| at |
| 1. prep. In, near, or in the general vicinity of a particular place. | |
| Caesar was at Rome; at the corner of Fourth Street and Vine; at Jim’s house | |
| 2. prep. (indicating time) (Indicating occurrence in an instant of time or a period of time relatively short in context or from the speaker's perspective.) | |
| at six o’clock; at closing time; at night. | |
| 3. prep. In the direction of (often in an unfocused or uncaring manner). | |
| He threw the ball at me. He shouted at her. | |
| 4. prep. Denotes a price. | |
| 3 apples at 2¢ (each) The offer was at $30,000 before negotiations. | |
| 5. prep. Occupied in (activity). | |
| men at work | |
| 6. prep. In a state of. | |
| She is at sixes and sevens with him. They are at loggerheads over how best to tackle the fiscal cliff. The city was at the mercy of the occupying forces. | |
| 7. prep. Indicates a position on a scale or in a series. | |
| Sell at 90. Tiger finished the round at tenth, seven strokes behind the leaders. I'm offering it—just to select customers—at cost. | |
| 8. prep. Because of. | |
| to laugh at a joke mad at their comments | |
| 9. prep. Indicates a means, method, or manner. | |
| 10. prep. Holding a given speed or rate. | |
| It is growing at the rate of 3% a year. Cruising along at fifty miles per hour. | |
| 11. prep. (used for skills (including in activities) or areas of knowledge) On the subject of; regarding. | |
| The twins were both bad at chemistry. | |
| He slipped at marksmanship over his extended vacation. | |
| 12. prep. (Ireland, stressed pronunciation) Bothering, irritating, causing discomfort to | |
| 13. n. The at sign (@). | |
| 14. n. (alt form, att) (Laos currency unit) | |
| last |
| 1. adj. Final, ultimate, coming after all others of its kind. | |
| “Eyes Wide Shut” was the last film to be directed by Stanley Kubrick. | |
| 2. adj. Most recent, latest, last so far. | |
| The last time I saw him, he was married. | |
| I have received your note dated the 17th last, and am responding to say that.... (archaic usage) | |
| 3. adj. Farthest of all from a given quality, character, or condition; most unlikely, or least preferable. | |
| He is the last person to be accused of theft. | |
| The last person I want to meet is Helen. | |
| More rain is the last thing we need right now. | |
| 4. adj. Being the only one remaining of its class. | |
| Japan is the last empire. | |
| 5. adj. Supreme; highest in degree; utmost. | |
| 6. adj. Lowest in rank or degree. | |
| the last prize | |
| 7. det. The (one) immediately before the present. | |
| We went there last year. | |
| 8. det. (of a day of the week) Closest to seven days (one week) ago. | |
| It's Wednesday, and the party was last Tuesday; that is, not yesterday, but eight days ago. | |
| 9. adv. Most recently. | |
| When we last met, he was based in Toronto. | |
| 10. adv. (sequence) after everything else; finally | |
| I'll go last. | |
| last but not least | |
| 11. v. (transitive, obsolete) To perform, carry out. | |
| 12. v. (intransitive) To endure, continue over time. | |
| Summer seems to last longer each year. | |
| They seem happy now, but that won't last long. | |
| 13. v. (intransitive) To hold out, continue undefeated or entire. | |
| I don't know how much longer we can last without reinforcements. | |
| 14. n. A tool for shaping or preserving the shape of shoes. | |
| 15. v. To shape with a last; to fasten or fit to a last; to place smoothly on a last. | |
| to last a boot | |
| 16. n. (obsolete) A burden; load; a cargo; freight. | |
| 17. n. (obsolete) A measure of weight or quantity, varying in designation depending on the goods concerned. | |
| 18. n. (obsolete) An old English (and Dutch) measure of the carrying capacity of a ship, equal to two tons. | |
| 19. n. A load of some commodity with reference to its weight and commercial value. | |
| this |
| 1. det. The (thing) here (used in indicating something or someone nearby). | |
| This classroom is where I learned to read and write. | |
| 2. det. The known (thing) (used in indicating something or someone just mentioned). | |
| They give the appearance of knowing what they're doing. It's this appearance that lets them get away with so much. | |
| 3. det. The known (thing) (used in indicating something or someone about to be mentioned). | |
| When asked what he wanted for his birthday, he gave this reply: “…” | |
| 4. det. A known (thing) (used in first mentioning a person or thing that the speaker does not think is known to the audience). Compare with "a certain ...". | |
| I met this woman the other day who's allergic to wheat. I didn't even know that was possible! | |
| There's just this nervous mannerism that Bob has with his hands, and it drives me crazy. | |
| 5. det. (Of a unit of time) which is current. | |
| It snowed this week. | |
| 6. adv. To the degree or extent indicated. | |
| I need this much water. | |
| We've already come this far, we can't turn back now. | |
| 7. pron. The thing, item, etc. being indicated. | |
| This is the excellent foppery of the world, that, when we are sick in fortune,—often the surfeit of our own behaviour,—we make guilty of our disasters the sun, the moon, and the stars(...) — Sh | |
| 8. n. (philosophy) Something being indicated that is here; one of these. | |
| 9. interj. (Internet slang) Indicates the speaker's strong approval or agreement with the previous material. | |
| ungodliest |
| 1. adj. superlative form of ungodly: most ungodly | |
| 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. | |
| hour |
| 1. n. A time period of sixty minutes; one twenty-fourth of a day. | |
| I spent an hour at lunch. | |
| 2. n. A season, moment, time or stound. | |
| 3. n. (poetic) The time. | |
| The hour grows late and I must go home. | |
| 4. n. (military, in the plural) Used after a two-digit hour and a two-digit minute to indicate time. | |
| 5. n. (chiefly US) A distance that can be traveled in one hour. | |
| This place is an hour away from where I live. | |
| Ends |
| 1. n. plural of End | |
| 2. n. plural of end | |
| 3. n. (MLE, plural only) The area in close proximity to one's home; neighbourhood. | |
| 4. v. third-person singular present indicative of end | |
| end |
| 1. n. The terminal point of something in space or time. | |
| At the end of the road, turn left. | |
| At the end of the story, the main characters fall in love. | |
| 2. n. (by extension) (euphemistic) The cessation of an effort, activity, state, or motion. | |
| Is there no end to this madness? | |
| 3. n. (by extension) Death, especially miserable. | |
| He met a terrible end in the jungle. | |
| I hope the end comes quickly. | |
| 4. n. The most extreme point of an object, especially one that is longer than it is wide. | |
| Hold the string at both ends. | |
| My father always sat at the end of the table. | |
| 5. n. Result. | |
| 6. n. A purpose, goal, or aim. | |
| 7. n. (cricket) One of the two parts of the ground used as a descriptive name for half of the ground. | |
| The Pavillion End | |
| 8. n. (American football) The position at the end of either the offensive or defensive line, a tight end, a split end, a defensive end. | |
| 9. n. (curling) A period of play in which each team throws eight rocks, two per player, in alternating fashion. | |
| 10. n. (mathematics) An ideal point of a graph or other complex. | |
| 11. n. That which is left; a remnant; a fragment; a scrap. | |
| odds and ends | |
| 12. n. One of the yarns of the worsted warp in a Brussels carpet. | |
| 13. v. To finish, terminate. | |
| Is this movie never going to end? | |
| The lesson will end when the bell rings. | |
| The referee blew the whistle to end the game. | |
