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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
free
     1. adj. (social) Unconstrained.
           He was given free rein to do whatever he wanted.
     2. adj.          Not imprisoned or enslaved.
                   a free man
     3. adj.          Unconstrained by timidity or distrust
     4. adj.          Generous; liberal.
                   He's very free with his money.
     5. adj.          (obsolete) Clear of offence or crime; guiltless; innocent.
     6. adj.          Without obligations.
                   free time
     7. adj.          Thrown open, or made accessible, to all; to be enjoyed without limitations; unrestricted; not obstructed, engrossed, or appropriated; open; said of a t
                   a free school
     8. adj.          Not arbitrary or despotic; assuring liberty; defending individual rights against encroachment by any person or class; instituted by a free people; said
                   This is a free country.
     9. adj.          (software) With no or only freedom-preserving limitations on distribution or modification.
                   OpenOffice is free software.
     10. adj.          (software) Intended for release, as opposed to a checked version.
     11. adj. Obtainable without any payment.
           The government provides free health care.
     12. adj.          (by extension, chiefly advertising slang) complimentary
                   Buy a TV to get a free DVD player!
     13. adj. (abstract) Unconstrained.
     14. adj.          (mathematics) Unconstrained by relators.
                   the free group on three generators
     15. adj.          (mathematics, logic) Unconstrained by quantifiers.
                   z is the free variable in\forall x\exists y:xy=z.
     16. adj.          (programming) Unconstrained of identifiers, not bound.
     17. adj.          (linguistics) (of a morpheme) That can be used by itself, unattached to another morpheme.
     18. adj. (physical) Unconstrained.
     19. adj.          Unobstructed, without blockages.
                   the drain was free
     20. adj.          Unattached or uncombined.
                   a free radical
     21. adj.          Not currently in use; not taken; unoccupied.
                   You can sit on this chair; it's free.
     22. adj.          (botany, mycology) Not attached; loose.
                   In this group of mushrooms, the gills are free.
     23. adj. Without; not containing (what is specified); exempt; clear; liberated.
           We had a wholesome, filling meal, free of meat.  I would like to live free from care in the mountains.
     24. adj. (dated) Ready; eager; acting without spurring or whipping; spirited.
           a free horse
     25. adj. (dated) Invested with a particular freedom or franchise; enjoying certain immunities or privileges; admitted to special rights; followed by of.
     26. adj. (legal) Certain or honourable; the opposite of base.
           free service;  free socage
     27. adj. (legal) Privileged or individual; the opposite of common.
           a free fishery;  a free warren
     28. adv. Without needing to pay.
           I got this bike free.
     29. adv. (obsolete) Freely; willingly.
     30. v. To make free; set at liberty; release; rid of that which confines, limits, embarrasses, or oppresses.
     31. n. (Australian rules football, Gaelic football) (abbreviation of free kick).
     32. n. free transfer
     33. n. (hurling) The usual means of restarting play after a foul is committed, where the non-offending team restarts from where the foul was committed.
from
     1. prep. With the source or provenance of or at.
           This wine comes from France.
           I got a letter from my brother.
     2. prep. With the origin, starting point or initial reference of or at.
           He had books piled from floor to ceiling.
           He left yesterday from Chicago.
           Face away from the wall!
     3. prep. (mathematics, now uncommon) Denoting a subtraction operation.
           20 from 31 leaves 11.
     4. prep. With the separation, exclusion or differentiation of.
           An umbrella protects from the sun.
           He knows right from wrong.
any
     1. adv. To even the slightest extent, at all.
           I will not remain here any longer.
           If you get any taller, you'll start having to duck through doorways!
     2. det. At least one; of at least one kind. One at all.
           do you have any biscuits?;  do you have any food?;  I haven't got any money;  it won't do you any good
     3. det. No matter what kind.
           choose any items you want;  any person may apply
     4. pron. Any thing(s) or person(s).
           Any may apply.
controlling
     1. adj. Exerting control over a person or thing.
           His mother is very controlling.
     2. v. present participle of control
     3. n. The act of exerting control.
     control
          1. v. To exercise influence over; to suggest or dictate the behavior of.
                With a simple remote, he could control the toy truck.
          2. v. (transitive, statistics) (construed with for) To design (an experiment) so that the effects of one or more variables are reduced or eliminated.
          3. n. Influence or authority over something.
                The government has complete control over the situation.
          4. n. A separate group or subject in an experiment against which the results are compared where the primary variable is low or non-existent.
          5. n. The method and means of governing the performance of any apparatus, machine or system, such as a lever, handle or button.
          6. n. Restraint or ability to contain one's movements or emotions, or self-control.
          7. n. A security mechanism, policy, or procedure that can counter system attack, reduce risks, and resolve vulnerabilities; a safeguard or countermeasure.
          8. n. (project management) A means of monitoring for, and triggering intervention in, activities that are not going according to plan.
          9. n. A duplicate book, register, or account, kept to correct or check another account or register.
          10. n. (graphical user interface) An interface element that a computer user interacts with, such as a window or a text box.
          11. n. (climatology) Any of the physical factors determining the climate of a place, such as latitude, distribution of land and water, altitude, exposure, prevailing winds, permanent high- or low-barometric-
          12. n. (linguistics) A construction in which the understood subject of a given predicate is determined by an expression in context. See control.
influence
     1. n. The power to affect, control or manipulate something or someone; the ability to change the development of fluctuating things such as conduct, thoughts or decisions.
           I have absolutely no influence over him.
     2. n. An action exerted by a person or thing with such power on another to cause change.
           I'm not able to exercise influence over him.
     3. n. A person or thing exerting such power or action.
           He has been a great influence on the voters during the elections.
     4. n. (astrology) An element believed to determine someone's character or individual tendencies, caused by the position of the stars and planets at the time of one's birth.
     5. n. (obsolete) The action of flowing in; influx.
     6. n. (electricity) Electrostatic induction.
     7. v. To have an effect on by using gentle or subtle action; to exert an influence upon; to modify, bias, or sway; to persuade or induce.
           The politician wants to influence the public.
           I must admit that this book influenced my outlook on life.
     8. v. (intransitive) To exert, make use of one's influence.
     9. v. (transitive, obsolete) To cause to flow in or into; infuse; instill.
especially
     1. adv. (manner) In a special manner; specially.
     2. adv. (focus) Particularly; to a greater extent than is normal.
     3. adv. (focus) Used to place greater emphasis upon someone or something.
           Invite them all, especially Molly.
from
     1. prep. With the source or provenance of or at.
           This wine comes from France.
           I got a letter from my brother.
     2. prep. With the origin, starting point or initial reference of or at.
           He had books piled from floor to ceiling.
           He left yesterday from Chicago.
           Face away from the wall!
     3. prep. (mathematics, now uncommon) Denoting a subtraction operation.
           20 from 31 leaves 11.
     4. prep. With the separation, exclusion or differentiation of.
           An umbrella protects from the sun.
           He knows right from wrong.
anything
     1. pron. Any object, act, state, event, or fact whatever; a thing of any kind; something or other.
           I would not do it for anything or any ring.
     2. pron. (with “as” or “like”) Expressing an indefinite comparison.
     3. n. Someone or something of importance.
     4. adv. In any way, any extent or any degree.
           That isn't anything like a car.
           She's not anything like as strong as me.
which
     1. det. (interrogative) What, of those mentioned or implied.
           Which song made the charts?
     2. det. (relative) The one or ones that.
           Show me which one is bigger.
           They couldn't decide which song to play.
     3. det. (relative) The one or ones mentioned.
           He once owned a painting of the house, which painting would later be stolen.
           For several seconds he sat in silence, during which time the tea and sandwiches arrived.
           I'm thinking of getting a new car, in which case I'd get a red one.
     4. pron. (interrogative) What one or ones (of those mentioned or implied).
           Which is bigger?;  Which is which?
     5. pron. (relative) Who; whom; what (of those mentioned or implied).
           He walked by a door with a sign, which read: PRIVATE OFFICE.
           We've met some problems which are very difficult to handle.
           He had to leave, which was very difficult.
           No art can be properly understood apart from the culture of which it is a part.
     6. pron. (relative, archaic) Used of people (now generally who, whom or that).
     7. n. An occurrence of the word which.
exerts
     1. v. third-person singular present indicative of exert
     exert
          1. v. To put in vigorous action.
                I exerted myself in today's training.
          2. v. To make use of, to apply, especially of something non-material.
                He considered exerting his influence on John to gain an advantage for himself.
undue
     1. adj. Excessive; going beyond that what is natural or sufficient.
           To individuals who despise killings in any form, death penalty is undue punishment.
     2. adj. That which ought not to be done; illegal; unjustified.
     3. adj. (of a payment etc) Not owing or payable.
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.
evil
     1. adj. Intending to harm; malevolent.
           an evil plot to kill innocent people
     2. adj. Morally corrupt.
           Do you think that companies that engage in animal testing are evil?
     3. adj. Unpleasant, foul (of odour, taste, mood, weather, etc.).
     4. adj. Producing or threatening sorrow, distress, injury, or calamity; unpropitious; calamitous.
     5. adj. (obsolete) Having harmful qualities; not good; worthless or deleterious.
           an evil beast; an evil plant; an evil crop
     6. adj. (computing, programming, slang) undesirable; harmful; bad practice
           Global variables are evil; storing processing context in object member variables allows those objects to be reused in a much more flexible way.
     7. n. Moral badness; wickedness; malevolence; the forces or behaviors that are the opposite or enemy of good.
           The evils of society include murder and theft.
           Evil lacks spirituality, hence its need for mind control.
     8. n. Anything which impairs the happiness of a being or deprives a being of any good; anything which causes suffering of any kind to sentient beings; injury; mischief; harm.
     9. n. (obsolete) A malady or disease; especially in the phrase king's evil (scrofula).
influence
     1. n. The power to affect, control or manipulate something or someone; the ability to change the development of fluctuating things such as conduct, thoughts or decisions.
           I have absolutely no influence over him.
     2. n. An action exerted by a person or thing with such power on another to cause change.
           I'm not able to exercise influence over him.
     3. n. A person or thing exerting such power or action.
           He has been a great influence on the voters during the elections.
     4. n. (astrology) An element believed to determine someone's character or individual tendencies, caused by the position of the stars and planets at the time of one's birth.
     5. n. (obsolete) The action of flowing in; influx.
     6. n. (electricity) Electrostatic induction.
     7. v. To have an effect on by using gentle or subtle action; to exert an influence upon; to modify, bias, or sway; to persuade or induce.
           The politician wants to influence the public.
           I must admit that this book influenced my outlook on life.
     8. v. (intransitive) To exert, make use of one's influence.
     9. v. (transitive, obsolete) To cause to flow in or into; infuse; instill.
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