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what
1. pron. (interrogative) Which thing, event, circumstance, etc.: (used interrogatively in asking for the specification of an identity, quantity, quality, etc.)
2. pron. (relative, nonstandard) That; which; who.
3. pron. That which; those that; the thing that.
He knows what he wants.
What goes up must come down.
Keep up with what your friends are doing.
4. pron. Whatever.
I will do what I can to help you.
5. adv. (usually followed by "with") In some manner or degree; in part; partly. See also what with
What with singing and joking, the time passed quickly.
6. adv. Such.
What a pity.
What a beautiful day!
7. adv. (obsolete) Why?
8. adv. (now rare) Used to introduce each of two coordinate phrases or concepts; both…and.
9. adv. (Singlish) (alt form, wat) (used to contradict an assumption)
10. interj. An expression of surprise or disbelief.
What! That’s amazing.
11. interj. Response that enquires what the asker desires (usually said unhappily).
12. interj. (UK, colloquial, dated) (clipping of what do you say)?
It’s a nice day, what?
13. interj. What did you say? I beg your pardon?
14. det. Which; which kind of.
What shirt are you going to wear?
What time is it?
What kind of car is that?
15. det. How much; how great (used in an exclamation).
What talent he has!
What a talent!
16. det. (relative) Whatever
Write down what things come into your mind.
17. n. (obsolete) Something; thing; stuff.
18. n. The identity of a thing, as an answer to a question of what.
19. n. Something that is addressed by , as opposed to a person, addressed by who.
we
1. pron. (personal) The speakers/writers, or the speaker/writer and at least one other person (not the person being addressed). (This is the exclusive we.)
2. pron. (personal) The speaker(s)/writer(s) and the person(s) being addressed. (This is the inclusive we.)
3. pron. (personal) The speaker/writer alone. (This use of we is the editorial we, used by writers and others, including royalty—the royal we—as a less personal substitute for I. The reflexive case of this sen
4. pron. (personal) The plural form of you, including everyone being addressed.
How are we all tonight?
5. pron. (personal, generally considered patronising) A second- or third-person pronoun for a person in the speaker's care.
How are we feeling this morning?
6. det. The speakers/writers, or the speaker/writer and at least one other person.
We Canadians like to think of ourselves as different.
must
1. v. (modal auxiliary, defective) To do with certainty; indicates that the speaker is certain that the subject will have executed the predicate.
If it has rained all day, it must be very wet outside.
You picked one of two, and it wasn't the first: it must have been the second.
2. v. (modal auxiliary, defective) To do as a requirement; indicates that the sentence subject is required as an imperative or directive to execute the sentence predicate, with failure to do so resulting in
You must arrive in class on time. — the requirement is an imperative
This door handle must be rotated fully. — the requirement is a directive
Arise, and go into the city, and it shall be told thee what thou must do. (Bible, Acts 9:6)
3. v. (modal auxiliary, defective) said about something that is very likely, probable, or certain to be true
The children must be asleep by now.
4. n. Something that is mandatory or required.
If you'll be out all day, a map is a must.
5. n. The property of being stale or musty.
6. n. Something that exhibits the property of being stale or musty.
7. n. Fruit juice that will ferment or has fermented, usually grapes.
8. v. To make musty.
9. v. (intransitive) To become musty.
10. n. A time during which male elephants exhibit increased levels of sexual activity and aggressiveness (also spelled musth).
11. n. An elephant in this sexual and aggressive state.
decide
1. v. To resolve (a contest, problem, dispute, etc.); to choose, determine, or settle.
The election will be decided on foreign policies.
We must decide our next move.
Her last-minute goal decided the game.
2. v. (intransitive) To make a judgment, especially after deliberation.
You must decide between good and evil.
I have decided that it is healthier to walk to work.
3. v. To cause someone to come to a decision.
4. v. (obsolete) To cut off; to separate.
soon
1. adj. Short in length of time from the present.
I need the soonest date you have available.
2. adj. (US, dialect) early
3. adv. (obsolete) Immediately, instantly.
4. adv. Within a short time; quickly.
5. adv. (now dialectal) Early.
6. adv. Readily; willingly; used with would, or some other word expressing will.
Is
1. n. plural of I
2. v. third-person singular present indicative of be
He is a doctor. He retired some time ago.
Should he do the task, it is vital that you follow him.
3. n. plural of i
remember to dot your is
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?
how
1. adv. To what degree.
How often do you practice?
2. adv. In what manner.
How do you solve this puzzle? How else can we get this finished?
3. adj. In what state.
How are you?
How was your vacation?
4. adj. Used as a modifier to indicate surprise, delight, or other strong feelings in an exclamation.
How very interesting! How wonderful it was to receive your invitation.
5. n. The means by which something is accomplished.
I am not interested in the why, but in the how.
6. conj. In which way; in such way.
I remember how to solve this puzzle.
7. conj. That, the fact that, the way that.
8. n. (dialectal) An artificial barrow or tumulus.
9. n. (dialectal) A small hill in northern England. (Usage preserved mainly in place names.)
10. interj. A greeting, used in representations of Native American speech.
much
1. det. A large amount of.
2. det. (now archaic, or nonstandard) A great number of; many (people).
3. det. (now Caribbean, African-American) Many ( + plural noun).
4. adj. (obsolete) Large, great.
5. adv. To a great extent.
I don't like fish much.
He is much fatter than I remember him.
He left her, much to the satisfaction of her other suitor.
6. adv. Often; frequently.
Does he get drunk much?
7. pron. A large amount or great extent.
From those to whom much has been given much is expected.
more
1. det. comparative degree of many, : in greater number. (Used for a discrete quantity.)
More people are arriving.
There are more ways to do this than I can count.
2. det. comparative degree of much, : in greater quantity, amount, or proportion. (Used for a continuous quantity.)
I want more soup; I need more time
There's more caffeine in my coffee than in the coffee you get in most places.
3. adv. To a greater degree or extent.
He walks more in the morning these days.
4. adv. (now poetic) In negative constructions: any further, any longer; any more.
5. adv. Used alone to form the comparative form of adjectives and adverbs.
You're more beautiful than I ever imagined.
6. adv. (now dialectal, or humorous) Used in addition to an inflected comparative form. (Standard until the 18thc.)
I was more better at English than you.
7. adv. rather
He is more clever than wise.
8. n. An extra amount or extent.
9. n. (obsolete) a carrot; a parsnip.
10. n. (dialectal) a root; stock.
11. n. A plant.
12. v. To root up.
13. pron. a greater amount of people or things
we
1. pron. (personal) The speakers/writers, or the speaker/writer and at least one other person (not the person being addressed). (This is the exclusive we.)
2. pron. (personal) The speaker(s)/writer(s) and the person(s) being addressed. (This is the inclusive we.)
3. pron. (personal) The speaker/writer alone. (This use of we is the editorial we, used by writers and others, including royalty—the royal we—as a less personal substitute for I. The reflexive case of this sen
4. pron. (personal) The plural form of you, including everyone being addressed.
How are we all tonight?
5. pron. (personal, generally considered patronising) A second- or third-person pronoun for a person in the speaker's care.
How are we feeling this morning?
6. det. The speakers/writers, or the speaker/writer and at least one other person.
We Canadians like to think of ourselves as different.
can
1. v. (auxiliary verb, defective) To know how to; to be able to.
She can speak English, French, and German. I can play football. Can you remember your fifth birthday?
2. v. (modal auxiliary verb, defective, informal) May; to be permitted or enabled to.
You can go outside and play when you're finished with your homework. Can I use your pen?
3. v. (modal auxiliary verb, defective) To have the potential to; be possible.
Can it be Friday already?
Teenagers can really try their parents' patience.
Animals can experience emotions.
4. v. (auxiliary verb, defective) Used with verbs of perception.
Can you hear that?.
I can feel the baby moving inside me.
5. v. (obsolete, transitive) To know.
6. n. A more or less cylindrical vessel for liquids, usually of steel or aluminium, but sometimes of plastic, and with a carrying handle over the top.
7. n. A container used to carry and dispense water for plants (a watering can).
8. n. A tin-plate canister, often cylindrical, for preserved foods such as fruit, meat, or fish.
9. n. (archaic) A chamber pot, now (US, slang) a toilet or lavatory.
Shit or get off the can.
Bob's in the can. You can wait a few minutes or just leave it with me.
10. n. (US, slang) Buttocks.
11. n. (slang) Jail or prison.
Bob's in the can. He won't be back for a few years.
12. n. (slang) Headphones.
13. n. (archaic) A drinking cup.
14. n. (nautical) A cube-shaped buoy or marker used to denote a port-side lateral mark
15. n. A chimney pot.
16. v. To preserve, by heating and sealing in a can or jar.
They spent August canning fruit and vegetables.
17. v. to discard, scrap or terminate (an idea, project, etc.).
He canned the whole project because he thought it would fail.
18. v. To shut up.
Can your gob.
19. v. (US, euphemistic) To fire or dismiss an employee.
The boss canned him for speaking out.
appropriate
1. adj. Suitable or fit; proper.
The headmaster wondered what an appropriate measure would be to make the pupil behave better.
2. adj. Suitable to the social situation or to social respect or social discreetness; socially correct; socially discreet; well-mannered; proper.
I don't think it was appropriate for the cashier to tell me out loud in front of all those people at the check-out that my hair-piece looked like it was falling out of place.
While it is not considered appropriate for a professor to date his student, there is no such concern once the semester has ended.
3. adj. (obsolete) Set apart for a particular use or person; reserved.
4. v. (transitive, archaic) To make suitable; to suit.
5. v. To take to oneself; to claim or use, especially as by an exclusive right.
Let no man appropriate the use of a common benefit.
6. v. To set apart for, or assign to, a particular person or use, especially in exclusion of all others; with to or for.
A spot of ground is appropriated for a garden.
to appropriate money for the increase of the navy
7. v. (transitive, British, ecclesiastical, legal) To annex (for example a benefice, to a spiritual corporation, as its property).
for
1. conj. (dated) Because.
2. prep. Towards.
The astronauts headed for the moon.
3. prep. Directed at, intended to belong to.
I have something for you.
4. prep. In honor of, or directed towards the celebration or event of.
We're having a birthday party for Janet.
The cake is for Tom and Helen's anniversary.
The mayor gave a speech for the charity gala.
5. prep. Supporting.
All those for the motion raise your hands.
6. prep. Because of.
He wouldn't apologize; and just for that, she refused to help him.
(UK usage) He looks better for having lost weight.
She was the worse for drink.
7. prep. Over a period of time.
I've lived here for three years.
They fought for days over a silly pencil.
8. prep. Throughout an extent of space.
9. prep. On behalf of.
I will stand in for him.
10. prep. Instead of, or in place of.
11. prep. In order to obtain or acquire.
I am aiming for completion by the end of business Thursday.
He's going for his doctorate.
Do you want to go for coffee?
People all over Greece looked to Delphi for answers.
Can you go to the store for some eggs?
I'm saving up for a car.
Don't wait for an answer.
What did he ask you for?
12. prep. In the direction of: marks a point one is going toward.
Run for the hills!
He was headed for the door when he remembered.
13. prep. By the standards of, usually with the implication of those standards being lower than one might otherwise expect.
Fair for its day.
She's spry for an old lady.
14. prep. Despite, in spite of.
15. prep. Used to indicate the subject of a to-infinitive.
For that to happen now is incredibly unlikely. (=It is incredibly unlikely that that will happen now.)
All I want is for you to be happy. (=All I want is that you be happy.)
16. prep. (chiefly US) Out of; used to indicate a fraction, a ratio
In term of base hits, Jones was three for four on the day
17. prep. (cricket) Used as part of a score to indicate the number of wickets that have fallen.
At close of play, England were 305 for 3.
18. prep. To be, or as being.
19. prep. (obsolete) (Indicating that in prevention of which, or through fear of which, anything is done.)
20. prep. Used to construe various verbs (see the entries for individual phrasal verbs).
arms
1. n. plural of arm
2. n. clipping of coat of arms
3. v. third-person singular present indicative of arm
If the Duke arms himself for war, the king will not sit by idly!
arm
1. n. The portion of the upper human appendage, from the shoulder to the wrist and sometimes including the hand.
She stood with her right arm extended and her palm forward to indicate “Stop!”
2. n. (anatomy) The extended portion of the upper limb, from the shoulder to the elbow.
The arm and forearm are parts of the upper limb in the human body.
3. n. A limb, or locomotive or prehensile organ, of an invertebrate animal.
the arms of an octopus
4. n. A long, narrow, more or less rigid part of an object extending from the main part or centre of the object, such as the arm of an armchair, a crane, a pair of spectacles or a pair of compasses.
The robot arm reached out and placed the part on the assembly line.
5. n. (geography) A bay or inlet off a main body of water.
Shelburne Bay is an arm of Lake Champlain.
6. n. A branch of an organization.
the cavalry arm of the military service
7. n. (figurative) Power; might; strength; support.
the arm of the law
the secular arm
8. n. (baseball, slang) A pitcher
The team needs to sign another arm in the offseason.
9. n. (genetics) One of the two parts of a chromosome.
10. n. A group of patients in a medical trial.
11. adj. (UK dialectal, chiefly Scotland) Poor; lacking in riches or wealth.
He's neither poor nor arm.
12. adj. (UK dialectal, chiefly Scotland) To be pitied; pitiful; wretched.
13. n. (usually used in the plural) A weapon.
14. n. (in the plural) heraldic bearings or insignia
The Duke's arms were a sable gryphon rampant on an argent field.
15. v. To supply with armour or (later especially) weapons.
16. v. To prepare a tool or a weapon for action; to activate.
Remember to arm an alarm system.
17. v. To cover or furnish with a plate, or with whatever will add strength, force, security, or efficiency.
to arm the hit of a sword; to arm a hook in angling
18. v. (figurative) To furnish with means of defence; to prepare for resistance; to fortify, in a moral sense.
19. v. To fit (a magnet) with an armature.
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.
how
1. adv. To what degree.
How often do you practice?
2. adv. In what manner.
How do you solve this puzzle? How else can we get this finished?
3. adj. In what state.
How are you?
How was your vacation?
4. adj. Used as a modifier to indicate surprise, delight, or other strong feelings in an exclamation.
How very interesting! How wonderful it was to receive your invitation.
5. n. The means by which something is accomplished.
I am not interested in the why, but in the how.
6. conj. In which way; in such way.
I remember how to solve this puzzle.
7. conj. That, the fact that, the way that.
8. n. (dialectal) An artificial barrow or tumulus.
9. n. (dialectal) A small hill in northern England. (Usage preserved mainly in place names.)
10. interj. A greeting, used in representations of Native American speech.
many
1. det. An indefinite large number of.
many people enjoy playing chess; there are many different ways to cook a meal
2. pron. A collective mass of people.
Democracy must balance the rights of the few against the will of the many
A great many do not understand this.
3. pron. An indefinite large number of people or things.
Many are called, but few are chosen.
4. n. A multitude; a great aggregate; a mass of people; the generality; the common herd.
5. n. A considerable number.
more
1. det. comparative degree of many, : in greater number. (Used for a discrete quantity.)
More people are arriving.
There are more ways to do this than I can count.
2. det. comparative degree of much, : in greater quantity, amount, or proportion. (Used for a continuous quantity.)
I want more soup; I need more time
There's more caffeine in my coffee than in the coffee you get in most places.
3. adv. To a greater degree or extent.
He walks more in the morning these days.
4. adv. (now poetic) In negative constructions: any further, any longer; any more.
5. adv. Used alone to form the comparative form of adjectives and adverbs.
You're more beautiful than I ever imagined.
6. adv. (now dialectal, or humorous) Used in addition to an inflected comparative form. (Standard until the 18thc.)
I was more better at English than you.
7. adv. rather
He is more clever than wise.
8. n. An extra amount or extent.
9. n. (obsolete) a carrot; a parsnip.
10. n. (dialectal) a root; stock.
11. n. A plant.
12. v. To root up.
13. pron. a greater amount of people or things
warheads
1. n. plural of warhead
warhead
1. n. The part of a missile, projectile, torpedo, rocket, or other munition which contains either the nuclear or thermonuclear system, high explosive system, chemical or biological agents, or inert material
can
1. v. (auxiliary verb, defective) To know how to; to be able to.
She can speak English, French, and German. I can play football. Can you remember your fifth birthday?
2. v. (modal auxiliary verb, defective, informal) May; to be permitted or enabled to.
You can go outside and play when you're finished with your homework. Can I use your pen?
3. v. (modal auxiliary verb, defective) To have the potential to; be possible.
Can it be Friday already?
Teenagers can really try their parents' patience.
Animals can experience emotions.
4. v. (auxiliary verb, defective) Used with verbs of perception.
Can you hear that?.
I can feel the baby moving inside me.
5. v. (obsolete, transitive) To know.
6. n. A more or less cylindrical vessel for liquids, usually of steel or aluminium, but sometimes of plastic, and with a carrying handle over the top.
7. n. A container used to carry and dispense water for plants (a watering can).
8. n. A tin-plate canister, often cylindrical, for preserved foods such as fruit, meat, or fish.
9. n. (archaic) A chamber pot, now (US, slang) a toilet or lavatory.
Shit or get off the can.
Bob's in the can. You can wait a few minutes or just leave it with me.
10. n. (US, slang) Buttocks.
11. n. (slang) Jail or prison.
Bob's in the can. He won't be back for a few years.
12. n. (slang) Headphones.
13. n. (archaic) A drinking cup.
14. n. (nautical) A cube-shaped buoy or marker used to denote a port-side lateral mark
15. n. A chimney pot.
16. v. To preserve, by heating and sealing in a can or jar.
They spent August canning fruit and vegetables.
17. v. to discard, scrap or terminate (an idea, project, etc.).
He canned the whole project because he thought it would fail.
18. v. To shut up.
Can your gob.
19. v. (US, euphemistic) To fire or dismiss an employee.
The boss canned him for speaking out.
we
1. pron. (personal) The speakers/writers, or the speaker/writer and at least one other person (not the person being addressed). (This is the exclusive we.)
2. pron. (personal) The speaker(s)/writer(s) and the person(s) being addressed. (This is the inclusive we.)
3. pron. (personal) The speaker/writer alone. (This use of we is the editorial we, used by writers and others, including royalty—the royal we—as a less personal substitute for I. The reflexive case of this sen
4. pron. (personal) The plural form of you, including everyone being addressed.
How are we all tonight?
5. pron. (personal, generally considered patronising) A second- or third-person pronoun for a person in the speaker's care.
How are we feeling this morning?
6. det. The speakers/writers, or the speaker/writer and at least one other person.
We Canadians like to think of ourselves as different.
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.
this
1. det. The (thing) here (used in indicating something or someone nearby).
This classroom is where I learned to read and write.
2. det. The known (thing) (used in indicating something or someone just mentioned).
They give the appearance of knowing what they're doing. It's this appearance that lets them get away with so much.
3. det. The known (thing) (used in indicating something or someone about to be mentioned).
When asked what he wanted for his birthday, he gave this reply: “…”
4. det. A known (thing) (used in first mentioning a person or thing that the speaker does not think is known to the audience). Compare with "a certain ...".
I met this woman the other day who's allergic to wheat. I didn't even know that was possible!
There's just this nervous mannerism that Bob has with his hands, and it drives me crazy.
5. det. (Of a unit of time) which is current.
It snowed this week.
6. adv. To the degree or extent indicated.
I need this much water.
We've already come this far, we can't turn back now.
7. pron. The thing, item, etc. being indicated.
This is the excellent foppery of the world, that, when we are sick in fortune,—often the surfeit of our own behaviour,—we make guilty of our disasters the sun, the moon, and the stars(...) — Sh
8. n. (philosophy) Something being indicated that is here; one of these.
9. interj. (Internet slang) Indicates the speaker's strong approval or agreement with the previous material.
year
1. n. A solar year, the time it takes the Earth to complete one revolution of the Sun (between 365.24 and 365.26 days depending on the point of reference).
we moved to this town a year ago; I quit smoking exactly one year ago
2. n. (by extension) The time it takes for any astronomical object (such as a planet, dwarf planet, small Solar System body, or comet) in direct orbit around a star (such as the Sun) to make one revolution
Mars goes around the sun once in a Martian year, or 1.88 Earth years.
3. n. A period between set dates that mark a year, from January 1 to December 31 by the Gregorian calendar, from Tishiri 1 to Elul 29 by the Jewish calendar, and from Muharram 1 to Dhu al-Hijjah 29 or 30 by
A normal year has 365 full days, but there are 366 days in a leap year.
I was born in the year 1950.
This Chinese year is the year of the Rooster.
4. n. A scheduled part of a calendar year spent in a specific activity.
During this school year I have to get up at 6:30 to catch the bus.
5. n. (sciences) A Julian year, exactly 365.25 days, represented by "a".
6. n. A level or grade in school or college.
Every second-year student must select an area of specialization.
The exams in year 12 at high school are the most difficult.
7. n. The proportion of a creature's lifespan equivalent to one year of an average human lifespan (see also dog year).
Geneticists have created baker's yeast that can live to 800 in yeast years.

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