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noun
- an expectation
- anticipating with confidence of fulfillment
- something expected (as on the basis of a norm)
- the act of predicting (as by reasoning about the future)
- (rhetoric) Prolepsis.
- (finance) Prepayment of a debt, generally in order to pay less interest.
- The act of anticipating, taking up, placing, or considering something beforehand, or before the proper time in natural order.
- The eagerness associated with waiting for something to occur.
- (music) A non-harmonic tone that is lower or higher than a note in the previous chord and a unison to a note in the next chord.
verb
noun
- an inclination to want things
- the feeling that accompanies an unsatisfied state
- something that is desired
- (uncountable) Motivation.
- (countable) Someone or something wished for.
- (uncountable) Strong attraction, particularly romantic or sexual.
- (uncountable) The feeling of desiring; an eager longing for something.
verb
- expect and wish
- intend with some possibility of fulfilment
- be optimistic; be full of hope; have hopes
- (intransitive) To expect optimistically that one might get something (either a change in circumstance or an object) [with for].
- (catenative) To intend to do something and look forward to the prospect of having done it [with to (+ infinitive)].
- To want (something) to happen, with a sense of expectation that it might [with that (+ clause); or (informal) with clause; or with so or (negative) not].
- (transitive, dialectal, nonstandard) To wish.
- (intransitive) To place confidence; to trust with confident expectation of good [with in].
noun
- someone (or something) on which expectations are centered
- a specific instance of feeling hopeful
- one of the three Christian virtues
- the general feeling that some desire will be fulfilled
- grounds for feeling hopeful about the future
- (countable) The actual thing wished for.
- (countable) A person or thing that is a source of hope.
- (Northern England, Scotland) A hollow; a valley, especially the upper end of a narrow mountain valley when it is nearly encircled by smooth, green slopes; a combe.
- A sloping plain between mountain ridges.
- (Scotland) A small bay; an inlet; a haven.
- (Christianity, uncountable) The virtuous desire for future good.
- (countable or uncountable) The feeling of trust, confidence, belief or expectation that something wished for can or will happen.
verb
- expect and wish
- (chiefly archaic) extend credit to
- be confident about something
- have confidence or faith in
- confer a trust upon
- allow without fear
- (transitive) To give credence to; to believe; to credit.
- (intransitive) To have trust; to be credulous; to be won to confidence; to confide.
- (transitive) To give credit to; to sell to upon credit, or in confidence of future payment.
- (transitive) to show confidence in a person by entrusting them with something.
- (transitive) To hope confidently; to believe (usually with a phrase or infinitive clause as the object)
- (transitive) To place confidence in, to rely on, to confide in.
- (transitive) To commit, as to one's care; to entrust.
- (intransitive, followed by to) To rely on (something), as though having trust (on it).
- (intransitive, with in) To have faith in; to rely on for continuing support or aid.
noun
- Dependence upon something in the future; hope.
- a trustful relationship
- complete confidence in a person or plan etc
- the trait of believing in the honesty and reliability of others
- a consortium of independent organizations formed to limit competition by controlling the production and distribution of a product or service
- something (as property) held by one party (the trustee) for the benefit of another (the beneficiary)
- certainty based on past experience
- A group of businessmen or traders organised for mutual benefit to produce and distribute specific commodities or services, and managed by a central body of trustees.
- (rare) Trustworthiness, reliability.
- That which is committed or entrusted; something received in confidence; a charge.
- That upon which confidence is reposed; ground of reliance; hope.
- (trust law) An arrangement whereby property or money is given to be held by a third party (a trustee), on the basis that it will be managed for the benefit of, or eventually transferred to, a stated beneficiary; for example, money to be given to a child when he or she reaches adulthood.
- (computing) Affirmation of the access rights of a user of a computer system.
- Confidence in the future payment for goods or services supplied; credit.
- (law) The confidence vested in a person who has legal ownership of a property to manage for the benefit of another.
- The condition or obligation of one to whom anything is confided; responsible charge or office.
- Confidence in or reliance on some person or quality.
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adv
prep_phrase
- (idiomatic) in the end, however; used in referring to something that was believed to be the case, but is not; or to an outcome that is not what was expected or predicted.
- Introduces information that supports the preceding statement.
- (idiomatic) anyway, in any case; indicates a statement is true regardless of other considerations; used to reinforce or explain a point.
verb
- To expect or anticipate.
- (baseball) To look at a pitch as a batter without swinging at it.
- (transitive) To express or manifest by a look.
- To face or present a view.
- (transitive, colloquial) As a transitive verb, often in the imperative; chiefly takes relative clause as direct object.
- (intransitive) As an intransitive verb, often with "at".
- To appear, to seem.
- (transitive, often with "to") To make sure of, to see to.
- (copulative) To give an appearance of being.
- (intransitive, often with "for") To search for, to try to find.
- to physically appear a certain way to another individual or group
- search or seek
- convey by one's expression
- have faith or confidence in
- take charge of or deal with
- perceive with attention; direct one's gaze towards; look
- be oriented in a certain direction, often with respect to another reference point; be opposite to
- look forward to the probable occurrence of
- accord in appearance with
- give a certain impression of being something or having a certain aspect
intj
noun
- A facial expression.
- (often plural) Physical appearance, visual impression.
- The action of looking; an attempt to see.
- physical appearance
- the feelings expressed on a person's face
- the act of directing the eyes toward something and perceiving it visually; look
- the general atmosphere of a place or situation and the effect that it has on people
noun
- Expectation for the future.
- The view from such a place.
- (Hong Kong, colloquial) look; appearance
- A place from which something can be viewed.
- An attitude or point of view.
- belief about (or mental picture of) the future
- a habitual or characteristic mental attitude that determines how you will interpret and respond to situations
- the act of looking out
verb
- give grounds for expectations
- (ambitransitive) To give grounds for expectation, especially of something good.
- make a promise or commitment
- make a prediction about; tell in advance
- promise to undertake or give
- (ambitransitive, ditransitive) To commit to (some action or outcome), or to assure (a person) of such commitment; to make an oath or vow.
noun
- a verbal commitment by one person to another agreeing to do (or not to do) something in the future
- grounds for feeling hopeful about the future
- (countable) An oath or affirmation; a vow.
- (countable, programming) A placeholder object representing the eventual result of an asynchronous operation.
- (countable, law) A transaction between two persons whereby the first person undertakes in the future to render some service or gift to the second person or devotes something valuable now and here to his use.
- (uncountable) Reason to expect improvement or success; potential.
noun
- (countable) An expectation based on circumstances.
- (mathematics, uncountable) The act or process of calculating.
- (chess, uncountable) The act or process of imagining sequences of potential moves and responses without actually moving the pieces.
- (countable) Reckoning, estimate.
- (mathematics, countable) The result of calculating.
- problem solving that involves numbers or quantities
- the procedure of calculating; determining something by mathematical or logical methods
- planning something carefully and intentionally
noun
noun
- moderation in expectations
- the state of having good sense and sound judgment
- goodness of reason and judgment
- the quality of being plausible or acceptable to a reasonable person
- the property of being moderate in price or expenditures
- (countable) A reasonable action or behaviour.
- (uncountable) The state or characteristic of being reasonable.
prep
- Indicating something desired or anticipated.
- In anticipation of.
- Because of.
- Supporting, in favour of.
- So as to identify or locate.
- In the role or capacity of; instead of; in place of.
- To be used or treated in a stated way, or with a stated purpose.
- By the standards of, usually with the implication that those standards are lower than one might otherwise expect; considering.
- (commerce) For the price of.
- In order to cure, remove or counteract.
- (chiefly US) Out of; used to indicate a fraction, a ratio
- Befitting of someone’s beliefs, needs, wants, skills, or tastes; best suited to.
- In exchange for; in correspondence or equivalence with.
- In order to help, benefit, gratify, honor etc. (someone or something).
- Directed at; intended to belong to.
- So as to allow (something or someone) to take position.
- In order to obtain or acquire.
- Throughout or across (a distance in space).
- (nonstandard) So (that), in order to
- Used in various other more-or-less idiomatic ways to construe individual verbs, indicating various semantic relationships such as target, purpose, result, etc.; see also the entries for individual phrasal verbs, e.g. ask for, look for, stand for, etc.
- On behalf of.
- Towards; in the direction of.
- Over (a period of time).
- Used to introduce a subject of a to-infinitive clause.
- (with names, chiefly US) In honor of; after.
- To be, or as being.
- (usually in the phrase 'for all') Despite, in spite of.
- (cricket) Used as part of a score to indicate the number of wickets that have fallen.
- (UK) Due for or facing (a certain outcome or fate).
- (in expressions such as 'for a start') Introducing the first item(s) in a potential sequence .
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noun
- painful expectation
- fearful expectation or anticipation
- the cognitive condition of someone who understands
- the act of apprehending (especially apprehending a criminal)
- Opinion; conception; sentiment; idea.
- The faculty by which ideas are conceived or by which perceptions are grasped; understanding.
- (rare) The physical act of seizing or taking hold of (something); seizing.
- Perception; the act of understanding using one's intellect without affirming, denying, or passing any judgment
- (law) The act of seizing or taking by legal process; arrest.
- Anticipation, especially of unfavorable things such as dread or fear or the prospect of something unpleasant in the future.
verb
- (transitive) To expect.
- (transitive, intransitive) To serve or attend; to wait on, wait upon.
- (intransitive) To watch, observe.
- (intransitive) To wait; to stay in waiting.
- (transitive) To be in store for; to be ready or in waiting for.
- (transitive, formal) To wait for.
- look forward to the probable occurrence of
verb
- intend with some possibility of fulfilment
- be pertinent or relevant or applicable
- make an attempt at achieving something
- have a fancy or particular liking or desire for
- give an affirmative reply to; respond favorably to
- (intransitive) To be accepted as.
- (transitive) To undertake (an action); to choose an option.
- (transitive) To try for, to attempt to reach.
- (transitive) To favor, accept; to have a preference for.
- (transitive, idiomatic) To cost.
- (transitive) To attack.
- Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see go, for.
- (transitive, informal) To fall for (a trick)
- (transitive) To develop a strong interest in, especially in a sudden manner; to be infatuated with.
- (transitive) To apply equally to.
- (transitive) To suffice to be used for; to serve as.
noun
- anticipating with confidence of fulfillment
- That which is expected or looked for.
- belief about (or mental picture of) the future
- the feeling that something is about to happen
- the sum of the values of a random variable divided by the number of values
- The prospect of the future; grounds upon which something excellent is expected to occur; prospect of anything good to come, especially of property or rank.
- An implicit obligation or duty held by another in someone's view.
- (statistics, colloquial) The arithmetic mean.
- (medicine, rare) The leaving of a disease principally to the efforts of nature to effect a cure.
- (statistics) The first moment; the expected value; the long-run average value of a variable over many independent repetitions of an experiment.
- The act or state of expecting or looking forward to an event as about to happen.
- The value of any chance (as the prospect of prize or property) which depends upon some contingent event.
adj
- expected to become or be; in prospect
- within the realm of credibility
- has a good chance of being the case or of coming about
- 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.
- (as predicate, followed by to and infinitive) Reasonably to be expected; apparently destined, probable.
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adj
noun
- the inherent capacity for coming into being
- the difference in electrical charge between two points in a circuit expressed in volts
- (physics) The gravitational potential: the radial (irrotational, static) component of a gravitational field, also known as the Newtonian potential or the gravitoelectric field.
- (physics) The work (energy) required to move a reference particle from a reference location to a specified location in the presence of a force field, for example to bring a unit positive electric charge from an infinite distance to a specified point against an electric field.
- A currently unrealized ability (with the most common adposition being to).
- (grammar) A verbal construction or form stating something is possible or probable.
noun
- fearful expectation or anticipation
- (slang, chiefly in the plural) Clipping of dreadlock.
- Somebody or something dreaded.
- Great fear in view of impending evil; fearful apprehension of danger; anticipatory terror.
- A Rastafarian.
- (military, nautical, historical, slang) Clipping of dreadnought.
- Reverential or respectful fear; awe.
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adv
noun
- education imparted in a series of lessons or meetings
- part of a meal served at one time
- a line or route along which something travels or moves
- general line of orientation
- a mode of action
- facility consisting of a circumscribed area of land or water laid out for a sport
- a connected series of events or actions or developments
- (construction) a layer of masonry
- a body of students who are taught together
- (cooking) A stage of a meal.
- (masonry) A row of bricks or blocks.
- A racecourse.
- (roofing) A row of material that forms the roofing, waterproofing or flashing system.
- A programme, a chosen manner of proceeding.
- (textiles) In weft knitting, a single row of loops connecting the loops of the preceding and following rows.
- The succession of one to another in office or duty; order; turn.
- A normal or customary sequence.
- (golf) A golf course.
- The itinerary of a race.
- The path taken by a flow of water; a watercourse.
- (India, historical) The drive usually frequented by Europeans at an Indian station.
- A path that something or someone moves along.
- (UK, Ireland, Philippines) an educational programme at a college or university leading to an academic degree or vocational qualification.
- (especially in medicine) A treatment plan.
- (education) A learning programme
- a series of lectures or lessons in a particular subject
- (nautical) The direction of movement of a vessel at any given moment.
- (navigation) The intended passage of voyage, such as a boat, ship, airplane, spaceship, etc.
- Any ordered process or sequence of steps.
- A sequence of events.
- (nautical) The lowest square sail in a fully rigged mast, often named according to the mast.
- (music) One or more strings on some musical instruments (such as the guitar, lute or vihuela): if multiple, then closely spaced, tuned in unison or octaves and intended to be played together.
- (sports) The trajectory of a ball, frisbee etc.
verb
- move along, of liquids
- move swiftly through or over
- hunt with hounds
- (transitive) To run through or over.
- To run or flow (especially of liquids and more particularly blood).
- (transitive) To cause to chase after or pursue game.
- (transitive) To pursue by tracking or estimating the course taken by one's prey; to follow or chase after.
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noun
- an expectation
- anticipating with confidence of fulfillment
- something expected (as on the basis of a norm)
- the act of predicting (as by reasoning about the future)
- (rhetoric) Prolepsis.
- (finance) Prepayment of a debt, generally in order to pay less interest.
- The act of anticipating, taking up, placing, or considering something beforehand, or before the proper time in natural order.
- The eagerness associated with waiting for something to occur.
- (music) A non-harmonic tone that is lower or higher than a note in the previous chord and a unison to a note in the next chord.
noun
- Expectation for the future.
- The view from such a place.
- (Hong Kong, colloquial) look; appearance
- A place from which something can be viewed.
- An attitude or point of view.
- belief about (or mental picture of) the future
- a habitual or characteristic mental attitude that determines how you will interpret and respond to situations
- the act of looking out
noun
- (countable) An expectation based on circumstances.
- (mathematics, uncountable) The act or process of calculating.
- (chess, uncountable) The act or process of imagining sequences of potential moves and responses without actually moving the pieces.
- (countable) Reckoning, estimate.
- (mathematics, countable) The result of calculating.
- problem solving that involves numbers or quantities
- the procedure of calculating; determining something by mathematical or logical methods
- planning something carefully and intentionally
noun
noun
- moderation in expectations
- the state of having good sense and sound judgment
- goodness of reason and judgment
- the quality of being plausible or acceptable to a reasonable person
- the property of being moderate in price or expenditures
- (countable) A reasonable action or behaviour.
- (uncountable) The state or characteristic of being reasonable.
noun
- painful expectation
- fearful expectation or anticipation
- the cognitive condition of someone who understands
- the act of apprehending (especially apprehending a criminal)
- Opinion; conception; sentiment; idea.
- The faculty by which ideas are conceived or by which perceptions are grasped; understanding.
- (rare) The physical act of seizing or taking hold of (something); seizing.
- Perception; the act of understanding using one's intellect without affirming, denying, or passing any judgment
- (law) The act of seizing or taking by legal process; arrest.
- Anticipation, especially of unfavorable things such as dread or fear or the prospect of something unpleasant in the future.
verb
- expect and wish
- intend with some possibility of fulfilment
- be optimistic; be full of hope; have hopes
- (intransitive) To expect optimistically that one might get something (either a change in circumstance or an object) [with for].
- (catenative) To intend to do something and look forward to the prospect of having done it [with to (+ infinitive)].
- To want (something) to happen, with a sense of expectation that it might [with that (+ clause); or (informal) with clause; or with so or (negative) not].
- (transitive, dialectal, nonstandard) To wish.
- (intransitive) To place confidence; to trust with confident expectation of good [with in].
noun
- someone (or something) on which expectations are centered
- a specific instance of feeling hopeful
- one of the three Christian virtues
- the general feeling that some desire will be fulfilled
- grounds for feeling hopeful about the future
- (countable) The actual thing wished for.
- (countable) A person or thing that is a source of hope.
- (Northern England, Scotland) A hollow; a valley, especially the upper end of a narrow mountain valley when it is nearly encircled by smooth, green slopes; a combe.
- A sloping plain between mountain ridges.
- (Scotland) A small bay; an inlet; a haven.
- (Christianity, uncountable) The virtuous desire for future good.
- (countable or uncountable) The feeling of trust, confidence, belief or expectation that something wished for can or will happen.
noun
- anticipating with confidence of fulfillment
- That which is expected or looked for.
- belief about (or mental picture of) the future
- the feeling that something is about to happen
- the sum of the values of a random variable divided by the number of values
- The prospect of the future; grounds upon which something excellent is expected to occur; prospect of anything good to come, especially of property or rank.
- An implicit obligation or duty held by another in someone's view.
- (statistics, colloquial) The arithmetic mean.
- (medicine, rare) The leaving of a disease principally to the efforts of nature to effect a cure.
- (statistics) The first moment; the expected value; the long-run average value of a variable over many independent repetitions of an experiment.
- The act or state of expecting or looking forward to an event as about to happen.
- The value of any chance (as the prospect of prize or property) which depends upon some contingent event.
noun
- fearful expectation or anticipation
- (slang, chiefly in the plural) Clipping of dreadlock.
- Somebody or something dreaded.
- Great fear in view of impending evil; fearful apprehension of danger; anticipatory terror.
- A Rastafarian.
- (military, nautical, historical, slang) Clipping of dreadnought.
- Reverential or respectful fear; awe.
adj
verb
verb
- expect and wish
- (chiefly archaic) extend credit to
- be confident about something
- have confidence or faith in
- confer a trust upon
- allow without fear
- (transitive) To give credence to; to believe; to credit.
- (intransitive) To have trust; to be credulous; to be won to confidence; to confide.
- (transitive) To give credit to; to sell to upon credit, or in confidence of future payment.
- (transitive) to show confidence in a person by entrusting them with something.
- (transitive) To hope confidently; to believe (usually with a phrase or infinitive clause as the object)
- (transitive) To place confidence in, to rely on, to confide in.
- (transitive) To commit, as to one's care; to entrust.
- (intransitive, followed by to) To rely on (something), as though having trust (on it).
- (intransitive, with in) To have faith in; to rely on for continuing support or aid.
noun
- Dependence upon something in the future; hope.
- a trustful relationship
- complete confidence in a person or plan etc
- the trait of believing in the honesty and reliability of others
- a consortium of independent organizations formed to limit competition by controlling the production and distribution of a product or service
- something (as property) held by one party (the trustee) for the benefit of another (the beneficiary)
- certainty based on past experience
- A group of businessmen or traders organised for mutual benefit to produce and distribute specific commodities or services, and managed by a central body of trustees.
- (rare) Trustworthiness, reliability.
- That which is committed or entrusted; something received in confidence; a charge.
- That upon which confidence is reposed; ground of reliance; hope.
- (trust law) An arrangement whereby property or money is given to be held by a third party (a trustee), on the basis that it will be managed for the benefit of, or eventually transferred to, a stated beneficiary; for example, money to be given to a child when he or she reaches adulthood.
- (computing) Affirmation of the access rights of a user of a computer system.
- Confidence in the future payment for goods or services supplied; credit.
- (law) The confidence vested in a person who has legal ownership of a property to manage for the benefit of another.
- The condition or obligation of one to whom anything is confided; responsible charge or office.
- Confidence in or reliance on some person or quality.
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verb
noun
- an inclination to want things
- the feeling that accompanies an unsatisfied state
- something that is desired
- (uncountable) Motivation.
- (countable) Someone or something wished for.
- (uncountable) Strong attraction, particularly romantic or sexual.
- (uncountable) The feeling of desiring; an eager longing for something.
verb
- expect and wish
- intend with some possibility of fulfilment
- be optimistic; be full of hope; have hopes
- (intransitive) To expect optimistically that one might get something (either a change in circumstance or an object) [with for].
- (catenative) To intend to do something and look forward to the prospect of having done it [with to (+ infinitive)].
- To want (something) to happen, with a sense of expectation that it might [with that (+ clause); or (informal) with clause; or with so or (negative) not].
- (transitive, dialectal, nonstandard) To wish.
- (intransitive) To place confidence; to trust with confident expectation of good [with in].
noun
- someone (or something) on which expectations are centered
- a specific instance of feeling hopeful
- one of the three Christian virtues
- the general feeling that some desire will be fulfilled
- grounds for feeling hopeful about the future
- (countable) The actual thing wished for.
- (countable) A person or thing that is a source of hope.
- (Northern England, Scotland) A hollow; a valley, especially the upper end of a narrow mountain valley when it is nearly encircled by smooth, green slopes; a combe.
- A sloping plain between mountain ridges.
- (Scotland) A small bay; an inlet; a haven.
- (Christianity, uncountable) The virtuous desire for future good.
- (countable or uncountable) The feeling of trust, confidence, belief or expectation that something wished for can or will happen.
verb
- expect and wish
- (chiefly archaic) extend credit to
- be confident about something
- have confidence or faith in
- confer a trust upon
- allow without fear
- (transitive) To give credence to; to believe; to credit.
- (intransitive) To have trust; to be credulous; to be won to confidence; to confide.
- (transitive) To give credit to; to sell to upon credit, or in confidence of future payment.
- (transitive) to show confidence in a person by entrusting them with something.
- (transitive) To hope confidently; to believe (usually with a phrase or infinitive clause as the object)
- (transitive) To place confidence in, to rely on, to confide in.
- (transitive) To commit, as to one's care; to entrust.
- (intransitive, followed by to) To rely on (something), as though having trust (on it).
- (intransitive, with in) To have faith in; to rely on for continuing support or aid.
noun
- Dependence upon something in the future; hope.
- a trustful relationship
- complete confidence in a person or plan etc
- the trait of believing in the honesty and reliability of others
- a consortium of independent organizations formed to limit competition by controlling the production and distribution of a product or service
- something (as property) held by one party (the trustee) for the benefit of another (the beneficiary)
- certainty based on past experience
- A group of businessmen or traders organised for mutual benefit to produce and distribute specific commodities or services, and managed by a central body of trustees.
- (rare) Trustworthiness, reliability.
- That which is committed or entrusted; something received in confidence; a charge.
- That upon which confidence is reposed; ground of reliance; hope.
- (trust law) An arrangement whereby property or money is given to be held by a third party (a trustee), on the basis that it will be managed for the benefit of, or eventually transferred to, a stated beneficiary; for example, money to be given to a child when he or she reaches adulthood.
- (computing) Affirmation of the access rights of a user of a computer system.
- Confidence in the future payment for goods or services supplied; credit.
- (law) The confidence vested in a person who has legal ownership of a property to manage for the benefit of another.
- The condition or obligation of one to whom anything is confided; responsible charge or office.
- Confidence in or reliance on some person or quality.
adj
intj
verb
- To expect or anticipate.
- (baseball) To look at a pitch as a batter without swinging at it.
- (transitive) To express or manifest by a look.
- To face or present a view.
- (transitive, colloquial) As a transitive verb, often in the imperative; chiefly takes relative clause as direct object.
- (intransitive) As an intransitive verb, often with "at".
- To appear, to seem.
- (transitive, often with "to") To make sure of, to see to.
- (copulative) To give an appearance of being.
- (intransitive, often with "for") To search for, to try to find.
- to physically appear a certain way to another individual or group
- search or seek
- convey by one's expression
- have faith or confidence in
- take charge of or deal with
- perceive with attention; direct one's gaze towards; look
- be oriented in a certain direction, often with respect to another reference point; be opposite to
- look forward to the probable occurrence of
- accord in appearance with
- give a certain impression of being something or having a certain aspect
intj
noun
- A facial expression.
- (often plural) Physical appearance, visual impression.
- The action of looking; an attempt to see.
- physical appearance
- the feelings expressed on a person's face
- the act of directing the eyes toward something and perceiving it visually; look
- the general atmosphere of a place or situation and the effect that it has on people
verb
- give grounds for expectations
- (ambitransitive) To give grounds for expectation, especially of something good.
- make a promise or commitment
- make a prediction about; tell in advance
- promise to undertake or give
- (ambitransitive, ditransitive) To commit to (some action or outcome), or to assure (a person) of such commitment; to make an oath or vow.
noun
- a verbal commitment by one person to another agreeing to do (or not to do) something in the future
- grounds for feeling hopeful about the future
- (countable) An oath or affirmation; a vow.
- (countable, programming) A placeholder object representing the eventual result of an asynchronous operation.
- (countable, law) A transaction between two persons whereby the first person undertakes in the future to render some service or gift to the second person or devotes something valuable now and here to his use.
- (uncountable) Reason to expect improvement or success; potential.
verb
- (transitive) To expect.
- (transitive, intransitive) To serve or attend; to wait on, wait upon.
- (intransitive) To watch, observe.
- (intransitive) To wait; to stay in waiting.
- (transitive) To be in store for; to be ready or in waiting for.
- (transitive, formal) To wait for.
- look forward to the probable occurrence of
verb
- intend with some possibility of fulfilment
- be pertinent or relevant or applicable
- make an attempt at achieving something
- have a fancy or particular liking or desire for
- give an affirmative reply to; respond favorably to
- (intransitive) To be accepted as.
- (transitive) To undertake (an action); to choose an option.
- (transitive) To try for, to attempt to reach.
- (transitive) To favor, accept; to have a preference for.
- (transitive, idiomatic) To cost.
- (transitive) To attack.
- Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see go, for.
- (transitive, informal) To fall for (a trick)
- (transitive) To develop a strong interest in, especially in a sudden manner; to be infatuated with.
- (transitive) To apply equally to.
- (transitive) To suffice to be used for; to serve as.
adv
prep_phrase
- (idiomatic) in the end, however; used in referring to something that was believed to be the case, but is not; or to an outcome that is not what was expected or predicted.
- Introduces information that supports the preceding statement.
- (idiomatic) anyway, in any case; indicates a statement is true regardless of other considerations; used to reinforce or explain a point.
adv
noun
- education imparted in a series of lessons or meetings
- part of a meal served at one time
- a line or route along which something travels or moves
- general line of orientation
- a mode of action
- facility consisting of a circumscribed area of land or water laid out for a sport
- a connected series of events or actions or developments
- (construction) a layer of masonry
- a body of students who are taught together
- (cooking) A stage of a meal.
- (masonry) A row of bricks or blocks.
- A racecourse.
- (roofing) A row of material that forms the roofing, waterproofing or flashing system.
- A programme, a chosen manner of proceeding.
- (textiles) In weft knitting, a single row of loops connecting the loops of the preceding and following rows.
- The succession of one to another in office or duty; order; turn.
- A normal or customary sequence.
- (golf) A golf course.
- The itinerary of a race.
- The path taken by a flow of water; a watercourse.
- (India, historical) The drive usually frequented by Europeans at an Indian station.
- A path that something or someone moves along.
- (UK, Ireland, Philippines) an educational programme at a college or university leading to an academic degree or vocational qualification.
- (especially in medicine) A treatment plan.
- (education) A learning programme
- a series of lectures or lessons in a particular subject
- (nautical) The direction of movement of a vessel at any given moment.
- (navigation) The intended passage of voyage, such as a boat, ship, airplane, spaceship, etc.
- Any ordered process or sequence of steps.
- A sequence of events.
- (nautical) The lowest square sail in a fully rigged mast, often named according to the mast.
- (music) One or more strings on some musical instruments (such as the guitar, lute or vihuela): if multiple, then closely spaced, tuned in unison or octaves and intended to be played together.
- (sports) The trajectory of a ball, frisbee etc.
verb
- move along, of liquids
- move swiftly through or over
- hunt with hounds
- (transitive) To run through or over.
- To run or flow (especially of liquids and more particularly blood).
- (transitive) To cause to chase after or pursue game.
- (transitive) To pursue by tracking or estimating the course taken by one's prey; to follow or chase after.
adj
noun
adj
- expected to become or be; in prospect
- within the realm of credibility
- has a good chance of being the case or of coming about
- 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.
- (as predicate, followed by to and infinitive) Reasonably to be expected; apparently destined, probable.
adv
noun
adj
noun
- the inherent capacity for coming into being
- the difference in electrical charge between two points in a circuit expressed in volts
- (physics) The gravitational potential: the radial (irrotational, static) component of a gravitational field, also known as the Newtonian potential or the gravitoelectric field.
- (physics) The work (energy) required to move a reference particle from a reference location to a specified location in the presence of a force field, for example to bring a unit positive electric charge from an infinite distance to a specified point against an electric field.
- A currently unrealized ability (with the most common adposition being to).
- (grammar) A verbal construction or form stating something is possible or probable.