| our |
| 1. det. Belonging to us. | |
| 2. det. Of, from, or belonging to the nation, region, or language of the speaker. | |
| 3. det. (Northern England, Scotland) Used before a person's name to indicate that the person is in one's family, or is a very close friend. | |
| I'm going to see our Terry for tea. | |
| 4. v. misspelling of are | |
| people |
| 1. n. Used as plural of person; a body of human beings considered generally or collectively; a group of two or more persons. | |
| Why do so many people commit suicide? | |
| 2. n. Persons forming or belonging to a particular group, such as a nation, class, ethnic group, country, family, etc; folk; a community. | |
| 3. n. A group of persons regarded as being employees, followers, companions or subjects of a ruler. | |
| 4. n. One's colleagues or employees. | |
| 5. n. A person's ancestors, relatives or family. | |
| My people lived through the Black Plague and the Thirty Years War. | |
| 6. n. The mass of a community as distinguished from a special class (elite); the commonalty; the populace; the vulgar; the common crowd; the citizens. | |
| 7. n. plural of person. | |
| 8. v. To stock with people or inhabitants; to fill as with people; to populate. | |
| 9. v. (intransitive) To become populous or populated. | |
| 10. v. To inhabit; to occupy; to populate. | |
| shall |
| 1. v. (modal, auxiliary verb, defective) Used before a verb to indicate the simple future tense in the first person singular or plural. | |
| I shall sing in the choir tomorrow. | |
| I hope that we shall win the game. | |
| 2. v. Used similarly to indicate determination or obligation in the second and third persons singular or plural. | |
| (determination): You shall go to the ball! | |
| (obligation): Citizens shall provide proof of identity. | |
| 3. v. Used in questions with the first person singular or plural to suggest a possible future action. | |
| Shall I help you with that? | |
| Shall we go out later? | |
| Let us examine that, shall we? | |
| 4. v. (obsolete) To owe. | |
| not |
| 1. adv. Negates the meaning of the modified verb. | |
| Did you take out the trash? No, I did not. | |
| Not knowing any better, I went ahead. | |
| 2. adv. To no degree. | |
| That is not red; it's orange. | |
| 3. conj. And not. | |
| I wanted a plate of shrimp, not a bucket of chicken. | |
| He painted the car blue and black, not solid purple. | |
| 4. interj. (slang) Used to indicate that the previous phrase was meant sarcastically or ironically. | |
| I really like hanging out with my little brother watching Barney... not! | |
| Sure, you're perfect the way you are... not! | |
| 5. n. Unary logical function NOT, true if input is false, or a gate implementing that negation function. | |
| You need a not there to conform with the negative logic of the memory chip. | |
| 6. contraction. (obsolete) Contraction of ne wot, wot not; know not; knows not. | |
| perish |
| 1. v. (intransitive) To decay and disappear; to waste away to nothing. | |
| 2. v. (intransitive) To decay in such a way that it can't be used for its original purpose | |
| 3. v. (intransitive) To die; to cease to live. | |
| 4. v. (transitive, obsolete) To cause to perish. | |
| So |
| 1. n. A Mon-Khmer-speaking people of Laos and Thailand. | |
| 2. conj. In order that. | |
| Eat your broccoli so you can have dessert. | |
| 3. conj. With the result that; for that reason; therefore. | |
| I was hungry so I asked if there was any more food. | |
| He ate too much cake, so he fell ill. | |
| He wanted a book, so he went to the library. | |
| “I need to go to the bathroom.”―“So go!” | |
| 4. conj. (archaic) Provided that; on condition that, as long as. | |
| 5. adv. To the (explicitly stated) extent that. | |
| It was so hot outside that all the plants died. He was so good, they hired him on the spot. | |
| 6. adv. (informal) To the (implied) extent. | |
| I need a piece of cloth so long. = this long | |
| 7. adv. (informal) Very (positive clause). | |
| He is so good! | |
| 8. adv. (informal) Very (negative clause). | |
| It’s not so bad. i.e. it's acceptable | |
| 9. adv. (slang) Very much. | |
| But I so want to see the Queen when she visits our town! That is so not true! | |
| 10. adv. In a particular manner. | |
| Place the napkin on the table just so. If that's what you mean, then say so; (or do so). | |
| 11. adv. In the same manner or to the same extent as aforementioned; also. | |
| Just as you have the right to your free speech, so I have the right to mine. Many people say she's the world's greatest athlete, but I don't think so. "I can count backwards from on | |
| 12. adv. (with as) To such an extent or degree; as. | |
| so far as; so long as; so much as | |
| 13. adj. True, accurate. | |
| That is so. You are responsible for this, is that not so? | |
| 14. adj. In that state or manner; with that attribute. A proadjective that replaces the aforementioned adjective phrase. | |
| 15. adj. (dated, UK, slang) Homosexual. | |
| Is he so? | |
| 16. interj. Used after a pause for thought to introduce a new topic, question or story. | |
| So, let's go home. | |
| So, what'll you have? | |
| So, there was this squirrel stuck in the chimney... | |
| 17. interj. (Short for) so what. | |
| "You park your car in front of my house every morning." — "So?". | |
| 18. interj. Used to connect previous conversation or events to the following question. | |
| So how does this story end? | |
| So, everyone wants to know - did you win the contest or not? | |
| 19. interj. (archaic) Be as you are; stand still; (used especially to cows; also used by sailors.) | |
| 20. pron. abbreviation of someone | |
| 21. n. (music) A syllable used in solfège to represent the fifth note of a major scale. | |
| 22. n. (foods) A type of dairy product made in Japan between the seventh and 10th centuries. | |
| long |
| 1. adj. Having much distance from one terminating point on an object or an area to another terminating point (usually applies to horizontal dimensions; see Usage Notes below). | |
| It's a long way from the Earth to the Moon. | |
| 2. adj. Having great duration. | |
| The pyramids of Egypt have been around for a long time. | |
| 3. adj. Seemingly lasting a lot of time, because it is boring or tedious or tiring. | |
| 4. adj. (UK, dialect) Not short; tall. | |
| 5. adj. (finance) Possessing or owning stocks, bonds, commodities or other financial instruments with the aim of benefiting of the expected rise in their value. | |
| I'm long in DuPont; I have a long position in DuPont. | |
| 6. adj. (cricket) Of a fielding position, close to the boundary (or closer to the boundary than the equivalent short position). | |
| 7. adj. (tennis, of a ball or a shot) That land beyond the baseline (and therefore is out). | |
| No! That forehand is longnb.... | |
| 8. adj. Occurring or coming after an extended interval; distant in time; far away. | |
| 9. adv. Over a great distance in space. | |
| He threw the ball long. | |
| 10. adv. For a particular duration. | |
| How long is it until the next bus arrives? | |
| 11. adv. For a long duration. | |
| Will this interview take long? | |
| Paris has long been considered one of the most cultured cities in the world. | |
| 12. n. (linguistics) A long vowel. | |
| 13. n. (programming) A long integer variable, twice the size of an int, two or four times the size of a short, and half of a long long. | |
| A long is typically 64 bits in a 32-bit environment. | |
| 14. n. (finance) An entity with a long position in an asset. | |
| Every uptick made the longs cheer. | |
| 15. n. (music) A note formerly used in music, one half the length of a large, twice that of a breve. | |
| 16. v. (transitive, finance) To take a long position in. | |
| 17. v. (intransitive) To await, aspire, desire greatly (something to occur or to be true) | |
| She longed for him to come back. | |
| 18. adj. (archaic) On account of, because of. | |
| 19. v. (archaic) To be appropriate to, to pertain or belong to. | |
| 20. n. longitude | |
| As |
| 1. n. plural of A | |
| She went from getting Cs and Ds to earning straight As. | |
| 2. adv. To such an extent or degree. | |
| You’re not as tall as I am. | |
| It's not as well made, but it's twice as expensive. | |
| 3. adv. In the manner or role specified. | |
| The kidnappers released him as agreed. | |
| The parties were seen as agreeing on a range of issues. | |
| He was never seen as the boss, but rather as a friend. | |
| 4. adv. (dated) For example (compare such as). | |
| 5. conj. In the same way that; according to what. | |
| Do as I say! | |
| I'm under a lot of pressure, as you know. | |
| As you wish, my lord! | |
| 6. conj. At the same instant that; when. | |
| As I came in, she flew. | |
| 7. conj. At the same time that; while. | |
| He sleeps as the rain falls. | |
| 8. conj. Varying through time in the same proportion that. | |
| As my fear grew, so did my legs become heavy. | |
| 9. conj. Being that, considering that, because, since. | |
| As it’s too late, I quit. | |
| 10. conj. Introducing a basis of comparison, after as, so, or a comparison of equality. | |
| She's twice as strong as I was two years ago. | |
| It's not so complicated as I expected. | |
| 11. conj. (dated) Introducing a comparison with a hypothetical state (+ subjunctive); ‘as though’, ‘as if’. | |
| 12. conj. Introducing a comparison with a hypothetical state with the verb elided; as if, as though. | |
| 13. conj. (now England, US, regional) Functioning as a relative conjunction; that. | |
| 14. conj. Expressing concession; though. | |
| 15. conj. (obsolete, rare) Than. | |
| 16. prep. Introducing a basis of comparison, with an object in the objective case. | |
| You are not as tall as me. | |
| They're big as houses. | |
| 17. prep. In the role of. | |
| What is your opinion as a parent? | |
| 18. n. (unit of weight) A libra. | |
| 19. n. Any of several coins of Rome, coined in bronze or later copper; or the equivalent value. | |
| 20. n. plural of a | |
| 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. | |
| remain |
| 1. n. State of remaining; stay. | |
| 2. n. That which is left; relic; remainder; -- chiefly in the plural. | |
| 3. n. (plural only) remains: That which is left of a human being after the life is gone; relics; a dead body. | |
| 4. n. The posthumous works or productions, especially literary works of one who is dead. | |
| 5. v. To stay behind while others withdraw; to be left after others have been removed or destroyed; to be left after a number or quantity has been subtracted or cut off; to be left as not included or compri | |
| 6. v. To continue unchanged in place, form, or condition, or undiminished in quantity; to abide; to stay; to endure; to last. | |
| There was no food in the house, so I had to remain hungry. | |
| 7. v. To await; to be left to. | |
| 8. v. (copulative) To continue in a state of being. | |
| The light remained red for two full minutes. | |
| strong |
| 1. adj. Capable of producing great physical force. | |
| a big strong man; Jake was tall and strong | |
| 2. adj. Capable of withstanding great physical force. | |
| a strong foundation; good strong shoes | |
| 3. adj. (of water, wind, etc.) Having a lot of power. | |
| The man was nearly drowned after a strong undercurrent swept him out to sea. | |
| 4. adj. Determined; unyielding. | |
| He is strong in the face of adversity. | |
| 5. adj. Highly stimulating to the senses. | |
| a strong light; a strong taste | |
| 6. adj. Having an offensive or intense odor or flavor. | |
| a strong smell | |
| 7. adj. Having a high concentration of an essential or active ingredient. | |
| a strong cup of coffee; a strong medicine | |
| 8. adj. (specifically) Having a high alcoholic content. | |
| a strong drink | |
| She gets up, and pours herself a strong one. - Eagles, Lying Eyes | |
| 9. adj. (grammar) Inflecting in a different manner than the one called weak, such as Germanic verbs which change vowels. | |
| a strong verb | |
| 10. adj. (chemistry) That completely ionizes into anions and cations in a solution. | |
| a strong acid; a strong base | |
| 11. adj. (military) Not easily subdued or taken. | |
| a strong position | |
| 12. adj. (slang) Impressive, good. | |
| You're working with troubled youth in your off time? That’s strong! | |
| 13. adj. Having a specified number of people or units. | |
| The enemy's army force was five thousand strong. | |
| 14. adj. (of a disease or symptom) severe (very bad or intense) | |
| 15. adj. (mathematics, logic) Having a wide range of logical consequences; widely applicable. (Often contrasted with a weak statement which it implies.) | |
| 16. adj. (of an argument) Convincing. | |
| 17. adv. In a strong manner. | |
