| 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. | |
| Masters |
| 1. n. A master's degree. | |
| 2. n. A person holding a master's degree, as a title. | |
| 3. n. plural of master | |
| 4. n. A master's degree. | |
| 5. v. third-person singular present indicative of master | |
| master |
| 1. n. Someone who has control over something or someone. | |
| 2. n. The owner of an animal or slave. | |
| 3. n. (nautical) The captain of a merchant ship; a master mariner. | |
| 4. n. (dated) The head of a household. | |
| 5. n. Someone who employs others. | |
| 6. n. An expert at something. | |
| Mark Twain was a master of fiction. | |
| 7. n. A tradesman who is qualified to teach apprentices. | |
| 8. n. (dated) A schoolmaster. | |
| 9. n. A skilled artist. | |
| 10. n. (dated) A man or a boy; mister. See Master. | |
| 11. n. A master's degree; a type of postgraduate degree, usually undertaken after a bachelor degree. | |
| She has a master in psychology. | |
| 12. n. A person holding such a degree. | |
| He is a master of marine biology. | |
| 13. n. The original of a document or of a recording. | |
| The band couldn't find the master, so they re-recorded their tracks. | |
| 14. n. (film) The primary wide shot of a scene, into which the closeups will be edited later. | |
| 15. n. (legal) A parajudicial officer (such as a referee, an auditor, an examiner, or an assessor) specially appointed to help a court with its proceedings. | |
| The case was tried by a master, who concluded that the plaintiffs were the equitable owners of the property.... | |
| 16. n. (engineering, computing) A device that is controlling other devices or is an authoritative source. | |
| a master wheel | |
| a master database | |
| 17. n. (freemasonry) A person holding an office of authority, especially the presiding officer. | |
| 18. n. (by extension) A person holding a similar office in other civic societies. | |
| 19. adj. Masterful. | |
| 20. adj. Main, principal or predominant. | |
| 21. adj. Highly skilled. | |
| master batsman | |
| 22. adj. Original. | |
| master copy | |
| 23. v. (intransitive) To be a master. | |
| 24. v. To become the master of; to subject to one's will, control, or authority; to conquer; to overpower; to subdue. | |
| 25. v. To learn to a high degree of proficiency. | |
| It took her years to master the art of needlecraft. | |
| 26. v. (transitive, obsolete) To own; to posses. | |
| 27. v. (transitive, especially of a musical performance) To make a master copy of. | |
| 28. v. (intransitive, usually with in) To earn a Master's degree. | |
| He mastered in English at the state college. | |
| 29. n. (nautical, in combination) A vessel having a specified number of masts. | |
| a two-master | |
| notably |
| 1. adv. (focus) As a pointed example; in a notable manner. | |
| speaks |
| 1. v. third-person singular present indicative of speak | |
| 2. n. plural of speak | |
| speak |
| 1. v. (intransitive) To communicate with one's voice, to say words out loud. | |
| I was so surprised I couldn't speak. | |
| You're speaking too fast. | |
| 2. v. (intransitive) To have a conversation. | |
| It's been ages since we've spoken. | |
| 3. v. (by extension) To communicate or converse by some means other than orally, such as writing or facial expressions. | |
| He spoke of it in his diary. | |
| Speak to me only with your eyes. | |
| Actions speak louder than words. | |
| 4. v. (intransitive) To deliver a message to a group; to deliver a speech. | |
| This evening I shall speak on the topic of correct English usage. | |
| 5. v. To be able to communicate in a language. | |
| He speaks Mandarin fluently. | |
| 6. v. To utter. | |
| I was so surprised that I couldn't speak a word. | |
| 7. v. To communicate (some fact or feeling); to bespeak, to indicate. | |
| 8. v. (informal, transitive, sometimes humorous) To understand (as though it were a language). | |
| Sorry, I don't speak idiot. | |
| So you can program in C. But do you speak C++? | |
| 9. v. (intransitive) To produce a sound; to sound. | |
| 10. v. (transitive, archaic) To address; to accost; to speak to. | |
| 11. n. language, jargon, or terminology used uniquely in a particular environment or group. | |
| Corporate speak; IT speak. | |
| 12. n. Speach, conversation. | |
| 13. n. (dated) a low class bar, a speakeasy. | |
| several |
| 1. det. (obsolete) Separate, distinct; particular. | |
| 2. det. A number of different; various. (Now merged into later senses, below) | |
| 3. det. Consisting of a number more than two but not very many; diverse. | |
| 4. adv. By itself; severally. | |
| 5. n. (obsolete) An area of land in private ownership (as opposed to common land). | |
| 6. n. (archaic) A woman's loose outer garment, capable of being worn as a shawl, or in other forms. | |
| languages |
| 1. n. plural of language | |
| 2. v. third-person singular present indicative of language | |
| language |
| 1. n. A body of words, and set of methods of combining them (called a grammar), understood by a community and used as a form of communication. | |
| The English language and the German language are related. | |
| Deaf and mute people communicate using languages like ASL. | |
| 2. n. The ability to communicate using words. | |
| the gift of language | |
| 3. n. The vocabulary and usage of a particular specialist field. | |
| legal language; the language of chemistry | |
| 4. n. The expression of thought (the communication of meaning) in a specified way. | |
| body language; the language of the eyes | |
| 5. n. A body of sounds, signs and/or signals by which animals communicate, and by which plants are sometimes also thought to communicate. | |
| 6. n. (computing) A computer language; a machine language. | |
| 7. n. Manner of expression. | |
| 8. n. The particular words used in a speech or a passage of text. | |
| The language used in the law does not permit any other interpretation. | |
| The language he used to talk to me was obscene. | |
| 9. n. Profanity. | |
| 10. v. (rare, now nonstandard, or technical) To communicate by language; to express in language. | |
| 11. n. A languet, a flat plate in or below the flue pipe of an organ. | |
