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adj
noun
- (countable, grammar) A verb in the imperative mood.
- (uncountable, grammar) The grammatical mood expressing an order (see jussive). In English, the imperative form of a verb is the same as that of the bare infinitive.
- (countable) An essential action, a must: something which is imperative.
- a mood that expresses an intention to influence the listener's behavior
- a verb in the imperative mood.
- some duty that is essential and urgent
noun
- an authoritative command
- the act of ordaining; the act of conferring (or receiving) holy orders
- a statute enacted by a city government
- (UK, pre-1992 universities, Commonwealth) Detailed legislation that translates the broad principles of the university's charter and statutes into practical effect.
- A religious practice or ritual prescribed by a church.
- (England) Prior to the Third English Civil War, a decree of Parliament.
- (now proscribed) Alternative form of ordnance (“military equipment, especially artillery”).
- (US) A local law, passed by e.g. a city.
- (Hong Kong) A law enacted by the Hong Kong Legislative Council.
- (India, Pakistan) A temporary legislation promulgated by the president on the recommendation of the cabinet.
noun
- an authoritative command
- the act of controlling or directing according to rule
- the act of bringing to uniformity; making regular
- a principle or condition that customarily governs behavior
- the state of being controlled or governed
- (embryology) the ability of an early embryo to continue normal development after its structure has been somehow damaged or altered
- (uncountable) The act of regulating or the condition of being regulated.
- (countable) A law or administrative rule, issued by an organization, used to guide or prescribe the conduct of members of that organization.
- (countable, in the singular) A numbered provision within such kind of legislation.
- (law, often in the plural) A type of law made by the executive branch of a government, usually as authorized by a statute made by the legislative branch giving the executive the authority to do so.
- (European Union law) A form of legislative act which is self-effecting, and requires no further intervention by the Member States to become law.
- (genetics) Mechanism controlling DNA transcription.
- (medicine) Physiological process which consists in maintaining homoeostasis.
adj
verb
- instruct or command with authority
- instruct (a jury) about the law, its application, and the weighing of evidence
- demand payment
- lie down on command, of hunting dogs
- pay with a credit card; pay with plastic money; postpone payment by recording a purchase as a debt
- cause formation of a net electrical charge in or on
- cause to be admitted; of persons to an institution
- give over to another for care or safekeeping
- move quickly and violently
- direct into a position for use
- assign a duty, responsibility or obligation to
- make an accusatory claim
- attribute responsibility to
- set or ask for a certain price
- impose a task upon, assign a responsibility to
- to make a rush at or sudden attack upon, as in battle
- fill or load to capacity
- energize a battery by passing a current through it in the direction opposite to discharge
- blame for, make a claim of wrongdoing or misbehavior against
- provide (a device) with something necessary
- cause to be agitated, excited, or roused
- place a heraldic bearing on
- saturate
- file a formal charge against
- enter a certain amount as a charge
- (transitive, chiefly US) To pay on account, as by using a credit card.
- (basketball) To commit a charging foul.
- To assign a duty or responsibility to; to order.
- (transitive) To load equipment with material required for its use, as a firearm with powder, a fire hose with water, a chemical reactor with raw materials.
- To impute or ascribe.
- (transitive, property law) To mortgage (a property).
- (transitive) To replenish energy to (a battery, or a device containing a battery) by use of an electrical device plugged into a power outlet.
- (transitive) To assign (a debit) to an account.
- To call to account; to challenge.
- (military, transitive and intransitive) To attack by moving forward quickly in a group.
- (cricket, of a batsman) To take a few steps down the pitch towards the bowler as they deliver the ball, either to disrupt the length of the delivery, or to get into a better position to hit the ball.
- (transitive) To place a burden, load or responsibility on or in.
- (heraldry) To assume as a bearing.
- (heraldry) To add to or represent on.
- (intransitive) To move forward quickly and forcefully, particularly in combat and/or on horseback.
- (transitive, criminal law, law enforcement) To formally accuse (a person) of a crime.
- (intransitive, of a battery or a device containing a battery) To replenish energy.
- To ornament with or cause to bear.
- (transitive, of a hunting dog) To lie on the belly and be still. (A command given by a hunter to a dog)
- (transitive) To cause to take on an electric charge.
- (ambitransitive) To require payment (of) (a price or fee, for goods, services, etc.).
noun
- a formal statement of a command or injunction to do something
- heraldry consisting of a design or image depicted on a shield
- the price charged for some article or service
- an assertion that someone is guilty of a fault or offence
- the quantity of unbalanced electricity in a body (either positive or negative) and construed as an excess or deficiency of electrons
- request for payment of a debt
- the swift release of a store of affective force
- (criminal law) a pleading describing some wrong or offense
- financial liabilities (such as a tax)
- (psychoanalysis) the libidinal energy invested in some idea or person or object
- a special assignment that is given to a person or group
- a quantity of explosive to be set off at one time
- an impetuous rush toward someone or something
- a person committed to your care
- attention and management implying responsibility for safety
- A load or burden; cargo.
- (weaponry) A position (of a weapon) fitted for attack.
- An official description (by the police or a court) of a crime that somebody may be guilty of.
- The scope of someone's responsibility.
- (basketball) An offensive foul in which the player with the ball moves into a stationary defender.
- Someone or something entrusted to one's care, such as a child to a babysitter or a student to a teacher.
- (farriery) A sort of plaster or ointment.
- A forceful forward movement.
- An instruction.
- The amount of money levied for a service.
- (ecclesiastical) An address given at a church service concluding a visitation.
- (firearms) A measured amount of powder and/or shot in a cartridge.
- (military) An attack in which combatants rush towards an enemy in an attempt to engage in close combat.
- An accusation by a person or organization.
- (slang, uncountable) Cannabis.
- (heraldry) An image displayed on an escutcheon.
- (electromagnetism, chemistry, physics, countable, uncountable) An electric charge.
- (by extension) A measured amount of explosive.
- (property law) A mortgage.
noun
- an authoritative direction or instruction to do something
- (bridge) the number of tricks a bridge player is willing to contract to make
- an attempt to get something
- a formal proposal to buy at a specified price
- An attempt, effort, or pursuit (of a goal).
- (ultimate frisbee) A (failed) attempt to receive or intercept a pass.
- (trucking) A particular route that a driver regularly takes from their domicile.
- (prison slang) A prison sentence.
- An offer at an auction, or to carry out a piece of work.
verb
- (transitive) To issue a command; to tell.
- ask for or request earnestly
- make a demand, as for a card or a suit or a show of hands
- ask someone in a friendly way to do something
- propose a payment
- make a serious effort to attain something
- invoke upon
- (transitive) To offer as a price; to tender.
- (transitive, intransitive, trucking) To take a particular route regularly.
- (ambitransitive, card games) To announce (one's goal), before starting play.
- (intransitive) To make an offer to pay or accept a certain price.
- (transitive) To utter a greeting or salutation.
- (transitive) To invite; to summon.
- (intransitive) To make an attempt.
noun
- an authoritative direction or instruction to do something
- The act of commanding; exercise or authority of influence.
- the power or authority to command
- a military unit or region under the control of a single officer
- (computer science) a line of code written as part of a computer program
- great skillfulness and knowledge of some subject or activity
- availability for use
- a position of highest authority
- A command performance.
- Dominating situation; range or control or oversight; extent of view or outlook.
- (military) A body or troops, or any naval or military force, under the control of a particular officer; by extension, any object or body in someone's charge.
- (computing) A directive to a computer program acting as an interpreter of some kind, in order to perform a specific task.
- An order to do something.
- (baseball) The degree of control a pitcher has over his pitches.
- The right or authority to order, control or dispose of; the right to be obeyed or to compel obedience.
- power of control, direction or disposal; mastery.
- A position of chief authority; a position involving the right or power to order or control.
verb
- (ambitransitive) To order, give orders; to compel or direct with authority.
- be in command of
- exercise authoritative control or power over
- look down on
- make someone do something
- demand as one's due
- (transitive) To exact, compel or secure by influence; to deserve, claim.
- (transitive) to dominate through ability, resources, position etc.; to overlook.
- (transitive) To require with authority; to demand, order, enjoin.
- (transitive) To hold, to control the use of.
- (ambitransitive) To have or exercise supreme power, control or authority over, especially military; to have under direction or control.
noun
- an authoritative direction or instruction to do something
- (countable) The act of ordering or commanding.
- matter that has been dictated and transcribed; a dictated passage
- speech intended for reproduction in writing
- (uncountable) Orders given in an overbearing manner.
- (countable, uncountable) An activity in school where the teacher reads a passage aloud and the students write it down.
- (countable, uncountable) Dictating, the process of speaking for someone else to write down the words.
noun
- a formal command or admonition
- The act of enjoining; the act of directing, commanding, or prohibiting.
- (law) a judicial remedy issued in order to prohibit a party from doing or continuing to do a certain activity
- That which is enjoined; such as an order, mandate, decree, command, precept.
- (law) A writ or process, granted by a court of equity, and, in some cases, under statutes, by a court of law, whereby a party is required to do or to refrain from doing certain acts, according to the exigency of the writ.
noun
- a formal statement of a command or injunction to do something
- an official document issued by a government and conferring on the recipient the rank of an officer in the armed forces
- a fee for services rendered based on a percentage of an amount received or collected or agreed to be paid (as distinguished from a salary)
- a group of representatives or delegates
- the state of being in good working order and ready for operation
- the act of granting authority to undertake certain functions
- the act of committing a crime
- a special assignment that is given to a person or group
- a special group delegated to consider some matter
- An official charge or authority to do something, often used of military officers.
- A body or group of people, officially tasked with carrying out a particular function.
- The act of committing (e.g. a crime or error).
- A sending or mission (to do or accomplish something).
- The thing to be done as agent for another.
- A fee charged by an agent or broker for carrying out a transaction.
verb
noun
- a formal statement of a command or injunction to do something
- a line leading to a place or point
- something that provides direction or advice as to a decision or course of action
- the act of setting and holding a course
- the act of managing something
- a general course along which something has a tendency to develop
- the concentration of attention or energy on something
- the spatial relation between something and the course along which it points or moves
- a message describing how something is to be done
- The work of the director in cinema or theater; the skill of directing a film, play etc.
- A theoretical line (physically or mentally) followed from a point of origin or towards a destination. May be relative (e.g. up, left, outbound, dorsal), geographical (e.g. north), rotational (e.g. clockwise), or with respect to an object or location (e.g. toward Boston).
- A general trend for future action.
- Guidance, instruction.
noun
- An arbitrary or authoritative command or order to do something; an effectual decree.
- (English law) A warrant of a judge for certain processes.
- (English law) An authority for certain proceedings given by the Lord Chancellor's signature.
- (attributive) (Pertaining to) fiat currency.
- Authorization, permission or (official) sanction.
- a legally binding command or decision entered on the court record (as if issued by a court or judge)
verb
verb
- command with authority
- To point out to with authority; to instruct as a superior; to order.
- direct the course; determine the direction of travelling
- guide the actors in (plays and films)
- plan and direct (a complex undertaking)
- specifically design a product, event, or activity for a certain public
- take somebody somewhere
- govern or manage
- point or cause to go (blows, weapons, or objects such as photographic equipment) towards
- lead, as in the performance of a composition
- cause to go somewhere
- put an address on (an envelope)
- intend (something) to move towards a certain goal
- give directions to; point somebody into a certain direction
- To aim (something) at (something else).
- To manage, control, steer.
- To point out to or show (somebody) the right course or way; to guide, as by pointing out the way; to refer.
adj
- straightforward in means or manner or behavior or language or action
- in precisely the same words used by a writer or speaker
- being an immediate result or consequence
- in a straight unbroken line of descent from parent to child
- moving from west to east on the celestial sphere; or — for planets — around the sun in the same direction as the Earth
- similar in nature or effect or relation to another quantity
- direct in spatial dimensions; proceeding without deviation or interruption; straight and short
- having no intervening persons, agents, conditions
- lacking compromising or mitigating elements
- (of a current) flowing in one direction only
- In the line of descent; not collateral.
- Proceeding without deviation or interruption.
- Straightforward; sincere.
- Straight; not crooked, oblique, or circuitous; leading by the short or shortest way to a point or end.
- (astronomy) In the direction of the general planetary motion, or from west to east; in the order of the signs; not retrograde; said of the motion of a celestial body.
- (mathematics, logic, of a proof) Not employing the law of the excluded middle or argument by contradiction.
- (aviation, travel) Having a single flight number.
- (political science) Pertaining to, or effected immediately by, action of the people through their votes instead of through one or more representatives or delegates.
- Immediate; express; plain; unambiguous.
adv
verb
- To (officially) require someone to do something or act in a certain way, to give them the authority to do so; to command.
- To make mandatory.
- (Scotland, especially Christianity) To repeat, rehearse sermons or speeches aloud.
- To administer or assign a territory to a nation under a mandate.
- make mandatory
- assign under a mandate
- assign authority to
noun
- An official or authoritative command; an order or injunction; a commission; a judicial precept; an authorization.
- a document giving an official instruction or command
- (historical) An order by the League of Nations to a member nation to establish a government responsible for a conquered territory, as the colonies of Germany after World War I.
- (historical) Such a territory.
- (Canada) A period during which a government is in power.
- (uncommon) Alternative form of man date: a date between two men.
- (politics) The order or authority to do something, as granted to a politician by the electorate.
- a territory surrendered by Turkey or Germany after World War I and put under the tutelage of some other European power until they are able to stand by themselves
- the commission that is given to a government and its policies through an electoral victory
verb
- (military) Command instructing a person to speak up or acknowledge something.
- (military) Command instructing a person to confirm that they are present or that some other objective has been met.
- (transitive, informal) To hold forth about something in an opinionated manner.
- express one's opinion openly and without fear or hesitation
- start playing
- express complaints, discontent, displeasure, or unhappiness
noun
- a verbal command for action
- An order; a request or instruction; an expression of will.
- an exchange of views on some topic
- a secret word or phrase known only to a restricted group
- a promise
- information about recent and important events
- a unit of language that native speakers can identify
- a string of bits stored in computer memory
- a brief statement
- A brief discussion or conversation.
- (computing) A fixed-size group of bits handled as a unit by a machine and which can be stored in or retrieved from a typical register (so that it has the same size as such a register).
- (theology, sometimes Word) Logos, Christ.
- The smallest discrete unit of written language with a particular meaning, composed of one or more letters or symbols and one or more morphemes
- The smallest discrete unit of spoken language with a particular meaning, composed of one or more phonemes and one or more morphemes
- (group theory) A group element, expressed as a product of group elements.
- (computer science) A finite string that is not a command or operator.
- (now rare outside certain phrases) Something that someone said; a comment, utterance; speech.
- (uncountable) News; tidings.
- A sequence of letters, characters, or sounds, considered as a discrete entity, though it does not necessarily belong to a language or have a meaning.
- (computing) With regards to Intel or Intel-compatible hardware and/or in the context of Windows programming, a group of exactly 16 bits regardless of the actual processor capabilities; a fossilized unit referring to the small word size of historical CPUs.
- (meiosis) A minor reprimand.
- (in the plural) See words.
- (telegraphy) A unit of text equivalent to five characters and one space.
- (obsolete outside certain phrases) A watchword or rallying cry, a verbal signal (even when consisting of multiple words).
- The fact or act of speaking, as opposed to taking action. .
- (theology, sometimes Word) Communication from God; the message of the Christian gospel; the Bible, Scripture.
- A promise; an oath or guarantee.
- A discrete, meaningful unit of language approved by an authority or native speaker (compare non-word).
- (semantics) The smallest unit of language that has a particular meaning and can be expressed by itself; the smallest discrete, meaningful unit of language. (contrast morpheme.)
verb
intj
noun
- One's intention or decision; someone's orders or commands.
- (law) A formal declaration of one's intent concerning the disposal of one's property and holdings after death; the legal document stating such wishes.
- One's independent faculty of choice; the ability to be able to exercise one's choice or intention.
- The act of choosing to do something; a person’s conscious intent or volition.
- Firmness of purpose, fixity of intent
- a legal document declaring a person's wishes regarding the disposal of their property when they die
- the capability of conscious choice and decision and intention
- a fixed and persistent intent or purpose
verb
- (now uncommon or literary, transitive) To wish, desire (something).
- (auxiliary) To be able to, to have the capacity to.
- (auxiliary) To habitually do (a given action).
- (auxiliary) Expressing a present tense or perfect tense with some conditional or subjective weakening: "will turn out to", "must by inference".
- (transitive, intransitive) To instruct (that something be done) in one's will.
- (auxiliary) Used to express the future tense, sometimes with an implication of volition or determination when used in the first person. Compare shall.
- (auxiliary) To choose or agree to (do something); used to express intention but without any temporal connotations, often in questions and negation.
- (transitive) To bequeath (something) to someone in one's will (legal document).
- (transitive) To exert one's force of will (intention) in order to compel, or attempt to compel, something to happen or someone to do something.
- determine by choice
- decree or ordain
- leave or give by will after one's death
verb
- give instructions to or direct somebody to do something with authority
- issue an injunction
- (transitive, chiefly literary) To lay upon, as an order or command; to give an injunction to; to direct with authority; to order; to charge.
- (transitive) To prescribe under authority; to ordain.
- (transitive, law) To prohibit or restrain by a judicial order or decree; to put an injunction on.
verb
- 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
- (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.
noun
- (often plural) a command given by a superior (e.g., a military or law enforcement officer) that must be obeyed
- 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
- 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
- (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.
- (countable) A command.
- (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.
verb
- give instructions to or direct somebody to do something with authority
- express a supposition
- speak, pronounce, or utter in a certain way
- have or contain a certain wording or form
- indicate
- recite or repeat a fixed text
- state as one's opinion or judgement; declare
- report or maintain
- utter aloud
- express in words
- communicate or express nonverbally
- (transitive) To indicate in a written form.
- (informal, imperative, transitive) Suppose, assume; used to mark an example, supposition or hypothesis.
- (intransitive) To speak; to express an opinion; to make answer; to reply.
- (transitive, informal, of a possession, especially money) To bet as a wager on an outcome; by extension, used to express belief in an outcome by the speaker.
- (transitive) To pronounce.
- (transitive) To recite.
- (transitive) To tell, either verbally or in writing.
- To try; to assay.
- (impersonal, transitive) To have a common expression; used in singular passive voice or plural active voice to indicate a rumor or well-known fact.
noun
adv
intj
verb
- give instructions to or direct somebody to do something with authority
- narrate or give a detailed account of
- give evidence
- mark as different
- inform positively and with certainty and confidence
- express in words
- discern or comprehend
- let something be known
- (intransitive) To show, be showing, be revealed.
- To pick up on a difference. (See tell apart for more.)
- (transitive) To instruct or inform.
- (transitive) To order; to direct, to say to someone.
- (transitive or intransitive) To notice, discern. (Roughly, "can tell" means "know" but with a sense of direct perception.)
- (intransitive, childish) To inform someone in authority about a wrongdoing.
- (transitive, ditransitive) To narrate, to recount.
- (intransitive) To have an effect, especially a noticeable one; to be apparent, to be demonstrated.
- (transitive, ditransitive) To convey by speech; to say.
- (transitive) To use (beads or similar objects) as an aid to prayer.
- (transitive) To reveal.
- (authorship, intransitive) To reveal information in prose through outright expository statement — contrasted with show.
- (transitive, archaic outside of idioms) To determine the number, amount, or value of [something].
noun
- A reflexive, often habitual behavior, especially one occurring in a context that often features attempts at deception by persons under psychological stress (such as a poker game or police interrogation), that reveals information that the person exhibiting the behavior is attempting to withhold.
- (Internet) A private message to an individual in a chat room; a whisper.
- (archaeology) A hill or mound, originally and especially in the Middle East, over or consisting of the ruins of ancient settlements.
- (informal) A giveaway; something that unintentionally reveals or hints at a secret.
verb
- To conduct or direct with authority; to have direction or charge of; to command, especially a military or business unit.
- (figuratively): To direct; to counsel; to instruct.
- (intransitive) To be a cause of. [with to]
- (intransitive) To guide or conduct, as by accompanying, going before, showing, influencing, directing with authority, etc.; to have precedence or preeminence; to be first or chief; — used in most of the senses of the transitive verb.
- (transitive, climbing) To lead climb.
- To guide or conduct in a certain course, or to a certain place or end, by making the way known; to show the way, especially by going with or going in advance of; to guide somebody somewhere or to bring somebody somewhere by means of instructions.
- To guide or conduct with the hand, or by means of some physical contact connection.
- (transitive, card games, dominoes) To begin a game, round, or trick, with
- Misspelling of led.
- (baseball) To step off base and move towards the next base.
- Used in phrasal verbs: lead off, lead on, lead out, lead to (“be the cause of, bring about”), lead up, lead up to.
- (intransitive) To have the highest interim score in a game.
- (intransitive) To tend or reach in a certain spatial direction, or to a certain place.
- (transitive) To go or to be in advance of; to precede; hence, to be foremost or chief among.
- To draw or direct by influence, whether good or bad; to prevail on; to induce; to entice; to allure.
- (shooting) To aim in front of a moving target, in order that the shot may hit the target as it passes.
- (intransitive) To be more advanced in technology or business than others.
- (intransitive) To be ahead of others, e.g., in a race.
- (intransitive) To proceed in front of others; to go first.
- (transitive, usually with "life") To live or experience (a particular way of life).
- To influence towards a belief, a conclusion, etc.
- (transitive, printing, historical) To place leads between the lines of.
- (transitive) To cover, fill, or affect with lead.
- lead, extend, or afford access
- travel in front of; go in advance of others
- cause to undertake a certain action
- take somebody somewhere
- tend to or result in
- cause something to pass or lead somewhere
- lead, as in the performance of a composition
- produce as a result or residue
- preside over
- be ahead of others; be the first
- be in charge of
- be conducive to
- stretch out over a distance, space, time, or scope; run or extend between two points or beyond a certain point
- move ahead (of others) in time or space
adj
noun
- (countable, nautical) A plummet or mass of lead attached to a line, used in sounding depth at sea or to estimate velocity in knots.
- A thin strip of type metal, used to separate lines of type in printing.
- (medicine, in the plural) X-ray protective clothing lined with lead.
- (countable) A thin cylinder of graphite used in pencils.
- (UK, countable) An insulated metallic wire for electrical devices and equipment.
- Sheets or plates of lead used as a covering for roofs.
- (horology) The action of a tooth, such as a tooth of a wheel, in impelling another tooth or a pallet.
- Information obtained by a news reporter about an issue or subject that allows him or her to discover more details.
- (electricity) The advance of the current phase in an alternating circuit beyond that of the electromotive force producing it.
- (acting) The actor who plays the main role; lead actor.
- (countable, mining) A lode.
- Information obtained by a detective or police officer that allows him or her to discover further details about a crime or incident.
- A rope, leather strap, or similar device with which to lead an animal; a leash
- (nautical) The course of a rope from end to end.
- (US, journalism) The introductory paragraph or paragraphs of a newspaper, or a news or other type of article. (Sometimes spelled as lede for this usage to avoid ambiguity.)
- (marketing) Potential opportunity for a sale or transaction, a potential customer.
- (business) The person in charge of a project or a work shift etc.
- (curling) The player who throws the first two rocks for a team.
- (music) The announcement by one voice part of a theme to be repeated by the other parts.
- (uncountable, typography) Vertical space in advance of a row or between rows of text. Also known as leading.
- (slang) Bullets; ammunition.
- (countable) A roof covered with lead sheets or terne plates.
- (countable) A channel of open water in an ice field.
- Hypothesis that has not been pursued
- (music) A mark or a short passage in one voice part, as of a canon, serving as a cue for the entrance of others.
- An important news story that appears on the front page of a newspaper or at the beginning of a news broadcast
- (music) A primary synth, often composed of square, sawtooth, triangle or sine waveforms.
- (baseball) The situation where a runner steps away from a base while waiting for the pitch to be thrown.
- (uncountable) A heavy, pliable, inelastic metal element, having a bright, bluish color, but easily tarnished; both malleable and ductile, though with little tenacity. It is easily fusible, forms alloys with other metals, and is an ingredient of solder and type metal. Atomic number 82, symbol Pb (from Latin plumbum).
- (music) In a barbershop quartet, the person who sings the melody, usually the second tenor.
- (countable) The act of leading or conducting; guidance; direction, course
- (acting, theater) The main role in a play or film; the lead role.
- (uncountable, card games, dominoes) The act or right of playing first in a game or round; the card suit, or piece, so played
- (engineering) The axial distance a screw thread travels in one revolution. It is equal to the pitch times the number of starts.
- In a steam engine, the width of port opening which is uncovered by the valve, for the admission or release of steam, at the instant when the piston is at end of its stroke.
- (electricity) The angle between the line joining the brushes of a continuous-current dynamo and the diameter symmetrical between the poles.
- (countable) Precedence; advance position; also, the measure of precedence; the state of being ahead in a race; the highest score in an incomplete game.
- (engineering) The excess above a right angle in the angle between two consecutive cranks, as of a compound engine, on the same shaft.
- (civil engineering) The distance of haul, as from a cutting to an embankment.
- an advantage held by a competitor in a race
- an actor who plays a principal role
- the angle between the direction a gun is aimed and the position of a moving target (correcting for the flight time of the missile)
- evidence pointing to a possible solution
- the introductory section of a story
- (baseball) the position taken by a base runner preparing to advance to the next base
- an indication of potential opportunity
- a jumper that consists of a short piece of wire
- the playing of a card to start a trick in bridge
- a position of being the initiator of something and an example that others will follow (especially in the phrase ‘take the lead’)
- restraint consisting of a rope (or light chain) used to restrain an animal
- a news story of major importance
- (sports) the score by which a team or individual is winning
- the timing of ignition relative to the position of the piston in an internal-combustion engine
- thin strip of metal used to separate lines of type in printing
- a soft heavy toxic malleable metallic element; bluish white when freshly cut but tarnishes readily to dull grey
- mixture of graphite with clay in different degrees of hardness; the marking substance in a pencil
verb
noun
- (law) The judicial decision in a litigated cause rendered by a court of equity.
- (religion) A predetermination made by God; an act of providence.
- (law) The determination of a cause in a court of admiralty or court of probate.
- An edict or law.
- a legally binding command or decision entered on the court record (as if issued by a court or judge)
noun
- (military) The general directive of a commander in chief or the specific instructions of a commanding officer.
- (figurative) The most significant aspect of something; what is necessary or appropriate.
- The business to be done by a body (such as a legislature) on a particular day; an agenda.
- the order of business for an assembly on a given day
adj
prep_phrase
noun
- an authoritative statement
- elegance by virtue of being fashionable
- the final statement in a verbal argument
- (idiomatic) A concluding remark; final advice, instructions, or observation.
- (often sarcastic, often pluralized) The final statement uttered by a person before death.
- (idiomatic, often preceded by the and followed by in) The finest, highest, or ultimate representative of some class of objects.
- (idiomatic) A final decision or remark, or the right to make one.
noun
- One having authority to direct.
- Any person who leads or directs.
- (UK, journalism) The first, or the principal, editorial article in a newspaper; a leading or main editorial article; a lead story.
- A pipe for conducting rain water from a roof to a cistern or to the ground.
- (mining) A branch or small vein, not important in itself, but indicating the proximity of a better one.
- (printing) A type having a dot or short row of dots upon its face.
- (printing, in the plural) A row of dots, periods, or hyphens, used in tables of contents, etc., to lead the eye across a space to the right word or number.
- A person or organization that leads in a certain field in terms of excellence, success, etc.
- One who goes first.
- (meteorology) The path taken by electrons from a cloud to ground level, determining the shape of a bolt of lightning.
- (engineering) The drive wheel in any kind of machinery.
- (nautical) A block of hard wood pierced with suitable holes for leading ropes in their proper places.
- (botany) A fast-growing terminal shoot of a woody plant.
- One who leads a political party or group of elected party members; sometimes used in titles.
- (music) A performer who leads a band, choir, or a section of an orchestra.
- The dominant animal in a pack of animals, such as wolves or lions.
- (film, printing) A piece of material at the beginning or end of a reel or roll to allow the material to be threaded or fed onto something, as a reel of film onto a projector or a roll of paper onto a rotary printing press.
- (fishing) A section of line between the main fishing line and the snell of a hook, intended to be more resistant to bites and harder for a fish to detect than the main fishing line.
- (music, UK) The first violin in a symphony orchestra; the concertmaster.
- (fishing) A net for leading fish into a pound, weir, etc.
- Either of the two front horses of a team of four in front of a carriage.
- (marketing) A loss leader or a popular product sold at a normal price.
- An animal placed in advance of others, especially on a team of horse, oxen, or dogs.
- a person who rules or guides or inspires others
- a featured article of merchandise sold at a loss in order to draw customers
verb
- (transitive) To forcibly direct (something).
- (transitive) To shoot (a gun, rocket/missile, or analogous device).
- (transitive, employment) To terminate the employment contract of (an employee), especially for cause (such as misconduct, incompetence, or poor performance).
- To animate; to give life or spirit to.
- (intransitive) To shoot a gun, cannon, or similar weapon.
- (transitive) To heat as with fire, but without setting on fire, as ceramic, metal objects, etc.
- (transitive) To drive away by setting a fire.
- (transitive, mining) To set off an explosive in a mine.
- (transitive) To set (something, often a building) on fire.
- (transitive, farriery) To cauterize (a horse, or a part of its body).
- (slang, usually with "up") To start (an engine).
- (transitive) To light up as if by fire; to illuminate.
- (horse racing, intransitive) Of a horse: to race ahead with a burst of energy.
- (transitive, sports) To shoot; to attempt to score a goal.
- (intransitive, physiology) To cause an action potential in a cell.
- (transitive, by extension) To terminate a contract with a client; to drop a client.
- (ambitransitive, computer sciences, software engineering) To initiate an event (by means of an event handler).
- (transitive) To inflame; to irritate, as the passions.
- (astronautics) To operate a rocket engine to produce thrust.
- To feed or serve the fire of.
- generate an electrical impulse
- provide with fuel
- drive out or away by or as if by fire
- call forth (emotions, feelings, and responses)
- start or maintain a fire in
- terminate the employment of; discharge from an office or position
- destroy by fire
- start firing a weapon
- bake in a kiln so as to harden
- become ignited
- go off or discharge
- cause to go off
adj
intj
noun
- (astronautics) An instance of firing one or more rocket engines.
- Red coloration in a piece of opal.
- (countable) An instance of this chemical reaction, especially when intentionally created and maintained in a specific location to a useful end (such as a campfire or a hearth fire).
- (countable) A planned bombardment by artillery or similar weapons, or the capability to deliver such.
- (countable, African-American Vernacular, slang) A firearm.
- (uncountable) The bullets or other projectiles fired from a gun or other ranged weapon.
- (countable, figurative) A barrage, volley
- (gemology) The capacity of a gemstone, especially a faceted, cut gemstone, that is transparent to visible light, to disperse white light into its multispectral component parts, resulting in a flash of different colors, the richness and dispersion of which increases the gemstone's value.
- (countable, British) A heater or stove used in place of a real fire (such as an electric fire).
- Strength of passion, whether love or hate.
- Splendour; brilliancy; lustre; hence, a star.
- (uncountable) A (usually self-sustaining) chemical reaction involving the bonding of oxygen with carbon or other fuel, with the production of heat and the presence of flame or smouldering.
- Liveliness of imagination or fancy; intellectual and moral enthusiasm.
- A severe trial; anything inflaming or provoking.
- (countable) The occurrence, often accidental, of fire in a certain place, causing damage and danger.
- (uncountable, alchemy, philosophy) The aforementioned chemical reaction of burning, considered one of the Classical elements or basic elements of alchemy.
- (countable) The elements necessary to start a fire.
- intense adverse criticism
- once thought to be one of four elements composing the universe (Empedocles), associated with the humour bile
- feelings of great warmth and intensity
- the process of combustion of inflammable materials producing heat and light and (often) smoke
- a fireplace in which a relatively small fire is burning
- a severe trial
- fuel that is burning and is used as a means for cooking
- the event of something burning (often destructive)
- the act of firing weapons or artillery at an enemy
adj
noun
- An authoritative decision from an official body, which may or may not have binding force.
- (European Union law) A form of legislative act addressed to the member states. The directive binds the member state to reach certain objectives in their national legislation.
- An instruction or guideline that indicates how to perform an action or reach a goal.
- (programming) A construct in source code that indicates how it should be processed but is not necessarily part of the program to be run.
- (grammar) The directive case.
- a pronouncement encouraging or banning some activity
verb
noun
- a member of a police force
- someone who is appointed or elected to an office and who holds a position of trust
- a person authorized to serve in a position of authority on a vessel
- any person in the armed services who holds a position of authority or command
- A respectful term of address for an officer, especially a police officer.
- An agent or servant imparted with the ability, to some degree, to act on initiative.
- One who has a position of authority in a hierarchical organization, especially in military, police or government organizations.
- One who holds a public office.
- (colloquial, military) A commissioned officer.
verb
- accept and follow the leadership or command or guidance of
- follow with the eyes or the mind
- work in a specific place, with a specific subject, or in a specific function
- be the successor (of)
- to be the product or result
- keep under surveillance
- be next
- adhere to or practice
- to bring something about at a later time than
- keep to
- follow in or as if in pursuit
- come after in time, as a result
- come as a logical consequence; follow logically
- act in accordance with someone's rules, commands, or wishes
- perform an accompaniment to
- keep informed
- to subscribe to someone's updates on social media
- to travel behind, go after, come after
- follow, discover, or ascertain the course of development of something
- imitate in behavior; take as a model
- to be subscribed to updates from another user on social media
- be later in time
- travel along a certain course
- grasp the meaning
- choose and follow; as of theories, ideas, policies, strategies or plans
- behave in accordance or in agreement with
- (social media, transitive) To subscribe to see content from an account on a social media platform.
- (transitive) To carry out (orders, instructions, etc.).
- (transitive) To understand, to pay attention to.
- (ambitransitive) To go after; to pursue; to move behind in the same path or direction, especially with the intent of catching.
- (transitive) To live one's life according to (religion, teachings, etc).
- (ambitransitive) To be a logical consequence of something.
- (transitive) To watch, to keep track of (reports of) some event or person.
- (transitive) To walk in, as a road or course; to attend upon closely, as a profession or calling.
- (ambitransitive) To go or come after in a sequence.
noun
noun
- A written instruction from the superior of an order to those under him.
- Any official position under an abbot's jurisdiction.
- The collective body of persons subject to any particular authority.
- The quality of being obedient.
- the act of obeying; dutiful or submissive behavior with respect to another person
- behavior intended to please your parents
- the trait of being willing to obey
particle
adv
conj
prep
- Used to indicate the target or recipient of an action.
- Indicating a degree or level reached.
- So as to bring about or elicit (an effect or outcome).
- Denotes the end of a range.
- According to.
- Used to describe what something consists of or contains.
- In the direction of; towards.
- (informal) With implied hour.
- So as to become or reach: indicating a terminal state resulting from an action.
- Used more-or-less idiomatically with various verbs: keep to the left, agree to the proposal, attend to the matter, etc. See the individual entries.
- (arithmetic) Used to indicate that the preceding term is to be raised to the power of the following value; indicates exponentiation.
- (Canada, Cornwall (UK), Newfoundland, Wales, West Midlands (UK)) At.
- Indicating destination or final position: In the direction of, so as to arrive at or reach.
- Used after an adjective to indicate its application.
- (time) Preceding (the stated hour).
- So as to contact, press against, impact, etc.
- Used to indicate a ratio or comparison; compared to, as against.
verb
- (intransitive) To obey directions given with the reins.
- (transitive) To direct or stop a horse by using reins.
- (transitive) To restrain; to control; to check.
- stop or check by or as if by a pull at the reins
- keep in check
- control and direct with or as if by reins
- stop or slow up one's horse or oneself by or as if by pulling the reins
noun
- A strap or rope attached to a bridle or bit, used to control a horse, other animal or young child.
- The inward impulses; the affections and passions, formerly supposed to be located in the area of the kidneys.
- (figurative) An instrument or means of curbing, restraining, or governing.
- any means of control
- one of a pair of long straps (usually connected to the bit or the headpiece) used to control a horse
noun
- an authoritative command
- the act of ordaining; the act of conferring (or receiving) holy orders
- a statute enacted by a city government
- (UK, pre-1992 universities, Commonwealth) Detailed legislation that translates the broad principles of the university's charter and statutes into practical effect.
- A religious practice or ritual prescribed by a church.
- (England) Prior to the Third English Civil War, a decree of Parliament.
- (now proscribed) Alternative form of ordnance (“military equipment, especially artillery”).
- (US) A local law, passed by e.g. a city.
- (Hong Kong) A law enacted by the Hong Kong Legislative Council.
- (India, Pakistan) A temporary legislation promulgated by the president on the recommendation of the cabinet.
noun
- an authoritative command
- the act of controlling or directing according to rule
- the act of bringing to uniformity; making regular
- a principle or condition that customarily governs behavior
- the state of being controlled or governed
- (embryology) the ability of an early embryo to continue normal development after its structure has been somehow damaged or altered
- (uncountable) The act of regulating or the condition of being regulated.
- (countable) A law or administrative rule, issued by an organization, used to guide or prescribe the conduct of members of that organization.
- (countable, in the singular) A numbered provision within such kind of legislation.
- (law, often in the plural) A type of law made by the executive branch of a government, usually as authorized by a statute made by the legislative branch giving the executive the authority to do so.
- (European Union law) A form of legislative act which is self-effecting, and requires no further intervention by the Member States to become law.
- (genetics) Mechanism controlling DNA transcription.
- (medicine) Physiological process which consists in maintaining homoeostasis.
adj
noun
- an authoritative direction or instruction to do something
- (bridge) the number of tricks a bridge player is willing to contract to make
- an attempt to get something
- a formal proposal to buy at a specified price
- An attempt, effort, or pursuit (of a goal).
- (ultimate frisbee) A (failed) attempt to receive or intercept a pass.
- (trucking) A particular route that a driver regularly takes from their domicile.
- (prison slang) A prison sentence.
- An offer at an auction, or to carry out a piece of work.
verb
- (transitive) To issue a command; to tell.
- ask for or request earnestly
- make a demand, as for a card or a suit or a show of hands
- ask someone in a friendly way to do something
- propose a payment
- make a serious effort to attain something
- invoke upon
- (transitive) To offer as a price; to tender.
- (transitive, intransitive, trucking) To take a particular route regularly.
- (ambitransitive, card games) To announce (one's goal), before starting play.
- (intransitive) To make an offer to pay or accept a certain price.
- (transitive) To utter a greeting or salutation.
- (transitive) To invite; to summon.
- (intransitive) To make an attempt.
noun
- an authoritative direction or instruction to do something
- The act of commanding; exercise or authority of influence.
- the power or authority to command
- a military unit or region under the control of a single officer
- (computer science) a line of code written as part of a computer program
- great skillfulness and knowledge of some subject or activity
- availability for use
- a position of highest authority
- A command performance.
- Dominating situation; range or control or oversight; extent of view or outlook.
- (military) A body or troops, or any naval or military force, under the control of a particular officer; by extension, any object or body in someone's charge.
- (computing) A directive to a computer program acting as an interpreter of some kind, in order to perform a specific task.
- An order to do something.
- (baseball) The degree of control a pitcher has over his pitches.
- The right or authority to order, control or dispose of; the right to be obeyed or to compel obedience.
- power of control, direction or disposal; mastery.
- A position of chief authority; a position involving the right or power to order or control.
verb
- (ambitransitive) To order, give orders; to compel or direct with authority.
- be in command of
- exercise authoritative control or power over
- look down on
- make someone do something
- demand as one's due
- (transitive) To exact, compel or secure by influence; to deserve, claim.
- (transitive) to dominate through ability, resources, position etc.; to overlook.
- (transitive) To require with authority; to demand, order, enjoin.
- (transitive) To hold, to control the use of.
- (ambitransitive) To have or exercise supreme power, control or authority over, especially military; to have under direction or control.
noun
- an authoritative direction or instruction to do something
- (countable) The act of ordering or commanding.
- matter that has been dictated and transcribed; a dictated passage
- speech intended for reproduction in writing
- (uncountable) Orders given in an overbearing manner.
- (countable, uncountable) An activity in school where the teacher reads a passage aloud and the students write it down.
- (countable, uncountable) Dictating, the process of speaking for someone else to write down the words.
noun
- a formal command or admonition
- The act of enjoining; the act of directing, commanding, or prohibiting.
- (law) a judicial remedy issued in order to prohibit a party from doing or continuing to do a certain activity
- That which is enjoined; such as an order, mandate, decree, command, precept.
- (law) A writ or process, granted by a court of equity, and, in some cases, under statutes, by a court of law, whereby a party is required to do or to refrain from doing certain acts, according to the exigency of the writ.
verb
- instruct or command with authority
- instruct (a jury) about the law, its application, and the weighing of evidence
- demand payment
- lie down on command, of hunting dogs
- pay with a credit card; pay with plastic money; postpone payment by recording a purchase as a debt
- cause formation of a net electrical charge in or on
- cause to be admitted; of persons to an institution
- give over to another for care or safekeeping
- move quickly and violently
- direct into a position for use
- assign a duty, responsibility or obligation to
- make an accusatory claim
- attribute responsibility to
- set or ask for a certain price
- impose a task upon, assign a responsibility to
- to make a rush at or sudden attack upon, as in battle
- fill or load to capacity
- energize a battery by passing a current through it in the direction opposite to discharge
- blame for, make a claim of wrongdoing or misbehavior against
- provide (a device) with something necessary
- cause to be agitated, excited, or roused
- place a heraldic bearing on
- saturate
- file a formal charge against
- enter a certain amount as a charge
- (transitive, chiefly US) To pay on account, as by using a credit card.
- (basketball) To commit a charging foul.
- To assign a duty or responsibility to; to order.
- (transitive) To load equipment with material required for its use, as a firearm with powder, a fire hose with water, a chemical reactor with raw materials.
- To impute or ascribe.
- (transitive, property law) To mortgage (a property).
- (transitive) To replenish energy to (a battery, or a device containing a battery) by use of an electrical device plugged into a power outlet.
- (transitive) To assign (a debit) to an account.
- To call to account; to challenge.
- (military, transitive and intransitive) To attack by moving forward quickly in a group.
- (cricket, of a batsman) To take a few steps down the pitch towards the bowler as they deliver the ball, either to disrupt the length of the delivery, or to get into a better position to hit the ball.
- (transitive) To place a burden, load or responsibility on or in.
- (heraldry) To assume as a bearing.
- (heraldry) To add to or represent on.
- (intransitive) To move forward quickly and forcefully, particularly in combat and/or on horseback.
- (transitive, criminal law, law enforcement) To formally accuse (a person) of a crime.
- (intransitive, of a battery or a device containing a battery) To replenish energy.
- To ornament with or cause to bear.
- (transitive, of a hunting dog) To lie on the belly and be still. (A command given by a hunter to a dog)
- (transitive) To cause to take on an electric charge.
- (ambitransitive) To require payment (of) (a price or fee, for goods, services, etc.).
noun
- a formal statement of a command or injunction to do something
- heraldry consisting of a design or image depicted on a shield
- the price charged for some article or service
- an assertion that someone is guilty of a fault or offence
- the quantity of unbalanced electricity in a body (either positive or negative) and construed as an excess or deficiency of electrons
- request for payment of a debt
- the swift release of a store of affective force
- (criminal law) a pleading describing some wrong or offense
- financial liabilities (such as a tax)
- (psychoanalysis) the libidinal energy invested in some idea or person or object
- a special assignment that is given to a person or group
- a quantity of explosive to be set off at one time
- an impetuous rush toward someone or something
- a person committed to your care
- attention and management implying responsibility for safety
- A load or burden; cargo.
- (weaponry) A position (of a weapon) fitted for attack.
- An official description (by the police or a court) of a crime that somebody may be guilty of.
- The scope of someone's responsibility.
- (basketball) An offensive foul in which the player with the ball moves into a stationary defender.
- Someone or something entrusted to one's care, such as a child to a babysitter or a student to a teacher.
- (farriery) A sort of plaster or ointment.
- A forceful forward movement.
- An instruction.
- The amount of money levied for a service.
- (ecclesiastical) An address given at a church service concluding a visitation.
- (firearms) A measured amount of powder and/or shot in a cartridge.
- (military) An attack in which combatants rush towards an enemy in an attempt to engage in close combat.
- An accusation by a person or organization.
- (slang, uncountable) Cannabis.
- (heraldry) An image displayed on an escutcheon.
- (electromagnetism, chemistry, physics, countable, uncountable) An electric charge.
- (by extension) A measured amount of explosive.
- (property law) A mortgage.
noun
- a formal statement of a command or injunction to do something
- an official document issued by a government and conferring on the recipient the rank of an officer in the armed forces
- a fee for services rendered based on a percentage of an amount received or collected or agreed to be paid (as distinguished from a salary)
- a group of representatives or delegates
- the state of being in good working order and ready for operation
- the act of granting authority to undertake certain functions
- the act of committing a crime
- a special assignment that is given to a person or group
- a special group delegated to consider some matter
- An official charge or authority to do something, often used of military officers.
- A body or group of people, officially tasked with carrying out a particular function.
- The act of committing (e.g. a crime or error).
- A sending or mission (to do or accomplish something).
- The thing to be done as agent for another.
- A fee charged by an agent or broker for carrying out a transaction.
verb
noun
- a formal statement of a command or injunction to do something
- a line leading to a place or point
- something that provides direction or advice as to a decision or course of action
- the act of setting and holding a course
- the act of managing something
- a general course along which something has a tendency to develop
- the concentration of attention or energy on something
- the spatial relation between something and the course along which it points or moves
- a message describing how something is to be done
- The work of the director in cinema or theater; the skill of directing a film, play etc.
- A theoretical line (physically or mentally) followed from a point of origin or towards a destination. May be relative (e.g. up, left, outbound, dorsal), geographical (e.g. north), rotational (e.g. clockwise), or with respect to an object or location (e.g. toward Boston).
- A general trend for future action.
- Guidance, instruction.
noun
- An arbitrary or authoritative command or order to do something; an effectual decree.
- (English law) A warrant of a judge for certain processes.
- (English law) An authority for certain proceedings given by the Lord Chancellor's signature.
- (attributive) (Pertaining to) fiat currency.
- Authorization, permission or (official) sanction.
- a legally binding command or decision entered on the court record (as if issued by a court or judge)
verb
noun
- a verbal command for action
- An order; a request or instruction; an expression of will.
- an exchange of views on some topic
- a secret word or phrase known only to a restricted group
- a promise
- information about recent and important events
- a unit of language that native speakers can identify
- a string of bits stored in computer memory
- a brief statement
- A brief discussion or conversation.
- (computing) A fixed-size group of bits handled as a unit by a machine and which can be stored in or retrieved from a typical register (so that it has the same size as such a register).
- (theology, sometimes Word) Logos, Christ.
- The smallest discrete unit of written language with a particular meaning, composed of one or more letters or symbols and one or more morphemes
- The smallest discrete unit of spoken language with a particular meaning, composed of one or more phonemes and one or more morphemes
- (group theory) A group element, expressed as a product of group elements.
- (computer science) A finite string that is not a command or operator.
- (now rare outside certain phrases) Something that someone said; a comment, utterance; speech.
- (uncountable) News; tidings.
- A sequence of letters, characters, or sounds, considered as a discrete entity, though it does not necessarily belong to a language or have a meaning.
- (computing) With regards to Intel or Intel-compatible hardware and/or in the context of Windows programming, a group of exactly 16 bits regardless of the actual processor capabilities; a fossilized unit referring to the small word size of historical CPUs.
- (meiosis) A minor reprimand.
- (in the plural) See words.
- (telegraphy) A unit of text equivalent to five characters and one space.
- (obsolete outside certain phrases) A watchword or rallying cry, a verbal signal (even when consisting of multiple words).
- The fact or act of speaking, as opposed to taking action. .
- (theology, sometimes Word) Communication from God; the message of the Christian gospel; the Bible, Scripture.
- A promise; an oath or guarantee.
- A discrete, meaningful unit of language approved by an authority or native speaker (compare non-word).
- (semantics) The smallest unit of language that has a particular meaning and can be expressed by itself; the smallest discrete, meaningful unit of language. (contrast morpheme.)
verb
intj
noun
- One's intention or decision; someone's orders or commands.
- (law) A formal declaration of one's intent concerning the disposal of one's property and holdings after death; the legal document stating such wishes.
- One's independent faculty of choice; the ability to be able to exercise one's choice or intention.
- The act of choosing to do something; a person’s conscious intent or volition.
- Firmness of purpose, fixity of intent
- a legal document declaring a person's wishes regarding the disposal of their property when they die
- the capability of conscious choice and decision and intention
- a fixed and persistent intent or purpose
verb
- (now uncommon or literary, transitive) To wish, desire (something).
- (auxiliary) To be able to, to have the capacity to.
- (auxiliary) To habitually do (a given action).
- (auxiliary) Expressing a present tense or perfect tense with some conditional or subjective weakening: "will turn out to", "must by inference".
- (transitive, intransitive) To instruct (that something be done) in one's will.
- (auxiliary) Used to express the future tense, sometimes with an implication of volition or determination when used in the first person. Compare shall.
- (auxiliary) To choose or agree to (do something); used to express intention but without any temporal connotations, often in questions and negation.
- (transitive) To bequeath (something) to someone in one's will (legal document).
- (transitive) To exert one's force of will (intention) in order to compel, or attempt to compel, something to happen or someone to do something.
- determine by choice
- decree or ordain
- leave or give by will after one's death
verb
- 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
- (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.
noun
- (often plural) a command given by a superior (e.g., a military or law enforcement officer) that must be obeyed
- 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
- 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
- (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.
- (countable) A command.
- (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.
noun
- (military) The general directive of a commander in chief or the specific instructions of a commanding officer.
- (figurative) The most significant aspect of something; what is necessary or appropriate.
- The business to be done by a body (such as a legislature) on a particular day; an agenda.
- the order of business for an assembly on a given day
noun
- an authoritative statement
- elegance by virtue of being fashionable
- the final statement in a verbal argument
- (idiomatic) A concluding remark; final advice, instructions, or observation.
- (often sarcastic, often pluralized) The final statement uttered by a person before death.
- (idiomatic, often preceded by the and followed by in) The finest, highest, or ultimate representative of some class of objects.
- (idiomatic) A final decision or remark, or the right to make one.
verb
- To (officially) require someone to do something or act in a certain way, to give them the authority to do so; to command.
- To make mandatory.
- (Scotland, especially Christianity) To repeat, rehearse sermons or speeches aloud.
- To administer or assign a territory to a nation under a mandate.
- make mandatory
- assign under a mandate
- assign authority to
noun
- An official or authoritative command; an order or injunction; a commission; a judicial precept; an authorization.
- a document giving an official instruction or command
- (historical) An order by the League of Nations to a member nation to establish a government responsible for a conquered territory, as the colonies of Germany after World War I.
- (historical) Such a territory.
- (Canada) A period during which a government is in power.
- (uncommon) Alternative form of man date: a date between two men.
- (politics) The order or authority to do something, as granted to a politician by the electorate.
- a territory surrendered by Turkey or Germany after World War I and put under the tutelage of some other European power until they are able to stand by themselves
- the commission that is given to a government and its policies through an electoral victory
noun
- One having authority to direct.
- Any person who leads or directs.
- (UK, journalism) The first, or the principal, editorial article in a newspaper; a leading or main editorial article; a lead story.
- A pipe for conducting rain water from a roof to a cistern or to the ground.
- (mining) A branch or small vein, not important in itself, but indicating the proximity of a better one.
- (printing) A type having a dot or short row of dots upon its face.
- (printing, in the plural) A row of dots, periods, or hyphens, used in tables of contents, etc., to lead the eye across a space to the right word or number.
- A person or organization that leads in a certain field in terms of excellence, success, etc.
- One who goes first.
- (meteorology) The path taken by electrons from a cloud to ground level, determining the shape of a bolt of lightning.
- (engineering) The drive wheel in any kind of machinery.
- (nautical) A block of hard wood pierced with suitable holes for leading ropes in their proper places.
- (botany) A fast-growing terminal shoot of a woody plant.
- One who leads a political party or group of elected party members; sometimes used in titles.
- (music) A performer who leads a band, choir, or a section of an orchestra.
- The dominant animal in a pack of animals, such as wolves or lions.
- (film, printing) A piece of material at the beginning or end of a reel or roll to allow the material to be threaded or fed onto something, as a reel of film onto a projector or a roll of paper onto a rotary printing press.
- (fishing) A section of line between the main fishing line and the snell of a hook, intended to be more resistant to bites and harder for a fish to detect than the main fishing line.
- (music, UK) The first violin in a symphony orchestra; the concertmaster.
- (fishing) A net for leading fish into a pound, weir, etc.
- Either of the two front horses of a team of four in front of a carriage.
- (marketing) A loss leader or a popular product sold at a normal price.
- An animal placed in advance of others, especially on a team of horse, oxen, or dogs.
- a person who rules or guides or inspires others
- a featured article of merchandise sold at a loss in order to draw customers
noun
- A written instruction from the superior of an order to those under him.
- Any official position under an abbot's jurisdiction.
- The collective body of persons subject to any particular authority.
- The quality of being obedient.
- the act of obeying; dutiful or submissive behavior with respect to another person
- behavior intended to please your parents
- the trait of being willing to obey
verb
- instruct or command with authority
- instruct (a jury) about the law, its application, and the weighing of evidence
- demand payment
- lie down on command, of hunting dogs
- pay with a credit card; pay with plastic money; postpone payment by recording a purchase as a debt
- cause formation of a net electrical charge in or on
- cause to be admitted; of persons to an institution
- give over to another for care or safekeeping
- move quickly and violently
- direct into a position for use
- assign a duty, responsibility or obligation to
- make an accusatory claim
- attribute responsibility to
- set or ask for a certain price
- impose a task upon, assign a responsibility to
- to make a rush at or sudden attack upon, as in battle
- fill or load to capacity
- energize a battery by passing a current through it in the direction opposite to discharge
- blame for, make a claim of wrongdoing or misbehavior against
- provide (a device) with something necessary
- cause to be agitated, excited, or roused
- place a heraldic bearing on
- saturate
- file a formal charge against
- enter a certain amount as a charge
- (transitive, chiefly US) To pay on account, as by using a credit card.
- (basketball) To commit a charging foul.
- To assign a duty or responsibility to; to order.
- (transitive) To load equipment with material required for its use, as a firearm with powder, a fire hose with water, a chemical reactor with raw materials.
- To impute or ascribe.
- (transitive, property law) To mortgage (a property).
- (transitive) To replenish energy to (a battery, or a device containing a battery) by use of an electrical device plugged into a power outlet.
- (transitive) To assign (a debit) to an account.
- To call to account; to challenge.
- (military, transitive and intransitive) To attack by moving forward quickly in a group.
- (cricket, of a batsman) To take a few steps down the pitch towards the bowler as they deliver the ball, either to disrupt the length of the delivery, or to get into a better position to hit the ball.
- (transitive) To place a burden, load or responsibility on or in.
- (heraldry) To assume as a bearing.
- (heraldry) To add to or represent on.
- (intransitive) To move forward quickly and forcefully, particularly in combat and/or on horseback.
- (transitive, criminal law, law enforcement) To formally accuse (a person) of a crime.
- (intransitive, of a battery or a device containing a battery) To replenish energy.
- To ornament with or cause to bear.
- (transitive, of a hunting dog) To lie on the belly and be still. (A command given by a hunter to a dog)
- (transitive) To cause to take on an electric charge.
- (ambitransitive) To require payment (of) (a price or fee, for goods, services, etc.).
noun
- a formal statement of a command or injunction to do something
- heraldry consisting of a design or image depicted on a shield
- the price charged for some article or service
- an assertion that someone is guilty of a fault or offence
- the quantity of unbalanced electricity in a body (either positive or negative) and construed as an excess or deficiency of electrons
- request for payment of a debt
- the swift release of a store of affective force
- (criminal law) a pleading describing some wrong or offense
- financial liabilities (such as a tax)
- (psychoanalysis) the libidinal energy invested in some idea or person or object
- a special assignment that is given to a person or group
- a quantity of explosive to be set off at one time
- an impetuous rush toward someone or something
- a person committed to your care
- attention and management implying responsibility for safety
- A load or burden; cargo.
- (weaponry) A position (of a weapon) fitted for attack.
- An official description (by the police or a court) of a crime that somebody may be guilty of.
- The scope of someone's responsibility.
- (basketball) An offensive foul in which the player with the ball moves into a stationary defender.
- Someone or something entrusted to one's care, such as a child to a babysitter or a student to a teacher.
- (farriery) A sort of plaster or ointment.
- A forceful forward movement.
- An instruction.
- The amount of money levied for a service.
- (ecclesiastical) An address given at a church service concluding a visitation.
- (firearms) A measured amount of powder and/or shot in a cartridge.
- (military) An attack in which combatants rush towards an enemy in an attempt to engage in close combat.
- An accusation by a person or organization.
- (slang, uncountable) Cannabis.
- (heraldry) An image displayed on an escutcheon.
- (electromagnetism, chemistry, physics, countable, uncountable) An electric charge.
- (by extension) A measured amount of explosive.
- (property law) A mortgage.
verb
- command with authority
- To point out to with authority; to instruct as a superior; to order.
- direct the course; determine the direction of travelling
- guide the actors in (plays and films)
- plan and direct (a complex undertaking)
- specifically design a product, event, or activity for a certain public
- take somebody somewhere
- govern or manage
- point or cause to go (blows, weapons, or objects such as photographic equipment) towards
- lead, as in the performance of a composition
- cause to go somewhere
- put an address on (an envelope)
- intend (something) to move towards a certain goal
- give directions to; point somebody into a certain direction
- To aim (something) at (something else).
- To manage, control, steer.
- To point out to or show (somebody) the right course or way; to guide, as by pointing out the way; to refer.
adj
- straightforward in means or manner or behavior or language or action
- in precisely the same words used by a writer or speaker
- being an immediate result or consequence
- in a straight unbroken line of descent from parent to child
- moving from west to east on the celestial sphere; or — for planets — around the sun in the same direction as the Earth
- similar in nature or effect or relation to another quantity
- direct in spatial dimensions; proceeding without deviation or interruption; straight and short
- having no intervening persons, agents, conditions
- lacking compromising or mitigating elements
- (of a current) flowing in one direction only
- In the line of descent; not collateral.
- Proceeding without deviation or interruption.
- Straightforward; sincere.
- Straight; not crooked, oblique, or circuitous; leading by the short or shortest way to a point or end.
- (astronomy) In the direction of the general planetary motion, or from west to east; in the order of the signs; not retrograde; said of the motion of a celestial body.
- (mathematics, logic, of a proof) Not employing the law of the excluded middle or argument by contradiction.
- (aviation, travel) Having a single flight number.
- (political science) Pertaining to, or effected immediately by, action of the people through their votes instead of through one or more representatives or delegates.
- Immediate; express; plain; unambiguous.
adv
verb
- To (officially) require someone to do something or act in a certain way, to give them the authority to do so; to command.
- To make mandatory.
- (Scotland, especially Christianity) To repeat, rehearse sermons or speeches aloud.
- To administer or assign a territory to a nation under a mandate.
- make mandatory
- assign under a mandate
- assign authority to
noun
- An official or authoritative command; an order or injunction; a commission; a judicial precept; an authorization.
- a document giving an official instruction or command
- (historical) An order by the League of Nations to a member nation to establish a government responsible for a conquered territory, as the colonies of Germany after World War I.
- (historical) Such a territory.
- (Canada) A period during which a government is in power.
- (uncommon) Alternative form of man date: a date between two men.
- (politics) The order or authority to do something, as granted to a politician by the electorate.
- a territory surrendered by Turkey or Germany after World War I and put under the tutelage of some other European power until they are able to stand by themselves
- the commission that is given to a government and its policies through an electoral victory
verb
- (military) Command instructing a person to speak up or acknowledge something.
- (military) Command instructing a person to confirm that they are present or that some other objective has been met.
- (transitive, informal) To hold forth about something in an opinionated manner.
- express one's opinion openly and without fear or hesitation
- start playing
- express complaints, discontent, displeasure, or unhappiness
verb
- give instructions to or direct somebody to do something with authority
- issue an injunction
- (transitive, chiefly literary) To lay upon, as an order or command; to give an injunction to; to direct with authority; to order; to charge.
- (transitive) To prescribe under authority; to ordain.
- (transitive, law) To prohibit or restrain by a judicial order or decree; to put an injunction on.
verb
- 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
- (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.
noun
- (often plural) a command given by a superior (e.g., a military or law enforcement officer) that must be obeyed
- 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
- 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
- (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.
- (countable) A command.
- (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.
verb
- give instructions to or direct somebody to do something with authority
- express a supposition
- speak, pronounce, or utter in a certain way
- have or contain a certain wording or form
- indicate
- recite or repeat a fixed text
- state as one's opinion or judgement; declare
- report or maintain
- utter aloud
- express in words
- communicate or express nonverbally
- (transitive) To indicate in a written form.
- (informal, imperative, transitive) Suppose, assume; used to mark an example, supposition or hypothesis.
- (intransitive) To speak; to express an opinion; to make answer; to reply.
- (transitive, informal, of a possession, especially money) To bet as a wager on an outcome; by extension, used to express belief in an outcome by the speaker.
- (transitive) To pronounce.
- (transitive) To recite.
- (transitive) To tell, either verbally or in writing.
- To try; to assay.
- (impersonal, transitive) To have a common expression; used in singular passive voice or plural active voice to indicate a rumor or well-known fact.
noun
adv
intj
verb
- give instructions to or direct somebody to do something with authority
- narrate or give a detailed account of
- give evidence
- mark as different
- inform positively and with certainty and confidence
- express in words
- discern or comprehend
- let something be known
- (intransitive) To show, be showing, be revealed.
- To pick up on a difference. (See tell apart for more.)
- (transitive) To instruct or inform.
- (transitive) To order; to direct, to say to someone.
- (transitive or intransitive) To notice, discern. (Roughly, "can tell" means "know" but with a sense of direct perception.)
- (intransitive, childish) To inform someone in authority about a wrongdoing.
- (transitive, ditransitive) To narrate, to recount.
- (intransitive) To have an effect, especially a noticeable one; to be apparent, to be demonstrated.
- (transitive, ditransitive) To convey by speech; to say.
- (transitive) To use (beads or similar objects) as an aid to prayer.
- (transitive) To reveal.
- (authorship, intransitive) To reveal information in prose through outright expository statement — contrasted with show.
- (transitive, archaic outside of idioms) To determine the number, amount, or value of [something].
noun
- A reflexive, often habitual behavior, especially one occurring in a context that often features attempts at deception by persons under psychological stress (such as a poker game or police interrogation), that reveals information that the person exhibiting the behavior is attempting to withhold.
- (Internet) A private message to an individual in a chat room; a whisper.
- (archaeology) A hill or mound, originally and especially in the Middle East, over or consisting of the ruins of ancient settlements.
- (informal) A giveaway; something that unintentionally reveals or hints at a secret.
verb
- To conduct or direct with authority; to have direction or charge of; to command, especially a military or business unit.
- (figuratively): To direct; to counsel; to instruct.
- (intransitive) To be a cause of. [with to]
- (intransitive) To guide or conduct, as by accompanying, going before, showing, influencing, directing with authority, etc.; to have precedence or preeminence; to be first or chief; — used in most of the senses of the transitive verb.
- (transitive, climbing) To lead climb.
- To guide or conduct in a certain course, or to a certain place or end, by making the way known; to show the way, especially by going with or going in advance of; to guide somebody somewhere or to bring somebody somewhere by means of instructions.
- To guide or conduct with the hand, or by means of some physical contact connection.
- (transitive, card games, dominoes) To begin a game, round, or trick, with
- Misspelling of led.
- (baseball) To step off base and move towards the next base.
- Used in phrasal verbs: lead off, lead on, lead out, lead to (“be the cause of, bring about”), lead up, lead up to.
- (intransitive) To have the highest interim score in a game.
- (intransitive) To tend or reach in a certain spatial direction, or to a certain place.
- (transitive) To go or to be in advance of; to precede; hence, to be foremost or chief among.
- To draw or direct by influence, whether good or bad; to prevail on; to induce; to entice; to allure.
- (shooting) To aim in front of a moving target, in order that the shot may hit the target as it passes.
- (intransitive) To be more advanced in technology or business than others.
- (intransitive) To be ahead of others, e.g., in a race.
- (intransitive) To proceed in front of others; to go first.
- (transitive, usually with "life") To live or experience (a particular way of life).
- To influence towards a belief, a conclusion, etc.
- (transitive, printing, historical) To place leads between the lines of.
- (transitive) To cover, fill, or affect with lead.
- lead, extend, or afford access
- travel in front of; go in advance of others
- cause to undertake a certain action
- take somebody somewhere
- tend to or result in
- cause something to pass or lead somewhere
- lead, as in the performance of a composition
- produce as a result or residue
- preside over
- be ahead of others; be the first
- be in charge of
- be conducive to
- stretch out over a distance, space, time, or scope; run or extend between two points or beyond a certain point
- move ahead (of others) in time or space
adj
noun
- (countable, nautical) A plummet or mass of lead attached to a line, used in sounding depth at sea or to estimate velocity in knots.
- A thin strip of type metal, used to separate lines of type in printing.
- (medicine, in the plural) X-ray protective clothing lined with lead.
- (countable) A thin cylinder of graphite used in pencils.
- (UK, countable) An insulated metallic wire for electrical devices and equipment.
- Sheets or plates of lead used as a covering for roofs.
- (horology) The action of a tooth, such as a tooth of a wheel, in impelling another tooth or a pallet.
- Information obtained by a news reporter about an issue or subject that allows him or her to discover more details.
- (electricity) The advance of the current phase in an alternating circuit beyond that of the electromotive force producing it.
- (acting) The actor who plays the main role; lead actor.
- (countable, mining) A lode.
- Information obtained by a detective or police officer that allows him or her to discover further details about a crime or incident.
- A rope, leather strap, or similar device with which to lead an animal; a leash
- (nautical) The course of a rope from end to end.
- (US, journalism) The introductory paragraph or paragraphs of a newspaper, or a news or other type of article. (Sometimes spelled as lede for this usage to avoid ambiguity.)
- (marketing) Potential opportunity for a sale or transaction, a potential customer.
- (business) The person in charge of a project or a work shift etc.
- (curling) The player who throws the first two rocks for a team.
- (music) The announcement by one voice part of a theme to be repeated by the other parts.
- (uncountable, typography) Vertical space in advance of a row or between rows of text. Also known as leading.
- (slang) Bullets; ammunition.
- (countable) A roof covered with lead sheets or terne plates.
- (countable) A channel of open water in an ice field.
- Hypothesis that has not been pursued
- (music) A mark or a short passage in one voice part, as of a canon, serving as a cue for the entrance of others.
- An important news story that appears on the front page of a newspaper or at the beginning of a news broadcast
- (music) A primary synth, often composed of square, sawtooth, triangle or sine waveforms.
- (baseball) The situation where a runner steps away from a base while waiting for the pitch to be thrown.
- (uncountable) A heavy, pliable, inelastic metal element, having a bright, bluish color, but easily tarnished; both malleable and ductile, though with little tenacity. It is easily fusible, forms alloys with other metals, and is an ingredient of solder and type metal. Atomic number 82, symbol Pb (from Latin plumbum).
- (music) In a barbershop quartet, the person who sings the melody, usually the second tenor.
- (countable) The act of leading or conducting; guidance; direction, course
- (acting, theater) The main role in a play or film; the lead role.
- (uncountable, card games, dominoes) The act or right of playing first in a game or round; the card suit, or piece, so played
- (engineering) The axial distance a screw thread travels in one revolution. It is equal to the pitch times the number of starts.
- In a steam engine, the width of port opening which is uncovered by the valve, for the admission or release of steam, at the instant when the piston is at end of its stroke.
- (electricity) The angle between the line joining the brushes of a continuous-current dynamo and the diameter symmetrical between the poles.
- (countable) Precedence; advance position; also, the measure of precedence; the state of being ahead in a race; the highest score in an incomplete game.
- (engineering) The excess above a right angle in the angle between two consecutive cranks, as of a compound engine, on the same shaft.
- (civil engineering) The distance of haul, as from a cutting to an embankment.
- an advantage held by a competitor in a race
- an actor who plays a principal role
- the angle between the direction a gun is aimed and the position of a moving target (correcting for the flight time of the missile)
- evidence pointing to a possible solution
- the introductory section of a story
- (baseball) the position taken by a base runner preparing to advance to the next base
- an indication of potential opportunity
- a jumper that consists of a short piece of wire
- the playing of a card to start a trick in bridge
- a position of being the initiator of something and an example that others will follow (especially in the phrase ‘take the lead’)
- restraint consisting of a rope (or light chain) used to restrain an animal
- a news story of major importance
- (sports) the score by which a team or individual is winning
- the timing of ignition relative to the position of the piston in an internal-combustion engine
- thin strip of metal used to separate lines of type in printing
- a soft heavy toxic malleable metallic element; bluish white when freshly cut but tarnishes readily to dull grey
- mixture of graphite with clay in different degrees of hardness; the marking substance in a pencil
noun
- an authoritative direction or instruction to do something
- The act of commanding; exercise or authority of influence.
- the power or authority to command
- a military unit or region under the control of a single officer
- (computer science) a line of code written as part of a computer program
- great skillfulness and knowledge of some subject or activity
- availability for use
- a position of highest authority
- A command performance.
- Dominating situation; range or control or oversight; extent of view or outlook.
- (military) A body or troops, or any naval or military force, under the control of a particular officer; by extension, any object or body in someone's charge.
- (computing) A directive to a computer program acting as an interpreter of some kind, in order to perform a specific task.
- An order to do something.
- (baseball) The degree of control a pitcher has over his pitches.
- The right or authority to order, control or dispose of; the right to be obeyed or to compel obedience.
- power of control, direction or disposal; mastery.
- A position of chief authority; a position involving the right or power to order or control.
verb
- (ambitransitive) To order, give orders; to compel or direct with authority.
- be in command of
- exercise authoritative control or power over
- look down on
- make someone do something
- demand as one's due
- (transitive) To exact, compel or secure by influence; to deserve, claim.
- (transitive) to dominate through ability, resources, position etc.; to overlook.
- (transitive) To require with authority; to demand, order, enjoin.
- (transitive) To hold, to control the use of.
- (ambitransitive) To have or exercise supreme power, control or authority over, especially military; to have under direction or control.
verb
noun
- (law) The judicial decision in a litigated cause rendered by a court of equity.
- (religion) A predetermination made by God; an act of providence.
- (law) The determination of a cause in a court of admiralty or court of probate.
- An edict or law.
- a legally binding command or decision entered on the court record (as if issued by a court or judge)
noun
- an authoritative direction or instruction to do something
- (bridge) the number of tricks a bridge player is willing to contract to make
- an attempt to get something
- a formal proposal to buy at a specified price
- An attempt, effort, or pursuit (of a goal).
- (ultimate frisbee) A (failed) attempt to receive or intercept a pass.
- (trucking) A particular route that a driver regularly takes from their domicile.
- (prison slang) A prison sentence.
- An offer at an auction, or to carry out a piece of work.
verb
- (transitive) To issue a command; to tell.
- ask for or request earnestly
- make a demand, as for a card or a suit or a show of hands
- ask someone in a friendly way to do something
- propose a payment
- make a serious effort to attain something
- invoke upon
- (transitive) To offer as a price; to tender.
- (transitive, intransitive, trucking) To take a particular route regularly.
- (ambitransitive, card games) To announce (one's goal), before starting play.
- (intransitive) To make an offer to pay or accept a certain price.
- (transitive) To utter a greeting or salutation.
- (transitive) To invite; to summon.
- (intransitive) To make an attempt.
verb
- (transitive) To forcibly direct (something).
- (transitive) To shoot (a gun, rocket/missile, or analogous device).
- (transitive, employment) To terminate the employment contract of (an employee), especially for cause (such as misconduct, incompetence, or poor performance).
- To animate; to give life or spirit to.
- (intransitive) To shoot a gun, cannon, or similar weapon.
- (transitive) To heat as with fire, but without setting on fire, as ceramic, metal objects, etc.
- (transitive) To drive away by setting a fire.
- (transitive, mining) To set off an explosive in a mine.
- (transitive) To set (something, often a building) on fire.
- (transitive, farriery) To cauterize (a horse, or a part of its body).
- (slang, usually with "up") To start (an engine).
- (transitive) To light up as if by fire; to illuminate.
- (horse racing, intransitive) Of a horse: to race ahead with a burst of energy.
- (transitive, sports) To shoot; to attempt to score a goal.
- (intransitive, physiology) To cause an action potential in a cell.
- (transitive, by extension) To terminate a contract with a client; to drop a client.
- (ambitransitive, computer sciences, software engineering) To initiate an event (by means of an event handler).
- (transitive) To inflame; to irritate, as the passions.
- (astronautics) To operate a rocket engine to produce thrust.
- To feed or serve the fire of.
- generate an electrical impulse
- provide with fuel
- drive out or away by or as if by fire
- call forth (emotions, feelings, and responses)
- start or maintain a fire in
- terminate the employment of; discharge from an office or position
- destroy by fire
- start firing a weapon
- bake in a kiln so as to harden
- become ignited
- go off or discharge
- cause to go off
adj
intj
noun
- (astronautics) An instance of firing one or more rocket engines.
- Red coloration in a piece of opal.
- (countable) An instance of this chemical reaction, especially when intentionally created and maintained in a specific location to a useful end (such as a campfire or a hearth fire).
- (countable) A planned bombardment by artillery or similar weapons, or the capability to deliver such.
- (countable, African-American Vernacular, slang) A firearm.
- (uncountable) The bullets or other projectiles fired from a gun or other ranged weapon.
- (countable, figurative) A barrage, volley
- (gemology) The capacity of a gemstone, especially a faceted, cut gemstone, that is transparent to visible light, to disperse white light into its multispectral component parts, resulting in a flash of different colors, the richness and dispersion of which increases the gemstone's value.
- (countable, British) A heater or stove used in place of a real fire (such as an electric fire).
- Strength of passion, whether love or hate.
- Splendour; brilliancy; lustre; hence, a star.
- (uncountable) A (usually self-sustaining) chemical reaction involving the bonding of oxygen with carbon or other fuel, with the production of heat and the presence of flame or smouldering.
- Liveliness of imagination or fancy; intellectual and moral enthusiasm.
- A severe trial; anything inflaming or provoking.
- (countable) The occurrence, often accidental, of fire in a certain place, causing damage and danger.
- (uncountable, alchemy, philosophy) The aforementioned chemical reaction of burning, considered one of the Classical elements or basic elements of alchemy.
- (countable) The elements necessary to start a fire.
- intense adverse criticism
- once thought to be one of four elements composing the universe (Empedocles), associated with the humour bile
- feelings of great warmth and intensity
- the process of combustion of inflammable materials producing heat and light and (often) smoke
- a fireplace in which a relatively small fire is burning
- a severe trial
- fuel that is burning and is used as a means for cooking
- the event of something burning (often destructive)
- the act of firing weapons or artillery at an enemy
verb
noun
- a member of a police force
- someone who is appointed or elected to an office and who holds a position of trust
- a person authorized to serve in a position of authority on a vessel
- any person in the armed services who holds a position of authority or command
- A respectful term of address for an officer, especially a police officer.
- An agent or servant imparted with the ability, to some degree, to act on initiative.
- One who has a position of authority in a hierarchical organization, especially in military, police or government organizations.
- One who holds a public office.
- (colloquial, military) A commissioned officer.
verb
- accept and follow the leadership or command or guidance of
- follow with the eyes or the mind
- work in a specific place, with a specific subject, or in a specific function
- be the successor (of)
- to be the product or result
- keep under surveillance
- be next
- adhere to or practice
- to bring something about at a later time than
- keep to
- follow in or as if in pursuit
- come after in time, as a result
- come as a logical consequence; follow logically
- act in accordance with someone's rules, commands, or wishes
- perform an accompaniment to
- keep informed
- to subscribe to someone's updates on social media
- to travel behind, go after, come after
- follow, discover, or ascertain the course of development of something
- imitate in behavior; take as a model
- to be subscribed to updates from another user on social media
- be later in time
- travel along a certain course
- grasp the meaning
- choose and follow; as of theories, ideas, policies, strategies or plans
- behave in accordance or in agreement with
- (social media, transitive) To subscribe to see content from an account on a social media platform.
- (transitive) To carry out (orders, instructions, etc.).
- (transitive) To understand, to pay attention to.
- (ambitransitive) To go after; to pursue; to move behind in the same path or direction, especially with the intent of catching.
- (transitive) To live one's life according to (religion, teachings, etc).
- (ambitransitive) To be a logical consequence of something.
- (transitive) To watch, to keep track of (reports of) some event or person.
- (transitive) To walk in, as a road or course; to attend upon closely, as a profession or calling.
- (ambitransitive) To go or come after in a sequence.
noun
verb
- (intransitive) To obey directions given with the reins.
- (transitive) To direct or stop a horse by using reins.
- (transitive) To restrain; to control; to check.
- stop or check by or as if by a pull at the reins
- keep in check
- control and direct with or as if by reins
- stop or slow up one's horse or oneself by or as if by pulling the reins
noun
- A strap or rope attached to a bridle or bit, used to control a horse, other animal or young child.
- The inward impulses; the affections and passions, formerly supposed to be located in the area of the kidneys.
- (figurative) An instrument or means of curbing, restraining, or governing.
- any means of control
- one of a pair of long straps (usually connected to the bit or the headpiece) used to control a horse
adj
noun
- (countable, grammar) A verb in the imperative mood.
- (uncountable, grammar) The grammatical mood expressing an order (see jussive). In English, the imperative form of a verb is the same as that of the bare infinitive.
- (countable) An essential action, a must: something which is imperative.
- a mood that expresses an intention to influence the listener's behavior
- a verb in the imperative mood.
- some duty that is essential and urgent
adj
adj
noun
- An authoritative decision from an official body, which may or may not have binding force.
- (European Union law) A form of legislative act addressed to the member states. The directive binds the member state to reach certain objectives in their national legislation.
- An instruction or guideline that indicates how to perform an action or reach a goal.
- (programming) A construct in source code that indicates how it should be processed but is not necessarily part of the program to be run.
- (grammar) The directive case.
- a pronouncement encouraging or banning some activity