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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.
store
     1. n. A place where items may be accumulated or routinely kept.
           This building used to be a store for old tires.
     2. n. A supply held in storage.
     3. n. (mainly North American) A place where items may be purchased; a shop.
           I need to get some milk from the grocery store.
     4. n. (computing, dated) Memory.
           The main store of 1000 36-bit words seemed large at the time.
     5. n. A great quantity or number; abundance.
     6. v. To keep (something) while not in use, generally in a place meant for that purpose.
           I'll store these books in the attic.
     7. v. (transitive, computing) To write (something) into memory or registers.
           This operation stores the result on the stack.
     8. v. (intransitive) To remain in good condition while stored.
           I don't think that kind of cheese will store well in the refrigerator.
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?
slated
     1. adj. (chiefly US) scheduled
     2. v. simple past tense and past participle of slate
     slate
          1. n. (geology) A fine-grained homogeneous sedimentary rock composed of clay or volcanic ash which has been metamorphosed so that it cleaves easily into thin layers.
          2. n. The bluish-grey colour of most slate.
                (color panel, 708090)
          3. n. A sheet of slate for writing on with chalk or with a thin rod of slate (a slate pencil) formerly commonly used by younger children for writing practice in schools.
          4. n. A roofing-tile made of slate.
          5. n. A record of money owed.
                Put it on my slate – I’ll pay you next week.
          6. n. (chiefly US) A list of affiliated candidates for an election.
                Roy Disney led the alternative slate of directors for the stockholder vote.
          7. n. An artificial material resembling slate and used for the same purposes.
          8. n. A thin plate of any material; a flake.
          9. adj. Having the bluish-grey/gray colour of slate.
          10. v. To cover with slate.
                The old church ledgers show that the roof was slated in 1775.
          11. v. (transitive, chiefly British) To criticise harshly.
                The play was slated by the critics.
          12. v. (transitive, chiefly US) To schedule.
                The election was slated for November 2nd.
          13. v. (transitive, chiefly US) To anticipate or strongly expect.
                The next version of our software is slated to be the best release ever.
                The boy was slated by his mother for disobeying her.
          14. v. To set a dog upon.
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
open
     1. adj. (not comparable) Not closed; accessible; unimpeded.
           Turn left after the second open door.
           It was as if his body had gone to sleep standing up and with his eyes open.
     2. adj. Not drawn together, closed, or contracted; extended; expanded.
           an open hand; an open flower; an open prospect
     3. adj. (not comparable) Actively conducting or prepared to conduct business.
           Banks are not open on bank holidays.
     4. adj. (comparable) Receptive.
           I am open to new ideas.
     5. adj. (not comparable) Public
           He published an open letter to the governor on a full page of the New York Times.
     6. adj. (not comparable) Candid, ingenuous, not subtle in character.
           The man is an open book.
     7. adj. (mathematics, logic, of a formula) Having a free variable.
     8. adj. (mathematics, topology, of a set) Which is part of a predefined collection of subsets ofX, that defines a topological space onX.
     9. adj. (graph theory, of a walk) Whose first and last vertices are different.
     10. adj. (computing, not comparable, of a file, document, etc.) In current use; mapped to part of memory.
           I couldn't save my changes because another user had the same file open.
     11. adj. (business) Not fulfilled.
           I've got open orders for as many containers of red durum as you can get me.
     12. adj. Not settled or adjusted; not decided or determined; not closed or withdrawn from consideration.
           an open question
           to keep an offer or opportunity open
     13. adj. (music, stringed instruments) Without any fingers pressing the string against the fingerboard.
     14. adj. Not of a quality to prevent communication, as by closing waterways, blocking roads, etc.; hence, not frosty or inclement; mild; used of the weather or the climate.
           an open winter
     15. adj. (phonetics) Uttered with a relatively wide opening of the articulating organs; said of vowels.
     16. adj. (phonetics) Uttered, as a consonant, with the oral passage simply narrowed without closure.
     17. adj. (phonetics, of a syllable) That ends in a vowel; not having a coda.
     18. adj. (computing) Made public, usable with a free licence.
     19. adj. (medicine) Resulting from an incision, puncture or any other process by which the skin no longer protects an internal part of the body.
     20. v. To make something accessible or allow for passage by moving from a shut position.
           Turn the doorknob to open the door.
     21. v. To make (an open space, etc.) by clearing away an obstacle or obstacles, in order to allow for passage, access, or visibility.
           He opened a path through the undergrowth.
     22. v. To bring up, broach.
           I don't want to open that subject.
     23. v. To enter upon, begin.
           to open a discussion
           to open fire upon an enemy
           to open trade, or correspondence
           to open a case in court, or a meeting
     24. v. To spread; to expand into an open or loose position.
           to open a closed fist
           to open matted cotton by separating the fibres
           to open a map, book, or scroll
     25. v. To make accessible to customers or clients.
           I will open the shop an hour early tomorrow.
     26. v. To start (a campaign).
           Vermont will open elk hunting season next week.
     27. v. (intransitive) To become open.
           The door opened all by itself.
     28. v. (intransitive) To begin conducting business.
           The shop opens at 9:00.
     29. v. (intransitive, cricket) To begin a side's innings as one of the first two batsmen.
     30. v. (intransitive, poker) To bet before any other player has in a particular betting round in a game of poker.
           After the first two players fold, Julie opens for $5.
     31. v. (transitive, intransitive, poker) To reveal one's hand.
           Jeff opens his hand revealing a straight flush.
     32. v. (computing, transitive, intransitive, of a file, document, etc.) To load into memory for viewing or editing.
     33. v. (obsolete) To disclose; to reveal; to interpret; to explain.
     34. n. A sports event in which anybody can compete; as, the Australian Open.
     35. n. (electronics) A wire that is broken midway.
           The electrician found the open in the circuit after a few minutes of testing.
     36. n. (with the) Open or unobstructed space; an exposed location.
           I can't believe you left the lawnmower out in the open when you knew it was going to rain this afternoon!
           Wary of hunters, the fleeing deer kept well out of the open, dodging instead from thicket to thicket.
     37. n. (with the) Public knowledge or scrutiny; full view.
           We have got to bring this company's corrupt business practices into the open.
next
     1. adj. nearest, Nearest in place or position, having nothing similar intervening; adjoining.
     2. adj. Nearest in order, succession, or rank; immediately preceding or following in order.
           the next chapter; the next man I see; the next week; the Sunday next before Easter
     3. adj. (figuratively) Following in a hypothetical sequence of some kind.
     4. det. The one immediately following the current or most recent one
           Next week would be a good time to meet.
           I'll know better next time.
     5. det. Closest to seven days (one week) in the future.
           The party is next Tuesday; that is, not this Tuesday, but nine days from now.
     6. adv. In a time, place or sequence closest or following.
           They live in the next closest house.
           It's the next best thing to ice cream.
           Next, we stripped off the old paint.
     7. adv. On the first subsequent occasion
           Financial panic, earthquakes, oil spills, riots. What comes next?
           When we next meet, you'll be married.
     8. prep. On the side of; next to.
     9. n. The one that follows after this one.
           Next, please, don't hold up the queue!
month
     1. n. A period into which a year is divided, historically based on the phases of the moon.
           July is my favourite month.
     2. n. A period of 30 days, 31 days, or some alternation thereof.
           We went on holiday for two months.
     3. n. (obsolete, in the plural) A woman's period; menstrual discharge.
increases
     1. n. plural of increase
     2. v. third-person singular present indicative of increase
     increase
          1. v. (intransitive) (of a quantity, etc.) To become larger or greater.
                His rage only increased when I told him of the lost money.
          2. v. To make (a quantity, etc.) larger.
          3. v. To multiply by the production of young; to be fertile, fruitful, or prolific.
          4. v. (astronomy, intransitive) To become more nearly full; to show more of the surface; to wax.
                The Moon increases.
          5. n. An amount by which a quantity is increased.
          6. n. For a quantity, the act or process of becoming larger
          7. n. (knitting) The creation of one or more new stitches; see Increase (knitting).
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.
company
     1. n. A team; a group of people who work together professionally.
     2. n.          A group of individuals who work together for a common purpose.
                   A company of actors.
     3. n.          (military) A unit of approximately sixty to one hundred and twenty soldiers, typically consisting of two or three platoons and forming part of a battal
                   the boys in Company C
     4. n.          A unit of firefighters and their equipment.
                   It took six companies to put out the fire.
     5. n.          (nautical) The entire crew of a ship.
     6. n.          (espionage, informal) An intelligence service.
                   As he had worked for the CIA for over 30 years, he would soon take retirement from the company.
     7. n. (legal) An entity having legal personality, and thus able to own property and to sue and be sued in its own name; a corporation.
     8. n. (business) Any business, whether incorporated or not, that manufactures or sells products (also known as goods), or provides services as a commercial venture.
     9. n. Social visitors or companions.
           Keep the house clean; I have company coming.
     10. n. Companionship.
           I treasure your company.
     11. v. (archaic, transitive) To accompany, keep company with.
     12. v. (archaic, intransitive) To associate.
     13. v. (obsolete, intransitive) To be a lively, cheerful companion.
     14. v. (obsolete, intransitive) To have sexual intercourse.
footprint
     1. n. The impression of the foot in a soft substance such as sand or snow.
     2. n. Space required by a piece of equipment.
           This computer has a smaller footprint.
     3. n. (computing) The amount of hard drive space required for a program.
     4. n. (computing) The audit trail left by a crashed program.
     5. n. Profession or lifestyle.
           He is following in his father's footprints.
     6. n. The surface space occupied by a structure.
           the footprint of a building
     7. n. A company's geographic market presence.
           The store, which is slated to open next month, increases the company's footprint in the market to 14 locations.
     8. n. The ecological impact of a human activity, machine, etc.
           My carbon footprint is very high.
     9. n. Availability of a satellite from the ground.
in
     1. prep. Used to indicate location, inclusion, or position within spatial, temporal or other limits.
     2. prep.          Contained by.
                   The dog is in the kennel.
     3. prep.          Within.
     4. prep.          Surrounded by.
                   We are in the enemy camp.   Her plane is in the air.
     5. prep.          Part of; a member of.
                   One in a million.   She's in band and orchestra.
     6. prep.          Pertaining to; with regard to.
                   What grade did he get in English?
                   Military letters should be formal in tone, but not stilted.
     7. prep.          At the end of a period of time.
                   They said they would call us in a week.
     8. prep.          Within a certain elapsed time
                   Are you able to finish this in three hours?   The massacre resulted in over 1000 deaths in three hours.
     9. prep.          During (said of periods of time).
                   in the first week of December;  Easter falls in the fourth lunar month;   The country reached a high level of prosperity in his fi
     10. prep.          (grammar, phonetics, of sounds and letters) Coming at the end of a word.
                   English nouns in -ce form their plurals in -s.
     11. prep. Into.
           Less water gets in your boots this way.
     12. prep. Used to indicate limit, qualification, condition, or circumstance.
           In replacing the faucet washers, he felt he was making his contribution to the environment.
     13. prep.          Indicating an order or arrangement.
                   My fat rolls around in folds.
     14. prep.          Denoting a state of the subject.
                   He stalked away in anger.   John is in a coma.
     15. prep.          Indicates, connotatively, a place-like form of someone's (or something's) personality, as his, her or its psychic and physical characteristics.
                   You've got a friend in me.   He's met his match in her.
     16. prep.          Wearing (an item of clothing).
                    I glanced over at the pretty girl in the red dress.
     17. prep. Used to indicate means, medium, format, genre, or instrumentality.
     18. prep.          (of something offered or given in an exchange) In the form of, in the denomination of.
                   Please pay me in cash — preferably in tens and twenties.
                   The deposit can be in any legal tender, even in gold.
                    Her generosity was rewarded in the success of its recipients.
     19. prep.          Used to indicate a language, script, tone, etc. of a text, speech, etc.
                   Beethoven's "Symphony No. 5" in C minor is among his most popular.
                   His speech was in French, but was simultaneously translated into eight languages.
                   When you write in cursive, it's illegible.
     20. v. (obsolete, transitive) To enclose.
     21. v. (obsolete, transitive) To take in; to harvest.
     22. adv. (not comparable) Located indoors, especially at home or the office, or inside something.
           Is Mr. Smith in?
     23. adv. Moving to the interior of a defined space, such as a building or room.
           Suddenly a strange man walked in.
     24. adv. (sports) Still eligible to play, e.g. able to bat in cricket and baseball.
           He went for the wild toss but wasn't able to stay in.
     25. adv. (UK) Abbreviation of in aid of.
           What's that in?
     26. adv. After the beginning of something.
     27. n. A position of power or a way to get it.
           His parents got him an in with the company
     28. n. (sport) The state of a batter/batsman who is currently batting – see innings
     29. n. A re-entrant angle; a nook or corner.
     30. adj. In fashion; popular.
           Skirts are in this year.
     31. adj. Incoming.
           the in train
     32. adj. (nautical, of the sails of a vessel) Furled or stowed.
     33. adj. (legal) With privilege or possession; used to denote a holding, possession, or seisin.
           in by descent; in by purchase; in of the seisin of her husband
     34. adj. (cricket) Currently batting.
     35. n. Inch.
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.
market
     1. n. City square or other fairly spacious site where traders set up stalls and buyers browse the merchandise.
     2. n. An organised, often periodic, trading event at such site.
           The privilege to hold a weekly market was invaluable for any feudal era burgh.
     3. n. Flea market
     4. n. A group of potential customers for one's product.
           We believe that the market for the new widget is the older homeowner.
     5. n. A geographical area where a certain commercial demand exists.
           Foreign markets were lost as our currency rose versus their valuta.
     6. n. A formally organized, sometimes monopolistic, system of trading in specified goods or effects.
           The stock market ceased to be monopolized by the paper-shuffling national stock exchanges with the advent of Internet markets.
     7. n. The sum total traded in a process of individuals trading for certain commodities.
     8. n. (obsolete) The price for which a thing is sold in a market; hence, value; worth.
     9. v. To make (products or services) available for sale and promote them.
           We plan to market an ecology model by next quarter.
     10. v. To sell
           We marketed more this quarter already then all last year!
     11. v. (intransitive) To deal in a market; to buy or sell; to make bargains for provisions or goods.
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
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locations
     1. n. plural of location
     location
          1. n. A particular point or place in physical space.
          2. n. An act of locating.
          3. n. (South Africa) An apartheid-era urban area populated by non-white people; township.
          4. n. (legal) A leasing on rent.
          5. n. (legal, Scotland) A contract for the use of a thing, or service of a person, for hire.
          6. n. (legal, US) The marking out of the boundaries, or identifying the place or site of, a piece of land, according to the description given in an entry, plan, map, etc.
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