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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.
addition
1. n. The act of adding anything.
The addition of five more items to the agenda will make the meeting unbearably long.
2. n. Anything that is added.
3. n. The arithmetic operation of adding.
4. n. (music) A dot at the right side of a note as an indication that its sound is to be lengthened one half.
5. n. (chiefly legal) A title annexed to a person's name to identify him or her more precisely, as in "John Doe, Esq.", "Robert Dale, Mason", "Thomas Way, of New York".
6. n. (heraldry) Something added to a coat of arms, as a mark of honour; opposed to abatement.
stock
1. n. A store or supply.
2. n. (operations) A store of goods ready for sale; inventory.
We have a stock of televisions on hand.
3. n. A supply of anything ready for use.
Lay in a stock of wood for the winter season.
4. n. Railroad rolling stock.
5. n. (cards, in a card game) A stack of undealt cards made available to the players.
6. n. Farm or ranch animals; livestock.
7. n. The population of a given type of animal (especially fish) available to be captured from the wild for economic use.
8. n. (finance) The capital raised by a company through the issue of shares. The total of shares held by an individual shareholder.
9. n. The price or value of the stock for a company on the stock market.
When the bad news came out, the company's stock dropped precipitously.
10. n. (figurative) The measure of how highly a person or institution is valued.
After that last screw-up of mine, my stock is pretty low around here.
11. n. Any of several types of security that are similar to a stock, or marketed like one.
12. n. The raw material from which things are made; feedstock.
13. n. Broth made from meat (originally bones) or vegetables, used as a basis for stew or soup.
14. n. The type of paper used in printing.
The books were printed on a heavier stock this year.
15. n. Undeveloped film; film stock.
16. n. Plain soap before it is coloured and perfumed.
17. n. Stock theater, summer stock theater.
18. n. The trunk and woody main stems of a tree. The base from which something grows or branches.
19. n. (horticulture) The plant upon which the scion is grafted.
20. n. lineage, family, ancestry.
21. n. # (linguistics) A larger grouping of language families: a superfamily or macrofamily.
22. n. Any of the several species of cruciferous flowers in the genus Matthiola.
23. n. A handle or stem to which the working part of an implement or weapon is attached.
24. n. (firearm) The part of a rifle or shotgun that rests against the shooter's shoulder.
25. n. The handle of a whip, fishing rod, etc.
26. n. Part of a machine that supports items or holds them in place.
27. n. The headstock of a lathe, drill, etc.
28. n. The tailstock of a lathe.
29. n. A bar, stick or rod.
30. n. A ski pole.
31. n. (nautical) A bar going through an anchor, perpendicular to the flukes.
32. n. (nautical) The axle attached to the rudder, which transfers the movement of the helm to the rudder.
33. n. (geology) A pipe (vertical cylinder of ore)
34. n. A type of (now formal or official) neckwear.
35. n. A necktie or cravat, particularly a wide necktie popular in the eighteenth century, often seen today as a part of formal wear for horse riding competit
36. n. A piece of black cloth worn under a clerical collar.
37. n. A bed for infants; a crib, cot, or cradle
38. n. (folklore) A piece of wood magically made to be just like a real baby and substituted for it by magical beings.
39. n. (obsolete) A cover for the legs; a stocking.
40. n. A block of wood; something fixed and solid; a pillar; a firm support; a post.
41. n. (by extension, obsolete) A person who is as dull and lifeless as a stock or post; one who has little sense.
42. n. (historical) The longest part of a split tally stick formerly struck in the exchequer, which was delivered to the person who had lent the king money on account, as the evidence of indebtedness.
43. n. (shipbuilding, in the plural) The frame or timbers on which a ship rests during construction.
44. n. (in the plural) Red and grey bricks, used for the exterior of walls and the front of buildings.
45. n. (biology) In tectology, an aggregate or colony of individuals, such as as trees, chains of salpae, etc.
46. n. The beater of a fulling mill.
47. v. To have on hand for sale.
The store stocks all kinds of dried vegetables.
48. v. To provide with material requisites; to store; to fill; to supply.
to stock a warehouse with goods
to stock a farm, i.e. to supply it with cattle and tools
to stock land, i.e. to occupy it with a permanent growth, especially of grass
49. v. To allow (cows) to retain milk for twenty-four hours or more prior to sale.
50. v. To put in the stocks as punishment.
51. v. (nautical) To fit (an anchor) with a stock, or to fasten the stock firmly in place.
52. v. (card games, dated) To arrange cards in a certain manner for cheating purposes; to stack the deck.
53. adj. Of a type normally available for purchase/in stock.
stock items
stock sizes
54. adj. (racing, of a race car) Having the same configuration as cars sold to the non-racing public, or having been modified from such a car.
55. adj. Straightforward, ordinary, just another, very basic.
That band is quite stock
He gave me a stock answer
56. n. A thrust with a rapier; a stoccado.
markets
1. n. plural of market
2. v. third-person singular present indicative of market
market
1. n. City square or other fairly spacious site where traders set up stalls and buyers browse the merchandise.
2. n. An organised, often periodic, trading event at such site.
The privilege to hold a weekly market was invaluable for any feudal era burgh.
3. n. Flea market
4. n. A group of potential customers for one's product.
We believe that the market for the new widget is the older homeowner.
5. n. A geographical area where a certain commercial demand exists.
Foreign markets were lost as our currency rose versus their valuta.
6. n. A formally organized, sometimes monopolistic, system of trading in specified goods or effects.
The stock market ceased to be monopolized by the paper-shuffling national stock exchanges with the advent of Internet markets.
7. n. The sum total traded in a process of individuals trading for certain commodities.
8. n. (obsolete) The price for which a thing is sold in a market; hence, value; worth.
9. v. To make (products or services) available for sale and promote them.
We plan to market an ecology model by next quarter.
10. v. To sell
We marketed more this quarter already then all last year!
11. v. (intransitive) To deal in a market; to buy or sell; to make bargains for provisions or goods.
have
Additional archaic forms are second-person singular present tense hast, third-person singular present tense hath, present participle haveing, and second-person singular past tense hadst.
1. v. To possess, own, hold.
I have a house and a car.
Look what I have here — a frog I found on the street!
2. v. To be related in some way to (with the object identifying the relationship).
I have two sisters.
I have a lot of work to do.
3. v. To partake of a particular substance (especially a food or drink) or action.
I have breakfast at six o'clock.
Can I have a look at that?
I'm going to have some pizza and a beer right now.
4. v. To be scheduled to attend or participate in.
What class do you have right now? I have English.
Fred won't be able to come to the party; he has a meeting that day.
5. v. (auxiliary verb, taking a past participle) (Used in forming the perfect aspect and the past perfect aspect.)
I have already eaten today.
I had already eaten.
6. v. (auxiliary verb, taking a to-infinitive) See have to.
I have to go.
7. v. To give birth to.
The couple always wanted to have children.
My wife is having the baby right now!
My mother had me when she was 25.
8. v. To engage in sexual intercourse with.
He's always bragging about how many women he's had.
9. v. To accept as a romantic partner.
Despite my protestations of love, she would not have me.
10. v. (transitive with bare infinitive) To cause to, by a command, request or invitation.
They had me feed their dog while they were out of town.
11. v. (transitive with adjective or adjective-phrase complement) To cause to be.
He had him arrested for trespassing.
The lecture's ending had the entire audience in tears.
12. v. (transitive with bare infinitive) To be affected by an occurrence. (Used in supplying a topic that is not a verb argument.)
The hospital had several patients contract pneumonia last week.
I've had three people today tell me my hair looks nice.
13. v. (transitive with adjective or adjective-phrase complement) To depict as being.
Their stories differed; he said he'd been at work when the incident occurred, but her statement had him at home that entire evening.
14. v. (Used as interrogative auxiliary verb with a following pronoun to form tag questions. (For further discussion, see "Usage notes" below.))
We haven't eaten dinner yet, have we?
Your wife hasn't been reading that nonsense, has she?
(UK usage) He has some money, hasn't he?
15. v. (UK, slang) To defeat in a fight; take.
I could have him!
I'm gonna have you!
16. v. (dated) To be able to speak a language.
I have no German.
17. v. To feel or be (especially painfully) aware of.
Dan certainly has arms today, probably from scraping paint off four columns the day before.
18. v. To be afflicted with, suffer from.
He had a cold last week.
19. v. To experience, go through, undergo.
We had a hard year last year, with the locust swarms and all that.
He had surgery on his hip yesterday.
I'm having the time of my life!
20. v. To trick, to deceive.
You had me alright! I never would have thought that was just a joke.
21. v. (transitive, often with present participle) To allow; to tolerate.
The child screamed incessantly for his mother to buy him a toy, but she wasn't having any of it.
I asked my dad if I could go to the concert this Thursday, but he wouldn't have it since it's a school night.
22. v. (transitive, often used in the negative) To believe, buy, be taken in by.
I made up an excuse as to why I was out so late, but my wife wasn't having any of it.
23. v. To host someone; to take in as a guest.
Thank you for having me!
24. v. To get a reading, measurement, or result from an instrument or calculation.
What do you have for problem two?
I have two contacts on my scope.
25. v. (transitive, of a jury) To consider a court proceeding that has been completed; to begin deliberations on a case.
We'll schedule closing arguments for Thursday, and the jury will have the case by that afternoon.
26. n. A wealthy or privileged person.
27. n. (uncommon) One who has some (contextually specified) thing.
28. n. (AU, NZ, informal) A fraud or deception; something misleading.
They advertise it as a great deal, but I think it's a bit of a have.
been
1. v. past participle of be
2. v. (obsolete) plural present of be
3. v. (Southern US) of be
4. n. (UK dialectal) plural of bee
be
1. v. (intransitive, now literary) To exist; to have real existence.
2. v. (with there, or dialectally it, as dummy subject) To exist.
There is just one woman in town who can help us. (or, dialectally:) It is just one woman in town who can help us.
3. v. (intransitive) To occupy a place.
The cup is on the table.
4. v. (intransitive) To occur, to take place.
When will the meeting be?
5. v. (intransitive, in perfect tenses, without predicate) Elliptical form of "be here", "go to and return from" or similar.
The postman has been today, but my tickets have still not yet come.
I have been to Spain many times.
Moscow, huh? I've never been, but it sounds fascinating.
6. v. (transitive, copulative) Used to indicate that the subject and object are the same.
Knowledge is bliss.
Hi, I’m Jim.
7. v. (transitive, copulative, mathematics) Used to indicate that the values on either side of an equation are the same.
3 times 5 is fifteen.
8. v. (transitive, copulative) Used to indicate that the subject plays the role of the predicate nominal.
François Mitterrand was president of France from 1981 to 1995.
9. v. (transitive, copulative) Used to connect a noun to an adjective that describes it.
The sky is blue.
10. v. (transitive, copulative) Used to indicate that the subject has the qualities described by a noun or noun phrase.
The sky is a deep blue today.
11. v. (transitive, auxiliary) Used to form the passive voice.
The dog was drowned by the boy.
12. v. (transitive, auxiliary) Used to form the continuous forms of various tenses.
The woman is walking.
I shall be writing to you soon.
We liked to chat while we were eating.
13. v. (archaic, auxiliary) Used to form the perfect aspect with certain intransitive verbs, most of which indicate motion. Often still used for "to go".
14. v. (transitive, auxiliary) Used to form future tenses, especially the future periphrastic.
I am to leave tomorrow.
I would drive you, were I to obtain a car.
15. v. (transitive, copulative) Used to link a subject to a measurement.
This building is three hundred years old.
I am 75 kilograms.
He’s about 6 feet tall.
16. v. (transitive, copulative, with a cardinal numeral) Used to state the age of a subject in years.
I’m 20. (= I am 20 years old.)
17. v. (with a dummy subject) it Used to indicate the time of day.
It is almost eight. (= It is almost eight o’clock.)
It’s 8:30 read eight-thirty in Tokyo.
What time is it there? It’s night.
18. v. (With since) Used to indicate passage of time since the occurrence of an event.
It has been three years since my grandmother died. (similar to My grandmother died three years ago, but emphasizes the intervening period)
It had been six days since his departure, when I received a letter from him.
19. v. (often, impersonal, with it as a dummy subject) Used to indicate weather, air quality, or the like.
It is hot in Arizona, but it is not usually humid.
Why is it so dark in here?
20. v. (dynamic/lexical "be", especially in progressive tenses, conjugated non-suppletively in the present tense, see usage notes) To exist or behave in a certain way.
"What do we do?" "We be ourselves.".
Why is he being nice to me?
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".
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.
declining
1. v. present participle of decline
2. n. decline
decline
1. n. A reduction or diminution of activity.
2. v. (intransitive) To move downwards, to fall, to drop.
The dollar has declined rapidly since 2001.
3. v. (intransitive) To become weaker or worse.
My health declined in winter.
4. v. To bend downward; to bring down; to depress; to cause to bend, or fall.
5. v. To cause to decrease or diminish.
6. v. To turn or bend aside; to deviate; to stray; to withdraw.
a line that declines from straightness
conduct that declines from sound morals
7. v. To refuse, forbear.
On reflection I think I will decline your generous offer.
8. v. (transitive, grammar, usually of substantives, adjectives and pronouns) To inflect for case, number and sometimes gender.
9. v. (by extension) To run through from first to last; to repeat like a schoolboy declining a noun.
10. v. (American football, Canadian football) To reject a penalty against the opposing team, usually because the result of accepting it would benefit the non-penalized team less than the preceding play.
trend
1. n. An inclination in a particular direction.
the trend of a coastline
the upward trend of stock-market prices
2. n. A tendency.
There is a trend, these days, for people in films not to smoke.
3. n. A fad or fashion style.
Miniskirts were one of the biggest trends of the 1960s.
4. n. (mathematics) A line drawn on a graph that approximates the trend of a number of disparate points.
5. n. (nautical) The lower end of the shank of an anchor, being the same distance on the shank from the throat that the arm measures from the throat to the bill.
6. n. (nautical) The angle made by the line of a vessel's keel and the direction of the anchor cable, when she is swinging at anchor.
7. v. (intransitive) To have a particular direction; to run; to stretch; to tend
The shore of the sea trends to the southwest.
8. v. To cause to turn; to bend.
9. v. (Internet, intransitive, informal) To be the subject of a trend; to be currently popular, relevant or interesting.
What topics have been trending on social networks this week?
10. n. (dialect) Clean wool.
11. v. To cleanse or clean (something, usually wool).
over
1. adj. Discontinued; ended or concluded.
The show is over.
2. adv. Thoroughly; completely; from beginning to end.
Let's talk over the project at tomorrow's meeting.
Let me think that over.
I'm going to look over our department's expenses.
3. adv. To an excessive degree; overly.
4. adv. From an upright position to being horizontal.
He tipped the bottle over, and the water came gushing out.
That building just fell over!
He bent over to touch his toes.
5. adv. Horizontally; left to right or right to left.
Slide the toilet-paper dispenser's door over when one roll is empty in order to reveal the other.
I moved over to make room for him to sit down.
6. adv. From one position or state to another.
Please pass that over to me.
He came over to our way of thinking on the new project.
Come over and play!
I'll bring over a pizza.
7. adv. Overnight (throughout the night).
We stayed over at Grandma's.
Can I sleep over?
8. adv. (US, usually with do) Again; another time; once more; over again.
I lost my paper and I had to do the entire assignment over.
9. adv. (procedure word, military) a procedure word meaning that a station is finished transmitting and is expecting a response.
Bravo Six, this is Bravo Six Four. Stand by for ten mike report one dash three, over.
Bravo Six Four, this is Bravo Six Actual. Send your traffic, over.
10. n. (cricket) A set of six legal balls bowled.
11. n. Any surplus amount of money, goods delivered, etc.
12. prep. Physical positioning.
13. prep. On top of; above; higher than; further up.
Hold the sign up over your head. climb up the ladder and look over the roof
14. prep. Across or spanning.
There is a bridge over the river.
15. prep. In such a way as to cover.
drape the fabric over the table; there is a roof over the house
16. prep. From one physical position to another via an obstacle that must be traversed vertically, first upwards and then downwards.
The dog jumped over the fence.
I'll go over the fence first and then help you.
Let's walk over the hill to get there.
17. prep. By comparison.
18. prep. More than; to a greater degree.
I prefer the purple over the pink.
19. prep. Beyond; past; exceeding; too much or too far.
I think I’m over my limit for calories for today.
20. prep. (in certain collocations) As compared to.
Sales are down this quarter over last.
21. prep. Indicating relative status, authority, or power
The owner's son lorded over the experienced managers.
The prince ruled over a portion of the kingdom.
22. prep. (mathematics) Divided by.
four over two equals two over one
23. prep. (poker) (Separates the three of a kind from the pair in a full house.)
9♦9♠9♣6♥6♠ = nines over sixes
24. prep. Finished with; done with; from one state to another via a hindrance that must be solved or defeated; or via a third state that represents a significant difference from the first two.
We got over the engineering problems and the prototype works great.
I am over my cold and feel great again.
I know the referee made a bad call, but you have to get over it your annoyance with the referee's decision.
She is finally over the distress of losing her job.
He is finally over his distress over the loss of the relationship with his ex-girlfriend.
25. prep. While using, especially while consuming.
26. prep. Concerning or regarding.
The two boys had a fight over whose girlfriend was the best.
27. prep. Above, implying superiority after a contest; in spite of; notwithstanding.
We triumphed over difficulties.
The bill was passed over the veto.
It was a fine victory over their opponents.
28. interj. In radio communications: end of sentence, ready to receive reply.
How do you receive? Over!
29. n. (rare, dialectal, or obsolete) A shore, riverbank.
The sea's over.
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.
past
1. n. The period of time that has already happened, in contrast to the present and the future.
a book about a time machine that can transport people back into the past
2. n. (grammar) The past tense.
3. adj. Having already happened; in the past; finished.
past glories
4. adj. (postmodifier) Following expressions of time to indicate how long ago something happened; ago.
5. adj. Of a period of time: having just gone by; previous.
during the past year
6. adj. (grammar) Of a tense, expressing action that has already happened or a previously-existing state.
past tense
7. adv. in a direction that passes
I watched him walk past
Ignore them, we'll play past them.
Please don't drive past the fruit stand, I want to stop there.
8. prep. Beyond in place, quantity or time.
the room past mine
count past twenty
past midnight
9. prep. Having recovered or moved on from (a traumatic experience, etc.).
three
1. num. (cardinal) A numerical value after two and before four. Represented in Arabic digits as 3; this many dots (•••).
2. num. Describing a set or group with three elements.
3. n. The digit/figure 3.
4. n. Anything measuring three units, as length.
Put all the threes in a separate container.
5. n. A person who is three years old.
All the threes will go in Mrs. Smith's class, while I'll take the fours and fives.
6. n. The playing card featuring three pips.
7. n. (basketball) (abbreviation of three-pointer)
years
1. n. plural of year.
2. n. (colloquial, hyperbole) A very long time.
It took years for the bus to come.
year
1. n. A solar year, the time it takes the Earth to complete one revolution of the Sun (between 365.24 and 365.26 days depending on the point of reference).
we moved to this town a year ago; I quit smoking exactly one year ago
2. n. (by extension) The time it takes for any astronomical object (such as a planet, dwarf planet, small Solar System body, or comet) in direct orbit around a star (such as the Sun) to make one revolution
Mars goes around the sun once in a Martian year, or 1.88 Earth years.
3. n. A period between set dates that mark a year, from January 1 to December 31 by the Gregorian calendar, from Tishiri 1 to Elul 29 by the Jewish calendar, and from Muharram 1 to Dhu al-Hijjah 29 or 30 by
A normal year has 365 full days, but there are 366 days in a leap year.
I was born in the year 1950.
This Chinese year is the year of the Rooster.
4. n. A scheduled part of a calendar year spent in a specific activity.
During this school year I have to get up at 6:30 to catch the bus.
5. n. (sciences) A Julian year, exactly 365.25 days, represented by "a".
6. n. A level or grade in school or college.
Every second-year student must select an area of specialization.
The exams in year 12 at high school are the most difficult.
7. n. The proportion of a creature's lifespan equivalent to one year of an average human lifespan (see also dog year).
Geneticists have created baker's yeast that can live to 800 in yeast years.
and
1. conj. As a coordinating conjunction; expressing two elements to be taken together or in addition to each other.
2. conj. Used simply to connect two noun phrases, adjectives or adverbs.
3. conj. Simply connecting two clauses or sentences.
4. conj. Introducing a clause or sentence which follows on in time or consequence from the first.
5. conj. (obsolete) Yet; but.
6. conj. Used to connect certain numbers: connecting units when they precede tens (not dated); connecting tens and units to hundreds, thousands etc. (now often
7. conj. (now colloquial, or literary) Used to connect more than two elements together in a chain, sometimes to stress the number of elements.
8. conj. Connecting two identical elements, with implications of continued or infinite repetition.
9. conj. Introducing a parenthetical or explanatory clause.
10. conj. Introducing the continuation of narration from a previous understood point; also used alone as a question: ‘and so what?’.
11. conj. (now regional or somewhat colloquial) Used to connect two verbs where the second is dependent on the first: ‘to’. Used especially after come,
12. conj. Introducing a qualitative difference between things having the same name; "as well as other".
13. conj. Used to combine numbers in addition; plus (with singular or plural verb).
14. conj. Expressing a condition.:
15. conj. (now US dialect) If; provided that.
16. conj. (obsolete) As if, as though.
17. n. (enm, music, often informal) In rhythm, the second half of a divided beat.
18. n. (UK dialectal) Breath.
19. n. (UK dialectal) Sea smoke; steam fog.
20. v. (UK dialectal, intransitive) To breathe; whisper; devise; imagine.
corporate
1. adj. Of or relating to a corporation.
2. adj. Formed into a corporation; incorporated.
3. adj. Unified into one body; collective.
4. adj. Related to corporation that franchises rather than an individual franchise.
The one on Seventh Street is a corporate franchise.
5. n. (finance) A bond issued by a corporation.
6. n. A short film produced for internal use in a business, e.g. for training, rather than for a general audience.
7. n. (business) A corporation that franchises, as opposed to than an individual franchise.
McDonald's corporate issued a new policy today.
8. v. (obsolete, transitive) To incorporate.
9. v. (obsolete, intransitive) To become incorporated.
balance
1. n. A state in which opposing forces harmonise; equilibrium.
2. n. Mental equilibrium; mental health; calmness, a state of remaining clear-headed and unperturbed.
3. n. (literally, or figuratively) Something of equal weight used to provide equilibrium; counterweight.
These weights are used as a balance for the overhanging verandah.
Blair thought he could provide a useful balance to Bush's policies.
4. n. A pair of scales.
5. n. Awareness of both viewpoints or matters; neutrality; rationality; objectivity.
6. n. The overall result of conflicting forces, opinions etc.; the influence which ultimately "weighs" more than others.
The balance of power finally lay with the Royalist forces.
I think the balance of opinion is that we should get out while we're ahead.
7. n. Apparent harmony in art (between differing colours, sounds, etc.).
8. n. (accounting) A list accounting for the debits on one side, and for the credits on the other.
9. n. (accounting) The result of such a procedure; the difference between credit and debit of an account.
I just need to nip to a bank and check my balance.
10. n. (watchmaking) A device used to regulate the speed of a watch, clock etc.
11. n. (legal, business) The remainder.
The balance of the agreement remains in effect.
The invoice said he had only paid $50. The balance was $220.
12. n. (obsolete, astrology) Libra.
13. v. To bring (items) to an equipoise, as the scales of a balance by adjusting the weights.
14. v. (transitive, figurative) To make (concepts) agree.
15. v. To hold (an object or objects) precariously; to support on a narrow base, so as to keep from falling.
I balanced my mug of coffee on my knee.
The circus performer balances a plate on the end of a baton.
16. v. To compare in relative force, importance, value, etc.; to estimate.
17. v. (transitive, dancing) To move toward, and then back from, reciprocally.
to balance partners
18. v. (nautical) To contract, as a sail, into a narrower compass.
to balance the boom mainsail
19. v. To make the credits and debits of (an account) correspond.
This final payment, or credit, balances the account.
to balance a set of books
20. v. (intransitive) To be in equilibrium.
21. v. (intransitive) To have matching credits and debits.
sheets
1. n. plural of sheet
2. n. (pluralonly) Collective noun meaning a large amount, when used of rain, or other precipitation.
When I looked out, all I could see were sheets of rain.
sheet
1. n. A thin bed cloth used as a covering for a mattress or as a layer over the sleeper.
2. n. A piece of paper, usually rectangular, that has been prepared for writing, artwork, drafting, wrapping, manufacture of packaging (boxes, envelopes, etc.), and for other uses. The word does not include
3. n. A flat metal pan, often without raised edge, used for baking.
4. n. A thin, flat layer of solid material.
5. n. A broad, flat expanse of a material on a surface.
6. n. (nautical) A line (rope) used to adjust the trim of a sail.
7. n. (nautical, nonstandard) A sail.
8. n. (curling) The area of ice on which the game of curling is played.
9. n. (nonstandard) A layer of veneer.
10. n. (figuratively) Precipitation of such quantity and force as to resemble a thin, virtually solid wall.
11. n. (geology) An extensive bed of an eruptive rock intruded between, or overlying, other strata.
12. n. (nautical) The space in the forward or after part of a boat where there are no rowers.
fore sheets; stern sheets
13. v. To cover or wrap with cloth, or paper, or other similar material.
Remember to sheet the floor before you start painting.
14. v. To form into sheets.
15. v. (intransitive) Of rain, or other precipitation, to pour heavily.
We couldn't go out because the rain was sheeting down all day long.
16. v. (nautical) To trim a sail using a sheet.
remain
1. n. State of remaining; stay.
2. n. That which is left; relic; remainder; -- chiefly in the plural.
3. n. (plural only) remains: That which is left of a human being after the life is gone; relics; a dead body.
4. n. The posthumous works or productions, especially literary works of one who is dead.
5. v. To stay behind while others withdraw; to be left after others have been removed or destroyed; to be left after a number or quantity has been subtracted or cut off; to be left as not included or compri
6. v. To continue unchanged in place, form, or condition, or undiminished in quantity; to abide; to stay; to endure; to last.
There was no food in the house, so I had to remain hungry.
7. v. To await; to be left to.
8. v. (copulative) To continue in a state of being.
The light remained red for two full minutes.
fragile
1. adj. Easily broken or destroyed, and thus often of subtle or intricate structure.
The chemist synthesizes a fragile molecule.
The UN tries to maintain the fragile peace process in the region.
He is a very fragile person and gets easily depressed.
2. adj. (UK) Feeling weak or easily disturbed as a result of illness.

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