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noun
- (countable) A display of behaviour.
- (countable) A display of behaviour meant to deceive.
- (law) Ellipsis of act of parliament.
- (countable) A performer or performers in a show.
- (law, countable) (In the United States) A legislative proposal, a bill that has not yet become law.
- (countable) A formal or official record of something done.
- The process of doing something.
- (countable) Something done, a deed.
- (theology) Something done once and for all, as distinguished from a work.
- (countable) Any organized activity.
- (countable, drama) A division of a theatrical performance.
- (law, countable) A product of a legislative body, a statute.
- A thesis maintained in public, in some English universities, by a candidate for a degree, or to show the proficiency of a student.
- something that people do or cause to happen
- a short performance that is part of a longer program
- a subdivision of a play or opera or ballet
- a manifestation of insincerity
- a legal document codifying the result of deliberations of a committee or society or legislative body
adv
verb
- (transitive) To feign.
- (intransitive, law) To carry out work as a legal representative in relation to a particular legal matter.
- (intransitive) To do something.
- (intransitive) To behave in a certain manner for an indefinite length of time.
- (intransitive, construed with on or upon) To have an effect (on).
- (intransitive) To perform a theatrical role.
- (intransitive) To do something that causes a change binding on the doer.
- (intransitive) Of a play: to be acted out (well or badly).
- (copulative) To convey an appearance of being.
- (transitive) To play (a role).
- (intransitive, mathematics, construed with on or upon, of an algebraic structure) To possess an action onto (some other structure). Examples include the group action of a group on a set, the action of a ring on a module by scalar multiplication, and the action of a group or algebra on a vector space via a representation.
- have an effect or outcome; often the one desired or expected
- perform an action, or work out or perform (an action)
- pretend to have certain qualities or state of mind
- behave in a certain manner; show a certain behavior; conduct or comport oneself
- play a role or part
- discharge one's duties
- behave unnaturally or affectedly
- perform on a stage or theater
- be suitable for theatrical performance
noun
- (countable) an instance of this
- (uncountable) Synonym of deification: the actual creation of mythology and legends from historical figures and events; (countable) an instance of this.
- (uncountable, derogatory) The fanciful invention of plausible historical figures and events as an attempt to rationalize mythology and legends
noun
- (countable) An instance of this.
- (also attributive, uncountable) Chiefly preceded by in or on: the state each year during which a male animal (usually a camel or an elephant) exhibits increased aggressiveness and sexual activity due to a high level of testosterone.
- an annual phase of heightened sexual excitement in the males of certain large mammals (especially elephants); is associated with discharge from a gland between the eye and ear
noun
- (countable) A reasonable action or behaviour.
- (uncountable) The state or characteristic of being reasonable.
- 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
- moderation in expectations
noun
- (countable) A problem affecting function.
- (countable, informal, engineering) An unexpected behavior in an electrical signal, especially if the signal spontaneously returns to expected behavior after a period of time.
- (video games) A bug or an exploit.
- (uncountable, music) A genre of experimental electronic music since the 1990s, characterized by a deliberate use of sonic artifacts that would normally be viewed as unwanted noise.
- (astronomy, countable) A sudden increase in the rotational frequency of a pulsar.
- a fault or defect in a computer program, system, or machine
verb
noun
noun
- (countable) An instance of this phenomenon.
- (optics, uncountable) A phenomenon where light, instead of passing into a medium of a lower refractive index and refracting away from the normal, is completely reflected by the boundary between the two media because it approaches at an angle greater than or equal to the critical angle.
noun
- (countable) A representation.
- (uncountable) The act of depicting.
- (countable) A drawing or painting.
- (countable) A lifelike image of something, either verbal or visual.
- a graphic or vivid verbal description
- a drawing of the outlines of forms or objects
- a representation by picture or portraiture
- representation by drawing or painting etc
noun
- (countable) The result of such a process.
- (countable) Decomposition into components in order to study (a complex thing, concept, theory, etc.).
- (countable, analytical chemistry, physical chemistry) The process of breaking down a substance into its constituent parts, or the result of this process.
- (uncountable, mathematics) A broad field of study in modern mathematics (often mentioned alongside algebra) which developed out of the calculus, concerned with the behavior of functions, sequences, series, limits, metric spaces, measures and more.
- (uncountable, music) The analytical study of melodies, harmonies, sequences, repetitions, variations, quotations, juxtapositions, and surprises.
- (countable, logic) Proof by deduction from known truths.
- (countable, psychology) Psychoanalysis.
- the abstract separation of a whole into its constituent parts in order to study the parts and their relations
- a branch of mathematics involving calculus and the theory of limits; sequences and series and integration and differentiation
- the use of closed-class words instead of inflections: e.g., ‘the father of the bride’ instead of ‘the bride's father’
- a set of techniques for exploring underlying motives and a method of treating various mental disorders; based on the theories of Sigmund Freud
- a form of literary criticism in which the structure of a piece of writing is analyzed
- an investigation of the component parts of a whole and their relations in making up the whole
noun
- (countable) A particular instance of identifying something.
- A feeling of support, sympathy, understanding, or belonging towards somebody or something.
- (strictly) The act of identifying (i.e., which one, which thing).
- The state of being identified.
- A document or documents serving as evidence of a person's identity.
- (broadly, often) The combination of identifying (which one, which thing) and validating the identity (proving or confirming it); identifying and authenticating viewed as a unitary concept in cognition.
- evidence of identity; something that identifies a person or thing
- the act of designating or identifying something
- the condition of having the identity (of a person or object) established
- the process of recognizing something or someone by remembering
- the attribution to yourself (consciously or unconsciously) of the characteristics of another person (or group of persons)
noun
- (countable) The result of being positive
- (uncountable) The quality of being positive; positivity.
- the character of the positive electric pole
- the quality of being encouraging or promising of a successful outcome
- a quality or state characterized by certainty or acceptance or affirmation and dogmatic assertiveness
- an amount greater than zero
- the quality of being undeniable and not worth arguing about
noun
- (countable) The state of being polyvalent.
- (uncountable, music) A quality of music that is played in more than one harmonic function in the same key.
- (countable) Congruence with polyvalency.
- (toxicology) the state of being capable of counteracting more than one toxin or antigen or kind of microorganism
- (chemistry) the state of having a valence greater than two
noun
- (countable) The result of no longer possessing an object, a function, or a characteristic due to external causes or misplacement.
- (uncountable) The destruction or ruin of an object.
- (financial, countable) The sum an entity loses on balance.
- (countable) Something that has been destroyed or ruined.
- (countable) Defeat; an instance of being defeated.
- (countable) The death of a person or animal.
- (uncountable) The condition of grief caused by losing someone or something, especially someone who has died.
- (engineering) Electricity of kinetic power expended without doing useful work.
- the act of losing someone or something
- the experience of losing a loved one
- gradual decline in amount or activity
- something that is lost
- the amount by which the cost of a business exceeds its revenue
- the disadvantage that results from losing something
- euphemistic expressions for death
- military personnel lost by death or capture
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noun
adj
noun
- (countable) An intentional fallacy.
- (countable) A flawed argument, superficially correct in its reasoning, usually designed to deceive.
- (uncountable, historical) The school of the sophists in antiquity; their beliefs and method of teaching philosophy and rhetoric.
- (uncountable) Sophistic, fallacious reasoning or argumentation.
- (countable, rare) Wisdom and knowledge.
- a deliberately invalid argument displaying ingenuity in reasoning in the hope of deceiving someone
noun
- (countable) An instance of that act or process.
- (uncountable, gerund) The act or process of serving.
- (countable) The quantity of food or drink intended for one person in a single sitting; especially in relation to a meal.
- (countable, by extension) A fraction or share.
- (countable) A layer added to the outside of an electrical cable to protect it.
- an individual quantity of food or drink taken as part of a meal
- the act of delivering a writ or summons upon someone
verb
noun
- (countable) An instance of that act or process.
- An accessory or accompaniment.
- (countable) Material that is removed by someone trimming something, as a piece of steak.
- (uncountable) The act or process of someone who trims.
- (historical) An ornamental accessory to a dress or other piece of clothing.
- cutting down to the desired size or shape
- the act of adding decoration
- a decoration or adornment typically on the edge of a garment
verb
noun
- (countable) An expedient.
- (uncountable) The quality of being fit or suitable to effect some desired end or the purpose intended; suitability for particular circumstance or situation.
- (uncountable) Pursuit of the course of action that brings the desired effect even if it is unjust or unprincipled.
- the quality of being suited to the end in view
noun
- (countable) An act or instance of annoying.
- (uncountable) The psychological state of being annoyed or irritated.
- (countable) That which annoys.
- the psychological state of being irritated or annoyed
- something or someone that causes trouble; a source of unhappiness
- anger produced by some annoying irritation
- an unpleasant person who is annoying or exasperating
- the act of troubling or annoying someone
noun
verb
- (transitive, grammar) To form the three degrees of comparison of (an adjective).
- (transitive) To assess the similarities and differences between two or more things ["to compare X with Y"]. Having made the comparison of X with Y, one might have found it similar to Y or different from Y.
- (transitive) To declare two things to be similar in some respect ["to compare X to Y"].
- (intransitive) To be similar (often used in the negative).
- examine and note the similarities or differences of
- to form the comparative or superlative form on an adjective or adverb
- be comparable
- consider or describe as similar, equal, or analogous
noun
- (countable) An act or process of applying general principles or formulae to the explanation of the results obtained in special cases.
- (countable) A sense given by an interpreter; an exposition or explanation given; meaning.
- (uncountable, linguistics, translation studies) The discipline or study of translating one spoken or signed language into another (as opposed to translation, which concerns itself with written language).
- (countable) An act of interpreting or explaining something unclear; a translation; a version.
- (uncountable) The power of explaining.
- (countable, physics) An approximation that allows aspects of a mathematical theory to be discussed in ordinary language.
- (countable, logic, model theory) An assignment of a truth value to each propositional symbol of a propositional calculus.
- Short for heritage interpretation
- (countable) An artist's way of expressing thought or embodying a conception of nature through art.
- a mental representation of the meaning or significance of something
- the act of interpreting something as expressed in an artistic performance
- an explanation of something that is not immediately obvious
- an explanation that results from interpreting something
noun
- (countable) A process of reasoning; argumentation.
- (by extension, humorous or euphemistic) Any dispute, altercation, or collision.
- The phase of a complex number.
- (logic, philosophy) A series of propositions organized so that the final proposition is a conclusion which is intended to follow logically from the preceding propositions, which function as premises.
- A value, or a reference to a value, passed to a function.
- (countable) A verbal dispute; a quarrel.
- (also astronomy) A quantity on which the calculation of another quantity depends.
- (countable) An abstract or summary of the content of a literary work such as a book, a poem or a major section such as a chapter, included in the work before the content itself; (figuratively) the contents themselves.
- A parameter at a function call; an actual parameter, as opposed to a formal parameter.
- The independent variable of a function.
- (countable, linguistics) Any of the phrases that bear a syntactic connection to the verb of a clause.
- (countable, also figuratively) A fact or statement used to support a proposition; a reason.
- a variable in a logical or mathematical expression whose value determines the dependent variable
- a summary of the subject or plot of a literary work or play or movie
- a fact or assertion offered as evidence that something is true
- a discussion in which reasons are advanced for and against some proposition or proposal
- a contentious speech act; a dispute where there is strong disagreement
- a course of reasoning aimed at demonstrating a truth or falsehood; the methodical process of logical reasoning
- (computer science) a reference or value that is passed to a function, procedure, subroutine, command, or program
noun
- (countable) Spontaneous behaviour.
- (biology) The tendency to activity of muscular tissue, including the voluntary muscles, when in a state of healthful vigour and refreshment.
- (uncountable) The quality of being spontaneous.
- (biology) The tendency to undergo change, characteristic of both animal and vegetable organisms, and not restrained or checked by the environment.
- the quality of being spontaneous and coming from natural feelings without constraint
noun
- (countable) A set of events involving an entity.
- (countable) A record or narrative description of past events.
- The portion of the past that is known and recorded by this field of study, as opposed to all earlier and unknown times that preceded it (prehistory).
- The empirical study of past events, as distinct from literature, myth, or scripture; the assessment of notable events.
- The aggregate of past events.
- (uncountable) A historically significant event.
- (countable, medicine) A list of past and continuing medical conditions of an individual or family.
- (uncountable) Shared experience or interaction.
- (informal) Something that no longer exists or is no longer relevant.
- (countable, computing) A record of previous user events, especially of visited web pages in a browser.
- a record or narrative description of past events
- all that is remembered of the past as preserved in writing; a body of knowledge
- the continuum of events occurring in succession leading from the past to the present and even into the future
- the discipline that records and interprets past events involving human beings
- the aggregate of past events
noun
- (mathematics, countable) The result of calculating.
- (mathematics, uncountable) The act or process of calculating.
- (chess, uncountable) The act or process of imagining sequences of potential moves and responses without actually moving the pieces.
- (countable) Reckoning, estimate.
- (countable) An expectation based on circumstances.
- problem solving that involves numbers or quantities
- the procedure of calculating; determining something by mathematical or logical methods
- planning something carefully and intentionally
noun
- (countable) a particular instance of such change
- (phonetics, uncountable) the articulation of a vowel or continuant consonant in such a way that air flows through the nose at the same time as it flows through the mouth
- (Irish grammar) eclipsis
- the act of nasalizing; the utterance of sounds modulated by the nasal resonators
noun
- (countable) A logical inconsistency among two or more elements or propositions.
- (countable, uncountable) The act of contradicting.
- (countable) A statement that contradicts itself, i.e., a statement that claims that the same thing is true and that it is false at the same time and in the same senses of the terms.
- (logic, countable) A proposition that is false for all values of its propositional variables or Boolean atoms.
- (logic) a statement that is necessarily false
- the speech act of contradicting someone
- opposition between two conflicting forces or ideas
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adj
adv
noun
- (countable) A numerical indication of a particular moment.
- (uncountable, slang) The serving of a prison sentence.
- (uncountable) The feeling of the passage of events and their relative duration, as experienced by an individual.
- (uncountable with possessive) A person's youth or young adulthood, as opposed to the present day.
- (countable) An experience.
- (only in singular, sports and figuratively) Time out; temporary, limited suspension of play.
- (uncountable) A quantity of availability of duration.
- (UK, in public houses) Closing time.
- (countable) A measurement of a quantity of time; a numerical or general indication of a length of progression.
- (uncountable) The duration of time of a given day that has passed; the moment, as indicated by a clock or similar device.
- (uncountable) Tempo; a measured rate of movement.
- (uncountable) Rhythmical division, meter.
- (physics, uncountable, reductionist definition) The property of a system which allows it to have more than one distinct configuration.
- (countable) The measurement under some system of region of day or moment.
- (physics, usually uncountable) A dimension of spacetime with the opposite metric signature to space dimensions; the fourth dimension.
- (music, uncountable) The measured duration of sounds.
- (countable) An instance or occurrence.
- (jazz) (uncountable) A straight rhythmic pattern, free from fills, breaks and other embellishments.
- (countable) A particular moment or hour; the appropriate moment or hour for something (especially with prepositional phrase or imperfect subjunctive).
- (countable) An era; (articulated, sometimes in the plural) the current era, the current state of affairs.
- (slang, MLE) Clipping of a long time.
- (countable) A ratio of comparison (see also usage notes and prepositional sense at 'times').
- (with possessives) The end of someone’s life, conceived by the speaker as having been predestined.
- (uncountable) The inevitable progression into the future with the passing of present and past events.
- (physics, uncountable) Change associated with the second law of thermodynamics; the physical and psychological result of increasing entropy.
- The hour of childbirth.
- the fourth coordinate that is required (along with three spatial dimensions) to specify a physical event
- a suitable moment
- an instance or single occasion for some event
- an indefinite period (usually marked by specific attributes or activities)
- rhythm as given by division into parts of equal duration
- a person's experience on a particular occasion
- the period of time a prisoner is imprisoned
- a period of time considered as a resource under your control and sufficient to accomplish something
- a reading of a point in time as given by a clock
- the continuum of experience in which events pass from the future through the present to the past
intj
verb
- To regulate as to time; to accompany, or agree with, in time of movement.
- (transitive) To measure or record the time, duration, or rate of something.
- (transitive) To choose when something commences or its duration.
- To measure, as in music or harmony.
- assign a time for an activity or event
- set the speed, duration, or execution of
- regulate or set the time of
- measure the time or duration of an event or action or the person who performs an action in a certain period of time
- adjust so that a force is applied and an action occurs at the desired time
noun
- (countable) A deliberately misleading or vague answer.
- (US) Chocolate fudge.
- (euphemistic, slang) Fecal matter; feces.
- (uncountable) Light or frothy nonsense.
- (chiefly uncountable) A type of very sweet candy or confection, usually made from sugar, butter, and milk or cream.
- (countable) A less than perfect decision or solution; an attempt to fix an incorrect solution after the fact.
- soft creamy candy
intj
verb
- To cheat, especially in the game of marbles.
- (transitive) To alter something from its true state, as to hide a flaw or uncertainty, deliberately but not necessarily dishonestly or immorally.
- (intransitive) To try to avoid giving a direct answer.
- (colloquial, minced oath) Used in place of fuck.
- avoid or try to avoid fulfilling, answering, or performing (duties, questions, or issues)
- tamper, with the purpose of deception
noun
noun
- (countable) A display of behaviour.
- (countable) A display of behaviour meant to deceive.
- (law) Ellipsis of act of parliament.
- (countable) A performer or performers in a show.
- (law, countable) (In the United States) A legislative proposal, a bill that has not yet become law.
- (countable) A formal or official record of something done.
- The process of doing something.
- (countable) Something done, a deed.
- (theology) Something done once and for all, as distinguished from a work.
- (countable) Any organized activity.
- (countable, drama) A division of a theatrical performance.
- (law, countable) A product of a legislative body, a statute.
- A thesis maintained in public, in some English universities, by a candidate for a degree, or to show the proficiency of a student.
- something that people do or cause to happen
- a short performance that is part of a longer program
- a subdivision of a play or opera or ballet
- a manifestation of insincerity
- a legal document codifying the result of deliberations of a committee or society or legislative body
adv
verb
- (transitive) To feign.
- (intransitive, law) To carry out work as a legal representative in relation to a particular legal matter.
- (intransitive) To do something.
- (intransitive) To behave in a certain manner for an indefinite length of time.
- (intransitive, construed with on or upon) To have an effect (on).
- (intransitive) To perform a theatrical role.
- (intransitive) To do something that causes a change binding on the doer.
- (intransitive) Of a play: to be acted out (well or badly).
- (copulative) To convey an appearance of being.
- (transitive) To play (a role).
- (intransitive, mathematics, construed with on or upon, of an algebraic structure) To possess an action onto (some other structure). Examples include the group action of a group on a set, the action of a ring on a module by scalar multiplication, and the action of a group or algebra on a vector space via a representation.
- have an effect or outcome; often the one desired or expected
- perform an action, or work out or perform (an action)
- pretend to have certain qualities or state of mind
- behave in a certain manner; show a certain behavior; conduct or comport oneself
- play a role or part
- discharge one's duties
- behave unnaturally or affectedly
- perform on a stage or theater
- be suitable for theatrical performance
noun
- (countable) an instance of this
- (uncountable) Synonym of deification: the actual creation of mythology and legends from historical figures and events; (countable) an instance of this.
- (uncountable, derogatory) The fanciful invention of plausible historical figures and events as an attempt to rationalize mythology and legends
noun
- (countable) An instance of this.
- (also attributive, uncountable) Chiefly preceded by in or on: the state each year during which a male animal (usually a camel or an elephant) exhibits increased aggressiveness and sexual activity due to a high level of testosterone.
- an annual phase of heightened sexual excitement in the males of certain large mammals (especially elephants); is associated with discharge from a gland between the eye and ear
noun
- (countable) A reasonable action or behaviour.
- (uncountable) The state or characteristic of being reasonable.
- 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
- moderation in expectations
noun
- (countable) A problem affecting function.
- (countable, informal, engineering) An unexpected behavior in an electrical signal, especially if the signal spontaneously returns to expected behavior after a period of time.
- (video games) A bug or an exploit.
- (uncountable, music) A genre of experimental electronic music since the 1990s, characterized by a deliberate use of sonic artifacts that would normally be viewed as unwanted noise.
- (astronomy, countable) A sudden increase in the rotational frequency of a pulsar.
- a fault or defect in a computer program, system, or machine
verb
noun
noun
- (countable) An instance of this phenomenon.
- (optics, uncountable) A phenomenon where light, instead of passing into a medium of a lower refractive index and refracting away from the normal, is completely reflected by the boundary between the two media because it approaches at an angle greater than or equal to the critical angle.
noun
- (countable) A representation.
- (uncountable) The act of depicting.
- (countable) A drawing or painting.
- (countable) A lifelike image of something, either verbal or visual.
- a graphic or vivid verbal description
- a drawing of the outlines of forms or objects
- a representation by picture or portraiture
- representation by drawing or painting etc
noun
- (countable) The result of such a process.
- (countable) Decomposition into components in order to study (a complex thing, concept, theory, etc.).
- (countable, analytical chemistry, physical chemistry) The process of breaking down a substance into its constituent parts, or the result of this process.
- (uncountable, mathematics) A broad field of study in modern mathematics (often mentioned alongside algebra) which developed out of the calculus, concerned with the behavior of functions, sequences, series, limits, metric spaces, measures and more.
- (uncountable, music) The analytical study of melodies, harmonies, sequences, repetitions, variations, quotations, juxtapositions, and surprises.
- (countable, logic) Proof by deduction from known truths.
- (countable, psychology) Psychoanalysis.
- the abstract separation of a whole into its constituent parts in order to study the parts and their relations
- a branch of mathematics involving calculus and the theory of limits; sequences and series and integration and differentiation
- the use of closed-class words instead of inflections: e.g., ‘the father of the bride’ instead of ‘the bride's father’
- a set of techniques for exploring underlying motives and a method of treating various mental disorders; based on the theories of Sigmund Freud
- a form of literary criticism in which the structure of a piece of writing is analyzed
- an investigation of the component parts of a whole and their relations in making up the whole
noun
- (countable) A particular instance of identifying something.
- A feeling of support, sympathy, understanding, or belonging towards somebody or something.
- (strictly) The act of identifying (i.e., which one, which thing).
- The state of being identified.
- A document or documents serving as evidence of a person's identity.
- (broadly, often) The combination of identifying (which one, which thing) and validating the identity (proving or confirming it); identifying and authenticating viewed as a unitary concept in cognition.
- evidence of identity; something that identifies a person or thing
- the act of designating or identifying something
- the condition of having the identity (of a person or object) established
- the process of recognizing something or someone by remembering
- the attribution to yourself (consciously or unconsciously) of the characteristics of another person (or group of persons)
noun
- (countable) The result of being positive
- (uncountable) The quality of being positive; positivity.
- the character of the positive electric pole
- the quality of being encouraging or promising of a successful outcome
- a quality or state characterized by certainty or acceptance or affirmation and dogmatic assertiveness
- an amount greater than zero
- the quality of being undeniable and not worth arguing about
noun
- (countable) The state of being polyvalent.
- (uncountable, music) A quality of music that is played in more than one harmonic function in the same key.
- (countable) Congruence with polyvalency.
- (toxicology) the state of being capable of counteracting more than one toxin or antigen or kind of microorganism
- (chemistry) the state of having a valence greater than two
noun
- (countable) The result of no longer possessing an object, a function, or a characteristic due to external causes or misplacement.
- (uncountable) The destruction or ruin of an object.
- (financial, countable) The sum an entity loses on balance.
- (countable) Something that has been destroyed or ruined.
- (countable) Defeat; an instance of being defeated.
- (countable) The death of a person or animal.
- (uncountable) The condition of grief caused by losing someone or something, especially someone who has died.
- (engineering) Electricity of kinetic power expended without doing useful work.
- the act of losing someone or something
- the experience of losing a loved one
- gradual decline in amount or activity
- something that is lost
- the amount by which the cost of a business exceeds its revenue
- the disadvantage that results from losing something
- euphemistic expressions for death
- military personnel lost by death or capture
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noun
adj
noun
- (countable) An intentional fallacy.
- (countable) A flawed argument, superficially correct in its reasoning, usually designed to deceive.
- (uncountable, historical) The school of the sophists in antiquity; their beliefs and method of teaching philosophy and rhetoric.
- (uncountable) Sophistic, fallacious reasoning or argumentation.
- (countable, rare) Wisdom and knowledge.
- a deliberately invalid argument displaying ingenuity in reasoning in the hope of deceiving someone
noun
- (countable) An instance of that act or process.
- (uncountable, gerund) The act or process of serving.
- (countable) The quantity of food or drink intended for one person in a single sitting; especially in relation to a meal.
- (countable, by extension) A fraction or share.
- (countable) A layer added to the outside of an electrical cable to protect it.
- an individual quantity of food or drink taken as part of a meal
- the act of delivering a writ or summons upon someone
verb
noun
- (countable) An instance of that act or process.
- An accessory or accompaniment.
- (countable) Material that is removed by someone trimming something, as a piece of steak.
- (uncountable) The act or process of someone who trims.
- (historical) An ornamental accessory to a dress or other piece of clothing.
- cutting down to the desired size or shape
- the act of adding decoration
- a decoration or adornment typically on the edge of a garment
verb
noun
- (countable) An expedient.
- (uncountable) The quality of being fit or suitable to effect some desired end or the purpose intended; suitability for particular circumstance or situation.
- (uncountable) Pursuit of the course of action that brings the desired effect even if it is unjust or unprincipled.
- the quality of being suited to the end in view
noun
- (countable) An act or instance of annoying.
- (uncountable) The psychological state of being annoyed or irritated.
- (countable) That which annoys.
- the psychological state of being irritated or annoyed
- something or someone that causes trouble; a source of unhappiness
- anger produced by some annoying irritation
- an unpleasant person who is annoying or exasperating
- the act of troubling or annoying someone
noun
verb
- (transitive, grammar) To form the three degrees of comparison of (an adjective).
- (transitive) To assess the similarities and differences between two or more things ["to compare X with Y"]. Having made the comparison of X with Y, one might have found it similar to Y or different from Y.
- (transitive) To declare two things to be similar in some respect ["to compare X to Y"].
- (intransitive) To be similar (often used in the negative).
- examine and note the similarities or differences of
- to form the comparative or superlative form on an adjective or adverb
- be comparable
- consider or describe as similar, equal, or analogous
noun
- (countable) An act or process of applying general principles or formulae to the explanation of the results obtained in special cases.
- (countable) A sense given by an interpreter; an exposition or explanation given; meaning.
- (uncountable, linguistics, translation studies) The discipline or study of translating one spoken or signed language into another (as opposed to translation, which concerns itself with written language).
- (countable) An act of interpreting or explaining something unclear; a translation; a version.
- (uncountable) The power of explaining.
- (countable, physics) An approximation that allows aspects of a mathematical theory to be discussed in ordinary language.
- (countable, logic, model theory) An assignment of a truth value to each propositional symbol of a propositional calculus.
- Short for heritage interpretation
- (countable) An artist's way of expressing thought or embodying a conception of nature through art.
- a mental representation of the meaning or significance of something
- the act of interpreting something as expressed in an artistic performance
- an explanation of something that is not immediately obvious
- an explanation that results from interpreting something
noun
- (countable) A process of reasoning; argumentation.
- (by extension, humorous or euphemistic) Any dispute, altercation, or collision.
- The phase of a complex number.
- (logic, philosophy) A series of propositions organized so that the final proposition is a conclusion which is intended to follow logically from the preceding propositions, which function as premises.
- A value, or a reference to a value, passed to a function.
- (countable) A verbal dispute; a quarrel.
- (also astronomy) A quantity on which the calculation of another quantity depends.
- (countable) An abstract or summary of the content of a literary work such as a book, a poem or a major section such as a chapter, included in the work before the content itself; (figuratively) the contents themselves.
- A parameter at a function call; an actual parameter, as opposed to a formal parameter.
- The independent variable of a function.
- (countable, linguistics) Any of the phrases that bear a syntactic connection to the verb of a clause.
- (countable, also figuratively) A fact or statement used to support a proposition; a reason.
- a variable in a logical or mathematical expression whose value determines the dependent variable
- a summary of the subject or plot of a literary work or play or movie
- a fact or assertion offered as evidence that something is true
- a discussion in which reasons are advanced for and against some proposition or proposal
- a contentious speech act; a dispute where there is strong disagreement
- a course of reasoning aimed at demonstrating a truth or falsehood; the methodical process of logical reasoning
- (computer science) a reference or value that is passed to a function, procedure, subroutine, command, or program
noun
- (countable) Spontaneous behaviour.
- (biology) The tendency to activity of muscular tissue, including the voluntary muscles, when in a state of healthful vigour and refreshment.
- (uncountable) The quality of being spontaneous.
- (biology) The tendency to undergo change, characteristic of both animal and vegetable organisms, and not restrained or checked by the environment.
- the quality of being spontaneous and coming from natural feelings without constraint
noun
- (countable) A set of events involving an entity.
- (countable) A record or narrative description of past events.
- The portion of the past that is known and recorded by this field of study, as opposed to all earlier and unknown times that preceded it (prehistory).
- The empirical study of past events, as distinct from literature, myth, or scripture; the assessment of notable events.
- The aggregate of past events.
- (uncountable) A historically significant event.
- (countable, medicine) A list of past and continuing medical conditions of an individual or family.
- (uncountable) Shared experience or interaction.
- (informal) Something that no longer exists or is no longer relevant.
- (countable, computing) A record of previous user events, especially of visited web pages in a browser.
- a record or narrative description of past events
- all that is remembered of the past as preserved in writing; a body of knowledge
- the continuum of events occurring in succession leading from the past to the present and even into the future
- the discipline that records and interprets past events involving human beings
- the aggregate of past events
noun
- (mathematics, countable) The result of calculating.
- (mathematics, uncountable) The act or process of calculating.
- (chess, uncountable) The act or process of imagining sequences of potential moves and responses without actually moving the pieces.
- (countable) Reckoning, estimate.
- (countable) An expectation based on circumstances.
- problem solving that involves numbers or quantities
- the procedure of calculating; determining something by mathematical or logical methods
- planning something carefully and intentionally
noun
- (countable) a particular instance of such change
- (phonetics, uncountable) the articulation of a vowel or continuant consonant in such a way that air flows through the nose at the same time as it flows through the mouth
- (Irish grammar) eclipsis
- the act of nasalizing; the utterance of sounds modulated by the nasal resonators
noun
- (countable) A logical inconsistency among two or more elements or propositions.
- (countable, uncountable) The act of contradicting.
- (countable) A statement that contradicts itself, i.e., a statement that claims that the same thing is true and that it is false at the same time and in the same senses of the terms.
- (logic, countable) A proposition that is false for all values of its propositional variables or Boolean atoms.
- (logic) a statement that is necessarily false
- the speech act of contradicting someone
- opposition between two conflicting forces or ideas
noun
adj
adv
noun
- (countable) A numerical indication of a particular moment.
- (uncountable, slang) The serving of a prison sentence.
- (uncountable) The feeling of the passage of events and their relative duration, as experienced by an individual.
- (uncountable with possessive) A person's youth or young adulthood, as opposed to the present day.
- (countable) An experience.
- (only in singular, sports and figuratively) Time out; temporary, limited suspension of play.
- (uncountable) A quantity of availability of duration.
- (UK, in public houses) Closing time.
- (countable) A measurement of a quantity of time; a numerical or general indication of a length of progression.
- (uncountable) The duration of time of a given day that has passed; the moment, as indicated by a clock or similar device.
- (uncountable) Tempo; a measured rate of movement.
- (uncountable) Rhythmical division, meter.
- (physics, uncountable, reductionist definition) The property of a system which allows it to have more than one distinct configuration.
- (countable) The measurement under some system of region of day or moment.
- (physics, usually uncountable) A dimension of spacetime with the opposite metric signature to space dimensions; the fourth dimension.
- (music, uncountable) The measured duration of sounds.
- (countable) An instance or occurrence.
- (jazz) (uncountable) A straight rhythmic pattern, free from fills, breaks and other embellishments.
- (countable) A particular moment or hour; the appropriate moment or hour for something (especially with prepositional phrase or imperfect subjunctive).
- (countable) An era; (articulated, sometimes in the plural) the current era, the current state of affairs.
- (slang, MLE) Clipping of a long time.
- (countable) A ratio of comparison (see also usage notes and prepositional sense at 'times').
- (with possessives) The end of someone’s life, conceived by the speaker as having been predestined.
- (uncountable) The inevitable progression into the future with the passing of present and past events.
- (physics, uncountable) Change associated with the second law of thermodynamics; the physical and psychological result of increasing entropy.
- The hour of childbirth.
- the fourth coordinate that is required (along with three spatial dimensions) to specify a physical event
- a suitable moment
- an instance or single occasion for some event
- an indefinite period (usually marked by specific attributes or activities)
- rhythm as given by division into parts of equal duration
- a person's experience on a particular occasion
- the period of time a prisoner is imprisoned
- a period of time considered as a resource under your control and sufficient to accomplish something
- a reading of a point in time as given by a clock
- the continuum of experience in which events pass from the future through the present to the past
intj
verb
- To regulate as to time; to accompany, or agree with, in time of movement.
- (transitive) To measure or record the time, duration, or rate of something.
- (transitive) To choose when something commences or its duration.
- To measure, as in music or harmony.
- assign a time for an activity or event
- set the speed, duration, or execution of
- regulate or set the time of
- measure the time or duration of an event or action or the person who performs an action in a certain period of time
- adjust so that a force is applied and an action occurs at the desired time
noun
- (countable) A deliberately misleading or vague answer.
- (US) Chocolate fudge.
- (euphemistic, slang) Fecal matter; feces.
- (uncountable) Light or frothy nonsense.
- (chiefly uncountable) A type of very sweet candy or confection, usually made from sugar, butter, and milk or cream.
- (countable) A less than perfect decision or solution; an attempt to fix an incorrect solution after the fact.
- soft creamy candy
intj
verb
- To cheat, especially in the game of marbles.
- (transitive) To alter something from its true state, as to hide a flaw or uncertainty, deliberately but not necessarily dishonestly or immorally.
- (intransitive) To try to avoid giving a direct answer.
- (colloquial, minced oath) Used in place of fuck.
- avoid or try to avoid fulfilling, answering, or performing (duties, questions, or issues)
- tamper, with the purpose of deception
noun
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