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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
meet
1. v. To make contact (with) while in proximity.
2. v. To come face to face with by accident; to encounter.
Fancy meeting you here! Guess who I met at the supermarket today?
3. v. To come face to face with someone by arrangement.
Let's meet at the station at 9 o'clock. Shall we meet at 8 p.m in our favorite chatroom?
4. v. To get acquainted with someone.
I'm pleased to meet you! I'd like you to meet a colleague of mine.
I met my husband through a mutual friend at a party. It wasn't love at first sight; in fact, we couldn't stand each other at first!
5. v. (Ireland) To French kiss someone.
6. v. Of groups: to gather or oppose.
7. v. To gather for a formal or social discussion; to hold a meeting.
I met with them several times. The government ministers met today to start the negotiations.
8. v. To come together in conflict.
9. v. (sports) To play a match.
England and Holland will meet in the final.
10. v. To make physical or perceptual contact.
11. v. To converge and finally touch or intersect.
The two streets meet at a crossroad half a mile away.
12. v. To touch or hit something while moving.
The right wing of the car met the column in the garage, leaving a dent.
13. v. To adjoin, be physically touching.
The carpet meets the wall at this side of the room. The forest meets the sea along this part of the coast.
14. v. To satisfy; to comply with.
This proposal meets my requirements. The company agrees to meet the cost of any repairs.
15. v. To perceive; to come to a knowledge of; to have personal acquaintance with; to experience; to suffer.
The eye met a horrid sight. He met his fate.
16. n. A sports competition, especially for track and field (a track meet) or swimming (a swim meet).
17. n. A gathering of riders, horses and hounds for foxhunting; a field meet for hunting.
18. n. (rail transport) A meeting of two trains in opposite directions on a single track, when one is put into a siding to let the other cross.
19. n. A meeting.
OK, let's arrange a meet with Tyler and ask him.
20. n. (algebra) The greatest lower bound, an operation between pairs of elements in a lattice, denoted by the symbol ∧.
21. n. (Irish) An act of French kissing someone.
22. adj. (archaic) Suitable; right; proper.
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.
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.
same
1. adj. Not different or other; not another or others; not different as regards self; selfsame; identical.
Are you the same person who phoned me yesterday?
I realised I was the same age as my grandfather had been when he joined the air force.
Even if the twins are identical, they are still not the same person, unlike Mark Twain and Samuel Clemens.
Peter and Anna went to the same high school: the high school to which Peter went is the high school to which Anna went.
2. adj. Similar, alike.
You have the same hair I do!
3. adj. Used to express the unity of an object or person which has various different descriptions or qualities.
Round here it can be cloudy and sunny even in the same day.
We were all going in the same direction.
4. adj. A reply of confirmation of identity.
5. pron. The identical thing, ditto.
The same can be said of him.
It's the same everywhere.
6. pron. Something similar, something of the identical type.
She's having apple pie? I'll have the same. You two are just the same.
7. pron. (formal, often, legal) It or them, without a connotation of similarity.
The question is his credibility or lack of same.
8. pron. (Indian English, common) It or them, as above, meaning the last object mentioned, mainly as complement: on the same, for the same.
My picture/photography blog...kindly give me your reviews on the same.
9. interj. (Internet slang) Indicates the speaker's strong approval or agreement with the previous material.
10. adv. (obsolete, or UK dialectal) Together.
point
1. n. A discrete division of something.
2. n. An individual element in a larger whole; a particular detail, thought, or quality.
The Congress debated the finer points of the bill.
3. n. A particular moment in an event or occurrence; a juncture.
There comes a point in a marathon when some people give up.
At this point in the meeting, I'd like to propose a new item for the agenda.
4. n. (archaic) Condition, state.
She was not feeling in good point.
5. n. A topic of discussion or debate; a proposition.
I made the point that we all had an interest to protect.
6. n. A focus of conversation or consideration; the main idea.
The point is that we should stay together, whatever happens.
7. n. A purpose or objective, which makes something meaningful.
Since the decision has already been made, I see little point in further discussion.
8. n. (obsolete) The smallest quantity of something; a jot, a whit.
9. n. (obsolete) A tiny amount of time; a moment.
10. n. A specific location or place, seen as a spatial position.
We should meet at a pre-arranged point.
11. n. (mathematics, science) A zero-dimensional mathematical object representing a location in one or more dimensions; something considered to have position
12. n. A full stop or other terminal punctuation mark.
13. n. (music) A dot or mark used to designate certain tones or time. In ancient music, it distinguished or characterized certain tones or styles (points of p
14. n. (by extension) A note; a tune.
15. n. A distinguishing quality or characteristic.
Logic isn't my strong point.
16. n. Something tiny, as a pinprick; a very small mark.
The stars showed as tiny points of yellow light.
17. n. (now only in phrases) A tenth; formerly also a twelfth.
Possession is nine points of the law.
18. n. Each of the marks or strokes written above letters, especially in Semitic languages, to indicate vowels, stress etc.
19. n. (sports) A unit of scoring in a game or competition.
The one with the most points will win the game
20. n. (mathematics) A decimal point (now especially when reading decimal fractions aloud).
10.5 ("ten point five"; = ten and a half)
21. n. (economics) A unit used to express differences in prices of stocks and shares.
22. n. (typography) a unit of measure equal to 1/12 of a pica, or approximately 1/72 of an inch (exactly 1/72 of an inch in the digital era).
23. n. (UK) An electric power socket.
24. n. (navigation, nautical) A unit of bearing equal to one thirty-second of a circle, i.e. 11.25°.
Ship ahoy, three points off the starboard bow!
25. n. (UK) A unit of measure for rain, equal to 0.254 mm or 0.01 of an inch.
26. n. A sharp extremity.
27. n. The sharp tip of an object.
Cut the skin with the point of the knife.
28. n. Any projecting extremity of an object.
29. n. An object which has a sharp or tapering tip.
His cowboy belt was studded with points.
30. n. (backgammon) Each of the twelve triangular positions in either table of a backgammon board, on which the stones are played.
31. n. A peninsula or promontory.
32. n. The position at the front or vanguard of an advancing force.
33. n. Each of the main directions on a compass, usually considered to be 32 in number; a direction.
34. n. (nautical) The difference between two points of the compass.
to fall off a point
35. n. Pointedness of speech or writing; a penetrating or decisive quality of expression.
36. n. (railroads, UK, in the plural) A railroad switch.
37. n. (usually in the plural) An area of contrasting colour on an animal, especially a dog; a marking.
The point color of that cat was a deep, rich sable.
38. n. A tine or snag of an antler.
39. n. (fencing) A movement executed with the sabre or foil.
tierce point
40. n. (heraldry) One of the several different parts of the escutcheon.
41. n. (nautical) A short piece of cordage used in reefing sails.
42. n. (historical) A string or lace used to tie together certain garments.
43. n. Lace worked by the needle.
point de Venise; Brussels point
44. n. (US, slang) An item of private information; a hint; a tip; a pointer.
45. n. The attitude assumed by a pointer dog when he finds game.
The dog came to a point.
46. n. (falconry) The perpendicular rising of a hawk over the place where its prey has gone into cover.
47. n. The act of pointing, as of the foot downward in certain dance positions.
48. n. The gesture of extending the index finger in a direction in order to indicate something.
49. n. (medicine, obsolete) A vaccine point.
50. n. In various sports, a position of a certain player, or, by extension, the player occupying that position.
51. n. (cricket) A fielding position square of the wicket on the off side, between gully and cover.
52. n. (lacrosse, ice hockey) The position of the player of each side who stands a short distance in front of the goalkeeper.
53. n. (baseball) The position of the pitcher and catcher.
54. n. (hunting) A spot to which a straight run is made; hence, a straight run from point to point; a cross-country run.
55. v. (intransitive) To extend the index finger in the direction of something in order to show where it is or to draw attention to it.
It's rude to point at other people.
56. v. (intransitive) To draw attention to something or indicate a direction.
The arrow of a compass points north
The skis were pointing uphill.
The arrow on the map points towards the entrance
57. v. (intransitive) To face in a particular direction.
58. v. To direct toward an object; to aim.
to point a gun at a wolf, or a cannon at a fort
59. v. To give a point to; to sharpen; to cut, forge, grind, or file to an acute end.
to point a dart, a pencil, or (figuratively) a moral
60. v. (intransitive) To indicate a probability of something.
61. v. (ambitransitive, masonry) To repair mortar.
62. v. (transitive, masonry) To fill up and finish the joints of (a wall), by introducing additional cement or mortar, and bringing it to a smooth surface.
63. v. (stone-cutting) To cut, as a surface, with a pointed tool.
64. v. To direct or encourage (someone) in a particular direction.
If he asks for food, point him toward the refrigerator.
65. v. (transitive, mathematics) To separate an integer from a decimal with a decimal point.
66. v. To mark with diacritics.
67. v. (dated) To supply with punctuation marks; to punctuate.
to point a composition
68. v. (transitive, computing) To direct the central processing unit to seek information at a certain location in memory.
69. v. (transitive, Internet) To direct requests sent to a domain name to the IP address corresponding to that domain name.
70. v. (intransitive, nautical) To sail close to the wind.
Bear off a little, we're pointing.
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
combine
1. v. To bring (two or more things or activities) together; to unite.
Combine the milk and the hot water in a large bowl. I'm combining business and pleasure on this trip.
2. v. To have two or more things or properties that function together.
Joe combines the intelligence of a rock with the honesty of a politician.
3. v. (intransitive) To come together; to unite.
two substances that easily combine
4. v. (card games) In the game of casino, to play a card which will take two or more cards whose aggregate number of pips equals those of the card played.
5. v. (obsolete) To bind; to hold by a moral tie.
6. n. A combine harvester
We can't finish harvesting because our combine is stuck in the mud.
7. n. A combination
8. n. Especially, a joint enterprise of whatever legal form for a purpose of business or in any way promoting the interests of the participants, sometimes wi
The telecom companies were accused of having formed an illegal combine in order to hike up the network charges.
9. n. An industrial conglomeration in a socialist country, particularly in the former Soviet bloc.
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.
conjoin
1. v. To join together; to unite; to combine.
They are representatives that will loosely conjoin a nation.
2. v. To marry.
I will conjoin you in holy matrimony.
3. v. (transitive, grammar) To join as coordinate elements, often with a coordinating conjunction, such as coordinate clauses.
4. v. (transitive, mathematics) To combine two sets, conditions, or expressions by a logical AND; to intersect.
5. v. (intransitive) To unite, to join, to league.
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
contribute
1. v. To give something that is or becomes part of a larger whole.
to contribute money to a church fund
to contribute articles to a journal
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.
help
1. n. Action given to provide assistance; aid.
I need some help with my homework.
2. n. (usually) Something or someone which provides assistance with a task.
He was a great help to me when I was moving house.
I've printed out a list of math helps.
3. n. Documentation provided with computer software, etc. and accessed using the computer.
I can't find anything in the help about rotating an image.
4. n. (usually) One or more people employed to help in the maintenance of a house or the operation of a farm or enterprise.
The help is coming round this morning to clean.
Most of the hired help is seasonal, for the harvest.
5. n. Correction of deficits, as by psychological counseling or medication or social support or remedial training.
His suicide attempts were a cry for help.
He really needs help in handling customer complaints.
“He’s a real road-rager.” / “Yup, he really needs help, maybe anger management.”
6. v. To provide assistance to (someone or something).
He helped his grandfather cook breakfast.
7. v. To contribute in some way to.
The white paint on the walls helps make the room look brighter.
If you want to get a job, it helps to have some prior experience.
8. v. (intransitive) To provide assistance.
She was struggling with the groceries, so I offered to help.
Please, help!
9. v. To avoid; to prevent; to refrain from; to restrain (oneself). Usually used in nonassertive contexts with can.
We couldn’t help noticing that you were late.
We couldn’t help but notice that you were late.
She’s trying not to smile, but she can’t help herself.
Can I help it if I'm so beautiful?
Can I help it that I fell in love with you?
Are they going to beat us? Not if I can help it!
10. interj. A cry of distress or an urgent request for assistance
— Take that, you scoundrel.— Help! Robin, help! (Robin Hood (1973))
towards
1. prep. alternative form of toward
2. adv. In the direction of something (indicated by context).
3. adj. Near; at hand; in state of preparation; toward.
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.
common
1. adj. Mutual; shared by more than one.
The two competitors have the common aim of winning the championship.
Winning the championship is an aim common to the two competitors.
2. adj. Occurring or happening regularly or frequently; usual.
It is common to find sharks off this coast.
3. adj. Found in large numbers or in a large quantity.
Sharks are common in these waters.
4. adj. Simple, ordinary or vulgar.
5. adj. (grammar) In some languages, particularly Germanic languages, of the gender originating from the coalescence of the masculine and feminine categories of nouns.
6. adj. (grammar) Of or pertaining to common nouns as opposed to proper nouns.
7. adj. Vernacular, referring to the name of a kind of plant or animal, i.e., common name vs. scientific name.
8. adj. (obsolete) Profane; polluted.
9. adj. (obsolete) Given to lewd habits; prostitute.
10. n. Mutual good, shared by more than one.
11. n. A tract of land in common ownership; common land.
12. n. The people; the community.
13. n. (legal) The right of taking a profit in the land of another, in common either with the owner or with other persons; so called from the community of interest which arises between the claimant of the ri
14. v. (obsolete) To communicate (something).
15. v. (obsolete) To converse, talk.
16. v. (obsolete) To have sex.
17. v. (obsolete) To participate.
18. v. (obsolete) To have a joint right with others in common ground.
19. v. (obsolete) To board together; to eat at a table in common.
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.
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.
effect
1. n. The result or outcome of a cause. See usage notes below.
The effect of the hurricane was a devastated landscape.
2. n. Impression left on the mind; sensation produced.
3. n. Execution; performance; realization; operation.
4. n. The state of being binding and enforceable, as in a rule, policy, or law.
The new law will come into effect on the first day of next year.
5. n. (filmology) An illusion produced by technical means (as in "special effect")
The effect of flying was most convincing.
6. n. (sound engineering) An alteration, or device for producing an alteration, in sound after it has been produced by an instrument.
I use an echo effect here to make the sound more mysterious.
I just bought a couple of great effects.
7. n. (physics, psychology, etc.) A scientific phenomenon, usually named after its discoverer.
Doppler effect
8. n. (usually plural) Belongings, usually as personal effects.
9. n. Consequence intended; purpose; meaning; general intent; with to.
10. n. (obsolete) Reality; actual meaning; fact, as distinguished from mere appearance.
11. n. (obsolete) Manifestation; expression; sign.
12. v. To make or bring about; to implement.
The best way to effect change is to work with existing stakeholders.
13. v. misspelling of affect

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