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adj
noun
noun
- the most typical example or representative of a type
- the fifth and highest element after air and earth and fire and water; was believed to be the substance composing all heavenly bodies
- the purest and most concentrated essence of something
- (alchemy) The fifth alchemical element, or essence, after earth, air, fire, and water that fills the universe beyond the terrestrial sphere.
- A thing that is the most perfect example of its type; the most perfect embodiment of something; epitome, prototype.
- A pure substance.
- (physics) A hypothetical form of dark energy postulated to explain observations of an accelerating universe.
- The essence of a thing in its purest and most concentrated form.
verb
noun
- an instance of some kind
- a small amount of solid food; a mouthful
- a small piece or quantity of something
- a small fragment of something broken off from the whole
- a short performance that is part of a longer program
- a small fragment
- the cutting part of a drill; usually pointed and threaded and is replaceable in a brace or bitstock or drill press
- piece of metal held in horse's mouth by reins and used to control the horse while riding
- a unit of measurement of information (from binary + digit); the amount of information in a system having two equiprobable states
- the part of a key that enters a lock and lifts the tumblers
- an indefinitely short time
- (in the plural, informal, sports) Fractions of a second.
- (informal) A small fraction above a whole number.
- (slang) A gag or put-on; a humorous conceit, especially when insistently presented as true.
- The cutting iron of a plane.
- The part of a key which enters the lock and acts upon the bolt and tumblers.
- An excerpt of material making up part of a show, comedy routine, etc.
- A piece of metal placed in a horse's mouth and connected to the reins to direct the animal.
- (mathematics, computing) A binary digit, generally represented as a 1 or 0.
- The bevelled front edge of an axehead along which the cutting edge runs.
- Ellipsis of bit part.
- A portion of something.
- A replaceable tip for a hand tool or power tool, comprising the portion that drives a fastener.
- (MLE) A gun.
- (BDSM) A gag of a style similar to a bridle.
- (computing) The smallest unit of storage in a digital computer, consisting of a binary digit.
- (historical) A unit of currency and coin of the British West Indies worth six black dogs, originally equal to one-eighth of a Spanish dollar but later increasingly debased to one tenth, one eleventh, one twelfth, etc.
- (information theory) A unit of measure for information entropy.
- A rotary cutting tool, fitted to a drill, brace, or router, used to bore or drill holes or to remove material from the profile of the workpiece.
- (historical) A unit of currency of the Dutch West Indies in the early 20th century, worth one fifth of a cent.
- Somewhat; something, but not very great; also used like jot and whit to express the smallest degree. See also a bit.
- Synonym of microbitcoin.
- (historical, US and Canada) A unit of currency worth one eighth of a dollar, originally of a Spanish dollar but later also US or Canadian; also, a coin with this value, in particular the silver Spanish real.
- (slang) A prison sentence, especially a short one.
- A small amount of something.
- (informal) Specifically, a small amount of time.
- (information theory, cryptography) Any datum that may take on one of exactly two values.
- A microbitcoin, or a millionth of a bitcoin (0.000001 BTC).
adj
verb
noun
- an instance of some kind
- a portion of a natural object
- a period of indeterminate length (usually short) marked by some action or condition
- game equipment consisting of an object used in playing certain board games
- a share of something
- a separate part of a whole
- a serving that has been cut from a larger portion
- a portable gun
- an item that is an instance of some type
- an artistic or literary composition
- a distance
- a work of art of some artistic value
- a musical work that has been created
- (US, colloquial) A gun.
- An article published in the press.
- (US, slang) A cannabis pipe.
- (US, colloquial, mildly vulgar, short for piece of crap/piece of shit) A shoddy or worthless object (usually applied to consumer products like vehicles or appliances).
- (US, colloquial, vulgar) A sexual encounter; from piece of ass or piece of tail.
- (chess) One of the figures used in playing chess, specifically a higher-value figure as distinguished from a pawn; (by extension) those with which draughts, backgammon, and other similar board games are played.
- A part of a larger whole, usually in such a form that it is able to be separated from other parts.
- (Scotland, Ireland, UK, US, dialectal) A slice or other quantity of bread, eaten on its own; a sandwich or light snack.
- A coin, especially one valued at less than the principal unit of currency.
- A single item belonging to a class of similar items.
- An amount of work to be done at one time; a unit of piece work.
- An artistic creation, such as a painting, sculpture, musical composition, literary work, etc.
- (US, Canada, colloquial, short for hairpiece) A toupee or wig, especially when worn by a man.
- (military) An artillery gun.
- (US) A pacifier; a dummy.
- (slang) An ounce of a recreational drug.
- (colloquial) A distance.
- (baseball, uncountable) Used to describe a pitch that has been hit but not well, usually either being caught by the opposing team or going foul. Usually used in the past tense with get.
- (rowing) A structured practice row, often used for performance evaluation.
verb
- eat intermittently; take small bites of
- to join or unite the pieces of
- create by putting components or members together
- join during spinning
- repair by adding pieces
- (transitive, usually with together) To assemble (something real or figurative).
- To make, enlarge, or repair, by the addition of a piece or pieces; to patch; often with out.
- (slang) To produce a work of graffiti more complex than a tag.
adv
prep_phrase
adj
- of or relating to a phenomenon
- extraordinarily good or great; used especially as intensifiers
- (philosophy) Of or pertaining to the appearance of the world, as opposed to the ultimate nature of the world as it is in itself.
- (sciences) Perceptible by the senses through immediate experience.
- (colloquial) Very remarkable; highly extraordinary; amazing.
noun
- an example regarded as typical of its class
- An individual instance that represents a class; an example.
- a bit of tissue or blood or urine that is taken for diagnostic purposes
- (numismatics) A banknote printed for distribution to central banks to aid in the recognition of banknotes from a country other than their own
- (philately) A postage stamp sent to postmasters and postal administrations so that they are able to identify valid stamps and to avoid forgeries
- (humorous, often preceded with “fine”) An eligible man.
- A sample, especially one used for diagnostic analysis.
- (derogatory) An unpleasant or contemptible person.
noun
- a standard or typical example
- someone who closely resembles a famous person (especially an actor)
- the general impression that something (a person or organization or product) presents to the public
- a visual representation (of an object or scene or person or abstraction) produced on a surface
- language used in a figurative or nonliteral sense
- an iconic mental representation
- (mathematics) the set of values of the dependent variable for which a function is defined
- a representation of a person (especially in the form of sculpture)
- (Jungian psychology) a personal facade that one presents to the world
- A statue or idol.
- A mental picture of something not real or not present.
- (computing) A file that contains all information needed to produce a live working copy. (See disk image and image copy.)
- (mathematics) The value a function maps some argument to.
- A file on a computer containing a single frame; an image file.
- A visual or other representation of the external form of something in art.
- (mathematics) The subset of the codomain of a function comprising those elements that are the image of some element of its domain.
- (radio) A form of interference: a weaker "copy" of a strong signal that occurs at a different frequency.
- A characteristic of a person, group or company etc., style, manner of dress, how one is or wishes to be perceived by others.
verb
noun
- a standard or typical example
- the class of all items that can be substituted into the same position (or slot) in a grammatical sentence (are in paradigmatic relation with one another)
- the generally accepted perspective of a particular discipline at a given time
- systematic arrangement of all the inflected forms of a word
- A pattern, a way of doing something; especially a pattern of thought, a system of beliefs, a conceptual framework.
- An example serving as the model for such a pattern; an exceptionally good or prototypical example of a pattern or group.
- (linguistics) A set of all forms which contain a common element, especially the set of all inflectional forms of a word or a particular grammatical category.
noun
- a standard or typical example
- (semantics) An instance of a category or a concept that combines its most representative attributes.
- (computing) A declaration of a function that specifies the name, return type, and parameters, but none of the body or actual code.
- (motor racing) A type of race car, a racing sports car not based on a production car. A 4-wheeled cockpit-seating car built especially for racing on sports car circuits, that does not use the silhouette related to a consumer road car.
- An early sample or model built to test a concept or process.
- An original form or object which is a basis for other forms or objects (particularly manufactured items), or for its generalizations and models.
verb
adj
- Of, relating to, or providing a description.
- (grammar) Of an adjective, stating an attribute of the associated noun (as heavy in the heavy dictionary).
- (sciences, philosophy) Describing and seeking to classify, as opposed to normative or prescriptive.
- (linguistics) Describing the structure, grammar, vocabulary and actual use of a language.
- of or relating to an approach to linguistic analysis that aims at the description of a language's forms, structures and usage
- serving to describe or inform or characterized by description
noun
adj
noun
noun
- Something typical or representative; an example that typifies its class.
- A well-known use of a scientific theory.
- Something fit to be imitated; an ideal, a worthy model or role model: a desirable example.
- A pattern after which others should be made; an archetype.
- A manuscript used by a scribe to make a handwritten copy; the original document to be reproduced in a copy machine.
- A copy of a book or piece of writing.
- something to be imitated
noun
- an approximate definition or example
- a category of things distinguished by some common characteristic or quality
- a person of a particular character or nature
- an operation that segregates items into groups according to a specified criterion
- (typography) A piece of metal type used to print one letter, character, or symbol in a particular size and style.
- (mathematics) A type.
- (British, Australia, informal) A good-looking woman.
- (computing) An algorithm for sorting a list of items into a particular sequence.
- An act of sorting.
- (informal) A person evaluated in a certain way.
- A general type.
verb
- examine in order to test suitability
- arrange or order by classes or categories
- (transitive) To arrange into some sequence, usually numerically, alphabetically or chronologically.
- (transitive) To geld.
- (transitive) To separate items into different categories according to certain criteria that determine their sorts.
- (British, colloquial, transitive) To fix (a problem) or handle (a task).
- (intransitive) To join or associate with others, especially with others of the same kind or species; to agree.
- (British, colloquial, transitive) To attack physically.
- (transitive) To conjoin; to put together in distribution; to class.
- (intransitive) To suit; to fit; to be in accord; to harmonize.
verb
- (figuratively) To take (a person's situation) as an example.
- (transitive) To request (someone to do something).
- (transitive or ditransitive) To request or enquire of (a person).
- To request permission (to do something).
- To publish in church for marriage; said of both the banns and the persons.
- (transitive, intransitive) To request (information, or an answer to a question).
- To invite.
- (transitive usually with 'for' or intransitive) To request (an item or service) (see also ask for).
- To put forward (a question) to be answered.
- To require, demand, claim, or expect, whether by way of remuneration or return, or as a matter of necessity.
- make a request or demand for something to somebody
- address a question to and expect an answer from
- consider obligatory; request and expect
- make a date
- require or ask for as a price or condition
- direct or put; seek an answer to
- require as useful, just, or proper
noun
adj
- (figuratively) Having the typical characteristics of some class of phenomenon, so that it might be included as an example in a textbook.
- (figuratively) Learned from, or as if learned from, a textbook, as opposed to personal discovery or experience.
- (figuratively) Done exactly correctly, in an exemplary way that might be described in a textbook.
- (literally) Of or pertaining to textbooks or their style, especially in being dry and pedagogical; textbooky, textbooklike.
- according to or characteristic of a casebook or textbook; typical
noun
noun
- something regarded as a normative example
- (diplomacy) an international agreement
- orthodoxy as a consequence of being conventional
- a large formal assembly
- the act of convening
- (international law) A treaty or supplement to such.
- A practice or procedure widely observed in a group, especially to facilitate social interaction; a custom.
- A formal agreement, contract, rule, or pact.
- A meeting or gathering.
- A formal deliberative assembly of mandated delegates.
- The convening of a formal meeting.
noun
- something regarded as a normative example
- a representation of a substance using symbols for its constituent elements
- directions for making something
- (mathematics) a standard procedure for solving a class of mathematical problems
- a conventionalized statement expressing some fundamental principle
- a liquid food for infants
- a group of symbols that make a mathematical statement
- (chemistry) A symbolic expression of the structure of a compound.
- (chiefly linguistics) A fixed phrase or set of words intended to be interpreted non-literally, typically used attitudinally or as part of convention; a formulation.
- (especially religion) A formal statement of doctrine.
- A formulation; a prescription; a mixture or solution made in a prescribed manner; the identity and quantities of ingredients of such a mixture.
- A plan or method for dealing with a problem or for achieving a result.
- (countable, uncountable) Ellipsis of infant formula, drink given to babies to substitute for mother's milk.
- (logic) A syntactic expression of a proposition, built up from quantifiers, logical connectives, variables, relation and operation symbols, and, depending on the type of logic, possibly other operators such as modal, temporal, deontic or epistemic ones.
- (mathematics) Any mathematical rule expressed symbolically.
noun
- something regarded as a normative example
- (geometry, countable) A line or vector that is perpendicular to another line, surface, or plane.
- (medicine, countable) A person who is healthy, normal, as opposed to one who is morbid.
- (slang, countable) A person who is normal, who fits into mainstream society, as opposed to those who live alternative lifestyles.
- (countable, uncountable) The usual state.
adj
- in accordance with scientific laws
- conforming with or constituting a norm or standard or level or type or social norm; not abnormal
- forming a right angle
- being approximately average or within certain limits in e.g. intelligence and development
- (topology, of a topology or topological space) In which disjoint closed sets can be separated by disjoint neighborhoods.
- (linear algebra, of a matrix) Which commutes with its conjugate transpose.
- (complex analysis, of a family of continuous functions) Which is pre-compact.
- (commutative algebra, of a domain) Integrally closed: equal its own integral closure in its field of fractions.
- (functional analysis, of a Hilbert space operator) Which commutes with its adjoint.
- (probability theory, statistics, of a distribution, random variable, etc.) Which has a very specific bell curve shape; that is or has the qualities of a normal distribution.
- (physics, of a mode in an oscillating system) In which all parts of an object vibrate at the same frequency (a normal mode).
- (rail transport, of points) In the default position, set for the most frequently used route.
- (chemistry) Of, relating to, or being a solution containing one equivalent weight of solute per litre of solution.
- (category theory, of a category) Which contains only normal morphisms.
- (organic chemistry) Describing a straight chain isomer of an aliphatic hydrocarbon, or an aliphatic compound in which a substituent is in the 1- position of such a hydrocarbon.
- (fandom slang, sarcastic, with “about”) Fervently interested in a subject; obsessed.
- (algebraic geometry, of a variety or scheme) Such that the local ring at every point is an integrally closed domain.
- (category theory, of a morphism) Which is the kernel or cokernel of some morphism, respectively.
- (number theory, of a real number) In whose representation in a given base b ≥ 2, for every positive integer n, the bⁿ possible strings of n digits follow a uniform distribution.
- Usual, healthy; not sick or ill or unlike oneself.
- (set theory, of a function from the ordinals to the ordinals) Which is strictly monotonically increasing and continuous with respect to the order topology.
- (algebra, of a field extension of a field K) Which is the splitting field of a family of polynomials in K.
- (algebra, of a subgroup) With cosets which form a group.
- (commutative algebra, of a ring) Such that all of its localizations at prime ideals are integrally closed domains.
- (education, of a school) Teaching teachers how to teach; teaching teachers the norms of education.
- According to norms or rules or to a regular pattern.
- (geometry) Perpendicular to a tangent of a curve or tangent plane of a surface.
noun
- something regarded as a normative example
- A representative example.
- something intended as a guide for making something else
- graphical representation (in polar or Cartesian coordinates) of the spatial distribution of radiation from an antenna as a function of angle
- the path that is prescribed for an airplane that is preparing to land at an airport
- a decorative or artistic work
- a model considered worthy of imitation
- a perceptual structure
- a customary way of operation or behavior
- (Singapore, informal) A wont or habit to cause an annoyance or bother; to stir up trouble
- (linguistics) An intelligible arrangement in a given area of language.
- (computing, music) A sequence of notes, percussion etc. in a tracker module, usable once or many times within the song.
- A design, motif or decoration, especially formed from regular repeated elements.
- (cellular automata) A configuration of cells in a cellular automaton universe.
- The given spread, range etc. of shot fired from a gun.
- Something from which a copy is made; a model or outline.
- (textiles) The paper or cardboard template from which the parts of a garment are traced onto fabric prior to cutting out and assembling.
- A particular sequence of events, facts etc. which can be understood, used to predict the future, or seen to have a mathematical, geometric, statistical etc. relationship.
- (US) The material needed to make a piece of clothing.
- (now only numismatics) A sample; of coins, an example which was struck but never minted.
- A naturally-occurring or random arrangement of shapes, colours etc. which have a regular or decorative effect.
- (computing) A text string containing wildcards, used for matching.
- Someone or something seen as an example to be imitated; an exemplar.
- (software engineering, in compounds) A design pattern.
- (Ireland, Roman Catholicism) The devotions that take place within a parish on the feast day of the patron saint of that parish.
- (MLE) Any arrangement or agreement, or way of conducting business.
verb
- form a pattern
- plan or create according to a model or models
- To assault.
- (transitive) To serve as an example for.
- To have sex with.
- To teach someone a lesson.
- (hunting, transitive) To observe an animal closely over time in order to discern its habitual movements and behaviours.
- To do or perform an activity
- To follow an example.
- To make or design (anything) by, from, or after, something that serves as a pattern; to copy; to model; to imitate.
- To fit into a pattern.
- To apply a pattern.
- (MLE) To arrange, to organise, to fix.
- To arrange the sale or supply of something, especially illegal drugs.
adj
noun
- something regarded as a normative example
- prescribed guide for conduct or action
- (mathematics) a standard procedure for solving a class of mathematical problems
- the duration of a monarch's or government's power
- any one of a systematic body of regulations defining the way of life of members of a religious order
- (linguistics) a rule describing (or prescribing) a linguistic practice
- measuring stick consisting of a strip of wood or metal or plastic with a straight edge that is used for drawing straight lines and measuring lengths
- dominance or power through legal authority
- directions that define the way a game or sport is to be conducted
- a principle or condition that customarily governs behavior
- a rule or law concerning a natural phenomenon or the function of a complex system
- a basic generalization that is accepted as true and that can be used as a basis for reasoning or conduct
- A straight line (continuous mark, as made by a pen or the like), especially one lying across a paper as a guide for writing.
- A regulating principle.
- A ruler; device for measuring, a straightedge, a measure.
- (law) An order regulating the practice of the courts, or an order made between parties to an action or a suit.
- (mathematics) A determinate method prescribed for performing any operation and producing a certain result.
- A regulation, law, guideline.
- (uncountable) The act of ruling; administration of law; government; empire; authority; control.
- A normal condition or state of affairs.
verb
- be larger in number, quantity, power, status or importance
- have an affinity with; of signs of the zodiac
- decide with authority
- exercise authority over; as of nations
- mark or draw with a ruler
- keep in check
- be excellent or outstanding
- decide on and make a declaration about
- (transitive, stative) To regulate, be in charge of, make decisions for, reign over.
- (transitive) To mark (paper or the like) with rules (lines).
- (slang, intransitive, stative) To excel.
- (intransitive) To decide judicially.
- (transitive) To establish or settle by, or as by, a rule; to fix by universal or general consent, or by common practice.
verb
- embody the essential characteristics of or be a typical example of
- express indirectly by an image, form, or model; be a symbol
- (transitive) To embody, exemplify; to represent by a form, image, model, or resemblance.
- (transitive) To portray stereotypically.
- (transitive, sciences) To serve as a typical or reference specimen of.
verb
- clarify by giving an example of
- (massively multiplayer online games) To duplicate (a dungeon or other area) for each player, or each party of players, that enters it, so that each player or party has a private copy of the area, isolated from other players.
- (transitive, computer graphics) To render (an object) as part of a batch, using the same geometry data.
- (transitive) To mention as a case or example; to refer to; to cite
- (intransitive) To cite an example as proof; to exemplify.
noun
- A case offered as an exemplification or a precedent; an illustrative example.
- an occurrence of something
- an item of information that is typical of a class or group
- (massively multiplayer online games) A dungeon or other area that is duplicated for each player, or each party of players, that enters it, so that each player or party has a private copy of the area, isolated from other players.
- One of a series of recurring occasions, cases, essentially the same.
- An occasion; an order of occurrence.
- (massively multiplayer online games) An individual copy of such a dungeon or other area.
- (Internet) An independent server on a decentralised social network, such as Mastodon.
- (computing) A specific occurrence of something that is created or instantiated, such as a database, or an object of a class in object-oriented programming.
adj
noun
- the comparative form of an adjective or adverb
- (grammar) The degree of comparison of an adjective or adverb used when comparing two entities in terms of a certain property or a certain way of doing something. In English, the comparative of superiority is formed by adding the suffix -er or the word more (e.g. bigger, more fully); the comparative of equality, by adding the word as (e.g. as big, as fully); the comparative of inferiority, by adding the word less (e.g. less big, less fully).
- (grammar) An adjective or adverb in the comparative degree.
- (chiefly in the plural) Data used to make a comparison.
adj
noun
verb
- To be typical or characteristic of (something).
- (of people) To assign (someone) to a particular category or class.
- To hold (someone) in one's line of sight.
- (imperative, marching) Alternative form of march.
- To create an indication of (a location).
- To be a point in time or space at which something takes place; to accompany or be accompanied by (an event, action, etc.); to coincide with.
- To create (a mark) on a surface.
- (of people) To choose or intend (someone) for a particular end or purpose.
- (sports) To follow a player not in possession of the ball when defending, to prevent them receiving a pass easily.
- (figurative) To have a long-lasting negative impact on (someone or something).
- To indicate (something) in writing or by other symbols.
- (Australian rules football) To catch the ball directly from a kick of 15 metres or more without having been touched in transit, resulting in a free kick.
- (Canada, UK) To indicate the correctness of and give a score to (a school assignment, exam answers, etc.).
- (singing) To sing softly, sometimes an octave lower than usual, in order to protect one's voice during a rehearsal.
- To leave a mark (often an undesirable or unwanted one) on (something).
- (golf) To put a marker in the place of one's ball.
- (dated except in the phrase "mark my words") To focus one's attention on (something or someone); to pay attention to, to take note of.
- To put a mark on (something); to make (something) recognizable by a mark; to label or write on (something).
- (transitive, intransitive) To keep account of; to enumerate and register; to keep score.
- To distinguish (one person or thing from another).
- To be an indication of (something); to show where (something) is located.
- (of things) To identify (someone as a particular type of person or as having a particular role).
- To record that (someone) has a particular status.
- To celebrate or acknowledge (an event) through an action of some kind.
- remove from a list
- notice or perceive
- insert punctuation marks into
- put a check mark on or near or next to
- assign a grade or rank to, according to one's evaluation
- make underscoring marks
- be a distinctive feature, attribute, or trait; sometimes in a very positive sense
- mark with a scar
- celebrate by some ceremony or observation
- attach a tag or label to
- to accuse or condemn or openly or formally or brand as disgraceful
- make or leave a mark on
- establish as the highest level or best performance
- make small marks into the surface of
- designate as if by a mark
noun
- Importance, noteworthiness. (Generally in postmodifier “of mark”.)
- An omen; a symptomatic indicator of something.
- (cooking) A specified level on a scale denoting gas-powered oven temperatures.
- A particular design or make of an item (now usually with following numeral).
- (historical) Similar half-pound units in other measurement systems, chiefly used for gold and silver.
- (product design/engineering) The model number of a device; a device model.
- (sports) The line indicating an athlete's starting-point.
- (historical) A half pound, a former English and Scottish currency equivalent to 13 shillings and fourpence and notionally equivalent to a mark of sterling silver.
- Badge or sign of honour, rank, or official station.
- (informal) The target or intended victim of a swindle, fixed game or con game; a gullible person; a professional wrestling fan who believes matches are legitimate contests rather than scripted or predetermined
- (historical) A former currency of Germany and West Germany.
- A stamp or other indication of provenance, quality etc.
- A visible impression or sign; a blemish, scratch, or stain, whether accidental or intentional.
- (nautical) One of the bits of leather or coloured bunting placed upon a sounding line at intervals of from two to five fathoms. (The unmarked fathoms are called "deeps".)
- (historical) A half pound, a traditional unit of mass equivalent to 226.8 g.
- An official note that is added to a record kept about someone's behavior or performance.
- A stone or post used to indicate position and guide travellers.
- (Commonwealth) A score for finding the correct answer, or other academic achievement; the sum of such points gained as out of a possible total.
- (heading) Attention.
- An indication or sign used for reference or measurement.
- (historical) A common, or area of common land, especially among early Germanic peoples.
- (logic) A characteristic or essential attribute; a differential.
- A sign or brand on a person.
- A score for a sporting achievement.
- A written character or sign.
- Limit or standard of action or fact.
- A target for shooting at with a projectile.
- A characteristic feature.
- (Rugby football, Australian rules football) A catch of the ball directly from a kick of 10 metres or more without having been touched in transit, resulting in a free kick.
- (historical) Other similar currencies notionally equal to a mark of silver or gold.
- a reference point to shoot at
- a number or letter indicating quality (especially of a student's performance)
- a written or printed symbol (as for punctuation)
- a perceptible indication of something not immediately apparent (as a visible clue that something has happened)
- a visible indication made on a surface
- formerly the basic unit of money in Germany
- an indication of damage
- the impression created by doing something unusual or extraordinary that people notice and remember
- a person who is gullible and easy to take advantage of
- a symbol of disgrace or infamy
- something that exactly succeeds in achieving its goal
- a marking that consists of lines that cross each other
- a distinguishing symbol
adj
- of or relating to words
- of or relating to dictionaries
- (linguistics) Denoting a content word as opposed to a function word.
- (linguistics) Concerning the vocabulary, words, sentences or morphemes of a language.
- (chiefly computing) Relating to alphabetical order or a generalization thereof.
- (linguistics) Concerning lexicography or a lexicon or dictionary.
noun
- A general description of some subject.
- The outer shape of an object or figure.
- A preliminary plan for a project.
- A sketch or drawing in which objects are delineated in contours without shading.
- A statement summarizing the important points of a text.
- (fishing) A setline or trotline.
- A line marking the boundary of an object figure.
- (film) A prose telling of a story intended to be turned into a screenplay; generally longer and more detailed than a treatment.
- a schematic or preliminary plan
- a sketchy summary of the main points of an argument or theory
- the line that appears to bound an object
verb
- (transitive, software compilation) To optimize for size by replacing repeated code fragments with function calls.
- (transitive) To draw an outline of; to describe.
- (transitive) To summarize.
- describe roughly or briefly or give the main points or summary of
- draw up an outline or sketch for something
- trace the shape of
article
- Someone or something like; similar to; used before a proper noun to create an example out of it.
- Used before a numeral.
- One; used before score, dozen, hundred, thousand, million, etc.
- An unspecified example of (something); the indefinite article.
- The same; one and the same. Used in phrases such as of a kind, birds of a feather, etc.
- Used in some adverbial phrases denoting the degree or extent of an action, such as a little, a bit, a lot, etc.
- One; someone named; used before a person's name, suggesting that the speaker knows little about the person other than the name.
- Any; every; used before a noun which has become modified to limit its scope.
- Used before an adjective modifying a person's name, typically used to emphasize that person's current condition or emotional state.
- Any; used with a negative to indicate not a single one.
- Used in some phrases denoting quantity, such as a few, a good many, a couple, a little, a bit, etc.
- Used before an adjective that modifies a noun (singular or plural) delimited by a numeral.
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article
- Used to indicate a certain example of (a noun) which is usually of most concern or most common or familiar.
- Used before an adjective, indicating all things (especially persons) described by that adjective.
- Added to a superlative or an ordinal number to make it into a substantive.
- Introducing a singular term to be taken generically: preceding a name of something standing for a whole class.
- Used in many idiomatic expressions and proverbs to refer to common objects, roles, or situations connected with something definite, in the manner of an analogy
- Used before a demonym ending in -ish or -ese to refer to people of a given country collectively.
- When stressed, used before the name of a famous person, to distinguish said person from a hypothetical lesser-known person with the same name.
- ...because it has already been mentioned, is to be completely specified in the same sentence, or very shortly thereafter.
- Used with the plural of a surname to indicate the entire family.
- Used before a noun phrase beginning with superlative or comparative adjective or an ordinal number, indicating that the noun refers to a single item.
- When stressed, indicates that it describes something which is considered to be best or exclusively worthy of attention.
- (colloquial) Precedes a familiar nickname or other term of address.
- Used before a body part, a family member, a pet (especially of someone previously mentioned), as an alternative to a possessive pronoun.
- Used before a noun designating something considered to be unique, or of which there is only one at a time.
adv
prep
noun
- the most typical example or representative of a type
- the fifth and highest element after air and earth and fire and water; was believed to be the substance composing all heavenly bodies
- the purest and most concentrated essence of something
- (alchemy) The fifth alchemical element, or essence, after earth, air, fire, and water that fills the universe beyond the terrestrial sphere.
- A thing that is the most perfect example of its type; the most perfect embodiment of something; epitome, prototype.
- A pure substance.
- (physics) A hypothetical form of dark energy postulated to explain observations of an accelerating universe.
- The essence of a thing in its purest and most concentrated form.
verb
noun
- an instance of some kind
- a small amount of solid food; a mouthful
- a small piece or quantity of something
- a small fragment of something broken off from the whole
- a short performance that is part of a longer program
- a small fragment
- the cutting part of a drill; usually pointed and threaded and is replaceable in a brace or bitstock or drill press
- piece of metal held in horse's mouth by reins and used to control the horse while riding
- a unit of measurement of information (from binary + digit); the amount of information in a system having two equiprobable states
- the part of a key that enters a lock and lifts the tumblers
- an indefinitely short time
- (in the plural, informal, sports) Fractions of a second.
- (informal) A small fraction above a whole number.
- (slang) A gag or put-on; a humorous conceit, especially when insistently presented as true.
- The cutting iron of a plane.
- The part of a key which enters the lock and acts upon the bolt and tumblers.
- An excerpt of material making up part of a show, comedy routine, etc.
- A piece of metal placed in a horse's mouth and connected to the reins to direct the animal.
- (mathematics, computing) A binary digit, generally represented as a 1 or 0.
- The bevelled front edge of an axehead along which the cutting edge runs.
- Ellipsis of bit part.
- A portion of something.
- A replaceable tip for a hand tool or power tool, comprising the portion that drives a fastener.
- (MLE) A gun.
- (BDSM) A gag of a style similar to a bridle.
- (computing) The smallest unit of storage in a digital computer, consisting of a binary digit.
- (historical) A unit of currency and coin of the British West Indies worth six black dogs, originally equal to one-eighth of a Spanish dollar but later increasingly debased to one tenth, one eleventh, one twelfth, etc.
- (information theory) A unit of measure for information entropy.
- A rotary cutting tool, fitted to a drill, brace, or router, used to bore or drill holes or to remove material from the profile of the workpiece.
- (historical) A unit of currency of the Dutch West Indies in the early 20th century, worth one fifth of a cent.
- Somewhat; something, but not very great; also used like jot and whit to express the smallest degree. See also a bit.
- Synonym of microbitcoin.
- (historical, US and Canada) A unit of currency worth one eighth of a dollar, originally of a Spanish dollar but later also US or Canadian; also, a coin with this value, in particular the silver Spanish real.
- (slang) A prison sentence, especially a short one.
- A small amount of something.
- (informal) Specifically, a small amount of time.
- (information theory, cryptography) Any datum that may take on one of exactly two values.
- A microbitcoin, or a millionth of a bitcoin (0.000001 BTC).
adj
verb
noun
- an instance of some kind
- a portion of a natural object
- a period of indeterminate length (usually short) marked by some action or condition
- game equipment consisting of an object used in playing certain board games
- a share of something
- a separate part of a whole
- a serving that has been cut from a larger portion
- a portable gun
- an item that is an instance of some type
- an artistic or literary composition
- a distance
- a work of art of some artistic value
- a musical work that has been created
- (US, colloquial) A gun.
- An article published in the press.
- (US, slang) A cannabis pipe.
- (US, colloquial, mildly vulgar, short for piece of crap/piece of shit) A shoddy or worthless object (usually applied to consumer products like vehicles or appliances).
- (US, colloquial, vulgar) A sexual encounter; from piece of ass or piece of tail.
- (chess) One of the figures used in playing chess, specifically a higher-value figure as distinguished from a pawn; (by extension) those with which draughts, backgammon, and other similar board games are played.
- A part of a larger whole, usually in such a form that it is able to be separated from other parts.
- (Scotland, Ireland, UK, US, dialectal) A slice or other quantity of bread, eaten on its own; a sandwich or light snack.
- A coin, especially one valued at less than the principal unit of currency.
- A single item belonging to a class of similar items.
- An amount of work to be done at one time; a unit of piece work.
- An artistic creation, such as a painting, sculpture, musical composition, literary work, etc.
- (US, Canada, colloquial, short for hairpiece) A toupee or wig, especially when worn by a man.
- (military) An artillery gun.
- (US) A pacifier; a dummy.
- (slang) An ounce of a recreational drug.
- (colloquial) A distance.
- (baseball, uncountable) Used to describe a pitch that has been hit but not well, usually either being caught by the opposing team or going foul. Usually used in the past tense with get.
- (rowing) A structured practice row, often used for performance evaluation.
verb
- eat intermittently; take small bites of
- to join or unite the pieces of
- create by putting components or members together
- join during spinning
- repair by adding pieces
- (transitive, usually with together) To assemble (something real or figurative).
- To make, enlarge, or repair, by the addition of a piece or pieces; to patch; often with out.
- (slang) To produce a work of graffiti more complex than a tag.
noun
- an example regarded as typical of its class
- An individual instance that represents a class; an example.
- a bit of tissue or blood or urine that is taken for diagnostic purposes
- (numismatics) A banknote printed for distribution to central banks to aid in the recognition of banknotes from a country other than their own
- (philately) A postage stamp sent to postmasters and postal administrations so that they are able to identify valid stamps and to avoid forgeries
- (humorous, often preceded with “fine”) An eligible man.
- A sample, especially one used for diagnostic analysis.
- (derogatory) An unpleasant or contemptible person.
noun
- a standard or typical example
- someone who closely resembles a famous person (especially an actor)
- the general impression that something (a person or organization or product) presents to the public
- a visual representation (of an object or scene or person or abstraction) produced on a surface
- language used in a figurative or nonliteral sense
- an iconic mental representation
- (mathematics) the set of values of the dependent variable for which a function is defined
- a representation of a person (especially in the form of sculpture)
- (Jungian psychology) a personal facade that one presents to the world
- A statue or idol.
- A mental picture of something not real or not present.
- (computing) A file that contains all information needed to produce a live working copy. (See disk image and image copy.)
- (mathematics) The value a function maps some argument to.
- A file on a computer containing a single frame; an image file.
- A visual or other representation of the external form of something in art.
- (mathematics) The subset of the codomain of a function comprising those elements that are the image of some element of its domain.
- (radio) A form of interference: a weaker "copy" of a strong signal that occurs at a different frequency.
- A characteristic of a person, group or company etc., style, manner of dress, how one is or wishes to be perceived by others.
verb
noun
- a standard or typical example
- the class of all items that can be substituted into the same position (or slot) in a grammatical sentence (are in paradigmatic relation with one another)
- the generally accepted perspective of a particular discipline at a given time
- systematic arrangement of all the inflected forms of a word
- A pattern, a way of doing something; especially a pattern of thought, a system of beliefs, a conceptual framework.
- An example serving as the model for such a pattern; an exceptionally good or prototypical example of a pattern or group.
- (linguistics) A set of all forms which contain a common element, especially the set of all inflectional forms of a word or a particular grammatical category.
noun
- a standard or typical example
- (semantics) An instance of a category or a concept that combines its most representative attributes.
- (computing) A declaration of a function that specifies the name, return type, and parameters, but none of the body or actual code.
- (motor racing) A type of race car, a racing sports car not based on a production car. A 4-wheeled cockpit-seating car built especially for racing on sports car circuits, that does not use the silhouette related to a consumer road car.
- An early sample or model built to test a concept or process.
- An original form or object which is a basis for other forms or objects (particularly manufactured items), or for its generalizations and models.
verb
noun
- Something typical or representative; an example that typifies its class.
- A well-known use of a scientific theory.
- Something fit to be imitated; an ideal, a worthy model or role model: a desirable example.
- A pattern after which others should be made; an archetype.
- A manuscript used by a scribe to make a handwritten copy; the original document to be reproduced in a copy machine.
- A copy of a book or piece of writing.
- something to be imitated
noun
- an approximate definition or example
- a category of things distinguished by some common characteristic or quality
- a person of a particular character or nature
- an operation that segregates items into groups according to a specified criterion
- (typography) A piece of metal type used to print one letter, character, or symbol in a particular size and style.
- (mathematics) A type.
- (British, Australia, informal) A good-looking woman.
- (computing) An algorithm for sorting a list of items into a particular sequence.
- An act of sorting.
- (informal) A person evaluated in a certain way.
- A general type.
verb
- examine in order to test suitability
- arrange or order by classes or categories
- (transitive) To arrange into some sequence, usually numerically, alphabetically or chronologically.
- (transitive) To geld.
- (transitive) To separate items into different categories according to certain criteria that determine their sorts.
- (British, colloquial, transitive) To fix (a problem) or handle (a task).
- (intransitive) To join or associate with others, especially with others of the same kind or species; to agree.
- (British, colloquial, transitive) To attack physically.
- (transitive) To conjoin; to put together in distribution; to class.
- (intransitive) To suit; to fit; to be in accord; to harmonize.
noun
- something regarded as a normative example
- (diplomacy) an international agreement
- orthodoxy as a consequence of being conventional
- a large formal assembly
- the act of convening
- (international law) A treaty or supplement to such.
- A practice or procedure widely observed in a group, especially to facilitate social interaction; a custom.
- A formal agreement, contract, rule, or pact.
- A meeting or gathering.
- A formal deliberative assembly of mandated delegates.
- The convening of a formal meeting.
noun
- something regarded as a normative example
- a representation of a substance using symbols for its constituent elements
- directions for making something
- (mathematics) a standard procedure for solving a class of mathematical problems
- a conventionalized statement expressing some fundamental principle
- a liquid food for infants
- a group of symbols that make a mathematical statement
- (chemistry) A symbolic expression of the structure of a compound.
- (chiefly linguistics) A fixed phrase or set of words intended to be interpreted non-literally, typically used attitudinally or as part of convention; a formulation.
- (especially religion) A formal statement of doctrine.
- A formulation; a prescription; a mixture or solution made in a prescribed manner; the identity and quantities of ingredients of such a mixture.
- A plan or method for dealing with a problem or for achieving a result.
- (countable, uncountable) Ellipsis of infant formula, drink given to babies to substitute for mother's milk.
- (logic) A syntactic expression of a proposition, built up from quantifiers, logical connectives, variables, relation and operation symbols, and, depending on the type of logic, possibly other operators such as modal, temporal, deontic or epistemic ones.
- (mathematics) Any mathematical rule expressed symbolically.
noun
- something regarded as a normative example
- (geometry, countable) A line or vector that is perpendicular to another line, surface, or plane.
- (medicine, countable) A person who is healthy, normal, as opposed to one who is morbid.
- (slang, countable) A person who is normal, who fits into mainstream society, as opposed to those who live alternative lifestyles.
- (countable, uncountable) The usual state.
adj
- in accordance with scientific laws
- conforming with or constituting a norm or standard or level or type or social norm; not abnormal
- forming a right angle
- being approximately average or within certain limits in e.g. intelligence and development
- (topology, of a topology or topological space) In which disjoint closed sets can be separated by disjoint neighborhoods.
- (linear algebra, of a matrix) Which commutes with its conjugate transpose.
- (complex analysis, of a family of continuous functions) Which is pre-compact.
- (commutative algebra, of a domain) Integrally closed: equal its own integral closure in its field of fractions.
- (functional analysis, of a Hilbert space operator) Which commutes with its adjoint.
- (probability theory, statistics, of a distribution, random variable, etc.) Which has a very specific bell curve shape; that is or has the qualities of a normal distribution.
- (physics, of a mode in an oscillating system) In which all parts of an object vibrate at the same frequency (a normal mode).
- (rail transport, of points) In the default position, set for the most frequently used route.
- (chemistry) Of, relating to, or being a solution containing one equivalent weight of solute per litre of solution.
- (category theory, of a category) Which contains only normal morphisms.
- (organic chemistry) Describing a straight chain isomer of an aliphatic hydrocarbon, or an aliphatic compound in which a substituent is in the 1- position of such a hydrocarbon.
- (fandom slang, sarcastic, with “about”) Fervently interested in a subject; obsessed.
- (algebraic geometry, of a variety or scheme) Such that the local ring at every point is an integrally closed domain.
- (category theory, of a morphism) Which is the kernel or cokernel of some morphism, respectively.
- (number theory, of a real number) In whose representation in a given base b ≥ 2, for every positive integer n, the bⁿ possible strings of n digits follow a uniform distribution.
- Usual, healthy; not sick or ill or unlike oneself.
- (set theory, of a function from the ordinals to the ordinals) Which is strictly monotonically increasing and continuous with respect to the order topology.
- (algebra, of a field extension of a field K) Which is the splitting field of a family of polynomials in K.
- (algebra, of a subgroup) With cosets which form a group.
- (commutative algebra, of a ring) Such that all of its localizations at prime ideals are integrally closed domains.
- (education, of a school) Teaching teachers how to teach; teaching teachers the norms of education.
- According to norms or rules or to a regular pattern.
- (geometry) Perpendicular to a tangent of a curve or tangent plane of a surface.
noun
- something regarded as a normative example
- A representative example.
- something intended as a guide for making something else
- graphical representation (in polar or Cartesian coordinates) of the spatial distribution of radiation from an antenna as a function of angle
- the path that is prescribed for an airplane that is preparing to land at an airport
- a decorative or artistic work
- a model considered worthy of imitation
- a perceptual structure
- a customary way of operation or behavior
- (Singapore, informal) A wont or habit to cause an annoyance or bother; to stir up trouble
- (linguistics) An intelligible arrangement in a given area of language.
- (computing, music) A sequence of notes, percussion etc. in a tracker module, usable once or many times within the song.
- A design, motif or decoration, especially formed from regular repeated elements.
- (cellular automata) A configuration of cells in a cellular automaton universe.
- The given spread, range etc. of shot fired from a gun.
- Something from which a copy is made; a model or outline.
- (textiles) The paper or cardboard template from which the parts of a garment are traced onto fabric prior to cutting out and assembling.
- A particular sequence of events, facts etc. which can be understood, used to predict the future, or seen to have a mathematical, geometric, statistical etc. relationship.
- (US) The material needed to make a piece of clothing.
- (now only numismatics) A sample; of coins, an example which was struck but never minted.
- A naturally-occurring or random arrangement of shapes, colours etc. which have a regular or decorative effect.
- (computing) A text string containing wildcards, used for matching.
- Someone or something seen as an example to be imitated; an exemplar.
- (software engineering, in compounds) A design pattern.
- (Ireland, Roman Catholicism) The devotions that take place within a parish on the feast day of the patron saint of that parish.
- (MLE) Any arrangement or agreement, or way of conducting business.
verb
- form a pattern
- plan or create according to a model or models
- To assault.
- (transitive) To serve as an example for.
- To have sex with.
- To teach someone a lesson.
- (hunting, transitive) To observe an animal closely over time in order to discern its habitual movements and behaviours.
- To do or perform an activity
- To follow an example.
- To make or design (anything) by, from, or after, something that serves as a pattern; to copy; to model; to imitate.
- To fit into a pattern.
- To apply a pattern.
- (MLE) To arrange, to organise, to fix.
- To arrange the sale or supply of something, especially illegal drugs.
adj
noun
- something regarded as a normative example
- prescribed guide for conduct or action
- (mathematics) a standard procedure for solving a class of mathematical problems
- the duration of a monarch's or government's power
- any one of a systematic body of regulations defining the way of life of members of a religious order
- (linguistics) a rule describing (or prescribing) a linguistic practice
- measuring stick consisting of a strip of wood or metal or plastic with a straight edge that is used for drawing straight lines and measuring lengths
- dominance or power through legal authority
- directions that define the way a game or sport is to be conducted
- a principle or condition that customarily governs behavior
- a rule or law concerning a natural phenomenon or the function of a complex system
- a basic generalization that is accepted as true and that can be used as a basis for reasoning or conduct
- A straight line (continuous mark, as made by a pen or the like), especially one lying across a paper as a guide for writing.
- A regulating principle.
- A ruler; device for measuring, a straightedge, a measure.
- (law) An order regulating the practice of the courts, or an order made between parties to an action or a suit.
- (mathematics) A determinate method prescribed for performing any operation and producing a certain result.
- A regulation, law, guideline.
- (uncountable) The act of ruling; administration of law; government; empire; authority; control.
- A normal condition or state of affairs.
verb
- be larger in number, quantity, power, status or importance
- have an affinity with; of signs of the zodiac
- decide with authority
- exercise authority over; as of nations
- mark or draw with a ruler
- keep in check
- be excellent or outstanding
- decide on and make a declaration about
- (transitive, stative) To regulate, be in charge of, make decisions for, reign over.
- (transitive) To mark (paper or the like) with rules (lines).
- (slang, intransitive, stative) To excel.
- (intransitive) To decide judicially.
- (transitive) To establish or settle by, or as by, a rule; to fix by universal or general consent, or by common practice.
verb
- clarify by giving an example of
- (massively multiplayer online games) To duplicate (a dungeon or other area) for each player, or each party of players, that enters it, so that each player or party has a private copy of the area, isolated from other players.
- (transitive, computer graphics) To render (an object) as part of a batch, using the same geometry data.
- (transitive) To mention as a case or example; to refer to; to cite
- (intransitive) To cite an example as proof; to exemplify.
noun
- A case offered as an exemplification or a precedent; an illustrative example.
- an occurrence of something
- an item of information that is typical of a class or group
- (massively multiplayer online games) A dungeon or other area that is duplicated for each player, or each party of players, that enters it, so that each player or party has a private copy of the area, isolated from other players.
- One of a series of recurring occasions, cases, essentially the same.
- An occasion; an order of occurrence.
- (massively multiplayer online games) An individual copy of such a dungeon or other area.
- (Internet) An independent server on a decentralised social network, such as Mastodon.
- (computing) A specific occurrence of something that is created or instantiated, such as a database, or an object of a class in object-oriented programming.
noun
- A general description of some subject.
- The outer shape of an object or figure.
- A preliminary plan for a project.
- A sketch or drawing in which objects are delineated in contours without shading.
- A statement summarizing the important points of a text.
- (fishing) A setline or trotline.
- A line marking the boundary of an object figure.
- (film) A prose telling of a story intended to be turned into a screenplay; generally longer and more detailed than a treatment.
- a schematic or preliminary plan
- a sketchy summary of the main points of an argument or theory
- the line that appears to bound an object
verb
- (transitive, software compilation) To optimize for size by replacing repeated code fragments with function calls.
- (transitive) To draw an outline of; to describe.
- (transitive) To summarize.
- describe roughly or briefly or give the main points or summary of
- draw up an outline or sketch for something
- trace the shape of
verb
- (figuratively) To take (a person's situation) as an example.
- (transitive) To request (someone to do something).
- (transitive or ditransitive) To request or enquire of (a person).
- To request permission (to do something).
- To publish in church for marriage; said of both the banns and the persons.
- (transitive, intransitive) To request (information, or an answer to a question).
- To invite.
- (transitive usually with 'for' or intransitive) To request (an item or service) (see also ask for).
- To put forward (a question) to be answered.
- To require, demand, claim, or expect, whether by way of remuneration or return, or as a matter of necessity.
- make a request or demand for something to somebody
- address a question to and expect an answer from
- consider obligatory; request and expect
- make a date
- require or ask for as a price or condition
- direct or put; seek an answer to
- require as useful, just, or proper
noun
verb
- embody the essential characteristics of or be a typical example of
- express indirectly by an image, form, or model; be a symbol
- (transitive) To embody, exemplify; to represent by a form, image, model, or resemblance.
- (transitive) To portray stereotypically.
- (transitive, sciences) To serve as a typical or reference specimen of.
verb
- clarify by giving an example of
- (massively multiplayer online games) To duplicate (a dungeon or other area) for each player, or each party of players, that enters it, so that each player or party has a private copy of the area, isolated from other players.
- (transitive, computer graphics) To render (an object) as part of a batch, using the same geometry data.
- (transitive) To mention as a case or example; to refer to; to cite
- (intransitive) To cite an example as proof; to exemplify.
noun
- A case offered as an exemplification or a precedent; an illustrative example.
- an occurrence of something
- an item of information that is typical of a class or group
- (massively multiplayer online games) A dungeon or other area that is duplicated for each player, or each party of players, that enters it, so that each player or party has a private copy of the area, isolated from other players.
- One of a series of recurring occasions, cases, essentially the same.
- An occasion; an order of occurrence.
- (massively multiplayer online games) An individual copy of such a dungeon or other area.
- (Internet) An independent server on a decentralised social network, such as Mastodon.
- (computing) A specific occurrence of something that is created or instantiated, such as a database, or an object of a class in object-oriented programming.
verb
- To be typical or characteristic of (something).
- (of people) To assign (someone) to a particular category or class.
- To hold (someone) in one's line of sight.
- (imperative, marching) Alternative form of march.
- To create an indication of (a location).
- To be a point in time or space at which something takes place; to accompany or be accompanied by (an event, action, etc.); to coincide with.
- To create (a mark) on a surface.
- (of people) To choose or intend (someone) for a particular end or purpose.
- (sports) To follow a player not in possession of the ball when defending, to prevent them receiving a pass easily.
- (figurative) To have a long-lasting negative impact on (someone or something).
- To indicate (something) in writing or by other symbols.
- (Australian rules football) To catch the ball directly from a kick of 15 metres or more without having been touched in transit, resulting in a free kick.
- (Canada, UK) To indicate the correctness of and give a score to (a school assignment, exam answers, etc.).
- (singing) To sing softly, sometimes an octave lower than usual, in order to protect one's voice during a rehearsal.
- To leave a mark (often an undesirable or unwanted one) on (something).
- (golf) To put a marker in the place of one's ball.
- (dated except in the phrase "mark my words") To focus one's attention on (something or someone); to pay attention to, to take note of.
- To put a mark on (something); to make (something) recognizable by a mark; to label or write on (something).
- (transitive, intransitive) To keep account of; to enumerate and register; to keep score.
- To distinguish (one person or thing from another).
- To be an indication of (something); to show where (something) is located.
- (of things) To identify (someone as a particular type of person or as having a particular role).
- To record that (someone) has a particular status.
- To celebrate or acknowledge (an event) through an action of some kind.
- remove from a list
- notice or perceive
- insert punctuation marks into
- put a check mark on or near or next to
- assign a grade or rank to, according to one's evaluation
- make underscoring marks
- be a distinctive feature, attribute, or trait; sometimes in a very positive sense
- mark with a scar
- celebrate by some ceremony or observation
- attach a tag or label to
- to accuse or condemn or openly or formally or brand as disgraceful
- make or leave a mark on
- establish as the highest level or best performance
- make small marks into the surface of
- designate as if by a mark
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- Importance, noteworthiness. (Generally in postmodifier “of mark”.)
- An omen; a symptomatic indicator of something.
- (cooking) A specified level on a scale denoting gas-powered oven temperatures.
- A particular design or make of an item (now usually with following numeral).
- (historical) Similar half-pound units in other measurement systems, chiefly used for gold and silver.
- (product design/engineering) The model number of a device; a device model.
- (sports) The line indicating an athlete's starting-point.
- (historical) A half pound, a former English and Scottish currency equivalent to 13 shillings and fourpence and notionally equivalent to a mark of sterling silver.
- Badge or sign of honour, rank, or official station.
- (informal) The target or intended victim of a swindle, fixed game or con game; a gullible person; a professional wrestling fan who believes matches are legitimate contests rather than scripted or predetermined
- (historical) A former currency of Germany and West Germany.
- A stamp or other indication of provenance, quality etc.
- A visible impression or sign; a blemish, scratch, or stain, whether accidental or intentional.
- (nautical) One of the bits of leather or coloured bunting placed upon a sounding line at intervals of from two to five fathoms. (The unmarked fathoms are called "deeps".)
- (historical) A half pound, a traditional unit of mass equivalent to 226.8 g.
- An official note that is added to a record kept about someone's behavior or performance.
- A stone or post used to indicate position and guide travellers.
- (Commonwealth) A score for finding the correct answer, or other academic achievement; the sum of such points gained as out of a possible total.
- (heading) Attention.
- An indication or sign used for reference or measurement.
- (historical) A common, or area of common land, especially among early Germanic peoples.
- (logic) A characteristic or essential attribute; a differential.
- A sign or brand on a person.
- A score for a sporting achievement.
- A written character or sign.
- Limit or standard of action or fact.
- A target for shooting at with a projectile.
- A characteristic feature.
- (Rugby football, Australian rules football) A catch of the ball directly from a kick of 10 metres or more without having been touched in transit, resulting in a free kick.
- (historical) Other similar currencies notionally equal to a mark of silver or gold.
- a reference point to shoot at
- a number or letter indicating quality (especially of a student's performance)
- a written or printed symbol (as for punctuation)
- a perceptible indication of something not immediately apparent (as a visible clue that something has happened)
- a visible indication made on a surface
- formerly the basic unit of money in Germany
- an indication of damage
- the impression created by doing something unusual or extraordinary that people notice and remember
- a person who is gullible and easy to take advantage of
- a symbol of disgrace or infamy
- something that exactly succeeds in achieving its goal
- a marking that consists of lines that cross each other
- a distinguishing symbol
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- of or relating to a phenomenon
- extraordinarily good or great; used especially as intensifiers
- (philosophy) Of or pertaining to the appearance of the world, as opposed to the ultimate nature of the world as it is in itself.
- (sciences) Perceptible by the senses through immediate experience.
- (colloquial) Very remarkable; highly extraordinary; amazing.
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- Of, relating to, or providing a description.
- (grammar) Of an adjective, stating an attribute of the associated noun (as heavy in the heavy dictionary).
- (sciences, philosophy) Describing and seeking to classify, as opposed to normative or prescriptive.
- (linguistics) Describing the structure, grammar, vocabulary and actual use of a language.
- of or relating to an approach to linguistic analysis that aims at the description of a language's forms, structures and usage
- serving to describe or inform or characterized by description
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- (figuratively) Having the typical characteristics of some class of phenomenon, so that it might be included as an example in a textbook.
- (figuratively) Learned from, or as if learned from, a textbook, as opposed to personal discovery or experience.
- (figuratively) Done exactly correctly, in an exemplary way that might be described in a textbook.
- (literally) Of or pertaining to textbooks or their style, especially in being dry and pedagogical; textbooky, textbooklike.
- according to or characteristic of a casebook or textbook; typical
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adj
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- the comparative form of an adjective or adverb
- (grammar) The degree of comparison of an adjective or adverb used when comparing two entities in terms of a certain property or a certain way of doing something. In English, the comparative of superiority is formed by adding the suffix -er or the word more (e.g. bigger, more fully); the comparative of equality, by adding the word as (e.g. as big, as fully); the comparative of inferiority, by adding the word less (e.g. less big, less fully).
- (grammar) An adjective or adverb in the comparative degree.
- (chiefly in the plural) Data used to make a comparison.
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- of or relating to words
- of or relating to dictionaries
- (linguistics) Denoting a content word as opposed to a function word.
- (linguistics) Concerning the vocabulary, words, sentences or morphemes of a language.
- (chiefly computing) Relating to alphabetical order or a generalization thereof.
- (linguistics) Concerning lexicography or a lexicon or dictionary.