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noun
- Initialism of significant other.
- (baseball) Initialism of strike out.
- (sports) Initialism of shut out.
- (chemistry) Abbreviation of singlet oxygen.
- (sports) Initialism of shootout.
- (logic, computer science) Initialism of second-order logic.
- (politics, parliamentary) Abbreviation of standing order.
- (music) Initialism of symphony orchestra.
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pron
noun
- a significant other to whom you are not related by marriage
- a person who loves someone or is loved by someone
- an ardent follower and admirer
- A sexual partner, especially one with whom someone is having an affair.
- A person who loves something.
- One who loves and cares for another person in a romantic way; a sweetheart, love, soulmate, boyfriend, girlfriend, or spouse.
- (West Country, with "my") An informal term of address for any friend.
noun
- a person having kinship with another or others
- a social unit living together
- people descended from a common ancestor
- a loose affiliation of gangsters in charge of organized criminal activities
- an association of people who share common beliefs or activities
- a collection of things sharing a common attribute
- primary social group; parents and children
- (biology) a taxonomic group containing one or more genera
- (uncountable) Lineage, especially honorable or noble lineage.
- (music) A group of instruments having the same basic method of tone production.
- (uncountable, gay slang) The gay community.
- A (close-knit) group of people related by blood, friendship, marriage, law, or custom, especially if they live or work together.
- A group of people who are closely related to one another (by blood, marriage or adoption); kin; in particular, a set of parents and their children; an immediate family.
- (linguistics) A group of languages believed to have descended from the same ancestral language.
- Any group or aggregation of things classed together as kindred or related from possessing in common characteristics which distinguish them from other things of the same order.
- A nuclear family: a mother and father who are married and cohabiting and their child or children.
- (biology, taxonomy) A category in the classification of organisms, ranking below order and above genus; a taxon at that rank.
- (set theory, countable) A collection of sets, especially of subsets of a given set.
- (uncountable) Members of one's family collectively.
- An extended family: a group of people who are related to one another by blood or marriage.
adj
noun
- a person having kinship with another or others
- group of people related by blood or marriage
- Race; family; breed; kind.
- Relationship; same-bloodedness or affinity; near connection or alliance, as of those having common descent.
- Alternative form of qin (“Chinese string instrument”).
- Alternative form of k'in.
- (colloquial) Clipping of kinesiology.
- One or more relatives, such as siblings or cousins, taken collectively.
- (fandom slang) A fictional or non-fictional being whom one spiritually connects to.
- (fandom slang, in the form (character name) kin) Someone who identifies as a certain fictional character.
- (collectively) Persons of the same race or family; kindred.
adj
verb
noun
adj
- (chiefly UK) Involving direct communication between two people.
- (mathematics, of a function) Injective, being an injection: having the property that no two elements of the domain are mapped to the same image.
- Matching each member of one set with exactly one member of another set.
- used of relations such that each member of one set is associated with one member of a second set
noun
- A person with whom someone has an adulterous relationship.
- (often in the plural) Something which is done or is to be done; business of any kind, commercial, professional, or public.
- A material object (vaguely designated).
- Any proceeding or action which it is wished to refer to or characterize vaguely.
- An adulterous relationship, chiefly of a married person. (from affaire de cœur, affair of the heart).
- An otherwise illicit romantic relationship, such as with someone who is not one's regular partner (boyfriend, girlfriend).
- (military) An action or engagement not of sufficient magnitude to be called a battle.
- A party or social gathering, especially of a formal nature.
- a vaguely specified concern
- a formal or official social gathering or ceremony of people
- a usually secretive or illicit sexual relationship
adj
- with or in a close or intimate relationship
- having a high price
- sincerely earnest
- dearly loved
- Severe, or severely affected; sore.
- Loved; lovable.
- Loving, affectionate, heartfelt
- (Ireland, UK) High in price; expensive.
- Precious to or greatly valued by someone.
- A formal way to start (often after my) addressing somebody one likes or regards kindly.
- An ironic way to start (often after my) addressing an inferior or someone one dislikes.
- A formal way to start (possibly after my) addressing somebody at the beginning of a letter, memo etc.
- Lovely; kind.
noun
adv
intj
adj
- with or in a close or intimate relationship
- generally admired
- in excellent physical condition
- appealing to the mind
- deserving of esteem and respect
- not left to spoil
- agreeable or pleasing
- not forged
- exerting force or influence
- thorough
- having the normally expected amount
- capable of pleasing
- morally admirable
- financially safe
- promoting or enhancing well-being
- most suitable or right for a particular purpose
- having or showing knowledge and skill and aptitude
- tending to promote physical well-being; beneficial to health
- of moral excellence
- having desirable or positive qualities especially those suitable for a thing specified
- resulting favorably
- (colloquial, when with and) Very, extremely. See good and.
- (colloquial, with with) Accepting of, OK with
- Well-behaved (especially of children or animals).
- Able to be depended on for the discharge of obligations incurred; of unimpaired credit; used with for.
- Being satisfying; meeting dietary requirements.
- Beneficial; worthwhile.
- Unblemished; honourable.
- (colloquial) Ready.
- (US) Satisfied or at ease; not requiring more.
- Effective.
- Pleasant; enjoyable.
- Adequate; sufficient; not fallacious.
- Large in amount or size.
- Having a particularly pleasant taste.
- Of food or other perishable products, still fit for use; not yet expired, stale, rotten, etc.
- Useful for a particular purpose; functional.
- Acting in the interest of what is beneficial, ethical, or moral.
- True, valid, of explanatory strength.
- Right, proper, as it should be.
- (stressed form) Special, best, favorite.
- (Internet slang, offensive, ethnic slur) Of a black person, dead or killed.
- Valid, of worth, capable of being honoured.
- Reasonable in amount.
- Competent or talented.
- Healthful.
- Favorable.
- Holy (especially when capitalized) .
- Full; entire; at least as much as.
noun
- moral excellence or admirableness
- that which is pleasing or valuable or useful
- benefit
- a raw material that is sold in large quantities, usually to other businesses for manufacturing or production purposes
- (countable, usually in the plural) An article of personal property (as opposed to real property).
- (countable, usually in the plural) An item of merchandise.
- (uncountable) The abstract instantiation of goodness; that which possesses desirable qualities, promotes success, welfare, or happiness, is serviceable, fit, excellent, kind, benevolent, etc.
- (uncountable) The forces or behaviours that are the enemy of evil. Usually consists of helping others and general benevolence.
- (countable) A result that is positive in the view of the speaker.
adv
- (often used as a combining form) in a good or proper or satisfactory manner or to a high standard (‘good’ is a nonstandard dialectal variant for ‘well’)
- completely and absolutely (‘good’ is sometimes used informally for ‘thoroughly’)
- (informal, sometimes proscribed) Well; satisfactorily or thoroughly.
intj
verb
- (intransitive) To benefit; gain.
- (transitive) To satisfy; indulge; gratify.
- (intransitive) To make improvements or repairs.
- (intransitive) To thrive; fatten; prosper; improve.
- (transitive, now chiefly dialectal, Scotland) To furnish with dung; manure; fatten with manure; fertilise.
- (transitive) To do good to (someone); benefit; cause to improve or gain.
- (transitive) To make good; turn to good; improve.
- (reflexive) To flatter; congratulate oneself; anticipate.
adj
- with or in a close or intimate relationship
- not far distant in time or space or degree or circumstances
- very close in resemblance
- being on the left side
- closely resembling the genuine article
- giving or spending with reluctance
- Physically close.
- Approximate, almost.
- (British, in relation to a vehicle) On the side nearest to the kerb (the left-hand side if one drives on the left).
- (programming, not comparable) Within the currently selected segment in a segmented memory architecture.
- So as barely to avoid or pass injury or loss; close; narrow.
- Closely connected or related.
- Close in time.
- Close to one's interests, affection, etc.; intimate; dear.
- Close to anything followed or imitated; not free, loose, or rambling.
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verb
noun
prep
noun
- A member of one's extended family; a relative.
- (set theory) A set of ordered tuples.
- The manner in which two things may be associated.
- (mathematics) A statement of equality of two products of generators, used in the presentation of a group.
- (chiefly in the plural) A relationship; the manner in which and tone with which people or states, etc. interact.
- The act of relating a story.
- (set theory) A set of ordered pairs; a binary relation.
- (category theory) A subobject of a product of objects.
- (databases) A set of tuples, implemented as a table in a relational database.
- (often collocated: sexual relation, often in the plural) The act of intercourse.
- sexual activity between individuals, especially the insertion of a man's penis into a woman's vagina until orgasm and ejaculation occur
- (law) the principle that an act done at a later time is deemed by law to have occurred at an earlier time
- a person related by blood or marriage
- an act of narration
- an abstraction belonging to or characteristic of two entities or parts together
- (usually plural) mutual dealings or connections among persons or groups
noun
- The state of being associated with a partner.
- (cricket) The period when two specific batsmen are batting, from the fall of one wicket until the fall of the next; the number of runs scored during this period.
- An association of two or more people to conduct a business.
- a contract between two or more persons who agree to pool talent and money and share profits or losses
- a cooperative relationship between people or groups who agree to share responsibility for achieving some specific goal
- the members of a business venture created by contract
prep
- Associated with or living alongside (other people or things).
- Occurring between (members of a group) or within (a group).
- Of a person or thing: in the midst of and surrounded by (other people or things).
- Belonging to (a group comprising similar people or things).
- In the general custom or opinion of (members of a group).
- Done jointly by (two or more people).
- Distributed or divided between (members of a group).
- Originally, in the course of; during; now, in the circumstances or context of.
- Distinct in some way from (other members of a group); specifically, superior or pre-eminent compared to (other members of a group).
adj
- Being a relative of.
- (mathematics) Fulfilling a relation.
- (not comparable, music) Synonym of relative.
- (not comparable, in combination) Having a relationship with the thing named.
- Standing in relation or connection.
- Narrated; told.
- connected by kinship, common origin, or marriage
- being connected either logically or causally or by shared characteristics
verb
noun
- A kinsman or kinswoman of a such relationship; one who is affinal.
- A love interest; a paramour.
- The fact of and manner in which something is related to another.
- (chemistry) An attractive force between atoms, or groups of atoms, that contributes towards their forming bonds.
- (taxonomy) Resemblances between biological populations, suggesting that they have a common origin, type or stock.
- Any romantic relationship.
- A natural attraction or feeling of kinship to a person or thing.
- (geology) Structural resemblances between minerals; resemblances that suggest that they are of a common origin or type.
- A family relationship through marriage of a relative (e.g. sister-in-law), as opposed to consanguinity (e.g. sister).
- (medicine) The attraction between an antibody and an antigen
- (computing) A tendency to keep a task running on the same processor in a symmetric multiprocessing operating system to reduce the frequency of cache misses.
- (geometry) An automorphism of affine space.
- Any passionate love for something.
- a close connection marked by community of interests or similarity in nature or character
- a natural attraction or feeling of kinship
- (anthropology) kinship by marriage or adoption; not a blood relationship
- (immunology) the attraction between an antigen and an antibody
- the force attracting atoms to each other and binding them together in a molecule
- inherent resemblance between persons or things
- (biology) state of relationship between organisms or groups of organisms resulting in resemblance in structure or structural parts
verb
- be in a relationship with
- make a logical or causal connection
- be relevant to
- give an account of; narrate
- have or establish a relationship to
- (intransitive) To have a connection.
- (intransitive) To interact.
- (transitive) To bring into a relation, association, or connection (between one thing and another).
- (intransitive) To identify with; to understand. [with to]
- (transitive) To tell in a descriptive way.
- (intransitive) To respond through reaction.
noun
- a person's partner in marriage
- informal term for a friend of the same sex
- an exact duplicate
- the partner of an animal (especially a sexual partner)
- a chess move constituting an inescapable and indefensible attack on the opponent's king
- one of a pair
- the officer below the master on a commercial ship
- South American tea-like drink made from leaves of a South American holly called mate
- a fellow member of a team
- South American holly; leaves used in making a drink like tea
- (especially of a non-human animal) A breeding partner.
- (colloquial, British, Australia, New Zealand, Ireland, South Africa, sometimes elsewhere in the Commonwealth) Friendly term of address to a stranger, usually male, of similar age.
- A technical assistant in certain trades (e.g. gasfitter's mate, plumber's mate); sometimes an apprentice.
- (nautical) A ship's officer, subordinate to the master on a commercial ship.
- A suitable companion; a match; an equal.
- (nautical) In naval ranks, a non-commissioned officer or his subordinate (e.g. Boatswain's Mate, Gunner's Mate, Sailmaker's Mate, etc).
- (nautical) A first mate.
- The abovementioned plant; the leaves and shoots used for the tea
- Alternative spelling of maté, an aromatic tea-like drink prepared from the holly yerba maté (Ilex paraguariensis).
- (chess) Clipping of checkmate.
- (colloquial, British, Australia, New Zealand, Ireland, South Africa, sometimes elsewhere in the Commonwealth) A friend, usually of the same sex.
- A fellow, comrade, colleague, partner or someone with whom something is shared, e.g. shipmate, classmate.
- The other member of a matched pair of objects.
verb
- bring two objects, ideas, or people together
- place an opponent's king under an attack from which it cannot escape and thus ending the game
- engage in sexual intercourse
- (transitive, of an animal) To copulate with.
- (intransitive) To match, fit together without space between.
- (intransitive) To come together as companions, comrades, partners, etc.
- (intransitive) To copulate.
- (transitive) To marry; to match (a person).
- (transitive) To introduce (animals) together for the purpose of breeding.
- (transitive, aerospace) To move (a space shuttle orbiter) onto the back of an aircraft that can carry it.
- (intransitive) To pair in order to raise offspring.
- (transitive) To fit (objects) together without space between.
- (transitive) To arrange in matched pairs.
- (chess) Clipping of checkmate.
noun
- a person's partner in marriage
- Someone who is associated with another in a common activity or interest.
- A spouse or other person with whom one shares a domestic, romantic, or sexual bond.
- a person who is a member of a partnership
- an associate in an activity or endeavor or sphere of common interest
- Either of a pair of people or things that belong together.
- Someone with whom one dances in a two-person dance.
- (nautical) One of the pieces of wood comprising the framework which strengthens the deck of a wooden ship around the holes through which the mast and other fittings pass.
- (Jamaica) A group financial arrangement in which each member contributes a set amount of money over a set period.
- A member of a business or law partnership.
- Someone with whom one plays on the same side in a game, such as card games or doubles tennis.
verb
verb
- have a personal or business relationship with someone
- undergo
- achieve a point or goal
- have as a feature
- serve oneself to, or consume regularly
- cause to move; cause to be in a certain position or condition
- get something; come into possession of
- be confronted with
- have or possess, either in a concrete or an abstract sense
- cause to do; cause to act in a specified manner
- undergo (as of injuries and illnesses)
- have ownership or possession of
- receive willingly something given or offered
- cause to be born
- go through (mental or physical states or experiences)
- suffer from; be ill with
- organize or be responsible for
- have sex with; archaic use
- (transitive) To consume or use up (a particular substance or resource, especially food or drink).
- (transitive) To hold, as something at someone's disposal.
- (transitive, birdwatching) To make an observation of (a bird species).
- (transitive) To engage in sexual intercourse with.
- (transitive) To be afflicted with, suffer from.
- (auxiliary verb, taking a to-infinitive) See have to.
- (auxiliary verb, taking a past participle) Used in forming the perfect aspect.
- (transitive) To possess, own.
- (transitive) To include as a part, ingredient, or feature.
- (transitive) Used to state the existence or presence of someone in a specified relationship with the subject.
- (transitive) To give birth to.
- (transitive with adjective or adjective-phrase complement) To cause to be.
- (informal, usually passive) To obtain.
- (transitive) To be scheduled to attend, undertake or participate in.
- (transitive) To get a reading, measurement, or result from an instrument or calculation.
- (informal, often passive, transitive) To trick, to deceive.
- (transitive with bare infinitive) To be affected by an occurrence. (Used in supplying a topic that is a small clause.)
- (transitive, often used in the negative) To believe, buy, be taken in by.
- (transitive) To undertake or perform (an action or activity).
- (transitive with adjective or adjective-phrase complement) To depict as being.
- (transitive) To capture or actively hold someone's attention or interest.
- (transitive with bare infinitive) To cause to, by a command, request or invitation.
- (transitive) To grasp the meaning of; comprehend.
- Used as an interrogative verb before a pronoun to form a tag question, echoing a previous use of 'have' as an auxiliary verb or, in certain cases, main verb. (For further discussion, see the appendix English tag questions.)
- (dated outside Ireland, transitive) To be able to speak (a language).
- (transitive, in the negative, often in continuous tenses) To allow; to tolerate.
- (British, slang, transitive) To defeat in a fight; take.
- (transitive) To experience, go through, undergo.
- (transitive, of a jury) To consider a court proceeding that has been completed; to begin deliberations on a case.
- (transitive) To accept as a romantic partner.
- (British, slang, transitive) To inflict punishment or retribution on.
- (transitive) To host someone; to take in as a guest.
- (transitive) To feel or be (especially painfully) aware of.
noun
noun
- (humorous) An in-law: a relative by marriage.
- (humorous) One who would be an in-law except that the marriage-like relationship is unofficial.
- (slang) A prostitute who works alone, without a pimp.
- (history) A criminal who is excluded from normal legal rights; one who can be killed at will without legal penalty.
- A wild or violent animal, such as a horse.
- A person who operates outside established norms.
- A fugitive from the law.
- someone who has committed a crime or has been legally convicted of a crime
verb
adj
adj
- Having relationships; involved with others.
- Having or supporting connections, especially when through technology such as networking software or a transportation network.
- Intimate; having bonds of affection.
- (Canada, US) Involved with organized crime, specifically someone not (yet) working for a crime organization, but referred to as a "friend" by made guys/wise guys inside the organization.
- (mathematics, graph theory, of a graph) Having a path, either directed or undirected, connecting every pair of vertices.
- (usually with "well-"): Having favorable rapport with a powerful entity.
- (mathematics, topology, of a topological space) That cannot be partitioned into two nonempty open sets.
- being joined in close association
- stored in, controlled by, or in direct communication with a central computer
- plugged in
- wired together to an alarm system
- joined or linked together
verb
noun
phrase
noun
- Someone older than someone else (with possessive).
- Somebody who is higher in rank, dignity, or office.
- Someone seen as deserving respect or reverence because of their age.
- (now chiefly US) An old person.
- (US, Philippines) A final-year student at a high school or university; a finalist.
- a person who is older than you are
- an undergraduate student during the year preceding graduation
adj
- Higher in rank, dignity, or office; superior.
- (US) Of or pertaining to a student's final academic year at a high school (twelfth grade) or university.
- (sports, US, Canada) Of or pertaining to a league or competition limited to players above a certain age or level of experience.
- Older.
- older; higher in rank; longer in length of tenure or service
- used of the fourth and final year in United States high school or college
- advanced in years; (‘aged’ is pronounced as two syllables)
noun
- Two people in a relationship, partnership or friendship.
- (baseball, informal) A double play, two outs recorded in one play.
- (baseball, informal) A doubleheader, two games played on the same day between the same teams.
- (card games) A poker hand that contains two cards of identical rank, which cannot also count as a better hand.
- (slang) A pair of testicles.
- Two alike or identical things taken together; often followed by of.
- Two members of opposite parties or opinion, as in a parliamentary body, who mutually agree not to vote on a given question, or on issues of a party nature during a specified time.
- One of the constituent items that make up a pair.
- (kinematics) In a mechanism, two elements, or bodies, which are so applied to each other as to mutually constrain relative motion; named in accordance with the motion it permits, as in turning pair, sliding pair, twisting pair.
- Used with binary nouns (often in the plural to indicate multiple instances, since such nouns are plural only, except in some technical contexts).
- (slang) A pair of breasts.
- (rowing) A boat for two sweep rowers.
- (Australia, politics) The exclusion of one member of a parliamentary party from a vote, if a member of the other party is absent for important personal reasons.
- A couple of working animals attached to work together, as by a yoke.
- (cricket) A score of zero runs (a duck) in both innings of a two-innings match.
- two people considered as a unit
- a set of two similar things considered as a unit
- a poker hand with 2 cards of the same value
- two items of the same kind
verb
- (politics, slang) To engage (oneself) with another of opposite opinions not to vote on a particular question or class of questions.
- (intransitive) To suit; to fit, as a counterpart.
- (transitive) To bring two (animals, notably dogs) together for mating.
- (computing) to link two electronic devices wirelessly together, especially through a protocol such as Bluetooth.
- (transitive) To group into one or more sets of two.
- (intransitive) To come together for mating.
- bring two objects, ideas, or people together
- arrange in pairs
- form a pair or pairs
- occur in pairs
- engage in sexual intercourse
adj
- Intimate or immediate in personal relationship.
- (archaic outside certain phrases) Physically narrow or confined.
- At little distance; near in space or time.
- Nearly equal; almost evenly balanced; almost exactly matching.
- Carefully done, detailed.
- Accurate; precise.
- (Ireland, UK, weather) Hot, humid, with no wind.
- Tight, with little space separating components or elements.
- (linguistics, phonetics, of a vowel) Articulated with the tongue body relatively close to the hard palate.
- Strictly confined; carefully guarded.
- Tightly restricted in availability.
- Almost, but not quite (getting to an answer, goal, or other state); near.
- (law) Of a corporation or other business entity, closely held.
- Attentive; undeviating; strict.
- (in particular) Almost resulting in disaster.
- (heraldry, of a bird) With its wings at its side, closed, held near to its body (typically also statant); (of wings) in this posture.
- Short.
- Oppressive; without motion or ventilation; causing a feeling of lassitude.
- Involving a tight connection; involving frequent communication, shared or cooperative activity, etc.
- Marked, evident.
- Adhering strictly to a standard or original; exact or nearly so.
- not far distant in time or space or degree or circumstances
- close in relevance or relationship
- confined to specific persons
- crowded
- strictly confined or guarded
- at or within a short distance in space or time or having elements near each other
- lacking fresh air
- inclined to secrecy or reticence about divulging information
- (of a contest or contestants) evenly matched
- of textiles
- marked by fidelity to an original
- used of hair or haircuts
- fitting closely but comfortably
- rigorously attentive; strict and thorough
- giving or spending with reluctance
adv
noun
- (chiefly British) A street that ends in a dead end.
- A cathedral close.
- (music) The conclusion of a strain of music; cadence.
- An end or conclusion.
- (aviation, travel) The time when check-in staff will no longer accept passengers for a flight.
- The manner of shutting; the union of parts; junction.
- (Scotland) The common staircase in a tenement.
- (music) A double bar marking the end.
- (sales) The point at the end of a sales pitch when the consumer is asked to buy.
- (Scotland) A very narrow alley between two buildings, often overhung by one of the buildings above the ground floor.
- (law) The interest which one may have in a piece of ground, even though it is not enclosed
- A grapple in wrestling.
- the last section of a communication
- the temporal end; the concluding time
- the concluding part of any performance
verb
- (intransitive) To become denser or more crowded with objects.
- (intransitive) To finish; to come to an end.
- To grapple; to engage in close combat.
- (ambitransitive) To move a thing, or part of a thing, nearer to another so that the gap or opening between the two is removed.
- (Philippines, Quebec, Greece, Cyprus) To turn off; to switch off.
- (transitive) To obstruct or block.
- (transitive) To perform as the final act at (a show etc.).
- (transitive) To put out of use or operation.
- (transitive, baseball, pitching) To make the final outs, usually three, of a game.
- (transitive, intransitive, especially sports) To angle (a club, bat or other hitting implement) downwards and/or (for a right-hander) anticlockwise of straight.
- (intransitive) To cease operation or cease to be available.
- (transitive, intransitive, electricity, of a switch, fuse or circuit breaker) To move to a position allowing electricity to flow.
- (transitive, intransitive, engineering, gas and liquid flow, of valve or damper) To move to a position preventing fluid from flowing.
- (surveying) To have a vector sum of 0; that is, to form a closed polygon.
- (figuratively, transitive, intransitive) To make or become unreceptive.
- (ergative, marketing) To conclude (a sale).
- (intransitive) To do the tasks (putting things away, locking doors, etc.) required to prepare a store or other establishment to shut down for the night.
- (ergative, computing) To terminate an application, window, file or database connection, etc.
- (intransitive, of a business, market etc.) To cease trading for the day, or permanently.
- (transitive, finance) To cancel or reverse (a trading position).
- (chiefly figurative) To come or gather around; to enclose.
- (transitive) To end or conclude.
- come to a close
- draw near
- change one's body stance so that the forward shoulder and foot are closer to the intended point of impact
- be priced or listed when trading stops
- unite or bring into contact or bring together the edges of
- cease to operate or cause to cease operating
- move so that an opening or passage is obstructed; make shut
- complete a business deal, negotiation, or an agreement
- cause a window or an application to disappear on a computer desktop
- fill or stop up
- come together, as if in an embrace
- become closed
- bar access to
- finish a game in baseball by protecting a lead
- finish or terminate (meetings, speeches, etc.)
- engage at close quarters
- bring together all the elements or parts of
adj
- directly between two individuals
- being a system of play in which an individual defensive player guards an individual offensive player
- (sports) Involving one attacker and one defender.
- (mathematics) bijective or injective
- (chiefly Canada, US, Australia) Involving direct communication or competition between two people.
adv
noun
noun
- Initialism of significant other.
- (baseball) Initialism of strike out.
- (sports) Initialism of shut out.
- (chemistry) Abbreviation of singlet oxygen.
- (sports) Initialism of shootout.
- (logic, computer science) Initialism of second-order logic.
- (politics, parliamentary) Abbreviation of standing order.
- (music) Initialism of symphony orchestra.
name
pron
noun
- a significant other to whom you are not related by marriage
- a person who loves someone or is loved by someone
- an ardent follower and admirer
- A sexual partner, especially one with whom someone is having an affair.
- A person who loves something.
- One who loves and cares for another person in a romantic way; a sweetheart, love, soulmate, boyfriend, girlfriend, or spouse.
- (West Country, with "my") An informal term of address for any friend.
noun
- a person having kinship with another or others
- a social unit living together
- people descended from a common ancestor
- a loose affiliation of gangsters in charge of organized criminal activities
- an association of people who share common beliefs or activities
- a collection of things sharing a common attribute
- primary social group; parents and children
- (biology) a taxonomic group containing one or more genera
- (uncountable) Lineage, especially honorable or noble lineage.
- (music) A group of instruments having the same basic method of tone production.
- (uncountable, gay slang) The gay community.
- A (close-knit) group of people related by blood, friendship, marriage, law, or custom, especially if they live or work together.
- A group of people who are closely related to one another (by blood, marriage or adoption); kin; in particular, a set of parents and their children; an immediate family.
- (linguistics) A group of languages believed to have descended from the same ancestral language.
- Any group or aggregation of things classed together as kindred or related from possessing in common characteristics which distinguish them from other things of the same order.
- A nuclear family: a mother and father who are married and cohabiting and their child or children.
- (biology, taxonomy) A category in the classification of organisms, ranking below order and above genus; a taxon at that rank.
- (set theory, countable) A collection of sets, especially of subsets of a given set.
- (uncountable) Members of one's family collectively.
- An extended family: a group of people who are related to one another by blood or marriage.
adj
noun
- a person having kinship with another or others
- group of people related by blood or marriage
- Race; family; breed; kind.
- Relationship; same-bloodedness or affinity; near connection or alliance, as of those having common descent.
- Alternative form of qin (“Chinese string instrument”).
- Alternative form of k'in.
- (colloquial) Clipping of kinesiology.
- One or more relatives, such as siblings or cousins, taken collectively.
- (fandom slang) A fictional or non-fictional being whom one spiritually connects to.
- (fandom slang, in the form (character name) kin) Someone who identifies as a certain fictional character.
- (collectively) Persons of the same race or family; kindred.
adj
verb
noun
adj
- (chiefly UK) Involving direct communication between two people.
- (mathematics, of a function) Injective, being an injection: having the property that no two elements of the domain are mapped to the same image.
- Matching each member of one set with exactly one member of another set.
- used of relations such that each member of one set is associated with one member of a second set
noun
- A person with whom someone has an adulterous relationship.
- (often in the plural) Something which is done or is to be done; business of any kind, commercial, professional, or public.
- A material object (vaguely designated).
- Any proceeding or action which it is wished to refer to or characterize vaguely.
- An adulterous relationship, chiefly of a married person. (from affaire de cœur, affair of the heart).
- An otherwise illicit romantic relationship, such as with someone who is not one's regular partner (boyfriend, girlfriend).
- (military) An action or engagement not of sufficient magnitude to be called a battle.
- A party or social gathering, especially of a formal nature.
- a vaguely specified concern
- a formal or official social gathering or ceremony of people
- a usually secretive or illicit sexual relationship
noun
- A member of one's extended family; a relative.
- (set theory) A set of ordered tuples.
- The manner in which two things may be associated.
- (mathematics) A statement of equality of two products of generators, used in the presentation of a group.
- (chiefly in the plural) A relationship; the manner in which and tone with which people or states, etc. interact.
- The act of relating a story.
- (set theory) A set of ordered pairs; a binary relation.
- (category theory) A subobject of a product of objects.
- (databases) A set of tuples, implemented as a table in a relational database.
- (often collocated: sexual relation, often in the plural) The act of intercourse.
- sexual activity between individuals, especially the insertion of a man's penis into a woman's vagina until orgasm and ejaculation occur
- (law) the principle that an act done at a later time is deemed by law to have occurred at an earlier time
- a person related by blood or marriage
- an act of narration
- an abstraction belonging to or characteristic of two entities or parts together
- (usually plural) mutual dealings or connections among persons or groups
noun
- The state of being associated with a partner.
- (cricket) The period when two specific batsmen are batting, from the fall of one wicket until the fall of the next; the number of runs scored during this period.
- An association of two or more people to conduct a business.
- a contract between two or more persons who agree to pool talent and money and share profits or losses
- a cooperative relationship between people or groups who agree to share responsibility for achieving some specific goal
- the members of a business venture created by contract
noun
- A kinsman or kinswoman of a such relationship; one who is affinal.
- A love interest; a paramour.
- The fact of and manner in which something is related to another.
- (chemistry) An attractive force between atoms, or groups of atoms, that contributes towards their forming bonds.
- (taxonomy) Resemblances between biological populations, suggesting that they have a common origin, type or stock.
- Any romantic relationship.
- A natural attraction or feeling of kinship to a person or thing.
- (geology) Structural resemblances between minerals; resemblances that suggest that they are of a common origin or type.
- A family relationship through marriage of a relative (e.g. sister-in-law), as opposed to consanguinity (e.g. sister).
- (medicine) The attraction between an antibody and an antigen
- (computing) A tendency to keep a task running on the same processor in a symmetric multiprocessing operating system to reduce the frequency of cache misses.
- (geometry) An automorphism of affine space.
- Any passionate love for something.
- a close connection marked by community of interests or similarity in nature or character
- a natural attraction or feeling of kinship
- (anthropology) kinship by marriage or adoption; not a blood relationship
- (immunology) the attraction between an antigen and an antibody
- the force attracting atoms to each other and binding them together in a molecule
- inherent resemblance between persons or things
- (biology) state of relationship between organisms or groups of organisms resulting in resemblance in structure or structural parts
noun
- a person's partner in marriage
- informal term for a friend of the same sex
- an exact duplicate
- the partner of an animal (especially a sexual partner)
- a chess move constituting an inescapable and indefensible attack on the opponent's king
- one of a pair
- the officer below the master on a commercial ship
- South American tea-like drink made from leaves of a South American holly called mate
- a fellow member of a team
- South American holly; leaves used in making a drink like tea
- (especially of a non-human animal) A breeding partner.
- (colloquial, British, Australia, New Zealand, Ireland, South Africa, sometimes elsewhere in the Commonwealth) Friendly term of address to a stranger, usually male, of similar age.
- A technical assistant in certain trades (e.g. gasfitter's mate, plumber's mate); sometimes an apprentice.
- (nautical) A ship's officer, subordinate to the master on a commercial ship.
- A suitable companion; a match; an equal.
- (nautical) In naval ranks, a non-commissioned officer or his subordinate (e.g. Boatswain's Mate, Gunner's Mate, Sailmaker's Mate, etc).
- (nautical) A first mate.
- The abovementioned plant; the leaves and shoots used for the tea
- Alternative spelling of maté, an aromatic tea-like drink prepared from the holly yerba maté (Ilex paraguariensis).
- (chess) Clipping of checkmate.
- (colloquial, British, Australia, New Zealand, Ireland, South Africa, sometimes elsewhere in the Commonwealth) A friend, usually of the same sex.
- A fellow, comrade, colleague, partner or someone with whom something is shared, e.g. shipmate, classmate.
- The other member of a matched pair of objects.
verb
- bring two objects, ideas, or people together
- place an opponent's king under an attack from which it cannot escape and thus ending the game
- engage in sexual intercourse
- (transitive, of an animal) To copulate with.
- (intransitive) To match, fit together without space between.
- (intransitive) To come together as companions, comrades, partners, etc.
- (intransitive) To copulate.
- (transitive) To marry; to match (a person).
- (transitive) To introduce (animals) together for the purpose of breeding.
- (transitive, aerospace) To move (a space shuttle orbiter) onto the back of an aircraft that can carry it.
- (intransitive) To pair in order to raise offspring.
- (transitive) To fit (objects) together without space between.
- (transitive) To arrange in matched pairs.
- (chess) Clipping of checkmate.
noun
- a person's partner in marriage
- Someone who is associated with another in a common activity or interest.
- A spouse or other person with whom one shares a domestic, romantic, or sexual bond.
- a person who is a member of a partnership
- an associate in an activity or endeavor or sphere of common interest
- Either of a pair of people or things that belong together.
- Someone with whom one dances in a two-person dance.
- (nautical) One of the pieces of wood comprising the framework which strengthens the deck of a wooden ship around the holes through which the mast and other fittings pass.
- (Jamaica) A group financial arrangement in which each member contributes a set amount of money over a set period.
- A member of a business or law partnership.
- Someone with whom one plays on the same side in a game, such as card games or doubles tennis.
verb
noun
- (humorous) An in-law: a relative by marriage.
- (humorous) One who would be an in-law except that the marriage-like relationship is unofficial.
- (slang) A prostitute who works alone, without a pimp.
- (history) A criminal who is excluded from normal legal rights; one who can be killed at will without legal penalty.
- A wild or violent animal, such as a horse.
- A person who operates outside established norms.
- A fugitive from the law.
- someone who has committed a crime or has been legally convicted of a crime
verb
adj
noun
phrase
noun
- Someone older than someone else (with possessive).
- Somebody who is higher in rank, dignity, or office.
- Someone seen as deserving respect or reverence because of their age.
- (now chiefly US) An old person.
- (US, Philippines) A final-year student at a high school or university; a finalist.
- a person who is older than you are
- an undergraduate student during the year preceding graduation
adj
- Higher in rank, dignity, or office; superior.
- (US) Of or pertaining to a student's final academic year at a high school (twelfth grade) or university.
- (sports, US, Canada) Of or pertaining to a league or competition limited to players above a certain age or level of experience.
- Older.
- older; higher in rank; longer in length of tenure or service
- used of the fourth and final year in United States high school or college
- advanced in years; (‘aged’ is pronounced as two syllables)
noun
- Two people in a relationship, partnership or friendship.
- (baseball, informal) A double play, two outs recorded in one play.
- (baseball, informal) A doubleheader, two games played on the same day between the same teams.
- (card games) A poker hand that contains two cards of identical rank, which cannot also count as a better hand.
- (slang) A pair of testicles.
- Two alike or identical things taken together; often followed by of.
- Two members of opposite parties or opinion, as in a parliamentary body, who mutually agree not to vote on a given question, or on issues of a party nature during a specified time.
- One of the constituent items that make up a pair.
- (kinematics) In a mechanism, two elements, or bodies, which are so applied to each other as to mutually constrain relative motion; named in accordance with the motion it permits, as in turning pair, sliding pair, twisting pair.
- Used with binary nouns (often in the plural to indicate multiple instances, since such nouns are plural only, except in some technical contexts).
- (slang) A pair of breasts.
- (rowing) A boat for two sweep rowers.
- (Australia, politics) The exclusion of one member of a parliamentary party from a vote, if a member of the other party is absent for important personal reasons.
- A couple of working animals attached to work together, as by a yoke.
- (cricket) A score of zero runs (a duck) in both innings of a two-innings match.
- two people considered as a unit
- a set of two similar things considered as a unit
- a poker hand with 2 cards of the same value
- two items of the same kind
verb
- (politics, slang) To engage (oneself) with another of opposite opinions not to vote on a particular question or class of questions.
- (intransitive) To suit; to fit, as a counterpart.
- (transitive) To bring two (animals, notably dogs) together for mating.
- (computing) to link two electronic devices wirelessly together, especially through a protocol such as Bluetooth.
- (transitive) To group into one or more sets of two.
- (intransitive) To come together for mating.
- bring two objects, ideas, or people together
- arrange in pairs
- form a pair or pairs
- occur in pairs
- engage in sexual intercourse
verb
- be in a relationship with
- make a logical or causal connection
- be relevant to
- give an account of; narrate
- have or establish a relationship to
- (intransitive) To have a connection.
- (intransitive) To interact.
- (transitive) To bring into a relation, association, or connection (between one thing and another).
- (intransitive) To identify with; to understand. [with to]
- (transitive) To tell in a descriptive way.
- (intransitive) To respond through reaction.
verb
- have a personal or business relationship with someone
- undergo
- achieve a point or goal
- have as a feature
- serve oneself to, or consume regularly
- cause to move; cause to be in a certain position or condition
- get something; come into possession of
- be confronted with
- have or possess, either in a concrete or an abstract sense
- cause to do; cause to act in a specified manner
- undergo (as of injuries and illnesses)
- have ownership or possession of
- receive willingly something given or offered
- cause to be born
- go through (mental or physical states or experiences)
- suffer from; be ill with
- organize or be responsible for
- have sex with; archaic use
- (transitive) To consume or use up (a particular substance or resource, especially food or drink).
- (transitive) To hold, as something at someone's disposal.
- (transitive, birdwatching) To make an observation of (a bird species).
- (transitive) To engage in sexual intercourse with.
- (transitive) To be afflicted with, suffer from.
- (auxiliary verb, taking a to-infinitive) See have to.
- (auxiliary verb, taking a past participle) Used in forming the perfect aspect.
- (transitive) To possess, own.
- (transitive) To include as a part, ingredient, or feature.
- (transitive) Used to state the existence or presence of someone in a specified relationship with the subject.
- (transitive) To give birth to.
- (transitive with adjective or adjective-phrase complement) To cause to be.
- (informal, usually passive) To obtain.
- (transitive) To be scheduled to attend, undertake or participate in.
- (transitive) To get a reading, measurement, or result from an instrument or calculation.
- (informal, often passive, transitive) To trick, to deceive.
- (transitive with bare infinitive) To be affected by an occurrence. (Used in supplying a topic that is a small clause.)
- (transitive, often used in the negative) To believe, buy, be taken in by.
- (transitive) To undertake or perform (an action or activity).
- (transitive with adjective or adjective-phrase complement) To depict as being.
- (transitive) To capture or actively hold someone's attention or interest.
- (transitive with bare infinitive) To cause to, by a command, request or invitation.
- (transitive) To grasp the meaning of; comprehend.
- Used as an interrogative verb before a pronoun to form a tag question, echoing a previous use of 'have' as an auxiliary verb or, in certain cases, main verb. (For further discussion, see the appendix English tag questions.)
- (dated outside Ireland, transitive) To be able to speak (a language).
- (transitive, in the negative, often in continuous tenses) To allow; to tolerate.
- (British, slang, transitive) To defeat in a fight; take.
- (transitive) To experience, go through, undergo.
- (transitive, of a jury) To consider a court proceeding that has been completed; to begin deliberations on a case.
- (transitive) To accept as a romantic partner.
- (British, slang, transitive) To inflict punishment or retribution on.
- (transitive) To host someone; to take in as a guest.
- (transitive) To feel or be (especially painfully) aware of.
noun
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adj
- with or in a close or intimate relationship
- having a high price
- sincerely earnest
- dearly loved
- Severe, or severely affected; sore.
- Loved; lovable.
- Loving, affectionate, heartfelt
- (Ireland, UK) High in price; expensive.
- Precious to or greatly valued by someone.
- A formal way to start (often after my) addressing somebody one likes or regards kindly.
- An ironic way to start (often after my) addressing an inferior or someone one dislikes.
- A formal way to start (possibly after my) addressing somebody at the beginning of a letter, memo etc.
- Lovely; kind.
noun
adv
intj
adj
- with or in a close or intimate relationship
- generally admired
- in excellent physical condition
- appealing to the mind
- deserving of esteem and respect
- not left to spoil
- agreeable or pleasing
- not forged
- exerting force or influence
- thorough
- having the normally expected amount
- capable of pleasing
- morally admirable
- financially safe
- promoting or enhancing well-being
- most suitable or right for a particular purpose
- having or showing knowledge and skill and aptitude
- tending to promote physical well-being; beneficial to health
- of moral excellence
- having desirable or positive qualities especially those suitable for a thing specified
- resulting favorably
- (colloquial, when with and) Very, extremely. See good and.
- (colloquial, with with) Accepting of, OK with
- Well-behaved (especially of children or animals).
- Able to be depended on for the discharge of obligations incurred; of unimpaired credit; used with for.
- Being satisfying; meeting dietary requirements.
- Beneficial; worthwhile.
- Unblemished; honourable.
- (colloquial) Ready.
- (US) Satisfied or at ease; not requiring more.
- Effective.
- Pleasant; enjoyable.
- Adequate; sufficient; not fallacious.
- Large in amount or size.
- Having a particularly pleasant taste.
- Of food or other perishable products, still fit for use; not yet expired, stale, rotten, etc.
- Useful for a particular purpose; functional.
- Acting in the interest of what is beneficial, ethical, or moral.
- True, valid, of explanatory strength.
- Right, proper, as it should be.
- (stressed form) Special, best, favorite.
- (Internet slang, offensive, ethnic slur) Of a black person, dead or killed.
- Valid, of worth, capable of being honoured.
- Reasonable in amount.
- Competent or talented.
- Healthful.
- Favorable.
- Holy (especially when capitalized) .
- Full; entire; at least as much as.
noun
- moral excellence or admirableness
- that which is pleasing or valuable or useful
- benefit
- a raw material that is sold in large quantities, usually to other businesses for manufacturing or production purposes
- (countable, usually in the plural) An article of personal property (as opposed to real property).
- (countable, usually in the plural) An item of merchandise.
- (uncountable) The abstract instantiation of goodness; that which possesses desirable qualities, promotes success, welfare, or happiness, is serviceable, fit, excellent, kind, benevolent, etc.
- (uncountable) The forces or behaviours that are the enemy of evil. Usually consists of helping others and general benevolence.
- (countable) A result that is positive in the view of the speaker.
adv
- (often used as a combining form) in a good or proper or satisfactory manner or to a high standard (‘good’ is a nonstandard dialectal variant for ‘well’)
- completely and absolutely (‘good’ is sometimes used informally for ‘thoroughly’)
- (informal, sometimes proscribed) Well; satisfactorily or thoroughly.
intj
verb
- (intransitive) To benefit; gain.
- (transitive) To satisfy; indulge; gratify.
- (intransitive) To make improvements or repairs.
- (intransitive) To thrive; fatten; prosper; improve.
- (transitive, now chiefly dialectal, Scotland) To furnish with dung; manure; fatten with manure; fertilise.
- (transitive) To do good to (someone); benefit; cause to improve or gain.
- (transitive) To make good; turn to good; improve.
- (reflexive) To flatter; congratulate oneself; anticipate.
adj
- with or in a close or intimate relationship
- not far distant in time or space or degree or circumstances
- very close in resemblance
- being on the left side
- closely resembling the genuine article
- giving or spending with reluctance
- Physically close.
- Approximate, almost.
- (British, in relation to a vehicle) On the side nearest to the kerb (the left-hand side if one drives on the left).
- (programming, not comparable) Within the currently selected segment in a segmented memory architecture.
- So as barely to avoid or pass injury or loss; close; narrow.
- Closely connected or related.
- Close in time.
- Close to one's interests, affection, etc.; intimate; dear.
- Close to anything followed or imitated; not free, loose, or rambling.
adv
verb
noun
prep
adj
- Being a relative of.
- (mathematics) Fulfilling a relation.
- (not comparable, music) Synonym of relative.
- (not comparable, in combination) Having a relationship with the thing named.
- Standing in relation or connection.
- Narrated; told.
- connected by kinship, common origin, or marriage
- being connected either logically or causally or by shared characteristics
verb
adj
- Having relationships; involved with others.
- Having or supporting connections, especially when through technology such as networking software or a transportation network.
- Intimate; having bonds of affection.
- (Canada, US) Involved with organized crime, specifically someone not (yet) working for a crime organization, but referred to as a "friend" by made guys/wise guys inside the organization.
- (mathematics, graph theory, of a graph) Having a path, either directed or undirected, connecting every pair of vertices.
- (usually with "well-"): Having favorable rapport with a powerful entity.
- (mathematics, topology, of a topological space) That cannot be partitioned into two nonempty open sets.
- being joined in close association
- stored in, controlled by, or in direct communication with a central computer
- plugged in
- wired together to an alarm system
- joined or linked together
verb
adj
- Intimate or immediate in personal relationship.
- (archaic outside certain phrases) Physically narrow or confined.
- At little distance; near in space or time.
- Nearly equal; almost evenly balanced; almost exactly matching.
- Carefully done, detailed.
- Accurate; precise.
- (Ireland, UK, weather) Hot, humid, with no wind.
- Tight, with little space separating components or elements.
- (linguistics, phonetics, of a vowel) Articulated with the tongue body relatively close to the hard palate.
- Strictly confined; carefully guarded.
- Tightly restricted in availability.
- Almost, but not quite (getting to an answer, goal, or other state); near.
- (law) Of a corporation or other business entity, closely held.
- Attentive; undeviating; strict.
- (in particular) Almost resulting in disaster.
- (heraldry, of a bird) With its wings at its side, closed, held near to its body (typically also statant); (of wings) in this posture.
- Short.
- Oppressive; without motion or ventilation; causing a feeling of lassitude.
- Involving a tight connection; involving frequent communication, shared or cooperative activity, etc.
- Marked, evident.
- Adhering strictly to a standard or original; exact or nearly so.
- not far distant in time or space or degree or circumstances
- close in relevance or relationship
- confined to specific persons
- crowded
- strictly confined or guarded
- at or within a short distance in space or time or having elements near each other
- lacking fresh air
- inclined to secrecy or reticence about divulging information
- (of a contest or contestants) evenly matched
- of textiles
- marked by fidelity to an original
- used of hair or haircuts
- fitting closely but comfortably
- rigorously attentive; strict and thorough
- giving or spending with reluctance
adv
noun
- (chiefly British) A street that ends in a dead end.
- A cathedral close.
- (music) The conclusion of a strain of music; cadence.
- An end or conclusion.
- (aviation, travel) The time when check-in staff will no longer accept passengers for a flight.
- The manner of shutting; the union of parts; junction.
- (Scotland) The common staircase in a tenement.
- (music) A double bar marking the end.
- (sales) The point at the end of a sales pitch when the consumer is asked to buy.
- (Scotland) A very narrow alley between two buildings, often overhung by one of the buildings above the ground floor.
- (law) The interest which one may have in a piece of ground, even though it is not enclosed
- A grapple in wrestling.
- the last section of a communication
- the temporal end; the concluding time
- the concluding part of any performance
verb
- (intransitive) To become denser or more crowded with objects.
- (intransitive) To finish; to come to an end.
- To grapple; to engage in close combat.
- (ambitransitive) To move a thing, or part of a thing, nearer to another so that the gap or opening between the two is removed.
- (Philippines, Quebec, Greece, Cyprus) To turn off; to switch off.
- (transitive) To obstruct or block.
- (transitive) To perform as the final act at (a show etc.).
- (transitive) To put out of use or operation.
- (transitive, baseball, pitching) To make the final outs, usually three, of a game.
- (transitive, intransitive, especially sports) To angle (a club, bat or other hitting implement) downwards and/or (for a right-hander) anticlockwise of straight.
- (intransitive) To cease operation or cease to be available.
- (transitive, intransitive, electricity, of a switch, fuse or circuit breaker) To move to a position allowing electricity to flow.
- (transitive, intransitive, engineering, gas and liquid flow, of valve or damper) To move to a position preventing fluid from flowing.
- (surveying) To have a vector sum of 0; that is, to form a closed polygon.
- (figuratively, transitive, intransitive) To make or become unreceptive.
- (ergative, marketing) To conclude (a sale).
- (intransitive) To do the tasks (putting things away, locking doors, etc.) required to prepare a store or other establishment to shut down for the night.
- (ergative, computing) To terminate an application, window, file or database connection, etc.
- (intransitive, of a business, market etc.) To cease trading for the day, or permanently.
- (transitive, finance) To cancel or reverse (a trading position).
- (chiefly figurative) To come or gather around; to enclose.
- (transitive) To end or conclude.
- come to a close
- draw near
- change one's body stance so that the forward shoulder and foot are closer to the intended point of impact
- be priced or listed when trading stops
- unite or bring into contact or bring together the edges of
- cease to operate or cause to cease operating
- move so that an opening or passage is obstructed; make shut
- complete a business deal, negotiation, or an agreement
- cause a window or an application to disappear on a computer desktop
- fill or stop up
- come together, as if in an embrace
- become closed
- bar access to
- finish a game in baseball by protecting a lead
- finish or terminate (meetings, speeches, etc.)
- engage at close quarters
- bring together all the elements or parts of
adj
- directly between two individuals
- being a system of play in which an individual defensive player guards an individual offensive player
- (sports) Involving one attacker and one defender.
- (mathematics) bijective or injective
- (chiefly Canada, US, Australia) Involving direct communication or competition between two people.