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standard
     1. adj. Falling within an accepted range of size, amount, power, quality, etc.
     2. adj. (of a tree or shrub) Growing alone as a free-standing plant; not trained on a post etc.
     3. adj. Having recognized excellence or authority.
           standard works in history; standard authors
     4. adj. Of a usable or serviceable grade or quality.
     5. adj. (not comparable, of a motor vehicle) Having a manual transmission.
     6. adj. As normally supplied (not optional).
     7. adj. (linguistics) Conforming to the standard variety.
     8. n. A principle or example or measure used for comparison.
     9. n.          A level of quality or attainment.
     10. n.          Something used as a measure for comparative evaluations; a model.
     11. n.          A musical work of established popularity.
     12. n.          A rule or set of rules or requirements which are widely agreed upon or imposed by government.
     13. n.          The proportion of weights of fine metal and alloy established for coinage.
     14. n.          A bottle of wine containing 0.750 liters of fluid.
     15. n.          (India) Grade level in primary education.
                   I am in fifth standard.
     16. n. A vertical pole with something at its apex.
     17. n.          An object supported in an upright position, such as a lamp standard.
     18. n.          The flag or ensign carried by a military unit.
     19. n.          One of the upright members that supports the horizontal axis of a transit or theodolite.
     20. n.          Any upright support, such as one of the poles of a scaffold.
     21. n.          A tree of natural size supported by its own stem, and not dwarfed by grafting on the stock of a smaller species nor trained upon a wall or trellis.
     22. n.          The sheth of a plough.
     23. n. A manual transmission vehicle.
     24. n. (botany) The upper petal or banner of a papilionaceous corolla.
     25. n. (shipbuilding) An inverted knee timber placed upon the deck instead of beneath it, with its vertical branch turned upward from that which lies horizontally.
     26. n. A large drinking cup.
     27. n. (sociolinguistics) standard idiom, a prestigious or standardized language variety; standard language(Cite book, author=Jack Croft Richards, author2=Richard W. Schmidt, title=Longman Dictionary of Lang
spelling
     1. v. present participle of spell
     2. n. The act, practice, ability, or subject of forming words with letters, or of reading the letters of words; orthography.
     3. n. The manner of spelling of words; correct spelling.
     4. n. A specific spelling of a word.
     5. n. (US, rare dated or un) A spelling test or spelling bee.
     spell
          1. n. Words or a formula supposed to have magical powers.
                He cast a spell to cure warts.
          2. n. A magical effect or influence induced by an incantation or formula.
                under a spell
          3. n. (obsolete) Speech, discourse.
          4. v. To put under the influence of a spell; to affect by a spell; to bewitch; to fascinate; to charm.
          5. v. (obsolete) To speak, to declaim.
          6. v. (obsolete) To tell; to relate; to teach.
          7. v. (transitive, obsolete) To read (something) as though letter by letter; to peruse slowly or with effort.
          8. v. (transitive, sometimes with “out”) To write or say the letters that form a word or part of a word.
          9. v. (intransitive) To be able to write or say the letters that form words.
                I find it difficult to spell because I'm dyslexic.
          10. v. Of letters: to compose (a word).
                The letters “a”, “n” and “d” spell “and”.
          11. v. (transitive, figuratively) To indicate that (some event) will occur.
                This spells trouble.
          12. v. (transitive figuratively, with “out”) To clarify; to explain in detail.
                Please spell it out for me.
          13. v. To constitute; to measure.
          14. v. To work in place of (someone).
                to spell the helmsman
          15. v. To rest (someone or something), to give someone or something a rest or break.
                They spelled the horses and rested in the shade of some trees near a brook.
          16. v. (intransitive, colloquial) To rest from work for a time.
          17. n. A shift (of work); (rare) a set of workers responsible for a specific turn of labour.
          18. n. (informal) A definite period (of work or other activity).
          19. n. (colloquial) An indefinite period of time (usually with a qualifier); (by extension,) a relatively short distance.
          20. n. A period of rest; time off.
          21. n. (colloquial, US) A period of illness, or sudden interval of bad spirits, disease etc.
          22. n. (cricket) An uninterrupted series of alternate overs bowled by a single bowler.
          23. n. (dialectal) A splinter, usually of wood; a spelk.
          24. n. The wooden bat in the game of trap ball, or knurr and spell.
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.
from=non
Oxford
     1. n. A variety of shoe, typically made of heavy leather.
     2. n. (by ellipsis) An Oxford Dictionary.
     3. n. alternative case form of Oxford (cloth)
     4. n. alternative case form of Oxford (shoe)
British
     1. adj. Of Britain
     2. adj. Of the United Kingdom.
     3. adj. Of the Commonwealth of Nations, or the British Empire.
     4. adj. (historical) Of the ancient inhabitants of the southern part of Britain; Brythonic.
     5. adj. (historical) Of the British Isles.
     6. adj. Of British English.
spelling
     1. v. present participle of spell
     2. n. The act, practice, ability, or subject of forming words with letters, or of reading the letters of words; orthography.
     3. n. The manner of spelling of words; correct spelling.
     4. n. A specific spelling of a word.
     5. n. (US, rare dated or un) A spelling test or spelling bee.
     spell
          1. n. Words or a formula supposed to have magical powers.
                He cast a spell to cure warts.
          2. n. A magical effect or influence induced by an incantation or formula.
                under a spell
          3. n. (obsolete) Speech, discourse.
          4. v. To put under the influence of a spell; to affect by a spell; to bewitch; to fascinate; to charm.
          5. v. (obsolete) To speak, to declaim.
          6. v. (obsolete) To tell; to relate; to teach.
          7. v. (transitive, obsolete) To read (something) as though letter by letter; to peruse slowly or with effort.
          8. v. (transitive, sometimes with “out”) To write or say the letters that form a word or part of a word.
          9. v. (intransitive) To be able to write or say the letters that form words.
                I find it difficult to spell because I'm dyslexic.
          10. v. Of letters: to compose (a word).
                The letters “a”, “n” and “d” spell “and”.
          11. v. (transitive, figuratively) To indicate that (some event) will occur.
                This spells trouble.
          12. v. (transitive figuratively, with “out”) To clarify; to explain in detail.
                Please spell it out for me.
          13. v. To constitute; to measure.
          14. v. To work in place of (someone).
                to spell the helmsman
          15. v. To rest (someone or something), to give someone or something a rest or break.
                They spelled the horses and rested in the shade of some trees near a brook.
          16. v. (intransitive, colloquial) To rest from work for a time.
          17. n. A shift (of work); (rare) a set of workers responsible for a specific turn of labour.
          18. n. (informal) A definite period (of work or other activity).
          19. n. (colloquial) An indefinite period of time (usually with a qualifier); (by extension,) a relatively short distance.
          20. n. A period of rest; time off.
          21. n. (colloquial, US) A period of illness, or sudden interval of bad spirits, disease etc.
          22. n. (cricket) An uninterrupted series of alternate overs bowled by a single bowler.
          23. n. (dialectal) A splinter, usually of wood; a spelk.
          24. n. The wooden bat in the game of trap ball, or knurr and spell.
specialize
     1. v. To make distinct or separate, particularly:
     2. v.          (obsolete, intransitive) To go into specific details.
     3. v.          (rare, transitive) To specify: to mention specifically.
     4. v.          (uncommon, transitive) To narrow in scope.
     5. v.          (biology, transitive) To make distinct or separate in form or function.
     6. v. (intransitive) To become distinct or separate, particularly:
     7. v.          To focus one's study upon a particular skill, field, topic, or genre.
     8. v.          To focus one's business upon a particular item or service.
     9. v.          (usually pejorative) To be known or notorious for some specialty.
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