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pron
- Following a preposition.
- With nominative effect: he, especially as a predicate after be, or following a preposition.
- With accusative effect or as a direct object.
- Used in isolation or apposition, or (sometimes proscribed) as the complement of the copula (be).
- (slang) A person of elevated skill at a sport, game, or other activity.
- (colloquial, uncommon) As a grammatical subject or object when joined with a conjunction.
- With dative effect or as an indirect object.
noun
pron
- As the object of a preposition.
- Used in isolation or apposition, or (sometimes proscribed) as the complement of the copula (be).
- (nonstandard, in apposition) Would be the subject of a copula in standard English, though the copula is omitted; used to indicate or imitate limited English fluency.
- (informal, with a conjunction, often proscribed) As the subject of a verb.
- (nonstandard, not with a conjunction) As the subject of a verb. Sometimes used to indicate or imitate limited English fluency.
- As the object (direct or indirect) of a verb.
- (colloquial, proscribed) Myself; as a reflexive indirect object of a verb; the ethical dative.
det
noun
pron
- As the object of a preposition.
- As the object of a verb.
- (fused relative, archaic outside set patterns) The person(s) whom; whomever.
- (informal, especially non-US) Also used with names of collective nouns that are groups of people, especially singularly-named musical groups or sports teams.
- (relative) Used to refer to a previously mentioned person or people.
pron
- Used as the object of a preposition.
- (informal set phrases, dialectal or nonstandard) They or those.
- Used as the indirect object of a verb.
- Used in isolation or apposition, or (sometimes proscribed) as the complement of the copula (be).
- Used as the direct object of a verb.
- (nonstandard or colloquial, uncommon) As a grammatical subject or object when joined with a conjunction.
det
pron
- Referring to a preceding statement.
- (relative, sometimes proscribed, see usage notes) In a restrictive relative clause, referring to a noun previously mentioned.
- (interrogative) What one or ones (of those mentioned or implied).
- Referring to a preceding noun.
- (not in common use) The/Any ones that; whichever.
conj
det
adj
- (followed by the preposition to) Having a predilection for something.
- (botany) Subordinate.
- Biased in favor of a person, side, or point of view, especially when dealing with a competition or dispute.
- (crosswording, of a clue) Having a wordplay element, but no definition.
- (computer science) Describing a property that holds only when an algorithm terminates.
- Existing as a part or portion; incomplete.
- (mathematics) Of or relating to a partial derivative or partial differential.
- (followed by ‘of’ or ‘to’) having a strong preference or liking for
- being or affecting only a part; not total
- constituting or comprising a part or fraction of a possible whole or entirety
- showing favoritism
noun
- (dentistry) dentures that replace only some of the natural teeth
- (bodybuilding) The condition of not exhausting the amplitude during the repetition of an exercise.
- (forensics) An incomplete fingerprint
- (furry fandom) A fursuit that does not fully cover the wearer's body.
- (programming, Internet) A fragment of a template containing markup.
- (mathematics) A partial derivative: a derivative with respect to one independent variable of a function in multiple variables while holding the other variables constant.
- (music) Any of the sine waves which make up a complex tone; often an overtone or harmonic of the fundamental.
- the derivative of a function of two or more variables with respect to a single variable while the other variables are considered to be constant
- a harmonic with a frequency that is a multiple of the fundamental frequency
verb
noun
- (grammar) Initialism of prepositional phrase.
- (grammar) Initialism of postpositional phrase.
- (video games) Abbreviation of performance points.
- (Internet slang, text messaging) Initialism of pussy pass.
- Initialism of parish priest.
- (organic chemistry) Initialism of polypropylene.
- (dance) Initialism of promenade position.
- (sports) Initialism of power play.
- (Internet slang, text messaging) Initialism of pee-pee (“penis or vagina”).
- (British, Ireland) Initialism of planning permission.
- (medicine) Abbreviation of prone positioning (“proning”).
- (medicine) Initialism of precocious puberty.
- (grammar) Initialism of past participle.
- Initialism of public parking.
name
phrase
verb
- make the (grammatical) predicate in a proposition
- involve as a necessary condition of consequence; as in logic
- affirm or declare as an attribute or quality of
- (transitive, grammar) To make a term (or expression) the predicate of a statement.
- (transitive, logic) To assert or state as an attribute or quality of something.
- (transitive) To assume or suppose; to infer.
- (transitive, originally US) To base (on); to assert on the grounds of.
- (transitive) To announce, assert, or proclaim publicly.
adj
noun
- (logic) what is predicated of the subject of a proposition; the second term in a proposition is predicated of the first term by means of the copula
- one of the two main constituents of a sentence; the predicate contains the verb and its complements
- (programming) An operator, expression, or function that returns either true or false.
- (grammar) The part of the sentence (or clause) which states a property that a subject has or is characterized by.
- (logic) A term of a statement, where the statement may be true or false depending on whether the thing referred to by the values of the statement's variables has the property signified by that (predicative) term.
prep
- Following a noun.
- (horse breeding) Designates a horse's sire (“male parent”).
- Invokes an authority in an oath.
- (chiefly Yeshivish) At; with; among.
- Per; with or in proportion to each.
- Indicates the creator of a work: Existing through the authorship etc. of.
- Used to separate dimensions when describing the size of something.
- Indicates a means of classification or organisation.
- Indicates an authority according to which something is done.
- Not later than (the given time); not later than the end of (the given time interval).
- [with the] Acted on in units of the specified size or measure. (Sometimes hyperbolically)
- (not in common modern use) Following an adjective.
- Indicates a means of achieving something: Involving/using the means of.
- Following a passive verb.
- Near or next to.
- In the formulae X by X and by Xs, indicates a steady progression, one X after another.
- Indicates a referenced source: According to.
- (mathematics) multiplied by or (chiefly South Asia) divided by
- Indicates the amount of change, difference or discrepancy
- From one side of something to the other, passing close by; past.
- (nautical) in a windward direction, sailing near to the direction from which the wind is blowing
adj
adv
- (uncommon outside the phrase 'put by') Aside, away.
- In the vicinity, near.
- Along a path which runs past someone or something.
- (uncommon except in set phrases) Beyond or past a certain point.
- To or at a place, as a residence or place of business.
- so as to pass a given point
- in reserve; not for immediate use
noun
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.
adj
noun
adj
verb
verb
- to accompany as a circumstance or follow as a result
- take charge of or deal with
- give heed (to)
- be present at (meetings, church services, university), etc.
- work for, or be a servant to
- (intransitive) Followed by to: to look after someone or something.
- (intransitive) Followed by at: to go to and be present at a place for some purpose; also (obsolete), followed by on: to be present at and take part in an event.
- (intransitive) Often followed by to, upon, or with: to give consideration; to pay attention.
- (intransitive) To be ready to wait upon someone or their instructions as an attendant, servant, etc.; also (followed by on or upon), to accompany someone in order to assist or wait upon them.
- (transitive) To be present at (an event or place) in order to take part in some action or proceedings; also, to regularly go to (an event or place).
- (intransitive) Followed by on or upon: of a (chiefly immaterial) thing: to be consequent on or present with.
- (transitive) To take action with respect to (someone, or something such as a concern, problem, or task); to deal with, to handle.
- (transitive) To wait on (someone or their instructions) as an attendant, servant, etc.; also (specifically of a gentleman-in-waiting or lady-in-waiting to a member of royalty), to accompany (someone) in order to assist or wait upon them; to escort.
- (transitive) To care for (someone requiring attention); specifically, of a doctor, nurse, etc.: to provide professional care to (someone).
- (intransitive) Followed by to: to take action with respect to someone or something; to deal with.
- (transitive) Of a (chiefly immaterial) thing: to be consequent to or present with (someone or something); to accompany.
verb
- express a supposition
- speak, pronounce, or utter in a certain way
- give instructions to or direct somebody to do something with authority
- 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
- express a supposition
- expect, believe, or suppose
- to believe especially on uncertain or tentative grounds
- require as a necessary antecedent or precondition
- take for granted or as a given; suppose beforehand
- (transitive) To theorize or hypothesize.
- (transitive) To require to exist or to be true; to imply by the laws of thought or of nature.
- (transitive, intransitive) To take for granted; to conclude, with less than absolute supporting data; to believe.
- (transitive) To imagine; to believe; to receive as true.
adj
noun
noun
adj
noun
- (rhetoric) Assumptio.
- The taking of a person up into heaven.
- The thing supposed; a postulate, or proposition assumed; a supposition.
- The act of assuming, or taking to or upon oneself; the act of taking up or adopting.
- A festival in honor of the ascent of the Virgin Mary into heaven, celebrated on 15 August.
- The act of taking for granted, or supposing a thing without proof; a supposition; an unwarrantable claim.
- (logic) The minor or second proposition in a categorical syllogism.
- audacious (even arrogant) behavior that you have no right to
- the act of assuming or taking for granted
- the act of taking possession of or power over something
- a statement that is assumed to be true and from which a conclusion can be drawn
- a hypothesis that is taken for granted
conj
- (law) used before a preposition to clarify that the prepositional phrase restricts the meaning of the sentence; specifically.
- Varying through time in the same proportion that.
- Functioning as a relative conjunction, and sometimes like a relative pronoun: that, which, who. (See usage notes.)
- Expressing concession: though.
- At the same instant or moment that: when.
- At the same time that, during the same time when: while.
- In the (same) way or manner that; to the (same) degree that.
- Being that, considering that, because, since.
- Used to introduce a result: with the result that it is; as to
- Used after so or as to introduce a comparison.
adv
noun
prep
noun
- the grammatical relation of a word or phrase to a predicate
- (linguistics) a distribution of related speech sounds or forms in such a way that they only appear in different contexts
- (genetics) The interaction between two genetic units such that an organism can function normally if either one is defective
- (mathematics) The replacement of a set by its complement
- (grammar) The relationship of a phrase to its predicate
noun
- (grammar) The antecedent of a conditional statement.
- (sciences) A tentative conjecture explaining an observation, phenomenon or scientific problem and that can be tested by further observation, investigation, or experimentation.
- (general) An assumption taken to be true for the purpose of argument or investigation.
- a message expressing an opinion based on incomplete evidence
- a proposal intended to explain certain facts or observations
- a tentative insight into the natural world; a concept that is not yet verified but that if true would explain certain facts or phenomena
noun
- interchange of subject and predicate of a proposition
- (psychiatry) a defense mechanism represses emotional conflicts which are then converted into physical symptoms that have no organic basis
- a change in the units or form of an expression:
- a successful free throw or try for point after a touchdown
- act of exchanging one type of money or security for another
- a change of religion
- the act of changing from one use or function or purpose to another
- a spiritual enlightenment causing a person to lead a new life
- an event that results in a transformation
- (American football) An extra point (or two) scored by kicking a field goal or carrying the ball into the end zone after scoring a touchdown.
- (law) Under the common law, the tort of the taking of someone's personal property with intent to permanently deprive them of it, or damaging property to the extent that the owner is deprived of the utility of that property, thus making the tortfeasor liable for the entire value of the property.
- (logic) The act of interchanging the terms of a proposition, as by putting the subject in the place of the predicate, or vice versa.
- (mathematics) A change or reduction of the form or value of a proposition.
- (chemistry) A chemical reaction wherein a substrate is transformed into a product.
- (marketing) An online advertising performance metric representing a visitor performing whatever the intended result of an ad is defined to be.
- (rugby) A free kick, after scoring a try, worth two points.
- (linguistics) The process whereby a new word is created without changing the form, often by allowing the word to function as a new part of speech.
- (computing) A software product converted from one platform to another.
- Living space in a part of a building that was previously uninhabitable, or the process of constructing such living space.
- The act of converting something or someone.
- (slang, board games) Changing a miniature figure into another character, usually by mixing different parts, or molding the model's parts, or doing both.
verb
- Used to indicate that a predicate nominal applies to the subject.
- To occupy a place.
- (with there, or dialectally it, as dummy subject) To exist.
- To pass or spend (time).
- (formal) Used with to-infinitives of verbs to express intent, obligation, appropriateness, or relative future occurrence.
- Used to indicate that the subject has the qualities described by an adjective or prepositional phrase.
- (rare and regional, chiefly in the past tense) Used to link two noun clauses: a day of the week, recurring date, month, or other specific time (on which the event of the main clause took place) and a period of time indicating how long ago that day was.
- (with a dummy subject it) Used to indicate the time of day.
- To remain undisturbed in a certain state or situation.
- Used to indicate that the subject has the qualities described by a noun or noun phrase.
- Used with past participles of certain intransitive verbs to form the perfect aspect.
- To take a period of time.
- (often impersonal, with it as a dummy subject) Used to indicate ambient conditions such as weather, light, noise or air quality.
- (with a cardinal numeral) Used to state the age of a subject in years.
- Used to declare the subject and object identical or equivalent.
- (in perfect tenses) Elliptical form of "be here", "go to and return from" or similar, also extending to certain other senses of "go".
- (auxiliary) Used with past participles of verbs to form the passive voice.
- (now usually literary) To exist; to have real existence, to be alive.
- Used to link a subject to a measurement.
- To occur, to take place.
- Used with present participles of verbs to form the continuous aspect.
- (colloquial, humorous) To have (a condition, especially a mental or physical disability).
- (dynamic / lexical be, especially in progressive tenses, conjugated non-suppletively in the present tense, see usage notes) To exist or behave in a certain way.
- (African-American Vernacular, Caribbean, Ireland, auxiliary, not conjugated) To tend to do, often do; marks the habitual aspect.
- (with since) Used to indicate passage of time since the occurrence of an event.
- work in a specific place, with a specific subject, or in a specific function
- occupy a certain position or area; be somewhere
- spend or use time
- have the quality of being; (copula, used with an adjective or a predicate noun)
- form or compose
- be priced at
- have an existence, be extant
- have life, be alive
- be identical to; be someone or something
- be identical or equivalent to
- represent, as of a character on stage
- to remain unmolested, undisturbed, or uninterrupted — used only in infinitive form
noun
noun
adj
noun
- a sentence of inquiry that asks for a reply
- uncertainty about the truth or factuality or existence of something
- an informal reference to a marriage proposal
- a formal proposal for action made to a deliberative assembly for discussion and vote
- an instance of questioning
- the subject matter at issue
- A proposal to a meeting as a topic for deliberation.
- A doubt or challenge about the truth, accuracy, or validity of a matter.
- A worded or expressed sentence, phrase, or only a word on its own, which asks for information, a reply, or a response; an interrogative.
- A subject or topic for consideration or investigation.
verb
- pose a series of questions to
- conduct an interview in television, newspaper, and radio reporting
- challenge the accuracy, probity, or propriety of
- pose a question
- place in doubt or express doubtful speculation
- (transitive) To raise doubts about; have doubts about.
- (transitive) To ask questions of; to interrogate; to ask for information.
- (intransitive) To ask a question or questions; inquire or seek to know; examine.
noun
adj
noun
prep
verb
adj
adv
verb
noun
adj
- (as predicate, followed by to and infinitive) Reasonably to be expected; apparently destined, probable.
- Probable; having a greater-than-even chance of occurring.
- Plausible; within the realm of credibility.
- Leading with high probability to some specified outcome.
- Appropriate, suitable; believable; promising, having a good potential.
- within the realm of credibility
- has a good chance of being the case or of coming about
- expected to become or be; in prospect
adv
noun
adj
noun
- (mathematics) The first term of a ratio, i.e. the term a in the ratio a:b, the other being the consequent.
- (chiefly in the plural) Previous principles, conduct, history, etc.
- (logic) The conditional part of a hypothetical proposition, i.e. p→q, where p is the antecedent, and q is the consequent.
- (logic) The first of two subsets of a sequent, consisting of all the sequent's formulae which are valuated as true.
- Any thing that precedes another thing, especially the cause of the second thing.
- (grammar) A word, phrase or clause referred to by a pronoun or other pro-form.
- An ancestor.
- a preceding occurrence or cause or event
- the referent of an anaphor; a phrase or clause that is referred to by an anaphoric pronoun
- someone from whom you are descended (but usually more remote than a grandparent)
- anything that precedes something similar in time
noun
- (grammar) Initialism of prepositional phrase.
- (grammar) Initialism of postpositional phrase.
- (video games) Abbreviation of performance points.
- (Internet slang, text messaging) Initialism of pussy pass.
- Initialism of parish priest.
- (organic chemistry) Initialism of polypropylene.
- (dance) Initialism of promenade position.
- (sports) Initialism of power play.
- (Internet slang, text messaging) Initialism of pee-pee (“penis or vagina”).
- (British, Ireland) Initialism of planning permission.
- (medicine) Abbreviation of prone positioning (“proning”).
- (medicine) Initialism of precocious puberty.
- (grammar) Initialism of past participle.
- Initialism of public parking.
name
phrase
noun
adj
noun
- (rhetoric) Assumptio.
- The taking of a person up into heaven.
- The thing supposed; a postulate, or proposition assumed; a supposition.
- The act of assuming, or taking to or upon oneself; the act of taking up or adopting.
- A festival in honor of the ascent of the Virgin Mary into heaven, celebrated on 15 August.
- The act of taking for granted, or supposing a thing without proof; a supposition; an unwarrantable claim.
- (logic) The minor or second proposition in a categorical syllogism.
- audacious (even arrogant) behavior that you have no right to
- the act of assuming or taking for granted
- the act of taking possession of or power over something
- a statement that is assumed to be true and from which a conclusion can be drawn
- a hypothesis that is taken for granted
noun
- the grammatical relation of a word or phrase to a predicate
- (linguistics) a distribution of related speech sounds or forms in such a way that they only appear in different contexts
- (genetics) The interaction between two genetic units such that an organism can function normally if either one is defective
- (mathematics) The replacement of a set by its complement
- (grammar) The relationship of a phrase to its predicate
noun
- (grammar) The antecedent of a conditional statement.
- (sciences) A tentative conjecture explaining an observation, phenomenon or scientific problem and that can be tested by further observation, investigation, or experimentation.
- (general) An assumption taken to be true for the purpose of argument or investigation.
- a message expressing an opinion based on incomplete evidence
- a proposal intended to explain certain facts or observations
- a tentative insight into the natural world; a concept that is not yet verified but that if true would explain certain facts or phenomena
noun
- interchange of subject and predicate of a proposition
- (psychiatry) a defense mechanism represses emotional conflicts which are then converted into physical symptoms that have no organic basis
- a change in the units or form of an expression:
- a successful free throw or try for point after a touchdown
- act of exchanging one type of money or security for another
- a change of religion
- the act of changing from one use or function or purpose to another
- a spiritual enlightenment causing a person to lead a new life
- an event that results in a transformation
- (American football) An extra point (or two) scored by kicking a field goal or carrying the ball into the end zone after scoring a touchdown.
- (law) Under the common law, the tort of the taking of someone's personal property with intent to permanently deprive them of it, or damaging property to the extent that the owner is deprived of the utility of that property, thus making the tortfeasor liable for the entire value of the property.
- (logic) The act of interchanging the terms of a proposition, as by putting the subject in the place of the predicate, or vice versa.
- (mathematics) A change or reduction of the form or value of a proposition.
- (chemistry) A chemical reaction wherein a substrate is transformed into a product.
- (marketing) An online advertising performance metric representing a visitor performing whatever the intended result of an ad is defined to be.
- (rugby) A free kick, after scoring a try, worth two points.
- (linguistics) The process whereby a new word is created without changing the form, often by allowing the word to function as a new part of speech.
- (computing) A software product converted from one platform to another.
- Living space in a part of a building that was previously uninhabitable, or the process of constructing such living space.
- The act of converting something or someone.
- (slang, board games) Changing a miniature figure into another character, usually by mixing different parts, or molding the model's parts, or doing both.
noun
adj
noun
- a sentence of inquiry that asks for a reply
- uncertainty about the truth or factuality or existence of something
- an informal reference to a marriage proposal
- a formal proposal for action made to a deliberative assembly for discussion and vote
- an instance of questioning
- the subject matter at issue
- A proposal to a meeting as a topic for deliberation.
- A doubt or challenge about the truth, accuracy, or validity of a matter.
- A worded or expressed sentence, phrase, or only a word on its own, which asks for information, a reply, or a response; an interrogative.
- A subject or topic for consideration or investigation.
verb
- pose a series of questions to
- conduct an interview in television, newspaper, and radio reporting
- challenge the accuracy, probity, or propriety of
- pose a question
- place in doubt or express doubtful speculation
- (transitive) To raise doubts about; have doubts about.
- (transitive) To ask questions of; to interrogate; to ask for information.
- (intransitive) To ask a question or questions; inquire or seek to know; examine.
noun
noun
verb
- make the (grammatical) predicate in a proposition
- involve as a necessary condition of consequence; as in logic
- affirm or declare as an attribute or quality of
- (transitive, grammar) To make a term (or expression) the predicate of a statement.
- (transitive, logic) To assert or state as an attribute or quality of something.
- (transitive) To assume or suppose; to infer.
- (transitive, originally US) To base (on); to assert on the grounds of.
- (transitive) To announce, assert, or proclaim publicly.
adj
noun
- (logic) what is predicated of the subject of a proposition; the second term in a proposition is predicated of the first term by means of the copula
- one of the two main constituents of a sentence; the predicate contains the verb and its complements
- (programming) An operator, expression, or function that returns either true or false.
- (grammar) The part of the sentence (or clause) which states a property that a subject has or is characterized by.
- (logic) A term of a statement, where the statement may be true or false depending on whether the thing referred to by the values of the statement's variables has the property signified by that (predicative) term.
verb
- to accompany as a circumstance or follow as a result
- take charge of or deal with
- give heed (to)
- be present at (meetings, church services, university), etc.
- work for, or be a servant to
- (intransitive) Followed by to: to look after someone or something.
- (intransitive) Followed by at: to go to and be present at a place for some purpose; also (obsolete), followed by on: to be present at and take part in an event.
- (intransitive) Often followed by to, upon, or with: to give consideration; to pay attention.
- (intransitive) To be ready to wait upon someone or their instructions as an attendant, servant, etc.; also (followed by on or upon), to accompany someone in order to assist or wait upon them.
- (transitive) To be present at (an event or place) in order to take part in some action or proceedings; also, to regularly go to (an event or place).
- (intransitive) Followed by on or upon: of a (chiefly immaterial) thing: to be consequent on or present with.
- (transitive) To take action with respect to (someone, or something such as a concern, problem, or task); to deal with, to handle.
- (transitive) To wait on (someone or their instructions) as an attendant, servant, etc.; also (specifically of a gentleman-in-waiting or lady-in-waiting to a member of royalty), to accompany (someone) in order to assist or wait upon them; to escort.
- (transitive) To care for (someone requiring attention); specifically, of a doctor, nurse, etc.: to provide professional care to (someone).
- (intransitive) Followed by to: to take action with respect to someone or something; to deal with.
- (transitive) Of a (chiefly immaterial) thing: to be consequent to or present with (someone or something); to accompany.
verb
- express a supposition
- speak, pronounce, or utter in a certain way
- give instructions to or direct somebody to do something with authority
- 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.
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- express a supposition
- expect, believe, or suppose
- to believe especially on uncertain or tentative grounds
- require as a necessary antecedent or precondition
- take for granted or as a given; suppose beforehand
- (transitive) To theorize or hypothesize.
- (transitive) To require to exist or to be true; to imply by the laws of thought or of nature.
- (transitive, intransitive) To take for granted; to conclude, with less than absolute supporting data; to believe.
- (transitive) To imagine; to believe; to receive as true.
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- Used to indicate that a predicate nominal applies to the subject.
- To occupy a place.
- (with there, or dialectally it, as dummy subject) To exist.
- To pass or spend (time).
- (formal) Used with to-infinitives of verbs to express intent, obligation, appropriateness, or relative future occurrence.
- Used to indicate that the subject has the qualities described by an adjective or prepositional phrase.
- (rare and regional, chiefly in the past tense) Used to link two noun clauses: a day of the week, recurring date, month, or other specific time (on which the event of the main clause took place) and a period of time indicating how long ago that day was.
- (with a dummy subject it) Used to indicate the time of day.
- To remain undisturbed in a certain state or situation.
- Used to indicate that the subject has the qualities described by a noun or noun phrase.
- Used with past participles of certain intransitive verbs to form the perfect aspect.
- To take a period of time.
- (often impersonal, with it as a dummy subject) Used to indicate ambient conditions such as weather, light, noise or air quality.
- (with a cardinal numeral) Used to state the age of a subject in years.
- Used to declare the subject and object identical or equivalent.
- (in perfect tenses) Elliptical form of "be here", "go to and return from" or similar, also extending to certain other senses of "go".
- (auxiliary) Used with past participles of verbs to form the passive voice.
- (now usually literary) To exist; to have real existence, to be alive.
- Used to link a subject to a measurement.
- To occur, to take place.
- Used with present participles of verbs to form the continuous aspect.
- (colloquial, humorous) To have (a condition, especially a mental or physical disability).
- (dynamic / lexical be, especially in progressive tenses, conjugated non-suppletively in the present tense, see usage notes) To exist or behave in a certain way.
- (African-American Vernacular, Caribbean, Ireland, auxiliary, not conjugated) To tend to do, often do; marks the habitual aspect.
- (with since) Used to indicate passage of time since the occurrence of an event.
- work in a specific place, with a specific subject, or in a specific function
- occupy a certain position or area; be somewhere
- spend or use time
- have the quality of being; (copula, used with an adjective or a predicate noun)
- form or compose
- be priced at
- have an existence, be extant
- have life, be alive
- be identical to; be someone or something
- be identical or equivalent to
- represent, as of a character on stage
- to remain unmolested, undisturbed, or uninterrupted — used only in infinitive form
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- (followed by the preposition to) Having a predilection for something.
- (botany) Subordinate.
- Biased in favor of a person, side, or point of view, especially when dealing with a competition or dispute.
- (crosswording, of a clue) Having a wordplay element, but no definition.
- (computer science) Describing a property that holds only when an algorithm terminates.
- Existing as a part or portion; incomplete.
- (mathematics) Of or relating to a partial derivative or partial differential.
- (followed by ‘of’ or ‘to’) having a strong preference or liking for
- being or affecting only a part; not total
- constituting or comprising a part or fraction of a possible whole or entirety
- showing favoritism
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- (dentistry) dentures that replace only some of the natural teeth
- (bodybuilding) The condition of not exhausting the amplitude during the repetition of an exercise.
- (forensics) An incomplete fingerprint
- (furry fandom) A fursuit that does not fully cover the wearer's body.
- (programming, Internet) A fragment of a template containing markup.
- (mathematics) A partial derivative: a derivative with respect to one independent variable of a function in multiple variables while holding the other variables constant.
- (music) Any of the sine waves which make up a complex tone; often an overtone or harmonic of the fundamental.
- the derivative of a function of two or more variables with respect to a single variable while the other variables are considered to be constant
- a harmonic with a frequency that is a multiple of the fundamental frequency
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- make the (grammatical) predicate in a proposition
- involve as a necessary condition of consequence; as in logic
- affirm or declare as an attribute or quality of
- (transitive, grammar) To make a term (or expression) the predicate of a statement.
- (transitive, logic) To assert or state as an attribute or quality of something.
- (transitive) To assume or suppose; to infer.
- (transitive, originally US) To base (on); to assert on the grounds of.
- (transitive) To announce, assert, or proclaim publicly.
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- (logic) what is predicated of the subject of a proposition; the second term in a proposition is predicated of the first term by means of the copula
- one of the two main constituents of a sentence; the predicate contains the verb and its complements
- (programming) An operator, expression, or function that returns either true or false.
- (grammar) The part of the sentence (or clause) which states a property that a subject has or is characterized by.
- (logic) A term of a statement, where the statement may be true or false depending on whether the thing referred to by the values of the statement's variables has the property signified by that (predicative) term.
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- (as predicate, followed by to and infinitive) Reasonably to be expected; apparently destined, probable.
- Probable; having a greater-than-even chance of occurring.
- Plausible; within the realm of credibility.
- Leading with high probability to some specified outcome.
- Appropriate, suitable; believable; promising, having a good potential.
- within the realm of credibility
- has a good chance of being the case or of coming about
- expected to become or be; in prospect
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- (mathematics) The first term of a ratio, i.e. the term a in the ratio a:b, the other being the consequent.
- (chiefly in the plural) Previous principles, conduct, history, etc.
- (logic) The conditional part of a hypothetical proposition, i.e. p→q, where p is the antecedent, and q is the consequent.
- (logic) The first of two subsets of a sequent, consisting of all the sequent's formulae which are valuated as true.
- Any thing that precedes another thing, especially the cause of the second thing.
- (grammar) A word, phrase or clause referred to by a pronoun or other pro-form.
- An ancestor.
- a preceding occurrence or cause or event
- the referent of an anaphor; a phrase or clause that is referred to by an anaphoric pronoun
- someone from whom you are descended (but usually more remote than a grandparent)
- anything that precedes something similar in time