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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.
short
     1. adj. Having a small distance from one end or edge to another, either horizontally or vertically.
     2. adj. (of a person) Of comparatively little height.
     3. adj. Having little duration; opposite of long.
           Our meeting was a short six minutes today. Every day for the past month it's been at least twenty minutes long.
     4. adj. (followed by for) Of a word or phrase, constituting an abbreviation (for another) or shortened form (of another).
           “Phone” is short for “telephone” and "asap" short for "as soon as possible".
     5. adj. (cricket, of a fielder or fielding position) that is relatively close to the batsman.
     6. adj. (cricket, of a ball) that bounced relatively far from the batsman.
     7. adj. (golf, of an approach shot or putt) that falls short of the green or the hole.
     8. adj. (of pastries and metals) Brittle, crumbly, especially due to the use of too much shortening. (See shortbread, shortcake, shortcrust.)
     9. adj. Abrupt; brief; pointed; petulant.
           He gave a short answer to the question.
     10. adj. Limited in quantity; inadequate; insufficient; scanty.
           a short supply of provisions
     11. adj. Insufficiently provided; inadequately supplied; scantily furnished; lacking.
           to be short of money
           The cashier came up short ten dollars on his morning shift.
     12. adj. Deficient; less; not coming up to a measure or standard.
           an account which is short of the truth
     13. adj. (obsolete) Not distant in time; near at hand.
     14. adj. Being in a financial investment position that is structured to be profitable if the price of the underlying security declines in the future.
           I'm short General Motors because I think their sales are plunging.
     15. adv. Abruptly, curtly, briefly.
           They had to stop short to avoid hitting the dog in the street.
           He cut me short repeatedly in the meeting.
           The boss got a message and cut the meeting short.
     16. adv. Unawares.
           The recent developments at work caught them short.
     17. adv. Without achieving a goal or requirement.
           His speech fell short of what was expected.
     18. adv. (cricket, of the manner of bounce of a cricket ball) Relatively far from the batsman and hence bouncing higher than normal; opposite of full.
     19. adv. (finance) With a negative ownership position.
           We went short most finance companies in July.
     20. n. A short circuit.
     21. n. A short film.
     22. n. Used to indicate a short-length version of a size
           38 short suits fit me right off the rack.
           Do you have that size in a short.
     23. n. (baseball) A shortstop.
           Jones smashes a grounder between third and short.
     24. n. (finance) A short seller.
           The market decline was terrible, but the shorts were buying champagne.
     25. n. (finance) A short sale.
           He closed out his short at a modest loss after three months.
     26. n. A summary account.
     27. n. (phonetics) A short sound, syllable, or vowel.
     28. n. (programming) An integer variable shorter than normal integers; usually two bytes long.
     29. v. To cause a short circuit in (something).
     30. v. (intransitive) Of an electrical circuit, to short circuit.
     31. v. To shortchange.
     32. v. To provide with a smaller than agreed or labeled amount.
           This is the third time I've caught them shorting us.
     33. v. (transitive, business) To sell something, especially securities, that one does not own at the moment for delivery at a later date in hopes of profiting from a decline in the price; to sell short.
     34. v. (obsolete) To shorten.
     35. prep. Deficient in.
           We are short a few men on the second shift.
           He's short common sense.
     36. prep. (finance) Having a negative position in.
           I don't want to be short the market going into the weekend.
all
     1. adv. (degree) intensifier.
           It suddenly went all quiet.
           She was all, “Whatever.”
     2. adv. (poetic) Entirely.
     3. adv. Apiece; each.
           The score was 30 all when the rain delay started.
     4. adv. (degree) So much.
           Don't want to go? All the better since I lost the tickets.
     5. adv. (obsolete, poetic) even; just
     6. det. Every individual or anything of the given class, with no exceptions (the noun or noun phrase denoting the class must be plural or un).
           All contestants must register at the scorer’s table.  All flesh is originally grass.  All my friends like classical music.
     7. det. Throughout the whole of (a stated period of time; generally used with units of a day or longer).
           The store is open all day and all night. (= through the whole of the day and the whole of the night.)
           I’ve been working on this all year. (= from the beginning of the year until now.)
     8. det. (obsolete) Any.
     9. det. Only; alone; nothing but.
           He's all talk; he never puts his ideas into practice.
     10. pron. Everything.
           some gave all they had;  she knows all and sees all;  Those who think they know it all are annoying to those of us who do.
     11. pron. Everyone.
           A good time was had by all.
     12. n. (with a possessive pronoun) Everything that one is capable of.
           She gave her all, and collapsed at the finish line.
     13. n. The totality of one's possessions.
     14. conj. (obsolete) although
     15. adj. (dialect, Pennsylvania) All gone; dead.
           The butter is all.
these
     1. det. plural of this
     2. det. Note: depending on the context, the word those may be used either in place of or interchangeably with these.
     3. pron. plural of this
surveys
     1. n. plural of survey
     2. v. third-person singular present indicative of survey
     survey
          1. n. The act of surveying; a general view.
          2. n. The act of making measurement of relative position of the earth surface.
          3. n. A particular view; an examination, especially an official examination, of a particular group of items, in order to ascertain the condition, quantity, or quality.
                A survey of the stores of a ship; a survey of roads and bridges; a survey of buildings.
          4. n. An examination of the opinions of a group of people.
                The local council conducted a survey of its residents to help it decide whether to go ahead with the roadside waste collection service.
          5. n. A questionnaire or similar instrument used for examining the opinions of a group of people.
                I just filled out that survey on roadside waste pick-up.
          6. n. The operation of finding the contour, dimensions, position, or other particulars of any part of the Earth's surface.
          7. n. A measured plan and description of any portion of country.
                The owners of the adjoining plots had conflicting surveys.
          8. v. To inspect, or take a view of; to view with attention, as from a high place; to overlook
                He stood on a hill, and surveyed the surrounding country.
          9. v. To view with a scrutinizing eye; to examine.
          10. v. To examine with reference to condition, situation, value, etc.; to examine and ascertain the state of
                It was his job to survey buildings in order to determine their value and risks.
          11. v. To determine the form, extent, position, etc., of, as a tract of land, a coast, harbor, or the like, by means of linear and angular measurements, and the application of the principles of geometry and
                to survey land or a coast
          12. v. To examine and ascertain, as the boundaries and royalties of a manor, the tenure of the tenants, and the rent and value of the same.
          13. v. To investigate the opinions or experiences of people by asking them questions.
add
     1. v. To join or unite (e.g. one thing to another, or as several particulars) so as to increase the number, augment the quantity or enlarge the magnitude, or so as to form into one aggregate.
     2. v. To sum up; to put together mentally.
           to add numbers
     3. v. To combine elements of (something) into one quantity.
           to add a column of numbers
     4. v. To give by way of increased possession (to someone); to bestow (on).
     5. v. To append (e,g, a statement); to say further information.
     6. v. (intransitive) To make an addition; to augment; to increase.
           It adds to our anxiety.
     7. v. (intransitive, mathematics) To perform the arithmetical operation of addition.
           He adds rapidly.
     8. n. (computer science) An act or instance of adding.
     9. n. (video games) An additional enemy that joined the fight after the primary target.
           After engaging the boss for one minute, two adds will arrive from the back and must be dealt with.
up
     1. adv. Away from the surface of the Earth or other planet; in opposite direction to the downward pull of gravity.
           I looked up and saw the airplane overhead.
     2. adv. (intensifier) Used as an aspect marker to indicate a completed action or state Thoroughly, completely.
           I will mix up the puzzle pieces.
           Tear up the contract.
           He really messed up.
           Please type up our monthly report.
     3. adv. To or from one's possession or consideration.
           I picked up some milk on the way home.
           The committee will take up your request.
           She had to give up her driver's license after the accident.
     4. adv. North.
           I will go up to New York to visit my family this weekend.
     5. adv. To a higher level of some quantity or notional quantity, such as price, volume, pitch, happiness, etc.
           Gold has gone up with the uncertainty in the world markets.
           Turn it up, I can barely hear it.
           Listen to your voice go up at the end of a question.
           Cheer up, the weekend's almost here.
     6. adv. (rail transport) Traditional term for the direction leading to the principal terminus, towards milepost zero.
     7. adv. (sailing) Against the wind or current.
     8. adv. (Cartesian graph) In a positive vertical direction.
     9. adv. (cricket) Relatively close to the batsman.
           The bowler pitched the ball up.
     10. adv. (hospitality, US) Without additional ice.
           Would you like that drink up or on ice?
     11. adv. (academia) Towards Cambridge or Oxford.
           She's going up to read Classics this September.
     12. adv. To or in a position of equal advance or equality; not short of, back of, less advanced than, away from, etc.; usually followed by to or with.
           I was up to my chin in water.
           A stranger came up and asked me for directions.
     13. adv. To or in a state of completion; completely; wholly; quite.
           Drink up. The pub is closing.
           Can you sum up your research?
           The comet burned up in the atmosphere.
           I need to sew up the hole in this shirt.
     14. adv. Aside, so as not to be in use.
           to lay up riches; put up your weapons
     15. prep. Toward the top of.
           The cat went up the tree.   They walk up the steps.
     16. prep. Toward the center, source, or main point of reference; toward the end at which something is attached.
           The information made its way up the chain of command to the general.   I felt something crawling up my arm.
     17. prep. Further along (in any direction).
           Go up the street until you see the sign.
     18. prep. From south to north of
     19. prep. From the mouth towards the source (of a river or waterway).
     20. prep. (vulgar slang) Of a man: having sex with.
           Phwoar, look at that bird. I'd love to be up her.
     21. prep. (colloquial) At (a given place, especially one imagined to be higher or more remote from a central location).
     22. adj. Awake.
           I can’t believe it’s 3 a.m. and you’re still up.
     23. adj. Finished, to an end
           Time is up!
     24. adj. In a good mood.
           I’m feeling up today.
     25. adj. Willing; ready.
           If you are up for a trip, let’s go.
     26. adj. Next in a sequence.
           Smith is up to bat.
     27. adj. Happening; new.
           What is up with that project at headquarters?
     28. adj. Facing upwards; facing toward the top.
           Put the notebook face up on the table.
           Take a break and put your feet up.
     29. adj. Larger; greater in quantity.
           Sales are up from last quarter.
     30. adj. Ahead; leading; winning.
           The home team were up by two goals at half-time.
     31. adj. Standing.
           Get up and give her your seat.
     32. adj. On a higher level.
           The new ground is up.
     33. adj. Available; made public.
           The new notices are up as of last Tuesday.
     34. adj. (poker, postnominal) Said of the higher-ranking pair in a two pair.
           AAKK = aces up
           QQ33 = queens up
     35. adj. Well-informed; current.
           I’m not up on the latest news. What’s going on?
     36. adj. (computing) Functional; working.
           Is the server back up?
     37. adj. (anchor, Adj_railway)(of a railway line or train) Traveling towards a major terminus.
           The London train is on the up line.
     38. adj. Headed, or designated to go, upward, as an escalator, stairway, elevator etc.
     39. adj. (bar tending) Chilled and strained into a stemmed glass.
           A Cosmopolitan is typically served up.
     40. adj. (slang) Erect.
     41. adj. (of the Sun or Moon) Above the horizon, in the sky (i.e. during daytime or night-time)
     42. adj. (slang) well-known; renowned
     43. n. The direction opposed to the pull of gravity.
           Up is a good way to go.
     44. n. A positive thing.
           I hate almost everything about my job. The only up is that it's so close to home.
     45. n. An upstairs room of a two story house.
           She lives in a two-up two-down.
     46. v. (transitive, colloquial) To increase or raise.
           If we up the volume, we'll be able to make out the details.
           We upped anchor and sailed away.
     47. v. (transitive, colloquial) To promote.
           It wasn’t long before they upped him to Vice President.
     48. v. (intransitive) To act suddenly, usually with another verb.
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
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.
contradictory
     1. adj. That contradicts something, such as an argument.
     2. adj. That is itself a contradiction.
     3. adj. That is diametrically opposed to something.
     4. adj. Mutually exclusive.
     5. adj. Tending to contradict or oppose, contrarious.
     6. n. (logic) Either of a pair of propositions, that cannot both be true or both be false.
mess
     1. n. A disagreeable mixture or confusion of things; hence, a situation resulting from blundering or from misunderstanding; a disorder.
           He made a mess of it.
           My bedroom is such a mess; I need to tidy up.
     2. n. (colloquial) A large quantity or number.
           My boss dumped a whole mess of projects on my desk today.
           She brought back a mess of fish to fix for supper.
     3. n. (euphemistic) Excrement.
           There was dog mess all along the street.
           Parked under a tree, my car was soon covered in birds' mess.
     4. n. (figuratively) A person in a state of (especially emotional) turmoil or disarray; an (emotional) wreck.
           Between the pain and the depression, I'm a mess.
           He's been a mess and a half ever since you excommunicated him.
     5. v. To make a mess of.
     6. v. To throw into confusion.
     7. v. (intransitive) To interfere.
           This doesn't concern you. Don't mess.
     8. v. screw around with, to bother, to be annoying with
           Stop messing with me!
     9. n. (obsolete) Mass; a church service.
     10. n. (archaic) A quantity of food set on a table at one time; provision of food for a person or party for one meal; also, the food given to an animal at one time.
           A mess of pottage.
     11. n. A number of persons who eat together, and for whom food is prepared in common, especially military personnel who eat at the same table.
           the wardroom mess
     12. n. A set of four (from the old practice of dividing companies into sets of four at dinner).
     13. n. (US) The milk given by a cow at one milking.
     14. v. (intransitive) To take meals with a mess.
     15. v. (intransitive) To belong to a mess.
     16. v. (intransitive) To eat (with others).
           I mess with the wardroom officers.
     17. v. To supply with a mess.
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