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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.
recent
1. adj. Having happened a short while ago.
2. adj. Up-to-date; not old-fashioned or dated.
3. adj. Having done something a short while ago that distinguishes them as what they are called.
The cause has several hundred recent donors.
I met three recent graduates at the conference.
4. adj. (sciences) Particularly in geology, palaeontology, and astronomy: having occurred a relatively short time ago, but still potentially thousands or even millions of years ago.
5. adj. (geology, astronomy, capitalised as "Recent") Of the Holocene, particularly pre-21st century.Oxford English Dictionary, 3rd ed. quotes "P. Gibbard & T. van Kolfschoten in F. Gradstein et al. Geol. Tim
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.
our
1. det. Belonging to us.
2. det. Of, from, or belonging to the nation, region, or language of the speaker.
3. det. (Northern England, Scotland) Used before a person's name to indicate that the person is in one's family, or is a very close friend.
I'm going to see our Terry for tea.
4. v. misspelling of are
connection
1. n. The act of connecting.
2. n. The point at which two or more things are connected.
the connection between overeating and obesity
My headache has no connection with me going out last night.
3. n. A feeling of understanding and ease of communication between two or more people.
As we were the only people in the room to laugh at the joke, I felt a connection between us.
4. n. An established communications or transportation link.
computers linked by a network connection
I was talking to him, but there was lightning and we lost the connection.
5. n. (transport) A transfer from one transportation vehicle to another in scheduled transportation service
The bus was late so he missed his connection at Penn Station and had to wait six hours for the next train.
6. n. A kinship relationship between people.
7. n. An individual who is related to oneself.
I have some connections in Lancashire.
8. n. (mathematics) A set of sets that contains the empty set, all one-element sets for any element that is included in any of the sets, and the union of any group of sets that are elements where the inters
9. n. coherence; lack of disjointedness
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.
earlier
1. adj. comparative form of early: more early
2. adj. occurring previously
I shall be late because I missed the earlier train.
3. adv. comparative form of early: more early
4. adv. previously; before now; sooner
I shall be late because I didn't start earlier.
They were looking for some measuring equipment they had placed in the ice earlier.
times
1. n. plural of time
2. n. The circumstances of a certain time.
Modern times are so very different from the past.
3. n. A person's experiences or biography.
The Life and Times of Rosie the Riveter.
4. prep. (mathematics) multiplied by
Four times five is twenty.
One times one is one.
5. v. third-person singular present indicative of time
6. v. (informal, arithmetic) To multiply.
time
1. n. The inevitable progression into the future with the passing of present events into the past.
Time stops for nobody. the ebb and flow of time
2. n. (physics, usually) A dimension of spacetime with the opposite metric signature to space dimensions; the fourth dimension.
Both science-fiction writers and physicists have written about travel through time.
3. n. (physics) Change associated with the second law of thermodynamics; the physical and psychological result of increasing entropy.
Time slows down when you approach the speed of light.
4. n. (physics, reductionistic definition) The property of a system which allows it to have more than one distinct configuration.
An essential definition of time should entail neither speed nor direction, just change.
5. n. A duration of time.
6. n. A quantity of availability of duration.
More time is needed to complete the project. You had plenty of time, but you waited until the last minute. Are you finish
7. n. A measurement of a quantity of time; a numerical or general indication of a length of progression.
a long time; Record the individual times for the processes in each batch. Only your best time is compared with the other compet
8. n. (slang) The serving of a prison sentence.
The judge leniently granted a sentence with no hard time. He is not living at home because he is doing time.
9. n. An experience.
We had a wonderful time at the party.
10. n. An era; (with the, sometimes in plural) the current era, the current state of affairs.
Roman times; the time of the dinosaurs
11. n. (with possessive) A person's youth or young adulthood, as opposed to the present day.
In my time, we respected our elders.
12. n. (only in singular, sports) Time out; temporary, limited suspension of play.
13. n. An instant of time.
14. n. How much of a day has passed; the moment, as indicated by a clock or similar device.
Excuse me, have you got the time? What time is it, do you guess? Ten o’clock? A computer keeps time using a clock battery
15. n. A particular moment or hour; the appropriate moment or hour for something (especially with prepositional phrase or imperfect subjunctive).
it’s time for bed; it’s time to sleep; we must wait for the right time; it's time we were going
16. n. A numerical indication of a particular moment.
at what times do the trains arrive?; these times were erroneously converted between zones
17. n. An instance or occurrence.
When was the last time we went out? I don’t remember.
see you another time; that’s three times he’s made the same mistake
Okay, but this is the last time. No more after that!
18. n. (of pubs) Closing time.
Last call: it's almost time.
19. n. The hour of childbirth.
20. n. (as someone's time) The end of someone's life, conceived by the speaker as having been predestined.
It was his time.
21. n. The measurement under some system of region of day or moment.
Let's synchronize our watches so we're not on different time.
22. n. Ratio of comparison.
your car runs three times faster than mine; that is four times as heavy as this
23. n. (grammar, dated) Tense.
the time of a verb
24. n. (music) The measured duration of sounds; measure; tempo; rate of movement; rhythmical division.
common or triple time; the musician keeps good time.
25. v. To measure or record the time, duration, or rate of.
I used a stopwatch to time myself running around the block.
26. v. To choose when something begins or how long it lasts.
The President timed his speech badly, coinciding with the Super Bowl.
The bomb was timed to explode at 9:20 p.m.
27. v. (obsolete) To keep or beat time; to proceed or move in time.
28. v. (obsolete) To pass time; to delay.
29. v. To regulate as to time; to accompany, or agree with, in time of movement.
30. v. To measure, as in music or harmony.
31. interj. (tennis) Reminder by the umpire for the players to continue playing after their pause.
persisted
1. v. simple past tense and past participle of persist
persist
1. v. (intransitive) To go on stubbornly or resolutely.
2. v. (intransitive) To repeat an utterance.
3. v. (intransitive) To continue to exist.
4. v. (computing, transitive) To cause to persist; make permanent.
only
1. adj. Alone in a category.
He is the only doctor for miles.
The only people in the stadium were the fans: no players, coaches, or officials.
That was the only time I went to Turkey.
2. adj. Singularly superior; the best.
He is the only trombonist to recruit.
3. adj. Without sibling; without a sibling of the same gender.
He is their only son, in fact, an only child.
4. adj. (obsolete) Mere.
5. adv. Without others or anything further; exclusively.
My heart is hers, and hers only. The cat sat only on the mat. It kept off the sofa.
6. adv. No more than; just.
The cat only sat on the mat. It didn't scratch it. If there were only one more ticket!
7. adv. As recently as.
He left only moments ago.
8. adv. (obsolete) Above all others; particularly.
9. conj. Under the condition that; but.
10. conj. But; except.
I would enjoy running, only I have this broken leg.
11. n. An only child.
sporadically
1. adv. At an occasional, infrequent, or irregular frequency
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.
then
1. adv. (temporal location) At that time.
He was happy then.
2. adv. (temporal location) Soon afterward.
He fixed it, then left.
Turn left, then right, then right again, then keep going until you reach the service station.
3. adv. (sequence) Next in order; in addition.
There are three green ones, then a blue one.
4. adv. (conjunctive) In that case.
If it’s locked, then we’ll need the key.
Is it 12 o'clock already? Then it's time for me to leave.
You don't like potatoes? What do you want me to cook, then?
5. adv. (sequence) At the same time; on the other hand.
That’s a nice shirt, but then, so is the other one.
6. adv. (dialect) Used to contradict an assertion.
7. adj. Being so at that time.
8. n. That time
It will be finished before then.
only
1. adj. Alone in a category.
He is the only doctor for miles.
The only people in the stadium were the fans: no players, coaches, or officials.
That was the only time I went to Turkey.
2. adj. Singularly superior; the best.
He is the only trombonist to recruit.
3. adj. Without sibling; without a sibling of the same gender.
He is their only son, in fact, an only child.
4. adj. (obsolete) Mere.
5. adv. Without others or anything further; exclusively.
My heart is hers, and hers only. The cat sat only on the mat. It kept off the sofa.
6. adv. No more than; just.
The cat only sat on the mat. It didn't scratch it. If there were only one more ticket!
7. adv. As recently as.
He left only moments ago.
8. adv. (obsolete) Above all others; particularly.
9. conj. Under the condition that; but.
10. conj. But; except.
I would enjoy running, only I have this broken leg.
11. n. An only child.
by
1. prep. Near or next to.
The mailbox is by the bus stop.
2. prep. At some time before (the given time), or before the end of a given time interval.
Be back by ten o'clock! We will send it by the first week of July.
3. prep. Indicates the actor in a clause with its verb in the passive voice: Through the action or presence of.
The matter was decided by the chairman. The boat was swamped by the water. He was protected by his body armour.
4. prep. Indicates the creator of a work: Existing through the authorship etc. of.
There are many well-known plays by William Shakespeare
5. prep. Indicates the cause of a condition or event: Through the action of, caused by, responsibility for; by dint of.
6. prep. Indicates a means: Involving/using the means of.
I avoided the guards by moving only when they weren't looking.
7. prep. Indicates a source of light used as illumination.
The electricity was cut off, so we had to read by candlelight.
8. prep. Indicates an authority, rule, or permission followed.
I sorted the items by category. By the power vested in me, I now pronounce you man and wife.
9. prep. Indicates the amount of some progression: With a change of.
Our stock is up by ten percent.
10. prep. In the formulae X by X and by Xs, indicates a steady progression, one X after another.
We went through the book page by page. We crawled forward by inches.
11. prep. Indicates a referenced source: According to.
He cheated by his own admission.
12. prep. Indicates an oath: With the authority of.
By Jove! I think she's got it! By all that is holy, I'll put an end to this.
13. prep. Used to separate dimensions when describing the size of something.
It is easy to invert a 2-by-2 matrix. The room was about 4 foot by 6 foot. The bricks used to build the wall measured 10 by 20 by 30 cm.
14. prep. (horse breeding) Designates a horse's male parent (sire); cf. out of.
She's a lovely little filly, by Big Lad, out of Damsel in Distress.
15. adv. Along a path which runs by the speaker.
I watched as it passed by.
16. adv. In the vicinity, near.
There was a shepherd close by.
The shop is hard by the High Street.
17. adv. To or at a place, as a residence or place of business.
I'll stop by on my way home from work.
We're right near the lifeguard station. Come by before you leave.
18. adv. Aside, away.
The women spent much time after harvest putting jams by for winter and spring.
19. adj. Out of the way, subsidiary.
20. n. (card games) A pass
21. interj. alternative spelling of bye
means
1. n. plural of mean
2. n. An instrument or condition for attaining a purpose.
She treated him as a means to an end.
A car is a means of transport.
3. n. Resources; riches.
a person of means; independent means
He was living beyond his means.
4. v. third-person singular present indicative of mean
mean
1. v. To intend.
2. v. To intend, to plan (to do); to have as one's intention.
I didn't mean to knock your tooth out.
I mean to go to Baddeck this summer.
I meant to take the car in for a smog check, but it slipped my mind.
3. v. (intransitive) To have intentions of a given kind.
Don't be angry; she meant well.
4. v. (transitive, usually in passive) To intend (something) for a given purpose or fate; to predestine.
Actually this desk was meant for the subeditor.
Man was not meant to question such things.
5. v. To convey meaning.
6. v. To convey (a given sense); to signify, or indicate (an object or idea).
The sky is red this morning—does that mean we're in for a storm?
7. v. Of a word, symbol etc: to have reference to, to signify.
What does this hieroglyph mean?
8. v. Of a person (or animal etc): to intend to express, to imply, to hint at, to allude.
I'm afraid I don't understand what you mean.
He is a little different, if you know what I mean.
9. v. To have conviction in (something said or expressed); to be sincere in (what one says).
Does she really mean what she said to him last night?
Say what you mean and mean what you say.
10. v. To result in; to bring about.
One faltering step means certain death.
11. v. To be important (to).
My home life means a lot to me.
12. v. (Ireland, UK regional) To lament.
13. adj. (obsolete) Common; general.
14. adj. Of a common or low origin, grade, or quality; common; humble.
a man of mean parentage / a mean abode
15. adj. Low in quality or degree; inferior; poor; shabby.
a mean appearance / mean dress
16. adj. Without dignity of mind; destitute of honour; low-minded; spiritless; base.
a mean motive
17. adj. Of little value or account; worthy of little or no regard; contemptible; despicable.
18. adj. (chiefly UK) Ungenerous; stingy; tight-fisted.
He's so mean. I've never seen him spend so much as five pounds on presents for his children.
19. adj. Disobliging; pettily offensive or unaccommodating; small.
20. adj. Selfish; acting without consideration of others; unkind.
It was mean to steal the girl's piggy bank, but he just had to get uptown and he had no cash of his own.
21. adj. Causing or intending to cause intentional harm; bearing ill will towards another; cruel; malicious.
Watch out for her, she's mean. I said good morning to her, and she punched me in the nose.
22. adj. Powerful; fierce; harsh; damaging.
It must have been a mean typhoon that levelled this town.
23. adj. Accomplished with great skill; deft; hard to compete with.
Your mother can roll a mean cigarette.
He hits a mean backhand.
24. adj. (informal, often, childish) Difficult, tricky.
This problem is mean!
25. adj. Having the mean (see noun below) as its value.
26. adj. (obsolete) Middling; intermediate; moderately good, tolerable.
27. n. (now chiefly in the plural) A method or course of action used to achieve some result.
28. n. (obsolete, in the singular) An intermediate step or intermediate steps.
29. n. Something which is intermediate or in the middle; an intermediate value or range of values; a medium.
30. n. (music, now historical) The middle part of three-part polyphonic music; now specifically, the alto part in polyphonic music; an alto instrument.
31. n. (statistics) The average of a set of values, calculated by summing them together and dividing by the number of terms; the arithmetic mean.
32. n. (mathematics) Any function of multiple variables that satisfies certain properties and yields a number representative of its arguments; or, the number so yielded; a measure of central tendency.
33. n. (mathematics) Either of the two numbers in the middle of a conventionally presented proportion, as 2 and 3 in 1:2=3:6.
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.
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
often
1. adv. Frequently, many times.
I often walk to work when the weather is nice.
I've been going to the movies more often since a new theatre opened near me.
2. adj. (archaic) Frequent.
inebriated
1. adj. Behaving as though affected by alcohol including exhilaration, and a dumbed or stupefied manner.
2. v. simple past tense and past participle of inebriate
inebriate
1. n. A person who is intoxicated, especially one who is habitually drunk.
2. v. To cause to be drunk; to intoxicate.
3. v. (transitive, figurative) To disorder the senses of; to exhilarate, elate or stupefy as if by spirituous drink.
4. v. (intransitive) To become drunk.
5. adj. intoxicated; drunk
telephone
1. n. A telecommunication device (originally mechanical, and now electronic) used for two-way talking with another person (often shortened to phone).
2. n. (North America) The game of Chinese whispers.
3. v. To (attempt to) contact someone using the telephone.
calls
1. n. plural of call
2. v. third-person singular present indicative of call
call
1. n. A telephone conversation.
I received several phone calls today.
I received several calls today.
2. n. A short visit, usually for social purposes.
I paid a call to a dear friend of mine.
3. n. (nautical) A visit by a ship or boat to a port.
The ship made a call at Southampton.
4. n. A cry or shout.
He heard a call from the other side of the room.
5. n. A decision or judgement.
That was a good call.
6. n. The characteristic cry of a bird or other animal.
That sound is the distinctive call of the cuckoo bird.
7. n. A beckoning or summoning.
I had to yield to the call of the wild.
8. n. The right to speak at a given time during a debate or other public event; the floor.
The Prime Minister has the call.
I give the call to the Manager of Opposition Business.
9. n. (finance) An option to buy stock at a specified price during or at a specified time.
10. n. (cricket) The act of calling to the other batsman.
11. n. (cricket) The state of being the batsman whose role it is to call (depends on where the ball goes.)
12. n. A work shift which requires one to be available when requested (see on call).
13. n. (computing) The act of jumping to a subprogram, saving the means to return to the original point.
14. n. A statement of a particular state, or rule, made in many games such as bridge, craps, jacks, and so on.
There was a 20 dollar bet on the table, and my call was 9.
15. n. (poker) The act of matching a bet made by a player who has previously bet in the same round of betting.
16. n. A note blown on the horn to encourage the dogs in a hunt.
17. n. (nautical) A whistle or pipe, used by the boatswain and his mate to summon the sailors to duty.
18. n. A pipe or other instrument to call birds or animals by imitating their note or cry. A game call.
19. n. An invitation to take charge of or serve a church as its pastor.
20. n. (archaic) Vocation; employment; calling.
21. n. (US, legal) A reference to, or statement of, an object, course, distance, or other matter of description in a survey or grant requiring or calling for a corresponding object, etc., on the land.
22. n. (informal, slang) A meeting with a client for paid sex; hookup; job.
23. v. To use one's voice.:
24. v. (intransitive) To request, summon, or beckon.
That person is hurt; call for help!
25. v. (intransitive) To cry or shout.
26. v. To utter in a loud or distinct voice.
to call the roll of a military company
27. v. (transitive, intransitive) To contact by telephone.
Why don't you call me in the morning? Why don't you call tomorrow?
28. v. To declare in advance.
The captains call the coin toss.
29. v. To rouse from sleep; to awaken.
30. v. To declare (an effort or project) to be a failure.
After the third massive failure, John called the whole initiative.
31. v. (heading, intransitive) To visit.
32. v. To pay a (social) visit (often used with "on", "round", or "at"; used by salespeople with "again" to invite customers to come again).
We could always call on a friend. The engineer called round whilst you were away.
33. v. To stop at a station or port.
This train calls at Reading, Slough and London Paddington. Our cruise ship called at Bristol Harbour.
34. v. To name, identify or describe.:
35. v. (ditransitive) To name or refer to.
Why don't we dispense with the formalities. Please call me Al.
36. v. (in passive) Of a person, to have as one's name; of a thing, to have as its name.
I'm called John. A very tall building is called a skyscraper.
37. v. To predict.
He called twelve of the last three recessions.
38. v. To state, or estimate, approximately or loosely; to characterize without strict regard to fact.
They call the distance ten miles. That's enough work. Let's call it a day and go home.
39. v. (obsolete) To disclose the class or character of; to identify.
40. v. (heading, sport) Direct or indirect use of the voice.
41. v. (cricket) (of a batsman): To shout directions to the other batsman on whether or not they should take a run.
42. v. (baseball, cricket) (of a fielder): To shout to other fielders that he intends to take a catch (thus avoiding collisions).
43. v. (intransitive, poker) To equal the same amount that other players are currently betting.
I bet $800 and Jane raised to $1600. My options: call (match her $1600 bet), reraise or fold.
44. v. (intransitive, poker, proscribed) To match the current bet amount, in preparation for a raise in the same turn. (Usually, players are forbidden to anno
I'll call your 300, and raise to 600!
45. v. To state, or invoke a rule, in many games such as bridge, craps, jacks, and so on.
My partner called two spades.
46. v. (transitive, sometimes with for) To require, demand.
He felt called to help the old man.
47. v. (transitive, finance) To announce the early extinction of a debt by prepayment, usually at a premium.
48. v. (transitive, banking) To demand repayment of a loan.
49. v. (transitive, computing) To jump to (another part of a program) to perform some operation, returning to the original point on completion.
A recursive function is one that calls itself.
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.
which
1. det. (interrogative) What, of those mentioned or implied.
Which song made the charts?
2. det. (relative) The one or ones that.
Show me which one is bigger.
They couldn't decide which song to play.
3. det. (relative) The one or ones mentioned.
He once owned a painting of the house, which painting would later be stolen.
For several seconds he sat in silence, during which time the tea and sandwiches arrived.
I'm thinking of getting a new car, in which case I'd get a red one.
4. pron. (interrogative) What one or ones (of those mentioned or implied).
Which is bigger?; Which is which?
5. pron. (relative) Who; whom; what (of those mentioned or implied).
He walked by a door with a sign, which read: PRIVATE OFFICE.
We've met some problems which are very difficult to handle.
He had to leave, which was very difficult.
No art can be properly understood apart from the culture of which it is a part.
6. pron. (relative, archaic) Used of people (now generally who, whom or that).
7. n. An occurrence of the word which.
His
1. pron. honoraltcaps, his
2. det. Belonging to him.
3. det. (dated) Belonging to a person of unspecified gender.
4. det. (obsolete) Its; belonging to it. (Now only when implying personification.)
5. det. (archaic) Used as a genitive marker in place of ’s after a noun, especially a masculine noun ending in -s, to express the possessive case.
Ahab his mark for Ahab's mark.
Sejanus his Fall
6. pron. That which belongs to him; the possessive case of he, used without a following noun.
The decision was his to live with.
7. pron. alternative spelling of His
8. n. plural of hi
real
1. adj. True, genuine, not merely nominal or apparent.
2. adj. Genuine, not artificial, counterfeit, or fake.
This is real leather.
3. adj. Genuine, unfeigned, sincere.
These are real tears!
4. adj. Actually being, existing, or occurring; not fictitious or imaginary.
a description of real life
5. adj. That has objective, physical existence.
No one has ever seen a real unicorn.
6. adj. (economics) Having been adjusted to remove the effects of inflation; measured in purchasing power (contrast nominal).
My dad calculated my family's real consumption per month.
What is the real GNP of this polity?
7. adj. (economics) Relating to the result of the actions of rational agents; relating to neoclassical economic models as opposed to Keynesian models.
8. adj. (mathematics, of a number) Being either a rational number, or the limit of a convergent infinite sequence of rational numbers: being one of a set of numbers with a one-to-one correspondence to the poi
9. adj. (legal) Relating to immovable tangible property.
real estate; real property
10. adj. Absolute, complete, utter.
This is a real problem.
11. adj. (slang) Signifying meritorious qualities or actions especially as regard the enjoyment of life, prowess at sports, or success wooing potential partners.
I'm keeping it real.
12. adv. (US, colloquial) Really, very.
13. n. A commodity; see realty.
14. n. (grammar) One of the three genders that the common gender can be separated into in the Scandinavian languages.
15. n. (mathematics) A real number.
16. n. (obsolete) A realist.
17. n. Former unit of currency of Spain and Spain's colonies.
18. n. A coin worth one real.
19. n. A unit of currency used in Portugal and its colonies from 1430 until 1911, and in Brazil from 1790 until 1942
20. n. A coin worth one real.
freshness
1. n. The state or quality of being fresh.
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.
originality
1. n. The quality of being original or novel.
2. n. The capacity to think independently or be inventive.
3. n. Something original.
just
1. adj. Factually right, correct; factual.
It is a just assessment of the facts.
2. adj. Rationally right, correct.
3. adj. Morally right; upright, righteous, equitable; fair.
It looks like a just solution at first glance.
4. adj. Proper, adequate.
5. adv. Only, simply, merely.
Plant just a few tomatoes, unless you can freeze or dry them.
He calls it vermilion, but it's just red to me.
6. adv. (sentence adverb) Used to reduce the force of an imperative; simply.
Just follow the directions on the box.
7. adv. (speech act) Used to convey a less serious or formal tone
I just called to say "hi".
8. adv. (speech act) Used to show humility.
Lord, we just want to thank You and praise Your Name.
9. adv. (degree) absolutely, positively
It is just splendid!
10. adv. Moments ago, recently.
They just left, but you may leave a message at the desk.
11. adv. By a narrow margin; closely; nearly.
The fastball just missed my head!
The piece just might fit.
12. adv. Exactly, precisely, perfectly.
He wants everything just right for the big day.
13. interj. (slang) Expressing dismay or discontent.
14. n. A joust, tournament.
15. v. To joust, fight a tournament.
about
1. prep. In a circle around; all round; on every side of; on the outside of.
2. prep. Near; not far from; approximately; regarding time, size, quantity.
3. prep. On the point or verge of.
the show is about to start; I am not about to admit to your crime
4. prep. On one's person; nearby the person.
5. prep. Over or upon different parts of; through or over in various directions; here and there in; to and fro in; throughout.
6. prep. Concerned with; engaged in; intent on.
7. prep. Concerning; with regard to; on account of; on the subject of; to affect.
He knew more about what was occurring than anyone.
8. prep. (figurative) In or near, as in mental faculties or (literally) in possession of; in control of; at one's command; in one's makeup.
He has his wits about him.
9. prep. In the immediate neighborhood of; in contiguity or proximity to; near, as to place.
10. adv. Not distant; approximate.
11. adv. On all sides; around.
12. adv. Here and there; around; in one place and another; up and down.
13. adv. Nearly; approximately; with close correspondence, in quality, manner, degree, quantity, or time; almost.
about as cold; about as high
14. adv. Near; in the vicinity.
15. adv. In succession; one after another; in the course of events.
16. adv. On the move; active; astir.
17. adv. To a reversed order; half round; facing in the opposite direction; from a contrary point of view.
to face about; to turn oneself about
18. adv. (nautical) To the opposite tack.
19. adv. (obsolete) Preparing; planning.
20. adv. (archaic) In circuit; circularly; by a circuitous way; around the outside; in circumference.
a mile about, and a third of a mile across
21. adv. (chiefly North America, colloquial) Going to; on the verge of; intending to.
22. adj. Moving around; astir.
out and about; up and about
After my bout with Guillan-Barre Syndrome, it took me 6 months to be up and about again.
23. adj. In existence; being in evidence; apparent
came
1. v. simple past tense of come
2. v. simple past tense of cum
3. prep. Used to indicate that the following event, period, or change in state occurred in the past, after a time of waiting, enduring, or anticipation
4. n. A grooved strip of lead used to hold panes of glass together.
come
1. v. (intransitive) To move from further away to nearer to.
She’ll be coming ’round the mountain when she comes...
2. v. To move towards the speaker.
I called the dog, but she wouldn't come.
Stop dawdling and come here!
3. v. To move towards the listener.
Hold on, I'll come in a second.
You should ask the doctor to come to your house.
4. v. To move towards the object that is the focus of the sentence.
No-one can find Bertie Wooster when his aunts come to visit.
Hundreds of thousands of people come to Disneyland every year.
5. v. (in subordinate clauses and gerunds) To move towards the agent or subject of the main clause.
King Cnut couldn't stop the tide coming.
He threw the boomerang, which came right back to him.
6. v. To move towards an unstated agent.
The butler should come when called.
7. v. (intransitive) To arrive.
8. v. (intransitive) To appear, to manifest itself.
The pain in his leg comes and goes.
9. v. (intransitive) To take a position relative to something else in a sequence.
Which letter comes before Y? Winter comes after autumn.
10. v. (intransitive, vulgar, slang) To achieve orgasm; to cum; to ejaculate.
He came after a few minutes.
11. v. (copulative figuratively, with close) To approach a state of being or accomplishment.
They came very close to leaving on time. His test scores came close to perfect.
One of the screws came loose, and the skateboard fell apart.
12. v. (figuratively, with to) To take a particular approach or point of view in regard to something.
He came to SF literature a confirmed technophile, and nothing made him happier than to read a manuscript thick with imaginary gizmos and whatzits.
13. v. (copulative, archaic) To become, to turn out to be.
He was a dream come true.
14. v. (intransitive) To be supplied, or made available; to exist.
He's as tough as they come. Our milkshakes come in vanilla, strawberry and chocolate flavours.
15. v. (slang) To carry through; to succeed in.
You can't come any tricks here.
16. v. (intransitive) Happen.
This kind of accident comes when you are careless.
17. v. (intransitive, with from or sometimes of) To have as an origin, originate.
18. v. To have a certain social background.
19. v. To be or have been a resident or native.
Where did you come from?
20. v. To have been brought up by or employed by.
She comes from a good family.
He comes from a disreputable legal firm.
21. v. To begin (at a certain location); to radiate or stem (from).
The river comes from Bear Lake.
Where does this road come from?
22. v. (intransitive, of grain) To germinate.
23. n. (obsolete) Coming, arrival; approach.
24. n. (vulgar, slang) Semen
25. n. (vulgar, slang) Female ejaculatory discharge.
26. prep. Used to indicate an event, period, or change in state occurring after a present time.
Leave it to settle for about three months and, come Christmas time, you'll have a delicious concoction to offer your guests.
Come retirement, their Social Security may turn out to be a lot less than they counted on.
27. interj. An exclamation to express annoyance.
Come come! Stop crying. Come now! You must eat it.
28. interj. An exclamation to express encouragement, or to precede a request.
Come come! You can do it. Come now! It won't bite you.
29. n. (typography) alternative form of comma in its medieval use as a middot ⟨·⟩ serving as a form of colon.
cum
1. prep. Used in indicating a thing with two roles, functions, or natures, or a thing that has changed from one to another.
He built a bus-cum-greenhouse that made a bold statement, but the plants in it didn't live very long.
2. conj. 1=Used in indicating a thing with two or more roles, functions, or natures, or a thing that has changed from one to another.
But instead of being a salesperson cum barista cum waitress merely serving the wordsmiths, I'm one of them, reading her latest baby out loud.
3. n. (slang) Semen.
4. n. (slang) Female ejaculatory discharge.
5. n. (slang) An ejaculation.
6. v. (slang) To have an orgasm, to feel the sensation of an orgasm.
7. v. (slang) To ejaculate.
across
1. prep. To, toward or from the far side of (something that lies between two points of interest).
We rowed across the river.
Fortunately, there was a bridge across the river.
He came across the street to meet me.
2. prep. On the opposite side of (something that lies between two points of interest).
That store is across the street.
3. prep. (Southern US, AAVE) across from: on the opposite side, relative to something that lies between, from (a point of interest).
4. prep. From one side to the other within (a space being traversed).
The meteor streaked across the sky.
He walked across the room.
Could you slide that across the table to me, please?
5. prep. At or near the far end of (a space).
6. prep. Spanning.
This poetry speaks across the centuries.
7. prep. Throughout.
All across the country, voters were communicating their representatives.
8. prep. So as to intersect or pass through or over at an angle.
Lay the top stick across the bottom one.
She had straps fastened across the conduit every six feet.
9. prep. In possession of full, up-to-date information about; abreast of.
As a newspaper reporter, you should be across all these issues.
10. adv. From one side to the other.
she helped the blind man across; the river is half a mile across
11. adv. On the other side.
If we sail off at noon, when will we be across?
12. adv. In a particular direction.
He leaned across for a book.
13. adv. (crosswords) Horizontally.
I got stuck on 4 across.
14. n. (crosswords, often in combination) A word that runs horizontally in the completed puzzle grid or its associated clue.
I solved all of the acrosses, but then got stuck on 3 down.
1 Bygone hangout for 64-Acrosses
interlaced
1. v. simple past tense and past participle of interlace
interlace
1. n. (visual arts) A decorative element found especially in early medieval art
Hiberno-Saxon interlace patterns -
2. n. (electronics) A technique of improving the picture quality of a video signal primarily on CRT devices without consuming extra bandwidth.
3. v. To cross one with another; to interweave
to interlace wires -
4. v. to mingle; to blend.
5. v. (intransitive) To cross one another as if woven together; to intertwine; to blend intricately.
interlacing branches -
with
1. prep. Against.
He picked a fight with the class bully.
2. prep. In the company of; alongside, close to; near to.
He went with his friends.
3. prep. In addition to; as an accessory to.
She owns a motorcycle with a sidecar.
4. prep. Used to indicate simultaneous happening, or immediate succession or consequence.
5. prep. In support of.
We are with you all the way.
6. prep. (obsolete) To denote the accomplishment of cause, means, instrument, etc; – sometimes equivalent to by.
slain with robbers
7. prep. Using as an instrument; by means of.
cut with a knife
8. prep. (obsolete) Using as nourishment; more recently replaced by on.
9. prep. Having, owning.
10. adv. Along, together with others, in a group, etc.
Do you want to come with?
11. adv. -->
12. n. alternative form of withe
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.
endless
1. adj. Having no end.
endless time; endless praise
2. adj. Extending indefinitely.
an endless line
3. adj. (obsolete) Without profitable end; fruitless; unsatisfying.
relaying
1. v. present participle of relay
relay
1. n. (hunting, now rare) A new set of hounds.
2. n. (now chiefly historical) A new set of horses kept along a specific route so that they can replace animals that are tired.
3. n. (by extension) A new set of anything.
4. n. A series of vehicles travelling in sequence.
5. n. (athletics) A track and field discipline where runners take turns in carrying a baton from start to finish. Most common events are 4x100 meter and 4x400 meter competitions.
6. n. (electronics) An electrical actuator that allows a relatively small electrical voltage or current to control a larger voltage or current.
7. v. (obsolete, intransitive, hunting) To release a new set of hounds.
8. v. (transitive, now rare) To place (people or horses) in relays, such that one can take over from another.
9. v. (intransitive, now rare) To take on a new relay of horses; to change horses.
10. v. To pass on or transfer (information).
The CCTV cameras relay what's going on to the headquarters.
Can you relay this message to John?
11. v. alternative spelling of re-lay
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.
jokes
1. n. plural of joke
2. adj. (slang) Really good
3. adj. (slang) funny or entertaining
Man, that video is bare jokes!
4. v. third-person singular present indicative of joke
joke
1. n. An amusing story.
2. n. Something said or done for amusement, not in seriousness.
It was a joke!
3. n. (figuratively) The root cause or main issue, especially an unexpected one
4. n. (figuratively) A laughably worthless thing or person; a sham.
Your effort at cleaning your room is a joke.
The president was a joke.
5. v. (intransitive) To do or say something for amusement rather than seriously.
I didn’t mean what I said — I was only joking.
6. v. (, followed by with) To dupe in a friendly manner for amusement; to mess with, play with.
Relax, man, I'm just joking with you.
7. v. (transitive, dated) To make merry with; to make jokes upon; to rally.
to joke a comrade
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.
anecdotes
1. n. plural of anecdote
anecdote
1. n. A short account of a real incident or person, often humorous or interesting.
2. n. An account which supports an argument, but which is not supported by scientific or statistical analysis.
3. n. A previously untold secret account of an incident.

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