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transparent
     1. adj. (of a material or object) See-through, clear; having the property that light passes through it almost undisturbed, such that one can see through it clearly.
           The waters of the lake were transparent until the factory dumped waste there.
     2. adj. (of a system or organization) Open, public; having the property that theories and practices are publicly visible, thereby reducing the chance of corruption.
     3. adj. Obvious; readily apparent; easy to see or understand.
           His reasons for the decision were transparent.
     4. adj. (signal processing) Having the property of transparency, i.e. sufficiently accurate that the compressed result is perceptually indistinguishable from the uncompressed input.
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.
translucent
     1. adj. Allowing light to pass through, but diffusing it.
     2. adj. Clear, lucid, or transparent.
allowing
     1. v. present participle of allow
     allow
          1. v. To grant, give, admit, accord, afford, or yield; to let one have.
                to allow a servant his liberty;  to allow a free passage;  to allow one day for rest
          2. v. To acknowledge; to accept as true; to concede; to accede to an opinion.
                to allow a right;  to allow a claim;  to allow the truth of a proposition
          3. v. To grant (something) as a deduction or an addition; especially to abate or deduct.
                To allow a sum for leakage.
          4. v. To grant license to; to permit; to consent to.
                To allow a son to be absent.
                Smoking allowed only in designated areas.
          5. v. To not bar or obstruct.
                Although I don't consent to their holding such meetings, I will allow them for the time being.
          6. v. (intransitive) To acknowledge or concede.
          7. v. To take into account by making an allowance.
                When calculating a budget for a construction project, always allow for contingencies.
          8. v. To render physically possible.
          9. v. (transitive, obsolete) To praise; to approve of; hence, to sanction.
          10. v. (obsolete) To sanction; to invest; to entrust.
          11. v. (transitive, obsolete) To like; to be suited or pleased with.
light
     1. n. (physics) Visible electromagnetic radiation. The human eye can typically detect radiation (light) in the wavelength range of about 400 to 750 nanometers. Nearby shorter and longer wavelength ranges, a
           As you can see, this spacious dining-room gets a lot of light in the mornings.
     2. n. A source of illumination.
           Put that light out!
     3. n. Spiritual or mental illumination; enlightenment, useful information.
           Can you throw any light on this problem?
     4. n. (in the now rare) Facts; pieces of information; ideas, concepts.
     5. n. A notable person within a specific field or discipline.
           Picasso was one of the leading lights of the cubist movement.
     6. n. (painting) The manner in which the light strikes a picture; that part of a picture which represents those objects upon which the light is supposed to fall; the more illuminated part of a landscape or
     7. n. A point of view, or aspect from which a concept, person or thing is regarded.
           I'm really seeing you in a different light today.
           Magoon's governorship in Cuba was viewed in a negative light by many Cuban historians for years thereafter.
     8. n. A flame or something used to create fire.
           Hey, buddy, you got a light?
     9. n. A firework made by filling a case with a substance which burns brilliantly with a white or coloured flame.
           a Bengal light
     10. n. A window, or space for a window in architecture.
           This facade has eight south-facing lights.
     11. n. The series of squares reserved for the answer to a crossword clue.
           The average length of a light on a 15×15 grid is 7 or 8.
     12. n. (informal) A cross-light in a double acrostic or triple acrostic.
     13. n. Open view; a visible state or condition; public observation; publicity.
     14. n. The power of perception by vision.
     15. n. The brightness of the eye or eyes.
     16. n. A traffic light, or, by extension, an intersection controlled by one or more that will face a traveler who is receiving instructions.
           To get to our house, turn right at the third light.
     17. v. To start (a fire).
           We lit the fire to get some heat.
     18. v. To set fire to; to set burning; to kindle.
           She lit her last match.
     19. v. To illuminate.
           I used my torch to light the way home through the woods in the night.
     20. v. (intransitive) To become ignited; to take fire.
           This soggy match will not light.
     21. v. To attend or conduct with a light; to show the way to by means of a light.
     22. adj. Having light.
           The room is light when the Sun shines through the window.
     23. adj. Pale in colour.
           She had light skin.
     24. adj. (of coffee) Served with extra milk or cream.
           I like my coffee light.
     25. adj. Of low weight; not heavy.
           My bag was much lighter once I had dropped off the books.
     26. adj. Lightly-built; designed for speed or small loads.
           We took a light aircraft down to the city.
     27. adj. Gentle; having little force or momentum.
           This artist clearly had a light, flowing touch.
     28. adj. Easy to endure or perform.
           light duties around the house
     29. adj. Low in fat, calories, alcohol, salt, etc.
           This light beer still gets you drunk if you have enough of it.
     30. adj. Unimportant, trivial, having little value or significance.
           I made some light comment, and we moved on.
     31. adj. (rail transport, of a locomotive, usually with "run") travelling with no carriages, wagons attached
     32. adj. (obsolete) Unchaste, wanton.
     33. adj. Not heavily armed; armed with light weapons.
           light troops; a troop of light horse
     34. adj. Not encumbered; unembarrassed; clear of impediments; hence, active; nimble; swift.
     35. adj. (dated) Easily influenced by trifling considerations; unsteady; unsettled; volatile.
           a light, vain person; a light mind
     36. adj. Indulging in, or inclined to, levity; lacking dignity or solemnity; frivolous; airy.
           Ogden Nash was a writer of light verse.
     37. adj. Not quite sound or normal; somewhat impaired or deranged; dizzy; giddy.
     38. adj. Not of the legal, standard, or usual weight; clipped; diminished.
           light coin
     39. adj. Easily interrupted by stimulation.
           light sleep; light anesthesia
     40. adv. Carrying little.
           I prefer to travel light.
     41. n. (curling) A stone that is not thrown hard enough.
     42. v. (nautical) To unload a ship, or to jettison material to make it lighter
     43. v. To lighten; to ease of a burden; to take off.
     44. v. To find by chance.
           I lit upon a rare book in a second-hand bookseller's.
     45. v. To stop upon (of eyes or a glance); to notice
     46. v. (archaic) To alight; to land or come down.
           She fell out of the window but luckily lit on her feet.
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
pass
     1. v. Physical movement.
     2. v.          (intransitive) To move or be moved from one place to another.
                   They passed from room to room.
     3. v.          To go past, by, over, or through; to proceed from one side to the other of; to move past.
                   You will pass a house on your right.
     4. v.          (ditransitive) To cause to move or go; to send; to transfer from one person, place, or condition to another; to transmit; to deliver; to hand; to make
                   The waiter passed biscuits and cheese.
                   John passed Suzie a note.
                   The torch was passed from hand to hand.
     5. v.          (intransitive, transitive, medicine) To eliminate (something) from the body by natural processes.
                   He was passing blood in both his urine and his stool.
                   The poison had been passed by the time of the autopsy.
     6. v.          (transitive, nautical) To take a turn with (a line, gasket, etc.), as around a sail in furling, and make secure.
     7. v.          (sport) To kick (the ball) with precision rather than at full force.
     8. v.         # (transitive, football) To kick (the ball) with precision rather than at full force.
     9. v.         # To move (the ball or puck) to a teammate.
     10. v.         # (intransitive, fencing) To make a lunge or swipe.
     11. v.          (intransitive) To go from one person to another.
     12. v.          To put in circulation; to give currency to.
                   pass counterfeit money
     13. v.          (lbl, en, transitive) To cause to obtain entrance, admission, or conveyance.
                   pass a person into a theater or over a railroad
     14. v. To change in state or status
     15. v.          (intransitive) To progress from one state to another; to advance.
                   He passed from youth into old age.
     16. v.          (intransitive) To depart, to cease, to come to an end.
                   At first, she was worried, but that feeling soon passed.
     17. v.          (intransitive) To die.
                   His grandmother passed yesterday.
     18. v.          (intransitive, transitive) To achieve a successful outcome from.
                   He passed his examination.
                   He attempted the examination, but did not expect to pass.
     19. v.          (intransitive, transitive) To advance through all the steps or stages necessary to become valid or effective; to obtain the formal sanction of (a legis
                   Despite the efforts of the opposition, the bill passed.
                   The bill passed both houses of Congress.
                   The bill passed the Senate, but did not pass in the House.
     20. v.          (intransitive, legal) To be conveyed or transferred by will, deed, or other instrument of conveyance.
                   The estate passes by the third clause in Mr Smith's deed to his son.
                   When the old king passed away with only a daughter as an heir, the throne passed to a woman for the first time in centuries.
     21. v.          To cause to advance by stages of progress; to carry on with success through an ordeal, examination, or action; specifically, to give legal
                   He passed the bill through the committee.
     22. v.          (intransitive, legal) To make a judgment on or upon a person or case.
     23. v.          To utter; to pronounce; to pledge.
     24. v.          (intransitive) To change from one state to another (without the implication of progression).
     25. v. To move through time.
     26. v.          (intransitive, of time) To elapse, to be spent.
                   Their vacation passed pleasantly.
     27. v.          (transitive, of time) To spend.
                   What will we do to pass the time?
     28. v.          To go by without noticing; to omit attention to; to take no note of; to disregard.
     29. v.          (intransitive) To continue.
     30. v.          (intransitive) To proceed without hindrance or opposition.
                   You're late, but I'll let it pass.
     31. v.          To live through; to have experience of; to undergo; to suffer.
                    She loved me for the dangers I had passed.
     32. v.          (intransitive) To happen.
                   It will soon come to pass.
     33. v. To be accepted.
     34. v.          (intransitive) To be tolerated as a substitute for something else, to "do".
                   It isn't ideal, but it will pass.
     35. v.          (sociology) To be accepted by others as a member of a race, sex or other group to which they would not otherwise regard one as belonging (or belonging
     36. v. (intransitive) In any game, to decline to play in one's turn.
     37. v.          (intransitive) In euchre, to decline to make the trump.
     38. v. To do or be better.
     39. v.          (intransitive, obsolete) To go beyond bounds; to surpass; to be in excess.
     40. v.          To transcend; to surpass; to excel; to exceed.
     41. v. (intransitive, obsolete) To take heed.
     42. n. An opening, road, or track, available for passing; especially, one through or over some dangerous or otherwise impracticable barrier such as a mountain range; a passageway; a defile; a ford.
           a mountain pass
     43. n. A channel connecting a river or body of water to the sea, for example at the mouth (delta) of a river.
           the passes of the Mississippi
     44. n. A single movement, especially of a hand, at, over or along anything.
     45. n. A single passage of a tool over something, or of something over a tool.
     46. n. An attempt.
           My pass at a career of writing proved unsuccessful.
     47. n. (fencing) A thrust or push; an attempt to stab or strike an adversary.
     48. n. (figuratively) A thrust; a sally of wit.
     49. n. A sexual advance.
           The man kicked his friend out of the house after he made a pass at his wife.
     50. n. (sports) The act of moving the ball or puck from one player to another.
     51. n. (rail transport) A passing of two trains in the same direction on a single track, when one is put into a siding to let the other overtake it.
     52. n. Permission or license to pass, or to go and come.
     53. n. A document granting permission to pass or to go and come; a passport; a ticket permitting free transit or admission
           a railroad pass; a theater pass; a military pass
     54. n. (baseball) An intentional walk.
           Smith was given a pass after Jones' double.
     55. n. The state of things; condition; predicament; impasse.
     56. n. (obsolete) Estimation; character.
     57. n. (obsolete, Chaucer) A part, a division. Compare passus.
     58. n. (cookery) The area in a restaurant kitchen where the finished dishes are passed from the chefs to the waiting staff.
     59. n. An act of declining to play one's turn in a game, often by saying the word "pass".
           A pass would have seen her win the game, but instead she gave a wrong answer and lost a point, putting her in second place.
     60. n. (computing) A run through a document as part of a translation, compilation or reformatting process.
           Most Pascal compilers process source code in a single pass.
     61. n. (computing, slang) A password (especially one for a restricted-access website).
           Anyone want to trade passes?
through
     1. prep. From one side of an opening to the other.
           I went through the window.
     2. prep. Entering, then later leaving.
           I drove through the town at top speed without looking left or right.
     3. prep. Surrounded by (while moving).
           We slogged through the mud for hours before turning back and giving up.
     4. prep. By means of.
           This team believes in winning through intimidation.
     5. prep. (North America) To (or up to) and including, with all intermediate values.
           from 1945 through 1991;  the numbers 1 through 9;  your membership is active through March 15, 2013
     6. adj. Passing from one side of something to the other.
           Interstate highways form a nationwide system of through roads.
     7. adj. Finished; complete.
           They were through with laying the subroof by noon.
     8. adj. Valueless; without a future.
           After being implicated in the scandal, he was through as an executive in financial services.
     9. adj. No longer interested.
           She was through with him.
     10. adj. Proceeding from origin to destination without delay due to change of equipment.
           The through flight through Memphis was the fastest.
     11. adj. (association football) In possession of the ball beyond the last line of defence but not necessarily the goalkeeper; through on goal.
     12. adv. From one side to the other by way of the interior.
           The arrow went straight through.
     13. adv. From one end to the other.
           Others slept; he worked straight through.
           She read the letter through.
     14. adv. To the end.
           He said he would see it through.
     15. adv. Completely.
           Leave the yarn in the dye overnight so the color soaks through.
     16. adv. Out into the open.
           The American army broke through at St. Lo.
     17. n. A large slab of stone laid in a dry-stone wall from one side to the other; a perpend.
     18. n. (obsolete) A coffin, sarcophagus or tomb of stone; a large slab of stone laid on a tomb.
capable
     1. adj. Able and efficient; having the ability needed for a specific task; having the disposition to do something; permitting or being susceptible to something.
           She is capable and efficient.
           He does not need help; he is capable of eating on his own.
           As everyone knew, he was capable of violence when roused.
           That fact is not capable of proof.
     2. adj. (obsolete) Of sufficient capacity or size for holding, containing, receiving or taking in; accessible to. Construed with of, for or an infinitive.
of
     1. prep. Expressing distance or motion.
     2. prep.          (now obsolete, or dialectal) From (of distance, direction), "off".
     3. prep.          (obsolete except in phrases) Since, from (a given time, earlier state etc.).
     4. prep.          From, away from (a position, number, distance etc.).
                    There are no shops within twenty miles of the cottage.
     5. prep.          (North America, Scotland, Ireland) Before (the hour); to.
                    What's the time? / Nearly a quarter of three.
     6. prep. Expressing separation.
     7. prep.          (Indicating removal, absence or separation, with the action indicated by a transitive verb and the quality or substance by a grammatical object.)
                    Finally she was relieved of the burden of caring for her sick husband.
     8. prep.          (Indicating removal, absence or separation, with resulting state indicated by an adjective.)
                    He seemed devoid of human feelings.
     9. prep.          (obsolete) (Indicating removal, absence or separation, construed with an intransitive verb.)
     10. prep. Expressing origin.
     11. prep.          (Indicating an ancestral source or origin of descent.)
                    The word is believed to be of Japanese origin.
     12. prep.          (Indicating a (non-physical) source of action or emotion; introducing a cause, instigation); from, out of, as an expression of.
                    The invention was born of necessity.
     13. prep.          (following an intransitive verb) (Indicates the source or cause of the verb.)
                    It is said that she died of a broken heart.
     14. prep.          (following an adjective) (Indicates the subject or cause of the adjective.)
                    I am tired of all this nonsense.
     15. prep. Expressing agency.
     16. prep.          (following a passive verb) (Indicates the agent (for most verbs, now usually expressed with by).)
                    I am not particularly enamoured of this idea.
     17. prep.          (Used to introduce the "subjective genitive"; following a noun to form the head of a postmodifying noun phrase) (see also 'Possession' senses below).
                    The contract can be terminated at any time with the agreement of both parties.
     18. prep.          (following an adjective) (Used to indicate the agent of something described by the adjective.)
                    It was very brave of you to speak out like that.
     19. prep. Expressing composition, substance.
     20. prep.          (after a verb expressing construction, making etc.) (Used to indicate the material or substance used.)
                    Many 'corks' are now actually made of plastic.
     21. prep.          (directly following a noun) (Used to indicate the material of the just-mentioned object.)
                    She wore a dress of silk.
     22. prep.          (Indicating the composition of a given collective or quantitative noun.)
                    What a lot of nonsense!
     23. prep.          (Used to link a given class of things with a specific example of that class.)
                   Welcome to the historic town of Harwich.
     24. prep.          (Links two nouns in near-apposition, with the first qualifying the second); "which is also".
                    I'm not driving this wreck of a car.
     25. prep. Introducing subject matter.
     26. prep.          (Links an intransitive verb, or a transitive verb and its subject (especially verbs to do with thinking, feeling, expressing etc.), with its subject-ma
                    I'm always thinking of you.
     27. prep.          (following a noun (now chiefly nouns of knowledge, communication etc.)) (Introduces its subject matter); about, concerning.
                    He told us the story of his journey to India.
     28. prep.          (following an adjective) (Introduces its subject matter.)
                    This behaviour is typical of teenagers.
     29. prep. Having partitive effect.
     30. prep.          (following a number or other quantitive word) (Introduces the whole for which is indicated only the specified part or segment); "from among".
                    Most of these apples are rotten.
     31. prep.          (following a noun) (Indicates a given part.)
     32. prep.          (now archaic, literary, with preceding partitive word assumed, or as a predicate after to be) Some, an amount of, one of.
                    On the whole, they seem to be of the decent sort.
     33. prep.          (Links to a genitive noun or possessive pronoun, with partitive effect (though now often merged with possessive senses, below).)
                    He is a friend of mine.
     34. prep. Expressing possession.
     35. prep.          Belonging to, existing in, or taking place in a given location, place or time. Compare "origin" senses, above.
                    He was perhaps the most famous scientist of the twentieth century.
     36. prep.          Belonging to (a place) through having title, ownership or control over it.
                    The owner of the nightclub was arrested.
     37. prep.          Belonging to (someone or something) as something they possess or have as a characteristic; (the "possessive genitive". (With abstract nouns, this inter
                    Keep the handle of the saucepan away from the flames.
     38. prep. Forming the "objective genitive".
     39. prep.          (Follows an agent noun, verbal noun or noun of action.)
                    She had a profound distrust of the police.
     40. prep. Expressing qualities or characteristics.
     41. prep.          (now archaic, or literary) (Links an adjective with a noun or noun phrase to form a quasi-adverbial qualifier); in respect to, as regards.
                    My companion seemed affable and easy of manner.
     42. prep.          (Indicates a quality or characteristic); "characterized by".
                    Pooh was said to be a bear of very little brain.
     43. prep.          (Indicates quantity, age, price, etc.)
                    We have been paying interest at a rate of 10%.
     44. prep.          (US, informal considered incorrect by some) (Used to link singular indefinite nouns (preceded by the indefinite article) and attributive adjectives mod
                    It's not that big of a deal.
     45. prep. Expressing a point in time.
     46. prep.          (chiefly regional) During the course of (a set period of time, day of the week etc.), now specifically with implied repetition or regularity.
                    Of an evening, we would often go for a stroll along the river.
     47. prep.          (UK dialectal, chiefly in negative constructions) For (a given length of time).
                    I've not tekken her out of a goodly long while.
     48. prep.          (after a noun) (Indicates duration of a state, activity etc.)
                    After a delay of three hours, the plane finally took off.
being
     1. v. present participle of be
     2. n. A living creature.
     3. n. The state or fact of existence, consciousness, or life, or something in such a state.
     4. n. (philosophy) That which has actuality (materially or in concept).
     5. n. (philosophy) One's basic nature, or the qualities thereof; essence or personality.
     6. n. (obsolete) An abode; a cottage.
     7. conj. (obsolete) Given that; since.
     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?
seen
     1. v. past participle of see
     2. v. (nonstandard, dialectal) simple past tense of see; saw.
           I seen it with my own eyes.
     3. n. The letter س in the Arabic script.
     see
          1. v. (stative) To perceive or detect with the eyes, or as if by sight.
          2. v.          To witness or observe by personal experience.
                        Now I've seen it all!
                        I have been blind since birth and I love to read Braille. When the books arrive in from the library, I can’t wait to see what stories they have s
                        I saw military service in Vietnam.
          3. v. To form a mental picture of.
          4. v.          (figuratively) To understand.
                        Do you see what I mean?
          5. v.          To come to a realization of having been mistaken or misled.
                        They're blind to the damage they do, but someday they'll see.
          6. v. (social) To meet, to visit.
          7. v.          To have an interview with; especially, to make a call upon; to visit.
                        to go to see a friend
          8. v.          To date frequently.
                        I've been seeing her for two months
          9. v. To be the setting or time of.
                The 20th century saw humanity's first space exploration.
          10. v. (by extension) To ensure that something happens, especially while witnessing it.
                I'll see you hang for this!  I saw that they didn't make any more trouble.
          11. v. (gambling) To respond to another player's bet with a bet of equal value.
                I'll see your twenty dollars and raise you ten.
          12. v. (sometimes mystical) To foresee, predict, or prophesy.
                The oracle saw the destruction of the city.
          13. v. To determine by trial or experiment; to find out (if or whether).
                I'll come over later and see if I can fix your computer.
          14. v. (used in the imperative) (Used to emphasise a proposition.)
                You see, Johnny, your Dad isn't your real dad.
          15. v. (used in the imperative) To reference or to study for further details.
                Step 4: In the system, check out the laptop to the student (see: "Logging Resources" in the Tutor Manual).
                This article is about the insect. For the English rock band, see.
                For a complete proof of the Poincaré conjecture, see Appendix C.
          16. interj. Directing the audience to pay attention to the following
                See here, fellas, there's no need for all this rucus!
          17. interj. Introducing an explanation
                See, in order to win the full prize we would have to come up with a scheme to land a rover on the Moon.
          18. n. A diocese, archdiocese; a region of a church, generally headed by a bishop, especially an archbishop.
          19. n. The office of a bishop or archbishop; bishopric or archbishopric
          20. n. A seat; a site; a place where sovereign power is exercised.
through
     1. prep. From one side of an opening to the other.
           I went through the window.
     2. prep. Entering, then later leaving.
           I drove through the town at top speed without looking left or right.
     3. prep. Surrounded by (while moving).
           We slogged through the mud for hours before turning back and giving up.
     4. prep. By means of.
           This team believes in winning through intimidation.
     5. prep. (North America) To (or up to) and including, with all intermediate values.
           from 1945 through 1991;  the numbers 1 through 9;  your membership is active through March 15, 2013
     6. adj. Passing from one side of something to the other.
           Interstate highways form a nationwide system of through roads.
     7. adj. Finished; complete.
           They were through with laying the subroof by noon.
     8. adj. Valueless; without a future.
           After being implicated in the scandal, he was through as an executive in financial services.
     9. adj. No longer interested.
           She was through with him.
     10. adj. Proceeding from origin to destination without delay due to change of equipment.
           The through flight through Memphis was the fastest.
     11. adj. (association football) In possession of the ball beyond the last line of defence but not necessarily the goalkeeper; through on goal.
     12. adv. From one side to the other by way of the interior.
           The arrow went straight through.
     13. adv. From one end to the other.
           Others slept; he worked straight through.
           She read the letter through.
     14. adv. To the end.
           He said he would see it through.
     15. adv. Completely.
           Leave the yarn in the dye overnight so the color soaks through.
     16. adv. Out into the open.
           The American army broke through at St. Lo.
     17. n. A large slab of stone laid in a dry-stone wall from one side to the other; a perpend.
     18. n. (obsolete) A coffin, sarcophagus or tomb of stone; a large slab of stone laid on a tomb.
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