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noun
- a belief that can guide behavior
- a tentative insight into the natural world; a concept that is not yet verified but that if true would explain certain facts or phenomena
- a well-substantiated explanation of some aspect of the natural world; an organized system of accepted knowledge that applies in a variety of circumstances to explain a specific set of phenomena
- (sciences) A coherent statement or set of ideas that explains observed facts or phenomena and correctly predicts new facts or phenomena not previously observed, or which sets out the laws and principles of something known or observed; a hypothesis confirmed by observation, experiment etc.
- (mathematics) A field of study attempting to exhaustively describe a particular class of constructs.
- (chess and similar games) The standardization and study of fixed sequences of moves, especially in the opening phase of a game.
- A description of an event or system that is considered to be accurate.
- (informal) A hypothesis or conjecture.
- (uncountable) The underlying principles or methods of a given technical skill, art etc., as opposed to its practice.
- (countable, logic) A set of axioms together with all statements derivable from them; or, a set of statements which are deductively closed. Equivalently, a formal language plus a set of axioms (from which can then be derived theorems). The statements may be required to all be bound (i.e., to have no free variables).
verb
- To influence towards a belief, a conclusion, etc.
- (intransitive) To be a cause of. [with to]
- (intransitive) To guide or conduct, as by accompanying, going before, showing, influencing, directing with authority, etc.; to have precedence or preeminence; to be first or chief; — used in most of the senses of the transitive verb.
- (transitive, climbing) To lead climb.
- (figuratively): To direct; to counsel; to instruct.
- To guide or conduct in a certain course, or to a certain place or end, by making the way known; to show the way, especially by going with or going in advance of; to guide somebody somewhere or to bring somebody somewhere by means of instructions.
- To guide or conduct with the hand, or by means of some physical contact connection.
- (transitive, card games, dominoes) To begin a game, round, or trick, with
- Misspelling of led.
- (baseball) To step off base and move towards the next base.
- Used in phrasal verbs: lead off, lead on, lead out, lead to (“be the cause of, bring about”), lead up, lead up to.
- (intransitive) To have the highest interim score in a game.
- (intransitive) To tend or reach in a certain spatial direction, or to a certain place.
- (transitive) To go or to be in advance of; to precede; hence, to be foremost or chief among.
- To draw or direct by influence, whether good or bad; to prevail on; to induce; to entice; to allure.
- (shooting) To aim in front of a moving target, in order that the shot may hit the target as it passes.
- (intransitive) To be more advanced in technology or business than others.
- (intransitive) To be ahead of others, e.g., in a race.
- (intransitive) To proceed in front of others; to go first.
- (transitive, usually with "life") To live or experience (a particular way of life).
- (transitive, printing, historical) To place leads between the lines of.
- (transitive) To cover, fill, or affect with lead.
- To conduct or direct with authority; to have direction or charge of; to command, especially a military or business unit.
- lead, extend, or afford access
- travel in front of; go in advance of others
- cause to undertake a certain action
- take somebody somewhere
- tend to or result in
- cause something to pass or lead somewhere
- lead, as in the performance of a composition
- produce as a result or residue
- preside over
- be ahead of others; be the first
- be in charge of
- be conducive to
- stretch out over a distance, space, time, or scope; run or extend between two points or beyond a certain point
- move ahead (of others) in time or space
adj
noun
- (countable, nautical) A plummet or mass of lead attached to a line, used in sounding depth at sea or to estimate velocity in knots.
- A thin strip of type metal, used to separate lines of type in printing.
- (medicine, in the plural) X-ray protective clothing lined with lead.
- (countable) A thin cylinder of graphite used in pencils.
- (UK, countable) An insulated metallic wire for electrical devices and equipment.
- Sheets or plates of lead used as a covering for roofs.
- (horology) The action of a tooth, such as a tooth of a wheel, in impelling another tooth or a pallet.
- Information obtained by a news reporter about an issue or subject that allows him or her to discover more details.
- (electricity) The advance of the current phase in an alternating circuit beyond that of the electromotive force producing it.
- (acting) The actor who plays the main role; lead actor.
- (countable, mining) A lode.
- Information obtained by a detective or police officer that allows him or her to discover further details about a crime or incident.
- A rope, leather strap, or similar device with which to lead an animal; a leash
- (nautical) The course of a rope from end to end.
- (US, journalism) The introductory paragraph or paragraphs of a newspaper, or a news or other type of article. (Sometimes spelled as lede for this usage to avoid ambiguity.)
- (marketing) Potential opportunity for a sale or transaction, a potential customer.
- (business) The person in charge of a project or a work shift etc.
- (curling) The player who throws the first two rocks for a team.
- (music) The announcement by one voice part of a theme to be repeated by the other parts.
- (uncountable, typography) Vertical space in advance of a row or between rows of text. Also known as leading.
- (slang) Bullets; ammunition.
- (countable) A roof covered with lead sheets or terne plates.
- (countable) A channel of open water in an ice field.
- Hypothesis that has not been pursued
- (music) A mark or a short passage in one voice part, as of a canon, serving as a cue for the entrance of others.
- An important news story that appears on the front page of a newspaper or at the beginning of a news broadcast
- (music) A primary synth, often composed of square, sawtooth, triangle or sine waveforms.
- (baseball) The situation where a runner steps away from a base while waiting for the pitch to be thrown.
- (uncountable) A heavy, pliable, inelastic metal element, having a bright, bluish color, but easily tarnished; both malleable and ductile, though with little tenacity. It is easily fusible, forms alloys with other metals, and is an ingredient of solder and type metal. Atomic number 82, symbol Pb (from Latin plumbum).
- (music) In a barbershop quartet, the person who sings the melody, usually the second tenor.
- (countable) The act of leading or conducting; guidance; direction, course
- (acting, theater) The main role in a play or film; the lead role.
- (uncountable, card games, dominoes) The act or right of playing first in a game or round; the card suit, or piece, so played
- (engineering) The axial distance a screw thread travels in one revolution. It is equal to the pitch times the number of starts.
- In a steam engine, the width of port opening which is uncovered by the valve, for the admission or release of steam, at the instant when the piston is at end of its stroke.
- (electricity) The angle between the line joining the brushes of a continuous-current dynamo and the diameter symmetrical between the poles.
- (countable) Precedence; advance position; also, the measure of precedence; the state of being ahead in a race; the highest score in an incomplete game.
- (engineering) The excess above a right angle in the angle between two consecutive cranks, as of a compound engine, on the same shaft.
- (civil engineering) The distance of haul, as from a cutting to an embankment.
- an advantage held by a competitor in a race
- an actor who plays a principal role
- the angle between the direction a gun is aimed and the position of a moving target (correcting for the flight time of the missile)
- evidence pointing to a possible solution
- the introductory section of a story
- (baseball) the position taken by a base runner preparing to advance to the next base
- an indication of potential opportunity
- a jumper that consists of a short piece of wire
- the playing of a card to start a trick in bridge
- a position of being the initiator of something and an example that others will follow (especially in the phrase ‘take the lead’)
- restraint consisting of a rope (or light chain) used to restrain an animal
- a news story of major importance
- (sports) the score by which a team or individual is winning
- the timing of ignition relative to the position of the piston in an internal-combustion engine
- thin strip of metal used to separate lines of type in printing
- a soft heavy toxic malleable metallic element; bluish white when freshly cut but tarnishes readily to dull grey
- mixture of graphite with clay in different degrees of hardness; the marking substance in a pencil
noun
- a rational motive for a belief or action
- a position to be won or defended in battle (or as if in battle)
- the solid part of the earth's surface
- material in the top layer of the surface of the earth in which plants can grow (especially with reference to its quality or use)
- a connection between an electrical device and a large conducting body, such as the earth (which is taken to be at zero voltage)
- a relation that provides the foundation for something
- the first or preliminary coat of paint or size applied to a surface
- a relatively homogeneous percept extending back of the figure on which attention is focused
- (art) the surface (as a wall or canvas) prepared to take the paint for a painting
- the loose soft material that makes up a large part of the land surface
- the part of a scene (or picture) that lies behind objects in the foreground
- (countable) The bottom of a body of water.
- (uncountable) Terrain.
- (electricity, Philippines) Electric shock.
- (countable, cricket) The area of grass on which a match is played (a cricket field); the entire arena in which it is played; the part of the field behind a batsman's popping crease where he can not be run out (hence to make one's ground).
- (in combination) A place suited to a specified activity.
- (historical) The area on which a battle is fought, particularly as referring to the area occupied by one side or the other. Often, according to the eventualities, "to give ground" or "to gain ground".
- The surface of the Earth, as opposed to the sky or water or underground.
- (electricity) An electrical conductor connected to the earth, or a large conductor whose electrical potential is taken as zero (such as a steel chassis).
- (etching) A gummy substance spread over the surface of a metal to be etched, to prevent the acid from eating except where an opening is made by the needle.
- The pit of a theatre.
- (music) A composition in which the bass, consisting of a few bars of independent notes, is continually repeated to a varying melody.
- (architecture, chiefly in the plural) One of the pieces of wood, flush with the plastering, to which mouldings etc. are attached.
- (chiefly in the plural) Reason, (epistemic) justification, cause.
- Basis, foundation, groundwork, legwork.
- (sculpture) A flat surface upon which figures are raised in relief.
- Soil, earth.
- Background, context, framework, surroundings.
- (point lace) The net of small meshes upon which the embroidered pattern is applied.
- The plain surface upon which the figures of an artistic composition are set.
- (countable, UK) A soccer stadium.
- (music) The tune on which descants are raised; the plain song.
- (figurative, by extension) Advantage given or gained in any contest; e.g. in football, chess, debate or academic discourse.
verb
- hit or reach the ground
- place or put on the ground
- fix firmly and stably
- throw to the ground in order to stop play and avoid being tackled behind the line of scrimmage
- bring to the ground
- cover with a primer; apply a primer to
- connect to a ground
- confine or restrict to the ground
- instruct someone in the fundamentals of a subject
- use as a basis for; found on
- (baseball) a hit that travels along the playing field.
- (intransitive) To run aground; to strike the bottom and remain fixed.
- (fine arts) To cover with a ground, as a copper plate for etching, or as paper or other materials with a uniform tint as a preparation for ornament.
- (Philippines, transitive) To electrocute.
- (transitive) To forbid (an aircraft or pilot) to fly.
- (machine learning, transitive) To complement a machine learning model with relevant information it was not trained on.
- (transitive) To place something on the ground.
- simple past and past participle of grind
- To found; to fix or set, as on a foundation, reason, or principle; to furnish a ground for; to fix firmly.
- (US, transitive) To connect (an electrical conductor or device) to a ground.
- (cricket) To place a bat or part of the body on the ground to avoid being run out.
- (transitive) To improve or focus the mental or emotional state of.
- (baseball) To hit a ground ball. Compare fly (verb (regular)) and line (verb).
- (transitive) To punish, especially a child or teenager, by forcing them to stay at home and/or give up certain privileges.
- (transitive) To give a basic education in a particular subject; to instruct in elements or first principles.
adj
noun
- a rational motive for a belief or action
- an opportunity to do something
- an event that occurs at a critical time
- a formal or official social gathering or ceremony of people
- the time of a particular event
- Something which causes something else; a cause.
- An occurrence or state of affairs which causes some event or reaction; a motive or reason.
- The time when something happens.
- A reason or excuse; a motive; a persuasion.
- A favorable opportunity; a convenient or timely chance.
- A need; requirement, necessity.
- A special event or function.
- A particular happening; an instance or time when something occurred.
verb
noun
- a rational motive for a belief or action
- the state of having good sense and sound judgment
- an explanation of the cause of some phenomenon
- a justification for something existing or happening
- a fact that logically justifies some premise or conclusion
- the capacity for rational thought or inference or discrimination
- A wall plate.
- An excuse: a thought or a consideration offered in support of a determination or an opinion; that which is offered or accepted as an explanation.
- That which causes something: an efficient cause, a proximate cause.
- (uncountable) Rational thinking (or the capacity for it); the cognitive faculties, collectively, of conception, judgment, deduction and intuition.
- A motive for an action or a determination.
- (logic) A premise placed after its conclusion.
verb
- decide by reasoning; draw or come to a conclusion
- think logically
- present reasons and arguments
- (intransitive) To deduce or come to a conclusion by being rational.
- (transitive, usually with out) To find by logical process; to explain or justify by reason or argument.
- (transitive) To persuade by reasoning or argument.
- (transitive, rare) To support with reasons, as a request.
- (ambitransitive) To arrange and present the reasons for or against; to examine or discuss by arguments; to debate or discuss.
- (transitive, with down) To overcome or conquer by adducing reasons.
- (intransitive) To perform a process of deduction or of induction, in order to convince or to confute; to argue.
noun
- A mindset; a way of thinking; a set of beliefs.
- The characteristics of a mind described as a system of distinctive structures and processes based in biology, language, or culture, etc.; a mental system.
- mental ability
- a habitual or characteristic mental attitude that determines how you will interpret and respond to situations
adj
noun
verb
adj
- Conforming to reality and therefore worthy of trust, reliance, or belief.
- conforming to fact and therefore worthy of belief
- Designating a cadence in which the dominant chord precedes the tonic.
- Designating a mode having the final as the lowest note.
- Of the same origin as claimed; genuine.
- not counterfeit or copied
verb
- To believe that (something) is right or desirable.
- follow a credo; have a faith; be a believer
- (transitive) To opine, think, reckon.
- (intransitive) To have religious faith; to believe in a greater truth.
- (transitive) To accept as true, particularly without absolute certainty (i.e., as opposed to knowing).
- To ascribe existence to.
- To have confidence in the ability or power of.
- (transitive) To accept that someone is telling the truth.
- judge or regard; look upon; judge
- credit with veracity
- accept as true; take to be true
- be confident about something
noun
- A fundamental assumption or guiding belief.
- A fundamental essence, particularly one producing a given quality.
- An original faculty or endowment.
- (sometimes pluralized) Moral rule or aspect.
- A source, or origin; that from which anything proceeds; fundamental substance or energy; primordial substance; ultimate element, or cause.
- (physics) A rule or law of nature, or the basic idea on how the laws of nature are applied.
- Misspelling of principal.
- A chemical compound within plant or animal tissue that is characteristic of it and more or less peculiar to it, such that it defines the character of that tissue from a human viewpoint (as for example nicotine in tobacco).
- A rule used to choose among solutions to a problem.
- a basic truth or law or assumption
- (law) an explanation of the fundamental reasons (especially an explanation of the working of some device in terms of laws of nature)
- a rule or law concerning a natural phenomenon or the function of a complex system
- a rule or standard especially of good behavior
- rule of personal conduct
- a basic generalization that is accepted as true and that can be used as a basis for reasoning or conduct
verb
noun
- Reliance on the truth of something said or done; faith; trust.
- A nominal unit of value assigned outside of a currency system.
- The time given for payment for something sold on trust.
- A source of value, distinction or honour.
- (countable) A course credit, a credit hour – used as measure if enough courses have been taken for graduation.
- (uncountable) Recognition, respect and admiration.
- (television/film, usually in the plural) Written titles and other information about the TV program or movie shown at the beginning and/or end of the TV program or movie.
- (accounting) An addition to certain accounts; the side of an account on which payments received are entered.
- (uncountable, US) A person's credit rating or creditworthiness, as represented by their history of borrowing and repayment (or non payment).
- (tax accounting) A reduction in taxes owed, or a refund for excess taxes paid.
- (science fiction) A unit of currency used in a fictional universe or timeframe.
- (countable) Acknowledgement of a contribution, especially in the performing arts.
- (uncountable) Recognition for having taken a course (class).
- (uncountable, law, business, finance) A privilege of delayed payment extended to a buyer or borrower on the seller's or lender's belief that what is given will be repaid.
- used in the phrase ‘to your credit’ in order to indicate an achievement deserving praise
- an accounting entry acknowledging income or capital items
- an estimate, based on previous dealings, of a person's or an organization's ability to fulfill their financial commitments
- approval
- money available for a client to borrow
- arrangement for deferred payment for goods and services
- recognition by a college or university that a course of studies has been successfully completed; typically measured in semester hours
- an entry on a list of persons who contributed to a film or written work
- a short note recognizing a source of information or of a quoted passage
verb
- (transitive) To acknowledge the contribution of.
- (transitive) To believe; to put credence in.
- (transitive) To bring honour or repute upon; to do credit to; to raise the estimation of.
- (transitive, accounting) To add to an account.
- have trust in; trust in the truth or veracity of
- give someone credit for something
- enter as credit
- ascribe an achievement to
verb
- To shape the behaviour of someone to do something.
- To subject to the process of acclimation.
- (transitive) To test or assay, as silk (to ascertain the proportion of moisture it contains).
- (US, colleges, transitive) To put under conditions; to require to pass a new examination or to make up a specified study, as a condition of remaining in one's class or in college.
- (transitive) To treat, especially hair with hair conditioner.
- (transitive) To contract; to stipulate; to agree.
- To subject to different conditions, especially as an exercise.
- To make dependent on a condition to be fulfilled; to make conditional on.
- (transitive) To place conditions or limitations upon.
- To impose upon an object those relations or conditions without which knowledge and thought are alleged to be impossible.
- develop (a child's or animal's) behavior by instruction and practice; especially to teach self-control
- establish a conditioned response
- apply conditioner to in order to make smooth and shiny
- put into a better state
- specify as a condition or requirement in a contract or agreement; make an express demand or provision in an agreement
noun
- A state or quality.
- A requirement.
- (law) A clause in a contract or agreement indicating that a certain contingency may modify the principal obligation in some way.
- A certain abnormal state of health; a malady or sickness.
- The health status of a medical patient.
- A logical clause or phrase that a conditional statement uses. The phrase can either be true or false.
- A particular state of being.
- a state at a particular time
- an illness, disease, or other medical problem
- information that should be kept in mind when making a decision
- the state of (good) health (especially in the phrases ‘in condition’ or ‘in shape’ or ‘out of condition’ or ‘out of shape’)
- (usually plural) a statement of what is required as part of an agreement
- an assumption on which rests the validity or effect of something else
- the procedure that is varied in order to estimate a variable's effect by comparison with a control condition
- a mode of being or form of existence of a person or thing
noun
- a doctrine that is taught
- rule of personal conduct
- (UK) A tax rate set by such an order; the tax thus collected.
- (UK) An order issued by one local authority to another specifying the rate of tax to be charged on its behalf.
- (law) A written command, especially a demand for payment.
- A rule or principle, especially one governing personal conduct.
verb
noun
verb
noun
- a manner of living that reflects the person's values and attitudes
- (marketing) The totality of the likes and dislikes of a particular section of the market, especially when expressed in terms of the products and services that they would buy; a marketing strategy based on the self-image of such a group.
- A style of living that reflects the attitudes and values of a person or group.
noun
- a manner of living that reflects the person's values and attitudes
- a temporary accommodation of a disagreement between parties pending a permanent settlement
- A way of living, especially a working arrangement to allow for peaceful coexistence between two parties in spite of differences or unresolved disputes.
noun
- an integrated set of attitudes and beliefs
- a course introducing a new situation or environment
- the act of orienting
- a person's awareness of self with regard to position and time and place and personal relationships
- position or alignment relative to points of the compass or other specific directions
- a predisposition in favor of something
- (countable) The determination of the relative position of something or someone.
- (mathematical analysis, differential geometry, countable) The choice of which ordered bases are "positively" oriented and which are "negatively" oriented on a real vector space.
- (countable) An inclination, tendency or direction.
- (analytic geometry, topology, countable) The designation of a parametrised curve as "positively" or "negatively" oriented; the analogous description of a surface or hypersurface.
- (countable) The ability to orient, or the process of so doing.
- (countable) An adjustment to a new environment.
- (education) Events to orient new students at a school; events to help new students become familiar with a school.
- (uncountable) The construction of a Christian church to have its aisle in an east-west direction with the altar at the east end.
- (LGBTQ) Ellipsis of sexual orientation.
- (typography, countable) The direction of print across the page; landscape or portrait.
- (countable) An introduction to a (new) environment.
- (countable) The relative physical position or direction of something.
prep_phrase
noun
- The practice of self-denial; self-restraint; forebearance from anything.
- Specifically, the practice of abstaining from intoxicating/alcoholic beverages; total abstinence; teetotalism).
- Specifically, the practice of abstaining from sexual intercourse, either permanently or until marriage.
- (business) Delay of spending to accrue capital.
- (ecclesiastical) Abstention from certain foods on days of penitential observance.
- The act or practice of abstaining, refraining from indulging a desire or appetite.
- the trait of abstaining (especially from alcohol)
- act or practice of refraining from indulging an appetite
adj
- conforming to fact and therefore worthy of belief
- worthy of being depended on
- worthy of reliance or trust
- (signal processing, of a communication protocol) Such that either a sent packet will reach its destination, even if it requires retransmission, or the sender will be told that it didn't.
- Suitable or fit to be relied on; worthy of dependence, reliance or trust; dependable, trustworthy
noun
noun
- the justification for some act or belief
- the defendant and their legal advisors collectively
- (sports) the team that is trying to prevent the other team from scoring
- a structure used to defend against attack
- the act of defending someone or something against attack or injury
- an organization of defenders that provides resistance against attack
- protection from harm
- (military) military action or resources protecting a country against potential enemies
- a defendant's answer or plea denying the truth of the charges against them
- the speech act of answering an attack on your assertions
- (psychiatry) an unconscious process that tries to reduce the anxiety associated with instinctive desires
- (team sports) The portion of a team dedicated to preventing the other team from scoring; contrasted with offence.
- (team sports) A strategy and tactics employed to prevent the other team from scoring; contrasted with offence.
- Something used to oppose attacks.
- The action of defending, of protecting from attack, danger or injury.
- An argument in support or justification of something.
- Government policy or (infra)structure related to the military.
noun
- the justification for some act or belief
- the defendant and their legal advisors collectively
- (sports) the team that is trying to prevent the other team from scoring
- a structure used to defend against attack
- the act of defending someone or something against attack or injury
- an organization of defenders that provides resistance against attack
- protection from harm
- (military) military action or resources protecting a country against potential enemies
- a defendant's answer or plea denying the truth of the charges against them
- the speech act of answering an attack on your assertions
- (psychiatry) an unconscious process that tries to reduce the anxiety associated with instinctive desires
- (law, by extension) The lawyer or team thereof who presents such a case.
- An argument in support or justification of something.
- (team sports) A strategy and tactics employed to prevent the other team from scoring; contrasted with offense.
- The action of defending or protecting from attack, danger, or injury.
- (law, by extension) The case presented by the defendant in a legal proceeding.
- (government, military, euphemistic) Government policy or (infra)structure related to the military.
- (team sports) The portion of a team dedicated to preventing the other team from scoring; contrasted with offense.
verb
noun
- preoccupation especially with one's attitudes and ethical or ideological values
- preoccupation with what concerns human inner nature (especially ethical or ideological values)
- the quality or state of being inward or internal
- the choicest or most essential or most vital part of some idea or experience
- The characteristic of being inward or directed towards the inside.
noun
- a profession of belief
- strong evidence for something
- a legal document declaring a person's wishes regarding the disposal of their property when they die
- One of the two parts to the scriptures of the Christian religion: the New Testament, considered by Christians to be a continuation of the Hebrew scriptures, and the Hebrew scriptures themselves, which they refer to as the Old Testament.
- (law) A solemn, authentic instrument in writing, by which a person declares his or her will as to disposal of his or her inheritance (estate and effects) after his or her death, benefiting specified heir(s).
- A credo, expression of conviction.
- A tangible proof or tribute.
verb
noun
- the trait of resolutely controlling your own behavior
- (sport) the act of controlling the ball (or puck)
- being controlled by passion or the supernatural
- a territory that is controlled by a ruling state
- anything owned or possessed
- the act of having and controlling property
- a mania restricted to one thing or idea
- The condition of being under the control of strong emotion or madness.
- (Australian rules football) A disposal of the ball during a game, i.e. a kick or a handball.
- (linguistics) A syntactic relationship between two nouns or nominals that may be used to indicate ownership.
- Something that is owned.
- (sports) A control of the ball; the opportunity to be on the offensive.
- An ownership; a taking, a holding, keeping something as one's own.
- A territory under the rule of another country.
- The condition or affliction of being possessed by a demon or other supernatural entity.
- A control or occupancy of something for which one does not necessarily have private property rights.
noun
- learning (of values or attitudes etc.) that is incorporated within yourself
- including by incorporating
- consolidating two or more things; union in (or into) one body
- A body incorporated; a corporation.
- The act of creating a corporation.
- (linguistics) A phenomenon by which a grammatical category forms a compound with its direct object or adverbial modifier, while retaining its original syntactic function.
- (law) A doctrine of constitutional law according to which certain parts of the Bill of Rights are extended to bind individual American states. ᵂᵖ
- The union of different ingredients in one mass; mixture; combination; synthesis.
- The act of incorporating, or the state of being incorporated.
- The union of something with a body already existing; association; intimate union; assimilation.
adj
- Showing good judgement or the benefit of experience.
- (colloquial) Aware, informed (to something).
- (colloquial, ironic, sarcastic) Disrespectful.
- marked by the exercise of good judgment or common sense in practical matters
- having or prompted by wisdom or discernment
- improperly forward or bold
- evidencing the possession of inside information
verb
noun
noun
- an attitude of mind especially one that favors one alternative over others
- the act or means of getting rid of something
- a natural or acquired habit or characteristic tendency in a person or thing
- your usual mood
- (law) Provision; clause.
- (law) Transfer or relinquishment to the care or possession of another.
- Control over something, especially with regard to disposing or dispensing with an action item (disposal of a concern, allocation of disbursed funds) or control over the arrangement or placement of certain things.
- (music) The set of choirs of strings on a harpsichord.
- (medicine) The destination of a patient after medical treatment, especially after emergency triage, first line treatment, or surgery; the choice made for the next venue of care.
- (law) Final decision or settlement.
- Temperament, temperamental makeup or habitual mood.
- Tendency or inclination under given circumstances.
- The arrangement or placement of certain things.
verb
noun
- an attitude of mind especially one that favors one alternative over others
- the act of inclining; bending forward
- that toward which you are inclined to feel a liking
- (geometry) the angle formed by the x-axis and a given line (measured counterclockwise from the positive half of the x-axis)
- (astronomy) the angle between the plane of the orbit and the plane of the ecliptic stated in degrees
- (physics) the angle that a magnetic needle makes with the plane of the horizon
- a characteristic likelihood of or natural disposition toward a certain condition or character or effect
- the property possessed by a line or surface that departs from the vertical
- A tendency.
- A slant or slope.
- (geometry) The angle of intersection of a reference plane.
- A physical tilt or bend.
noun
- an attitude of mind especially one that favors one alternative over others
- an inclination to do something
- a general direction in which something tends to move
- a characteristic likelihood of or natural disposition toward a certain condition or character or effect
- (politics) An organised unit or faction within a larger political organisation.
- A likelihood of behaving in a particular way or going in a particular direction; a tending toward.
noun
adj
verb
noun
- a belief that can guide behavior
- a tentative insight into the natural world; a concept that is not yet verified but that if true would explain certain facts or phenomena
- a well-substantiated explanation of some aspect of the natural world; an organized system of accepted knowledge that applies in a variety of circumstances to explain a specific set of phenomena
- (sciences) A coherent statement or set of ideas that explains observed facts or phenomena and correctly predicts new facts or phenomena not previously observed, or which sets out the laws and principles of something known or observed; a hypothesis confirmed by observation, experiment etc.
- (mathematics) A field of study attempting to exhaustively describe a particular class of constructs.
- (chess and similar games) The standardization and study of fixed sequences of moves, especially in the opening phase of a game.
- A description of an event or system that is considered to be accurate.
- (informal) A hypothesis or conjecture.
- (uncountable) The underlying principles or methods of a given technical skill, art etc., as opposed to its practice.
- (countable, logic) A set of axioms together with all statements derivable from them; or, a set of statements which are deductively closed. Equivalently, a formal language plus a set of axioms (from which can then be derived theorems). The statements may be required to all be bound (i.e., to have no free variables).
noun
- a rational motive for a belief or action
- a position to be won or defended in battle (or as if in battle)
- the solid part of the earth's surface
- material in the top layer of the surface of the earth in which plants can grow (especially with reference to its quality or use)
- a connection between an electrical device and a large conducting body, such as the earth (which is taken to be at zero voltage)
- a relation that provides the foundation for something
- the first or preliminary coat of paint or size applied to a surface
- a relatively homogeneous percept extending back of the figure on which attention is focused
- (art) the surface (as a wall or canvas) prepared to take the paint for a painting
- the loose soft material that makes up a large part of the land surface
- the part of a scene (or picture) that lies behind objects in the foreground
- (countable) The bottom of a body of water.
- (uncountable) Terrain.
- (electricity, Philippines) Electric shock.
- (countable, cricket) The area of grass on which a match is played (a cricket field); the entire arena in which it is played; the part of the field behind a batsman's popping crease where he can not be run out (hence to make one's ground).
- (in combination) A place suited to a specified activity.
- (historical) The area on which a battle is fought, particularly as referring to the area occupied by one side or the other. Often, according to the eventualities, "to give ground" or "to gain ground".
- The surface of the Earth, as opposed to the sky or water or underground.
- (electricity) An electrical conductor connected to the earth, or a large conductor whose electrical potential is taken as zero (such as a steel chassis).
- (etching) A gummy substance spread over the surface of a metal to be etched, to prevent the acid from eating except where an opening is made by the needle.
- The pit of a theatre.
- (music) A composition in which the bass, consisting of a few bars of independent notes, is continually repeated to a varying melody.
- (architecture, chiefly in the plural) One of the pieces of wood, flush with the plastering, to which mouldings etc. are attached.
- (chiefly in the plural) Reason, (epistemic) justification, cause.
- Basis, foundation, groundwork, legwork.
- (sculpture) A flat surface upon which figures are raised in relief.
- Soil, earth.
- Background, context, framework, surroundings.
- (point lace) The net of small meshes upon which the embroidered pattern is applied.
- The plain surface upon which the figures of an artistic composition are set.
- (countable, UK) A soccer stadium.
- (music) The tune on which descants are raised; the plain song.
- (figurative, by extension) Advantage given or gained in any contest; e.g. in football, chess, debate or academic discourse.
verb
- hit or reach the ground
- place or put on the ground
- fix firmly and stably
- throw to the ground in order to stop play and avoid being tackled behind the line of scrimmage
- bring to the ground
- cover with a primer; apply a primer to
- connect to a ground
- confine or restrict to the ground
- instruct someone in the fundamentals of a subject
- use as a basis for; found on
- (baseball) a hit that travels along the playing field.
- (intransitive) To run aground; to strike the bottom and remain fixed.
- (fine arts) To cover with a ground, as a copper plate for etching, or as paper or other materials with a uniform tint as a preparation for ornament.
- (Philippines, transitive) To electrocute.
- (transitive) To forbid (an aircraft or pilot) to fly.
- (machine learning, transitive) To complement a machine learning model with relevant information it was not trained on.
- (transitive) To place something on the ground.
- simple past and past participle of grind
- To found; to fix or set, as on a foundation, reason, or principle; to furnish a ground for; to fix firmly.
- (US, transitive) To connect (an electrical conductor or device) to a ground.
- (cricket) To place a bat or part of the body on the ground to avoid being run out.
- (transitive) To improve or focus the mental or emotional state of.
- (baseball) To hit a ground ball. Compare fly (verb (regular)) and line (verb).
- (transitive) To punish, especially a child or teenager, by forcing them to stay at home and/or give up certain privileges.
- (transitive) To give a basic education in a particular subject; to instruct in elements or first principles.
adj
noun
- a rational motive for a belief or action
- an opportunity to do something
- an event that occurs at a critical time
- a formal or official social gathering or ceremony of people
- the time of a particular event
- Something which causes something else; a cause.
- An occurrence or state of affairs which causes some event or reaction; a motive or reason.
- The time when something happens.
- A reason or excuse; a motive; a persuasion.
- A favorable opportunity; a convenient or timely chance.
- A need; requirement, necessity.
- A special event or function.
- A particular happening; an instance or time when something occurred.
verb
noun
- a rational motive for a belief or action
- the state of having good sense and sound judgment
- an explanation of the cause of some phenomenon
- a justification for something existing or happening
- a fact that logically justifies some premise or conclusion
- the capacity for rational thought or inference or discrimination
- A wall plate.
- An excuse: a thought or a consideration offered in support of a determination or an opinion; that which is offered or accepted as an explanation.
- That which causes something: an efficient cause, a proximate cause.
- (uncountable) Rational thinking (or the capacity for it); the cognitive faculties, collectively, of conception, judgment, deduction and intuition.
- A motive for an action or a determination.
- (logic) A premise placed after its conclusion.
verb
- decide by reasoning; draw or come to a conclusion
- think logically
- present reasons and arguments
- (intransitive) To deduce or come to a conclusion by being rational.
- (transitive, usually with out) To find by logical process; to explain or justify by reason or argument.
- (transitive) To persuade by reasoning or argument.
- (transitive, rare) To support with reasons, as a request.
- (ambitransitive) To arrange and present the reasons for or against; to examine or discuss by arguments; to debate or discuss.
- (transitive, with down) To overcome or conquer by adducing reasons.
- (intransitive) To perform a process of deduction or of induction, in order to convince or to confute; to argue.
noun
- A mindset; a way of thinking; a set of beliefs.
- The characteristics of a mind described as a system of distinctive structures and processes based in biology, language, or culture, etc.; a mental system.
- mental ability
- a habitual or characteristic mental attitude that determines how you will interpret and respond to situations
noun
- A fundamental assumption or guiding belief.
- A fundamental essence, particularly one producing a given quality.
- An original faculty or endowment.
- (sometimes pluralized) Moral rule or aspect.
- A source, or origin; that from which anything proceeds; fundamental substance or energy; primordial substance; ultimate element, or cause.
- (physics) A rule or law of nature, or the basic idea on how the laws of nature are applied.
- Misspelling of principal.
- A chemical compound within plant or animal tissue that is characteristic of it and more or less peculiar to it, such that it defines the character of that tissue from a human viewpoint (as for example nicotine in tobacco).
- A rule used to choose among solutions to a problem.
- a basic truth or law or assumption
- (law) an explanation of the fundamental reasons (especially an explanation of the working of some device in terms of laws of nature)
- a rule or law concerning a natural phenomenon or the function of a complex system
- a rule or standard especially of good behavior
- rule of personal conduct
- a basic generalization that is accepted as true and that can be used as a basis for reasoning or conduct
verb
noun
- Reliance on the truth of something said or done; faith; trust.
- A nominal unit of value assigned outside of a currency system.
- The time given for payment for something sold on trust.
- A source of value, distinction or honour.
- (countable) A course credit, a credit hour – used as measure if enough courses have been taken for graduation.
- (uncountable) Recognition, respect and admiration.
- (television/film, usually in the plural) Written titles and other information about the TV program or movie shown at the beginning and/or end of the TV program or movie.
- (accounting) An addition to certain accounts; the side of an account on which payments received are entered.
- (uncountable, US) A person's credit rating or creditworthiness, as represented by their history of borrowing and repayment (or non payment).
- (tax accounting) A reduction in taxes owed, or a refund for excess taxes paid.
- (science fiction) A unit of currency used in a fictional universe or timeframe.
- (countable) Acknowledgement of a contribution, especially in the performing arts.
- (uncountable) Recognition for having taken a course (class).
- (uncountable, law, business, finance) A privilege of delayed payment extended to a buyer or borrower on the seller's or lender's belief that what is given will be repaid.
- used in the phrase ‘to your credit’ in order to indicate an achievement deserving praise
- an accounting entry acknowledging income or capital items
- an estimate, based on previous dealings, of a person's or an organization's ability to fulfill their financial commitments
- approval
- money available for a client to borrow
- arrangement for deferred payment for goods and services
- recognition by a college or university that a course of studies has been successfully completed; typically measured in semester hours
- an entry on a list of persons who contributed to a film or written work
- a short note recognizing a source of information or of a quoted passage
verb
- (transitive) To acknowledge the contribution of.
- (transitive) To believe; to put credence in.
- (transitive) To bring honour or repute upon; to do credit to; to raise the estimation of.
- (transitive, accounting) To add to an account.
- have trust in; trust in the truth or veracity of
- give someone credit for something
- enter as credit
- ascribe an achievement to
noun
- a doctrine that is taught
- rule of personal conduct
- (UK) A tax rate set by such an order; the tax thus collected.
- (UK) An order issued by one local authority to another specifying the rate of tax to be charged on its behalf.
- (law) A written command, especially a demand for payment.
- A rule or principle, especially one governing personal conduct.
verb
noun
verb
noun
- a manner of living that reflects the person's values and attitudes
- (marketing) The totality of the likes and dislikes of a particular section of the market, especially when expressed in terms of the products and services that they would buy; a marketing strategy based on the self-image of such a group.
- A style of living that reflects the attitudes and values of a person or group.
noun
- a manner of living that reflects the person's values and attitudes
- a temporary accommodation of a disagreement between parties pending a permanent settlement
- A way of living, especially a working arrangement to allow for peaceful coexistence between two parties in spite of differences or unresolved disputes.
noun
- an integrated set of attitudes and beliefs
- a course introducing a new situation or environment
- the act of orienting
- a person's awareness of self with regard to position and time and place and personal relationships
- position or alignment relative to points of the compass or other specific directions
- a predisposition in favor of something
- (countable) The determination of the relative position of something or someone.
- (mathematical analysis, differential geometry, countable) The choice of which ordered bases are "positively" oriented and which are "negatively" oriented on a real vector space.
- (countable) An inclination, tendency or direction.
- (analytic geometry, topology, countable) The designation of a parametrised curve as "positively" or "negatively" oriented; the analogous description of a surface or hypersurface.
- (countable) The ability to orient, or the process of so doing.
- (countable) An adjustment to a new environment.
- (education) Events to orient new students at a school; events to help new students become familiar with a school.
- (uncountable) The construction of a Christian church to have its aisle in an east-west direction with the altar at the east end.
- (LGBTQ) Ellipsis of sexual orientation.
- (typography, countable) The direction of print across the page; landscape or portrait.
- (countable) An introduction to a (new) environment.
- (countable) The relative physical position or direction of something.
noun
- The practice of self-denial; self-restraint; forebearance from anything.
- Specifically, the practice of abstaining from intoxicating/alcoholic beverages; total abstinence; teetotalism).
- Specifically, the practice of abstaining from sexual intercourse, either permanently or until marriage.
- (business) Delay of spending to accrue capital.
- (ecclesiastical) Abstention from certain foods on days of penitential observance.
- The act or practice of abstaining, refraining from indulging a desire or appetite.
- the trait of abstaining (especially from alcohol)
- act or practice of refraining from indulging an appetite
noun
- the justification for some act or belief
- the defendant and their legal advisors collectively
- (sports) the team that is trying to prevent the other team from scoring
- a structure used to defend against attack
- the act of defending someone or something against attack or injury
- an organization of defenders that provides resistance against attack
- protection from harm
- (military) military action or resources protecting a country against potential enemies
- a defendant's answer or plea denying the truth of the charges against them
- the speech act of answering an attack on your assertions
- (psychiatry) an unconscious process that tries to reduce the anxiety associated with instinctive desires
- (team sports) The portion of a team dedicated to preventing the other team from scoring; contrasted with offence.
- (team sports) A strategy and tactics employed to prevent the other team from scoring; contrasted with offence.
- Something used to oppose attacks.
- The action of defending, of protecting from attack, danger or injury.
- An argument in support or justification of something.
- Government policy or (infra)structure related to the military.
noun
- the justification for some act or belief
- the defendant and their legal advisors collectively
- (sports) the team that is trying to prevent the other team from scoring
- a structure used to defend against attack
- the act of defending someone or something against attack or injury
- an organization of defenders that provides resistance against attack
- protection from harm
- (military) military action or resources protecting a country against potential enemies
- a defendant's answer or plea denying the truth of the charges against them
- the speech act of answering an attack on your assertions
- (psychiatry) an unconscious process that tries to reduce the anxiety associated with instinctive desires
- (law, by extension) The lawyer or team thereof who presents such a case.
- An argument in support or justification of something.
- (team sports) A strategy and tactics employed to prevent the other team from scoring; contrasted with offense.
- The action of defending or protecting from attack, danger, or injury.
- (law, by extension) The case presented by the defendant in a legal proceeding.
- (government, military, euphemistic) Government policy or (infra)structure related to the military.
- (team sports) The portion of a team dedicated to preventing the other team from scoring; contrasted with offense.
verb
noun
- preoccupation especially with one's attitudes and ethical or ideological values
- preoccupation with what concerns human inner nature (especially ethical or ideological values)
- the quality or state of being inward or internal
- the choicest or most essential or most vital part of some idea or experience
- The characteristic of being inward or directed towards the inside.
noun
- a profession of belief
- strong evidence for something
- a legal document declaring a person's wishes regarding the disposal of their property when they die
- One of the two parts to the scriptures of the Christian religion: the New Testament, considered by Christians to be a continuation of the Hebrew scriptures, and the Hebrew scriptures themselves, which they refer to as the Old Testament.
- (law) A solemn, authentic instrument in writing, by which a person declares his or her will as to disposal of his or her inheritance (estate and effects) after his or her death, benefiting specified heir(s).
- A credo, expression of conviction.
- A tangible proof or tribute.
verb
noun
- the trait of resolutely controlling your own behavior
- (sport) the act of controlling the ball (or puck)
- being controlled by passion or the supernatural
- a territory that is controlled by a ruling state
- anything owned or possessed
- the act of having and controlling property
- a mania restricted to one thing or idea
- The condition of being under the control of strong emotion or madness.
- (Australian rules football) A disposal of the ball during a game, i.e. a kick or a handball.
- (linguistics) A syntactic relationship between two nouns or nominals that may be used to indicate ownership.
- Something that is owned.
- (sports) A control of the ball; the opportunity to be on the offensive.
- An ownership; a taking, a holding, keeping something as one's own.
- A territory under the rule of another country.
- The condition or affliction of being possessed by a demon or other supernatural entity.
- A control or occupancy of something for which one does not necessarily have private property rights.
noun
- learning (of values or attitudes etc.) that is incorporated within yourself
- including by incorporating
- consolidating two or more things; union in (or into) one body
- A body incorporated; a corporation.
- The act of creating a corporation.
- (linguistics) A phenomenon by which a grammatical category forms a compound with its direct object or adverbial modifier, while retaining its original syntactic function.
- (law) A doctrine of constitutional law according to which certain parts of the Bill of Rights are extended to bind individual American states. ᵂᵖ
- The union of different ingredients in one mass; mixture; combination; synthesis.
- The act of incorporating, or the state of being incorporated.
- The union of something with a body already existing; association; intimate union; assimilation.
noun
- an attitude of mind especially one that favors one alternative over others
- the act or means of getting rid of something
- a natural or acquired habit or characteristic tendency in a person or thing
- your usual mood
- (law) Provision; clause.
- (law) Transfer or relinquishment to the care or possession of another.
- Control over something, especially with regard to disposing or dispensing with an action item (disposal of a concern, allocation of disbursed funds) or control over the arrangement or placement of certain things.
- (music) The set of choirs of strings on a harpsichord.
- (medicine) The destination of a patient after medical treatment, especially after emergency triage, first line treatment, or surgery; the choice made for the next venue of care.
- (law) Final decision or settlement.
- Temperament, temperamental makeup or habitual mood.
- Tendency or inclination under given circumstances.
- The arrangement or placement of certain things.
verb
noun
- an attitude of mind especially one that favors one alternative over others
- the act of inclining; bending forward
- that toward which you are inclined to feel a liking
- (geometry) the angle formed by the x-axis and a given line (measured counterclockwise from the positive half of the x-axis)
- (astronomy) the angle between the plane of the orbit and the plane of the ecliptic stated in degrees
- (physics) the angle that a magnetic needle makes with the plane of the horizon
- a characteristic likelihood of or natural disposition toward a certain condition or character or effect
- the property possessed by a line or surface that departs from the vertical
- A tendency.
- A slant or slope.
- (geometry) The angle of intersection of a reference plane.
- A physical tilt or bend.
noun
- an attitude of mind especially one that favors one alternative over others
- an inclination to do something
- a general direction in which something tends to move
- a characteristic likelihood of or natural disposition toward a certain condition or character or effect
- (politics) An organised unit or faction within a larger political organisation.
- A likelihood of behaving in a particular way or going in a particular direction; a tending toward.
noun
adj
verb
verb
- To influence towards a belief, a conclusion, etc.
- (intransitive) To be a cause of. [with to]
- (intransitive) To guide or conduct, as by accompanying, going before, showing, influencing, directing with authority, etc.; to have precedence or preeminence; to be first or chief; — used in most of the senses of the transitive verb.
- (transitive, climbing) To lead climb.
- (figuratively): To direct; to counsel; to instruct.
- To guide or conduct in a certain course, or to a certain place or end, by making the way known; to show the way, especially by going with or going in advance of; to guide somebody somewhere or to bring somebody somewhere by means of instructions.
- To guide or conduct with the hand, or by means of some physical contact connection.
- (transitive, card games, dominoes) To begin a game, round, or trick, with
- Misspelling of led.
- (baseball) To step off base and move towards the next base.
- Used in phrasal verbs: lead off, lead on, lead out, lead to (“be the cause of, bring about”), lead up, lead up to.
- (intransitive) To have the highest interim score in a game.
- (intransitive) To tend or reach in a certain spatial direction, or to a certain place.
- (transitive) To go or to be in advance of; to precede; hence, to be foremost or chief among.
- To draw or direct by influence, whether good or bad; to prevail on; to induce; to entice; to allure.
- (shooting) To aim in front of a moving target, in order that the shot may hit the target as it passes.
- (intransitive) To be more advanced in technology or business than others.
- (intransitive) To be ahead of others, e.g., in a race.
- (intransitive) To proceed in front of others; to go first.
- (transitive, usually with "life") To live or experience (a particular way of life).
- (transitive, printing, historical) To place leads between the lines of.
- (transitive) To cover, fill, or affect with lead.
- To conduct or direct with authority; to have direction or charge of; to command, especially a military or business unit.
- lead, extend, or afford access
- travel in front of; go in advance of others
- cause to undertake a certain action
- take somebody somewhere
- tend to or result in
- cause something to pass or lead somewhere
- lead, as in the performance of a composition
- produce as a result or residue
- preside over
- be ahead of others; be the first
- be in charge of
- be conducive to
- stretch out over a distance, space, time, or scope; run or extend between two points or beyond a certain point
- move ahead (of others) in time or space
adj
noun
- (countable, nautical) A plummet or mass of lead attached to a line, used in sounding depth at sea or to estimate velocity in knots.
- A thin strip of type metal, used to separate lines of type in printing.
- (medicine, in the plural) X-ray protective clothing lined with lead.
- (countable) A thin cylinder of graphite used in pencils.
- (UK, countable) An insulated metallic wire for electrical devices and equipment.
- Sheets or plates of lead used as a covering for roofs.
- (horology) The action of a tooth, such as a tooth of a wheel, in impelling another tooth or a pallet.
- Information obtained by a news reporter about an issue or subject that allows him or her to discover more details.
- (electricity) The advance of the current phase in an alternating circuit beyond that of the electromotive force producing it.
- (acting) The actor who plays the main role; lead actor.
- (countable, mining) A lode.
- Information obtained by a detective or police officer that allows him or her to discover further details about a crime or incident.
- A rope, leather strap, or similar device with which to lead an animal; a leash
- (nautical) The course of a rope from end to end.
- (US, journalism) The introductory paragraph or paragraphs of a newspaper, or a news or other type of article. (Sometimes spelled as lede for this usage to avoid ambiguity.)
- (marketing) Potential opportunity for a sale or transaction, a potential customer.
- (business) The person in charge of a project or a work shift etc.
- (curling) The player who throws the first two rocks for a team.
- (music) The announcement by one voice part of a theme to be repeated by the other parts.
- (uncountable, typography) Vertical space in advance of a row or between rows of text. Also known as leading.
- (slang) Bullets; ammunition.
- (countable) A roof covered with lead sheets or terne plates.
- (countable) A channel of open water in an ice field.
- Hypothesis that has not been pursued
- (music) A mark or a short passage in one voice part, as of a canon, serving as a cue for the entrance of others.
- An important news story that appears on the front page of a newspaper or at the beginning of a news broadcast
- (music) A primary synth, often composed of square, sawtooth, triangle or sine waveforms.
- (baseball) The situation where a runner steps away from a base while waiting for the pitch to be thrown.
- (uncountable) A heavy, pliable, inelastic metal element, having a bright, bluish color, but easily tarnished; both malleable and ductile, though with little tenacity. It is easily fusible, forms alloys with other metals, and is an ingredient of solder and type metal. Atomic number 82, symbol Pb (from Latin plumbum).
- (music) In a barbershop quartet, the person who sings the melody, usually the second tenor.
- (countable) The act of leading or conducting; guidance; direction, course
- (acting, theater) The main role in a play or film; the lead role.
- (uncountable, card games, dominoes) The act or right of playing first in a game or round; the card suit, or piece, so played
- (engineering) The axial distance a screw thread travels in one revolution. It is equal to the pitch times the number of starts.
- In a steam engine, the width of port opening which is uncovered by the valve, for the admission or release of steam, at the instant when the piston is at end of its stroke.
- (electricity) The angle between the line joining the brushes of a continuous-current dynamo and the diameter symmetrical between the poles.
- (countable) Precedence; advance position; also, the measure of precedence; the state of being ahead in a race; the highest score in an incomplete game.
- (engineering) The excess above a right angle in the angle between two consecutive cranks, as of a compound engine, on the same shaft.
- (civil engineering) The distance of haul, as from a cutting to an embankment.
- an advantage held by a competitor in a race
- an actor who plays a principal role
- the angle between the direction a gun is aimed and the position of a moving target (correcting for the flight time of the missile)
- evidence pointing to a possible solution
- the introductory section of a story
- (baseball) the position taken by a base runner preparing to advance to the next base
- an indication of potential opportunity
- a jumper that consists of a short piece of wire
- the playing of a card to start a trick in bridge
- a position of being the initiator of something and an example that others will follow (especially in the phrase ‘take the lead’)
- restraint consisting of a rope (or light chain) used to restrain an animal
- a news story of major importance
- (sports) the score by which a team or individual is winning
- the timing of ignition relative to the position of the piston in an internal-combustion engine
- thin strip of metal used to separate lines of type in printing
- a soft heavy toxic malleable metallic element; bluish white when freshly cut but tarnishes readily to dull grey
- mixture of graphite with clay in different degrees of hardness; the marking substance in a pencil
verb
- To believe that (something) is right or desirable.
- follow a credo; have a faith; be a believer
- (transitive) To opine, think, reckon.
- (intransitive) To have religious faith; to believe in a greater truth.
- (transitive) To accept as true, particularly without absolute certainty (i.e., as opposed to knowing).
- To ascribe existence to.
- To have confidence in the ability or power of.
- (transitive) To accept that someone is telling the truth.
- judge or regard; look upon; judge
- credit with veracity
- accept as true; take to be true
- be confident about something
verb
- To shape the behaviour of someone to do something.
- To subject to the process of acclimation.
- (transitive) To test or assay, as silk (to ascertain the proportion of moisture it contains).
- (US, colleges, transitive) To put under conditions; to require to pass a new examination or to make up a specified study, as a condition of remaining in one's class or in college.
- (transitive) To treat, especially hair with hair conditioner.
- (transitive) To contract; to stipulate; to agree.
- To subject to different conditions, especially as an exercise.
- To make dependent on a condition to be fulfilled; to make conditional on.
- (transitive) To place conditions or limitations upon.
- To impose upon an object those relations or conditions without which knowledge and thought are alleged to be impossible.
- develop (a child's or animal's) behavior by instruction and practice; especially to teach self-control
- establish a conditioned response
- apply conditioner to in order to make smooth and shiny
- put into a better state
- specify as a condition or requirement in a contract or agreement; make an express demand or provision in an agreement
noun
- A state or quality.
- A requirement.
- (law) A clause in a contract or agreement indicating that a certain contingency may modify the principal obligation in some way.
- A certain abnormal state of health; a malady or sickness.
- The health status of a medical patient.
- A logical clause or phrase that a conditional statement uses. The phrase can either be true or false.
- A particular state of being.
- a state at a particular time
- an illness, disease, or other medical problem
- information that should be kept in mind when making a decision
- the state of (good) health (especially in the phrases ‘in condition’ or ‘in shape’ or ‘out of condition’ or ‘out of shape’)
- (usually plural) a statement of what is required as part of an agreement
- an assumption on which rests the validity or effect of something else
- the procedure that is varied in order to estimate a variable's effect by comparison with a control condition
- a mode of being or form of existence of a person or thing
adj
noun
verb
adj
- Conforming to reality and therefore worthy of trust, reliance, or belief.
- conforming to fact and therefore worthy of belief
- Designating a cadence in which the dominant chord precedes the tonic.
- Designating a mode having the final as the lowest note.
- Of the same origin as claimed; genuine.
- not counterfeit or copied
adj
- conforming to fact and therefore worthy of belief
- worthy of being depended on
- worthy of reliance or trust
- (signal processing, of a communication protocol) Such that either a sent packet will reach its destination, even if it requires retransmission, or the sender will be told that it didn't.
- Suitable or fit to be relied on; worthy of dependence, reliance or trust; dependable, trustworthy
noun
adj
- Showing good judgement or the benefit of experience.
- (colloquial) Aware, informed (to something).
- (colloquial, ironic, sarcastic) Disrespectful.
- marked by the exercise of good judgment or common sense in practical matters
- having or prompted by wisdom or discernment
- improperly forward or bold
- evidencing the possession of inside information