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. | |
talented |
1. adj. Endowed with one or more talents. | |
young |
1. adj. In the early part of growth or life; born not long ago. | |
a lamb is a young sheep; these picture books are for young readers | |
2. adj. At an early stage of existence or development; having recently come into existence. | |
the age of space travel is still young; a young business | |
3. adj. (Not) advanced in age; (far towards or) at a specified stage of existence or age. | |
How young is your dog? Her grandmother turned 70 years young last month. | |
4. adj. Junior (of two related people with the same name). | |
5. adj. (of a decade of life) Early. | |
6. adj. Youthful; having the look or qualities of a young person. | |
My grandmother is a very active woman and is quite young for her age. | |
7. adj. Of or belonging to the early part of life. | |
The cynical world soon shattered my young dreams. | |
8. adj. (obsolete) Having little experience; inexperienced; unpracticed; ignorant; weak. | |
9. n. People who are young; young people, collectively; youth. | |
The young of today are well-educated. | |
10. n. Young or immature offspring (especially of an animal). | |
The lion caught a gnu to feed its young. | |
The lion's young are curious. | |
11. n. (rare, possibly, nonstandard) An individual offspring; a single recently born or hatched organism. | |
12. v. (informal, or demography) To become or seem to become younger. | |
13. v. (informal, or demography) To cause to appear younger. | |
14. v. (geology) To exhibit younging. | |
playwright |
1. n. A writer and creator of theatrical plays. | |
received |
1. v. simple past tense and past participle of receive | |
2. adj. Generally accepted as correct or true. | |
receive |
1. v. To take, as something that is offered, given, committed, sent, paid, etc.; to accept; to be given something. | |
She received many presents for her birthday. | |
2. v. To take possession of. | |
3. v. To act as a host for guests; to give admittance to; to permit to enter, as into one's house, presence, company, etc. | |
to receive a lodger, visitor, ambassador, messenger, etc. | |
4. v. To incur (an injury). | |
I received a bloody nose from the collision. | |
5. v. To allow (a custom, tradition, etc.); to give credence or acceptance to. | |
6. v. (telecommunications) To detect a signal from a transmitter. | |
7. v. (sports) To be in a position to take possession, or hit back the ball. | |
8. v. (tennis, badminton, squash) To be in a position to hit back a service. | |
9. v. (American football) To be in a position to catch a forward pass. | |
10. v. (transitive, intransitive) To accept into the mind; to understand. | |
11. n. (telecommunications) An operation in which data is received. | |
much |
1. det. A large amount of. | |
2. det. (now archaic, or nonstandard) A great number of; many (people). | |
3. det. (now Caribbean, African-American) Many ( + plural noun). | |
4. adj. (obsolete) Large, great. | |
5. adv. To a great extent. | |
I don't like fish much. | |
He is much fatter than I remember him. | |
He left her, much to the satisfaction of her other suitor. | |
6. adv. Often; frequently. | |
Does he get drunk much? | |
7. pron. A large amount or great extent. | |
From those to whom much has been given much is expected. | |
kudos |
1. n. Praise; accolades. | |
The talented, young playwright received much kudos for his new drama. | |
2. n. Credit for one's achievements. | |
3. n. plural of kudo | |
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). | |
His |
1. pron. honoraltcaps, his | |
2. det. Belonging to him. | |
3. det. (dated) Belonging to a person of unspecified gender. | |
4. det. (obsolete) Its; belonging to it. (Now only when implying personification.) | |
5. det. (archaic) Used as a genitive marker in place of ’s after a noun, especially a masculine noun ending in -s, to express the possessive case. | |
Ahab his mark for Ahab's mark. | |
Sejanus his Fall | |
6. pron. That which belongs to him; the possessive case of he, used without a following noun. | |
The decision was his to live with. | |
7. pron. alternative spelling of His | |
8. n. plural of hi | |
new |
1. adj. Recently made, or created. | |
This is a new scratch on my car! The band just released a new album. | |
2. adj. Additional; recently discovered. | |
We turned up some new evidence from the old files. | |
3. adj. Current or later, as opposed to former. | |
My new car is much better than my previous one, even though it is older. We had been in our new house for five years by then. | |
4. adj. Used to distinguish something established more recently, named after something or some place previously existing. | |
New Bond Street is an extension of Bond Street. | |
5. adj. In original condition; pristine; not previously worn or used. | |
Are you going to buy a new car or a second-hand one? | |
6. adj. Refreshed, reinvigorated, reformed. | |
That shirt is dirty. Go and put on a new one. I feel like a new person after a good night's sleep. After the accident, I saw the world with new eyes. | |
7. adj. Newborn. | |
My sister has a new baby, and our mother is excited to finally have a grandchild. | |
8. adj. Of recent origin; having taken place recently. | |
I can't see you for a while; the pain is still too new. Did you see the new King Lear at the theatre? | |
9. adj. Strange, unfamiliar or not previously known. | |
The idea was new to me. I need to meet new people. | |
10. adj. Recently arrived or appeared. | |
Have you met the new guy in town? He is the new kid at school. | |
11. adj. Inexperienced or unaccustomed at some task. | |
Don't worry that you're new at this job; you'll get better with time. I'm new at this business. | |
12. adj. (of a period of time) Next; about to begin or recently begun. | |
We expect to grow at 10% annually in the new decade. | |
13. adj. (vegetables) The first of the season. | |
14. adv. Newly (especially in composition). | |
new-born, new-formed, new-found, new-mown | |
15. adv. As new; from scratch. | |
They are scraping the site clean to build new. | |
16. n. Things that are new. | |
Out with the old, in with the new. | |
17. n. (Australia) A kind of light beer. | |
18. n. See also news. | |
19. v. (obsolete) To make new; to recreate; to renew. | |
drama |
1. n. A composition, normally in prose, telling a story and intended to be represented by actors impersonating the characters and speaking the dialogue | |
2. n. Such a work for television, radio or the cinema (usually one that is not a comedy) | |
3. n. Theatrical plays in general | |
4. n. A situation in real life that has the characteristics of such a theatrical play | |
5. n. (slang) Rumor, lying or exaggerated reaction to life events; melodrama; an angry dispute or scene; intrigue or spiteful interpersonal maneuvering. | |