spouses |
1. n. plural of spouse | |
2. v. third-person singular present indicative of spouse | |
spouse |
1. n. A person in a marriage or marital relationship. | |
People should treat their spouses with respect. | |
2. v. (dated) To wed; to espouse. | |
should |
1. v. (auxiliary) Be obliged to; have an obligation to; indicates that the subject of the sentence has some obligation to execute the sentence predicate or that the speaker has some strong advice but has no | |
What do I think? What should I do? | |
You should never drink and drive. | |
You should always wear a seat belt. | |
2. v. (auxiliary) ought to; speaker's opinion, or advice that an action is correct, beneficial, or desirable. | |
You should brush your teeth every day. | |
I should exercise more often, but I'm too lazy. | |
3. v. (auxiliary) Will be likely to (become or do something); indicates a degree of possibility or probability that the subject of the sentence is likely to execute the sentence predicate. | |
When you press this button, the pilot flame should ignite. | |
You should be warm enough with that coat. | |
4. v. (auxiliary, subjunctive) Used as a variant of the present subjunctive. | |
If I should be late, go without me. | |
Should you need extra blankets, you will find them in the closet. | |
5. v. (auxiliary) simple past tense of shall | |
I told him that I should be busy tomorrow. | |
6. v. (auxiliary, formal, literary) A variant of would when used with first person subjects. | |
I should imagine that everything is fine right now. | |
I should be lucky if I were you. | |
7. n. A statement of what ought to be the case as opposed to what is the case. | |
shall |
1. v. (modal, auxiliary verb, defective) Used before a verb to indicate the simple future tense in the first person singular or plural. | |
I shall sing in the choir tomorrow. | |
I hope that we shall win the game. | |
2. v. Used similarly to indicate determination or obligation in the second and third persons singular or plural. | |
(determination): You shall go to the ball! | |
(obligation): Citizens shall provide proof of identity. | |
3. v. Used in questions with the first person singular or plural to suggest a possible future action. | |
Shall I help you with that? | |
Shall we go out later? | |
Let us examine that, shall we? | |
4. v. (obsolete) To owe. | |
make |
1. v. To create. | |
2. v. To build, construct, or produce. | |
We made a bird feeder for our yard. | |
I'll make a man out of him yet. | |
3. v. To write or compose. | |
I made a poem for her wedding. | |
He made a will. | |
4. v. To bring about; to effect or produce by means of some action. | |
make war | |
They were just a bunch of ne'er-do-wells who went around making trouble for honest men. | |
5. v. (religious) To create (the universe), especially (in Christianity) from nothing. | |
God made earth and heaven. | |
6. v. (intransitive, now mostly colloquial) To behave, to act. | |
To make like a deer caught in the headlights. | |
They made nice together, as if their fight never happened. | |
He made as if to punch him, but they both laughed and shook hands. | |
7. v. (intransitive) To tend; to contribute; to have effect; with for or against. | |
8. v. To constitute. | |
They make a cute couple. | |
This makes the third infraction. | |
One swallow does not a summer make. | |
9. v. 1995, Harriette Simpson Arnow: Critical Essays on Her Work, p.46: | |
10. v. To add up to, have a sum of. | |
Two and four make six. | |
11. v. (intransitive, construed with of typically interrogative) To interpret. | |
I don’t know what to make of it. | |
12. v. (transitive, usually stressed) To bring into success. | |
This company is what made you. | |
She married into wealth and so has it made. | |
13. v. (ditransitive, second object is an adjective or participle) To cause to be. | |
The citizens made their objections clear. | |
This might make you a bit woozy. | |
Did I make myself heard? | |
Scotch will make you a man. | |
14. v. To cause to appear to be; to represent as. | |
15. v. (ditransitive, second object is a verb) To cause (to do something); to compel (to do something). | |
You're making her cry. | |
I was made to feel like a criminal. | |
16. v. (ditransitive, second object is a verb, can be stressed for emphasis or clarity) To force to do. | |
The teacher made the student study. | |
Don’t let them make you suffer. | |
17. v. (ditransitive, of a fact) To indicate or suggest to be. | |
His past mistakes don’t make him a bad person. | |
18. v. (transitive, of a bed) To cover neatly with bedclothes. | |
19. v. (transitive, US slang) To recognise, identify. | |
20. v. (transitive, colloquial) To arrive at a destination, usually at or by a certain time. | |
We should make Cincinnati by 7 tonight. | |
21. v. (intransitive, colloquial) To proceed (in a direction). | |
They made westward over the snowy mountains. | |
Make for the hills! It's a wildfire! | |
They made away from the fire toward the river. | |
22. v. To cover (a given distance) by travelling. | |
23. v. To move at (a speed). | |
The ship could make 20 knots an hour in calm seas. | |
This baby can make 220 miles an hour. | |
24. v. To appoint; to name. | |
25. v. (transitive, slang) To induct into the Mafia or a similar organization (as a made man). | |
26. v. (intransitive, colloquial, euphemistic) To defecate or urinate. | |
27. v. To earn, to gain (money, points, membership or status). | |
They hope to make a bigger profit. | |
He didn't make the choir after his voice changed. | |
She made ten points in that game. | |
28. v. To pay, to cover (an expense); chiefly used after expressions of inability. | |
29. v. (obsolete, intransitive) To compose verses; to write poetry; to versify. | |
30. v. To enact; to establish. | |
31. v. To develop into; to prove to be. | |
She'll make a fine president. | |
32. v. To form or formulate in the mind. | |
make plans | |
made a questionable decision | |
33. v. To perform a feat. | |
make a leap | |
make a pass | |
make a u-turn | |
34. v. (obsolete) To act in a certain manner; to have to do; to manage; to interfere; to be active; often in the phrase to meddle or make. | |
35. v. (obsolete) To increase; to augment; to accrue. | |
36. v. (obsolete) To be engaged or concerned in. | |
37. v. (now archaic) To cause to be (in a specified place), used after a subjective what. | |
38. v. (transitive, euphemism) To take the virginity of. | |
39. v. To have sexual intercourse with. | |
40. n. (often of a car) Brand or kind; often paired with model. | |
What make of car do you drive? | |
41. n. How a thing is made; construction. | |
42. n. Origin of a manufactured article; manufacture. | |
The camera was of German make. | |
43. n. Quantity produced, especially of materials. | |
44. n. (dated) The act or process of making something, especially in industrial manufacturing. | |
45. n. A person's character or disposition. | |
46. n. (bridge) The declaration of the trump for a hand. | |
47. n. (physics) The closing of an electrical circuit. | |
48. n. (computing) A software utility for automatically building large applications, or an implementation of this utility. | |
49. n. (slang) Recognition or identification, especially from police records or evidence. | |
50. n. (slang) Past or future target of seduction (usually female). | |
51. n. (slang) A promotion. | |
52. n. A home-made project | |
53. n. (basketball) A made basket. | |
54. n. (dialectal) Mate; a spouse or companion. | |
55. n. (Scotland, Ireland, Northern England, now rare) A halfpenny. | |
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. | |
great |
1. adj. Relatively large in scale, size, extent, number (i. e. having many parts or members) or duration (i. e. relatively long); very big. | |
A great storm is approaching our shores. | |
a great assembly | |
a great wait | |
2. adj. Of larger size or more importance than others of its kind. | |
the great auk | |
3. adj. (qualifying nouns of family relationship) Involving more generations than the word qualified implies (from 1510s). see Derived terms | |
great-grandfather | |
4. adj. (obsolete, postpositive, followed by 'with') Pregnant; large with young; full of. | |
great with child | |
great with hope | |
5. adj. (obsolete, except with 'friend' and similar words such as 'mate','buddy') Intimate; familiar. | |
6. adj. Extreme or more than usual. | |
great worry | |
7. adj. Of significant importance or consequence; important. | |
a great decision | |
8. adj. (applied to actions, thoughts and feelings) Arising from or possessing idealism; admirable; superior; commanding; heroic; illustrious; eminent. | |
a great deed | |
a great nature | |
a great history | |
9. adj. Impressive or striking. | |
a great show of wealth | |
10. adj. Much in use; favoured. | |
Poetry was a great convention of the Romantic era. | |
11. adj. (applied to persons) Endowed with extraordinary powers; of exceptional talents or achievements; uncommonly gifted; able to accomplish vast results; remarkable; strong; powerful; mighty; noble. | |
a great hero, scholar, genius, philosopher, writer etc. | |
12. adj. Title referring to an important leader. | |
Alexander the Great | |
13. adj. Doing or exemplifying (a characteristic or pursuit) on a large scale; active or enthusiastic. | |
What a great buffoon! | |
He's not a great one for reading. | |
a great walker | |
14. adj. (often followed by 'at') Skilful or adroit. | |
a great carpenter | |
You are great at singing. | |
15. adj. (informal) Very good; excellent; wonderful; fantastic (from 1848). | |
Dinner was great. | |
16. adj. (informal, British) Intensifying a word or expression, used in mild oaths. | |
a dirty great smack in the face | |
Great Scott! | |
17. interj. Expression of gladness and content about something. | |
Great! Thanks for the wonderful work. | |
18. interj. sarcastic inversion thereof. | |
Oh, great! I just dumped all 500 sheets of the manuscript all over and now I have to put them back in order. | |
19. n. A person of major significance, accomplishment or acclaim. | |
Newton and Einstein are two of the greats of the history of science. | |
20. n. (music) The main division in a pipe organ, usually the loudest division. | |
21. adv. very well (in a very satisfactory manner) | |
Those mechanical colored pencils work great because they don't have to be sharpened. | |
pair |
1. n. Two similar or identical things taken together; often followed by of. | |
I couldn't decide which of the pair of designer shirts I preferred, so I bought the pair. | |
2. n. Two people in a relationship, partnership or friendship. | |
Spouses should make a great pair. | |
3. n. (Used with binary nouns (often in the plural to indicate multiple instances, since such nouns are plural only)) | |
a pair of scissors; two pairs of spectacles; several pairs of jeans | |
4. n. A couple of working animals attached to work together, as by a yoke. | |
A pair is harder to drive than two mounts with separate riders. | |
5. n. (cards) A poker hand that contains two cards of identical rank, which cannot also count as a better hand. | |
6. n. (cricket) A score of zero runs (a duck) in both innings of a two-innings match | |
7. n. (baseball, informal) A double play, two outs recorded in one play | |
They turned a pair to end the fifth. | |
8. n. (baseball, informal) A doubleheader, two games played on the same day between the same teams | |
The Pirates took a pair from the Phillies. | |
9. n. (slang) A pair of breasts | |
She's got a gorgeous pair. | |
10. n. (Australia, politics) The exclusion of one member of a parliamentary party from a vote, if a member of the other party is absent for important personal reasons. | |
11. n. Two members of opposite parties or opinion, as in a parliamentary body, who mutually agree not to vote on a given question, or on issues of a party nature during a specified time. | |
There were two pairs on the final vote. | |
12. n. (archaic) A number of things resembling one another, or belonging together; a set. | |
13. n. (kinematics) In a mechanism, two elements, or bodies, which are so applied to each other as to mutually constrain relative motion; named in accordance with the motion it permits, as in turning pair, s | |
14. v. To group into sets of two. | |
The wedding guests were paired boy/girl and groom's party/bride's party. | |
15. v. To bring two (animals, notably dogs) together for mating. | |
16. v. (politics, slang) To engage (oneself) with another of opposite opinions not to vote on a particular question or class of questions. | |
17. v. (intransitive) To suit; to fit, as a counterpart. | |
18. v. (computing) to form wireless connection between to devices | |
19. v. (obsolete) To impair. | |