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relating
1. v. present participle of relate
2. n. The act of relating, or forming or identifying relationships; relation.
relate
1. v. To tell in a descriptive way.
2. v. To give an association.
3. v. To make a connection or correlation between one thing and another.
4. v. (intransitive) To have a connection.
I find it difficult to relate to others because I'm extremely introverted.
5. v. (intransitive) To interact.
6. v. (intransitive) To respond through reaction.
7. v. (intransitive, with to) To identify with; to understand.
8. v. (obsolete) To bring back; to restore.
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
rural
1. adj. Relating to the countryside or to agriculture; not urban.
2. n. (obsolete) A person from the countryside; a rustic.
life
1. n. The state of organisms preceding their death, characterized by biological processes such as metabolism and reproduction and distinguishing them from inanimate objects; the state of being alive and liv
Having experienced both, the vampire decided that he preferred (un)death to life. He gave up on life.
2. n. (biology) The status possessed by any of a number of entities, including animals, plants, fungi, bacteria, and sometimes viruses, which have the proper
3. n. The animating principle or force that keeps an inorganic thing or concept metaphorically alive (dynamic, relevant, etc) and makes it a "living document", "living constitution", etc.
4. n. Lifeforms, generally or collectively.
It's life, but not as we know it. She discovered plant life on the planet. The rover discovered signs of life on the alien world.
5. n. A living individual; the fact of a particular individual being alive. (Chiefly when indicating individuals were lost (died) or saved.)
Many lives were lost during the war. Her quick thinking saved many dogs' lives.
6. n. Existence
Man's life on this planet has been marked by continual conflict. the eternal life of the soul
7. n. A worthwhile existence.
He gets up early in the morning, works all day long — even on weekends — and hardly sees his family. That's no life! His life was ruined by
8. n. A particular aspect of existence.
He struggled to balance his family life, social life and work life. sex life, political life
9. n. (informal) Social life.
Get a life.
10. n. Something which is inherently part of a person's existence, such as job, family, a loved one, etc.
She's my love, my life. Running the bakery is her life.
11. n. A period of time during which something has existence.
12. n. The period during which one (a person, an animal, a plant; a civilization, species; a star; etc) is alive.
This light bulb is designed to have a life of 2,000 hours.
13. n. The span of time during which an object operates.
14. n. The period of time during which an object is recognizable.
The life of this milk carton may be thousands of years in this landfill.
15. n. A particular phase or period of existence.
16. n. A period extending from a when a (positive or negative) office, punishment, etc is conferred on someone until that person dies (or, sometimes, reaches
17. n. # (colloquial) A life sentence; a period of imprisonment that lasts until the convict's death (or, sometimes, parole).
18. n. Animation; spirit; vivacity.
19. n. The most lively component or participant.
20. n. A biography.
His life of the founder is finished, except for the title.
21. n. Nature, reality, and the forms that exist it.
22. n. An opportunity for existence.
23. n. (video games) One of the player's chances to play, lost when the player's character dies or when certain mistakes are made.
Scoring 1000 points is rewarded with an extra life.
24. n. (baseball, softball) A chance for the batter (or batting team) to bat again, given as a result of an misplay by a member of the fielding team.
25. n. (insurance) The life insurance industry.
I work in life.
26. n. A life assured under a life assurance policy (equivalent to the policy itself for a single life contract).
and
1. conj. As a coordinating conjunction; expressing two elements to be taken together or in addition to each other.
2. conj. Used simply to connect two noun phrases, adjectives or adverbs.
3. conj. Simply connecting two clauses or sentences.
4. conj. Introducing a clause or sentence which follows on in time or consequence from the first.
5. conj. (obsolete) Yet; but.
6. conj. Used to connect certain numbers: connecting units when they precede tens (not dated); connecting tens and units to hundreds, thousands etc. (now often
7. conj. (now colloquial, or literary) Used to connect more than two elements together in a chain, sometimes to stress the number of elements.
8. conj. Connecting two identical elements, with implications of continued or infinite repetition.
9. conj. Introducing a parenthetical or explanatory clause.
10. conj. Introducing the continuation of narration from a previous understood point; also used alone as a question: ‘and so what?’.
11. conj. (now regional or somewhat colloquial) Used to connect two verbs where the second is dependent on the first: ‘to’. Used especially after come,
12. conj. Introducing a qualitative difference between things having the same name; "as well as other".
13. conj. Used to combine numbers in addition; plus (with singular or plural verb).
14. conj. Expressing a condition.:
15. conj. (now US dialect) If; provided that.
16. conj. (obsolete) As if, as though.
17. n. (enm, music, often informal) In rhythm, the second half of a divided beat.
18. n. (UK dialectal) Breath.
19. n. (UK dialectal) Sea smoke; steam fog.
20. v. (UK dialectal, intransitive) To breathe; whisper; devise; imagine.
scenes
1. n. plural of scene
scene
1. n. The location of an event that attracts attention.
the scene of the crime
2. n. (theater) The structure on which a spectacle or play is exhibited; the part of a theater in which the acting is done, with its adjuncts and decorations; the stage.
They stood in the centre of the scene.
3. n. The decorations and fittings of a stage, representing the place in which the action is supposed to go on; one of the slides, or other devices, used to give an appearance of reality to the action of a
to paint scenes
to change the scenes
behind the scenes
4. n. So much of a play as passes without change of locality or time, or important change of character; hence, a subdivision of an act; a separate portion of a play, subordinate to the act, but differently
The play is divided into three acts, and in total twenty-five scenes.
The most moving scene is the final one, where he realizes he has wasted his whole life.
There were some very erotic scenes in the movie, although it was not classified as pornography.
5. n. The place, time, circumstance, etc., in which anything occurs, or in which the action of a story, play, or the like, is laid; surroundings amid which anything is set before the imagination; place of o
6. n. An assemblage of objects presented to the view at once; a series of actions and events exhibited in their connection; a spectacle; a show; an exhibition; a view.
He assessed the scene to check for any danger, and agreed it was safe.
7. n. A landscape, or part of a landscape; scenery.
8. n. An exhibition of passionate or strong feeling before others, creating embarrassment or disruption; often, an artificial or affected action, or course of action, done for effect; a theatrical display
The headmistress told the students not to cause a scene.
They saw an angry scene outside the pub.
The crazy lady made a scene in the grocery store.
9. n. An element of fiction writing.
10. n. A social environment consisting of an informal, vague group of people with a uniting interest; their sphere of activity; a subculture.
She got into the emo scene at an early age.
11. v. To exhibit as a scene; to make a scene of; to display.

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