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- a set that is closed, associative, has an identity element and every element has an inverse
- any number of entities (members) considered as a unit
- (chemistry) two or more atoms bound together as a single unit and forming part of a molecule
- (computing) A number of users with the same rights with respect to accession, modification, and execution of files, computers and peripherals.
- (business) A commercial organization.
- (military) An air force formation.
- An element of an espresso machine from which hot water pours into the portafilter.
- (chemistry) A column in the periodic table of chemical elements.
- A (usually small) group of people who perform music together.
- (group theory) A set with an associative binary operation, under which there exists an identity element, and such that each element has an inverse.
- A number of things or persons being in some relation to one another.
- (music) A number of eighth, sixteenth, etc., notes joined at the stems; sometimes rather indefinitely applied to any ornament made up of a few short notes.
- (geology) A collection of formations or rock strata.
- (astronomy) A small number (up to about fifty) of galaxies that are near each other.
- (sports) A set of teams playing each other in the same division, while not during the same period playing any teams that belong to other sets in the division.
- (chemistry) A functional group.
- (sociology) A subset of a culture or of a society.
noun
- people viewed as members of a group
- a dissolute man in fashionable society
- temperament or disposition
- the hereditary derivation of an individual
- the fluid (red in vertebrates) that is pumped through the body by the heart and contains plasma, blood cells, and platelets
- (poetic) The juice of anything, especially if red.
- A family relationship due to birth, such as that between siblings; contrasted with relationships due to marriage or adoption. See blood relative, blood relation.
- A temper of mind; a disposition; a mood.
- (medicine, informal, countable) A blood test or blood sample.
- A vital liquid flowing in the bodies of many types of animals that usually conveys nutrients and oxygen. In vertebrates, it is colored red by hemoglobin, is conveyed by arteries and veins, is pumped by the heart and is usually generated in bone marrow.
- (figurative) Bloodshed.
- (especially African-American Vernacular) A friend or acquaintance, especially one who is black and male.
- (historical) One of the four humours in the human body.
- The endometrial lining as it is shed in menstruation; menstrual fluid or period blood.
- (US slang) Lean, especially that is red.
- The sap or juice which flows in or from plants.
- A blood horse, one of good pedigree.
- (UK, MLE, slang) Alternative form of blud (“an informal address to a male.”).
- Alternative letter-case form of Blood (“a member of a certain gang”).
verb
- smear with blood, as in a hunting initiation rite, where the face of a person is smeared with the blood of the kill
- (transitive) To cause something to be covered with blood; to bloody.
- (transitive) To initiate into warfare or a blood sport, traditionally by smearing with the blood of the first kill witnessed.
- (medicine, historical) To let blood (from); to bleed.
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- Within a group or concept.
- Inside or with, in terms of location or position.
- A part of the root entity.
- The interior of the region indicated by the root.
- Between two or more similar entities that are within a larger entity. The root indicates the commonality between the entities.
- Behaviour of a single individual.
- Indicating that the root is internal in nature.
- In alignment or synchronous with the root entity.
- During, within a time period.
- Spatially located in between the root entity and a reference point.
- Spatially located in between two points within the region indicated by the root entity.
- A direction that is inward or into the location indicated by the root word.
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- A group or association of cooperating members.
- A prefecture-level administrative unit in Inner Mongolia (Chinese: 盟).
- A stone erected near a public road to mark the distance of a league.
- (sports) An organization of sports teams which play against one another for a championship.
- (informal, rugby, uncountable) Ellipsis of rugby league.
- (chiefly in the negative) A class or type of people or things that are evenly matched or on the same level.
- (measurement) The distance that a person can walk in one hour, commonly taken to be approximately three English miles (about five kilometers).
- (military) An alliance or coalition.
- an association of states or organizations or individuals for common action
- an association of sports teams that organizes matches for its members
- an obsolete unit of distance of variable length (usually 3 miles)
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- A group of people united or at least characterised by a common interest.
- (with definite article) The so-called lower orders of people; the populace; the vulgar.
- (now dialectal) A fiddle.
- A group of people congregated or collected into a close body without order.
- Several things collected or closely pressed together; also, some things adjacent to each other.
- an informal body of friends
- a large number of things or people considered together
verb
- (transitive) To press by solicitation; to urge; to dun; hence, to treat discourteously or unreasonably.
- (transitive, often used with "out of" or "off") To push, to press, to shove.
- (transitive) To fill by pressing or thronging together
- (transitive) To press or drive together, especially into a small space; to cram.
- (intransitive) To press forward; to advance by pushing.
- (nautical, of a square-rigged ship, transitive) To carry excessive sail in the hope of moving faster.
- (nautical) To approach another ship too closely when it has right of way.
- (intransitive) To press together or collect in numbers.
- cause to herd, drive, or crowd together
- approach a certain age or speed
- to gather together in large numbers
- fill or occupy to the point of overflowing
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- a person who joins with another in carrying out some plan (especially an unethical or illegal plan)
- someone who assists in a plot
- (psychology) An actor who participates in a psychological experiment pretending to be a subject but in actuality working for the researcher.
- An accomplice in a plot.
- A member of a confederacy.
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- an association of criminals
- tool consisting of a combination of implements arranged to work together
- an informal body of friends
- an organized group of workmen
- A group of laborers under one foreman; a squad or workgang.
- (now chiefly dialectal) A going, journey; a course, path, track.
- (African-American Vernacular, used in the vocative) A term of address for a group, particularly when cautioning them or offering advice.
- A criminal group with a common cultural background and identifying features, often associated with a particular section of a city.
- (mining) Alternative form of gangue.
- A combination of similar tools or implements arranged so as, by acting together, to save time or labor; a set.
- A group of politicians united in furtherance of a political goal.
- (US) A chain gang.
- A group of criminals or alleged criminals who band together for mutual protection and profit.
- (electrics) A number of switches or other electrical devices wired into one unit and covered by one faceplate.
- (electrics) A group of wires attached as a bundle.
- (by extension, Internet slang) A term of address for any other person or group of people.
- A set; all required for an outfit.
- A number going in company; a number of friends or persons associated for a particular purpose.
verb
- put into a group
- have a certain value or carry a certain weight
- have weight; have import, carry weight
- have faith or confidence in
- name or recite the numbers in ascending order
- determine the number or amount of
- take account of
- include as if by counting
- show consideration for; take into account
- (intransitive, figurative, passive-like) To be of significance; to matter; to be considered (as something); to be included (of something).
- (intransitive, figurative, passive-like) To be an example of something: often followed by as and an indefinite noun.
- (transitive) To reckon in, to include in consideration.
- (intransitive) To amount to, to number in total.
- (intransitive) To recite numbers in sequence.
- (transitive) To consider something as an example of something or as having some quality; to account, to regard as.
- (transitive) To determine the number of (objects in a group).
noun
- the act of counting; reciting numbers in ascending order
- a nobleman (in various countries) having rank equal to a British earl
- the total number counted
- (minced oath, slang) Cunt (the taboo swear word)
- (baseball) The number of balls and strikes, respectively, on a batter's in-progress plate appearance.
- A countdown.
- (entomology) Any of various nymphalid butterflies of the genus Tanaecia. Other butterflies in this genus are called earls and viscounts.
- (law) A distinct and separate charge in an indictment or complaint.
- The act of counting or tallying a quantity.
- The result of a tally that reveals the number of items in a set; a quantity counted.
- The male ruler of a county.
- A nobleman holding a rank intermediate between dukes and barons.
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- put into a group
- place a limit on the number of
- give numbers to
- determine the number or amount of
- add up in number or quantity
- enumerate
- (transitive, usually with among) To classify or include (in a group of things)
- (transitive, with off) To enumerate or list, especially while assigning numbers to.
- (transitive, passive voice) To limit to a certain number; to reckon (as by fate) to be few in number.
- (intransitive, usually with among) To be classified or included (in a certain group or category of things).
- (transitive) To label (items) with numbers; to assign numbers to (items).
- (intransitive) To total or count; to amount to.
- (transitive, with off) To call out and assign a series of numbers (usually to people), either for the sake of dividing into groups or for counting.
noun
- a clothing measurement
- a select company of people
- a symbol used to represent a number
- a concept of quantity involving zero and units
- a short performance that is part of a longer program
- an item of clothing
- the number is used in calling a particular telephone
- one of a series published periodically
- the property possessed by a sum or total or indefinite quantity of units or individuals
- a numeral or string of numerals that is used for identification and may be attached to accounts, memberships, etc.
- a numbered item in a series
- the grammatical category for the forms of nouns and pronouns and verbs that are used depending on the number of entities involved (singular or dual or plural)
- (slang, chiefly US) A marijuana cigarette, or joint; also, a quantity of marijuana bought from a dealer.
- (countable) A performance; especially, a single song or song and dance routine within a larger show.
- (countable, informal) An outfit, particularly a stylish one.
- (Followed by a numeral; used attributively) Indicating the position of something in a list or sequence. Abbreviations: No or No., no or no. (in each case, sometimes written with a superscript "o", like Nº or №). The symbol "#" is also used in this manner.
- (countable, informal) A person.
- (singular only, formal) A group of people.
- (countable, informal) A telephone number.
- Quantity.
- (countable) A numeral: a symbol for a non-negative integer.
- (countable, mathematics) An element of one of several sets: natural numbers, integers, rational numbers, real numbers, complex numbers, and sometimes extensions such as hypercomplex numbers, etc.
- (grammar) Of a word or phrase, the state of being singular, dual or plural, shown by inflection.
- (countable) An abstract entity used to describe quantity.
- A large amount, in contrast to a smaller amount; numerical preponderance.
- Something that numbs.
- A sequence of digits and letters used to register people, automobiles, and various other items.
- An activity; assignment; job, as in cushy number.
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- A socially cohesive group of people within a society.
- (taxonomy) A hierarchical rank between family and genus.
- (zoology) A group of apes who live and work together.
- (synecdochic) A tribal nation or people.
- (stock breeding) A family of animals descended from some particular female progenitor, through the female line.
- A class or group of things.
- The collective noun for various animals.
- (informal, derogatory) A nation or people considered culturally primitive, as may be the case in Africa, Australia or Native America.
- (history, anthropology) An ethnic group larger than a band or clan (and which may contain clans) but smaller than a nation (and which in turn may constitute a nation with other tribes). The tribe is often the basis of ethnic identity.
- A group of affiliated Mardi Gras Indians.
- a federation (as of American Indians)
- a social division of (usually preliterate) people
- (biology) a taxonomic category between a genus and a subfamily
- group of people related by blood or marriage
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- A group or bunch (of people or things).
- The pedal in a car that disengages power and torque transmission from the engine (through the drivetrain) to the drive wheels.
- Any device for gripping an object, as at the end of a chain or tackle.
- A device to interrupt power transmission, commonly used to separate the engine and gearbox in a car.
- The claw of a predatory animal or bird.
- (US) An important or critical situation.
- A difficult maneuver.
- A small handbag or purse with no straps or handle.
- A brood of chickens or a sitting of eggs; a sitting.
- A fastener that attaches to the back of a tack pin to secure an accessory to clothing. (See Clutch (pin fastener).)
- (by extension) A grip, especially one seen as rapacious or evil.
- a pedal or lever that engages or disengages a rotating shaft and a driving mechanism
- a tense critical situation
- a woman's strapless purse that is carried in the hand
- a collection of things or persons to be handled together
- a coupling that connects or disconnects driving and driven parts of a driving mechanism
- the act of grasping
- a number of birds hatched at the same time
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- (video games) To win despite being the only remaining player on one's team, against several opponents.
- (video games, by extension) To unexpectedly or luckily succeed in a difficult activity.
- (transitive) To hatch.
- (transitive) To seize, as though with claws.
- (transitive) To grip or grasp tightly.
- affect
- hold firmly, usually with one's hands
- take into your hands deliberately
noun
- An individual member of such a group.
- A special group or social class of people who have a superior social or economic status and attendant power, advantages, or privileges in society; a member of such a group.
- Someone who is among the best at a certain task.
- (typography) A typeface with 12 characters per inch.
- a group or class of persons enjoying superior intellectual or social or economic status
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- a coming together of people
- a wide hallway in a building where people can walk
- a large gathering of people
- A large open space in or in front of a building where people can gather, particularly one joining various paths, as in a rail station or airport terminal, or providing access to and linking the platforms in a railway terminus.
- A large group of people; a crowd.
- The running or flowing together of things; the meeting of things; a confluence.
- An airport terminal.
- An open space, especially in a park, where several roads or paths meet.
noun
- a coming together of people
- a flowing together
- a place where things merge or flow together (especially rivers)
- The place where two rivers, streams, or other continuously flowing bodies of water meet and become one, especially where a tributary joins a river.
- The act of combining that occurs where two rivers meet.
- The stream or body formed by the junction of two or more streams; a combined flood.
- A convergence or combination of forces, people, or things.
- (biology) The proportion of cells, in a culture medium, that adhere to each other.
- (computer science, in rewriting systems) A property describing which terms can be rewritten with other, equivalent terms.
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- A group of persons associated for a common purpose; an organization; society.
- a formal organization of people or groups of people
- (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.
- (object-oriented programming) Relationship between classes of objects that allows one object instance to cause another to perform an action on its behalf.
- (uncountable) The act of associating.
- (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 relation resulting from interaction or dependence
noun
- (collective) The people at such a gathering.
- the act of joining together as one
- A place or instance of junction or intersection; a confluence.
- A gathering of persons for a purpose; an assembly.
- An encounter between people, even accidental.
- (gerund, uncountable) The act of persons or things that meet.
- (Quakerism) An administrative unit in the Religious Society of Friends (Quakers).
- a formally arranged gathering
- a place where things merge or flow together (especially rivers)
- the social act of assembling for some common purpose
- a casual or unexpected convergence
- a small informal social gathering
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- an arrangement of people or things acting as a unit
- creation by mental activity
- the act of forming or establishing something
- (geology) the geological features of the earth
- natural process that causes something to form
- the act of fabricating something in a particular shape
- a particular spatial arrangement
- (category theory) A structure made of two categories, two functors from the first to the second category, and a transformation from one of the functors to the other.
- (geology) A layer of rock of common origin. [from 19th c.]
- (sports) An arrangement of players designed to facilitate certain plays.
- Something possessing structure or form. [from 17th c.]
- (military) A grouping of military units or smaller formations under a command, such as a brigade, division, wing, etc. [from 18th c.]
- The process of influencing or guiding a person to a deeper understanding of a particular vocation.
- The act of assembling a group or structure. [from 14th c.]
- (military) An arrangement of moving troops, ships, or aircraft, such as a wedge, line abreast, or echelon. Often "in formation".
- The process during which something comes into being and gains its characteristics. [from 18th c.]
noun
- A diverse or miscellaneous group.
- The enclosure where they are kept.
- A collection of live wild animals as an exhibition historically associated with the aristocracy and considered a precursor of modern zoos.
- the facility where wild animals are housed for exhibition
- a collection of live animals for study or display
noun
- A group within a larger group; a group whose members are some, but not all, of the members of a larger group.
- (group theory) A subset H of a group G that is itself a group and has the same binary operation as G.
- (mathematics) a subset (that is not empty) of a mathematical group
- a distinct and often subordinate group within a group
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noun
- A group inside a larger group.
- A section of land; an area of a country or other territory; region.
- (US) The dividing line formed by combing the hair in different directions.
- A section of a document.
- (Judaism) In the Hebrew lunisolar calendar, a unit of time equivalent to 3⅓ seconds.
- A unit of relative proportion in a mixture.
- A distinct element of something larger.
- Share, especially of a profit.
- Position or role (especially in a play).
- (US) A room in a public building, especially a courtroom.
- A constituent of character or capacity; quality; faculty; talent; usually in the plural with a collective sense.
- (music) The melody played or sung by a particular instrument, voice, or group of instruments or voices, within a polyphonic piece.
- Each of two contrasting sides of an argument, debate etc.; "hand".
- 3.5 centiliters of one ingredient in a mixed drink.
- (colloquial, euphemistic) A private part; genitalia.
- A fraction of a whole.
- Duty; responsibility.
- the effort contributed by a person in bringing about a result
- a portion of a natural object
- assets belonging to or due to or contributed by an individual person or group
- something determined in relation to something that includes it
- the actions and activities assigned to or required or expected of a person or group
- one of the portions into which something is regarded as divided and which together constitute a whole
- the melody carried by a particular voice or instrument in polyphonic music
- that which concerns a person with regard to a particular role or situation
- something less than the whole of a human artifact
- an actor's portrayal of someone in a play
- the extended spatial location of something
- a line of scalp that can be seen when sections of hair are combed in opposite directions
- an item that is an instance of some type
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- (intransitive) To be divided in two or separated.
- (intransitive) To leave the company of.
- To separate by a process of extraction, elimination, or secretion.
- (transitive) To divide in two.
- To separate or disunite; to remove from contact or contiguity; to sunder.
- To cut hair with a parting.
- (transitive, Internet) To leave (an IRC channel).
- force, take, or pull apart
- discontinue an association or relation; go different ways
- go one's own way; move apart
- depart for someplace
- move or break apart
noun
- A group with common attributes.
- (by ellipsis) A taxon at this rank.
- (topology, graph theory, algebraic geometry) A natural number representing any of several related measures of the complexity of a given manifold or graph.
- (music) A type of tuning or intonation, used within an Ancient Greek tetrachord.
- (biology, taxonomy) A category in the classification of organisms, ranking below family (Lat. familia) and above species.
- (semantics) Within a definition, a broader category of the defined concept.
- (biology) taxonomic group containing one or more species
- a general kind of something
verb
noun
- a company of companions or supporters
- Any band or body of warriors.
- (taxonomy) A natural group of orders of organisms, less comprehensive than a class.
- A set of individuals in a program, especially when compared to previous sets of individuals within the same program.
- An accomplice; abettor; associate.
- (statistics) A demographic grouping of people, especially those in a defined age group, or having a common characteristic.
- A group of people supporting the same thing or person.
- A colleague.
- (historical, Ancient Rome, military) Any division of a Roman legion, normally of about 500 or 600 men (equalling about six centuries).
- a band of warriors (originally a unit of a Roman Legion)
- a group of people having approximately the same age
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- A group of people within a larger group having a particular common characteristic.
- One of the simplest or essential parts or principles of which anything consists, or upon which the constitution or fundamental powers of anything are based.
- A factor, one of the conditions contributing to a result.
- (chemistry) A chemical substance made entirely of one such type of atom; any one of the simplest chemical substances that cannot be decomposed in a chemical reaction or by any chemical means and made up of atoms all having the same number of protons.
- (usually in the plural) A basic, simple substance out of which something is made, raw material.
- A place or state of being that a person or object is best suited to.
- (chemistry) Any one of the types of atom distinguished by having a certain number of protons in its nucleus.
- (set theory) One of the objects in a set.
- (in the plural only, with "the") Atmospheric forces such as strong winds and rains.
- A small but present amount of a quality, a hint.
- (law) A required aspect or component of a cause of action. A deed is regarded as a violation of law only if each element can be proved.
- A component in electrical equipment, often in the form of a coil, having a high resistance, thereby generating heat when a current is passed through it.
- (astronomy) An orbital element; one of the parameters needed to uniquely specify a particular orbit.
- (computing) One of the conceptual objects in a markup language, usually represented in text by tags.
- One of the four basic building blocks of matter in theories of ancient philosophers and alchemists: water, earth, fire, and air.
- (mathematics) One of the entries of a matrix.
- (Christianity, usually in the plural) The bread and wine taken at Holy Communion.
- Any of the teeth of a zip fastener.
- A small part of the whole.
- (in the plural only) The basic principles of a field of knowledge, basics, fundamentals, rudiments.
- (mathematics) An infinitesimal interval of a quantity, a differential.
- an abstract part of something
- one of four substances thought in ancient and medieval cosmology to constitute the physical universe
- a straight line that generates a cylinder or cone
- any of the more than 100 known substances (of which 92 occur naturally) that cannot be separated into simpler substances and that singly or in combination constitute all matter
- the situation in which you are happiest and most effective
- the most favorable environment for a plant or animal
- an artifact that is one of the individual parts of which a composite entity is made up; especially a part that can be separated from or attached to a system
noun
- Any group composed of other groups.
- (mathematics) The group to which a subgroup belongs.
- (telecommunications) In the L-carrier system, a multiplexed group of channel groups.
- (physics) A generalization of groups, used in the study of supersymmetry.
- (music) A group of musicians, each a star (especially, a superstar) of another band (especially in rock music).
- (geology) A sequence of groups of formations that compose a coherent unit.
noun
- (collective) The group of people making such excursion.
- The process or activities of performing expediter tasks.
- (military) An important or long journey, for example a march or a voyage.
- A military journey; an enterprise against some enemy or into enemy territory.
- A trip, especially a long one, made by a person or a group of people for a specific purpose.
- a journey taken for pleasure
- an organized group of people undertaking a journey for a particular purpose
- a military campaign designed to achieve a specific objective in a foreign country
- the property of being prompt and efficient
- a journey organized for a particular purpose
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- the group that gathers together for a particular occasion
- a set of clothing (with accessories)
- a short stretch of railroad track used to store rolling stock or enable trains on the same line to pass
- (ballet) the outward rotation of a dancer's leg from the hip
- what is produced in a given time period
- a part of a road that has been widened to allow cars to pass or park
- attendance for a particular event or purpose (as to vote in an election)
- The act of coming forth.
- The number or proportion of people who attend or participate in an event (especially an election) or are present at a venue.
- (US) A place to pull off a road.
- (rail transport, chiefly US) A place where moveable rails allow a train to switch tracks; a set of points.
- That which is prominently brought forward or exhibited; hence, an equipage.
- Net quantity of produce yielded.
- The act of putting out to pasture.
- (ballet) Rotation of the leg at the hips which causes the feet and knees to turn outward, away from the front of the body.
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- A brood or family of partridges (family Phasianidae), which includes game birds such as grouse (tribe Tetraonini) and ptarmigans (tribe Tetraonini, genus Lagopus).
- (figurative) A group or party of people; also, a group or set of things.
- A group of other birds, such as quail (superfamily Phasianoidea).
- a small flock of grouse or partridge
- a small collection of people
verb
- align oneself with a group or a way of thinking
- place in a line or arrange so as to be parallel or straight
- be or come into adjustment with
- bring (components or parts) into proper or desirable coordination correlation
- (transitive, information science) To identify entities that refer to the same real-world object in different knowledge bases.
- (transitive) To organize in a consistent, defined way, perhaps in an abstract sense.
- (intransitive) To form a line; to fall into line.
- (transitive, computing) To store (data) in a way that is consistent with the memory architecture, i.e. by beginning each item at an offset equal to some multiple of the word size.
- (intransitive, reflexive) To identify (oneself) with, match, or support the behaviour, thoughts, etc. of another person, organization, or country.
- (transitive, bioinformatics) To organize a linear arrangement of DNA, RNA, or protein sequences which have regions of similarity.
- (transitive) To adjust to a line; to range or form in line; to bring into line.
verb
- align oneself with a group or a way of thinking
- lay out orderly or logically in a line or as if in a line
- To clothe and ornament; to adorn or attire.
- To lay out in an orderly arrangement; to deploy or marshal.
- (law) To set in order, as a jury, for the trial of a cause; that is, to call them one at a time.
noun
- an arrangement of aerials spaced to give desired directional characteristics
- an orderly arrangement
- especially fine or decorative clothing
- an impressive display
- A group of hedgehogs.
- Order; a regular and imposing arrangement; disposition in regular lines; hence, order of battle.
- Clothing and ornamentation; raiment.
- A large collection.
- A microarray.
- (military) A militia.
- (programming) Any of various data structures designed to hold multiple elements of the same type; especially, a data structure that holds these elements in adjacent memory locations so that they may be retrieved using numeric indices.
- An orderly series, arrangement or sequence.
- (law) A ranking or setting forth in order, by the proper officer, of a jury as impanelled in a cause; the panel itself; or the whole body of jurors summoned to attend the court.
- (mathematics) A matrix.
- A collection laid out to be viewed in full.
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- An assembly; a group; a circle.
- Rotation, as in office; succession.
- A brewer's vessel in which the fermentation is concluded, the yeast escaping through the bunghole.
- (sports) One of the specified pre-determined segments of the total time of a sport event, such as a boxing or wrestling match, during which contestants compete before being signaled to stop.
- A series of changes or events ending where it began; a series of like events recurring in continuance; a cycle; a periodical revolution.
- A general outburst from a group of people at an event.
- (butchery) The hindquarters of a bovine; a round of beef.
- A course of action or conduct performed by a number of persons in turn, or one after another, as if seated in a circle.
- A general discharge of firearms by a body of troops in which each soldier fires once.
- (engineering, drafting, CAD) A rounded relief or cut at an edge, especially an outside edge, added for a finished appearance and to soften sharp edges.
- A firearm cartridge, bullet, or any individual ammunition projectile. Originally referring to the spherical projectile ball of a smoothbore firearm. Compare round shot and solid shot.
- (UK) One slice of bread.
- A strip of material with a circular face that covers an edge, gap, or crevice for decorative, sanitary, or security purposes.
- (art) A long-bristled, circular-headed paintbrush used in oil and acrylic painting.
- (countable, music) A song that is sung by groups of people with each subset of people starting at a different time.
- A circular or repetitious route.
- (sports) In some sports, e.g. golf or showjumping: one complete way around the course.
- A crosspiece that joins and braces the legs of a chair.
- A circular dance.
- (nautical) A round-top.
- A series of duties or tasks which must be performed in turn, and then repeated.
- A serving of something; a portion of something to each person in a group.
- (card games) The play after each deal.
- One sandwich (two full slices of bread with filling).
- (sports) A stage in a competition.
- (video games) A stage or level of a game.
- A circular or spherical object or part of an object.
- A single individual portion or dose of medicine.
- (sports) a division of a game during which one team is on the offensive
- a regular route for a sentry or policeman
- an outburst of applause
- any circular or rotating mechanism
- the course along which communications spread
- the activity of playing 18 holes of golf
- a partsong in which voices follow each other; one voice starts and others join in one after another until all are singing different parts of the song at the same time
- a cut of beef between the rump and the lower leg
- a charge of ammunition for a single shot
- (often plural) a series of professional calls (usually in a set order)
- a serving to each of a group (usually alcoholic)
- a crosspiece between the legs of a chair
- the usual activities in your day
- an interval during which a recurring sequence of events occurs
adj
- Circular or cylindrical; having a circular cross-section in one direction.
- Complete, whole, not lacking.
- Outspoken; plain and direct; unreserved; not mincing words.
- Returning to its starting point.
- Finished; polished; not defective or abrupt; said of authors or their writing style.
- (phonetics) Pronounced with the lips drawn together; rounded.
- Spherical; shaped like a ball; having a circular cross-section in more than one direction.
- (architecture) Vaulted.
- Lacking sharp angles; having gentle curves.
- Plump.
- (authorship, of a fictional character) Well-written and well-characterized; complex and reminiscent of a real person.
- Loosely or approximately circular.
- Large in magnitude.
- (of a number) Convenient for rounding other numbers to; for example, ending in a zero.
- (of sounds) full and rich
- having the shape or form of a circle
- (mathematics) expressed to the nearest integer, ten, hundred, or thousand
adv
prep
verb
- (intransitive) To turn and attack someone or something (used with on).
- (with "out") To finish; to complete; to fill out; see also round out.
- To grow round or full; hence, to attain to fullness, completeness, or perfection.
- (medicine, colloquial) To do ward rounds.
- (transitive) To turn past a boundary.
- (transitive) To shape something into a curve.
- To encircle; to encompass.
- (transitive, baseball) To advance to home plate.
- (intransitive) To become shaped into a curve.
- (transitive, intransitive) To approximate (a number, especially a decimal number) by the closest whole number, or some other close number, especially a whole number of hundreds, thousands, etc.; see also round down, round up.
- (transitive) To go round, pass, go past.
- make round
- become round, plump, or shapely
- pronounce with rounded lips
- express as a round number
- wind around; move along a circular course
- attack in speech or writing
- bring to a highly developed, finished, or refined state
adj
noun
noun
- an organization regarded as part of a larger social group
- a single undivided whole
- an individual or group or structure or other entity regarded as a structural or functional constituent of a whole
- any division of quantity accepted as a standard of measurement or exchange
- a single undivided natural thing occurring in the composition of something else
- an assemblage of parts that is regarded as a single entity
- (algebra) An element having an inverse, an invertible element; an associate of the unity.
- (medicine) A quantity of approximately 517 milliliters (1.1 U.S. pints) of blood.
- An organized group comprising people and/or equipment.
- (education) A course, lesson, or section of a curriculum covering a particular topic or skill.
- (US, military) An organization title of a subdivision of a group in a task force.
- (US, UK, Australia, New Zealand) Any piece of equipment, such as an appliance, power tool, stereo system, computer, tractor, or machinery.
- (military, informal) A member of a military organization.
- (US, military) Any military element whose structure is prescribed by competent authority, such as a table of organization and equipment; specifically, part of an organization.
- (US, slang, vulgar) A penis, especially a large one.
- (US, military) A standard or basic quantity into which an item of supply is divided, issued, or detailed. In this meaning, also called unit of issue.
- (US, Australia, New Zealand) A measure of housing equivalent to the living quarters of one household; an apartment where a group of apartments is contained in one or more multi-storied buildings or a group of dwellings is in one or more single storey buildings, usually arranged around a driveway.
- (historical) A gold coin of the reign of James I, worth twenty shillings.
- (category theory) In an adjunction, a natural transformation from the identity functor of the domain of the left adjoint functor to the composition of the right adjoint functor with the left adjoint functor.
- Ellipsis of international unit.
- (US, military) With regard to Reserve Components of the Armed Forces, denotes a Selected Reserve unit organized, equipped, and trained for mobilization to serve on active duty as a unit or to augment or be augmented by another unit. Headquarters and support functions without wartime missions are not considered units.
- A work unit.
- (UK, Australia, slang) A physically large person.
- (UK, electricity) One kilowatt-hour (as recorded on an electricity meter).
- (algebra) The identity element, neutral element.
- (sciences) A standard measure of a quantity or magnitude.
- (UK) A unit of alcohol.
- (commerce) An item which may be sold singly.
- (retail) A structure used to display goods for sale (usually containing shelves, pegs or hooks)
- The number one.
- (geology) A volume of rock or ice of identifiable origin and age range that is defined by the distinctive and dominant, easily mapped and recognizable petrographic, lithologic or paleontologic features (facies) that characterize it.
- (mathematics) Oneness, singularity, seen as a component of a whole number; a magnitude of one.
adj
noun
verb
- (transitive) To deprive of purity by mixture; to contaminate.
- (transitive) To intermix; to combine or join, as an individual or part, with other parts, but commonly so as to be distinguishable in the product.
- To intermarry.
- (transitive) To associate or unite in a figurative way, or by ties of relationship.
- (intransitive) To socialize with different people at a social event.
- To cause or allow to intermarry.
- (intransitive) To become mixed or blended.
- (transitive) To make or prepare by mixing the ingredients of.
- get involved or mixed-up with
- to bring or combine together or with something else
- be all mixed up or jumbled together
noun
- the act of congregating
- a group of people who adhere to a common faith and habitually attend a given church
- an assemblage of people or animals or things collected together
- A gathering of faithful in a temple, church, synagogue, mosque or other place of worship. It can also refer to the people who are present at a devotional service in the building, particularly in contrast to the pastor, minister, imam, rabbi etc. and/or choir, who may be seated apart from the general congregation or lead the service (notably in responsory form).
- A corporate body whose members gather for worship, or the members of such a body.
- (UK, Oxford University) The main body of university staff, comprising academics, administrative staff, heads of colleges, etc.
- A Roman Congregation, a main department of the Vatican administration of the Catholic Church.
- Any large gathering of people.
- A flock of various birds, such as plovers or eagles.
- The act of congregating or collecting together.
noun
- a union of interests or purposes or sympathies among members of a group
- A bond of unity or agreement between individuals, united around a common goal or against a common enemy, such as the unifying principle that defines the labor movement; mutual support within a group.
- (uncountable) Willingness to support another person in a difficult position or needs affection.
prep
- Belonging to (a group comprising similar people or things).
- Occurring between (members of a group) or within (a group).
- Of a person or thing: in the midst of and surrounded by (other people or things).
- In the general custom or opinion of (members of a group).
- Associated with or living alongside (other people or things).
- Done jointly by (two or more people).
- Distributed or divided between (members of a group).
- Originally, in the course of; during; now, in the circumstances or context of.
- Distinct in some way from (other members of a group); specifically, superior or pre-eminent compared to (other members of a group).
noun
- people viewed as members of a group
- a dissolute man in fashionable society
- temperament or disposition
- the hereditary derivation of an individual
- the fluid (red in vertebrates) that is pumped through the body by the heart and contains plasma, blood cells, and platelets
- (poetic) The juice of anything, especially if red.
- A family relationship due to birth, such as that between siblings; contrasted with relationships due to marriage or adoption. See blood relative, blood relation.
- A temper of mind; a disposition; a mood.
- (medicine, informal, countable) A blood test or blood sample.
- A vital liquid flowing in the bodies of many types of animals that usually conveys nutrients and oxygen. In vertebrates, it is colored red by hemoglobin, is conveyed by arteries and veins, is pumped by the heart and is usually generated in bone marrow.
- (figurative) Bloodshed.
- (especially African-American Vernacular) A friend or acquaintance, especially one who is black and male.
- (historical) One of the four humours in the human body.
- The endometrial lining as it is shed in menstruation; menstrual fluid or period blood.
- (US slang) Lean, especially that is red.
- The sap or juice which flows in or from plants.
- A blood horse, one of good pedigree.
- (UK, MLE, slang) Alternative form of blud (“an informal address to a male.”).
- Alternative letter-case form of Blood (“a member of a certain gang”).
verb
- smear with blood, as in a hunting initiation rite, where the face of a person is smeared with the blood of the kill
- (transitive) To cause something to be covered with blood; to bloody.
- (transitive) To initiate into warfare or a blood sport, traditionally by smearing with the blood of the first kill witnessed.
- (medicine, historical) To let blood (from); to bleed.
noun
verb
noun
- A group or association of cooperating members.
- A prefecture-level administrative unit in Inner Mongolia (Chinese: 盟).
- A stone erected near a public road to mark the distance of a league.
- (sports) An organization of sports teams which play against one another for a championship.
- (informal, rugby, uncountable) Ellipsis of rugby league.
- (chiefly in the negative) A class or type of people or things that are evenly matched or on the same level.
- (measurement) The distance that a person can walk in one hour, commonly taken to be approximately three English miles (about five kilometers).
- (military) An alliance or coalition.
- an association of states or organizations or individuals for common action
- an association of sports teams that organizes matches for its members
- an obsolete unit of distance of variable length (usually 3 miles)
adj
verb
noun
- A group of people united or at least characterised by a common interest.
- (with definite article) The so-called lower orders of people; the populace; the vulgar.
- (now dialectal) A fiddle.
- A group of people congregated or collected into a close body without order.
- Several things collected or closely pressed together; also, some things adjacent to each other.
- an informal body of friends
- a large number of things or people considered together
verb
- (transitive) To press by solicitation; to urge; to dun; hence, to treat discourteously or unreasonably.
- (transitive, often used with "out of" or "off") To push, to press, to shove.
- (transitive) To fill by pressing or thronging together
- (transitive) To press or drive together, especially into a small space; to cram.
- (intransitive) To press forward; to advance by pushing.
- (nautical, of a square-rigged ship, transitive) To carry excessive sail in the hope of moving faster.
- (nautical) To approach another ship too closely when it has right of way.
- (intransitive) To press together or collect in numbers.
- cause to herd, drive, or crowd together
- approach a certain age or speed
- to gather together in large numbers
- fill or occupy to the point of overflowing
noun
- A socially cohesive group of people within a society.
- (taxonomy) A hierarchical rank between family and genus.
- (zoology) A group of apes who live and work together.
- (synecdochic) A tribal nation or people.
- (stock breeding) A family of animals descended from some particular female progenitor, through the female line.
- A class or group of things.
- The collective noun for various animals.
- (informal, derogatory) A nation or people considered culturally primitive, as may be the case in Africa, Australia or Native America.
- (history, anthropology) An ethnic group larger than a band or clan (and which may contain clans) but smaller than a nation (and which in turn may constitute a nation with other tribes). The tribe is often the basis of ethnic identity.
- A group of affiliated Mardi Gras Indians.
- a federation (as of American Indians)
- a social division of (usually preliterate) people
- (biology) a taxonomic category between a genus and a subfamily
- group of people related by blood or marriage
verb
noun
- A group or bunch (of people or things).
- The pedal in a car that disengages power and torque transmission from the engine (through the drivetrain) to the drive wheels.
- Any device for gripping an object, as at the end of a chain or tackle.
- A device to interrupt power transmission, commonly used to separate the engine and gearbox in a car.
- The claw of a predatory animal or bird.
- (US) An important or critical situation.
- A difficult maneuver.
- A small handbag or purse with no straps or handle.
- A brood of chickens or a sitting of eggs; a sitting.
- A fastener that attaches to the back of a tack pin to secure an accessory to clothing. (See Clutch (pin fastener).)
- (by extension) A grip, especially one seen as rapacious or evil.
- a pedal or lever that engages or disengages a rotating shaft and a driving mechanism
- a tense critical situation
- a woman's strapless purse that is carried in the hand
- a collection of things or persons to be handled together
- a coupling that connects or disconnects driving and driven parts of a driving mechanism
- the act of grasping
- a number of birds hatched at the same time
adj
verb
- (video games) To win despite being the only remaining player on one's team, against several opponents.
- (video games, by extension) To unexpectedly or luckily succeed in a difficult activity.
- (transitive) To hatch.
- (transitive) To seize, as though with claws.
- (transitive) To grip or grasp tightly.
- affect
- hold firmly, usually with one's hands
- take into your hands deliberately
noun
- An individual member of such a group.
- A special group or social class of people who have a superior social or economic status and attendant power, advantages, or privileges in society; a member of such a group.
- Someone who is among the best at a certain task.
- (typography) A typeface with 12 characters per inch.
- a group or class of persons enjoying superior intellectual or social or economic status
adj
noun
- a coming together of people
- a wide hallway in a building where people can walk
- a large gathering of people
- A large open space in or in front of a building where people can gather, particularly one joining various paths, as in a rail station or airport terminal, or providing access to and linking the platforms in a railway terminus.
- A large group of people; a crowd.
- The running or flowing together of things; the meeting of things; a confluence.
- An airport terminal.
- An open space, especially in a park, where several roads or paths meet.
noun
- a coming together of people
- a flowing together
- a place where things merge or flow together (especially rivers)
- The place where two rivers, streams, or other continuously flowing bodies of water meet and become one, especially where a tributary joins a river.
- The act of combining that occurs where two rivers meet.
- The stream or body formed by the junction of two or more streams; a combined flood.
- A convergence or combination of forces, people, or things.
- (biology) The proportion of cells, in a culture medium, that adhere to each other.
- (computer science, in rewriting systems) A property describing which terms can be rewritten with other, equivalent terms.
verb
noun
- A group of persons associated for a common purpose; an organization; society.
- a formal organization of people or groups of people
- (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.
- (object-oriented programming) Relationship between classes of objects that allows one object instance to cause another to perform an action on its behalf.
- (uncountable) The act of associating.
- (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 relation resulting from interaction or dependence
noun
- (collective) The people at such a gathering.
- the act of joining together as one
- A place or instance of junction or intersection; a confluence.
- A gathering of persons for a purpose; an assembly.
- An encounter between people, even accidental.
- (gerund, uncountable) The act of persons or things that meet.
- (Quakerism) An administrative unit in the Religious Society of Friends (Quakers).
- a formally arranged gathering
- a place where things merge or flow together (especially rivers)
- the social act of assembling for some common purpose
- a casual or unexpected convergence
- a small informal social gathering
verb
noun
- an arrangement of people or things acting as a unit
- creation by mental activity
- the act of forming or establishing something
- (geology) the geological features of the earth
- natural process that causes something to form
- the act of fabricating something in a particular shape
- a particular spatial arrangement
- (category theory) A structure made of two categories, two functors from the first to the second category, and a transformation from one of the functors to the other.
- (geology) A layer of rock of common origin. [from 19th c.]
- (sports) An arrangement of players designed to facilitate certain plays.
- Something possessing structure or form. [from 17th c.]
- (military) A grouping of military units or smaller formations under a command, such as a brigade, division, wing, etc. [from 18th c.]
- The process of influencing or guiding a person to a deeper understanding of a particular vocation.
- The act of assembling a group or structure. [from 14th c.]
- (military) An arrangement of moving troops, ships, or aircraft, such as a wedge, line abreast, or echelon. Often "in formation".
- The process during which something comes into being and gains its characteristics. [from 18th c.]
noun
- A diverse or miscellaneous group.
- The enclosure where they are kept.
- A collection of live wild animals as an exhibition historically associated with the aristocracy and considered a precursor of modern zoos.
- the facility where wild animals are housed for exhibition
- a collection of live animals for study or display
noun
- A group within a larger group; a group whose members are some, but not all, of the members of a larger group.
- (group theory) A subset H of a group G that is itself a group and has the same binary operation as G.
- (mathematics) a subset (that is not empty) of a mathematical group
- a distinct and often subordinate group within a group
verb
noun
- A group inside a larger group.
- A section of land; an area of a country or other territory; region.
- (US) The dividing line formed by combing the hair in different directions.
- A section of a document.
- (Judaism) In the Hebrew lunisolar calendar, a unit of time equivalent to 3⅓ seconds.
- A unit of relative proportion in a mixture.
- A distinct element of something larger.
- Share, especially of a profit.
- Position or role (especially in a play).
- (US) A room in a public building, especially a courtroom.
- A constituent of character or capacity; quality; faculty; talent; usually in the plural with a collective sense.
- (music) The melody played or sung by a particular instrument, voice, or group of instruments or voices, within a polyphonic piece.
- Each of two contrasting sides of an argument, debate etc.; "hand".
- 3.5 centiliters of one ingredient in a mixed drink.
- (colloquial, euphemistic) A private part; genitalia.
- A fraction of a whole.
- Duty; responsibility.
- the effort contributed by a person in bringing about a result
- a portion of a natural object
- assets belonging to or due to or contributed by an individual person or group
- something determined in relation to something that includes it
- the actions and activities assigned to or required or expected of a person or group
- one of the portions into which something is regarded as divided and which together constitute a whole
- the melody carried by a particular voice or instrument in polyphonic music
- that which concerns a person with regard to a particular role or situation
- something less than the whole of a human artifact
- an actor's portrayal of someone in a play
- the extended spatial location of something
- a line of scalp that can be seen when sections of hair are combed in opposite directions
- an item that is an instance of some type
adj
adv
verb
- (intransitive) To be divided in two or separated.
- (intransitive) To leave the company of.
- To separate by a process of extraction, elimination, or secretion.
- (transitive) To divide in two.
- To separate or disunite; to remove from contact or contiguity; to sunder.
- To cut hair with a parting.
- (transitive, Internet) To leave (an IRC channel).
- force, take, or pull apart
- discontinue an association or relation; go different ways
- go one's own way; move apart
- depart for someplace
- move or break apart
noun
- A group with common attributes.
- (by ellipsis) A taxon at this rank.
- (topology, graph theory, algebraic geometry) A natural number representing any of several related measures of the complexity of a given manifold or graph.
- (music) A type of tuning or intonation, used within an Ancient Greek tetrachord.
- (biology, taxonomy) A category in the classification of organisms, ranking below family (Lat. familia) and above species.
- (semantics) Within a definition, a broader category of the defined concept.
- (biology) taxonomic group containing one or more species
- a general kind of something
noun
verb
noun
verb
noun
- A group of people within a larger group having a particular common characteristic.
- One of the simplest or essential parts or principles of which anything consists, or upon which the constitution or fundamental powers of anything are based.
- A factor, one of the conditions contributing to a result.
- (chemistry) A chemical substance made entirely of one such type of atom; any one of the simplest chemical substances that cannot be decomposed in a chemical reaction or by any chemical means and made up of atoms all having the same number of protons.
- (usually in the plural) A basic, simple substance out of which something is made, raw material.
- A place or state of being that a person or object is best suited to.
- (chemistry) Any one of the types of atom distinguished by having a certain number of protons in its nucleus.
- (set theory) One of the objects in a set.
- (in the plural only, with "the") Atmospheric forces such as strong winds and rains.
- A small but present amount of a quality, a hint.
- (law) A required aspect or component of a cause of action. A deed is regarded as a violation of law only if each element can be proved.
- A component in electrical equipment, often in the form of a coil, having a high resistance, thereby generating heat when a current is passed through it.
- (astronomy) An orbital element; one of the parameters needed to uniquely specify a particular orbit.
- (computing) One of the conceptual objects in a markup language, usually represented in text by tags.
- One of the four basic building blocks of matter in theories of ancient philosophers and alchemists: water, earth, fire, and air.
- (mathematics) One of the entries of a matrix.
- (Christianity, usually in the plural) The bread and wine taken at Holy Communion.
- Any of the teeth of a zip fastener.
- A small part of the whole.
- (in the plural only) The basic principles of a field of knowledge, basics, fundamentals, rudiments.
- (mathematics) An infinitesimal interval of a quantity, a differential.
- an abstract part of something
- one of four substances thought in ancient and medieval cosmology to constitute the physical universe
- a straight line that generates a cylinder or cone
- any of the more than 100 known substances (of which 92 occur naturally) that cannot be separated into simpler substances and that singly or in combination constitute all matter
- the situation in which you are happiest and most effective
- the most favorable environment for a plant or animal
- an artifact that is one of the individual parts of which a composite entity is made up; especially a part that can be separated from or attached to a system
noun
- Any group composed of other groups.
- (mathematics) The group to which a subgroup belongs.
- (telecommunications) In the L-carrier system, a multiplexed group of channel groups.
- (physics) A generalization of groups, used in the study of supersymmetry.
- (music) A group of musicians, each a star (especially, a superstar) of another band (especially in rock music).
- (geology) A sequence of groups of formations that compose a coherent unit.
noun
- (collective) The group of people making such excursion.
- The process or activities of performing expediter tasks.
- (military) An important or long journey, for example a march or a voyage.
- A military journey; an enterprise against some enemy or into enemy territory.
- A trip, especially a long one, made by a person or a group of people for a specific purpose.
- a journey taken for pleasure
- an organized group of people undertaking a journey for a particular purpose
- a military campaign designed to achieve a specific objective in a foreign country
- the property of being prompt and efficient
- a journey organized for a particular purpose
verb
noun
- the group that gathers together for a particular occasion
- a set of clothing (with accessories)
- a short stretch of railroad track used to store rolling stock or enable trains on the same line to pass
- (ballet) the outward rotation of a dancer's leg from the hip
- what is produced in a given time period
- a part of a road that has been widened to allow cars to pass or park
- attendance for a particular event or purpose (as to vote in an election)
- The act of coming forth.
- The number or proportion of people who attend or participate in an event (especially an election) or are present at a venue.
- (US) A place to pull off a road.
- (rail transport, chiefly US) A place where moveable rails allow a train to switch tracks; a set of points.
- That which is prominently brought forward or exhibited; hence, an equipage.
- Net quantity of produce yielded.
- The act of putting out to pasture.
- (ballet) Rotation of the leg at the hips which causes the feet and knees to turn outward, away from the front of the body.
noun
adj
noun
- An assembly; a group; a circle.
- Rotation, as in office; succession.
- A brewer's vessel in which the fermentation is concluded, the yeast escaping through the bunghole.
- (sports) One of the specified pre-determined segments of the total time of a sport event, such as a boxing or wrestling match, during which contestants compete before being signaled to stop.
- A series of changes or events ending where it began; a series of like events recurring in continuance; a cycle; a periodical revolution.
- A general outburst from a group of people at an event.
- (butchery) The hindquarters of a bovine; a round of beef.
- A course of action or conduct performed by a number of persons in turn, or one after another, as if seated in a circle.
- A general discharge of firearms by a body of troops in which each soldier fires once.
- (engineering, drafting, CAD) A rounded relief or cut at an edge, especially an outside edge, added for a finished appearance and to soften sharp edges.
- A firearm cartridge, bullet, or any individual ammunition projectile. Originally referring to the spherical projectile ball of a smoothbore firearm. Compare round shot and solid shot.
- (UK) One slice of bread.
- A strip of material with a circular face that covers an edge, gap, or crevice for decorative, sanitary, or security purposes.
- (art) A long-bristled, circular-headed paintbrush used in oil and acrylic painting.
- (countable, music) A song that is sung by groups of people with each subset of people starting at a different time.
- A circular or repetitious route.
- (sports) In some sports, e.g. golf or showjumping: one complete way around the course.
- A crosspiece that joins and braces the legs of a chair.
- A circular dance.
- (nautical) A round-top.
- A series of duties or tasks which must be performed in turn, and then repeated.
- A serving of something; a portion of something to each person in a group.
- (card games) The play after each deal.
- One sandwich (two full slices of bread with filling).
- (sports) A stage in a competition.
- (video games) A stage or level of a game.
- A circular or spherical object or part of an object.
- A single individual portion or dose of medicine.
- (sports) a division of a game during which one team is on the offensive
- a regular route for a sentry or policeman
- an outburst of applause
- any circular or rotating mechanism
- the course along which communications spread
- the activity of playing 18 holes of golf
- a partsong in which voices follow each other; one voice starts and others join in one after another until all are singing different parts of the song at the same time
- a cut of beef between the rump and the lower leg
- a charge of ammunition for a single shot
- (often plural) a series of professional calls (usually in a set order)
- a serving to each of a group (usually alcoholic)
- a crosspiece between the legs of a chair
- the usual activities in your day
- an interval during which a recurring sequence of events occurs
adj
- Circular or cylindrical; having a circular cross-section in one direction.
- Complete, whole, not lacking.
- Outspoken; plain and direct; unreserved; not mincing words.
- Returning to its starting point.
- Finished; polished; not defective or abrupt; said of authors or their writing style.
- (phonetics) Pronounced with the lips drawn together; rounded.
- Spherical; shaped like a ball; having a circular cross-section in more than one direction.
- (architecture) Vaulted.
- Lacking sharp angles; having gentle curves.
- Plump.
- (authorship, of a fictional character) Well-written and well-characterized; complex and reminiscent of a real person.
- Loosely or approximately circular.
- Large in magnitude.
- (of a number) Convenient for rounding other numbers to; for example, ending in a zero.
- (of sounds) full and rich
- having the shape or form of a circle
- (mathematics) expressed to the nearest integer, ten, hundred, or thousand
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- (intransitive) To turn and attack someone or something (used with on).
- (with "out") To finish; to complete; to fill out; see also round out.
- To grow round or full; hence, to attain to fullness, completeness, or perfection.
- (medicine, colloquial) To do ward rounds.
- (transitive) To turn past a boundary.
- (transitive) To shape something into a curve.
- To encircle; to encompass.
- (transitive, baseball) To advance to home plate.
- (intransitive) To become shaped into a curve.
- (transitive, intransitive) To approximate (a number, especially a decimal number) by the closest whole number, or some other close number, especially a whole number of hundreds, thousands, etc.; see also round down, round up.
- (transitive) To go round, pass, go past.
- make round
- become round, plump, or shapely
- pronounce with rounded lips
- express as a round number
- wind around; move along a circular course
- attack in speech or writing
- bring to a highly developed, finished, or refined state
noun
- an organization regarded as part of a larger social group
- a single undivided whole
- an individual or group or structure or other entity regarded as a structural or functional constituent of a whole
- any division of quantity accepted as a standard of measurement or exchange
- a single undivided natural thing occurring in the composition of something else
- an assemblage of parts that is regarded as a single entity
- (algebra) An element having an inverse, an invertible element; an associate of the unity.
- (medicine) A quantity of approximately 517 milliliters (1.1 U.S. pints) of blood.
- An organized group comprising people and/or equipment.
- (education) A course, lesson, or section of a curriculum covering a particular topic or skill.
- (US, military) An organization title of a subdivision of a group in a task force.
- (US, UK, Australia, New Zealand) Any piece of equipment, such as an appliance, power tool, stereo system, computer, tractor, or machinery.
- (military, informal) A member of a military organization.
- (US, military) Any military element whose structure is prescribed by competent authority, such as a table of organization and equipment; specifically, part of an organization.
- (US, slang, vulgar) A penis, especially a large one.
- (US, military) A standard or basic quantity into which an item of supply is divided, issued, or detailed. In this meaning, also called unit of issue.
- (US, Australia, New Zealand) A measure of housing equivalent to the living quarters of one household; an apartment where a group of apartments is contained in one or more multi-storied buildings or a group of dwellings is in one or more single storey buildings, usually arranged around a driveway.
- (historical) A gold coin of the reign of James I, worth twenty shillings.
- (category theory) In an adjunction, a natural transformation from the identity functor of the domain of the left adjoint functor to the composition of the right adjoint functor with the left adjoint functor.
- Ellipsis of international unit.
- (US, military) With regard to Reserve Components of the Armed Forces, denotes a Selected Reserve unit organized, equipped, and trained for mobilization to serve on active duty as a unit or to augment or be augmented by another unit. Headquarters and support functions without wartime missions are not considered units.
- A work unit.
- (UK, Australia, slang) A physically large person.
- (UK, electricity) One kilowatt-hour (as recorded on an electricity meter).
- (algebra) The identity element, neutral element.
- (sciences) A standard measure of a quantity or magnitude.
- (UK) A unit of alcohol.
- (commerce) An item which may be sold singly.
- (retail) A structure used to display goods for sale (usually containing shelves, pegs or hooks)
- The number one.
- (geology) A volume of rock or ice of identifiable origin and age range that is defined by the distinctive and dominant, easily mapped and recognizable petrographic, lithologic or paleontologic features (facies) that characterize it.
- (mathematics) Oneness, singularity, seen as a component of a whole number; a magnitude of one.
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- (transitive) To deprive of purity by mixture; to contaminate.
- (transitive) To intermix; to combine or join, as an individual or part, with other parts, but commonly so as to be distinguishable in the product.
- To intermarry.
- (transitive) To associate or unite in a figurative way, or by ties of relationship.
- (intransitive) To socialize with different people at a social event.
- To cause or allow to intermarry.
- (intransitive) To become mixed or blended.
- (transitive) To make or prepare by mixing the ingredients of.
- get involved or mixed-up with
- to bring or combine together or with something else
- be all mixed up or jumbled together
noun
- the act of congregating
- a group of people who adhere to a common faith and habitually attend a given church
- an assemblage of people or animals or things collected together
- A gathering of faithful in a temple, church, synagogue, mosque or other place of worship. It can also refer to the people who are present at a devotional service in the building, particularly in contrast to the pastor, minister, imam, rabbi etc. and/or choir, who may be seated apart from the general congregation or lead the service (notably in responsory form).
- A corporate body whose members gather for worship, or the members of such a body.
- (UK, Oxford University) The main body of university staff, comprising academics, administrative staff, heads of colleges, etc.
- A Roman Congregation, a main department of the Vatican administration of the Catholic Church.
- Any large gathering of people.
- A flock of various birds, such as plovers or eagles.
- The act of congregating or collecting together.
noun
- a union of interests or purposes or sympathies among members of a group
- A bond of unity or agreement between individuals, united around a common goal or against a common enemy, such as the unifying principle that defines the labor movement; mutual support within a group.
- (uncountable) Willingness to support another person in a difficult position or needs affection.
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- a company of companions or supporters
- Any band or body of warriors.
- (taxonomy) A natural group of orders of organisms, less comprehensive than a class.
- A set of individuals in a program, especially when compared to previous sets of individuals within the same program.
- An accomplice; abettor; associate.
- (statistics) A demographic grouping of people, especially those in a defined age group, or having a common characteristic.
- A group of people supporting the same thing or person.
- A colleague.
- (historical, Ancient Rome, military) Any division of a Roman legion, normally of about 500 or 600 men (equalling about six centuries).
- a band of warriors (originally a unit of a Roman Legion)
- a group of people having approximately the same age
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- a set that is closed, associative, has an identity element and every element has an inverse
- any number of entities (members) considered as a unit
- (chemistry) two or more atoms bound together as a single unit and forming part of a molecule
- (computing) A number of users with the same rights with respect to accession, modification, and execution of files, computers and peripherals.
- (business) A commercial organization.
- (military) An air force formation.
- An element of an espresso machine from which hot water pours into the portafilter.
- (chemistry) A column in the periodic table of chemical elements.
- A (usually small) group of people who perform music together.
- (group theory) A set with an associative binary operation, under which there exists an identity element, and such that each element has an inverse.
- A number of things or persons being in some relation to one another.
- (music) A number of eighth, sixteenth, etc., notes joined at the stems; sometimes rather indefinitely applied to any ornament made up of a few short notes.
- (geology) A collection of formations or rock strata.
- (astronomy) A small number (up to about fifty) of galaxies that are near each other.
- (sports) A set of teams playing each other in the same division, while not during the same period playing any teams that belong to other sets in the division.
- (chemistry) A functional group.
- (sociology) A subset of a culture or of a society.
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- a person who joins with another in carrying out some plan (especially an unethical or illegal plan)
- someone who assists in a plot
- (psychology) An actor who participates in a psychological experiment pretending to be a subject but in actuality working for the researcher.
- An accomplice in a plot.
- A member of a confederacy.
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- an association of criminals
- tool consisting of a combination of implements arranged to work together
- an informal body of friends
- an organized group of workmen
- A group of laborers under one foreman; a squad or workgang.
- (now chiefly dialectal) A going, journey; a course, path, track.
- (African-American Vernacular, used in the vocative) A term of address for a group, particularly when cautioning them or offering advice.
- A criminal group with a common cultural background and identifying features, often associated with a particular section of a city.
- (mining) Alternative form of gangue.
- A combination of similar tools or implements arranged so as, by acting together, to save time or labor; a set.
- A group of politicians united in furtherance of a political goal.
- (US) A chain gang.
- A group of criminals or alleged criminals who band together for mutual protection and profit.
- (electrics) A number of switches or other electrical devices wired into one unit and covered by one faceplate.
- (electrics) A group of wires attached as a bundle.
- (by extension, Internet slang) A term of address for any other person or group of people.
- A set; all required for an outfit.
- A number going in company; a number of friends or persons associated for a particular purpose.
verb
- put into a group
- have a certain value or carry a certain weight
- have weight; have import, carry weight
- have faith or confidence in
- name or recite the numbers in ascending order
- determine the number or amount of
- take account of
- include as if by counting
- show consideration for; take into account
- (intransitive, figurative, passive-like) To be of significance; to matter; to be considered (as something); to be included (of something).
- (intransitive, figurative, passive-like) To be an example of something: often followed by as and an indefinite noun.
- (transitive) To reckon in, to include in consideration.
- (intransitive) To amount to, to number in total.
- (intransitive) To recite numbers in sequence.
- (transitive) To consider something as an example of something or as having some quality; to account, to regard as.
- (transitive) To determine the number of (objects in a group).
noun
- the act of counting; reciting numbers in ascending order
- a nobleman (in various countries) having rank equal to a British earl
- the total number counted
- (minced oath, slang) Cunt (the taboo swear word)
- (baseball) The number of balls and strikes, respectively, on a batter's in-progress plate appearance.
- A countdown.
- (entomology) Any of various nymphalid butterflies of the genus Tanaecia. Other butterflies in this genus are called earls and viscounts.
- (law) A distinct and separate charge in an indictment or complaint.
- The act of counting or tallying a quantity.
- The result of a tally that reveals the number of items in a set; a quantity counted.
- The male ruler of a county.
- A nobleman holding a rank intermediate between dukes and barons.
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- put into a group
- place a limit on the number of
- give numbers to
- determine the number or amount of
- add up in number or quantity
- enumerate
- (transitive, usually with among) To classify or include (in a group of things)
- (transitive, with off) To enumerate or list, especially while assigning numbers to.
- (transitive, passive voice) To limit to a certain number; to reckon (as by fate) to be few in number.
- (intransitive, usually with among) To be classified or included (in a certain group or category of things).
- (transitive) To label (items) with numbers; to assign numbers to (items).
- (intransitive) To total or count; to amount to.
- (transitive, with off) To call out and assign a series of numbers (usually to people), either for the sake of dividing into groups or for counting.
noun
- a clothing measurement
- a select company of people
- a symbol used to represent a number
- a concept of quantity involving zero and units
- a short performance that is part of a longer program
- an item of clothing
- the number is used in calling a particular telephone
- one of a series published periodically
- the property possessed by a sum or total or indefinite quantity of units or individuals
- a numeral or string of numerals that is used for identification and may be attached to accounts, memberships, etc.
- a numbered item in a series
- the grammatical category for the forms of nouns and pronouns and verbs that are used depending on the number of entities involved (singular or dual or plural)
- (slang, chiefly US) A marijuana cigarette, or joint; also, a quantity of marijuana bought from a dealer.
- (countable) A performance; especially, a single song or song and dance routine within a larger show.
- (countable, informal) An outfit, particularly a stylish one.
- (Followed by a numeral; used attributively) Indicating the position of something in a list or sequence. Abbreviations: No or No., no or no. (in each case, sometimes written with a superscript "o", like Nº or №). The symbol "#" is also used in this manner.
- (countable, informal) A person.
- (singular only, formal) A group of people.
- (countable, informal) A telephone number.
- Quantity.
- (countable) A numeral: a symbol for a non-negative integer.
- (countable, mathematics) An element of one of several sets: natural numbers, integers, rational numbers, real numbers, complex numbers, and sometimes extensions such as hypercomplex numbers, etc.
- (grammar) Of a word or phrase, the state of being singular, dual or plural, shown by inflection.
- (countable) An abstract entity used to describe quantity.
- A large amount, in contrast to a smaller amount; numerical preponderance.
- Something that numbs.
- A sequence of digits and letters used to register people, automobiles, and various other items.
- An activity; assignment; job, as in cushy number.
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- a company of companions or supporters
- Any band or body of warriors.
- (taxonomy) A natural group of orders of organisms, less comprehensive than a class.
- A set of individuals in a program, especially when compared to previous sets of individuals within the same program.
- An accomplice; abettor; associate.
- (statistics) A demographic grouping of people, especially those in a defined age group, or having a common characteristic.
- A group of people supporting the same thing or person.
- A colleague.
- (historical, Ancient Rome, military) Any division of a Roman legion, normally of about 500 or 600 men (equalling about six centuries).
- a band of warriors (originally a unit of a Roman Legion)
- a group of people having approximately the same age
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- A brood or family of partridges (family Phasianidae), which includes game birds such as grouse (tribe Tetraonini) and ptarmigans (tribe Tetraonini, genus Lagopus).
- (figurative) A group or party of people; also, a group or set of things.
- A group of other birds, such as quail (superfamily Phasianoidea).
- a small flock of grouse or partridge
- a small collection of people
verb
- align oneself with a group or a way of thinking
- place in a line or arrange so as to be parallel or straight
- be or come into adjustment with
- bring (components or parts) into proper or desirable coordination correlation
- (transitive, information science) To identify entities that refer to the same real-world object in different knowledge bases.
- (transitive) To organize in a consistent, defined way, perhaps in an abstract sense.
- (intransitive) To form a line; to fall into line.
- (transitive, computing) To store (data) in a way that is consistent with the memory architecture, i.e. by beginning each item at an offset equal to some multiple of the word size.
- (intransitive, reflexive) To identify (oneself) with, match, or support the behaviour, thoughts, etc. of another person, organization, or country.
- (transitive, bioinformatics) To organize a linear arrangement of DNA, RNA, or protein sequences which have regions of similarity.
- (transitive) To adjust to a line; to range or form in line; to bring into line.
verb
- align oneself with a group or a way of thinking
- lay out orderly or logically in a line or as if in a line
- To clothe and ornament; to adorn or attire.
- To lay out in an orderly arrangement; to deploy or marshal.
- (law) To set in order, as a jury, for the trial of a cause; that is, to call them one at a time.
noun
- an arrangement of aerials spaced to give desired directional characteristics
- an orderly arrangement
- especially fine or decorative clothing
- an impressive display
- A group of hedgehogs.
- Order; a regular and imposing arrangement; disposition in regular lines; hence, order of battle.
- Clothing and ornamentation; raiment.
- A large collection.
- A microarray.
- (military) A militia.
- (programming) Any of various data structures designed to hold multiple elements of the same type; especially, a data structure that holds these elements in adjacent memory locations so that they may be retrieved using numeric indices.
- An orderly series, arrangement or sequence.
- (law) A ranking or setting forth in order, by the proper officer, of a jury as impanelled in a cause; the panel itself; or the whole body of jurors summoned to attend the court.
- (mathematics) A matrix.
- A collection laid out to be viewed in full.