traditionally |
1. adv. In a traditional manner. | |
2. adv. From the beginning. | |
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. | |
Chancellor |
1. n. An honorific for the head of state of a republic in Germany. | |
2. n. A senior secretary or official with administrative or legal duties, sometimes in charge of some area of government such as finance or justice. | |
Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster Lord Chancellor | |
3. n. The head of the government in some German-speaking countries. | |
Synonyms: Reichskanzler, q1=historical | |
the Austrian Chancellor | |
4. n. (Christianity) A senior record keeper of a cathedral; a senior legal officer for a bishop or diocese in charge of hearing cases involving ecclesiastical law. | |
5. n. (education) The head of a university, sometimes purely ceremonial. | |
6. n. (Britain) (short for, Chancellor of the Exchequer) | |
7. n. (Scotland) The foreman of a jury. | |
8. n. (US, law) The chief judge of a court of chancery (that is, one exercising equity jurisdiction). | |
role |
1. n. A character or part played by a performer or actor. | |
My neighbor was the lead role in last year's village play. | |
Her dream was to get a role in a Hollywood movie, no matter how small. | |
2. n. The expected behaviour of an individual in a society. | |
The role of women has changed significantly in the last century. | |
3. n. The function or position of something. | |
Local volunteers played an important role in cleaning the beach after the oil spill. | |
What rôle does the wax in your earhole fulfill? | |
4. n. Designation that denotes an associated set of responsibilities, knowledge, skills, and attitudes | |
The project manager role is responsible for ensuring that everyone on the team knows and executes his or her assigned tasks. | |
5. n. (grammar): The function of a word in a phrase. | |
6. n. (historical) An ancient unit of quantity, 72 sheets of parchment. | |
was |
1. v. first-person singular past of be. | |
2. v. third-person singular past of be. | |
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? | |
limited |
1. v. simple past tense and past participle of limit | |
2. adj. With certain (often specified) limits placed upon it. | |
3. adj. Of numbers, amounts, data: poor, small, felt to be insufficient. | |
I have a limited understanding of quantum physics. | |
4. n. (rail) An express train that only halts at a limited number of stops. | |
limit |
1. n. A restriction; a bound beyond which one may not go. | |
There are several existing limits to executive power. | |
Two drinks is my limit tonight. | |
2. n. (mathematics) A value to which a sequence converges. Equivalently, the common value of the upper limit and the lower limit of a sequence: if the upper and lower limits are different, then the sequence | |
The sequence of reciprocals has zero as its limit. | |
3. n. (mathematics) Any of several abstractions of this concept of limit. | |
Category theory defines a very general concept of limit. | |
4. n. (category theory) The cone of a diagram through which any other cone of that same diagram can factor uniquely. | |
5. n. (poker) Short for fixed limit. | |
6. n. The final, utmost, or furthest point; the border or edge. | |
the limit of a walk, of a town, or of a country | |
7. n. (obsolete) The space or thing defined by limits. | |
8. n. (obsolete) That which terminates a period of time; hence, the period itself; the full time or extent. | |
9. n. (obsolete) A restriction; a check or curb; a hindrance. | |
10. n. (logic, metaphysics) A determining feature; a distinguishing characteristic. | |
11. n. (cycling) The first group of riders to depart in a handicap race. | |
12. adj. (poker) Being a fixed limit game. | |
13. v. To restrict; not to allow to go beyond a certain bound, to set boundaries. | |
We need to limit the power of the executive. | |
I'm limiting myself to two drinks tonight. | |
14. v. (mathematics, intransitive) To have a limit in a particular set. | |
The sequence limits on the point a. | |
15. v. (obsolete) To beg, or to exercise functions, within a certain limited region. | |
a limiting friar | |
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 | |
presiding |
1. v. present participle of preside | |
2. adj. Having authority over; vested with the authority to preside over. | |
preside |
1. v. (intransitive) To act as president or chairperson. | |
2. v. (intransitive) To exercise authority or control, oversit. | |
3. v. (intransitive, music) To be a featured solo performer. | |
over |
1. adj. Discontinued; ended or concluded. | |
The show is over. | |
2. adv. Thoroughly; completely; from beginning to end. | |
Let's talk over the project at tomorrow's meeting. | |
Let me think that over. | |
I'm going to look over our department's expenses. | |
3. adv. To an excessive degree; overly. | |
4. adv. From an upright position to being horizontal. | |
He tipped the bottle over, and the water came gushing out. | |
That building just fell over! | |
He bent over to touch his toes. | |
5. adv. Horizontally; left to right or right to left. | |
Slide the toilet-paper dispenser's door over when one roll is empty in order to reveal the other. | |
I moved over to make room for him to sit down. | |
6. adv. From one position or state to another. | |
Please pass that over to me. | |
He came over to our way of thinking on the new project. | |
Come over and play! | |
I'll bring over a pizza. | |
7. adv. Overnight (throughout the night). | |
We stayed over at Grandma's. | |
Can I sleep over? | |
8. adv. (US, usually with do) Again; another time; once more; over again. | |
I lost my paper and I had to do the entire assignment over. | |
9. adv. (procedure word, military) a procedure word meaning that a station is finished transmitting and is expecting a response. | |
Bravo Six, this is Bravo Six Four. Stand by for ten mike report one dash three, over. | |
Bravo Six Four, this is Bravo Six Actual. Send your traffic, over. | |
10. n. (cricket) A set of six legal balls bowled. | |
11. n. Any surplus amount of money, goods delivered, etc. | |
12. prep. Physical positioning. | |
13. prep. On top of; above; higher than; further up. | |
Hold the sign up over your head. climb up the ladder and look over the roof | |
14. prep. Across or spanning. | |
There is a bridge over the river. | |
15. prep. In such a way as to cover. | |
drape the fabric over the table; there is a roof over the house | |
16. prep. From one physical position to another via an obstacle that must be traversed vertically, first upwards and then downwards. | |
The dog jumped over the fence. | |
I'll go over the fence first and then help you. | |
Let's walk over the hill to get there. | |
17. prep. By comparison. | |
18. prep. More than; to a greater degree. | |
I prefer the purple over the pink. | |
19. prep. Beyond; past; exceeding; too much or too far. | |
I think I’m over my limit for calories for today. | |
20. prep. (in certain collocations) As compared to. | |
Sales are down this quarter over last. | |
21. prep. Indicating relative status, authority, or power | |
The owner's son lorded over the experienced managers. | |
The prince ruled over a portion of the kingdom. | |
22. prep. (mathematics) Divided by. | |
four over two equals two over one | |
23. prep. (poker) (Separates the three of a kind from the pair in a full house.) | |
9♦9♠9♣6♥6♠ = nines over sixes | |
24. prep. Finished with; done with; from one state to another via a hindrance that must be solved or defeated; or via a third state that represents a significant difference from the first two. | |
We got over the engineering problems and the prototype works great. | |
I am over my cold and feel great again. | |
I know the referee made a bad call, but you have to get over it your annoyance with the referee's decision. | |
She is finally over the distress of losing her job. | |
He is finally over his distress over the loss of the relationship with his ex-girlfriend. | |
25. prep. While using, especially while consuming. | |
26. prep. Concerning or regarding. | |
The two boys had a fight over whose girlfriend was the best. | |
27. prep. Above, implying superiority after a contest; in spite of; notwithstanding. | |
We triumphed over difficulties. | |
The bill was passed over the veto. | |
It was a fine victory over their opponents. | |
28. interj. In radio communications: end of sentence, ready to receive reply. | |
How do you receive? Over! | |
29. n. (rare, dialectal, or obsolete) A shore, riverbank. | |
The sea's over. | |
convivial |
1. adj. Having elements of a feast or of entertainment, especially when it comes to eating and drinking, with accompanying festivity | |
dinners |
1. n. plural of dinner | |
2. v. third-person singular present indicative of dinner | |
dinner |
1. n. A midday meal (in a context in which the evening meal is called supper or tea). | |
2. n. The main meal of the day, often eaten in the evening. | |
3. n. An evening meal. | |
4. n. A meal given to an animal. | |
Give the dog its dinner. | |
5. n. A formal meal for many people eaten for a special occasion. | |
6. n. The food provided or consumed at any such meal. | |
7. v. (intransitive) To eat a dinner. | |
8. v. To provide (someone) with a dinner. | |
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. | |
ceremonial |
1. adj. Of, relating to, or used in a ceremony. | |
2. adj. (archaic) Observant of ceremony, ritual, or social forms. | |
3. n. A ceremony, or series of ceremonies, prescribed by ritual. | |
events |
1. n. plural of event | |
2. v. third-person singular present indicative of event | |
event |
1. n. An occurrence; something that happens. | |
2. n. A prearranged social activity (function, etc.) | |
I went to an event in San Francisco last week. | |
Where will the event be held? | |
3. n. One of several contests that combine to make up a competition. | |
4. n. An end result; an outcome (now chiefly in phrases). | |
In the event, he turned out to have what I needed anyway. | |
5. n. (physics) A point in spacetime having three spatial coordinates and one temporal coordinate. | |
6. n. (computing) A possible action that the user can perform that is monitored by an application or the operating system (event listener). When an event occurs an event handler is called which performs a s | |
7. n. (probability theory) A set of some of the possible outcomes; a subset of the sample space. | |
IfX is a random variable representing the toss of a six-sided die, then its sample space could be denoted as 1,2,3,4,5,6. Examples of events could be:X = 1,X = 2, X \ge 5, X \not = 4, andX \isi | |
8. n. (obsolete) An affair in hand; business; enterprise. | |
9. n. (medicine) An episode of severe health conditions. | |
10. v. (obsolete) To occur, take place. | |
11. v. (obsolete, intransitive) To be emitted or breathed out; to evaporate. | |
12. v. (obsolete, transitive) To expose to the air, ventilate. | |
13. v. cln, en, basic words | |
such |
1. det. (demonstrative) Like this, that, these, those; used to make a comparison with something implied by context. | |
I’ve never seen such clouds in the sky before. Such is life. | |
2. det. (particularly used in formal documents) Any. | |
the above address or at such other address as may notify | |
3. det. Used as an intensifier; roughly equivalent to very much of. | |
The party was such a bore. | |
4. det. (obsolete) A certain; representing the object as already particularized in terms which are not mentioned. | |
5. pron. A person, a thing, people or things like the one or ones already mentioned. | |
6. n. (philosophy) Something being indicated that is similar to something else. | |
As |
1. n. plural of A | |
She went from getting Cs and Ds to earning straight As. | |
2. adv. To such an extent or degree. | |
You’re not as tall as I am. | |
It's not as well made, but it's twice as expensive. | |
3. adv. In the manner or role specified. | |
The kidnappers released him as agreed. | |
The parties were seen as agreeing on a range of issues. | |
He was never seen as the boss, but rather as a friend. | |
4. adv. (dated) For example (compare such as). | |
5. conj. In the same way that; according to what. | |
Do as I say! | |
I'm under a lot of pressure, as you know. | |
As you wish, my lord! | |
6. conj. At the same instant that; when. | |
As I came in, she flew. | |
7. conj. At the same time that; while. | |
He sleeps as the rain falls. | |
8. conj. Varying through time in the same proportion that. | |
As my fear grew, so did my legs become heavy. | |
9. conj. Being that, considering that, because, since. | |
As it’s too late, I quit. | |
10. conj. Introducing a basis of comparison, after as, so, or a comparison of equality. | |
She's twice as strong as I was two years ago. | |
It's not so complicated as I expected. | |
11. conj. (dated) Introducing a comparison with a hypothetical state (+ subjunctive); ‘as though’, ‘as if’. | |
12. conj. Introducing a comparison with a hypothetical state with the verb elided; as if, as though. | |
13. conj. (now England, US, regional) Functioning as a relative conjunction; that. | |
14. conj. Expressing concession; though. | |
15. conj. (obsolete, rare) Than. | |
16. prep. Introducing a basis of comparison, with an object in the objective case. | |
You are not as tall as me. | |
They're big as houses. | |
17. prep. In the role of. | |
What is your opinion as a parent? | |
18. n. (unit of weight) A libra. | |
19. n. Any of several coins of Rome, coined in bronze or later copper; or the equivalent value. | |
20. n. plural of a | |
awarding |
1. v. present participle of award | |
2. n. The act of bestowing an award. | |
award |
1. n. (legal) A judgment, sentence, or final decision. Specifically: The decision of arbitrators in a case submitted. | |
2. n. (legal) The paper containing the decision of arbitrators; that which is warded. | |
3. n. A trophy or medal; something that denotes an accomplishment, especially in a competition. A prize or honor based on merit. | |
4. n. (obsolete) Care, keeping. | |
5. n. (Australia, NZ, industrial relations) A negotiated minimum wage that is set for a particular trade or industry; an industrial award. | |
6. v. (transitive, legal) To give by sentence or judicial determination; to assign or apportion, after careful regard to the nature of the case; to adjudge | |
the arbitrators awarded damages to the complainant | |
7. v. (intransitive) To determine; to make or grant an award. | |
8. v. To give an award (prize) for merit. | |
He was awarded the Nobel Prize for Literature. | |
honorary |
1. adj. Given as an honor/honour, with no duties attached, and without payment. | |
honorary degree; honorary doctorate | |
2. adj. Voluntary. | |
3. adj. Describes the holder of a position or title that is assigned to him as a special honor rather than by normal channels. | |
honorary citizen | |
honorary consul | |
honorary vice president | |
honorary member of the family | |
4. n. An honorarium; a fee for services of no fixed value. | |
5. n. (US) A kind of secret society that operates in name only, with membership given to honor some achievement. | |
degrees |
1. n. plural of degree | |
degree |
1. n. (obsolete, outside, heraldry) A step on a set of stairs; the rung of a ladder. | |
2. n. An individual step, or stage, in any process or scale of values. | |
3. n. A stage of rank or privilege; social standing. | |
4. n. (genealogy) A ‘step’ in genealogical descent. | |
5. n. (now rare) One's relative state or experience; way, manner. | |
6. n. The amount that an entity possesses a certain property; relative intensity, extent. | |
To what degree do the two accounts of the accident concur? | |
7. n. A stage of proficiency or qualification in a course of study, now especially an award bestowed by a university or, in some countries, a college, as a certification of academic achievement. (In the Uni | |
She has two bachelor's degrees and is studying towards a master's degree. | |
8. n. (geometry) A unit of measurement of angle equal to 1/360 of a circle's circumference. | |
A right angle is a ninety degree angle. | |
Most humans have a field of vision of almost 180 degrees. | |
9. n. (physics) A unit of measurement of temperature on any of several scales, such as Celsius or Fahrenheit. | |
90 degrees Fahrenheit is equivalent to 32.2 degrees Celsius. | |
Water boils at 100 degrees Celsius. | |
10. n. (algebra) The sum of the exponents of a term; the order of a polynomial. | |
A quadratic polynomial is a polynomial of degree 2. | |
11. n. (algebra, field theory) The dimensionality of a field extension. | |
The set of complex numbers constitutes a field extension of degree 2 over the real numbers. | |
The Galois field\operatornameGF(125) = \operatornameGF(5^3) has degree 3 over its subfield\operatornameGF(5). | |
12. n. (graph theory) The number of edges that a vertex takes part in; a valency. | |
13. n. (logic) The number of logical connectives in a formula. | |
14. n. (surveying) The curvature of a circular arc, expressed as the angle subtended by a fixed length of arc or chord. | |
15. n. (geography) A unit of measurement of latitude and longitude which together identify a location on the Earth's surface. | |
16. n. (grammar) Any of the three stages (positive, comparative, superlative) in the comparison of an adjective or an adverb. | |