systems |
1. n. plural of system | |
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system |
1. n. A collection of organized things; a whole composed of relationships among its members. | |
There are eight planets in the solar system. | |
2. n. (derogatory) Preceded by the word the: the mainstream culture, controlled by the elites or government of a state, or a combination of them, seen as opp | |
3. n. (computing) A set of hardware and software operating in a computer. | |
4. n. (mathematics) A set of equations involving the same variables, which are to be solved simultaneously. | |
5. n. (music) A set of staves linked by a brace that indicate instruments or sounds that are to be played simultaneously. | |
6. n. (physiology) A set of body organs having a particular function. | |
the digestive system the nervous system | |
7. n. A set of alters, or the multiple (individual with multiple personalities due to e.g. a disassociative personality disorder) who contains them. | |
8. n. A method or way of organizing or planning. | |
Many people believed communism was a good system until the breakup of the Soviet Union. | |
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. | |
country |
1. n. (chiefly British) An area of land; a district, region. | |
2. n. A set region of land having particular human occupation or agreed limits, especially inhabited by members of the same race, language speakers etc., or associated with a given person, occupation, speci | |
3. n. The territory of a nation, especially an independent nation state or formerly independent nation; a political entity asserting ultimate authority over a geographical area. | |
4. n. (usually preceded by “the”) A rural area, as opposed to a town or city; the countryside. | |
5. n. (ellipsis of country music) | |
6. n. (mining) The rock through which a vein runs. | |
7. n. (vulgar,) The female genitalia, especially the vagina. | |
8. adj. From or in the countryside or connected with it. | |
9. adj. Of or connected to country music. | |
biggest |
1. adj. superlative form of big: most big | |
defence |
1. n. The action of defending, of protecting from attack, danger or injury. | |
2. n. Something used to oppose attacks. | |
3. n. An argument in support or justification of something. | |
4. n. (team sports) A strategy and tactics employed to prevent the other team from scoring; contrasted with offence. | |
5. n. (team sports) The portion of a team dedicated to preventing the other team from scoring; contrasted with offence. | |
6. n. Government policy or (infra)structure related to the military. | |
Department of Defence | |
7. n. (obsolete) Prohibition; a prohibitory ordinance. | |
8. v. (obsolete, transitive) To furnish with defences; to fortify. | |
contractor |
1. n. A person or company that builds or improves buildings. | |
2. n. A person or company that performs specific tasks like electrical or plumbing work in construction projects. | |
3. n. A person or company hired to maintain existing facilities like air conditioning systems, groundskeeping, etc. | |
4. n. A person hired to do a job on a business contract, as opposed to a permanent employee. | |
highlighted |
1. v. past participle of highlight | |
highlight |
1. n. An area or a spot in a drawing, painting, or photograph that is strongly illuminated. | |
2. n. An especially significant or interesting detail or event. | |
3. n. (cosmetology) A strand or spot of hair dyed a different color than the rest. | |
4. v. To make prominent; emphasize. | |
5. v. To be a highlight of. | |
6. v. To mark (important passages of text), e.g. with a fluorescent marker pen or in a wordprocessor, as a means of memory retention or for later reference. | |
7. v. To dye (part of the hair) a different color than the rest. | |
8. v. (transitive, internet) To seek the attention of (a user) on IRC by mentioning their name in a message, causing that message to appear highlighted on their screen. | |
endemic |
1. adj. Native to a particular area or culture; originating where it occurs. | |
The endemic religion of Easter Island arrived with the Polynesian settlers. | |
2. adj. (especially of plants and animals) Peculiar to a particular area or region; not found in other places. | |
Kangaroos are endemic to Australia. | |
3. adj. (especially of diseases) Prevalent in a particular area or region. | |
Malaria is endemic to the tropics. | |
4. n. An individual or species that is endemic to a region. | |
5. n. A disease affecting a number of people simultaneously, so as to show a distinct connection with certain localities. | |
Issues |
1. n. plural of Issue | |
2. n. plural of issue | |
3. v. third-person singular present indicative of issue | |
issue |
1. n. The action or an instance of flowing or coming out, an outflow, particularly: | |
2. n. (military) A movement of soldiers towards an enemy, a sortie. | |
3. n. (now) The outflow of a bodily fluid, particularly label, en, now, _, rare in abnormal amounts. | |
The technique minimizes the issue of blood from the incision. | |
4. n. Someone or something that flows out or comes out, particularly: | |
5. n. (medical) The bodily fluid drained through a natural or artificial issue. | |
6. n. (now) Offspring: one's natural child or children. | |
He died intestate and without issue, so the extended family have all lawyered up. | |
7. n. (figuratively) Progeny: all one's lineal descendants. | |
Although his own kingdom disappeared, his issue went on to rule a quarter of Europe. | |
8. n. (figuratively) A race of people considered as the descendants of some common ancestor. | |
9. n. (now) The produce or income derived from farmland or rental properties. | |
3. A conveys to B all right to the real property aforementioned for a term of _____ years, with all said real property's attendant issues, rents | |
10. n. (historical) Income derived from fines levied by a court or law-enforcement officer; the fines themselves. | |
11. n. (obsolete) The entrails of a slaughtered animal. | |
12. n. (rare) Any action or deed performed by a person. | |
13. n. (obsolete) Luck considered as the favor or disfavor of nature, the gods, or God. | |
14. n. (publishing) A single edition of a newspaper or other periodical publication. | |
Yeah, I just got the June issue of Wombatboy. | |
15. n. The entire set of some item printed and disseminated during a certain period, particularly(publishing) a single printing of a particular edition of a w | |
The May 1918 issue of US 24-cent stamps became famous when a printer's error inverted its depiction of an airmail plane. | |
16. n. (finance) Any financial instrument issued by a company. | |
The company's issues have included bonds, stocks, and other securities. | |
17. n. The loan of a book etc. from a library to a patron; all such loans by a given library during a given period. | |
18. n. The means or opportunity by which something flows or comes out, particularly: | |
19. n. (obsolete) A sewer. | |
20. n. The place where something flows or comes out, an outlet, particularly: | |
21. n. (obsolete) An exit from a room or building. | |
22. n. (now) A confluence: the mouth of a river; the outlet of a lake or other body of water. | |
23. n. The action or an instance of sending something out, particularly: | |
The issue of the directive from the treasury prompted the central bank's most recent issue of currency. | |
24. n. (historical) A small incision, tear, or artificial ulcer, used to drain fluid and usually held open with a pea or other small object. | |
25. n. The production or distribution of something for general use. | |
Congress delegated the issue of US currency to the Federal Reserve in 1913. | |
26. n. The distribution of something (particularly rations or standardized provisions) to someone or some group. | |
The uniform was standard prison issue. | |
27. n. (finance) The action or an instance of a company selling bonds, stock, or other securities. | |
The company's stock issue diluted his ownership. | |
28. n. Any question or situation to be resolved, particularly: | |
Please stand by. We are having technical issues. | |
29. n. (law) A point of law or fact in dispute or question in a legal action presented for resolution by the court. | |
The issue before the court is whether participation in a group blog makes the plaintiff a public figure under the relevant statute. | |
30. n. (figuratively) Anything in dispute, an area of disagreement whose resolution is being debated or decided. | |
For chrissakes, John, don't make an issue out of it. Just sleep on the floor if you want. | |
31. n. (rare) A dispute between two alternatives, a dilemma. | |
32. n. (now) A psychological or emotional difficulty, label en now _ informal figurative _ and _ usually _ euphemistic any problem or concern considered as a vague and intractable difficulty. | |
She has daddy issues, mommy issues, drug issues, money issues, trust issues, printer issues... Imma just sayin', girl's got issues. | |
33. n. The action or an instance of concluding something, particularly: | |
34. n. (obsolete) The end of any action or process. | |
35. n. (obsolete) The end of any period of time. | |
36. n. The end result of an event or events, any result or outcome, particularly: | |
37. n. (now) The result of a discussion or negotiation, an agreement. | |
38. n. (obsolete) The result of an investigation or consideration, a conclusion. | |
39. n. (figurative) The action or an instance of feeling some emotion. | |
40. n. (figurative) The action or an instance of leaving any state or condition. | |
41. n. (figuratively) All of something. | |
The bloody sergeant snaffled our whole issue of booze, dammit. | |
42. v. To flow out, to proceed from, to come out or from. | |
The water issued forth from the spring. | |
The rents issuing from the land permitted him to live as a man of independent means. | |
43. v. To rush out, to sally forth. | |
The men issued from the town and attacked the besiegers. | |
44. v. To extend into, to open onto. | |
The road issues into the highway. | |
45. v. To turn out in a certain way, to result in. | |
46. v. (legal) To come to a point in fact or law on which the parties join issue. | |
47. v. To send out; to put into circulation. | |
The Federal Reserve issues US dollars. | |
48. v. To deliver for use. | |
The prison issued new uniforms for the inmates. | |
49. v. To deliver by authority. | |
The court issued a writ of mandamus. | |
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. | |
delays |
1. n. plural of delay | |
2. v. third-person singular present indicative of delay | |
delay |
1. n. A period of time before an event occurs; the act of delaying; procrastination; lingering inactivity. | |
the delay before the echo of a sound | |
2. v. To put off until a later time; to defer. | |
3. v. To retard; to stop, detain, or hinder, for a time. | |
The mail is delayed by a heavy fall of snow. | |
4. v. (obsolete) To allay; to temper. | |
5. v. (obsolete) To dilute, temper. | |
6. v. (obsolete) To assuage, quench, allay. | |
and |
1. conj. As a coordinating conjunction; expressing two elements to be taken together or in addition to each other. | |
2. conj. Used simply to connect two noun phrases, adjectives or adverbs. | |
3. conj. Simply connecting two clauses or sentences. | |
4. conj. Introducing a clause or sentence which follows on in time or consequence from the first. | |
5. conj. (obsolete) Yet; but. | |
6. conj. Used to connect certain numbers: connecting units when they precede tens (not dated); connecting tens and units to hundreds, thousands etc. (now often | |
7. conj. (now colloquial, or literary) Used to connect more than two elements together in a chain, sometimes to stress the number of elements. | |
8. conj. Connecting two identical elements, with implications of continued or infinite repetition. | |
9. conj. Introducing a parenthetical or explanatory clause. | |
10. conj. Introducing the continuation of narration from a previous understood point; also used alone as a question: ‘and so what?’. | |
11. conj. (now regional or somewhat colloquial) Used to connect two verbs where the second is dependent on the first: ‘to’. Used especially after come, | |
12. conj. Introducing a qualitative difference between things having the same name; "as well as other". | |
13. conj. Used to combine numbers in addition; plus (with singular or plural verb). | |
14. conj. Expressing a condition.: | |
15. conj. (now US dialect) If; provided that. | |
16. conj. (obsolete) As if, as though. | |
17. n. (enm, music, often informal) In rhythm, the second half of a divided beat. | |
18. n. (UK dialectal) Breath. | |
19. n. (UK dialectal) Sea smoke; steam fog. | |
20. v. (UK dialectal, intransitive) To breathe; whisper; devise; imagine. | |
cost |
1. v. To incur a charge of; to require payment of a (specified) price. | |
This shirt cost $50, while this was cheaper at only $30. | |
It will cost you a lot of money to take a trip around the world. | |
2. v. To cause something to be lost; to cause the expenditure or relinquishment of. | |
Trying to rescue the man from the burning building cost them their lives. | |
3. v. To require to be borne or suffered; to cause. | |
4. v. To calculate or estimate a price. | |
I'd cost the repair work at a few thousand. | |
5. n. Amount of money, time, etc. that is required or used. | |
The total cost of the new complex was an estimated $1.5 million. | |
We have to cut costs if we want to avoid bankruptcy. | |
The average cost of a new house is twice as much as it was 20 years ago. | |
6. n. A negative consequence or loss that occurs or is required to occur. | |
Spending all your time working may earn you a lot of money at the cost of your health. | |
The army won the battle decisively, but at a cost of many lives. | |
7. n. (obsolete) Manner; way; means; available course; contrivance. | |
8. n. Quality; condition; property; value; worth; a wont or habit; disposition; nature; kind; characteristic. | |
9. n. (obsolete) A rib; a side. | |
10. n. (heraldry) A cottise. | |
overruns |
1. v. third-person singular present indicative of overrun | |
2. n. plural of overrun | |
overrun |
1. v. To defeat an enemy and invade in great numbers, seizing the enemy positions conclusively. | |
2. v. To infest, swarm over, flow over. | |
The vine overran its trellis; the field is overrun with weeds. | |
3. v. To run past; to run beyond. | |
The athlete overran the finish line and kept going. | |
One line overruns another in length. | |
4. v. To continue for too long. | |
The performance overran by ten minutes, which caused some people to miss their bus home. | |
5. v. (printing) To carry (some type, a line or column, etc.) backward or forward into an adjacent line or page. | |
6. v. To go beyond; to extend in part beyond. | |
In machinery, a sliding piece is said to overrun its bearing when its forward end goes beyond it. | |
7. v. To abuse or oppress, as if by treading upon. | |
8. n. An instance of overrunning | |
9. n. The amount by which something overruns | |
At least this year's overrun isn't as unmanageable as last year! | |
10. n. Air that is whipped into a frozen dessert to make it easier to serve and eat. | |