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adj
- designating the generation or the sequence of generations following the parental generation
- (genetics) Of a generation or generations descending from a specific previous one.
- relating to or characteristic of or befitting an offspring
- (comparable) Respectful of the duties and attitudes of sons or daughters toward their parents.
- (not comparable) Pertaining to or befitting a son or daughter.
noun
- Any of a person's descendants, including of further generations.
- An animal or plant's progeny or young.
- A person's daughter or son; a person's child.
- (figuratively) Anything produced; the result of an entity's efforts.
- (computing) A process launched by another process.
- the immediate descendants of a person
- any immature animal
- something that comes into existence as a result
noun
- The transition from one period or era to another.
- A fit or a period of giddiness.
- A movement of an object about its own axis in one direction that continues until the object returns to its initial orientation.
- (geometry) A unit of plane angle measurement based on this movement.
- A change in temperament or circumstance.
- A change of direction or orientation.
- A deed done to another; an act of kindness or malice.
- One's chance to make a move in a game having two or more players.
- A walk to and fro.
- (soccer) An instance of going past an opposition player with the ball in one's control.
- (UK, finance, historical) The profit made by a stockjobber, being the difference between the buying and selling prices.
- A chance to use (something) shared in sequence with others.
- A figure in music, often denoted ~, consisting of the note above the one indicated, the note itself, the note below the one indicated, and the note itself again.
- (rope) A pass behind or through an object.
- A single loop of a coil.
- (poker) The fourth communal card in Texas hold 'em.
- Character; personality; nature.
- A spell of work, especially the time allotted to a person in a rota or schedule.
- (cricket) A sideways movement of the ball when it bounces (caused by rotation in flight).
- The time required to complete a project.
- (circus, theater, especially physical comedy) A short skit, act, or routine.
- a time period for working (after which you will be relieved by someone else)
- (sports) a division of a game during which one team is on the offensive
- a movement in a new direction
- a short performance that is part of a longer program
- (game) the activity of doing something in an agreed succession
- a circular segment of a curve
- the act of turning away or in the opposite direction
- the act of changing or reversing the direction of the course
- a favor for someone
- taking a short walk out and back
- an unforeseen development
- turning or twisting around (in place)
verb
- (transitive, roleplaying games) To magically or divinely repel undead.
- (intransitive) To change the color of the leaves in the autumn.
- To change fundamentally; to metamorphose.
- (transitive, fantasy) To change (a person) into a vampire, werewolf, zombie, etc.
- (by extension) To give form to; to shape or mould; to adapt.
- (intransitive, fantasy) To transform into a vampire, werewolf, zombie, etc.
- (professional wrestling) To change personalities, such as from being a face (good guy) to heel (bad guy) or vice versa.
- To undergo the process of turning on a lathe.
- To be nauseated; said of the stomach.
- (transitive) To shape (something) symmetrically by rotating it against a stationary cutting tool, as on a lathe.
- (ambitransitive) To make or become giddy; said of the head or brain.
- (transitive, usually with over) To complete.
- (transitive, soccer) Of a player, to go past an opposition player with the ball in one's control.
- (intransitive) To change one's direction of travel.
- To sicken; to nauseate.
- (transitive) To direct or impel (something) into a place.
- (transitive) To twist or sprain.
- (obstetrics) To bring down the feet of a child in the womb, in order to facilitate delivery.
- (transitive, cricket) Of a bowler, to make (the ball) move sideways off the pitch when it bounces.
- (intransitive) To sour or spoil; to go bad.
- (intransitive, of a body, person, etc) To move about an axis through itself.
- (transitive, figuratively) To navigate through a book or other printed material.
- (transitive) To position (something) by folding it, or using its folds.
- To hinge; to depend.
- (transitive) To make acid or sour; to ferment; to curdle.
- (reflexive) To change one's course of action; to take a new approach.
- To rebel; to go against something formerly tolerated.
- (intransitive, cricket) Of a ball, to move sideways off the pitch when it bounces.
- (copulative) To become (often used with colors, clear sudden changes, weather and ages).
- (transitive, slang, sometimes offensive) To change the sexual orientation or gender of another person, or otherwise awaken a sexual preference.
- (transitive) To make (money); turn a profit.
- (transitive) To change the direction or orientation of, especially by rotation.
- accomplish by rotating
- to break and turn over earth especially with a plow
- to send or let go
- pass to the other side of
- twist suddenly so as to sprain
- to change orientation or direction
- move around an axis or a center
- get by buying and selling
- channel one's attention, interest, thought, or attention toward or away from something
- let (something) fall or spill from a container
- alter the functioning or setting of
- undergo a transformation or a change of position or action
- cause to change or turn into something different;assume new characteristics
- shape by rotating on a lathe or cutting device or a wheel
- cause to move around or rotate
- pass into a condition gradually, take on a specific property or attribute; become
- become officially one year older
- go sour or spoil
- change to the contrary
- cause to move around a center so as to show another side of
- have recourse to or make an appeal or request for help or information to
- change color
- undergo a change or development
- cause (an object) to assume a crooked or angular form
- cause to move along an axis or into a new direction
- direct at someone
adj
- between an earlier and a later period of time
- being neither at the beginning nor at the end in a series
- of a stage in the development of a language or literature between earlier and later stages
- equally distant from the extremes
- Central.
- (grammar) Pertaining to the middle voice.
- Located in the middle; in between.
noun
- an intermediate part or section
- the middle area of the human torso (usually in front)
- the point between the beginning and the end of a temporal period or process
- an area that is approximately central within some larger region
- A centre, midpoint.
- The part between the beginning and the end.
- (politics) the center of the political spectrum.
- (grammar) The middle voice.
- (cricket) The middle stump.
- The central part of a human body; the waist.
verb
adj
- Following the millennial generation; relating to Generation Z.
- (Christianity) Pertaining to the belief that the Second Coming will take place after the millennium.
- Pertaining to the period following the year 1000 or (now more usually) following the year 2000.
- of or relating to the period following the millennium
noun
noun
- the normal time between successive generations
- a stage of technological development or innovation
- all the people living at the same time or of approximately the same age
- a coming into being
- the production of heat or electricity
- group of genetically related organisms constituting a single step in the line of descent
- the act of producing offspring or multiplying by such production
- (now US, dialectal) Race, family; breed.
- A group of people born in a specific range of years and whose members can relate culturally to one another.
- The act of creating a living creature or organism; procreation.
- (geometry) The formation or production of any geometrical magnitude, as a line, a surface, a solid, by the motion, in accordance with a mathematical law, of a point or a magnitude, by the motion of a point, of a surface by a line, a sphere by a semicircle, etc.
- (cellular automata) A single iteration of a cellular automaton rule on a pattern.
- A single step or stage in the succession of natural descent; a rank or degree in genealogy, the members of a family from the same parents, considered as a single unit.
- A version of a form of pop culture which differs from later or earlier versions.
- (television) A copy of a recording made from an earlier copy.
- A set stage in the development of computing or of a specific technology.
- The average amount of time needed for children to grow up and have children of their own, generally considered to be a period of around thirty years, used as a measure of time.
- The act of creating something or bringing something into being; production, creation.
adv
- throughout a period of time
- beyond the top or upper surface or edge; forward from an upright position
- at or to a point across intervening space etc.
- over the entire area
- throughout an area
- Beyond or in excess of what is correct or expected.
- Up one side of something, across, and then down the other side.
- So as to reverse up/down orientation, or otherwise change orientation by rotating.
- From an upright position to a horizontal one.
- On top of something, or so as to cover something.
- (often in compounds) To a high or excessive degree; overly; see also over-.
- Overnight (throughout the night).
- Across from one side of something to the other.
- Expressing figurative movement from one position or state across to another.
- Thoroughly; completely; from beginning to end.
- Indicating a direction or location away from the speaker, usually roughly horizontally or visualised as such.
- So as to pass above.
- (US, usually with do) Again; another time; once more; over again.
- So as to fold towards or onto itself.
- From one position or location to another, horizontally or approximately so, or along a route visualised as "across".
- See also individual entries for phrasal verbs: go over, hand over, run over, take over, win over, etc.
- So as to reverse or exchange position(s).
- Used for rhetorical effect to reinforce that something was done the stated number of times.
- Across something, such as an edge, and then downwards.
- To a future time.
adj
- having come or been brought to a conclusion
- (professional wrestling slang) Of a wrestler: generating a reaction from fans.
- (informal) Visiting one's home or other location.
- (botany) Of a flower: wilting or withering.
- Having surmounted an obstacle.
- Surplus to requirements.
- Finished; ended; concluded.
- (informal, of an ongoing situation) Hopeless; irrecoverable.
- (informal) Having an excess in a particular respect.
noun
- (cricket) the division of play during which six balls are bowled at the batsman by one player from the other team from the same end of the pitch
- (gambling) A bet that a particular sporting statistic, such a points scored in a game, will be above a certain stated value.
- (informal) Something having an excess of a particular property.
- Any surplus amount of money, goods delivered, etc.
- (cricket) A set of six legal balls bowled.
intj
prep
- While doing an activity involving (something), especially while consuming.
- (informal, for 'over at/in/on') At or near (a location seen as 'across' from the speaker's location).
- Indicating relative status, authority, or power
- Across, from one side to the other.
- Expressing causation: due to, as the result of.
- Above, implying superiority after a contest; in spite of; notwithstanding.
- To a greater degree than.
- On the other side of.
- From one physical position to another via an obstacle that must be traversed vertically, first upwards and then downwards.
- In a position of having overcome (a problem or issue); past; finished with; from one state to another via a hindrance that must be solved or defeated; or via a third state that represents a significant difference from the first two.
- Through or around all the parts of.
- Across (something) and then downwards.
- (mathematics) Divided by.
- Concerning or regarding.
- Above; higher than; further up than.
- (poker) Separates the three of a kind from the pair in a full house.
- (music, more common in speech) Separates the primary chord of a slash chord from the bass note
- During or throughout (a time period).
- More than (a given value, amount, limit etc.); beyond; past; exceeding.
- On top of; in such a way as to cover.
- (in certain collocations) As compared to.
- Across, so as to pass above.
- Through or via (a particular transmission medium).
verb
adj
- Having undergone the improving effects of time; matured.
- Old.
- (chiefly non-US) Having the age of.
- having attained a specific age; (‘aged’ is pronounced as one syllable)
- of wines, fruit, cheeses; having reached a desired or final condition; (‘aged’ pronounced as one syllable)
- at an advanced stage of erosion (pronounced as one syllable)
- (used of tobacco) aging as a preservative process
- advanced in years; (‘aged’ is pronounced as two syllables)
noun
noun
- successive generations of kin
- (genealogy) A diagrammatic representation of a pedigree, illustrating the connections between a person's ancestors, offspring and other relatives.
- (linguistics) A model or diagram showing the relationships and evolution of specified languages over time.
- (computing, computing theory) A data structure that organizes resources or machines in a distributed system, consisting of nodes connected by edges, in which each node may also contain a subnode.
- (horticulture) A grafting technique involving the joining of different varieties of plants onto a single tree or plant.
- (collective) The totality of someone's ancestors and offspring.
noun
- successive generations of kin
- the study or investigation of ancestry and family history
- (uncountable) The study, and formal recording of such descents.
- (countable) The descent of a person, family, or group from an ancestor or ancestors; lineage or pedigree.
- (countable) A record or table of such descent; a family tree.
noun
- One of the progeny of a specified person, at any distance of time or through any number of generations.
- (astrology) The intersection of the western (setting) horizon and the ecliptic, its ecliptical longitude; the astrological sign it corresponds to.
- (linguistics) A word or form in one language that is descended from a counterpart in an ancestor language.
- (figuratively) A thing that derives directly from a given precursor or source.
- (linguistics) A language that is descended from another.
- (biology) A later evolutionary type.
- a person considered as descended from some ancestor
adj
adj
noun
- Any of the butterflies in the southern Asian lycaenid genus Heliophorus or the African lycaenid genus Iolaus.
- (countable and uncountable) A white, yellow, or purple variety of corundum, either clear or translucent.
- (heraldry) Azure, when blazoning by precious stones.
- (countable) Any hummingbird in the genera Hylocharis and Chlorestes, as well as the rufous-throated sapphire, which is now in the genus Amazilia.
- (countable) A clear deep blue variety of corundum, valued as a precious stone.
- (countable and uncountable) A deep blue colour.
- a precious transparent stone of rich blue corundum valued as a gemstone
- a light shade of blue
- a transparent piece of sapphire that has been cut and polished and is valued as a precious gem
adj
- Of a period of time, being particular.
- Sole, only.
- In agreement.
- Whole, entire.
- Being a single, unspecified thing; a; any.
- The same.
- (informal) very; used informally as an intensifier
- being a single entity made by combining separate components
- eminent beyond or above comparison
- indefinite in time or position
- of the same kind or quality
- used of a single unit or thing; not two or more
- having the indivisible character of a unit
det
noun
- A person or thing (having some specified characteristic or attribute).
- (cricket) One run scored by hitting the ball and running between the wickets; a single.
- (colloquial) A particularly special or compatible person or thing.
- (US) A one-dollar bill.
- One o'clock, either a.m. or p.m.
- A joke or amusing anecdote.
- (Internet slang, leetspeak, sarcastic) Deliberate misspelling of !, used to amplify an exclamation, parodying unskilled typists who forget to press the shift key while typing exclamation points, thus typing "1".
- An act of sexual intercourse.
- The digit or figure 1.
- (followed by for) A person with a tendency to do something.
- (mathematics) The identity element with respect to multiplication in a ring.
- An alcoholic drink, especially a pint or can of beer.
- a single person or thing
- the smallest whole number or a numeral representing this number
num
- (set theory) The cardinality of the smallest nonempty set.
- (number theory) The first positive number in the set of natural numbers.
- (mathematics) The ordinality of an element which has no predecessor, usually called first or number one.
- The number represented by the Arabic numeral 1; the numerical value equal to that cardinal number.
particle
- A nominalizer used to form a noun phrase without a head noun.
- Used at the end of a sentence to highlight the likelihood of something occurring, as a characteristic of something else.
- Used at the end of a sentence to highlight the originator of something.
- Used at the end of a sentence to highlight the characteristics of someone or something.
pron
- (Singlish, less common) Used as a relative pronoun at the end of a relative clause.
- (impersonal pronoun, sometimes with "the") The first mentioned of two things or people, as opposed to the other.
- (indefinite personal pronoun) Any person (applying to people in general).
- (pronoun) Any person, entity or thing.
- (impersonal pronoun, indefinite) One thing (among a group of others); one member of a group.
verb
adj
- (not comparable) Belonging to a younger person, or an earlier time of life.
- (comparable) Low in rank; having a subordinate role, job, or situation.
- (not comparable, chiefly UK, Ireland, Commonwealth) Of or pertaining to the latter half of primary school education.
- (not comparable, often preceded by a possessive adjective or a possessive form of a noun) Younger.
- (sports, US, Canada) Of or pertaining to a league or competition limited to players below a certain age or level of experience.
- (not comparable, chiefly US) Of or pertaining to a third academic year in a four-year high school (eleventh grade) or university.
- including or intended for youthful persons
- used of the third or next to final year in United States high school or college
- younger; lower in rank; shorter in length of tenure or service
noun
- (countable, chiefly US, Philippines) A third-year student at a high school or university.
- (countable, chiefly UK, Ireland, Commonwealth) A student in a junior school or the second part of a primary school.
- (uncountable) A clothing size for girls or women.
- (countable, law) A junior barrister.
- A name suffix used after a son's name when his father has the same name (abbreviations: Jnr., Jr., Jun.).
- (countable) A younger person.
- a third-year undergraduate
- the younger of two persons
- term of address for a disrespectful and annoying male
verb
noun
- The state of being ancient or of ancient lineage.
- (often constructed as an uncountable plural) A relic or monument of ancient times, such as a coin, a statue, etc.; an ancient institution.
- (history) The historical period preceding the Middle Ages (c. 500-1500), primarily relating to European history.
- The people of ancient times.
- Ancient times; faraway history; former ages.
- an artifact surviving from the past
- extreme oldness
- the historic period preceding the Middle Ages in Europe
phrase
noun
adj
- Describing a time period inserted between others; leap, (as in leap day, leap month, or leap year)
- (entomology) of a wing vein: between the major veins common to insect wings.
- (botany) of a meristem: situated between zones of permanent tissue, thus a shoot growing at the base of a leaf, in comparison with apical growth at the tip of a root or plant.
- (sciences, by extension) Inserted between other things
- having a day or month inserted to make the calendar year correspond to the solar year:
noun
- An age; a long period of time.
- An interval of space or time in which one set of events or phenomena is completed.
- A pedal-powered vehicle, such as a unicycle, bicycle, or tricycle, or a motorized vehicle that has either two or three wheels.
- A process that returns to its beginning and then repeats itself in the same sequence.
- A complete rotation of anything.
- A series of poems, songs or other works of art, typically longer than a trilogy.
- (topology, algebraic topology) A chain whose boundary is zero.
- (graph theory) A closed walk or path, with or without repeated vertices allowed.
- A programme on a washing machine, dishwasher, or other such device.
- (botany) One entire round in a circle or a spire.
- (weaponry) A discharge of a taser.
- (aviation) One take-off and landing of an aircraft, referring to a pressurisation cycle which places stresses on the fuselage.
- (usually plural) A hertz; cycle per second.
- An orderly list for a given time; a calendar.
- (sports) A scheduled period of time of weeks or months wherein a performance-enhancing substance or, by extension, supplement is applied, to be followed by another one where it is not or the dosage is lower.
- (baseball) A single, a double, a triple, and a home run hit by the same player in the same game.
- The members of the sequence formed by such a process.
- An imaginary circle or orbit in the heavens; one of the celestial spheres.
- (specifically and now usually) A bicycle.
- a wheeled vehicle that has two wheels and is moved by foot pedals
- a periodically repeated sequence of events
- the unit of frequency; one hertz has a periodic interval of one second (named for Heinrich Rudolph Hertz)
- a series of poems or songs on the same theme
- a single complete execution of a periodically repeated phenomenon
- an interval during which a recurring sequence of events occurs
verb
- (electronics) To turn power off and back on
- To ride a bicycle or other cycle.
- To go through a cycle or to put through a cycle.
- (ice hockey) To maintain a team's possession of the puck in the offensive zone by handling and passing the puck in a loop from the boards near the goal up the side boards and passing to back to the boards near the goal
- cause to go through a recurring sequence
- ride a motorcycle
- ride a bicycle
- recur in repeating sequences
- pass through a cycle
noun
- Any of a person's descendants, including of further generations.
- An animal or plant's progeny or young.
- A person's daughter or son; a person's child.
- (figuratively) Anything produced; the result of an entity's efforts.
- (computing) A process launched by another process.
- the immediate descendants of a person
- any immature animal
- something that comes into existence as a result
noun
- The transition from one period or era to another.
- A fit or a period of giddiness.
- A movement of an object about its own axis in one direction that continues until the object returns to its initial orientation.
- (geometry) A unit of plane angle measurement based on this movement.
- A change in temperament or circumstance.
- A change of direction or orientation.
- A deed done to another; an act of kindness or malice.
- One's chance to make a move in a game having two or more players.
- A walk to and fro.
- (soccer) An instance of going past an opposition player with the ball in one's control.
- (UK, finance, historical) The profit made by a stockjobber, being the difference between the buying and selling prices.
- A chance to use (something) shared in sequence with others.
- A figure in music, often denoted ~, consisting of the note above the one indicated, the note itself, the note below the one indicated, and the note itself again.
- (rope) A pass behind or through an object.
- A single loop of a coil.
- (poker) The fourth communal card in Texas hold 'em.
- Character; personality; nature.
- A spell of work, especially the time allotted to a person in a rota or schedule.
- (cricket) A sideways movement of the ball when it bounces (caused by rotation in flight).
- The time required to complete a project.
- (circus, theater, especially physical comedy) A short skit, act, or routine.
- a time period for working (after which you will be relieved by someone else)
- (sports) a division of a game during which one team is on the offensive
- a movement in a new direction
- a short performance that is part of a longer program
- (game) the activity of doing something in an agreed succession
- a circular segment of a curve
- the act of turning away or in the opposite direction
- the act of changing or reversing the direction of the course
- a favor for someone
- taking a short walk out and back
- an unforeseen development
- turning or twisting around (in place)
verb
- (transitive, roleplaying games) To magically or divinely repel undead.
- (intransitive) To change the color of the leaves in the autumn.
- To change fundamentally; to metamorphose.
- (transitive, fantasy) To change (a person) into a vampire, werewolf, zombie, etc.
- (by extension) To give form to; to shape or mould; to adapt.
- (intransitive, fantasy) To transform into a vampire, werewolf, zombie, etc.
- (professional wrestling) To change personalities, such as from being a face (good guy) to heel (bad guy) or vice versa.
- To undergo the process of turning on a lathe.
- To be nauseated; said of the stomach.
- (transitive) To shape (something) symmetrically by rotating it against a stationary cutting tool, as on a lathe.
- (ambitransitive) To make or become giddy; said of the head or brain.
- (transitive, usually with over) To complete.
- (transitive, soccer) Of a player, to go past an opposition player with the ball in one's control.
- (intransitive) To change one's direction of travel.
- To sicken; to nauseate.
- (transitive) To direct or impel (something) into a place.
- (transitive) To twist or sprain.
- (obstetrics) To bring down the feet of a child in the womb, in order to facilitate delivery.
- (transitive, cricket) Of a bowler, to make (the ball) move sideways off the pitch when it bounces.
- (intransitive) To sour or spoil; to go bad.
- (intransitive, of a body, person, etc) To move about an axis through itself.
- (transitive, figuratively) To navigate through a book or other printed material.
- (transitive) To position (something) by folding it, or using its folds.
- To hinge; to depend.
- (transitive) To make acid or sour; to ferment; to curdle.
- (reflexive) To change one's course of action; to take a new approach.
- To rebel; to go against something formerly tolerated.
- (intransitive, cricket) Of a ball, to move sideways off the pitch when it bounces.
- (copulative) To become (often used with colors, clear sudden changes, weather and ages).
- (transitive, slang, sometimes offensive) To change the sexual orientation or gender of another person, or otherwise awaken a sexual preference.
- (transitive) To make (money); turn a profit.
- (transitive) To change the direction or orientation of, especially by rotation.
- accomplish by rotating
- to break and turn over earth especially with a plow
- to send or let go
- pass to the other side of
- twist suddenly so as to sprain
- to change orientation or direction
- move around an axis or a center
- get by buying and selling
- channel one's attention, interest, thought, or attention toward or away from something
- let (something) fall or spill from a container
- alter the functioning or setting of
- undergo a transformation or a change of position or action
- cause to change or turn into something different;assume new characteristics
- shape by rotating on a lathe or cutting device or a wheel
- cause to move around or rotate
- pass into a condition gradually, take on a specific property or attribute; become
- become officially one year older
- go sour or spoil
- change to the contrary
- cause to move around a center so as to show another side of
- have recourse to or make an appeal or request for help or information to
- change color
- undergo a change or development
- cause (an object) to assume a crooked or angular form
- cause to move along an axis or into a new direction
- direct at someone
noun
- the normal time between successive generations
- a stage of technological development or innovation
- all the people living at the same time or of approximately the same age
- a coming into being
- the production of heat or electricity
- group of genetically related organisms constituting a single step in the line of descent
- the act of producing offspring or multiplying by such production
- (now US, dialectal) Race, family; breed.
- A group of people born in a specific range of years and whose members can relate culturally to one another.
- The act of creating a living creature or organism; procreation.
- (geometry) The formation or production of any geometrical magnitude, as a line, a surface, a solid, by the motion, in accordance with a mathematical law, of a point or a magnitude, by the motion of a point, of a surface by a line, a sphere by a semicircle, etc.
- (cellular automata) A single iteration of a cellular automaton rule on a pattern.
- A single step or stage in the succession of natural descent; a rank or degree in genealogy, the members of a family from the same parents, considered as a single unit.
- A version of a form of pop culture which differs from later or earlier versions.
- (television) A copy of a recording made from an earlier copy.
- A set stage in the development of computing or of a specific technology.
- The average amount of time needed for children to grow up and have children of their own, generally considered to be a period of around thirty years, used as a measure of time.
- The act of creating something or bringing something into being; production, creation.
noun
- successive generations of kin
- (genealogy) A diagrammatic representation of a pedigree, illustrating the connections between a person's ancestors, offspring and other relatives.
- (linguistics) A model or diagram showing the relationships and evolution of specified languages over time.
- (computing, computing theory) A data structure that organizes resources or machines in a distributed system, consisting of nodes connected by edges, in which each node may also contain a subnode.
- (horticulture) A grafting technique involving the joining of different varieties of plants onto a single tree or plant.
- (collective) The totality of someone's ancestors and offspring.
noun
- successive generations of kin
- the study or investigation of ancestry and family history
- (uncountable) The study, and formal recording of such descents.
- (countable) The descent of a person, family, or group from an ancestor or ancestors; lineage or pedigree.
- (countable) A record or table of such descent; a family tree.
noun
- One of the progeny of a specified person, at any distance of time or through any number of generations.
- (astrology) The intersection of the western (setting) horizon and the ecliptic, its ecliptical longitude; the astrological sign it corresponds to.
- (linguistics) A word or form in one language that is descended from a counterpart in an ancestor language.
- (figuratively) A thing that derives directly from a given precursor or source.
- (linguistics) A language that is descended from another.
- (biology) A later evolutionary type.
- a person considered as descended from some ancestor
adj
noun
- The state of being ancient or of ancient lineage.
- (often constructed as an uncountable plural) A relic or monument of ancient times, such as a coin, a statue, etc.; an ancient institution.
- (history) The historical period preceding the Middle Ages (c. 500-1500), primarily relating to European history.
- The people of ancient times.
- Ancient times; faraway history; former ages.
- an artifact surviving from the past
- extreme oldness
- the historic period preceding the Middle Ages in Europe
noun
adj
- Describing a time period inserted between others; leap, (as in leap day, leap month, or leap year)
- (entomology) of a wing vein: between the major veins common to insect wings.
- (botany) of a meristem: situated between zones of permanent tissue, thus a shoot growing at the base of a leaf, in comparison with apical growth at the tip of a root or plant.
- (sciences, by extension) Inserted between other things
- having a day or month inserted to make the calendar year correspond to the solar year:
noun
- An age; a long period of time.
- An interval of space or time in which one set of events or phenomena is completed.
- A pedal-powered vehicle, such as a unicycle, bicycle, or tricycle, or a motorized vehicle that has either two or three wheels.
- A process that returns to its beginning and then repeats itself in the same sequence.
- A complete rotation of anything.
- A series of poems, songs or other works of art, typically longer than a trilogy.
- (topology, algebraic topology) A chain whose boundary is zero.
- (graph theory) A closed walk or path, with or without repeated vertices allowed.
- A programme on a washing machine, dishwasher, or other such device.
- (botany) One entire round in a circle or a spire.
- (weaponry) A discharge of a taser.
- (aviation) One take-off and landing of an aircraft, referring to a pressurisation cycle which places stresses on the fuselage.
- (usually plural) A hertz; cycle per second.
- An orderly list for a given time; a calendar.
- (sports) A scheduled period of time of weeks or months wherein a performance-enhancing substance or, by extension, supplement is applied, to be followed by another one where it is not or the dosage is lower.
- (baseball) A single, a double, a triple, and a home run hit by the same player in the same game.
- The members of the sequence formed by such a process.
- An imaginary circle or orbit in the heavens; one of the celestial spheres.
- (specifically and now usually) A bicycle.
- a wheeled vehicle that has two wheels and is moved by foot pedals
- a periodically repeated sequence of events
- the unit of frequency; one hertz has a periodic interval of one second (named for Heinrich Rudolph Hertz)
- a series of poems or songs on the same theme
- a single complete execution of a periodically repeated phenomenon
- an interval during which a recurring sequence of events occurs
verb
- (electronics) To turn power off and back on
- To ride a bicycle or other cycle.
- To go through a cycle or to put through a cycle.
- (ice hockey) To maintain a team's possession of the puck in the offensive zone by handling and passing the puck in a loop from the boards near the goal up the side boards and passing to back to the boards near the goal
- cause to go through a recurring sequence
- ride a motorcycle
- ride a bicycle
- recur in repeating sequences
- pass through a cycle
verb
adj
- Having undergone the improving effects of time; matured.
- Old.
- (chiefly non-US) Having the age of.
- having attained a specific age; (‘aged’ is pronounced as one syllable)
- of wines, fruit, cheeses; having reached a desired or final condition; (‘aged’ pronounced as one syllable)
- at an advanced stage of erosion (pronounced as one syllable)
- (used of tobacco) aging as a preservative process
- advanced in years; (‘aged’ is pronounced as two syllables)
noun
adv
- throughout a period of time
- beyond the top or upper surface or edge; forward from an upright position
- at or to a point across intervening space etc.
- over the entire area
- throughout an area
- Beyond or in excess of what is correct or expected.
- Up one side of something, across, and then down the other side.
- So as to reverse up/down orientation, or otherwise change orientation by rotating.
- From an upright position to a horizontal one.
- On top of something, or so as to cover something.
- (often in compounds) To a high or excessive degree; overly; see also over-.
- Overnight (throughout the night).
- Across from one side of something to the other.
- Expressing figurative movement from one position or state across to another.
- Thoroughly; completely; from beginning to end.
- Indicating a direction or location away from the speaker, usually roughly horizontally or visualised as such.
- So as to pass above.
- (US, usually with do) Again; another time; once more; over again.
- So as to fold towards or onto itself.
- From one position or location to another, horizontally or approximately so, or along a route visualised as "across".
- See also individual entries for phrasal verbs: go over, hand over, run over, take over, win over, etc.
- So as to reverse or exchange position(s).
- Used for rhetorical effect to reinforce that something was done the stated number of times.
- Across something, such as an edge, and then downwards.
- To a future time.
adj
- having come or been brought to a conclusion
- (professional wrestling slang) Of a wrestler: generating a reaction from fans.
- (informal) Visiting one's home or other location.
- (botany) Of a flower: wilting or withering.
- Having surmounted an obstacle.
- Surplus to requirements.
- Finished; ended; concluded.
- (informal, of an ongoing situation) Hopeless; irrecoverable.
- (informal) Having an excess in a particular respect.
noun
- (cricket) the division of play during which six balls are bowled at the batsman by one player from the other team from the same end of the pitch
- (gambling) A bet that a particular sporting statistic, such a points scored in a game, will be above a certain stated value.
- (informal) Something having an excess of a particular property.
- Any surplus amount of money, goods delivered, etc.
- (cricket) A set of six legal balls bowled.
intj
prep
- While doing an activity involving (something), especially while consuming.
- (informal, for 'over at/in/on') At or near (a location seen as 'across' from the speaker's location).
- Indicating relative status, authority, or power
- Across, from one side to the other.
- Expressing causation: due to, as the result of.
- Above, implying superiority after a contest; in spite of; notwithstanding.
- To a greater degree than.
- On the other side of.
- From one physical position to another via an obstacle that must be traversed vertically, first upwards and then downwards.
- In a position of having overcome (a problem or issue); past; finished with; from one state to another via a hindrance that must be solved or defeated; or via a third state that represents a significant difference from the first two.
- Through or around all the parts of.
- Across (something) and then downwards.
- (mathematics) Divided by.
- Concerning or regarding.
- Above; higher than; further up than.
- (poker) Separates the three of a kind from the pair in a full house.
- (music, more common in speech) Separates the primary chord of a slash chord from the bass note
- During or throughout (a time period).
- More than (a given value, amount, limit etc.); beyond; past; exceeding.
- On top of; in such a way as to cover.
- (in certain collocations) As compared to.
- Across, so as to pass above.
- Through or via (a particular transmission medium).
adj
- designating the generation or the sequence of generations following the parental generation
- (genetics) Of a generation or generations descending from a specific previous one.
- relating to or characteristic of or befitting an offspring
- (comparable) Respectful of the duties and attitudes of sons or daughters toward their parents.
- (not comparable) Pertaining to or befitting a son or daughter.
adj
- between an earlier and a later period of time
- being neither at the beginning nor at the end in a series
- of a stage in the development of a language or literature between earlier and later stages
- equally distant from the extremes
- Central.
- (grammar) Pertaining to the middle voice.
- Located in the middle; in between.
noun
- an intermediate part or section
- the middle area of the human torso (usually in front)
- the point between the beginning and the end of a temporal period or process
- an area that is approximately central within some larger region
- A centre, midpoint.
- The part between the beginning and the end.
- (politics) the center of the political spectrum.
- (grammar) The middle voice.
- (cricket) The middle stump.
- The central part of a human body; the waist.
verb
adj
- Following the millennial generation; relating to Generation Z.
- (Christianity) Pertaining to the belief that the Second Coming will take place after the millennium.
- Pertaining to the period following the year 1000 or (now more usually) following the year 2000.
- of or relating to the period following the millennium
noun
adj
noun
- Any of the butterflies in the southern Asian lycaenid genus Heliophorus or the African lycaenid genus Iolaus.
- (countable and uncountable) A white, yellow, or purple variety of corundum, either clear or translucent.
- (heraldry) Azure, when blazoning by precious stones.
- (countable) Any hummingbird in the genera Hylocharis and Chlorestes, as well as the rufous-throated sapphire, which is now in the genus Amazilia.
- (countable) A clear deep blue variety of corundum, valued as a precious stone.
- (countable and uncountable) A deep blue colour.
- a precious transparent stone of rich blue corundum valued as a gemstone
- a light shade of blue
- a transparent piece of sapphire that has been cut and polished and is valued as a precious gem
adj
- Of a period of time, being particular.
- Sole, only.
- In agreement.
- Whole, entire.
- Being a single, unspecified thing; a; any.
- The same.
- (informal) very; used informally as an intensifier
- being a single entity made by combining separate components
- eminent beyond or above comparison
- indefinite in time or position
- of the same kind or quality
- used of a single unit or thing; not two or more
- having the indivisible character of a unit
det
noun
- A person or thing (having some specified characteristic or attribute).
- (cricket) One run scored by hitting the ball and running between the wickets; a single.
- (colloquial) A particularly special or compatible person or thing.
- (US) A one-dollar bill.
- One o'clock, either a.m. or p.m.
- A joke or amusing anecdote.
- (Internet slang, leetspeak, sarcastic) Deliberate misspelling of !, used to amplify an exclamation, parodying unskilled typists who forget to press the shift key while typing exclamation points, thus typing "1".
- An act of sexual intercourse.
- The digit or figure 1.
- (followed by for) A person with a tendency to do something.
- (mathematics) The identity element with respect to multiplication in a ring.
- An alcoholic drink, especially a pint or can of beer.
- a single person or thing
- the smallest whole number or a numeral representing this number
num
- (set theory) The cardinality of the smallest nonempty set.
- (number theory) The first positive number in the set of natural numbers.
- (mathematics) The ordinality of an element which has no predecessor, usually called first or number one.
- The number represented by the Arabic numeral 1; the numerical value equal to that cardinal number.
particle
- A nominalizer used to form a noun phrase without a head noun.
- Used at the end of a sentence to highlight the likelihood of something occurring, as a characteristic of something else.
- Used at the end of a sentence to highlight the originator of something.
- Used at the end of a sentence to highlight the characteristics of someone or something.
pron
- (Singlish, less common) Used as a relative pronoun at the end of a relative clause.
- (impersonal pronoun, sometimes with "the") The first mentioned of two things or people, as opposed to the other.
- (indefinite personal pronoun) Any person (applying to people in general).
- (pronoun) Any person, entity or thing.
- (impersonal pronoun, indefinite) One thing (among a group of others); one member of a group.
verb
adj
- (not comparable) Belonging to a younger person, or an earlier time of life.
- (comparable) Low in rank; having a subordinate role, job, or situation.
- (not comparable, chiefly UK, Ireland, Commonwealth) Of or pertaining to the latter half of primary school education.
- (not comparable, often preceded by a possessive adjective or a possessive form of a noun) Younger.
- (sports, US, Canada) Of or pertaining to a league or competition limited to players below a certain age or level of experience.
- (not comparable, chiefly US) Of or pertaining to a third academic year in a four-year high school (eleventh grade) or university.
- including or intended for youthful persons
- used of the third or next to final year in United States high school or college
- younger; lower in rank; shorter in length of tenure or service
noun
- (countable, chiefly US, Philippines) A third-year student at a high school or university.
- (countable, chiefly UK, Ireland, Commonwealth) A student in a junior school or the second part of a primary school.
- (uncountable) A clothing size for girls or women.
- (countable, law) A junior barrister.
- A name suffix used after a son's name when his father has the same name (abbreviations: Jnr., Jr., Jun.).
- (countable) A younger person.
- a third-year undergraduate
- the younger of two persons
- term of address for a disrespectful and annoying male