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). | |
acquired |
1. v. simple past tense and past participle of acquire | |
2. adj. (medicine) Developed postfetally; not congenital. | |
acquire |
1. v. To get. | |
2. v. To gain, usually by one's own exertions; to get as one's own | |
He acquired a title. | |
all the riches he acquired were from hard work. | |
One should acquire as much knowledge as possible from reading. | |
to acquire a skill | |
to acquire decent habits and manners | |
3. v. (medicine) To contract. | |
4. v. (computing) To sample signals and convert them into digital values. | |
for |
1. conj. (dated) Because. | |
2. prep. Towards. | |
The astronauts headed for the moon. | |
3. prep. Directed at, intended to belong to. | |
I have something for you. | |
4. prep. In honor of, or directed towards the celebration or event of. | |
We're having a birthday party for Janet. | |
The cake is for Tom and Helen's anniversary. | |
The mayor gave a speech for the charity gala. | |
5. prep. Supporting. | |
All those for the motion raise your hands. | |
6. prep. Because of. | |
He wouldn't apologize; and just for that, she refused to help him. | |
(UK usage) He looks better for having lost weight. | |
She was the worse for drink. | |
7. prep. Over a period of time. | |
I've lived here for three years. | |
They fought for days over a silly pencil. | |
8. prep. Throughout an extent of space. | |
9. prep. On behalf of. | |
I will stand in for him. | |
10. prep. Instead of, or in place of. | |
11. prep. In order to obtain or acquire. | |
I am aiming for completion by the end of business Thursday. | |
He's going for his doctorate. | |
Do you want to go for coffee? | |
People all over Greece looked to Delphi for answers. | |
Can you go to the store for some eggs? | |
I'm saving up for a car. | |
Don't wait for an answer. | |
What did he ask you for? | |
12. prep. In the direction of: marks a point one is going toward. | |
Run for the hills! | |
He was headed for the door when he remembered. | |
13. prep. By the standards of, usually with the implication of those standards being lower than one might otherwise expect. | |
Fair for its day. | |
She's spry for an old lady. | |
14. prep. Despite, in spite of. | |
15. prep. Used to indicate the subject of a to-infinitive. | |
For that to happen now is incredibly unlikely. (=It is incredibly unlikely that that will happen now.) | |
All I want is for you to be happy. (=All I want is that you be happy.) | |
16. prep. (chiefly US) Out of; used to indicate a fraction, a ratio | |
In term of base hits, Jones was three for four on the day | |
17. prep. (cricket) Used as part of a score to indicate the number of wickets that have fallen. | |
At close of play, England were 305 for 3. | |
18. prep. To be, or as being. | |
19. prep. (obsolete) (Indicating that in prevention of which, or through fear of which, anything is done.) | |
20. prep. Used to construe various verbs (see the entries for individual phrasal verbs). | |
a |
1. art. One; any indefinite example of; used to denote a singular item of a group. | |
There was a man here looking for you yesterday. | |
2. art. Used in conjunction with the adjectives score, dozen, hundred, thousand, and million, as a function word. | |
I've seen it happen a hundred times. | |
3. art. One certain or particular; any single.Brown, Lesley, (2003) | |
We've received an interesting letter from a Mrs. Miggins of London. | |
4. art. The same; one. | |
We are of a mind on matters of morals. | |
5. art. Any, every; used before a noun which has become modified to limit its scope; also used with a negative to indicate not a single one.Lindberg, Christine A. (2007) | |
A man who dies intestate leaves his children troubles and difficulties. | |
He fell all that way, and hasn't a bump on his head? | |
6. art. Used before plural nouns modified by few, good many, couple, great many, etc. | |
7. art. Someone or something like; similar to; Used before a proper noun to create an example out of it. | |
The center of the village was becoming a Times Square. | |
8. prep. (archaic) To do with position or direction; In, on, at, by, towards, onto. | |
Stand a tiptoe. | |
9. prep. To do with separation; In, into. | |
Torn a pieces. | |
10. prep. To do with time; Each, per, in, on, by. | |
I brush my teeth twice a day. | |
11. prep. (obsolete) To do with method; In, with. | |
12. prep. (obsolete) To do with role or capacity; In. | |
A God’s name. | |
13. prep. To do with status; In. | |
King James Bible (II Chronicles 2:18) | |
To set the people a worke. | |
14. prep. (archaic) To do with process, with a passive verb; In the course of, experiencing. | |
1964, Bob Dylan, The Times They Are a-Changin’ | |
The times, they are a-changin'. | |
15. prep. (archaic) To do with an action, an active verb; Engaged in. | |
1611, King James Bible, Hebrews 11-21 | |
Jacob, when he was a dying | |
16. prep. (archaic) To do with an action/movement; To, into. | |
17. v. (archaic, or slang) Have. | |
I'd a come, if you'd a asked. | |
18. pron. (obsolete, outside, England, and Scotland dialects) He. | |
19. interj. A meaningless syllable; ah. | |
20. prep. (archaic, slang) Of. | |
The name of John a Gaunt. | |
21. adv. (chiefly Scotland) All. | |
22. adj. (chiefly Scotland) All. | |
low |
1. adj. Situated close to, or even below, the ground or another normal reference plane; not high or lofty. | |
standing on low ground in a low valley, ringed by low hills a low wall a low shelf | |
2. adj. Pertaining to (or, especially of a language: spoken in) in an area which is at a lesser elevation, closer to sea level (especially near the sea), than | |
the low countries Low German | |
3. adj. (baseball, of a ball) Below the batter's knees. | |
the pitch (or: the ball) was low | |
4. adj. Of less than normal height; below the average or normal level from which elevation is measured. | |
a low bow a low tide the Mississippi is unusually low right now | |
5. adj. Not high in status, esteem or rank, dignity, or quality. (Compare vulgar). | |
low birth low rank the low officials of the bureaucracy low-quality fabric playing low tricks on them a person of low mind | |
Now that was low even for you! | |
6. adj. Humble, meek, not haughty. | |
7. adj. Disparaging; assigning little value or excellence. | |
She had a low opinion of cats. He took a low view of dogs. | |
8. adj. Being a nadir, a bottom. | |
the low point in her career | |
9. adj. Depressed in mood, dejected, sad. | |
low spirits | |
10. adj. Lacking health or vitality, strength or vivacity; feeble; weak. | |
a low pulse | |
made (or: laid) low by sickness | |
11. adj. Small, not high (in amount or quantity, value, force, energy, etc). | |
My credit union charges a low interest rate. Jogging during a whiteout, with such low temperatures and low visibility, is dangerous. The store sold bread at low prices, and milk a | |
12. adj. Having a small or comparatively smaller concentration of (a substance, which is often but not always linked by "in" when predicative). | |
diets low in vitamin A made from low-carbon steel | |
13. adj. Depleted, or nearing deletion; lacking in supply. | |
running low on cash | |
14. adj. (especially in the field of biology) Simple in complexity or development; (in several set phrases) favoring simplicity; see e.g. low church, Low Tory. | |
low protozoan animals, low cryptogamic plants, and other low organisms | |
15. adj. (in several set phrases) Being near the equator. | |
the low northern latitudes | |
16. adj. (acoustics) Grave in pitch, due to being produced by relatively slow vibrations (wave oscillations); flat. | |
The note was too low for her to sing. | |
Generally, European men have lower voices than their Indian counterparts. | |
17. adj. Quiet; soft; not loud. | |
They spoke in low voices so I would not hear what they were saying. | |
Why would you want to play heavy metal at such a low volume? | |
18. adj. (phonetics) Made with a relatively large opening between the tongue and the palate; made with (part of) the tongue positioned low in the mouth, relative to the palate. | |
19. adj. (card games) Lesser in value than other cards, denominations, suits, etc. | |
a low card | |
20. adj. (archaic) Not rich, seasoned, or nourishing; plain, simple. | |
a low diet | |
21. adj. (of an, automobile, gear, etc) Designed for a slow (or the slowest) speed. | |
low gear | |
22. n. Something that is low; a low point. | |
You have achieved a new low in behavior, Frank. | |
Economic growth has hit a new low. | |
23. n. The minimum value attained by some quantity within a specified period. | |
Unemployment has reached a ten-year low. | |
24. n. A depressed mood or situation. | |
He is in a low right now | |
25. n. (meteorology) An area of low pressure; a depression. | |
A deep low is centred over the British Isles. | |
26. n. The lowest-speed gearing of a power-transmission system, especially of an automotive vehicle. | |
Shift out of low before the car gets to eight miles per hour. | |
27. n. (card games) The lowest trump, usually the deuce; the lowest trump dealt or drawn. | |
28. n. (slang) (usually accompanied by "the") a cheap, cost-efficient, or advantageous payment or expense. | |
He got the brand new Yankees jersey for the low. | |
29. adv. Close to the ground. | |
30. adv. Of a pitch, at a lower frequency. | |
31. adv. With a low voice or sound; not loudly; gently. | |
to speak low | |
32. adv. Under the usual price; at a moderate price; cheaply. | |
He sold his wheat low. | |
33. adv. In a low mean condition; humbly; meanly. | |
34. adv. In a time approaching our own. | |
35. adv. (astronomy) In a path near the equator, so that the declination is small, or near the horizon, so that the altitude is small; said of the heavenly bodies with reference to the diurnal revolution. | |
The moon runs low, i.e. comparatively near the horizon when on or near the meridian. | |
36. v. (obsolete, transitive) To depress; to lower. | |
37. v. (obsolete) simple past tense of laugh. | |
38. v. (intransitive) To moo. | |
The cattle were lowing. | |
39. n. (UK, Scotland, dialect) A flame; fire; blaze. | |
40. v. (Scotland) To burn; to blaze. | |
41. n. (archaic, or obsolete) Barrow, mound, tumulus. | |
42. n. (Scottish dialectal, archaic) A hill. | |
43. n. cln, en, basic words, three-letter words | |
price |
1. n. The cost required to gain possession of something. | |
2. n. The cost of an action or deed. | |
I paid a high price for my folly. | |
3. n. Value; estimation; excellence; worth. | |
4. v. To determine the monetary value of (an item), to put a price on. | |
5. v. (obsolete) To pay the price of, to make reparation for. | |
6. v. (obsolete) To set a price on; to value; to prize. | |
7. v. (colloquial, dated) To ask the price of. | |
to price eggs | |
a |
1. art. One; any indefinite example of; used to denote a singular item of a group. | |
There was a man here looking for you yesterday. | |
2. art. Used in conjunction with the adjectives score, dozen, hundred, thousand, and million, as a function word. | |
I've seen it happen a hundred times. | |
3. art. One certain or particular; any single.Brown, Lesley, (2003) | |
We've received an interesting letter from a Mrs. Miggins of London. | |
4. art. The same; one. | |
We are of a mind on matters of morals. | |
5. art. Any, every; used before a noun which has become modified to limit its scope; also used with a negative to indicate not a single one.Lindberg, Christine A. (2007) | |
A man who dies intestate leaves his children troubles and difficulties. | |
He fell all that way, and hasn't a bump on his head? | |
6. art. Used before plural nouns modified by few, good many, couple, great many, etc. | |
7. art. Someone or something like; similar to; Used before a proper noun to create an example out of it. | |
The center of the village was becoming a Times Square. | |
8. prep. (archaic) To do with position or direction; In, on, at, by, towards, onto. | |
Stand a tiptoe. | |
9. prep. To do with separation; In, into. | |
Torn a pieces. | |
10. prep. To do with time; Each, per, in, on, by. | |
I brush my teeth twice a day. | |
11. prep. (obsolete) To do with method; In, with. | |
12. prep. (obsolete) To do with role or capacity; In. | |
A God’s name. | |
13. prep. To do with status; In. | |
King James Bible (II Chronicles 2:18) | |
To set the people a worke. | |
14. prep. (archaic) To do with process, with a passive verb; In the course of, experiencing. | |
1964, Bob Dylan, The Times They Are a-Changin’ | |
The times, they are a-changin'. | |
15. prep. (archaic) To do with an action, an active verb; Engaged in. | |
1611, King James Bible, Hebrews 11-21 | |
Jacob, when he was a dying | |
16. prep. (archaic) To do with an action/movement; To, into. | |
17. v. (archaic, or slang) Have. | |
I'd a come, if you'd a asked. | |
18. pron. (obsolete, outside, England, and Scotland dialects) He. | |
19. interj. A meaningless syllable; ah. | |
20. prep. (archaic, slang) Of. | |
The name of John a Gaunt. | |
21. adv. (chiefly Scotland) All. | |
22. adj. (chiefly Scotland) All. | |
bargain |
1. n. An agreement between parties concerning the sale of property; or a contract by which one party binds himself to transfer the right to some property for a consideration, and the other party binds himse | |
2. n. An agreement or stipulation; mutual pledge. | |
3. n. An item purchased for significantly less than the usual, or recommended, price | |
4. n. A gainful transaction; an advantageous purchase. | |
to buy a thing at a bargain | |
At that price, it's not just a bargain, it's a steal. | |
5. n. The thing stipulated or purchased. | |
6. v. (intransitive) To make a bargain; to make a deal or contract for the exchange of property or services; to negotiate | |
7. v. To transfer for a consideration; to barter; to trade | |
They had to bargain for a few minutes to get a decent price for the rug. | |