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without
1. adv. (archaic, or literary) Outside, externally.
2. adv. Lacking something.
Being from a large, poor family, he learned to live without.
3. adv. (euphemism) In prostitution: without a condom being worn.
4. prep. (archaic, or literary) Outside of, beyond.
The snow was swirling without the cottage, but it was warm within.
5. prep. Not having, containing, characteristic of, etc.
It was a mistake to leave my house without a coat.
6. prep. Not doing or not having done something.
He likes to eat everything without sharing.
He shot without warning anyone.
7. conj. (archaic, otherwise nonstandard) Unless, except (introducing a clause).
visible
1. adj. Able to be seen.
When the sun rises, the world becomes visible.
efforts
1. n. plural of effort
effort
1. n. The work involved in performing an activity; exertion.
It took a lot of effort to find a decent-sized, fully-furnished apartment within walking distance of the office. He made a conscious effort to not appear affected by the stories in
2. n. An endeavour.
Although he didn't win any medals, Johnson's effort at the Olympics won over many fans.
3. n. A force acting on a body in the direction of its motion.
4. v. (uncommon, intransitive) To make an effort.
5. v. (obsolete, transitive) To stimulate.
He
1. pron. honoraltcaps, he
I love the Lord for He is Great and Holy.
2. pron. (personal) A male person or animal already known or implied.
3. pron. (personal, sometimes proscribed, see usage notes) A person whose gender is unknown or irrelevant.
The rulebook clearly states that "if any student is caught cheating, he will be expelled", and you were caught cheating, were you not, Anna?
4. pron. (personal) An animal whose gender is unknown.
5. n. The game of tag, or it, in which the player attempting to catch the others is called "he".
6. n. (informal) A male.
Alex totally is a he.
7. n. The name of the fifth letter of many Semitic alphabets (Phoenician, Aramaic, Hebrew, Syriac, Arabic and others).
collected
1. adj. (not comparable) Gathered together.
the collected works of Charles Dickens
2. adj. cool-headed, Cool‐headed, emotionally stable, in focus.
He stayed collected throughout the ordeal.
3. v. simple past tense and past participle of collect
collect
1. v. To gather together; amass.
Suzanne collected all the papers she had laid out.
The team uses special equipment to collect data on temperature, wind speed and rainfall.
2. v. To get; particularly, get from someone.
A bank collects a monthly payment on a client's new car loan. A mortgage company collects a monthly payment on a house.
3. v. To accumulate (a number of similar or related objects), particularly for a hobby or recreation.
John Henry collects stamps.
I don't think he collects as much as hoards.
4. v. (transitive, now rare) To form a conclusion; to deduce, infer. (Compare gather, get.)
5. v. (intransitive, often with on or against) To collect payments.
He had a lot of trouble collecting on that bet he made.
6. v. (intransitive) To come together in a group or mass.
The rain collected in puddles.
7. v. To infer; to conclude.
8. v. (transitive, of a vehicle or driver) To collide with or crash into (another vehicle or obstacle).
The truck veered across the central reservation and collected a car that was travelling in the opposite direction.
9. adj. To be paid for by the recipient, as a telephone call or a shipment.
It was to be a collect delivery, but no-one was available to pay.
10. adv. With payment due from the recipient.
I had to call collect.
11. n. (sometimes capitalized)
12. n. (Christianity) The prayer said before the reading of the epistle lesson, especially one found in a prayerbook, as with the Book of Common Prayer.
He used the day's collect as the basis of his sermon.
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
than
1. conj. (obsolete, outside, dialects, usually used with for) Because; for.
2. conj. Used in comparisons, to introduce the basis of comparison.
she's taller than I am; she found his advice more witty than helpful; we have less work today than we had yesterday; it's bigger than I thought it was
3. prep. introduces a comparison, and is associated with comparatives, and with words such as more, less, and fewer. Typically, it seeks to measure the force of an adjective or similar description between two
Patients diagnosed more recently are probably surviving an average of longer than two years.
4. adv. (now chiefly dialectal) At that time; then.
His
1. pron. honoraltcaps, his
2. det. Belonging to him.
3. det. (dated) Belonging to a person of unspecified gender.
4. det. (obsolete) Its; belonging to it. (Now only when implying personification.)
5. det. (archaic) Used as a genitive marker in place of ’s after a noun, especially a masculine noun ending in -s, to express the possessive case.
Ahab his mark for Ahab's mark.
Sejanus his Fall
6. pron. That which belongs to him; the possessive case of he, used without a following noun.
The decision was his to live with.
7. pron. alternative spelling of His
8. n. plural of hi
share
1. n. A portion of something, especially a portion given or allotted to someone.
2. n. (finance) A financial instrument that shows that one owns a part of a company that provides the benefit of limited liability.
3. n. (computing) A configuration enabling a resource to be shared over a network.
Upload media from the browser or directly to the file share.
4. n. (internet) The action of sharing something with other people via social media.
5. n. The sharebone or pubis.
6. v. To give part of what one has to somebody else to use or consume.
7. v. To have or use in common.
to share a shelter with another; They share a language.
8. v. To divide and distribute.
9. v. To tell to another.
He shared his story with the press.
10. n. (agriculture) The cutting blade of an agricultural machine like a plough, a cultivator or a seeding-machine.
11. v. (transitive, obsolete) To cut; to shear; to cleave; to divide.
12. v. cln, en, basic words, terms with multiple etymologies
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.
quangos
1. n. plural of quango
quango
1. n. (Britain) An organization that, although financed by a government, acts independently of it.
nationalised
1. v. simple past tense and past participle of nationalise
nationalise
1. v. (non-Oxford British) standard spelling of nationalize
boards
1. n. plural of board
2. n. (informal, with "the") A stage (as in a theater).
3. n. Structure around a rink for ice hockey.
4. n. (publishing, informal) A hardcover binding on a book.
His new novel just came out in boards. The paperback will follow in about a year.
5. n. Examinations given for entry to college or to qualify for a profession.
6. v. third-person singular present indicative of board
board
1. n. A relatively long, wide and thin piece of any material, usually wood or similar, often for use in construction or furniture-making.
2. n. A device (e.g., switchboard) containing electrical switches and other controls and designed to control lights, sound, telephone connections, etc.
3. n. A flat surface with markings for playing a board game.
Each player starts the game with four counters on the board.
4. n. (Short for blackboard, whiteboard, chessboard, surfboard, message board (on the Internet), etc.)
5. n. A committee that manages the business of an organization, e.g., a board of directors.
We have to wait to hear back from the board.
6. n. Regular meals or the amount paid for them in a place of lodging.
Room and board
7. n. (nautical) The side of a ship.
8. n. (nautical) The distance a sailing vessel runs between tacks when working to windward.
9. n. (ice hockey) The wall that surrounds an ice hockey rink, often in plural.
10. n. (archaic) A long, narrow table, like that used in a medieval dining hall.
11. n. Paper made thick and stiff like a board, for book covers, etc.; pasteboard.
to bind a book in boards
12. n. (video games) A level or stage having a particular layout.
13. n. (duplicate bridge) A container for holding pre-dealt cards that is used to allow multiple sets of players to play the same cards.
14. v. To step or climb onto or otherwise enter a ship, aircraft, train or other conveyance.
It is time to board the aircraft.
15. v. To provide someone with meals and lodging, usually in exchange for money.
to board one's horse at a livery stable
16. v. To receive meals and lodging in exchange for money.
17. v. (transitive, nautical) To capture an enemy ship by going alongside and grappling her, then invading her with a boarding party
18. v. (intransitive) To obtain meals, or meals and lodgings, statedly for compensation
19. v. (transitive, now rare) To approach (someone); to make advances to, accost.
20. v. To cover with boards or boarding.
to board a house
21. v. To hit (someone) with a wooden board.
22. v. To write something on a board, especially a blackboard or whiteboard.
23. n. (basketball, informal) A rebound.
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.
review
1. n. A second or subsequent reading of a text or artifact in an attempt to gain new insights.
I need to make a review of the book before I can understand it.
2. n. An account intended as a critical evaluation of a text or a piece of work.
The newspaper review was full of praise for the play.
3. n. (legal) A judicial reassessment of a case or an event.
The victims demanded a full judicial review of the case.
4. n. A stage show made up of topical sketches etc.
The Cambridge Footlights Review launched many Monty Python faces.
5. n. A survey of the available items or material.
The magazine contained a review of Paris restaurants.
6. n. A periodical which makes a survey of the arts or some other field.
The Times Literary Review is published in London.
7. n. A military inspection or display for the benefit of superiors or VIPs.
The troops assembled for a review by the Queen.
8. n. A forensic inspection to assess compliance with regulations or some code.
The regulators demanded a review against NYSE practices.
9. v. To survey; to look broadly over.
Before I tackle the question directly, I must briefly review historical approaches to the problem.
10. v. To write a critical evaluation of a new art work etc.; to write a review.
The critic reviews every new play in London.
11. v. To look back over in order to correct or edit; to revise.
12. v. (transitive, US, Canada) To look over again (something previously written or learned), especially in preparation for an examination.
13. v. (obsolete) To view or see again; to look back on.
14. v. (obsolete) To retrace; to go over again.
bodies
1. n. plural of body.
2. v. third-person singular present indicative of body
body
1. n. Physical frame.
2. n. The physical structure of a human or animal seen as one single organism.
I saw them walking from a distance, their bodies strangely angular in the dawn light.
3. n. The fleshly or corporeal nature of a human, as opposed to the spirit or soul.
The body is driven by desires, but the soul is at peace.
4. n. A corpse.
Her body was found at four o'clock, just two hours after the murder.
5. n. (archaic, or informal except in compounds) A person.
What's a body gotta do to get a drink around here?
6. n. Main section.
7. n. The torso, the main structure of a human or animal frame excluding the extremities (limbs, head, tail).
The boxer took a blow to the body.
8. n. The largest or most important part of anything, as distinct from its appendages or accessories.
The bumpers and front tyres were ruined, but the body of the car was in remarkable shape.
9. n. (archaic) The section of a dress extending from the neck to the waist, excluding the arms.
Penny was in the scullery, pressing the body of her new dress.
10. n. The content of a letter, message, or other printed or electronic document, as distinct from signatures, salutations, headers, and so on.
11. n. (programming) The code of a subroutine, contrasted to its signature and parameters.
In many programming languages, the method body is enclosed in braces.
12. n. Coherent group.
13. n. A group of people having a common purpose or opinion; a mass.
I was escorted from the building by a body of armed security guards.
14. n. An organisation, company or other authoritative group.
The local train operating company is the managing body for this section of track.
15. n. A unified collection of details, knowledge or information.
We have now amassed a body of evidence which points to one conclusion.
16. n. Material entity.
17. n. Any physical object or material thing.
All bodies are held together by internal forces.
18. n. Substance; physical presence.
We have given body to what was just a vague idea.
19. n. Comparative viscosity, solidity or substance (in wine, colours etc.).
The red wine, sadly, lacked body.
20. n. An agglomeration of some substance, especially one that would be otherwise un.
The English Channel is a body of water lying between Great Britain and France.
21. n. (printing) The shank of a type, or the depth of the shank (by which the size is indicated).
a nonpareil face on an agate body
22. n. (geometry) A three-dimensional object, such as a cube or cone.
23. v. To give body or shape to something.
24. v. To construct the bodywork of a car.
25. v. To embody.
26. v. (transitive, slang) To murder someone.
27. v. (transitive, slang) To utterly defeat someone.
28. v. (transitive, slang) to hard counter a particular character build or play style. Frequently used in the passive voice form, get bodied by.
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.
He
1. pron. honoraltcaps, he
I love the Lord for He is Great and Holy.
2. pron. (personal) A male person or animal already known or implied.
3. pron. (personal, sometimes proscribed, see usage notes) A person whose gender is unknown or irrelevant.
The rulebook clearly states that "if any student is caught cheating, he will be expelled", and you were caught cheating, were you not, Anna?
4. pron. (personal) An animal whose gender is unknown.
5. n. The game of tag, or it, in which the player attempting to catch the others is called "he".
6. n. (informal) A male.
Alex totally is a he.
7. n. The name of the fifth letter of many Semitic alphabets (Phoenician, Aramaic, Hebrew, Syriac, Arabic and others).
also
1. adv. (conjunctive, focus) In addition; besides; as well; further; too.
They had porridge for breakfast, and also toast.
2. adv. (obsolete) To the same degree or extent; so, as.
served
1. v. simple past tense and past participle of serve
serve
1. n. (sports) An act of putting the ball or shuttlecock in play in various games.
Whose serve is it?
2. n. (chiefly Australia) A portion of food or drink, a serving.
3. v. (personal) To provide a service.
4. v. To be a formal servant for (a god or deity); to worship in an official capacity.
5. v. To be a servant for; to work for, to be employed by.
6. v. To wait upon (someone) at table; to set food and drink in front of, to help (someone) to food, meals etc.
7. v. (intransitive) To be a servant or worker; to perform the duties of a servant or employee; to render service.
8. v. To set down (food or drink) on the table to be eaten; to bring (food, drink) to a person.
9. v. (transitive, archaic) To treat (someone) in a given manner.
10. v. (transitive, archaic) To be suitor to; to be the lover of.
11. v. To be effective.
12. v. To be useful to; to meet the needs of.
13. v. (intransitive) To have a given use or purpose; to function for something or to do something.
14. v. (intransitive) To usefully take the place as, instead of something else.
15. v. (transitive, legal) To deliver a document.
16. v. To officially deliver (a legal notice, summons etc.).
17. v. To make legal service upon (a person named in a writ, summons, etc.)
to serve a witness with a subpoena
18. v. (transitive, intransitive, sports) To lead off with the first delivery over the net in tennis, volleyball, ping pong, badminton etc.
19. v. To copulate with (of male animals); to cover.
20. v. (intransitive) To be in military service.
21. v. (transitive, military) To work, to operate (a weapon).
22. v. To work through (a given period of time in prison, a sentence).
23. v. (nautical) To wind spun yarn etc. tightly around (a rope or cable, etc.) so as to protect it from chafing or from the weather.
24. v. To perform a public obligation.
I've received a summons for jury duty. It says I serve one day or one trial.
on
1. adj. In the state of being active, functioning or operating.
2. adj. Performing according to schedule.
Are we still on for tonight?
Is the show still on?
3. adj. (chiefly UK, informal, usually negative) Acceptable, appropriate.
You can't do that; it's just not on.
4. adj. (informal) Destined, normally in the context of a challenge being accepted; involved, doomed.
"Five bucks says the Cavs win tonight." ―"You're on!".
Mike just threw coffee onto Paul's lap. It's on now.
5. adj. (baseball, informal) Having reached a base as a runner and being positioned there, awaiting further action from a subsequent batter.
6. adj. (euphemistic) Menstruating.
7. adv. To an operating state.
turn the television on
8. adv. Along, forwards (continuing an action).
drive on, rock on
9. adv. In continuation, at length.
and so on.
He rambled on and on.
10. adv. (not US) Later.
Ten years on, nothing had changed in the village.
11. prep. Positioned at the upper surface of, touching from above.
on the table; on the couch
The parrot was sitting on Jim's shoulder.
12. prep. At or near; adjacent to.
Soon we'll pass a statue on the left.
The fleet is on the American coast.
Croton-on-Hudson, Rostov-on-Don, Southend-on-Sea
13. prep. Covering.
He wore old shoes on his feet.
14. prep. At the date of.
Born on the 4th of July.
15. prep. Some time during the day of.
I'll see you on Monday. The bus leaves on Friday. Can I see you on a different day? On Sunday I'm busy.
16. prep. Dealing with the subject of, about, or concerning something.
A book on history. The World Summit on the Information Society.
17. prep. Touching; hanging from.
The fruit ripened on the trees. The painting hangs on the wall.
18. prep. (informal) In the possession of.
I haven't got any money on me.
19. prep. Because of, or due to.
To arrest someone on suspicion of bribery. To contact someone on a hunch.
20. prep. Upon; at the time of (and often because of).
On Jack's entry, William got up to leave.
On the addition of ammonia, a chemical reaction begins.
21. prep. Paid for by.
The drinks are on me tonight, boys. The meal is on the house. I paid for the airfare and meals for my family, but the hotel room was on the company.
22. prep. Used to indicate a means or medium.
I saw it on television. Can't you see I'm on the phone?
23. prep. Indicating a means of subsistence.
They lived on ten dollars a week. The dog survived three weeks on rainwater.
24. prep. Away or occupied with (e.g. a scheduled activity).
He's on his lunch break. on vacation; on holiday
25. prep. Denoting performance or action by contact with the surface, upper part, or outside of anything; hence, by means of; with.
to play on a violin or piano
Her words made a lasting impression on my mind.
26. prep. Regularly taking (a drug).
You've been on these antidepressants far too long. He's acting so strangely, I think he must be on something.
27. prep. Under the influence of (a drug).
He's acting crazy because he's on crack right now.
28. prep. (mathematics) Having identical domain and codomain.
a function on
29. prep. (mathematics) HavingV^n as domain and V as codomain, for some set V and integer n.
an operator on
30. prep. (mathematics) Generated by.
the free group on four letters
31. prep. Supported by (the specified part of itself).
A table can't stand on two legs. After resting on his elbows, he stood on his toes, then walked on his heels.
32. prep. At a given time after the start of something; at.
33. prep. In addition to; besides; indicating multiplication or succession in a series.
heaps on heaps of food
mischief on mischief; loss on loss
34. prep. (obsolete, regional) of
35. prep. Indicating dependence or reliance; with confidence in.
I depended on them for assistance.
He will promise on certain conditions.
Do you ever bet on horses?
36. prep. Toward; for; indicating the object of an emotion.
Have pity or compassion on him.
37. prep. (obsolete) At the peril of, or for the safety of.
38. prep. In the service of; connected with; of the number of.
He is on a newspaper; I am on the committee.
39. prep. By virtue of; with the pledge of.
He affirmed or promised on his word, or on his honour.
40. prep. To the account or detriment of; denoting imprecation or invocation, or coming to, falling, or resting upon.
On us be all the blame.
A curse on him!
Please don't tell on her and get her in trouble.
He turned on her and has been her enemy ever since.
He went all honest on me, making me listen to his confession.
41. v. (transitive, Singapore, Philippines) to switch on
Can you on the light?
42. prep. (UK dialectal, Scotland) Without.
43. n. In the Japanese language, a pronunciation, or reading, of a kanji character that was originally based on the character's pronunciation in Chinese, contrasted with kun.
Most kanji have two kinds of reading, called "on" and "kun".
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.
employment
1. n. A use, purpose
2. n. The act of employing
The personnel director handled the whole employment procedure
3. n. The state of being employed
4. n. The work or occupation for which one is used, and often paid
5. n. An activity to which one devotes time
6. n. (economics) The number or percentage of people at work
appeals
1. n. plural of appeal
2. v. third-person singular present indicative of appeal
appeal
1. v. (transitive, obsolete) To accuse (someone of something).
2. v. (transitive, legal, chiefly US, informal elsewhere) To apply for the removal of a cause from an inferior to a superior judge or court for the purpose of reexamination or for decision.
3. v. (intransitive) To call upon another to decide a question controverted, to corroborate a statement, to vindicate one's rights, etc.
4. v. (intransitive) To call on (someone) for aid
I appeal to all of you to help the orphans.
5. v. (intransitive) To be attractive.
That idea appeals to me.
6. v. (intransitive, cricket) To ask an umpire for a decision on whether a batsman is out or not, usually by saying "How's that" or "Howzat".
7. v. To summon; to challenge.
8. v. To invoke.
9. n. legal
10. n. An application for the removal of a cause or suit from an inferior to a superior judge or court for re-examination or review.
11. n. The mode of proceeding by which such removal is effected.
12. n. The right of appeal.
13. n. An accusation; a process which formerly might be instituted by one private person against another for some heinous crime demanding punishment for the p
14. n. An accusation of a felon at common law by one of his accomplices, which accomplice was then called an approver.
15. n. A summons to answer to a charge.
16. n. A call to a person or an authority for help, proof or a decision; entreaty.
He made an appeal for volunteers to help at the festival.
17. n. (cricket) The act, by the fielding side, of asking an umpire for a decision on whether a batsman is out or not.
18. n. Resort to physical means; recourse.
19. n. The power to attract or interest.
tribunal
1. n. An assembly including one or more judges to conduct judicial business; a court of law.
2. n. (Philippines, historical) A kind of village hall used to transact business, to quarter troops and travellers, and to confine prisoners.

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