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noun
- (countable, programming) A static variable.
- (uncountable, slang, US) Verbal abuse.
- (figurative, by extension, uncountable) Interference or obstruction from people.
- (countable) A static caravan.
- (uncountable) Static electricity.
- (uncountable) Interference on a broadcast signal caused by atmospheric disturbances; heard as crackles on radio, or seen as random specks on television.
- angry criticism
- a crackling or hissing noise caused by electrical interference
adj
- Unchanging; that cannot or does not change.
- Immobile; fixed in place; having no motion.
- (programming) Computed, created, or allocated before the program starts running, as opposed to at runtime.
- Making no progress; stalled, without movement or advancement.
- (object-oriented programming) Defined for the class itself, as opposed to instances of it; thus shared between all instances and accessible even without an instance.
- concerned with or producing or caused by static electricity
- not in physical motion
- showing little if any change
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verb
- (transitive, grammar) To form the three degrees of comparison of (an adjective).
- (transitive) To assess the similarities and differences between two or more things ["to compare X with Y"]. Having made the comparison of X with Y, one might have found it similar to Y or different from Y.
- (transitive) To declare two things to be similar in some respect ["to compare X to Y"].
- (intransitive) To be similar (often used in the negative).
- examine and note the similarities or differences of
- to form the comparative or superlative form on an adjective or adverb
- be comparable
- consider or describe as similar, equal, or analogous
noun
- (programming, countable) A representation of an execution state of a program at a certain point in time, which may be used at a later time to resume the execution of the program from that point.
- (basketball, countable) A successful shot that, despite a foul, is made with a single continuous motion beginning before the foul, and that is therefore valid in certain forms of basketball.
- The act or state of continuing or being continued; uninterrupted extension or succession
- That which extends, increases, supplements, or carries on.
- a Gestalt principle of organization holding that there is an innate tendency to perceive a line as continuing its established direction
- a part added to a book or play that continues and extends it
- the consequence of being lengthened in duration
- the act of continuing an activity without interruption
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- (programming) A variable, memory location, etc. whose contents are incremented to keep a count.
- The breast of a horse; that part of a horse between the shoulders and under the neck.
- A telltale; a contrivance attached to an engine, printing press, or other machine, for the purpose of counting the revolutions or the pulsations.
- Something opposite or contrary to something else.
- A table or board on which money is counted and over which business is transacted.
- A shop tabletop on which goods are examined, weighed or measured.
- An object (now especially a small disc) used in counting or keeping count, or as a marker in games, etc.
- (typography) The enclosed or partly closed negative space of a glyph.
- The piece of a shoe or a boot around the heel of the foot (above the heel of the shoe/boot).
- (nautical) The overhanging stern of a vessel above the waterline, below and somewhat forward of the stern proper.
- (grammar) A class of word used along with numbers to count objects and events, typically mass nouns. Although rare and optional in English (e.g. "20 head of cattle"), they are numerous and required in Chinese, Japanese, and Korean.
- counterattack
- In a bathroom, a surface, often built into the wall and above a cabinet, which holds the washbasin.
- A reckoner; someone who collects data by counting; an enumerator.
- In a kitchen, a surface, often built into the wall and above a cabinet, designed to be used for food preparation.
- (historical) The prison attached to a city court; a compter.
- (martial arts) A proactive defensive hold or move in reaction to a hold or move by one's opponent.
- (music) Alternative form of contra Formerly used to designate any under part which served for contrast to a principal part, but now used as equivalent to countertenor.
- (Internet) A hit counter.
- One who counts.
- (curling) Any stone lying closer to the center than any of the opponent's stones.
- game equipment (as a piece of wood, plastic, or ivory) used for keeping a count or reserving a space in various card or board games
- (computer science) a register whose contents go through a regular series of states (usually states indicating consecutive integers)
- a piece of leather forming the back of a shoe or boot
- table consisting of a horizontal surface over which business is transacted
- a calculator that keeps a record of the number of times something happens
- a person who counts things
- a piece of furniture that stands at the side of a dining room; has shelves and drawers
- a quick reply to a question or remark (especially a witty or critical one)
- a return punch (especially by a boxer)
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- (countable, programming) A placeholder object representing the eventual result of an asynchronous operation.
- (countable) An oath or affirmation; a vow.
- (countable, law) A transaction between two persons whereby the first person undertakes in the future to render some service or gift to the second person or devotes something valuable now and here to his use.
- (uncountable) Reason to expect improvement or success; potential.
- a verbal commitment by one person to another agreeing to do (or not to do) something in the future
- grounds for feeling hopeful about the future
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- (ambitransitive) To give grounds for expectation, especially of something good.
- (ambitransitive, ditransitive) To commit to (some action or outcome), or to assure (a person) of such commitment; to make an oath or vow.
- make a promise or commitment
- give grounds for expectations
- make a prediction about; tell in advance
- promise to undertake or give
adj
- (programming, of a variable) Having a value that is changeable during program execution.
- (astrology) Being one of the signs Gemini, Virgo, Sagittarius and Pisces, associated with adaptability, flexibility and sympathy.
- Changeable, dynamic, evolutive; inclined to change, evolve, mutate.
- capable of or tending to change in form or quality or nature
- tending to undergo genetic mutation
- prone to frequent change; inconstant
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- (programming) An unused parameter or value.
- (attributive) A newborn animal that is indifferent to stimulus and does not voluntarily move.
- (sports, chiefly rugby, soccer) A feigned pass or kick or play in order to deceive an opponent.
- (African-American Vernacular, Baltimore, slang) A term of address.
- Something constructed with the size and form of a human, to be used in place of a person.
- (linguistics) A word serving only to make a construction grammatical.
- (Australia, New Zealand, UK, Ireland) A pacifier; a plastic or rubber teat used to soothe or comfort a baby.
- (sports, UK) A bodily gesture meant to fool an opposing player; a feint.
- (chess) A fairy chess piece that cannot move or capture, but can be captured and used to skip moving another piece.
- A person who is the mere tool of another; a man of straw.
- A figure of a person or animal used by a ventriloquist; a puppet.
- A deliberately nonfunctional device or tool used in place of a functional one.
- (card games, chiefly bridge) A player whose hand is shown and is to be played from by another player.
- A stupid person.
- a cartridge containing an explosive charge but no bullet
- an ignorant or foolish person
- a person who does not talk
- a figure representing the human form
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- (programming) An operation that assigns a value to a variable.
- The categorization of something as belonging to a specific category.
- An assigned task.
- (law) A transfer of a right or benefit from one person to another.
- (law) A document that effects this transfer.
- A position to which someone is assigned.
- (LGBTQ) The categorization of persons as belonging to the male or female sex.
- The act of assigning; the allocation of a job or a set of tasks.
- (education) A task given to students, such as homework or coursework.
- an undertaking that you have been assigned to do (as by an instructor)
- the instrument by which a claim or right or interest or property is transferred from one person to another
- (law) a transfer of property by deed of conveyance
- the act of distributing something to designated places or persons
- a duty that you are assigned to perform (especially in the armed forces)
- the act of putting a person into a non-elective position
noun
- (programming, countable) A program that reads source code written in assembly language and produces executable machine code, possibly together with information needed by linkers, debuggers and other tools.
- (nanotechnology, countable) A nanodevice capable of assembling nanodevices, possibly including copies of itself, according to a plan.
- (computer languages, informal, chiefly uncountable) Assembly language.
- (countable) One who assembles items.
- a program to convert assembly language into machine language
adj
- (programming) Unconstrained of identifiers, not bound.
- Without obligations.
- Not currently in use; not taken; unoccupied.
- (logic, of a variable) Unconstrained by quantifiers.
- To be enjoyed by anyone freely.
- (military) Of a rocket or missile: not under the control of a guidance system after being launched.
- Generous; liberal.
- Not imprisoned or enslaved.
- (botany, mycology) Not attached; loose.
- (category theory, of a functor F) Left adjoint to a forgetful functor G; such that any map f:X→G(A) induces a universal map ̄f:F(X)→A.
- (group theory, of a group) Having a set of generators which satisfy no non-trivial relations; equivalently, being the group of reduced words on a set of generators.
- (law) Privileged or individual; proprietary.
- (social) Unconstrained.
- Obtainable without any payment.
- (software) Intended for release, and omitting debugging diagnostics, as opposed to a checked version.
- (by extension, chiefly used in advertising) Complimentary.
- (of a government, country) Upholding individual rights.
- Unattached or uncombined.
- (US, slang, motor racing) Having oversteer.
- (category theory, of an object) Belonging to the image of some free functor.
- Unobstructed, without blockages.
- (software) With no or only freedom-preserving limitations on distribution or modification.
- Without; not containing (what is specified); exempt; clear; liberated.
- (commutative algebra, of a module) Having a linearly independent set of generators (called a basis).
- (linguistics) (of a morpheme) That can be used by itself, unattached to another morpheme.
- completely wanting or lacking
- not fixed in position
- costing nothing
- not occupied or in use
- not held in servitude
- not taken up by scheduled activities
- not limited or hampered; not under compulsion or restraint
- not literal
- unconstrained or not chemically bound in a molecule or not fixed and capable of relatively unrestricted motion
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- (soccer) A free transfer.
- (hurling) The usual means of restarting play after a foul is committed, where the non-offending team restarts from where the foul was committed.
- (swimming, informal) Abbreviation of freestyle.
- (Australian rules football, Gaelic football) Abbreviation of free kick.
- people who are free
verb
- (transitive, programming) To relinquish (previously allocated memory) to the system.
- (transitive) To rid of something that confines or oppresses. [with from]
- (transitive) To make free; set at liberty; release.
- let off the hook
- grant relief or an exemption from a rule or requirement to
- grant freedom to; free from confinement
- relieve from
- make (information) available for publication
- remove or force out from a position
- release (gas or energy) as a result of a chemical reaction or physical decomposition
- part with a possession or right
- free from obligations or duties
- free or remove obstruction from
- make (assets) available
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- (programming) A variable that can hold any of various unrelated data types.
- (genetics) A different sequence of a gene (locus).
- (linguistics, lexicography) One of a set of words or other linguistic forms that conveys the same meaning or serves the same function.
- Something that is slightly different from a type or norm.
- a variable quantity that is random
- an event that departs from expectations
- something a little different from others of the same type
- (biology) a group of organisms within a species that differ in trivial ways from similar groups
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- (countable, programming) A data structure that can store any of various types of item, but only one at a time.
- (countable) A trade union; a workers' union.
- (historical) An affiliation of several parishes for joint support and management of their poor; also the jointly-owned workhouse.
- (countable, set theory) The set containing all of the elements of two or more sets.
- (countable) The act or state of marriage.
- (countable) An association of students at a university for social and/or political purposes; also in some cases a debating body.
- (countable) A joint or other connection uniting parts of machinery, such as pipes.
- (countable) The act of uniting or joining two or more things into one.
- (countable) Something united, or made one; something formed by a combination or coalition of parts or members; a confederation; a consolidated body; a league.
- (uncountable) The state of being united or joined; a state of unity or harmony.
- the act of pairing a male and female for reproductive purposes
- healing process involving the growing together of the edges of a wound or the growing together of broken bones
- a device on a national flag emblematic of the union of two or more sovereignties (typically in the upper inner corner)
- an organization of employees formed to bargain with the employer
- the act of making or becoming a single unit
- the state of being a married couple voluntarily joined for life (or until divorce)
- a set containing all and only the members of two or more given sets
- a political unit formed from previously independent people or organizations
- the state of being joined or united or linked
- the occurrence of a uniting of separate parts
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- (programming) A data type that allows variables to have any of a predefined set of values.
- A recapitulation, in the peroration, of the heads of an argument.
- The act of enumerating, making separate mention, or recounting.
- A list; especially, a numbered list.
- A detailed account, in which each thing is specially noticed.
- a numbered list
- the act of counting; reciting numbers in ascending order
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- (programming, countable) Conversion of a value of one data type to a value of another data type.
- (uncountable) Actual or threatened force for the purpose of compelling action by another person; the act of coercing.
- (linguistics, semantics) The process by which the meaning of a word or other linguistic element is reinterpreted to match the grammatical context.
- (law, uncountable) Use of physical or moral force to compel a person to do something, or to abstain from doing something, thereby depriving that person of the exercise of free will.
- (libertarianism) The initiation or threat of conflict; aggression.
- (countable) A specific instance of coercing.
- using force to cause something to occur
- the act of compelling by force of authority
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- (mathematics, countable) The result of calculating.
- (mathematics, uncountable) The act or process of calculating.
- (chess, uncountable) The act or process of imagining sequences of potential moves and responses without actually moving the pieces.
- (countable) Reckoning, estimate.
- (countable) An expectation based on circumstances.
- problem solving that involves numbers or quantities
- the procedure of calculating; determining something by mathematical or logical methods
- planning something carefully and intentionally
noun
- (programming) A programmable interval timer.
- (electronics) A monostable multivibrator.
- A single appearance by a performer.
- (video games) A player that can be killed in a single hit.
- (television, film, comics) A television program, film, or comic book that is not part of a series.
- A gun that must be reloaded after firing a single shot.
- (fandom slang) A fanfic of only one chapter.
- A product that is sold on its own, rather than as part of a line of products.
- (film) A cinematographic shot of a person talking to camera; a talking head.
- (music) A music sample that is played without immediate repetition.
- Something that occurs only once; a one-off.
adj
- Holding 1.5 ounces.
- Needing only a single attempt to become effective.
- Performing all the necessary steps on every occurrence, rather than relying on previous setup.
- Unique; occurring only once.
- (research design) Measuring something at a single point in time, with no control group.
- Involving a single gunshot.
- (sports) Involving a single act of launching a ball.
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- (countable) A command.
- (Christianity) An ecclesiastical rank or position, usually for the sake of ministry, (especially, when plural) holy orders.
- (countable) An association of knights.
- (sciences, engineering, logic) Scale: size or scope.
- (order theory) A partially ordered set.
- (algebra, of a monomial) The sum of the exponents of the variables involved in the expression.
- (architecture) The disposition of a column and its component parts, and of the entablature resting upon it, in classical architecture; hence (since the column and entablature are the characteristic features of classical architecture) a style or manner of architectural design.
- (countable) Conformity with law or decorum; freedom from disturbance; general tranquillity; public quiet.
- (chemistry) The overall power of the rate law of a chemical reaction, expressed as a polynomial function of concentrations of reactants and products.
- (countable) A request for some product or service; a commission to purchase, sell, or supply goods.
- (uncountable) The state of being well arranged.
- (graph theory, of a graph) The number of vertices in the graph (i.e. the set-theoretic order of the set of vertices of the graph).
- (set theory, of a set or algebraic structure) The number of elements contained within (the given object); formally, the cardinality (of the given object).
- A number of things or persons arranged in a fixed or suitable place, or relative position; a rank; a row; a grade; especially, a rank or class in society; a distinct character, kind, or sort.
- Any group of people with common interests.
- (electronics) A power of polynomial function in an electronic circuit’s block, such as a filter, an amplifier, etc.
- (order theory) The relation with which a partially ordered set is equipped.
- (finance) A written direction to furnish someone with money or property; compare money order, postal order.
- (countable) A position in an arrangement, disposition, or sequence.
- (group theory, of an element g of a group G) The smallest positive natural number n such that (denoting the group operation multiplicatively) gⁿ is the identity element of G, if such an n exists; if no such n exists the element is said to be of infinite order (or sometimes zero order).
- (countable) A decoration, awarded by a government, a dynastic house, or a religious body to an individual, usually for distinguished service to a nation or to humanity.
- (countable, biology, taxonomy) A category in the classification of organisms, ranking below class and above family; a taxon at that rank.
- (cricket) The sequence in which a side’s batsmen bat; the batting order.
- (algebra, of a polynomial in one variable) The order of the leading monomial; (equivalently) the largest power of the variable involved in the given expression.
- (countable) Arrangement, disposition, or sequence.
- (countable) A group of religious adherents, especially monks or nuns, set apart within their religion by adherence to a particular rule or set of principles.
- a request for something to be made, supplied, or served
- established customary state (especially of society)
- logical or comprehensible arrangement of separate elements
- a body of rules followed by an assembly
- a formal association of people with similar interests
- a commercial document used to request someone to supply something in return for payment and providing specifications and quantities
- the act of putting things in a sequential arrangement
- a degree in a continuum of size or quantity
- a condition of regular or proper arrangement
- (often plural) a command given by a superior (e.g., a military or law enforcement officer) that must be obeyed
- a group of person living under a religious rule
- (biology) taxonomic group containing one or more families
- a legally binding command or decision entered on the court record (as if issued by a court or judge)
- (architecture) one of original three styles of Greek architecture distinguished by the type of column and entablature used or a style developed from the original three by the Romans
verb
- (transitive) To set in some sort of order.
- (transitive) To issue a command to; to charge.
- (transitive) To arrange, set in proper order.
- To admit to holy orders; to ordain; to receive into the ranks of the ministry.
- (transitive) To request some product or service; to secure by placing an order.
- give instructions to or direct somebody to do something with authority
- issue commands or orders for
- arrange thoughts, ideas, temporal events
- bring into conformity with rules or principles or usage; impose regulations
- bring order to or into
- make a request for something
- appoint to a clerical posts
- place in a certain order
- assign a rank or rating to
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- (countable, programming) In aspect-oriented programming, the code whose execution is triggered when a join point is reached.
- (uncountable) In commercial language, information communicated by letter; used chiefly in reference to drafts or bills of exchange
- (uncountable, law) Counseling to perform a specific illegal act.
- (countable) In language about financial transactions executed by formal documents, an advisory document.
- (uncountable) An opinion offered to guide behavior in an effort to be helpful.
- (uncountable, law) Counseling to perform a specific legal act.
- (countable, law) A communication providing information, such as how an uncertain area of law might apply to possible future actions
- a proposal for an appropriate course of action
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- (uncountable, programming) Initialism of return-oriented programming.
- (uncountable, advertising) Initialism of run of press.
- (ophthalmology) Initialism of retinopathy of prematurity.
- (uncountable, advertising) Initialism of run of paper.
- (countable, computer graphics) A Render Output unit or raster operations pipeline.
verb
- (computing) To set a program variable to true.
- (computing) To signal (an event).
- (transitive) To pave with flagstones.
- To fail, such as a class or an exam.
- (often with up) To note, mark or point out for attention.
- To mark with a flag, especially to indicate the importance of something.
- (sports) To penalize for an infraction.
- (chess, intransitive) To lose on time, especially in a blitz game; when using a traditional analog chess clock, a flag would fall when time expired.
- To furnish or deck out with flags.
- To convey (a message) by means of flag signals.
- (firearms) To point the muzzle of a firearm at a person or object one does not intend to fire on.
- (biology) In female canids, to signal mating readiness by moving the tail aside to expose the vulva.
- (chess, transitive) To defeat (an opponent) on time, especially in a blitz game.
- (often with down) To signal to, especially to stop a passing vehicle etc.
- To enervate; to exhaust the vigour or elasticity of.
- (intransitive) To weaken, become feeble.
- To hang loose without stiffness; to bend down, as flexible bodies; to be loose, yielding, limp.
- To let droop; to suffer to fall, or let fall, into feebleness.
- To decoy (game) by waving a flag, handkerchief, etc. to arouse the animal's curiosity.
- communicate or signal with a flag
- droop, sink, or settle from or as if from pressure or loss of tautness
- provide with a flag
- decorate with flags
- become less intense
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- (Internet slang, ACG) An indication that a certain outcome or event is going to happen, deduced not logically or causally, but as a pattern in a piece of media. Chiefly used in video games and adjacent media, especially visual novels, it is typically described as being raised or set by the plot or words of a character.
- (computer science) In a command line interface, a command parameter requesting optional behavior or otherwise modifying the action of the command being invoked.
- (nautical, often used attributively) A signal flag.
- The design that could be placed on a flag, typically a rectangular graphic that is used to represent an entity (like a country, organisation or group of people) or an idea.
- Any of various plants with sword-shaped leaves, especially irises; specifically, Iris pseudacorus.
- (computer science) A variable or memory location that stores a Boolean true-or-false, yes-or-no value, typically either recording the fact that a certain event has occurred or requesting that a certain optional action take place.
- (mathematics, linear algebra) A sequence of subspaces of a vector space, beginning with the null space and ending with the vector space itself, such that each member of the sequence (until the last) is a proper subspace of the next.
- A group of feathers on the lower part of the legs of certain hawks, owls, etc.
- The bushy tail of a dog such as a setter.
- (aviation) A mechanical indicator that pops up to draw the pilot's attention to a problem or malfunction.
- (geology) Any hard, evenly stratified sandstone, which splits into layers suitable for flagstones.
- (British, uncountable) The game of capture the flag.
- A group of elongated wing feathers in certain hawks.
- A slab of stone; a flagstone, a flat piece of stone used for paving.
- (geometry) A sequence of faces of a given polytope, one of each dimension up to that of the polytope (formally, though in practice not always explicitly, including the null face and the polytope itself), such that each face in the sequence is part of the next-higher dimension face.
- (countable) A piece of cloth, often decorated with an emblem, used as a visual signal or symbol.
- The use of a flag, especially to indicate the start of a race or other event.
- (nautical) A flag flown by a ship to show the presence on board of the admiral; the admiral himself, or his flagship.
- (television) A dark piece of material that can be mounted on a stand to block or shape the light.
- (obsolete except in dialects) A slice of turf; a sod.
- (music) A hook attached to the stem of a written note that assigns its rhythmic value
- a conspicuously marked or shaped tail
- a listing printed in all issues of a newspaper or magazine (usually on the editorial page) that gives the name of the publication and the names of the editorial staff, etc.
- emblem usually consisting of a rectangular piece of cloth of distinctive design
- flagpole used to mark the position of the hole on a golf green
- a rectangular piece of fabric used as a signalling device
- stratified stone that splits into pieces suitable as paving stones
- plants with sword-shaped leaves and erect stalks bearing bright-colored flowers composed of three petals and three drooping sepals
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- (computing, programming) Determination of the value of a variable or expression.
- An assessment, such as an annual personnel performance review used as the basis for a salary increase or bonus, or a summary of a particular situation.
- (mathematics) A completion of a mathematical operation; a valuation.
- an appraisal of the value of something
- act of ascertaining or fixing the value or worth of
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- (programming) A piece of code in a high-level language that returns a value.
- A facial appearance usually associated with an emotion.
- A specific blend of whisky.
- (music) The tone of voice or sound in music.
- (mathematics) An arrangement of symbols denoting values, operations performed on them, and grouping symbols.
- A particular way of phrasing an idea.
- A colloquialism or idiom.
- (biology, manufacturing) The act of pressing or squeezing out.
- The action of expressing thoughts, ideas, feelings, etc.
- (biology) The process of translating a gene into a protein.
- (mostly preceded by with) Emotional involvement or engagement in a text read aloud rendered by the voice of the reciter or the reader.
- the act of forcing something out by squeezing or pressing
- a word or phrase that particular people use in particular situations
- the feelings expressed on a person's face
- (genetics) the process of expressing a gene
- a group of words that form a constituent of a sentence and are considered as a single unit
- a group of symbols that make a mathematical statement
- the communication (in speech or writing) of your beliefs or opinions
- the style of expressing yourself
- expression without words
noun
- (countable, programming) An ordered sequence of text characters stored consecutively in memory and capable of being processed as a single entity.
- (slang) Cannabis or marijuana.
- (figurative, in the plural) The conditions and limitations in a contract collectively.
- (oil industry) A column of drill pipe that transmits drilling fluid (using the mud pumps) and torque (using the kelly drive or top drive) to the drill bit.
- (countable) In various games and competitions, a certain number of turns at play, of rounds, etc.
- (collective) A drove of horses, or a group of racehorses kept by one owner or at one stable.
- A slightly elevated (long, thin) peat ridge in a bog.
- (carpentry) A board supporting steps
- (botany) The tough fibrous substance that unites the valves of the pericarp of leguminous plants.
- (countable, uncountable) A long, thin and flexible structure made from threads twisted together.
- (architecture, masonry) A stringcourse.
- (music, metonymic, countable) A stringed instrument.
- (countable) The members of a sports team or squad regarded as most likely to achieve success. (Perhaps metaphorical as the "strings" that hold the squad together.) Often first string, second string etc.
- (countable) A series of items or events.
- A strip, as of leather, by which the covers of a book are held together.
- A thread or cord on which a number of objects or parts are strung or arranged in close and orderly succession; hence, a line or series of things arranged on a thread, or as if so arranged.
- (shipbuilding) An inside range of ceiling planks, corresponding to the sheer strake on the outside and bolted to it.
- (historical, billiards) The buttons strung on a wire by which the score is kept.
- (music) A segment of wire (typically made of plastic or metal) or other material used as vibrating element on a musical instrument.
- (music, usually in the plural) The stringed instruments as a section of an orchestra, especially those played by a bow, or the persons playing those instruments.
- (billiards) Part of the game of billiards, where the order of the play is determined by testing who can get a ball closest to the bottom rail by shooting it onto the end rail.
- (mining) A small, filamentous ramification of a metallic vein.
- (billiards, by extension) The points made in a game of billiards.
- (sports) A length of nylon or other material on the head of a racquet.
- (billiards, pool) The line from behind and over which the cue ball must be played after being out of play, as by being pocketed or knocked off the table; also called the string line.
- (slang) Synonym of stable (“group of prostitutes managed by one pimp”).
- (countable) A cohesive substance taking the form of a string.
- (countable, physics) A tiny one-dimensional string-like entity, the main object of study in string theory, a branch of theoretical physics.
- a tough piece of fiber in vegetables, meat, or other food (especially the tough fibers connecting the two halves of a bean pod)
- a linear sequence (as of characters, words, proteins, etc.)
- (cosmology) a hypothetical one-dimensional subatomic particle having a concentration of energy and the dynamic properties of a flexible loop
- a tie consisting of a cord that goes through a seam around an opening
- a collection of things threaded on a single strand, or as if threaded on a single strand
- a necklace made by stringing objects together
- a tightly stretched cord of wire or gut, as a part of an instrument or a tennis racket
- a lightweight cord
- stringed instruments that are played with a bow
- a sequentially ordered set of things or events or ideas in which each successive member is related to the preceding
verb
- (intransitive, billiards) To drive the ball against the end of the table and back, in order to determine which player is to open the game.
- (transitive) To put strings on (something).
- (transitive) To put (items) on a string.
- (birdwatching) To deliberately state that a certain bird is present when it is not; to knowingly mislead other birders about the occurrence of a bird, especially a rarity; to misidentify a common bird as a rare species.
- (intransitive) To form into a string or strings, as a substance which is stretched, or people who are moving along, etc.
- add as if on a string
- stretch out or arrange like a string
- provide with strings
- thread on or as if on a string
- string together; tie or fasten with a string
- remove the stringy parts of
- move or come along
noun
- (programming) A sequence of instructions, including branches but not loops, that is executed for some input data.
- (engineering) A connecting bar or rod, pivoted at each end to the end of another piece, for transmitting motion, especially from one plane to another; specifically, such a piece in an organ stop action to transmit motion from the trundle to the lever actuating the stop slider.
- An enquiry sent out for a missing article, such as a letter or an express package.
- A mark left as a sign of passage of a person or animal.
- An act of tracing.
- (meteorology) A small amount of rain, not enough to be measured.
- (semiotics) A signifier approximated in the absence of stable signified.
- A very small amount, often residual, of some substance or material.
- An informal road or prominent path in an arid area.
- (linear algebra) The sum of the diagonal elements of a square matrix.
- (electronics) A current-carrying conductive pathway on a printed circuit board.
- (fortification) The ground plan of a work or works.
- (grammar) An empty category occupying a position in the syntactic structure from which something has been moved, used to explain constructions such as wh-movement and the passive.
- (geometry) The intersection of a plane of projection, or an original plane, with a coordinate plane.
- One of two straps, chains, or ropes of a harness, extending from the collar or breastplate to a whippletree attached to a vehicle or thing to be drawn; a tug.
- a just detectable amount
- a visible mark (as a footprint) left by the passage of person or animal or vehicle
- either of two lines that connect a horse's harness to a wagon or other vehicle or to a whiffletree
- a drawing created by superimposing a semitransparent sheet of paper on the original image and copying on it the lines of the original image
- an indication that something has been present
- a suggestion of some quality
adj
verb
- (transitive) To draw or sketch lightly or with care.
- (computing, transitive) To follow the execution of the program by making it to stop after every instruction, or by making it print a message after every step.
- (transitive) To follow the trail of.
- To follow the history of.
- (transitive) To copy onto a sheet of paper superimposed over the original, by drawing over its lines.
- make a mark or lines on a surface
- pursue or chase relentlessly
- follow, discover, or ascertain the course of development of something
- make one's course or travel along a path; travel or pass over, around, or along
- copy by following the lines of the original drawing on a transparent sheet placed upon it; make a tracing of
- read with difficulty
- to go back over again
- discover traces of
noun
- (programming) A temporary variable used to receive a value of no importance and unable to be read later.
- A discarded playing card in a card game.
- Anything discarded.
- getting rid of something that is regarded as useless or undesirable
- (cards) the act of throwing out a useless card or of failing to follow suit
- anything that is cast aside or discarded
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noun
adj
- (mathematics, philosophy) Relating to mere manipulation and construction of strings of symbols, without regard to their meaning.
- Relating to the form or structure of something.
- Official.
- Ceremonial or traditional.
- Relating to formation.
- In accordance with established forms.
- Organized; well-structured and planned.
- Proper, according to strict etiquette; not casual.
- (especially sciences, mathematics, linguistics) In accordance with a methodological framework with well-defined rules or laws; rigorous.
- characteristic of or befitting a person in authority
- logically deductive
- represented in simplified or symbolic form
- (of spoken and written language) adhering to traditional standards of correctness and without casual, contracted, and colloquial forms
- refined or imposing in manner or appearance; befitting a royal court
- being in accord with established forms and conventions and requirements (as e.g. of formal dress)
noun
- (countable, by extension) An individual message on such a system.
- (uncountable) A computerized interactive system for storing, processing and reproducing verbal messages left through a conventional telephone network.
- a computerized system for answering and routing telephone calls; telephone messages can be recorded and stored and relayed
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noun
adj
noun
- (countable) The result of such a process.
- (countable) Decomposition into components in order to study (a complex thing, concept, theory, etc.).
- (countable, analytical chemistry, physical chemistry) The process of breaking down a substance into its constituent parts, or the result of this process.
- (uncountable, mathematics) A broad field of study in modern mathematics (often mentioned alongside algebra) which developed out of the calculus, concerned with the behavior of functions, sequences, series, limits, metric spaces, measures and more.
- (uncountable, music) The analytical study of melodies, harmonies, sequences, repetitions, variations, quotations, juxtapositions, and surprises.
- (countable, logic) Proof by deduction from known truths.
- (countable, psychology) Psychoanalysis.
- the abstract separation of a whole into its constituent parts in order to study the parts and their relations
- a branch of mathematics involving calculus and the theory of limits; sequences and series and integration and differentiation
- the use of closed-class words instead of inflections: e.g., ‘the father of the bride’ instead of ‘the bride's father’
- a set of techniques for exploring underlying motives and a method of treating various mental disorders; based on the theories of Sigmund Freud
- a form of literary criticism in which the structure of a piece of writing is analyzed
- an investigation of the component parts of a whole and their relations in making up the whole
noun
- (computing, logic, mathematics, countable) A procedure for generating a value from one or more other values (the operands).
- (countable) A planned undertaking.
- (countable, medicine) A surgical procedure.
- (uncountable) The method or practice by which actions are done.
- (military, countable) A military campaign (e.g. Operation Desert Storm).
- (mathematics, more formally, countable) A function which maps zero or more (but typically two) operands to a single output value.
- (uncountable) The act or process of operating (verb): agency; the exertion of power, physical, mechanical, or moral.
- (countable) A business or organization.
- (uncountable) The method by which a device performs its function.
- (mathematics) calculation by mathematical methods
- activity by a military or naval force (as a maneuver or campaign)
- a planned activity involving many people performing various actions
- the activity of operating something (a machine or business etc.)
- a medical procedure involving an incision with instruments; performed to repair damage or arrest disease in a living body
- a process or series of acts especially of a practical or mechanical nature involved in a particular form of work
- (computer science) data processing in which the result is completely specified by a rule (especially the processing that results from a single instruction)
- a business especially one run on a large scale
- (psychology) the performance of some composite cognitive activity; an operation that affects mental contents
- the state of being in effect or being operative
- process or manner of functioning or operating
noun
- (computing) A sequence of code that is conditionally executed.
- (graph theory) A path of vertices of degree 2, ending at vertices whose degree is not 2.
- An area in business or of knowledge, research.
- (nautical) A certificate given by Trinity House to a pilot qualified to take navigational control of a ship in British waters.
- The woody part of a tree arising from the trunk and usually dividing.
- A line of family descent, in distinction from some other line or lines from the same stock; any descendant in such a line.
- A location of an organization with several locations.
- (chiefly Southern US) A creek or stream which flows into a larger river.
- Any of the parts of something that divides like the branch of a tree.
- (computing) A group of related files in a source control system, including for example source code, build scripts, and media such as images.
- (Mormonism) A local congregation of the LDS Church that is not large enough to form a ward; see Wikipedia article on ward in LDS church.
- (geometry) One of the portions of a curve that extends outwards to an indefinitely great distance.
- (rail transport) A branch line.
- a natural consequence of development
- a division of a stem, or secondary stem arising from the main stem of a plant
- a division of some larger or more complex organization
- any projection that is thought to resemble a human arm
- a stream or river connected to a larger one
- a part of a forked or branching shape
verb
- (intransitive) To arise from the trunk or a larger branch of a tree.
- (transitive, colloquial) To discipline (a union member) at a branch meeting.
- (intransitive, computing) To jump to a different location in a program, especially as the result of a conditional statement.
- (transitive) To strip of branches.
- (ambitransitive) To (cause to) divide into separate parts or subdivisions.
- (intransitive) To produce branches.
- grow and send out branches or branch-like structures
- divide into two or more branches so as to form a fork
noun
- (countable) A problem affecting function.
- (countable, informal, engineering) An unexpected behavior in an electrical signal, especially if the signal spontaneously returns to expected behavior after a period of time.
- (video games) A bug or an exploit.
- (uncountable, music) A genre of experimental electronic music since the 1990s, characterized by a deliberate use of sonic artifacts that would normally be viewed as unwanted noise.
- (astronomy, countable) A sudden increase in the rotational frequency of a pulsar.
- a fault or defect in a computer program, system, or machine
verb
noun
- (countable) a particular instance of such change
- (phonetics, uncountable) the articulation of a vowel or continuant consonant in such a way that air flows through the nose at the same time as it flows through the mouth
- (Irish grammar) eclipsis
- the act of nasalizing; the utterance of sounds modulated by the nasal resonators
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noun
- (computing, countable) Initialism of tabular data stream.
- (spectroscopy) Initialism of thermal desorption spectroscopy.
- (computing, countable) Initialism of transaction data store.
- (physics, countable) Initialism of topological Dirac semi-metal.
- (medicine) Initialism of testicular dysgenesis syndrome.
- (communication, uncountable) Initialism of time-driven switching.
- (water supply) Initialism of total dissolved solids.
- (taxation) Initialism of tax deducted at source.
- (publishing, R&D, uncountable) Initialism of technical documentation service.
- (US politics, uncountable) Initialism of Trump delusional syndrome.
- (US politics, uncountable) Initialism of Trump derangement syndrome.
phrase
noun
- (countable, programming) A static variable.
- (uncountable, slang, US) Verbal abuse.
- (figurative, by extension, uncountable) Interference or obstruction from people.
- (countable) A static caravan.
- (uncountable) Static electricity.
- (uncountable) Interference on a broadcast signal caused by atmospheric disturbances; heard as crackles on radio, or seen as random specks on television.
- angry criticism
- a crackling or hissing noise caused by electrical interference
adj
- Unchanging; that cannot or does not change.
- Immobile; fixed in place; having no motion.
- (programming) Computed, created, or allocated before the program starts running, as opposed to at runtime.
- Making no progress; stalled, without movement or advancement.
- (object-oriented programming) Defined for the class itself, as opposed to instances of it; thus shared between all instances and accessible even without an instance.
- concerned with or producing or caused by static electricity
- not in physical motion
- showing little if any change
noun
verb
- (transitive, grammar) To form the three degrees of comparison of (an adjective).
- (transitive) To assess the similarities and differences between two or more things ["to compare X with Y"]. Having made the comparison of X with Y, one might have found it similar to Y or different from Y.
- (transitive) To declare two things to be similar in some respect ["to compare X to Y"].
- (intransitive) To be similar (often used in the negative).
- examine and note the similarities or differences of
- to form the comparative or superlative form on an adjective or adverb
- be comparable
- consider or describe as similar, equal, or analogous
noun
- (programming, countable) A representation of an execution state of a program at a certain point in time, which may be used at a later time to resume the execution of the program from that point.
- (basketball, countable) A successful shot that, despite a foul, is made with a single continuous motion beginning before the foul, and that is therefore valid in certain forms of basketball.
- The act or state of continuing or being continued; uninterrupted extension or succession
- That which extends, increases, supplements, or carries on.
- a Gestalt principle of organization holding that there is an innate tendency to perceive a line as continuing its established direction
- a part added to a book or play that continues and extends it
- the consequence of being lengthened in duration
- the act of continuing an activity without interruption
noun
- (programming) A variable, memory location, etc. whose contents are incremented to keep a count.
- The breast of a horse; that part of a horse between the shoulders and under the neck.
- A telltale; a contrivance attached to an engine, printing press, or other machine, for the purpose of counting the revolutions or the pulsations.
- Something opposite or contrary to something else.
- A table or board on which money is counted and over which business is transacted.
- A shop tabletop on which goods are examined, weighed or measured.
- An object (now especially a small disc) used in counting or keeping count, or as a marker in games, etc.
- (typography) The enclosed or partly closed negative space of a glyph.
- The piece of a shoe or a boot around the heel of the foot (above the heel of the shoe/boot).
- (nautical) The overhanging stern of a vessel above the waterline, below and somewhat forward of the stern proper.
- (grammar) A class of word used along with numbers to count objects and events, typically mass nouns. Although rare and optional in English (e.g. "20 head of cattle"), they are numerous and required in Chinese, Japanese, and Korean.
- counterattack
- In a bathroom, a surface, often built into the wall and above a cabinet, which holds the washbasin.
- A reckoner; someone who collects data by counting; an enumerator.
- In a kitchen, a surface, often built into the wall and above a cabinet, designed to be used for food preparation.
- (historical) The prison attached to a city court; a compter.
- (martial arts) A proactive defensive hold or move in reaction to a hold or move by one's opponent.
- (music) Alternative form of contra Formerly used to designate any under part which served for contrast to a principal part, but now used as equivalent to countertenor.
- (Internet) A hit counter.
- One who counts.
- (curling) Any stone lying closer to the center than any of the opponent's stones.
- game equipment (as a piece of wood, plastic, or ivory) used for keeping a count or reserving a space in various card or board games
- (computer science) a register whose contents go through a regular series of states (usually states indicating consecutive integers)
- a piece of leather forming the back of a shoe or boot
- table consisting of a horizontal surface over which business is transacted
- a calculator that keeps a record of the number of times something happens
- a person who counts things
- a piece of furniture that stands at the side of a dining room; has shelves and drawers
- a quick reply to a question or remark (especially a witty or critical one)
- a return punch (especially by a boxer)
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noun
- (countable, programming) A placeholder object representing the eventual result of an asynchronous operation.
- (countable) An oath or affirmation; a vow.
- (countable, law) A transaction between two persons whereby the first person undertakes in the future to render some service or gift to the second person or devotes something valuable now and here to his use.
- (uncountable) Reason to expect improvement or success; potential.
- a verbal commitment by one person to another agreeing to do (or not to do) something in the future
- grounds for feeling hopeful about the future
verb
- (ambitransitive) To give grounds for expectation, especially of something good.
- (ambitransitive, ditransitive) To commit to (some action or outcome), or to assure (a person) of such commitment; to make an oath or vow.
- make a promise or commitment
- give grounds for expectations
- make a prediction about; tell in advance
- promise to undertake or give
noun
- (programming) An unused parameter or value.
- (attributive) A newborn animal that is indifferent to stimulus and does not voluntarily move.
- (sports, chiefly rugby, soccer) A feigned pass or kick or play in order to deceive an opponent.
- (African-American Vernacular, Baltimore, slang) A term of address.
- Something constructed with the size and form of a human, to be used in place of a person.
- (linguistics) A word serving only to make a construction grammatical.
- (Australia, New Zealand, UK, Ireland) A pacifier; a plastic or rubber teat used to soothe or comfort a baby.
- (sports, UK) A bodily gesture meant to fool an opposing player; a feint.
- (chess) A fairy chess piece that cannot move or capture, but can be captured and used to skip moving another piece.
- A person who is the mere tool of another; a man of straw.
- A figure of a person or animal used by a ventriloquist; a puppet.
- A deliberately nonfunctional device or tool used in place of a functional one.
- (card games, chiefly bridge) A player whose hand is shown and is to be played from by another player.
- A stupid person.
- a cartridge containing an explosive charge but no bullet
- an ignorant or foolish person
- a person who does not talk
- a figure representing the human form
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verb
adj
noun
- (programming) An operation that assigns a value to a variable.
- The categorization of something as belonging to a specific category.
- An assigned task.
- (law) A transfer of a right or benefit from one person to another.
- (law) A document that effects this transfer.
- A position to which someone is assigned.
- (LGBTQ) The categorization of persons as belonging to the male or female sex.
- The act of assigning; the allocation of a job or a set of tasks.
- (education) A task given to students, such as homework or coursework.
- an undertaking that you have been assigned to do (as by an instructor)
- the instrument by which a claim or right or interest or property is transferred from one person to another
- (law) a transfer of property by deed of conveyance
- the act of distributing something to designated places or persons
- a duty that you are assigned to perform (especially in the armed forces)
- the act of putting a person into a non-elective position
noun
- (programming, countable) A program that reads source code written in assembly language and produces executable machine code, possibly together with information needed by linkers, debuggers and other tools.
- (nanotechnology, countable) A nanodevice capable of assembling nanodevices, possibly including copies of itself, according to a plan.
- (computer languages, informal, chiefly uncountable) Assembly language.
- (countable) One who assembles items.
- a program to convert assembly language into machine language
noun
- (programming) A variable that can hold any of various unrelated data types.
- (genetics) A different sequence of a gene (locus).
- (linguistics, lexicography) One of a set of words or other linguistic forms that conveys the same meaning or serves the same function.
- Something that is slightly different from a type or norm.
- a variable quantity that is random
- an event that departs from expectations
- something a little different from others of the same type
- (biology) a group of organisms within a species that differ in trivial ways from similar groups
adj
noun
- (countable, programming) A data structure that can store any of various types of item, but only one at a time.
- (countable) A trade union; a workers' union.
- (historical) An affiliation of several parishes for joint support and management of their poor; also the jointly-owned workhouse.
- (countable, set theory) The set containing all of the elements of two or more sets.
- (countable) The act or state of marriage.
- (countable) An association of students at a university for social and/or political purposes; also in some cases a debating body.
- (countable) A joint or other connection uniting parts of machinery, such as pipes.
- (countable) The act of uniting or joining two or more things into one.
- (countable) Something united, or made one; something formed by a combination or coalition of parts or members; a confederation; a consolidated body; a league.
- (uncountable) The state of being united or joined; a state of unity or harmony.
- the act of pairing a male and female for reproductive purposes
- healing process involving the growing together of the edges of a wound or the growing together of broken bones
- a device on a national flag emblematic of the union of two or more sovereignties (typically in the upper inner corner)
- an organization of employees formed to bargain with the employer
- the act of making or becoming a single unit
- the state of being a married couple voluntarily joined for life (or until divorce)
- a set containing all and only the members of two or more given sets
- a political unit formed from previously independent people or organizations
- the state of being joined or united or linked
- the occurrence of a uniting of separate parts
adj
verb
noun
- (programming) A data type that allows variables to have any of a predefined set of values.
- A recapitulation, in the peroration, of the heads of an argument.
- The act of enumerating, making separate mention, or recounting.
- A list; especially, a numbered list.
- A detailed account, in which each thing is specially noticed.
- a numbered list
- the act of counting; reciting numbers in ascending order
noun
adj
noun
- (programming, countable) Conversion of a value of one data type to a value of another data type.
- (uncountable) Actual or threatened force for the purpose of compelling action by another person; the act of coercing.
- (linguistics, semantics) The process by which the meaning of a word or other linguistic element is reinterpreted to match the grammatical context.
- (law, uncountable) Use of physical or moral force to compel a person to do something, or to abstain from doing something, thereby depriving that person of the exercise of free will.
- (libertarianism) The initiation or threat of conflict; aggression.
- (countable) A specific instance of coercing.
- using force to cause something to occur
- the act of compelling by force of authority
noun
- (mathematics, countable) The result of calculating.
- (mathematics, uncountable) The act or process of calculating.
- (chess, uncountable) The act or process of imagining sequences of potential moves and responses without actually moving the pieces.
- (countable) Reckoning, estimate.
- (countable) An expectation based on circumstances.
- problem solving that involves numbers or quantities
- the procedure of calculating; determining something by mathematical or logical methods
- planning something carefully and intentionally
noun
- (programming) A programmable interval timer.
- (electronics) A monostable multivibrator.
- A single appearance by a performer.
- (video games) A player that can be killed in a single hit.
- (television, film, comics) A television program, film, or comic book that is not part of a series.
- A gun that must be reloaded after firing a single shot.
- (fandom slang) A fanfic of only one chapter.
- A product that is sold on its own, rather than as part of a line of products.
- (film) A cinematographic shot of a person talking to camera; a talking head.
- (music) A music sample that is played without immediate repetition.
- Something that occurs only once; a one-off.
adj
- Holding 1.5 ounces.
- Needing only a single attempt to become effective.
- Performing all the necessary steps on every occurrence, rather than relying on previous setup.
- Unique; occurring only once.
- (research design) Measuring something at a single point in time, with no control group.
- Involving a single gunshot.
- (sports) Involving a single act of launching a ball.
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verb
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- (countable) A command.
- (Christianity) An ecclesiastical rank or position, usually for the sake of ministry, (especially, when plural) holy orders.
- (countable) An association of knights.
- (sciences, engineering, logic) Scale: size or scope.
- (order theory) A partially ordered set.
- (algebra, of a monomial) The sum of the exponents of the variables involved in the expression.
- (architecture) The disposition of a column and its component parts, and of the entablature resting upon it, in classical architecture; hence (since the column and entablature are the characteristic features of classical architecture) a style or manner of architectural design.
- (countable) Conformity with law or decorum; freedom from disturbance; general tranquillity; public quiet.
- (chemistry) The overall power of the rate law of a chemical reaction, expressed as a polynomial function of concentrations of reactants and products.
- (countable) A request for some product or service; a commission to purchase, sell, or supply goods.
- (uncountable) The state of being well arranged.
- (graph theory, of a graph) The number of vertices in the graph (i.e. the set-theoretic order of the set of vertices of the graph).
- (set theory, of a set or algebraic structure) The number of elements contained within (the given object); formally, the cardinality (of the given object).
- A number of things or persons arranged in a fixed or suitable place, or relative position; a rank; a row; a grade; especially, a rank or class in society; a distinct character, kind, or sort.
- Any group of people with common interests.
- (electronics) A power of polynomial function in an electronic circuit’s block, such as a filter, an amplifier, etc.
- (order theory) The relation with which a partially ordered set is equipped.
- (finance) A written direction to furnish someone with money or property; compare money order, postal order.
- (countable) A position in an arrangement, disposition, or sequence.
- (group theory, of an element g of a group G) The smallest positive natural number n such that (denoting the group operation multiplicatively) gⁿ is the identity element of G, if such an n exists; if no such n exists the element is said to be of infinite order (or sometimes zero order).
- (countable) A decoration, awarded by a government, a dynastic house, or a religious body to an individual, usually for distinguished service to a nation or to humanity.
- (countable, biology, taxonomy) A category in the classification of organisms, ranking below class and above family; a taxon at that rank.
- (cricket) The sequence in which a side’s batsmen bat; the batting order.
- (algebra, of a polynomial in one variable) The order of the leading monomial; (equivalently) the largest power of the variable involved in the given expression.
- (countable) Arrangement, disposition, or sequence.
- (countable) A group of religious adherents, especially monks or nuns, set apart within their religion by adherence to a particular rule or set of principles.
- a request for something to be made, supplied, or served
- established customary state (especially of society)
- logical or comprehensible arrangement of separate elements
- a body of rules followed by an assembly
- a formal association of people with similar interests
- a commercial document used to request someone to supply something in return for payment and providing specifications and quantities
- the act of putting things in a sequential arrangement
- a degree in a continuum of size or quantity
- a condition of regular or proper arrangement
- (often plural) a command given by a superior (e.g., a military or law enforcement officer) that must be obeyed
- a group of person living under a religious rule
- (biology) taxonomic group containing one or more families
- a legally binding command or decision entered on the court record (as if issued by a court or judge)
- (architecture) one of original three styles of Greek architecture distinguished by the type of column and entablature used or a style developed from the original three by the Romans
verb
- (transitive) To set in some sort of order.
- (transitive) To issue a command to; to charge.
- (transitive) To arrange, set in proper order.
- To admit to holy orders; to ordain; to receive into the ranks of the ministry.
- (transitive) To request some product or service; to secure by placing an order.
- give instructions to or direct somebody to do something with authority
- issue commands or orders for
- arrange thoughts, ideas, temporal events
- bring into conformity with rules or principles or usage; impose regulations
- bring order to or into
- make a request for something
- appoint to a clerical posts
- place in a certain order
- assign a rank or rating to
noun
- (countable, programming) In aspect-oriented programming, the code whose execution is triggered when a join point is reached.
- (uncountable) In commercial language, information communicated by letter; used chiefly in reference to drafts or bills of exchange
- (uncountable, law) Counseling to perform a specific illegal act.
- (countable) In language about financial transactions executed by formal documents, an advisory document.
- (uncountable) An opinion offered to guide behavior in an effort to be helpful.
- (uncountable, law) Counseling to perform a specific legal act.
- (countable, law) A communication providing information, such as how an uncertain area of law might apply to possible future actions
- a proposal for an appropriate course of action
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noun
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- (uncountable, programming) Initialism of return-oriented programming.
- (uncountable, advertising) Initialism of run of press.
- (ophthalmology) Initialism of retinopathy of prematurity.
- (uncountable, advertising) Initialism of run of paper.
- (countable, computer graphics) A Render Output unit or raster operations pipeline.
noun
- (computing, programming) Determination of the value of a variable or expression.
- An assessment, such as an annual personnel performance review used as the basis for a salary increase or bonus, or a summary of a particular situation.
- (mathematics) A completion of a mathematical operation; a valuation.
- an appraisal of the value of something
- act of ascertaining or fixing the value or worth of
noun
- (programming) A piece of code in a high-level language that returns a value.
- A facial appearance usually associated with an emotion.
- A specific blend of whisky.
- (music) The tone of voice or sound in music.
- (mathematics) An arrangement of symbols denoting values, operations performed on them, and grouping symbols.
- A particular way of phrasing an idea.
- A colloquialism or idiom.
- (biology, manufacturing) The act of pressing or squeezing out.
- The action of expressing thoughts, ideas, feelings, etc.
- (biology) The process of translating a gene into a protein.
- (mostly preceded by with) Emotional involvement or engagement in a text read aloud rendered by the voice of the reciter or the reader.
- the act of forcing something out by squeezing or pressing
- a word or phrase that particular people use in particular situations
- the feelings expressed on a person's face
- (genetics) the process of expressing a gene
- a group of words that form a constituent of a sentence and are considered as a single unit
- a group of symbols that make a mathematical statement
- the communication (in speech or writing) of your beliefs or opinions
- the style of expressing yourself
- expression without words
noun
- (countable, programming) An ordered sequence of text characters stored consecutively in memory and capable of being processed as a single entity.
- (slang) Cannabis or marijuana.
- (figurative, in the plural) The conditions and limitations in a contract collectively.
- (oil industry) A column of drill pipe that transmits drilling fluid (using the mud pumps) and torque (using the kelly drive or top drive) to the drill bit.
- (countable) In various games and competitions, a certain number of turns at play, of rounds, etc.
- (collective) A drove of horses, or a group of racehorses kept by one owner or at one stable.
- A slightly elevated (long, thin) peat ridge in a bog.
- (carpentry) A board supporting steps
- (botany) The tough fibrous substance that unites the valves of the pericarp of leguminous plants.
- (countable, uncountable) A long, thin and flexible structure made from threads twisted together.
- (architecture, masonry) A stringcourse.
- (music, metonymic, countable) A stringed instrument.
- (countable) The members of a sports team or squad regarded as most likely to achieve success. (Perhaps metaphorical as the "strings" that hold the squad together.) Often first string, second string etc.
- (countable) A series of items or events.
- A strip, as of leather, by which the covers of a book are held together.
- A thread or cord on which a number of objects or parts are strung or arranged in close and orderly succession; hence, a line or series of things arranged on a thread, or as if so arranged.
- (shipbuilding) An inside range of ceiling planks, corresponding to the sheer strake on the outside and bolted to it.
- (historical, billiards) The buttons strung on a wire by which the score is kept.
- (music) A segment of wire (typically made of plastic or metal) or other material used as vibrating element on a musical instrument.
- (music, usually in the plural) The stringed instruments as a section of an orchestra, especially those played by a bow, or the persons playing those instruments.
- (billiards) Part of the game of billiards, where the order of the play is determined by testing who can get a ball closest to the bottom rail by shooting it onto the end rail.
- (mining) A small, filamentous ramification of a metallic vein.
- (billiards, by extension) The points made in a game of billiards.
- (sports) A length of nylon or other material on the head of a racquet.
- (billiards, pool) The line from behind and over which the cue ball must be played after being out of play, as by being pocketed or knocked off the table; also called the string line.
- (slang) Synonym of stable (“group of prostitutes managed by one pimp”).
- (countable) A cohesive substance taking the form of a string.
- (countable, physics) A tiny one-dimensional string-like entity, the main object of study in string theory, a branch of theoretical physics.
- a tough piece of fiber in vegetables, meat, or other food (especially the tough fibers connecting the two halves of a bean pod)
- a linear sequence (as of characters, words, proteins, etc.)
- (cosmology) a hypothetical one-dimensional subatomic particle having a concentration of energy and the dynamic properties of a flexible loop
- a tie consisting of a cord that goes through a seam around an opening
- a collection of things threaded on a single strand, or as if threaded on a single strand
- a necklace made by stringing objects together
- a tightly stretched cord of wire or gut, as a part of an instrument or a tennis racket
- a lightweight cord
- stringed instruments that are played with a bow
- a sequentially ordered set of things or events or ideas in which each successive member is related to the preceding
verb
- (intransitive, billiards) To drive the ball against the end of the table and back, in order to determine which player is to open the game.
- (transitive) To put strings on (something).
- (transitive) To put (items) on a string.
- (birdwatching) To deliberately state that a certain bird is present when it is not; to knowingly mislead other birders about the occurrence of a bird, especially a rarity; to misidentify a common bird as a rare species.
- (intransitive) To form into a string or strings, as a substance which is stretched, or people who are moving along, etc.
- add as if on a string
- stretch out or arrange like a string
- provide with strings
- thread on or as if on a string
- string together; tie or fasten with a string
- remove the stringy parts of
- move or come along
noun
- (programming) A sequence of instructions, including branches but not loops, that is executed for some input data.
- (engineering) A connecting bar or rod, pivoted at each end to the end of another piece, for transmitting motion, especially from one plane to another; specifically, such a piece in an organ stop action to transmit motion from the trundle to the lever actuating the stop slider.
- An enquiry sent out for a missing article, such as a letter or an express package.
- A mark left as a sign of passage of a person or animal.
- An act of tracing.
- (meteorology) A small amount of rain, not enough to be measured.
- (semiotics) A signifier approximated in the absence of stable signified.
- A very small amount, often residual, of some substance or material.
- An informal road or prominent path in an arid area.
- (linear algebra) The sum of the diagonal elements of a square matrix.
- (electronics) A current-carrying conductive pathway on a printed circuit board.
- (fortification) The ground plan of a work or works.
- (grammar) An empty category occupying a position in the syntactic structure from which something has been moved, used to explain constructions such as wh-movement and the passive.
- (geometry) The intersection of a plane of projection, or an original plane, with a coordinate plane.
- One of two straps, chains, or ropes of a harness, extending from the collar or breastplate to a whippletree attached to a vehicle or thing to be drawn; a tug.
- a just detectable amount
- a visible mark (as a footprint) left by the passage of person or animal or vehicle
- either of two lines that connect a horse's harness to a wagon or other vehicle or to a whiffletree
- a drawing created by superimposing a semitransparent sheet of paper on the original image and copying on it the lines of the original image
- an indication that something has been present
- a suggestion of some quality
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- (transitive) To draw or sketch lightly or with care.
- (computing, transitive) To follow the execution of the program by making it to stop after every instruction, or by making it print a message after every step.
- (transitive) To follow the trail of.
- To follow the history of.
- (transitive) To copy onto a sheet of paper superimposed over the original, by drawing over its lines.
- make a mark or lines on a surface
- pursue or chase relentlessly
- follow, discover, or ascertain the course of development of something
- make one's course or travel along a path; travel or pass over, around, or along
- copy by following the lines of the original drawing on a transparent sheet placed upon it; make a tracing of
- read with difficulty
- to go back over again
- discover traces of
noun
- (programming) A temporary variable used to receive a value of no importance and unable to be read later.
- A discarded playing card in a card game.
- Anything discarded.
- getting rid of something that is regarded as useless or undesirable
- (cards) the act of throwing out a useless card or of failing to follow suit
- anything that is cast aside or discarded
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noun
adj
- (mathematics, philosophy) Relating to mere manipulation and construction of strings of symbols, without regard to their meaning.
- Relating to the form or structure of something.
- Official.
- Ceremonial or traditional.
- Relating to formation.
- In accordance with established forms.
- Organized; well-structured and planned.
- Proper, according to strict etiquette; not casual.
- (especially sciences, mathematics, linguistics) In accordance with a methodological framework with well-defined rules or laws; rigorous.
- characteristic of or befitting a person in authority
- logically deductive
- represented in simplified or symbolic form
- (of spoken and written language) adhering to traditional standards of correctness and without casual, contracted, and colloquial forms
- refined or imposing in manner or appearance; befitting a royal court
- being in accord with established forms and conventions and requirements (as e.g. of formal dress)
noun
- (countable, by extension) An individual message on such a system.
- (uncountable) A computerized interactive system for storing, processing and reproducing verbal messages left through a conventional telephone network.
- a computerized system for answering and routing telephone calls; telephone messages can be recorded and stored and relayed
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adj
noun
- (countable) The result of such a process.
- (countable) Decomposition into components in order to study (a complex thing, concept, theory, etc.).
- (countable, analytical chemistry, physical chemistry) The process of breaking down a substance into its constituent parts, or the result of this process.
- (uncountable, mathematics) A broad field of study in modern mathematics (often mentioned alongside algebra) which developed out of the calculus, concerned with the behavior of functions, sequences, series, limits, metric spaces, measures and more.
- (uncountable, music) The analytical study of melodies, harmonies, sequences, repetitions, variations, quotations, juxtapositions, and surprises.
- (countable, logic) Proof by deduction from known truths.
- (countable, psychology) Psychoanalysis.
- the abstract separation of a whole into its constituent parts in order to study the parts and their relations
- a branch of mathematics involving calculus and the theory of limits; sequences and series and integration and differentiation
- the use of closed-class words instead of inflections: e.g., ‘the father of the bride’ instead of ‘the bride's father’
- a set of techniques for exploring underlying motives and a method of treating various mental disorders; based on the theories of Sigmund Freud
- a form of literary criticism in which the structure of a piece of writing is analyzed
- an investigation of the component parts of a whole and their relations in making up the whole
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- (computing, logic, mathematics, countable) A procedure for generating a value from one or more other values (the operands).
- (countable) A planned undertaking.
- (countable, medicine) A surgical procedure.
- (uncountable) The method or practice by which actions are done.
- (military, countable) A military campaign (e.g. Operation Desert Storm).
- (mathematics, more formally, countable) A function which maps zero or more (but typically two) operands to a single output value.
- (uncountable) The act or process of operating (verb): agency; the exertion of power, physical, mechanical, or moral.
- (countable) A business or organization.
- (uncountable) The method by which a device performs its function.
- (mathematics) calculation by mathematical methods
- activity by a military or naval force (as a maneuver or campaign)
- a planned activity involving many people performing various actions
- the activity of operating something (a machine or business etc.)
- a medical procedure involving an incision with instruments; performed to repair damage or arrest disease in a living body
- a process or series of acts especially of a practical or mechanical nature involved in a particular form of work
- (computer science) data processing in which the result is completely specified by a rule (especially the processing that results from a single instruction)
- a business especially one run on a large scale
- (psychology) the performance of some composite cognitive activity; an operation that affects mental contents
- the state of being in effect or being operative
- process or manner of functioning or operating
noun
- (computing) A sequence of code that is conditionally executed.
- (graph theory) A path of vertices of degree 2, ending at vertices whose degree is not 2.
- An area in business or of knowledge, research.
- (nautical) A certificate given by Trinity House to a pilot qualified to take navigational control of a ship in British waters.
- The woody part of a tree arising from the trunk and usually dividing.
- A line of family descent, in distinction from some other line or lines from the same stock; any descendant in such a line.
- A location of an organization with several locations.
- (chiefly Southern US) A creek or stream which flows into a larger river.
- Any of the parts of something that divides like the branch of a tree.
- (computing) A group of related files in a source control system, including for example source code, build scripts, and media such as images.
- (Mormonism) A local congregation of the LDS Church that is not large enough to form a ward; see Wikipedia article on ward in LDS church.
- (geometry) One of the portions of a curve that extends outwards to an indefinitely great distance.
- (rail transport) A branch line.
- a natural consequence of development
- a division of a stem, or secondary stem arising from the main stem of a plant
- a division of some larger or more complex organization
- any projection that is thought to resemble a human arm
- a stream or river connected to a larger one
- a part of a forked or branching shape
verb
- (intransitive) To arise from the trunk or a larger branch of a tree.
- (transitive, colloquial) To discipline (a union member) at a branch meeting.
- (intransitive, computing) To jump to a different location in a program, especially as the result of a conditional statement.
- (transitive) To strip of branches.
- (ambitransitive) To (cause to) divide into separate parts or subdivisions.
- (intransitive) To produce branches.
- grow and send out branches or branch-like structures
- divide into two or more branches so as to form a fork
noun
- (countable) A problem affecting function.
- (countable, informal, engineering) An unexpected behavior in an electrical signal, especially if the signal spontaneously returns to expected behavior after a period of time.
- (video games) A bug or an exploit.
- (uncountable, music) A genre of experimental electronic music since the 1990s, characterized by a deliberate use of sonic artifacts that would normally be viewed as unwanted noise.
- (astronomy, countable) A sudden increase in the rotational frequency of a pulsar.
- a fault or defect in a computer program, system, or machine
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noun
- (countable) a particular instance of such change
- (phonetics, uncountable) the articulation of a vowel or continuant consonant in such a way that air flows through the nose at the same time as it flows through the mouth
- (Irish grammar) eclipsis
- the act of nasalizing; the utterance of sounds modulated by the nasal resonators
noun
- (computing, countable) Initialism of tabular data stream.
- (spectroscopy) Initialism of thermal desorption spectroscopy.
- (computing, countable) Initialism of transaction data store.
- (physics, countable) Initialism of topological Dirac semi-metal.
- (medicine) Initialism of testicular dysgenesis syndrome.
- (communication, uncountable) Initialism of time-driven switching.
- (water supply) Initialism of total dissolved solids.
- (taxation) Initialism of tax deducted at source.
- (publishing, R&D, uncountable) Initialism of technical documentation service.
- (US politics, uncountable) Initialism of Trump delusional syndrome.
- (US politics, uncountable) Initialism of Trump derangement syndrome.
phrase
verb
- (computing) To set a program variable to true.
- (computing) To signal (an event).
- (transitive) To pave with flagstones.
- To fail, such as a class or an exam.
- (often with up) To note, mark or point out for attention.
- To mark with a flag, especially to indicate the importance of something.
- (sports) To penalize for an infraction.
- (chess, intransitive) To lose on time, especially in a blitz game; when using a traditional analog chess clock, a flag would fall when time expired.
- To furnish or deck out with flags.
- To convey (a message) by means of flag signals.
- (firearms) To point the muzzle of a firearm at a person or object one does not intend to fire on.
- (biology) In female canids, to signal mating readiness by moving the tail aside to expose the vulva.
- (chess, transitive) To defeat (an opponent) on time, especially in a blitz game.
- (often with down) To signal to, especially to stop a passing vehicle etc.
- To enervate; to exhaust the vigour or elasticity of.
- (intransitive) To weaken, become feeble.
- To hang loose without stiffness; to bend down, as flexible bodies; to be loose, yielding, limp.
- To let droop; to suffer to fall, or let fall, into feebleness.
- To decoy (game) by waving a flag, handkerchief, etc. to arouse the animal's curiosity.
- communicate or signal with a flag
- droop, sink, or settle from or as if from pressure or loss of tautness
- provide with a flag
- decorate with flags
- become less intense
noun
- (Internet slang, ACG) An indication that a certain outcome or event is going to happen, deduced not logically or causally, but as a pattern in a piece of media. Chiefly used in video games and adjacent media, especially visual novels, it is typically described as being raised or set by the plot or words of a character.
- (computer science) In a command line interface, a command parameter requesting optional behavior or otherwise modifying the action of the command being invoked.
- (nautical, often used attributively) A signal flag.
- The design that could be placed on a flag, typically a rectangular graphic that is used to represent an entity (like a country, organisation or group of people) or an idea.
- Any of various plants with sword-shaped leaves, especially irises; specifically, Iris pseudacorus.
- (computer science) A variable or memory location that stores a Boolean true-or-false, yes-or-no value, typically either recording the fact that a certain event has occurred or requesting that a certain optional action take place.
- (mathematics, linear algebra) A sequence of subspaces of a vector space, beginning with the null space and ending with the vector space itself, such that each member of the sequence (until the last) is a proper subspace of the next.
- A group of feathers on the lower part of the legs of certain hawks, owls, etc.
- The bushy tail of a dog such as a setter.
- (aviation) A mechanical indicator that pops up to draw the pilot's attention to a problem or malfunction.
- (geology) Any hard, evenly stratified sandstone, which splits into layers suitable for flagstones.
- (British, uncountable) The game of capture the flag.
- A group of elongated wing feathers in certain hawks.
- A slab of stone; a flagstone, a flat piece of stone used for paving.
- (geometry) A sequence of faces of a given polytope, one of each dimension up to that of the polytope (formally, though in practice not always explicitly, including the null face and the polytope itself), such that each face in the sequence is part of the next-higher dimension face.
- (countable) A piece of cloth, often decorated with an emblem, used as a visual signal or symbol.
- The use of a flag, especially to indicate the start of a race or other event.
- (nautical) A flag flown by a ship to show the presence on board of the admiral; the admiral himself, or his flagship.
- (television) A dark piece of material that can be mounted on a stand to block or shape the light.
- (obsolete except in dialects) A slice of turf; a sod.
- (music) A hook attached to the stem of a written note that assigns its rhythmic value
- a conspicuously marked or shaped tail
- a listing printed in all issues of a newspaper or magazine (usually on the editorial page) that gives the name of the publication and the names of the editorial staff, etc.
- emblem usually consisting of a rectangular piece of cloth of distinctive design
- flagpole used to mark the position of the hole on a golf green
- a rectangular piece of fabric used as a signalling device
- stratified stone that splits into pieces suitable as paving stones
- plants with sword-shaped leaves and erect stalks bearing bright-colored flowers composed of three petals and three drooping sepals
adj
- (programming, of a variable) Having a value that is changeable during program execution.
- (astrology) Being one of the signs Gemini, Virgo, Sagittarius and Pisces, associated with adaptability, flexibility and sympathy.
- Changeable, dynamic, evolutive; inclined to change, evolve, mutate.
- capable of or tending to change in form or quality or nature
- tending to undergo genetic mutation
- prone to frequent change; inconstant
noun
adj
- (programming) Unconstrained of identifiers, not bound.
- Without obligations.
- Not currently in use; not taken; unoccupied.
- (logic, of a variable) Unconstrained by quantifiers.
- To be enjoyed by anyone freely.
- (military) Of a rocket or missile: not under the control of a guidance system after being launched.
- Generous; liberal.
- Not imprisoned or enslaved.
- (botany, mycology) Not attached; loose.
- (category theory, of a functor F) Left adjoint to a forgetful functor G; such that any map f:X→G(A) induces a universal map ̄f:F(X)→A.
- (group theory, of a group) Having a set of generators which satisfy no non-trivial relations; equivalently, being the group of reduced words on a set of generators.
- (law) Privileged or individual; proprietary.
- (social) Unconstrained.
- Obtainable without any payment.
- (software) Intended for release, and omitting debugging diagnostics, as opposed to a checked version.
- (by extension, chiefly used in advertising) Complimentary.
- (of a government, country) Upholding individual rights.
- Unattached or uncombined.
- (US, slang, motor racing) Having oversteer.
- (category theory, of an object) Belonging to the image of some free functor.
- Unobstructed, without blockages.
- (software) With no or only freedom-preserving limitations on distribution or modification.
- Without; not containing (what is specified); exempt; clear; liberated.
- (commutative algebra, of a module) Having a linearly independent set of generators (called a basis).
- (linguistics) (of a morpheme) That can be used by itself, unattached to another morpheme.
- completely wanting or lacking
- not fixed in position
- costing nothing
- not occupied or in use
- not held in servitude
- not taken up by scheduled activities
- not limited or hampered; not under compulsion or restraint
- not literal
- unconstrained or not chemically bound in a molecule or not fixed and capable of relatively unrestricted motion
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noun
- (soccer) A free transfer.
- (hurling) The usual means of restarting play after a foul is committed, where the non-offending team restarts from where the foul was committed.
- (swimming, informal) Abbreviation of freestyle.
- (Australian rules football, Gaelic football) Abbreviation of free kick.
- people who are free
verb
- (transitive, programming) To relinquish (previously allocated memory) to the system.
- (transitive) To rid of something that confines or oppresses. [with from]
- (transitive) To make free; set at liberty; release.
- let off the hook
- grant relief or an exemption from a rule or requirement to
- grant freedom to; free from confinement
- relieve from
- make (information) available for publication
- remove or force out from a position
- release (gas or energy) as a result of a chemical reaction or physical decomposition
- part with a possession or right
- free from obligations or duties
- free or remove obstruction from
- make (assets) available