these |
1. det. plural of this | |
2. det. Note: depending on the context, the word those may be used either in place of or interchangeably with these. | |
3. pron. plural of this | |
books |
1. n. plural of book | |
2. n. (pluralonly, accounting) Accounting records. | |
3. v. third-person singular present indicative of book | |
book |
1. n. A collection of sheets of paper bound together to hinge at one edge, containing printed or written material, pictures, etc. | |
She opened the book to page 37 and began to read aloud. | |
He was frustrated because he couldn't find anything about dinosaurs in the book. | |
2. n. A long work fit for publication, typically prose, such as a novel or textbook, and typically published as such a bound collection of sheets. | |
I have three copies of his first book. | |
3. n. (heraldry) A heraldic representation of such an object, used as a charge; as in the arms of the universities of Oxford and Cambridge. | |
4. n. A major division of a long work. | |
Genesis is the first book of the Bible. | |
Many readers find the first book of A Tale of Two Cities to be confusing. | |
5. n. (gambling) A record of betting (from the use of a notebook to record what each person has bet). | |
I'm running a book on who is going to win the race. | |
6. n. A convenient collection, in a form resembling a book, of small paper items for individual use. | |
a book of stamps | |
a book of raffle tickets | |
7. n. (theatre) The script of a musical. | |
8. n. (usually in the plural) Records of the accounts of a business. | |
9. n. A long document stored (as data) that is or will become a book; an e-book. | |
10. n. (legal) A colloquial reference to a book award, a recognition for receiving the highest grade in a class (traditionally an actual book, but recently more likely a letter or certificate acknowledging t | |
11. n. (whist) Six tricks taken by one side. | |
12. n. (poker slang) four of a kindWeisenberg, Michael (2000) . MGI/Mike Caro University. (ISBN, 978-1880069523) | |
13. n. (sports) A document, held by the referee, of the incidents happened in the game. | |
14. n. (sports) A list of all players who have been booked (received a warning) in a game. | |
15. n. (cartomancy) The twenty-sixth Lenormand card. | |
16. v. To reserve (something) for future use. | |
I want to book a hotel room for tomorrow night | |
I can book tickets for the concert next week. | |
17. v. To write down, to register or record in a book or as in a book. | |
They booked that message from the hill | |
18. v. (law enforcement, transitive) To record the name and other details of a suspected offender and the offence for later judicial action. | |
The police booked him for driving too fast. | |
19. v. (sports) To issue with a caution, usually a yellow card, or a red card if a yellow card has already been issued. | |
20. v. (intransitive, slang) To travel very fast. | |
He was really booking, until he passed the speed trap. | |
21. v. To record bets as bookmaker. | |
22. v. (transitive, law student slang) To receive the highest grade in a class. | |
The top three students had a bet on which one was going to book their intellectual property class. | |
23. v. (intransitive, slang) To leave. | |
He was here earlier, but he booked. | |
24. v. (UK dialectal, Northern England) simple past tense of bake | |
are |
1. v. second-person singular present of be | |
Mary, where are you going? | |
2. v. first-person plural present of be | |
We are not coming. | |
3. v. second-person plural present of be | |
Mary and John, are you listening? | |
4. v. third-person plural present of be | |
They are here somewhere. | |
5. v. (East Yorkshire, Midlands) present of be | |
6. n. (dialectal, or obsolete) grace, mercy | |
To bid God's are. | |
God's are is what children of God seech and seek. | |
7. n. (obsolete) honour, dignity | |
8. n. (rare) an accepted (but deprecated and rarely used) SI unit of area equal to 100 square metres, or a former unit of approximately the same extent. Symbol: a | |
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? | |
a |
1. art. One; any indefinite example of; used to denote a singular item of a group. | |
There was a man here looking for you yesterday. | |
2. art. Used in conjunction with the adjectives score, dozen, hundred, thousand, and million, as a function word. | |
I've seen it happen a hundred times. | |
3. art. One certain or particular; any single.Brown, Lesley, (2003) | |
We've received an interesting letter from a Mrs. Miggins of London. | |
4. art. The same; one. | |
We are of a mind on matters of morals. | |
5. art. Any, every; used before a noun which has become modified to limit its scope; also used with a negative to indicate not a single one.Lindberg, Christine A. (2007) | |
A man who dies intestate leaves his children troubles and difficulties. | |
He fell all that way, and hasn't a bump on his head? | |
6. art. Used before plural nouns modified by few, good many, couple, great many, etc. | |
7. art. Someone or something like; similar to; Used before a proper noun to create an example out of it. | |
The center of the village was becoming a Times Square. | |
8. prep. (archaic) To do with position or direction; In, on, at, by, towards, onto. | |
Stand a tiptoe. | |
9. prep. To do with separation; In, into. | |
Torn a pieces. | |
10. prep. To do with time; Each, per, in, on, by. | |
I brush my teeth twice a day. | |
11. prep. (obsolete) To do with method; In, with. | |
12. prep. (obsolete) To do with role or capacity; In. | |
A God’s name. | |
13. prep. To do with status; In. | |
King James Bible (II Chronicles 2:18) | |
To set the people a worke. | |
14. prep. (archaic) To do with process, with a passive verb; In the course of, experiencing. | |
1964, Bob Dylan, The Times They Are a-Changin’ | |
The times, they are a-changin'. | |
15. prep. (archaic) To do with an action, an active verb; Engaged in. | |
1611, King James Bible, Hebrews 11-21 | |
Jacob, when he was a dying | |
16. prep. (archaic) To do with an action/movement; To, into. | |
17. v. (archaic, or slang) Have. | |
I'd a come, if you'd a asked. | |
18. pron. (obsolete, outside, England, and Scotland dialects) He. | |
19. interj. A meaningless syllable; ah. | |
20. prep. (archaic, slang) Of. | |
The name of John a Gaunt. | |
21. adv. (chiefly Scotland) All. | |
22. adj. (chiefly Scotland) All. | |
wonderful |
1. adj. (now rare) Tending to excite wonder; surprising, extraordinary. | |
2. adj. Surprisingly excellent; very good or admirable, extremely impressive. | |
They served a wonderful six-course meal. | |
3. adv. (dialect) Exceedingly, to a great extent. | |
catalyst |
1. n. (chemistry) A substance that increases the rate of a chemical reaction without being consumed in the process. | |
2. n. Someone or something that encourages progress or change. | |
Economic development and integration are working as a catalyst for peace. | |
3. n. (literature) An inciting incident that sets the successive conflict into motion. | |
4. n. (automotive) A catalytic converter. | |