colloquial, following the noun modified) Out. | |
Two down and one to go in the bottom of the ninth. | |
27. adj. (colloquial) With "on", negative about, hostile to | |
Ever since Nixon, I've been down on Republicans. | |
28. adj. (not comparable, North America, slang) Comfortable with, accepting of. | |
He's chill enough; he'd probably be totally down with it. | |
Are you down to hang out at the mall, Jamal? | |
As long as you're down with helping me pick a phone, Tyrone. | |
29. adj. (not comparable) Inoperable; out of order; out of service. | |
The system is down. | |
30. adj. Finished (of a task); defeated or dealt with (of an opponent or obstacle); elapsed (of time). Often coupled with to go (remaining). | |
Two down and three to go. (Two tasks completed and three more still to be done.) | |
Ten minutes down and nothing's happened yet. | |
31. adj. (not comparable military, police slang) Wounded and unable to move normally; killed. | |
We have an officer down outside the suspect's house. | |
There are three soldiers down and one walking wounded. | |
32. adj. (not comparable military, aviation slang) Mechanically failed, collided, shot down, or otherwise suddenly unable to fly. | |
We have a chopper down near the river. | |
33. adj. Thoroughly practiced, learned or memorised; mastered. (Compare down pat.) | |
It's two weeks until opening night and our lines are still not down yet. | |
34. adj. (obsolete) Downright; absolute; positive. | |
35. v. To drink or swallow, especially without stopping before the vessel containing the liquid is empty. | |
He downed an ale and ordered another. | |
36. v. To cause to come down; to knock down or subdue. | |
The storm downed several old trees along the highway. | |
37. v. (transitive, pocket billiards) To put a ball in a pocket; to pot a ball. | |
He downed two balls on the break. | |
38. v. (transitive, American football) To bring a play to an end by touching the ball to the ground or while it is on the ground. | |
He downed it at the seven-yard line. | |
39. v. To write off; to make fun of. | |
40. v. (obsolete, intransitive) To go down; to descend. | |
41. n. A negative aspect; a downer. | |
I love almost everything about my job. The only down is that I can't take Saturdays off. | |
42. n. (dated) A grudge (on someone). | |
43. n. An act of swallowing an entire drink at once. | |
44. n. (American football) A single play, from the time the ball is snapped (the start) to the time the whistle is blown (the end) when the ball is down, or is downed. | |
I bet after the third down, the kicker will replace the quarterback on the field. | |
45. n. (crosswords) A clue whose solution runs vertically in the grid. | |
I haven't solved 12 or 13 across, but I've got most of the downs. | |
46. n. A downstairs room of a two-story house. | |
She lives in a two-up two-down. | |
47. n. Down payment. | |
48. n. Soft, fluffy immature feathers which grow on young birds. Used as insulating material in duvets, sleeping bags and jackets. | |
49. n. (botany) The pubescence of plants; the hairy crown or envelope of the seeds of certain plants, such as the thistle. | |
50. n. The soft hair of the face when beginning to appear. | |
51. n. That which is made of down, as a bed or pillow; that which affords ease and repose, like a bed of down. | |
52. v. To cover, ornament, line, or stuff with down. | |
upon |
1. prep. Physically above and in contact with. | |
Place the book upon the table. | |
2. prep. Physically directly supported by. | |
The crew set sail upon the sea. | |
She balanced upon one foot. | |
3. prep. Being followed by another so as to form a series. | |
hours upon hours, years upon years, mile upon mile of desert | |
4. prep. At (a prescribed point in time). | |
The contract was rendered void upon his death. | |
5. prep. On. | |
6. adv. Being the target of an action. | |
He was set upon by the agitated dogs | |
women |
1. n. plural form of woman | |
Three women went for a walk. | |
woman |
1. n. An adult female human. | |
2. n. (collective) All females collectively; womankind. | |
3. n. A wife (or sometimes a fiancée or girlfriend). | |
4. n. A female who is extremely fond of or devoted to a specified type of thing. (Used as the last element of a compound.) | |
5. n. A female attendant or servant. | |
6. v. To staff with female labor. | |
7. v. To make effeminate or womanish. | |
8. v. To furnish with, or unite to, a woman. | |
9. v. To call (a person) "woman" in a disrespectful fashion. | |