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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
were
1. v. Second-person singular simple past tense indicative of be.
John, you were the only person to see him.
2. v. First-person plural simple past tense indicative of be.
We were about to leave.
3. v. Second-person plural simple past tense indicative of be.
Mary and John, you were right.
4. v. Third-person plural simple past tense indicative of be.
They were a fine group.
They were to be the best of friends from that day on.
5. v. Simple imperfect subjunctive in all persons of be.
I wish that it were Sunday.
I wish that I were with you.
* with "if" omitted, put first in an "if" clause:
*: Were it simply that she wore a hat, I would not be upset at all. (= If it were simply...)
*: Were father a king, we would have war. (= If father were a king,...)
6. v. (Northern England) was.
7. n. (obsolete) A fine for slaying a man; weregild.
8. n. (fandom) (The collective name for any kind of person that changes into another form under certain conditions, including the werewolf.)
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?
six
1. num. (cardinal) A numerical value equal to 6; the number following five and preceding seven. This many dots: (••••••).
2. num. Describing a group or set with six elements.
3. n. The digit or figure 6.
4. n. (military slang) Rear, behind (rear side of something).
cover my six
5. n. (cricket) An event whereby a batsman hits a ball which does not bounce before passing over a boundary in the air, resulting in an award of 6 runs for the batting team.
6. n. (American football) A touchdown.
stones
1. n. plural of stone
2. n. (slang) Testicles; balls.
3. n. (slang) Courage.
4. v. third-person singular present indicative of stone
stone
1. n. A hard earthen substance that can form large rocks.
2. n. A small piece of stone, a pebble.
3. n. A gemstone, a jewel, especially a diamond.
4. n. (UK, plural: stone) A unit of mass equal to 14 pounds. Used to measure the weights of people, animals, cheese, wool, etc. 1 stone ≈ 6.3503 kilograms
5. n. (botany) The central part of some fruits, particularly drupes; consisting of the seed and a hard endocarp layer.
a peach stone
6. n. (medicine) A hard, stone-like deposit.
kidney stone
7. n. (board games) A playing piece made of any hard material, used in various board games such as backgammon, and go.
8. n. A dull light grey or beige, like that of some stones.
(color panel, 8A807C)
9. n. (curling) A 42-pound, precisely shaped piece of granite with a handle attached, which is bowled down the ice.
10. n. A monument to the dead; a gravestone or tombstone.
11. n. (obsolete) A mirror, or its glass.
12. n. (obsolete) A testicle.
13. n. (dated, printing) A stand or table with a smooth, flat top of stone, commonly marble, on which to arrange the pages of a book, newspaper, etc. before printing; also called imposing stone.
14. v. To pelt with stones, especially to kill by pelting with stones.
She got stoned to death after they found her.
15. v. To remove a stone from (fruit etc.).
16. v. (intransitive) To form a stone during growth, with reference to fruit etc.
17. v. (transitive, slang) To intoxicate, especially with narcotics. (Usually in passive)
18. v. (intransitive, Singapore, slang) To do nothing, to stare blankly into space and not pay attention when relaxing or when bored.
19. v. To lap with an abrasive stone to remove surface irregularities.
20. adj. Constructed of stone.
stone walls
21. adj. Having the appearance of stone.
stone pot
22. adj. Of a dull light grey or beige, like that of some stones.
She is one stone fox.
23. adj. (LGBT) Willing to give sexual pleasure but not to receive it.
stone butch; stone femme
24. adv. As a stone (used with following adjective).
My father is stone deaf. This soup is stone cold.
25. adv. (slang) Absolutely, completely (used with following adjectives).
I went stone crazy after she left.
I said the medication made my vision temporarily blurry, it did not make me stone blind.
The Styistics performed a love song titled "I'm Stone in Love with You".
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.
all
1. adv. (degree) intensifier.
It suddenly went all quiet.
She was all, “Whatever.”
2. adv. (poetic) Entirely.
3. adv. Apiece; each.
The score was 30 all when the rain delay started.
4. adv. (degree) So much.
Don't want to go? All the better since I lost the tickets.
5. adv. (obsolete, poetic) even; just
6. det. Every individual or anything of the given class, with no exceptions (the noun or noun phrase denoting the class must be plural or un).
All contestants must register at the scorer’s table. All flesh is originally grass. All my friends like classical music.
7. det. Throughout the whole of (a stated period of time; generally used with units of a day or longer).
The store is open all day and all night. (= through the whole of the day and the whole of the night.)
I’ve been working on this all year. (= from the beginning of the year until now.)
8. det. (obsolete) Any.
9. det. Only; alone; nothing but.
He's all talk; he never puts his ideas into practice.
10. pron. Everything.
some gave all they had; she knows all and sees all; Those who think they know it all are annoying to those of us who do.
11. pron. Everyone.
A good time was had by all.
12. n. (with a possessive pronoun) Everything that one is capable of.
She gave her all, and collapsed at the finish line.
13. n. The totality of one's possessions.
14. conj. (obsolete) although
15. adj. (dialect, Pennsylvania) All gone; dead.
The butter is all.
and
1. conj. As a coordinating conjunction; expressing two elements to be taken together or in addition to each other.
2. conj. Used simply to connect two noun phrases, adjectives or adverbs.
3. conj. Simply connecting two clauses or sentences.
4. conj. Introducing a clause or sentence which follows on in time or consequence from the first.
5. conj. (obsolete) Yet; but.
6. conj. Used to connect certain numbers: connecting units when they precede tens (not dated); connecting tens and units to hundreds, thousands etc. (now often
7. conj. (now colloquial, or literary) Used to connect more than two elements together in a chain, sometimes to stress the number of elements.
8. conj. Connecting two identical elements, with implications of continued or infinite repetition.
9. conj. Introducing a parenthetical or explanatory clause.
10. conj. Introducing the continuation of narration from a previous understood point; also used alone as a question: ‘and so what?’.
11. conj. (now regional or somewhat colloquial) Used to connect two verbs where the second is dependent on the first: ‘to’. Used especially after come,
12. conj. Introducing a qualitative difference between things having the same name; "as well as other".
13. conj. Used to combine numbers in addition; plus (with singular or plural verb).
14. conj. Expressing a condition.:
15. conj. (now US dialect) If; provided that.
16. conj. (obsolete) As if, as though.
17. n. (enm, music, often informal) In rhythm, the second half of a divided beat.
18. n. (UK dialectal) Breath.
19. n. (UK dialectal) Sea smoke; steam fog.
20. v. (UK dialectal, intransitive) To breathe; whisper; devise; imagine.
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.
salesman
1. n. A man whose job it is to sell things, either in a shop/store or elsewhere.
promised
1. adj. Predicted; expected; anticipated.
2. adj. Under obligation to some future commitment, such as a marriage or vocation.
3. adj. Due to become manifest because of a past promise.
4. v. simple past tense and past participle of promise
promise
1. n. an oath or affirmation; a vow
if I make a promise, I always stick to it; he broke his promise
2. n. a transaction between two persons whereby the first person undertakes in the future to render some service or gift to the second person or devotes something valuable now and here to his use
3. n. reason to expect improvement or success; potential
She shows great promise as an actress.
4. n. (computing, programming) a placeholder object representing the eventual result of an asynchronous operation
5. n. (obsolete) bestowal or fulfillment of what is promised
6. v. to commit to something or action; to make an oath; make a vow
If you promise not to tell anyone, I will let you have this cake for free.
He promised to never return to this town again.
She promised me a big kiss if I would drive her to the airport.
I can't promise success, but I'll do the best I can.
7. v. (intransitive) to give grounds for expectation, especially of something good
The clouds promise rain.
they
1. pron. (the third-person plural) A group of people, animals, plants or objects previously mentioned.
Fred and Jane? They just arrived. Dogs may bark if they want to be fed. Plants wilt if they are not watered.
I have a car and a truck, but they are both broken.
2. pron. (the third-person singular, sometimes proscribed) A single person, previously mentioned, especially if of unknown or non-binary gender, but not if previously named and identified as male or female.
3. pron. (indefinite pronoun, vague meaning) People; some people; people in general; someone, excluding the speaker.
They say it’s a good place to live.
They didn’t have computers in the old days.
They should do something about this.
They have a lot of snow in winter.
4. det. (now Southern England dialect, or nonstandard) The, those.
5. det. (US dialects including AAVE) Their.
6. pron. (US dialectal) There (especially as an expletive subject of be).
would
1. v. As a past-tense form of will.:
2. v. (obsolete) Wished, desired (something).
3. v. (archaic) Wanted to ( + bare infinitive).
4. v. Used to; was or were habitually accustomed to ( + bare infinitive); indicating an action in the past that happened repeatedly or commonly.
5. v. Used with bare infinitive to form the "anterior future", indicating a futurity relative to a past time.
6. v. (archaic) Used with ellipsis of the infinitive verb, or postponement to a relative clause, in various senses.
7. v. Was determined to; loosely, could naturally have been expected to (given the tendencies of someone's character etc.).
8. v. As a modal verb, the subjunctive of will.:
9. v. Used to give a conditional or potential "softening" to the present; might, might wish.
10. v. Used as the auxiliary of the simple conditional modality (with a bare infinitive); indicating an action or state that is conditional on another.
11. v. (chiefly archaic) Might wish ( + verb in past subjunctive); often used in the first person (with or without that) in the sense of "if only".
12. v. Used to impart a sense of hesitancy or uncertainty to the present; might be inclined to. Now sometimes colloquially with ironic effect.
13. v. Used interrogatively to express a polite request; are (you) willing to …?
Would you pass the salt, please?
14. v. (chiefly archaic, transitive, or control verb) Might desire; wish (something).
15. n. Something that would happen, or would be the case, under different circumstances; a potentiality.
will
1. v. (rare, transitive) To wish, desire (something).
Do what you will.
2. v. (rare, intransitive) To wish or desire (that something happen); to intend (that).
3. v. (auxiliary) To habitually do (a given action).
4. v. (auxiliary) To choose to (do something), used to express intention but without any temporal connotations (+ bare infinitive).
5. v. (auxiliary) Used to express the future tense, sometimes with some implication of volition when used in the first person. Compare shall.
6. v. (auxiliary) To be able to, to have the capacity to.
Unfortunately, only one of these gloves will actually fit over my hand.
7. n. One's independent faculty of choice; the ability to be able to exercise one's choice or intention.
Of course, man's will is often regulated by his reason.
8. n. One's intention or decision; someone's orders or commands.
Eventually I submitted to my parents' will.
9. n. The act of choosing to do something; a person’s conscious intent or volition.
Most creatures have a will to live.
10. n. (law) A formal declaration of one's intent concerning the disposal of one's property and holdings after death; the legal document stating such wishes.
11. n. (archaic) That which is desired; one's wish.
12. n. (archaic) Desire, longing. (Now generally merged with later senses.)
He felt a great will to make a pilgrimage to the Holy Land.
13. v. (archaic) To wish, desire.
14. v. (transitive, intransitive) To instruct (that something be done) in one's will.
15. v. To try to make (something) happen by using one's will (intention).
All the fans were willing their team to win the game.
16. v. To bequeath (something) to someone in one's will (legal document).
He willed his stamp collection to the local museum.
double
1. adj. Made up of two matching or complementary elements.
The closet has double doors.
2. adj. Of twice the quantity.
Give me a double serving of mashed potatoes.
3. adj. Of a family relationship, related on both the maternal and paternal sides of a family.
He's my double cousin as my mother's sister married my father's brother.
4. adj. Designed for two users.
a double room
5. adj. Folded in two; composed of two layers.
6. adj. Stooping; bent over.
7. adj. Having two aspects; ambiguous.
a double meaning
8. adj. False, deceitful, or hypocritical.
a double life
9. adj. Of flowers, having more than the normal number of petals.
10. adj. (music) Of an instrument, sounding an octave lower.
a double bass
11. adj. (music) Of time, twice as fast.
12. adv. Twice over; twofold.
13. adv. Two together; two at a time. (especially in see double)
14. n. Twice the number, amount, size, etc.
15. n. A person who resembles and stands in for another person, often for safety purposes
Saddam Hussein was rumored to have many doubles.
16. n. A drink with two portions of alcohol.
On second thought, make that a double.
17. n. A ghostly apparition of a living person; doppelgänger.
18. n. A sharp turn, especially a return on one's own tracks.
19. n. A redundant item for which an identical item already exists.
I have more than 200 stamps in my collection but they're not all unique: some are doubles.
Before printing the photos, Liam deleted the doubles.
20. n. (baseball) A two-base hit.
The catcher hit a double to lead off the ninth.
21. n. (bridge) A call that increases certain scoring points if the last preceding bid becomes the contract.
22. n. (billiards) A strike in which the object ball is struck so as to make it rebound against the cushion to an opposite pocket.
23. n. A bet on two horses in different races in which any winnings from the first race are placed on the horse in the later race.
24. n. (darts) The narrow outermost ring on a dartboard.
25. n. (darts) A hit on this ring.
26. n. (dominoes) A tile that has the same value (i.e., the same number of pips) on both sides.
27. n. (computing, programming) A double-precision floating-point number.
The sine function returns a double.
28. n. (soccer) Two competitions, usually one league and one cup, won by the same team in a single season.
29. n. (sports) The feat of scoring twice in one game.
30. n. (sports) The feat of winning two events in a single meet or competition.
In 1996, Michael Johnson achieved a double by winning both the 200 and 400 meter dashes.
31. n. (historical) A former French coin worth one-sixth of a sou.
32. n. (historical, Guernsey) A copper coin worth one-eighth of a penny.
33. n. (music) Playing the same part on two instruments, alternately.
34. n. (Christianity) A double feast.
35. v. To multiply by two.
The company doubled their earnings per share over last quarter.
36. v. To fold over so as to make two folds.
To make a pleat, double the material at the waist.
37. v. To be the double of; to exceed by twofold; to contain or be worth twice as much as.
38. v. (intransitive) To increase by 100%, to become twice as large in size.
Our earnings have doubled in the last year.
39. v. (baseball) To get a two-base hit.
The batter doubled into the corner.
40. v. (sometimes followed by up) To clench (a fist).
41. v. (often followed by together or up) To join or couple.
42. v. To repeat exactly; copy.
43. v. (intransitive) (often followed by as) To play a second part or serve a second role.
A spork is a kind of fork that doubles as a spoon.
44. v. (intransitive) To turn sharply; following a winding course.
45. v. (nautical) To sail around (a headland or other point).
46. v. (music) To duplicate (a part) either in unison or at the octave above or below it.
47. v. (music, intransitive, usually followed by "on") To be capable of performing (upon an additional instrument).
48. v. (bridge) To make a call that will double certain scoring points if the preceding bid becomes the contract.
49. v. (card games, intransitive) To double down.
50. v. (billiards, snooker, pool) To cause (a ball) to rebound from a cushion before entering the pocket.
51. v. (intransitive) (followed by for) To act as substitute.
52. v. (intransitive) To go or march at twice the normal speed.
53. v. To multiply the strength or effect of by two.
Sorry, this store does not double coupons.
54. v. (military) To unite, as ranks or files, so as to form one from each two.
55. v. (radio, informal, of a station) To transmit simultaneously on the same channel as another station, either unintentionally or deliberately, causing interference.
Could you please repeat your last transmission? Another station was doubling with you.
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.
treble
1. adj. (music) Pertaining to the highest singing voice or part in harmonized music; soprano.
2. adj. High in pitch; shrill.
3. adj. (rare) Threefold, triple.
4. adv. Trebly; triply.
5. n. (music) The highest singing voice (especially as for a boy) or part in musical composition.
6. n. (music) A person or instrument having a treble voice or pitch; a boy soprano.
7. n. The highest tuned in a ring of bells.
8. n. Any high-pitched or shrill voice or sound.
9. n. A threefold quantity or number; something having three parts or having been tripled.
10. n. A drink with three portions of alcohol.
11. n. (darts) Any of the narrow areas enclosed by the two central circles on a dartboard, worth three times the usual value of the segment.
12. n. (sports) Three goals, victories, awards etc. in a given match or season.
13. v. To multiply by three; to make into three parts, layers, or thrice the amount.
14. v. (intransitive) To become multiplied by three or increased threefold.
15. v. (intransitive) To make a shrill or high-pitched noise.
16. v. To utter in a treble key; to whine.
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.
value
1. n. The quality (positive or negative) that renders something desirable or valuable.
The Shakespearean Shylock is of dubious value in the modern world.
2. n. The degree of importance given to something.
The value of my children's happiness is second only to that of my wife.
3. n. That which is valued or highly esteemed, such as one's morals, morality, or belief system.
He does not share his parents' values.
family values
4. n. The amount (of money or goods or services) that is considered to be a fair equivalent for something else.
5. n. (music) The relative duration of a musical note.
The value of a crotchet is twice that of a quaver.
6. n. (arts) The relative darkness or lightness of a color in (a specific area of) a painting etc.
7. n. (mathematics, physics) Any definite numerical quantity or other mathematical object, determined by being measured, computed, or otherwise defined.
The exact value of pi cannot be represented in decimal notation.
8. n. Precise meaning; import.
the value of a word; the value of a legal instrument
9. n. (in the plural) The valuable ingredients to be obtained by treating a mass or compound; specifically, the precious metals contained in rock, gravel, etc.
The vein carries good values.
the values on the hanging walls
10. n. (obsolete) Esteem; regard.
11. n. (obsolete) Valour; (also spelled) valew.
12. v. To estimate the value of; judge the worth of something.
I will have the family jewels valued by a professional.
13. v. To fix or determine the value of; assign a value to, as of jewelry or art work.
14. v. To regard highly; think much of; place importance upon.
Gold was valued highly among the Romans.
15. v. To hold dear.
I value these old photographs.

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