| it |
| 1. pron. The third-person singular personal pronoun that is normally used to refer to an inanimate object or abstract entity, also often used to refer to animals. | |
| Put it over there. | |
| Take each day as it comes. | |
| I heard the sound of the school bus - it was early today. | |
| 2. pron. A third-person singular personal pronoun used to refer to a child, especially of unknown gender. | |
| She took the baby and held it in her arms. | |
| 3. pron. Used to refer to someone being identified, often on the phone, but not limited to this situation. | |
| It's me. John. | |
| Is it her? | |
| 4. pron. The impersonal pronoun, used without referent as the subject of an impersonal verb or statement. (known as the dummy pronoun or weather it) | |
| It is nearly 10 o’clock. | |
| It’s 10:45 read ten-forty-five. | |
| It’s very cold today. | |
| It’s lonely without you. | |
| 5. pron. The impersonal pronoun, used without referent in various short idioms. | |
| stick it out | |
| live it up | |
| rough it | |
| 6. pron. The impersonal pronoun, used as a placeholder for a delayed subject, or less commonly, object; known as the dummy pronoun or, more formally in linguistics, a syntactic expletive. The delayed subject i | |
| It is easy to see how she would think that. (with the infinitive clause headed by to see) | |
| I find it odd that you would say that. (with the noun clause introduced by that) | |
| It is hard seeing you so sick. (with the gerund seeing) | |
| He saw to it that everyone would vote for him. (with the noun clause introduced by that) | |
| It is not clear if the report was true. (with the noun clause introduced by if) | |
| 7. pron. All or the end; something after which there is no more. | |
| Are there more students in this class, or is this it? | |
| That's it—I'm not going to any more candy stores with you. | |
| 8. pron. (chiefly pejorative, offensive) A third-person singular personal pronoun used to refer to an animate referent who is transgender or is neither female nor male. | |
| 9. pron. (obsolete) (Followed by an omitted and understood relative pronoun): That which; what. | |
| 10. det. (obsolete) its | |
| 11. n. One who is neither a he nor a she; a creature; a dehumanized being. | |
| 12. n. The person who chases and tries to catch the other players in the playground game of tag. | |
| In the next game, Adam and Tom will be it… | |
| 13. n. (British) The game of tag. | |
| Let's play it at breaktime. | |
| 14. n. Sex appeal, especially that which goes beyond beauty. | |
| 15. n. (euphemism) Sexual activity. | |
| caught them doing it | |
| 16. adj. (colloquial) Most fashionable. | |
| out |
| See also individual phrasal verbs such as come out, go out, put out, take out, pull out, and so on. | |
| 1. adv. Away from the inside or the centre. | |
| The magician pulled the rabbit out of the hat. | |
| 2. adv. Away from home or one's usual place. | |
| Let's eat out tonight | |
| 3. adv. Outside; not indoors. | |
| Last night we slept out under the stars. | |
| 4. adv. Away from; at a distance. | |
| Keep out! | |
| 5. adv. Into a state of non-operation; into non-existence. | |
| Switch the lights out. | |
| Put the fire out. | |
| 6. adv. To the end; completely. | |
| I hadn't finished. Hear me out. | |
| 7. adv. Used to intensify or emphasize. | |
| The place was all decked out for the holidays. | |
| 8. adv. (of the sun, moon, stars, etc.) So as to be visible in the sky, and not covered by clouds, fog, etc. | |
| The sun came out after the rain, and we saw a rainbow. | |
| 9. adv. (cricket, baseball) Of a player, so as to be disqualified from playing further by some action of a member of the opposing team (such as being stumped in cricket). | |
| Wilson was bowled out for five runs. | |
| 10. prep. (nonstandard, contraction of out of) Away from the inside. | |
| He threw it out the door. | |
| 11. prep. (colloquial) Outside. | |
| It's raining out. | |
| It's cold out. | |
| 12. n. A means of exit, escape, reprieve, etc. | |
| They wrote the law to give those organizations an out. | |
| 13. n. (baseball) A state in which a member of the batting team is removed from play due to the application of various rules of the game such as striking out, hitting a fly ball which is caught by the fieldi | |
| 14. n. (cricket) A dismissal; a state in which a member of the batting team finishes his turn at bat, due to the application of various rules of the game, such as the bowler knocking over the batsman's wicke | |
| 15. n. (poker) A card which can make a hand a winner. | |
| 16. n. (dated) A trip out; an outing. | |
| 17. n. (mostly, in plural) One who, or that which, is out; especially, one who is out of office. | |
| 18. n. A place or space outside of something; a nook or corner; an angle projecting outward; an open space. | |
| 19. n. (printing, dated) A word or words omitted by the compositor in setting up copy; an omission. | |
| 20. v. To eject; to expel. | |
| 21. v. To reveal (a person) to be gay, bisexual, or transgender. | |
| 22. v. To reveal (a person or organization) as having a certain secret, such as a being a secret agent or undercover detective. | |
| 23. v. To reveal (a secret). | |
| A Brazilian company outed the new mobile phone design. | |
| 24. v. (intransitive, archaic) To come or go out; to get out or away; to become public. | |
| 25. v. To become apparent. | |
| 26. adj. Not at home; not at one's office or place of employment. | |
| I'm sorry, Mr Smith is out at the moment. | |
| 27. adj. Released, available for purchase, download or other use. | |
| Did you hear? Their newest CD is out! | |
| 28. adj. (in various games; used especially of a batsman or batter in cricket or baseball) Dismissed from play under the rules of the game. | |
| He bowls, Johnson pokes at it ... and ... Johnson is out! Caught behind by Ponsonby! | |
| 29. adj. Openly acknowledging that one is gay or transgender. | |
| It's no big deal to be out in the entertainment business. | |
| 30. adj. (of flowers) In bloom. | |
| The garden looks beautiful now that the roses are out. | |
| 31. adj. (of the sun, moon or stars) Visible in the sky; not obscured by clouds. | |
| The sun is out, and it's a lovely day. | |
| 32. adj. (of lamps, fires etc.) Not shining or burning. | |
| I called round to the house but all the lights were out and no one was home. | |
| 33. adj. (of ideas, plans, etc.) Discarded; no longer a possibility. | |
| Right, so that idea's out. Let's move on to the next one. | |
| 34. adj. No longer popular or in fashion. | |
| Black is out this season. The new black is white. | |
| 35. adj. Without; no longer in possession of; not having more | |
| Do you have any bread? Sorry, we're out. | |
| 36. adj. (of calculations or measurements) Containing errors or discrepancies; in error by a stated amount. | |
| Nothing adds up in this report. All these figures are out. | |
| The measurement was out by three millimetres. | |
| 37. adj. (obsolete) Of a young lady: having entered society and available to be courted. | |
| 38. interj. (procedure word, especially, military) A radio procedure word meaning that the station is finished with its transmission and does not expect a response. | |
| Destruction. Two T-72s destroyed. Three foot mobiles down. Out. | |
| 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. | |
| Your |
| 1. pron. honoraltcaps, your | |
| 2. det. Belonging to you; of you; related to you (singular; one owner). | |
| Let's meet tomorrow at your convenience. | |
| Is this your cat? | |
| 3. det. Belonging to you; of you; related to you (plural; more owners). | |
| 4. det. A determiner that conveys familiarity and mutual knowledge of the modified noun. | |
| Not your average Tom, Dick and Harry. | |
| Your Show of Shows | |
| Your World with Neil Cavuto | |
| Not Your Average Travel Guide | |
| 5. det. (Ireland) That; the specified (usually used with a human referent) | |
| Your man just bought a new car. | |
| Have you seen what your one over there is doing? | |
| 6. contraction. misspelling of you're | |
| hands |
| 1. n. plural of hand | |
| 2. v. third-person singular present indicative of hand | |
| hand |
| 1. n. The part of the fore limb below the forearm or wrist in a human, and the corresponding part in many other animals. | |
| Her hands are really strong. | |
| 2. n. That which resembles, or to some extent performs the office of, a human hand.: | |
| 3. n. A limb of certain animals, such as the foot of a hawk, or any one of the four extremities of a monkey. | |
| 4. n. An index or pointer on a dial; such as the hour and minute hands on the face of an analog clock, which are used to indicate the time of day. | |
| 5. n. In linear measurement:: | |
| 6. n. (chiefly in measuring the height of horses) Four inches, a hand's breadth. | |
| 7. n. (obsolete) Three inches. | |
| 8. n. A side; part, camp; direction, either right or left. | |
| 9. n. Power of performance; means of execution; ability; skill; dexterity. | |
| 10. n. An agent; a servant, or manual laborer, especially in compounds; a workman, trained or competent for special service or duty; a performer more or less skillful. | |
| an old hand at speaking; large farms need many farm hands | |
| 11. n. An instance of helping. | |
| Bob gave Alice a hand to move the furniture. | |
| 12. n. Handwriting; style of penmanship. | |
| a good hand | |
| 13. n. A person's autograph or signature. | |
| Given under my Hand and Seal of the State this 1st Day of January, 2010. | |
| 14. n. Personal possession; ownership. | |
| 15. n. (usually in the hands) Management, domain, control. | |
| in safe hands; in good hands; He lost his job when the factory changed hands. With the business back in the founder's hands, there is new hope for the company. With John | |
| 16. n. That which is, or may be, held in a hand at once.: | |
| 17. n. (card games) The set of cards held by a player. | |
| 18. n. # A round of a card game. | |
| 19. n. (tobacco manufacturing) A bundle of tobacco leaves tied together. | |
| 20. n. (collective) The collective noun for a bunch of bananas. | |
| 21. n. Applause. | |
| Give him a hand. | |
| 22. n. (historical) A Native American gambling game, involving guessing the whereabouts of bits of ivory or similar, which are passed rapidly from hand to hand. | |
| 23. n. (firearms) The small part of a gunstock near the lock, which is grasped by the hand in taking aim. | |
| 24. n. A whole rhizome of ginger. | |
| 25. n. The feel of a fabric; the impression or quality of the fabric as judged qualitatively by the sense of touch. | |
| This fabric has a smooth, soft hand. | |
| 26. n. (archaic) Actual performance; deed; act; workmanship; agency; hence, manner of performance. | |
| 27. n. (archaic) Agency in transmission from one person to another. | |
| to buy at first hand (from the producer, or when new); to buy at second hand (when no longer in the producer’s hand, or when not new); It's not a rumor. I heard it at first hand. | |
| 28. n. (obsolete) Rate; price. | |
| 29. v. To give, pass, or transmit with the hand, literally or figuratively. | |
| He handed them the letter. She handed responsibility over to her deputy. | |
| 30. v. To lead, guide, or assist with the hand; to conduct. | |
| to hand a lady into a carriage | |
| 31. v. (transitive, obsolete) To manage. | |
| 32. v. (transitive, obsolete) To seize; to lay hands on. | |
| 33. v. (transitive, rare) To pledge by the hand; to handfast. | |
| 34. v. (transitive, nautical, said of a sail) To furl. | |
| 35. v. (intransitive, obsolete) To cooperate. | |
| now |
| 1. adj. Present; current. | |
| 2. adj. (archaic, legal) At the time the will is written. Used in order to prevent any inheritance from being transferred to a person of a future marriage. Does not indicate the existence of a previous marria | |
| Now wife. | |
| 3. adj. (informal) Fashionable; popular; up to date; current. | |
| I think this band's sound is very now. | |
| 4. adv. At the present time. | |
| Now I am six. | |
| 5. adv. (sentence) Used to introduce a point, a remonstration or a rebuke. | |
| Now, we all want what is best for our children. Now, stop that Jimmy! | |
| 6. adv. Differently from the immediate past; differently from a more remote past or a possible future; differently from all other times. | |
| Now I am ready. We all now want the latest toys for our children. We all want what is now best for our children. | |
| 7. adv. Differently from the situation before a stated event or change of circumstance. | |
| Now all the children have grown up and left, the house is very quiet. Now that my sister has gotten rid of their cat, we can go to her house this coming Thanksgiving. | |
| 8. adv. At the time reached within a narration. | |
| Now, he remembered why he had come. He now asked her whether she had made pudding. The pudding was now ready to be served. | |
| 9. adv. In the context of urgency. | |
| Now listen, we must do something about this. | |
| 10. adv. (obsolete) As 'but now': Very recently; not long ago; up to the present. | |
| 11. conj. Since, because, in light of the fact; often with that. | |
| We can play football now that the rain has stopped. | |
| Now that you mention it, I am kind of hungry. | |
| Now that we're all here, let's start the meeting. = Let's start the meeting now that everyone's here. | |
| 12. interj. Indicates a signal to begin. | |
| Now! Fire all we've got while the enemy is in reach! | |
| 13. n. The present time. | |
| Now is the right time. | |
| There is no better time than now. | |
| 14. n. (often, with "the") The state of not paying attention to the future or the past. | |
| She is living in the now. | |
| 15. n. (chiefly in phenomenology) A particular instant in time, as perceived at that instant. | |
| 16. v. misspelling of know | |
| I don't now. (intended: I don't know.) | |
