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 | |
Pause |
1. n. A button whose functions are pausing and resuming something, such as a DVD player, a video game or a computer. | |
2. v. (intransitive) To take a temporary rest, take a break for a short period after an effort. | |
3. v. (intransitive) To interrupt an activity and wait. | |
When telling the scary story, he paused for effect. | |
4. v. (intransitive) To hesitate; to hold back; to delay. | |
5. v. To halt the play or playback of, temporarily, so that it can be resumed from the same point. | |
to pause a song, a video, or a computer game | |
6. v. (intransitive, obsolete) To consider; to reflect. | |
7. n. A temporary stop or rest; an intermission of action; interruption; suspension; cessation. | |
8. n. A short time for relaxing and doing something else. | |
9. n. Hesitation; suspense; doubt. | |
10. n. In writing and printing, a mark indicating the place and nature of an arrest of voice in reading; a punctuation mark. | |
Teach the pupil to mind the pauses. | |
11. n. A break or paragraph in writing. | |
12. n. (music) A sign indicating continuance of a note or rest. | |
13. n. (as direct object) take pause: hesitate; give pause: cause to hesitate | |
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. | |
get |
1. v. (ditransitive) To obtain; to acquire. | |
I'm going to get a computer tomorrow from the discount store. | |
Lance is going to get Mary a ring. | |
2. v. To receive. | |
I got a computer from my parents for my birthday. | |
You need to get permission to leave early. | |
He got a severe reprimand for that. | |
3. v. (transitive, in a perfect construction, with present-tense meaning) To have. (See usage notes.) | |
I've got a concert ticket for you. | |
4. v. (copulative) To become. | |
I'm getting hungry; how about you? | |
Don't get drunk tonight. | |
5. v. To cause to become; to bring about. | |
That song gets me so depressed every time I hear it. | |
I'll get this finished by lunchtime. | |
I can't get these boots off upright - (or on'upright,). | |
6. v. To fetch, bring, take. | |
Can you get my bag from the living-room, please? | |
I need to get this to the office. | |
7. v. To cause to do. | |
Somehow she got him to agree to it. | |
I can't get it to work. | |
8. v. (intransitive, with various prepositions, such as into, over, or behind; for specific idiomatic senses see individual entries get into, get over, etc.) To adopt, assume, arrive at, or progress towards | |
The actors are getting into position. | |
When are we going to get to London? | |
I'm getting into a muddle. | |
We got behind the wall. | |
9. v. To cover (a certain distance) while travelling. | |
to get a mile | |
10. v. To cause to come or go or move. | |
11. v. To cause to be in a certain status or position. | |
12. v. (intransitive) To begin (doing something). | |
We ought to get moving or we'll be late. | |
After lunch we got chatting. | |
13. v. To take or catch (a scheduled transportation service). | |
I normally get the 7:45 train. | |
I'll get the 9 a.m. flight to Boston. | |
14. v. To respond to (a telephone call, a doorbell, etc). | |
Can you get that call, please? I'm busy. | |
15. v. (intransitive, followed by infinitive) To be able, permitted (to do something); to have the opportunity (to do something). | |
I'm so jealous that you got to see them perform live! | |
The finders get to keep 80 percent of the treasure. | |
16. v. (transitive, informal) To understand. (compare get it) | |
Yeah, I get it, it's just not funny. | |
I don't get what you mean by "fun". This place sucks! | |
I mentioned that I was feeling sad, so she mailed me a box of chocolates. She gets me. | |
17. v. (transitive, informal) To be told; be the recipient of (a question, comparison, opinion, etc.). | |
"You look just like Helen Mirren." / "I get that a lot.". | |
18. v. (informal) To be. Used to form the passive of verbs. | |
He got bitten by a dog. | |
19. v. To become ill with or catch (a disease). | |
I went on holiday and got malaria. | |
20. v. (transitive, informal) To catch out, trick successfully. | |
He keeps calling pretending to be my boss—it gets me every time. | |
21. v. (transitive, informal) To perplex, stump. | |
That question's really got me. | |
22. v. To find as an answer. | |
What did you get for question four? | |
23. v. (transitive, informal) To bring to reckoning; to catch (as a criminal); to effect retribution. | |
The cops finally got me. | |
I'm gonna get him for that. | |
24. v. To hear completely; catch. | |
Sorry, I didn't get that. Could you repeat it? | |
25. v. To getter. | |
I put the getter into the container to get the gases. | |
26. v. (now rare) To beget (of a father). | |
27. v. (archaic) To learn; to commit to memory; to memorize; sometimes with out. | |
to get a lesson; to get out one's Greek lesson | |
28. v. (imperative, informal) Used with a personal pronoun to indicate that someone is being pretentious or grandiose. | |
Get her with her new hairdo. | |
29. v. (informal, mostly, imperative) Go away; get lost. | |
30. v. (euphemism) To kill. | |
They’re coming to get you, Barbara. | |
31. v. (intransitive, obsolete) To make acquisitions; to gain; to profit. | |
32. n. (dated) Offspring. | |
33. n. Lineage. | |
34. n. (sports) A difficult return or block of a shot. | |
35. n. Something gained. | |
36. n. (UK, regional) A git. | |
37. n. (Judaism) A Jewish writ of divorce. | |
organized |
1. adj. Of a person, characterised by efficient organization. | |
Your work desk is so neat and tidy - I've never met someone so organized before! | |
2. v. simple past tense and past participle of organize | |
organize |
1. v. To arrange in working order. | |
2. v. To constitute in parts, each having a special function, act, office, or relation; to systematize. | |
3. v. (transitive, chiefly used in the past participle) To furnish with organs; to give an organic structure to; to endow with capacity for the functions of life | |
an organized being | |
organized matter | |
4. v. (transitive, music) To sing in parts. | |
to organize an anthem | |
5. v. (transitive, intransitive) To band together into a group or union that can bargain and act collectively; to unionize. | |
the workers decided to organize; their next task was to organize the workers at the steel mill | |
before |
1. prep. Earlier than (in time). | |
I want this done before Monday. | |
2. prep. In front of in space. | |
He stood before me. | |
We sat before the fire to warm ourselves. | |
3. prep. In the presence of. | |
He performed before the troops in North Africa. | |
He spoke before a joint session of Congress. | |
4. prep. Under consideration, judgment, authority of (someone). | |
The case laid before the panel aroused nothing but ridicule. | |
5. prep. In store for, in the future of (someone). | |
6. prep. In front of, according to a formal system of ordering items. | |
In alphabetical order, "cat" comes before "dog", "canine" before feline". | |
7. prep. At a higher or greater position than, in a ranking. | |
An entrepreneur puts market share and profit before quality, an amateur intrinsic qualities before economical considerations. | |
8. adv. At an earlier time. | |
I've never done this before. | |
9. adv. In advance. | |
10. adv. At the front end. | |
11. conj. in advance of the time when | |
12. conj. (informal) rather or sooner than | |
trying |
1. adj. Difficult to endure; arduous. | |
2. adj. Irritating, stressful or bothersome. | |
3. v. present participle of try | |
4. n. (philosophy) The act by which one tries something; an attempt. | |
try |
1. v. To attempt; to endeavour. Followed by infinitive. | |
I tried to rollerblade, but I couldn’t. | |
I'll come to dinner soon. I'm trying to beat this level first. | |
2. v. (obsolete) To divide; to separate. | |
3. v. To separate (precious metal etc.) from the ore by melting; to purify, refine. | |
4. v. (one sort from another) To winnow; to sift; to pick out; frequently followed by out. | |
to try out the wild corn from the good | |
5. v. (nautical) To extract oil from blubber or fat; to melt down blubber to obtain oil | |
6. v. To extract wax from a honeycomb | |
7. v. To test, to work out. | |
8. v. To make an experiment. Usually followed by a present participle. | |
I tried mixing more white paint to get a lighter shade. | |
9. v. To put to test. | |
I shall try my skills on this. | |
10. v. (specifically) To test someone's patience. | |
You are trying my patience. | |
Don't fucking try me. | |
11. v. To taste, sample, etc. | |
Try this—you’ll love it. | |
12. v. To prove by experiment; to apply a test to, for the purpose of determining the quality; to examine; to prove; to test. | |
to try weights or measures by a standard; to try a person's opinions | |
13. v. (legal) To put on trial. | |
He was tried and executed. | |
14. v. To experiment, to strive. | |
15. v. To have or gain knowledge of by experience. | |
16. v. To work on something. | |
You are trying too hard. | |
17. v. (obsolete) To do; to fare. | |
How do you try! (i.e., how do you do?) | |
18. v. To settle; to decide; to determine; specifically, to decide by an appeal to arms. | |
to try rival claims by a duel; to try conclusions | |
19. v. (euphemism, of a couple) To attempt to conceive a child. | |
20. v. (nautical) To lie to in heavy weather under just sufficient sail to head into the wind. | |
21. v. To strain; to subject to excessive tests. | |
The light tries his eyes. | |
Repeated failures try one's patience. | |
22. v. (slang) To want | |
I am really not trying to hear you talk about my mama like that. | |
23. n. An attempt. | |
I gave unicycling a try but I couldn’t do it. | |
24. n. An act of tasting or sampling. | |
I gave sushi a try but I didn’t like it. | |
25. n. (rugby) A score in rugby, analogous to a touchdown in American football. | |
Today I scored my first try. | |
26. n. (dialect) A screen, or sieve, for grain. | |
27. n. (American football) a field goal or extra point | |
28. adj. (obsolete) Fine, excellent. | |
again |
1. adv. Another time; once more. | |
2. adv. Over and above a factor of one. | |
3. adv. Used metalinguistically, with the repetition being in the discussion, or in the linguistic or pragmatic context of the discussion, rather than in the subject of discussion. | |
Great, thanks again! | |
4. adv. Tell me again, say again; used in asking a question to which one may have already received an answer that one cannot remember. | |
What's that called again? | |
5. adv. I ask again, I say again; used in repeating a question or statement. | |
Again, I'm not criticizing, I just want to understand. | |
6. adv. Here too, here also, in this case as well; used in applying a previously made point to a new instance; sometimes preceded by "here". | |
Approach B is better than approach A in many respects, but again, there are difficulties in implementing it. | |
7. adv. (obsolete) Back in the reverse direction, or to an original starting point. | |
Bring us word again. | |
8. adv. Back (to a former place or state). | |
We need to bring the old customs to life again. | |
The South will rise again. | |
9. adv. (obsolete) In return, as a reciprocal action; back. | |
10. adv. (obsolete) In any other place. | |
11. adv. (obsolete) On the other hand. | |
12. adv. Moreover; besides; further. | |
13. prep. (obsolete or dialectal) Against. | |