simply |
1. adv. (manner) In a simple way or state; considered in or by itself; without addition; alone. | |
2. adv. (manner) Plainly; without art or subtlety | |
3. adv. (manner) Weakly; foolishly; stupidly. | |
4. adv. (focus) Merely; solely. | |
I was simply asking a question. | |
5. adv. (degree) absolutely, positively. | |
That was a simply wonderful dessert. | |
6. adv. (speech act) Frankly. | |
Simply, he just fired you. | |
put |
1. v. To place something somewhere. | |
She put her books on the table. | |
2. v. To bring or set into a certain relation, state or condition. | |
Put your house in order! | |
He is putting all his energy into this one task. | |
She tends to put herself in dangerous situations. | |
3. v. (finance) To exercise a put option. | |
He got out of his Procter and Gamble bet by putting his shares at 80. | |
4. v. To express something in a certain manner. | |
When you put it that way, I guess I can see your point. | |
5. v. (athletics) To throw a heavy iron ball, as a sport. (See shot put. Do not confuse with putt.) | |
6. v. To steer; to direct one's course; to go. | |
7. v. To play a card or a hand in the game called put. | |
8. v. To attach or attribute; to assign. | |
to put a wrong construction on an act or expression | |
9. v. (obsolete) To lay down; to give up; to surrender. | |
10. v. To set before one for judgment, acceptance, or rejection; to bring to the attention. | |
to put a question; to put a case | |
11. v. (obsolete) To incite; to entice; to urge; to constrain; to oblige. | |
12. v. (mining) To convey coal in the mine, as for example from the working to the tramway. | |
13. n. (business) A right to sell something at a predetermined price. | |
14. n. (finance) A contract to sell a security at a set price on or before a certain date. | |
He bought a January '08 put for Procter and Gamble at 80 to hedge his bet. | |
15. n. The act of putting; an action; a movement; a thrust; a push. | |
the put of a ball | |
16. n. An old card game. | |
17. n. (obsolete) An idiot; a foolish person; a duffer. | |
18. n. (obsolete) A prostitute. | |
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. | |
prime |
1. adj. First in importance, degree, or rank. | |
Our prime concern here is to keep the community safe. | |
2. adj. First in time, order, or sequence. | |
Both the English and French governments established prime meridians in their capitals. | |
3. adj. First in excellence, quality, or value. | |
This is a prime location for a bookstore. | |
4. adj. (mathematics, lay) Having exactly two integral factors: itself and unity (1 in the case of integers). | |
Thirteen is a prime number. | |
5. adj. (mathematics, technical) Such that if it divides a product, it divides one of the multiplicands. | |
6. adj. (mathematics) Having its complement closed under multiplication: said only of ideals. | |
7. adj. Marked or distinguished by the prime symbol. | |
8. adj. Early; blooming; being in the first stage. | |
9. adj. (obsolete) Lecherous; lustful; lewd. | |
10. n. (historical) The first hour of daylight; the first canonical hour. | |
11. n. (Christianity) The religious service appointed to this hour. | |
12. n. (obsolete) The early morning generally. | |
13. n. (now rare) The earliest stage of something. | |
14. n. The most active, thriving, or successful stage or period. | |
15. n. The chief or best individual or part. | |
16. n. (music) The first note or tone of a musical scale. | |
17. n. (fencing) The first defensive position, with the sword hand held at head height, and the tip of the sword at head height. | |
18. n. (algebra, number theory) A prime element of a mathematical structure, particularly a prime number. | |
3 is a prime. | |
19. n. (card games) A four-card hand containing one card of each suit in the game of primero; the opposite of a flush in poker. | |
20. n. (backgammon) Six consecutive blocks, which prevent the opponent's pieces from passing. | |
I'm threatening to build a prime here. | |
21. n. The symbol ′ used to indicate feet, minutes, derivation and other measures and mathematical operations. | |
22. n. (chemistry, obsolete) Any number expressing the combining weight or equivalent of any particular element; so called because these numbers were respectively reduced to their lowest relative terms on th | |
23. n. An inch, as composed of twelve seconds in the duodecimal system. | |
24. n. (obsolete) The priming in a flintlock. | |
25. n. (film) Contraction of prime lens, a film lens | |
26. n. (chief or best individual or part) choice, prize, quality, select | |
27. n. (algebra: prime element of a mathematical structure) prime number (when an integer) | |
28. v. To prepare a mechanism for its main work. | |
You'll have to press this button twice to prime the fuel pump. | |
29. v. To apply a coat of primer paint to. | |
I need to prime these handrails before we can apply the finish coat. | |
30. v. (obsolete, intransitive) To be renewed. | |
31. v. (intransitive) To serve as priming for the charge of a gun. | |
32. v. (intransitive, of a steam boiler) To work so that foaming occurs from too violent ebullition, which causes water to become mixed with, and be carried along with, the steam that is formed. | |
33. v. To apply priming to (a musket or cannon); to apply a primer to (a metallic cartridge). | |
34. v. To prepare; to make ready; to instruct beforehand; to coach. | |
to prime a witness | |
The boys are primed for mischief. | |
35. v. (dialect) To trim or prune. | |
to prime trees | |
36. v. (math) To mark with a prime mark. | |
37. n. (cycling) An intermediate sprint within a race, usually offering a prize and/or points. | |
minister |
1. n. A person who is trained to preach, to perform religious ceremonies and to afford pastoral care at a Protestant church. | |
The minister said a prayer on behalf of the entire congregation. | |
2. n. A politician who heads a ministry (national or regional government department for public service). | |
He was newly appointed to be Minister of the Interior. | |
3. n. At a diplomacy, the rank of diplomat directly below ambassador. | |
4. n. A servant; a subordinate; an officer or assistant of inferior rank; hence, an agent, an instrument. | |
5. v. To attend to (the needs of); to tend; to take care (of); to give aid; to give service. | |
A newspaper headline: Couple leaves business world to minister to inner-city children | |
6. v. to function as a clergyman or as the officiant in church worship | |
7. v. (transitive, archaic) To afford, to give, to supply. | |
did |
1. v. simple past tense of do | |
do |
1. v. (auxiliary) A syntactic marker | |
2. v. (auxiliary) A syntactic marker in a question whose main verb is not another auxiliary verb or be. | |
Do you go there often? | |
3. v. (auxiliary) A syntactic marker in negations with the indicative and imperative moods. | |
I do not go there often. | |
Do not listen to him. | |
4. v. (auxiliary) A syntactic marker for emphasis with the indicative, imperative, and subjunctive moods. | |
But I do go sometimes. | |
Do tell us. | |
It is important that he do come see me. | |
5. v. (pro-verb) A syntactic marker that refers back to an earlier verb and allows the speaker to avoid repeating the verb; not generally used with auxiliari | |
I play tennis; she does too. | |
# They don't think it be like it is, but it do. | |
6. v. To perform; to execute. | |
All you ever do is surf the Internet. What will you do this afternoon? | |
7. v. (obsolete) To cause, make (someone) (do something). | |
8. v. (intransitive, transitive) To suffice. | |
it’s not the best broom, but it will have to do; this will do me, thanks. | |
9. v. (intransitive) To be reasonable or acceptable. | |
It simply will not do to have dozens of children running around such a quiet event. | |
10. v. To have (as an effect). | |
The fresh air did him some good. | |
11. v. (intransitive) To fare, perform (well or poorly). | |
Our relationship isn't doing very well; how do you do? | |
12. v. (transitive, chiefly in questions) To have as one's job. | |
What does Bob do? — He's a plumber. | |
13. v. To perform the tasks or actions associated with (something) | |
"Don't forget to do your report" means something quite different depending on whether you're a student or a programmer. | |
14. v. To cook. | |
I'll just do some eggs. | |
15. v. To travel in, to tour, to make a circuit of. | |
Let’s do New York also. | |
16. v. To treat in a certain way. | |
17. v. To work for or on, by way of caring for, looking after, preparing, cleaning, keeping in order, etc. | |
18. v. (intransitive, obsolete) To act or behave in a certain manner; to conduct oneself. | |
19. v. (see also do time) To spend (time) in jail. | |
I did five years for armed robbery. | |
20. v. To impersonate or depict. | |
They really laughed when he did Clinton, with a perfect accent and a leer. | |
21. v. (transitive, slang) To kill. | |
22. v. (transitive, slang) To deal with for good and all; to finish up; to undo; to ruin; to do for. | |
23. v. (informal) To punish for a misdemeanor. | |
He got done for speeding. | |
Teacher'll do you for that! | |
24. v. (transitive, slang) To have sex with. (See also do it) | |
25. v. To cheat or swindle. | |
That guy just did me out of two hundred bucks! | |
26. v. To convert into a certain form; especially, to translate. | |
the novel has just been done into English; I'm going to do this play into a movie | |
27. v. (transitive, intransitive) To finish. | |
Aren't you done yet? | |
28. v. (dated) To work as a domestic servant (with for). | |
29. v. (archaic, dialectal, transitive, auxiliary) Used to form the present progressive of verbs. | |
30. v. (stock exchange) To cash or to advance money for, as a bill or note. | |
31. v. (informal, transitive) To make or provide. | |
Do they do haircuts there? | |
Could you do me a burger with mayonnaise instead of ketchup? | |
32. v. (informal, transitive) To injure (one's own body part). | |
33. v. To take drugs. | |
I do cocaine. | |
34. v. (transitive, in the form be doing somewhere) To exist with a purpose or for a reason. | |
What's that car doing in our swimming pool? - | |
35. n. (colloquial) A party, celebration, social function. | |
We’re having a bit of a do on Saturday to celebrate my birthday. | |
36. n. (informal) A hairdo. | |
Nice do! | |
37. n. Something that can or should be done (usually in the phrase dos and don'ts). | |
38. n. (obsolete) A deed; an act. | |
39. n. (archaic) Ado; bustle; stir; to-do; A period of confusion or argument. | |
40. n. (obsolete, UK, slang) A cheat; a swindler. | |
41. n. (obsolete, UK, slang) An act of swindling; a fraud or deception. | |
42. n. (music) A syllable used in solfège to represent the first and eighth tonic of a major scale. | |
43. adv. (rare) (abbreviation of ditto) | |
not |
1. adv. Negates the meaning of the modified verb. | |
Did you take out the trash? No, I did not. | |
Not knowing any better, I went ahead. | |
2. adv. To no degree. | |
That is not red; it's orange. | |
3. conj. And not. | |
I wanted a plate of shrimp, not a bucket of chicken. | |
He painted the car blue and black, not solid purple. | |
4. interj. (slang) Used to indicate that the previous phrase was meant sarcastically or ironically. | |
I really like hanging out with my little brother watching Barney... not! | |
Sure, you're perfect the way you are... not! | |
5. n. Unary logical function NOT, true if input is false, or a gate implementing that negation function. | |
You need a not there to conform with the negative logic of the memory chip. | |
6. contraction. (obsolete) Contraction of ne wot, wot not; know not; knows not. | |
attempt |
1. v. To try. | |
I attempted to sing, but my throat was too hoarse. | |
to attempt an escape from prison | |
A group of 80 budding mountaineers attempted Kilimanjaro, but 30 of them didn't make it to the top. | |
2. v. (obsolete) To try to move, by entreaty, by afflictions, or by temptations; to tempt. | |
3. v. (archaic) To try to win, subdue, or overcome. | |
one who attempts the virtue of a woman | |
4. v. (archaic) To attack; to make an effort or attack upon; to try to take by force. | |
to attempt the enemy's camp | |
5. n. The action of trying at something. | |
We made an attempt to cross the stream, but didn't manage. | |
This poem is much better than the feeble attempt of mine. | |
It was worth the attempt. | |
6. n. An assault or attack, especially an assassination attempt. | |
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 | |
present |
1. adj. Relating to now, for the time being; current. | |
The barbaric practice continues to the present day. | |
The present manager has been here longer than the last one. | |
2. adj. Located in the immediate vicinity. | |
Is there a doctor present? Several people were present when the event took place. | |
3. adj. (obsolete) Having an immediate effect (of a medicine, poison etc.); fast-acting. | |
4. adj. (obsolete) Not delayed; immediate; instant. | |
5. adj. (dated) Ready; quick in emergency. | |
a present wit | |
6. adj. (obsolete) Favorably attentive; propitious. | |
7. adj. Relating to something a person is referring to in the very context, with a deictic use similar to the demonstrative adjective this. | |
in the present study, the present article, the present results. | |
8. adj. Attentive; alert; focused. | |
Sorry, I was distracted just now, I'll try to be more present from now on. | |
9. n. The current moment or period of time. | |
10. n. The present tense. | |
11. n. A gift, especially one given for birthdays, Christmas, anniversaries, graduations, weddings, or any other special occasions. | |
12. n. (military) The position of a soldier in presenting arms. | |
to stand at present | |
13. v. To bring (someone) into the presence of (a person); to introduce formally. | |
to present an envoy to the king | |
14. v. To nominate (a member of the clergy) for an ecclesiastical benefice; to offer to the bishop or ordinary as a candidate for institution. | |
15. v. To offer (a problem, complaint) to a court or other authority for consideration. | |
16. v. (transitive, now rare) To charge (a person) with a crime or accusation; to bring before court. | |
17. v. (reflexive) To come forward, appear in a particular place or before a particular person, especially formally. | |
18. v. To put (something) forward in order for it to be seen; to show, exhibit. | |
19. v. To make clear to one's mind or intelligence; to put forward for consideration. | |
20. v. To put on, stage (a play etc.). | |
The theater is proud to present the Fearless Fliers. | |
21. v. (transitive, military) To point (a firearm) at something, to hold (a weapon) in a position ready to fire. | |
22. v. (reflexive) To offer oneself for mental consideration; to occur to the mind. | |
Well, one idea does present itself. | |
23. v. (intransitive, medicine) To come to the attention of medical staff, especially with a specific symptom. | |
The patient presented with insomnia. | |
24. v. (intransitive, medicine) To appear (in a specific way) for delivery (of a fetus); to appear first at the mouth of the uterus during childbirth. | |
25. v. (intransitive, with "as") To appear or represent oneself (as having a certain gender). | |
At that time, Elbe was presenting as a man. | |
I was presenting as a boy / a girl / a man / a woman / (a) male / (a) female / masculine / feminine | |
26. v. To act as presenter on (a radio, television programme etc.). | |
Anne Robinson presents "The Weakest Link". | |
27. v. To give a gift or presentation to (someone). | |
She was presented with an honorary degree for her services to entertainment. | |
28. v. To give (a gift or presentation) to someone; to bestow. | |
29. v. To deliver (something abstract) as though as a gift; to offer. | |
I presented my compliments to Lady Featherstoneshaw. | |
30. v. To hand over (a bill etc.) to be paid. | |
31. v. (intransitive, zoology) To display one's female genitalia in a way that signals to others that one is ready for copulation. Also referred to as lordosis behaviour. | |
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 | |
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. | |
rest |
1. n. (of a person or animal) Relief from work or activity by sleeping; sleep. | |
I need to get a good rest tonight; I was up late last night. | |
The sun sets, and the workers go to their rest. | |
2. n. Any relief from exertion; a state of quiet and relaxation. | |
We took a rest at the top of the hill to get our breath back. | |
3. n. Peace; freedom from worry, anxiety, annoyances; tranquility. | |
It was nice to have a rest from the phone ringing when I unplugged it for a while. | |
4. n. (of an object or concept) A state of inactivity; a state of little or no motion; a state of completion. | |
The boulder came to rest just behind the house after rolling down the mountain. | |
The ocean was finally at rest. | |
Now that we're all in agreement, we can put that issue to rest. | |
5. n. (euphemistic) A final position after death. | |
She was laid to rest in the village cemetery. | |
6. n. (music) A pause of a specified length in a piece of music. | |
Remember there's a rest at the end of the fourth bar. | |
7. n. (music) A written symbol indicating such a pause in a musical score such as in sheet music. | |
8. n. (physics) Absence of motion. | |
The body's centre of gravity may affect its state of rest. | |
9. n. (snooker) A stick with a U-, V- or X-shaped head used to support the tip of a cue when the cue ball is otherwise out of reach. | |
Higgins can't quite reach the white with his cue, so he'll be using the rest. | |
10. n. Any object designed to be used to support something else. | |
She put the phone receiver back in its rest. | |
He placed his hands on the arm rests of the chair. | |
11. n. A projection from the right side of the cuirass of armour, serving to support the lance. | |
12. n. A place where one may rest, either temporarily, as in an inn, or permanently, as, in an abode. | |
13. n. (poetry) A short pause in reading poetry; a caesura. | |
14. n. The striking of a balance at regular intervals in a running account. Often, specifically, the intervals after which compound interest is added to capital. | |
15. n. (dated) A set or game at tennis. | |
16. v. (intransitive) To cease from action, motion, work, or performance of any kind; stop; desist; be without motion. | |
17. v. (intransitive) To come to a pause or an end; end. | |
18. v. (intransitive) To be free from that which harasses or disturbs; be quiet or still; be undisturbed. | |
19. v. (intransitive, transitive, reflexive) To be or to put into a state of rest. | |
My day's work is over; now I will rest. We need to rest the horses before we ride any further. I shall not rest until I have uncovered the truth. Rest assure | |
20. v. (intransitive) To stay, remain, be situated. | |
The blame seems to rest with your father. | |
21. v. (transitive, intransitive, reflexive) To lean, lie, or lay. | |
A column rests on its pedestal. | |
I rested my head in my hands. She rested against my shoulder. I rested against the wall for a minute. | |
22. v. (intransitive, transitive, legal, US) To complete one's active advocacy in a trial or other proceeding, and thus to wait for the outcome (however, one is still generally available to answer questions | |
The defense rests, your Honor. I rest my case. | |
23. v. (intransitive) To sleep; slumber. | |
24. v. (intransitive) To lie dormant. | |
25. v. (intransitive) To sleep the final sleep; sleep in death; die; be dead. | |
26. v. (intransitive) To rely or depend on. | |
The decision rests on getting a bank loan. | |
27. v. To be satisfied; to acquiesce. | |
28. n. That which remains. | |
She ate some of the food, but was not hungry enough to eat it all, so she put the rest in the refrigerator to finish later. | |
29. n. Those not included in a proposition or description; the remainder; others. | |
30. n. (finance) A surplus held as a reserved fund by a bank to equalize its dividends, etc.; in the Bank of England, the balance of assets above liabilities. | |
31. v. (obsolete) To remain. | |
32. v. (obsolete) To arrest. | |
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. | |
Us |
1. n. plural of U | |
2. pron. (personal) Me and at least one other person; the objective case of we. | |
3. pron. (colloquial) Me. | |
Give us a look at your paper. | |
Give us your wallet! | |
4. pron. (Northern England) Our. | |
We'll have to throw us food out. | |
5. det. The speakers/writers, or the speaker/writer and at least one other person. | |
It's not good enough for us teachers. | |
6. n. plural of u | |
disinterested |
1. adj. Having no stake or interest in the outcome; free of bias, impartial. | |
2. adj. Uninterested, lacking interest. | |
evidence |
1. n. Facts or observations presented in support of an assertion. | |
There is no evidence that anyone was here earlier. | |
We have enough cold hard evidence in that presentation which will make a world of pain for our parasitic friends at Antarctica. | |
2. n. (legal) Anything admitted by a court to prove or disprove alleged matters of fact in a trial. | |
3. n. One who bears witness. | |
4. n. A body of objectively verifiable facts that are positively indicative of, and/or exclusively concordant with, that one conclusion over any other. | |
5. v. To provide evidence for, or suggest the truth of. | |
She was furious, as evidenced by her slamming the door. | |
compiled |
1. v. simple past tense and past participle of compile | |
compile |
1. v. To put together; to assemble; to make by gathering things from various sources. | |
Samuel Johnson compiled one of the most influential dictionaries of the English language. | |
2. v. (obsolete) To construct, build. | |
3. v. (transitive, programming) To use a compiler to process source code and produce executable code. | |
After I compile this program I'll run it and see if it works. | |
4. v. (intransitive, programming) To be successfully processed by a compiler into executable code. | |
There must be an error in my source code because it won't compile. | |
5. v. (obsolete, transitive) To contain or comprise. | |
6. v. (obsolete) To write; to compose. | |
7. n. (programming) An act of compiling code. | |
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 | |
disparate |
1. adj. Composed of inherently different or distinct elements; incongruous. | |
The board of the company was decidedly disparate, with no two members from the same social or economic background. | |
2. adj. Essentially different; of different species, unlike but not opposed in pairs; also, less properly, utterly unlike; incapable of being compared; having no common genus. | |
3. n. (chiefly in the plural) Any of a group of unequal or dissimilar things. | |
well |
1. adv. (manner) Accurately, competently, satisfactorily. | |
He does his job well. | |
2. adv. (manner) Completely, fully. | |
a well done steak | |
We’re well beat now. | |
3. adv. (degree) To a significant degree. | |
That author is well known. | |
4. adv. (degree, British, slang) Very (as a general-purpose intensifier). | |
5. adv. In a desirable manner; so as one could wish; satisfactorily; favourably; advantageously. | |
6. adj. In good health. | |
I had been sick, but now I'm well. | |
7. adj. (hypercorrect) Good, content. | |
“How are you?” — “I'm well, thank you!” | |
8. adj. (archaic) Prudent; good; well-advised. | |
9. interj. Used to acknowledge a statement or situation. | |
“The car is broken.” “Well, we could walk to the movies instead.” | |
“I didn't like the music.” “Well, I thought it was good.” | |
“I forgot to pack the tent! Well, I guess we're sleeping under the stars tonight.” | |
10. interj. An exclamation of surprise, often doubled or tripled. | |
Well, well, well, what do we have here? | |
11. interj. An exclamation of indignance. | |
Well! There was no need to say that in front of my mother! | |
12. interj. Used in speech to express the overcoming of reluctance to say something. | |
It was a bit... well... too loud. | |
13. interj. Used in speech to fill gaps; filled pause. | |
“So what have you been doing?” “Well, we went for a picnic, and then it started raining so we came home early.” | |
14. interj. (Hiberno-English) Used as a greeting | |
Well lads. How's things? | |
15. n. A hole sunk into the ground as a source of water, oil, natural gas or other fluids. | |
16. n. A place where a liquid such as water surfaces naturally; a spring. | |
17. n. A small depression suitable for holding liquid or other objects. | |
Make a well in the dough mixture and pour in the milk. | |
18. n. (figurative) A source of supply. | |
19. n. (nautical) A vertical, cylindrical trunk in a ship, reaching down to the lowest part of the hull, through which the bilge pumps operate. | |
20. n. (nautical) The cockpit of a sailboat. | |
21. n. (nautical) A compartment in the middle of the hold of a fishing vessel, made tight at the sides, but having holes perforated in the bottom to let in water to keep fish alive while they are transported | |
22. n. (nautical) A vertical passage in the stern into which an auxiliary screw propeller may be drawn up out of the water. | |
23. n. (military) A hole or excavation in the earth, in mining, from which run branches or galleries. | |
24. n. (architecture) An opening through the floors of a building, as for a staircase or an elevator; a wellhole. | |
25. n. The open space between the bench and the counsel tables in a courtroom. | |
26. n. (metalworking) The lower part of a furnace, into which the metal falls. | |
27. n. A well drink. | |
They're having a special tonight: $1 wells. | |
28. n. (video games) The playfield of Tetris and similar video games, into which the blocks fall. | |
29. n. (biology) In a microtiter plate, each of the small equal circular or square sections which serve as test tubes. | |
30. v. (intransitive) To issue forth, as water from the earth; to flow; to spring. | |
31. v. (intransitive) To have something seep out of the surface. | |
Her eyes welled with tears. | |
well |
1. adv. (manner) Accurately, competently, satisfactorily. | |
He does his job well. | |
2. adv. (manner) Completely, fully. | |
a well done steak | |
We’re well beat now. | |
3. adv. (degree) To a significant degree. | |
That author is well known. | |
4. adv. (degree, British, slang) Very (as a general-purpose intensifier). | |
5. adv. In a desirable manner; so as one could wish; satisfactorily; favourably; advantageously. | |
6. adj. In good health. | |
I had been sick, but now I'm well. | |
7. adj. (hypercorrect) Good, content. | |
“How are you?” — “I'm well, thank you!” | |
8. adj. (archaic) Prudent; good; well-advised. | |
9. interj. Used to acknowledge a statement or situation. | |
“The car is broken.” “Well, we could walk to the movies instead.” | |
“I didn't like the music.” “Well, I thought it was good.” | |
“I forgot to pack the tent! Well, I guess we're sleeping under the stars tonight.” | |
10. interj. An exclamation of surprise, often doubled or tripled. | |
Well, well, well, what do we have here? | |
11. interj. An exclamation of indignance. | |
Well! There was no need to say that in front of my mother! | |
12. interj. Used in speech to express the overcoming of reluctance to say something. | |
It was a bit... well... too loud. | |
13. interj. Used in speech to fill gaps; filled pause. | |
“So what have you been doing?” “Well, we went for a picnic, and then it started raining so we came home early.” | |
14. interj. (Hiberno-English) Used as a greeting | |
Well lads. How's things? | |
15. n. A hole sunk into the ground as a source of water, oil, natural gas or other fluids. | |
16. n. A place where a liquid such as water surfaces naturally; a spring. | |
17. n. A small depression suitable for holding liquid or other objects. | |
Make a well in the dough mixture and pour in the milk. | |
18. n. (figurative) A source of supply. | |
19. n. (nautical) A vertical, cylindrical trunk in a ship, reaching down to the lowest part of the hull, through which the bilge pumps operate. | |
20. n. (nautical) The cockpit of a sailboat. | |
21. n. (nautical) A compartment in the middle of the hold of a fishing vessel, made tight at the sides, but having holes perforated in the bottom to let in water to keep fish alive while they are transported | |
22. n. (nautical) A vertical passage in the stern into which an auxiliary screw propeller may be drawn up out of the water. | |
23. n. (military) A hole or excavation in the earth, in mining, from which run branches or galleries. | |
24. n. (architecture) An opening through the floors of a building, as for a staircase or an elevator; a wellhole. | |
25. n. The open space between the bench and the counsel tables in a courtroom. | |
26. n. (metalworking) The lower part of a furnace, into which the metal falls. | |
27. n. A well drink. | |
They're having a special tonight: $1 wells. | |
28. n. (video games) The playfield of Tetris and similar video games, into which the blocks fall. | |
29. n. (biology) In a microtiter plate, each of the small equal circular or square sections which serve as test tubes. | |
30. v. (intransitive) To issue forth, as water from the earth; to flow; to spring. | |
31. v. (intransitive) To have something seep out of the surface. | |
Her eyes welled with tears. | |
informed |
1. v. simple past tense and past participle of inform | |
2. adj. Instructed; having knowledge of a fact or area of education. | |
An informed young man delivered a lecture on the history of modern art. | |
3. adj. Based on knowledge; founded on due understanding of a situation. | |
4. adj. (obsolete) Created, given form. | |
5. adj. (obsolete) unformed or ill-formed; deformed; shapeless | |
6. adj. (astronomy, obsolete) Not included within the figures of any of the ancient constellations. | |
the informed stars | |
inform |
1. v. (archaic, transitive) To instruct, train (usually in matters of knowledge). | |
2. v. To communicate knowledge to. | |
3. v. (intransitive) To impart information or knowledge. | |
4. v. To act as an informer; denounce. | |
5. v. To give form or character to; to inspire (with a given quality); to affect, influence (with a pervading principle, idea etc.). | |
His sense of religion informs everything he writes. | |
6. v. (obsolete, intransitive) To make known, wisely and/or knowledgeably. | |
7. v. (obsolete, transitive) To direct, guide. | |
8. v. (archaic, intransitive) To take form; to become visible or manifest; to appear. | |
9. adj. Without regular form; shapeless; ugly; deformed. | |
sources |
1. n. plural of source | |
2. v. third-person singular present indicative of source | |
source |
1. n. The person, place or thing from which something (information, goods, etc.) comes or is acquired. | |
The accused refused to reveal the source of the illegal drugs she was selling. | |
2. n. Spring; fountainhead; wellhead; any collection of water on or under the surface of the ground in which a stream originates. | |
The main sources of the Euphrates River are the Karasu and Murat Rivers. | |
3. n. A reporter's informant. | |
4. n. (computing) Source code. | |
5. n. (electronics) The name of one terminal of a field effect transistor (FET). | |
6. v. (chiefly US) To obtain or procure: used especially of a business resource. | |
7. v. To find information about (a quotation)'s source (from which it comes): to find a citation for. | |