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verb
- be used by; as of a utility
- put the ball into play
- devote (part of) one's life or efforts to, as of countries, institutions, or ideas
- do military service
- deliver a warrant or summons to someone
- promote, benefit, or be useful or beneficial to
- mate with
- provide (usually but not necessarily food)
- be sufficient; be adequate, either in quality or quantity
- serve a purpose, role, or function
- do duty or hold offices; serve in a specific function
- contribute or conduce to
- spend time in prison or in a labor camp
- help to some food; help with food or drink
- work for, or be a servant to
- (intransitive, factive) To render service by being a servant, worker, employee, or officeholder; to hold those roles and perform their duties.
- (intransitive) To usefully take the place as, instead of something else.
- (ambitransitive, slang, drugs) To provide crack cocaine (to), usually by selling, dealing, or distributing.
- (transitive) To wait upon (someone) at table; to set food and drink in front of, to help (someone) to food, meals etc.
- (intransitive) To present an attractive personal appearance.
- (transitive) To perform (a public obligation).
- (transitive) To copulate with (of male animals); to cover.
- (transitive) To be a servant for; to work for, to be employed by.
- To officially deliver (a legal notice, summons etc.).
- To make legal service upon (a person named in a writ, summons, etc.)
- (intransitive) To have a given use or purpose; to function for something or to do something.
- (transitive) To evoke (something, especially a person) with one's personal appearance.
- (transitive, military) To work, to operate (a weapon).
- (transitive) To work through (a given period of time in prison, a sentence).
- (transitive) To set down (food or drink) on the table to be eaten; to bring (food, drink) to a person.
- (transitive, intransitive, sports) To lead off with the first delivery over the net in tennis, volleyball, ping pong, badminton etc.
- (transitive) To be a formal servant for (a god or deity); to worship in an official capacity.
- (nautical) To wind spun yarn etc. tightly around (a rope or cable, etc.) so as to protect it from chafing or from the weather.
- (transitive) To attractively display (something, especially a body part) as part of one's personal appearance.
- (intransitive) To be in military service.
- (transitive) To be useful to; to meet the needs of.
noun
verb
- be used by; as of a utility
- mate with
- make fit for use
- (transitive) To make a repayment or pay interest (on a debt).
- (transitive) To serve.
- (transitive) To perform maintenance.
- (transitive, military, euphemistic) To attack.
- (public relations, transitive) To supply (media outlets) with press releases etc.
- (transitive, agriculture, euphemistic) To inseminate through sexual intercourse.
- (transitive, vulgar) To perform a sexual act upon.
noun
- a force that is a branch of the armed forces
- periodic maintenance on a car or machine
- work done by one person or group that benefits another
- a means of serving
- the act of mating by male animals
- employment in or work for another
- the act of public worship following prescribed rules
- a company or agency that performs a public service; subject to government regulation
- an act of help or assistance; something (such as a tool, software or system) used to render said help or assistance
- the performance of duties by a waiter or servant
- (law) the acts performed by an English feudal tenant for the benefit of their lord which formed the consideration for the property granted to them
- (sports) a stroke that puts the ball in play
- the act of delivering a writ or summons upon someone
- tableware consisting of a complete set of articles (silver or dishware) for use at table
- (Israel, West Bank, also in Jordan, Lebanon and Syria) A taxi shared among unrelated passengers, each of whom pays part of the fare; often, it has a fixed route between cities.
- (law) The serving, or delivery, of a summons or writ.
- (nautical) The materials used for serving a rope, etc., such as spun yarn and small lines.
- Access to resources such as hotel rooms and Web-based videos without transfer of the resources' ownership.
- (economics) The practice of providing assistance as economic activity.
- A religious rite or ritual.
- A set of dishes or utensils.
- (business) Synonym of utility (“commodity provided on a continuous basis by a physical infrastructure network, such as electricity, water supply or sewerage”).
- (elliptical, uncountable) Work as a member of the military.
- (computing) A function that is provided by one program or machine for another.
- The sorb; the fruit of this tree.
- An act of being of assistance to someone.
- (sports) The act of initially starting, or serving, the ball in play in tennis, volleyball, and other games.
- A musical composition for use in churches.
- The state of being subordinate to or employed by an individual or group.
- Service tree.
- A department in a company, organization, or institution.
- (with the) The military.
adj
noun
noun
- the activity of providing goods and services involving financial and commercial and industrial aspects
- the volume of commercial activity
- a commercial or industrial enterprise and the people who constitute it
- incidental activity performed by an actor for dramatic effect
- the principal activity in your life that you do to earn money
- customers collectively
- a rightful concern or responsibility
- business concerns collectively
- an immediate objective
- (countable) A person's occupation, work, or trade.
- (uncountable) Private commercial interests taken collectively.
- (slang, British, with the) Something very good; top quality.
- (uncountable) The volume or amount of commercial trade.
- (travel, uncountable) Business class, the class of seating provided by airlines between first class and coach.
- (slang, uncountable) The act of defecation, or the excrement itself, particularly that of a non-human animal.
- (uncountable) Something involving one personally.
- (countable, rare) The collective noun for a group of ferrets.
- (Los Angeles, informal, with the) Hollywood, the entertainment industry.
- (uncountable) The management of commercial enterprises, or the study of such management.
- (uncountable) Commercial, industrial, or professional activity.
- (uncountable, parliamentary procedure) Matters that come before a body for deliberation or action.
- (uncountable) One's dealings; patronage.
- (Australian Aboriginal) Matters.
- (acting, theater) Ellipsis of stage business (“aspect of acting”).
- (countable) A specific commercial enterprise or establishment.
- (countable) A particular situation or activity.
- (slang) Disruptive shenanigans.
- (countable) Any activity or objective needing to be dealt with; especially, one of a financial or legal matter.
- (slang, with the) Prostitution.
adj
noun
- (engineering, generally) A usage scenario for a product, such as a piece of equipment or a tool.
- (software engineering) A potential scenario in which a system receives an external request (such as user input) and responds to it.
- (software engineering) A usage scenario for a piece of software; often used in the plural to suggest situations where a piece of software may be useful.
noun
- The act of using something; use, employment.
- the act of using
- Prevailing language style: how words are used among a populace.
- (uncountable) Custom, tradition.
- A custom or established practice.
- Choice of language style (made by a speaker or writer).
- the customary manner in which a language (or a form of a language) is spoken or written
- accepted or habitual practice
noun
- The act of utilizing something; industry.
- The act or result of forcibly depriving someone of something to which they have a right.
- The marketing and promotion of a film.
- The improper use of something for selfish purposes.
- A genre of media focused on lurid depictions of topical social issues such as violence, sexuality and marginalized groups.
- an act that exploits or victimizes someone (treats them unfairly)
- the act of making some area of land or water more profitable or productive or useful
noun
- (economics) Initialism of general-purpose technology.
- (computing) Initialism of GUID partition table.
- (physics) Initialism of generalized probabilistic theory.
- (machine learning, by extension) A saved chat, project, or (especially) agentic persona within a gen AI workspace, functioning as a reusable and sharable tool.
- (machine learning) Initialism of generative pretrained transformer.
name
noun
- Initialism of equipment-as-a-service.
- (human resources, accounting) Initialism of efficiency-as-a-service.
- Initialism of essentials-as-a-service.
- Initialism of everything-as-a-service.
- Initialism of expertise-as-a-service.
- (computing) Initialism of enterprise-as-a-service.
- (electricity, fuel) Initialism of energy-as-a-service.
- (research and development) Initialism of edge-as-a-service.
- (business) Initialism of enterprise-as-a-service.
- (computing) Initialism of environments-as-a-service.
adj
- Of, or relating to the creation of goods or services.
- (set theory) A type of set of natural numbers, related to mathematical logic; a set S is productive if there exists a total recursive function f such that ∀x∈ℕ,~~W_x⊆S⇒f(x)∈A⧵W_x, where W_x is a recursive function whose Gödel number is x.
- Yielding good or useful results; constructive.
- (medicine) Of inflammation, producing new tissue.
- Capable of producing something, especially in abundance; fertile.
- (linguistics, of an affix or word construction rule) Consistently applicable to any of an open set of words.
- (medicine) Of a cough, producing mucus or sputum from the respiratory tract.
- producing or capable of producing (especially abundantly)
- yielding positive results
- having the ability to produce or originate
- marked by great fruitfulness
noun
- a person who uses goods or services
- (by extension) The consumer base of a product, service or business.
- One who, or that which, consumes.
- (economics) Someone who trades money for goods or services as an individual.
- (ecology) An organism (heterotroph) that uses other organisms for food in order to gain energy.
adj
noun
- (by extension) An apartment, room, etc., on such an intermediate floor.
- An intermediate floor or storey in between the main floors of a building; specifically, one that is directly above the ground floor which does not extend over the whole floorspace of the building, and so resembles a large balcony overlooking the ground floor; an entresol.
- (Canada, US) The lowest balcony in an auditorium, cinema, theatre, etc.; the dress circle.
- intermediate floor just above the ground floor
- first or lowest balcony
verb
noun
- (software engineering) The entity that performs a role (in use case analysis).
- A person who acts a part in a theatrical play or (later) in film or television; a dramatic performer.
- (grammar) The subject performing the action of a verb.
- Someone or something that takes part in some action; a doer, an agent.
- a theatrical performer
- a person who acts and gets things done
noun
noun
- (economics) the utilization of economic goods to satisfy needs or in manufacturing
- involving the lungs with progressive wasting of the body
- the process of taking food into the body through the mouth (as by eating)
- the act of consuming something
- The act of eating, drinking or using.
- The amount consumed.
- The act of consuming or destroying.
- (pathology) The wasting away of the human body through disease.
noun
- (economics) the utilization of economic goods to satisfy needs or in manufacturing
- accepted or habitual practice
- the period of time permitted by commercial usage for the payment of a bill of exchange (especially a foreign bill of exchange)
- Use.
- The interest paid on a borrowed sum, usury.
- The length of time permitted for the payment of a bill of exchange.
- Customary or habitual usage.
noun
- (economics) the utilization of economic goods to satisfy needs or in manufacturing
- the act of using
- (psychology) an automatic pattern of behavior in reaction to a specific situation; may be inherited or acquired through frequent repetition
- (law) the exercise of the legal right to enjoy the benefits of owning property
- what something is used for
- exerting shrewd or devious influence especially for one's own advantage
- a particular service
- Occasion or need to employ; necessity.
- (Christianity) A special form of a rite adopted for use in a particular context, often a diocese.
- (uncountable) The act of consuming alcohol or narcotics.
- The act of using.
- (uncountable, followed by of) Usefulness, benefit.
- A function; a purpose for which something may be employed.
- (forging) A slab of iron welded to the side of a forging, such as a shaft, near the end, and afterward drawn down, by hammering, so as to lengthen the forging.
verb
- put into service; make work or employ for a particular purpose or for its inherent or natural purpose
- use up (resources or materials)
- take or consume (regularly or habitually)
- habitually do something or be in a certain state or place (use only in the past tense)
- avail oneself to
- seek or achieve an end by using to one's advantage
- (transitive, with gender pronouns as object) To suggest or request that other people employ a specific set of gender pronouns when referring to the subject.
- (transitive, with auxiliary "could") To benefit from; to be able to employ or stand.
- (transitive) To employ; to apply; to utilize.
- To accustom; to habituate. (Now common only in participial form. Uses the same pronunciation as the noun; see usage notes.)
- (transitive) To exploit.
- (transitive) To consume (alcohol, drugs, etc), especially regularly.
- (transitive, often with up) To expend; to consume by employing.
- (intransitive, archaic or literary except in past tense) To habitually do; to be wont to do. (Now chiefly in past-tense forms; see used to.)
- (intransitive) To consume a previously specified substance, especially a drug to which one is addicted.
verb
- (transitive) To improve the equipment or furnishings of or services rendered to.
- (transitive) To replace with something better.
- (transitive) To improve, usually applied to technology, generally by complete replacement of one or more components.
- (intransitive, transitive, computing) To replace a program with a later version of itself, a version having a higher version number or marketed under a more recent product name.
- (intransitive) To improve in condition or status.
- give better travel conditions to
- get better travel conditions
- give a promotion to or assign to a higher position
- rate higher; raise in value or esteem
- to improve what was old or outdated
adv
noun
- An upward grade or slope.
- An improvement.
- An improved component or replacement item, usually applied to technology.
- a reservation that is improved
- the property possessed by a slope or surface that rises
- software that provides better performance than an earlier version did
- an upward slope or grade (as in a road)
- hardware that provides better performance than an earlier version did
- the act of improving something (especially machinery) by raising it to a higher grade (as by adding or replacing components)
adj
- having or put to a practical purpose or use
- concerned with actual use or practice
- being actually such in almost every respect
- guided by practical experience and observation rather than theory
- Being likely to be effective and applicable to a real situation; able to be put to use.
- Of a person, having skills or knowledge that are practical.
- Relating to, or based on, practice or action rather than theory or hypothesis.
- (film) Light fixtures used for set lighting and seen in the frame of a shot as part of the scenery.
- (theater, not comparable) Of a prop: having some degree of functionality, rather than being a mere imitation.
noun
- (British) A part of an exam or series of exams in which the candidate has to demonstrate their practical ability
- (theater) A prop that has some degree of functionality, rather than being a mere imitation.
- Laboratory experiment, test or investigation
- (film) A light fixture used for set lighting and seen in the frame of a shot as part of the scenery.
noun
- the quality of being of practical use
- The state or condition of being useful; usefulness.
- the service (electric power or water or transportation) provided by a public utility
- a company that performs a public service; subject to government regulation
- (economics) a measure that is to be maximized in any situation involving choice
- (computer science) a program designed for general support of the processes of a computer
- a facility composed of one or more pieces of equipment connected to or part of a structure and designed to provide a service such as heat or electricity or water or sewage disposal
- (economics) The ability of a commodity to satisfy needs or wants; the satisfaction experienced by the consumer of that commodity.
- (sports) The ability to play multiple positions.
- Something that is useful.
- (Australia, New Zealand) A coupé utility, or ute; an automobile with an open tray or bed behind the passenger cabin.
- (computing) A software program designed to perform a single task or a small range of tasks, often to help manage and tune computer hardware, an operating system, or application software.
- (philosophy) Well-being, satisfaction, pleasure, or happiness.
- (business, finance, by extension) A natural or legal monopoly distributer of such a utility; or, the securities of such a provider.
- (computing) A software program other than a game; one that is useful or creative rather than merely entertaining.
- (business) A commodity or service provided on a continuous basis by a physical infrastructure network, such as electricity, water supply or sewerage.
adj
- capable of substituting in any of several positions on a team
- used of beef; usable but inferior
- Having to do with, or owned by, a service provider.
- Functional rather than attractive.
- (Of a building or its components) containing or intended for any of a building’s often-utility-related commodity transport, such as pipes or wires, or converting equipment, such as furnaces, water tanks or heaters, circuit breakers, central air conditioning units, laundry facilities, etc.
adj
- Having varied uses or many functions.
- (BDSM) Being a switch; capable of taking either a dominant or a submissive role.
- Capable of doing many things competently.
- (sex, loosely) Capable of being either a dominant or a submissive partner in a sexual relationship.
- (biology) Capable of moving freely in all directions.
- Synonym of vers (“Willing to take either a penetrative or receptive role in anal sex”).
- Changeable or inconstant.
- changeable or inconstant
- able to move freely in all directions
- competent in many areas and able to turn with ease from one thing to another
- having great diversity or variety
adj
- Used by such industry.
- (music) Belonging or pertaining to the genre of industrial music.
- (of a society or country) Having many industries; industrialized.
- Suitable for use in such industry; industrial-grade.
- Massive in scale or quantity.
- Produced by such industry.
- Employed as manpower by such industry.
- Of or relating to industry, notably manufacturing.
- of or relating to or resulting from industry
- having highly developed industries
- suitable to stand up to hard wear
- employed in industry
noun
- (informal, uncountable) Ellipsis of industrial music.
- (finance) A bond or stock issued by such a company.
- (informal) Ellipsis of industrial piercing.
- (business) An enterprise producing tangible goods or providing certain services to industrial companies.
- (film) A film made for use within an industry, not for a movie-going audience.
adj
- Pertaining to the functionality or operation of a technology; technical.
- Exhibiting, requiring, or characteristic of an interest in and/or proficiency with technology.
- (of music) Electronic or electronic-sounding; resembling techno music.
- (of art or design) Of or pertaining to an aesthetic style which uses industrial or technological forms, materials, and themes.
noun
noun
- The action or progress of wasting; extravagant consumption or ineffectual use.
- Gradual loss or decay.
- (rare) Destruction or devastation caused by war or natural disasters; see "to lay waste".
- Large abundance of something, specifically without it being used.
- A wasteland; an uninhabited desolate region; a wilderness or desert.
- Excess of material, useless by-products, or damaged, unsaleable products; garbage; rubbish.
- (law) A cause of action which may be brought by the owner of a future interest in property against the current owner of that property to prevent the current owner from degrading the value or character of the property, either intentionally or through neglect.
- Excrement or urine.
- A place that has been laid waste or destroyed.
- (geology) Material derived by mechanical and chemical erosion from the land, carried by streams to the sea.
- A decaying of the body by disease; atrophy; wasting away.
- A disused mine or part of one.
- A vast expanse of water.
- (historical) The part of the land of a manor (of whatever size) not used for cultivation or grazing, nowadays treated as common land.
- A large tract of uncultivated land.
- any materials unused and rejected as worthless or unwanted
- (law) reduction in the value of an estate caused by act or neglect
- an uninhabited wilderness that is worthless for cultivation
- the trait of wasting resources
- useless or profitless activity; using or expending or consuming thoughtlessly or carelessly
adj
verb
- (intransitive) To gradually lose weight, weaken, become frail.
- (transitive, slang) To kill; to murder.
- (transitive) To devastate; to destroy.
- (transitive) To wear away by degrees; to impair gradually; to deteriorate; to diminish by constant loss; to use up; to consume; to spend; to wear out.
- (intransitive) To be diminished; to lose bulk, substance, strength, value etc. gradually.
- (law) To damage, impair, or injure (an estate, etc.) voluntarily, or by allowing the buildings, fences, etc., to fall into decay.
- (transitive) To squander (money or resources) uselessly; to spend (time) idly; to dissipate.
- spend thoughtlessly; throw away
- use inefficiently or inappropriately
- dispose of
- cause extensive destruction or ruin utterly
- cause to grow thin or weak
- run off as waste
- become physically weaker
- get rid of (someone who may be a threat) by killing
- spend extravagantly
- lose vigor, health, or flesh, as through grief
noun
- The extent to which a resource is used for the intended purpose.
- (engineering, physics) The ratio of useful work to energy expended. Often given the symbol η.
- (US) A one-room apartment.
- The extent to which time is well used for the intended task.
- the ratio of the output to the input of any system
- skillfulness in avoiding wasted time and effort
noun
- a system of projects or services intended to meet a public need
- an announcement of the events that will occur as part of a theatrical or sporting event
- a radio or television show
- a series of steps to be carried out or goals to be accomplished
- a performance (or series of performances) at a public presentation
- an integrated course of academic studies
- (computer science) a sequence of instructions that a computer can interpret and execute
- a document stating the aims and principles of a political party
- (politics) A set of principal goals which someone, especially a political party or candidate, supports.
- (broadcasting) A performance of a show or other broadcast on radio or television.
- (especially in the phrase "get with the program") A particular mindset or method of doing things.
- (music, computing) A custom tracklist.
- A leaflet listing information about a play, game or other activity.
- A set of structured activities; a plan of action.
- (computing) A computer program.
verb
- arrange a program of or for
- write a computer program
- (transitive) To cause to automatically behave in a particular way.
- (broadcasting) To schedule the programming; to determine what will be broadcast.
- (transitive) To put together the schedule of an event.
- (transitive) To enter a program or other instructions into (a computer or other electronic device) to instruct it to do a particular task.
- (transitive) To develop (software) by writing program code.
noun
- a system of projects or services intended to meet a public need
- an announcement of the events that will occur as part of a theatrical or sporting event
- a radio or television show
- a series of steps to be carried out or goals to be accomplished
- a performance (or series of performances) at a public presentation
- an integrated course of academic studies
- (computer science) a sequence of instructions that a computer can interpret and execute
- (British, rare) Alternative spelling of program (“computer program”).
- British, New Zealand, and India standard spelling of program.
verb
noun
- (engineering, design, commerce) The geometry of an object, especially in engineering design; configuration.
- (physics) The ratio of the RMS value to the absolute mean of a sinusoidal wave (especially to that of an alternating current).
- (crystallography) A function that describes the scattering power of an atom as function of the scattering angle.
- (physics) Any of several functions that describe the unknown internal state of a particle.
- (mechanics) A factor describing the stress distribution of a body.
- (physics) The emissivity of a material.
noun
- the total spent for goods or services including money and time and labor
- value measured by what must be given or done or undergone to obtain something
- the property of having material worth (often indicated by the amount of money something would bring if sold)
- (heraldry) A cottise.
- Amount of money, time, etc. that is required or used.
- Quality; condition; property; value; worth; a wont or habit; disposition; nature; kind; characteristic.
- A negative consequence or loss that occurs or is required to occur.
verb
- be priced at
- require to lose, suffer, or sacrifice
- To require to be borne or suffered; to cause.
- To calculate or estimate a price.
- (transitive, ditransitive) To incur a charge of; to require payment of a (specified) price.
- (transitive, ditransitive) To cause something to be lost; to cause the expenditure or relinquishment of.
- (transitive, colloquial) To cost (a person) a great deal of money or suffering.
noun
- (economics) A resource used in the production of goods or services, a factor of production.
- (causal analysis) Influence; a phenomenon that affects the nature, the magnitude, and/or the timing of a consequence.
- One of the elements, circumstances, or influences which contribute to produce a result.
- A person or business organization that provides money for another's new business venture; one who finances another's business.
- An agent or representative; a reseller or distributor (sometimes with a private label); a consignee.
- A commission agent.
- A business organization that lends money on accounts receivable or buys and collects accounts receivable.
- (Scotland) A steward or bailiff of an estate.
- (mathematics) Any of various objects multiplied together to form some whole.
- an abstract part of something
- one of two or more integers that can be exactly divided into another integer
- any of the numbers (or symbols) that form a product when multiplied together
- (genetics) a segment of DNA that is involved in producing a polypeptide chain; it can include regions preceding and following the coding DNA as well as introns between the exons; it is considered a unit of heredity
- anything that contributes causally to a result
- an independent variable in statistics
- a businessman who buys or sells for another in exchange for a commission
verb
- (of a number or other mathematical object, intransitive) To be a product of other objects.
- (transitive) To rewrite an expression as the product of its factors.
- (commercial, transitive) To sell a debt or debts to an agent (the factor) to collect.
- (transitive) To find all the factors of (a number or other mathematical object) (the objects that divide it evenly).
- resolve into factors
- consider as relevant when making a decision
- be a contributing factor
noun
- The amount of useful work accomplished estimated in terms of time needed, resources used, etc.
- That which is performed or accomplished; a thing done or carried through; an achievement; a deed; an act; a feat; especially, an action of an elaborate or public character.
- The act of performing; carrying into execution or action; execution; achievement; accomplishment; representation by action.
- (linguistics) The actual use of language in concrete situations by native speakers of a language, as opposed to the system of linguistic knowledge they possess (competence), cf. linguistic performance.
- (art) A live show or concert.
- a dramatic or musical entertainment
- any recognized accomplishment
- the act of presenting a play or a piece of music or other entertainment
- the act of performing; of doing something successfully; using knowledge as distinguished from merely possessing it
- process or manner of functioning or operating
noun
- the quality of being useful and convenient
- a device or control that is very useful for a particular job
- a toilet that is available to the public
- the state of being suitable or opportune
- Any object that makes life more convenient; a helpful item.
- The quality of being convenient.
- A convenient time.
- (chiefly British) Ellipsis of public convenience (“a public lavatory”).
verb
verb
- put into service; make work or employ for a particular purpose or for its inherent or natural purpose
- give or convey physically
- be pertinent or relevant or applicable
- coat, cover or smear a surface with
- be applicable to; as to an analysis
- apply oneself to
- ensure observance of laws and rules
- ask (for something)
- avail oneself to
- refer (a word or name) to a person or thing
- (transitive, usually reflexive) To address oneself; to refer.
- (intransitive) To pertain or be relevant.
- (transitive) To make use of, declare, or pronounce, as suitable, fitting, or relevant.
- (transitive) To put to use; to use or employ for a particular purpose, or in a particular case
- (reflexive) To work diligently and attentively.
- (transitive) To lay or place; to put (one thing to another)
- (transitive) To put closely; to join; to engage and employ diligently or with attention.
- (intransitive) To submit oneself as a candidate (with the adposition "to" or "at" designating the recipient of the submission, and the adposition "for" designating the position).
adj
verb
noun
verb
- put into service; make work or employ for a particular purpose or for its inherent or natural purpose
- To make useful; to find a practical use for.
- To make best use of; to use to its fullest extent, potential, or ability.
- To make use of; to use.
- To make do with; to use in manner different from that originally intended
noun
- (engineering, by extension) Experience-based methods used to reduce the need for calculations pertaining to equipment size, performance, or operating conditions.
- plural of heuristic
- The study of heuristic methods and principles.
- Heuristic methods and approaches considered collectively.
- (psychology, by extension) Simple, efficient rules which people often use to form judgments and make decisions.
noun
- the act of providing an item for general use or for official purposes (usually in quantity)
- the immediate descendants of a person
- some situation or event that is thought about
- a phenomenon that follows and is caused by some previous phenomenon
- the becoming visible
- supplies (as food or clothing or ammunition) issued by the government
- one of a series published periodically
- an opening that permits escape or release
- an important question that is in dispute and must be settled
- the income or profit arising from such transactions as the sale of land or other property
- the act of issuing printed materials
- The means or opportunity by which something flows or comes out, particularly:
- Any question or situation to be resolved, particularly:
- (historical medicine) A small incision, tear, or artificial ulcer, used to drain fluid and usually held open with a pea or other small object.
- The end result of an event or events, any result or outcome, particularly:
- The loan of a book etc. from a library to a patron; all such loans by a given library during a given period.
- The production or distribution of something for general use.
- (figuratively, originally World War I military slang, usually with definite article) The entire set of something; all of something.
- (law) A point of law or fact in dispute or question in a legal action presented for resolution by the court.
- (figuratively) Anything in dispute, an area of disagreement whose resolution is being debated or decided.
- (finance) Any financial instrument issued by a company.
- (figuratively) Progeny: all one's lineal descendants.
- (finance) The action or an instance of a company selling bonds, stock, or other securities.
- (medicine) The outflow of a bodily fluid, particularly (now rare) in abnormal amounts.
- (historical or rare law) Income derived from fines levied by a court or law-enforcement officer; the fines themselves.
- The action or an instance of sending something out, particularly:
- The distribution of something (particularly rations or standardized provisions) to someone or some group.
- (publishing) A single edition of a newspaper or other periodical publication.
- The entire set of some item printed and disseminated during a certain period, particularly (publishing) a single printing of a particular edition of a work when contrasted with other print runs.
- (now usually historical or law) Offspring: one's natural child or children.
- (US, originally psychology, usually in the plural) A psychological or emotional difficulty, (now informal, figurative and usually euphemistic) any problem or concern considered as a vague and intractable difficulty.
verb
- prepare and issue for public distribution or sale
- circulate or distribute or equip with
- come out of
- make out and issue
- bring out an official document (such as a warrant)
- (intransitive) To turn out in a certain way, to result in.
- (law) To come to a point in fact or law on which the parties join issue.
- (transitive) To deliver for use.
- (transitive) To deliver by authority.
- (intransitive) To rush out, to sally forth.
- (transitive) To send out; to put into circulation.
- (intransitive) To extend into, to open onto.
- (intransitive) To flow out, to proceed from, to come out or from.
adj
noun
adj
- Efficient, serviceable, or operative, available for useful work.
- (physics, for any effective theory) approximate; Not describing the fundamental dynamic changes in some system as they happen.
- (algebra, of a group action) Such that no group element acts trivially.
- Having the power to produce a required effect or effects.
- Actually in effect.
- Producing a decided or decisive effect.
- (geometry, of a cycle or divisor) Having no negative coefficients.
- works well as a means or remedy
- exerting force or influence
- ready for service
- producing or capable of producing an intended result or having a striking effect
- existing in fact; not theoretical; real
- able to accomplish a purpose; functioning effectively
noun
verb
- To employ one's abilities and knowledge as an engineer to design, construct, and/or maintain (something, such as a machine or a structure), usually for industrial or public use.
- (specifically) To use genetic engineering to alter or construct (a DNA sequence), or to alter (an organism).
- (rare) To work as an engineer.
- To formulate plots or schemes; to plot, to scheme.
- To plan or achieve (a goal) by contrivance or guile; to finagle, to wangle.
- plan and direct (a complex undertaking)
- design as an engineer
noun
- A soldier engaged in designing or constructing military works for attack or defence, or other engineering works.
- (chiefly historical) A person who operates a steam engine; specifically (nautical), a person employed to operate the steam engine in the engine room of a ship.
- (often derogatory) A person who formulates plots or schemes; a plotter, a schemer.
- (US, firefighting) A person who drives or operates a fire engine (firefighting apparatus).
- Preceded by a qualifying word: a person who uses abilities or knowledge to manipulate events or people.
- Originally, a person engaged in designing, constructing, or maintaining engines or machinery; now (more generally), a person qualified or professionally engaged in any branch of engineering, or studying to do so.
- (chiefly US, rail transport) A person who drives or operates a locomotive; a train driver.
- An honorific title given to engineers before their name.
- A person professionally engaged in the technical design and construction of large-scale private and public works such as bridges, buildings, harbours, railways, roads, etc.; a civil engineer.
- the operator of a railway locomotive
- a person who uses scientific knowledge to solve practical problems
adj
noun
- (corrosion) A device for detecting discontinuity in a protective coating, also called a "holiday detector"
- (4chan /lgbt/ slang, derogatory, offensive) A trans woman who is sexually attracted to women and transitioned due to autogynephilia.
- A small, blocky, military-style vehicle with four-wheel drive, suited to rough terrain.
- (genericized trademark) A sport utility vehicle or similar four-wheel-drive vehicle.
- (Australia, regional) A covered shopping cart, also called a "shopping stroller".
- A light utility truck from WWII used by the U.S. Army, and subsequently turned into the trademark Jeep when civilianized by originating manufacturer Willys-Overland.
- (Philippines, colloquial) Clipping of jeepney
- a car suitable for traveling over rough terrain
verb
noun
- the activity of providing goods and services involving financial and commercial and industrial aspects
- the volume of commercial activity
- a commercial or industrial enterprise and the people who constitute it
- incidental activity performed by an actor for dramatic effect
- the principal activity in your life that you do to earn money
- customers collectively
- a rightful concern or responsibility
- business concerns collectively
- an immediate objective
- (countable) A person's occupation, work, or trade.
- (uncountable) Private commercial interests taken collectively.
- (slang, British, with the) Something very good; top quality.
- (uncountable) The volume or amount of commercial trade.
- (travel, uncountable) Business class, the class of seating provided by airlines between first class and coach.
- (slang, uncountable) The act of defecation, or the excrement itself, particularly that of a non-human animal.
- (uncountable) Something involving one personally.
- (countable, rare) The collective noun for a group of ferrets.
- (Los Angeles, informal, with the) Hollywood, the entertainment industry.
- (uncountable) The management of commercial enterprises, or the study of such management.
- (uncountable) Commercial, industrial, or professional activity.
- (uncountable, parliamentary procedure) Matters that come before a body for deliberation or action.
- (uncountable) One's dealings; patronage.
- (Australian Aboriginal) Matters.
- (acting, theater) Ellipsis of stage business (“aspect of acting”).
- (countable) A specific commercial enterprise or establishment.
- (countable) A particular situation or activity.
- (slang) Disruptive shenanigans.
- (countable) Any activity or objective needing to be dealt with; especially, one of a financial or legal matter.
- (slang, with the) Prostitution.
adj
noun
- (engineering, generally) A usage scenario for a product, such as a piece of equipment or a tool.
- (software engineering) A potential scenario in which a system receives an external request (such as user input) and responds to it.
- (software engineering) A usage scenario for a piece of software; often used in the plural to suggest situations where a piece of software may be useful.
noun
- The act of using something; use, employment.
- the act of using
- Prevailing language style: how words are used among a populace.
- (uncountable) Custom, tradition.
- A custom or established practice.
- Choice of language style (made by a speaker or writer).
- the customary manner in which a language (or a form of a language) is spoken or written
- accepted or habitual practice
noun
- The act of utilizing something; industry.
- The act or result of forcibly depriving someone of something to which they have a right.
- The marketing and promotion of a film.
- The improper use of something for selfish purposes.
- A genre of media focused on lurid depictions of topical social issues such as violence, sexuality and marginalized groups.
- an act that exploits or victimizes someone (treats them unfairly)
- the act of making some area of land or water more profitable or productive or useful
noun
- (economics) Initialism of general-purpose technology.
- (computing) Initialism of GUID partition table.
- (physics) Initialism of generalized probabilistic theory.
- (machine learning, by extension) A saved chat, project, or (especially) agentic persona within a gen AI workspace, functioning as a reusable and sharable tool.
- (machine learning) Initialism of generative pretrained transformer.
name
noun
- Initialism of equipment-as-a-service.
- (human resources, accounting) Initialism of efficiency-as-a-service.
- Initialism of essentials-as-a-service.
- Initialism of everything-as-a-service.
- Initialism of expertise-as-a-service.
- (computing) Initialism of enterprise-as-a-service.
- (electricity, fuel) Initialism of energy-as-a-service.
- (research and development) Initialism of edge-as-a-service.
- (business) Initialism of enterprise-as-a-service.
- (computing) Initialism of environments-as-a-service.
noun
- a person who uses goods or services
- (by extension) The consumer base of a product, service or business.
- One who, or that which, consumes.
- (economics) Someone who trades money for goods or services as an individual.
- (ecology) An organism (heterotroph) that uses other organisms for food in order to gain energy.
noun
- (software engineering) The entity that performs a role (in use case analysis).
- A person who acts a part in a theatrical play or (later) in film or television; a dramatic performer.
- (grammar) The subject performing the action of a verb.
- Someone or something that takes part in some action; a doer, an agent.
- a theatrical performer
- a person who acts and gets things done
noun
noun
- (economics) the utilization of economic goods to satisfy needs or in manufacturing
- involving the lungs with progressive wasting of the body
- the process of taking food into the body through the mouth (as by eating)
- the act of consuming something
- The act of eating, drinking or using.
- The amount consumed.
- The act of consuming or destroying.
- (pathology) The wasting away of the human body through disease.
noun
- (economics) the utilization of economic goods to satisfy needs or in manufacturing
- accepted or habitual practice
- the period of time permitted by commercial usage for the payment of a bill of exchange (especially a foreign bill of exchange)
- Use.
- The interest paid on a borrowed sum, usury.
- The length of time permitted for the payment of a bill of exchange.
- Customary or habitual usage.
noun
- (economics) the utilization of economic goods to satisfy needs or in manufacturing
- the act of using
- (psychology) an automatic pattern of behavior in reaction to a specific situation; may be inherited or acquired through frequent repetition
- (law) the exercise of the legal right to enjoy the benefits of owning property
- what something is used for
- exerting shrewd or devious influence especially for one's own advantage
- a particular service
- Occasion or need to employ; necessity.
- (Christianity) A special form of a rite adopted for use in a particular context, often a diocese.
- (uncountable) The act of consuming alcohol or narcotics.
- The act of using.
- (uncountable, followed by of) Usefulness, benefit.
- A function; a purpose for which something may be employed.
- (forging) A slab of iron welded to the side of a forging, such as a shaft, near the end, and afterward drawn down, by hammering, so as to lengthen the forging.
verb
- put into service; make work or employ for a particular purpose or for its inherent or natural purpose
- use up (resources or materials)
- take or consume (regularly or habitually)
- habitually do something or be in a certain state or place (use only in the past tense)
- avail oneself to
- seek or achieve an end by using to one's advantage
- (transitive, with gender pronouns as object) To suggest or request that other people employ a specific set of gender pronouns when referring to the subject.
- (transitive, with auxiliary "could") To benefit from; to be able to employ or stand.
- (transitive) To employ; to apply; to utilize.
- To accustom; to habituate. (Now common only in participial form. Uses the same pronunciation as the noun; see usage notes.)
- (transitive) To exploit.
- (transitive) To consume (alcohol, drugs, etc), especially regularly.
- (transitive, often with up) To expend; to consume by employing.
- (intransitive, archaic or literary except in past tense) To habitually do; to be wont to do. (Now chiefly in past-tense forms; see used to.)
- (intransitive) To consume a previously specified substance, especially a drug to which one is addicted.
noun
- the quality of being of practical use
- The state or condition of being useful; usefulness.
- the service (electric power or water or transportation) provided by a public utility
- a company that performs a public service; subject to government regulation
- (economics) a measure that is to be maximized in any situation involving choice
- (computer science) a program designed for general support of the processes of a computer
- a facility composed of one or more pieces of equipment connected to or part of a structure and designed to provide a service such as heat or electricity or water or sewage disposal
- (economics) The ability of a commodity to satisfy needs or wants; the satisfaction experienced by the consumer of that commodity.
- (sports) The ability to play multiple positions.
- Something that is useful.
- (Australia, New Zealand) A coupé utility, or ute; an automobile with an open tray or bed behind the passenger cabin.
- (computing) A software program designed to perform a single task or a small range of tasks, often to help manage and tune computer hardware, an operating system, or application software.
- (philosophy) Well-being, satisfaction, pleasure, or happiness.
- (business, finance, by extension) A natural or legal monopoly distributer of such a utility; or, the securities of such a provider.
- (computing) A software program other than a game; one that is useful or creative rather than merely entertaining.
- (business) A commodity or service provided on a continuous basis by a physical infrastructure network, such as electricity, water supply or sewerage.
adj
- capable of substituting in any of several positions on a team
- used of beef; usable but inferior
- Having to do with, or owned by, a service provider.
- Functional rather than attractive.
- (Of a building or its components) containing or intended for any of a building’s often-utility-related commodity transport, such as pipes or wires, or converting equipment, such as furnaces, water tanks or heaters, circuit breakers, central air conditioning units, laundry facilities, etc.
noun
- The action or progress of wasting; extravagant consumption or ineffectual use.
- Gradual loss or decay.
- (rare) Destruction or devastation caused by war or natural disasters; see "to lay waste".
- Large abundance of something, specifically without it being used.
- A wasteland; an uninhabited desolate region; a wilderness or desert.
- Excess of material, useless by-products, or damaged, unsaleable products; garbage; rubbish.
- (law) A cause of action which may be brought by the owner of a future interest in property against the current owner of that property to prevent the current owner from degrading the value or character of the property, either intentionally or through neglect.
- Excrement or urine.
- A place that has been laid waste or destroyed.
- (geology) Material derived by mechanical and chemical erosion from the land, carried by streams to the sea.
- A decaying of the body by disease; atrophy; wasting away.
- A disused mine or part of one.
- A vast expanse of water.
- (historical) The part of the land of a manor (of whatever size) not used for cultivation or grazing, nowadays treated as common land.
- A large tract of uncultivated land.
- any materials unused and rejected as worthless or unwanted
- (law) reduction in the value of an estate caused by act or neglect
- an uninhabited wilderness that is worthless for cultivation
- the trait of wasting resources
- useless or profitless activity; using or expending or consuming thoughtlessly or carelessly
adj
verb
- (intransitive) To gradually lose weight, weaken, become frail.
- (transitive, slang) To kill; to murder.
- (transitive) To devastate; to destroy.
- (transitive) To wear away by degrees; to impair gradually; to deteriorate; to diminish by constant loss; to use up; to consume; to spend; to wear out.
- (intransitive) To be diminished; to lose bulk, substance, strength, value etc. gradually.
- (law) To damage, impair, or injure (an estate, etc.) voluntarily, or by allowing the buildings, fences, etc., to fall into decay.
- (transitive) To squander (money or resources) uselessly; to spend (time) idly; to dissipate.
- spend thoughtlessly; throw away
- use inefficiently or inappropriately
- dispose of
- cause extensive destruction or ruin utterly
- cause to grow thin or weak
- run off as waste
- become physically weaker
- get rid of (someone who may be a threat) by killing
- spend extravagantly
- lose vigor, health, or flesh, as through grief
noun
- The extent to which a resource is used for the intended purpose.
- (engineering, physics) The ratio of useful work to energy expended. Often given the symbol η.
- (US) A one-room apartment.
- The extent to which time is well used for the intended task.
- the ratio of the output to the input of any system
- skillfulness in avoiding wasted time and effort
noun
- a system of projects or services intended to meet a public need
- an announcement of the events that will occur as part of a theatrical or sporting event
- a radio or television show
- a series of steps to be carried out or goals to be accomplished
- a performance (or series of performances) at a public presentation
- an integrated course of academic studies
- (computer science) a sequence of instructions that a computer can interpret and execute
- a document stating the aims and principles of a political party
- (politics) A set of principal goals which someone, especially a political party or candidate, supports.
- (broadcasting) A performance of a show or other broadcast on radio or television.
- (especially in the phrase "get with the program") A particular mindset or method of doing things.
- (music, computing) A custom tracklist.
- A leaflet listing information about a play, game or other activity.
- A set of structured activities; a plan of action.
- (computing) A computer program.
verb
- arrange a program of or for
- write a computer program
- (transitive) To cause to automatically behave in a particular way.
- (broadcasting) To schedule the programming; to determine what will be broadcast.
- (transitive) To put together the schedule of an event.
- (transitive) To enter a program or other instructions into (a computer or other electronic device) to instruct it to do a particular task.
- (transitive) To develop (software) by writing program code.
noun
- a system of projects or services intended to meet a public need
- an announcement of the events that will occur as part of a theatrical or sporting event
- a radio or television show
- a series of steps to be carried out or goals to be accomplished
- a performance (or series of performances) at a public presentation
- an integrated course of academic studies
- (computer science) a sequence of instructions that a computer can interpret and execute
- (British, rare) Alternative spelling of program (“computer program”).
- British, New Zealand, and India standard spelling of program.
verb
noun
- (engineering, design, commerce) The geometry of an object, especially in engineering design; configuration.
- (physics) The ratio of the RMS value to the absolute mean of a sinusoidal wave (especially to that of an alternating current).
- (crystallography) A function that describes the scattering power of an atom as function of the scattering angle.
- (physics) Any of several functions that describe the unknown internal state of a particle.
- (mechanics) A factor describing the stress distribution of a body.
- (physics) The emissivity of a material.
noun
- the total spent for goods or services including money and time and labor
- value measured by what must be given or done or undergone to obtain something
- the property of having material worth (often indicated by the amount of money something would bring if sold)
- (heraldry) A cottise.
- Amount of money, time, etc. that is required or used.
- Quality; condition; property; value; worth; a wont or habit; disposition; nature; kind; characteristic.
- A negative consequence or loss that occurs or is required to occur.
verb
- be priced at
- require to lose, suffer, or sacrifice
- To require to be borne or suffered; to cause.
- To calculate or estimate a price.
- (transitive, ditransitive) To incur a charge of; to require payment of a (specified) price.
- (transitive, ditransitive) To cause something to be lost; to cause the expenditure or relinquishment of.
- (transitive, colloquial) To cost (a person) a great deal of money or suffering.
noun
- (economics) A resource used in the production of goods or services, a factor of production.
- (causal analysis) Influence; a phenomenon that affects the nature, the magnitude, and/or the timing of a consequence.
- One of the elements, circumstances, or influences which contribute to produce a result.
- A person or business organization that provides money for another's new business venture; one who finances another's business.
- An agent or representative; a reseller or distributor (sometimes with a private label); a consignee.
- A commission agent.
- A business organization that lends money on accounts receivable or buys and collects accounts receivable.
- (Scotland) A steward or bailiff of an estate.
- (mathematics) Any of various objects multiplied together to form some whole.
- an abstract part of something
- one of two or more integers that can be exactly divided into another integer
- any of the numbers (or symbols) that form a product when multiplied together
- (genetics) a segment of DNA that is involved in producing a polypeptide chain; it can include regions preceding and following the coding DNA as well as introns between the exons; it is considered a unit of heredity
- anything that contributes causally to a result
- an independent variable in statistics
- a businessman who buys or sells for another in exchange for a commission
verb
- (of a number or other mathematical object, intransitive) To be a product of other objects.
- (transitive) To rewrite an expression as the product of its factors.
- (commercial, transitive) To sell a debt or debts to an agent (the factor) to collect.
- (transitive) To find all the factors of (a number or other mathematical object) (the objects that divide it evenly).
- resolve into factors
- consider as relevant when making a decision
- be a contributing factor
noun
- The amount of useful work accomplished estimated in terms of time needed, resources used, etc.
- That which is performed or accomplished; a thing done or carried through; an achievement; a deed; an act; a feat; especially, an action of an elaborate or public character.
- The act of performing; carrying into execution or action; execution; achievement; accomplishment; representation by action.
- (linguistics) The actual use of language in concrete situations by native speakers of a language, as opposed to the system of linguistic knowledge they possess (competence), cf. linguistic performance.
- (art) A live show or concert.
- a dramatic or musical entertainment
- any recognized accomplishment
- the act of presenting a play or a piece of music or other entertainment
- the act of performing; of doing something successfully; using knowledge as distinguished from merely possessing it
- process or manner of functioning or operating
noun
- the quality of being useful and convenient
- a device or control that is very useful for a particular job
- a toilet that is available to the public
- the state of being suitable or opportune
- Any object that makes life more convenient; a helpful item.
- The quality of being convenient.
- A convenient time.
- (chiefly British) Ellipsis of public convenience (“a public lavatory”).
verb
noun
- (engineering, by extension) Experience-based methods used to reduce the need for calculations pertaining to equipment size, performance, or operating conditions.
- plural of heuristic
- The study of heuristic methods and principles.
- Heuristic methods and approaches considered collectively.
- (psychology, by extension) Simple, efficient rules which people often use to form judgments and make decisions.
noun
- the act of providing an item for general use or for official purposes (usually in quantity)
- the immediate descendants of a person
- some situation or event that is thought about
- a phenomenon that follows and is caused by some previous phenomenon
- the becoming visible
- supplies (as food or clothing or ammunition) issued by the government
- one of a series published periodically
- an opening that permits escape or release
- an important question that is in dispute and must be settled
- the income or profit arising from such transactions as the sale of land or other property
- the act of issuing printed materials
- The means or opportunity by which something flows or comes out, particularly:
- Any question or situation to be resolved, particularly:
- (historical medicine) A small incision, tear, or artificial ulcer, used to drain fluid and usually held open with a pea or other small object.
- The end result of an event or events, any result or outcome, particularly:
- The loan of a book etc. from a library to a patron; all such loans by a given library during a given period.
- The production or distribution of something for general use.
- (figuratively, originally World War I military slang, usually with definite article) The entire set of something; all of something.
- (law) A point of law or fact in dispute or question in a legal action presented for resolution by the court.
- (figuratively) Anything in dispute, an area of disagreement whose resolution is being debated or decided.
- (finance) Any financial instrument issued by a company.
- (figuratively) Progeny: all one's lineal descendants.
- (finance) The action or an instance of a company selling bonds, stock, or other securities.
- (medicine) The outflow of a bodily fluid, particularly (now rare) in abnormal amounts.
- (historical or rare law) Income derived from fines levied by a court or law-enforcement officer; the fines themselves.
- The action or an instance of sending something out, particularly:
- The distribution of something (particularly rations or standardized provisions) to someone or some group.
- (publishing) A single edition of a newspaper or other periodical publication.
- The entire set of some item printed and disseminated during a certain period, particularly (publishing) a single printing of a particular edition of a work when contrasted with other print runs.
- (now usually historical or law) Offspring: one's natural child or children.
- (US, originally psychology, usually in the plural) A psychological or emotional difficulty, (now informal, figurative and usually euphemistic) any problem or concern considered as a vague and intractable difficulty.
verb
- prepare and issue for public distribution or sale
- circulate or distribute or equip with
- come out of
- make out and issue
- bring out an official document (such as a warrant)
- (intransitive) To turn out in a certain way, to result in.
- (law) To come to a point in fact or law on which the parties join issue.
- (transitive) To deliver for use.
- (transitive) To deliver by authority.
- (intransitive) To rush out, to sally forth.
- (transitive) To send out; to put into circulation.
- (intransitive) To extend into, to open onto.
- (intransitive) To flow out, to proceed from, to come out or from.
verb
- be used by; as of a utility
- put the ball into play
- devote (part of) one's life or efforts to, as of countries, institutions, or ideas
- do military service
- deliver a warrant or summons to someone
- promote, benefit, or be useful or beneficial to
- mate with
- provide (usually but not necessarily food)
- be sufficient; be adequate, either in quality or quantity
- serve a purpose, role, or function
- do duty or hold offices; serve in a specific function
- contribute or conduce to
- spend time in prison or in a labor camp
- help to some food; help with food or drink
- work for, or be a servant to
- (intransitive, factive) To render service by being a servant, worker, employee, or officeholder; to hold those roles and perform their duties.
- (intransitive) To usefully take the place as, instead of something else.
- (ambitransitive, slang, drugs) To provide crack cocaine (to), usually by selling, dealing, or distributing.
- (transitive) To wait upon (someone) at table; to set food and drink in front of, to help (someone) to food, meals etc.
- (intransitive) To present an attractive personal appearance.
- (transitive) To perform (a public obligation).
- (transitive) To copulate with (of male animals); to cover.
- (transitive) To be a servant for; to work for, to be employed by.
- To officially deliver (a legal notice, summons etc.).
- To make legal service upon (a person named in a writ, summons, etc.)
- (intransitive) To have a given use or purpose; to function for something or to do something.
- (transitive) To evoke (something, especially a person) with one's personal appearance.
- (transitive, military) To work, to operate (a weapon).
- (transitive) To work through (a given period of time in prison, a sentence).
- (transitive) To set down (food or drink) on the table to be eaten; to bring (food, drink) to a person.
- (transitive, intransitive, sports) To lead off with the first delivery over the net in tennis, volleyball, ping pong, badminton etc.
- (transitive) To be a formal servant for (a god or deity); to worship in an official capacity.
- (nautical) To wind spun yarn etc. tightly around (a rope or cable, etc.) so as to protect it from chafing or from the weather.
- (transitive) To attractively display (something, especially a body part) as part of one's personal appearance.
- (intransitive) To be in military service.
- (transitive) To be useful to; to meet the needs of.
noun
verb
- be used by; as of a utility
- mate with
- make fit for use
- (transitive) To make a repayment or pay interest (on a debt).
- (transitive) To serve.
- (transitive) To perform maintenance.
- (transitive, military, euphemistic) To attack.
- (public relations, transitive) To supply (media outlets) with press releases etc.
- (transitive, agriculture, euphemistic) To inseminate through sexual intercourse.
- (transitive, vulgar) To perform a sexual act upon.
noun
- a force that is a branch of the armed forces
- periodic maintenance on a car or machine
- work done by one person or group that benefits another
- a means of serving
- the act of mating by male animals
- employment in or work for another
- the act of public worship following prescribed rules
- a company or agency that performs a public service; subject to government regulation
- an act of help or assistance; something (such as a tool, software or system) used to render said help or assistance
- the performance of duties by a waiter or servant
- (law) the acts performed by an English feudal tenant for the benefit of their lord which formed the consideration for the property granted to them
- (sports) a stroke that puts the ball in play
- the act of delivering a writ or summons upon someone
- tableware consisting of a complete set of articles (silver or dishware) for use at table
- (Israel, West Bank, also in Jordan, Lebanon and Syria) A taxi shared among unrelated passengers, each of whom pays part of the fare; often, it has a fixed route between cities.
- (law) The serving, or delivery, of a summons or writ.
- (nautical) The materials used for serving a rope, etc., such as spun yarn and small lines.
- Access to resources such as hotel rooms and Web-based videos without transfer of the resources' ownership.
- (economics) The practice of providing assistance as economic activity.
- A religious rite or ritual.
- A set of dishes or utensils.
- (business) Synonym of utility (“commodity provided on a continuous basis by a physical infrastructure network, such as electricity, water supply or sewerage”).
- (elliptical, uncountable) Work as a member of the military.
- (computing) A function that is provided by one program or machine for another.
- The sorb; the fruit of this tree.
- An act of being of assistance to someone.
- (sports) The act of initially starting, or serving, the ball in play in tennis, volleyball, and other games.
- A musical composition for use in churches.
- The state of being subordinate to or employed by an individual or group.
- Service tree.
- A department in a company, organization, or institution.
- (with the) The military.
verb
- (transitive) To improve the equipment or furnishings of or services rendered to.
- (transitive) To replace with something better.
- (transitive) To improve, usually applied to technology, generally by complete replacement of one or more components.
- (intransitive, transitive, computing) To replace a program with a later version of itself, a version having a higher version number or marketed under a more recent product name.
- (intransitive) To improve in condition or status.
- give better travel conditions to
- get better travel conditions
- give a promotion to or assign to a higher position
- rate higher; raise in value or esteem
- to improve what was old or outdated
adv
noun
- An upward grade or slope.
- An improvement.
- An improved component or replacement item, usually applied to technology.
- a reservation that is improved
- the property possessed by a slope or surface that rises
- software that provides better performance than an earlier version did
- an upward slope or grade (as in a road)
- hardware that provides better performance than an earlier version did
- the act of improving something (especially machinery) by raising it to a higher grade (as by adding or replacing components)
noun
- (economics) the utilization of economic goods to satisfy needs or in manufacturing
- the act of using
- (psychology) an automatic pattern of behavior in reaction to a specific situation; may be inherited or acquired through frequent repetition
- (law) the exercise of the legal right to enjoy the benefits of owning property
- what something is used for
- exerting shrewd or devious influence especially for one's own advantage
- a particular service
- Occasion or need to employ; necessity.
- (Christianity) A special form of a rite adopted for use in a particular context, often a diocese.
- (uncountable) The act of consuming alcohol or narcotics.
- The act of using.
- (uncountable, followed by of) Usefulness, benefit.
- A function; a purpose for which something may be employed.
- (forging) A slab of iron welded to the side of a forging, such as a shaft, near the end, and afterward drawn down, by hammering, so as to lengthen the forging.
verb
- put into service; make work or employ for a particular purpose or for its inherent or natural purpose
- use up (resources or materials)
- take or consume (regularly or habitually)
- habitually do something or be in a certain state or place (use only in the past tense)
- avail oneself to
- seek or achieve an end by using to one's advantage
- (transitive, with gender pronouns as object) To suggest or request that other people employ a specific set of gender pronouns when referring to the subject.
- (transitive, with auxiliary "could") To benefit from; to be able to employ or stand.
- (transitive) To employ; to apply; to utilize.
- To accustom; to habituate. (Now common only in participial form. Uses the same pronunciation as the noun; see usage notes.)
- (transitive) To exploit.
- (transitive) To consume (alcohol, drugs, etc), especially regularly.
- (transitive, often with up) To expend; to consume by employing.
- (intransitive, archaic or literary except in past tense) To habitually do; to be wont to do. (Now chiefly in past-tense forms; see used to.)
- (intransitive) To consume a previously specified substance, especially a drug to which one is addicted.
verb
- put into service; make work or employ for a particular purpose or for its inherent or natural purpose
- give or convey physically
- be pertinent or relevant or applicable
- coat, cover or smear a surface with
- be applicable to; as to an analysis
- apply oneself to
- ensure observance of laws and rules
- ask (for something)
- avail oneself to
- refer (a word or name) to a person or thing
- (transitive, usually reflexive) To address oneself; to refer.
- (intransitive) To pertain or be relevant.
- (transitive) To make use of, declare, or pronounce, as suitable, fitting, or relevant.
- (transitive) To put to use; to use or employ for a particular purpose, or in a particular case
- (reflexive) To work diligently and attentively.
- (transitive) To lay or place; to put (one thing to another)
- (transitive) To put closely; to join; to engage and employ diligently or with attention.
- (intransitive) To submit oneself as a candidate (with the adposition "to" or "at" designating the recipient of the submission, and the adposition "for" designating the position).
adj
verb
noun
verb
- put into service; make work or employ for a particular purpose or for its inherent or natural purpose
- To make useful; to find a practical use for.
- To make best use of; to use to its fullest extent, potential, or ability.
- To make use of; to use.
- To make do with; to use in manner different from that originally intended
verb
- To employ one's abilities and knowledge as an engineer to design, construct, and/or maintain (something, such as a machine or a structure), usually for industrial or public use.
- (specifically) To use genetic engineering to alter or construct (a DNA sequence), or to alter (an organism).
- (rare) To work as an engineer.
- To formulate plots or schemes; to plot, to scheme.
- To plan or achieve (a goal) by contrivance or guile; to finagle, to wangle.
- plan and direct (a complex undertaking)
- design as an engineer
noun
- A soldier engaged in designing or constructing military works for attack or defence, or other engineering works.
- (chiefly historical) A person who operates a steam engine; specifically (nautical), a person employed to operate the steam engine in the engine room of a ship.
- (often derogatory) A person who formulates plots or schemes; a plotter, a schemer.
- (US, firefighting) A person who drives or operates a fire engine (firefighting apparatus).
- Preceded by a qualifying word: a person who uses abilities or knowledge to manipulate events or people.
- Originally, a person engaged in designing, constructing, or maintaining engines or machinery; now (more generally), a person qualified or professionally engaged in any branch of engineering, or studying to do so.
- (chiefly US, rail transport) A person who drives or operates a locomotive; a train driver.
- An honorific title given to engineers before their name.
- A person professionally engaged in the technical design and construction of large-scale private and public works such as bridges, buildings, harbours, railways, roads, etc.; a civil engineer.
- the operator of a railway locomotive
- a person who uses scientific knowledge to solve practical problems
adj
noun
adj
- Of, or relating to the creation of goods or services.
- (set theory) A type of set of natural numbers, related to mathematical logic; a set S is productive if there exists a total recursive function f such that ∀x∈ℕ,~~W_x⊆S⇒f(x)∈A⧵W_x, where W_x is a recursive function whose Gödel number is x.
- Yielding good or useful results; constructive.
- (medicine) Of inflammation, producing new tissue.
- Capable of producing something, especially in abundance; fertile.
- (linguistics, of an affix or word construction rule) Consistently applicable to any of an open set of words.
- (medicine) Of a cough, producing mucus or sputum from the respiratory tract.
- producing or capable of producing (especially abundantly)
- yielding positive results
- having the ability to produce or originate
- marked by great fruitfulness
adj
noun
- (by extension) An apartment, room, etc., on such an intermediate floor.
- An intermediate floor or storey in between the main floors of a building; specifically, one that is directly above the ground floor which does not extend over the whole floorspace of the building, and so resembles a large balcony overlooking the ground floor; an entresol.
- (Canada, US) The lowest balcony in an auditorium, cinema, theatre, etc.; the dress circle.
- intermediate floor just above the ground floor
- first or lowest balcony
verb
adj
- having or put to a practical purpose or use
- concerned with actual use or practice
- being actually such in almost every respect
- guided by practical experience and observation rather than theory
- Being likely to be effective and applicable to a real situation; able to be put to use.
- Of a person, having skills or knowledge that are practical.
- Relating to, or based on, practice or action rather than theory or hypothesis.
- (film) Light fixtures used for set lighting and seen in the frame of a shot as part of the scenery.
- (theater, not comparable) Of a prop: having some degree of functionality, rather than being a mere imitation.
noun
- (British) A part of an exam or series of exams in which the candidate has to demonstrate their practical ability
- (theater) A prop that has some degree of functionality, rather than being a mere imitation.
- Laboratory experiment, test or investigation
- (film) A light fixture used for set lighting and seen in the frame of a shot as part of the scenery.
adj
- Having varied uses or many functions.
- (BDSM) Being a switch; capable of taking either a dominant or a submissive role.
- Capable of doing many things competently.
- (sex, loosely) Capable of being either a dominant or a submissive partner in a sexual relationship.
- (biology) Capable of moving freely in all directions.
- Synonym of vers (“Willing to take either a penetrative or receptive role in anal sex”).
- Changeable or inconstant.
- changeable or inconstant
- able to move freely in all directions
- competent in many areas and able to turn with ease from one thing to another
- having great diversity or variety
adj
- Used by such industry.
- (music) Belonging or pertaining to the genre of industrial music.
- (of a society or country) Having many industries; industrialized.
- Suitable for use in such industry; industrial-grade.
- Massive in scale or quantity.
- Produced by such industry.
- Employed as manpower by such industry.
- Of or relating to industry, notably manufacturing.
- of or relating to or resulting from industry
- having highly developed industries
- suitable to stand up to hard wear
- employed in industry
noun
- (informal, uncountable) Ellipsis of industrial music.
- (finance) A bond or stock issued by such a company.
- (informal) Ellipsis of industrial piercing.
- (business) An enterprise producing tangible goods or providing certain services to industrial companies.
- (film) A film made for use within an industry, not for a movie-going audience.
adj
- Pertaining to the functionality or operation of a technology; technical.
- Exhibiting, requiring, or characteristic of an interest in and/or proficiency with technology.
- (of music) Electronic or electronic-sounding; resembling techno music.
- (of art or design) Of or pertaining to an aesthetic style which uses industrial or technological forms, materials, and themes.
noun
adj
noun
adj
- Efficient, serviceable, or operative, available for useful work.
- (physics, for any effective theory) approximate; Not describing the fundamental dynamic changes in some system as they happen.
- (algebra, of a group action) Such that no group element acts trivially.
- Having the power to produce a required effect or effects.
- Actually in effect.
- Producing a decided or decisive effect.
- (geometry, of a cycle or divisor) Having no negative coefficients.
- works well as a means or remedy
- exerting force or influence
- ready for service
- producing or capable of producing an intended result or having a striking effect
- existing in fact; not theoretical; real
- able to accomplish a purpose; functioning effectively
noun
adj
noun
- (corrosion) A device for detecting discontinuity in a protective coating, also called a "holiday detector"
- (4chan /lgbt/ slang, derogatory, offensive) A trans woman who is sexually attracted to women and transitioned due to autogynephilia.
- A small, blocky, military-style vehicle with four-wheel drive, suited to rough terrain.
- (genericized trademark) A sport utility vehicle or similar four-wheel-drive vehicle.
- (Australia, regional) A covered shopping cart, also called a "shopping stroller".
- A light utility truck from WWII used by the U.S. Army, and subsequently turned into the trademark Jeep when civilianized by originating manufacturer Willys-Overland.
- (Philippines, colloquial) Clipping of jeepney
- a car suitable for traveling over rough terrain