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when
1. adv. (interrogative) Used to introduce questions about time.
When will they arrive?
2. adv. Used to introduce indirect questions about time.
Do you know when they arrived?
Do you know when they will arrive?
Do you know when they arrive?
3. adv. At an earlier and less prosperous time.
He's mister high and mighty now, but I remember him when.
4. adv. (indirect question) Used to refer to doubts about time.
5. adv. (relative) At which, on which, during which. Often omitted or replaced with that.
That was the day when the Twin Towers fell.
6. conj. At what time.
They were told when to sleep.
He doesn't know when to stop talking.
7. conj. At such time as.
I’m happiest when I’m working.
8. conj. At the time of the action of the following clause or participle phrase.
It was raining when I came yesterday.
The show will begin when I get there.
The game is over when the referee says it is.
Be careful when crossing the street.
Pay attention when spoken to.
When (you are) angry, count to ten before speaking or acting.
That time when the dog stole the turkey from the table.
9. conj. Since; given the fact that.
I don't see the point of putting up Christmas decorations when I am the only person who is going to see them.
10. pron. (interrogative) What time; which time.
Since when do I need your permission?
11. n. The time at which something happens.
A good article will cover the who, the what, the when, the where, the why and the how.
12. interj. That's enough, a command to stop adding something, especially an ingredient of food or drink.
you
1. pron. (object pronoun) The people spoken, or written to, as an object.
2. pron. (reflexive pronoun, now US colloquial) (To) yourselves, (to) yourself.
3. pron. (object pronoun) The person spoken to or written to, as an object. (Replacing thee; originally as a mark of respect.)
4. pron. (subject pronoun) The people spoken to or written to, as a subject. (Replacing ye.)
Both of you should get ready now.
You are all supposed to do as I tell you.
5. pron. (subject pronoun) The person spoken to or written to, as a subject. (Originally as a mark of respect.)
6. pron. (indefinite personal pronoun) Anyone, one; an unspecified individual or group of individuals (as subject or object).
7. det. The individual or group spoken or written to.
Have you gentlemen come to see the lady who fell backwards off a bus?
8. det. Used before epithets for emphasis.
You idiot!
9. v. To address (a person) using the pronoun you, rather than thou, especially historically when you was more formal.
said
1. v. simple past tense and past participle of say
2. adj. Mentioned earlier; aforesaid.
The said party has denied the charges.
3. det. Mentioned earlier; aforesaid.
Said party has denied the charges.
say
1. v. To pronounce.
Please say your name slowly and clearly.
2. v. To recite.
Martha, will you say the Pledge of Allegiance?
3. v. To tell, either verbally or in writing.
He said he would be here tomorrow.
4. v. To indicate in a written form.
The sign says it’s 50 kilometres to Paris.
5. v. (impersonal) To have a common expression; used in singular passive voice or plural active voice to indicate a rumor or well-known fact.
They say "when in Rome, do as the Romans do", which means "behave as those around you do.".
6. v. (informal, imperative) Suppose, assume; used to mark an example, supposition or hypothesis.
A holiday somewhere warm – Florida, say – would be nice.
Say he refuses. What do we do then?
Say your family is starving and you don't have any money, is it ok to steal some food?
7. v. (intransitive) To speak; to express an opinion; to make answer; to reply.
8. v. (transitive, informal, of a possession, especially money) To bet as a wager on an outcome; by extension, used to express belief in an outcome by the speaker.
9. n. A chance to speak; the right or power to influence or make a decision.
10. adv. For example; let us assume.
Pick a color you think they'd like, say, peach.
He was driving pretty fast, say, fifty miles per hour.
11. interj. (colloquial) Used to gain one's attention before making an inquiry or suggestion
Say, what did you think about the movie?
12. n. A type of fine cloth similar to serge.
13. v. To try; to assay.
14. n. Trial by sample; assay; specimen.
15. n. Tried quality; temper; proof.
16. n. Essay; trial; attempt.
17. n. (Scotland) A strainer for milk.
it
1. pron. The third-person singular personal pronoun that is normally used to refer to an inanimate object or abstract entity, also often used to refer to animals.
Put it over there.
Take each day as it comes.
I heard the sound of the school bus - it was early today.
2. pron. A third-person singular personal pronoun used to refer to a child, especially of unknown gender.
She took the baby and held it in her arms.
3. pron. Used to refer to someone being identified, often on the phone, but not limited to this situation.
It's me. John.
Is it her?
4. pron. The impersonal pronoun, used without referent as the subject of an impersonal verb or statement. (known as the dummy pronoun or weather it)
It is nearly 10 o’clock.
It’s 10:45 read ten-forty-five.
It’s very cold today.
It’s lonely without you.
5. pron. The impersonal pronoun, used without referent in various short idioms.
stick it out
live it up
rough it
6. pron. The impersonal pronoun, used as a placeholder for a delayed subject, or less commonly, object; known as the dummy pronoun or, more formally in linguistics, a syntactic expletive. The delayed subject i
It is easy to see how she would think that. (with the infinitive clause headed by to see)
I find it odd that you would say that. (with the noun clause introduced by that)
It is hard seeing you so sick. (with the gerund seeing)
He saw to it that everyone would vote for him. (with the noun clause introduced by that)
It is not clear if the report was true. (with the noun clause introduced by if)
7. pron. All or the end; something after which there is no more.
Are there more students in this class, or is this it?
That's it—I'm not going to any more candy stores with you.
8. pron. (chiefly pejorative, offensive) A third-person singular personal pronoun used to refer to an animate referent who is transgender or is neither female nor male.
9. pron. (obsolete) (Followed by an omitted and understood relative pronoun): That which; what.
10. det. (obsolete) its
11. n. One who is neither a he nor a she; a creature; a dehumanized being.
12. n. The person who chases and tries to catch the other players in the playground game of tag.
In the next game, Adam and Tom will be it…
13. n. (British) The game of tag.
Let's play it at breaktime.
14. n. Sex appeal, especially that which goes beyond beauty.
15. n. (euphemism) Sexual activity.
caught them doing it
16. adj. (colloquial) Most fashionable.
you
1. pron. (object pronoun) The people spoken, or written to, as an object.
2. pron. (reflexive pronoun, now US colloquial) (To) yourselves, (to) yourself.
3. pron. (object pronoun) The person spoken to or written to, as an object. (Replacing thee; originally as a mark of respect.)
4. pron. (subject pronoun) The people spoken to or written to, as a subject. (Replacing ye.)
Both of you should get ready now.
You are all supposed to do as I tell you.
5. pron. (subject pronoun) The person spoken to or written to, as a subject. (Originally as a mark of respect.)
6. pron. (indefinite personal pronoun) Anyone, one; an unspecified individual or group of individuals (as subject or object).
7. det. The individual or group spoken or written to.
Have you gentlemen come to see the lady who fell backwards off a bus?
8. det. Used before epithets for emphasis.
You idiot!
9. v. To address (a person) using the pronoun you, rather than thou, especially historically when you was more formal.
didn't
1. v. did not (negative auxiliaryArnold M. Zwicky and Geoffrey K. Pullum, , Language 59 (3), 1983, pp. 502-513)
did
1. v. simple past tense of do
do
1. v. (auxiliary) A syntactic marker
2. v. (auxiliary) A syntactic marker in a question whose main verb is not another auxiliary verb or be.
Do you go there often?
3. v. (auxiliary) A syntactic marker in negations with the indicative and imperative moods.
I do not go there often.
Do not listen to him.
4. v. (auxiliary) A syntactic marker for emphasis with the indicative, imperative, and subjunctive moods.
But I do go sometimes.
Do tell us.
It is important that he do come see me.
5. v. (pro-verb) A syntactic marker that refers back to an earlier verb and allows the speaker to avoid repeating the verb; not generally used with auxiliari
I play tennis; she does too.
# They don't think it be like it is, but it do.
6. v. To perform; to execute.
All you ever do is surf the Internet. What will you do this afternoon?
7. v. (obsolete) To cause, make (someone) (do something).
8. v. (intransitive, transitive) To suffice.
it’s not the best broom, but it will have to do; this will do me, thanks.
9. v. (intransitive) To be reasonable or acceptable.
It simply will not do to have dozens of children running around such a quiet event.
10. v. To have (as an effect).
The fresh air did him some good.
11. v. (intransitive) To fare, perform (well or poorly).
Our relationship isn't doing very well; how do you do?
12. v. (transitive, chiefly in questions) To have as one's job.
What does Bob do? — He's a plumber.
13. v. To perform the tasks or actions associated with (something)
"Don't forget to do your report" means something quite different depending on whether you're a student or a programmer.
14. v. To cook.
I'll just do some eggs.
15. v. To travel in, to tour, to make a circuit of.
Let’s do New York also.
16. v. To treat in a certain way.
17. v. To work for or on, by way of caring for, looking after, preparing, cleaning, keeping in order, etc.
18. v. (intransitive, obsolete) To act or behave in a certain manner; to conduct oneself.
19. v. (see also do time) To spend (time) in jail.
I did five years for armed robbery.
20. v. To impersonate or depict.
They really laughed when he did Clinton, with a perfect accent and a leer.
21. v. (transitive, slang) To kill.
22. v. (transitive, slang) To deal with for good and all; to finish up; to undo; to ruin; to do for.
23. v. (informal) To punish for a misdemeanor.
He got done for speeding.
Teacher'll do you for that!
24. v. (transitive, slang) To have sex with. (See also do it)
25. v. To cheat or swindle.
That guy just did me out of two hundred bucks!
26. v. To convert into a certain form; especially, to translate.
the novel has just been done into English; I'm going to do this play into a movie
27. v. (transitive, intransitive) To finish.
Aren't you done yet?
28. v. (dated) To work as a domestic servant (with for).
29. v. (archaic, dialectal, transitive, auxiliary) Used to form the present progressive of verbs.
30. v. (stock exchange) To cash or to advance money for, as a bill or note.
31. v. (informal, transitive) To make or provide.
Do they do haircuts there?
Could you do me a burger with mayonnaise instead of ketchup?
32. v. (informal, transitive) To injure (one's own body part).
33. v. To take drugs.
I do cocaine.
34. v. (transitive, in the form be doing somewhere) To exist with a purpose or for a reason.
What's that car doing in our swimming pool? -
35. n. (colloquial) A party, celebration, social function.
We’re having a bit of a do on Saturday to celebrate my birthday.
36. n. (informal) A hairdo.
Nice do!
37. n. Something that can or should be done (usually in the phrase dos and don'ts).
38. n. (obsolete) A deed; an act.
39. n. (archaic) Ado; bustle; stir; to-do; A period of confusion or argument.
40. n. (obsolete, UK, slang) A cheat; a swindler.
41. n. (obsolete, UK, slang) An act of swindling; a fraud or deception.
42. n. (music) A syllable used in solfège to represent the first and eighth tonic of a major scale.
43. adv. (rare) (abbreviation of ditto)
not
1. adv. Negates the meaning of the modified verb.
Did you take out the trash? No, I did not.
Not knowing any better, I went ahead.
2. adv. To no degree.
That is not red; it's orange.
3. conj. And not.
I wanted a plate of shrimp, not a bucket of chicken.
He painted the car blue and black, not solid purple.
4. interj. (slang) Used to indicate that the previous phrase was meant sarcastically or ironically.
I really like hanging out with my little brother watching Barney... not!
Sure, you're perfect the way you are... not!
5. n. Unary logical function NOT, true if input is false, or a gate implementing that negation function.
You need a not there to conform with the negative logic of the memory chip.
6. contraction. (obsolete) Contraction of ne wot, wot not; know not; knows not.
have
Additional archaic forms are second-person singular present tense hast, third-person singular present tense hath, present participle haveing, and second-person singular past tense hadst.
1. v. To possess, own, hold.
I have a house and a car.
Look what I have here — a frog I found on the street!
2. v. To be related in some way to (with the object identifying the relationship).
I have two sisters.
I have a lot of work to do.
3. v. To partake of a particular substance (especially a food or drink) or action.
I have breakfast at six o'clock.
Can I have a look at that?
I'm going to have some pizza and a beer right now.
4. v. To be scheduled to attend or participate in.
What class do you have right now? I have English.
Fred won't be able to come to the party; he has a meeting that day.
5. v. (auxiliary verb, taking a past participle) (Used in forming the perfect aspect and the past perfect aspect.)
I have already eaten today.
I had already eaten.
6. v. (auxiliary verb, taking a to-infinitive) See have to.
I have to go.
7. v. To give birth to.
The couple always wanted to have children.
My wife is having the baby right now!
My mother had me when she was 25.
8. v. To engage in sexual intercourse with.
He's always bragging about how many women he's had.
9. v. To accept as a romantic partner.
Despite my protestations of love, she would not have me.
10. v. (transitive with bare infinitive) To cause to, by a command, request or invitation.
They had me feed their dog while they were out of town.
11. v. (transitive with adjective or adjective-phrase complement) To cause to be.
He had him arrested for trespassing.
The lecture's ending had the entire audience in tears.
12. v. (transitive with bare infinitive) To be affected by an occurrence. (Used in supplying a topic that is not a verb argument.)
The hospital had several patients contract pneumonia last week.
I've had three people today tell me my hair looks nice.
13. v. (transitive with adjective or adjective-phrase complement) To depict as being.
Their stories differed; he said he'd been at work when the incident occurred, but her statement had him at home that entire evening.
14. v. (Used as interrogative auxiliary verb with a following pronoun to form tag questions. (For further discussion, see "Usage notes" below.))
We haven't eaten dinner yet, have we?
Your wife hasn't been reading that nonsense, has she?
(UK usage) He has some money, hasn't he?
15. v. (UK, slang) To defeat in a fight; take.
I could have him!
I'm gonna have you!
16. v. (dated) To be able to speak a language.
I have no German.
17. v. To feel or be (especially painfully) aware of.
Dan certainly has arms today, probably from scraping paint off four columns the day before.
18. v. To be afflicted with, suffer from.
He had a cold last week.
19. v. To experience, go through, undergo.
We had a hard year last year, with the locust swarms and all that.
He had surgery on his hip yesterday.
I'm having the time of my life!
20. v. To trick, to deceive.
You had me alright! I never would have thought that was just a joke.
21. v. (transitive, often with present participle) To allow; to tolerate.
The child screamed incessantly for his mother to buy him a toy, but she wasn't having any of it.
I asked my dad if I could go to the concert this Thursday, but he wouldn't have it since it's a school night.
22. v. (transitive, often used in the negative) To believe, buy, be taken in by.
I made up an excuse as to why I was out so late, but my wife wasn't having any of it.
23. v. To host someone; to take in as a guest.
Thank you for having me!
24. v. To get a reading, measurement, or result from an instrument or calculation.
What do you have for problem two?
I have two contacts on my scope.
25. v. (transitive, of a jury) To consider a court proceeding that has been completed; to begin deliberations on a case.
We'll schedule closing arguments for Thursday, and the jury will have the case by that afternoon.
26. n. A wealthy or privileged person.
27. n. (uncommon) One who has some (contextually specified) thing.
28. n. (AU, NZ, informal) A fraud or deception; something misleading.
They advertise it as a great deal, but I think it's a bit of a have.
a
1. art. One; any indefinite example of; used to denote a singular item of a group.
There was a man here looking for you yesterday.
2. art. Used in conjunction with the adjectives score, dozen, hundred, thousand, and million, as a function word.
I've seen it happen a hundred times.
3. art. One certain or particular; any single.Brown, Lesley, (2003)
We've received an interesting letter from a Mrs. Miggins of London.
4. art. The same; one.
We are of a mind on matters of morals.
5. art. Any, every; used before a noun which has become modified to limit its scope; also used with a negative to indicate not a single one.Lindberg, Christine A. (2007)
A man who dies intestate leaves his children troubles and difficulties.
He fell all that way, and hasn't a bump on his head?
6. art. Used before plural nouns modified by few, good many, couple, great many, etc.
7. art. Someone or something like; similar to; Used before a proper noun to create an example out of it.
The center of the village was becoming a Times Square.
8. prep. (archaic) To do with position or direction; In, on, at, by, towards, onto.
Stand a tiptoe.
9. prep. To do with separation; In, into.
Torn a pieces.
10. prep. To do with time; Each, per, in, on, by.
I brush my teeth twice a day.
11. prep. (obsolete) To do with method; In, with.
12. prep. (obsolete) To do with role or capacity; In.
A God’s name.
13. prep. To do with status; In.
King James Bible (II Chronicles 2:18)
To set the people a worke.
14. prep. (archaic) To do with process, with a passive verb; In the course of, experiencing.
1964, Bob Dylan, The Times They Are a-Changin’
The times, they are a-changin'.
15. prep. (archaic) To do with an action, an active verb; Engaged in.
1611, King James Bible, Hebrews 11-21
Jacob, when he was a dying
16. prep. (archaic) To do with an action/movement; To, into.
17. v. (archaic, or slang) Have.
I'd a come, if you'd a asked.
18. pron. (obsolete, outside, England, and Scotland dialects) He.
19. interj. A meaningless syllable; ah.
20. prep. (archaic, slang) Of.
The name of John a Gaunt.
21. adv. (chiefly Scotland) All.
22. adj. (chiefly Scotland) All.
diocese
1. n. Administrative division of the later Roman Empire, starting with the tetrarchy.
2. n. (religion) Region administered by a bishop.
yet
1. adv. (usually with negative) Thus far; up to the present; up to some specified time.
He has never yet been late for an appointment; I’m not yet wise enough to answer that; Have you finished yet?
2. adv. Continuously up to the current time; still.
The workers went to the factory early and are striking yet.
3. adv. At some future time; eventually.
The riddle will be solved yet.
4. adv. (after certain copulative verbs, followed by an infinitive) Not as of the time referenced.
I've yet to see him. — I have not yet seen him.
I had yet to go to a convention. — I had not yet gone to a convention.
He seemed yet to be convinced. — He seemed not yet to have been convinced.
5. adv. In addition.
There are two hours yet to go until our destination.
6. adv. (degree) Even.
K-2 is yet higher than this.
7. conj. Nevertheless; however; but; despite that.
I thought I knew you, yet how wrong I was.
8. v. (dialectal) To melt; found; cast, as metal.
9. n. (dialectal) A metal pan or boiler; yetling.

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