| speed |
| 1. n. The state of moving quickly or the capacity for rapid motion; rapidity. | |
| How does Usain Bolt run at that speed? | |
| 2. n. The rate of motion or action, specifically (mathematics)/(physics) the magnitude of the velocity; the rate distance is traversed in a given time. | |
| 3. n. (photography) The sensitivity to light of film, plates or sensor. | |
| 4. n. (photography) The duration of exposure, the time during which a camera shutter is open. | |
| 5. n. (photography) The largest size of the lens opening at which a lens can be used. | |
| 6. n. (photography) The ratio of the focal length to the diameter of a photographic objective. | |
| 7. n. (slang) Amphetamine or any amphetamine-based drug (especially methamphetamine) used as a stimulant, especially illegally. | |
| 8. n. (archaic) Luck, success, prosperity. | |
| 9. n. (slang) Personal preference. | |
| We could go to the shore next week, or somewhere else if that's not your speed. | |
| 10. n. (finance) A third-order measure of derivative price sensitivity, expressed as the rate of change of gamma with respect to changes in the underlying asset price. | |
| 11. v. (intransitive, archaic) To succeed; to prosper, be lucky. | |
| 12. v. (transitive, archaic) To help someone, to give them fortune; to aid or favour. | |
| God speed, until we meet again. | |
| 13. v. (intransitive) To go fast. | |
| The Ferrari was speeding along the road. | |
| 14. v. (intransitive) To exceed the speed limit. | |
| Why do you speed when the road is so icy? | |
| 15. v. To increase the rate at which something occurs. | |
| 16. v. (intransitive, slang) To be under the influence of stimulant drugs, especially amphetamines. | |
| 17. v. (obsolete) To be expedient. | |
| 18. v. (archaic) To hurry to destruction; to put an end to; to ruin. | |
| 19. v. (archaic) To wish success or good fortune to, in any undertaking, especially in setting out upon a journey. | |
| 20. v. To cause to make haste; to dispatch with celerity; to drive at full speed; hence, to hasten; to hurry. | |
| 21. v. To hasten to a conclusion; to expedite. | |
| 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. | |
| velocity |
| 1. n. (physics) A vector quantity that denotes the rate of change of position with respect to time, or a speed with the directional component. | |
| 2. n. Rapidity of motion. | |
| 3. n. The rate of occurrence. | |
| 4. n. (economics) The number of times that an average unit of currency is spent during a specific period of time. | |
| in |
| 1. prep. Used to indicate location, inclusion, or position within spatial, temporal or other limits. | |
| 2. prep. Contained by. | |
| The dog is in the kennel. | |
| 3. prep. Within. | |
| 4. prep. Surrounded by. | |
| We are in the enemy camp. Her plane is in the air. | |
| 5. prep. Part of; a member of. | |
| One in a million. She's in band and orchestra. | |
| 6. prep. Pertaining to; with regard to. | |
| What grade did he get in English? | |
| Military letters should be formal in tone, but not stilted. | |
| 7. prep. At the end of a period of time. | |
| They said they would call us in a week. | |
| 8. prep. Within a certain elapsed time | |
| Are you able to finish this in three hours? The massacre resulted in over 1000 deaths in three hours. | |
| 9. prep. During (said of periods of time). | |
| in the first week of December; Easter falls in the fourth lunar month; The country reached a high level of prosperity in his fi | |
| 10. prep. (grammar, phonetics, of sounds and letters) Coming at the end of a word. | |
| English nouns in -ce form their plurals in -s. | |
| 11. prep. Into. | |
| Less water gets in your boots this way. | |
| 12. prep. Used to indicate limit, qualification, condition, or circumstance. | |
| In replacing the faucet washers, he felt he was making his contribution to the environment. | |
| 13. prep. Indicating an order or arrangement. | |
| My fat rolls around in folds. | |
| 14. prep. Denoting a state of the subject. | |
| He stalked away in anger. John is in a coma. | |
| 15. prep. Indicates, connotatively, a place-like form of someone's (or something's) personality, as his, her or its psychic and physical characteristics. | |
| You've got a friend in me. He's met his match in her. | |
| 16. prep. Wearing (an item of clothing). | |
| I glanced over at the pretty girl in the red dress. | |
| 17. prep. Used to indicate means, medium, format, genre, or instrumentality. | |
| 18. prep. (of something offered or given in an exchange) In the form of, in the denomination of. | |
| Please pay me in cash — preferably in tens and twenties. | |
| The deposit can be in any legal tender, even in gold. | |
| Her generosity was rewarded in the success of its recipients. | |
| 19. prep. Used to indicate a language, script, tone, etc. of a text, speech, etc. | |
| Beethoven's "Symphony No. 5" in C minor is among his most popular. | |
| His speech was in French, but was simultaneously translated into eight languages. | |
| When you write in cursive, it's illegible. | |
| 20. v. (obsolete, transitive) To enclose. | |
| 21. v. (obsolete, transitive) To take in; to harvest. | |
| 22. adv. (not comparable) Located indoors, especially at home or the office, or inside something. | |
| Is Mr. Smith in? | |
| 23. adv. Moving to the interior of a defined space, such as a building or room. | |
| Suddenly a strange man walked in. | |
| 24. adv. (sports) Still eligible to play, e.g. able to bat in cricket and baseball. | |
| He went for the wild toss but wasn't able to stay in. | |
| 25. adv. (UK) Abbreviation of in aid of. | |
| What's that in? | |
| 26. adv. After the beginning of something. | |
| 27. n. A position of power or a way to get it. | |
| His parents got him an in with the company | |
| 28. n. (sport) The state of a batter/batsman who is currently batting – see innings | |
| 29. n. A re-entrant angle; a nook or corner. | |
| 30. adj. In fashion; popular. | |
| Skirts are in this year. | |
| 31. adj. Incoming. | |
| the in train | |
| 32. adj. (nautical, of the sails of a vessel) Furled or stowed. | |
| 33. adj. (legal) With privilege or possession; used to denote a holding, possession, or seisin. | |
| in by descent; in by purchase; in of the seisin of her husband | |
| 34. adj. (cricket) Currently batting. | |
| 35. n. Inch. | |
| General |
| 1. n. (military) The military officer title | |
| 2. adj. Including or involving every part or member of a given or implied entity, whole etc.; as opposed to specific or particular. | |
| 3. adj. (sometimes postpositive) Applied to a person (as a postmodifier or a normal preceding adjective) to indicate supreme rank, in civil or military titles, and later in other terms; pre-eminent. | |
| 4. adj. Prevalent or widespread among a given class or area; common, usual. | |
| 5. adj. Not limited in use or application; applicable to the whole or every member of a class or category. | |
| 6. adj. Giving or consisting of only the most important aspects of something, ignoring minor details; indefinite. | |
| 7. adj. Not limited to a specific class; miscellaneous, concerned with all branches of a given subject or area. | |
| 8. n. (now rare) A general fact or proposition; a generality. | |
| We have dealt with the generals; now let us turn to the particulars. | |
| 9. n. (military ranks) The holder of a senior military title, originally designating the commander of an army and now a specific rank falling under field marshal (in the British army) and below general of t | |
| 10. n. A great strategist or tactician. | |
| Hannibal was one of the greatest generals of the ancient world. | |
| 11. n. (Christianity) The head of certain religious orders, especially Dominicans or Jesuits. | |
| 12. n. (nautical) A commander of naval forces; an admiral. | |
| 13. n. (colloquial, now historical) A general servant; a maid with no specific duties. | |
| 14. n. A general anesthetic; general anesthesia. | |
| 15. n. (insurance) The general insurance industry. | |
| I work in general. | |
| 16. v. to lead (soldiers) as a general | |
