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but
1. prep. (obsolete, outside, Scotland) Outside of.
Away but the hoose and tell me whae's there.
2. prep. Apart from, except (for), excluding.
Everyone but Father left early.
I like everything but that.
Nobody answered the door when I knocked, so I had no choice but to leave.
3. adv. Merely, only, just.
4. adv. (Australian, conjunctive) Though, however.
I'll have to go home early but.
5. adv. Used as an intensifier.
Nobody, but nobody, crosses me and gets away with it.
6. conj. (following a negative clause or sentence) On the contrary, but rather (introducing a word or clause that contrasts with or contradicts the preceding clause or sentence without the negation).
I am not rich but (I am) poor; not John but Peter went there.
7. conj. However, although, nevertheless, on the other hand (implies that the following clause is contrary to prior belief or contrasts with or contradicts the preceding clause or sentence).
She is very old but still attractive.
You told me I could do that, but she said that I could not.
8. conj. Except that (introducing a subordinate clause which qualifies a negative statement); also, with omission of the subject of the subordinate clause, acting as a negative relative, "except one that", "ex
I cannot but feel offended.
9. conj. (archaic) Without its also being the case that; unless that (introducing a necessary concomitant).
It never rains but it pours.
10. conj. (obsolete) Except with; unless with; without.
11. conj. (obsolete) Only; solely; merely.
12. conj. (obsolete) Until.
13. n. An instance or example of using the word "but".
It has to be done – no ifs or buts.
14. n. (Scotland) The outer room of a small two-room cottage.
15. n. A limit; a boundary.
16. n. The end; especially the larger or thicker end, or the blunt, in distinction from the sharp, end; the butt.
17. v. (archaic) Use the word "but".
But me no buts.
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.
American
1. n. Originally, a native or inhabitant of the British North American colonies of European descent; now, a person born in, or a citizen or inhabitant of, the United States of America.
2. n. An indigenous inhabitant of the Americas; a Native American or an American Indian (now chiefly with qualifying word).
3. n. An inhabitant of the Americas. More often this is specified as either North American, Central American or South American.
Every American's origin is, historically speaking, by immigration, if scientific speculation that points to a human origin in Africa and a migration to the New World from Eurasia turns out to b
4. n. (US printing rare dated) A size of type smaller than German, 1-point type.
5. adj. Of or pertaining to the Americas. More often this is specified with a qualifier, such as "North American", "Central American", "South American", etc.
6. adj. Of, from, or pertaining to the United States of America, its people or its culture.
Thanksgiving is an American tradition.
He married an American woman in order to get an American passport.
7. adj. (finance) (of an option, not comparable) Can be exercised on any date between the issue date and the expiry date.
hold
1. v. To grasp or grip.
Hold the pencil like this.
2. v. To contain or store.
This package holds six bottles.
3. v. To maintain or keep to a position or state.:
4. v. To have and keep possession of something.
Hold my coat for me. The general ordered the colonel to hold his position at all costs.
5. v. To reserve.
Hold a table for us at 7:00.
6. v. To cause to wait or delay.
Hold the elevator.
7. v. To detain.
Hold the suspect in this cell.
8. v. (intransitive) To be or remain valid; to apply (usually in the third person).
to hold true; The proposition holds.
9. v. To keep oneself in a particular state.
to hold firm; to hold opinions
10. v. To impose restraint upon; to limit in motion or action; to bind legally or morally; to confine; to restrain.
11. v. To bear, carry, or manage.
He holds himself proudly erect. Hold your head high.
12. v. (intransitive, mostly, imperative) Not to move; to halt; to stop.
13. v. (intransitive) Not to give way; not to part or become separated; to remain unbroken or unsubdued.
14. v. To remain continent; to control an excretory bodily function.
to hold one's bladder; to hold one's breath
15. v. To maintain or keep to particular opinions, promises, actions.:
16. v. To maintain, to consider, to opine.
17. v. To bind (someone) to a consequence of his or her actions.
He was held responsible for the actions of those under his command. I'll hold him to that promise.
18. v. To maintain in being or action; to carry on; to prosecute, as a course of conduct or an argument; to continue; to sustain.
19. v. To accept, as an opinion; to be the adherent of, openly or privately; to persist in, as a purpose; to maintain; to sustain.
20. v. (archaic) To restrain oneself; to refrain; to hold back.
21. v. (tennis, ambitransitive) To win one's own service game.
22. v. To take place, to occur.
23. v. To organise an event or meeting (usually in passive voice).
Elections will be held on the first Sunday of next month.
24. v. (archaic) To derive right or title.
25. n. A grasp or grip.
Keep a firm hold on the handlebars.
26. n. A place where animals are held for safety
27. n. An order that something is to be reserved or delayed, limiting or preventing how it can be dealt with.
Senator X placed a hold on the bill, then went to the library and placed a hold on a book.
28. n. Something reserved or kept.
We have a hold here for you.
29. n. Power over someone or something.
30. n. The ability to persist.
31. n. The property of maintaining the shape of styled hair.
32. n. (wrestling) A position or grip used to control the opponent.
He got him in a tight hold and pinned him to the mat.
33. n. (exercise) An exercise involving holding a position for a set time
34. n. (gambling) The percentage the house wins on a gamble, the house or bookmaker's hold.
The House Hold on the game is 10,000, this is the amount of decision or risk the house wishes to assume.
35. n. (gambling) The wager amount, the total hold.
As of Monday night the total Melbourne Cup hold was $848,015
36. n. (tennis) An instance of holding one's service game, as opposed to being broken.
37. n. The part of an object one is intended to grasp, or anything one can use for grasping with hands or feet.
38. n. A fruit machine feature allowing one or more of the reels to remain fixed while the others spin.
39. n. (video games, dated) A pause facility.
40. n. The queueing system on telephones and similar communication systems which maintains a connection when all lines are busy.
41. n. (baseball) A statistic awarded to a relief pitcher who is not still pitching at the end of the game and who records at least one out and maintains a lead for his team.
42. adj. (obsolete) Gracious; friendly; faithful; true.
43. n. (nautical, aviation) The cargo area of a ship or aircraft, (often cargo hold).
Put that in the hold.
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.
city
1. n. A large settlement, bigger than a town.
São Paulo is one of the largest cities in South America.
2. n. (UK) A settlement granted special status by royal charter or letters patent; traditionally, a settlement with a cathedral regardless of size.
3. n. (Australia) The central business district; downtown.
I'm going into the city today to do some shopping.
always
1. adv. At all times; throughout all time
God is always the same.
2. adv. Constantly during a certain period, or regularly at stated intervals (opposed to sometimes or occasionally).
In this street, the shops always close during lunchtime.
3. adv. (informal) In any event.
I thought I could always go back to work.
appeared
1. v. simple past tense and past participle of appear
appear
1. v. (intransitive) To come or be in sight; to be in view; to become visible.
2. v. (intransitive) To come before the public.
A great writer appeared at that time.
3. v. (intransitive) To stand in presence of some authority, tribunal, or superior person, to answer a charge, plead a cause, etc.; to present oneself as a party or advocate before a court, or as a person t
4. v. (intransitive) To become visible to the apprehension of the mind; to be known as a subject of observation or comprehension, or as a thing proved; to be obvious or manifest.
5. v. (intransitive, copulative) To seem; to have a certain semblance; to look.
He appeared quite happy with the result.
6. v. To bring into view.
tenuous
1. adj. Thin in substance or consistency.
The aether was thought to be of tenuous strands.
Far from being amicable, the numbers seemed to turn their backs on each other, and I couldn't find a pair with even the most tenuous connection.
2. adj. insubstantial
His argument was not convincing in the debate, considering how tenuous it was.

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