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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.
news
     1. n. New information of interest.
           Is there any news about the storm?
           That was not much news in the press release.
     2. n. Information about current events disseminated via media.
           Did you hear/read/see the latest news?
           The news is that a new leader will be elected in one month.
     3. n. (computing, internet) posts published on newsgroups
     4. v. (transitive, archaic) To report; to make known.
bureau
     1. n. An administrative unit of government; office.
     2. n. An organization or office for collecting or providing information or news.
           a news bureau; a travel bureau; a service bureau; an employment bureau; the Citizens Advice Bureau
     3. n. An office (room where clerical or professional duties are performed).
     4. n. (chiefly British) A desk, usually with a cover and compartments that are located above the level of the writing surface rather than underneath, and often used for storing papers.
     5. n. (US) A chest of drawers for clothes.
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.
travel
     1. v. (intransitive) To be on a journey, often for pleasure or business and with luggage; to go from one place to another.
           I like to travel.
     2. v. (intransitive) To pass from here to there; to move or transmit; to go from one place to another.
           Soundwaves can travel through water.
     3. v. (intransitive, basketball) To move illegally by walking or running without dribbling the ball.
     4. v. To travel throughout (a place).
           I’ve travelled the world.
     5. v. To force to journey.
     6. v. (obsolete) To labour; to travail.
     7. n. The act of traveling.
           space travel
           travel to Spain
     8. n. A series of journeys.
     9. n. An account of one's travels.
           I’m off on my travels around France again.
     10. n. The activity or traffic along a route or through a given point.
     11. n. The working motion of a piece of machinery; the length of a mechanical stroke.
           There was a lot of travel in the handle, because the tool was out of adjustment.
           My drill press has a travel of only 1.5 inches.
     12. n. (obsolete) Labour; parturition; travail.
bureau
     1. n. An administrative unit of government; office.
     2. n. An organization or office for collecting or providing information or news.
           a news bureau; a travel bureau; a service bureau; an employment bureau; the Citizens Advice Bureau
     3. n. An office (room where clerical or professional duties are performed).
     4. n. (chiefly British) A desk, usually with a cover and compartments that are located above the level of the writing surface rather than underneath, and often used for storing papers.
     5. n. (US) A chest of drawers for clothes.
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.
service
     1. n. An act of being of assistance to someone.
           I say I did him a service by ending our relationship - now he can freely pursue his career.
     2. n. (economics) The practice of providing such a service as economic activity.
           Hair care is a service industry.
     3. n. A department in a company, an organization, a government department, etc.
     4. n. (computing) A function that is provided by one program or machine for another.
           This machine provides the name service for the LAN.
     5. n. The state of being subordinate to or employed by an individual or group
           Lancelot was at the service of King Arthur.
     6. n. The military.
           I did three years in the service before coming here.
     7. n. (anchor, silverware)A set of dishes or utensils.
           She brought out the silver tea service.
     8. n. (sports) The act of initially starting, or serving, the ball in play in tennis, volleyball, and other games.
           The player had four service faults in the set.
     9. n. A religious rite or ritual.
           The funeral service was touching.
     10. n. (legal) The serving, or delivery, of a summons or writ.
           The service happened yesterday.
     11. n. (Israel, West Bank, also in Jordan, Lebanon and Syria) A taxi shared among unrelated passengers, each of whom pays part of the fare; often, it has a fixed route between cities.
     12. n. A musical composition for use in churches.
     13. n. (obsolete) Profession of respect; acknowledgment of duty owed.
     14. n. (nautical) The materials used for serving a rope, etc., such as spun yarn and small lines.
     15. v. To serve.
           They service the customer base.
     16. v. To perform maintenance.
           He is going to service the car.
     17. v. (transitive, agriculture, euphemistic) To inseminate through sexual intercourse
     18. v. (transitive, vulgar) To perform a sexual act.
           He was going to service her.
     19. n. service tree
bureau
     1. n. An administrative unit of government; office.
     2. n. An organization or office for collecting or providing information or news.
           a news bureau; a travel bureau; a service bureau; an employment bureau; the Citizens Advice Bureau
     3. n. An office (room where clerical or professional duties are performed).
     4. n. (chiefly British) A desk, usually with a cover and compartments that are located above the level of the writing surface rather than underneath, and often used for storing papers.
     5. n. (US) A chest of drawers for clothes.
an
     1. art. Form of a used before a vowel sound
     2. art. (now quite rare) Form of a used before 'h' in an unstressed syllable
     3. art. (nonstandard) Form of a used before 'h' in a stressed syllable
     4. conj. (archaic) If
     5. conj. (archaic) So long as.
           An it harm none, do what ye will.
     6. conj. (archaic) As if; as though.
     7. n. The first letter of the Georgian alphabet, ა (Mkhedruli), Ⴀ (Asomtavruli) or ⴀ (Nuskhuri).
     8. prep. In each; to or for each; per.
           I was only going twenty miles an hour.
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
bureau
     1. n. An administrative unit of government; office.
     2. n. An organization or office for collecting or providing information or news.
           a news bureau; a travel bureau; a service bureau; an employment bureau; the Citizens Advice Bureau
     3. n. An office (room where clerical or professional duties are performed).
     4. n. (chiefly British) A desk, usually with a cover and compartments that are located above the level of the writing surface rather than underneath, and often used for storing papers.
     5. n. (US) A chest of drawers for clothes.
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.
Citizens
     1. n. plural of Citizen
     2. n. plural of citizen
     citizen
          1. n. (obsolete) A resident of a city or town, particularly:
          2. n.          (historical) A freeman or burgher: a legally-recognized member of an incorporated city.
          3. n.          (obsolete) A member of the early modern urban middle class, distinguished from nobles and landed gentry on one side and from peasants, craftsmen, and l
          4. n.          (Christianity) A resident or future resident of the heavenly city or (later) of the kingdom of God: a Christian; a good Christian.
          5. n. A legally-recognized member of a state, with associated rights and obligations; a person considered in terms of this role, particularly:
                I am a Roman citizen.
          6. n.          (dated) A member of a state that is not a monarchy.
                        Formerly, the citizens of republics were distinguished from the subjects living in kingdoms.
          7. n.          (historical, usually capitalized) A term of address among French citizens during the French Revolution or towards its supporters elsewhere; (later, dat
          8. n. An inhabitant: a member of any place.
                Diogenes reckoned himself a citizen of the world.
          9. n. A private citizen: a civilian, as opposed to a police officer, professional soldier, or other (usually state) group.
          10. n. (computing) An object.
advice
     1. n. An opinion recommended or offered, as worthy to be followed; counsel.
           She was offered various piece of advice on what to do with her new-found wealth.
     2. n. (obsolete) Deliberate consideration; knowledge.
           How shall I dote on her with more advice, That thus without advice begin to love her?
     3. n. (archaic, commonly in plural) Information or news given; intelligence
           late advices from France
     4. n. In commercial language, information communicated by letter; used chiefly in reference to drafts or bills of exchange
           a letter of advice
     5. n. (legal) Counseling to perform a specific illegal act.
     6. n. (programming) In aspect-oriented programming, the code whose execution is triggered when a join point is reached.
     7. v. misspelling of advise
bureau
     1. n. An administrative unit of government; office.
     2. n. An organization or office for collecting or providing information or news.
           a news bureau; a travel bureau; a service bureau; an employment bureau; the Citizens Advice Bureau
     3. n. An office (room where clerical or professional duties are performed).
     4. n. (chiefly British) A desk, usually with a cover and compartments that are located above the level of the writing surface rather than underneath, and often used for storing papers.
     5. n. (US) A chest of drawers for clothes.
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