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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.)
what
1. pron. (interrogative) Which thing, event, circumstance, etc.: (used interrogatively in asking for the specification of an identity, quantity, quality, etc.)
2. pron. (relative, nonstandard) That; which; who.
3. pron. That which; those that; the thing that.
He knows what he wants.
What goes up must come down.
Keep up with what your friends are doing.
4. pron. Whatever.
I will do what I can to help you.
5. adv. (usually followed by "with") In some manner or degree; in part; partly. See also what with
What with singing and joking, the time passed quickly.
6. adv. Such.
What a pity.
What a beautiful day!
7. adv. (obsolete) Why?
8. adv. (now rare) Used to introduce each of two coordinate phrases or concepts; both…and.
9. adv. (Singlish) (alt form, wat) (used to contradict an assumption)
10. interj. An expression of surprise or disbelief.
What! That’s amazing.
11. interj. Response that enquires what the asker desires (usually said unhappily).
12. interj. (UK, colloquial, dated) (clipping of what do you say)?
It’s a nice day, what?
13. interj. What did you say? I beg your pardon?
14. det. Which; which kind of.
What shirt are you going to wear?
What time is it?
What kind of car is that?
15. det. How much; how great (used in an exclamation).
What talent he has!
What a talent!
16. det. (relative) Whatever
Write down what things come into your mind.
17. n. (obsolete) Something; thing; stuff.
18. n. The identity of a thing, as an answer to a question of what.
19. n. Something that is addressed by , as opposed to a person, addressed by who.
we're
1. contraction. we are
we
1. pron. (personal) The speakers/writers, or the speaker/writer and at least one other person (not the person being addressed). (This is the exclusive we.)
2. pron. (personal) The speaker(s)/writer(s) and the person(s) being addressed. (This is the inclusive we.)
3. pron. (personal) The speaker/writer alone. (This use of we is the editorial we, used by writers and others, including royalty—the royal we—as a less personal substitute for I. The reflexive case of this sen
4. pron. (personal) The plural form of you, including everyone being addressed.
How are we all tonight?
5. pron. (personal, generally considered patronising) A second- or third-person pronoun for a person in the speaker's care.
How are we feeling this morning?
6. det. The speakers/writers, or the speaker/writer and at least one other person.
We Canadians like to think of ourselves as different.
are
1. v. second-person singular present of be
Mary, where are you going?
2. v. first-person plural present of be
We are not coming.
3. v. second-person plural present of be
Mary and John, are you listening?
4. v. third-person plural present of be
They are here somewhere.
5. v. (East Yorkshire, Midlands) present of be
6. n. (dialectal, or obsolete) grace, mercy
To bid God's are.
God's are is what children of God seech and seek.
7. n. (obsolete) honour, dignity
8. n. (rare) an accepted (but deprecated and rarely used) SI unit of area equal to 100 square metres, or a former unit of approximately the same extent. Symbol: a
be
1. v. (intransitive, now literary) To exist; to have real existence.
2. v. (with there, or dialectally it, as dummy subject) To exist.
There is just one woman in town who can help us. (or, dialectally:) It is just one woman in town who can help us.
3. v. (intransitive) To occupy a place.
The cup is on the table.
4. v. (intransitive) To occur, to take place.
When will the meeting be?
5. v. (intransitive, in perfect tenses, without predicate) Elliptical form of "be here", "go to and return from" or similar.
The postman has been today, but my tickets have still not yet come.
I have been to Spain many times.
Moscow, huh? I've never been, but it sounds fascinating.
6. v. (transitive, copulative) Used to indicate that the subject and object are the same.
Knowledge is bliss.
Hi, I’m Jim.
7. v. (transitive, copulative, mathematics) Used to indicate that the values on either side of an equation are the same.
3 times 5 is fifteen.
8. v. (transitive, copulative) Used to indicate that the subject plays the role of the predicate nominal.
François Mitterrand was president of France from 1981 to 1995.
9. v. (transitive, copulative) Used to connect a noun to an adjective that describes it.
The sky is blue.
10. v. (transitive, copulative) Used to indicate that the subject has the qualities described by a noun or noun phrase.
The sky is a deep blue today.
11. v. (transitive, auxiliary) Used to form the passive voice.
The dog was drowned by the boy.
12. v. (transitive, auxiliary) Used to form the continuous forms of various tenses.
The woman is walking.
I shall be writing to you soon.
We liked to chat while we were eating.
13. v. (archaic, auxiliary) Used to form the perfect aspect with certain intransitive verbs, most of which indicate motion. Often still used for "to go".
14. v. (transitive, auxiliary) Used to form future tenses, especially the future periphrastic.
I am to leave tomorrow.
I would drive you, were I to obtain a car.
15. v. (transitive, copulative) Used to link a subject to a measurement.
This building is three hundred years old.
I am 75 kilograms.
He’s about 6 feet tall.
16. v. (transitive, copulative, with a cardinal numeral) Used to state the age of a subject in years.
I’m 20. (= I am 20 years old.)
17. v. (with a dummy subject) it Used to indicate the time of day.
It is almost eight. (= It is almost eight o’clock.)
It’s 8:30 read eight-thirty in Tokyo.
What time is it there? It’s night.
18. v. (With since) Used to indicate passage of time since the occurrence of an event.
It has been three years since my grandmother died. (similar to My grandmother died three years ago, but emphasizes the intervening period)
It had been six days since his departure, when I received a letter from him.
19. v. (often, impersonal, with it as a dummy subject) Used to indicate weather, air quality, or the like.
It is hot in Arizona, but it is not usually humid.
Why is it so dark in here?
20. v. (dynamic/lexical "be", especially in progressive tenses, conjugated non-suppletively in the present tense, see usage notes) To exist or behave in a certain way.
"What do we do?" "We be ourselves.".
Why is he being nice to me?
going
1. v. present participle of go
2. n. A departure.
3. n. The suitability of ground for riding, walking etc.
The going was very difficult over the ice.
4. n. progress
We made good going for a while, but then we came to the price.
5. n. (figurative) Conditions for advancing in any way.
Not only were the streets not paved with gold, but the going was difficult for an immigrant.
6. n. (obsolete) pregnancy; gestation; childbearing
7. n. (in the plural) Course of life; behaviour; doings; ways.
8. adj. Likely to continue; viable.
He didn't want to make an unsecured loan to the business because it didn't look like a going concern.
9. adj. That attends habitually or regularly.
10. adj. Current, prevailing.
The going rate for manual snow-shoveling is $25 an hour.
11. adj. (especially, after a noun phrase with a superlative) Available.
He has the easiest job going.
go
1. v. To move:
2. v. (intransitive) To move through space (especially to or through a place). (May be used of tangible things like people or cars, or intangible things like
Why don’t you go with us? This train goes through Cincinnati on its way to Chicago. Chris, where are you going? &nbs
3. v. (intransitive) To move or travel through time (either literally—in a fictional or hypothetical situation in which time travel is possible—or in one's m
Yesterday was the second-wettest day on record; you have to go all the way back to 1896 to find a day when more rain fell.
Fans want to see the Twelfth Doctor go to the 51st century to visit River in the library.
4. v. (intransitive) To navigate (to a file or folder on a computer, a site on the internet, a memory, etc).
5. v. To move (a particular distance, or in a particular fashion).
We've only gone twenty miles today. This car can go circles around that one.
6. v. (intransitive) To move or travel in order to do something, or to do something while moving.
We went swimming. Let's go shopping.
7. v. (intransitive) To leave; to move away.
Please don't go! I really must be going. Workmen were coming and going at all hours of the night.
8. v. (obsolete, intransitive) To walk; to travel on one's feet.
9. v. (intransitive, chiefly of a, machine) To work or function (properly); to move or perform (as required).
The engine just won't go anymore.
10. v. (intransitive) To start; to begin (an action or process).
Get ready, get set, go! On your marks, get set, go! On your marks, set, go!
Here goes nothing. Let's go and hunt.
11. v. (intransitive) To take a turn, especially in a game.
It’s your turn; go.
12. v. (intransitive) To attend.
I go to school at the schoolhouse. She went to Yale. They only go to church on Christmas.
13. v. To proceed:
14. v. (intransitive) To proceed (often in a specified manner, indicating the perceived quality of an event or state).
That went well. "How are things going?" "Not bad, thanks.".
15. v. (intransitive, colloquial, with another verb, sometimes linked by and) To proceed (especially to do something foolish).
Why'd you have to go and do that?
Why'd you have to go do that?
He just went and punched the guy.
16. v. To follow or travel along (a path):
17. v. To follow or proceed according to (a course or path).
Let's go this way for a while.
She was going that way anyway, so she offered to show him where it was.
18. v. To travel or pass along.
19. v. (intransitive) To extend (from one point in time or space to another).
This property goes all the way to the state line.
20. v. (intransitive) To lead (to a place); to give access to.
Does this road go to Fort Smith?
21. v. (copula) To become. (The adjective that follows usually describes a negative state.)
You'll go blind. I went crazy / went mad. After failing as a criminal, he decided to go straight.
22. v. To assume the obligation or function of; to be, to serve as.
23. v. (intransitive) To continuously or habitually be in a state.
I don't want my children to go hungry. We went barefoot in the summer.
24. v. To come to (a certain condition or state).
they went into debt, she goes to sleep around 10 o'clock, the local shop wants to go digital, and eventually go global
25. v. (intransitive) To change (from one value to another) in the meaning of wend.
The traffic light went straight from green to red.
26. v. To turn out, to result; to come to (a certain result).
How did your meeting with Smith go?
27. v. (intransitive) To tend (toward a result).
Well, that goes to show you. These experiences go to make us stronger.
28. v. To contribute to a (specified) end product or result.
qualities that go to make a lady / lip-reader / sharpshooter
29. v. To pass, to be used up:
30. v. (intransitive, of time) To elapse, to pass; to slip away. (Compare go by.)
The time went slowly.
31. v. (intransitive) To end or disappear. (Compare go away.)
After three days, my headache finally went.
32. v. (intransitive) To be spent or used up.
His money went on drink.
33. v. (intransitive) To die.
34. v. (intransitive) To be discarded.
This chair has got to go.
35. v. (intransitive, cricket) To be lost or out:
36. v. (intransitive, cricket, of a wicket) To be lost.
37. v. (intransitive, cricket, of a batsman) To be out.
38. v. To break down or apart:
39. v. (intransitive) To collapse or give way, to break apart.
40. v. (intransitive) To break down or decay.
This meat is starting to go off. My mind is going. She's 83; her eyesight is starting to go.
41. v. (intransitive) To be sold.
Everything must go. The car went for five thousand dollars.
42. v. (intransitive) To be given, especially to be assigned or allotted.
The property shall go to my wife. The award went to Steven Spielberg.
43. v. (transitive, intransitive) To survive or get by; to last or persist for a stated length of time.
How long can you go without water? We've gone without your help for a while now. I've gone ten days now without a cigarette. Can you two go twenty minutes wi
44. v. (transitive, sports) To have a certain record.
They've gone one for three in this series. The team is going five in a row.
45. v. To be authoritative, accepted, or valid:
46. v. (intransitive) To have (final) authority; to be authoritative.
Whatever the boss says goes, do you understand?
47. v. (intransitive) To be accepted.
Anything goes around here.
48. v. (intransitive) To be valid.
49. v. To say (something), to make a sound:
50. v. (transitive, slang) To say (something, aloud or to oneself). (Often used in present tense.)
I go, "As if!" And she was all like, "Whatever!".
As soon as I did it, I went "that was stupid.".
51. v. To make the (specified) sound.
Cats go "meow". Motorcycles go "vroom".
52. v. (intransitive) To sound; to make a noise.
I woke up just before the clock went.
53. v. To be expressed or composed (a certain way).
The tune goes like this. As the story goes, he got the idea for the song while sitting in traffic.
54. v. (intransitive) To resort (to).
I'll go to court if I have to.
55. v. To apply or subject oneself to:
56. v. To apply oneself; to undertake; to have as one's goal or intention. (Compare be going to.)
I'm going to join a sports team. I wish you'd go and get a job. He went to pick it up, but it rolled out of reach.
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
try
1. v. To attempt; to endeavour. Followed by infinitive.
I tried to rollerblade, but I couldn’t.
I'll come to dinner soon. I'm trying to beat this level first.
2. v. (obsolete) To divide; to separate.
3. v. To separate (precious metal etc.) from the ore by melting; to purify, refine.
4. v. (one sort from another) To winnow; to sift; to pick out; frequently followed by out.
to try out the wild corn from the good
5. v. (nautical) To extract oil from blubber or fat; to melt down blubber to obtain oil
6. v. To extract wax from a honeycomb
7. v. To test, to work out.
8. v. To make an experiment. Usually followed by a present participle.
I tried mixing more white paint to get a lighter shade.
9. v. To put to test.
I shall try my skills on this.
10. v. (specifically) To test someone's patience.
You are trying my patience.
Don't fucking try me.
11. v. To taste, sample, etc.
Try this—you’ll love it.
12. v. To prove by experiment; to apply a test to, for the purpose of determining the quality; to examine; to prove; to test.
to try weights or measures by a standard; to try a person's opinions
13. v. (legal) To put on trial.
He was tried and executed.
14. v. To experiment, to strive.
15. v. To have or gain knowledge of by experience.
16. v. To work on something.
You are trying too hard.
17. v. (obsolete) To do; to fare.
How do you try! (i.e., how do you do?)
18. v. To settle; to decide; to determine; specifically, to decide by an appeal to arms.
to try rival claims by a duel; to try conclusions
19. v. (euphemism, of a couple) To attempt to conceive a child.
20. v. (nautical) To lie to in heavy weather under just sufficient sail to head into the wind.
21. v. To strain; to subject to excessive tests.
The light tries his eyes.
Repeated failures try one's patience.
22. v. (slang) To want
I am really not trying to hear you talk about my mama like that.
23. n. An attempt.
I gave unicycling a try but I couldn’t do it.
24. n. An act of tasting or sampling.
I gave sushi a try but I didn’t like it.
25. n. (rugby) A score in rugby, analogous to a touchdown in American football.
Today I scored my first try.
26. n. (dialect) A screen, or sieve, for grain.
27. n. (American football) a field goal or extra point
28. adj. (obsolete) Fine, excellent.
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
figure
1. n. A drawing or diagram conveying information.
2. n. The representation of any form, as by drawing, painting, modelling, carving, embroidering, etc.; especially, a representation of the human body.
a figure in bronze; a figure cut in marble
3. n. A person or thing representing a certain consciousness.
4. n. The appearance or impression made by the conduct or career of a person.
He cut a sorry figure standing there in the rain.
5. n. (obsolete) Distinguished appearance; magnificence; conspicuous representation; splendour; show.
6. n. A human figure, which dress or corset must fit to; the shape of a human body.
7. n. A numeral.
8. n. A number, an amount.
9. n. A shape.
10. n. A visible pattern as in wood or cloth.
The muslin was of a pretty figure.
11. n. A dance figure, a complex dance moveW.
12. n. A figure of speech.
13. n. (logic) The form of a syllogism with respect to the relative position of the middle term.
14. n. (astrology) A horoscope; the diagram of the aspects of the astrological houses.
15. n. (music) Any short succession of notes, either as melody or as a group of chords, which produce a single complete and distinct impression.
16. n. (music) A form of melody or accompaniment kept up through a strain or passage; a motif; a florid embellishment.
17. v. (mostly, US) To calculate, to solve a mathematical problem.
18. v. (mostly, US) To come to understand.
I can't figure if he's telling the truth or lying.
19. v. To think, to assume, to suppose, to reckon.
20. v. (mostly, US, intransitive) To be reasonable.
It figures that somebody like him would be upset about the situation.
21. v. To enter, be a part of.
22. v. (obsolete) To represent by a figure, as to form or mould; to make an image of, either palpable or ideal; also, to fashion into a determinate form; to shape.
23. v. To embellish with design; to adorn with figures.
24. v. (obsolete) To indicate by numerals.
25. v. To represent by a metaphor; to signify or symbolize.
26. v. (obsolete) To prefigure; to foreshow.
27. v. (music) To write over or under the bass, as figures or other characters, in order to indicate the accompanying chords.
28. v. (music) To embellish.
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.
here
1. adv. (location) In, on, or at this place.
2. adv. (location) To this place; used in place of the more dated hither.
Please come here.
3. adv. (abstract) In this context.
Derivatives can refer to anything that is derived from something else, but here they refer specifically to functions that give the slope of the tangent line to a curve.
4. adv. At this point in the argument or narration.
Here endeth the lesson.
5. n. (abstract) This place; this location.
An Alzheimer patient's here may in his mind be anywhere he called home in the time he presently re-lives.
6. adj. Filler after a noun or demonstrative pronoun, solely for emphasis.
John here is a rascal.
7. adj. Filler after a demonstrative pronoun but before the noun it modifies, solely for emphasis.
This here orange is too sour.
8. interj. (slang) (non-gloss, Used semi-assertively to offer something to the listener.)
Here, now I'm giving it to you.
9. interj. (UK, slang) Used for emphasis at the beginning of a sentence when expressing an opinion or want.
Here, I'm tired and I want a drink.
was
1. v. first-person singular past of be.
2. v. third-person singular past of be.
be
1. v. (intransitive, now literary) To exist; to have real existence.
2. v. (with there, or dialectally it, as dummy subject) To exist.
There is just one woman in town who can help us. (or, dialectally:) It is just one woman in town who can help us.
3. v. (intransitive) To occupy a place.
The cup is on the table.
4. v. (intransitive) To occur, to take place.
When will the meeting be?
5. v. (intransitive, in perfect tenses, without predicate) Elliptical form of "be here", "go to and return from" or similar.
The postman has been today, but my tickets have still not yet come.
I have been to Spain many times.
Moscow, huh? I've never been, but it sounds fascinating.
6. v. (transitive, copulative) Used to indicate that the subject and object are the same.
Knowledge is bliss.
Hi, I’m Jim.
7. v. (transitive, copulative, mathematics) Used to indicate that the values on either side of an equation are the same.
3 times 5 is fifteen.
8. v. (transitive, copulative) Used to indicate that the subject plays the role of the predicate nominal.
François Mitterrand was president of France from 1981 to 1995.
9. v. (transitive, copulative) Used to connect a noun to an adjective that describes it.
The sky is blue.
10. v. (transitive, copulative) Used to indicate that the subject has the qualities described by a noun or noun phrase.
The sky is a deep blue today.
11. v. (transitive, auxiliary) Used to form the passive voice.
The dog was drowned by the boy.
12. v. (transitive, auxiliary) Used to form the continuous forms of various tenses.
The woman is walking.
I shall be writing to you soon.
We liked to chat while we were eating.
13. v. (archaic, auxiliary) Used to form the perfect aspect with certain intransitive verbs, most of which indicate motion. Often still used for "to go".
14. v. (transitive, auxiliary) Used to form future tenses, especially the future periphrastic.
I am to leave tomorrow.
I would drive you, were I to obtain a car.
15. v. (transitive, copulative) Used to link a subject to a measurement.
This building is three hundred years old.
I am 75 kilograms.
He’s about 6 feet tall.
16. v. (transitive, copulative, with a cardinal numeral) Used to state the age of a subject in years.
I’m 20. (= I am 20 years old.)
17. v. (with a dummy subject) it Used to indicate the time of day.
It is almost eight. (= It is almost eight o’clock.)
It’s 8:30 read eight-thirty in Tokyo.
What time is it there? It’s night.
18. v. (With since) Used to indicate passage of time since the occurrence of an event.
It has been three years since my grandmother died. (similar to My grandmother died three years ago, but emphasizes the intervening period)
It had been six days since his departure, when I received a letter from him.
19. v. (often, impersonal, with it as a dummy subject) Used to indicate weather, air quality, or the like.
It is hot in Arizona, but it is not usually humid.
Why is it so dark in here?
20. v. (dynamic/lexical "be", especially in progressive tenses, conjugated non-suppletively in the present tense, see usage notes) To exist or behave in a certain way.
"What do we do?" "We be ourselves.".
Why is he being nice to me?
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.
what
1. pron. (interrogative) Which thing, event, circumstance, etc.: (used interrogatively in asking for the specification of an identity, quantity, quality, etc.)
2. pron. (relative, nonstandard) That; which; who.
3. pron. That which; those that; the thing that.
He knows what he wants.
What goes up must come down.
Keep up with what your friends are doing.
4. pron. Whatever.
I will do what I can to help you.
5. adv. (usually followed by "with") In some manner or degree; in part; partly. See also what with
What with singing and joking, the time passed quickly.
6. adv. Such.
What a pity.
What a beautiful day!
7. adv. (obsolete) Why?
8. adv. (now rare) Used to introduce each of two coordinate phrases or concepts; both…and.
9. adv. (Singlish) (alt form, wat) (used to contradict an assumption)
10. interj. An expression of surprise or disbelief.
What! That’s amazing.
11. interj. Response that enquires what the asker desires (usually said unhappily).
12. interj. (UK, colloquial, dated) (clipping of what do you say)?
It’s a nice day, what?
13. interj. What did you say? I beg your pardon?
14. det. Which; which kind of.
What shirt are you going to wear?
What time is it?
What kind of car is that?
15. det. How much; how great (used in an exclamation).
What talent he has!
What a talent!
16. det. (relative) Whatever
Write down what things come into your mind.
17. n. (obsolete) Something; thing; stuff.
18. n. The identity of a thing, as an answer to a question of what.
19. n. Something that is addressed by , as opposed to a person, addressed by who.
exactly
1. adv. (manner) without approximation; precisely.
Measure exactly so we can be sure it is right.
The edge is not exactly straight.
2. adv. (focus) Used to provide emphasis.
It was exactly an Eastern gray squirrel.
He divided the coins exactly in half.
He did it that way exactly to prove the point.
His complaint was exactly that she failed to meet the deadline by four days.
3. interj. Signifies agreement or recognition.
So you're saying that we have only three days left? / Yes, exactly!
you
1. pron. (object pronoun) The people spoken, or written to, as an object.
2. pron. (reflexive pronoun, now US colloquial) (To) yourselves, (to) yourself.
3. pron. (object pronoun) The person spoken to or written to, as an object. (Replacing thee; originally as a mark of respect.)
4. pron. (subject pronoun) The people spoken to or written to, as a subject. (Replacing ye.)
Both of you should get ready now.
You are all supposed to do as I tell you.
5. pron. (subject pronoun) The person spoken to or written to, as a subject. (Originally as a mark of respect.)
6. pron. (indefinite personal pronoun) Anyone, one; an unspecified individual or group of individuals (as subject or object).
7. det. The individual or group spoken or written to.
Have you gentlemen come to see the lady who fell backwards off a bus?
8. det. Used before epithets for emphasis.
You idiot!
9. v. To address (a person) using the pronoun you, rather than thou, especially historically when you was more formal.
did
1. v. simple past tense of do
do
1. v. (auxiliary) A syntactic marker
2. v. (auxiliary) A syntactic marker in a question whose main verb is not another auxiliary verb or be.
Do you go there often?
3. v. (auxiliary) A syntactic marker in negations with the indicative and imperative moods.
I do not go there often.
Do not listen to him.
4. v. (auxiliary) A syntactic marker for emphasis with the indicative, imperative, and subjunctive moods.
But I do go sometimes.
Do tell us.
It is important that he do come see me.
5. v. (pro-verb) A syntactic marker that refers back to an earlier verb and allows the speaker to avoid repeating the verb; not generally used with auxiliari
I play tennis; she does too.
# They don't think it be like it is, but it do.
6. v. To perform; to execute.
All you ever do is surf the Internet. What will you do this afternoon?
7. v. (obsolete) To cause, make (someone) (do something).
8. v. (intransitive, transitive) To suffice.
it’s not the best broom, but it will have to do; this will do me, thanks.
9. v. (intransitive) To be reasonable or acceptable.
It simply will not do to have dozens of children running around such a quiet event.
10. v. To have (as an effect).
The fresh air did him some good.
11. v. (intransitive) To fare, perform (well or poorly).
Our relationship isn't doing very well; how do you do?
12. v. (transitive, chiefly in questions) To have as one's job.
What does Bob do? — He's a plumber.
13. v. To perform the tasks or actions associated with (something)
"Don't forget to do your report" means something quite different depending on whether you're a student or a programmer.
14. v. To cook.
I'll just do some eggs.
15. v. To travel in, to tour, to make a circuit of.
Let’s do New York also.
16. v. To treat in a certain way.
17. v. To work for or on, by way of caring for, looking after, preparing, cleaning, keeping in order, etc.
18. v. (intransitive, obsolete) To act or behave in a certain manner; to conduct oneself.
19. v. (see also do time) To spend (time) in jail.
I did five years for armed robbery.
20. v. To impersonate or depict.
They really laughed when he did Clinton, with a perfect accent and a leer.
21. v. (transitive, slang) To kill.
22. v. (transitive, slang) To deal with for good and all; to finish up; to undo; to ruin; to do for.
23. v. (informal) To punish for a misdemeanor.
He got done for speeding.
Teacher'll do you for that!
24. v. (transitive, slang) To have sex with. (See also do it)
25. v. To cheat or swindle.
That guy just did me out of two hundred bucks!
26. v. To convert into a certain form; especially, to translate.
the novel has just been done into English; I'm going to do this play into a movie
27. v. (transitive, intransitive) To finish.
Aren't you done yet?
28. v. (dated) To work as a domestic servant (with for).
29. v. (archaic, dialectal, transitive, auxiliary) Used to form the present progressive of verbs.
30. v. (stock exchange) To cash or to advance money for, as a bill or note.
31. v. (informal, transitive) To make or provide.
Do they do haircuts there?
Could you do me a burger with mayonnaise instead of ketchup?
32. v. (informal, transitive) To injure (one's own body part).
33. v. To take drugs.
I do cocaine.
34. v. (transitive, in the form be doing somewhere) To exist with a purpose or for a reason.
What's that car doing in our swimming pool? -
35. n. (colloquial) A party, celebration, social function.
We’re having a bit of a do on Saturday to celebrate my birthday.
36. n. (informal) A hairdo.
Nice do!
37. n. Something that can or should be done (usually in the phrase dos and don'ts).
38. n. (obsolete) A deed; an act.
39. n. (archaic) Ado; bustle; stir; to-do; A period of confusion or argument.
40. n. (obsolete, UK, slang) A cheat; a swindler.
41. n. (obsolete, UK, slang) An act of swindling; a fraud or deception.
42. n. (music) A syllable used in solfège to represent the first and eighth tonic of a major scale.
43. adv. (rare) (abbreviation of ditto)
have
Additional archaic forms are second-person singular present tense hast, third-person singular present tense hath, present participle haveing, and second-person singular past tense hadst.
1. v. To possess, own, hold.
I have a house and a car.
Look what I have here — a frog I found on the street!
2. v. To be related in some way to (with the object identifying the relationship).
I have two sisters.
I have a lot of work to do.
3. v. To partake of a particular substance (especially a food or drink) or action.
I have breakfast at six o'clock.
Can I have a look at that?
I'm going to have some pizza and a beer right now.
4. v. To be scheduled to attend or participate in.
What class do you have right now? I have English.
Fred won't be able to come to the party; he has a meeting that day.
5. v. (auxiliary verb, taking a past participle) (Used in forming the perfect aspect and the past perfect aspect.)
I have already eaten today.
I had already eaten.
6. v. (auxiliary verb, taking a to-infinitive) See have to.
I have to go.
7. v. To give birth to.
The couple always wanted to have children.
My wife is having the baby right now!
My mother had me when she was 25.
8. v. To engage in sexual intercourse with.
He's always bragging about how many women he's had.
9. v. To accept as a romantic partner.
Despite my protestations of love, she would not have me.
10. v. (transitive with bare infinitive) To cause to, by a command, request or invitation.
They had me feed their dog while they were out of town.
11. v. (transitive with adjective or adjective-phrase complement) To cause to be.
He had him arrested for trespassing.
The lecture's ending had the entire audience in tears.
12. v. (transitive with bare infinitive) To be affected by an occurrence. (Used in supplying a topic that is not a verb argument.)
The hospital had several patients contract pneumonia last week.
I've had three people today tell me my hair looks nice.
13. v. (transitive with adjective or adjective-phrase complement) To depict as being.
Their stories differed; he said he'd been at work when the incident occurred, but her statement had him at home that entire evening.
14. v. (Used as interrogative auxiliary verb with a following pronoun to form tag questions. (For further discussion, see "Usage notes" below.))
We haven't eaten dinner yet, have we?
Your wife hasn't been reading that nonsense, has she?
(UK usage) He has some money, hasn't he?
15. v. (UK, slang) To defeat in a fight; take.
I could have him!
I'm gonna have you!
16. v. (dated) To be able to speak a language.
I have no German.
17. v. To feel or be (especially painfully) aware of.
Dan certainly has arms today, probably from scraping paint off four columns the day before.
18. v. To be afflicted with, suffer from.
He had a cold last week.
19. v. To experience, go through, undergo.
We had a hard year last year, with the locust swarms and all that.
He had surgery on his hip yesterday.
I'm having the time of my life!
20. v. To trick, to deceive.
You had me alright! I never would have thought that was just a joke.
21. v. (transitive, often with present participle) To allow; to tolerate.
The child screamed incessantly for his mother to buy him a toy, but she wasn't having any of it.
I asked my dad if I could go to the concert this Thursday, but he wouldn't have it since it's a school night.
22. v. (transitive, often used in the negative) To believe, buy, be taken in by.
I made up an excuse as to why I was out so late, but my wife wasn't having any of it.
23. v. To host someone; to take in as a guest.
Thank you for having me!
24. v. To get a reading, measurement, or result from an instrument or calculation.
What do you have for problem two?
I have two contacts on my scope.
25. v. (transitive, of a jury) To consider a court proceeding that has been completed; to begin deliberations on a case.
We'll schedule closing arguments for Thursday, and the jury will have the case by that afternoon.
26. n. A wealthy or privileged person.
27. n. (uncommon) One who has some (contextually specified) thing.
28. n. (AU, NZ, informal) A fraud or deception; something misleading.
They advertise it as a great deal, but I think it's a bit of a have.
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.
mind
1. n. The ability for rational thought.
Despite advancing age, his mind was still as sharp as ever.
2. n. The ability to be aware of things.
There was no doubt in his mind that they would win.
3. n. The ability to remember things.
My mind just went blank.
4. n. The ability to focus the thoughts.
I can’t keep my mind on what I’m doing.
5. n. Somebody that embodies certain mental qualities.
He was one of history’s greatest minds.
6. n. Judgment, opinion, or view.
He changed his mind after hearing the speech.
7. n. Desire, inclination, or intention.
She had a mind to go to Paris.
I have half a mind to do it myself.
8. n. A healthy mental state.
I, ______ being of sound mind and body, do herebynb...
You are losing your mind.
9. n. (philosophy) The non-material substance or set of processes in which consciousness, perception, affectivity, judgement, thinking, and will are based.
The mind is a process of the brain.
10. n. Continual prayer on a dead person's behalf for a period after their death.
a month's or monthly mind; a year's mind
11. v. (now regional) To remember.
12. v. (now rare except in phrases) To attend to, concern oneself with, heed, be mindful of.
You should mind your own business.
13. v. (originally and chiefly in negative or interrogative constructions) To dislike, to object to; to be bothered by.
I wouldn't mind an ice cream right now.
14. v. To look after, to take care of, especially for a short period of time.
Would you mind my bag for me?
15. v. (chiefly in the imperative) To make sure, to take care (that).
Mind you don't knock that glass over.
16. v. To be careful about.
17. v. (United Kingdom, Ireland) Take note; (used to point out an exception or caveat.)
I'm not very healthy—I do eat fruit sometimes, mind.
18. v. (obsolete) To have in mind; to intend.
19. v. (obsolete) To put in mind; to remind.
when
1. adv. (interrogative) Used to introduce questions about time.
When will they arrive?
2. adv. Used to introduce indirect questions about time.
Do you know when they arrived?
Do you know when they will arrive?
Do you know when they arrive?
3. adv. At an earlier and less prosperous time.
He's mister high and mighty now, but I remember him when.
4. adv. (indirect question) Used to refer to doubts about time.
5. adv. (relative) At which, on which, during which. Often omitted or replaced with that.
That was the day when the Twin Towers fell.
6. conj. At what time.
They were told when to sleep.
He doesn't know when to stop talking.
7. conj. At such time as.
I’m happiest when I’m working.
8. conj. At the time of the action of the following clause or participle phrase.
It was raining when I came yesterday.
The show will begin when I get there.
The game is over when the referee says it is.
Be careful when crossing the street.
Pay attention when spoken to.
When (you are) angry, count to ten before speaking or acting.
That time when the dog stole the turkey from the table.
9. conj. Since; given the fact that.
I don't see the point of putting up Christmas decorations when I am the only person who is going to see them.
10. pron. (interrogative) What time; which time.
Since when do I need your permission?
11. n. The time at which something happens.
A good article will cover the who, the what, the when, the where, the why and the how.
12. interj. That's enough, a command to stop adding something, especially an ingredient of food or drink.
you
1. pron. (object pronoun) The people spoken, or written to, as an object.
2. pron. (reflexive pronoun, now US colloquial) (To) yourselves, (to) yourself.
3. pron. (object pronoun) The person spoken to or written to, as an object. (Replacing thee; originally as a mark of respect.)
4. pron. (subject pronoun) The people spoken to or written to, as a subject. (Replacing ye.)
Both of you should get ready now.
You are all supposed to do as I tell you.
5. pron. (subject pronoun) The person spoken to or written to, as a subject. (Originally as a mark of respect.)
6. pron. (indefinite personal pronoun) Anyone, one; an unspecified individual or group of individuals (as subject or object).
7. det. The individual or group spoken or written to.
Have you gentlemen come to see the lady who fell backwards off a bus?
8. det. Used before epithets for emphasis.
You idiot!
9. v. To address (a person) using the pronoun you, rather than thou, especially historically when you was more formal.
wrote
1. v. simple past tense of write
We all wrote down the instructions.
2. v. (informal, nonstandard) past participle of write
write
1. v. To form letters, words or symbols on a surface in order to communicate.
The pupil wrote his name on the paper.
Your son has been writing on the wall.
2. v. To be the author of (a book, article, poem, etc.).
My uncle writes newspaper articles for The Herald.
3. v. To send written information to.
(UK) Please write to me when you get there.
(US) Please write me when you get there.
4. v. To show (information, etc) in written form.
The due day of the homework is written in the syllabus.
5. v. (intransitive) To be an author.
I write for a living.
6. v. (computing, intransitive, with to) To record data mechanically or electronically.
The computer writes to the disk faster than it reads from it.
7. v. (transitive, South Africa, Canada, of an exam, a document, etc.) To fill in, to complete using words.
I was very anxious to know my score after I wrote the test.
8. v. To impress durably; to imprint; to engrave.
truth written on the heart
9. v. To make known by writing; to record; to prove by one's own written testimony; often used reflexively.
10. n. (computing) The operation of storing data, as in memory or onto disk.
How many writes per second can this hard disk handle?
that
1. conj. Introducing a clause which is the subject or object of a verb (such as one involving reported speech), or which is a complement to a previous statement.
He told me that the book is a good read.
I believe that it is true. — She is convinced that he is British.
2. conj. Introducing a subordinate clause expressing a reason or cause: because, in that.
Be glad that you have enough to eat.
3. conj. (now uncommon) Introducing a subordinate clause that expresses an aim, purpose or goal ("final"), and usually contains the auxiliaries may, might or should: so, so that.
4. conj. Introducing — especially, but not exclusively, with an antecedent like so or such — a subordinate clause expressing a result, consequence or effect.
The noise was so loud that she woke up.
The problem was sufficiently important that it had to be addressed.
5. conj. (archaic, or poetic) Introducing a premise or supposition for consideration: seeing as; inasmuch as; given that; as would appear from the fact that.
6. conj. Introducing a subordinate clause modifying an adverb.
Was John there? — Not that I saw.
How often did she visit him? — Twice that I saw.
7. conj. Introducing an exclamation expressing a desire or wish.
8. conj. Introducing an exclamation expressing a strong emotion such as sadness or surprise.
9. det. The (thing, person, idea, etc) indicated or understood from context, especially if more remote physically, temporally or mentally than one designated as "this", or if expressing distinction.
That book is a good read. This one isn't.
That battle was in 1450.
That cat of yours is evil.
10. pron. (demonstrative) The thing, person, idea, quality, event, action or time indicated or understood from context, especially if more remote geographically, temporally or mentally than one designated as "t
He went home, and after that I never saw him again.
11. pron. The known (thing); (used to refer to something just said).
They're getting divorced. What do you think about that?
12. pron. (demonstrative) The aforementioned quality; used together with a verb and pronoun to emphatically repeat a previous statement.
The water is so cold! — That it is.
13. pron. (relative) (plural that) Which, who; (representing a subject, direct object, indirect object, or object of a preposition).
The CPR course that she took really came in handy.
The house that he lived in was old and dilapidated.
14. pron. (colloquial) (Used in place of relative adverbs such as where or when; often omitted.)
the place that = where or to which I went last year
the last time that = when I went to Europe
15. adv. (degree) To a given extent or degree.
"The ribbon was that thin." "I disagree, I say it was not that thin, it was thicker... or maybe thinner...".
16. adv. (degree) To a great extent or degree; very, particularly (in negative constructions).
I'm just not that sick.
I did the run last year, and it wasn't that difficult.
17. adv. (obsolete, outside, dialects) To such an extent; so. (in positive constructions).
Ooh, I was that happy I nearly kissed her.
18. n. (philosophy) Something being indicated that is there; one of those.
spreadsheet
1. n. (dated) A sheet of paper, marked with a grid, in which financial data is recorded and totals calculated manually.
2. n. (computing) A computer simulation of such a system of recording tabular data, with totals and other formulas calculated automatically.
3. v. To model or compute by means of a spreadsheet.

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