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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.
government
     1. n. The body with the power to make and/or enforce laws to control a country, land area, people or organization.
     2. n. (grammar, linguistics) The relationship between a word and its dependents
     3. n. A group of people who hold a monopoly on the legitimate use of force in a given territory.
     4. n. The state and its administration viewed as the ruling political power.
     5. n. The management or control of a system.
     6. n. The tenure of a chief of state.
He
     1. pron. honoraltcaps, he
           I love the Lord for He is Great and Holy.
     2. pron. (personal) A male person or animal already known or implied.
     3. pron. (personal, sometimes proscribed, see usage notes) A person whose gender is unknown or irrelevant.
           The rulebook clearly states that "if any student is caught cheating, he will be expelled", and you were caught cheating, were you not, Anna?
     4. pron. (personal) An animal whose gender is unknown.
     5. n. The game of tag, or it, in which the player attempting to catch the others is called "he".
     6. n. (informal) A male.
           Alex totally is a he.
     7. n. The name of the fifth letter of many Semitic alphabets (Phoenician, Aramaic, Hebrew, Syriac, Arabic and others).
was
     1. v. first-person singular past of be.
     2. v. third-person singular past of be.
     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?
immediately
     1. adv. In an immediate manner; instantly or without delay.
           I hope we can begin immediately.
     2. conj. Indicates that the dependent clause describes something that occurs immediately after the independent clause's referent does.
given
     1. v. past participle of give
     2. prep. Considering; taking into account.
           Given the current situation, I don't think that's possible.
     3. n. A condition that is assumed to be true without further evaluation.
           When evaluating this math problem, don't forget to read the givens.
     4. adj. Particular, specific.
           No more than three people can be in that space at a given time.
     5. adj. Assumed as fact or hypothesis.
           Given that we will get the resources, what do we want to achieve?
     6. adj. (with to) Prone, disposed.
           He was given to taking a couple of glasses of port at his club.
     give
          1. v. (ditransitive) To move, shift, provide something abstract or concrete to someone or something or somewhere.
          2. v.          To transfer one's possession or holding of (something) to (someone).
                        I gave him my coat.
                        I gave my coat to the beggar.
                        When they asked, I gave my coat.
          3. v.          To make a present or gift of.
                        I'm going to give my wife a necklace for her birthday.
                        She gave a pair of shoes to her husband for their anniversary.
                        He gives of his energies to the organization.
          4. v.          To pledge.
                        I gave him my word that I'd protect his children.
          5. v.          To provide (something) to (someone), to allow or afford.
                        I gave them permission to miss tomorrow's class.
                        Please give me some more time.
          6. v.          To cause (a sensation or feeling) to exist in.
                        It gives me a lot of pleasure to be here tonight.
                        The fence gave me an electric shock.
                        My mother-in-law gives me nothing but grief.
          7. v.          To carry out (a physical interaction) with (something).
                        I want to give you a kiss.
                        She gave him a hug.
                        I'd like to give the tire a kick.
                        I gave the boy a push on the swing.
                        She gave me a wink afterwards, so I knew she was joking.
          8. v.          To pass (something) into (someone's) hand or the like.
                        Give me your hand.
                        On entering the house, he gave his coat to the doorman.
          9. v.          To cause (a disease or condition) in, or to transmit (a disease or condition) to.
                        My boyfriend gave me chlamydia.
                        He was convinced that it was his alcoholism that gave him cancer.
          10. v. (ditransitive) To estimate or predict (a duration or probability) for (something).
                I give it ten minutes before he gives up.
                I give it a 95% chance of success.
                I'll give their marriage six months.
          11. v. (intransitive) To yield slightly when a force is applied.
          12. v. (intransitive) To collapse under pressure or force.
                One pillar gave, then more, and suddenly the whole floor pancaked onto the floor below.
          13. v. To provide, as, a service or a broadcast.
                They're giving my favorite show!
          14. v. (intransitive) To lead (onto or into).
                The master bedroom gives onto a spacious balcony.
          15. v. (transitive, dated) To provide a view of.
                His window gave the park.
          16. v. To exhibit as a product or result; to produce; to yield.
                The number of men, divided by the number of ships, gives four hundred to each ship.
          17. v. To cause; to make; used with the infinitive.
          18. v. To cause (someone) to have; produce in (someone); effectuate.
          19. v. To allow or admit by way of supposition; to concede.
                He can be bad-tempered, I'll give you that, but he's a hard worker.
          20. v. To attribute; to assign; to adjudge.
          21. v. To communicate or announce (advice, tidings, etc.); to pronounce or utter (an opinion, a judgment, a shout, etc.).
          22. v. (dated) To grant power or permission to; to allow.
          23. v. (reflexive) To devote or apply (oneself).
                The soldiers give themselves to plunder.
                That boy is given to fits of bad temper.
          24. v. (obsolete) To become soft or moist.
          25. v. (obsolete) To shed tears; to weep.
          26. v. (obsolete) To have a misgiving.
          27. v. To be going on, to be occurring
                What gives?
          28. n. The amount of bending that something undergoes when a force is applied to it; a tendency to yield under pressure; resilence.
                This chair doesn't have much give.
                There is no give in his dogmatic religious beliefs.
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.
Job
     1. n. A person who shows remarkable patience.
     2. n. A task.
           I've got a job for you - could you wash the dishes?
           A job half done is hardly done at all.
     3. n. An economic role for which a person is paid.
           That surgeon has a great job.
           He's been out of a job since being made redundant in January.
     4. n. (in noun compounds) Plastic surgery.
           He had had a nose job.
     5. n. (computing) A task, or series of tasks, carried out in batch mode (especially on a mainframe computer).
     6. n. A public transaction done for private profit; something performed ostensibly as a part of official duty, but really for private gain; a corrupt official business.
     7. n. Any affair or event which affects one, whether fortunately or unfortunately.
     8. n. A thing (often used in a vague way to refer to something whose name one cannot recall).
     9. v. (intransitive) To do odd jobs or occasional work for hire.
     10. v. (intransitive) To work as a jobber.
     11. v. (intransitive, professional wrestling slang) To take the loss.
     12. v. (transitive, trading) To buy and sell for profit, as securities; to speculate in.
     13. v. (transitive, often, with out) To subcontract a project or delivery in small portions to a number of contractors.
           We wanted to sell a turnkey plant, but they jobbed out the contract to small firms.
     14. v. (intransitive) To seek private gain under pretence of public service; to turn public matters to private advantage.
     15. v. To strike or stab with a pointed instrument.
     16. v. To thrust in, as a pointed instrument.
     17. v. To hire or let in periods of service.
           to job a carriage
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.
running
     1. adj. Moving or advancing at a run.
     2. adj.          Of a horse, having a running gait; not a trotter or pacer.
     3. adj. present, current
           running month
     4. adj. Flowing; easy; cursive.
           running handwriting
     5. adj. Continuous; keeping along step by step.
           a running explanation
     6. adj. (botany) Extending by a slender climbing or trailing stem.
           a running vine
     7. adj. (medicine) Discharging pus.
           a running sore
     8. adj. (of a nose) Discharging snot or mucus.
           a running nose
     9. adv. (informal) consecutively; in a row
           Mom's strawberry jam won the blue ribbon at the Holland County Fair three years running.
     10. n. The action of the verb to run.
           His running of the business leaves something to be desired.
     11. n. The activity of running as a form of exercise, as a sport, or for any other reason
           Running is good exercise.
     12. n. That which runs or flows; the quantity of a liquid which flows in a certain time or during a certain operation.
           the first running of a still
     13. n. The discharge from an ulcer or other sore.
     14. v. present participle of run
     run
          1. v. To move swiftly.
          2. v.          (intransitive) To move forward quickly upon two feet by alternately making a short jump off either foot. (Compare walk.)
                        Run, Sarah, run!
          3. v.          (intransitive) To go at a fast pace, to move quickly.
                        The horse ran the length of the track.  I have been running all over the building looking for him.  Sorry, I've got to run; my house is
          4. v.          To cause to move quickly; to make move lightly.
                        Every day I run my dog across the field and back.  I'll just run the vacuum cleaner over the carpet.  Run your fingers through my hair.
          5. v.          (transitive, or intransitive) To compete in a race.
                        The horse will run the Preakness next year.  I'm not ready to run a marathon.
          6. v.          (intransitive) Of fish, to migrate for spawning.
          7. v.          (intransitive, soccer) To carry a football down the field.
          8. v.          To achieve or perform by running or as if by running.
                        The horse ran a great race.
          9. v.          (intransitive) To flee from a danger or towards help.
                        Whenever things get tough, she cuts and runs.  When he's broke, he runs to me for money.
          10. v.          (transitive, juggling, colloquial) To juggle a pattern continuously, as opposed to starting and stopping quickly.
          11. v. (fluids) To flow.
          12. v.          (intransitive, figuratively) To move or spread quickly.
                        There's a strange story running around the neighborhood.  The flu is running through my daughter's kindergarten.
          13. v.          (intransitive) Of a liquid, to flow.
                        The river runs through the forest.  There's blood running down your leg.
          14. v.          (intransitive) Of an object, to have a liquid flowing from it.
                        Your nose is running.  Why is the hose still running?  My cup runneth over.
          15. v.          To make a liquid flow; to make liquid flow from an object.
                        You'll have to run the water a while before it gets hot.  Run the tap until the water gets hot.
          16. v.          (intransitive) To become liquid; to melt.
          17. v.          (intransitive) To leak or spread in an undesirable fashion; to bleed (especially used of dye or paint).
                        He discovered during washing that the red rug ran on his white sheet, staining it pink.
          18. v.          To fuse; to shape; to mould; to cast.
                        to run bullets
          19. v.          (figurative, transitive) To go through without stopping, usually illegally.
                        run a red light or stop sign;  run a blockade
          20. v. (nautical, of a vessel) To sail before the wind, in distinction from reaching or sailing close-hauled.
          21. v. (social) To carry out an activity.
          22. v.          To control or manage, be in charge of.
                        My uncle ran a corner store for forty years.  She runs the fundraising.  My parents think they run my life.  He is running an expe
          23. v.          (intransitive) To be a candidate in an election.
                        I have decided to run for governor of California.  We're trying to find somebody to run against him next year.
          24. v.          To make run in a race or an election.
                        He ran his best horse in the Derby.  The Green Party is running twenty candidates in this election.
          25. v.          To exert continuous activity; to proceed.
                        to run through life;  to run in a circle
          26. v.          (intransitive) To be presented in one of the media.
                        The story will run on the 6-o'clock news.  The latest Robin Williams movie is running at the Silver City theatre.  Her picture ran on t
          27. v.          To print or broadcast in the media.
                        run a story;  run an ad
          28. v.          To transport someone or something.
                        Could you run me over to the store?  Please run this report upstairs to director's office.
          29. v.          To smuggle illegal goods.
                        to run guns;  to run rum
          30. v.          (transitive, agriculture) To sort through a large volume of produce in quality control.
                        Looks like we're gonna have to run the tomatoes again.
          31. v. To extend or persist, statically or dynamically, through space or time.
          32. v.          (intransitive) To extend in space or through a range (often with a measure phrase).
                        The border runs for 3000 miles.  The leash runs along a wire.  The grain of the wood runs to the right on this table.  It ran in q
          33. v.          (intransitive) To extend in time, to last, to continue (usually with a measure phrase).
                        The sale will run for ten days.  The contract runs through 2008.  The meeting ran late.  The book runs 655 pages.  The speech
          34. v.          To make something extend in space.
                        I need to run this wire along the wall.
          35. v.          (intransitive) Of a machine, including computer programs, to be operating or working normally.
                        My car stopped running.  That computer runs twenty-four hours a day.  Buses don't run here on Sunday.
          36. v.          To make a machine operate.
                        It's full. You can run the dishwasher now.  Don't run the engine so fast.
          37. v. To execute or carry out a plan, procedure or program.
                They ran twenty blood tests on me and they still don't know what's wrong.  Our coach had us running plays for the whole practice.  I will run the sample.  Don't run that software
          38. v. To pass or go quickly in thought or conversation.
                to run from one subject to another
          39. v. (copulative) To become different in a way mentioned (usually to become worse).
                Our supplies are running low.  They frequently overspent and soon ran into debt.
          40. v. To cost a large amount of money.
                Buying a new laptop will run you a thousand dollars.  Laptops run about a thousand dollars apiece.
          41. v. (intransitive) Of stitches or stitched clothing, to unravel.
                My stocking is running.
          42. v. To pursue in thought; to carry in contemplation.
          43. v. To cause to enter; to thrust.
                to run a sword into or through the body;  to run a nail into one's foot
          44. v. To drive or force; to cause, or permit, to be driven.
          45. v. To cause to be drawn; to mark out; to indicate; to determine.
                to run a line
          46. v. To encounter or incur (a danger or risk).
                to run the risk of losing one's life
          47. v. To put at hazard; to venture; to risk.
          48. v. To tease with sarcasms and ridicule.
          49. v. To sew (a seam) by passing the needle through material in a continuous line, generally taking a series of stitches on the needle at the same time.
          50. v. To control or have precedence in a card game.
                Every three or four hands he would run the table.
          51. v. To be in form thus, as a combination of words.
          52. v. (archaic) To be popularly known; to be generally received.
          53. v. To have growth or development.
                Boys and girls run up rapidly.
          54. v. To tend, as to an effect or consequence; to incline.
          55. v. To have a legal course; to be attached; to continue in force, effect, or operation; to follow; to go in company.
                Certain covenants run with the land.
          56. v. (golf) To strike (the ball) in such a way as to cause it to run along the ground, as when approaching a hole.
          57. v. (video games) To speedrun.
          58. v. past participle of rin
          59. n. Act or instance of running, of moving rapidly using the feet.
                I just got back from my morning run.
          60. n. Act or instance of hurrying (to or from a place) (not necessarily by foot); dash or errand, trip.
                I need to make a run to the store.
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.
task
     1. n. A piece of work done as part of one’s duties.
     2. n. A difficult or tedious undertaking.
     3. n. An objective.
     4. n. (computing) A process or execution of a program.
     5. v. To assign a task to, or impose a task on.
           On my first day in the office, I was tasked with sorting a pile of invoices.
     6. v. To oppress with severe or excessive burdens; to tax.
     7. v. To charge, as with a fault.
force
     1. n. Strength or energy of body or mind; active power; vigour; might; capacity of exercising an influence or producing an effect.
           the force of an appeal, an argument, or a contract
     2. n. Power exerted against will or consent; compulsory power; violence; coercion.
     3. n. Anything that is able to make a big change in a person or thing.
     4. n. (physics) A physical quantity that denotes ability to push, pull, twist or accelerate a body which is measured in a unit dimensioned in mass × distance/time² (ML/T²): SI: newton (N); CGS: dyne (dyn)
     5. n. Something or anything that has the power to produce an effect upon something else.
     6. n. A group that aims to attack, control, or constrain.
           police force
     7. n. The ability to attack, control, or constrain.
           show of force
     8. n. A magic trick in which the outcome is known to the magician beforehand, especially one involving the apparent free choice of a card by another person.
     9. n. (legal) Legal validity.
           The law will come into force in January.
     10. n. (legal) Either unlawful violence, as in a "forced entry", or lawful compulsion.
     11. n. (linguistics, semantics, pragmatics) Ability of an utterance or its element (word, form, prosody, ...) to effect a given meaning.
     12. n. (science fiction) A binding, metaphysical, and ubiquitous power in the fictional Star Wars universe created by George Lucas.
     13. v. To violate (a woman); to rape.
     14. v. (obsolete, reflexive, intransitive) To exert oneself, to do one's utmost.
     15. v. To compel (someone or something) to do something.
     16. v. To constrain by force; to overcome the limitations or resistance of.
     17. v. To drive (something) by force, to propel (generally + prepositional phrase or adverb).
     18. v. To cause to occur (despite inertia, resistance etc.); to produce through force.
           The comedian's jokes weren't funny, but I forced a laugh now and then.
     19. v. To forcibly open (a door, lock etc.).
           To force a lock.
     20. v. To obtain or win by strength; to take by violence or struggle; specifically, to capture by assault; to storm, as a fortress.
     21. v. (transitive, baseball) To create an out by touching a base in advance of a runner who has no base to return to while in possession of a ball which has already touched the ground.
           Jones forced the runner at second by stepping on the bag.
     22. v. (whist) To compel (an adversary or partner) to trump a trick by leading a suit that he/she does not hold.
     23. v. (archaic) To put in force; to cause to be executed; to make binding; to enforce.
     24. v. (archaic) To provide with forces; to reinforce; to strengthen by soldiers; to man; to garrison.
     25. v. (obsolete) To allow the force of; to value; to care for.
     26. n. (Northern England) A waterfall or cascade.
     27. v. To stuff; to lard; to farce.
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
put
     1. v. To place something somewhere.
           She put her books on the table.
     2. v. To bring or set into a certain relation, state or condition.
           Put your house in order!
           He is putting all his energy into this one task.
           She tends to put herself in dangerous situations.
     3. v. (finance) To exercise a put option.
           He got out of his Procter and Gamble bet by putting his shares at 80.
     4. v. To express something in a certain manner.
           When you put it that way, I guess I can see your point.
     5. v. (athletics) To throw a heavy iron ball, as a sport. (See shot put. Do not confuse with putt.)
     6. v. To steer; to direct one's course; to go.
     7. v. To play a card or a hand in the game called put.
     8. v. To attach or attribute; to assign.
           to put a wrong construction on an act or expression
     9. v. (obsolete) To lay down; to give up; to surrender.
     10. v. To set before one for judgment, acceptance, or rejection; to bring to the attention.
           to put a question; to put a case
     11. v. (obsolete) To incite; to entice; to urge; to constrain; to oblige.
     12. v. (mining) To convey coal in the mine, as for example from the working to the tramway.
     13. n. (business) A right to sell something at a predetermined price.
     14. n. (finance) A contract to sell a security at a set price on or before a certain date.
           He bought a January '08 put for Procter and Gamble at 80 to hedge his bet.
     15. n. The act of putting; an action; a movement; a thrust; a push.
           the put of a ball
     16. n. An old card game.
     17. n. (obsolete) An idiot; a foolish person; a duffer.
     18. n. (obsolete) A prostitute.
together
     1. adv. At the same time, in the same place; in close association or proximity.
           We went to school together.
     2. adv. Into one place; into a single thing; combined.
           He put all the parts together.
     3. adv. In a relationship or partnership, for example a business relationship or a romantic partnership.
           Bob and Andy went into business together.  Jenny and Mark have been together since they went on holiday to Mexico.
     4. adj. (colloquial) Coherent; well organized.
           He's really together.
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.
long
     1. adj. Having much distance from one terminating point on an object or an area to another terminating point (usually applies to horizontal dimensions; see Usage Notes below).
           It's a long way from the Earth to the Moon.
     2. adj. Having great duration.
           The pyramids of Egypt have been around for a long time.
     3. adj. Seemingly lasting a lot of time, because it is boring or tedious or tiring.
     4. adj. (UK, dialect) Not short; tall.
     5. adj. (finance) Possessing or owning stocks, bonds, commodities or other financial instruments with the aim of benefiting of the expected rise in their value.
           I'm long in DuPont;  I have a long position in DuPont.
     6. adj. (cricket) Of a fielding position, close to the boundary (or closer to the boundary than the equivalent short position).
     7. adj. (tennis, of a ball or a shot) That land beyond the baseline (and therefore is out).
           No! That forehand is longnb....
     8. adj. Occurring or coming after an extended interval; distant in time; far away.
     9. adv. Over a great distance in space.
           He threw the ball long.
     10. adv. For a particular duration.
           How long is it until the next bus arrives?
     11. adv. For a long duration.
           Will this interview take long?
           Paris has long been considered one of the most cultured cities in the world.
     12. n. (linguistics) A long vowel.
     13. n. (programming) A long integer variable, twice the size of an int, two or four times the size of a short, and half of a long long.
           A long is typically 64 bits in a 32-bit environment.
     14. n. (finance) An entity with a long position in an asset.
           Every uptick made the longs cheer.
     15. n. (music) A note formerly used in music, one half the length of a large, twice that of a breve.
     16. v. (transitive, finance) To take a long position in.
     17. v. (intransitive) To await, aspire, desire greatly (something to occur or to be true)
           She longed for him to come back.
     18. adj. (archaic) On account of, because of.
     19. v. (archaic) To be appropriate to, to pertain or belong to.
     20. n. longitude
term
     1. n. Any of the binding conditions or promises in a legal contract.
           Be sure to read the terms and conditions before signing.
     2. n. That which limits the extent of anything; limit; extremity; bound; boundary.
     3. n. (geometry, archaic) A point, line, or superficies that limits.
           A line is the term of a superficies, and a superficies is the term of a solid.
     4. n. A word or phrase, especially one from a specialised area of knowledge.
           "Algorithm" is a term used in computer science.
     5. n. Relations among people.
           We are on friendly terms with each other.
     6. n. Part of a year, especially one of the three parts of an academic year.
     7. n. Duration of a set length; period in office of fixed length.
           He was sentenced to a term of six years in prison.
           near-term, mid-term and long-term goals
           the term allowed to a debtor to discharge his debt
     8. n. (of a patent) The maximum period during which the patent can be maintained into force.
     9. n. (archaic) A menstrual period.
     10. n. (mathematics) Any value (variable or constant) or expression separated from another term by a space or an appropriate character, in an overall expression or table.
           All the terms of this sum cancel out.
           One only term is odd nobr - in ( 12; 3; 4 ).
     11. n. (logic) The subject or the predicate of a proposition; one of the three component parts of a syllogism, each one of which is used twice.
     12. n. (astrology) An essential dignity in which unequal segments of every astrological sign have internal rulerships which affect the power and integrity of each planet in a natal chart.
     13. n. (architecture) A quadrangular pillar, adorned on top with the figure of a head, as of a man, woman, or satyr.
     14. n. (nautical) A piece of carved work placed under each end of the taffrail.
     15. v. To phrase a certain way; to name or call.
     16. adj. (medicine, colloquial) Born or delivered at term.
           term neonate
     17. n. (computing, informal) terminal (computer program that emulates a physical terminal)
     18. v. To terminate one's employment
     19. n. One whose employment has been terminated
energy
     1. n. The impetus behind all motion and all activity.
     2. n. The capacity to do work.
     3. n. (physics) A quantity that denotes the ability to do work and is measured in a unit dimensioned in mass × distance²/time² (ML²/T²) or the equivalent.
           Units:
             SI: joule (J), kilowatt-hour (kW·h)
             CGS: erg (erg)
             Customary: foot-pound-force, calorie, kilocalorie (i.e. dietary calories), BTU, liter-atmosphere, ton of TNT
     4. n. An intangible, modifiable force (often characterized as either 'positive' or 'negative') believed in some New Age religions to emanate from a person, place or thing and which is (or can be) preserved
     5. n. (RPG, video games, board games) A measure of how many actions a player or unit can take; in the fantasy genre often called magic points or mana.
plan
     1. n. A drawing showing technical details of a building, machine, etc., with unwanted details omitted, and often using symbols rather than detailed drawing to represent doors, valves, etc.
           The plans for many important buildings were once publicly available.
     2. n. A set of intended actions, usually mutually related, through which one expects to achieve a goal.
           He didn't really have a plan; he had a goal and a habit of control.
     3. n. A two-dimensional drawing of a building as seen from above with obscuring or irrelevant details such as roof removed, or of a floor of a building, revealing the internal layout; as distinct from the e
           Seen in plan, the building had numerous passageways not apparent to visitors.
     4. n. A method; a way of procedure; a custom.
     5. n. A subscription to a service.
           a phone plan
           an Internet plan
     6. v. To design (a building, machine, etc.).
           The architect planned the building for the client.
     7. v. To create a plan for.
           They jointly planned the project in phases, with good detail for the first month.
     8. v. (intransitive) To intend.
           He planned to go, but work intervened.
     9. v. See plan on.
           I was planning on going, but something came up.
     10. v. (intransitive) To make a plan.
           They planned for the worst, bringing lots of emergency supplies.
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.
flagship
     1. n. In a maritime fleet, the ship occupied by the fleet's commander (usually an admiral); it denotes this by flying his flag.
     2. n. The most important one out of a related group.
           The retail company's store in London is their flagship.
programme
     1. n. (British, NZ, India) standard spelling of program
           Our programme for today’s exercise class includes swimming and jogging.
           The programme about Greek architecture starts at 9:00 on Channel 4.
     2. n. (UK, dated, possibly, non-standard) alternative spelling of program (A computer program).
     3. v. (British) standard spelling of program
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