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noun
- (uncountable) Companionship.
- (uncountable) Social visitors or companions.
- (law) An entity having legal personality, and thus able to own property and to sue and be sued in its own name; a corporation.
- A unit of firefighters and their equipment.
- (business) Any business, whether incorporated or not, that manufactures or sells products (also known as goods), or provides services as a commercial venture.
- (espionage, informal) An intelligence service.
- (A group of) adversaries, enemies, or rivals; unwanted company.
- A small group of birds or animals.
- A group of individuals who work together for a common purpose.
- (military) A unit of approximately sixty to one hundred and twenty soldiers, typically consisting of two or three platoons and forming part of a battalion.
- (nautical) The entire crew of a ship.
- a unit of firefighters including their equipment
- the state of being with someone
- a social gathering of guests or companions
- a band of people associated temporarily in some activity
- a social or business visitor
- an institution created to conduct business
- organization of performers and associated personnel (especially theatrical)
- small military unit; usually two or three platoons
- crew of a ship including the officers; the whole force or personnel of a ship
verb
noun
- (uncountable) Fellowship; companionship.
- (uncountable, Australia, New Zealand) Friendship, particularly between men, such as develops in shared adversity; solidarity.
- (countable, zoology, psychology, anthropology) A relationship based on mating.
- (countable and uncountable, nautical) The post of mate on a ship; a posting as mate.
noun
- (uncountable) Intimate companionship or fellowship; (countable) an instance of this.
- (uncountable) Associating, or coming together in a union; (countable) an instance of this.
- (US, Congregationalism, specifically) A voluntary, permanent council made up of representatives of neighbouring Congregational churches for mutual advice and co-operation in ecclesiastical matters; also, a meeting of pastors and delegates from churches thus united.
- (countable, politics) A power-sharing arrangement over territory entered into by competing groups.
- (countable, ecology) A subdivision of an association, made up chiefly of organisms of a single species.
- (countable, Christianity) A confederation of Christian churches or organizations.
noun
- an inseparable companion
- An inseparable companion.
- refuge from danger or observation
- something existing in perception only
- an unilluminated area
- shade within clear boundaries
- a premonition of something adverse
- a dominating and pervasive presence
- a spy employed to follow someone and report their movements
- an indication that something has been present
- (UK, law enforcement) A trainee, assigned to work with an experienced officer.
- A dark image projected onto a surface where light (or other radiation) is blocked by the shade of an object.
- A spirit; a ghost; a shade.
- (Jungian psychology) An unconscious aspect of the personality.
- (typography) A drop shadow effect applied to lettering in word processors etc.
- Relative darkness, especially as caused by the interruption of light; gloom; obscurity.
- An imperfect and faint representation.
- (figurative) That which looms as though a shadow.
- One who secretly or furtively follows another.
- An influence, especially a pervasive or a negative one.
- (chiefly in the negative) A small degree; a shade.
- An area protected by an obstacle (likened to an object blocking out sunlight).
verb
- make appear small by comparison
- follow, usually without the person's knowledge
- cast a shadow over
- (transitive) To shade, cloud, or darken.
- (transitive, intransitive) To accompany (a professional) during the working day, so as to learn about an occupation one intends to take up.
- (transitive) To block light or radio transmission from.
- (particularly espionage) To secretly or discreetly track or follow another, to keep under surveillance.
- (transitive) To represent faintly and imperfectly.
- (transitive) To hide; to conceal.
- (transitive, computing) To apply the shadowing process to (the contents of ROM).
- (transitive, programming) To make (an identifier, usually a variable) inaccessible by declaring another of the same name within the scope of the first.
adj
noun
- (uncountable) The act of associating.
- (Philippines, Chinese Filipino) A benevolent overseas Chinese organization of popular origin for overseas Chinese individuals with the same surname, geographical origin, location, trade or business.
- (countable) The state of being associated; a connection to or an affiliation with something.
- A group of persons associated for a common purpose; an organization; society.
- (object-oriented programming) Relationship between classes of objects that allows one object instance to cause another to perform an action on its behalf.
- (statistics) Any relationship between two measured quantities that renders them statistically dependent (but not necessarily causal or a correlation).
- the state of being connected together as in memory or imagination
- the process of bringing ideas or events together in memory or imagination
- (ecology) a group of organisms (plants and animals) that live together in a certain geographical region and constitute a community with a few dominant species
- (chemistry) any process of combination (especially in solution) that depends on relatively weak chemical bonding
- the act of consorting with or joining with others
- a social or business relationship
- a formal organization of people or groups of people
- a relation resulting from interaction or dependence
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verb
noun
- (uncountable) Such people collectively; one's circle of acquaintances (with plural concord).
- (uncountable) A state of being acquainted with a person; originally indicating friendship, intimacy, but now suggesting a slight knowledge less deep than that of friendship; acquaintanceship.
- Personal knowledge (with a specific subject etc.).
- (countable) A person or persons with whom one is acquainted.
- a relationship less intimate than friendship
- a person with whom you are acquainted
- personal knowledge or information about someone or something
verb
- (intransitive) To come together as companions, comrades, partners, etc.
- (transitive, of an animal) To copulate with.
- (intransitive) To match, fit together without space between.
- (intransitive) To copulate.
- (transitive) To marry; to match (a person).
- (transitive) To introduce (animals) together for the purpose of breeding.
- (transitive, aerospace) To move (a space shuttle orbiter) onto the back of an aircraft that can carry it.
- (intransitive) To pair in order to raise offspring.
- (transitive) To fit (objects) together without space between.
- (transitive) To arrange in matched pairs.
- (chess) Clipping of checkmate.
- bring two objects, ideas, or people together
- place an opponent's king under an attack from which it cannot escape and thus ending the game
- engage in sexual intercourse
noun
- (especially of a non-human animal) A breeding partner.
- (colloquial, British, Australia, New Zealand, Ireland, South Africa, sometimes elsewhere in the Commonwealth) Friendly term of address to a stranger, usually male, of similar age.
- A technical assistant in certain trades (e.g. gasfitter's mate, plumber's mate); sometimes an apprentice.
- (nautical) A ship's officer, subordinate to the master on a commercial ship.
- A suitable companion; a match; an equal.
- (nautical) In naval ranks, a non-commissioned officer or his subordinate (e.g. Boatswain's Mate, Gunner's Mate, Sailmaker's Mate, etc).
- (nautical) A first mate.
- The abovementioned plant; the leaves and shoots used for the tea
- Alternative spelling of maté, an aromatic tea-like drink prepared from the holly yerba maté (Ilex paraguariensis).
- (chess) Clipping of checkmate.
- (colloquial, British, Australia, New Zealand, Ireland, South Africa, sometimes elsewhere in the Commonwealth) A friend, usually of the same sex.
- A fellow, comrade, colleague, partner or someone with whom something is shared, e.g. shipmate, classmate.
- The other member of a matched pair of objects.
- informal term for a friend of the same sex
- an exact duplicate
- the partner of an animal (especially a sexual partner)
- a person's partner in marriage
- a chess move constituting an inescapable and indefensible attack on the opponent's king
- one of a pair
- the officer below the master on a commercial ship
- South American tea-like drink made from leaves of a South American holly called mate
- a fellow member of a team
- South American holly; leaves used in making a drink like tea
noun
- (uncountable) Affinity, likeness.
- (countable) One who is kindred, literally or figuratively; a kin, kinsman.
- (uncountable) Blood relationship.
- (countable, Germanic paganism) A household or group following the modern pagan faith of Heathenry or Ásatrú.
- (countable) A grouping of relatives.
- (often plural only) People of the same ethnic descent, not including speaker; brethren.
- (often plural only) Distant and close relatives, collectively; kin.
- group of people related by blood or marriage
adj
adj
- Pertaining to a (chiefly romantic) relationship that emphasises companionship and mutual respect.
- Friendly, companionable.
- (now historical) Designating a proposed type of marriage (or other partnership) in which the partners plan to have no children and take on no legal obligations to one another.
- like a companion
noun
- (uncountable) Members of one's family collectively.
- (uncountable) Lineage, especially honorable or noble lineage.
- (music) A group of instruments having the same basic method of tone production.
- (uncountable, gay slang) The gay community.
- A (close-knit) group of people related by blood, friendship, marriage, law, or custom, especially if they live or work together.
- A group of people who are closely related to one another (by blood, marriage or adoption); kin; in particular, a set of parents and their children; an immediate family.
- (linguistics) A group of languages believed to have descended from the same ancestral language.
- Any group or aggregation of things classed together as kindred or related from possessing in common characteristics which distinguish them from other things of the same order.
- A nuclear family: a mother and father who are married and cohabiting and their child or children.
- (biology, taxonomy) A category in the classification of organisms, ranking below order and above genus; a taxon at that rank.
- (set theory, countable) A collection of sets, especially of subsets of a given set.
- An extended family: a group of people who are related to one another by blood or marriage.
- a person having kinship with another or others
- a social unit living together
- people descended from a common ancestor
- a loose affiliation of gangsters in charge of organized criminal activities
- an association of people who share common beliefs or activities
- a collection of things sharing a common attribute
- primary social group; parents and children
- (biology) a taxonomic group containing one or more genera
adj
noun
- A kinship relationship between people.
- An established communications or transportation link.
- A feeling of understanding and ease of communication between two or more people.
- Coherence; lack of disjointedness.
- (mathematics) A set of sets that contains the empty set, all one-element sets for any element that is included in any of the sets, and the union of any group of sets that are elements where the intersections of those sets is non-empty.
- (slang) A drug dealer.
- (uncountable) The act of connecting.
- The point at which two or more things are connected.
- A person related to oneself, through either family or business.
- (transport) A transfer from one transportation vehicle to another in scheduled transportation service.
- Sexual intercourse.
- (religion) A Methodist denomination as a whole, as opposed to its constituent churches, circuits, districts and conferences.
- a relation between things or events (as in the case of one causing the other or sharing features with it)
- shifting from one form of transportation to another
- the process of bringing ideas or events together in memory or imagination
- a connecting shape
- (usually plural) a person who is influential and to whom you are connected in some way (as by family or friendship)
- the act of bringing two things into contact (especially for communication)
- the state of being connected
- an instrumentality that connects
- a supplier (especially of narcotics)
noun
- (countable) Intimate relationship.
- (uncountable, countable) Feeling or atmosphere of closeness and openness towards someone else, often but not necessarily involving sexuality.
- (countable, especially plural) Intimate detail, (item of) intimate information.
- close or warm friendship
- a feeling of being intimate and belonging together
- a usually secretive or illicit sexual relationship
adj
- Mutual; shared by more than one.
- (taxonomy) Vernacular, referring to the name of a kind of plant or animal.
- (taxonomy) As part of the vernacular name of a species, usually denoting that it is abundant or widely known.
- Occurring or happening regularly or frequently; usual.
- (law) Arising from use or tradition, as opposed to being created by a legislative body.
- (grammar) Of, pertaining or belonging to the common gender.
- Of a quality: existing among virtually all people; universal.
- Simple, ordinary or vulgar.
- (grammar) Of or pertaining to common nouns as opposed to proper nouns.
- Found in large numbers or in a large quantity; usual.
- belonging to or participated in by a community as a whole; public
- lacking refinement or cultivation or taste
- being or characteristic of or appropriate to everyday language
- of low or inferior quality or value
- to be expected; standard
- commonly encountered
- common to or shared by two or more parties
- of or associated with the great masses of people
- having no special distinction or quality; widely known or commonly encountered; average or ordinary or usual
noun
- A tract of land in common ownership; common land.
- The people; the community.
- Mutual good, shared by more than one.
- (law) The right of taking a profit in the land of another, in common either with the owner or with other persons; so called from the community of interest which arises between the claimant of the right and the owner of the soil, or between the claimants and other commoners entitled to the same right.
- a piece of open land for recreational use in an urban area
noun
noun
- (uncountable) Association or partnership.
- A ship accompanying another.
- The spouse of a monarch.
- A group or company, especially of musicians playing the same type of instrument.
- (euphemistic, sometimes humorous) An informal, usually well-publicized sexual companion of a monarch, aristocrat, celebrity, etc.
- A husband, wife, companion or partner.
- a family of similar musical instrument playing together
- the husband or wife of a reigning monarch
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verb
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adj
noun
- a party of people assembled to promote sociability and communal activity
- (US) An informal party or church meeting for purposes of socializing.
- A couch with a curved S-shaped back.
- (historical) A four-wheeled open carriage with seats facing each other.
- A bicycle or tricycle for two persons side by side.
- A sociable person.
noun
- (uncountable) Aid, intercession.
- (countable) A vote in deciding a particular question.
- (countable, Christianity) A prayer, for example a prayer offered for the faithful dead.
- (countable, Christianity) A short petition, as those after the creed in matins and evensong.
- (uncountable) The right or chance to vote, express an opinion, or participate in a decision, especially in a democratic election.
- Testimony; attestation; witness; approval.
- (US) The right of women to vote.
- a legal right guaranteed by the 15th amendment to the US Constitution; guaranteed to women by the 19th amendment
adj
adv
- without anybody else or anything else
- without any others being included or involved
- (by extension) Used to emphasize the size or extent of something by selecting a subset.
- Without outside help.
- By oneself; apart from, or exclusive of, others; solo.
- Not permitting anything further; exclusively.
- Not requiring anything further; merely.
adj
- lacking companions or companionship
- characterized by or preferring solitude
- being the only one; single and isolated from others
- (Philippines, politics, of an election or elected position) Not divided into multiple districts.
- Solitary; having no companion.
- Situated by itself or by oneself, with no neighbours.
- Isolated or lonely; lacking companionship.
- Sole; being the only one of a type.
adj
- lacking companions or companionship
- characterized by or preferring solitude
- of plants and animals; not growing or living in groups or colonies
- being the only one; single and isolated from others
- devoid of creatures
- Performed, passed, or endured alone.
- Single; individual; sole.
- Not much visited or frequented; remote from society
- Living or being by oneself; alone; having no companion present
- Not inhabited or occupied; without signs of inhabitants or occupation; desolate; deserted
- (botany) Not associated with others of the same kind.
- Gloomy; dismal, because of not being inhabited.
noun
noun
- a connection based on kinship or marriage or common interest
- an organization of people (or countries) involved in a pact or treaty
- the act of forming an alliance or confederation
- a formal agreement establishing an association or alliance between nations or other groups to achieve a particular aim
- the state of being allied or confederated
- (countable) A union or connection of interests between families, states, parties, etc., especially between families by marriage and states by compact, treaty, or league.
- (countable) The act of allying or uniting.
- (uncountable) The state of being allied.
- (countable) Any union resembling that of families or states; union by relationship in qualities; affinity.
- (with the definite article) The persons or parties allied.
noun
- a connection based on kinship or marriage or common interest
- the property of sticking together (as of glue and wood) or the joining of surfaces of different composition
- a certificate of debt (usually interest-bearing or discounted) that is issued by a government or corporation in order to raise money; the issuer is required to pay a fixed sum annually until maturity and then a fixed sum to repay the principal
- a superior quality of strong durable white writing paper; originally made for printing documents
- a connection that fastens things together
- an electrical force linking atoms
- a restraint that confines or restricts freedom (especially something used to tie down or restrain a prisoner)
- (criminal law) money that must be forfeited by the bondsman if an accused person fails to appear in court for trial
- (finance) A documentary obligation to pay a sum or to perform a contract; a debenture.
- (law) A bail bond.
- (railways) A heavy copper wire or rod connecting adjacent rails of an electric railway track when used as a part of the electric circuit.
- Moral or political duty or obligation.
- (law) A document constituting evidence of a long-term debt, by which the bond issuer (the borrower) is obliged to pay interest when due, and repay the principal at maturity, as specified on the face of the bond certificate. The rights of the holder are specified in the bond indenture, which contains the legal terms and conditions under which the bond was issued. Bonds are available in two forms: registered bonds, and bearer bonds.
- Any constraining or cementing force or material.
- (construction) In building, a specific pattern of bricklaying, based on overlapping rows or layers to give strength.
- A peasant; churl.
- An emotional link, connection or union; that which holds two or more people together, as in a friendship; a tie.
- (by ellipsis) Bond paper.
- (often in the plural) A physical connection which binds, a band.
- A vassal; serf; one held in bondage to a superior.
- (chemistry) A link or force between neighbouring atoms in a molecule.
- (Scotland) A mortgage.
- A binding agreement, a covenant.
- A partial payment made to show a provider that the customer is sincere about buying a product or a service. If the product or service is not purchased the customer then forfeits the bond.
- (uncountable) The state of being stored in a bonded warehouse
verb
- issue bonds on
- bring together in a common cause or emotion
- stick to firmly
- create social or emotional ties
- (transitive, electricity) To make a reliable electrical connection between two conductors (or any pieces of metal that may potentially become conductors).
- (transitive) To put in a bonded warehouse; to secure (goods) until the associated duties are paid.
- (transitive, chemistry) To form a chemical compound with.
- (transitive, construction) To lay bricks in a specific pattern.
- (transitive) To guarantee or secure a financial risk.
- (transitive) To connect, secure or tie with a bond; to bind.
- To bail out by means of a bail bond.
- (transitive) To cause to adhere (one material with another).
- To form a friendship or emotional connection.
adj
noun
- a close and intimate union
- the state of being a married couple voluntarily joined for life (or until divorce)
- the act of marrying; the nuptial ceremony
- two people who are married to each other
- (card games) In solitaire or patience games, the placing a card of the same suit on the next one above or below it in value.
- The state of being married.
- (figuratively) A joining of two parts.
- (sometimes specifically) The union of only two people, to the exclusion of all others.
- A union of two or more people that creates a family tie and carries legal, social, or religious rights and responsibilities.
- A wedding; a ceremony in which people wed.
- (often specifically) The union of two people of opposite sex, to the exclusion of all others.
- (figuratively) A close union.
- (card games) A king and a queen, when held as a hand in some versions of poker or melded in pinochle.
- (prison slang) A homosexual relationship between male prisoners.
adj
- marked by friendly companionship with others
- tending to move or live together in groups or colonies of the same kind
- composed of sociable people or formed for the purpose of sociability
- living together or enjoying life in communities or organized groups
- relating to human society and its members
- relating to or belonging to or characteristic of high society
- (Internet) Relating to social media or social networks.
- Being extroverted or outgoing.
- Of or relating to society.
- (biology) Cooperating or growing in groups.
- (rare) Relating to a nation's allies.
noun
- a party of people assembled to promote sociability and communal activity
- (US, colloquial) Ellipsis of social security number.
- A festive gathering to foster introductions.
- (Canadian Prairies) A dance held to raise money, often held for a couple to be married.
- (Internet, informal, countable) A social media account; the username or handle thereof, or a link thereto.
- (Canada) Ellipsis of social studies.
- (British, colloquial, with definite article) Ellipsis of social security.
- (Internet, informal, uncountable) Ellipsis of social media.
noun
- A reciprocal relationship.
- The characteristic of being reciprocal, e.g. of a relationship between people.
- (grammar) A reciprocal construction involves two noun phrases where each of the participants occupies both the role of agent and patient with respect to the other. see: Wikipedia:Reciprocal pronoun.
- (international law) The mutual exchange of rights, privileges or obligations between nations. see: Wikipedia:Reciprocity (international relations).
- (psychology) The responses of individuals to the actions of others.
- A relation of mutual dependence or action or influence.
- a relation of mutual dependence or action or influence
- mutual exchange of commercial or other privileges
noun
- (uncountable) The situation in which a couple is perfectly compatible and there is no better relationship, as set by a greater force such as God or fate.
- (countable) The unique individual for whom one feels such affection.
- (uncountable) Feelings of love that are adhered to faithfully, or the faithful manifestation of such feelings.
- (countable) A thing for which a person feels an intense love.
- (countable) A lover who is faithful to the object of his or her affection or faithfully loved themselves.
- (uncountable) The form of romantic affection that is considered pure and wholly positive, not just based on feelings of lust and sex.
noun
- the condition of sharing in common with others (as fellows or partners etc.)
- a sense of concern with and curiosity about someone or something
- the act of sharing in the activities of a group
- a connection of inclusion or containment
- a usually secretive or illicit sexual relationship
- The act of involving, or the state of being involved.
noun
- the condition of sharing in common with others (as fellows or partners etc.)
- the act of sharing in the activities of a group
- The act of participating, of taking part in something.
- The state of being related to a larger whole.
- An ownership interest or profit-sharing right.
- The process during which individuals, groups and organizations are consulted about or have the opportunity to become actively involved in a project or program of activity.
noun
noun
- (uncountable) The quality of being contingent, of happening by chance.
- (logic, countable) A statement which is neither a tautology nor a contradiction.
- (countable) A possibility; something which may or may not happen. A chance occurrence, especially in finance, unexpected expenses.
- (finance, countable) An amount of money which a party to a contract has to pay to the other party (usually the supplier of a major project to the client) if they do not fulfill the contract according to the specification.
- a possible event or occurrence or result
- the state of being contingent on something
noun
- A distant kinship.
- A tenuous connection.
- Something small and unimportant.
- (by extension) The tail-end or periphery of something.
- A small portion
- The single or split (then rather plural) bottom part of a shirt, below the waist, especially in the back, which, when not tucked into trousers or other vestment, hangs over the wearer's tail-end, like a tail.
- fabric forming the tail of a shirt
- a brief addendum at the end of a newspaper article
noun
- (uncountable) Shared experience or interaction.
- (countable) A record or narrative description of past events.
- The portion of the past that is known and recorded by this field of study, as opposed to all earlier and unknown times that preceded it (prehistory).
- The empirical study of past events, as distinct from literature, myth, or scripture; the assessment of notable events.
- The aggregate of past events.
- (uncountable) A historically significant event.
- (countable, medicine) A list of past and continuing medical conditions of an individual or family.
- (informal) Something that no longer exists or is no longer relevant.
- (countable) A set of events involving an entity.
- (countable, computing) A record of previous user events, especially of visited web pages in a browser.
- a record or narrative description of past events
- all that is remembered of the past as preserved in writing; a body of knowledge
- the continuum of events occurring in succession leading from the past to the present and even into the future
- the discipline that records and interprets past events involving human beings
- the aggregate of past events
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noun
- (uncountable) Pageantry.
- (uncountable) The profession or art of devising, granting and blazoning coats of arms, tracing genealogies and ruling on questions of protocol or rank.
- (countable) An armorial ensign along with its history and description.
- emblem indicating the right of a person to bear arms
- the study and classification of armorial bearings and the tracing of genealogies
noun
- The quality of being brothers or brotherly; brotherhood.
- (US, Philippines) A social organization of male students at a college or university; usually identified by Greek letters.
- A group of people associated for a common purpose.
- a social club for male undergraduates
- people engaged in a particular occupation
noun
- (uncountable) Companionship.
- (uncountable) Social visitors or companions.
- (law) An entity having legal personality, and thus able to own property and to sue and be sued in its own name; a corporation.
- A unit of firefighters and their equipment.
- (business) Any business, whether incorporated or not, that manufactures or sells products (also known as goods), or provides services as a commercial venture.
- (espionage, informal) An intelligence service.
- (A group of) adversaries, enemies, or rivals; unwanted company.
- A small group of birds or animals.
- A group of individuals who work together for a common purpose.
- (military) A unit of approximately sixty to one hundred and twenty soldiers, typically consisting of two or three platoons and forming part of a battalion.
- (nautical) The entire crew of a ship.
- a unit of firefighters including their equipment
- the state of being with someone
- a social gathering of guests or companions
- a band of people associated temporarily in some activity
- a social or business visitor
- an institution created to conduct business
- organization of performers and associated personnel (especially theatrical)
- small military unit; usually two or three platoons
- crew of a ship including the officers; the whole force or personnel of a ship
verb
noun
- (uncountable) Fellowship; companionship.
- (uncountable, Australia, New Zealand) Friendship, particularly between men, such as develops in shared adversity; solidarity.
- (countable, zoology, psychology, anthropology) A relationship based on mating.
- (countable and uncountable, nautical) The post of mate on a ship; a posting as mate.
noun
- (uncountable) Intimate companionship or fellowship; (countable) an instance of this.
- (uncountable) Associating, or coming together in a union; (countable) an instance of this.
- (US, Congregationalism, specifically) A voluntary, permanent council made up of representatives of neighbouring Congregational churches for mutual advice and co-operation in ecclesiastical matters; also, a meeting of pastors and delegates from churches thus united.
- (countable, politics) A power-sharing arrangement over territory entered into by competing groups.
- (countable, ecology) A subdivision of an association, made up chiefly of organisms of a single species.
- (countable, Christianity) A confederation of Christian churches or organizations.
noun
- an inseparable companion
- An inseparable companion.
- refuge from danger or observation
- something existing in perception only
- an unilluminated area
- shade within clear boundaries
- a premonition of something adverse
- a dominating and pervasive presence
- a spy employed to follow someone and report their movements
- an indication that something has been present
- (UK, law enforcement) A trainee, assigned to work with an experienced officer.
- A dark image projected onto a surface where light (or other radiation) is blocked by the shade of an object.
- A spirit; a ghost; a shade.
- (Jungian psychology) An unconscious aspect of the personality.
- (typography) A drop shadow effect applied to lettering in word processors etc.
- Relative darkness, especially as caused by the interruption of light; gloom; obscurity.
- An imperfect and faint representation.
- (figurative) That which looms as though a shadow.
- One who secretly or furtively follows another.
- An influence, especially a pervasive or a negative one.
- (chiefly in the negative) A small degree; a shade.
- An area protected by an obstacle (likened to an object blocking out sunlight).
verb
- make appear small by comparison
- follow, usually without the person's knowledge
- cast a shadow over
- (transitive) To shade, cloud, or darken.
- (transitive, intransitive) To accompany (a professional) during the working day, so as to learn about an occupation one intends to take up.
- (transitive) To block light or radio transmission from.
- (particularly espionage) To secretly or discreetly track or follow another, to keep under surveillance.
- (transitive) To represent faintly and imperfectly.
- (transitive) To hide; to conceal.
- (transitive, computing) To apply the shadowing process to (the contents of ROM).
- (transitive, programming) To make (an identifier, usually a variable) inaccessible by declaring another of the same name within the scope of the first.
adj
noun
- (uncountable) The act of associating.
- (Philippines, Chinese Filipino) A benevolent overseas Chinese organization of popular origin for overseas Chinese individuals with the same surname, geographical origin, location, trade or business.
- (countable) The state of being associated; a connection to or an affiliation with something.
- A group of persons associated for a common purpose; an organization; society.
- (object-oriented programming) Relationship between classes of objects that allows one object instance to cause another to perform an action on its behalf.
- (statistics) Any relationship between two measured quantities that renders them statistically dependent (but not necessarily causal or a correlation).
- the state of being connected together as in memory or imagination
- the process of bringing ideas or events together in memory or imagination
- (ecology) a group of organisms (plants and animals) that live together in a certain geographical region and constitute a community with a few dominant species
- (chemistry) any process of combination (especially in solution) that depends on relatively weak chemical bonding
- the act of consorting with or joining with others
- a social or business relationship
- a formal organization of people or groups of people
- a relation resulting from interaction or dependence
noun
- (uncountable) Such people collectively; one's circle of acquaintances (with plural concord).
- (uncountable) A state of being acquainted with a person; originally indicating friendship, intimacy, but now suggesting a slight knowledge less deep than that of friendship; acquaintanceship.
- Personal knowledge (with a specific subject etc.).
- (countable) A person or persons with whom one is acquainted.
- a relationship less intimate than friendship
- a person with whom you are acquainted
- personal knowledge or information about someone or something
noun
- (uncountable) Affinity, likeness.
- (countable) One who is kindred, literally or figuratively; a kin, kinsman.
- (uncountable) Blood relationship.
- (countable, Germanic paganism) A household or group following the modern pagan faith of Heathenry or Ásatrú.
- (countable) A grouping of relatives.
- (often plural only) People of the same ethnic descent, not including speaker; brethren.
- (often plural only) Distant and close relatives, collectively; kin.
- group of people related by blood or marriage
adj
noun
- (uncountable) Members of one's family collectively.
- (uncountable) Lineage, especially honorable or noble lineage.
- (music) A group of instruments having the same basic method of tone production.
- (uncountable, gay slang) The gay community.
- A (close-knit) group of people related by blood, friendship, marriage, law, or custom, especially if they live or work together.
- A group of people who are closely related to one another (by blood, marriage or adoption); kin; in particular, a set of parents and their children; an immediate family.
- (linguistics) A group of languages believed to have descended from the same ancestral language.
- Any group or aggregation of things classed together as kindred or related from possessing in common characteristics which distinguish them from other things of the same order.
- A nuclear family: a mother and father who are married and cohabiting and their child or children.
- (biology, taxonomy) A category in the classification of organisms, ranking below order and above genus; a taxon at that rank.
- (set theory, countable) A collection of sets, especially of subsets of a given set.
- An extended family: a group of people who are related to one another by blood or marriage.
- a person having kinship with another or others
- a social unit living together
- people descended from a common ancestor
- a loose affiliation of gangsters in charge of organized criminal activities
- an association of people who share common beliefs or activities
- a collection of things sharing a common attribute
- primary social group; parents and children
- (biology) a taxonomic group containing one or more genera
adj
noun
- A kinship relationship between people.
- An established communications or transportation link.
- A feeling of understanding and ease of communication between two or more people.
- Coherence; lack of disjointedness.
- (mathematics) A set of sets that contains the empty set, all one-element sets for any element that is included in any of the sets, and the union of any group of sets that are elements where the intersections of those sets is non-empty.
- (slang) A drug dealer.
- (uncountable) The act of connecting.
- The point at which two or more things are connected.
- A person related to oneself, through either family or business.
- (transport) A transfer from one transportation vehicle to another in scheduled transportation service.
- Sexual intercourse.
- (religion) A Methodist denomination as a whole, as opposed to its constituent churches, circuits, districts and conferences.
- a relation between things or events (as in the case of one causing the other or sharing features with it)
- shifting from one form of transportation to another
- the process of bringing ideas or events together in memory or imagination
- a connecting shape
- (usually plural) a person who is influential and to whom you are connected in some way (as by family or friendship)
- the act of bringing two things into contact (especially for communication)
- the state of being connected
- an instrumentality that connects
- a supplier (especially of narcotics)
noun
- (countable) Intimate relationship.
- (uncountable, countable) Feeling or atmosphere of closeness and openness towards someone else, often but not necessarily involving sexuality.
- (countable, especially plural) Intimate detail, (item of) intimate information.
- close or warm friendship
- a feeling of being intimate and belonging together
- a usually secretive or illicit sexual relationship
noun
noun
- (uncountable) Association or partnership.
- A ship accompanying another.
- The spouse of a monarch.
- A group or company, especially of musicians playing the same type of instrument.
- (euphemistic, sometimes humorous) An informal, usually well-publicized sexual companion of a monarch, aristocrat, celebrity, etc.
- A husband, wife, companion or partner.
- a family of similar musical instrument playing together
- the husband or wife of a reigning monarch
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verb
noun
noun
- (uncountable) Aid, intercession.
- (countable) A vote in deciding a particular question.
- (countable, Christianity) A prayer, for example a prayer offered for the faithful dead.
- (countable, Christianity) A short petition, as those after the creed in matins and evensong.
- (uncountable) The right or chance to vote, express an opinion, or participate in a decision, especially in a democratic election.
- Testimony; attestation; witness; approval.
- (US) The right of women to vote.
- a legal right guaranteed by the 15th amendment to the US Constitution; guaranteed to women by the 19th amendment
noun
- a connection based on kinship or marriage or common interest
- an organization of people (or countries) involved in a pact or treaty
- the act of forming an alliance or confederation
- a formal agreement establishing an association or alliance between nations or other groups to achieve a particular aim
- the state of being allied or confederated
- (countable) A union or connection of interests between families, states, parties, etc., especially between families by marriage and states by compact, treaty, or league.
- (countable) The act of allying or uniting.
- (uncountable) The state of being allied.
- (countable) Any union resembling that of families or states; union by relationship in qualities; affinity.
- (with the definite article) The persons or parties allied.
noun
- a connection based on kinship or marriage or common interest
- the property of sticking together (as of glue and wood) or the joining of surfaces of different composition
- a certificate of debt (usually interest-bearing or discounted) that is issued by a government or corporation in order to raise money; the issuer is required to pay a fixed sum annually until maturity and then a fixed sum to repay the principal
- a superior quality of strong durable white writing paper; originally made for printing documents
- a connection that fastens things together
- an electrical force linking atoms
- a restraint that confines or restricts freedom (especially something used to tie down or restrain a prisoner)
- (criminal law) money that must be forfeited by the bondsman if an accused person fails to appear in court for trial
- (finance) A documentary obligation to pay a sum or to perform a contract; a debenture.
- (law) A bail bond.
- (railways) A heavy copper wire or rod connecting adjacent rails of an electric railway track when used as a part of the electric circuit.
- Moral or political duty or obligation.
- (law) A document constituting evidence of a long-term debt, by which the bond issuer (the borrower) is obliged to pay interest when due, and repay the principal at maturity, as specified on the face of the bond certificate. The rights of the holder are specified in the bond indenture, which contains the legal terms and conditions under which the bond was issued. Bonds are available in two forms: registered bonds, and bearer bonds.
- Any constraining or cementing force or material.
- (construction) In building, a specific pattern of bricklaying, based on overlapping rows or layers to give strength.
- A peasant; churl.
- An emotional link, connection or union; that which holds two or more people together, as in a friendship; a tie.
- (by ellipsis) Bond paper.
- (often in the plural) A physical connection which binds, a band.
- A vassal; serf; one held in bondage to a superior.
- (chemistry) A link or force between neighbouring atoms in a molecule.
- (Scotland) A mortgage.
- A binding agreement, a covenant.
- A partial payment made to show a provider that the customer is sincere about buying a product or a service. If the product or service is not purchased the customer then forfeits the bond.
- (uncountable) The state of being stored in a bonded warehouse
verb
- issue bonds on
- bring together in a common cause or emotion
- stick to firmly
- create social or emotional ties
- (transitive, electricity) To make a reliable electrical connection between two conductors (or any pieces of metal that may potentially become conductors).
- (transitive) To put in a bonded warehouse; to secure (goods) until the associated duties are paid.
- (transitive, chemistry) To form a chemical compound with.
- (transitive, construction) To lay bricks in a specific pattern.
- (transitive) To guarantee or secure a financial risk.
- (transitive) To connect, secure or tie with a bond; to bind.
- To bail out by means of a bail bond.
- (transitive) To cause to adhere (one material with another).
- To form a friendship or emotional connection.
adj
noun
- a close and intimate union
- the state of being a married couple voluntarily joined for life (or until divorce)
- the act of marrying; the nuptial ceremony
- two people who are married to each other
- (card games) In solitaire or patience games, the placing a card of the same suit on the next one above or below it in value.
- The state of being married.
- (figuratively) A joining of two parts.
- (sometimes specifically) The union of only two people, to the exclusion of all others.
- A union of two or more people that creates a family tie and carries legal, social, or religious rights and responsibilities.
- A wedding; a ceremony in which people wed.
- (often specifically) The union of two people of opposite sex, to the exclusion of all others.
- (figuratively) A close union.
- (card games) A king and a queen, when held as a hand in some versions of poker or melded in pinochle.
- (prison slang) A homosexual relationship between male prisoners.
noun
- A reciprocal relationship.
- The characteristic of being reciprocal, e.g. of a relationship between people.
- (grammar) A reciprocal construction involves two noun phrases where each of the participants occupies both the role of agent and patient with respect to the other. see: Wikipedia:Reciprocal pronoun.
- (international law) The mutual exchange of rights, privileges or obligations between nations. see: Wikipedia:Reciprocity (international relations).
- (psychology) The responses of individuals to the actions of others.
- A relation of mutual dependence or action or influence.
- a relation of mutual dependence or action or influence
- mutual exchange of commercial or other privileges
noun
- (uncountable) The situation in which a couple is perfectly compatible and there is no better relationship, as set by a greater force such as God or fate.
- (countable) The unique individual for whom one feels such affection.
- (uncountable) Feelings of love that are adhered to faithfully, or the faithful manifestation of such feelings.
- (countable) A thing for which a person feels an intense love.
- (countable) A lover who is faithful to the object of his or her affection or faithfully loved themselves.
- (uncountable) The form of romantic affection that is considered pure and wholly positive, not just based on feelings of lust and sex.
noun
- the condition of sharing in common with others (as fellows or partners etc.)
- a sense of concern with and curiosity about someone or something
- the act of sharing in the activities of a group
- a connection of inclusion or containment
- a usually secretive or illicit sexual relationship
- The act of involving, or the state of being involved.
noun
- the condition of sharing in common with others (as fellows or partners etc.)
- the act of sharing in the activities of a group
- The act of participating, of taking part in something.
- The state of being related to a larger whole.
- An ownership interest or profit-sharing right.
- The process during which individuals, groups and organizations are consulted about or have the opportunity to become actively involved in a project or program of activity.
noun
noun
- (uncountable) The quality of being contingent, of happening by chance.
- (logic, countable) A statement which is neither a tautology nor a contradiction.
- (countable) A possibility; something which may or may not happen. A chance occurrence, especially in finance, unexpected expenses.
- (finance, countable) An amount of money which a party to a contract has to pay to the other party (usually the supplier of a major project to the client) if they do not fulfill the contract according to the specification.
- a possible event or occurrence or result
- the state of being contingent on something
noun
- A distant kinship.
- A tenuous connection.
- Something small and unimportant.
- (by extension) The tail-end or periphery of something.
- A small portion
- The single or split (then rather plural) bottom part of a shirt, below the waist, especially in the back, which, when not tucked into trousers or other vestment, hangs over the wearer's tail-end, like a tail.
- fabric forming the tail of a shirt
- a brief addendum at the end of a newspaper article
noun
- (uncountable) Shared experience or interaction.
- (countable) A record or narrative description of past events.
- The portion of the past that is known and recorded by this field of study, as opposed to all earlier and unknown times that preceded it (prehistory).
- The empirical study of past events, as distinct from literature, myth, or scripture; the assessment of notable events.
- The aggregate of past events.
- (uncountable) A historically significant event.
- (countable, medicine) A list of past and continuing medical conditions of an individual or family.
- (informal) Something that no longer exists or is no longer relevant.
- (countable) A set of events involving an entity.
- (countable, computing) A record of previous user events, especially of visited web pages in a browser.
- a record or narrative description of past events
- all that is remembered of the past as preserved in writing; a body of knowledge
- the continuum of events occurring in succession leading from the past to the present and even into the future
- the discipline that records and interprets past events involving human beings
- the aggregate of past events
noun
- (uncountable) Pageantry.
- (uncountable) The profession or art of devising, granting and blazoning coats of arms, tracing genealogies and ruling on questions of protocol or rank.
- (countable) An armorial ensign along with its history and description.
- emblem indicating the right of a person to bear arms
- the study and classification of armorial bearings and the tracing of genealogies
noun
- The quality of being brothers or brotherly; brotherhood.
- (US, Philippines) A social organization of male students at a college or university; usually identified by Greek letters.
- A group of people associated for a common purpose.
- a social club for male undergraduates
- people engaged in a particular occupation
verb
- (intransitive) To come together as companions, comrades, partners, etc.
- (transitive, of an animal) To copulate with.
- (intransitive) To match, fit together without space between.
- (intransitive) To copulate.
- (transitive) To marry; to match (a person).
- (transitive) To introduce (animals) together for the purpose of breeding.
- (transitive, aerospace) To move (a space shuttle orbiter) onto the back of an aircraft that can carry it.
- (intransitive) To pair in order to raise offspring.
- (transitive) To fit (objects) together without space between.
- (transitive) To arrange in matched pairs.
- (chess) Clipping of checkmate.
- bring two objects, ideas, or people together
- place an opponent's king under an attack from which it cannot escape and thus ending the game
- engage in sexual intercourse
noun
- (especially of a non-human animal) A breeding partner.
- (colloquial, British, Australia, New Zealand, Ireland, South Africa, sometimes elsewhere in the Commonwealth) Friendly term of address to a stranger, usually male, of similar age.
- A technical assistant in certain trades (e.g. gasfitter's mate, plumber's mate); sometimes an apprentice.
- (nautical) A ship's officer, subordinate to the master on a commercial ship.
- A suitable companion; a match; an equal.
- (nautical) In naval ranks, a non-commissioned officer or his subordinate (e.g. Boatswain's Mate, Gunner's Mate, Sailmaker's Mate, etc).
- (nautical) A first mate.
- The abovementioned plant; the leaves and shoots used for the tea
- Alternative spelling of maté, an aromatic tea-like drink prepared from the holly yerba maté (Ilex paraguariensis).
- (chess) Clipping of checkmate.
- (colloquial, British, Australia, New Zealand, Ireland, South Africa, sometimes elsewhere in the Commonwealth) A friend, usually of the same sex.
- A fellow, comrade, colleague, partner or someone with whom something is shared, e.g. shipmate, classmate.
- The other member of a matched pair of objects.
- informal term for a friend of the same sex
- an exact duplicate
- the partner of an animal (especially a sexual partner)
- a person's partner in marriage
- a chess move constituting an inescapable and indefensible attack on the opponent's king
- one of a pair
- the officer below the master on a commercial ship
- South American tea-like drink made from leaves of a South American holly called mate
- a fellow member of a team
- South American holly; leaves used in making a drink like tea
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adj
adv
prep
verb
adj
- Pertaining to a (chiefly romantic) relationship that emphasises companionship and mutual respect.
- Friendly, companionable.
- (now historical) Designating a proposed type of marriage (or other partnership) in which the partners plan to have no children and take on no legal obligations to one another.
- like a companion
adj
- Mutual; shared by more than one.
- (taxonomy) Vernacular, referring to the name of a kind of plant or animal.
- (taxonomy) As part of the vernacular name of a species, usually denoting that it is abundant or widely known.
- Occurring or happening regularly or frequently; usual.
- (law) Arising from use or tradition, as opposed to being created by a legislative body.
- (grammar) Of, pertaining or belonging to the common gender.
- Of a quality: existing among virtually all people; universal.
- Simple, ordinary or vulgar.
- (grammar) Of or pertaining to common nouns as opposed to proper nouns.
- Found in large numbers or in a large quantity; usual.
- belonging to or participated in by a community as a whole; public
- lacking refinement or cultivation or taste
- being or characteristic of or appropriate to everyday language
- of low or inferior quality or value
- to be expected; standard
- commonly encountered
- common to or shared by two or more parties
- of or associated with the great masses of people
- having no special distinction or quality; widely known or commonly encountered; average or ordinary or usual
noun
- A tract of land in common ownership; common land.
- The people; the community.
- Mutual good, shared by more than one.
- (law) The right of taking a profit in the land of another, in common either with the owner or with other persons; so called from the community of interest which arises between the claimant of the right and the owner of the soil, or between the claimants and other commoners entitled to the same right.
- a piece of open land for recreational use in an urban area
adj
noun
- a party of people assembled to promote sociability and communal activity
- (US) An informal party or church meeting for purposes of socializing.
- A couch with a curved S-shaped back.
- (historical) A four-wheeled open carriage with seats facing each other.
- A bicycle or tricycle for two persons side by side.
- A sociable person.
adj
adv
- without anybody else or anything else
- without any others being included or involved
- (by extension) Used to emphasize the size or extent of something by selecting a subset.
- Without outside help.
- By oneself; apart from, or exclusive of, others; solo.
- Not permitting anything further; exclusively.
- Not requiring anything further; merely.
adj
- lacking companions or companionship
- characterized by or preferring solitude
- being the only one; single and isolated from others
- (Philippines, politics, of an election or elected position) Not divided into multiple districts.
- Solitary; having no companion.
- Situated by itself or by oneself, with no neighbours.
- Isolated or lonely; lacking companionship.
- Sole; being the only one of a type.
adj
- lacking companions or companionship
- characterized by or preferring solitude
- of plants and animals; not growing or living in groups or colonies
- being the only one; single and isolated from others
- devoid of creatures
- Performed, passed, or endured alone.
- Single; individual; sole.
- Not much visited or frequented; remote from society
- Living or being by oneself; alone; having no companion present
- Not inhabited or occupied; without signs of inhabitants or occupation; desolate; deserted
- (botany) Not associated with others of the same kind.
- Gloomy; dismal, because of not being inhabited.
noun
adj
- marked by friendly companionship with others
- tending to move or live together in groups or colonies of the same kind
- composed of sociable people or formed for the purpose of sociability
- living together or enjoying life in communities or organized groups
- relating to human society and its members
- relating to or belonging to or characteristic of high society
- (Internet) Relating to social media or social networks.
- Being extroverted or outgoing.
- Of or relating to society.
- (biology) Cooperating or growing in groups.
- (rare) Relating to a nation's allies.
noun
- a party of people assembled to promote sociability and communal activity
- (US, colloquial) Ellipsis of social security number.
- A festive gathering to foster introductions.
- (Canadian Prairies) A dance held to raise money, often held for a couple to be married.
- (Internet, informal, countable) A social media account; the username or handle thereof, or a link thereto.
- (Canada) Ellipsis of social studies.
- (British, colloquial, with definite article) Ellipsis of social security.
- (Internet, informal, uncountable) Ellipsis of social media.