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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.
front
1. n. The foremost side of something or the end that faces the direction it normally moves.
2. n. The side of a building with the main entrance.
3. n. A field of activity.
4. n. A person or institution acting as the public face of some other, covert group.
Officially it's a dry-cleaning shop, but everyone knows it's a front for the mafia.
5. n. (meteorology) The interface or transition zone between two airmasses of different density, often resulting in precipitation. Since the temperature distribution is the most important regulator of atmos
6. n. (military) An area where armies are engaged in conflict, especially the line of contact.
7. n. (military) The lateral space occupied by an element measured from the extremity of one flank to the extremity of the other flank.
8. n. (military) The direction of the enemy.
9. n. (military) When a combat situation does not exist or is not assumed, the direction toward which the command is faced.
10. n. (obsolete) A major military subdivision of the Soviet Army.
11. n. (informal) An act, show, façade, persona: an intentional and false impression of oneself.
He says he likes hip-hop, but I think it's just a front.
You don't need to put on a front. Just be yourself.
12. n. (historical) That which covers the foremost part of the head: a front piece of false hair worn by women.
13. n. The most conspicuous part.
14. n. (obsolete) The beginning.
15. n. (UK) a seafront or coastal promenade.
16. n. (obsolete) The forehead or brow, the part of the face above the eyes; sometimes, also, the whole face.
17. n. (slang) The bellhop whose turn it is to answer a client's call, which is often the word "front" used as an exclamation.
18. n. (slang) A grill (qual, jewellery worn on front teeth).
19. adj. Located at or near the front.
The front runner was thirty meters ahead of her nearest competitor.
20. adj. (comparable, phonetics) Pronounced with the highest part of the body of the tongue toward the front of the mouth, near the hard palate (most often describing a vowel).
The English word smallcaps - dress has a front vowel in most dialects.
21. v. (intransitive, dated) To face (on, to); to be pointed in a given direction.
22. v. To face, be opposite to.
23. v. To face up to, to meet head-on, to confront.
24. v. To adorn the front of; to put on the front.
25. v. (phonetics, transitive, intransitive) To pronounce with the tongue in a front position.
26. v. (linguistics, transitive) To move (a word or clause) to the start of a sentence.
27. v. (intransitive, slang) To act as a front (for); to cover (for).
28. v. To lead or be the spokesperson of (a campaign, organisation etc.).
29. v. (transitive, colloquial) To provide money or financial assistance in advance to.
30. v. (intransitive, slang) To assume false or disingenuous appearances.
31. v. To deceive or attempt to deceive someone with false or disingenuous appearances (on).
32. v. To appear before, as in to front court.
side
1. n. A bounding straight edge of a two-dimensional shape.
A square has four sides.
2. n. A flat surface of a three-dimensional object; a face.
A cube has six sides.
3. n. One half (left or right, top or bottom, front or back, etc.) of something or someone.
Which side of the tray shall I put it on? The patient was bleeding on the right side.
4. n. A region in a specified position with respect to something.
Meet me on the north side of the monument.
5. n. The portion of the human torso usually covered by the arms when they are not raised; the areas on the left and right between the belly or chest and the back.
I generally sleep on my side.
6. n. One surface of a sheet of paper (used instead of "page", which can mean one or both surfaces.)
John wrote 15 sides for his essay!
7. n. One possible aspect of a concept, person or thing.
Look on the bright side.
8. n. One set of competitors in a game.
Which side has kick-off?
9. n. (Australia) A sports team.
10. n. A group having a particular allegiance in a conflict or competition.
In the second world war, the Italians were on the side of the Germans.
11. n. (music) A recorded piece of music; a record, especially in jazz.
12. n. (sports) Sidespin; english
He had to put a bit of side on to hit the pink ball.
13. n. (UK, Australia, Ireland, dated) A television channel, usually as opposed to the one currently being watched (from when there were only two channels).
I just want to see what's on the other side — James said there was a good film on tonight.
14. n. (US, colloquial) A dish that accompanies the main course; a side dish.
Do you want a side of cole-slaw with that?
15. n. A line of descent traced through one parent as distinguished from that traced through another.
his mother's side of the family
16. n. (baseball) The batters faced in an inning by a particular pitcher
17. n. (slang) An unjustified air of self-importance.
18. v. (intransitive) To ally oneself, be in an alliance, usually with "with" or rarely "in with".
Which will you side with, good or evil?
19. v. To lean on one side.
20. v. (transitive, obsolete) To be or stand at the side of; to be on the side toward.
21. v. (transitive, obsolete) To suit; to pair; to match.
22. v. (transitive, shipbuilding) To work (a timber or rib) to a certain thickness by trimming the sides.
23. v. To furnish with a siding.
to side a house
24. v. (transitive, cooking) To provide with, as a side or accompaniment.
25. adj. Being on the left or right, or toward the left or right; lateral.
26. adj. Indirect; oblique; incidental.
a side issue; a side view or remark
27. adj. (UK archaic, dialectal, Northern England, Scotland) Wide; large; long, pendulous, hanging low, trailing; far-reaching.
28. adj. (Scotland) Far; distant.
29. adv. (UK dialectal) Widely; wide; far.
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.
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.
flat
1. adj. Having no variations in height.
The land around here is flat.
2. adj. (music, voice) Without variations in pitch.
3. adj. (slang) Describing certain features, usually the breasts and/or buttocks, that are extremely small or not visible at all.
That girl is completely flat on both sides.
4. adj. (music, note) Lowered by one semitone.
5. adj. (music) Of a note or voice, lower in pitch than it should be.
Your A string is too flat.
6. adj. (of a tire or other inflated object) Deflated, especially because of a puncture.
7. adj. Uninteresting.
The party was a bit flat.
8. adj. Of a carbonated drink, with all or most of its carbon dioxide having come out of solution so that the drink no longer fizzes or contains any bubbles.
9. adj. (wine) Lacking acidity without being sweet.
10. adj. (of a battery) Unable to emit power; dead.
11. adj. (juggling, of a throw) Without spin; spinless.
12. adj. (figurative) Lacking liveliness or action; depressed; dull and boring.
The market is flat.
The dialogue in your screenplay is flat -- you need to make it more exciting.
13. adj. Absolute; downright; peremptory.
His claim was in flat contradiction to experimental results.
I'm not going to the party and that's flat.
14. adj. (phonetics, dated, of a consonant) sonant; vocal, as distinguished from a sharp (non-sonant) consonant
15. adj. (grammar) Not having an inflectional ending or sign, such as a noun used as an adjective, or an adjective as an adverb, without the addition of a formative suffix; or an infinitive without the sign "t
Many flat adverbs, as in 'run fast', 'buy cheap', etc. are from Old English.
16. adj. (golf, of a golf club) Having a head at a very obtuse angle to the shaft.
17. adj. (horticulture, of certain fruits) Flattening at the ends.
18. adj. (authorship figuratively, esp. of a character) Lacking in depth, substance, or believability; underdeveloped; one-dimensional.
The author created the site to flesh out the books' flatter characters, who were actually quite well developed in her own mind.
19. adv. So as to be flat.
Spread the tablecloth flat over the table.
20. adv. Bluntly.
I asked him if he wanted to marry me and he turned me down flat.
21. adv. (with units of time, distance, etc) Not exceeding.
He can run a mile in four minutes flat.
22. adv. Completely.
I am flat broke this month.
23. adv. Directly; flatly.
24. adv. (finance, slang) Without allowance for accrued interest.
25. n. An area of level ground.
26. n. (music) A note played a semitone lower than a natural, denoted by the symbol ♭ sign placed after the letter representing the note (e.g., B♭) or in front of the note symbol (e.g. ♭♪).
27. n. (informal, automotive) A flat tyre/tire.
28. n. (in the plural) A type of ladies' shoes with very low heels.
She liked to walk in her flats more than in her high heels.
29. n. (in the plural) A type of flat-soled running shoe without spikes.
30. n. (painting) A thin, broad brush used in oil and watercolor/watercolour painting.
31. n. The flat part of something:
32. n. (swordfighting) The flat side of a blade, as opposed to the sharp edge.
33. n. The palm of the hand, with the adjacent part of the fingers.
34. n. A wide, shallow container.
a flat of strawberries
35. n. (mail) A large mail piece measuring at least 8 1/2 by 11 inches, such as catalogs, magazines, and unfolded paper enclosed in large envelopes.
36. n. (geometry) A subset of n-dimensional space that is congruent to a Euclidean space of lower dimension.
37. n. A flat-bottomed boat, without keel, and of small draught.
38. n. A straw hat, broad-brimmed and low-crowned.
39. n. (rail, US) A railroad car without a roof, and whose body is a platform without sides; a platform car or flatcar.
40. n. A platform on a wheel, upon which emblematic designs etc. are carried in processions.
41. n. (mining) A horizontal vein or ore deposit auxiliary to a main vein; also, any horizontal portion of a vein not elsewhere horizontal.
42. n. (obsolete) A dull fellow; a simpleton.
43. n. (technical, theatre) A rectangular wooden structure covered with masonite, lauan, or muslin that depicts a building or other part of a scene, also called backcloth and backdrop.
44. v. (poker slang) To make a flat call; to call without raising.
45. v. (intransitive) To become flat or flattened; to sink or fall to an even surface.
46. v. (intransitive, music, colloquial) To fall from the pitch.
47. v. (transitive, music) To depress in tone, as a musical note; especially, to lower in pitch by half a tone.
48. v. (transitive, dated) To make flat; to flatten; to level.
49. v. (transitive, dated) To render dull, insipid, or spiritless; to depress.
50. n. (chiefly British, New England, New Zealand, and Australian, archaic elsewhere) An apartment, usually on one level and usually consisting of more than one room.
object
1. n. A thing that has physical existence.
2. n. objective, Objective; the goal, end or purpose of something.
3. n. (grammar) The noun phrase which is an internal complement of a verb phrase or a prepositional phrase. In a verb phrase with a transitive action verb, it is typically the receiver of the action.
4. n. A person or thing toward which an emotion is directed.
Mary Jane had been the object of Peter's affection for years.
The convertible, once the object of his desire, was now the object of his hatred.
Where's your object of ridicule now?
5. n. (object-oriented programming) An instantiation of a class or structure.
6. n. (category theory) An element within a category upon which function, functions operate. Thus, a category consists of a set of element objects and the functions that operate on them.
7. n. (obsolete) Sight; show; appearance; aspect.
8. v. 'panget
9. v. (intransitive) To disagree with something or someone; especially in a Court of Law, to raise an objection.
I object to the proposal to build a new airport terminal.
10. v. (transitive, obsolete) To offer in opposition as a criminal charge or by way of accusation or reproach; to adduce as an objection or adverse reason.
11. v. (transitive, obsolete) To set before or against; to bring into opposition; to oppose.
which
1. det. (interrogative) What, of those mentioned or implied.
Which song made the charts?
2. det. (relative) The one or ones that.
Show me which one is bigger.
They couldn't decide which song to play.
3. det. (relative) The one or ones mentioned.
He once owned a painting of the house, which painting would later be stolen.
For several seconds he sat in silence, during which time the tea and sandwiches arrived.
I'm thinking of getting a new car, in which case I'd get a red one.
4. pron. (interrogative) What one or ones (of those mentioned or implied).
Which is bigger?; Which is which?
5. pron. (relative) Who; whom; what (of those mentioned or implied).
He walked by a door with a sign, which read: PRIVATE OFFICE.
We've met some problems which are very difficult to handle.
He had to leave, which was very difficult.
No art can be properly understood apart from the culture of which it is a part.
6. pron. (relative, archaic) Used of people (now generally who, whom or that).
7. n. An occurrence of the word which.
Is
1. n. plural of I
2. v. third-person singular present indicative of be
He is a doctor. He retired some time ago.
Should he do the task, it is vital that you follow him.
3. n. plural of i
remember to dot your is
be
1. v. (intransitive, now literary) To exist; to have real existence.
2. v. (with there, or dialectally it, as dummy subject) To exist.
There is just one woman in town who can help us. (or, dialectally:) It is just one woman in town who can help us.
3. v. (intransitive) To occupy a place.
The cup is on the table.
4. v. (intransitive) To occur, to take place.
When will the meeting be?
5. v. (intransitive, in perfect tenses, without predicate) Elliptical form of "be here", "go to and return from" or similar.
The postman has been today, but my tickets have still not yet come.
I have been to Spain many times.
Moscow, huh? I've never been, but it sounds fascinating.
6. v. (transitive, copulative) Used to indicate that the subject and object are the same.
Knowledge is bliss.
Hi, I’m Jim.
7. v. (transitive, copulative, mathematics) Used to indicate that the values on either side of an equation are the same.
3 times 5 is fifteen.
8. v. (transitive, copulative) Used to indicate that the subject plays the role of the predicate nominal.
François Mitterrand was president of France from 1981 to 1995.
9. v. (transitive, copulative) Used to connect a noun to an adjective that describes it.
The sky is blue.
10. v. (transitive, copulative) Used to indicate that the subject has the qualities described by a noun or noun phrase.
The sky is a deep blue today.
11. v. (transitive, auxiliary) Used to form the passive voice.
The dog was drowned by the boy.
12. v. (transitive, auxiliary) Used to form the continuous forms of various tenses.
The woman is walking.
I shall be writing to you soon.
We liked to chat while we were eating.
13. v. (archaic, auxiliary) Used to form the perfect aspect with certain intransitive verbs, most of which indicate motion. Often still used for "to go".
14. v. (transitive, auxiliary) Used to form future tenses, especially the future periphrastic.
I am to leave tomorrow.
I would drive you, were I to obtain a car.
15. v. (transitive, copulative) Used to link a subject to a measurement.
This building is three hundred years old.
I am 75 kilograms.
He’s about 6 feet tall.
16. v. (transitive, copulative, with a cardinal numeral) Used to state the age of a subject in years.
I’m 20. (= I am 20 years old.)
17. v. (with a dummy subject) it Used to indicate the time of day.
It is almost eight. (= It is almost eight o’clock.)
It’s 8:30 read eight-thirty in Tokyo.
What time is it there? It’s night.
18. v. (With since) Used to indicate passage of time since the occurrence of an event.
It has been three years since my grandmother died. (similar to My grandmother died three years ago, but emphasizes the intervening period)
It had been six days since his departure, when I received a letter from him.
19. v. (often, impersonal, with it as a dummy subject) Used to indicate weather, air quality, or the like.
It is hot in Arizona, but it is not usually humid.
Why is it so dark in here?
20. v. (dynamic/lexical "be", especially in progressive tenses, conjugated non-suppletively in the present tense, see usage notes) To exist or behave in a certain way.
"What do we do?" "We be ourselves.".
Why is he being nice to me?
to
1. part. A particle used for marking the following verb as an infinitive.
I want to leave.
He asked me what to do.
I don’t know how to say it.
I have places to go and people to see.
2. part. As above, with the verb implied.
"Did you visit the museum?" "I wanted to, but it was closed.".
If he hasn't read it yet, he ought to.
3. part. A particle used to create phrasal verbs.
I have to do laundry today.
4. prep. Indicating destination: In the direction of, and arriving at.
We are walking to the shop.
5. prep. Used to indicate purpose.
He devoted himself to education.
They drank to his health.
6. prep. Used to indicate result of action.
His face was beaten to a pulp.
7. prep. Used after an adjective to indicate its application.
similar to ..., relevant to ..., pertinent to ..., I was nice to him, he was cruel to her, I am used to walking.
8. prep. (obsolete,) As a.
With God to friend (with God as a friend); with The Devil to fiend (with the Devil as a foe); lambs slaughtered to lake (lambs slaughtered as a sacrifice); t
9. prep. (arithmetic) Used to indicate a ratio or comparison.
one to one = 1:1
ten to one = 10:1.
I have ten dollars to your four.
10. prep. (arithmetic) Used to indicate that the preceding term is to be raised to the power of the following value; indicates exponentiation.
Three squared or three to the second power is nine.
Three to the power of two is nine.
Three to the second is nine.
11. prep. Used to indicate the indirect object.
I gave the book to him.
12. prep. (time) Preceding.
ten to ten = 9:50; We're going to leave at ten to (the hour).
13. prep. Used to describe what something consists of or contains.
Anyone could do this job; there's nothing to it.
There's a lot of sense to what he says.
14. prep. (Canada, UK, Newfoundland, West Midlands) At.
Stay where you're to and I'll come find you, b'y.
15. adv. Toward a closed, touching or engaging position.
Please push the door to.
16. adv. (nautical) Into the wind.
17. adv. misspelling of too
be
1. v. (intransitive, now literary) To exist; to have real existence.
2. v. (with there, or dialectally it, as dummy subject) To exist.
There is just one woman in town who can help us. (or, dialectally:) It is just one woman in town who can help us.
3. v. (intransitive) To occupy a place.
The cup is on the table.
4. v. (intransitive) To occur, to take place.
When will the meeting be?
5. v. (intransitive, in perfect tenses, without predicate) Elliptical form of "be here", "go to and return from" or similar.
The postman has been today, but my tickets have still not yet come.
I have been to Spain many times.
Moscow, huh? I've never been, but it sounds fascinating.
6. v. (transitive, copulative) Used to indicate that the subject and object are the same.
Knowledge is bliss.
Hi, I’m Jim.
7. v. (transitive, copulative, mathematics) Used to indicate that the values on either side of an equation are the same.
3 times 5 is fifteen.
8. v. (transitive, copulative) Used to indicate that the subject plays the role of the predicate nominal.
François Mitterrand was president of France from 1981 to 1995.
9. v. (transitive, copulative) Used to connect a noun to an adjective that describes it.
The sky is blue.
10. v. (transitive, copulative) Used to indicate that the subject has the qualities described by a noun or noun phrase.
The sky is a deep blue today.
11. v. (transitive, auxiliary) Used to form the passive voice.
The dog was drowned by the boy.
12. v. (transitive, auxiliary) Used to form the continuous forms of various tenses.
The woman is walking.
I shall be writing to you soon.
We liked to chat while we were eating.
13. v. (archaic, auxiliary) Used to form the perfect aspect with certain intransitive verbs, most of which indicate motion. Often still used for "to go".
14. v. (transitive, auxiliary) Used to form future tenses, especially the future periphrastic.
I am to leave tomorrow.
I would drive you, were I to obtain a car.
15. v. (transitive, copulative) Used to link a subject to a measurement.
This building is three hundred years old.
I am 75 kilograms.
He’s about 6 feet tall.
16. v. (transitive, copulative, with a cardinal numeral) Used to state the age of a subject in years.
I’m 20. (= I am 20 years old.)
17. v. (with a dummy subject) it Used to indicate the time of day.
It is almost eight. (= It is almost eight o’clock.)
It’s 8:30 read eight-thirty in Tokyo.
What time is it there? It’s night.
18. v. (With since) Used to indicate passage of time since the occurrence of an event.
It has been three years since my grandmother died. (similar to My grandmother died three years ago, but emphasizes the intervening period)
It had been six days since his departure, when I received a letter from him.
19. v. (often, impersonal, with it as a dummy subject) Used to indicate weather, air quality, or the like.
It is hot in Arizona, but it is not usually humid.
Why is it so dark in here?
20. v. (dynamic/lexical "be", especially in progressive tenses, conjugated non-suppletively in the present tense, see usage notes) To exist or behave in a certain way.
"What do we do?" "We be ourselves.".
Why is he being nice to me?
examined
1. v. simple past tense and past participle of examine
examine
1. v. to observe or inspect carefully or critically
He examined the crime scene for clues.
She examined the hair sample under a microscope.
2. v. to check the health or condition of something or someone
The doctor examined the patient.
3. v. to determine the aptitude, skills or qualifications of someone by subjecting them to an examination
4. v. to interrogate
The witness was examined under oath.
visually
1. adv. By means of sight.
The radar's detection was confirmed visually, because seeing is believing.
As
1. n. plural of A
She went from getting Cs and Ds to earning straight As.
2. adv. To such an extent or degree.
You’re not as tall as I am.
It's not as well made, but it's twice as expensive.
3. adv. In the manner or role specified.
The kidnappers released him as agreed.
The parties were seen as agreeing on a range of issues.
He was never seen as the boss, but rather as a friend.
4. adv. (dated) For example (compare such as).
5. conj. In the same way that; according to what.
Do as I say!
I'm under a lot of pressure, as you know.
As you wish, my lord!
6. conj. At the same instant that; when.
As I came in, she flew.
7. conj. At the same time that; while.
He sleeps as the rain falls.
8. conj. Varying through time in the same proportion that.
As my fear grew, so did my legs become heavy.
9. conj. Being that, considering that, because, since.
As it’s too late, I quit.
10. conj. Introducing a basis of comparison, after as, so, or a comparison of equality.
She's twice as strong as I was two years ago.
It's not so complicated as I expected.
11. conj. (dated) Introducing a comparison with a hypothetical state (+ subjunctive); ‘as though’, ‘as if’.
12. conj. Introducing a comparison with a hypothetical state with the verb elided; as if, as though.
13. conj. (now England, US, regional) Functioning as a relative conjunction; that.
14. conj. Expressing concession; though.
15. conj. (obsolete, rare) Than.
16. prep. Introducing a basis of comparison, with an object in the objective case.
You are not as tall as me.
They're big as houses.
17. prep. In the role of.
What is your opinion as a parent?
18. n. (unit of weight) A libra.
19. n. Any of several coins of Rome, coined in bronze or later copper; or the equivalent value.
20. n. plural of a
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).
reading
1. v. present participle of read
2. n. The process of interpreting written language.
3. n. The process of interpreting a symbol, a sign or a measuring device.
4. n. A value indicated by a measuring device.
a speedometer reading.
5. n. A meeting where written material is read aloud.
a poetry reading.
6. n. An interpretation.
a reading of the current situation.
7. n. Something to read; reading material.
8. n. The extent of what one has read.
He's a man of good reading.
9. n. (legislature) One of several stages a bill passes through before becoming law.
10. n. a piece of literature or passage of scripture read aloud to an audience: readings from the Bible
read
1. v. (transitive, or intransitive) To look at and interpret letters or other information that is written.
have you read this book?; he doesn’t like to read
2. v. (transitive, or intransitive) To speak aloud words or other information that is written. Often construed with a to phrase or an indirect object.
He read us a passage from his new book.
All right, class, who wants to read next?
3. v. To interpret or infer a meaning, significance, thought, intention, etc.
She read my mind and promptly rose to get me a glass of water.
I can read his feelings in his face.
4. v. To consist of certain text.
On the door hung a sign that reads "No admittance".
The passage reads differently in the earlier manuscripts.
5. v. (intransitive) Of text, etc., to be interpreted or read in a particular way.
Arabic reads right to left.
That sentence reads strangely.
6. v. To substitute (a corrected piece of text in place of an erroneous one); used to introduce an emendation of a text.
7. v. (informal usually ironic) Used after a euphemism to introduce the intended, more blunt meaning of a term.
8. v. (transitive, telecommunications) To be able to hear what another person is saying over a radio connection.
Do you read me?
9. v. (transitive, Commonwealth, except Scotland) To make a special study of, as by perusing textbooks.
I am reading theology at university.
10. v. (computing, transitive) To fetch data from (a storage medium, etc.).
to read a hard disk; to read a port; to read the keyboard
11. v. (obsolete) To think, believe; to consider (that).
12. v. (obsolete) To advise; to counsel. See rede.
13. v. (obsolete) To tell; to declare; to recite.
14. v. (transitive, transgender) To recognise (someone) as being transgender.
Every time I go outside, I worry that someone will read me.
15. v. (at first especially in the black LGBT community) To call attention to the flaws of (someone) in either a playful, a taunting, or an insulting way.
16. v. past tense of read
17. v. past participle of read
18. n. A reading or an act of reading, especially an actor's part of a play.
19. n. (in combination) Something to be read; a written work.
His thrillers are always a gripping read.
20. n. (at first especially in the black LGBT community) An instance of read, reading, calling attention to someone's flaws; a taunt or insult.
such
1. det. (demonstrative) Like this, that, these, those; used to make a comparison with something implied by context.
I’ve never seen such clouds in the sky before. Such is life.
2. det. (particularly used in formal documents) Any.
the above address or at such other address as may notify
3. det. Used as an intensifier; roughly equivalent to very much of.
The party was such a bore.
4. det. (obsolete) A certain; representing the object as already particularized in terms which are not mentioned.
5. pron. A person, a thing, people or things like the one or ones already mentioned.
6. n. (philosophy) Something being indicated that is similar to something else.
As
1. n. plural of A
She went from getting Cs and Ds to earning straight As.
2. adv. To such an extent or degree.
You’re not as tall as I am.
It's not as well made, but it's twice as expensive.
3. adv. In the manner or role specified.
The kidnappers released him as agreed.
The parties were seen as agreeing on a range of issues.
He was never seen as the boss, but rather as a friend.
4. adv. (dated) For example (compare such as).
5. conj. In the same way that; according to what.
Do as I say!
I'm under a lot of pressure, as you know.
As you wish, my lord!
6. conj. At the same instant that; when.
As I came in, she flew.
7. conj. At the same time that; while.
He sleeps as the rain falls.
8. conj. Varying through time in the same proportion that.
As my fear grew, so did my legs become heavy.
9. conj. Being that, considering that, because, since.
As it’s too late, I quit.
10. conj. Introducing a basis of comparison, after as, so, or a comparison of equality.
She's twice as strong as I was two years ago.
It's not so complicated as I expected.
11. conj. (dated) Introducing a comparison with a hypothetical state (+ subjunctive); ‘as though’, ‘as if’.
12. conj. Introducing a comparison with a hypothetical state with the verb elided; as if, as though.
13. conj. (now England, US, regional) Functioning as a relative conjunction; that.
14. conj. Expressing concession; though.
15. conj. (obsolete, rare) Than.
16. prep. Introducing a basis of comparison, with an object in the objective case.
You are not as tall as me.
They're big as houses.
17. prep. In the role of.
What is your opinion as a parent?
18. n. (unit of weight) A libra.
19. n. Any of several coins of Rome, coined in bronze or later copper; or the equivalent value.
20. n. plural of a
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.
sheet
1. n. A thin bed cloth used as a covering for a mattress or as a layer over the sleeper.
2. n. A piece of paper, usually rectangular, that has been prepared for writing, artwork, drafting, wrapping, manufacture of packaging (boxes, envelopes, etc.), and for other uses. The word does not include
3. n. A flat metal pan, often without raised edge, used for baking.
4. n. A thin, flat layer of solid material.
5. n. A broad, flat expanse of a material on a surface.
6. n. (nautical) A line (rope) used to adjust the trim of a sail.
7. n. (nautical, nonstandard) A sail.
8. n. (curling) The area of ice on which the game of curling is played.
9. n. (nonstandard) A layer of veneer.
10. n. (figuratively) Precipitation of such quantity and force as to resemble a thin, virtually solid wall.
11. n. (geology) An extensive bed of an eruptive rock intruded between, or overlying, other strata.
12. n. (nautical) The space in the forward or after part of a boat where there are no rowers.
fore sheets; stern sheets
13. v. To cover or wrap with cloth, or paper, or other similar material.
Remember to sheet the floor before you start painting.
14. v. To form into sheets.
15. v. (intransitive) Of rain, or other precipitation, to pour heavily.
We couldn't go out because the rain was sheeting down all day long.
16. v. (nautical) To trim a sail using a sheet.
leaf
1. n. The usually green and flat organ that represents the most prominent feature of most vegetative plants.
2. n. Anything resembling the leaf of a plant.
3. n. A sheet of any substance beaten or rolled until very thin.
gold leaf
4. n. A sheet of a book, magazine, etc (consisting of two pages, one on each face of the leaf).
5. n. (in the plural) Tea leaves.
6. n. A flat section used to extend the size of a table.
7. n. A moveable panel, e.g. of a bridge or door, originally one that hinged but now also applied to other forms of movement.
The train car has one single-leaf and two double-leaf doors per side.
8. n. (botany) A foliage leaf or any of the many and often considerably different structures it can specialise into.
9. n. (computing, mathematics) In a tree, a node that has no descendants.
10. n. The layer of fat supporting the kidneys of a pig, leaf fat.
11. n. One of the teeth of a pinion, especially when small.
12. v. (intransitive) To produce leaves; put forth foliage.
13. v. To divide (a vegetable) into separate leaves.
The lettuce in our burgers is 100% hand-leafed.
coin
1. n. (money) A piece of currency, usually metallic and in the shape of a disc, but sometimes polygonal, or with a hole in the middle.
2. n. A token used in a special establishment like a casino (also called a chip).
3. n. (figurative) That which serves for payment or recompense.
4. n. (slang) money in general, not limited to coins
She spent some serious coin on that car!
5. n. One of the suits of minor arcana in tarot, or a card of that suit.
6. n. A quoin; a corner or external angle; a wedge.
7. n. A small circular slice of food.
8. v. To make of a definite fineness, and convert into coins, as a mass of metal; to mint; to manufacture.
to coin silver dollars; to coin a medal
9. v. To make or fabricate; to invent; to originate.
Over the last century the advance in science has led to many new words being coined.
10. v. To acquire rapidly, as money; to make.
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.
medal
1. n. A stamped metal disc used as a personal ornament, a charm, or a religious object.
2. n. A stamped or cast metal object (usually a disc), particularly one awarded as a prize or reward.
3. v. (intransitive, sports) To win a medal.
He medalled twice at the Olympics.
4. v. To award a medal to.

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