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I
     1. pron. The speaker or writer, referred to as the grammatical subject, of a sentence.
             (audio, Here I am, sir.ogg, Audio)
     2. pron. (nonstandard, hypercorrection) The speaker or writer, referred to as the grammatical object, of a sentence.
     3. n. (metaphysics) The ego.
     4. n. (US, roadway) Interstate.
     5. n. (grammar) (abbreviation of instrumental case)
     6. pron. nonstandard spelling of I
never
     1. adv. At no time; on no occasion; in no circumstance.
           I finally finished, and I never want to do that again.
           I repeated the test a hundred times, and never saw a positive result.
           I will never tell.
     2. adv. Not at any other time; not on any other occasion; not previously.
     3. adv. (colloquial) Negative particle (used to negate verbs in the simple past tense; also used absolutely).
           The police say I stole the car, but I never did it.
           You said you were going to mow the lawn today. – I never!
went
     1. v. simple past tense of go
     2. v. (nonstandard) past participle of go
     3. v. (archaic) simple past tense and past participle of wend
     4. n. (obsolete) A course; a way, a path; a journey.
     go
          1. v. To move:
          2. v.          (intransitive) To move through space (especially to or through a place). (May be used of tangible things like people or cars, or intangible things like
                        Why don’t you go with us?   This train goes through Cincinnati on its way to Chicago.   Chris, where are you going? &nbs
          3. v.          (intransitive) To move or travel through time (either literally—in a fictional or hypothetical situation in which time travel is possible—or in one's m
                         Yesterday was the second-wettest day on record; you have to go all the way back to 1896 to find a day when more rain fell.
                         Fans want to see the Twelfth Doctor go to the 51st century to visit River in the library.
          4. v.          (intransitive) To navigate (to a file or folder on a computer, a site on the internet, a memory, etc).
          5. v.          To move (a particular distance, or in a particular fashion).
                        We've only gone twenty miles today.   This car can go circles around that one.
          6. v.          (intransitive) To move or travel in order to do something, or to do something while moving.
                        We went swimming.   Let's go shopping.
          7. v.          (intransitive) To leave; to move away.
                        Please don't go!   I really must be going.   Workmen were coming and going at all hours of the night.
          8. v.          (obsolete, intransitive) To walk; to travel on one's feet.
          9. v. (intransitive, chiefly of a, machine) To work or function (properly); to move or perform (as required).
                The engine just won't go anymore.
          10. v. (intransitive) To start; to begin (an action or process).
                Get ready, get set, go!   On your marks, get set, go!   On your marks, set, go!
                Here goes nothing.   Let's go and hunt.
          11. v. (intransitive) To take a turn, especially in a game.
                It’s your turn; go.
          12. v. (intransitive) To attend.
                I go to school at the schoolhouse.   She went to Yale.   They only go to church on Christmas.
          13. v. To proceed:
          14. v.         (intransitive) To proceed (often in a specified manner, indicating the perceived quality of an event or state).
                        That went well.   "How are things going?" "Not bad, thanks.".
          15. v.          (intransitive, colloquial, with another verb, sometimes linked by and) To proceed (especially to do something foolish).
                        Why'd you have to go and do that?
                        Why'd you have to go do that?
                        He just went and punched the guy.
          16. v. To follow or travel along (a path):
          17. v.          To follow or proceed according to (a course or path).
                        Let's go this way for a while.
                         She was going that way anyway, so she offered to show him where it was.
          18. v.          To travel or pass along.
          19. v. (intransitive) To extend (from one point in time or space to another).
                This property goes all the way to the state line.
          20. v. (intransitive) To lead (to a place); to give access to.
                Does this road go to Fort Smith?
          21. v. (copula) To become. (The adjective that follows usually describes a negative state.)
                You'll go blind.   I went crazy / went mad.   After failing as a criminal, he decided to go straight.
          22. v. To assume the obligation or function of; to be, to serve as.
          23. v. (intransitive) To continuously or habitually be in a state.
                I don't want my children to go hungry.   We went barefoot in the summer.
          24. v. To come to (a certain condition or state).
                they went into debt, she goes to sleep around 10 o'clock, the local shop wants to go digital, and eventually go global
          25. v. (intransitive) To change (from one value to another) in the meaning of wend.
                   The traffic light went straight from green to red.
          26. v. To turn out, to result; to come to (a certain result).
                How did your meeting with Smith go?
          27. v. (intransitive) To tend (toward a result).
                Well, that goes to show you.   These experiences go to make us stronger.
          28. v. To contribute to a (specified) end product or result.
                qualities that go to make a lady / lip-reader / sharpshooter
          29. v. To pass, to be used up:
          30. v.          (intransitive, of time) To elapse, to pass; to slip away. (Compare go by.)
                        The time went slowly.
          31. v.          (intransitive) To end or disappear. (Compare go away.)
                        After three days, my headache finally went.
          32. v.          (intransitive) To be spent or used up.
                        His money went on drink.
          33. v. (intransitive) To die.
          34. v. (intransitive) To be discarded.
                This chair has got to go.
          35. v. (intransitive, cricket) To be lost or out:
          36. v.          (intransitive, cricket, of a wicket) To be lost.
          37. v.          (intransitive, cricket, of a batsman) To be out.
          38. v. To break down or apart:
          39. v.          (intransitive) To collapse or give way, to break apart.
          40. v.          (intransitive) To break down or decay.
                        This meat is starting to go off.   My mind is going.   She's 83; her eyesight is starting to go.
          41. v. (intransitive) To be sold.
                Everything must go.   The car went for five thousand dollars.
          42. v. (intransitive) To be given, especially to be assigned or allotted.
                The property shall go to my wife.   The award went to Steven Spielberg.
          43. v. (transitive, intransitive) To survive or get by; to last or persist for a stated length of time.
                How long can you go without water?   We've gone without your help for a while now.   I've gone ten days now without a cigarette.   Can you two go twenty minutes wi
          44. v. (transitive, sports) To have a certain record.
                They've gone one for three in this series.   The team is going five in a row.
          45. v. To be authoritative, accepted, or valid:
          46. v.          (intransitive) To have (final) authority; to be authoritative.
                        Whatever the boss says goes, do you understand?
          47. v.          (intransitive) To be accepted.
                        Anything goes around here.
          48. v.          (intransitive) To be valid.
          49. v. To say (something), to make a sound:
          50. v.          (transitive, slang) To say (something, aloud or to oneself). (Often used in present tense.)
                        I go, "As if!" And she was all like, "Whatever!".
                        As soon as I did it, I went "that was stupid.".
          51. v.          To make the (specified) sound.
                        Cats go "meow". Motorcycles go "vroom".
          52. v.          (intransitive) To sound; to make a noise.
                        I woke up just before the clock went.
          53. v. To be expressed or composed (a certain way).
                The tune goes like this.   As the story goes, he got the idea for the song while sitting in traffic.
          54. v. (intransitive) To resort (to).
                I'll go to court if I have to.
          55. v. To apply or subject oneself to:
          56. v.          To apply oneself; to undertake; to have as one's goal or intention. (Compare be going to.)
                         I'm going to join a sports team.   I wish you'd go and get a job.   He went to pick it up, but it rolled out of reach.
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
grammar
     1. n. A system of rules and principles for speaking and writing a language.
     2. n. (linguistics) The study of the internal structure of words (morphology) and the use of words in the construction of phrases and sentences (syntax).
     3. n. A book describing the rules of grammar of a language.
     4. n. (computing theory) A formal system specifying the syntax of a language.
     5. n. (computing theory) A formal system defining a formal language
     6. n. The basic rules or principles of a field of knowledge or a particular skill.
     7. n. (UK, archaic) A textbook.
           a grammar of geography
     8. n. (UK) A grammar school.
     9. v. (obsolete, intransitive) To discourse according to the rules of grammar; to use grammar.
school
     1. n. (collective) A group of fish or a group of marine mammals such as porpoises, dolphins, or whales.
           The divers encountered a huge school of mackerel.
     2. n. A multitude.
     3. v. (lbl, en, intransitive) (of fish) To form into, or travel in a school.
     4. n. (US, Canada) An institution dedicated to teaching and learning; an educational institution.
           Our children attend a public school in our neighborhood.
           Harvard University is a famous American postsecondary school.
     5. n. (British) An educational institution providing primary and secondary education, prior to tertiary education (college or university).
     6. n. (UK) At Eton College, a period or session of teaching.
           Divinity, history and geography are studied for two schools per week.
     7. n. Within a larger educational institution, an organizational unit, such as a department or institute, which is dedicated to a specific subject area.
           We are enrolled in the same university, but I attend the School of Economics and my brother is in the School of Music.
     8. n. An art movement, a community of artists.
     9. n. (considered collectively) The followers of a particular doctrine; a particular way of thinking or particular doctrine; a school of thought.
           These economists belong to the monetarist school.
     10. n. The time during which classes are attended or in session in an educational institution.
           I'll see you after school.
     11. n. The room or hall in English universities where the examinations for degrees and honours are held.
     12. n. The canons, precepts, or body of opinion or practice, sanctioned by the authority of a particular class or age.
           He was a gentleman of the old school.
     13. n. An establishment offering specialized instruction, as for driving, cooking, typing, coding, etc.
     14. v. To educate, teach, or train (often, but not necessarily, in a school.)
           Many future prime ministers were schooled in Eton.
     15. v. To defeat emphatically, to teach an opponent a harsh lesson.
     16. v. To control, or compose, one's expression.
           She took care to school her expression, not giving away any of her feelings.
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