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verb
- accept as legally binding and valid
- accept (someone) to be what is claimed or accept their power and authority
- report the receipt of
- declare to be true or admit the existence or reality or truth of
- express recognition of the presence or existence of, or acquaintance with
- express obligation, thanks, or gratitude for
- (transitive) To admit the knowledge of; to recognize as a fact or truth; to declare one's belief in.
- (transitive) To report (the receipt of a message to its sender).
- (transitive) To own or recognize in a particular quality, character or relationship; to admit the claims or authority of; to give recognition to.
- (transitive) To own as genuine or valid; to assent to (a legal instrument) to give it validity; to avow or admit in legal form.
- (transitive) To be grateful of (e.g. a benefit or a favour)
verb
- admit as valid
- (law, of a judge) To allow, accept, or admit (e.g. an objection or motion) as valid.
- lengthen or extend in duration or space
- be the physical support of; carry the weight of
- supply with necessities and support
- undergo (as of injuries and illnesses)
- establish or strengthen as with new evidence or facts
- provide with nourishment
- (transitive) To encourage or sanction (something).
- (transitive) To maintain, or keep in existence.
- (transitive) To confirm, prove, or corroborate; to uphold.
- (transitive) To experience or suffer (an injury, etc.).
- To keep from falling; to bear; to uphold; to support.
- To aid, comfort, or relieve; to vindicate.
- (transitive) To provide for or nourish.
noun
verb
- accept as true or valid
- have or give a reception
- receive as a retribution or punishment
- bid welcome to; greet upon arrival
- experience as a reaction
- receive a specified treatment (abstract)
- register (perceptual input)
- get something; come into possession of
- express willingness to have in one's home or environs
- regard favorably or with disapproval
- convert into sounds or pictures
- go through (mental or physical states or experiences)
- partake of the Holy Eucharist sacrament
- (American football) To be in a position to catch a forward pass.
- (transitive, intransitive) To accept into the mind; to understand.
- (tennis, badminton, squash) To be in a position to hit back a service.
- (transitive) To be given, sent, or paid something.
- (law) To take goods knowing them to be stolen.
- (telecommunications) To detect a signal from a transmitter.
- (transitive) To act as a host for guests; to give admittance to; to permit to enter, as into one's house, presence, company, etc.
- (transitive) To incur (an injury).
- To allow (a custom, tradition, etc.); to give credence or acceptance to.
noun
noun
- an acceptance (as of a claim) as true and valid
- Acceptance as valid or true.
- designation by the chair granting a person the right to speak in a deliberative body
- coming to understand something clearly and distinctly
- the explicit and formal acknowledgement of a government or of the national independence of a country
- (biology) the ability of one molecule to attach to another molecule that has a complementary shape
- the state or quality of being recognized or acknowledged
- approval
- the process of recognizing something or someone by remembering
- Official acceptance of the status of a new government by that of another country.
- Honour, favourable note, or attention.
- (immunology) The propriety consisting for antibodies to bind to some specific antigens and not to others.
- The act of recognizing or the condition of being recognized (matching a current observation with a memory of a prior observation of the same entity).
- (Scots law, historical) A return of the feu to the superior.
adj
- Conditional on other agreements being upheld.
- Provided for use by an employer for as long as one is employed, often with restrictions on the conditions of use.
- (archaeology) Having walls that are connected in a few places by a single stone overlapping from one wall to another.
- Restricted.
- (sports or games) That resulted in a tie.
- Closely associated or connected.
- (philately) A cover having a stamp where the postmark cancellation overlaps the stamp.
- (liquor trade) Of a public house, bar, etc., obliged to sell beer from only one brewery, or alcoholic drinks from one pubco.
- fastened with strings or cords
- bound together by or as if by a strong rope; especially as by a bond of affection
- bound or secured closely
- closed with a lace
- of the score in a contest
verb
noun
- making something valid by formally ratifying or confirming it
- a ceremony held in the synagogue (usually at Pentecost) to admit as adult members of the Jewish community young men and women who have successfully completed a course of study in Judaism
- information that confirms or verifies
- a sacrament admitting a baptized person to full participation in the church
- additional proof that something that was believed (some fact or hypothesis or theory) is correct
- An official indicator that things will happen as planned.
- A verification that something is true or has happened.
- A ceremony of sealing and conscious acknowledgement of the faith in many Christian churches, typically around the ages of 14 to 18; considered a sacrament in some churches, including Catholicism, but not in most Protestant churches.
- (law) An act whereby something conditional or voidable is made sure and unavoidable, especially the possession of an estate.
noun
- acceptance as true or valid
- the act of accepting with approval; favorable reception
- the accepted meaning of a word
- The meaning (sense) in which a word or expression is understood, or generally received.
- (theology) The active divine decision to approve an act or circumstance, held by Scotists to be necessary to render it meritorious.
adj
- conformable to or allowed by law
- having a legally established claim
- according to custom or rule or natural law
- authorized, sanctioned by, or in accordance with law
- (roleplaying games) Of a character: having an alignment which makes them tend to follow the laws and conventions of society.
- (law) Conforming to, or recognised by the laws of society.
- Operating according to some law or fundamental principle.
noun
noun
- (of a law) having legal validity
- a phenomenon that follows and is caused by some previous phenomenon
- the central meaning or theme of a speech or literary work
- an outward appearance
- a symptom caused by an illness or a drug
- an impression (especially one that is artificial or contrived)
- (sound engineering) An alteration, or device for producing an alteration, in sound after it has been produced by an instrument.
- Impression left on the mind; sensation produced.
- (sciences) A scientific phenomenon, usually named after its discoverer.
- (cinematography, computer graphics, demoscene) An illusion produced by technical means (as in "special effect")
- The result or outcome of a cause.
- Execution; performance; realization; operation.
- (usually in the plural) Belongings, usually as personal effects.
- (sciences, statistics) An influence or causal association between two variables.
- Consequence intended; purpose; meaning; general intent; with to.
- (uncountable) The state of being binding and enforceable, as in a rule, policy, or law.
verb
noun
- (of a law) having legal validity
- a group of people having the power of effective action
- physical energy or intensity
- group of people willing to obey orders
- one possessing or exercising power or influence or authority
- (physics) the influence that produces a change in a physical quantity
- a unit that is part of some military service
- a powerful effect or influence
- a putout of a base runner who is required to run; the putout is accomplished by holding the ball while touching the base to which the runner must advance before the runner reaches that base
- an act of aggression (as one against a person who resists)
- (mass noun, possibly proscribed) Force understood as something of which there can be an amount.
- (usually with "the", in the singular or plural) Synonym of police force.
- (linguistics, semantics, pragmatics) Ability of an utterance or its element (word, form, prosody, ...) to effect a given meaning.
- (law, uncountable) The state of having legal weight, of being legally valid,.
- (financial mathematics, actuarial science) The annualized instantaneous rate of change at a particular timepoint.
- (countable, Northern England) A waterfall or cascade.
- Something or anything that has the power to produce a physical effect upon something else, such as causing it to move or change shape.
- Ability to influence; strength or energy of body or mind; active power; vigour; might; capacity of exercising an influence or producing an effect.
- (in the singular or plural) Military personnel, collectively, including any vehicles, ships, or aircraft. More broadly, the military or police altogether.
- (countable) A magic trick in which the outcome is known to the magician beforehand, especially one involving the apparent free choice of a card by another person.
- (countable) An instance of a physical force.
- (humorous or science fiction, with the, often capitalized) A metaphysical and ubiquitous power from the fictional Star Wars universe created by George Lucas. See usage note.
- Any large, organized group involved in a military engagement.
- (countable) A particular form or type of force.
- (countable) Something that exerts influence.
- (countable) Anything that is able to make a substantial change in a person or thing.
- (when in reference to that which it affects) Something that, over time, influences a system with which it interacts (with a connotation of underlyingness, subtlety, or indirectness).
- (uncountable) The generalized abstraction of this concept.
- (law) Either unlawful violence, as in a "forced entry", or lawful compulsion.
- (countable) A group organized for the goal of attacking, controlling, or constraining, especially one with a set command structure (in particular, a military or police group).
- (uncountable) Power exerted against will or consent; compulsory power; violence; coercion.
verb
- force into or from an action or state, either physically or metaphorically
- to cause to do through pressure or necessity, by physical, moral or intellectual means
- impose urgently, importunately, or inexorably
- take by force
- do forcibly; exert force
- move with force
- urge or force (a person) to an action; constrain or motivate
- squeeze like a wedge into a tight space
- (transitive, baseball) To create an out by touching a base in advance of a runner who has no base to return to while in possession of a ball which has already touched the ground.
- (transitive) To drive (something) by force, to propel (generally + prepositional phrase or adverb).
- (transitive) To forcibly open (a door, lock etc.).
- (transitive) To make someone or something do something, often regardless of their will.
- To stuff; to lard; to farce.
- (whist) To compel (an adversary or partner) to trump a trick by leading a suit that he/she does not hold.
- To grow (rhubarb) in the dark, causing it to grow early.
- To obtain or win by strength; to take by violence or struggle; specifically, to capture by assault; to storm, as a fortress.
- (transitive) To constrain by force; to overcome the limitations or resistance of.
- (transitive) To cause to occur (despite inertia, resistance etc.); to produce through force.
- (transitive) To violate (a woman); to rape.
noun
- An agreement to adhere.
- The ability of a substance to stick to an unlike substance.
- (biochemistry) The binding of a cell to a surface or substrate.
- The frictional grip on a surface, of wheels, shoes etc.
- (medicine) An abnormal union of surface by the formation of new tissue resulting from an inflammatory process.
- Persistent attachment or loyalty.
- a fibrous band of scar tissue that binds together normally separate anatomical structures
- the property of sticking together (as of glue and wood) or the joining of surfaces of different composition
- abnormal union of bodily tissues; most common in the abdomen
- faithful support for a cause or political party or religion
adj
- (law) Valid.
- Such as one may avail oneself of; capable of being used for the accomplishment of a purpose.
- Readily obtainable.
- Free to meet someone, speak on the telephone, enter a romantic relationship, or the like.
- convenient for use or disposal
- obtainable or accessible and ready for use or service
- not busy; not otherwise committed
verb
- To abide by an agreement.
- To take notice of; to regard as worthy of special consideration; to heed.
- To have regard for something, to observe a custom, practice, rule or right.
- (transitive, dated except in "respecting") To relate to; to be concerned with.
- To have respect for.
- show respect towards
- regard highly; think much of
intj
noun
- (uncountable, always plural) Polite greetings, often offered as condolences after a death.
- Good will; favor.
- (uncountable) Good opinion, honor, or admiration.
- (countable) A particular aspect, feature or detail of something.
- (uncountable) An attitude of consideration or high regard.
- behavior intended to please your parents
- a courteous expression (by word or deed) of esteem or regard
- (usually preceded by ‘in’) a detail or point
- courteous regard for people's feelings
- the condition of being honored (esteemed or respected or well regarded)
- an attitude of admiration or esteem
- a feeling of friendship and esteem
verb
- accept or judge as acceptable
- be superior or better than some standard
- transfer to another; of rights or property
- throw (a ball) to another player
- allow to go without comment or censure
- pass into a specified state or condition; sink into
- go unchallenged; be approved
- pass from physical life and lose all bodily attributes and functions necessary to sustain life
- eliminate from the body
- move past
- use up a period of time in a specific way
- for time to move forward
- travel past
- go successfully through a test or a selection process
- disappear gradually
- be inherited by
- grant authorization or clearance for
- transmit information
- go across or through
- pass over, across, or through
- cause to pass
- place into the hands or custody of
- make laws, bills, etc. or bring into effect by legislation
- come to pass
- stretch out over a distance, space, time, or scope; run or extend between two points or beyond a certain point
- (intransitive) To proceed without hindrance or opposition.
- (intransitive) To move or be moved from one place to another.
- (transitive) To transcend; to surpass; to excel; to exceed.
- (intransitive, stative, sociology) To be accepted by others as a member of a race, sex, or other group to which one does not belong or would not have originally appeared to belong; especially to be considered white although one has black ancestry, or a woman although one was assigned male at birth or vice versa.
- (intransitive) To continue.
- (intransitive, law) To make a judgment on or upon a person or case.
- (intransitive, American football) To throw the ball, generally downfield, towards a teammate.
- (transitive, of time) To spend.
- (intransitive, card games) In euchre, to decline to make the trump.
- (transitive) To go past, by, over, or through; to proceed from one side to the other of; to move past.
- (transitive) To cause to obtain entrance, admission, or conveyance.
- (transitive) To utter; to pronounce; to pledge.
- (intransitive, transitive) To achieve a successful outcome from.
- (transitive) To put in circulation; to give currency to.
- (intransitive) To happen.
- (intransitive) To change from one state to another (without the implication of progression).
- (intransitive, stative) To be tolerated as a substitute for something else, to "do".
- (transitive) To cause to advance by stages of progress; to carry on with success through an ordeal, examination, or action; specifically, to give legal or official sanction to; to ratify; to enact; to approve as valid and just.
- (transitive, nautical) To take a turn with (a line, gasket, etc.), as around a sail in furling, and make secure.
- (intransitive) To progress from one state to another; to advance.
- (transitive, cooking) To put through a sieve.
- (transitive) To allow to go by without noticing; to omit attention to; to take no note of; to disregard.
- (transitive, soccer) To kick (the ball) with precision rather than at full force.
- (ditransitive) To cause to move or go; to send; to transfer from one person, place, or condition to another.
- (intransitive, transitive) To advance through all the steps or stages necessary to become valid or effective; to obtain the formal sanction of (a legislative body).
- (intransitive, law) To be conveyed or transferred by will, deed, or other instrument of conveyance.
- (intransitive, of time) To elapse, to be spent.
- (intransitive, euphemistic) To die.
- (intransitive) To decline something that is offered or available.
- (intransitive) In turn-based games, to decline to play in one's turn.
- (transitive) To reject; to pass up.
- (intransitive, transitive, medicine) To eliminate (something) from the body by natural processes.
- (intransitive) To depart, to cease, to come to an end.
- (intransitive) To go from one person to another.
- (transitive) To live through; to have experience of; to undergo; to suffer.
- (intransitive) To decline or not attempt to answer a question.
- (transitive) To move (the ball or puck) to a teammate.
- (intransitive, fencing) To make a lunge or swipe.
adj
noun
- a document indicating permission to do something without restrictions
- a flight or run by an aircraft over a target
- a usually brief attempt
- a permit to enter or leave a military installation
- any authorization to pass or go somewhere
- an automatic advance to the next round in a tournament without playing an opponent
- the location in a range of mountains of a geological formation that is lower than the surrounding peaks
- (military) a written leave of absence
- success in satisfying a test or requirement
- a difficult juncture
- (sports) the act of throwing the ball to another member of your team
- (American football) a play that involves one player throwing the ball to a teammate
- a bad or difficult situation or state of affairs
- a complimentary ticket
- (baseball) an advance to first base by a batter who receives four balls
- one complete cycle of operations (as by a computer)
- (cooking) The area in a restaurant kitchen where the finished dishes are passed from the chefs to the waiting staff.
- An act of declining to play one's turn in a game, often by saying the word "pass".
- A single movement, especially of a hand, at, over, or along anything.
- An opening, road, or track, available for passing; especially, one through or over some dangerous or otherwise impracticable barrier such as a mountain range; a passageway; a defile; a ford.
- (fencing) A thrust or push; an attempt to stab or strike an adversary.
- A single passage of a tool over something, or of something over a tool.
- (computing, slang) A password (especially one for a restricted-access website).
- (computing) A run through a document as part of a translation, compilation or reformatting process.
- The state of things; condition; predicament; impasse.
- A channel connecting a river or body of water to the sea, for example at the mouth (delta) of a river.
- Success in an examination or similar test.
- (sports) The act of moving the ball or puck from one player to another.
- (rail transport) A passing of two trains in the same direction on a single track, when one is put into a siding to let the other overtake it.
- An attempt.
- A document granting permission to pass or to go and come; a passport; a ticket permitting free transit or admission
- (figuratively) A thrust; a sally of wit.
- A sexual advance (often in the phrase make a pass).
- (baseball) An intentional walk.
- Permission or license to pass, or to go and come.
- (sports) The act of overtaking; an overtaking manoeuvre.
verb
- establish as valid or genuine
- be in back of
- travel backward
- place a bet on
- give support or one's approval to
- strengthen by providing with a back or backing
- shift to a counterclockwise direction
- support financial backing for
- be behind; approve of
- cause to travel backward
- (transitive) To push or force backwards.
- (law, of a justice of the peace) To sign or endorse (a warrant, issued in another county, to apprehend an offender).
- (transitive) To support.
- (MLE, transitive) To draw from behind the back (a knife etc.) (as also back out).
- (intransitive) To go in the reverse direction.
- (nautical, of the wind) To change direction contrary to the normal pattern; that is, to shift anticlockwise in the northern hemisphere, or clockwise in the southern hemisphere.
- (UK, of a hunting dog) To stand still behind another dog which has pointed.
- To row backward with (oars).
- (nautical, of a square sail) To brace the yards so that the wind presses on the front of the sail, to slow the ship.
- To make a back for; to furnish with a back.
- To adjoin behind; to be at the back of.
- (nautical, of an anchor) To lay out a second, smaller anchor to provide additional holding power.
- (Nigeria, transitive) To carry an infant on one’s back.
- To write upon the back of, possibly as an endorsement.
adj
- located at or near the back of an animal
- of an earlier date
- related to or located at the back
- (comparable, phonetics) Pronounced with the highest part of the body of the tongue toward the back of the mouth, near the soft palate (most often describing a vowel).
- At or near the rear.
- Not current.
- (predicative) Returned or restored to a previous place or condition.
- Situated away from the main or most frequented areas.
- Moving or operating backward.
- In arrears; overdue.
noun
- (football) a person who plays in the backfield
- the part of a garment that covers the back of your body
- (American football) the position of a player on a football team who is stationed behind the line of scrimmage
- the protective covering on the front, back, and spine of a book
- the series of vertebrae forming the axis of the skeleton and protecting the spinal cord
- the part of something that is furthest from the normal viewer
- the posterior part of a human (or animal) body from the neck to the end of the spine
- the side that goes last or is not normally seen
- a support that you can lean against while sitting
- (mining) The roof of a horizontal underground passage.
- (swimming) Clipping of backstroke.
- (slang, uncountable) Effort, usually physical.
- (sports) In some team sports, a position behind most players on the team.
- (figuratively) The upper part of a natural object which is considered to resemble an animal’s back.
- (slang, uncountable) Large and attractive buttocks.
- A support or resource in reserve.
- Area behind, such as the backyard of a house or the rear storeroom of a retail store.
- The reverse side; the side that is not normally seen.
- The side of a blade opposite the side used for cutting.
- Among leather dealers, one of the thickest and stoutest tanned hides.
- A ferryboat.
- The rear of the body, especially the part between the neck and the end of the spine and opposite the chest and belly.
- The part of something that goes last.
- The backrest, the part of a piece of furniture which receives the human back.
- (nautical) The keel and keelson of a ship.
- (figurative) The part of a piece of clothing which covers the back.
- A non-alcoholic drink (often water or a soft drink), to go with hard liquor or a cocktail.
- The side of any object which is opposite the front or useful side.
- The spine and associated tissues.
- The edge of a book which is bound.
- A large shallow vat; a cistern, tub, or trough, used by brewers, distillers, dyers, picklers, gluemakers, and others, for mixing or cooling wort, holding water, hot glue, etc.
- (printing) The inside margin of a page.
- That which is farthest away from the front.
adv
- in or to or toward a former location
- in reply
- at or to or toward the back or rear
- in repayment or retaliation
- in or to or toward a past time
- in or to or toward an original condition
- In a manner that impedes.
- To a later point in time. See also put back.
- Towards, into or in the past.
- In a direction opposite to that in which someone or something is facing or normally pointing.
- Away from someone or something; at a distance.
- So as to shrink, recede or move aside, or cause to do so.
- (not comparable) To or in a previous condition or place.
- (not comparable) In a reciprocal manner; in return.
- (postpositive) Earlier, ago.
- In a direction opposite to the usual or desired direction of movement or progress, physically or figuratively.
- Away from the front or from an edge.
verb
- establish as valid or genuine
- move backwards from a certain position
- become or cause to become obstructed
- give moral or psychological support, aid, or courage to
- make a copy of (a computer file) especially for storage in another place as a security copy
- (idiomatic, intransitive) To undo one's actions.
- (idiomatic, transitive) To provide support or the promise of support to.
- (idiomatic, intransitive, cricket) For a fielder to position himself behind the wicket (relative to a team-mate who is throwing the ball at the wicket) so as to stop the ball, and prevent overthrows.
- (idiomatic, intransitive, of a blockage) To halt the flow or movement of something.
- (idiomatic, intransitive) To reconsider one's thoughts.
- (idiomatic, intransitive, cricket) For the non-striker to take a few steps down the pitch, in preparation to taking a run, just as the bowler bowls the ball.
- (idiomatic, computing, transitive) To copy (data) so that it can be restored if the main copy is lost.
- (idiomatic, intransitive, informal) To fill up because of a backlog.
- (idiomatic, intransitive) To move backwards, especially for a vehicle to do so.
- (idiomatic, intransitive) If a property backs up to another property, that means it abuts or shares a border with another property.
- (idiomatic, transitive) To move a vehicle backwards.
verb
- accept as true
- obtain by purchase; acquire by means of a financial transaction
- be worth or be capable of buying
- acquire by trade or sacrifice or exchange
- make illegal payments to in exchange for favors or influence
- (transitive, ditransitive) To obtain, especially by some sacrifice.
- (transitive) To bribe.
- (transitive, informal) to accept as true; to believe
- (intransitive) To make a purchase or purchases, to treat (for a drink, meal or gift)
- (transitive, ditransitive) To obtain (something) in exchange for money or goods.
- (poker slang, transitive) To make a bluff, usually a large one.
- (transitive) To be equivalent to in value.
noun
verb
- refuse to acknowledge, ratify, or recognize as valid
- cast off
- refuse to recognize or pay
- reject as untrue, unfounded, or unjust
- (transitive) To refuse to have any relation to; to disown.
- (transitive) To reject the truth or validity of; to deny.
- (intransitive) To be repudiated.
- (transitive) To refuse to pay or honor (a debt).
verb
noun
- the act of proving that an instrument purporting to be a will was signed and executed in accord with legal requirements
- a judicial certificate saying that a will is genuine and conferring on the executors the power to administer the estate
- Clipping of probate court.
- (law) A copy of a legally recognised and qualified will.
- (law) The legal process of verifying the legality of a will.
adj
- In compliance with or valid under a legal or political constitution.
- (also politics) Of a monarch: having a purely ceremonial role, or possessing powers limited by a constitution rather than plenary or unlimited powers.
- For the benefit of one's constitution or health.
- Relating to a legal or political constitution (“the basic law of a nation or institution; the formal or informal system of primary principles and laws that regulates a government or other institution”).
- Relating to the constitution or composition of something; essential, fundamental.
- Belonging to, or inherent in, the constitution or structure of one's body or mind.
- constitutional in the structure of something (especially your physical makeup)
- sanctioned by or consistent with or operating under the law determining the fundamental political principles of a government
- existing as an essential constituent or characteristic
- of benefit to or intended to benefit your physical makeup
noun
noun
- The formal acceptance of something, especially when verified with a signature.
- Access to a resource for a period of time, generally for payment.
- Contributing or promising to contribute money to a common fund.
- The signing of one's name.
- the act of signing your name; writing your signature (as on a document)
- a payment for consecutive issues of a newspaper or magazine for a given period of time
- agreement expressed by (or as if expressed by) signing your name
- a pledged contribution
adj
- (law) Authenticated or verified in writing.
- Having met an official standard.
- endorsed authoritatively as having met certain requirements
- fit to be certified as insane (and treated accordingly)
- holding appropriate documentation and officially on record as qualified to perform a specified function or practice a specified skill
verb
noun
- a binding agreement between two or more persons that is enforceable by law
- (law) The document containing such an agreement.
- (contract bridge) the highest bid becomes the contract setting the number of tricks that the bidder must make
- a variety of bridge in which the bidder receives points toward game only for the number of tricks they bid
- (informal) An order, usually given to a hired assassin, to kill someone.
- (bridge) The declarer's undertaking to win the number of tricks bid with a stated suit as trump.
- (law) An agreement which the law will enforce in some way. A legally binding contract must contain at least one promise, i.e., a commitment or offer, by an offeror to and accepted by an offeree to do something in the future. A contract is thus executory rather than executed.
- (law) A part of legal studies dealing with laws and jurisdiction related to contracts.
- An agreement between two or more parties, to perform a specific job or work order, often temporary or of fixed duration and usually governed by a written agreement.
verb
- compress or concentrate
- cause to be smaller
- be stricken by an illness, fall victim to an illness
- squeeze or press together
- engage by written agreement
- reduce in scope while retaining essential elements
- enter into a contractual arrangement
- become smaller or draw together
- make or become more narrow or restricted
- (transitive) To enter into a contract with (someone or something).
- To draw together so as to wrinkle; to knit.
- (intransitive) To make an agreement or contract; to covenant.
- (transitive) To bring on; to incur; to acquire.
- (grammar) To shorten by omitting a letter or letters or by reducing two or more vowels or syllables to one.
- (transitive) To gain or acquire (an illness).
- (ambitransitive) To draw together or nearer; to shorten, narrow, or lessen.
- To betroth; to affiance.
noun
- (law) The formal process by which a contract is made valid and put into binding effect.
- (law) the completion of a legal instrument (such as a contract or deed) by signing it (and perhaps sealing and delivering it) so that it becomes legally binding and enforceable
- The act, manner or style of executing (actions, maneuvers, performances).
- The state of being accomplished.
- (law) The carrying into effect of a court judgment, or of a will.
- (computing) The carrying out of an instruction, program or program segment by a computer.
- The act of putting to death or being put to death as a penalty, or actions so associated.
- putting a condemned person to death
- the act of performing; of doing something successfully; using knowledge as distinguished from merely possessing it
- the act of accomplishing some aim or executing some order
- unlawful premeditated killing of a human being by a human being
- (computer science) the process of carrying out an instruction by a computer
- a routine court order that attempts to enforce the judgment that has been granted to a plaintiff by authorizing a sheriff to carry it out
noun
- A recognition as genuine or valid; an avowing or admission in legal form.
- A reward or other expression or token of gratitude.
- The act of recognizing in a particular character or relationship; recognition of existence, authority, truth, or genuineness.
- (telecommunications, computing, networking) A response (ACK) sent by a receiver to indicate successful receipt of a transmission (See Wikipedia article on transmission).
- (law) The act of a person admitting a child as their own.
- An expression of gratitude for a benefit or an obligation.
- (law) A formal statement or document recognizing the fulfillment or execution of a legal requirement or procedure.
- The act of acknowledging
- A message from the addressee informing the originator that the originator's communication has been received and understood.
- a statement acknowledging something or someone
- the state or quality of being recognized or acknowledged
- a short note recognizing a source of information or of a quoted passage
adj
noun
- (accounting) A charge for a service that is applied through a contract with another provider.
- (government) A contract specifying details of the relationship with another country or body
- A contractualized employee; One who is hired as a temporary worker, especially one who is hired for a single project.
noun
- The act of binding; restriction; obligation.
- (medicine) A contraction of parts by applications; the action of an astringent substance.
- (law, Scotland, historical) An obligation to have the grain growing on certain lands ground at a certain mill, the owner paying a toll. (The lands were said to be astricted to the mill.)
noun
- Something that is stated or stipulated as a condition of an agreement.
- a restriction that is insisted upon as a condition for an agreement
- (botany) The situation, arrangement, and structure of the stipules.
- The act of stipulating; a contracting or bargaining; an agreement.
- (chess) A goal to be achieved in a chess problem; for example, to checkmate Black within a specified number of moves.
- an assumption on which rests the validity or effect of something else
- (law) an agreement or concession made by parties in a judicial proceeding (or by their attorneys) relating to the business before the court; must be in writing unless they are part of the court record
verb
noun
- A pact or binding agreement between two or more parties.
- An incidental clause in an agreement.
- (law) A promise, incidental to a deed or contract, either express or implied.
- (law) An agreement to do or not do a particular thing.
- a signed written agreement between two or more parties (nations) to perform some action
- (Bible) an agreement between God and his people in which God makes certain promises and requires certain behavior from them in return
adj
- Founded in law; legal; valid; not defective.
- logically valid
- (of sleep) Quiet and deep.
- Heavy; laid on with force.
- (British, Ireland, slang) Good; acceptable; decent.
- Complete, solid, or secure.
- Healthy.
- (mathematics, logic) Having the property of soundness.
- in good condition; free from defect or damage or decay
- in excellent physical condition
- free from moral defect
- vigorous or severe
- complete; thorough
- (of sleep) deep and complete
- financially secure and safe
- having legal efficacy or force
- exercising or showing good judgment
adv
intj
noun
- (music) A distinctive style and sonority of a particular musician, orchestra etc.
- (geography) A long narrow inlet, or a strait between the mainland and an island; also, a strait connecting two seas, or connecting a sea or lake with the ocean.
- A sensation perceived by the ear caused by the vibration of air or some other medium.
- (phonetics) A segment as a part of spoken language, the smallest unit of spoken language, a speech sound.
- Noise without meaning; empty noise.
- (medicine) A long, thin probe for sounding or dilating body cavities or canals such as the urethra; a sonde.
- The air bladder of a fish.
- Earshot, distance within which a certain noise may be heard.
- A vibration capable of causing such sensations.
- (phonetics) an individual sound unit of speech without concern as to whether or not it is a phoneme of some language
- the subjective sensation of hearing something
- mechanical vibrations transmitted by an elastic medium
- a narrow channel of the sea joining two larger bodies of water
- a large ocean inlet or deep bay
- the particular auditory effect produced by a given cause
- the audible part of a transmitted signal
- the sudden occurrence of an audible event
verb
- (intransitive) To produce a sound.
- (intransitive) Of a whale, to dive downwards.
- (transitive) To cause to produce a sound.
- (medicine) To examine with the instrument called a sound or sonde, or by auscultation or percussion.
- To fathom or test; to ascertain the depth of water with a sounding line or other device.
- (intransitive) To be conveyed in sound; to be spread or published; to convey intelligence by sound.
- (intransitive, law, often with in) To arise or to be recognizable as arising in or from a particular area of law, or as likely to result in a particular kind of legal remedy.
- To ascertain, or to try to ascertain, the thoughts, motives, and purposes of (a person); to examine; to try; to test; to probe.
- (transitive, phonetics, of a vowel or consonant) To pronounce.
- (copulative) To convey an impression by one's sound.
- appear in a certain way
- cause to sound
- announce by means of a sound
- utter with vibrating vocal chords
- give off a certain sound or sounds
- measure the depth of (a body of water) with a sounding line
- make a certain noise or sound
adj
- prepared to agree or consent
- conforming to your own liking or feelings or nature
- in keeping
- Agreeing or suitable; followed by to, or rarely by with.
- Pleasant to the senses or the mind; pleasing, satisfying, palatable.
- Able to agree; possible to be agreed.
- (used adverbially) Pursuant, conformant, accordant.
noun
verb
- provide with a binding
- fasten or secure with a rope, string, or cord
- wrap around with something so as to cover or enclose
- cause to be constipated
- make fast; tie or secure, with or as if with a rope
- stick to firmly
- secure with or as if with ropes
- form a chemical bond with
- create social or emotional ties
- bind by an obligation; cause to be indebted
- (transitive) To confine, restrain, or hold by physical force or influence of any kind.
- (intransitive, LGBTQ) To wear a binder so as to flatten one's chest to give the appearance of a flat chest, usually done by trans men.
- (transitive) To put together in a cover, as of books.
- (transitive, programming) To process one or more object modules into an executable program.
- (transitive) To cover, as with a bandage.
- (figuratively) To oblige, restrain, or hold, by authority, law, duty, promise, vow, affection, or other social tie.
- (transitive) To tie or fasten tightly together, with a cord, band, ligature, chain, etc.
- (intransitive) To tie; to confine by any ligature.
- (law) To place under legal obligation to serve.
- (transitive, chemistry) To make two or more elements stick together.
- (transitive) To protect or strengthen by applying a band or binding, as the edge of a carpet or garment.
- (transitive) To couple.
- (intransitive) To cohere or stick together in a mass.
- (law) To put (a person) under definite legal obligations, especially, under the obligation of a bond or covenant.
- (intransitive) To exert a binding or restraining influence.
- (intransitive) To be restrained from motion, or from customary or natural action, as by friction.
- (UK, dialect) To complain; to whine about something.
- (transitive, programming) To associate an identifier with a value; to associate a variable name, method name, etc. with the content of a storage location.
noun
- something that hinders as if with bonds
- The indurated clay of coal mines, or other overlying substances such as sandstone or shale.
- Any twining or climbing plant or stem, especially a hop vine; a bine.
- (countable) That which binds or ties.
- (countable) A troublesome situation; a problem; a predicament or quandary.
- (chess, countable) A strong grip or stranglehold on a position, which is difficult for the opponent to break.
- (music, countable) A ligature or tie for grouping notes.
noun
- A binding agreement, a covenant.
- (finance) A documentary obligation to pay a sum or to perform a contract; a debenture.
- (law) A bail bond.
- (railways) A heavy copper wire or rod connecting adjacent rails of an electric railway track when used as a part of the electric circuit.
- Moral or political duty or obligation.
- (law) A document constituting evidence of a long-term debt, by which the bond issuer (the borrower) is obliged to pay interest when due, and repay the principal at maturity, as specified on the face of the bond certificate. The rights of the holder are specified in the bond indenture, which contains the legal terms and conditions under which the bond was issued. Bonds are available in two forms: registered bonds, and bearer bonds.
- Any constraining or cementing force or material.
- (construction) In building, a specific pattern of bricklaying, based on overlapping rows or layers to give strength.
- A peasant; churl.
- An emotional link, connection or union; that which holds two or more people together, as in a friendship; a tie.
- (by ellipsis) Bond paper.
- (often in the plural) A physical connection which binds, a band.
- A vassal; serf; one held in bondage to a superior.
- (chemistry) A link or force between neighbouring atoms in a molecule.
- (Scotland) A mortgage.
- A partial payment made to show a provider that the customer is sincere about buying a product or a service. If the product or service is not purchased the customer then forfeits the bond.
- (uncountable) The state of being stored in a bonded warehouse
- a connection based on kinship or marriage or common interest
- the property of sticking together (as of glue and wood) or the joining of surfaces of different composition
- a certificate of debt (usually interest-bearing or discounted) that is issued by a government or corporation in order to raise money; the issuer is required to pay a fixed sum annually until maturity and then a fixed sum to repay the principal
- a superior quality of strong durable white writing paper; originally made for printing documents
- a connection that fastens things together
- an electrical force linking atoms
- a restraint that confines or restricts freedom (especially something used to tie down or restrain a prisoner)
- (criminal law) money that must be forfeited by the bondsman if an accused person fails to appear in court for trial
adj
verb
- (transitive, electricity) To make a reliable electrical connection between two conductors (or any pieces of metal that may potentially become conductors).
- (transitive) To put in a bonded warehouse; to secure (goods) until the associated duties are paid.
- (transitive, chemistry) To form a chemical compound with.
- (transitive, construction) To lay bricks in a specific pattern.
- (transitive) To guarantee or secure a financial risk.
- (transitive) To connect, secure or tie with a bond; to bind.
- To bail out by means of a bail bond.
- (transitive) To cause to adhere (one material with another).
- To form a friendship or emotional connection.
- issue bonds on
- bring together in a common cause or emotion
- stick to firmly
- create social or emotional ties
verb
- be valid, applicable, or true
- secure and keep for possible future use or application
- keep from exhaling or expelling
- resist or confront with resistance
- be the physical support of; carry the weight of
- maintain (a theory, thoughts, or feelings)
- aim, point, or direct
- support or hold in a certain manner
- have room for; hold without crowding
- have rightfully; of rights, titles, and offices
- remain committed to
- be pertinent or relevant or applicable
- contain or hold; have within
- be in accord; be in agreement
- have or possess, either in a concrete or an abstract sense
- hold the attention of
- have or hold in one's hands or grip
- assert or affirm
- keep from departing
- to close within bounds, or otherwise limit or deprive of free movement
- remain in a certain state, position, or condition
- keep in mind or convey as a conviction or view
- drink alcohol without showing ill effects
- lessen the intensity of; temper; hold in restraint; hold or keep within limits
- cause to come to an abrupt stop
- protect against a challenge or attack
- take and maintain control over, often by violent means
- cause to continue in a certain state, position, or activity
- bind by an obligation; cause to be indebted
- arrange for and reserve (something for someone else) in advance
- declare to be
- cover as for protection against noise or smell
- stop dealing with
- organize or be responsible for
- have as a major characteristic
- be capable of holding or containing
- (transitive) To impose restraint upon; to limit in motion or action; to bind legally or morally; to confine; to restrain.
- To maintain in being or action; to carry on; to prosecute, as a course of conduct or an argument; to continue; to sustain.
- (imperative) In a food or drink order at an informal restaurant etc., requesting that a component normally included in that order be omitted.
- To organise an event or meeting (usually in passive voice).
- (transitive) To reserve.
- (transitive) To bear, carry, or manage.
- (transitive) To have and keep possession of something.
- (transitive) To contain or store.
- (intransitive, copulative) To keep oneself in a particular state.
- (slang, intransitive) To be in possession of illicit drugs for sale.
- (intransitive, chiefly imperative) Not to move; to halt; to stop.
- (transitive) To bind (someone) to a consequence of his or her actions.
- To accept, as an opinion; to be the adherent of, openly or privately; to persist in, as a purpose; to maintain; to sustain.
- (transitive) To detain.
- (transitive) To maintain, to consider, to opine.
- To take place, to occur.
- To remain continent; to control an excretory bodily function.
- (intransitive) Not to give way; not to part or become separated; to remain unbroken or unsubdued.
- (tennis, ambitransitive) To win one's own service game.
- (transitive) To grasp or grip.
- (intransitive, copulative) To be or remain valid; to apply (usually in the third person).
- (transitive) To cause to wait or delay.
noun
- a stronghold
- a state of being confined (usually for a short time)
- time during which some action is awaited
- the appendage to an object that is designed to be held in order to use or move it
- a cell in a jail or prison
- power by which something or someone is affected or dominated
- the act of grasping
- the space in a ship or aircraft for storing cargo
- understanding of the nature or meaning or quality or magnitude of something
- A fruit machine feature allowing one or more of the reels to remain fixed while the others spin.
- (exercise) An exercise involving holding a position for a set time
- The property of maintaining the shape of styled hair.
- An act or instance of holding.
- A place where animals are held for safety
- Something reserved or kept.
- (tennis) An instance of holding one's service game, as opposed to being broken.
- The queueing system on telephones and similar communication systems which maintains a connection when all lines are busy.
- The ability to persist.
- An order that something is to be reserved or delayed, limiting or preventing how it can be dealt with.
- (baseball) A statistic awarded to a relief pitcher who is not still pitching at the end of the game and who records at least one out and maintains a lead for his team.
- (gambling) The percentage the house wins on a gamble, the house or bookmaker's hold.
- (gambling) The wager amount, the total hold.
- (aviation) A region of airspace reserved for aircraft being kept in a holding pattern.
- A grasp or grip.
- Power over someone or something.
- The part of an object one is intended to grasp, or anything one can use for grasping with hands or feet.
- (nautical, aviation) The cargo area of a ship or aircraft (often holds or cargo hold).
- (wrestling, self-defense) A position or grip used to control the opponent.
verb
- be valid, applicable, or true
- prove superior
- be larger in number, quantity, power, status or importance
- use persuasion successfully
- continue to exist
- (intransitive) To be current, widespread, or predominant; to have currency or prevalence.
- (intransitive) To be superior in strength, dominance, influence, or frequency; to have or gain the advantage over others; to have the upper hand; to outnumber others.
- (intransitive, often with upon or on) To succeed in persuading or inducing.
- (intransitive) To triumph; to be victorious.
verb
noun
- An approval, by an authority, generally one that makes something valid.
- A law, treaty, or contract, or a clause within a law, treaty, or contract, specifying any of the above.
- (chiefly in the plural) A penalty, punishment, or some coercive measure, intended to ensure compliance; especially one adopted by several nations, or by an international body.
- official permission or approval
- formal and explicit approval
- a mechanism of social control for enforcing a society's standards
- the act of final authorization
verb
- accept
- hear, usually without the knowledge of the speakers
- take into one's family
- serve oneself to, or consume regularly
- take up as if with a sponge
- fold up
- fool or hoax
- earn on some commercial or business transaction; earn as salary or wages
- express willingness to have in one's home or environs
- call for and obtain payment of
- make (clothes) smaller
- suck or take up or in
- take up mentally
- provide with shelter
- see or watch
- take in, also metaphorically
- visit for entertainment
- (transitive) To allow a person or an animal to live in one's home.
- (nautical) To reef.
- (transitive, climbing) To tighten (a belaying rope).
- (transitive) To shorten (a garment) or make it smaller.
- (transitive) To receive and properly absorb or comprehend.
- (transitive) To enjoy or appreciate.
- To deceive; to hoodwink.
- (transitive) To receive.
- (transitive) To arrest (a person).
- (transitive) To receive (goods) into one's home for the purpose of processing for a fee.
- (transitive) To attend a showing of.
verb
- accept
- pursue or resume
- take out or up with or as if with a scoop
- turn one's interest to
- take up time or space
- take up as if with a sponge
- adopt
- take up a liquid or a gas either by adsorption or by absorption
- begin work or acting in a certain capacity, office or job
- return to a previous location or condition
- take up and practice as one's own
- occupy or take on
- take in, also metaphorically
- (transitive) To reprove or reproach (a person).
- (transitive) To remove (a ground or floor surface, including the bed of a road or the track of a railway).
- (transitive) To occupy; to consume (space or time).
- (transitive) To absorb (a liquid), to soak up.
- (transitive) To join in (saying something).
- (transitive) To begin doing (an activity) on a regular basis.
- (transitive) To tighten or wind in (a rope, slack, etc.)
- (transitive, sewing) To shorten (a garment), especially by hemming.
- (transitive) To address or discuss (an issue).
- (transitive, Canada) To review the solutions to a test or other assessment with a class.
- (transitive) To accept, to adopt (a proposal, offer, request, cause, challenge, etc.).
- (transitive, chiefly British) To pay off, to clear (a debt, loan, mortgage, etc.).
- (transitive) To take, to assume (one’s appointed or intended place).
- (transitive) To begin functioning in (a role or position), to assume (an office).
- (transitive) To implement, to employ, to put into use.
- (transitive) To begin to support or patronize, to sponsor (a person), to adopt as protégé.
- (ambitransitive) To resume, to return to something that was interrupted.
- (transitive, with 'on') To accept (a proposal, offer, request, cause, challenge, etc.) from.
- (transitive, Australia, New Zealand) To begin occupying and working (a plot of uncultivated land), to break in.
- (transitive) To pick up.
noun
adj
- existing by consent
- (law) Existing, or made, by the mutual consent of two or more parties.
- With permission, with consensus, without coercion; allowed without objecting or resisting.
- (biology) Excited or caused by sensation, sympathy, or reflex action, and not by conscious volition.
- Contralaterally corresponding rather than ipsilaterally induced.
verb
- (intransitive, law) To become an enforceable and permanent right.
- (intransitive) To reach or come to by way of increase; to arise or spring up because of growth or result, especially as the produce of money lent.
- (transitive) To accumulate.
- (intransitive, accounting) To be incurred as a result of the passage of time.
- (intransitive) To increase, to rise
- grow by addition
- come into the possession of
adj
- still legally acceptable
- well grounded in logic or truth or having legal force
- (Christianity, theology) Genuine - as distinguished from efficient or regular - sacrament.
- (logic) Of an argument: whose conclusion is always true whenever its premises are true.
- Acceptable, proper or correct; in accordance with the rules.
- Well-grounded or justifiable, pertinent.
- Related to the current topic, or presented within context, relevant.
- (logic) Of a formula or system: such that it evaluates to true regardless of the input values.
noun
- a restriction that is insisted upon as a condition for an agreement
- a detailed description of design criteria for a piece of work
- (patent law) a document drawn up by the applicant for a patent of invention that provides an explicit and detailed description of the nature and use of an invention
- naming explicitly
- An explicit set of requirements to be satisfied by a material, product, or service.
- An act of specifying.
verb
- (transitive) To officially sanction; to ratify; to confirm; to set as satisfactory.
- (transitive, law, English law) To make profit of; to convert to one's own profit — said especially of waste or common land appropriated by the lord of the manor.
- (transitive) To regard as good; to commend; to be pleased with; to think well of.
- (intransitive, followed by "of") To consider worthy (to); to be pleased (with); to accept.
- judge to be right or commendable; think well of
- give sanction to
verb
- (intransitive) To be valid or applicable.
- To apply oneself; to undertake; to have as one's goal or intention. (Compare be going to.)
- (intransitive) To move or travel in order to do something, or to do something while moving.
- (transitive) To make the (specified) sound.
- (copulative, rather informal, followed by an adjective) To become (often used with colors and negative states).
- To come (to a certain condition or state).
- To be expressed or composed (a certain way).
- (intransitive) To collapse or give way, to break apart.
- (intransitive) To make an effort, to subject oneself (to something).
- (transitive) To yield or weigh.
- (intransitive) To die.
- (transitive, intransitive) To survive or get by; to last or persist for a stated length of time.
- (intransitive) To take a turn, especially in a game.
- (intransitive) To navigate (to a file or folder on a computer, a site on the internet, a memory, etc).
- To contribute to a (specified) end product or result.
- (imperative) Expressing encouragement or approval.
- (transitive) To take (a particular part or share); to participate in to the extent of.
- (intransitive) To leave; to move away.
- (intransitive, colloquial, euphemistic) To fight, usually with the fists.
- To travel or pass along.
- (intransitive, colloquial, with another verb, sometimes linked by and) To proceed (especially to do something foolish).
- (intransitive, of time) To elapse, to pass; to slip away. (Compare go by.)
- (intransitive) To fight or attack.
- (intransitive) To extend (from one point in time or space to another).
- (in phrases with 'as') Used to express how some category of things generally is, as a reference for, contrast to, or comparison with, a particular example.
- (intransitive) To be accepted.
- (intransitive, cricket, of a wicket) To be lost.
- To move to (a position or state).
- (intransitive) To start; to begin (an action or process).
- (intransitive, snooker) Of a ball, to be capable of being potted, not having its path to the pocket obstructed by other balls.
- (intransitive) To extend along.
- (intransitive, usually followed by with) To pass (a specified time) in gestation; to be pregnant.
- (transitive, colloquial) To say (something, aloud or to oneself).
- (transitive, colloquial) To enjoy. (Compare go for.)
- (intransitive, chiefly of a machine) To work or function (properly); to move or perform (as required).
- (intransitive, often followed by a preposition) To fit.
- (transitive, Australian slang) To attack.
- (intransitive) To date.
- (transitive, sports) To have a certain record.
- (intransitive) To sound; to make a noise.
- (intransitive) To be given, especially to be assigned or allotted.
- (intransitive) To belong (somewhere).
- (intransitive) To be spent or used up.
- (intransitive, cricket, of a batsman) To be out.
- (intransitive) To be compatible, especially of colors or food and drink.
- (intransitive, colloquial) To go to the toilet; to urinate or defecate.
- (intransitive) Of an opinion or instruction, to have (final) authority; to be authoritative.
- (intransitive) To move through space (especially to or through a place). (May be used of tangible things such as people or cars, or intangible things such as moods or information.)
- (intransitive) To work (through or over), especially mentally.
- (intransitive) To be sold.
- To assume the obligation or function of; to be, to serve as.
- (intransitive) To break down or decay.
- (intransitive) To be discarded or disposed of.
- To move (a particular distance, or in a particular fashion).
- (intransitive) To proceed (often in a specified manner, indicating the perceived quality of an event or state).
- (intransitive) To tend (toward a result)
- To turn out, to result; to come to (a certain result).
- (intransitive) To end or disappear. (Compare go away.)
- (intransitive) To attend.
- (intransitive, copulative) To continuously or habitually be in a state.
- (intransitive) To lead (to a place); to give access (to).
- To follow or proceed according to (a course or path).
- (transitive) To (begin to) date or have sex with (a particular race).
- (UK, especially MLE, Australia, Singapore, intransitive, colloquial) Clipping of go to the.
- (intransitive) To resort (to).
- (intransitive) To move or travel through time (either literally—in a fictional or hypothetical situation in which time travel is possible—or in one's mind or knowledge of the historical record). (See also go back.)
- (transitive, intransitive) To offer, bid or bet an amount; to pay; to sell for.
- be sounded, played, or expressed
- lead, extend, or afford access
- change location; move, travel, or proceed, also metaphorically
- be spent
- go through in search of something; search through someone's belongings in an unauthorized way
- pass from physical life and lose all bodily attributes and functions necessary to sustain life
- to be spent or finished
- be or continue to be in a certain condition
- be the right size or shape; fit correctly or as desired
- progress by being changed
- be abolished or discarded
- begin or set in motion
- be contained in
- stop operating or functioning
- have a turn; make one's move in a game
- pass, fare, or elapse; of a certain state of affairs or action
- follow a procedure or take a course
- enter or assume a certain state or condition
- be ranked or compare
- be awarded; be allotted
- move away from a place into another direction
- blend or harmonize
- make a certain noise or sound
- be in the right place or situation
- follow a certain course
- perform as expected when applied
- give support (to) or make a choice (of) one out of a group or number
- continue to live and avoid dying
- have a particular form
- stretch out over a distance, space, time, or scope; run or extend between two points or beyond a certain point
adj
noun
- An attempt, a try.
- An act; the working or operation.
- (uncountable) Power of going or doing; energy; vitality; perseverance.
- (cribbage) The situation where a player cannot play a card which will not carry the aggregate count above thirty-one.
- A period of activity.
- A turn at something, or in something (e.g. a game).
- (uncommon) The act of going.
- (board games) A strategic board game, originally from China and today also popular in Japan and Korea, in which two players (black and white) attempt to control the largest area of the board with their counters.
- A time; an experience.
- An approval or permission to do something, or that which has been approved.
- street names for methylenedioxymethamphetamine
- a time period for working (after which you will be relieved by someone else)
- a usually brief attempt
- a board game for two players who place counters on a grid; the object is to surround and so capture the opponent's counters
verb
- be engaged by a written agreement
- approve and express assent, responsibility, or obligation
- communicate in sign language
- make the sign of the cross over someone in order to call on God for protection; consecrate
- place signs, as along a road
- engage by written agreement
- mark with one's signature; write one's name (on)
- communicate silently and non-verbally by signals or signs
- (intransitive) To use sign language.
- (transitive) To communicate using gestures to (someone).
- (transitive or reflexive) To write (one's name) as a signature.
- (transitive) To furnish (a road etc.) with signs.
- (intransitive) To communicate using a gesture or signal.
- (intransitive) To finalise a contractual agreement to work for a given sports team, record label etc.
- (transitive) To validate or ratify (a document) by writing one's signature on it.
- (transitive) To calculate or derive whether a quantity has a positive or negative sign.
- (intransitive) To write one's signature.
- (transitive) To mark, to put or leave a mark on.
- (transitive) To engage (a sports player, musician etc.) in a contract.
- (reflexive) To cross oneself.
- To determine the sign of
- (transitive) More generally, to write one's signature on (something) as a means of identification etc.
- (transitive) To bless (someone or something) with the sign of the cross; to mark with the sign of the cross.
- (transitive) To communicate or make known (a meaning, intention, etc.) by a sign.
adj
noun
- a gesture that is part of a sign language
- any nonverbal action or gesture that encodes a message
- having an indicated pole (as the distinction between positive and negative electric charges)
- a public display of a message
- a perceptible indication of something not immediately apparent (as a visible clue that something has happened)
- (astrology) one of 12 equal areas into which the zodiac is divided
- an event that is experienced as indicating important things to come
- structure displaying a board on which advertisements can be posted
- (medicine) any objective evidence of the presence of a disorder or disease
- a character indicating a relation between quantities
- a fundamental linguistic unit linking a signifier to that which is signified
- (Canada, US, Australia, uncountable) Physical evidence left by an animal.
- A semantic unit, something that conveys meaning or information (e.g. a word of written language); (linguistics, semiotics) a unit consisting of a signifier and a signified concept. (See sign (semiotics).)
- (astrology) An astrological sign.
- (medicine) A property of the body that indicates a disease and, unlike a symptom, can be detected objectively by someone other than the patient.
- A wonder; miracle; prodigy.
- A mark or another symbol used to represent something.
- A clearly visible object, generally flat, bearing a short message in words or pictures.
- (mathematics) Positive or negative polarity, as denoted by the + or - sign.
- An omen.
- A military emblem carried on a banner or standard.
- (countable, uncountable) A visible fact that shows that something exists or may happen.
- (uncountable) Sign language in general.
- A specific gesture or motion used to communicate by those with speaking or hearing difficulties; now specifically, a linguistic unit in sign language equivalent to word in spoken languages.
verb
- be in effect; be or remain in force
- hold one's ground; maintain a position; be steadfast or upright
- put up with something or somebody unpleasant
- withstand the force of something
- be standing; be upright
- be available for stud services
- have or maintain a position or stand on an issue
- be tall; have a height of; copula
- occupy a place or location, also metaphorically
- be in some specified state or condition
- put into an upright position
- remain inactive or immobile
- (intransitive) To be placed in an upright or vertical orientation.
- (intransitive, copulative) To support oneself on the feet in an erect position.
- (intransitive) To rise to one’s feet; to stand up.
- (intransitive) To appear in court.
- (intransitive, British) To be a candidate (in an election).
- (intransitive, copulative) To remain motionless.
- (card games) To stop asking for more cards; to keep one's hand as it has been dealt so far.
- (intransitive, of tears, sweat, etc.) To be present, to have welled up.
- (transitive) To cover the expense of; to pay for.
- (intransitive, nautical) Of a ship or its captain, to steer, sail (in a specified direction, for a specified destination etc.).
- (intransitive) To remain valid.
- (transitive) To oppose, usually as a team, in competition.
- (intransitive) To have or maintain a position, order, or rank; to be in a particular relation.
- (intransitive, copulative) To maintain one's ground; to be acquitted; not to fail or yield; to be safe.
- (intransitive) To measure when erect on the feet.
- (intransitive, followed by to + infinitive) To be positioned to gain or lose.
- (intransitive, cricket) To act as an umpire.
- (intransitive, copulative) To remain without ruin or injury.
- (intransitive) To be consistent; to agree; to accord.
- (transitive) To undergo; withstand; hold up.
- (transitive) To place in an upright or standing position.
- (intransitive, copulative) To maintain an invincible or permanent attitude; to be fixed, steady, or firm; to take a position in resistance or opposition.
- (transitive, chiefly in the negative) To tolerate.
- (intransitive) To occupy or hold a place; to be set, placed, fixed, located, or situated.
noun
- the position where a thing or person stands
- a platform where a (brass) band can play in the open air
- a stop made by a touring musical or theatrical group to give a performance
- a booth where articles are displayed for sale
- a support or foundation
- a defensive effort
- an interruption of normal activity
- a growth of similar plants (usually trees) in a particular area
- a mental position from which things are viewed
- a support for displaying or holding various articles
- tiered seats consisting of a structure (often made of wood) where people can sit to watch an event (game or parade)
- a small table for holding articles of various kinds
- (sports) Grandstand. (often in the plural)
- (forestry) A contiguous group of trees sufficiently uniform in age-class distribution, composition, and structure, and growing on a site of sufficiently uniform quality, to be a distinguishable unit.
- A small building, booth, or stage, as in a bandstand or hamburger stand.
- (cricket) A partnership.
- The platform on which a witness testifies in court; the witness stand or witness box.
- (US, historical) Ellipsis of tavern stand (“a roadside inn”).
- A young tree, usually reserved when other trees are cut; also, a tree growing or standing upon its own root, in distinction from one produced from a scion set in a stock, either of the same or another kind of tree.
- A location or position where one may stand.
- (advertising) An advertisement filling an entire billboard, comprising many sheets of paper.
- (historical) An area of raised seating for waiters at the stock exchange.
- (military, plural often stand) A single set, as of arms.
- A resolute, unwavering position; firm opinion; action for a purpose in the face of opposition.
- The act of standing.
- A designated spot where someone or something may stand or wait.
- A particular grove or other group of trees or shrubs.
- A period of performance in a given location or venue.
- A standstill, a motionless state, as of someone confused, or a hunting dog who has found game.
- A defensive position or effort.
- A device to hold something upright or aloft.
noun
- an acceptance (as of a claim) as true and valid
- Acceptance as valid or true.
- designation by the chair granting a person the right to speak in a deliberative body
- coming to understand something clearly and distinctly
- the explicit and formal acknowledgement of a government or of the national independence of a country
- (biology) the ability of one molecule to attach to another molecule that has a complementary shape
- the state or quality of being recognized or acknowledged
- approval
- the process of recognizing something or someone by remembering
- Official acceptance of the status of a new government by that of another country.
- Honour, favourable note, or attention.
- (immunology) The propriety consisting for antibodies to bind to some specific antigens and not to others.
- The act of recognizing or the condition of being recognized (matching a current observation with a memory of a prior observation of the same entity).
- (Scots law, historical) A return of the feu to the superior.
noun
- making something valid by formally ratifying or confirming it
- a ceremony held in the synagogue (usually at Pentecost) to admit as adult members of the Jewish community young men and women who have successfully completed a course of study in Judaism
- information that confirms or verifies
- a sacrament admitting a baptized person to full participation in the church
- additional proof that something that was believed (some fact or hypothesis or theory) is correct
- An official indicator that things will happen as planned.
- A verification that something is true or has happened.
- A ceremony of sealing and conscious acknowledgement of the faith in many Christian churches, typically around the ages of 14 to 18; considered a sacrament in some churches, including Catholicism, but not in most Protestant churches.
- (law) An act whereby something conditional or voidable is made sure and unavoidable, especially the possession of an estate.
noun
- acceptance as true or valid
- the act of accepting with approval; favorable reception
- the accepted meaning of a word
- The meaning (sense) in which a word or expression is understood, or generally received.
- (theology) The active divine decision to approve an act or circumstance, held by Scotists to be necessary to render it meritorious.
noun
- (of a law) having legal validity
- a phenomenon that follows and is caused by some previous phenomenon
- the central meaning or theme of a speech or literary work
- an outward appearance
- a symptom caused by an illness or a drug
- an impression (especially one that is artificial or contrived)
- (sound engineering) An alteration, or device for producing an alteration, in sound after it has been produced by an instrument.
- Impression left on the mind; sensation produced.
- (sciences) A scientific phenomenon, usually named after its discoverer.
- (cinematography, computer graphics, demoscene) An illusion produced by technical means (as in "special effect")
- The result or outcome of a cause.
- Execution; performance; realization; operation.
- (usually in the plural) Belongings, usually as personal effects.
- (sciences, statistics) An influence or causal association between two variables.
- Consequence intended; purpose; meaning; general intent; with to.
- (uncountable) The state of being binding and enforceable, as in a rule, policy, or law.
verb
noun
- (of a law) having legal validity
- a group of people having the power of effective action
- physical energy or intensity
- group of people willing to obey orders
- one possessing or exercising power or influence or authority
- (physics) the influence that produces a change in a physical quantity
- a unit that is part of some military service
- a powerful effect or influence
- a putout of a base runner who is required to run; the putout is accomplished by holding the ball while touching the base to which the runner must advance before the runner reaches that base
- an act of aggression (as one against a person who resists)
- (mass noun, possibly proscribed) Force understood as something of which there can be an amount.
- (usually with "the", in the singular or plural) Synonym of police force.
- (linguistics, semantics, pragmatics) Ability of an utterance or its element (word, form, prosody, ...) to effect a given meaning.
- (law, uncountable) The state of having legal weight, of being legally valid,.
- (financial mathematics, actuarial science) The annualized instantaneous rate of change at a particular timepoint.
- (countable, Northern England) A waterfall or cascade.
- Something or anything that has the power to produce a physical effect upon something else, such as causing it to move or change shape.
- Ability to influence; strength or energy of body or mind; active power; vigour; might; capacity of exercising an influence or producing an effect.
- (in the singular or plural) Military personnel, collectively, including any vehicles, ships, or aircraft. More broadly, the military or police altogether.
- (countable) A magic trick in which the outcome is known to the magician beforehand, especially one involving the apparent free choice of a card by another person.
- (countable) An instance of a physical force.
- (humorous or science fiction, with the, often capitalized) A metaphysical and ubiquitous power from the fictional Star Wars universe created by George Lucas. See usage note.
- Any large, organized group involved in a military engagement.
- (countable) A particular form or type of force.
- (countable) Something that exerts influence.
- (countable) Anything that is able to make a substantial change in a person or thing.
- (when in reference to that which it affects) Something that, over time, influences a system with which it interacts (with a connotation of underlyingness, subtlety, or indirectness).
- (uncountable) The generalized abstraction of this concept.
- (law) Either unlawful violence, as in a "forced entry", or lawful compulsion.
- (countable) A group organized for the goal of attacking, controlling, or constraining, especially one with a set command structure (in particular, a military or police group).
- (uncountable) Power exerted against will or consent; compulsory power; violence; coercion.
verb
- force into or from an action or state, either physically or metaphorically
- to cause to do through pressure or necessity, by physical, moral or intellectual means
- impose urgently, importunately, or inexorably
- take by force
- do forcibly; exert force
- move with force
- urge or force (a person) to an action; constrain or motivate
- squeeze like a wedge into a tight space
- (transitive, baseball) To create an out by touching a base in advance of a runner who has no base to return to while in possession of a ball which has already touched the ground.
- (transitive) To drive (something) by force, to propel (generally + prepositional phrase or adverb).
- (transitive) To forcibly open (a door, lock etc.).
- (transitive) To make someone or something do something, often regardless of their will.
- To stuff; to lard; to farce.
- (whist) To compel (an adversary or partner) to trump a trick by leading a suit that he/she does not hold.
- To grow (rhubarb) in the dark, causing it to grow early.
- To obtain or win by strength; to take by violence or struggle; specifically, to capture by assault; to storm, as a fortress.
- (transitive) To constrain by force; to overcome the limitations or resistance of.
- (transitive) To cause to occur (despite inertia, resistance etc.); to produce through force.
- (transitive) To violate (a woman); to rape.
noun
- An agreement to adhere.
- The ability of a substance to stick to an unlike substance.
- (biochemistry) The binding of a cell to a surface or substrate.
- The frictional grip on a surface, of wheels, shoes etc.
- (medicine) An abnormal union of surface by the formation of new tissue resulting from an inflammatory process.
- Persistent attachment or loyalty.
- a fibrous band of scar tissue that binds together normally separate anatomical structures
- the property of sticking together (as of glue and wood) or the joining of surfaces of different composition
- abnormal union of bodily tissues; most common in the abdomen
- faithful support for a cause or political party or religion
noun
- The formal acceptance of something, especially when verified with a signature.
- Access to a resource for a period of time, generally for payment.
- Contributing or promising to contribute money to a common fund.
- The signing of one's name.
- the act of signing your name; writing your signature (as on a document)
- a payment for consecutive issues of a newspaper or magazine for a given period of time
- agreement expressed by (or as if expressed by) signing your name
- a pledged contribution
noun
- a binding agreement between two or more persons that is enforceable by law
- (law) The document containing such an agreement.
- (contract bridge) the highest bid becomes the contract setting the number of tricks that the bidder must make
- a variety of bridge in which the bidder receives points toward game only for the number of tricks they bid
- (informal) An order, usually given to a hired assassin, to kill someone.
- (bridge) The declarer's undertaking to win the number of tricks bid with a stated suit as trump.
- (law) An agreement which the law will enforce in some way. A legally binding contract must contain at least one promise, i.e., a commitment or offer, by an offeror to and accepted by an offeree to do something in the future. A contract is thus executory rather than executed.
- (law) A part of legal studies dealing with laws and jurisdiction related to contracts.
- An agreement between two or more parties, to perform a specific job or work order, often temporary or of fixed duration and usually governed by a written agreement.
verb
- compress or concentrate
- cause to be smaller
- be stricken by an illness, fall victim to an illness
- squeeze or press together
- engage by written agreement
- reduce in scope while retaining essential elements
- enter into a contractual arrangement
- become smaller or draw together
- make or become more narrow or restricted
- (transitive) To enter into a contract with (someone or something).
- To draw together so as to wrinkle; to knit.
- (intransitive) To make an agreement or contract; to covenant.
- (transitive) To bring on; to incur; to acquire.
- (grammar) To shorten by omitting a letter or letters or by reducing two or more vowels or syllables to one.
- (transitive) To gain or acquire (an illness).
- (ambitransitive) To draw together or nearer; to shorten, narrow, or lessen.
- To betroth; to affiance.
noun
- (law) The formal process by which a contract is made valid and put into binding effect.
- (law) the completion of a legal instrument (such as a contract or deed) by signing it (and perhaps sealing and delivering it) so that it becomes legally binding and enforceable
- The act, manner or style of executing (actions, maneuvers, performances).
- The state of being accomplished.
- (law) The carrying into effect of a court judgment, or of a will.
- (computing) The carrying out of an instruction, program or program segment by a computer.
- The act of putting to death or being put to death as a penalty, or actions so associated.
- putting a condemned person to death
- the act of performing; of doing something successfully; using knowledge as distinguished from merely possessing it
- the act of accomplishing some aim or executing some order
- unlawful premeditated killing of a human being by a human being
- (computer science) the process of carrying out an instruction by a computer
- a routine court order that attempts to enforce the judgment that has been granted to a plaintiff by authorizing a sheriff to carry it out
noun
- A recognition as genuine or valid; an avowing or admission in legal form.
- A reward or other expression or token of gratitude.
- The act of recognizing in a particular character or relationship; recognition of existence, authority, truth, or genuineness.
- (telecommunications, computing, networking) A response (ACK) sent by a receiver to indicate successful receipt of a transmission (See Wikipedia article on transmission).
- (law) The act of a person admitting a child as their own.
- An expression of gratitude for a benefit or an obligation.
- (law) A formal statement or document recognizing the fulfillment or execution of a legal requirement or procedure.
- The act of acknowledging
- A message from the addressee informing the originator that the originator's communication has been received and understood.
- a statement acknowledging something or someone
- the state or quality of being recognized or acknowledged
- a short note recognizing a source of information or of a quoted passage
noun
- The act of binding; restriction; obligation.
- (medicine) A contraction of parts by applications; the action of an astringent substance.
- (law, Scotland, historical) An obligation to have the grain growing on certain lands ground at a certain mill, the owner paying a toll. (The lands were said to be astricted to the mill.)
noun
- Something that is stated or stipulated as a condition of an agreement.
- a restriction that is insisted upon as a condition for an agreement
- (botany) The situation, arrangement, and structure of the stipules.
- The act of stipulating; a contracting or bargaining; an agreement.
- (chess) A goal to be achieved in a chess problem; for example, to checkmate Black within a specified number of moves.
- an assumption on which rests the validity or effect of something else
- (law) an agreement or concession made by parties in a judicial proceeding (or by their attorneys) relating to the business before the court; must be in writing unless they are part of the court record
noun
- A binding agreement, a covenant.
- (finance) A documentary obligation to pay a sum or to perform a contract; a debenture.
- (law) A bail bond.
- (railways) A heavy copper wire or rod connecting adjacent rails of an electric railway track when used as a part of the electric circuit.
- Moral or political duty or obligation.
- (law) A document constituting evidence of a long-term debt, by which the bond issuer (the borrower) is obliged to pay interest when due, and repay the principal at maturity, as specified on the face of the bond certificate. The rights of the holder are specified in the bond indenture, which contains the legal terms and conditions under which the bond was issued. Bonds are available in two forms: registered bonds, and bearer bonds.
- Any constraining or cementing force or material.
- (construction) In building, a specific pattern of bricklaying, based on overlapping rows or layers to give strength.
- A peasant; churl.
- An emotional link, connection or union; that which holds two or more people together, as in a friendship; a tie.
- (by ellipsis) Bond paper.
- (often in the plural) A physical connection which binds, a band.
- A vassal; serf; one held in bondage to a superior.
- (chemistry) A link or force between neighbouring atoms in a molecule.
- (Scotland) A mortgage.
- A partial payment made to show a provider that the customer is sincere about buying a product or a service. If the product or service is not purchased the customer then forfeits the bond.
- (uncountable) The state of being stored in a bonded warehouse
- a connection based on kinship or marriage or common interest
- the property of sticking together (as of glue and wood) or the joining of surfaces of different composition
- a certificate of debt (usually interest-bearing or discounted) that is issued by a government or corporation in order to raise money; the issuer is required to pay a fixed sum annually until maturity and then a fixed sum to repay the principal
- a superior quality of strong durable white writing paper; originally made for printing documents
- a connection that fastens things together
- an electrical force linking atoms
- a restraint that confines or restricts freedom (especially something used to tie down or restrain a prisoner)
- (criminal law) money that must be forfeited by the bondsman if an accused person fails to appear in court for trial
adj
verb
- (transitive, electricity) To make a reliable electrical connection between two conductors (or any pieces of metal that may potentially become conductors).
- (transitive) To put in a bonded warehouse; to secure (goods) until the associated duties are paid.
- (transitive, chemistry) To form a chemical compound with.
- (transitive, construction) To lay bricks in a specific pattern.
- (transitive) To guarantee or secure a financial risk.
- (transitive) To connect, secure or tie with a bond; to bind.
- To bail out by means of a bail bond.
- (transitive) To cause to adhere (one material with another).
- To form a friendship or emotional connection.
- issue bonds on
- bring together in a common cause or emotion
- stick to firmly
- create social or emotional ties
noun
- a restriction that is insisted upon as a condition for an agreement
- a detailed description of design criteria for a piece of work
- (patent law) a document drawn up by the applicant for a patent of invention that provides an explicit and detailed description of the nature and use of an invention
- naming explicitly
- An explicit set of requirements to be satisfied by a material, product, or service.
- An act of specifying.
verb
noun
- the act of proving that an instrument purporting to be a will was signed and executed in accord with legal requirements
- a judicial certificate saying that a will is genuine and conferring on the executors the power to administer the estate
- Clipping of probate court.
- (law) A copy of a legally recognised and qualified will.
- (law) The legal process of verifying the legality of a will.
verb
- accept as legally binding and valid
- accept (someone) to be what is claimed or accept their power and authority
- report the receipt of
- declare to be true or admit the existence or reality or truth of
- express recognition of the presence or existence of, or acquaintance with
- express obligation, thanks, or gratitude for
- (transitive) To admit the knowledge of; to recognize as a fact or truth; to declare one's belief in.
- (transitive) To report (the receipt of a message to its sender).
- (transitive) To own or recognize in a particular quality, character or relationship; to admit the claims or authority of; to give recognition to.
- (transitive) To own as genuine or valid; to assent to (a legal instrument) to give it validity; to avow or admit in legal form.
- (transitive) To be grateful of (e.g. a benefit or a favour)
verb
- admit as valid
- (law, of a judge) To allow, accept, or admit (e.g. an objection or motion) as valid.
- lengthen or extend in duration or space
- be the physical support of; carry the weight of
- supply with necessities and support
- undergo (as of injuries and illnesses)
- establish or strengthen as with new evidence or facts
- provide with nourishment
- (transitive) To encourage or sanction (something).
- (transitive) To maintain, or keep in existence.
- (transitive) To confirm, prove, or corroborate; to uphold.
- (transitive) To experience or suffer (an injury, etc.).
- To keep from falling; to bear; to uphold; to support.
- To aid, comfort, or relieve; to vindicate.
- (transitive) To provide for or nourish.
noun
verb
- accept as true or valid
- have or give a reception
- receive as a retribution or punishment
- bid welcome to; greet upon arrival
- experience as a reaction
- receive a specified treatment (abstract)
- register (perceptual input)
- get something; come into possession of
- express willingness to have in one's home or environs
- regard favorably or with disapproval
- convert into sounds or pictures
- go through (mental or physical states or experiences)
- partake of the Holy Eucharist sacrament
- (American football) To be in a position to catch a forward pass.
- (transitive, intransitive) To accept into the mind; to understand.
- (tennis, badminton, squash) To be in a position to hit back a service.
- (transitive) To be given, sent, or paid something.
- (law) To take goods knowing them to be stolen.
- (telecommunications) To detect a signal from a transmitter.
- (transitive) To act as a host for guests; to give admittance to; to permit to enter, as into one's house, presence, company, etc.
- (transitive) To incur (an injury).
- To allow (a custom, tradition, etc.); to give credence or acceptance to.
noun
verb
- To abide by an agreement.
- To take notice of; to regard as worthy of special consideration; to heed.
- To have regard for something, to observe a custom, practice, rule or right.
- (transitive, dated except in "respecting") To relate to; to be concerned with.
- To have respect for.
- show respect towards
- regard highly; think much of
intj
noun
- (uncountable, always plural) Polite greetings, often offered as condolences after a death.
- Good will; favor.
- (uncountable) Good opinion, honor, or admiration.
- (countable) A particular aspect, feature or detail of something.
- (uncountable) An attitude of consideration or high regard.
- behavior intended to please your parents
- a courteous expression (by word or deed) of esteem or regard
- (usually preceded by ‘in’) a detail or point
- courteous regard for people's feelings
- the condition of being honored (esteemed or respected or well regarded)
- an attitude of admiration or esteem
- a feeling of friendship and esteem
verb
- accept or judge as acceptable
- be superior or better than some standard
- transfer to another; of rights or property
- throw (a ball) to another player
- allow to go without comment or censure
- pass into a specified state or condition; sink into
- go unchallenged; be approved
- pass from physical life and lose all bodily attributes and functions necessary to sustain life
- eliminate from the body
- move past
- use up a period of time in a specific way
- for time to move forward
- travel past
- go successfully through a test or a selection process
- disappear gradually
- be inherited by
- grant authorization or clearance for
- transmit information
- go across or through
- pass over, across, or through
- cause to pass
- place into the hands or custody of
- make laws, bills, etc. or bring into effect by legislation
- come to pass
- stretch out over a distance, space, time, or scope; run or extend between two points or beyond a certain point
- (intransitive) To proceed without hindrance or opposition.
- (intransitive) To move or be moved from one place to another.
- (transitive) To transcend; to surpass; to excel; to exceed.
- (intransitive, stative, sociology) To be accepted by others as a member of a race, sex, or other group to which one does not belong or would not have originally appeared to belong; especially to be considered white although one has black ancestry, or a woman although one was assigned male at birth or vice versa.
- (intransitive) To continue.
- (intransitive, law) To make a judgment on or upon a person or case.
- (intransitive, American football) To throw the ball, generally downfield, towards a teammate.
- (transitive, of time) To spend.
- (intransitive, card games) In euchre, to decline to make the trump.
- (transitive) To go past, by, over, or through; to proceed from one side to the other of; to move past.
- (transitive) To cause to obtain entrance, admission, or conveyance.
- (transitive) To utter; to pronounce; to pledge.
- (intransitive, transitive) To achieve a successful outcome from.
- (transitive) To put in circulation; to give currency to.
- (intransitive) To happen.
- (intransitive) To change from one state to another (without the implication of progression).
- (intransitive, stative) To be tolerated as a substitute for something else, to "do".
- (transitive) To cause to advance by stages of progress; to carry on with success through an ordeal, examination, or action; specifically, to give legal or official sanction to; to ratify; to enact; to approve as valid and just.
- (transitive, nautical) To take a turn with (a line, gasket, etc.), as around a sail in furling, and make secure.
- (intransitive) To progress from one state to another; to advance.
- (transitive, cooking) To put through a sieve.
- (transitive) To allow to go by without noticing; to omit attention to; to take no note of; to disregard.
- (transitive, soccer) To kick (the ball) with precision rather than at full force.
- (ditransitive) To cause to move or go; to send; to transfer from one person, place, or condition to another.
- (intransitive, transitive) To advance through all the steps or stages necessary to become valid or effective; to obtain the formal sanction of (a legislative body).
- (intransitive, law) To be conveyed or transferred by will, deed, or other instrument of conveyance.
- (intransitive, of time) To elapse, to be spent.
- (intransitive, euphemistic) To die.
- (intransitive) To decline something that is offered or available.
- (intransitive) In turn-based games, to decline to play in one's turn.
- (transitive) To reject; to pass up.
- (intransitive, transitive, medicine) To eliminate (something) from the body by natural processes.
- (intransitive) To depart, to cease, to come to an end.
- (intransitive) To go from one person to another.
- (transitive) To live through; to have experience of; to undergo; to suffer.
- (intransitive) To decline or not attempt to answer a question.
- (transitive) To move (the ball or puck) to a teammate.
- (intransitive, fencing) To make a lunge or swipe.
adj
noun
- a document indicating permission to do something without restrictions
- a flight or run by an aircraft over a target
- a usually brief attempt
- a permit to enter or leave a military installation
- any authorization to pass or go somewhere
- an automatic advance to the next round in a tournament without playing an opponent
- the location in a range of mountains of a geological formation that is lower than the surrounding peaks
- (military) a written leave of absence
- success in satisfying a test or requirement
- a difficult juncture
- (sports) the act of throwing the ball to another member of your team
- (American football) a play that involves one player throwing the ball to a teammate
- a bad or difficult situation or state of affairs
- a complimentary ticket
- (baseball) an advance to first base by a batter who receives four balls
- one complete cycle of operations (as by a computer)
- (cooking) The area in a restaurant kitchen where the finished dishes are passed from the chefs to the waiting staff.
- An act of declining to play one's turn in a game, often by saying the word "pass".
- A single movement, especially of a hand, at, over, or along anything.
- An opening, road, or track, available for passing; especially, one through or over some dangerous or otherwise impracticable barrier such as a mountain range; a passageway; a defile; a ford.
- (fencing) A thrust or push; an attempt to stab or strike an adversary.
- A single passage of a tool over something, or of something over a tool.
- (computing, slang) A password (especially one for a restricted-access website).
- (computing) A run through a document as part of a translation, compilation or reformatting process.
- The state of things; condition; predicament; impasse.
- A channel connecting a river or body of water to the sea, for example at the mouth (delta) of a river.
- Success in an examination or similar test.
- (sports) The act of moving the ball or puck from one player to another.
- (rail transport) A passing of two trains in the same direction on a single track, when one is put into a siding to let the other overtake it.
- An attempt.
- A document granting permission to pass or to go and come; a passport; a ticket permitting free transit or admission
- (figuratively) A thrust; a sally of wit.
- A sexual advance (often in the phrase make a pass).
- (baseball) An intentional walk.
- Permission or license to pass, or to go and come.
- (sports) The act of overtaking; an overtaking manoeuvre.
verb
- establish as valid or genuine
- be in back of
- travel backward
- place a bet on
- give support or one's approval to
- strengthen by providing with a back or backing
- shift to a counterclockwise direction
- support financial backing for
- be behind; approve of
- cause to travel backward
- (transitive) To push or force backwards.
- (law, of a justice of the peace) To sign or endorse (a warrant, issued in another county, to apprehend an offender).
- (transitive) To support.
- (MLE, transitive) To draw from behind the back (a knife etc.) (as also back out).
- (intransitive) To go in the reverse direction.
- (nautical, of the wind) To change direction contrary to the normal pattern; that is, to shift anticlockwise in the northern hemisphere, or clockwise in the southern hemisphere.
- (UK, of a hunting dog) To stand still behind another dog which has pointed.
- To row backward with (oars).
- (nautical, of a square sail) To brace the yards so that the wind presses on the front of the sail, to slow the ship.
- To make a back for; to furnish with a back.
- To adjoin behind; to be at the back of.
- (nautical, of an anchor) To lay out a second, smaller anchor to provide additional holding power.
- (Nigeria, transitive) To carry an infant on one’s back.
- To write upon the back of, possibly as an endorsement.
adj
- located at or near the back of an animal
- of an earlier date
- related to or located at the back
- (comparable, phonetics) Pronounced with the highest part of the body of the tongue toward the back of the mouth, near the soft palate (most often describing a vowel).
- At or near the rear.
- Not current.
- (predicative) Returned or restored to a previous place or condition.
- Situated away from the main or most frequented areas.
- Moving or operating backward.
- In arrears; overdue.
noun
- (football) a person who plays in the backfield
- the part of a garment that covers the back of your body
- (American football) the position of a player on a football team who is stationed behind the line of scrimmage
- the protective covering on the front, back, and spine of a book
- the series of vertebrae forming the axis of the skeleton and protecting the spinal cord
- the part of something that is furthest from the normal viewer
- the posterior part of a human (or animal) body from the neck to the end of the spine
- the side that goes last or is not normally seen
- a support that you can lean against while sitting
- (mining) The roof of a horizontal underground passage.
- (swimming) Clipping of backstroke.
- (slang, uncountable) Effort, usually physical.
- (sports) In some team sports, a position behind most players on the team.
- (figuratively) The upper part of a natural object which is considered to resemble an animal’s back.
- (slang, uncountable) Large and attractive buttocks.
- A support or resource in reserve.
- Area behind, such as the backyard of a house or the rear storeroom of a retail store.
- The reverse side; the side that is not normally seen.
- The side of a blade opposite the side used for cutting.
- Among leather dealers, one of the thickest and stoutest tanned hides.
- A ferryboat.
- The rear of the body, especially the part between the neck and the end of the spine and opposite the chest and belly.
- The part of something that goes last.
- The backrest, the part of a piece of furniture which receives the human back.
- (nautical) The keel and keelson of a ship.
- (figurative) The part of a piece of clothing which covers the back.
- A non-alcoholic drink (often water or a soft drink), to go with hard liquor or a cocktail.
- The side of any object which is opposite the front or useful side.
- The spine and associated tissues.
- The edge of a book which is bound.
- A large shallow vat; a cistern, tub, or trough, used by brewers, distillers, dyers, picklers, gluemakers, and others, for mixing or cooling wort, holding water, hot glue, etc.
- (printing) The inside margin of a page.
- That which is farthest away from the front.
adv
- in or to or toward a former location
- in reply
- at or to or toward the back or rear
- in repayment or retaliation
- in or to or toward a past time
- in or to or toward an original condition
- In a manner that impedes.
- To a later point in time. See also put back.
- Towards, into or in the past.
- In a direction opposite to that in which someone or something is facing or normally pointing.
- Away from someone or something; at a distance.
- So as to shrink, recede or move aside, or cause to do so.
- (not comparable) To or in a previous condition or place.
- (not comparable) In a reciprocal manner; in return.
- (postpositive) Earlier, ago.
- In a direction opposite to the usual or desired direction of movement or progress, physically or figuratively.
- Away from the front or from an edge.
verb
- establish as valid or genuine
- move backwards from a certain position
- become or cause to become obstructed
- give moral or psychological support, aid, or courage to
- make a copy of (a computer file) especially for storage in another place as a security copy
- (idiomatic, intransitive) To undo one's actions.
- (idiomatic, transitive) To provide support or the promise of support to.
- (idiomatic, intransitive, cricket) For a fielder to position himself behind the wicket (relative to a team-mate who is throwing the ball at the wicket) so as to stop the ball, and prevent overthrows.
- (idiomatic, intransitive, of a blockage) To halt the flow or movement of something.
- (idiomatic, intransitive) To reconsider one's thoughts.
- (idiomatic, intransitive, cricket) For the non-striker to take a few steps down the pitch, in preparation to taking a run, just as the bowler bowls the ball.
- (idiomatic, computing, transitive) To copy (data) so that it can be restored if the main copy is lost.
- (idiomatic, intransitive, informal) To fill up because of a backlog.
- (idiomatic, intransitive) To move backwards, especially for a vehicle to do so.
- (idiomatic, intransitive) If a property backs up to another property, that means it abuts or shares a border with another property.
- (idiomatic, transitive) To move a vehicle backwards.
verb
- accept as true
- obtain by purchase; acquire by means of a financial transaction
- be worth or be capable of buying
- acquire by trade or sacrifice or exchange
- make illegal payments to in exchange for favors or influence
- (transitive, ditransitive) To obtain, especially by some sacrifice.
- (transitive) To bribe.
- (transitive, informal) to accept as true; to believe
- (intransitive) To make a purchase or purchases, to treat (for a drink, meal or gift)
- (transitive, ditransitive) To obtain (something) in exchange for money or goods.
- (poker slang, transitive) To make a bluff, usually a large one.
- (transitive) To be equivalent to in value.
noun
verb
- refuse to acknowledge, ratify, or recognize as valid
- cast off
- refuse to recognize or pay
- reject as untrue, unfounded, or unjust
- (transitive) To refuse to have any relation to; to disown.
- (transitive) To reject the truth or validity of; to deny.
- (intransitive) To be repudiated.
- (transitive) To refuse to pay or honor (a debt).
verb
noun
- the act of proving that an instrument purporting to be a will was signed and executed in accord with legal requirements
- a judicial certificate saying that a will is genuine and conferring on the executors the power to administer the estate
- Clipping of probate court.
- (law) A copy of a legally recognised and qualified will.
- (law) The legal process of verifying the legality of a will.
verb
noun
- A pact or binding agreement between two or more parties.
- An incidental clause in an agreement.
- (law) A promise, incidental to a deed or contract, either express or implied.
- (law) An agreement to do or not do a particular thing.
- a signed written agreement between two or more parties (nations) to perform some action
- (Bible) an agreement between God and his people in which God makes certain promises and requires certain behavior from them in return
verb
- provide with a binding
- fasten or secure with a rope, string, or cord
- wrap around with something so as to cover or enclose
- cause to be constipated
- make fast; tie or secure, with or as if with a rope
- stick to firmly
- secure with or as if with ropes
- form a chemical bond with
- create social or emotional ties
- bind by an obligation; cause to be indebted
- (transitive) To confine, restrain, or hold by physical force or influence of any kind.
- (intransitive, LGBTQ) To wear a binder so as to flatten one's chest to give the appearance of a flat chest, usually done by trans men.
- (transitive) To put together in a cover, as of books.
- (transitive, programming) To process one or more object modules into an executable program.
- (transitive) To cover, as with a bandage.
- (figuratively) To oblige, restrain, or hold, by authority, law, duty, promise, vow, affection, or other social tie.
- (transitive) To tie or fasten tightly together, with a cord, band, ligature, chain, etc.
- (intransitive) To tie; to confine by any ligature.
- (law) To place under legal obligation to serve.
- (transitive, chemistry) To make two or more elements stick together.
- (transitive) To protect or strengthen by applying a band or binding, as the edge of a carpet or garment.
- (transitive) To couple.
- (intransitive) To cohere or stick together in a mass.
- (law) To put (a person) under definite legal obligations, especially, under the obligation of a bond or covenant.
- (intransitive) To exert a binding or restraining influence.
- (intransitive) To be restrained from motion, or from customary or natural action, as by friction.
- (UK, dialect) To complain; to whine about something.
- (transitive, programming) To associate an identifier with a value; to associate a variable name, method name, etc. with the content of a storage location.
noun
- something that hinders as if with bonds
- The indurated clay of coal mines, or other overlying substances such as sandstone or shale.
- Any twining or climbing plant or stem, especially a hop vine; a bine.
- (countable) That which binds or ties.
- (countable) A troublesome situation; a problem; a predicament or quandary.
- (chess, countable) A strong grip or stranglehold on a position, which is difficult for the opponent to break.
- (music, countable) A ligature or tie for grouping notes.
verb
- be valid, applicable, or true
- secure and keep for possible future use or application
- keep from exhaling or expelling
- resist or confront with resistance
- be the physical support of; carry the weight of
- maintain (a theory, thoughts, or feelings)
- aim, point, or direct
- support or hold in a certain manner
- have room for; hold without crowding
- have rightfully; of rights, titles, and offices
- remain committed to
- be pertinent or relevant or applicable
- contain or hold; have within
- be in accord; be in agreement
- have or possess, either in a concrete or an abstract sense
- hold the attention of
- have or hold in one's hands or grip
- assert or affirm
- keep from departing
- to close within bounds, or otherwise limit or deprive of free movement
- remain in a certain state, position, or condition
- keep in mind or convey as a conviction or view
- drink alcohol without showing ill effects
- lessen the intensity of; temper; hold in restraint; hold or keep within limits
- cause to come to an abrupt stop
- protect against a challenge or attack
- take and maintain control over, often by violent means
- cause to continue in a certain state, position, or activity
- bind by an obligation; cause to be indebted
- arrange for and reserve (something for someone else) in advance
- declare to be
- cover as for protection against noise or smell
- stop dealing with
- organize or be responsible for
- have as a major characteristic
- be capable of holding or containing
- (transitive) To impose restraint upon; to limit in motion or action; to bind legally or morally; to confine; to restrain.
- To maintain in being or action; to carry on; to prosecute, as a course of conduct or an argument; to continue; to sustain.
- (imperative) In a food or drink order at an informal restaurant etc., requesting that a component normally included in that order be omitted.
- To organise an event or meeting (usually in passive voice).
- (transitive) To reserve.
- (transitive) To bear, carry, or manage.
- (transitive) To have and keep possession of something.
- (transitive) To contain or store.
- (intransitive, copulative) To keep oneself in a particular state.
- (slang, intransitive) To be in possession of illicit drugs for sale.
- (intransitive, chiefly imperative) Not to move; to halt; to stop.
- (transitive) To bind (someone) to a consequence of his or her actions.
- To accept, as an opinion; to be the adherent of, openly or privately; to persist in, as a purpose; to maintain; to sustain.
- (transitive) To detain.
- (transitive) To maintain, to consider, to opine.
- To take place, to occur.
- To remain continent; to control an excretory bodily function.
- (intransitive) Not to give way; not to part or become separated; to remain unbroken or unsubdued.
- (tennis, ambitransitive) To win one's own service game.
- (transitive) To grasp or grip.
- (intransitive, copulative) To be or remain valid; to apply (usually in the third person).
- (transitive) To cause to wait or delay.
noun
- a stronghold
- a state of being confined (usually for a short time)
- time during which some action is awaited
- the appendage to an object that is designed to be held in order to use or move it
- a cell in a jail or prison
- power by which something or someone is affected or dominated
- the act of grasping
- the space in a ship or aircraft for storing cargo
- understanding of the nature or meaning or quality or magnitude of something
- A fruit machine feature allowing one or more of the reels to remain fixed while the others spin.
- (exercise) An exercise involving holding a position for a set time
- The property of maintaining the shape of styled hair.
- An act or instance of holding.
- A place where animals are held for safety
- Something reserved or kept.
- (tennis) An instance of holding one's service game, as opposed to being broken.
- The queueing system on telephones and similar communication systems which maintains a connection when all lines are busy.
- The ability to persist.
- An order that something is to be reserved or delayed, limiting or preventing how it can be dealt with.
- (baseball) A statistic awarded to a relief pitcher who is not still pitching at the end of the game and who records at least one out and maintains a lead for his team.
- (gambling) The percentage the house wins on a gamble, the house or bookmaker's hold.
- (gambling) The wager amount, the total hold.
- (aviation) A region of airspace reserved for aircraft being kept in a holding pattern.
- A grasp or grip.
- Power over someone or something.
- The part of an object one is intended to grasp, or anything one can use for grasping with hands or feet.
- (nautical, aviation) The cargo area of a ship or aircraft (often holds or cargo hold).
- (wrestling, self-defense) A position or grip used to control the opponent.
verb
- be valid, applicable, or true
- prove superior
- be larger in number, quantity, power, status or importance
- use persuasion successfully
- continue to exist
- (intransitive) To be current, widespread, or predominant; to have currency or prevalence.
- (intransitive) To be superior in strength, dominance, influence, or frequency; to have or gain the advantage over others; to have the upper hand; to outnumber others.
- (intransitive, often with upon or on) To succeed in persuading or inducing.
- (intransitive) To triumph; to be victorious.
verb
noun
- An approval, by an authority, generally one that makes something valid.
- A law, treaty, or contract, or a clause within a law, treaty, or contract, specifying any of the above.
- (chiefly in the plural) A penalty, punishment, or some coercive measure, intended to ensure compliance; especially one adopted by several nations, or by an international body.
- official permission or approval
- formal and explicit approval
- a mechanism of social control for enforcing a society's standards
- the act of final authorization
verb
- accept
- hear, usually without the knowledge of the speakers
- take into one's family
- serve oneself to, or consume regularly
- take up as if with a sponge
- fold up
- fool or hoax
- earn on some commercial or business transaction; earn as salary or wages
- express willingness to have in one's home or environs
- call for and obtain payment of
- make (clothes) smaller
- suck or take up or in
- take up mentally
- provide with shelter
- see or watch
- take in, also metaphorically
- visit for entertainment
- (transitive) To allow a person or an animal to live in one's home.
- (nautical) To reef.
- (transitive, climbing) To tighten (a belaying rope).
- (transitive) To shorten (a garment) or make it smaller.
- (transitive) To receive and properly absorb or comprehend.
- (transitive) To enjoy or appreciate.
- To deceive; to hoodwink.
- (transitive) To receive.
- (transitive) To arrest (a person).
- (transitive) To receive (goods) into one's home for the purpose of processing for a fee.
- (transitive) To attend a showing of.
verb
- accept
- pursue or resume
- take out or up with or as if with a scoop
- turn one's interest to
- take up time or space
- take up as if with a sponge
- adopt
- take up a liquid or a gas either by adsorption or by absorption
- begin work or acting in a certain capacity, office or job
- return to a previous location or condition
- take up and practice as one's own
- occupy or take on
- take in, also metaphorically
- (transitive) To reprove or reproach (a person).
- (transitive) To remove (a ground or floor surface, including the bed of a road or the track of a railway).
- (transitive) To occupy; to consume (space or time).
- (transitive) To absorb (a liquid), to soak up.
- (transitive) To join in (saying something).
- (transitive) To begin doing (an activity) on a regular basis.
- (transitive) To tighten or wind in (a rope, slack, etc.)
- (transitive, sewing) To shorten (a garment), especially by hemming.
- (transitive) To address or discuss (an issue).
- (transitive, Canada) To review the solutions to a test or other assessment with a class.
- (transitive) To accept, to adopt (a proposal, offer, request, cause, challenge, etc.).
- (transitive, chiefly British) To pay off, to clear (a debt, loan, mortgage, etc.).
- (transitive) To take, to assume (one’s appointed or intended place).
- (transitive) To begin functioning in (a role or position), to assume (an office).
- (transitive) To implement, to employ, to put into use.
- (transitive) To begin to support or patronize, to sponsor (a person), to adopt as protégé.
- (ambitransitive) To resume, to return to something that was interrupted.
- (transitive, with 'on') To accept (a proposal, offer, request, cause, challenge, etc.) from.
- (transitive, Australia, New Zealand) To begin occupying and working (a plot of uncultivated land), to break in.
- (transitive) To pick up.
noun
verb
- (intransitive, law) To become an enforceable and permanent right.
- (intransitive) To reach or come to by way of increase; to arise or spring up because of growth or result, especially as the produce of money lent.
- (transitive) To accumulate.
- (intransitive, accounting) To be incurred as a result of the passage of time.
- (intransitive) To increase, to rise
- grow by addition
- come into the possession of
verb
- (transitive) To officially sanction; to ratify; to confirm; to set as satisfactory.
- (transitive, law, English law) To make profit of; to convert to one's own profit — said especially of waste or common land appropriated by the lord of the manor.
- (transitive) To regard as good; to commend; to be pleased with; to think well of.
- (intransitive, followed by "of") To consider worthy (to); to be pleased (with); to accept.
- judge to be right or commendable; think well of
- give sanction to
verb
- (intransitive) To be valid or applicable.
- To apply oneself; to undertake; to have as one's goal or intention. (Compare be going to.)
- (intransitive) To move or travel in order to do something, or to do something while moving.
- (transitive) To make the (specified) sound.
- (copulative, rather informal, followed by an adjective) To become (often used with colors and negative states).
- To come (to a certain condition or state).
- To be expressed or composed (a certain way).
- (intransitive) To collapse or give way, to break apart.
- (intransitive) To make an effort, to subject oneself (to something).
- (transitive) To yield or weigh.
- (intransitive) To die.
- (transitive, intransitive) To survive or get by; to last or persist for a stated length of time.
- (intransitive) To take a turn, especially in a game.
- (intransitive) To navigate (to a file or folder on a computer, a site on the internet, a memory, etc).
- To contribute to a (specified) end product or result.
- (imperative) Expressing encouragement or approval.
- (transitive) To take (a particular part or share); to participate in to the extent of.
- (intransitive) To leave; to move away.
- (intransitive, colloquial, euphemistic) To fight, usually with the fists.
- To travel or pass along.
- (intransitive, colloquial, with another verb, sometimes linked by and) To proceed (especially to do something foolish).
- (intransitive, of time) To elapse, to pass; to slip away. (Compare go by.)
- (intransitive) To fight or attack.
- (intransitive) To extend (from one point in time or space to another).
- (in phrases with 'as') Used to express how some category of things generally is, as a reference for, contrast to, or comparison with, a particular example.
- (intransitive) To be accepted.
- (intransitive, cricket, of a wicket) To be lost.
- To move to (a position or state).
- (intransitive) To start; to begin (an action or process).
- (intransitive, snooker) Of a ball, to be capable of being potted, not having its path to the pocket obstructed by other balls.
- (intransitive) To extend along.
- (intransitive, usually followed by with) To pass (a specified time) in gestation; to be pregnant.
- (transitive, colloquial) To say (something, aloud or to oneself).
- (transitive, colloquial) To enjoy. (Compare go for.)
- (intransitive, chiefly of a machine) To work or function (properly); to move or perform (as required).
- (intransitive, often followed by a preposition) To fit.
- (transitive, Australian slang) To attack.
- (intransitive) To date.
- (transitive, sports) To have a certain record.
- (intransitive) To sound; to make a noise.
- (intransitive) To be given, especially to be assigned or allotted.
- (intransitive) To belong (somewhere).
- (intransitive) To be spent or used up.
- (intransitive, cricket, of a batsman) To be out.
- (intransitive) To be compatible, especially of colors or food and drink.
- (intransitive, colloquial) To go to the toilet; to urinate or defecate.
- (intransitive) Of an opinion or instruction, to have (final) authority; to be authoritative.
- (intransitive) To move through space (especially to or through a place). (May be used of tangible things such as people or cars, or intangible things such as moods or information.)
- (intransitive) To work (through or over), especially mentally.
- (intransitive) To be sold.
- To assume the obligation or function of; to be, to serve as.
- (intransitive) To break down or decay.
- (intransitive) To be discarded or disposed of.
- To move (a particular distance, or in a particular fashion).
- (intransitive) To proceed (often in a specified manner, indicating the perceived quality of an event or state).
- (intransitive) To tend (toward a result)
- To turn out, to result; to come to (a certain result).
- (intransitive) To end or disappear. (Compare go away.)
- (intransitive) To attend.
- (intransitive, copulative) To continuously or habitually be in a state.
- (intransitive) To lead (to a place); to give access (to).
- To follow or proceed according to (a course or path).
- (transitive) To (begin to) date or have sex with (a particular race).
- (UK, especially MLE, Australia, Singapore, intransitive, colloquial) Clipping of go to the.
- (intransitive) To resort (to).
- (intransitive) To move or travel through time (either literally—in a fictional or hypothetical situation in which time travel is possible—or in one's mind or knowledge of the historical record). (See also go back.)
- (transitive, intransitive) To offer, bid or bet an amount; to pay; to sell for.
- be sounded, played, or expressed
- lead, extend, or afford access
- change location; move, travel, or proceed, also metaphorically
- be spent
- go through in search of something; search through someone's belongings in an unauthorized way
- pass from physical life and lose all bodily attributes and functions necessary to sustain life
- to be spent or finished
- be or continue to be in a certain condition
- be the right size or shape; fit correctly or as desired
- progress by being changed
- be abolished or discarded
- begin or set in motion
- be contained in
- stop operating or functioning
- have a turn; make one's move in a game
- pass, fare, or elapse; of a certain state of affairs or action
- follow a procedure or take a course
- enter or assume a certain state or condition
- be ranked or compare
- be awarded; be allotted
- move away from a place into another direction
- blend or harmonize
- make a certain noise or sound
- be in the right place or situation
- follow a certain course
- perform as expected when applied
- give support (to) or make a choice (of) one out of a group or number
- continue to live and avoid dying
- have a particular form
- stretch out over a distance, space, time, or scope; run or extend between two points or beyond a certain point
adj
noun
- An attempt, a try.
- An act; the working or operation.
- (uncountable) Power of going or doing; energy; vitality; perseverance.
- (cribbage) The situation where a player cannot play a card which will not carry the aggregate count above thirty-one.
- A period of activity.
- A turn at something, or in something (e.g. a game).
- (uncommon) The act of going.
- (board games) A strategic board game, originally from China and today also popular in Japan and Korea, in which two players (black and white) attempt to control the largest area of the board with their counters.
- A time; an experience.
- An approval or permission to do something, or that which has been approved.
- street names for methylenedioxymethamphetamine
- a time period for working (after which you will be relieved by someone else)
- a usually brief attempt
- a board game for two players who place counters on a grid; the object is to surround and so capture the opponent's counters
verb
- be engaged by a written agreement
- approve and express assent, responsibility, or obligation
- communicate in sign language
- make the sign of the cross over someone in order to call on God for protection; consecrate
- place signs, as along a road
- engage by written agreement
- mark with one's signature; write one's name (on)
- communicate silently and non-verbally by signals or signs
- (intransitive) To use sign language.
- (transitive) To communicate using gestures to (someone).
- (transitive or reflexive) To write (one's name) as a signature.
- (transitive) To furnish (a road etc.) with signs.
- (intransitive) To communicate using a gesture or signal.
- (intransitive) To finalise a contractual agreement to work for a given sports team, record label etc.
- (transitive) To validate or ratify (a document) by writing one's signature on it.
- (transitive) To calculate or derive whether a quantity has a positive or negative sign.
- (intransitive) To write one's signature.
- (transitive) To mark, to put or leave a mark on.
- (transitive) To engage (a sports player, musician etc.) in a contract.
- (reflexive) To cross oneself.
- To determine the sign of
- (transitive) More generally, to write one's signature on (something) as a means of identification etc.
- (transitive) To bless (someone or something) with the sign of the cross; to mark with the sign of the cross.
- (transitive) To communicate or make known (a meaning, intention, etc.) by a sign.
adj
noun
- a gesture that is part of a sign language
- any nonverbal action or gesture that encodes a message
- having an indicated pole (as the distinction between positive and negative electric charges)
- a public display of a message
- a perceptible indication of something not immediately apparent (as a visible clue that something has happened)
- (astrology) one of 12 equal areas into which the zodiac is divided
- an event that is experienced as indicating important things to come
- structure displaying a board on which advertisements can be posted
- (medicine) any objective evidence of the presence of a disorder or disease
- a character indicating a relation between quantities
- a fundamental linguistic unit linking a signifier to that which is signified
- (Canada, US, Australia, uncountable) Physical evidence left by an animal.
- A semantic unit, something that conveys meaning or information (e.g. a word of written language); (linguistics, semiotics) a unit consisting of a signifier and a signified concept. (See sign (semiotics).)
- (astrology) An astrological sign.
- (medicine) A property of the body that indicates a disease and, unlike a symptom, can be detected objectively by someone other than the patient.
- A wonder; miracle; prodigy.
- A mark or another symbol used to represent something.
- A clearly visible object, generally flat, bearing a short message in words or pictures.
- (mathematics) Positive or negative polarity, as denoted by the + or - sign.
- An omen.
- A military emblem carried on a banner or standard.
- (countable, uncountable) A visible fact that shows that something exists or may happen.
- (uncountable) Sign language in general.
- A specific gesture or motion used to communicate by those with speaking or hearing difficulties; now specifically, a linguistic unit in sign language equivalent to word in spoken languages.
verb
- be in effect; be or remain in force
- hold one's ground; maintain a position; be steadfast or upright
- put up with something or somebody unpleasant
- withstand the force of something
- be standing; be upright
- be available for stud services
- have or maintain a position or stand on an issue
- be tall; have a height of; copula
- occupy a place or location, also metaphorically
- be in some specified state or condition
- put into an upright position
- remain inactive or immobile
- (intransitive) To be placed in an upright or vertical orientation.
- (intransitive, copulative) To support oneself on the feet in an erect position.
- (intransitive) To rise to one’s feet; to stand up.
- (intransitive) To appear in court.
- (intransitive, British) To be a candidate (in an election).
- (intransitive, copulative) To remain motionless.
- (card games) To stop asking for more cards; to keep one's hand as it has been dealt so far.
- (intransitive, of tears, sweat, etc.) To be present, to have welled up.
- (transitive) To cover the expense of; to pay for.
- (intransitive, nautical) Of a ship or its captain, to steer, sail (in a specified direction, for a specified destination etc.).
- (intransitive) To remain valid.
- (transitive) To oppose, usually as a team, in competition.
- (intransitive) To have or maintain a position, order, or rank; to be in a particular relation.
- (intransitive, copulative) To maintain one's ground; to be acquitted; not to fail or yield; to be safe.
- (intransitive) To measure when erect on the feet.
- (intransitive, followed by to + infinitive) To be positioned to gain or lose.
- (intransitive, cricket) To act as an umpire.
- (intransitive, copulative) To remain without ruin or injury.
- (intransitive) To be consistent; to agree; to accord.
- (transitive) To undergo; withstand; hold up.
- (transitive) To place in an upright or standing position.
- (intransitive, copulative) To maintain an invincible or permanent attitude; to be fixed, steady, or firm; to take a position in resistance or opposition.
- (transitive, chiefly in the negative) To tolerate.
- (intransitive) To occupy or hold a place; to be set, placed, fixed, located, or situated.
noun
- the position where a thing or person stands
- a platform where a (brass) band can play in the open air
- a stop made by a touring musical or theatrical group to give a performance
- a booth where articles are displayed for sale
- a support or foundation
- a defensive effort
- an interruption of normal activity
- a growth of similar plants (usually trees) in a particular area
- a mental position from which things are viewed
- a support for displaying or holding various articles
- tiered seats consisting of a structure (often made of wood) where people can sit to watch an event (game or parade)
- a small table for holding articles of various kinds
- (sports) Grandstand. (often in the plural)
- (forestry) A contiguous group of trees sufficiently uniform in age-class distribution, composition, and structure, and growing on a site of sufficiently uniform quality, to be a distinguishable unit.
- A small building, booth, or stage, as in a bandstand or hamburger stand.
- (cricket) A partnership.
- The platform on which a witness testifies in court; the witness stand or witness box.
- (US, historical) Ellipsis of tavern stand (“a roadside inn”).
- A young tree, usually reserved when other trees are cut; also, a tree growing or standing upon its own root, in distinction from one produced from a scion set in a stock, either of the same or another kind of tree.
- A location or position where one may stand.
- (advertising) An advertisement filling an entire billboard, comprising many sheets of paper.
- (historical) An area of raised seating for waiters at the stock exchange.
- (military, plural often stand) A single set, as of arms.
- A resolute, unwavering position; firm opinion; action for a purpose in the face of opposition.
- The act of standing.
- A designated spot where someone or something may stand or wait.
- A particular grove or other group of trees or shrubs.
- A period of performance in a given location or venue.
- A standstill, a motionless state, as of someone confused, or a hunting dog who has found game.
- A defensive position or effort.
- A device to hold something upright or aloft.
adj
- Conditional on other agreements being upheld.
- Provided for use by an employer for as long as one is employed, often with restrictions on the conditions of use.
- (archaeology) Having walls that are connected in a few places by a single stone overlapping from one wall to another.
- Restricted.
- (sports or games) That resulted in a tie.
- Closely associated or connected.
- (philately) A cover having a stamp where the postmark cancellation overlaps the stamp.
- (liquor trade) Of a public house, bar, etc., obliged to sell beer from only one brewery, or alcoholic drinks from one pubco.
- fastened with strings or cords
- bound together by or as if by a strong rope; especially as by a bond of affection
- bound or secured closely
- closed with a lace
- of the score in a contest
verb
adj
- conformable to or allowed by law
- having a legally established claim
- according to custom or rule or natural law
- authorized, sanctioned by, or in accordance with law
- (roleplaying games) Of a character: having an alignment which makes them tend to follow the laws and conventions of society.
- (law) Conforming to, or recognised by the laws of society.
- Operating according to some law or fundamental principle.
noun
adj
- (law) Valid.
- Such as one may avail oneself of; capable of being used for the accomplishment of a purpose.
- Readily obtainable.
- Free to meet someone, speak on the telephone, enter a romantic relationship, or the like.
- convenient for use or disposal
- obtainable or accessible and ready for use or service
- not busy; not otherwise committed
adj
- In compliance with or valid under a legal or political constitution.
- (also politics) Of a monarch: having a purely ceremonial role, or possessing powers limited by a constitution rather than plenary or unlimited powers.
- For the benefit of one's constitution or health.
- Relating to a legal or political constitution (“the basic law of a nation or institution; the formal or informal system of primary principles and laws that regulates a government or other institution”).
- Relating to the constitution or composition of something; essential, fundamental.
- Belonging to, or inherent in, the constitution or structure of one's body or mind.
- constitutional in the structure of something (especially your physical makeup)
- sanctioned by or consistent with or operating under the law determining the fundamental political principles of a government
- existing as an essential constituent or characteristic
- of benefit to or intended to benefit your physical makeup
noun
adj
- (law) Authenticated or verified in writing.
- Having met an official standard.
- endorsed authoritatively as having met certain requirements
- fit to be certified as insane (and treated accordingly)
- holding appropriate documentation and officially on record as qualified to perform a specified function or practice a specified skill
verb
adj
noun
- (accounting) A charge for a service that is applied through a contract with another provider.
- (government) A contract specifying details of the relationship with another country or body
- A contractualized employee; One who is hired as a temporary worker, especially one who is hired for a single project.
adj
- Founded in law; legal; valid; not defective.
- logically valid
- (of sleep) Quiet and deep.
- Heavy; laid on with force.
- (British, Ireland, slang) Good; acceptable; decent.
- Complete, solid, or secure.
- Healthy.
- (mathematics, logic) Having the property of soundness.
- in good condition; free from defect or damage or decay
- in excellent physical condition
- free from moral defect
- vigorous or severe
- complete; thorough
- (of sleep) deep and complete
- financially secure and safe
- having legal efficacy or force
- exercising or showing good judgment
adv
intj
noun
- (music) A distinctive style and sonority of a particular musician, orchestra etc.
- (geography) A long narrow inlet, or a strait between the mainland and an island; also, a strait connecting two seas, or connecting a sea or lake with the ocean.
- A sensation perceived by the ear caused by the vibration of air or some other medium.
- (phonetics) A segment as a part of spoken language, the smallest unit of spoken language, a speech sound.
- Noise without meaning; empty noise.
- (medicine) A long, thin probe for sounding or dilating body cavities or canals such as the urethra; a sonde.
- The air bladder of a fish.
- Earshot, distance within which a certain noise may be heard.
- A vibration capable of causing such sensations.
- (phonetics) an individual sound unit of speech without concern as to whether or not it is a phoneme of some language
- the subjective sensation of hearing something
- mechanical vibrations transmitted by an elastic medium
- a narrow channel of the sea joining two larger bodies of water
- a large ocean inlet or deep bay
- the particular auditory effect produced by a given cause
- the audible part of a transmitted signal
- the sudden occurrence of an audible event
verb
- (intransitive) To produce a sound.
- (intransitive) Of a whale, to dive downwards.
- (transitive) To cause to produce a sound.
- (medicine) To examine with the instrument called a sound or sonde, or by auscultation or percussion.
- To fathom or test; to ascertain the depth of water with a sounding line or other device.
- (intransitive) To be conveyed in sound; to be spread or published; to convey intelligence by sound.
- (intransitive, law, often with in) To arise or to be recognizable as arising in or from a particular area of law, or as likely to result in a particular kind of legal remedy.
- To ascertain, or to try to ascertain, the thoughts, motives, and purposes of (a person); to examine; to try; to test; to probe.
- (transitive, phonetics, of a vowel or consonant) To pronounce.
- (copulative) To convey an impression by one's sound.
- appear in a certain way
- cause to sound
- announce by means of a sound
- utter with vibrating vocal chords
- give off a certain sound or sounds
- measure the depth of (a body of water) with a sounding line
- make a certain noise or sound
adj
- prepared to agree or consent
- conforming to your own liking or feelings or nature
- in keeping
- Agreeing or suitable; followed by to, or rarely by with.
- Pleasant to the senses or the mind; pleasing, satisfying, palatable.
- Able to agree; possible to be agreed.
- (used adverbially) Pursuant, conformant, accordant.
noun
adj
- existing by consent
- (law) Existing, or made, by the mutual consent of two or more parties.
- With permission, with consensus, without coercion; allowed without objecting or resisting.
- (biology) Excited or caused by sensation, sympathy, or reflex action, and not by conscious volition.
- Contralaterally corresponding rather than ipsilaterally induced.
adj
- still legally acceptable
- well grounded in logic or truth or having legal force
- (Christianity, theology) Genuine - as distinguished from efficient or regular - sacrament.
- (logic) Of an argument: whose conclusion is always true whenever its premises are true.
- Acceptable, proper or correct; in accordance with the rules.
- Well-grounded or justifiable, pertinent.
- Related to the current topic, or presented within context, relevant.
- (logic) Of a formula or system: such that it evaluates to true regardless of the input values.