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noun
- deviate behavior
- a variation that deviates from the standard or norm
- the difference between an observed value and the expected value of a variable or function
- a turning aside (of your course or attention or concern)
- the error of a compass due to local magnetic disturbances
- A departure from the correct way of acting.
- (metrology) The signed difference between a value and its reference value.
- (statistics) For interval variables and ratio variables, a measure of difference between the observed value and the mean.
- (contract law) The voluntary and unnecessary departure of a ship from, or delay in, the regular and usual course of the specific voyage insured, thus releasing the underwriters from their responsibility.
- (Absolute Deviation) The shortest distance between the center of the target and the point where a projectile hits or bursts.
- The act of deviating; wandering off the correct or true path or road.
- A detour in a road or railway.
- (aviation) A detour to one side of the originally-planned flightpath (for instance, to avoid weather); the act of making such a detour.
- The state or result of having deviated; a transgression; an act of sin; an error; an offense.
noun
- A difference between what is expected and what is observed; deviation.
- (physics, chemistry, biology) The number of degrees of freedom in a system.
- (law) A discrepancy between two legal documents.
- (computing, programming) Covariance and contravariance generally.
- (law) A departure from a cause of action originally in a complaint.
- The state of differing or being in conflict.
- The act of varying or the state of being variable.
- An official permit to do something that is ordinarily forbidden by regulations.
- (statistics) The second central moment in probability; the square of the standard deviation.
- an activity that varies from a norm or standard
- the quality of being subject to variation
- an official dispensation to act contrary to a rule or regulation (typically a building regulation)
- a difference between conflicting facts or claims or opinions
- an event that departs from expectations
- the second moment around the mean; the expected value of the square of the deviations of a random variable from its mean value
- discord that splits a group
noun
- A deviation or difference.
- A specific variation of something.
- (cybernetics) The total number of distinct states of a system; also, the logarithm to the base 2 of the total number of distinct states of a system.
- (radio, television, theater) Ellipsis of variety performance or variety show (“a type of entertainment featuring a succession of short, unrelated performances by various artistes such as (depending on the medium) acrobats, comedians, dancers, magicians, singers, etc.”).
- (linguistics) A specific form of a language, neutral to whether that form is an accent, dialect, register, etc., and to its prestige level; an isolect or lect.
- (radio, television, theater) The kind of entertainment given in variety performances or shows; also, the production of, or performance in, variety performances or shows.
- (algebraic geometry) Ellipsis of algebraic variety (“the set of solutions of a given system of polynomial equations over the real or complex numbers; any of certain generalisations of such a set that preserves the geometric intuition implicit in the original definition”).
- (botany, taxonomy) A rank in a taxonomic classification below species and (if present) subspecies, and above form; hence, an organism of that rank.
- A collection or number of different things.
- In universal algebra: an equational class; the class of all algebraic structures of a given signature, satisfying a given set of identities.
- The quality of being varied; diversity.
- (philately) A stamp, or set of stamps, which has one or more characteristics (such as colour, paper, etc.) differing from other stamps in the same issue, especially if such differences are intentionally introduced.
- (biology, loosely) An animal or plant (or a group of such animals or plants) with characteristics causing it to differ from other animals or plants of the same species; a strain or cultivar.
- (biology) a taxonomic category consisting of members of a species that differ from others of the same species in minor but heritable characteristics
- a category of things distinguished by some common characteristic or quality
- noticeable heterogeneity
- a difference that is usually pleasant
- a collection containing a variety of sorts of things
- a show consisting of a series of short unrelated performances
noun
- strange and unconventional behavior
- (geometry) a ratio describing the shape of a conic section; the ratio of the distance between the foci to the length of the major axis
- a circularity that has a different center or deviates from a circular path
- (geometry) The ratio, constant for any particular conic section, of the distance of a point from the focus to its distance from the directrix.
- The quality of being eccentric or odd; any eccentric behaviour.
- (astronomy) The eccentricity of the conic section (usually an ellipse) defined by the orbit of a given object around a reference object (such as that of a planet around the sun).
- (graph theory) The farthest distance from a vertex to any other vertex.
noun
- Initialism of positive deviance.
- Initialism of process deviation.
- (sports) Initialism of performance director.
- (Ireland, politics, historical) Initialism of Progressive Democrat.
- Initialism of peritoneal dialysis.
- (ophthalmology) Initialism of pupillary distance.
- (pathology) Initialism of personality disorder.
- Initialism of pole dance.
- (chiefly South Korea) Initialism of producer director.
- Initialism of professional development.
- (law) Initialism of public defender.
- Initialism of program director.
- (pathology) Initialism of Parkinson’s disease.
- (pathology) Initialism of panic disorder.
- Initialism of public domain.
- Initialism of penile duplication.
- (electronics) Initialism of phase detector.
- (electronics) Initialism of power delivery.
- (electricity) Initialism of partial discharge.
- (U.S. military) Abbreviation of period (full stop) punctuation mark, used in communication systems without punctuation (e.g., telegrams).
- (law enforcement) Initialism of police department.
- Initialism of prosecutorial discretion.
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noun
- an extreme deviation from the mean
- a person who lives away from their place of work
- (statistics) A value in a statistical sample which does not fit a pattern that describes most other data points; specifically, a value that lies 1.5 IQR beyond the upper or lower quartile.
- (geology) A part of a formation separated from the rest of the formation by erosion.
- (figurative) An exception.
- A person or thing situated away from the main body or outside its proper place.
noun
- any specific behavior
- (chemistry) the capacity of a substance to take part in a chemical reaction
- an organic process that takes place in the body
- the trait of being active; moving or acting rapidly and energetically
- the state of being active
- a process existing in or produced by nature (rather than by the intent of human beings)
- (countable) Something done for pleasure or entertainment, especially one involving movement or an excursion.
- (physics) The number of radioactive decays per unit time. Unit for it: becquerel or curie
- (countable) Something done as an action or a movement.
- (grammar, semantics) The lexical aspect (aktionsart) of verbs or predicates that change over time and have no natural end point.
- The property of substances to react with other substances
- (uncountable) The state or quality of being active; activeness.
noun
- a distinguishing characteristic or behavior
- a printed or written greeting that is left to indicate that you have visited
- a card that is used instead of cash to make telephone calls
- (World War I– World War II military slang) An explosive dropped from a bomber aeroplane.
- A phonecard.
- A card advertising the services of a prostitute.
- (figurative) An attribute, symptom, object, or behavior which is distinctly characteristic of someone or something.
- A small printed card which identifies the bearer, traditionally presented for introduction when making a social visit to a home or when attending a formal social event or business meeting.
- (euphemistic) Excrement, especially of a domestic animal.
verb
- deviate erratically from a set course
- swerve off course momentarily
- be wide open
- (intransitive, nautical) To steer badly, zigzagging back and forth across the intended course of a boat; to go out of the line of course.
- (intransitive, aviation) To turn about the vertical axis while maintaining course.
- (intransitive) To rise in blisters, breaking in white froth, as cane juice in the clarifiers in sugar works.
- (intransitive, nautical) To swerve off course to port or starboard.
noun
- an erratic deflection from an intended course
- The rotation of an aircraft, ship, or missile about its vertical axis so as to cause the longitudinal axis of the aircraft, ship, or missile to deviate from the flight line or heading in its horizontal plane.
- The angle between the longitudinal axis of a projectile at any moment and the tangent to the trajectory in the corresponding point of flight of the projectile.
- A single tumor in the disease called yaws.
- (nautical) A vessel's motion rotating about the vertical axis, so the bow yaws from side to side; a characteristic of unsteadiness.
- The extent of yawing; the rotation angle about the vertical axis.
verb
- behave unnaturally or affectedly
- have an effect or outcome; often the one desired or expected
- perform an action, or work out or perform (an action)
- pretend to have certain qualities or state of mind
- behave in a certain manner; show a certain behavior; conduct or comport oneself
- play a role or part
- discharge one's duties
- perform on a stage or theater
- be suitable for theatrical performance
- (transitive) To feign.
- (intransitive, law) To carry out work as a legal representative in relation to a particular legal matter.
- (intransitive) To do something.
- (intransitive) To behave in a certain manner for an indefinite length of time.
- (intransitive, construed with on or upon) To have an effect (on).
- (intransitive) To perform a theatrical role.
- (intransitive) To do something that causes a change binding on the doer.
- (intransitive) Of a play: to be acted out (well or badly).
- (copulative) To convey an appearance of being.
- (transitive) To play (a role).
- (intransitive, mathematics, construed with on or upon, of an algebraic structure) To possess an action onto (some other structure). Examples include the group action of a group on a set, the action of a ring on a module by scalar multiplication, and the action of a group or algebra on a vector space via a representation.
noun
- something that people do or cause to happen
- a short performance that is part of a longer program
- a subdivision of a play or opera or ballet
- a manifestation of insincerity
- a legal document codifying the result of deliberations of a committee or society or legislative body
- (law) Ellipsis of act of parliament.
- (countable) A performer or performers in a show.
- (countable) A display of behaviour.
- (countable) A display of behaviour meant to deceive.
- (law, countable) (In the United States) A legislative proposal, a bill that has not yet become law.
- (countable) A formal or official record of something done.
- The process of doing something.
- (countable) Something done, a deed.
- (theology) Something done once and for all, as distinguished from a work.
- (countable) Any organized activity.
- (countable, drama) A division of a theatrical performance.
- (law, countable) A product of a legislative body, a statute.
- A thesis maintained in public, in some English universities, by a candidate for a degree, or to show the proficiency of a student.
adv
verb
- behave unnaturally or affectedly
- hide under a false appearance
- make believe with the intent to deceive
- (transitive) To disguise or conceal something.
- (transitive) To feign, dissimulate.
- (intransitive) To falsely hide one's opinions or feelings.
- (transitive) To deliberately ignore something; to pretend not to notice.
verb
- behave unnaturally or affectedly
- represent fictitiously, as in a play, or pretend to be or act like
- make believe with the intent to deceive
- state insincerely
- put forward a claim and assert right or possession of
- put forward, of a guess, in spite of possible refutation
- (transitive) To feign, affect (a state, quality, etc.).
- (intransitive with 'to', formal, originally transitive) To lay claim (to an ability, status, advantage, etc.).
- To engage in make-believe.
- (intransitive or with 'that' clause or 'to' infinitive) To speak or behave so as to give a false or simulated appearance.
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adv
adj
- straightforward in means or manner or behavior or language or action
- in precisely the same words used by a writer or speaker
- being an immediate result or consequence
- in a straight unbroken line of descent from parent to child
- moving from west to east on the celestial sphere; or — for planets — around the sun in the same direction as the Earth
- similar in nature or effect or relation to another quantity
- direct in spatial dimensions; proceeding without deviation or interruption; straight and short
- having no intervening persons, agents, conditions
- lacking compromising or mitigating elements
- (of a current) flowing in one direction only
- In the line of descent; not collateral.
- Proceeding without deviation or interruption.
- Straightforward; sincere.
- Straight; not crooked, oblique, or circuitous; leading by the short or shortest way to a point or end.
- (astronomy) In the direction of the general planetary motion, or from west to east; in the order of the signs; not retrograde; said of the motion of a celestial body.
- (mathematics, logic, of a proof) Not employing the law of the excluded middle or argument by contradiction.
- (aviation, travel) Having a single flight number.
- (political science) Pertaining to, or effected immediately by, action of the people through their votes instead of through one or more representatives or delegates.
- Immediate; express; plain; unambiguous.
verb
- direct the course; determine the direction of travelling
- guide the actors in (plays and films)
- plan and direct (a complex undertaking)
- specifically design a product, event, or activity for a certain public
- take somebody somewhere
- govern or manage
- point or cause to go (blows, weapons, or objects such as photographic equipment) towards
- lead, as in the performance of a composition
- cause to go somewhere
- command with authority
- put an address on (an envelope)
- intend (something) to move towards a certain goal
- give directions to; point somebody into a certain direction
- To aim (something) at (something else).
- To manage, control, steer.
- To point out to or show (somebody) the right course or way; to guide, as by pointing out the way; to refer.
- To point out to with authority; to instruct as a superior; to order.
adv
- without deviation
- without delay or hesitation; with no time intervening
- without anyone or anything intervening
- in a forthright manner; candidly or frankly
- In a direct manner; in a straight line or course.
- In a straightforward way; without anything intervening; not by secondary but by direct means.
- Exactly; just; at the shortest possible distance.
- Plainly, without circumlocution or ambiguity; absolutely; in express terms.
- Straightforwardly; honestly.
conj
adv
- without deviation
- in a straight line; in a direct course
- in a forthright manner; candidly or frankly
- Of a direction relative to the subject, precisely; as if following a direct line.
- Directly; without pause, delay or detour.
- Continuously; without interruption or pause.
- Of speech or information, without prevarication or holding back; directly; straightforwardly; plainly.
adj
- in keeping with the facts
- not homosexual
- (of hair) having no waves or curls
- neatly arranged; not disorderly
- rigidly conventional or old-fashioned
- free from curves or angles
- without evasion or compromise
- no longer coiled
- erect in posture
- (of an alcoholic drink) without water
- following a correct or logical method
- having no deviations
- successive (without a break)
- characterized by honesty and fairness
- accurately fitted; level
- Perfectly horizontal or vertical; not diagonal or oblique.
- (telegraphy, historical, of a telegram) Sent at a full rate for immediate delivery; being a fast telegram.
- (informal, of people, reciprocal) On good terms.
- Free from dishonesty; honest, law-abiding.
- (tennis) Describing the sets in a match of which the winner did not lose a single set.
- (colloquial) Conventional; mainstream; socially acceptable.
- Of spirits: undiluted, unmixed; neat.
- (engineering, of an internal-combustion engine) Having all cylinders in a single straight line; in-line.
- In a row, in unbroken sequence; consecutive.
- (cricket) Describing the bat as held so as not to incline to either side; on, or near a line running between the two wickets.
- (colloquial) Not using alcohol, drugs, etc.
- (of a path, trajectory, etc.) Direct, undeviating.
- Not crooked, curly, or bent; having a constant direction throughout its length.
- (slang) Thorough; utter; unqualified.
- (colloquial) Heterosexual.
- Direct in communication; unevasive, straightforward.
- (informal, of a person) OK, all right, fine; in a good state or situation.
- (fashion) Not plus size; thin.
- In proper order; as it should be.
- (colloquial, of a romantic or sexual relation) Occurring between people of opposite sex (sometimes, but not always, specifically between heterosexual people).
- (rare, now chiefly religion) Strait; narrow.
- (sciences, mathematics) Concerning the property allowing the parallel transport of vectors along a course that keeps tangent vectors remain as such throughout that course (a course which is straight, a straight curve, is a geodesic).
- Serious rather than comedic.
- (slang, sex work) Related to conventional sexual intercourse.
- (US, politics) Making no exceptions or deviations in one's support of the organization and candidates of a political party.
- (US, politics) Containing the names of all the regularly nominated candidates of a single party and no others.
noun
- a person having a sexual orientation to persons of the opposite sex
- a poker hand with 5 consecutive cards (regardless of suit)
- a straight segment of a roadway or racecourse
- A chiropractor who relies solely on spinal adjustment, with no other treatments.
- (slang) A normal person; someone in mainstream society.
- (slang) A cigarette, particularly one containing tobacco instead of marijuana.
- (colloquial) A heterosexual.
- A cat that has straight ears despite belonging to a breed that often has folded ears.
- (poker) Five cards in sequence.
- Something that is not crooked or bent such as a part of a road or track.
verb
adj
- deviating widely from an intended course
- in a state of extreme emotion
- located in a dismal or remote area; desolate
- fanciful and unrealistic; foolish
- in a natural state; not tamed or domesticated or cultivated
- (of colors or sounds) intensely vivid or loud
- without civilizing influences
- involving risk or danger
- marked by extreme lack of restraint or control
- intensely enthusiastic about or preoccupied with
- without a basis in reason or fact
- (of the elements) as if showing violent anger
- talking or behaving irrationally
- Furious; very angry.
- Very inaccurate; far off the mark.
- (electrical engineering) Of unregulated and varying frequency.
- Able to stand in for others, e.g. a card in games, or a text character in computer pattern matching.
- Visibly and overtly anxious; frantic.
- (nautical, of a vessel) Hard to steer.
- (slang) Very unexpected; wildly surprising; crazy, diabolical.
- Raucous, unruly, or licentious.
- Disheveled, tangled, or untidy.
- Exposed to the wind and sea; unsheltered.
- (mathematics, of a knot) Not capable of being represented as a finite closed polygonal chain.
- Of an audio recording: intended to be synchronized with film or video but recorded separately.
- Being in the wild, by any pathway (whether by being of the wild type, by being feral since birth, or by being feral after escape from domesticated life).
- Unrestrained or uninhibited.
- Especially, being of the wild type: being of an unbroken ancestral line of undomesticated animals, as opposed to being feral, being an undomesticated animal whose ancestors were domesticated.
- Enthusiastic.
- (slang) Amazing, awesome, unbelievable.
- From or relating to wild creatures.
noun
- a wild and uninhabited area left in its natural condition
- a wild primitive state untouched by civilization
- Alternative form of weald.
- (chiefly in the plural) A wilderness.
- Something that is able to stand in for others, such as a particular playing card in a game.
- (singular, with "the") The undomesticated state of a wild animal.
adv
verb
adj
- not subject to change or variation especially in behavior
- securely in position; not shaky
- not liable to fluctuate or especially to fall
- not easily excited or upset
- marked by firm determination or resolution; not shakable
- relating to a person who does something regularly
- Smooth and not bumpy or with obstructions.
- Slow.
- (Singapore, Singlish, predicative) Confident and cool-headed under pressure; competent; reliable, adept.
- Firm in standing or position; not tottering or shaking; fixed; firm.
- Phlegmatic, calm; not easily upset, excited, or disturbed.
- Regular and even.
- Constant in feeling, purpose, or pursuit; not fickle, changeable, or wavering; not easily moved or persuaded to alter a purpose; resolute.
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verb
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particle
noun
- deviation from a straight or normal course
- the state of being flexed (as of a joint)
- act of bending a joint; especially a joint between the bones of a limb so that the angle between them is decreased
- The act of bending a joint, especially a bone joint; the counteraction of extension.
- The state of being bent or flexed.
- Deviation from straightness.
noun
- deviation from a straight or normal course
- a change in the form of a word (usually by adding a suffix) to indicate a change in its grammatical function
- the patterns of stress and intonation in a language
- a manner of speaking in which the loudness or pitch or tone of the voice is modified
- (grammar, uncountable) The linguistic phenomenon of morphological variation, whereby terms take a number of distinct forms in order to express different grammatical features.
- (countable) An affix representing a given variation.
- A change in pitch or tone of voice.
- (countable) Any specific type of morphological variation, which applies to a given class of terms.
- (countable) Any specific morphological form of a particular term, such as the principal parts for any given stem; any of the declined or conjugated forms that constitute its declension or conjugation.
- (optometry) Diffraction.
- (mathematics) A change in curvature from concave to convex or from convex to concave.
- A turning away from a straight course.
noun
- A deviation from a plan or procedure.
- a variation that deviates from the standard or norm
- (navigation) The distance due east or west made by a ship in its course reckoned in plane sailing as the product of the distance sailed and the sine of the angle made by the course with the meridian.
- (law) The desertion by a party to any pleading of the ground taken by him in his last antecedent pleading, and the adoption of another
- (euphemistic) A death.
- (surveying) The difference in easting between the two ends of a line or curve.
- The act of departing or something that has departed.
- the act of departing
- euphemistic expressions for death
adj
- disposed to psychological variability
- highly or violently reactive
- suffering from severe mental illness
- subject to change; variable
- lacking stability or fixity or firmness
- affording no ease or reassurance
- Unpredictable.
- Fluctuating; not constant.
- Not stable.
- (physics) Radioactive, especially with a short half-life.
- Fickle.
- (chemistry) Readily decomposable.
- Having a strong tendency to change.
verb
noun
- the branch of psychology concerned with abnormal behavior
- the branch of medicine dealing with the diagnosis and treatment of mental disorders
- (countable) A mental or behavioral disorder.
- (medicine, pathology) The study of the origin, development, diagnosis and treatment of mental and behavioural disorders.
adj
noun
adj
- deviating from normal expectations; somewhat odd, strange, or abnormal
- lacking continuity or regularity
- contrary to rule or accepted order or general practice
- not occurring at a regular rate or fixed intervals
- (of a surface or shape); not level or flat or symmetrical
- (used of the military) not belonging to or engaged in by regular army forces
- independent in behavior or thought
- (of solids) not having clear dimensions that can be measured; volume must be determined with the principle of liquid displacement
- failing to meet a standard of manufacture due to an imperfection
- Rough (of a surface).
- (grammar, of a word) Not following the regular or expected patterns of inflection in a given language.
- Nonstandard; not conforming to rules or expectations.
- (geometry, of a polygon) Not regular; having sides that are not equal or angles that are not equal.
- Without symmetry, regularity, or uniformity.
- (geometry, of a polyhedron) Whose faces are not all regular polygons (or are not equally inclined to each other).
noun
- a member of an irregular armed force that fights a stronger force by sabotage and harassment
- merchandise that has imperfections; usually sold at a reduced price without the brand name
- One who does not regularly attend a venue.
- A soldier who is not a member of an official military force and who may not use regular army tactics.
noun
- deviation from the normal or common order or form or rule
- a person who is unusual
- (astronomy) position of a planet as defined by its angular distance from its perihelion (as observed from the sun)
- (sciences) Any event or measurement that is out of the ordinary regardless of whether it is exceptional or not.
- (quantum mechanics) A failure of a classical symmetry due to quantum corrections.
- A deviation from a rule or from what is regarded as normal; an outlier.
- Something or someone that is strange or unusual.
- (astronomy) Any of various angular distances.
- (biology) A defect or malformation.
noun
- a variation that deviates from the standard or norm
- a significant change
- a disagreement or argument about something important
- the quality of being unlike or dissimilar
- the number that remains after subtraction; the number that when added to the subtrahend gives the minuend
- (logic circuits) A Boolean operation which is true when the two input variables are different but is otherwise false; the XOR operation ( scriptstyle A◌̅B+◌̅AB).
- (countable) The result of a subtraction; sometimes the absolute value of this result.
- (countable) A characteristic of something that makes it different from something else.
- (relational algebra) The set of elements that are in one set but not another ( scriptstyle A◌̅B).
- (countable) A disagreement or argument.
- (heraldry) An addition to a coat of arms to distinguish two people's bearings which would otherwise be the same. See augmentation and cadency.
- (countable, uncountable) Significant change in or effect on a situation or state.
- (logic) The quality or attribute which is added to those of the genus to constitute a species; a differentia.
- (uncountable) The quality of being different.
noun
- a variation that deviates from the standard or norm
- a difference between conflicting facts or claims or opinions
- an infinite series that has no limit
- the act of moving away in different direction from a common point
- The process in which two or more populations accumulate genetic changes (mutations) through time.
- The state or degree of being divergent: of diverging.
- (calculus) The operator which maps a function F=(F₁, ... Fₙ) from a n-dimensional vector space to itself to the function ∑ᵢ₌₁ⁿ(∂F_i)/(∂x_i).
noun
- (statistics) A measure of how far the data tend to deviate from the average.
- (geometry) An unlimited expanse of discontinuous points.
- The act of spreading.
- A piece of material used as a cover (such as a bedspread).
- (gambling) The difference between the teams' final scores at the end of a sport match.
- (debating slang) An act or instance of spreading (speedreading).
- Two facing pages in a book, newspaper etc.
- A numerical difference.
- (trading, finance) The purchase of one delivery month of one commodity against the sale of that same delivery month of a different commodity.
- An expanse of land.
- A large meal, especially one laid out on a table.
- (finance) The difference between the prices of two similar items.
- A large tract of land used to raise livestock; a cattle ranch.
- (cartomancy) A layout, pattern or design of cards arranged for a reading.
- (trading, economics, finance) The difference between the price of a futures month and the price of another month of the same commodity.
- (business, economics) The difference between the wholesale and retail prices.
- (trading) The difference between bidding and asking price.
- (bread, etc.) Any form of food designed to be spread, such as butters or jams.
- Excessive width of the trails of ink written on overly absorbent paper.
- The surface in proportion to the depth of a cut gemstone.
- (prison slang, uncountable) Food improvised by inmates from various ingredients to relieve the tedium of prison food.
- An item in a newspaper or magazine that occupies more than one column or page.
- Something that has been spread.
- (trading) An arbitrage transaction of the same commodity in two markets, executed to take advantage of a profit from price discrepancies.
- (trading, finance) The purchase of a futures contract of one delivery month against the sale of another futures delivery month of the same commodity.
- (military) A set of multiple torpedoes launched on side-by-side, slowly-diverging paths toward one or more enemy ships.
- a meal that is well prepared and greatly enjoyed
- a haphazard distribution in all directions
- the expansion of a person's girth (especially at middle age)
- a conspicuous disparity or difference as between two figures
- decorative cover for a bed
- two facing pages of a book or other publication
- farm consisting of a large tract of land along with facilities needed to raise livestock (especially cattle)
- process or result of distributing or extending over a wide expanse of space
- act of extending over a wider scope or expanse of space or time
- a tasty mixture to be spread on bread or crackers or used in preparing other dishes
verb
- (transitive) To stretch out, open out (a material etc.) so that it more fully covers a given area of space.
- (transitive) To disseminate; to cause to proliferate, to make (something) widely known or present.
- (transitive) To smear, to distribute in a thin layer.
- (transitive) To cover (something) with a thin layer of some substance, as of butter.
- (intransitive, transitive, debating slang) To speedread; to recite one's arguments at an extremely fast pace.
- (transitive) To disperse, to scatter or distribute over a given area.
- (intransitive) To proliferate; to become more widely present, to be disseminated.
- (intransitive) To take up a larger area or space; to expand, be extended.
- (intransitive, slang) To open one’s legs, especially for sexual favours.
- To prepare; to set and furnish with provisions.
- (transitive) To extend (individual rays, limbs etc.); to stretch out in varying or opposing directions. simple past and past participle of spread
- cause to become widely known
- cover by spreading something over
- become distributed or widespread
- move outward
- become widely known and passed on
- strew or distribute over an area
- distribute or disperse widely
- spread out or open from a closed or folded state
- distribute over a surface in a layer
- spread across or over
adj
adj
- beyond or deviating from the usual or expected
- eager to investigate and learn or learn more (sometimes about others' concerns)
- Leading one to ask questions about; somewhat odd, out of the ordinary, or unusual.
- (LGBTQ) Clipping of bi-curious.
- (inorganic chemistry, rare) Containing or pertaining to trivalent curium.
- Tending to ask questions, or to want to explore or investigate; inquisitive; (with a negative connotation) nosy, prying.
- Caused by curiosity.
- (in combination) Interested in entering a romantic or sexual relationship with a specified group.
adj
- beyond or deviating from the usual or expected
- experiencing odd bodily sensations
- not as expected
- arousing or provoking laughter
- (UK, Ireland, informal) Showing unexpected resentment.
- Amusing; humorous; comical.
- (Jamaica, offensive, derogatory) Homosexual; gay.
- Strange or unusual, often in an unpleasant way.
noun
adv
adj
- beyond or deviating from the usual or expected
- of the remaining member of a pair
- not divisible by two
- not used up
- not easily explained
- an indefinite quantity more than that specified
- (not comparable) Left over, remaining after the rest have been paired or grouped.
- (not comparable) Numbered with an odd number.
- Differing from what is usual, ordinary or expected.
- (not comparable) Used or employed for odd jobs.
- (not comparable) Left over or remaining (as a small amount) after counting, payment, etc.
- (not comparable) Not regular or planned.
- Out of the way, secluded.
- Peculiar, singular and strange in looks or character; eccentric, bizarre.
- (not comparable) Scattered; occasional, infrequent; not forming part of a set or pattern.
- (not comparable) Without a corresponding mate in a pair or set; unmatched; (of a pair or set) mismatched.
- (not comparable, in combination with a number) About, approximately; somewhat more than (an approximated round number).
- (sports) On the left.
- (mathematics, not comparable) Numerically indivisible by two.
noun
adj
- beyond or deviating from the usual or expected
- markedly different from the usual; special
- characteristic of one only; distinctive or special
- unique or specific to a person or thing or category
- Common or usual for a certain place or circumstance; specific or particular.
- Out of the ordinary; odd; strange; unusual.
noun
adj
- beyond or deviating from the usual or expected
- homosexual or arousing homosexual desires
- (loosely) Pertaining to sexual or gender behaviour or identity which does not conform to conventional heterosexual or cisgender norms, assumptions etc.
- (colloquial, sometimes derogatory) Non-heterosexual or non-cisgender: homosexual, bisexual, asexual, transgender, etc.
- (colloquial, sometimes derogatory) Homosexual.
noun
- offensive term for a homosexual man
- (colloquial, sometimes derogatory) A person of any non-heterosexual sexuality or sexual identity.
- (colloquial, sometimes derogatory) A person of any genderqueer identity.
- (colloquial, sometimes derogatory) A person who is or appears homosexual, or who has homosexual qualities.
verb
- put in a dangerous, disadvantageous, or difficult position
- hinder or prevent (the efforts, plans, or desires) of
- (social sciences) To reevaluate or reinterpret (a work) with an eye to sexual orientation and/or to gender, as by applying queer theory.
- (slang, LGBTQ, neologism) To make a work more appealing or attractive to LGBT people, such as by not having strict genders for playable characters.
adv
adj
noun
- a card game based on collecting sets and sequences; the winner is the first to meld all their cards
- liquor distilled from fermented molasses
- (rare) The card game rummy.
- (inexact) A similar spirit distilled from similar preparations of sugarbeets, sorghum, etc.
- (countable) A kind or brand of rum.
- (uncountable) A spirit distilled from various preparations of sugarcane, particularly fermented cane sugar and molasses.
- (countable) A serving of rum.
adj
- beyond or deviating from the usual or expected
- unusual or striking
- the single one of its kind
- being a single and separate person or thing
- grammatical number category referring to a single item or unit
- composed of one member, set, or kind
- Being the only one of the kind; unique.
- Being only one of a larger population; single, individual.
- (linear algebra, of matrix) Having no inverse.
- (set theory, of a cardinal number) Not equal to its own cofinality.
- Distinguished by superiority: peerless, unmatched, eminent, exceptional, extraordinary.
- (linear algebra, of transformation) Having the property that the matrix of coefficients of the new variables has a determinant equal to zero.
- (chiefly law) Each; individual.
- (grammar) Referring to only one thing or person.
- Out of the ordinary; curious.
noun
noun
- (mathematics) Initialism of standard deviation.
- (video games) Initialism of self-destruct.
- Initialism of school district.
- (genetics) Initialism of segmental duplication.
- (law enforcement) Initialism of sheriff's department.
- (relationships) Initialism of sugar daddy
- (television) Initialism of standard definition (“typically 640×480 pixels”).
name
adj
adj
noun
noun
- deviate behavior
- a variation that deviates from the standard or norm
- the difference between an observed value and the expected value of a variable or function
- a turning aside (of your course or attention or concern)
- the error of a compass due to local magnetic disturbances
- A departure from the correct way of acting.
- (metrology) The signed difference between a value and its reference value.
- (statistics) For interval variables and ratio variables, a measure of difference between the observed value and the mean.
- (contract law) The voluntary and unnecessary departure of a ship from, or delay in, the regular and usual course of the specific voyage insured, thus releasing the underwriters from their responsibility.
- (Absolute Deviation) The shortest distance between the center of the target and the point where a projectile hits or bursts.
- The act of deviating; wandering off the correct or true path or road.
- A detour in a road or railway.
- (aviation) A detour to one side of the originally-planned flightpath (for instance, to avoid weather); the act of making such a detour.
- The state or result of having deviated; a transgression; an act of sin; an error; an offense.
noun
- A difference between what is expected and what is observed; deviation.
- (physics, chemistry, biology) The number of degrees of freedom in a system.
- (law) A discrepancy between two legal documents.
- (computing, programming) Covariance and contravariance generally.
- (law) A departure from a cause of action originally in a complaint.
- The state of differing or being in conflict.
- The act of varying or the state of being variable.
- An official permit to do something that is ordinarily forbidden by regulations.
- (statistics) The second central moment in probability; the square of the standard deviation.
- an activity that varies from a norm or standard
- the quality of being subject to variation
- an official dispensation to act contrary to a rule or regulation (typically a building regulation)
- a difference between conflicting facts or claims or opinions
- an event that departs from expectations
- the second moment around the mean; the expected value of the square of the deviations of a random variable from its mean value
- discord that splits a group
noun
- A deviation or difference.
- A specific variation of something.
- (cybernetics) The total number of distinct states of a system; also, the logarithm to the base 2 of the total number of distinct states of a system.
- (radio, television, theater) Ellipsis of variety performance or variety show (“a type of entertainment featuring a succession of short, unrelated performances by various artistes such as (depending on the medium) acrobats, comedians, dancers, magicians, singers, etc.”).
- (linguistics) A specific form of a language, neutral to whether that form is an accent, dialect, register, etc., and to its prestige level; an isolect or lect.
- (radio, television, theater) The kind of entertainment given in variety performances or shows; also, the production of, or performance in, variety performances or shows.
- (algebraic geometry) Ellipsis of algebraic variety (“the set of solutions of a given system of polynomial equations over the real or complex numbers; any of certain generalisations of such a set that preserves the geometric intuition implicit in the original definition”).
- (botany, taxonomy) A rank in a taxonomic classification below species and (if present) subspecies, and above form; hence, an organism of that rank.
- A collection or number of different things.
- In universal algebra: an equational class; the class of all algebraic structures of a given signature, satisfying a given set of identities.
- The quality of being varied; diversity.
- (philately) A stamp, or set of stamps, which has one or more characteristics (such as colour, paper, etc.) differing from other stamps in the same issue, especially if such differences are intentionally introduced.
- (biology, loosely) An animal or plant (or a group of such animals or plants) with characteristics causing it to differ from other animals or plants of the same species; a strain or cultivar.
- (biology) a taxonomic category consisting of members of a species that differ from others of the same species in minor but heritable characteristics
- a category of things distinguished by some common characteristic or quality
- noticeable heterogeneity
- a difference that is usually pleasant
- a collection containing a variety of sorts of things
- a show consisting of a series of short unrelated performances
noun
- strange and unconventional behavior
- (geometry) a ratio describing the shape of a conic section; the ratio of the distance between the foci to the length of the major axis
- a circularity that has a different center or deviates from a circular path
- (geometry) The ratio, constant for any particular conic section, of the distance of a point from the focus to its distance from the directrix.
- The quality of being eccentric or odd; any eccentric behaviour.
- (astronomy) The eccentricity of the conic section (usually an ellipse) defined by the orbit of a given object around a reference object (such as that of a planet around the sun).
- (graph theory) The farthest distance from a vertex to any other vertex.
noun
- Initialism of positive deviance.
- Initialism of process deviation.
- (sports) Initialism of performance director.
- (Ireland, politics, historical) Initialism of Progressive Democrat.
- Initialism of peritoneal dialysis.
- (ophthalmology) Initialism of pupillary distance.
- (pathology) Initialism of personality disorder.
- Initialism of pole dance.
- (chiefly South Korea) Initialism of producer director.
- Initialism of professional development.
- (law) Initialism of public defender.
- Initialism of program director.
- (pathology) Initialism of Parkinson’s disease.
- (pathology) Initialism of panic disorder.
- Initialism of public domain.
- Initialism of penile duplication.
- (electronics) Initialism of phase detector.
- (electronics) Initialism of power delivery.
- (electricity) Initialism of partial discharge.
- (U.S. military) Abbreviation of period (full stop) punctuation mark, used in communication systems without punctuation (e.g., telegrams).
- (law enforcement) Initialism of police department.
- Initialism of prosecutorial discretion.
name
phrase
noun
- an extreme deviation from the mean
- a person who lives away from their place of work
- (statistics) A value in a statistical sample which does not fit a pattern that describes most other data points; specifically, a value that lies 1.5 IQR beyond the upper or lower quartile.
- (geology) A part of a formation separated from the rest of the formation by erosion.
- (figurative) An exception.
- A person or thing situated away from the main body or outside its proper place.
noun
- any specific behavior
- (chemistry) the capacity of a substance to take part in a chemical reaction
- an organic process that takes place in the body
- the trait of being active; moving or acting rapidly and energetically
- the state of being active
- a process existing in or produced by nature (rather than by the intent of human beings)
- (countable) Something done for pleasure or entertainment, especially one involving movement or an excursion.
- (physics) The number of radioactive decays per unit time. Unit for it: becquerel or curie
- (countable) Something done as an action or a movement.
- (grammar, semantics) The lexical aspect (aktionsart) of verbs or predicates that change over time and have no natural end point.
- The property of substances to react with other substances
- (uncountable) The state or quality of being active; activeness.
noun
- a distinguishing characteristic or behavior
- a printed or written greeting that is left to indicate that you have visited
- a card that is used instead of cash to make telephone calls
- (World War I– World War II military slang) An explosive dropped from a bomber aeroplane.
- A phonecard.
- A card advertising the services of a prostitute.
- (figurative) An attribute, symptom, object, or behavior which is distinctly characteristic of someone or something.
- A small printed card which identifies the bearer, traditionally presented for introduction when making a social visit to a home or when attending a formal social event or business meeting.
- (euphemistic) Excrement, especially of a domestic animal.
noun
- deviation from a straight or normal course
- the state of being flexed (as of a joint)
- act of bending a joint; especially a joint between the bones of a limb so that the angle between them is decreased
- The act of bending a joint, especially a bone joint; the counteraction of extension.
- The state of being bent or flexed.
- Deviation from straightness.
noun
- deviation from a straight or normal course
- a change in the form of a word (usually by adding a suffix) to indicate a change in its grammatical function
- the patterns of stress and intonation in a language
- a manner of speaking in which the loudness or pitch or tone of the voice is modified
- (grammar, uncountable) The linguistic phenomenon of morphological variation, whereby terms take a number of distinct forms in order to express different grammatical features.
- (countable) An affix representing a given variation.
- A change in pitch or tone of voice.
- (countable) Any specific type of morphological variation, which applies to a given class of terms.
- (countable) Any specific morphological form of a particular term, such as the principal parts for any given stem; any of the declined or conjugated forms that constitute its declension or conjugation.
- (optometry) Diffraction.
- (mathematics) A change in curvature from concave to convex or from convex to concave.
- A turning away from a straight course.
noun
- A deviation from a plan or procedure.
- a variation that deviates from the standard or norm
- (navigation) The distance due east or west made by a ship in its course reckoned in plane sailing as the product of the distance sailed and the sine of the angle made by the course with the meridian.
- (law) The desertion by a party to any pleading of the ground taken by him in his last antecedent pleading, and the adoption of another
- (euphemistic) A death.
- (surveying) The difference in easting between the two ends of a line or curve.
- The act of departing or something that has departed.
- the act of departing
- euphemistic expressions for death
noun
- the branch of psychology concerned with abnormal behavior
- the branch of medicine dealing with the diagnosis and treatment of mental disorders
- (countable) A mental or behavioral disorder.
- (medicine, pathology) The study of the origin, development, diagnosis and treatment of mental and behavioural disorders.
noun
- deviation from the normal or common order or form or rule
- a person who is unusual
- (astronomy) position of a planet as defined by its angular distance from its perihelion (as observed from the sun)
- (sciences) Any event or measurement that is out of the ordinary regardless of whether it is exceptional or not.
- (quantum mechanics) A failure of a classical symmetry due to quantum corrections.
- A deviation from a rule or from what is regarded as normal; an outlier.
- Something or someone that is strange or unusual.
- (astronomy) Any of various angular distances.
- (biology) A defect or malformation.
noun
- a variation that deviates from the standard or norm
- a significant change
- a disagreement or argument about something important
- the quality of being unlike or dissimilar
- the number that remains after subtraction; the number that when added to the subtrahend gives the minuend
- (logic circuits) A Boolean operation which is true when the two input variables are different but is otherwise false; the XOR operation ( scriptstyle A◌̅B+◌̅AB).
- (countable) The result of a subtraction; sometimes the absolute value of this result.
- (countable) A characteristic of something that makes it different from something else.
- (relational algebra) The set of elements that are in one set but not another ( scriptstyle A◌̅B).
- (countable) A disagreement or argument.
- (heraldry) An addition to a coat of arms to distinguish two people's bearings which would otherwise be the same. See augmentation and cadency.
- (countable, uncountable) Significant change in or effect on a situation or state.
- (logic) The quality or attribute which is added to those of the genus to constitute a species; a differentia.
- (uncountable) The quality of being different.
noun
- a variation that deviates from the standard or norm
- a difference between conflicting facts or claims or opinions
- an infinite series that has no limit
- the act of moving away in different direction from a common point
- The process in which two or more populations accumulate genetic changes (mutations) through time.
- The state or degree of being divergent: of diverging.
- (calculus) The operator which maps a function F=(F₁, ... Fₙ) from a n-dimensional vector space to itself to the function ∑ᵢ₌₁ⁿ(∂F_i)/(∂x_i).
noun
- (statistics) A measure of how far the data tend to deviate from the average.
- (geometry) An unlimited expanse of discontinuous points.
- The act of spreading.
- A piece of material used as a cover (such as a bedspread).
- (gambling) The difference between the teams' final scores at the end of a sport match.
- (debating slang) An act or instance of spreading (speedreading).
- Two facing pages in a book, newspaper etc.
- A numerical difference.
- (trading, finance) The purchase of one delivery month of one commodity against the sale of that same delivery month of a different commodity.
- An expanse of land.
- A large meal, especially one laid out on a table.
- (finance) The difference between the prices of two similar items.
- A large tract of land used to raise livestock; a cattle ranch.
- (cartomancy) A layout, pattern or design of cards arranged for a reading.
- (trading, economics, finance) The difference between the price of a futures month and the price of another month of the same commodity.
- (business, economics) The difference between the wholesale and retail prices.
- (trading) The difference between bidding and asking price.
- (bread, etc.) Any form of food designed to be spread, such as butters or jams.
- Excessive width of the trails of ink written on overly absorbent paper.
- The surface in proportion to the depth of a cut gemstone.
- (prison slang, uncountable) Food improvised by inmates from various ingredients to relieve the tedium of prison food.
- An item in a newspaper or magazine that occupies more than one column or page.
- Something that has been spread.
- (trading) An arbitrage transaction of the same commodity in two markets, executed to take advantage of a profit from price discrepancies.
- (trading, finance) The purchase of a futures contract of one delivery month against the sale of another futures delivery month of the same commodity.
- (military) A set of multiple torpedoes launched on side-by-side, slowly-diverging paths toward one or more enemy ships.
- a meal that is well prepared and greatly enjoyed
- a haphazard distribution in all directions
- the expansion of a person's girth (especially at middle age)
- a conspicuous disparity or difference as between two figures
- decorative cover for a bed
- two facing pages of a book or other publication
- farm consisting of a large tract of land along with facilities needed to raise livestock (especially cattle)
- process or result of distributing or extending over a wide expanse of space
- act of extending over a wider scope or expanse of space or time
- a tasty mixture to be spread on bread or crackers or used in preparing other dishes
verb
- (transitive) To stretch out, open out (a material etc.) so that it more fully covers a given area of space.
- (transitive) To disseminate; to cause to proliferate, to make (something) widely known or present.
- (transitive) To smear, to distribute in a thin layer.
- (transitive) To cover (something) with a thin layer of some substance, as of butter.
- (intransitive, transitive, debating slang) To speedread; to recite one's arguments at an extremely fast pace.
- (transitive) To disperse, to scatter or distribute over a given area.
- (intransitive) To proliferate; to become more widely present, to be disseminated.
- (intransitive) To take up a larger area or space; to expand, be extended.
- (intransitive, slang) To open one’s legs, especially for sexual favours.
- To prepare; to set and furnish with provisions.
- (transitive) To extend (individual rays, limbs etc.); to stretch out in varying or opposing directions. simple past and past participle of spread
- cause to become widely known
- cover by spreading something over
- become distributed or widespread
- move outward
- become widely known and passed on
- strew or distribute over an area
- distribute or disperse widely
- spread out or open from a closed or folded state
- distribute over a surface in a layer
- spread across or over
adj
noun
- (mathematics) Initialism of standard deviation.
- (video games) Initialism of self-destruct.
- Initialism of school district.
- (genetics) Initialism of segmental duplication.
- (law enforcement) Initialism of sheriff's department.
- (relationships) Initialism of sugar daddy
- (television) Initialism of standard definition (“typically 640×480 pixels”).
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verb
- deviate erratically from a set course
- swerve off course momentarily
- be wide open
- (intransitive, nautical) To steer badly, zigzagging back and forth across the intended course of a boat; to go out of the line of course.
- (intransitive, aviation) To turn about the vertical axis while maintaining course.
- (intransitive) To rise in blisters, breaking in white froth, as cane juice in the clarifiers in sugar works.
- (intransitive, nautical) To swerve off course to port or starboard.
noun
- an erratic deflection from an intended course
- The rotation of an aircraft, ship, or missile about its vertical axis so as to cause the longitudinal axis of the aircraft, ship, or missile to deviate from the flight line or heading in its horizontal plane.
- The angle between the longitudinal axis of a projectile at any moment and the tangent to the trajectory in the corresponding point of flight of the projectile.
- A single tumor in the disease called yaws.
- (nautical) A vessel's motion rotating about the vertical axis, so the bow yaws from side to side; a characteristic of unsteadiness.
- The extent of yawing; the rotation angle about the vertical axis.
verb
- behave unnaturally or affectedly
- have an effect or outcome; often the one desired or expected
- perform an action, or work out or perform (an action)
- pretend to have certain qualities or state of mind
- behave in a certain manner; show a certain behavior; conduct or comport oneself
- play a role or part
- discharge one's duties
- perform on a stage or theater
- be suitable for theatrical performance
- (transitive) To feign.
- (intransitive, law) To carry out work as a legal representative in relation to a particular legal matter.
- (intransitive) To do something.
- (intransitive) To behave in a certain manner for an indefinite length of time.
- (intransitive, construed with on or upon) To have an effect (on).
- (intransitive) To perform a theatrical role.
- (intransitive) To do something that causes a change binding on the doer.
- (intransitive) Of a play: to be acted out (well or badly).
- (copulative) To convey an appearance of being.
- (transitive) To play (a role).
- (intransitive, mathematics, construed with on or upon, of an algebraic structure) To possess an action onto (some other structure). Examples include the group action of a group on a set, the action of a ring on a module by scalar multiplication, and the action of a group or algebra on a vector space via a representation.
noun
- something that people do or cause to happen
- a short performance that is part of a longer program
- a subdivision of a play or opera or ballet
- a manifestation of insincerity
- a legal document codifying the result of deliberations of a committee or society or legislative body
- (law) Ellipsis of act of parliament.
- (countable) A performer or performers in a show.
- (countable) A display of behaviour.
- (countable) A display of behaviour meant to deceive.
- (law, countable) (In the United States) A legislative proposal, a bill that has not yet become law.
- (countable) A formal or official record of something done.
- The process of doing something.
- (countable) Something done, a deed.
- (theology) Something done once and for all, as distinguished from a work.
- (countable) Any organized activity.
- (countable, drama) A division of a theatrical performance.
- (law, countable) A product of a legislative body, a statute.
- A thesis maintained in public, in some English universities, by a candidate for a degree, or to show the proficiency of a student.
adv
verb
- behave unnaturally or affectedly
- hide under a false appearance
- make believe with the intent to deceive
- (transitive) To disguise or conceal something.
- (transitive) To feign, dissimulate.
- (intransitive) To falsely hide one's opinions or feelings.
- (transitive) To deliberately ignore something; to pretend not to notice.
verb
- behave unnaturally or affectedly
- represent fictitiously, as in a play, or pretend to be or act like
- make believe with the intent to deceive
- state insincerely
- put forward a claim and assert right or possession of
- put forward, of a guess, in spite of possible refutation
- (transitive) To feign, affect (a state, quality, etc.).
- (intransitive with 'to', formal, originally transitive) To lay claim (to an ability, status, advantage, etc.).
- To engage in make-believe.
- (intransitive or with 'that' clause or 'to' infinitive) To speak or behave so as to give a false or simulated appearance.
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noun
adv
adj
- straightforward in means or manner or behavior or language or action
- in precisely the same words used by a writer or speaker
- being an immediate result or consequence
- in a straight unbroken line of descent from parent to child
- moving from west to east on the celestial sphere; or — for planets — around the sun in the same direction as the Earth
- similar in nature or effect or relation to another quantity
- direct in spatial dimensions; proceeding without deviation or interruption; straight and short
- having no intervening persons, agents, conditions
- lacking compromising or mitigating elements
- (of a current) flowing in one direction only
- In the line of descent; not collateral.
- Proceeding without deviation or interruption.
- Straightforward; sincere.
- Straight; not crooked, oblique, or circuitous; leading by the short or shortest way to a point or end.
- (astronomy) In the direction of the general planetary motion, or from west to east; in the order of the signs; not retrograde; said of the motion of a celestial body.
- (mathematics, logic, of a proof) Not employing the law of the excluded middle or argument by contradiction.
- (aviation, travel) Having a single flight number.
- (political science) Pertaining to, or effected immediately by, action of the people through their votes instead of through one or more representatives or delegates.
- Immediate; express; plain; unambiguous.
verb
- direct the course; determine the direction of travelling
- guide the actors in (plays and films)
- plan and direct (a complex undertaking)
- specifically design a product, event, or activity for a certain public
- take somebody somewhere
- govern or manage
- point or cause to go (blows, weapons, or objects such as photographic equipment) towards
- lead, as in the performance of a composition
- cause to go somewhere
- command with authority
- put an address on (an envelope)
- intend (something) to move towards a certain goal
- give directions to; point somebody into a certain direction
- To aim (something) at (something else).
- To manage, control, steer.
- To point out to or show (somebody) the right course or way; to guide, as by pointing out the way; to refer.
- To point out to with authority; to instruct as a superior; to order.
adv
- without deviation
- without delay or hesitation; with no time intervening
- without anyone or anything intervening
- in a forthright manner; candidly or frankly
- In a direct manner; in a straight line or course.
- In a straightforward way; without anything intervening; not by secondary but by direct means.
- Exactly; just; at the shortest possible distance.
- Plainly, without circumlocution or ambiguity; absolutely; in express terms.
- Straightforwardly; honestly.
conj
adv
- without deviation
- in a straight line; in a direct course
- in a forthright manner; candidly or frankly
- Of a direction relative to the subject, precisely; as if following a direct line.
- Directly; without pause, delay or detour.
- Continuously; without interruption or pause.
- Of speech or information, without prevarication or holding back; directly; straightforwardly; plainly.
adj
- in keeping with the facts
- not homosexual
- (of hair) having no waves or curls
- neatly arranged; not disorderly
- rigidly conventional or old-fashioned
- free from curves or angles
- without evasion or compromise
- no longer coiled
- erect in posture
- (of an alcoholic drink) without water
- following a correct or logical method
- having no deviations
- successive (without a break)
- characterized by honesty and fairness
- accurately fitted; level
- Perfectly horizontal or vertical; not diagonal or oblique.
- (telegraphy, historical, of a telegram) Sent at a full rate for immediate delivery; being a fast telegram.
- (informal, of people, reciprocal) On good terms.
- Free from dishonesty; honest, law-abiding.
- (tennis) Describing the sets in a match of which the winner did not lose a single set.
- (colloquial) Conventional; mainstream; socially acceptable.
- Of spirits: undiluted, unmixed; neat.
- (engineering, of an internal-combustion engine) Having all cylinders in a single straight line; in-line.
- In a row, in unbroken sequence; consecutive.
- (cricket) Describing the bat as held so as not to incline to either side; on, or near a line running between the two wickets.
- (colloquial) Not using alcohol, drugs, etc.
- (of a path, trajectory, etc.) Direct, undeviating.
- Not crooked, curly, or bent; having a constant direction throughout its length.
- (slang) Thorough; utter; unqualified.
- (colloquial) Heterosexual.
- Direct in communication; unevasive, straightforward.
- (informal, of a person) OK, all right, fine; in a good state or situation.
- (fashion) Not plus size; thin.
- In proper order; as it should be.
- (colloquial, of a romantic or sexual relation) Occurring between people of opposite sex (sometimes, but not always, specifically between heterosexual people).
- (rare, now chiefly religion) Strait; narrow.
- (sciences, mathematics) Concerning the property allowing the parallel transport of vectors along a course that keeps tangent vectors remain as such throughout that course (a course which is straight, a straight curve, is a geodesic).
- Serious rather than comedic.
- (slang, sex work) Related to conventional sexual intercourse.
- (US, politics) Making no exceptions or deviations in one's support of the organization and candidates of a political party.
- (US, politics) Containing the names of all the regularly nominated candidates of a single party and no others.
noun
- a person having a sexual orientation to persons of the opposite sex
- a poker hand with 5 consecutive cards (regardless of suit)
- a straight segment of a roadway or racecourse
- A chiropractor who relies solely on spinal adjustment, with no other treatments.
- (slang) A normal person; someone in mainstream society.
- (slang) A cigarette, particularly one containing tobacco instead of marijuana.
- (colloquial) A heterosexual.
- A cat that has straight ears despite belonging to a breed that often has folded ears.
- (poker) Five cards in sequence.
- Something that is not crooked or bent such as a part of a road or track.
verb
adj
- deviating widely from an intended course
- in a state of extreme emotion
- located in a dismal or remote area; desolate
- fanciful and unrealistic; foolish
- in a natural state; not tamed or domesticated or cultivated
- (of colors or sounds) intensely vivid or loud
- without civilizing influences
- involving risk or danger
- marked by extreme lack of restraint or control
- intensely enthusiastic about or preoccupied with
- without a basis in reason or fact
- (of the elements) as if showing violent anger
- talking or behaving irrationally
- Furious; very angry.
- Very inaccurate; far off the mark.
- (electrical engineering) Of unregulated and varying frequency.
- Able to stand in for others, e.g. a card in games, or a text character in computer pattern matching.
- Visibly and overtly anxious; frantic.
- (nautical, of a vessel) Hard to steer.
- (slang) Very unexpected; wildly surprising; crazy, diabolical.
- Raucous, unruly, or licentious.
- Disheveled, tangled, or untidy.
- Exposed to the wind and sea; unsheltered.
- (mathematics, of a knot) Not capable of being represented as a finite closed polygonal chain.
- Of an audio recording: intended to be synchronized with film or video but recorded separately.
- Being in the wild, by any pathway (whether by being of the wild type, by being feral since birth, or by being feral after escape from domesticated life).
- Unrestrained or uninhibited.
- Especially, being of the wild type: being of an unbroken ancestral line of undomesticated animals, as opposed to being feral, being an undomesticated animal whose ancestors were domesticated.
- Enthusiastic.
- (slang) Amazing, awesome, unbelievable.
- From or relating to wild creatures.
noun
- a wild and uninhabited area left in its natural condition
- a wild primitive state untouched by civilization
- Alternative form of weald.
- (chiefly in the plural) A wilderness.
- Something that is able to stand in for others, such as a particular playing card in a game.
- (singular, with "the") The undomesticated state of a wild animal.
adv
verb
adj
- not subject to change or variation especially in behavior
- securely in position; not shaky
- not liable to fluctuate or especially to fall
- not easily excited or upset
- marked by firm determination or resolution; not shakable
- relating to a person who does something regularly
- Smooth and not bumpy or with obstructions.
- Slow.
- (Singapore, Singlish, predicative) Confident and cool-headed under pressure; competent; reliable, adept.
- Firm in standing or position; not tottering or shaking; fixed; firm.
- Phlegmatic, calm; not easily upset, excited, or disturbed.
- Regular and even.
- Constant in feeling, purpose, or pursuit; not fickle, changeable, or wavering; not easily moved or persuaded to alter a purpose; resolute.
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adv
verb
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particle
adj
- disposed to psychological variability
- highly or violently reactive
- suffering from severe mental illness
- subject to change; variable
- lacking stability or fixity or firmness
- affording no ease or reassurance
- Unpredictable.
- Fluctuating; not constant.
- Not stable.
- (physics) Radioactive, especially with a short half-life.
- Fickle.
- (chemistry) Readily decomposable.
- Having a strong tendency to change.
verb
adj
noun
adj
- deviating from normal expectations; somewhat odd, strange, or abnormal
- lacking continuity or regularity
- contrary to rule or accepted order or general practice
- not occurring at a regular rate or fixed intervals
- (of a surface or shape); not level or flat or symmetrical
- (used of the military) not belonging to or engaged in by regular army forces
- independent in behavior or thought
- (of solids) not having clear dimensions that can be measured; volume must be determined with the principle of liquid displacement
- failing to meet a standard of manufacture due to an imperfection
- Rough (of a surface).
- (grammar, of a word) Not following the regular or expected patterns of inflection in a given language.
- Nonstandard; not conforming to rules or expectations.
- (geometry, of a polygon) Not regular; having sides that are not equal or angles that are not equal.
- Without symmetry, regularity, or uniformity.
- (geometry, of a polyhedron) Whose faces are not all regular polygons (or are not equally inclined to each other).
noun
- a member of an irregular armed force that fights a stronger force by sabotage and harassment
- merchandise that has imperfections; usually sold at a reduced price without the brand name
- One who does not regularly attend a venue.
- A soldier who is not a member of an official military force and who may not use regular army tactics.
adj
- beyond or deviating from the usual or expected
- eager to investigate and learn or learn more (sometimes about others' concerns)
- Leading one to ask questions about; somewhat odd, out of the ordinary, or unusual.
- (LGBTQ) Clipping of bi-curious.
- (inorganic chemistry, rare) Containing or pertaining to trivalent curium.
- Tending to ask questions, or to want to explore or investigate; inquisitive; (with a negative connotation) nosy, prying.
- Caused by curiosity.
- (in combination) Interested in entering a romantic or sexual relationship with a specified group.
adj
- beyond or deviating from the usual or expected
- experiencing odd bodily sensations
- not as expected
- arousing or provoking laughter
- (UK, Ireland, informal) Showing unexpected resentment.
- Amusing; humorous; comical.
- (Jamaica, offensive, derogatory) Homosexual; gay.
- Strange or unusual, often in an unpleasant way.
noun
adv
adj
- beyond or deviating from the usual or expected
- of the remaining member of a pair
- not divisible by two
- not used up
- not easily explained
- an indefinite quantity more than that specified
- (not comparable) Left over, remaining after the rest have been paired or grouped.
- (not comparable) Numbered with an odd number.
- Differing from what is usual, ordinary or expected.
- (not comparable) Used or employed for odd jobs.
- (not comparable) Left over or remaining (as a small amount) after counting, payment, etc.
- (not comparable) Not regular or planned.
- Out of the way, secluded.
- Peculiar, singular and strange in looks or character; eccentric, bizarre.
- (not comparable) Scattered; occasional, infrequent; not forming part of a set or pattern.
- (not comparable) Without a corresponding mate in a pair or set; unmatched; (of a pair or set) mismatched.
- (not comparable, in combination with a number) About, approximately; somewhat more than (an approximated round number).
- (sports) On the left.
- (mathematics, not comparable) Numerically indivisible by two.
noun
adj
- beyond or deviating from the usual or expected
- markedly different from the usual; special
- characteristic of one only; distinctive or special
- unique or specific to a person or thing or category
- Common or usual for a certain place or circumstance; specific or particular.
- Out of the ordinary; odd; strange; unusual.
noun
adj
- beyond or deviating from the usual or expected
- homosexual or arousing homosexual desires
- (loosely) Pertaining to sexual or gender behaviour or identity which does not conform to conventional heterosexual or cisgender norms, assumptions etc.
- (colloquial, sometimes derogatory) Non-heterosexual or non-cisgender: homosexual, bisexual, asexual, transgender, etc.
- (colloquial, sometimes derogatory) Homosexual.
noun
- offensive term for a homosexual man
- (colloquial, sometimes derogatory) A person of any non-heterosexual sexuality or sexual identity.
- (colloquial, sometimes derogatory) A person of any genderqueer identity.
- (colloquial, sometimes derogatory) A person who is or appears homosexual, or who has homosexual qualities.
verb
- put in a dangerous, disadvantageous, or difficult position
- hinder or prevent (the efforts, plans, or desires) of
- (social sciences) To reevaluate or reinterpret (a work) with an eye to sexual orientation and/or to gender, as by applying queer theory.
- (slang, LGBTQ, neologism) To make a work more appealing or attractive to LGBT people, such as by not having strict genders for playable characters.
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adj
noun
- a card game based on collecting sets and sequences; the winner is the first to meld all their cards
- liquor distilled from fermented molasses
- (rare) The card game rummy.
- (inexact) A similar spirit distilled from similar preparations of sugarbeets, sorghum, etc.
- (countable) A kind or brand of rum.
- (uncountable) A spirit distilled from various preparations of sugarcane, particularly fermented cane sugar and molasses.
- (countable) A serving of rum.
adj
- beyond or deviating from the usual or expected
- unusual or striking
- the single one of its kind
- being a single and separate person or thing
- grammatical number category referring to a single item or unit
- composed of one member, set, or kind
- Being the only one of the kind; unique.
- Being only one of a larger population; single, individual.
- (linear algebra, of matrix) Having no inverse.
- (set theory, of a cardinal number) Not equal to its own cofinality.
- Distinguished by superiority: peerless, unmatched, eminent, exceptional, extraordinary.
- (linear algebra, of transformation) Having the property that the matrix of coefficients of the new variables has a determinant equal to zero.
- (chiefly law) Each; individual.
- (grammar) Referring to only one thing or person.
- Out of the ordinary; curious.