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there's
1. contraction. contraction of there is
There’s a strange guy over there.
2. contraction. contraction of there has
There’s been an accident!
3. contraction. contraction of there was
4. contraction. contraction of there does
5. contraction. (proscribed) contraction of there are See there're.
there
1. adv. (location) In a place or location (stated, implied or otherwise indicated) at some distance from the speaker (compare here).
2. adv. (figuratively) In that matter, relation, etc.; at that point, stage, etc., regarded as a distinct place.
He did not stop there, but continued his speech.
They patched up their differences, but matters did not end there.
3. adv. (location) To or into that place; thither.
4. adv. (obsolete) Where, there where, in which place.
5. adv. In existence or in this world; see pronoun section below.
6. interj. Used to offer encouragement or sympathy.
There, there. Everything is going to turn out all right.
7. interj. Used to express victory or completion.
There! That knot should hold.
8. n. That place.
9. n. That status; that position.
You get it ready; I'll take it from there.
10. pron. Used as an expletive subject of be in its sense of “exist”, with the semantic, usually indefinite subject being postponed or (occasionally) implied.
There are two apples on the table. =Two apples are on the table.
There is no way to do it. =No way to do it exists.
Is there an answer? =Does an answer exist?
No, there isn't. =No, one doesn't exist.
11. pron. Used with other intransitive verbs of existence, in the same sense, or with other intransitive verbs, adding a sense of existence.
If x is a positive number, then there exists =there is a positive number y less than x.
There remain several problems with this approach. =Several problems remain with this approach.
Once upon a time, in a now-forgotten kingdom, there lived a woodsman with his wife. =There was a woodsman, who lived with his wife.
There arose a great wind out of the east. =There was now a great wind, arising in the east.
12. pron. Used with other verbs, when raised.
There seems to be some difficulty with the papers. =It seems that there is some difficulty with the papers.
I expected there to be a simpler solution. =I expected that there would be a simpler solution.
There are beginning to be complications. =It's beginning to be the case that there are complications.
13. pron. (in combination with certain prepositions, no longer productive) That.
therefor, thereat, thereunder
14. pron. (colloquial) Used to replace an unknown name, principally in greetings and farewells
Hi there, young fellow.
15. contraction. misspelling of they’re
16. det. misspelling of their
is
1. 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.
2. n. plural of i
remember to dot your is
some
1. pron. A certain number, at least one.
Some enjoy spicy food, others prefer it milder.
2. pron. An indefinite quantity.
Can I have some of them?
3. pron. An indefinite amount, a part.
please give me some of the cake; everyone is wrong some of the time
4. det. A certain proportion of, at least one.
Some people like camping.
5. det. An unspecified quantity or number of.
Would you like some grapes?
6. det. An unspecified amount of (something un).
Would you like some water?
After some persuasion, he finally agreed.
7. det. A certain, an unspecified or unknown.
I've just met some guy who said he knew you.
The sequence S converges to zero for some initial value v.
8. det. A considerable quantity or number of; approximately.
He had edited the paper for some years.
9. det. (informal) A remarkable.
He is some acrobat!
10. adv. Of a measurement: approximately, roughly
I guess he must have weighed some 90 kilos.
Some 30,000 spectators witnessed the feat.
Some 4,000 acres of land were flooded.
moot
1. adj. (current in UK, rare in the US) Subject to discussion (originally at a moot); arguable, debatable, unsolved or impossible to solve.
2. adj. (North America, chiefly legal) Being an exercise of thought; academic.
Walter Crane and Lewis F. Day (1903) Moot Points: Friendly Disputes on Art and Industry Between Walter Crane and Lewis F. Day
3. adj. (North America) Having no practical impact or relevance.
That point may make for a good discussion, but it is moot.
4. n. A moot court.
5. n. A system of arbitration in many areas of Africa in which the primary goal is to settle a dispute and reintegrate adversaries into society rather than assess penalties.
6. n. (Scouting) A gathering of Rovers, usually in the form of a camp lasting 2 weeks.
7. n. (paganism) A social gathering of pagans, normally held in a public house.
8. n. (historical) An assembly (usually for decision making in a locality).
9. n. (shipbuilding) A ring for gauging wooden pins.
10. v. To bring up as a subject for debate, to propose.
11. v. To discuss or debate.
12. v. (US) To make or declare irrelevant.
13. v. To argue or plead in a supposed case.
14. v. (regional, obsolete) To talk or speak.
'Tis no boot to moot again of it.
15. v. (Scotland, Northern England) To say, utter, also insinuate.
He could not moot the words.
16. n. (Scotland, Northern England) A whisper, or an insinuation, also gossip or rumors.
Na, I haven't heard a moot of it.
Haven't you heard the moot, mate? There are going to be layoffs. They are going to shit-can the lot of us.
17. n. (Scotland, Northern England, rural) Talk.
No, there's no moot of it on the streets.
There's some moot of charges, but nothing concrete yet.
18. n. (Australia) Vagina.
19. n. (West Country) The stump of a tree; the roots and bottom end of a felled tree.
20. v. (West Country) To take root and begin to grow.
21. v. (West Country) To turn up soil or dig up roots, especially an animal with the snout.
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.
charges
1. n. plural of charge
2. v. third-person singular present indicative of charge
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).
but
1. prep. (obsolete, outside, Scotland) Outside of.
Away but the hoose and tell me whae's there.
2. prep. Apart from, except (for), excluding.
Everyone but Father left early.
I like everything but that.
Nobody answered the door when I knocked, so I had no choice but to leave.
3. adv. Merely, only, just.
4. adv. (Australian, conjunctive) Though, however.
I'll have to go home early but.
5. adv. Used as an intensifier.
Nobody, but nobody, crosses me and gets away with it.
6. conj. (following a negative clause or sentence) On the contrary, but rather (introducing a word or clause that contrasts with or contradicts the preceding clause or sentence without the negation).
I am not rich but (I am) poor; not John but Peter went there.
7. conj. However, although, nevertheless, on the other hand (implies that the following clause is contrary to prior belief or contrasts with or contradicts the preceding clause or sentence).
She is very old but still attractive.
You told me I could do that, but she said that I could not.
8. conj. Except that (introducing a subordinate clause which qualifies a negative statement); also, with omission of the subject of the subordinate clause, acting as a negative relative, "except one that", "ex
I cannot but feel offended.
9. conj. (archaic) Without its also being the case that; unless that (introducing a necessary concomitant).
It never rains but it pours.
10. conj. (obsolete) Except with; unless with; without.
11. conj. (obsolete) Only; solely; merely.
12. conj. (obsolete) Until.
13. n. An instance or example of using the word "but".
It has to be done – no ifs or buts.
14. n. (Scotland) The outer room of a small two-room cottage.
15. n. A limit; a boundary.
16. n. The end; especially the larger or thicker end, or the blunt, in distinction from the sharp, end; the butt.
17. v. (archaic) Use the word "but".
But me no buts.
nothing
1. pron. Not any thing; no thing.
2. pron. An absence of anything, including empty space, brightness, darkness, matter, or a vacuum.
3. n. Something trifling, or of no consequence or importance.
- What happened to your face?- It's nothing.
4. n. A trivial remark (especially in the term sweet nothings).
5. n. A nobody (insignificant person).
You're nothing to me now!
6. adv. (archaic) Not at all; in no way.
concrete
1. adj. Real, actual, tangible.
Fuzzy videotapes and distorted sound recordings are not concrete evidence that bigfoot exists.
Once arrested, I realized that handcuffs are concrete, even if my concept of what is legal wasn’t.
2. adj. Being or applying to actual things, not abstract qualities or categories.
3. adj. Particular, specific, rather than general.
While everyone else offered thoughts and prayers, she made a concrete proposal to help. concrete ideas
4. adj. United by coalescence of separate particles, or liquid, into one mass or solid.
5. adj. (modifying a noun, not comparable) Made of concrete, a building material.
The office building had concrete flower boxes out front.
6. n. (obsolete) A solid mass formed by the coalescence of separate particles; a compound substance, a concretion.
7. n. Specifically, a building material created by mixing cement, water, and aggregate such as gravel and sand.
The road was made of concrete that had been poured in large slabs.
8. n. (logic) A term designating both a quality and the subject in which it exists; a concrete term.
9. n. Sugar boiled down from cane juice to a solid mass.
10. n. (US) A dessert of frozen custard with various toppings.
11. v. (usually transitive) To cover with or encase in concrete (building material).
I hate grass, so I concreted over my lawn.
12. v. (usually transitive) To solidify: to change from being abstract to being concrete (actual, real).
13. v. (intransitive, obsolete) To unite or coalesce into a mass or a solid body.
yet
1. adv. (usually with negative) Thus far; up to the present; up to some specified time.
He has never yet been late for an appointment; I’m not yet wise enough to answer that; Have you finished yet?
2. adv. Continuously up to the current time; still.
The workers went to the factory early and are striking yet.
3. adv. At some future time; eventually.
The riddle will be solved yet.
4. adv. (after certain copulative verbs, followed by an infinitive) Not as of the time referenced.
I've yet to see him. — I have not yet seen him.
I had yet to go to a convention. — I had not yet gone to a convention.
He seemed yet to be convinced. — He seemed not yet to have been convinced.
5. adv. In addition.
There are two hours yet to go until our destination.
6. adv. (degree) Even.
K-2 is yet higher than this.
7. conj. Nevertheless; however; but; despite that.
I thought I knew you, yet how wrong I was.
8. v. (dialectal) To melt; found; cast, as metal.
9. n. (dialectal) A metal pan or boiler; yetling.

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