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to
1. part. A particle used for marking the following verb as an infinitive.
I want to leave.
He asked me what to do.
I don’t know how to say it.
I have places to go and people to see.
2. part. As above, with the verb implied.
"Did you visit the museum?" "I wanted to, but it was closed.".
If he hasn't read it yet, he ought to.
3. part. A particle used to create phrasal verbs.
I have to do laundry today.
4. prep. Indicating destination: In the direction of, and arriving at.
We are walking to the shop.
5. prep. Used to indicate purpose.
He devoted himself to education.
They drank to his health.
6. prep. Used to indicate result of action.
His face was beaten to a pulp.
7. prep. Used after an adjective to indicate its application.
similar to ..., relevant to ..., pertinent to ..., I was nice to him, he was cruel to her, I am used to walking.
8. prep. (obsolete,) As a.
With God to friend (with God as a friend); with The Devil to fiend (with the Devil as a foe); lambs slaughtered to lake (lambs slaughtered as a sacrifice); t
9. prep. (arithmetic) Used to indicate a ratio or comparison.
one to one = 1:1
ten to one = 10:1.
I have ten dollars to your four.
10. prep. (arithmetic) Used to indicate that the preceding term is to be raised to the power of the following value; indicates exponentiation.
Three squared or three to the second power is nine.
Three to the power of two is nine.
Three to the second is nine.
11. prep. Used to indicate the indirect object.
I gave the book to him.
12. prep. (time) Preceding.
ten to ten = 9:50; We're going to leave at ten to (the hour).
13. prep. Used to describe what something consists of or contains.
Anyone could do this job; there's nothing to it.
There's a lot of sense to what he says.
14. prep. (Canada, UK, Newfoundland, West Midlands) At.
Stay where you're to and I'll come find you, b'y.
15. adv. Toward a closed, touching or engaging position.
Please push the door to.
16. adv. (nautical) Into the wind.
17. adv. misspelling of too
confuse
1. v. to puzzle, perplex, baffle, bewilder (somebody).
2. v. To mix up, muddle up (one thing with another); to mistake (gloss, one thing for another).
People who say "hola" to Italians are confusing Italian with Spanish.
3. v. To mix thoroughly; to confound; to disorder.
4. v. (transitive, dated) To make uneasy and ashamed; to embarrass.
5. v. (transitive, obsolete) To rout; discomfit.
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.
quiet
1. adj. With little or no sound; free of disturbing noise.
I can't hear the music; it is too quiet.
2. adj. Having little motion or activity; calm.
the sea was quiet
a quiet night at home
all quiet on the Western front
3. adj. Not busy, of low quantity.
The traffic was quiet for a Monday morning.
Business was quiet for the season.
4. adj. Not talking much or not talking loudly; reserved.
He's a very quiet man usually, but is very chatty after a few beers.
5. adj. Not showy; undemonstrative.
a quiet dress
quiet colours
a quiet movement
6. adj. (software) Requiring little or no interaction.
a quiet install
7. v. To become quiet, silent, still, tranquil, calm.
When you quiet, we can start talking.
8. v. To cause someone to become quiet.
Can you quiet your child? He's making lots of noise.
The umpire quieted the crowd, so the game could continue in peace.
9. n. The absence of sound; quietness.
There was a strange quiet in the normally very lively plaza.
We need a bit of quiet before we can start the show.
10. n. the absence of movement; stillness, tranquility
11. interj. Be quiet.
Quiet! The children are sleeping.
constant
1. adj. Unchanged through time or space; permanent.
2. adj. Consistently recurring over time; persistent.
3. adj. Steady in purpose, action, feeling, etc.
4. adj. Firm; solid; not fluid.
5. adj. (obsolete) Consistent; logical.
6. n. enum, , linear
7. n. That which is permanent or invariable.
8. n. (algebra) A quantity that remains at a fixed value throughout a given discussion.
9. n. (science) Any property of an experiment, determined numerically, that does not change under given circumstances.
10. n. (computing) An identifier that is bound to an invariant value; a fixed value given a name to aid in readability of source code.
State
1. n. A current governing polity.
2. n. (often with definite article) The current governing polity under which the speaker lives.
3. n. A condition; a set of circumstances applying at any given time.
a state of being; a state of emergency
4. n. (physics) A complete description of a system, consisting of parameters that determine all properties of the system.
5. n. (computing) The stable condition of a processor during a particular clock cycle.
In the fetch state, the address of the next instruction is placed on the address bus.
6. n. (computing) The set of all parameters relevant to a computation.
The state here includes a set containing all names seen so far.
7. n. (computing) The values of all parameters at some point in a computation.
A debugger can show the state of a program at any breakpoint.
8. n. (sciences) The physical property of matter as solid, liquid, gas or plasma.
9. n. (obsolete) Highest and stationary condition, as that of maturity between growth and decline, or as that of crisis between the increase and the abating
10. n. High social standing or circumstance.
11. n. Pomp, ceremony, or dignity.
The President's body will lie in state at the Capitol.
12. n. Rank; condition; quality.
13. n. Condition of prosperity or grandeur; wealthy or prosperous circumstances; social importance.
14. n. A chair with a canopy above it, often standing on a dais; a seat of dignity; also, the canopy itself.
15. n. (obsolete) A great person, a dignitary; a lord or prince.
16. n. (obsolete) Estate, possession.
17. n. A polity.
18. n. Any sovereign polity; a national or city-state government.
19. n. A political division of a federation retaining a notable degree of autonomy, as in the United States or Germany; (by extension, informal, US) any provi
20. n. (obsolete) A form of government other than a monarchy.
21. n. (anthropology) A society larger than a tribe. A society large enough to form a state in the sense of a government.
22. n. (mathematics, stochastic processes) An element of the range of the random variables that define a random process.
23. v. To declare to be a fact.
He stated that he was willing to help.
24. v. To make known.
State your intentions.
25. adj. (obsolete) stately
or
1. conj. Connects at least two alternative words, phrases, clauses, sentences, etc. each of which could make a passage true. In English, this is the "inclusive or." The "exclusive or" is formed by "either(...)
In Ohio, anyone under the age of 18 who wants a tattoo or body piercing needs the consent of a parent or guardian.
He might get cancer, or be hit by a bus, or God knows what.
2. conj. (logic) An operator denoting the disjunction of two propositions or truth values. There are two forms, the inclusive or and the exclusive or.
3. conj. Counts the elements before and after as two possibilities.
4. conj. Otherwise (a consequence of the condition that the previous is false).
It's raining! Come inside or you'll catch a cold!
5. conj. Connects two equivalent names.
The country Myanmar, or Burma
6. n. (logic, electronics) alternative form of OR
7. n. (tincture) The gold or yellow tincture on a coat of arms.
8. adj. (tincture) Of gold or yellow tincture on a coat of arms.
9. adv. (obsolete) Early (on).
10. adv. (obsolete) Earlier, previously.
11. prep. (now archaic, or dialect) Before; ere.
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.
calm
1. adj. (of a person) Peaceful, quiet, especially free from anger and anxiety.
2. adj. (of a place or situation) Free of noise and disturbance.
3. adj. (of water) with few or no waves on the surface; not rippled.
4. adj. Without wind or storm.
5. n. (in a person) The state of being calm; peacefulness; absence of worry, anger, fear or other strong negative emotion.
6. n. (in a place or situation) The state of being calm; absence of noise and disturbance.
7. n. A period of time without wind.
8. v. To make calm.
to calm a crying baby
to calm the passions
9. v. (intransitive) To become calm.
continuous
1. adj. Without stopping; without a break, cessation, or interruption
a continuous current of electricity
2. adj. Without intervening space; continued
a continuous line of railroad
3. adj. (botany) Not deviating or varying from uniformity; not interrupted; not joined or articulated.
4. adj. (analysis, of a function) Such that, for every x in the domain, for each small open interval D about f(x), there's an interval containing x whose image is in D.
5. adj. (mathematics, more generally, of a function between two topological spaces) Such that each open set in the target space has an open preimage (in the domain space, with respect to the given function).
Each continuous function from the real line to the rationals is constant, since the rationals are totally disconnected.
6. adj. (grammar) Expressing an ongoing action or state.
flow
1. n. A movement in people or things with a particular way in large numbers or amounts
2. n. The movement of a real or figurative fluid.
3. n. (math) A formalization of the idea of the motion of particles in a fluid, as a group action of the real numbers on a set.
The notion of flow is basic to the study of ordinary differential equations.
4. n. The rising movement of the tide.
5. n. Smoothness or continuity.
The room was small, but it had good symmetry and flow.
6. n. The amount of a fluid that moves or the rate of fluid movement.
Turn on the valve and make sure you have sufficient flow.
Other devices measure water flow in streams fed by melted ice.
7. n. (psychology) A mental state characterized by concentration, focus and enjoyment of a given task.
8. n. The emission of blood during menstruation.
Tampons can be small or large, slender or thick. From “slender” to “super”, you can pick the size that matches your flow.
9. n. (Scotland) A morass or marsh.
10. n. (rap music slang) The ability to skilfully rap along to a beat.
The production on his new mixtape is mediocre but his flow is on point.
11. v. (intransitive) To move as a fluid from one position to another.
Rivers flow from springs and lakes.
Tears flow from the eyes.
12. v. (intransitive) To proceed; to issue forth.
Wealth flows from industry and economy.
13. v. (intransitive) To move or match smoothly, gracefully, or continuously.
The writing is grammatically correct, but it just doesn't flow.
14. v. (intransitive) To have or be in abundance; to abound, so as to run or flow over.
15. v. (intransitive) To hang loosely and wave.
a flowing mantle; flowing locks
16. v. (intransitive) To rise, as the tide; opposed to ebb.
The tide flows twice in twenty-four hours.
17. v. (transitive, computing) To arrange (text in a wordprocessor, etc.) so that it wraps neatly into a designated space; to reflow.
18. v. To cover with water or other liquid; to overflow; to inundate; to flood.
19. v. To cover with varnish.
20. v. (intransitive) To discharge excessive blood from the uterus.
in
1. prep. Used to indicate location, inclusion, or position within spatial, temporal or other limits.
2. prep. Contained by.
The dog is in the kennel.
3. prep. Within.
4. prep. Surrounded by.
We are in the enemy camp. Her plane is in the air.
5. prep. Part of; a member of.
One in a million. She's in band and orchestra.
6. prep. Pertaining to; with regard to.
What grade did he get in English?
Military letters should be formal in tone, but not stilted.
7. prep. At the end of a period of time.
They said they would call us in a week.
8. prep. Within a certain elapsed time
Are you able to finish this in three hours? The massacre resulted in over 1000 deaths in three hours.
9. prep. During (said of periods of time).
in the first week of December; Easter falls in the fourth lunar month; The country reached a high level of prosperity in his fi
10. prep. (grammar, phonetics, of sounds and letters) Coming at the end of a word.
English nouns in -ce form their plurals in -s.
11. prep. Into.
Less water gets in your boots this way.
12. prep. Used to indicate limit, qualification, condition, or circumstance.
In replacing the faucet washers, he felt he was making his contribution to the environment.
13. prep. Indicating an order or arrangement.
My fat rolls around in folds.
14. prep. Denoting a state of the subject.
He stalked away in anger. John is in a coma.
15. prep. Indicates, connotatively, a place-like form of someone's (or something's) personality, as his, her or its psychic and physical characteristics.
You've got a friend in me. He's met his match in her.
16. prep. Wearing (an item of clothing).
I glanced over at the pretty girl in the red dress.
17. prep. Used to indicate means, medium, format, genre, or instrumentality.
18. prep. (of something offered or given in an exchange) In the form of, in the denomination of.
Please pay me in cash — preferably in tens and twenties.
The deposit can be in any legal tender, even in gold.
Her generosity was rewarded in the success of its recipients.
19. prep. Used to indicate a language, script, tone, etc. of a text, speech, etc.
Beethoven's "Symphony No. 5" in C minor is among his most popular.
His speech was in French, but was simultaneously translated into eight languages.
When you write in cursive, it's illegible.
20. v. (obsolete, transitive) To enclose.
21. v. (obsolete, transitive) To take in; to harvest.
22. adv. (not comparable) Located indoors, especially at home or the office, or inside something.
Is Mr. Smith in?
23. adv. Moving to the interior of a defined space, such as a building or room.
Suddenly a strange man walked in.
24. adv. (sports) Still eligible to play, e.g. able to bat in cricket and baseball.
He went for the wild toss but wasn't able to stay in.
25. adv. (UK) Abbreviation of in aid of.
What's that in?
26. adv. After the beginning of something.
27. n. A position of power or a way to get it.
His parents got him an in with the company
28. n. (sport) The state of a batter/batsman who is currently batting – see innings
29. n. A re-entrant angle; a nook or corner.
30. adj. In fashion; popular.
Skirts are in this year.
31. adj. Incoming.
the in train
32. adj. (nautical, of the sails of a vessel) Furled or stowed.
33. adj. (legal) With privilege or possession; used to denote a holding, possession, or seisin.
in by descent; in by purchase; in of the seisin of her husband
34. adj. (cricket) Currently batting.
35. n. Inch.
particular
1. adj. (also non-comparable)
2. adj. (obsolete) Pertaining only to a part of something; partial.
3. adj. Specific; discrete; concrete.
I couldn't find the particular model you asked for, but I hope this one will do.
We knew it was named after John Smith, but nobody knows which particular John Smith.
4. adj. Specialised; characteristic of a specific person or thing.
I don't appreciate your particular brand of cynicism.
5. adj. (obsolete) Known only to an individual person or group; confidential.
6. adj. Distinguished in some way; special (often in negative constructions).
My five favorite places are, in no particular order, New York, Chicago, Paris, San Francisco and London.
I didn't have any particular interest in the book.
He brought no particular news.
She was the particular belle of the party.
7. adj. (comparable) Of a person, concerned with, or attentive to, details; minute; precise; fastidious.
He is very particular about his food and if it isn't cooked to perfection he will send it back.
Women are more particular about their appearance.
8. adj. Concerned with, or attentive to, details; minute; circumstantial; precise.
a full and particular account of an accident
9. adj. (legal) Containing a part only; limited.
a particular estate, or one precedent to an estate in remainder
10. adj. (legal) Holding a particular estate.
a particular tenant
11. adj. (logic) Forming a part of a genus; relatively limited in extension; affirmed or denied of a part of a subject.
a particular proposition, opposed to "universal", e.g. (particular affirmative) "Some men are wise"; (particular negative) "Some men are not wise".
12. n. A small individual part of something larger; a detail, a point.
13. n. (obsolete) A person's own individual case.
14. n. (now philosophy, chiefly in plural) A particular case; an individual thing as opposed to a whole class. (Opposed to generals, universals.)
thoughts
1. n. plural of thought
thought
1. n. Form created in the mind, rather than the forms perceived through the five senses; an instance of thinking.
2. n. The process by which such forms arise or are manipulated; thinking.
3. n. A way of thinking (associated with a group, nation or region).
"Eastern thought".
4. v. simple past tense and past participle of think
actions
1. n. plural of action
2. v. third-person singular present indicative of action
action
1. n. Something done so as to accomplish a purpose.
2. n. A way of motion or functioning.
Knead bread with a rocking action.
3. n. Fast-paced activity.
a movie full of exciting action
4. n. A mechanism; a moving part or assembly.
a rifle action
5. n. (music): The mechanism, that is the set of moving mechanical parts, of a keyboard instrument, like a piano, which transfers the motion of the key to the sound-making device.Marshall Cavendish Corporat
6. n. (slang) sexual intercourse.
She gave him some action.
7. n. The distance separating the strings and the fretboard on the guitar.
8. n. (military) Combat.
He saw some action in the Korean War.
9. n. (legal) A charge or other process in a law court (also called lawsuit and actio).
10. n. (mathematics) A mapping from a pairing of mathematical objects to one of them, respecting their individual structures. The pairing is typically a Cartesian product or a tensor product. The object that
11. n. (physics) The product of energy and time.
12. n. The event or connected series of events, either real or imaginary, forming the subject of a play, poem, or other composition; the unfolding of the drama of events.
13. n. (art, painting and sculpture) The attitude or position of the several parts of the body as expressive of the sentiment or passion depicted.
14. n. (bowling) spin put on the bowling ball.
15. n. (business, obsolete, a Gallicism) A share in the capital stock of a joint-stock company, or in the public funds.
16. interj. Demanding or signifying the start of something, usually an act or scene of a theatric performance.
The director yelled ‘Action!’ before the camera started rolling.
17. v. (transitive, management) To act on a request etc, in order to put it into effect.
18. v. (transitive, chiefly archaic) To initiate a legal action against someone.
or
1. conj. Connects at least two alternative words, phrases, clauses, sentences, etc. each of which could make a passage true. In English, this is the "inclusive or." The "exclusive or" is formed by "either(...)
In Ohio, anyone under the age of 18 who wants a tattoo or body piercing needs the consent of a parent or guardian.
He might get cancer, or be hit by a bus, or God knows what.
2. conj. (logic) An operator denoting the disjunction of two propositions or truth values. There are two forms, the inclusive or and the exclusive or.
3. conj. Counts the elements before and after as two possibilities.
4. conj. Otherwise (a consequence of the condition that the previous is false).
It's raining! Come inside or you'll catch a cold!
5. conj. Connects two equivalent names.
The country Myanmar, or Burma
6. n. (logic, electronics) alternative form of OR
7. n. (tincture) The gold or yellow tincture on a coat of arms.
8. adj. (tincture) Of gold or yellow tincture on a coat of arms.
9. adv. (obsolete) Early (on).
10. adv. (obsolete) Earlier, previously.
11. prep. (now archaic, or dialect) Before; ere.
liquids
1. n. plural of liquid
liquid
1. n. A substance that is flowing, and keeping no shape, such as water; a substance of which the molecules, while not tending to separate from one another like those of a gas, readily change their relative
A liquid can freeze to become a solid or evaporate into a gas.
2. n. (phonetics) A class of consonant sounds that includes l and r.
3. adj. Flowing freely like water; fluid; not solid and not gaseous; composed of particles that move freely among each other on the slightest pressure.
liquid nitrogen
4. adj. (finance, of an asset) Easily sold or disposed of without losing value.
5. adj. (finance, of a market) Having sufficient trading activity to make buying or selling easy.
6. adj. Flowing or sounding smoothly or without abrupt transitions or harsh tones.
a liquid melody
7. adj. (phonology) Pronounced without any jar or harshness; smooth.
L and R are liquid letters.
8. adj. Fluid and transparent.
the liquid air

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