| someone |
| 1. pron. Some person. | |
| Can someone help me, please? | |
| 2. n. A partially specified but unnamed person. | |
| Do you need a gift for that special someone? | |
| 3. n. an important person | |
| He thinks he has become someone. | |
| 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. | |
| something |
| 1. pron. An uncertain or unspecified thing; one thing. | |
| I must have forgotten to pack something, but I can't think what. | |
| I have something for you in my bag. | |
| I have a feeling something good is going to happen today. | |
| 2. pron. (colloquial, of someone or something) A quality to a moderate degree. | |
| The performance was something of a disappointment. | |
| That child is something of a genius. | |
| 3. pron. (colloquial, of a person) A talent or quality that is difficult to specify. | |
| She has a certain something. | |
| 4. pron. (colloquial, often with really or quite) Somebody or something who is superlative in some way. | |
| He's really something! I've never heard such a great voice. | |
| She's quite something. I can't believe she would do such a mean thing. | |
| 5. adj. Having a characteristic that the speaker cannot specify. | |
| 6. adv. (degree) Somewhat; to a degree. | |
| The baby looks something like his father. | |
| 7. adv. (degree, colloquial) To a high degree. | |
| 8. v. Applied to an action whose name is forgotten by, unknown or unimportant to the user, e.g. from words of a song. | |
| 9. n. An object whose nature is yet to be defined. | |
| 10. n. An object whose name is forgotten by, unknown or unimportant to the user, e.g., from words of a song. Also used to refer to an object earlier indefinitely referred to as 'something' (pronoun sense). | |
| that |
| 1. conj. Introducing a clause which is the subject or object of a verb (such as one involving reported speech), or which is a complement to a previous statement. | |
| He told me that the book is a good read. | |
| I believe that it is true. — She is convinced that he is British. | |
| 2. conj. Introducing a subordinate clause expressing a reason or cause: because, in that. | |
| Be glad that you have enough to eat. | |
| 3. conj. (now uncommon) Introducing a subordinate clause that expresses an aim, purpose or goal ("final"), and usually contains the auxiliaries may, might or should: so, so that. | |
| 4. conj. Introducing — especially, but not exclusively, with an antecedent like so or such — a subordinate clause expressing a result, consequence or effect. | |
| The noise was so loud that she woke up. | |
| The problem was sufficiently important that it had to be addressed. | |
| 5. conj. (archaic, or poetic) Introducing a premise or supposition for consideration: seeing as; inasmuch as; given that; as would appear from the fact that. | |
| 6. conj. Introducing a subordinate clause modifying an adverb. | |
| Was John there? — Not that I saw. | |
| How often did she visit him? — Twice that I saw. | |
| 7. conj. Introducing an exclamation expressing a desire or wish. | |
| 8. conj. Introducing an exclamation expressing a strong emotion such as sadness or surprise. | |
| 9. det. The (thing, person, idea, etc) indicated or understood from context, especially if more remote physically, temporally or mentally than one designated as "this", or if expressing distinction. | |
| That book is a good read. This one isn't. | |
| That battle was in 1450. | |
| That cat of yours is evil. | |
| 10. pron. (demonstrative) The thing, person, idea, quality, event, action or time indicated or understood from context, especially if more remote geographically, temporally or mentally than one designated as "t | |
| He went home, and after that I never saw him again. | |
| 11. pron. The known (thing); (used to refer to something just said). | |
| They're getting divorced. What do you think about that? | |
| 12. pron. (demonstrative) The aforementioned quality; used together with a verb and pronoun to emphatically repeat a previous statement. | |
| The water is so cold! — That it is. | |
| 13. pron. (relative) (plural that) Which, who; (representing a subject, direct object, indirect object, or object of a preposition). | |
| The CPR course that she took really came in handy. | |
| The house that he lived in was old and dilapidated. | |
| 14. pron. (colloquial) (Used in place of relative adverbs such as where or when; often omitted.) | |
| the place that = where or to which I went last year | |
| the last time that = when I went to Europe | |
| 15. adv. (degree) To a given extent or degree. | |
| "The ribbon was that thin." "I disagree, I say it was not that thin, it was thicker... or maybe thinner...". | |
| 16. adv. (degree) To a great extent or degree; very, particularly (in negative constructions). | |
| I'm just not that sick. | |
| I did the run last year, and it wasn't that difficult. | |
| 17. adv. (obsolete, outside, dialects) To such an extent; so. (in positive constructions). | |
| Ooh, I was that happy I nearly kissed her. | |
| 18. n. (philosophy) Something being indicated that is there; one of those. | |
| nags |
| 1. n. plural of nag | |
| nag |
| 1. n. A small horse; a pony. | |
| 2. n. An old useless horse. | |
| 3. n. (obsolete, derogatory) A paramour. | |
| 4. v. To continuously remind or complain to (someone) in an annoying way, often about insignificant or unnecessary matters. | |
| 5. v. To bother with persistent thoughts or memories. | |
| The notion that he forgot something nagged him the rest of the day. | |
| 6. v. To bother or disturb persistently in any way. | |
| a nagging pain in his left knee | |
| a nagging north wind | |
| 7. n. Someone or something that nags. | |
| 8. n. A repeated complaint or reminder. | |
| 9. n. A persistent, bothersome thought or worry | |
