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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
Captain
1. n. An army officer title in most countries
2. n. The title for someone who holds the captain job on a ship or other vessel.
These islands were discovered by Captain Cook.
3. n. A chief or leader.
4. n. The person lawfully in command of a ship or other vessel.
The captain is the last man to leave a sinking ship.
5. n. An army officer with a rank between the most senior grade of lieutenant and major.
6. n. A naval officer with a rank between commander and commodore.
7. n. A commissioned officer in the United States Navy, Coast Guard, NOAA Corps, or PHS Corps of a grade superior to a commander and junior to a rear admiral (lower half). A captain is equal in grade or ran
8. n. One of the athletes on a sports team who designated to make decisions, and is allowed to speak for his team with a referee or official.
9. n. The leader of a group of workers.
John Henry said to the captain, "A man ain't nothing but a man.".
10. n. A maître d'.
11. n. (southern US) An honorific title given to a prominent person. See colonel.
12. n. (internet) Someone who provides contextual information for a post. Originally a shorthand for 'Captain Obvious'.
13. v. (intransitive) To act as captain
14. v. To exercise command of a ship, aircraft or sports team.
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.
ship
1. n. A water-borne vessel generally larger than a boat.
2. n. (chiefly in combination) A vessel which travels through any medium other than across land, such as an airship or spaceship.
3. n. (archaic, nautical, formal) A sailing vessel with three or more square-rigged masts.
4. n. A dish or utensil (originally fashioned like the hull of a ship) used to hold incense.
5. n. (cartomancy) The third card of the Lenormand deck.
6. v. To send by water-borne transport.
7. v. To send (a parcel or container) to a recipient (by any means of transport).
to ship freight by railroad
8. v. To release a product to vendors; to launch.
Our next issue ships early next year.
The developers had to ship the game two weeks late.
9. v. To engage to serve on board a vessel.
to ship seamen
I shipped on a man-of-war.
10. v. (intransitive) To embark on a ship.
11. v. (transitive, nautical) To put in its place.
to ship the tiller or rudder
12. v. To take in (water) over the sides of a vessel.
We were shipping so much water I was sure we would capsize.
13. v. To pass (from one person to another).
Can you ship me the ketchup?
14. v. (poker slang) To go all in.
15. v. (sports) To trade or send a player to another team.
Twins ship Delmon Young to Tigers.
16. v. (rugby) To bungle a kick and give the opposing team possession.
17. n. (fandom) A fictional romantic relationship between two characters, either real or themselves fictional.
18. v. (fandom) To support or approve of a fictional romantic relationship between two characters, either real or themselves fictional, typically in fan fiction.
I ship Kirk and Spock in “Star Trek”.
I ship Peggy and Angie in “Marvel's Agent Carter”.
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.
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.
sports
1. n. plural of sport
2. v. third-person singular present indicative of sport
3. v. To participate in sports; typically used by a person with little interest in the subject to derisively elide details of the activity in question.
sport
1. n. Any activity that uses physical exertion or skills competitively under a set of rules that is not based on aesthetics.
2. n. Something done for fun despite being intended for and primarily used for serious goals.
3. n. A person who exhibits either good or bad sportsmanship.
4. n. Somebody who behaves or reacts in an admirably good-natured manner, e.g. to being teased or to losing a game; a good sport.
5. n. (obsolete) That which diverts, and makes mirth; pastime; amusement.
6. n. (obsolete) Mockery; derision.
7. n. A toy; a plaything; an object of mockery.
8. n. Gaming for money as in racing, hunting, fishing.
9. n. (biology, botany, zoology) A plant or an animal, or part of a plant or animal, which has some peculiarity not usually seen in the species; an abnormal variety or growth. The term encompasses both muta
10. n. (slang) A sportsman; a gambler.
11. n. (slang) One who consorts with disreputable people, including prostitutes.
12. n. (obsolete) An amorous dalliance.
13. n. (informal, usually singular) A friend or acquaintance (chiefly used when speaking to the friend in question)
14. n. (obsolete) Play; idle jingle.
15. v. (intransitive) To amuse oneself, to play.
children sporting on the green
16. v. (intransitive) To mock or tease, treat lightly, toy with.
Jen sports with Bill's emotions.
17. v. To display; to have as a notable feature.
Jen's sporting a new pair of shoes; he was sporting a new wound from the combat
18. v. (reflexive) To divert; to amuse; to make merry.
19. v. To represent by any kind of play.
20. v. To practise the diversions of the field or the turf; to be given to betting, as upon races.
21. v. To assume suddenly a new and different character from the rest of the plant or from the type of the species; said of a bud, shoot, plant, or animal.
22. v. To close (a door).
team
1. n. A set of draught animals, such as two horses in front of a carriage.
2. n. Any group of people involved in the same activity, especially sports or work.
We need more volunteers for the netball team.
The IT manager leads a team of three software developers.
3. n. (obsolete) A group of animals moving together, especially young ducks.
4. n. (legal) A royalty or privilege granted by royal charter to a lord of a manor, of having, keeping, and judging in his court, his bondmen, neifes, and villains, and their offspring, or suit, that is, go
5. v. (intransitive) To form a group, as for sports or work.
They teamed to complete the project.
6. v. (intransitive, by extension) To go together well; to harmonize.
7. v. To convey or haul with a team.
to team lumber
8. v. To form together into a team.
to team oxen
9. v. To give work to a gang under a subcontractor.
10. v. misspelling of teem

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