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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
impose
1. v. To establish or apply by authority.
Congress imposed new tariffs.
2. v. (intransitive) to be an inconvenience (on or upon)
I don't wish to impose upon you.
3. v. to enforce: compel to behave in a certain way
Social relations impose courtesy
4. v. To practice a trick or deception (on or upon).
5. v. To lay on, as the hands, in the religious rites of confirmation and ordination.
6. v. To arrange in proper order on a table of stone or metal and lock up in a chase for printing; said of columns or pages of type, forms, etc.
upon
1. prep. Physically above and in contact with.
Place the book upon the table.
2. prep. Physically directly supported by.
The crew set sail upon the sea.
She balanced upon one foot.
3. prep. Being followed by another so as to form a series.
hours upon hours, years upon years, mile upon mile of desert
4. prep. At (a prescribed point in time).
The contract was rendered void upon his death.
5. prep. On.
6. adv. Being the target of an action.
He was set upon by the agitated dogs
an
1. art. Form of a used before a vowel sound
2. art. (now quite rare) Form of a used before 'h' in an unstressed syllable
3. art. (nonstandard) Form of a used before 'h' in a stressed syllable
4. conj. (archaic) If
5. conj. (archaic) So long as.
An it harm none, do what ye will.
6. conj. (archaic) As if; as though.
7. n. The first letter of the Georgian alphabet, ა (Mkhedruli), Ⴀ (Asomtavruli) or ⴀ (Nuskhuri).
8. prep. In each; to or for each; per.
I was only going twenty miles an hour.
object
1. n. A thing that has physical existence.
2. n. objective, Objective; the goal, end or purpose of something.
3. n. (grammar) The noun phrase which is an internal complement of a verb phrase or a prepositional phrase. In a verb phrase with a transitive action verb, it is typically the receiver of the action.
4. n. A person or thing toward which an emotion is directed.
Mary Jane had been the object of Peter's affection for years.
The convertible, once the object of his desire, was now the object of his hatred.
Where's your object of ridicule now?
5. n. (object-oriented programming) An instantiation of a class or structure.
6. n. (category theory) An element within a category upon which function, functions operate. Thus, a category consists of a set of element objects and the functions that operate on them.
7. n. (obsolete) Sight; show; appearance; aspect.
8. v. 'panget
9. v. (intransitive) To disagree with something or someone; especially in a Court of Law, to raise an objection.
I object to the proposal to build a new airport terminal.
10. v. (transitive, obsolete) To offer in opposition as a criminal charge or by way of accusation or reproach; to adduce as an objection or adverse reason.
11. v. (transitive, obsolete) To set before or against; to bring into opposition; to oppose.
those
1. det. plural of that
Those bolts go with these parts.
2. pron. plural of that
relations
1. n. plural of relation
relation
1. n. The manner in which two things may be associated.
The relation between diet and health is complex.
2. n. A member of one's family.
Yes, he's a relation of mine, but only a distant one.
3. n. The act of relating a story.
Your relation of the events is different from mine.
4. n. (set theory) A set of ordered tuples.
5. n. (set theory) Specifically, a set of ordered pairs.
Equality is a symmetric relation, while divisibility is not.
6. n. (databases) A set of ordered tuples retrievable by a relational database; a table.
This relation uses the customer's social security number as a key.
7. n. (mathematics) A statement of equality of two products of generators, used in the presentation of a group.
8. n. (category theory) A subobject of a product of objects.
9. n. (usually collocated: sexual relation) The act of intercourse.
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.
conditions
1. n. plural of condition.
2. v. third-person singular present indicative of condition
condition
1. n. A logical clause or phrase that a conditional statement uses. The phrase can either be true or false.
2. n. A requirement, term or requisite.
Environmental protection is a condition for sustainability. What other planets might have the right conditions for life? The union had a dispute over sick time and other
3. n. (legal) A clause in a contract or agreement indicating that a certain contingency may modify the principal obligation in some way.
4. n. The health status of a medical patient.
My aunt couldn't walk up the stairs in her condition.
5. n. The state or quality.
National reports on the condition of public education are dismal. The condition of man can be classified as civilized or uncivilized.
6. n. A particular state of being.
Hypnosis is a peculiar condition of the nervous system. Steps were taken to ameliorate the condition of slavery. Security is defined as the condition of not being threat
7. n. (obsolete) The situation of a person or persons, particularly their social and/or economic class, rank.
A man of his condition has no place to make request.
8. v. To subject to the process of acclimation.
I became conditioned to the absence of seasons in San Diego.
9. v. To subject to different conditions, especially as an exercise.
They were conditioning their shins in their karate class.
10. v. To place conditions or limitations upon.
11. v. To shape the behaviour of someone to do something.
12. v. To treat (the hair) with hair conditioner.
13. v. To contract; to stipulate; to agree.
14. v. To test or assay, as silk (to ascertain the proportion of moisture it contains).
15. v. (US, colleges transitive) To put under conditions; to require to pass a new examination or to make up a specified study, as a condition of remaining in one's class or in college.
to condition a student who has failed in some branch of study
16. v. To impose upon an object those relations or conditions without which knowledge and thought are alleged to be impossible.
without
1. adv. (archaic, or literary) Outside, externally.
2. adv. Lacking something.
Being from a large, poor family, he learned to live without.
3. adv. (euphemism) In prostitution: without a condom being worn.
4. prep. (archaic, or literary) Outside of, beyond.
The snow was swirling without the cottage, but it was warm within.
5. prep. Not having, containing, characteristic of, etc.
It was a mistake to leave my house without a coat.
6. prep. Not doing or not having done something.
He likes to eat everything without sharing.
He shot without warning anyone.
7. conj. (archaic, otherwise nonstandard) Unless, except (introducing a clause).
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.
knowledge
1. n. The fact of knowing about something; general understanding or familiarity with a subject, place, situation etc.
His knowledge of Iceland was limited to what he'd seen on the Travel Channel.
2. n. Awareness of a particular fact or situation; a state of having been informed or made aware of something.
3. n. Intellectual understanding; the state of appreciating truth or information.
Knowledge consists in recognizing the difference between good and bad decisions.
4. n. Familiarity or understanding of a particular skill, branch of learning etc.
Does your friend have any knowledge of hieroglyphs, perchance?
A secretary should have a good knowledge of shorthand.
5. n. (philosophical) Justified true belief
6. n. (archaic, or legal) Sexual intimacy or intercourse (now usually in phrase carnal knowledge).
7. n. (obsolete) Information or intelligence about something; notice.
8. n. The total of what is known; all information and products of learning.
His library contained the accumulated knowledge of the Greeks and Romans.
9. n. Something that can be known; a branch of learning; a piece of information; a science.
10. n. (obsolete) Acknowledgement.
11. n. (obsolete) Notice, awareness.
12. n. (informal) The deep familiarity with certain routes and places of interest required by taxicab drivers working in London, England.
13. v. (obsolete) To confess as true; to acknowledge.
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.
thought
1. n. Form created in the mind, rather than the forms perceived through the five senses; an instance of thinking.
2. n. The process by which such forms arise or are manipulated; thinking.
3. n. A way of thinking (associated with a group, nation or region).
"Eastern thought".
4. v. simple past tense and past participle of think
think
1. v. To ponder, to go over in one's head.
Idly, the detective thought what his next move should be.
2. v. (intransitive) To communicate to oneself in one's mind, to try to find a solution to a problem.
I thought for three hours about the problem and still couldn’t find the solution.
3. v. (intransitive) To conceive of something or someone (usually followed by of; infrequently, by on).
I tend to think of her as rather ugly.
4. v. To be of the opinion (that); to consider, judge, regard, or look upon (something) as.
At the time I thought his adamant refusal to give in right.
I hope you won’t think me stupid if I ask you what that means.
I think she is pretty, contrary to most people.
5. v. To guess; to reckon.
I think she’ll pass the examination.
6. v. To plan; to be considering; to be of a mind (to do something).
7. v. To presume; to venture.
8. n. (chiefly UK) An act of thinking; consideration (of something).
I'll have a think about that and let you know.
9. v. (obsolete except in methinks) To seem, to appear.
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?
alleged
1. v. simple past tense and past participle of allege
2. adj. Asserted but not proved.
3. adj. Supposed but doubtful.
allege
1. v. (obsolete, transitive) To state under oath, to plead.
2. v. (archaic) To cite or quote an author or his work for or against.
3. v. To adduce (something) as a reason, excuse, support etc.
4. v. To make a claim as justification or proof; to make an assertion without proof.
The agency alleged my credit history had problems.
5. v. (obsolete) To lighten, diminish.
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
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?
impossible
1. adj. Not possible; not able to be done or happen.
It is difficult, if not impossible, to memorize 20,000 consecutive numbers.
Sarah thinks that nothing is impossible because things can always somehow happen.
2. adj. (colloquial, of a person) Very difficult to deal with.
You never listen to a word I say – you're impossible!
3. adj. (math, dated) imaginary
impossible quantities, or imaginary numbers
4. n. (obsolete) an impossibility

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