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noun
- ability
- Power of performance; means of execution; ability; skill; dexterity.
- a member of the crew of a ship
- a unit of length equal to 4 inches; used in measuring horses
- a rotating pointer on the face of a timepiece
- one of two sides of an issue
- the (prehensile) extremity of the superior limb
- a hired laborer on a farm or ranch
- terminal part of the forelimb in certain vertebrates (e.g. apes or kangaroos)
- a round of applause to signify approval
- physical assistance
- a position given by its location to the side of an object
- something written by hand
- the cards held in a card game by a given player at any given time
- a card player in a game of bridge
- A round of a card game.
- A side; part, camp; direction, either right or left.
- Promise, word; especially of a betrothal.
- (historical) A Native American gambling game, involving guessing the whereabouts of bits of ivory or similar, which are passed rapidly from hand to hand.
- Personal possession; ownership.
- (chiefly in the plural) Management, domain, control.
- An instance of helping.
- Handwriting; style of penmanship.
- (card games) The set of cards held by a player.
- The feel of a fabric; the impression or quality of the fabric as judged qualitatively by the sense of touch.
- (colloquial, chiefly in the negative plural) A hand which is free to assist; especially due to having one's hands full or otherwise fully preoccupied.
- (especially in compounds) An agent; a servant, or manual laborer; a workman, trained or competent for special service or duty.
- Applause.
- (collective) A bunch of bananas, a typical retail amount, where individual fruits are fingers.
- A performer more or less skilful.
- (chiefly in measuring the height of horses) Four inches, a hand's breadth.
- A person's autograph or signature.
- A whole rhizome of ginger.
- The part of the forelimb below the forearm or wrist in a human, and the corresponding part in many other animals.
- A limb of certain animals, such as the foot of a hawk, or any one of the four extremities of a monkey.
- (firearms) The small part of a gunstock near the lock, which is grasped by the hand in taking aim.
- (tobacco manufacturing) A bundle of tobacco leaves tied together.
- An index or pointer on a dial; such as the hour and minute hands on the face of an analog clock, which are used to indicate the time of day.
verb
- guide or conduct or usher somewhere
- place into the hands or custody of
- (transitive, nautical) To furl (a sail).
- (ditransitive) To give, pass or transmit with the hand, literally or figuratively.
- (transitive) To lead, guide, or assist with the hand; to conduct.
- (transitive, rare) To pledge by the hand; to handfast.
noun
- Capability; the ability to perform some task.
- A measure of such ability; volume.
- capability to perform or produce
- Mental ability; the power to learn;
- Electrical capacitance.
- (operations) The maximum that can be produced on a machine or in a facility or group.
- The ability to hold, receive, or absorb.
- A role; the position in which one functions.
- Legal authority (to make an arrest for example).
- The potential for growth and development.
- The maximum that can be produced.
- The maximum amount that can be held.
- the power to learn or retain knowledge; in law, the ability to understand the facts and significance of your behavior
- tolerance for alcohol
- the amount that can be contained
- (computer science) the amount of information (in bytes) that can be stored on a disk drive
- the maximum production possible
- an electrical phenomenon whereby an electric charge is stored
- a specified function
- the susceptibility of something to a particular treatment
adj
noun
- The ability or capacity to perform something
- Potentiality, ability, capacity.
- (usually of men) Sexual virility: the ability to become erect or achieve orgasm.
- (of alcoholic drinks, of drugs) Concentration; strength
- Power, authority.
- the state of being potent; a male's capacity to have sexual intercourse
- the power or right to give orders or make decisions
- capacity to produce strong physiological or chemical effects
- the inherent capacity for coming into being
adj
verb
- give qualities or abilities to
- give or delegate power or authority to
- (transitive) To give someone more confidence and/or strength to do something, often by enabling them to increase their control over their own life or situation.
- (transitive) To give permission, power, or the legal right to do something.
verb
- give qualities or abilities to
- furnish with an endowment
- (transitive, followed by with, or rarely by of) To enrich or furnish with some faculty or quality.
- (transitive, usually in the passive voice) To naturally furnish (with something).
- (transitive) To give property to (someone) as a gift; specifically, to provide (a person or institution) with support in the form of a permanent fund of money or other benefits.
verb
noun
verb
- give qualities or abilities to
- make an investment
- furnish with power or authority; of kings or emperors
- place ceremoniously or formally in an office or position
- provide with power and authority
- To commit money or capital in the hope of financial gain.
- To formally give (power or authority).
- (intransitive) To cause to be involved in; to cause to form strong attachments to.
- To formally give (someone) some power or authority.
- (metallurgy) To prepare for lost wax casting by creating an investment mold (a mixture of a silica sand and plaster).
- To surround, accompany, or attend.
- To lay siege to.
- (Spanish politics) To inaugurate the Prime Minister of Spain after a successful parliamentary vote.
- (intransitive) To make investments.
- To ceremonially install someone in some office.
- To spend money, time, or energy on something, especially for some benefit or purpose; used with in.
- To envelop, wrap, cover.
noun
noun
- The ability to perform a task well; aptitude.
- (slang) An act of borrowing or stealing something; a request for money.
- (Australian rules football) A disposal of the ball during a game, i.e. a kick or a handball.
- A little bit; a small amount.
- Form; standard of performance.
- (chiefly Australia) touch football (a variant of rugby league that does not involve tackling)
- The part of a sports field beyond the touchlines or goal-lines.
- (shipbuilding) The broadest part of a plank worked top and but, or of one worked anchor-stock fashion (that is, tapered from the middle to both ends); also, the angles of the stern timbers at the counters.
- A single stroke on a drawing or a picture.
- (uncountable, in set phrases) A relationship of close communication or understanding.
- (bell-ringing) A set of changes less than the total possible on seven bells, i.e. less than 5,040.
- An act of touching, especially with the hand or finger.
- The faculty or sense of perception by physical contact.
- The children's game of tag.
- The style or technique with which one plays a musical instrument.
- A distinguishing feature or characteristic.
- (music) The particular or characteristic mode of action, or the resistance of the keys of an instrument to the fingers.
- (slang) The extent to which a person is interested or affected; the amount of outlay on something.
- the event of something coming in contact with the body
- the feel of mechanical action
- the faculty by which external objects or forces are perceived through contact with the body (especially the hands)
- deftness in handling matters
- a slight attack of illness
- the act of soliciting money (as a gift or loan)
- a slight but appreciable amount
- the act of putting two things together with no space between them
- a communicative interaction
- a distinguishing style
- a suggestion of some quality
- the sensation produced by pressure receptors in the skin
verb
- be equal to in quality or ability
- (intransitive) Of a ship or its passengers: to land, to make a short stop (at).
- (transitive, slang) To obtain money from, usually by borrowing (from a friend).
- To have sexual intercourse with
- (nautical) To keep the ship as near (the wind) as possible.
- (transitive) To make intimate physical contact with a person.
- (transitive) To make physical contact with; to bring the hand, finger or other part of the body into contact with.
- (transitive, now historical) To lay hands on (someone suffering from scrofula) as a form of cure, as formerly practised by English and French monarchs.
- (transitive) To affect emotionally; to bring about tender or painful feelings in.
- (transitive, in negative constructions) To be on the level of; to approach in excellence or quality.
- To try; to prove, as with a touchstone.
- (transitive) To cause to be briefly in physical contact with something.
- To perform, as a tune; to play.
- (nautical) To bring (a sail) so close to the wind that its weather leech shakes.
- (intransitive) To make physical contact with a thing.
- (transitive) To physically disturb; to interfere with, molest, or attempt to harm through contact.
- (transitive, Scottish history) To give royal assent to by touching it with the sceptre.
- To strike; to manipulate; to play on.
- (transitive) To begin to consume, or otherwise use.
- (transitive) To come into (involuntary) contact with; to meet or intersect.
- (intransitive) To come into physical contact, or to be in physical contact.
- (intransitive) To deal with in speech or writing; briefly to speak or write (on or upon something).
- (transitive, reflexive or rarely intransitive) To sexually excite with the fingers; to finger or masturbate.
- (transitive) To imbue or endow with a specific quality.
- (transitive, always passive) To disturb the mental functions of; to make somewhat insane; often followed with "in the head".
- (transitive) To physically affect in specific ways implied by context.
- (transitive, computing) To mark (a file or document) as having been modified.
- To mark or delineate with touches; to add a slight stroke to with the pencil or brush.
- (intransitive, nautical) To be brought, as a sail, so close to the wind that its weather leech shakes.
- To influence by impulse; to impel forcibly.
- (transitive) To come close to; to approach.
- (transitive) To concern, to have to do with.
- color lightly
- cause to be in brief contact with
- to extend as far as
- comprehend
- make a more or less disguised reference to
- consume
- be in direct physical contact with; make contact
- tamper with
- make physical contact with, come in contact with
- affect emotionally
- have an effect upon
- perceive via the tactile sense
- deal with; usually used with a form of negation
- be relevant to
noun
- mental ability
- that part of the central nervous system that includes all the higher nervous centers; enclosed within the skull; continuous with the spinal cord
- someone who has exceptional intellectual ability and originality
- that which is responsible for one's thoughts, feelings, and conscious brain functions; the seat of the faculty of reason
- the brain of certain animals used as meat
- A loose compartment of a backpack that straps on over the top opening.
- (informal) Mind.
- (plural only) A person who provides the intelligence required for something.
- The control center of the central nervous system of an animal located in the skull which is responsible for perception, cognition, attention, memory, emotion, and action.
- A part of the brain, especially associated with particular mental functions, abilities, etc.
- (slang, vulgar, uncountable) Oral sex.
- By analogy with a human brain, the part of a machine or computer that performs calculations.
- (informal) An intelligent person.
- (in the singular) An intellectual or mental capacity.
- (in the plural) Intellect.
verb
noun
- mental ability
- a habitual or characteristic mental attitude that determines how you will interpret and respond to situations
- The characteristics of a mind described as a system of distinctive structures and processes based in biology, language, or culture, etc.; a mental system.
- A mindset; a way of thinking; a set of beliefs.
noun
- mental ability
- a message whose ingenuity or verbal skill or incongruity has the power to evoke laughter
- a witty amusing person who makes jokes
- (now usually in the plural) Sanity.
- The ability to think quickly; mental cleverness, especially under short time constraints.
- Humour, especially when clever or quick.
- Intellectual ability; faculty of thinking, reasoning.
- Intelligence; common sense.
- A person who tells funny anecdotes or jokes; someone witty.
prep
verb
noun
noun
verb
- provide with abilities or understanding
- provide with (something) usually for a specific purpose
- (transitive) To prepare (someone) with a skill.
- (transitive, gaming) To equip oneself with (an item); to bring (equipment) into active use.
- (transitive) To dress up; to array; to clothe.
- (transitive) To supply with something necessary in order to carry out a specific action or task; to provide with (e.g. weapons, provisions, munitions, rigging).
noun
noun
noun
- skillful performance or ability without difficulty
- a natural effortlessness
- a building or place that provides a particular service or is used for a particular industry
- something designed and created to serve a particular function and to afford a particular convenience or service
- a service that an organization or a piece of equipment offers you
- A building or campus specially designed for a specific purpose, such as incarceration, military use, or scientific experimentation.
- The physical means or contrivances to make something (especially a public service) possible; the required equipment, infrastructure, location etc.
- (Scots law) A condition of mental weakness less than idiocy, but enough to make a person easily persuaded to do something against their better interest.
- Dexterity of speech or action; skill, talent.
- (Canada, US, in the plural) A toilet.
- (finance, banking) Clipping of credit facility.
- The fact of being easy, or easily done; absence of difficulty; simplicity.
noun
- an ability to perform well
- a particular mode in which something is manifested
- the phonological or orthographic sound or appearance of a word that can be used to describe or identify something
- an arrangement of the elements in a composition or discourse
- a category of things distinguished by some common characteristic or quality
- a printed document with spaces in which to write
- any spatial attributes (especially as defined by outline)
- alternative names for the body of a human being
- a perceptual structure
- (physical chemistry) a distinct state of matter in a system; matter that is identical in chemical composition and physical state and separated from other material by the phase boundary
- a mold for setting concrete
- the spatial arrangement of something as distinct from its substance
- (biology) a group of organisms within a species that differ in trivial ways from similar groups
- a life-size dummy used to display clothes
- a body of students who are taught together
- the visual appearance of something or someone
- Established method of expression or practice; fixed way of proceeding; conventional or stated scheme; formula.
- (grammar) A grouping of words which maintain grammatical context in different usages; the particular shape or structure of a word or part of speech.
- (fine arts) The boundary line of a material object. In painting, more generally, the human body.
- Constitution; mode of construction, organization, etc.; system.
- (sports, fitness) A specific way of performing a movement.
- The shape or visible structure of a thing or person.
- (crystallography) The combination of planes included under a general crystallographic symbol. It is not necessarily a closed solid.
- Show without substance; empty, outside appearance; vain, trivial, or conventional ceremony; conventionality; formality.
- An order of doing things, as in religious ritual.
- Regularity, beauty, or elegance.
- A specimen document to be copied or imitated.
- (geometry) A quantic.
- (UK) Past history (in a given area); a habit of doing something.
- (UK, education) A class or year of school pupils.
- (taxonomy) An infraspecific rank.
- (philosophy) The inherent nature of an object; that which the mind itself contributes as the condition of knowing; that in which the essence of a thing consists.
- A thing that gives shape to other things as in a mold.
- (computing, programming) A window or dialogue box.
- The den or home of a hare.
- Characteristics not involving atomic components.
- A blank document or template to be filled in by the user.
- Level of performance.
verb
- develop into a distinctive entity
- assume a form or shape
- create (as an entity)
- establish or impress firmly in the mind
- to compose or represent
- make something, usually for a specific function
- give shape or form to
- (transitive, linguistics) To create (a word) by inflection or derivation.
- (transitive) To give (a shape or visible structure) to a thing or person.
- To mould or model by instruction or discipline.
- To put together or bring into being; assemble.
- (transitive) To constitute, to compose, to make up.
- (intransitive) To take shape.
- (electricity, historical, transitive) To treat (plates) to prepare them for introduction into a storage battery, causing one plate to be composed more or less of spongy lead, and the other of lead peroxide. This was formerly done by repeated slow alternations of the charging current, but later the plates or grids were coated or filled, one with a paste of red lead and the other with litharge, introduced into the cell, and formed by a direct charging current.
- To provide (a hare) with a form.
- (transitive) To assume (a certain shape or visible structure).
verb
- make capable
- make legally capable or qualify in law
- cause (spermatozoa) to undergo the physical changes necessary to fertilize an egg
- (transitive, zoology) To alter sperm to allow it to fertilize eggs.
- (transitive) To make capable of functioning in a given capacity.
- (transitive, mathematics) To reach maximum throughput on at least part of a constrained network.
noun
- An aptitude amenable to development; capability.
- an aptitude that may be developed
- (physics) Quantum potential.
- (philosophy) A possibility or capacity to be something, as opposed to an actuality describing what something actually is at present.
- An inherent capacity for growth or development.
- (countable) An instance of potential: any given possibility.
- (chiefly uncountable) The quality of being or having potential.
- the inherent capacity for coming into being
adj
- having inherent physical or mental ability or capacity
- Having the necessary powers or the needed resources to accomplish a task.
- Gifted with skill, intelligence, knowledge, or competence.
- (usually followed by ‘to’) having the necessary means or skill or know-how or authority to do something
- having a strong healthy body
- have the skills and qualifications to do things well
- (nautical) Capable of performing all the requisite duties; as an able seaman.
- Free from constraints preventing completion of task; permitted to; not prevented from.
- (law) Legally qualified or competent.
noun
verb
noun
- A marked natural ability or skill.
- natural abilities or qualities
- (slang) The men or (especially) women of a place or area, judged by their attractiveness.
- (business, media, sports) People of talent, viewed collectively; a talented person.
- (historical) A unit of weight and money used in ancient times in Greece, the Roman Empire, and the Middle East, equal to about 30 to 60 kg in various times and places.
- a person who possesses unusual innate ability in some field or activity
noun
- natural abilities or qualities
- the act of endowing with a permanent source of income
- the capital that provides income for an institution
- Property or funds invested for the support and benefit of a person or not-for-profit institution.
- (insurance) Endowment assurance or pure endowment.
- Something with which a person or thing is endowed.
- (Mormonism) A ceremony designed to prepare participants for their role in the afterlife.
noun
- A currently unrealized ability (with the most common adposition being to).
- (physics) The gravitational potential: the radial (irrotational, static) component of a gravitational field, also known as the Newtonian potential or the gravitoelectric field.
- (physics) The work (energy) required to move a reference particle from a reference location to a specified location in the presence of a force field, for example to bring a unit positive electric charge from an infinite distance to a specified point against an electric field.
- (grammar) A verbal construction or form stating something is possible or probable.
- the inherent capacity for coming into being
- the difference in electrical charge between two points in a circuit expressed in volts
adj
noun
- the quality of being capable — physically or intellectually or legally
- an aptitude that may be developed
- the susceptibility of something to a particular treatment
- The power or ability to generate an outcome.
- (computing) A digital token allowing a user or process to interact in a specified way with an object that is subject to access control.
verb
- be equal to in quality or ability
- make equal, uniform, corresponding, or matching
- be identical or equivalent to
- (mathematics, copulative) To be equal to, to have the same value as; to correspond to.
- (copulative, informal) To have as consequence, to amount to, to mean.
- (transitive) To make equivalent to; to cause to match.
- (transitive) To match in degree or some other quality, to match up to.
adj
- having the same quantity, value, or measure as another
- having the requisite qualities or resources to meet a task
- (comparable) Adequate; sufficiently capable or qualified.
- The same in all respects that matter practically; interchangeable, fungible, or (even sometimes) identical for practical purposes.
- (mathematics, not comparable) Exactly identical, having the same value.
- The same in value (status, merit, etc): having or deserving the same rights or treatment.
- (music) Intended for voices of one kind only, either all male or all female; not mixed.
- (not comparable) The same in one or more respects.
noun
verb
- be equal to in quality or ability
- bring two objects, ideas, or people together
- give or join in marriage
- make equal, uniform, corresponding, or matching
- be compatible, similar or consistent; coincide in their characteristics
- provide funds complementary to
- be equal or harmonize
- make correspond or harmonize
- set into opposition or rivalry
- (transitive) To equal or exceed in achievement.
- (intransitive) To agree; to be equal; to correspond.
- (transitive) To agree with; to be equal to; to correspond to.
- (transitive, programming) To be an example of a rule or regex.
- (transitive) To make a successful match or pairing.
- To fit together, or make suitable for fitting together; specifically, to furnish with a tongue and groove at the edges.
noun
- a formal contest in which two or more persons or teams compete
- a pair of people who live together
- an exact duplicate
- something that resembles or harmonizes with
- the score needed to win a match
- lighter consisting of a thin piece of wood or cardboard tipped with combustible chemical; ignites with friction
- a burning piece of wood or cardboard
- a person who is of equal standing with another in a group
- a person regarded as a good matrimonial prospect
- Someone with a measure of an attribute equaling or exceeding the object of comparison.
- Equivalence; a state of correspondence.
- (sports) A competitive sporting event such as a boxing meet (commonly called a "bout"), a baseball game, or a cricket match.
- (metalworking) A perforated board, block of plaster, hardened sand, etc., in which a pattern is partly embedded when a mould is made, for giving shape to the surfaces of separation between the parts of the mould.
- Any contest or trial of strength or skill, or to determine superiority.
- Suitability.
- A device made of wood or paper, having the tip coated with chemicals that ignite with the friction of being dragged (struck) against a rough dry surface.
- Equality of conditions in contest or competition.
- A pair of items or entities with mutually suitable characteristics.
- A marriage.
- A candidate for matrimony; one to be gained in marriage.
- An agreement or compact.
verb
adj
noun
noun
- (uncountable) The ability or power to be effective.
- (countable) A measure of the effectiveness of something.
- (countable) [Technical documentation] An indication of the product, procedure, or timescale for which an item of information is applicable or effective.
- power to be effective; the quality of being able to bring about an effect
noun
- A strength or talent; a strong point.
- A passage in music to be played loudly; a loud section of music.
- The strong part of a sword blade, close to the hilt.
- a musical composition or musical passage to be performed loudly
- an asset of special worth or utility
- the stronger part of a sword blade between the hilt and the foible
adj
adv
noun
- ability
- Power of performance; means of execution; ability; skill; dexterity.
- a member of the crew of a ship
- a unit of length equal to 4 inches; used in measuring horses
- a rotating pointer on the face of a timepiece
- one of two sides of an issue
- the (prehensile) extremity of the superior limb
- a hired laborer on a farm or ranch
- terminal part of the forelimb in certain vertebrates (e.g. apes or kangaroos)
- a round of applause to signify approval
- physical assistance
- a position given by its location to the side of an object
- something written by hand
- the cards held in a card game by a given player at any given time
- a card player in a game of bridge
- A round of a card game.
- A side; part, camp; direction, either right or left.
- Promise, word; especially of a betrothal.
- (historical) A Native American gambling game, involving guessing the whereabouts of bits of ivory or similar, which are passed rapidly from hand to hand.
- Personal possession; ownership.
- (chiefly in the plural) Management, domain, control.
- An instance of helping.
- Handwriting; style of penmanship.
- (card games) The set of cards held by a player.
- The feel of a fabric; the impression or quality of the fabric as judged qualitatively by the sense of touch.
- (colloquial, chiefly in the negative plural) A hand which is free to assist; especially due to having one's hands full or otherwise fully preoccupied.
- (especially in compounds) An agent; a servant, or manual laborer; a workman, trained or competent for special service or duty.
- Applause.
- (collective) A bunch of bananas, a typical retail amount, where individual fruits are fingers.
- A performer more or less skilful.
- (chiefly in measuring the height of horses) Four inches, a hand's breadth.
- A person's autograph or signature.
- A whole rhizome of ginger.
- The part of the forelimb below the forearm or wrist in a human, and the corresponding part in many other animals.
- A limb of certain animals, such as the foot of a hawk, or any one of the four extremities of a monkey.
- (firearms) The small part of a gunstock near the lock, which is grasped by the hand in taking aim.
- (tobacco manufacturing) A bundle of tobacco leaves tied together.
- An index or pointer on a dial; such as the hour and minute hands on the face of an analog clock, which are used to indicate the time of day.
verb
- guide or conduct or usher somewhere
- place into the hands or custody of
- (transitive, nautical) To furl (a sail).
- (ditransitive) To give, pass or transmit with the hand, literally or figuratively.
- (transitive) To lead, guide, or assist with the hand; to conduct.
- (transitive, rare) To pledge by the hand; to handfast.
noun
- Capability; the ability to perform some task.
- A measure of such ability; volume.
- capability to perform or produce
- Mental ability; the power to learn;
- Electrical capacitance.
- (operations) The maximum that can be produced on a machine or in a facility or group.
- The ability to hold, receive, or absorb.
- A role; the position in which one functions.
- Legal authority (to make an arrest for example).
- The potential for growth and development.
- The maximum that can be produced.
- The maximum amount that can be held.
- the power to learn or retain knowledge; in law, the ability to understand the facts and significance of your behavior
- tolerance for alcohol
- the amount that can be contained
- (computer science) the amount of information (in bytes) that can be stored on a disk drive
- the maximum production possible
- an electrical phenomenon whereby an electric charge is stored
- a specified function
- the susceptibility of something to a particular treatment
adj
noun
- The ability or capacity to perform something
- Potentiality, ability, capacity.
- (usually of men) Sexual virility: the ability to become erect or achieve orgasm.
- (of alcoholic drinks, of drugs) Concentration; strength
- Power, authority.
- the state of being potent; a male's capacity to have sexual intercourse
- the power or right to give orders or make decisions
- capacity to produce strong physiological or chemical effects
- the inherent capacity for coming into being
noun
- The ability to perform a task well; aptitude.
- (slang) An act of borrowing or stealing something; a request for money.
- (Australian rules football) A disposal of the ball during a game, i.e. a kick or a handball.
- A little bit; a small amount.
- Form; standard of performance.
- (chiefly Australia) touch football (a variant of rugby league that does not involve tackling)
- The part of a sports field beyond the touchlines or goal-lines.
- (shipbuilding) The broadest part of a plank worked top and but, or of one worked anchor-stock fashion (that is, tapered from the middle to both ends); also, the angles of the stern timbers at the counters.
- A single stroke on a drawing or a picture.
- (uncountable, in set phrases) A relationship of close communication or understanding.
- (bell-ringing) A set of changes less than the total possible on seven bells, i.e. less than 5,040.
- An act of touching, especially with the hand or finger.
- The faculty or sense of perception by physical contact.
- The children's game of tag.
- The style or technique with which one plays a musical instrument.
- A distinguishing feature or characteristic.
- (music) The particular or characteristic mode of action, or the resistance of the keys of an instrument to the fingers.
- (slang) The extent to which a person is interested or affected; the amount of outlay on something.
- the event of something coming in contact with the body
- the feel of mechanical action
- the faculty by which external objects or forces are perceived through contact with the body (especially the hands)
- deftness in handling matters
- a slight attack of illness
- the act of soliciting money (as a gift or loan)
- a slight but appreciable amount
- the act of putting two things together with no space between them
- a communicative interaction
- a distinguishing style
- a suggestion of some quality
- the sensation produced by pressure receptors in the skin
verb
- be equal to in quality or ability
- (intransitive) Of a ship or its passengers: to land, to make a short stop (at).
- (transitive, slang) To obtain money from, usually by borrowing (from a friend).
- To have sexual intercourse with
- (nautical) To keep the ship as near (the wind) as possible.
- (transitive) To make intimate physical contact with a person.
- (transitive) To make physical contact with; to bring the hand, finger or other part of the body into contact with.
- (transitive, now historical) To lay hands on (someone suffering from scrofula) as a form of cure, as formerly practised by English and French monarchs.
- (transitive) To affect emotionally; to bring about tender or painful feelings in.
- (transitive, in negative constructions) To be on the level of; to approach in excellence or quality.
- To try; to prove, as with a touchstone.
- (transitive) To cause to be briefly in physical contact with something.
- To perform, as a tune; to play.
- (nautical) To bring (a sail) so close to the wind that its weather leech shakes.
- (intransitive) To make physical contact with a thing.
- (transitive) To physically disturb; to interfere with, molest, or attempt to harm through contact.
- (transitive, Scottish history) To give royal assent to by touching it with the sceptre.
- To strike; to manipulate; to play on.
- (transitive) To begin to consume, or otherwise use.
- (transitive) To come into (involuntary) contact with; to meet or intersect.
- (intransitive) To come into physical contact, or to be in physical contact.
- (intransitive) To deal with in speech or writing; briefly to speak or write (on or upon something).
- (transitive, reflexive or rarely intransitive) To sexually excite with the fingers; to finger or masturbate.
- (transitive) To imbue or endow with a specific quality.
- (transitive, always passive) To disturb the mental functions of; to make somewhat insane; often followed with "in the head".
- (transitive) To physically affect in specific ways implied by context.
- (transitive, computing) To mark (a file or document) as having been modified.
- To mark or delineate with touches; to add a slight stroke to with the pencil or brush.
- (intransitive, nautical) To be brought, as a sail, so close to the wind that its weather leech shakes.
- To influence by impulse; to impel forcibly.
- (transitive) To come close to; to approach.
- (transitive) To concern, to have to do with.
- color lightly
- cause to be in brief contact with
- to extend as far as
- comprehend
- make a more or less disguised reference to
- consume
- be in direct physical contact with; make contact
- tamper with
- make physical contact with, come in contact with
- affect emotionally
- have an effect upon
- perceive via the tactile sense
- deal with; usually used with a form of negation
- be relevant to
noun
- mental ability
- that part of the central nervous system that includes all the higher nervous centers; enclosed within the skull; continuous with the spinal cord
- someone who has exceptional intellectual ability and originality
- that which is responsible for one's thoughts, feelings, and conscious brain functions; the seat of the faculty of reason
- the brain of certain animals used as meat
- A loose compartment of a backpack that straps on over the top opening.
- (informal) Mind.
- (plural only) A person who provides the intelligence required for something.
- The control center of the central nervous system of an animal located in the skull which is responsible for perception, cognition, attention, memory, emotion, and action.
- A part of the brain, especially associated with particular mental functions, abilities, etc.
- (slang, vulgar, uncountable) Oral sex.
- By analogy with a human brain, the part of a machine or computer that performs calculations.
- (informal) An intelligent person.
- (in the singular) An intellectual or mental capacity.
- (in the plural) Intellect.
verb
noun
- mental ability
- a habitual or characteristic mental attitude that determines how you will interpret and respond to situations
- The characteristics of a mind described as a system of distinctive structures and processes based in biology, language, or culture, etc.; a mental system.
- A mindset; a way of thinking; a set of beliefs.
noun
- mental ability
- a message whose ingenuity or verbal skill or incongruity has the power to evoke laughter
- a witty amusing person who makes jokes
- (now usually in the plural) Sanity.
- The ability to think quickly; mental cleverness, especially under short time constraints.
- Humour, especially when clever or quick.
- Intellectual ability; faculty of thinking, reasoning.
- Intelligence; common sense.
- A person who tells funny anecdotes or jokes; someone witty.
prep
verb
noun
noun
noun
noun
- skillful performance or ability without difficulty
- a natural effortlessness
- a building or place that provides a particular service or is used for a particular industry
- something designed and created to serve a particular function and to afford a particular convenience or service
- a service that an organization or a piece of equipment offers you
- A building or campus specially designed for a specific purpose, such as incarceration, military use, or scientific experimentation.
- The physical means or contrivances to make something (especially a public service) possible; the required equipment, infrastructure, location etc.
- (Scots law) A condition of mental weakness less than idiocy, but enough to make a person easily persuaded to do something against their better interest.
- Dexterity of speech or action; skill, talent.
- (Canada, US, in the plural) A toilet.
- (finance, banking) Clipping of credit facility.
- The fact of being easy, or easily done; absence of difficulty; simplicity.
noun
- an ability to perform well
- a particular mode in which something is manifested
- the phonological or orthographic sound or appearance of a word that can be used to describe or identify something
- an arrangement of the elements in a composition or discourse
- a category of things distinguished by some common characteristic or quality
- a printed document with spaces in which to write
- any spatial attributes (especially as defined by outline)
- alternative names for the body of a human being
- a perceptual structure
- (physical chemistry) a distinct state of matter in a system; matter that is identical in chemical composition and physical state and separated from other material by the phase boundary
- a mold for setting concrete
- the spatial arrangement of something as distinct from its substance
- (biology) a group of organisms within a species that differ in trivial ways from similar groups
- a life-size dummy used to display clothes
- a body of students who are taught together
- the visual appearance of something or someone
- Established method of expression or practice; fixed way of proceeding; conventional or stated scheme; formula.
- (grammar) A grouping of words which maintain grammatical context in different usages; the particular shape or structure of a word or part of speech.
- (fine arts) The boundary line of a material object. In painting, more generally, the human body.
- Constitution; mode of construction, organization, etc.; system.
- (sports, fitness) A specific way of performing a movement.
- The shape or visible structure of a thing or person.
- (crystallography) The combination of planes included under a general crystallographic symbol. It is not necessarily a closed solid.
- Show without substance; empty, outside appearance; vain, trivial, or conventional ceremony; conventionality; formality.
- An order of doing things, as in religious ritual.
- Regularity, beauty, or elegance.
- A specimen document to be copied or imitated.
- (geometry) A quantic.
- (UK) Past history (in a given area); a habit of doing something.
- (UK, education) A class or year of school pupils.
- (taxonomy) An infraspecific rank.
- (philosophy) The inherent nature of an object; that which the mind itself contributes as the condition of knowing; that in which the essence of a thing consists.
- A thing that gives shape to other things as in a mold.
- (computing, programming) A window or dialogue box.
- The den or home of a hare.
- Characteristics not involving atomic components.
- A blank document or template to be filled in by the user.
- Level of performance.
verb
- develop into a distinctive entity
- assume a form or shape
- create (as an entity)
- establish or impress firmly in the mind
- to compose or represent
- make something, usually for a specific function
- give shape or form to
- (transitive, linguistics) To create (a word) by inflection or derivation.
- (transitive) To give (a shape or visible structure) to a thing or person.
- To mould or model by instruction or discipline.
- To put together or bring into being; assemble.
- (transitive) To constitute, to compose, to make up.
- (intransitive) To take shape.
- (electricity, historical, transitive) To treat (plates) to prepare them for introduction into a storage battery, causing one plate to be composed more or less of spongy lead, and the other of lead peroxide. This was formerly done by repeated slow alternations of the charging current, but later the plates or grids were coated or filled, one with a paste of red lead and the other with litharge, introduced into the cell, and formed by a direct charging current.
- To provide (a hare) with a form.
- (transitive) To assume (a certain shape or visible structure).
noun
- An aptitude amenable to development; capability.
- an aptitude that may be developed
- (physics) Quantum potential.
- (philosophy) A possibility or capacity to be something, as opposed to an actuality describing what something actually is at present.
- An inherent capacity for growth or development.
- (countable) An instance of potential: any given possibility.
- (chiefly uncountable) The quality of being or having potential.
- the inherent capacity for coming into being
noun
- A marked natural ability or skill.
- natural abilities or qualities
- (slang) The men or (especially) women of a place or area, judged by their attractiveness.
- (business, media, sports) People of talent, viewed collectively; a talented person.
- (historical) A unit of weight and money used in ancient times in Greece, the Roman Empire, and the Middle East, equal to about 30 to 60 kg in various times and places.
- a person who possesses unusual innate ability in some field or activity
verb
noun
noun
- natural abilities or qualities
- the act of endowing with a permanent source of income
- the capital that provides income for an institution
- Property or funds invested for the support and benefit of a person or not-for-profit institution.
- (insurance) Endowment assurance or pure endowment.
- Something with which a person or thing is endowed.
- (Mormonism) A ceremony designed to prepare participants for their role in the afterlife.
noun
- A currently unrealized ability (with the most common adposition being to).
- (physics) The gravitational potential: the radial (irrotational, static) component of a gravitational field, also known as the Newtonian potential or the gravitoelectric field.
- (physics) The work (energy) required to move a reference particle from a reference location to a specified location in the presence of a force field, for example to bring a unit positive electric charge from an infinite distance to a specified point against an electric field.
- (grammar) A verbal construction or form stating something is possible or probable.
- the inherent capacity for coming into being
- the difference in electrical charge between two points in a circuit expressed in volts
adj
noun
- the quality of being capable — physically or intellectually or legally
- an aptitude that may be developed
- the susceptibility of something to a particular treatment
- The power or ability to generate an outcome.
- (computing) A digital token allowing a user or process to interact in a specified way with an object that is subject to access control.
noun
- (uncountable) The ability or power to be effective.
- (countable) A measure of the effectiveness of something.
- (countable) [Technical documentation] An indication of the product, procedure, or timescale for which an item of information is applicable or effective.
- power to be effective; the quality of being able to bring about an effect
noun
- A strength or talent; a strong point.
- A passage in music to be played loudly; a loud section of music.
- The strong part of a sword blade, close to the hilt.
- a musical composition or musical passage to be performed loudly
- an asset of special worth or utility
- the stronger part of a sword blade between the hilt and the foible
adj
adv
verb
- give qualities or abilities to
- give or delegate power or authority to
- (transitive) To give someone more confidence and/or strength to do something, often by enabling them to increase their control over their own life or situation.
- (transitive) To give permission, power, or the legal right to do something.
verb
- give qualities or abilities to
- furnish with an endowment
- (transitive, followed by with, or rarely by of) To enrich or furnish with some faculty or quality.
- (transitive, usually in the passive voice) To naturally furnish (with something).
- (transitive) To give property to (someone) as a gift; specifically, to provide (a person or institution) with support in the form of a permanent fund of money or other benefits.
verb
noun
verb
- give qualities or abilities to
- make an investment
- furnish with power or authority; of kings or emperors
- place ceremoniously or formally in an office or position
- provide with power and authority
- To commit money or capital in the hope of financial gain.
- To formally give (power or authority).
- (intransitive) To cause to be involved in; to cause to form strong attachments to.
- To formally give (someone) some power or authority.
- (metallurgy) To prepare for lost wax casting by creating an investment mold (a mixture of a silica sand and plaster).
- To surround, accompany, or attend.
- To lay siege to.
- (Spanish politics) To inaugurate the Prime Minister of Spain after a successful parliamentary vote.
- (intransitive) To make investments.
- To ceremonially install someone in some office.
- To spend money, time, or energy on something, especially for some benefit or purpose; used with in.
- To envelop, wrap, cover.
noun
verb
- provide with abilities or understanding
- provide with (something) usually for a specific purpose
- (transitive) To prepare (someone) with a skill.
- (transitive, gaming) To equip oneself with (an item); to bring (equipment) into active use.
- (transitive) To dress up; to array; to clothe.
- (transitive) To supply with something necessary in order to carry out a specific action or task; to provide with (e.g. weapons, provisions, munitions, rigging).
noun
verb
- make capable
- make legally capable or qualify in law
- cause (spermatozoa) to undergo the physical changes necessary to fertilize an egg
- (transitive, zoology) To alter sperm to allow it to fertilize eggs.
- (transitive) To make capable of functioning in a given capacity.
- (transitive, mathematics) To reach maximum throughput on at least part of a constrained network.
noun
- The ability to perform a task well; aptitude.
- (slang) An act of borrowing or stealing something; a request for money.
- (Australian rules football) A disposal of the ball during a game, i.e. a kick or a handball.
- A little bit; a small amount.
- Form; standard of performance.
- (chiefly Australia) touch football (a variant of rugby league that does not involve tackling)
- The part of a sports field beyond the touchlines or goal-lines.
- (shipbuilding) The broadest part of a plank worked top and but, or of one worked anchor-stock fashion (that is, tapered from the middle to both ends); also, the angles of the stern timbers at the counters.
- A single stroke on a drawing or a picture.
- (uncountable, in set phrases) A relationship of close communication or understanding.
- (bell-ringing) A set of changes less than the total possible on seven bells, i.e. less than 5,040.
- An act of touching, especially with the hand or finger.
- The faculty or sense of perception by physical contact.
- The children's game of tag.
- The style or technique with which one plays a musical instrument.
- A distinguishing feature or characteristic.
- (music) The particular or characteristic mode of action, or the resistance of the keys of an instrument to the fingers.
- (slang) The extent to which a person is interested or affected; the amount of outlay on something.
- the event of something coming in contact with the body
- the feel of mechanical action
- the faculty by which external objects or forces are perceived through contact with the body (especially the hands)
- deftness in handling matters
- a slight attack of illness
- the act of soliciting money (as a gift or loan)
- a slight but appreciable amount
- the act of putting two things together with no space between them
- a communicative interaction
- a distinguishing style
- a suggestion of some quality
- the sensation produced by pressure receptors in the skin
verb
- be equal to in quality or ability
- (intransitive) Of a ship or its passengers: to land, to make a short stop (at).
- (transitive, slang) To obtain money from, usually by borrowing (from a friend).
- To have sexual intercourse with
- (nautical) To keep the ship as near (the wind) as possible.
- (transitive) To make intimate physical contact with a person.
- (transitive) To make physical contact with; to bring the hand, finger or other part of the body into contact with.
- (transitive, now historical) To lay hands on (someone suffering from scrofula) as a form of cure, as formerly practised by English and French monarchs.
- (transitive) To affect emotionally; to bring about tender or painful feelings in.
- (transitive, in negative constructions) To be on the level of; to approach in excellence or quality.
- To try; to prove, as with a touchstone.
- (transitive) To cause to be briefly in physical contact with something.
- To perform, as a tune; to play.
- (nautical) To bring (a sail) so close to the wind that its weather leech shakes.
- (intransitive) To make physical contact with a thing.
- (transitive) To physically disturb; to interfere with, molest, or attempt to harm through contact.
- (transitive, Scottish history) To give royal assent to by touching it with the sceptre.
- To strike; to manipulate; to play on.
- (transitive) To begin to consume, or otherwise use.
- (transitive) To come into (involuntary) contact with; to meet or intersect.
- (intransitive) To come into physical contact, or to be in physical contact.
- (intransitive) To deal with in speech or writing; briefly to speak or write (on or upon something).
- (transitive, reflexive or rarely intransitive) To sexually excite with the fingers; to finger or masturbate.
- (transitive) To imbue or endow with a specific quality.
- (transitive, always passive) To disturb the mental functions of; to make somewhat insane; often followed with "in the head".
- (transitive) To physically affect in specific ways implied by context.
- (transitive, computing) To mark (a file or document) as having been modified.
- To mark or delineate with touches; to add a slight stroke to with the pencil or brush.
- (intransitive, nautical) To be brought, as a sail, so close to the wind that its weather leech shakes.
- To influence by impulse; to impel forcibly.
- (transitive) To come close to; to approach.
- (transitive) To concern, to have to do with.
- color lightly
- cause to be in brief contact with
- to extend as far as
- comprehend
- make a more or less disguised reference to
- consume
- be in direct physical contact with; make contact
- tamper with
- make physical contact with, come in contact with
- affect emotionally
- have an effect upon
- perceive via the tactile sense
- deal with; usually used with a form of negation
- be relevant to
verb
- be equal to in quality or ability
- make equal, uniform, corresponding, or matching
- be identical or equivalent to
- (mathematics, copulative) To be equal to, to have the same value as; to correspond to.
- (copulative, informal) To have as consequence, to amount to, to mean.
- (transitive) To make equivalent to; to cause to match.
- (transitive) To match in degree or some other quality, to match up to.
adj
- having the same quantity, value, or measure as another
- having the requisite qualities or resources to meet a task
- (comparable) Adequate; sufficiently capable or qualified.
- The same in all respects that matter practically; interchangeable, fungible, or (even sometimes) identical for practical purposes.
- (mathematics, not comparable) Exactly identical, having the same value.
- The same in value (status, merit, etc): having or deserving the same rights or treatment.
- (music) Intended for voices of one kind only, either all male or all female; not mixed.
- (not comparable) The same in one or more respects.
noun
verb
- be equal to in quality or ability
- bring two objects, ideas, or people together
- give or join in marriage
- make equal, uniform, corresponding, or matching
- be compatible, similar or consistent; coincide in their characteristics
- provide funds complementary to
- be equal or harmonize
- make correspond or harmonize
- set into opposition or rivalry
- (transitive) To equal or exceed in achievement.
- (intransitive) To agree; to be equal; to correspond.
- (transitive) To agree with; to be equal to; to correspond to.
- (transitive, programming) To be an example of a rule or regex.
- (transitive) To make a successful match or pairing.
- To fit together, or make suitable for fitting together; specifically, to furnish with a tongue and groove at the edges.
noun
- a formal contest in which two or more persons or teams compete
- a pair of people who live together
- an exact duplicate
- something that resembles or harmonizes with
- the score needed to win a match
- lighter consisting of a thin piece of wood or cardboard tipped with combustible chemical; ignites with friction
- a burning piece of wood or cardboard
- a person who is of equal standing with another in a group
- a person regarded as a good matrimonial prospect
- Someone with a measure of an attribute equaling or exceeding the object of comparison.
- Equivalence; a state of correspondence.
- (sports) A competitive sporting event such as a boxing meet (commonly called a "bout"), a baseball game, or a cricket match.
- (metalworking) A perforated board, block of plaster, hardened sand, etc., in which a pattern is partly embedded when a mould is made, for giving shape to the surfaces of separation between the parts of the mould.
- Any contest or trial of strength or skill, or to determine superiority.
- Suitability.
- A device made of wood or paper, having the tip coated with chemicals that ignite with the friction of being dragged (struck) against a rough dry surface.
- Equality of conditions in contest or competition.
- A pair of items or entities with mutually suitable characteristics.
- A marriage.
- A candidate for matrimony; one to be gained in marriage.
- An agreement or compact.
verb
adj
noun
adj
adj
- having inherent physical or mental ability or capacity
- Having the necessary powers or the needed resources to accomplish a task.
- Gifted with skill, intelligence, knowledge, or competence.
- (usually followed by ‘to’) having the necessary means or skill or know-how or authority to do something
- having a strong healthy body
- have the skills and qualifications to do things well
- (nautical) Capable of performing all the requisite duties; as an able seaman.
- Free from constraints preventing completion of task; permitted to; not prevented from.
- (law) Legally qualified or competent.