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adv
- Towards the speaker or other reference point.
- At or towards the interior of a defined space, such as a building or room.
- After the beginning of something.
- So as to be enclosed or surrounded by something.
- (in combination, after a verb) Denotes a gathering of people assembled for the stated activity, sometimes, though not always, suggesting a protest.
- to or toward the inside of
adj
- In fashion; popular.
- (of fire or fuel) (British, Ireland, Australia, New Zealand) Burning; ablaze.
- (not comparable) Located indoors, especially at home or at one's office or place of work.
- Of the tide, at or near its highest level.
- Having been collected or received.
- (not comparable) Located inside something.
- Inserted or fitted into something.
- (sports, of the ball or other playing implement) Falling or remaining within the bounds of the playing area.
- (informal) Having a favourable position, such as a position of influence or expected gain, in relation to another person.
- Incoming.
- Having familiarity or involvement with somebody.
- (cricket) Currently batting.
- Having used, consumed , or invested a certain amount.
- (nautical, of the sails of a vessel) Furled or stowed.
- (law) With privilege or possession; used to denote a holding, possession, or seisin
- currently fashionable
- holding office
- directed or bound inward
noun
prep
- Pertaining to; with regard to.
- Part of; a member of; out of; from among.
- Contained by; inside.
- Wearing (an item of clothing).
- Surrounded by; among; amidst.
- (grammar, phonetics) Characterized by.
- Used to indicate a language, script, tone, etc. of a text, speech, etc.
- Within (a certain elapsed time); by the end of.
- Indicates, connotatively, a place-like form of someone's (or something's) personality, as his, her or its psychic and physical characteristics.
- By (doing something); indicating action causing an effect or achieving a purpose.
- Indicating an order or arrangement.
- Denoting a state of the subject.
- Expressing abstract containment.
- At the end of (a period of time).
- Within the bounds or limits of.
- Into.
- (of something offered or given in an exchange) In the form of, in the denomination of.
- During (a period of time).
adv
- to this place (especially toward the speaker)
- in this circumstance or respect or on this point or detail
- in or at this place; where the speaker or writer is
- at this time; now
- (abstract) At this point or stage (in a process, argument, narration, etc.)
- (informal) After the name of a person perceived as located close to the speaker, used familiarly to indicate that person.
- (abstract) In this matter.
- (location) In, on, or at this place (a place perceived to be close to the speaker); compare there.
- (as complement of 'be') Notionally at the speaker's location by virtue of happening now.
- (location) To this place; used in place of the literary or archaic hither.
- (abstract) In this context.
- (informal or dialect) After certain determiners, especially 'this' and 'these', used to emphasise demonstrative sense; see also this here.
adj
noun
intj
- Said to command a person or higher animal to come to the speaker.
- (slang) Used semi-assertively to offer something to the listener.
- Said in response to one's name being called during a roll call, indicating that one is present.
- (informal) Used to attract someone's attention, often in a hostile way.
- (Ireland, British, slang) Used for emphasis at the beginning of a sentence when expressing an opinion or want.
prep
- With reference to the location or position of a speaker or other observer or vantage point.
- Indicating exclusion.
- Originating at (a year, time, etc.)
- Used to indicate causation; because of, as a result of.
- Used to indicate a starting point or initial reference.
- Indicating differentiation.
- Indicating removal or separation.
- (MLE) Indicates a starting state of the predicament of the subject. Synonym of since being.
- Indicating a starting point in time.
- Used to indicate source or provenance.
- (mathematics, chiefly British, not in formal use) Denoting a subtraction operation.
- Produced with or out of (a substance or material).
- Indicating a starting point on an array or gamut of conceptual variations.
- Indicating a starting point on a range or scale.
verb
- To move toward the speaker.
- To move toward the listener.
- To begin (at a certain location); to radiate or stem (from).
- (intransitive) To take a position relative to something else in a sequence.
- (intransitive, often vulgar, slang) To achieve orgasm; to cum; to ejaculate.
- (intransitive, of grain) To germinate.
- To move toward an unstated agent.
- To have been brought up by or employed by.
- (intransitive, of milk) To become butter by being churned.
- (transitive, informal) To pretend to be; to behave in the manner of; to assume the role of.
- (copulative, figuratively) To approach or reach a state of being or accomplishment.
- (intransitive) To happen.
- To move toward the object that is the focus of the sentence.
- (with an infinitive) To begin (to have an opinion or feeling).
- (slang) To carry through; to succeed in.
- (figuratively, with to) To take a particular approach or point of view in regard to something.
- (with an infinitive) To do something by chance or unintentionally.
- (intransitive) To be supplied, or made available; to exist.
- To have a certain social background.
- (intransitive) To appear; to manifest itself; to cause a reaction by manifesting.
- To be or have been a resident or native.
- (intransitive) To move nearer to the point of perspective.
- (in subordinate clauses and gerunds) To move toward the agent or subject of the main clause.
- (intransitive) To arrive.
- proceed or get along
- come from; be connected by a relationship of blood, for example
- to be the product or result
- to measure up to in kind or quality
- be found or available
- exist or occur in a certain point in a series
- extend or reach
- cover a certain distance
- come to one's mind; suggest itself
- happen as a result
- have a certain priority
- come under, be classified or included
- move toward, travel toward something or somebody or approach something or somebody
- be received
- come forth
- reach a destination; arrive by movement or progress
- reach or enter a state, relation, condition, use, or position
- come to pass; arrive, as in due course
- add up in number or quantity
- experience orgasm
- be a native of
noun
prep
adv
- nearer to the speaker
- to a more central or a more northerly place
- spatially or metaphorically from a lower to a higher position
- to a higher intensity
- to a later time
- Away from the surface of the Earth or other planet; in opposite direction to the downward pull of gravity.
- (cricket) Relatively close to the batsman.
- (figuratively) To a higher level of some quantity or notional quantity, such as price, volume, pitch, happiness, etc.
- To or at a physically higher or more elevated position.
- (rail transport) Towards the principal terminus, towards milepost zero.
- To one's possession or consideration.
- To the north (as north is at the top of typical maps).
- To an upright or erect position.
- (sailing) Against the wind or current.
- (Cartesian graph) In a positive vertical direction.
- Towards the source of a river, against the direction of flow.
- To or towards what is considered the top of something, irrespective of whether this is presently physically higher.
- Aside or away, so as no longer to be present or in use.
- From one's possession or consideration.
- Towards or at a central place, or any place that is visualised as 'up' by virtue of local features or local convention, or arbitrarily, irrespective of direction or elevation change.
- (intensifier) Used as an aspect marker to indicate a completed action or state; thoroughly, completely.
- (US, bartending) Without additional ice.
- To or in a position of equal advance or equality; not short of, back of, less advanced than, away from, etc.; usually followed by to or with.
adj
- out of bed
- (used of computers) operating properly
- extending or moving toward a higher place
- open
- getting higher or more vigorous
- being or moving higher in position or greater in some value; being above a former position or level
- used up
- (usually followed by ‘on’ or ‘for’) in readiness
- (US, bartending) Chilled and served without ice; (often specifically) shaken with ice and then strained into a coupe for serving, leaving the ice behind.
- Awake and out of bed.
- (horse-racing) Riding the horse; mounted.
- (of the sun or moon) Above the horizon, in the sky.
- (computing) Functional; working.
- (usually in the phrase up for) Willing; ready.
- Fitted or fixed at a high or relatively high position, especially on a wall or ceiling.
- Next in a sequence.
- Facing upwards.
- Headed or designated to go upward (as an escalator, stairway, elevator etc.) or toward (as a run-up).
- Ahead; leading; winning.
- (poker, postnominal) Said of the higher-ranking pair in a two pair.
- Raised; lifted.
- Aloft.
- (slang, graffiti) well-known; renowned
- In a good mood.
- (of a railway line or train) Traveling towards a major terminus.
- Well-informed; current.
- Larger; greater in quantity, volume, value etc.
- Built, constructed.
- (slang) Erect.
- On or at a physically higher level.
- (predicative only) Finished, to an end
- (by extension) Available to view or use; made public; posted.
- (predicative only) Happening; new; of concern. See also what's up, what's up with.
- Indicating a larger or higher quantity.
- Standing; upright.
verb
- raise
- (computing, slang, transitive) To upload.
- (transitive, colloquial) To promote.
- (intransitive, often in combination with another verb) To rise to a standing position; hence, by extension, to act suddenly; see also up and.
- (transitive, colloquial) To increase the level or amount of.
- (transitive, poetic or in certain phrases) To physically raise or lift.
noun
prep
- (vulgar slang) Of a person: having sex with.
- Toward the top of.
- From south to north of.
- From the mouth towards the source of (a river or waterway).
- Further along (in any direction).
- (colloquial) At (a given place, especially one imagined to be higher or more distant from a central location).
- Toward the center, source, or main point of reference; toward the end at which something is attached.
pron
- (colloquial) The person(s) being addressed.
- Me and at least one other person, excluding the person(s) being addressed. (exclusive us.)
- (colloquial) Used to imply connection between the speaker's experiences or activities and a group of listeners.
- (Northumbria) Me (in all contexts).
- People in general.
- We, used in the same circumstances where "me" would be used instead of "I", e.g. for the pronoun in isolation or as the complement of the copula:
- (Commonwealth, colloquial, chiefly with certain verbs such as give, get, fetch, etc.) Me.
- Any entity that the speaker is a part of or identifies with, such as place of employment or education, nation, region, language, etc.
- Me and at least one other person, including the person(s) being addressed. (inclusive us.)
det
noun
adv
- In a direction away from the speaker or other reference point.
- Used in various other ways specific to individual idiomatic phrases, e.g. bring off, show off, put off, tell off, etc. See the entry for the individual phrase.
- So as to remove or separate, or be removed or separated.
- Into a state of non-operation or non-existence.
- (theater) Offstage.
- at a distance in space or time
- from a particular thing or place or position (‘forth’ is obsolete)
- no longer on or in contact or attached
adj
- (by extension, Australia, slang) Disgusting, repulsive, abhorrent.
- Temporarily not attending a usual place, such as work or school, especially owing to illness or holiday.
- (predicative only) Inappropriate; untoward.
- Not correct; not properly formed; not logical, harmonious, etc.
- (British, in relation to a vehicle) On the side furthest from the kerb (the right-hand side if one drives on the left).
- (in phrases such as 'off day') Designating a time when one is not performing to the best of one's abilities.
- (chiefly UK) Rancid, rotten, gone bad.
- (predicative only) Presently unavailable. (of a dish on a menu)
- (predicative only) Inoperative, disabled.
- Less than normal, in temperament or in result.
- (poker slang) Offsuit.
- (predicative only) Cancelled; not happening.
- Designating a time when one is not strictly attentive to business or affairs, or is absent from a post, and, hence, a time when affairs are not urgent.
- Started on the way.
- (in phrases such as 'well off', 'poorly off', 'comfortably off', etc., and in 'how?' questions) Circumstanced.
- (cricket) In, or towards the half of the field away from the batsman's legs; the right side for a right-handed batsman.
- Not fitted; not being worn.
- Far; off to the side.
- below a satisfactory level
- (of events) no longer planned or scheduled
- not performing or scheduled for duties
- not in operation or operational
- in an unpalatable state
noun
prep
- Placed after a number (of products or parts, as if a unit), in commerce or engineering.
- Removed or subtracted from.
- Detached, separated, excluded or disconnected from; away from a position of attachment or connection to.
- (colloquial, more properly 'from') Out of the possession of.
- Outside the area or region of.
- Used to indicate the location or direction of one thing relative to another, implying adjacency or accessibility via.
- Used to express location at sea relative to land or mainland.
- Not positioned upon, or away from a position upon.
- No longer wanting or taking.
- Temporarily not attending (a usual place), especially owing to illness or holiday.
- (slang, drugs) Under the influence of.
- (informal) As a result of.
verb
adv
- Used to inquire about the purpose of someone introducing a subject to the speaker.
- Used to ask someone to consider something or someone that they have apparently not considered.
- Used to express approval of an occurrence or a result.
- Used to make a suggestion.
- Used to repeat a question but referring to a different subject or object.
noun
- One who speaks; a speaker.
- (grammar) A particular way of inflecting or conjugating verbs, or a particular form of a verb, which indicates the relation of the subject of the verb to the action which the verb expresses.
- (literature) A particular style or way of writing that expresses a certain tone or feeling.
- (music) In harmony, an independent vocal or instrumental part in a piece of composition.
- Sound uttered by the mouth, especially by human beings in speech or song; sound thus uttered considered as possessing some special quality or character.
- (Internet, IRC) A flag associated with a user on a channel, determining whether they can send messages to the channel.
- The tone or sound emitted by an object.
- (figurative) An expressed opinion, choice, will, desire, or wish; the right or ability to make such expression or to have it considered.
- (phonetics) Sound made through vibration of the vocal cords; sonant, or intonated, utterance; tone; — distinguished from mere breath sound as heard in whispering and voiceless consonants.
- The faculty or power of utterance.
- That which is communicated; message; meaning.
- expressing in coherent verbal form
- A term used in phonetics and phonology to characterize speech sounds, with sounds described as either voiceless (unvoiced) or voiced.
- a means or agency by which something is expressed or communicated
- the distinctive quality or pitch or condition of a person's speech
- something suggestive of speech in being a medium of expression
- an advocate who represents someone else's policy or purpose
- (metonymy) a singer
- the melody carried by a particular voice or instrument in polyphonic music
- a sound suggestive of a vocal utterance
- the sound made by the vibration of vocal folds modified by the resonance of the vocal tract
- (linguistics) the grammatical relation (active or passive) of the grammatical subject of a verb to the action that the verb denotes
- the ability to speak
verb
- (television, film) To act as a voice actor to portray a character.
- (transitive) To give utterance or expression to; to utter; to publish; to announce
- (transitive) To fit for producing the proper sounds; to regulate the tone of
- (transitive, Internet, IRC) To assign the voice flag to a user on IRC, permitting them to send messages to the channel.
- (transitive, phonology) To utter audibly, with tone and not just breath.
- give voice to
- utter with vibrating vocal chords
verb
noun
- Something that calls attention to or emphasizes a particular conclusion within a topic of discussion.
- (music) The lowest intensity point of a diminuendo that is followed by an increase in volume and intensity.
- The number of scored points below a specified criterion.
- A downward facing point on the underside.
adj
prep
- Indicating distance or direction relative to the speaker.
- In a state of.
- (Ireland, stressed pronunciation) Bothering, irritating, causing discomfort to
- Indicates a position on a scale or in a series.
- Present or taking place during (an event).
- Indicating action bearing upon something, especially continued or repeated action.
- (UK, Commonwealth, Ireland, especially finance and law) (also as at; before dates) On (a particular date).
- Attending (an educational institution).
- Indicates a means or method.
- Also used in various other idiomatic combinations: at a pinch, at all, at fault, at pains, at risk, at that, etc.; see the individual entries.
- Indicates a specific speed or rate that is maintained by something.
- In response or reaction to.
- In certain phrases, used to indicate the manner in which something happens or is done.
- Working for (a company) or in (a place or situation).
- In the direction of; towards; (often implied to be in a hostile or careless manner).
- (used for skills (including in activities) or areas of knowledge) On the subject of; regarding.
- Occupied in (activity).
- Indicating time of occurrence, especially an instant of time, or a period of time relatively short in context or from the speaker’s perspective.
- Denotes a price.
- Subject to.
- In, near, or in the general vicinity of (a particular place).
noun
verb
noun
- an opening remark intended to secure an advantage for the speaker
- a maneuver in a game or conversation
- a chess move early in the game in which the player sacrifices minor pieces in order to obtain an advantageous position
- (chess) An opening in chess in which material is sacrificed to gain an advantage.
- Any ploy or stratagem.
- A remark intended to open a conversation.
verb
adv
- to or toward that place; away from the speaker
- in or at that place or location
- in that matter; in that respect; on that point
- (informal, as complement of 'be') In a notional place or situation of mental soundness and competence; see also all there.
- Into an undesirable topic or subject matter; see also go there.
- (informal) After the name of a person perceived as located 'away' from the speaker, used familiarly to indicate that person.
- (dialect) After certain determiners, especially 'them', 'that' and 'those', used to emphasise demonstrative sense; see also them there.
- (informal, as complement of 'be') In its correct position, so as to be fully and properly fitted or inserted.
- (as complement of 'be') In existence in some place.
- (figuratively) In that matter, relation, etc..
- (as complement of 'be') In a notional place where one will provide support or care; see also be there.
- In this world: used to say that someone or something exists; see also pronoun section below.
- (location) To or into a place or location; thither.
- (figuratively) At that point, stage, etc., visualised as a distinct place.
- (location) In or at a place or location (stated, implied or otherwise indicated) that is perceived to be away from, or at a relative distance from, the speaker (compare here).
noun
- a location other than here; that place; location, medial pronoun; demonstrative pronoun, location; quantifier: demonstrative determiner, distal; demonstrative pronoun, location; quantifier: demonstrative determiner, singular, distal
- That place (previously mentioned or otherwise implied).
- That situation; that position.
contraction
det
intj
pron
- (in combination with certain prepositions, no longer productive) That.
- Used with other intransitive verbs of existence, in the same sense, or with other intransitive verbs, adding a sense of existence.
- Used as an expletive subject of be in its sense of “exist”, with the semantic, usually indefinite subject being postponed or (occasionally) implied.
- Used with other verbs, when raised.
- (colloquial) Appended to words of greeting etc.
noun
- a speaker who expresses or gives vent to a personal opinion or grievance
- the womb
- the region of the body of a vertebrate between the thorax and the pelvis
- a bulging body part (as the belly of a muscle)
- (botany) The swollen basal portion of an archegonium in which an egg develops.
- A broad, shallow concavity, notably of a bone.
- One who vents, who is vocal about feelings or problems.
- (zootomy) The undersurface of the abdomen of an arthropod.
- A woman with offspring.
noun
- (rhetoric) That part of an oration in which the speaker makes his or her statement of facts.
- The act of recounting or relating in order the particulars of some action, occurrence, or affair; a narrating.
- That which is narrated or recounted; an orderly recital of the details and particulars of some transaction or event, or of a series of transactions or events; a story or narrative.
- (rhetoric) the second section of an oration in which the facts are set forth
- a message that tells the particulars of an act or occurrence or course of events; presented in writing or drama or cinema or as a radio or television program
- the act of giving an account describing incidents or a course of events
verb
- make reference to
- summon into action or bring into existence, often as if by magic
- put forward for consideration or discussion
- promote from a lower position or rank
- cause to come to a sudden stop
- raise from a lower to a higher position
- cause to load (an operating system) and start the initial processes
- look after a child until it is an adult
- Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see bring, up: To bring from a lower to a higher position.
- (transitive) To prepare a vein for an injection.
- To mention.
- To legally charge and put on trial; to position (someone) for judgement or examination by authority.
- (electronics) To check (a newly-assembled printed circuit board) for errors.
- To uncover, to bring from obscurity; to resurface (e.g. a memory)
- To stop or interrupt a flow or steady motion.
- To turn on power or start, as of a machine.
- To vomit.
- (cricket) To reach a particular score, especially a milestone.
- To raise or rear (children).
verb
- make reference to
- repeat a passage from
- refer to
- commend
- refer to for illustration or proof
- call in an official matter, such as to attend court
- advance evidence for
- To mention by way of explanation.
- (transitive, law) To summon officially or authoritatively to appear in court.
- (transitive) To quote; to repeat, as a passage from a book, or the words of another.
- (transitive) To mention; to make mention of.
- To list the source(s) from which one took information, words or literary or verbal context.
noun
verb
noun
- a remark that calls attention to something or someone
- an official recognition of merit
- a short note recognizing a source of information or of a quoted passage
- (Internet, plural only) A social media feed, a list of replies or posts mentioning a person.
- A speaking or noticing of anything, usually in a brief or cursory manner.
verb
- make reference to
- determine or distinguish the nature of a problem or an illness through a diagnostic analysis
- assign a specified (usually proper) name to
- give or make a list of; name individually; give the names of
- charge with a function; charge to be
- mention and identify by name
- give the name or identifying characteristics of; refer to by name or some other identifying characteristic property
- identify as in botany or biology, for example
- create and charge with a task or function
- (transitive, of a person) To disclose the name of.
- (ditransitive) To give a name to.
- (transitive) To designate for a role.
- (transitive) To identify as relevant or important
- (transitive) To mention, specify.
- (transitive) To publicly implicate by name.
- (transitive, Westminster system politics) To initiate a process to temporarily remove a member of parliament who is breaking the rules of conduct.
noun
- a person's reputation
- a well-known or notable person
- by the sanction or authority of
- a defamatory or abusive word or phrase
- family based on male descent
- a language unit by which a person or thing is known
- An abusive or insulting epithet.
- Any nounal word or phrase which indicates a particular person, place, class, or thing.
- A reputation.
- (computing) An identifier, generally a unique string of characters.
- (UK, finance) An investor in Lloyd's of London bearing unlimited liability.
- An authority; a behalf.
- Those of a certain name; a race; a family.
- Any of several types of true yam (Dioscorea) used in Caribbean Spanish cooking.
- A person (or legal person).
verb
- make reference to
- use a name to designate
- send or direct for treatment, information, or a decision
- have as a meaning
- seek information from
- be relevant to
- think of, regard, or classify under a subsuming principle or with a general group or in relation to another
- (intransitive, stative) To make reference to; to be about; to relate to; to regard; to allude to.
- (transitive, education) To require to resit an examination.
- (transitive) To submit to (another person or group) for consideration; to send or direct elsewhere.
- (grammar) To be referential to another element in a sentence.
- (transitive) To direct the attention of (someone toward something)
- (intransitive, of a term or name) To have the meaning of, to denote.
- (transitive) To place in or under by a mental or rational process; to assign to, as a class, a cause, source, a motive, reason, or ground of explanation.
- (intransitive, programming) To point to either a specific location in computer memory or to a specific object. [with to]
- (intransitive) To mention (something); to direct attention (to something)
noun
noun
- an extemporaneous speech or remark
- a short musical passage that seems to have been made spontaneously without advance preparation
- (music) A short musical composition for an informal occasion often with the character of improvisation and usually to be played solo.
- (by extension) Any composition, musical or otherwise, that is created on the spot without preparation.
adj
adv
noun
- a remark that calls attention to something or someone
- the act of referring or consulting
- an indicator that orients you generally
- a book to which you can refer for authoritative facts
- a publication (or a passage from a publication) that is referred to
- the relation between a word or phrase and the object or idea it refers to
- the most direct or specific meaning of a word or expression; the class of objects that an expression refers to
- (computer science) the code that identifies where a piece of information is stored
- a short note recognizing a source of information or of a quoted passage
- a formal recommendation by a former employer to a potential future employer describing the person's qualifications and dependability
- (UK, Ireland) A person who provides this information; a referee.
- The act of referring: a submitting for information or decision.
- A measurement one can compare (some other measurement) to.
- (semantics) A relation between objects in which one object designates, or acts as a means by which to connect to or link to, another object.
- (computing) An object containing information which refers to data stored elsewhere, as opposed to containing the data itself.
- (often attributive) A reference work.
- Information about a person, provided by someone (a referee) with whom they are well acquainted.
- (academic writing) A short written identification of a previously published work which is used as a source for a text.
- (programming, character entity) A special sequence used to represent complex characters in markup languages, such as ™ for the ™ symbol.
- (academic writing) A previously published written work thus indicated; a source.
verb
verb
- To allow another person to intervene to make a point or ask a question whilst one is delivering a speech.
- (chiefly imperative, as command to the crew) To begin rowing.
- To allow the expression of (a pent-up emotion, grief, etc.).
- To be followed, succeeded, or replaced by.
- To collapse or break under physical stresses.
- To yield to persistent persuasion.
- To give precedence to other road users.
- move in order to make room for someone for something
- stop operating or functioning
- break down, literally or metaphorically
- end resistance, as under pressure or force
noun
- the function of pointing or specifying from the perspective of a participant in an act of speech or writing; aspects of a communication whose interpretation depends on knowledge of the context in which the communication occurs
- (pragmatics) The use of a word, such as a pronoun, to refer to something that must be identified from the wider context; a word used in such a way.
intj
verb
- (intransitive) To continue in extent.
- (intransitive) To move or proceed so as to become "on" in any of various senses.
- (intransitive) To talk frequently or at great length (about a subject).
- (transitive) To use and adopt (information) in order to understand an issue, make a decision, etc.; to go by.
- (intransitive) To proceed (to do something).
- (intransitive) To continue an action.
- (intransitive) To happen (occur).
- move forward, also in the metaphorical sense
- start running, functioning, or operating
- continue talking
- continue a certain state, condition, or activity
- come to pass
intj
- Used to introduce a sentence in order to draw attention to the importance of what is being said.
- Used to sarcastically or sardonically indicate agreement with the previous statement.
- Used in turn-taking, serving as a request to the speaker to grant the turn to the interrupter.
- Used to indicate acknowledgement or acceptance.
- (computing) Used to dismiss a dialog box or confirm a prompt.
adj
adv
name
noun
verb
noun
- The person or people speaking. (first person)
- Another person or group of people. (third person)
- The person or people spoken to. (second person)
- Any pronoun, with an antecedent, standing in as the subject or object of a verb.
- A pronoun which, in English, refers to one or a combination of the following:
- a pronoun expressing a distinction of person
noun
- the representation of another person's words in a speech
- any disease that shows symptoms characteristic of another disease
- the imitative representation of nature and human behavior in art and literature
- The representation of aspects of the real world, especially human actions, in literature and art.
- (medicine) The appearance of symptoms of a disease not actually present.
- (rhetoric) The rhetorical pedagogy of imitation.
- (rhetoric) The imitation of another's gestures, pronunciation, or utterance.
- (biology) Mimicry.
pron
character
noun
- (US politics) Abbreviation of independent.
- (US, roadway) Interstate.
- (grammar) Abbreviation of instrumental case.
- (computing) Abbreviation of instruction.
- (metaphysics) The ego.
- a nonmetallic element belonging to the halogens; used especially in medicine and photography and in dyes; occurs naturally only in combination in small quantities (as in sea water or rocks)
- the 9th letter of the Roman alphabet
- the smallest whole number or a numeral representing this number
num
noun
- A statement attributed to a person; a quotation.
- A price set and offered (by the potential seller) for a financial security or commodity; a quotation.
- A summary of work to be done with a set price; a quotation.
- A quotation mark.
- a punctuation mark used to attribute the enclosed text to someone else
- a passage or expression that is quoted or cited
intj
verb
- (intransitive) To indicate verbally or by equivalent means the start of a quotation.
- (transitive) To prepare a summary of work to be done and set a price; to estimate.
- (commerce, transitive) To name the current price, notably of a financial security.
- (transitive) To repeat (the exact words of a person).
- repeat a passage from
- refer to for illustration or proof
- name the price of
- put quote marks around
verb
noun
- A berating or scolding, especially if lengthy, formal or given in a stern or angry manner.
- A spoken lesson or exposition, usually delivered to a group.
- (by extension) A class that primarily consists of a (weekly or other regularly held) lecture (as in sense 1), usually at college or university.
- a speech that is open to the public
- teaching by giving a discourse on some subject (typically to a class)
- a lengthy rebuke
noun
- One who speaks.
- One who makes a speech to an audience.
- (US) A book containing passages of text for use in speeches.
- Loudspeaker.
- (music) A key on a woodwind instrument of the clarinet family (compare octave key on other instruments) which induces the instrument to overblow.
- (especially in linguistics) The producer of a given utterance, whether speech or text.
- Speakerphone.
- (politics) The chair or presiding officer of certain legislative bodies, such as the U.K. House of Commons or the U.S. House of Representatives.
- (poetry) The literary character uttering the lyrics of a poem or song, as opposed to the author writing the words of that character.
- electro-acoustic transducer that converts electrical signals into sounds loud enough to be heard at a distance
- the presiding officer of a deliberative assembly
- someone who expresses in language; someone who talks (especially someone who delivers a public speech or someone especially garrulous)
noun
verb
- (by extension) To be able to communicate in the manner of specialists in a field.
- (intransitive, reciprocal) To have a conversation.
- (intransitive) To produce a sound; to sound.
- (by extension) To communicate or converse by some means other than orally, such as writing or facial expressions.
- (transitive) To communicate (some fact or feeling); to bespeak, to indicate.
- Of a bird, to be able to vocally reproduce words or phrases from a human language.
- (informal, transitive, sometimes humorous) To understand (as though it were a language).
- (transitive) To utter.
- (transitive, stative) To be able to communicate in a language.
- (intransitive) To deliver a message to a group; to deliver a speech.
- (intransitive) To communicate with one's voice, to say words out loud.
- express in speech
- use language
- exchange thoughts; talk with
- give a speech to
- make a characteristic or natural sound
noun
- One who speaks; a speaker.
- (grammar) A particular way of inflecting or conjugating verbs, or a particular form of a verb, which indicates the relation of the subject of the verb to the action which the verb expresses.
- (literature) A particular style or way of writing that expresses a certain tone or feeling.
- (music) In harmony, an independent vocal or instrumental part in a piece of composition.
- Sound uttered by the mouth, especially by human beings in speech or song; sound thus uttered considered as possessing some special quality or character.
- (Internet, IRC) A flag associated with a user on a channel, determining whether they can send messages to the channel.
- The tone or sound emitted by an object.
- (figurative) An expressed opinion, choice, will, desire, or wish; the right or ability to make such expression or to have it considered.
- (phonetics) Sound made through vibration of the vocal cords; sonant, or intonated, utterance; tone; — distinguished from mere breath sound as heard in whispering and voiceless consonants.
- The faculty or power of utterance.
- That which is communicated; message; meaning.
- expressing in coherent verbal form
- A term used in phonetics and phonology to characterize speech sounds, with sounds described as either voiceless (unvoiced) or voiced.
- a means or agency by which something is expressed or communicated
- the distinctive quality or pitch or condition of a person's speech
- something suggestive of speech in being a medium of expression
- an advocate who represents someone else's policy or purpose
- (metonymy) a singer
- the melody carried by a particular voice or instrument in polyphonic music
- a sound suggestive of a vocal utterance
- the sound made by the vibration of vocal folds modified by the resonance of the vocal tract
- (linguistics) the grammatical relation (active or passive) of the grammatical subject of a verb to the action that the verb denotes
- the ability to speak
verb
- (television, film) To act as a voice actor to portray a character.
- (transitive) To give utterance or expression to; to utter; to publish; to announce
- (transitive) To fit for producing the proper sounds; to regulate the tone of
- (transitive, Internet, IRC) To assign the voice flag to a user on IRC, permitting them to send messages to the channel.
- (transitive, phonology) To utter audibly, with tone and not just breath.
- give voice to
- utter with vibrating vocal chords
noun
- an opening remark intended to secure an advantage for the speaker
- a maneuver in a game or conversation
- a chess move early in the game in which the player sacrifices minor pieces in order to obtain an advantageous position
- (chess) An opening in chess in which material is sacrificed to gain an advantage.
- Any ploy or stratagem.
- A remark intended to open a conversation.
verb
noun
- a speaker who expresses or gives vent to a personal opinion or grievance
- the womb
- the region of the body of a vertebrate between the thorax and the pelvis
- a bulging body part (as the belly of a muscle)
- (botany) The swollen basal portion of an archegonium in which an egg develops.
- A broad, shallow concavity, notably of a bone.
- One who vents, who is vocal about feelings or problems.
- (zootomy) The undersurface of the abdomen of an arthropod.
- A woman with offspring.
noun
- (rhetoric) That part of an oration in which the speaker makes his or her statement of facts.
- The act of recounting or relating in order the particulars of some action, occurrence, or affair; a narrating.
- That which is narrated or recounted; an orderly recital of the details and particulars of some transaction or event, or of a series of transactions or events; a story or narrative.
- (rhetoric) the second section of an oration in which the facts are set forth
- a message that tells the particulars of an act or occurrence or course of events; presented in writing or drama or cinema or as a radio or television program
- the act of giving an account describing incidents or a course of events
noun
- an extemporaneous speech or remark
- a short musical passage that seems to have been made spontaneously without advance preparation
- (music) A short musical composition for an informal occasion often with the character of improvisation and usually to be played solo.
- (by extension) Any composition, musical or otherwise, that is created on the spot without preparation.
adj
adv
verb
noun
- a remark that calls attention to something or someone
- an official recognition of merit
- a short note recognizing a source of information or of a quoted passage
- (Internet, plural only) A social media feed, a list of replies or posts mentioning a person.
- A speaking or noticing of anything, usually in a brief or cursory manner.
noun
- a remark that calls attention to something or someone
- the act of referring or consulting
- an indicator that orients you generally
- a book to which you can refer for authoritative facts
- a publication (or a passage from a publication) that is referred to
- the relation between a word or phrase and the object or idea it refers to
- the most direct or specific meaning of a word or expression; the class of objects that an expression refers to
- (computer science) the code that identifies where a piece of information is stored
- a short note recognizing a source of information or of a quoted passage
- a formal recommendation by a former employer to a potential future employer describing the person's qualifications and dependability
- (UK, Ireland) A person who provides this information; a referee.
- The act of referring: a submitting for information or decision.
- A measurement one can compare (some other measurement) to.
- (semantics) A relation between objects in which one object designates, or acts as a means by which to connect to or link to, another object.
- (computing) An object containing information which refers to data stored elsewhere, as opposed to containing the data itself.
- (often attributive) A reference work.
- Information about a person, provided by someone (a referee) with whom they are well acquainted.
- (academic writing) A short written identification of a previously published work which is used as a source for a text.
- (programming, character entity) A special sequence used to represent complex characters in markup languages, such as ™ for the ™ symbol.
- (academic writing) A previously published written work thus indicated; a source.
verb
noun
- the function of pointing or specifying from the perspective of a participant in an act of speech or writing; aspects of a communication whose interpretation depends on knowledge of the context in which the communication occurs
- (pragmatics) The use of a word, such as a pronoun, to refer to something that must be identified from the wider context; a word used in such a way.
noun
- The person or people speaking. (first person)
- Another person or group of people. (third person)
- The person or people spoken to. (second person)
- Any pronoun, with an antecedent, standing in as the subject or object of a verb.
- A pronoun which, in English, refers to one or a combination of the following:
- a pronoun expressing a distinction of person
noun
- the representation of another person's words in a speech
- any disease that shows symptoms characteristic of another disease
- the imitative representation of nature and human behavior in art and literature
- The representation of aspects of the real world, especially human actions, in literature and art.
- (medicine) The appearance of symptoms of a disease not actually present.
- (rhetoric) The rhetorical pedagogy of imitation.
- (rhetoric) The imitation of another's gestures, pronunciation, or utterance.
- (biology) Mimicry.
noun
- A statement attributed to a person; a quotation.
- A price set and offered (by the potential seller) for a financial security or commodity; a quotation.
- A summary of work to be done with a set price; a quotation.
- A quotation mark.
- a punctuation mark used to attribute the enclosed text to someone else
- a passage or expression that is quoted or cited
intj
verb
- (intransitive) To indicate verbally or by equivalent means the start of a quotation.
- (transitive) To prepare a summary of work to be done and set a price; to estimate.
- (commerce, transitive) To name the current price, notably of a financial security.
- (transitive) To repeat (the exact words of a person).
- repeat a passage from
- refer to for illustration or proof
- name the price of
- put quote marks around
noun
- One who speaks.
- One who makes a speech to an audience.
- (US) A book containing passages of text for use in speeches.
- Loudspeaker.
- (music) A key on a woodwind instrument of the clarinet family (compare octave key on other instruments) which induces the instrument to overblow.
- (especially in linguistics) The producer of a given utterance, whether speech or text.
- Speakerphone.
- (politics) The chair or presiding officer of certain legislative bodies, such as the U.K. House of Commons or the U.S. House of Representatives.
- (poetry) The literary character uttering the lyrics of a poem or song, as opposed to the author writing the words of that character.
- electro-acoustic transducer that converts electrical signals into sounds loud enough to be heard at a distance
- the presiding officer of a deliberative assembly
- someone who expresses in language; someone who talks (especially someone who delivers a public speech or someone especially garrulous)
noun
verb
- (by extension) To be able to communicate in the manner of specialists in a field.
- (intransitive, reciprocal) To have a conversation.
- (intransitive) To produce a sound; to sound.
- (by extension) To communicate or converse by some means other than orally, such as writing or facial expressions.
- (transitive) To communicate (some fact or feeling); to bespeak, to indicate.
- Of a bird, to be able to vocally reproduce words or phrases from a human language.
- (informal, transitive, sometimes humorous) To understand (as though it were a language).
- (transitive) To utter.
- (transitive, stative) To be able to communicate in a language.
- (intransitive) To deliver a message to a group; to deliver a speech.
- (intransitive) To communicate with one's voice, to say words out loud.
- express in speech
- use language
- exchange thoughts; talk with
- give a speech to
- make a characteristic or natural sound
verb
noun
- Something that calls attention to or emphasizes a particular conclusion within a topic of discussion.
- (music) The lowest intensity point of a diminuendo that is followed by an increase in volume and intensity.
- The number of scored points below a specified criterion.
- A downward facing point on the underside.
adj
verb
- To move toward the speaker.
- To move toward the listener.
- To begin (at a certain location); to radiate or stem (from).
- (intransitive) To take a position relative to something else in a sequence.
- (intransitive, often vulgar, slang) To achieve orgasm; to cum; to ejaculate.
- (intransitive, of grain) To germinate.
- To move toward an unstated agent.
- To have been brought up by or employed by.
- (intransitive, of milk) To become butter by being churned.
- (transitive, informal) To pretend to be; to behave in the manner of; to assume the role of.
- (copulative, figuratively) To approach or reach a state of being or accomplishment.
- (intransitive) To happen.
- To move toward the object that is the focus of the sentence.
- (with an infinitive) To begin (to have an opinion or feeling).
- (slang) To carry through; to succeed in.
- (figuratively, with to) To take a particular approach or point of view in regard to something.
- (with an infinitive) To do something by chance or unintentionally.
- (intransitive) To be supplied, or made available; to exist.
- To have a certain social background.
- (intransitive) To appear; to manifest itself; to cause a reaction by manifesting.
- To be or have been a resident or native.
- (intransitive) To move nearer to the point of perspective.
- (in subordinate clauses and gerunds) To move toward the agent or subject of the main clause.
- (intransitive) To arrive.
- proceed or get along
- come from; be connected by a relationship of blood, for example
- to be the product or result
- to measure up to in kind or quality
- be found or available
- exist or occur in a certain point in a series
- extend or reach
- cover a certain distance
- come to one's mind; suggest itself
- happen as a result
- have a certain priority
- come under, be classified or included
- move toward, travel toward something or somebody or approach something or somebody
- be received
- come forth
- reach a destination; arrive by movement or progress
- reach or enter a state, relation, condition, use, or position
- come to pass; arrive, as in due course
- add up in number or quantity
- experience orgasm
- be a native of
noun
prep
verb
noun
- Something that calls attention to or emphasizes a particular conclusion within a topic of discussion.
- (music) The lowest intensity point of a diminuendo that is followed by an increase in volume and intensity.
- The number of scored points below a specified criterion.
- A downward facing point on the underside.
adj
verb
- make reference to
- summon into action or bring into existence, often as if by magic
- put forward for consideration or discussion
- promote from a lower position or rank
- cause to come to a sudden stop
- raise from a lower to a higher position
- cause to load (an operating system) and start the initial processes
- look after a child until it is an adult
- Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see bring, up: To bring from a lower to a higher position.
- (transitive) To prepare a vein for an injection.
- To mention.
- To legally charge and put on trial; to position (someone) for judgement or examination by authority.
- (electronics) To check (a newly-assembled printed circuit board) for errors.
- To uncover, to bring from obscurity; to resurface (e.g. a memory)
- To stop or interrupt a flow or steady motion.
- To turn on power or start, as of a machine.
- To vomit.
- (cricket) To reach a particular score, especially a milestone.
- To raise or rear (children).
verb
- make reference to
- repeat a passage from
- refer to
- commend
- refer to for illustration or proof
- call in an official matter, such as to attend court
- advance evidence for
- To mention by way of explanation.
- (transitive, law) To summon officially or authoritatively to appear in court.
- (transitive) To quote; to repeat, as a passage from a book, or the words of another.
- (transitive) To mention; to make mention of.
- To list the source(s) from which one took information, words or literary or verbal context.
noun
verb
noun
- a remark that calls attention to something or someone
- an official recognition of merit
- a short note recognizing a source of information or of a quoted passage
- (Internet, plural only) A social media feed, a list of replies or posts mentioning a person.
- A speaking or noticing of anything, usually in a brief or cursory manner.
verb
- make reference to
- determine or distinguish the nature of a problem or an illness through a diagnostic analysis
- assign a specified (usually proper) name to
- give or make a list of; name individually; give the names of
- charge with a function; charge to be
- mention and identify by name
- give the name or identifying characteristics of; refer to by name or some other identifying characteristic property
- identify as in botany or biology, for example
- create and charge with a task or function
- (transitive, of a person) To disclose the name of.
- (ditransitive) To give a name to.
- (transitive) To designate for a role.
- (transitive) To identify as relevant or important
- (transitive) To mention, specify.
- (transitive) To publicly implicate by name.
- (transitive, Westminster system politics) To initiate a process to temporarily remove a member of parliament who is breaking the rules of conduct.
noun
- a person's reputation
- a well-known or notable person
- by the sanction or authority of
- a defamatory or abusive word or phrase
- family based on male descent
- a language unit by which a person or thing is known
- An abusive or insulting epithet.
- Any nounal word or phrase which indicates a particular person, place, class, or thing.
- A reputation.
- (computing) An identifier, generally a unique string of characters.
- (UK, finance) An investor in Lloyd's of London bearing unlimited liability.
- An authority; a behalf.
- Those of a certain name; a race; a family.
- Any of several types of true yam (Dioscorea) used in Caribbean Spanish cooking.
- A person (or legal person).
verb
- make reference to
- use a name to designate
- send or direct for treatment, information, or a decision
- have as a meaning
- seek information from
- be relevant to
- think of, regard, or classify under a subsuming principle or with a general group or in relation to another
- (intransitive, stative) To make reference to; to be about; to relate to; to regard; to allude to.
- (transitive, education) To require to resit an examination.
- (transitive) To submit to (another person or group) for consideration; to send or direct elsewhere.
- (grammar) To be referential to another element in a sentence.
- (transitive) To direct the attention of (someone toward something)
- (intransitive, of a term or name) To have the meaning of, to denote.
- (transitive) To place in or under by a mental or rational process; to assign to, as a class, a cause, source, a motive, reason, or ground of explanation.
- (intransitive, programming) To point to either a specific location in computer memory or to a specific object. [with to]
- (intransitive) To mention (something); to direct attention (to something)
noun
verb
- To allow another person to intervene to make a point or ask a question whilst one is delivering a speech.
- (chiefly imperative, as command to the crew) To begin rowing.
- To allow the expression of (a pent-up emotion, grief, etc.).
- To be followed, succeeded, or replaced by.
- To collapse or break under physical stresses.
- To yield to persistent persuasion.
- To give precedence to other road users.
- move in order to make room for someone for something
- stop operating or functioning
- break down, literally or metaphorically
- end resistance, as under pressure or force
verb
noun
- A berating or scolding, especially if lengthy, formal or given in a stern or angry manner.
- A spoken lesson or exposition, usually delivered to a group.
- (by extension) A class that primarily consists of a (weekly or other regularly held) lecture (as in sense 1), usually at college or university.
- a speech that is open to the public
- teaching by giving a discourse on some subject (typically to a class)
- a lengthy rebuke
adv
- Towards the speaker or other reference point.
- At or towards the interior of a defined space, such as a building or room.
- After the beginning of something.
- So as to be enclosed or surrounded by something.
- (in combination, after a verb) Denotes a gathering of people assembled for the stated activity, sometimes, though not always, suggesting a protest.
- to or toward the inside of
adj
- In fashion; popular.
- (of fire or fuel) (British, Ireland, Australia, New Zealand) Burning; ablaze.
- (not comparable) Located indoors, especially at home or at one's office or place of work.
- Of the tide, at or near its highest level.
- Having been collected or received.
- (not comparable) Located inside something.
- Inserted or fitted into something.
- (sports, of the ball or other playing implement) Falling or remaining within the bounds of the playing area.
- (informal) Having a favourable position, such as a position of influence or expected gain, in relation to another person.
- Incoming.
- Having familiarity or involvement with somebody.
- (cricket) Currently batting.
- Having used, consumed , or invested a certain amount.
- (nautical, of the sails of a vessel) Furled or stowed.
- (law) With privilege or possession; used to denote a holding, possession, or seisin
- currently fashionable
- holding office
- directed or bound inward
noun
prep
- Pertaining to; with regard to.
- Part of; a member of; out of; from among.
- Contained by; inside.
- Wearing (an item of clothing).
- Surrounded by; among; amidst.
- (grammar, phonetics) Characterized by.
- Used to indicate a language, script, tone, etc. of a text, speech, etc.
- Within (a certain elapsed time); by the end of.
- Indicates, connotatively, a place-like form of someone's (or something's) personality, as his, her or its psychic and physical characteristics.
- By (doing something); indicating action causing an effect or achieving a purpose.
- Indicating an order or arrangement.
- Denoting a state of the subject.
- Expressing abstract containment.
- At the end of (a period of time).
- Within the bounds or limits of.
- Into.
- (of something offered or given in an exchange) In the form of, in the denomination of.
- During (a period of time).
adv
- to this place (especially toward the speaker)
- in this circumstance or respect or on this point or detail
- in or at this place; where the speaker or writer is
- at this time; now
- (abstract) At this point or stage (in a process, argument, narration, etc.)
- (informal) After the name of a person perceived as located close to the speaker, used familiarly to indicate that person.
- (abstract) In this matter.
- (location) In, on, or at this place (a place perceived to be close to the speaker); compare there.
- (as complement of 'be') Notionally at the speaker's location by virtue of happening now.
- (location) To this place; used in place of the literary or archaic hither.
- (abstract) In this context.
- (informal or dialect) After certain determiners, especially 'this' and 'these', used to emphasise demonstrative sense; see also this here.
adj
noun
intj
- Said to command a person or higher animal to come to the speaker.
- (slang) Used semi-assertively to offer something to the listener.
- Said in response to one's name being called during a roll call, indicating that one is present.
- (informal) Used to attract someone's attention, often in a hostile way.
- (Ireland, British, slang) Used for emphasis at the beginning of a sentence when expressing an opinion or want.
adv
- nearer to the speaker
- to a more central or a more northerly place
- spatially or metaphorically from a lower to a higher position
- to a higher intensity
- to a later time
- Away from the surface of the Earth or other planet; in opposite direction to the downward pull of gravity.
- (cricket) Relatively close to the batsman.
- (figuratively) To a higher level of some quantity or notional quantity, such as price, volume, pitch, happiness, etc.
- To or at a physically higher or more elevated position.
- (rail transport) Towards the principal terminus, towards milepost zero.
- To one's possession or consideration.
- To the north (as north is at the top of typical maps).
- To an upright or erect position.
- (sailing) Against the wind or current.
- (Cartesian graph) In a positive vertical direction.
- Towards the source of a river, against the direction of flow.
- To or towards what is considered the top of something, irrespective of whether this is presently physically higher.
- Aside or away, so as no longer to be present or in use.
- From one's possession or consideration.
- Towards or at a central place, or any place that is visualised as 'up' by virtue of local features or local convention, or arbitrarily, irrespective of direction or elevation change.
- (intensifier) Used as an aspect marker to indicate a completed action or state; thoroughly, completely.
- (US, bartending) Without additional ice.
- To or in a position of equal advance or equality; not short of, back of, less advanced than, away from, etc.; usually followed by to or with.
adj
- out of bed
- (used of computers) operating properly
- extending or moving toward a higher place
- open
- getting higher or more vigorous
- being or moving higher in position or greater in some value; being above a former position or level
- used up
- (usually followed by ‘on’ or ‘for’) in readiness
- (US, bartending) Chilled and served without ice; (often specifically) shaken with ice and then strained into a coupe for serving, leaving the ice behind.
- Awake and out of bed.
- (horse-racing) Riding the horse; mounted.
- (of the sun or moon) Above the horizon, in the sky.
- (computing) Functional; working.
- (usually in the phrase up for) Willing; ready.
- Fitted or fixed at a high or relatively high position, especially on a wall or ceiling.
- Next in a sequence.
- Facing upwards.
- Headed or designated to go upward (as an escalator, stairway, elevator etc.) or toward (as a run-up).
- Ahead; leading; winning.
- (poker, postnominal) Said of the higher-ranking pair in a two pair.
- Raised; lifted.
- Aloft.
- (slang, graffiti) well-known; renowned
- In a good mood.
- (of a railway line or train) Traveling towards a major terminus.
- Well-informed; current.
- Larger; greater in quantity, volume, value etc.
- Built, constructed.
- (slang) Erect.
- On or at a physically higher level.
- (predicative only) Finished, to an end
- (by extension) Available to view or use; made public; posted.
- (predicative only) Happening; new; of concern. See also what's up, what's up with.
- Indicating a larger or higher quantity.
- Standing; upright.
verb
- raise
- (computing, slang, transitive) To upload.
- (transitive, colloquial) To promote.
- (intransitive, often in combination with another verb) To rise to a standing position; hence, by extension, to act suddenly; see also up and.
- (transitive, colloquial) To increase the level or amount of.
- (transitive, poetic or in certain phrases) To physically raise or lift.
noun
prep
- (vulgar slang) Of a person: having sex with.
- Toward the top of.
- From south to north of.
- From the mouth towards the source of (a river or waterway).
- Further along (in any direction).
- (colloquial) At (a given place, especially one imagined to be higher or more distant from a central location).
- Toward the center, source, or main point of reference; toward the end at which something is attached.
adv
- In a direction away from the speaker or other reference point.
- Used in various other ways specific to individual idiomatic phrases, e.g. bring off, show off, put off, tell off, etc. See the entry for the individual phrase.
- So as to remove or separate, or be removed or separated.
- Into a state of non-operation or non-existence.
- (theater) Offstage.
- at a distance in space or time
- from a particular thing or place or position (‘forth’ is obsolete)
- no longer on or in contact or attached
adj
- (by extension, Australia, slang) Disgusting, repulsive, abhorrent.
- Temporarily not attending a usual place, such as work or school, especially owing to illness or holiday.
- (predicative only) Inappropriate; untoward.
- Not correct; not properly formed; not logical, harmonious, etc.
- (British, in relation to a vehicle) On the side furthest from the kerb (the right-hand side if one drives on the left).
- (in phrases such as 'off day') Designating a time when one is not performing to the best of one's abilities.
- (chiefly UK) Rancid, rotten, gone bad.
- (predicative only) Presently unavailable. (of a dish on a menu)
- (predicative only) Inoperative, disabled.
- Less than normal, in temperament or in result.
- (poker slang) Offsuit.
- (predicative only) Cancelled; not happening.
- Designating a time when one is not strictly attentive to business or affairs, or is absent from a post, and, hence, a time when affairs are not urgent.
- Started on the way.
- (in phrases such as 'well off', 'poorly off', 'comfortably off', etc., and in 'how?' questions) Circumstanced.
- (cricket) In, or towards the half of the field away from the batsman's legs; the right side for a right-handed batsman.
- Not fitted; not being worn.
- Far; off to the side.
- below a satisfactory level
- (of events) no longer planned or scheduled
- not performing or scheduled for duties
- not in operation or operational
- in an unpalatable state
noun
prep
- Placed after a number (of products or parts, as if a unit), in commerce or engineering.
- Removed or subtracted from.
- Detached, separated, excluded or disconnected from; away from a position of attachment or connection to.
- (colloquial, more properly 'from') Out of the possession of.
- Outside the area or region of.
- Used to indicate the location or direction of one thing relative to another, implying adjacency or accessibility via.
- Used to express location at sea relative to land or mainland.
- Not positioned upon, or away from a position upon.
- No longer wanting or taking.
- Temporarily not attending (a usual place), especially owing to illness or holiday.
- (slang, drugs) Under the influence of.
- (informal) As a result of.
verb
adv
- Used to inquire about the purpose of someone introducing a subject to the speaker.
- Used to ask someone to consider something or someone that they have apparently not considered.
- Used to express approval of an occurrence or a result.
- Used to make a suggestion.
- Used to repeat a question but referring to a different subject or object.
adv
- to or toward that place; away from the speaker
- in or at that place or location
- in that matter; in that respect; on that point
- (informal, as complement of 'be') In a notional place or situation of mental soundness and competence; see also all there.
- Into an undesirable topic or subject matter; see also go there.
- (informal) After the name of a person perceived as located 'away' from the speaker, used familiarly to indicate that person.
- (dialect) After certain determiners, especially 'them', 'that' and 'those', used to emphasise demonstrative sense; see also them there.
- (informal, as complement of 'be') In its correct position, so as to be fully and properly fitted or inserted.
- (as complement of 'be') In existence in some place.
- (figuratively) In that matter, relation, etc..
- (as complement of 'be') In a notional place where one will provide support or care; see also be there.
- In this world: used to say that someone or something exists; see also pronoun section below.
- (location) To or into a place or location; thither.
- (figuratively) At that point, stage, etc., visualised as a distinct place.
- (location) In or at a place or location (stated, implied or otherwise indicated) that is perceived to be away from, or at a relative distance from, the speaker (compare here).
noun
- a location other than here; that place; location, medial pronoun; demonstrative pronoun, location; quantifier: demonstrative determiner, distal; demonstrative pronoun, location; quantifier: demonstrative determiner, singular, distal
- That place (previously mentioned or otherwise implied).
- That situation; that position.
contraction
det
intj
pron
- (in combination with certain prepositions, no longer productive) That.
- Used with other intransitive verbs of existence, in the same sense, or with other intransitive verbs, adding a sense of existence.
- Used as an expletive subject of be in its sense of “exist”, with the semantic, usually indefinite subject being postponed or (occasionally) implied.
- Used with other verbs, when raised.
- (colloquial) Appended to words of greeting etc.