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they
1. pron. (the third-person plural) A group of people, animals, plants or objects previously mentioned.
Fred and Jane? They just arrived. Dogs may bark if they want to be fed. Plants wilt if they are not watered.
I have a car and a truck, but they are both broken.
2. pron. (the third-person singular, sometimes proscribed) A single person, previously mentioned, especially if of unknown or non-binary gender, but not if previously named and identified as male or female.
3. pron. (indefinite pronoun, vague meaning) People; some people; people in general; someone, excluding the speaker.
They say it’s a good place to live.
They didn’t have computers in the old days.
They should do something about this.
They have a lot of snow in winter.
4. det. (now Southern England dialect, or nonstandard) The, those.
5. det. (US dialects including AAVE) Their.
6. pron. (US dialectal) There (especially as an expletive subject of be).
open
1. adj. (not comparable) Not closed; accessible; unimpeded.
Turn left after the second open door.
It was as if his body had gone to sleep standing up and with his eyes open.
2. adj. Not drawn together, closed, or contracted; extended; expanded.
an open hand; an open flower; an open prospect
3. adj. (not comparable) Actively conducting or prepared to conduct business.
Banks are not open on bank holidays.
4. adj. (comparable) Receptive.
I am open to new ideas.
5. adj. (not comparable) Public
He published an open letter to the governor on a full page of the New York Times.
6. adj. (not comparable) Candid, ingenuous, not subtle in character.
The man is an open book.
7. adj. (mathematics, logic, of a formula) Having a free variable.
8. adj. (mathematics, topology, of a set) Which is part of a predefined collection of subsets ofX, that defines a topological space onX.
9. adj. (graph theory, of a walk) Whose first and last vertices are different.
10. adj. (computing, not comparable, of a file, document, etc.) In current use; mapped to part of memory.
I couldn't save my changes because another user had the same file open.
11. adj. (business) Not fulfilled.
I've got open orders for as many containers of red durum as you can get me.
12. adj. Not settled or adjusted; not decided or determined; not closed or withdrawn from consideration.
an open question
to keep an offer or opportunity open
13. adj. (music, stringed instruments) Without any fingers pressing the string against the fingerboard.
14. adj. Not of a quality to prevent communication, as by closing waterways, blocking roads, etc.; hence, not frosty or inclement; mild; used of the weather or the climate.
an open winter
15. adj. (phonetics) Uttered with a relatively wide opening of the articulating organs; said of vowels.
16. adj. (phonetics) Uttered, as a consonant, with the oral passage simply narrowed without closure.
17. adj. (phonetics, of a syllable) That ends in a vowel; not having a coda.
18. adj. (computing) Made public, usable with a free licence.
19. adj. (medicine) Resulting from an incision, puncture or any other process by which the skin no longer protects an internal part of the body.
20. v. To make something accessible or allow for passage by moving from a shut position.
Turn the doorknob to open the door.
21. v. To make (an open space, etc.) by clearing away an obstacle or obstacles, in order to allow for passage, access, or visibility.
He opened a path through the undergrowth.
22. v. To bring up, broach.
I don't want to open that subject.
23. v. To enter upon, begin.
to open a discussion
to open fire upon an enemy
to open trade, or correspondence
to open a case in court, or a meeting
24. v. To spread; to expand into an open or loose position.
to open a closed fist
to open matted cotton by separating the fibres
to open a map, book, or scroll
25. v. To make accessible to customers or clients.
I will open the shop an hour early tomorrow.
26. v. To start (a campaign).
Vermont will open elk hunting season next week.
27. v. (intransitive) To become open.
The door opened all by itself.
28. v. (intransitive) To begin conducting business.
The shop opens at 9:00.
29. v. (intransitive, cricket) To begin a side's innings as one of the first two batsmen.
30. v. (intransitive, poker) To bet before any other player has in a particular betting round in a game of poker.
After the first two players fold, Julie opens for $5.
31. v. (transitive, intransitive, poker) To reveal one's hand.
Jeff opens his hand revealing a straight flush.
32. v. (computing, transitive, intransitive, of a file, document, etc.) To load into memory for viewing or editing.
33. v. (obsolete) To disclose; to reveal; to interpret; to explain.
34. n. A sports event in which anybody can compete; as, the Australian Open.
35. n. (electronics) A wire that is broken midway.
The electrician found the open in the circuit after a few minutes of testing.
36. n. (with the) Open or unobstructed space; an exposed location.
I can't believe you left the lawnmower out in the open when you knew it was going to rain this afternoon!
Wary of hunters, the fleeing deer kept well out of the open, dodging instead from thicket to thicket.
37. n. (with the) Public knowledge or scrutiny; full view.
We have got to bring this company's corrupt business practices into the open.
up
1. adv. Away from the surface of the Earth or other planet; in opposite direction to the downward pull of gravity.
I looked up and saw the airplane overhead.
2. adv. (intensifier) Used as an aspect marker to indicate a completed action or state Thoroughly, completely.
I will mix up the puzzle pieces.
Tear up the contract.
He really messed up.
Please type up our monthly report.
3. adv. To or from one's possession or consideration.
I picked up some milk on the way home.
The committee will take up your request.
She had to give up her driver's license after the accident.
4. adv. North.
I will go up to New York to visit my family this weekend.
5. adv. To a higher level of some quantity or notional quantity, such as price, volume, pitch, happiness, etc.
Gold has gone up with the uncertainty in the world markets.
Turn it up, I can barely hear it.
Listen to your voice go up at the end of a question.
Cheer up, the weekend's almost here.
6. adv. (rail transport) Traditional term for the direction leading to the principal terminus, towards milepost zero.
7. adv. (sailing) Against the wind or current.
8. adv. (Cartesian graph) In a positive vertical direction.
9. adv. (cricket) Relatively close to the batsman.
The bowler pitched the ball up.
10. adv. (hospitality, US) Without additional ice.
Would you like that drink up or on ice?
11. adv. (academia) Towards Cambridge or Oxford.
She's going up to read Classics this September.
12. adv. To or in a position of equal advance or equality; not short of, back of, less advanced than, away from, etc.; usually followed by to or with.
I was up to my chin in water.
A stranger came up and asked me for directions.
13. adv. To or in a state of completion; completely; wholly; quite.
Drink up. The pub is closing.
Can you sum up your research?
The comet burned up in the atmosphere.
I need to sew up the hole in this shirt.
14. adv. Aside, so as not to be in use.
to lay up riches; put up your weapons
15. prep. Toward the top of.
The cat went up the tree. They walk up the steps.
16. prep. Toward the center, source, or main point of reference; toward the end at which something is attached.
The information made its way up the chain of command to the general. I felt something crawling up my arm.
17. prep. Further along (in any direction).
Go up the street until you see the sign.
18. prep. From south to north of
19. prep. From the mouth towards the source (of a river or waterway).
20. prep. (vulgar slang) Of a man: having sex with.
Phwoar, look at that bird. I'd love to be up her.
21. prep. (colloquial) At (a given place, especially one imagined to be higher or more remote from a central location).
22. adj. Awake.
I can’t believe it’s 3 a.m. and you’re still up.
23. adj. Finished, to an end
Time is up!
24. adj. In a good mood.
I’m feeling up today.
25. adj. Willing; ready.
If you are up for a trip, let’s go.
26. adj. Next in a sequence.
Smith is up to bat.
27. adj. Happening; new.
What is up with that project at headquarters?
28. adj. Facing upwards; facing toward the top.
Put the notebook face up on the table.
Take a break and put your feet up.
29. adj. Larger; greater in quantity.
Sales are up from last quarter.
30. adj. Ahead; leading; winning.
The home team were up by two goals at half-time.
31. adj. Standing.
Get up and give her your seat.
32. adj. On a higher level.
The new ground is up.
33. adj. Available; made public.
The new notices are up as of last Tuesday.
34. adj. (poker, postnominal) Said of the higher-ranking pair in a two pair.
AAKK = aces up
QQ33 = queens up
35. adj. Well-informed; current.
I’m not up on the latest news. What’s going on?
36. adj. (computing) Functional; working.
Is the server back up?
37. adj. (anchor, Adj_railway)(of a railway line or train) Traveling towards a major terminus.
The London train is on the up line.
38. adj. Headed, or designated to go, upward, as an escalator, stairway, elevator etc.
39. adj. (bar tending) Chilled and strained into a stemmed glass.
A Cosmopolitan is typically served up.
40. adj. (slang) Erect.
41. adj. (of the Sun or Moon) Above the horizon, in the sky (i.e. during daytime or night-time)
42. adj. (slang) well-known; renowned
43. n. The direction opposed to the pull of gravity.
Up is a good way to go.
44. n. A positive thing.
I hate almost everything about my job. The only up is that it's so close to home.
45. n. An upstairs room of a two story house.
She lives in a two-up two-down.
46. v. (transitive, colloquial) To increase or raise.
If we up the volume, we'll be able to make out the details.
We upped anchor and sailed away.
47. v. (transitive, colloquial) To promote.
It wasn’t long before they upped him to Vice President.
48. v. (intransitive) To act suddenly, usually with another verb.
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.
whole
1. adj. Entire.
I ate a whole fish.
2. adj. (Used as an intensifier.)
I brought a whole lot of balloons for the party. She ate a whole bunch of french fries.
3. adj. Sound, uninjured, healthy.
He is of whole mind, but the same cannot be said about his physical state.
4. adj. (of food) From which none of its constituents has been removed.
whole wheat; whole milk
5. adj. (mining) As yet unworked.
6. adv. (colloquial) In entirety; entirely; wholly.
I ate a fish whole!
7. n. Something complete, without any parts missing.
This variety of fascinating details didn't fall together into an enjoyable, coherent whole.
8. n. An entirety.
new
1. adj. Recently made, or created.
This is a new scratch on my car! The band just released a new album.
2. adj. Additional; recently discovered.
We turned up some new evidence from the old files.
3. adj. Current or later, as opposed to former.
My new car is much better than my previous one, even though it is older. We had been in our new house for five years by then.
4. adj. Used to distinguish something established more recently, named after something or some place previously existing.
New Bond Street is an extension of Bond Street.
5. adj. In original condition; pristine; not previously worn or used.
Are you going to buy a new car or a second-hand one?
6. adj. Refreshed, reinvigorated, reformed.
That shirt is dirty. Go and put on a new one. I feel like a new person after a good night's sleep. After the accident, I saw the world with new eyes.
7. adj. Newborn.
My sister has a new baby, and our mother is excited to finally have a grandchild.
8. adj. Of recent origin; having taken place recently.
I can't see you for a while; the pain is still too new. Did you see the new King Lear at the theatre?
9. adj. Strange, unfamiliar or not previously known.
The idea was new to me. I need to meet new people.
10. adj. Recently arrived or appeared.
Have you met the new guy in town? He is the new kid at school.
11. adj. Inexperienced or unaccustomed at some task.
Don't worry that you're new at this job; you'll get better with time. I'm new at this business.
12. adj. (of a period of time) Next; about to begin or recently begun.
We expect to grow at 10% annually in the new decade.
13. adj. (vegetables) The first of the season.
14. adv. Newly (especially in composition).
new-born, new-formed, new-found, new-mown
15. adv. As new; from scratch.
They are scraping the site clean to build new.
16. n. Things that are new.
Out with the old, in with the new.
17. n. (Australia) A kind of light beer.
18. n. See also news.
19. v. (obsolete) To make new; to recreate; to renew.
landscape
1. n. A portion of land or territory which the eye can comprehend in a single view, including all the objects it contains.
2. n. A picture representing a scene by land or sea, actual or fancied, the chief subject being the general aspect of nature, as fields, hills, forests, water. etc.
3. n. The pictorial aspect of a country.
4. n. (printing) a mode of printing where the horizontal sides are longer than the vertical sides
5. n. A space, indoor or outdoor and natural or man-made (as in "designed landscape")
6. n. (figuratively) a situation that is presented, a scenario
The software patent landscape has changed considerably in the last years
7. v. Create or maintain a landscape.
under
1. prep. In or at a lower level than.
2. prep. As a subject of; subordinate to.
He served in World War II under General Omar Bradley.
3. prep. Less than.
4. prep. Below the surface of.
5. prep. (figuratively) In the face of; in response to (some attacking force).
to collapse under stress; to give in under interrogation
6. prep. As, in the character of.
he writes books under the name John Smith
7. adv. In a way lower or less than.
8. adv. In a way inferior to.
9. adv. (informal) In an unconscious state.
It took the hypnotist several minutes to make his subject go under.
10. adj. Being lower; being beneath something.
11. adj. (medicine, colloquial) Under anesthesia, especially general anesthesia; sedated.
Ensure the patient is sufficiently under.
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.
water
1. n. A substance (of molecular formula H₂O) found at room temperature and pressure as a clear liquid; it is present naturally as rain, and found in rivers, lakes and seas; its solid form is ice and its gas
By the action of electricity, the water was resolved into its two parts, oxygen and hydrogen.
2. n. (in particular) The liquid form of this substance: liquid H₂O.
May I have a glass of water?
Your plants need more water.
3. n. A serving of liquid water.
4. n. (alchemy, philosophy) The aforementioned liquid, considered one of the Classical elements or basic elements of alchemy.
He showed me the river of living water, sparkling like crystal, flowing from the throne of God.
5. n. (or in the plural) Water in a body; an area of open water.
The boat was found within the territorial waters.
These seals are a common sight in the coastal waters of Chile.
6. n. (poetic, archaic, or dialectal) A body of water, almost always a river.
7. n. A combination of water and other substance(s).
8. n. (sometimes ) Mineral water.
Perrier is the most popular water in this restaurant.
9. n. (often, in the plural) Spa water.
Many people visit Bath to take the waters.
10. n. (pharmacy) A solution in water of a gaseous or readily volatile substance.
ammonia water
11. n. Urine.
12. n. Amniotic fluid; used only in the plural in the UK but often also in the singular in North America, especially to avoid cacophony, as in this example: (
Before the child is born, the pregnant woman’s water breaks. (North America)
Before your child is born, your water(s) will break. (North America)
Before the child is born, the pregnant woman’s waters break. (UK)
13. n. (colloquial, medicine) Fluids in the body, especially when causing swelling.
He suffers from water on the knee.
14. n. (figuratively, in the or in the singular) A state of affairs; conditions; usually with an adjective indicating an adverse condition.
The rough waters of change will bring about the calm after the storm.
15. n. (colloquial, figuratively) A person's intuition.
I know he'll succeed. I feel it in my waters.
16. n. (dated, finance) Excess valuation of securities.
17. n. The limpidity and lustre of a precious stone, especially a diamond.
a diamond of the first water is perfectly pure and transparent
18. n. A wavy, lustrous pattern or decoration such as is imparted to linen, silk, metals, etc.
19. v. To pour water into the soil surrounding (plants).
20. v. To wet or supply with water; to moisten; to overflow with water; to irrigate.
21. v. To provide (animals) with water for drinking.
I need to go water the cattle.
22. v. (intransitive) To get or take in water.
The ship put into port to water.
23. v. (transitive, colloquial) To urinate onto.
Nature called, so I stepped into the woods and watered a tree.
24. v. To dilute.
Can you water the whisky, please?
25. v. (transitive, dated, finance) To overvalue (securities), especially through deceptive accounting.
26. v. (intransitive) To fill with or secrete water.
Chopping onions makes my eyes water.
The smell of fried onions makes my mouth water.
27. v. To wet and calender, as cloth, so as to impart to it a lustrous appearance in wavy lines; to diversify with wavelike lines.
to water silk
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.
new
1. adj. Recently made, or created.
This is a new scratch on my car! The band just released a new album.
2. adj. Additional; recently discovered.
We turned up some new evidence from the old files.
3. adj. Current or later, as opposed to former.
My new car is much better than my previous one, even though it is older. We had been in our new house for five years by then.
4. adj. Used to distinguish something established more recently, named after something or some place previously existing.
New Bond Street is an extension of Bond Street.
5. adj. In original condition; pristine; not previously worn or used.
Are you going to buy a new car or a second-hand one?
6. adj. Refreshed, reinvigorated, reformed.
That shirt is dirty. Go and put on a new one. I feel like a new person after a good night's sleep. After the accident, I saw the world with new eyes.
7. adj. Newborn.
My sister has a new baby, and our mother is excited to finally have a grandchild.
8. adj. Of recent origin; having taken place recently.
I can't see you for a while; the pain is still too new. Did you see the new King Lear at the theatre?
9. adj. Strange, unfamiliar or not previously known.
The idea was new to me. I need to meet new people.
10. adj. Recently arrived or appeared.
Have you met the new guy in town? He is the new kid at school.
11. adj. Inexperienced or unaccustomed at some task.
Don't worry that you're new at this job; you'll get better with time. I'm new at this business.
12. adj. (of a period of time) Next; about to begin or recently begun.
We expect to grow at 10% annually in the new decade.
13. adj. (vegetables) The first of the season.
14. adv. Newly (especially in composition).
new-born, new-formed, new-found, new-mown
15. adv. As new; from scratch.
They are scraping the site clean to build new.
16. n. Things that are new.
Out with the old, in with the new.
17. n. (Australia) A kind of light beer.
18. n. See also news.
19. v. (obsolete) To make new; to recreate; to renew.
frontier
1. n. The part of a country which borders or faces another country or unsettled region
2. n. The most advanced or recent version of something; leading edge.
the frontier of civilization
3. n. (obsolete) An outwork of a fortification.
4. adj. Lying on the exterior part; bordering; coterminous.
a frontier town
5. v. (intransitive) To live as pioneers on frontier territory.
6. v. (transitive, obsolete) To place on the frontier.
for
1. conj. (dated) Because.
2. prep. Towards.
The astronauts headed for the moon.
3. prep. Directed at, intended to belong to.
I have something for you.
4. prep. In honor of, or directed towards the celebration or event of.
We're having a birthday party for Janet.
The cake is for Tom and Helen's anniversary.
The mayor gave a speech for the charity gala.
5. prep. Supporting.
All those for the motion raise your hands.
6. prep. Because of.
He wouldn't apologize; and just for that, she refused to help him.
(UK usage) He looks better for having lost weight.
She was the worse for drink.
7. prep. Over a period of time.
I've lived here for three years.
They fought for days over a silly pencil.
8. prep. Throughout an extent of space.
9. prep. On behalf of.
I will stand in for him.
10. prep. Instead of, or in place of.
11. prep. In order to obtain or acquire.
I am aiming for completion by the end of business Thursday.
He's going for his doctorate.
Do you want to go for coffee?
People all over Greece looked to Delphi for answers.
Can you go to the store for some eggs?
I'm saving up for a car.
Don't wait for an answer.
What did he ask you for?
12. prep. In the direction of: marks a point one is going toward.
Run for the hills!
He was headed for the door when he remembered.
13. prep. By the standards of, usually with the implication of those standards being lower than one might otherwise expect.
Fair for its day.
She's spry for an old lady.
14. prep. Despite, in spite of.
15. prep. Used to indicate the subject of a to-infinitive.
For that to happen now is incredibly unlikely. (=It is incredibly unlikely that that will happen now.)
All I want is for you to be happy. (=All I want is that you be happy.)
16. prep. (chiefly US) Out of; used to indicate a fraction, a ratio
In term of base hits, Jones was three for four on the day
17. prep. (cricket) Used as part of a score to indicate the number of wickets that have fallen.
At close of play, England were 305 for 3.
18. prep. To be, or as being.
19. prep. (obsolete) (Indicating that in prevention of which, or through fear of which, anything is done.)
20. prep. Used to construe various verbs (see the entries for individual phrasal verbs).
archaeology
1. n. The study of the past by excavation and analysis of its material remains:
the actual excavation, examination, analysis and interpretation.
The building's developers have asked for some archaeology to be undertakem.
the actual remains together with their location in the stratigraphy.
The archaeology will tell us which methods of burial were used by the Ancient Greeks.
the academic subject; in the USA: one of the four sub-disciplines of anthropology.
She studied archaeology at Edinburgh University.

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