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there's
     1. contraction. contraction of there is
           There’s a strange guy over there.
     2. contraction. contraction of there has
           There’s been an accident!
     3. contraction. contraction of there was
     4. contraction. contraction of there does
     5. contraction. (proscribed) contraction of there are See there're.
     there
          1. adv. (location) In a place or location (stated, implied or otherwise indicated) at some distance from the speaker (compare here).
          2. adv. (figuratively) In that matter, relation, etc.; at that point, stage, etc., regarded as a distinct place.
                He did not stop there, but continued his speech.
                They patched up their differences, but matters did not end there.
          3. adv. (location) To or into that place; thither.
          4. adv. (obsolete) Where, there where, in which place.
          5. adv. In existence or in this world; see pronoun section below.
          6. interj. Used to offer encouragement or sympathy.
                There, there. Everything is going to turn out all right.
          7. interj. Used to express victory or completion.
                There! That knot should hold.
          8. n. That place.
          9. n. That status; that position.
                You get it ready; I'll take it from there.
          10. pron. Used as an expletive subject of be in its sense of “exist”, with the semantic, usually indefinite subject being postponed or (occasionally) implied.
                There are two apples on the table. =Two apples are on the table.
                There is no way to do it. =No way to do it exists.
                Is there an answer? =Does an answer exist?
                No, there isn't. =No, one doesn't exist.
          11. pron. Used with other intransitive verbs of existence, in the same sense, or with other intransitive verbs, adding a sense of existence.
                If x is a positive number, then there exists =there is a positive number y less than x.
                There remain several problems with this approach. =Several problems remain with this approach.
                Once upon a time, in a now-forgotten kingdom, there lived a woodsman with his wife. =There was a woodsman, who lived with his wife.
                There arose a great wind out of the east. =There was now a great wind, arising in the east.
          12. pron. Used with other verbs, when raised.
                There seems to be some difficulty with the papers. =It seems that there is some difficulty with the papers.
                I expected there to be a simpler solution. =I expected that there would be a simpler solution.
                There are beginning to be complications. =It's beginning to be the case that there are complications.
          13. pron. (in combination with certain prepositions, no longer productive) That.
                therefor, thereat, thereunder
          14. pron. (colloquial) Used to replace an unknown name, principally in greetings and farewells
                Hi there, young fellow.
          15. contraction. misspelling of they’re
          16. det. misspelling of their
     is
          1. v. third-person singular present indicative of be
                He is a doctor. He retired some time ago.
                Should he do the task, it is vital that you follow him.
          2. n. plural of i
                remember to dot your is
some
     1. pron. A certain number, at least one.
           Some enjoy spicy food, others prefer it milder.
     2. pron. An indefinite quantity.
           Can I have some of them?
     3. pron. An indefinite amount, a part.
           please give me some of the cake;  everyone is wrong some of the time
     4. det. A certain proportion of, at least one.
           Some people like camping.
     5. det. An unspecified quantity or number of.
           Would you like some grapes?
     6. det. An unspecified amount of (something un).
           Would you like some water?
           After some persuasion, he finally agreed.
     7. det. A certain, an unspecified or unknown.
           I've just met some guy who said he knew you.
           The sequence S converges to zero for some initial value v.
     8. det. A considerable quantity or number of; approximately.
           He had edited the paper for some years.
     9. det. (informal) A remarkable.
           He is some acrobat!
     10. adv. Of a measurement: approximately, roughly
           I guess he must have weighed some 90 kilos.
           Some 30,000 spectators witnessed the feat.
           Some 4,000 acres of land were flooded.
one
     1. num. (cardinal) The number represented by the Arabic numeral 1; the numerical value equal to that cardinal number.
           In some religions, there is only one god.
           In many cultures, a baby turns one year old a year after its birth.
           One person, one vote.
     2. num. (number theory) The first positive number in the set of natural numbers.
     3. num. (set theory) The cardinality of the smallest nonempty set.
     4. num. (mathematics) The ordinality of an element which has no predecessor, usually called first or number one.
     5. pron. (impersonal pronoun, indefinite) One thing (among a group of others); one member of a group.
           The big one looks good.  I want the green one.  A good driver is one who drives carefully.
     6. pron. (impersonal pronoun, sometimes with "the") The first mentioned of two things or people, as opposed to the other.
           She offered him an apple and an orange; he took one and left the other.
     7. pron. (indefinite personal pronoun) Any person (applying to people in general).
           One’s guilt may trouble one, but it is best not to let oneself be troubled by things which cannot be changed.  One shouldn’t be too quick to judge.
     8. pron. (pronoun) Any person, entity or thing.
           "driver", noun: one who drives.
     9. n. The digit or figure 1.
     10. n. (mathematics) The neutral element with respect to multiplication in a ring.
     11. n. (US) A one-dollar bill.
     12. n. (cricket) One run scored by hitting the ball and running between the wickets; a single.
     13. n. A joke or amusing anecdote.
     14. n. (colloquial) A particularly special or compatible person or thing.
     15. n. (Internet slang) Used instead of ! to amplify an exclamation, parodying unskilled typists who forget to press the shift key while typing exclamation points, thus typing "1".
           A: SUM1 Hl3p ME im alwyz L0ziN!!?!
             Someone help me; I'm always losing!
           B: y d0nt u just g0 away l0zer!!1!!one!!one!!eleven!!1!
             Why don't you just go away loser!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
     16. adj. Of a period of time, being particular.
           One day the prince set forth to kill the dragon that had brought terror to his father’s kingdom for centuries.
     17. adj. Being a single, unspecified thing; a; any.
           My aunt used to say, "One day is just like the other.".
     18. adj. Sole, only.
           He is the one man who can help you.
     19. adj. Whole, entire.
           Body and soul are not separate; they are one.
     20. adj. In agreement.
           We are one on the importance of learning.
     21. adj. The same.
           The two types look very different, but are one species.
     22. adj. Being a preeminent example.
           He is one hell of a guy.
     23. adj. Being an unknown person with the specified name; see also "a certain".
           The town records from 1843 showed the overnight incarceration of one “A. Lincoln”.
     24. v. (obsolete, transitive) To cause to become one; to gather into a single whole; to unite.
next
     1. adj. nearest, Nearest in place or position, having nothing similar intervening; adjoining.
     2. adj. Nearest in order, succession, or rank; immediately preceding or following in order.
           the next chapter; the next man I see; the next week; the Sunday next before Easter
     3. adj. (figuratively) Following in a hypothetical sequence of some kind.
     4. det. The one immediately following the current or most recent one
           Next week would be a good time to meet.
           I'll know better next time.
     5. det. Closest to seven days (one week) in the future.
           The party is next Tuesday; that is, not this Tuesday, but nine days from now.
     6. adv. In a time, place or sequence closest or following.
           They live in the next closest house.
           It's the next best thing to ice cream.
           Next, we stripped off the old paint.
     7. adv. On the first subsequent occasion
           Financial panic, earthquakes, oil spills, riots. What comes next?
           When we next meet, you'll be married.
     8. prep. On the side of; next to.
     9. n. The one that follows after this one.
           Next, please, don't hold up the queue!
door
     1. n. A portal of entry into a building, room, or vehicle, consisting of a rigid plane movable on a hinge. Doors are frequently made of wood or metal. May have a handle to help open and close, a latch to ho
           I knocked on the vice president's door
     2. n. Any flap, etc. that opens like a door.
           the 24 doors in an Advent calendar
     3. n. (immigration) An entry point.
     4. n. (figurative) A means of approach or access.
           Learning is the door to wisdom.
     5. n. (figurative) A barrier.
           Keep a door on your anger.
     6. n. (computing, dated) A software mechanism by which a user can interact with a program running remotely on a bulletin board system. See BBS door.
     7. v. (transitive, cycling) To cause a collision by opening the door of a vehicle in front of an oncoming cyclist or pedestrian.
over
     1. adj. Discontinued; ended or concluded.
           The show is over.
     2. adv. Thoroughly; completely; from beginning to end.
           Let's talk over the project at tomorrow's meeting.
           Let me think that over.
           I'm going to look over our department's expenses.
     3. adv. To an excessive degree; overly.
     4. adv. From an upright position to being horizontal.
           He tipped the bottle over, and the water came gushing out.
           That building just fell over!
           He bent over to touch his toes.
     5. adv. Horizontally; left to right or right to left.
           Slide the toilet-paper dispenser's door over when one roll is empty in order to reveal the other.
           I moved over to make room for him to sit down.
     6. adv. From one position or state to another.
           Please pass that over to me.
           He came over to our way of thinking on the new project.
           Come over and play!
           I'll bring over a pizza.
     7. adv. Overnight (throughout the night).
           We stayed over at Grandma's.
           Can I sleep over?
     8. adv. (US, usually with do) Again; another time; once more; over again.
           I lost my paper and I had to do the entire assignment over.
     9. adv. (procedure word, military) a procedure word meaning that a station is finished transmitting and is expecting a response.
           Bravo Six, this is Bravo Six Four. Stand by for ten mike report one dash three, over.
           Bravo Six Four, this is Bravo Six Actual. Send your traffic, over.
     10. n. (cricket) A set of six legal balls bowled.
     11. n. Any surplus amount of money, goods delivered, etc.
     12. prep. Physical positioning.
     13. prep.          On top of; above; higher than; further up.
                   Hold the sign up over your head.   climb up the ladder and look over the roof
     14. prep.          Across or spanning.
                   There is a bridge over the river.
     15. prep.          In such a way as to cover.
                   drape the fabric over the table;  there is a roof over the house
     16. prep.          From one physical position to another via an obstacle that must be traversed vertically, first upwards and then downwards.
                   The dog jumped over the fence.
                   I'll go over the fence first and then help you.
                   Let's walk over the hill to get there.
     17. prep. By comparison.
     18. prep.          More than; to a greater degree.
                   I prefer the purple over the pink.
     19. prep.          Beyond; past; exceeding; too much or too far.
                   I think I’m over my limit for calories for today.
     20. prep.          (in certain collocations) As compared to.
                   Sales are down this quarter over last.
     21. prep. Indicating relative status, authority, or power
           The owner's son lorded over the experienced managers.
           The prince ruled over a portion of the kingdom.
     22. prep. (mathematics) Divided by.
           four over two equals two over one
     23. prep. (poker) (Separates the three of a kind from the pair in a full house.)
           9♦9♠9♣6♥6♠ = nines over sixes
     24. prep. Finished with; done with; from one state to another via a hindrance that must be solved or defeated; or via a third state that represents a significant difference from the first two.
           We got over the engineering problems and the prototype works great.
           I am over my cold and feel great again.
           I know the referee made a bad call, but you have to get over it your annoyance with the referee's decision.
           She is finally over the distress of losing her job.
           He is finally over his distress over the loss of the relationship with his ex-girlfriend.
     25. prep. While using, especially while consuming.
     26. prep. Concerning or regarding.
           The two boys had a fight over whose girlfriend was the best.
     27. prep. Above, implying superiority after a contest; in spite of; notwithstanding.
           We triumphed over difficulties.
           The bill was passed over the veto.
           It was a fine victory over their opponents.
     28. interj. In radio communications: end of sentence, ready to receive reply.
           How do you receive? Over!
     29. n. (rare, dialectal, or obsolete) A shore, riverbank.
           The sea's over.
there
     1. adv. (location) In a place or location (stated, implied or otherwise indicated) at some distance from the speaker (compare here).
     2. adv. (figuratively) In that matter, relation, etc.; at that point, stage, etc., regarded as a distinct place.
           He did not stop there, but continued his speech.
           They patched up their differences, but matters did not end there.
     3. adv. (location) To or into that place; thither.
     4. adv. (obsolete) Where, there where, in which place.
     5. adv. In existence or in this world; see pronoun section below.
     6. interj. Used to offer encouragement or sympathy.
           There, there. Everything is going to turn out all right.
     7. interj. Used to express victory or completion.
           There! That knot should hold.
     8. n. That place.
     9. n. That status; that position.
           You get it ready; I'll take it from there.
     10. pron. Used as an expletive subject of be in its sense of “exist”, with the semantic, usually indefinite subject being postponed or (occasionally) implied.
           There are two apples on the table. =Two apples are on the table.
           There is no way to do it. =No way to do it exists.
           Is there an answer? =Does an answer exist?
           No, there isn't. =No, one doesn't exist.
     11. pron. Used with other intransitive verbs of existence, in the same sense, or with other intransitive verbs, adding a sense of existence.
           If x is a positive number, then there exists =there is a positive number y less than x.
           There remain several problems with this approach. =Several problems remain with this approach.
           Once upon a time, in a now-forgotten kingdom, there lived a woodsman with his wife. =There was a woodsman, who lived with his wife.
           There arose a great wind out of the east. =There was now a great wind, arising in the east.
     12. pron. Used with other verbs, when raised.
           There seems to be some difficulty with the papers. =It seems that there is some difficulty with the papers.
           I expected there to be a simpler solution. =I expected that there would be a simpler solution.
           There are beginning to be complications. =It's beginning to be the case that there are complications.
     13. pron. (in combination with certain prepositions, no longer productive) That.
           therefor, thereat, thereunder
     14. pron. (colloquial) Used to replace an unknown name, principally in greetings and farewells
           Hi there, young fellow.
     15. contraction. misspelling of they’re
     16. det. misspelling of their
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