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. | |
law |
1. n. The body of binding rules and regulations, customs and standards established in a community by its legislative and judicial authorities. | |
the courts interpret the law; entrapment is against the law | |
2. n. The body of such rules that pertain to a particular topic. | |
property law; commercial hunting and fishing law | |
3. n. Common law, as contrasted with equity. | |
4. n. A binding regulation or custom established in a community in this way. | |
There is a law against importing wallabies. A new law forbids driving on that road. The court ruled that the executive order was not law and nullified it. | |
5. n. (more generally) (A rule, such as:) | |
6. n. Any rule that must or should be obeyed, concerning behaviours and their consequences. (Compare mores). | |
"Do unto others as you wish them to do unto you" is a good law to follow. the law of self-preservation | |
7. n. A rule or principle regarding the construction of language or art. | |
the laws of playwriting and poetry | |
8. n. A statement (in physics, etc) of an (observed, established) order or sequence or relationship of phenomena which is invariable under certain conditions | |
the laws of thermodynamics | |
Newton's third law of motion states that to every action there is always an equal and opposite reaction. This is one of several laws derived from | |
9. n. (mathematics, logic) A statement (of relation) that is true under specified conditions; a mathematical or logical rule. | |
Mathematical laws can be proved purely through mathematics, without scientific experimentation. | |
10. n. Any statement of the relation of acts and conditions to their consequences. | |
the law of scarcity; the law of supply and demand | |
11. n. (cricket) One of the official rules of cricket as codified by the its (former) governing body, the MCC. | |
12. n. The control and order brought about by the observance of such rules. | |
They worked to maintain law and order. It was a territory without law, marked by violence. | |
13. n. (informal) A person or group that act(s) with authority to uphold such rules and order (for example, one or more police officers). | |
Here comes the law — run! | |
14. n. The profession that deals with such rules (as lawyers, judges, police officers, etc). | |
He is studying for a career in law. She has practiced law in New York for twenty years. | |
15. n. Jurisprudence, the field of knowledge which encompasses these rules. | |
She went to university to study law. | |
16. n. Litigation, legal action (as a means of maintaining or restoring order, redressing wrongs, etc). | |
They were quick to go to law. | |
17. n. (now uncommon) An allowance of distance or time (a head start) given to a weaker (human or animal) competitor in a race, to make the race more fair. | |
18. n. (fantasy) One of two metaphysical forces ruling the world in some fantasy settings, also called order, and opposed to chaos. | |
19. n. (legal, chiefly historical) An oath sworn before a court, especially disclaiming a debt. (Chiefly in the phrases "wager of law)", "(m", "perform one's law", "lose one's law".) | |
20. v. (obsolete) To work as a lawyer; to practice law. | |
21. v. (ambitransitive, chiefly dialectal) To prosecute or sue (someone), to litigate. | |
22. v. (nonstandard) To rule over (with a certain effect) by law; govern. | |
23. v. (informal) To enforce the law. | |
24. v. To subject to legal restrictions. | |
25. n. (obsolete) A tumulus of stones. | |
26. n. (Scottish, and Northern England, archaic) A hill. | |
27. interj. (dated) An exclamation of mild surprise; lawks. | |
was |
1. v. first-person singular past of be. | |
2. v. third-person singular past of be. | |
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? | |
just |
1. adj. Factually right, correct; factual. | |
It is a just assessment of the facts. | |
2. adj. Rationally right, correct. | |
3. adj. Morally right; upright, righteous, equitable; fair. | |
It looks like a just solution at first glance. | |
4. adj. Proper, adequate. | |
5. adv. Only, simply, merely. | |
Plant just a few tomatoes, unless you can freeze or dry them. | |
He calls it vermilion, but it's just red to me. | |
6. adv. (sentence adverb) Used to reduce the force of an imperative; simply. | |
Just follow the directions on the box. | |
7. adv. (speech act) Used to convey a less serious or formal tone | |
I just called to say "hi". | |
8. adv. (speech act) Used to show humility. | |
Lord, we just want to thank You and praise Your Name. | |
9. adv. (degree) absolutely, positively | |
It is just splendid! | |
10. adv. Moments ago, recently. | |
They just left, but you may leave a message at the desk. | |
11. adv. By a narrow margin; closely; nearly. | |
The fastball just missed my head! | |
The piece just might fit. | |
12. adv. Exactly, precisely, perfectly. | |
He wants everything just right for the big day. | |
13. interj. (slang) Expressing dismay or discontent. | |
14. n. A joust, tournament. | |
15. v. To joust, fight a tournament. | |
an |
1. art. Form of a used before a vowel sound | |
2. art. (now quite rare) Form of a used before 'h' in an unstressed syllable | |
3. art. (nonstandard) Form of a used before 'h' in a stressed syllable | |
4. conj. (archaic) If | |
5. conj. (archaic) So long as. | |
An it harm none, do what ye will. | |
6. conj. (archaic) As if; as though. | |
7. n. The first letter of the Georgian alphabet, ა (Mkhedruli), Ⴀ (Asomtavruli) or ⴀ (Nuskhuri). | |
8. prep. In each; to or for each; per. | |
I was only going twenty miles an hour. | |
excuse |
1. v. To forgive; to pardon. | |
I excused him his transgressions. | |
2. v. To allow to leave, or release from any obligation. | |
May I be excused from the table? | |
I excused myself from the proceedings to think over what I'd heard. | |
3. v. To provide an excuse for; to explain, with the aim of alleviating guilt or negative judgement. | |
You know he shouldn't have done it, so don't try to excuse his behavior! | |
4. v. To relieve of an imputation by apology or defense; to make apology for as not seriously evil; to ask pardon or indulgence for. | |
5. n. Explanation designed to avoid or alleviate guilt or negative judgment; a plea offered in extenuation of a fault. | |
Tell me why you were late – and I don't want to hear any excuses! | |
6. n. (legal) A defense to a criminal or civil charge wherein the accused party admits to doing acts for which legal consequences would normally be appropriate, but asserts that special circumstances reliev | |
7. n. (with preceding negative adjective, especially sorry, poor or lame) An example of something that is substandard or of inferior quality. | |
That thing is a poor excuse for a gingerbread man. Hasn't anyone taught you how to bake? | |
He's a sorry excuse of a doctor. | |
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). | |
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. | |
manufacturers |
1. n. plural of manufacturer | |
manufacturer |
1. n. one that manufactures | |
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 | |
charge |
1. n. The scope of someone's responsibility. | |
The child was in the nanny's charge. | |
2. n. Someone or something entrusted to one's care, such as a child to a babysitter or a student to a teacher. | |
The child was a charge of the nanny. | |
3. n. A load or burden; cargo. | |
The ship had a charge of colonists and their belongings. | |
4. n. The amount of money levied for a service. | |
There will be a charge of five dollars. | |
5. n. An instruction. | |
I gave him the charge to get the deal closed by the end of the month. | |
6. n. (military) A ground attack against a prepared enemy. | |
Pickett did not die leading his famous charge. | |
7. n. An accusation. | |
That's a slanderous charge of abuse of trust. | |
8. n. (physics, and chemistry) An electric charge. | |
9. n. (basketball) An offensive foul in which the player with the ball moves into a stationary defender. | |
10. n. A measured amount of powder and/or shot in a firearm cartridge. | |
11. n. (heraldry) An image displayed on an escutcheon. | |
12. n. A forceful forward movement. | |
13. n. (weaponry) A position (of a weapon) fitted for attack. | |
to bring a weapon to the charge | |
14. n. (farriery) A sort of plaster or ointment. | |
15. n. (obsolete) Weight; import; value. | |
16. n. (historical, or obsolete) A measure of thirty-six pigs of lead, each pig weighing about seventy pounds; a charre. | |
17. n. (ecclesiastical) An address given at a church service concluding a visitation. | |
18. v. To assign a duty or responsibility to. | |
19. v. To assign (a debit) to an account. | |
Let's charge this to marketing. | |
20. v. To pay on account, as by using a credit card. | |
Can I charge my purchase to my credit card? | |
Can I charge this purchase? | |
21. v. To require payment (of) (a price or fee, for goods, services, etc.). | |
to charge high for goods I won't charge you for the wheat | |
22. v. (possibly archaic) To sell at a given price. | |
to charge coal at $5 per unit | |
23. v. (law) To formally accuse (a person) of a crime. | |
I'm charging you with assault and battery. | |
24. v. To impute or ascribe. | |
25. v. To call to account; to challenge. | |
26. v. To place a burden or load on or in. | |
27. v. To ornament with or cause to bear. | |
to charge an architectural member with a moulding | |
28. v. (heraldry) To assume as a bearing. | |
He charges three roses. | |
29. v. (heraldry) To add to or represent on. | |
He charges his shield with three roses or. | |
30. v. To load equipment with material required for its use, as a firearm with powder, a fire hose with water, a chemical reactor with raw materials. | |
Charge your weapons; we're moving up. | |
31. v. To cause to take on an electric charge. | |
Rubbing amber with wool will charge it quickly. | |
32. v. To add energy to (a battery, or a device containing a battery). | |
He charged the battery overnight. | |
Don't forget to charge the drill. | |
I charge my phone every night. | |
33. v. (intransitive) (Of a battery or a device containing a battery) To gain energy. | |
The battery is still charging: I can't use it yet. | |
His cell phone charges very quickly, whereas mine takes forever. | |
34. v. (intransitive) To move forward quickly and forcefully, particularly in combat and/or on horseback. | |
35. v. (military, transitive and intransitive) To attack by moving forward quickly in a group. | |
The impetuous corps charged the enemy lines. | |
36. v. (basketball) To commit a charging foul. | |
37. v. (cricket, of a batsman) To take a few steps down the pitch towards the bowler as he delivers the ball, either to disrupt the length of the delivery, or | |
38. v. (transitive, of a hunting dog) To lie on the belly and be still (A command given by a hunter to a dog). | |
rip |
1. n. A tear (in paper, etc.). | |
2. n. A type of tide or current. | |
3. n. (Australia) A strong outflow of surface water, away from the shore, that returns water from incoming waves. | |
4. n. (slang) A comical, embarrassing, or hypocritical event or action. | |
5. n. (slang) A hit (dose) of marijuana. | |
6. n. (Eton College) A black mark given for substandard schoolwork. | |
7. n. (slang) Something unfairly expensive, a rip-off. | |
8. v. To divide or separate the parts of (especially something flimsy such as paper or fabric), by cutting or tearing; to tear off or out by violence. | |
to rip a garment; to rip up a floor | |
9. v. (intransitive) To tear apart; to rapidly become two parts. | |
My shirt ripped when it was caught on a bramble. | |
10. v. To get by, or as if by, cutting or tearing. | |
11. v. (intransitive, figurative) To move quickly and destructively. | |
12. v. (woodworking) To cut wood along (parallel to) the grain. Contrast crosscut. | |
13. v. (transitive, slang) To copy data from CD, DVD, Internet stream, etc. to a hard drive, portable device, etc. | |
14. v. (slang) To take a "hit" of marijuana. | |
15. v. (slang) To fart. | |
16. v. (transitive, US, slang) To mock or criticize (someone or something). (often used with on) | |
17. v. (transitive, slang) To steal; to rip off. | |
18. v. To move or act fast, to rush headlong. | |
19. v. (archaic) To tear up for search or disclosure, or for alteration; to search to the bottom; to discover; to disclose; usually with up. | |
20. v. (intransitive, surfing, slang) To surf extremely well. | |
21. n. A wicker basket for fish. | |
22. n. (colloquial, regional, dated) A worthless horse; a nag. | |
23. n. (colloquial, regional, dated) An immoral man; a rake, a scoundrel. | |
off |
1. adv. In a direction away from the speaker or object. | |
He drove off in a cloud of smoke. | |
2. adv. Into a state of non-operation; into a state of non-existence. | |
Please switch off the light when you leave. | |
die off | |
3. adv. So as to be removed or separated. | |
He bit off more than he could chew. | |
Some branches were sawn off. | |
4. adj. Inoperative, disabled. | |
All the lights are off. | |
5. adj. Rancid, rotten. | |
This milk is off! | |
6. adj. (cricket) In, or towards the half of the field away from the batsman's legs; the right side for a right-handed batsman. | |
7. adj. Less than normal, in temperament or in result. | |
sales are off this quarter | |
8. adj. Circumstanced (as in well off, better off, poorly off). | |
9. adj. Started on the way. | |
off to see the wizard | |
And they're off! Whatsmyname takes an early lead, with Remember The Mane behind by a nose. | |
10. adj. Far; off to the side. | |
the off horse or ox in a team, in distinction from the nigh or near horse | |
11. adj. Designating a time when one is not strictly attentive to business or affairs, or is absent from a post, and, hence, a time when affairs are not urgent. | |
He took an off day for fishing. an off year in politics; the off season | |
12. adj. (of a dish on a menu) Presently unavailable. | |
— I'll have the chicken please. | |
— Sorry, chicken's off today. | |
13. adj. Right-hand (in relation to the side of a horse or a vehicle). | |
14. prep. Used to indicate movement away from a position on | |
I took it off the table. | |
Come off the roof! | |
15. prep. (colloquial) Out of the possession of. | |
He didn't buy it off him. He stole it off him. | |
16. prep. Away from or not on. | |
He's off the computer, but he's still on the phone. | |
Keep off the grass. | |
17. prep. Disconnected or subtracted from. | |
We've been off the grid for three days now. | |
He took 20% off the list price. | |
18. prep. Distant from. | |
We're just off the main road. | |
The island is 23 miles off the cape. | |
19. prep. No longer wanting or taking. | |
He's been off his feed since Tuesday. | |
He's off his meds again. | |
20. prep. Placed after a number (of products or parts, as if a unit), in commerce or engineering(topics, en, Engineering). | |
Tantalum bar 6 off 3/8" Dia × 12" — Atom, Great Britain Atomic Energy Authority, 1972 | |
samples submitted … 12 off Thermistors type 1K3A531 … — BSI test report for shock and vibration testing, 2000 | |
I'd like to re-order those printer cartridges, let's say 5-off. | |
21. v. (transitive, slang) To kill. | |
He got in the way so I had him offed. | |
22. v. (transitive, Singapore, Philippines) To switch off. | |
Can you off the light? | |
23. n. (rare) Beginning; starting point. | |
He has been very obviously an untrustworthy narrator right from the off. | |
prices |
1. n. plural of price | |
2. v. third-person singular present indicative of price | |
price |
1. n. The cost required to gain possession of something. | |
2. n. The cost of an action or deed. | |
I paid a high price for my folly. | |
3. n. Value; estimation; excellence; worth. | |
4. v. To determine the monetary value of (an item), to put a price on. | |
5. v. (obsolete) To pay the price of, to make reparation for. | |
6. v. (obsolete) To set a price on; to value; to prize. | |
7. v. (colloquial, dated) To ask the price of. | |
to price eggs | |
it |
1. pron. The third-person singular personal pronoun that is normally used to refer to an inanimate object or abstract entity, also often used to refer to animals. | |
Put it over there. | |
Take each day as it comes. | |
I heard the sound of the school bus - it was early today. | |
2. pron. A third-person singular personal pronoun used to refer to a child, especially of unknown gender. | |
She took the baby and held it in her arms. | |
3. pron. Used to refer to someone being identified, often on the phone, but not limited to this situation. | |
It's me. John. | |
Is it her? | |
4. pron. The impersonal pronoun, used without referent as the subject of an impersonal verb or statement. (known as the dummy pronoun or weather it) | |
It is nearly 10 o’clock. | |
It’s 10:45 read ten-forty-five. | |
It’s very cold today. | |
It’s lonely without you. | |
5. pron. The impersonal pronoun, used without referent in various short idioms. | |
stick it out | |
live it up | |
rough it | |
6. pron. The impersonal pronoun, used as a placeholder for a delayed subject, or less commonly, object; known as the dummy pronoun or, more formally in linguistics, a syntactic expletive. The delayed subject i | |
It is easy to see how she would think that. (with the infinitive clause headed by to see) | |
I find it odd that you would say that. (with the noun clause introduced by that) | |
It is hard seeing you so sick. (with the gerund seeing) | |
He saw to it that everyone would vote for him. (with the noun clause introduced by that) | |
It is not clear if the report was true. (with the noun clause introduced by if) | |
7. pron. All or the end; something after which there is no more. | |
Are there more students in this class, or is this it? | |
That's it—I'm not going to any more candy stores with you. | |
8. pron. (chiefly pejorative, offensive) A third-person singular personal pronoun used to refer to an animate referent who is transgender or is neither female nor male. | |
9. pron. (obsolete) (Followed by an omitted and understood relative pronoun): That which; what. | |
10. det. (obsolete) its | |
11. n. One who is neither a he nor a she; a creature; a dehumanized being. | |
12. n. The person who chases and tries to catch the other players in the playground game of tag. | |
In the next game, Adam and Tom will be it… | |
13. n. (British) The game of tag. | |
Let's play it at breaktime. | |
14. n. Sex appeal, especially that which goes beyond beauty. | |
15. n. (euphemism) Sexual activity. | |
caught them doing it | |
16. adj. (colloquial) Most fashionable. | |
argued |
1. v. simple past tense and past participle of argue | |
argue |
1. v. (obsolete) To prove. | |
2. v. To show grounds for concluding (that); to indicate, imply. | |
3. v. (intransitive) To debate, disagree or discuss opposing or differing viewpoints. | |
He also argued for stronger methods to be used against China. | |
He argued as follows: America should stop Lend-Lease convoying, because it needs to fortify its own Army with the supplies. | |
The two boys argued because of disagreement about the science project. | |
4. v. (intransitive) To have an argument, a quarrel. | |
5. v. To present (a viewpoint or an argument therefor). | |
He argued his point. | |
He argued that America should stop Lend-Lease convoying because it needed to fortify its own Army with the supplies. | |