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then
1. adv. (temporal location) At that time.
He was happy then.
2. adv. (temporal location) Soon afterward.
He fixed it, then left.
Turn left, then right, then right again, then keep going until you reach the service station.
3. adv. (sequence) Next in order; in addition.
There are three green ones, then a blue one.
4. adv. (conjunctive) In that case.
If it’s locked, then we’ll need the key.
Is it 12 o'clock already? Then it's time for me to leave.
You don't like potatoes? What do you want me to cook, then?
5. adv. (sequence) At the same time; on the other hand.
That’s a nice shirt, but then, so is the other one.
6. adv. (dialect) Used to contradict an assertion.
7. adj. Being so at that time.
8. n. That time
It will be finished before then.
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.
the
1. art. Definite grammatical article that implies necessarily that an entity it articulates is presupposed; something already mentioned, or completely specified later in that same sentence, or assumed already
I’m reading the book. (Compare I’m reading a book.)
The street in front of your house. (Compare A street in Paris.)
The men and women watched the man give the birdseed to the bird.
2. art. Used before a noun modified by a restrictive relative clause, indicating that the noun refers to a single referent defined by the relative clause.
The street that runs through my hometown.
3. art. Used before an object considered to be unique, or of which there is only one at a time.
No one knows how many galaxies there are in the universe.
God save the Queen!
4. art. Used before a superlative or an ordinal number modifying a noun, to indicate that the noun refers to a single item.
That was the best apple pie ever.
5. art. Added to a superlative or an ordinal number to make it into a substantive.
That apple pie was the best.
6. art. Introducing a singular term to be taken generically: preceding a name of something standing for a whole class.
7. art. Used before an adjective, indicating all things (especially persons) described by that adjective.
Feed the hungry, clothe the naked, comfort the afflicted, and afflict the comfortable.
8. art. Used to indicate a certain example of (a noun) which is usually of most concern or most common or familiar.
No one in the whole country had seen it before.
I don't think I'll get to it until the morning.
9. art. Used before a body part (especially of someone previously mentioned), as an alternative to a possessive pronoun.
A stone hit him on the head. (= “A stone hit him on his head.”)
10. art. When stressed, indicates that it describes an object which is considered to be best or exclusively worthy of attention.
That is the hospital to go to for heart surgery.
11. adv. 1=With a comparative ormore and a verb phrase, establishes a parallel with one or more other such comparatives.
The hotter the better.
The more I think about it, the weaker it looks.
The more money donated, the more books purchased, and the more happy children.
It looks weaker and weaker, the more I think about it.
12. adv. 1=With a comparative, and often withfor it, indicates a result more like said comparative. This can be negated withnone.
It was a difficult time, but I’m the wiser for it.
It was a difficult time, and I’m none the wiser for it.
I'm much the wiser for having had a difficult time like that.
Blue
1. n. A letterman at Oxford or Cambridge.
2. n. (historical) A member of the Royal Horse Guards (which merged with the 1st Dragoons in 1969)
3. n. synonym of British Blue, , a breed of cat
4. adj. Of the colour blue.
the deep blue sea
5. adj. (informal) Depressed, melancholic, sad.
6. adj. Pale, without redness or glare; said of a flame.
The candle burns blue.
7. adj. (politics) Supportive of, run by (a member of), pertaining to, or dominated by a political party represented by the colour blue.
8. adj. (politics, in particular, in the US) Supportive of, run by (a member of), pertaining to, or dominated by the Democratic Party.
I live in a blue constituency. Congress turned blue in the mid-term elections.
9. adj. (AU, politics) Supportive of or related to the Liberal Party.
Illawarra turns blue in Liberal washout
10. adj. (astronomy) Of the higher-frequency region of the part of the electromagnetic spectrum which is relevant in the specific observation.
11. adj. (of steak) Extra rare; left very raw and cold.
12. adj. (of a dog or cat) Having a coat of fur of a slaty gray shade.
13. adj. (archaic) Severe or overly strict in morals; gloomy.
blue and sour religionists; blue laws
14. adj. (archaic, of women) literary; bluestockinged.
15. adj. (particle physics) Having a color charge of blue.
16. adj. (entertainment) Risque or obscene
His material is too blue for prime-time
17. n. The colour of the clear sky or the deep sea, between green and violet in the visible spectrum, and one of the primary additive colours for transmitted light; the colour obtained by subtracting red and
(color panel, blue, 0028E9)
18. n. A blue dye or pigment.
19. n. Any of several processes to protect metal against rust.
20. n. Blue clothing
The boys in blue marched to the pipers.
21. n. (in the plural) A blue uniform. See blues.
22. n. (slang) A member of law enforcement
23. n. The sky, literally or figuratively.
The ball came out of the blue and cracked his windshield.
His request for leave came out of the blue.
24. n. The ocean; deep waters.
25. n. Anything blue, especially to distinguish it from similar objects differing only in color.
26. n. A dog or cat with a slaty gray coat.
27. n. (snooker) One of the colour balls used in snooker, with a value of five points.
28. n. Any of the butterflies of the subfamily in the family Lycaenidae, most of which have blue on their wings.
29. n. A bluefish.
30. n. (Australia, colloquial) An argument.
31. n. A liquid with an intense blue colour, added to a laundry wash to prevent yellowing of white clothes.
32. n. (British) A type of firecracker.
33. n. (archaic) A pedantic woman; a bluestocking.
34. n. (particle physics) One of the three color charges for quarks.
35. v. To make or become blue.
36. v. (transitive, metallurgy) To treat the surface of steel so that it is passivated chemically and becomes more resistant to rust.
37. v. (transitive, laundry) To brighten by treating with blue (laundry aid)
38. v. (transitive, slang) To spend (money) extravagantly; to blow.
39. adj. (entertainment, informal) Pornographic or profane.
The air was blue with oaths.
a blue movie
I
1. pron. The speaker or writer, referred to as the grammatical subject, of a sentence.
(audio, Here I am, sir.ogg, Audio)
2. pron. (nonstandard, hypercorrection) The speaker or writer, referred to as the grammatical object, of a sentence.
3. n. (metaphysics) The ego.
4. n. (US, roadway) Interstate.
5. n. (grammar) (abbreviation of instrumental case)
6. pron. nonstandard spelling of I
get
1. v. (ditransitive) To obtain; to acquire.
I'm going to get a computer tomorrow from the discount store.
Lance is going to get Mary a ring.
2. v. To receive.
I got a computer from my parents for my birthday.
You need to get permission to leave early.
He got a severe reprimand for that.
3. v. (transitive, in a perfect construction, with present-tense meaning) To have. (See usage notes.)
I've got a concert ticket for you.
4. v. (copulative) To become.
I'm getting hungry; how about you?
Don't get drunk tonight.
5. v. To cause to become; to bring about.
That song gets me so depressed every time I hear it.
I'll get this finished by lunchtime.
I can't get these boots off upright - (or on'upright,).
6. v. To fetch, bring, take.
Can you get my bag from the living-room, please?
I need to get this to the office.
7. v. To cause to do.
Somehow she got him to agree to it.
I can't get it to work.
8. v. (intransitive, with various prepositions, such as into, over, or behind; for specific idiomatic senses see individual entries get into, get over, etc.) To adopt, assume, arrive at, or progress towards
The actors are getting into position.
When are we going to get to London?
I'm getting into a muddle.
We got behind the wall.
9. v. To cover (a certain distance) while travelling.
to get a mile
10. v. To cause to come or go or move.
11. v. To cause to be in a certain status or position.
12. v. (intransitive) To begin (doing something).
We ought to get moving or we'll be late.
After lunch we got chatting.
13. v. To take or catch (a scheduled transportation service).
I normally get the 7:45 train.
I'll get the 9 a.m. flight to Boston.
14. v. To respond to (a telephone call, a doorbell, etc).
Can you get that call, please? I'm busy.
15. v. (intransitive, followed by infinitive) To be able, permitted (to do something); to have the opportunity (to do something).
I'm so jealous that you got to see them perform live!
The finders get to keep 80 percent of the treasure.
16. v. (transitive, informal) To understand. (compare get it)
Yeah, I get it, it's just not funny.
I don't get what you mean by "fun". This place sucks!
I mentioned that I was feeling sad, so she mailed me a box of chocolates. She gets me.
17. v. (transitive, informal) To be told; be the recipient of (a question, comparison, opinion, etc.).
"You look just like Helen Mirren." / "I get that a lot.".
18. v. (informal) To be. Used to form the passive of verbs.
He got bitten by a dog.
19. v. To become ill with or catch (a disease).
I went on holiday and got malaria.
20. v. (transitive, informal) To catch out, trick successfully.
He keeps calling pretending to be my boss—it gets me every time.
21. v. (transitive, informal) To perplex, stump.
That question's really got me.
22. v. To find as an answer.
What did you get for question four?
23. v. (transitive, informal) To bring to reckoning; to catch (as a criminal); to effect retribution.
The cops finally got me.
I'm gonna get him for that.
24. v. To hear completely; catch.
Sorry, I didn't get that. Could you repeat it?
25. v. To getter.
I put the getter into the container to get the gases.
26. v. (now rare) To beget (of a father).
27. v. (archaic) To learn; to commit to memory; to memorize; sometimes with out.
to get a lesson; to get out one's Greek lesson
28. v. (imperative, informal) Used with a personal pronoun to indicate that someone is being pretentious or grandiose.
Get her with her new hairdo.
29. v. (informal, mostly, imperative) Go away; get lost.
30. v. (euphemism) To kill.
They’re coming to get you, Barbara.
31. v. (intransitive, obsolete) To make acquisitions; to gain; to profit.
32. n. (dated) Offspring.
33. n. Lineage.
34. n. (sports) A difficult return or block of a shot.
35. n. Something gained.
36. n. (UK, regional) A git.
37. n. (Judaism) A Jewish writ of divorce.
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.
call
1. n. A telephone conversation.
I received several phone calls today.
I received several calls today.
2. n. A short visit, usually for social purposes.
I paid a call to a dear friend of mine.
3. n. (nautical) A visit by a ship or boat to a port.
The ship made a call at Southampton.
4. n. A cry or shout.
He heard a call from the other side of the room.
5. n. A decision or judgement.
That was a good call.
6. n. The characteristic cry of a bird or other animal.
That sound is the distinctive call of the cuckoo bird.
7. n. A beckoning or summoning.
I had to yield to the call of the wild.
8. n. The right to speak at a given time during a debate or other public event; the floor.
The Prime Minister has the call.
I give the call to the Manager of Opposition Business.
9. n. (finance) An option to buy stock at a specified price during or at a specified time.
10. n. (cricket) The act of calling to the other batsman.
11. n. (cricket) The state of being the batsman whose role it is to call (depends on where the ball goes.)
12. n. A work shift which requires one to be available when requested (see on call).
13. n. (computing) The act of jumping to a subprogram, saving the means to return to the original point.
14. n. A statement of a particular state, or rule, made in many games such as bridge, craps, jacks, and so on.
There was a 20 dollar bet on the table, and my call was 9.
15. n. (poker) The act of matching a bet made by a player who has previously bet in the same round of betting.
16. n. A note blown on the horn to encourage the dogs in a hunt.
17. n. (nautical) A whistle or pipe, used by the boatswain and his mate to summon the sailors to duty.
18. n. A pipe or other instrument to call birds or animals by imitating their note or cry. A game call.
19. n. An invitation to take charge of or serve a church as its pastor.
20. n. (archaic) Vocation; employment; calling.
21. n. (US, legal) A reference to, or statement of, an object, course, distance, or other matter of description in a survey or grant requiring or calling for a corresponding object, etc., on the land.
22. n. (informal, slang) A meeting with a client for paid sex; hookup; job.
23. v. To use one's voice.:
24. v. (intransitive) To request, summon, or beckon.
That person is hurt; call for help!
25. v. (intransitive) To cry or shout.
26. v. To utter in a loud or distinct voice.
to call the roll of a military company
27. v. (transitive, intransitive) To contact by telephone.
Why don't you call me in the morning? Why don't you call tomorrow?
28. v. To declare in advance.
The captains call the coin toss.
29. v. To rouse from sleep; to awaken.
30. v. To declare (an effort or project) to be a failure.
After the third massive failure, John called the whole initiative.
31. v. (heading, intransitive) To visit.
32. v. To pay a (social) visit (often used with "on", "round", or "at"; used by salespeople with "again" to invite customers to come again).
We could always call on a friend. The engineer called round whilst you were away.
33. v. To stop at a station or port.
This train calls at Reading, Slough and London Paddington. Our cruise ship called at Bristol Harbour.
34. v. To name, identify or describe.:
35. v. (ditransitive) To name or refer to.
Why don't we dispense with the formalities. Please call me Al.
36. v. (in passive) Of a person, to have as one's name; of a thing, to have as its name.
I'm called John. A very tall building is called a skyscraper.
37. v. To predict.
He called twelve of the last three recessions.
38. v. To state, or estimate, approximately or loosely; to characterize without strict regard to fact.
They call the distance ten miles. That's enough work. Let's call it a day and go home.
39. v. (obsolete) To disclose the class or character of; to identify.
40. v. (heading, sport) Direct or indirect use of the voice.
41. v. (cricket) (of a batsman): To shout directions to the other batsman on whether or not they should take a run.
42. v. (baseball, cricket) (of a fielder): To shout to other fielders that he intends to take a catch (thus avoiding collisions).
43. v. (intransitive, poker) To equal the same amount that other players are currently betting.
I bet $800 and Jane raised to $1600. My options: call (match her $1600 bet), reraise or fold.
44. v. (intransitive, poker, proscribed) To match the current bet amount, in preparation for a raise in the same turn. (Usually, players are forbidden to anno
I'll call your 300, and raise to 600!
45. v. To state, or invoke a rule, in many games such as bridge, craps, jacks, and so on.
My partner called two spades.
46. v. (transitive, sometimes with for) To require, demand.
He felt called to help the old man.
47. v. (transitive, finance) To announce the early extinction of a debt by prepayment, usually at a premium.
48. v. (transitive, banking) To demand repayment of a loan.
49. v. (transitive, computing) To jump to (another part of a program) to perform some operation, returning to the original point on completion.
A recursive function is one that calls itself.
from
1. prep. With the source or provenance of or at.
This wine comes from France.
I got a letter from my brother.
2. prep. With the origin, starting point or initial reference of or at.
He had books piled from floor to ceiling.
He left yesterday from Chicago.
Face away from the wall!
3. prep. (mathematics, now uncommon) Denoting a subtraction operation.
20 from 31 leaves 11.
4. prep. With the separation, exclusion or differentiation of.
An umbrella protects from the sun.
He knows right from wrong.
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.
record
1. n. An item of information put into a temporary or permanent physical medium.
The person had a record of the interview so she could review her notes.
The tourist's photographs and the tape of the police call provide a record of the crime.
2. n. Any instance of a physical medium on which information was put for the purpose of preserving it and making it available for future reference.
We have no record of you making this payment to us.
3. n. A vinyl disc on which sound is recorded and may be replayed on a phonograph.
I still like records better than CDs.
4. n. (computing) A set of data relating to a single individual or item.
5. n. The most extreme known value of some variable, particularly that of an achievement in competitive events.
The heat and humidity were both new records.
The team set a new record for most points scored in a game.
6. v. To make a record of information.
I wanted to record every detail of what happened, for the benefit of future generations.
7. v. To make an audio or video recording of.
Within a week they had recorded both the song and the video for it.
8. v. (transitive, legal) To give legal status to by making an official public record.
When the deed was recorded, we officially owned the house.
9. v. (intransitive) To fix in a medium, usually in a tangible medium.
10. v. (intransitive) To make an audio, video, or multimedia recording.
11. v. (transitive, intransitive, obsolete) To repeat; to practice.
12. v. (ambitransitive, obsolete) To sing or repeat a tune.
13. v. (obsolete) To reflect; to ponder.
plugger
1. n. One who, or that which, plugs.
2. n. A dental instrument used to insert fillings.
3. n. (Australia) A thong or flip-flop.

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