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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.
State
1. n. A current governing polity.
2. n. (often with definite article) The current governing polity under which the speaker lives.
3. n. A condition; a set of circumstances applying at any given time.
a state of being; a state of emergency
4. n. (physics) A complete description of a system, consisting of parameters that determine all properties of the system.
5. n. (computing) The stable condition of a processor during a particular clock cycle.
In the fetch state, the address of the next instruction is placed on the address bus.
6. n. (computing) The set of all parameters relevant to a computation.
The state here includes a set containing all names seen so far.
7. n. (computing) The values of all parameters at some point in a computation.
A debugger can show the state of a program at any breakpoint.
8. n. (sciences) The physical property of matter as solid, liquid, gas or plasma.
9. n. (obsolete) Highest and stationary condition, as that of maturity between growth and decline, or as that of crisis between the increase and the abating
10. n. High social standing or circumstance.
11. n. Pomp, ceremony, or dignity.
The President's body will lie in state at the Capitol.
12. n. Rank; condition; quality.
13. n. Condition of prosperity or grandeur; wealthy or prosperous circumstances; social importance.
14. n. A chair with a canopy above it, often standing on a dais; a seat of dignity; also, the canopy itself.
15. n. (obsolete) A great person, a dignitary; a lord or prince.
16. n. (obsolete) Estate, possession.
17. n. A polity.
18. n. Any sovereign polity; a national or city-state government.
19. n. A political division of a federation retaining a notable degree of autonomy, as in the United States or Germany; (by extension, informal, US) any provi
20. n. (obsolete) A form of government other than a monarchy.
21. n. (anthropology) A society larger than a tribe. A society large enough to form a state in the sense of a government.
22. n. (mathematics, stochastic processes) An element of the range of the random variables that define a random process.
23. v. To declare to be a fact.
He stated that he was willing to help.
24. v. To make known.
State your intentions.
25. adj. (obsolete) stately
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.
quality
1. n. Level of excellence.
This school is well-known for having teachers of high quality.
Quality of life is usually determined by health, education, and income.
2. n. A property or an attribute that differentiates a thing or person.
One of the qualities of pure iron is that it does not rust easily.
While being impulsive can be great for artists, it is not a desirable quality for engineers.
Security, stability, and efficiency are good qualities of an operating system.
3. n. (archaic) High social position. (See also the quality.)
A peasant is not allowed to fall in love with a lady of quality.
Membership of this golf club is limited to those of quality and wealth.
4. n. The degree to which a man-made object or system is free from bugs and flaws, as opposed to scope of functions or quantity of items.
5. n. (thermodynamics) In a two-phase liquid–vapor mixture, the ratio of the mass of vapor present to the total mass of the mixture.
6. n. (emergency medicine) The third step in OPQRST where the responder investigates what the NOI/MOI feels like.
To identify quality try asking, "what does it feel like?".
7. adj. Being of good worth, well made, fit for purpose.
We only sell quality products.
That was a quality game by Jim Smith.
A quality system ensures products meet customer requirements.

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