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noun
- The act of habituating, or accustoming; the state of being habituated.
- being abnormally tolerant to and dependent on something that is psychologically or physically habit-forming (especially alcohol or narcotic drugs)
- (psychology) The process of becoming accustomed to an internal or external stimulus, such as a noxious smell or loud noise.
- a general accommodation to unchanging environmental conditions
noun
- accepted or habitual practice
- money collected under a tariff
- a specific practice of long standing
- habitual patronage
- Frequent repetition of the same behavior; way of behavior common to many; ordinary manner; habitual practice; method of doing, living or behaving.
- Traditional beliefs or rituals.
- (dated outside UK) Habitual buying of goods from one same vendor.
- (collectively) The habitual patrons (i.e. customers) of a business; business support.
- A custom (made-to-order) piece of art, etc.
- (law) Long-established practice, considered as unwritten law, and resting for authority on long consent. Compare prescription.
adj
- made according to the specifications of an individual
- Own, personal, not standard or premade.
- (especially agriculture) Done on a for-hire basis, as contrasted with being done only for oneself.
- Made or done in a way adjusted to fit the needs of a particular person or group (e.g., customer, health care patient, do-it-yourselfer), and thus specialized and, in some cases, unique.
noun
- accepted or habitual practice
- the customary manner in which a language (or a form of a language) is spoken or written
- the act of using
- Prevailing language style: how words are used among a populace.
- The act of using something; use, employment.
- (uncountable) Custom, tradition.
- A custom or established practice.
- Choice of language style (made by a speaker or writer).
noun
- accepted or habitual practice
- Customary or habitual usage.
- (economics) the utilization of economic goods to satisfy needs or in manufacturing
- the period of time permitted by commercial usage for the payment of a bill of exchange (especially a foreign bill of exchange)
- Use.
- The interest paid on a borrowed sum, usury.
- The length of time permitted for the payment of a bill of exchange.
noun
- Initialism of habit reversal training.
- (law enforcement) Initialism of hostage rescue team.
- (linguistics) Initialism of high rising terminal, a type of speech that rises in pitch at the end (sounding like a question).
- (quilting) Initialism of half-rectangle triangle.
- (medicine) Initialism of hormone replacement therapy.
- hormones (estrogen and progestin) are given to postmenopausal women; believed to protect them from heart disease and osteoporosis
noun
- characteristic or habitual practice
- the latest and most admired style in clothes and cosmetics and behavior
- how something is done or how it happens
- consumer goods (especially clothing) in the current mode
- (countable) A style or manner in which something is done.
- (countable) A current (constantly changing) trend, favored for frivolous rather than practical, logical, or intellectual reasons.
- (uncountable) Popular trends, especially in clothing; the industry that designs clothing and sometimes other related items.
- The make or form of anything; the style, shape, appearance, or mode of structure; pattern, model; workmanship; execution.
verb
verb
- cause to accept or become hardened to; habituate
- become hard or harder
- make hard or harder
- harden by reheating and cooling in oil
- make healthy
- (Slavic phonology) To unpalatalize or velarize.
- (transitive, computing) To modify (a website or other system) to make it resistant to malicious attacks.
- (intransitive, informal) To get an erection.
- (transitive, ergative) To make something hard or harder.
- (ambitransitive) To become or make (a person or thing) resistant or less sensitive.
- (transitive, figurative) To strengthen.
- (intransitive) To become hard.
- (ambitransitive, phonology) To become or make (a consonant) more fortis; to (cause to) undergo fortition.
noun
adj
- Inveterate or habitual.
- habitual
- (informal) Extremely serious.
- (slang) Very bad, awful.
- Of a person, suffering from an affliction that is prolonged or slow to heal.
- (slang) Good, great; "wicked".
- (medicine) Prolonged or slow to heal.
- Of a problem, that continues over an extended period of time.
- persisting for a long time
- being long-lasting and recurrent or characterized by long suffering
noun
- A person who is chronic, such as a criminal reoffender or a person with chronic disease.
- (slang) Marijuana, typically of high quality.
- (medicine) A condition of extended duration, either continuous or marked by frequent recurrence. Sometimes implies a condition which worsens with each recurrence, though that is not inherent in the term.
verb
- develop a habit; apply oneself to a practice or occupation
- admit into a group or community
- take into consideration for exemplifying purposes
- assume, as of positions or roles
- take somebody somewhere
- experience or feel or submit to
- receive or obtain regularly
- serve oneself to, or consume regularly
- take on a certain form, attribute, or aspect
- proceed along in a vehicle
- be a student of a certain subject
- be seized or affected in a specified way
- point or cause to go (blows, weapons, or objects such as photographic equipment) towards
- take something or somebody with oneself somewhere
- accept or undergo, often unwillingly
- ascertain or determine by measuring, computing or take a reading from a dial
- make use of or accept for some purpose
- remove something concrete, as by lifting, pushing, or taking off, or remove something abstract
- get into one's hands, take physically
- be stricken by an illness, fall victim to an illness
- travel or go by means of a certain kind of transportation, or a certain route
- be designed to hold or take
- take into one's possession
- have with oneself; have on one's person
- require (time or space)
- interpret something in a certain way; convey a particular meaning or impression
- obtain by winning
- lay claim to; as of an idea
- occupy or take on
- require as useful, just, or proper
- buy, select
- head into a specified direction
- make a film or photograph of something
- to get into a position of having, e.g., safety, comfort
- receive willingly something given or offered
- carry out
- pick out, select, or choose from a number of alternatives
- take as an undesirable consequence of some event or state of affairs
- engage for service under a term of contract
- conquer by force
- have sex with; archaic use
- be capable of holding or containing
- (transitive, cricket) To catch the ball; especially as a wicket-keeper and after the batsman has missed or edged it.
- (transitive) To carry or lead (something or someone).
- (of a plant, etc.) To begin to grow after being grafted or planted; to (literally or figuratively) take root, take hold.
- (transitive) To bind oneself by.
- (transitive) To ascertain or determine by measurement, examination or inquiry.
- (transitive) To avail oneself of; to exploit.
- (transitive) To cause to change to a specified state or condition.
- (transitive) To experience or feel.
- (transitive) To receive or accept (something) as payment or compensation.
- (reflexive) To go.
- (transitive) To obtain money from, especially by swindling.
- (transitive) To come upon or catch (in a particular state or situation).
- (intransitive, dialectal, proscribed) An intensifier.
- (transitive) To receive or accept (something, especially something which was given).
- (transitive) To assume and undertake the duties of (a job, an office, etc.).
- (transitive) To assume (a form).
- (transitive) To conclude or form (a decision or an opinion) in the mind.
- (transitive) To fill or require: to last or expend (an amount of time).
- (transitive) To exact.
- (transitive) To proceed to fill.
- (transitive) To accept and follow (advice, etc.).
- (transitive) To write down; to get in, or as if in, writing.
- (transitive, mathematics, computing) To accept (zero or more arguments).
- (transitive) To get into one's hands, possession, or control, with or without force.
- (of ink, dye, etc.) To adhere or be absorbed properly.
- (transitive) To adopt (select) as one's own.
- (transitive) To go into, through, or along.
- (transitive) To believe, to accept the statements of.
- (transitive) To seize or capture.
- (transitive) To participate in.
- (transitive) To suffer; to endure (a hardship or damage).
- (transitive, of a ship) To let in (water).
- (transitive, baseball) To decline to swing at (a pitched ball); to refrain from hitting at, and allow to pass.
- (transitive) To perform (a role).
- (transitive) To receive into some relationship.
- (transitive) To catch or contract (an illness, etc.).
- (transitive) To receive (medicine or drugs) into one's body, e.g. by inhalation or swallowing; to ingest.
- (transitive) To assume or suppose; to reckon; to regard or consider.
- (transitive) To pass (or attempt to pass) through or around.
- (intransitive, copulative) To become; to be affected in a specified way.
- (transitive, of a material) To absorb or be impregnated by (dye, ink, etc.); to be susceptible to being treated by (polish, etc.).
- (transitive) To accept, be given (rightly or wrongly), or assume (especially as if by right).
- (transitive) To obtain or receive regularly by (paid) subscription.
- (transitive, especially of a vehicle) To transport or carry; to convey to another place.
- (transitive) To use as a means of transportation.
- (transitive) To submit to; to endure (without ill humor, resentment, or physical failure).
- (transitive) To obtain for use by payment or lease.
- (of a mechanical device) To catch; to engage.
- (transitive) To appropriate or transfer into one's own possession, sometimes by physically carrying off.
- (transitive, of a path, road, etc.) To lead (to a place); to serve as a means of reaching.
- (transitive, grammar) To have to be used with (a certain grammatical form, etc.).
- (transitive) To undergo; to put oneself into, to be subjected to.
- (transitive) To practice; perform; execute; carry out; do.
- (transitive) To have sex with.
- (transitive) To derive (as a title); to obtain from a source.
- (transitive) To remove or end by death; to kill.
- (transitive) To subtract.
- Used in phrasal verbs: take in, take off, take on, take out, take to, take something to, take up.
- (transitive) To go or move into.
- (transitive) To fill, occupy, require, or use up (space).
- (transitive) To understand (especially in a specified way).
- (transitive) To select or choose; to pick.
- (transitive) To remove.
- (transitive) To require (a person, resource or thing in order to achieve an outcome).
- (transitive) To grasp or grip.
- (transitive) To make (a photograph, film, or other reproduction of something).
- (transitive) To capture or win (a piece or trick) in a game.
- (transitive) To deal with.
- (transitive) To defeat (someone or something) in a fight.
- (transitive) To consider in a particular way, or to consider as an example.
- (transitive) To draw, derive, or deduce (a meaning from something).
- (transitive, Greece, Cyprus, informal) To buy.
- (intransitive) To engage, take hold or have effect.
- (transitive, intransitive, law) To receive or acquire (property) by law (e.g. as an heir).
- (transitive) To regard in a specified way.
- (intransitive) To get or accept (something) into one's possession.
- (transitive) To escort or conduct (a person).
- (transitive, now chiefly by enrolling in a class or course) To apply oneself to the study of.
- (transitive) To captivate or charm; to gain or secure the interest or affection of.
- (transitive) To have and use one's recourse to.
- (transitive) To catch or get possession of (fish or game).
noun
- the act of photographing a scene or part of a scene without interruption
- the income or profit arising from such transactions as the sale of land or other property
- Money that is taken in, (legal or illegal) proceeds, income; (in particular) profits; takings.
- (medicine) An instance of successful inoculation/vaccination.
- (film) A scene recorded (filmed) at one time, without an interruption or break; a recording of such a scene.
- (music) A recording of a musical performance made during an uninterrupted single recording period.
- (rugby, cricket) A catch of the ball (in cricket, especially one by the wicket-keeper).
- A visible (facial) response to something, especially something unexpected; a facial gesture in response to an event.
- (printing) The quantity of copy given to a compositor at one time.
- The or an act of taking.
- An approach, a (distinct) treatment.
- An interpretation or view, opinion or assessment; perspective; a statement expressing such a position.
- The or a quantity of fish, game animals or pelts, etc which have been taken at one time; catch.
verb
noun
- One's customary method of acting; habit.
- Mode of action; way of performing or doing anything.
- Sort; kind; style.
- Standards of conduct cultured and product of mind.
- Good, polite behaviour.
- The style of writing or thought of an author; the characteristic peculiarity of an artist.
- Characteristic mode of acting or behaving; bearing.
- (in combination, rare) Something involving or requiring the specified number of men or people.
- A certain degree or measure.
- how something is done or how it happens
- a way of acting or behaving
- a kind
verb
verb
- To prefer and maintain (an action) as a regular habit or activity.
- (with 'would' and in certain other phrases) To want, desire. See also would like.
- To find attractive; to prefer the company of; to have mild romantic feelings for.
- (chiefly dialectal, intransitive) To be likely.
- (informal, chiefly in the negative) Of a computer or other system: to tolerate as an input; to accept.
- (Internet, social media, transitive) To show support for, or approval of, something posted on the Internet by marking it with a vote.
- To enjoy, be pleased by; favor; be in favor of.
- (informal, personification) To be prone to.
- to hope, to desire or to prefer to have something, or to do something
- want to have
- be fond of
- find enjoyable or agreeable
- feel about or towards; consider, evaluate, or regard
adj
- (Scotland, Southern US, otherwise archaic; usually with to) inclined (to), prone (to).
- (Scotland, Southern US, otherwise archaic) Likely; probable.
- Similar.
- conforming in every respect
- having the same or similar characteristics
- resembling or similar; having the same or some of the same characteristics; often used in combination
- equal in amount or value
conj
noun
- (golf) The stroke that equalizes the number of strokes played by the opposing player or side.
- (Internet) An individual vote showing support for, approval of, or enjoyment of, something posted on the Internet.
- (sometimes as the likes of) Someone similar to a given person, or something similar to a given object; a comparative; a type; a sort.
- (chiefly in the plural) Something that a person likes (prefers).
- a similar kind
- a kind of person
particle
- (colloquial) Used to precede an approximate quotation or paraphrase or an expression of something that happened.
- (colloquial) a discourse marker used to highlight or put focus on new information or a new development in a story
- (colloquial, Scotland, Ireland, Geordie, Teesside, Liverpool) A delayed filler.
- (colloquial) Indicating approximation or uncertainty.
prep
adj
- Of or relating to a habit; established as a habit; performed over and over again; recurrent, recurring.
- Of a person or thing: engaging in some behaviour as a habit or regularly.
- Regular or usual.
- (grammar) Pertaining to an action performed customarily, ordinarily, or usually.
- commonly used or practiced; usual
noun
noun
- An established habit or custom.
- (law) A decided case which is cited or used as an example to justify a judgment in a subsequent case.
- An act in the past which may be used as an example to help decide the outcome of similar instances in the future.
- The previous version.
- a system of jurisprudence based on judicial precedents rather than statutory laws
- an example that is used to justify similar occurrences at a later time
- (civil law) a law established by following earlier judicial decisions
- a subject mentioned earlier (preceding in time)
adj
verb
adj
- (figuratively) Ingrained, as through repeated use; entrenched; habitual or instinctive.
- Having roots, or a certain type of roots.
- (mathematics, graph theory, of a tree or graph) Having a root.
- (slang) In trouble or in strife, screwed.
- (computing, not comparable) Having a root (superuser) account that has been compromised.
- (Australia, New Zealand, slang) Broken, damaged, non-functional.
- Fixed in one position; immobile; unable to move.
- (figuratively, usually with "in") Having a basic or fundamental connection (to a thing); based, originating (from).
- absolutely still
verb
verb
- (auxiliary) To habitually do (a given action).
- (now uncommon or literary, transitive) To wish, desire (something).
- (auxiliary) To be able to, to have the capacity to.
- (auxiliary) Expressing a present tense or perfect tense with some conditional or subjective weakening: "will turn out to", "must by inference".
- (transitive, intransitive) To instruct (that something be done) in one's will.
- (auxiliary) Used to express the future tense, sometimes with an implication of volition or determination when used in the first person. Compare shall.
- (auxiliary) To choose or agree to (do something); used to express intention but without any temporal connotations, often in questions and negation.
- (transitive) To bequeath (something) to someone in one's will (legal document).
- (transitive) To exert one's force of will (intention) in order to compel, or attempt to compel, something to happen or someone to do something.
- determine by choice
- decree or ordain
- leave or give by will after one's death
noun
- (law) A formal declaration of one's intent concerning the disposal of one's property and holdings after death; the legal document stating such wishes.
- One's independent faculty of choice; the ability to be able to exercise one's choice or intention.
- One's intention or decision; someone's orders or commands.
- The act of choosing to do something; a person’s conscious intent or volition.
- Firmness of purpose, fixity of intent
- a legal document declaring a person's wishes regarding the disposal of their property when they die
- the capability of conscious choice and decision and intention
- a fixed and persistent intent or purpose
noun
verb
noun
noun
- The state of being addicted; devotion; inclination.
- being abnormally tolerant to and dependent on something that is psychologically or physically habit-forming (especially alcohol or narcotic drugs)
- A pathological relationship to mood altering experience that has life damaging consequences.
- A habit or practice that damages, jeopardizes or shortens one's life but when ceased causes trauma.
- (medicine) A state that is characterized by compulsive drug use or compulsive engagement in rewarding behavior, despite negative consequences.
- (Roman law) a formal award by a magistrate of a thing or person to another person (as the award of a debtor to their creditor); a surrender to a master
- an abnormally strong craving
verb
- To slip into a bad habit that one is trying to avoid.
- (intransitive) To fall away gradually; to subside.
- (intransitive) To become void.
- To fall or pass from one proprietor to another, or from the original destination, by the omission, negligence, or failure of somebody, such as a patron or legatee.
- (intransitive) To fall into error or heresy.
- pass into a specified state or condition; sink into
- for time to move forward
- drop to a lower level, as in one's morals or standards
- let slip
- end, at least for a long time
- go back to bad behavior
noun
- (theology) A fall or apostasy.
- A decline or fall in standards.
- A termination of a right etc., through disuse or neglect.
- An interval of time between events.
- (law) A common-law rule that if the person to whom property is willed were to die before the testator, then the gift would be ineffective.
- A pause in continuity.
- (meteorology) A marked decrease in air temperature with increasing altitude because the ground is warmer than the surrounding air.
- A temporary failure; a slip.
- a break or intermission in the occurrence of something
- a mistake resulting from inattention
- a failure to maintain a higher state
adj
verb
verb
- (transitive, idiomatic) To adopt a practice in which others already engage.
- (transitive, idiomatic) To notice, observe, learn, or understand, especially something otherwise overlooked.
- (transitive, idiomatic) To continue or build upon (for example, a task, analysis, or narrative), beginning from a point at which someone has previously stopped.
noun
- The act of habituating, or accustoming; the state of being habituated.
- being abnormally tolerant to and dependent on something that is psychologically or physically habit-forming (especially alcohol or narcotic drugs)
- (psychology) The process of becoming accustomed to an internal or external stimulus, such as a noxious smell or loud noise.
- a general accommodation to unchanging environmental conditions
noun
- accepted or habitual practice
- money collected under a tariff
- a specific practice of long standing
- habitual patronage
- Frequent repetition of the same behavior; way of behavior common to many; ordinary manner; habitual practice; method of doing, living or behaving.
- Traditional beliefs or rituals.
- (dated outside UK) Habitual buying of goods from one same vendor.
- (collectively) The habitual patrons (i.e. customers) of a business; business support.
- A custom (made-to-order) piece of art, etc.
- (law) Long-established practice, considered as unwritten law, and resting for authority on long consent. Compare prescription.
adj
- made according to the specifications of an individual
- Own, personal, not standard or premade.
- (especially agriculture) Done on a for-hire basis, as contrasted with being done only for oneself.
- Made or done in a way adjusted to fit the needs of a particular person or group (e.g., customer, health care patient, do-it-yourselfer), and thus specialized and, in some cases, unique.
noun
- accepted or habitual practice
- the customary manner in which a language (or a form of a language) is spoken or written
- the act of using
- Prevailing language style: how words are used among a populace.
- The act of using something; use, employment.
- (uncountable) Custom, tradition.
- A custom or established practice.
- Choice of language style (made by a speaker or writer).
noun
- accepted or habitual practice
- Customary or habitual usage.
- (economics) the utilization of economic goods to satisfy needs or in manufacturing
- the period of time permitted by commercial usage for the payment of a bill of exchange (especially a foreign bill of exchange)
- Use.
- The interest paid on a borrowed sum, usury.
- The length of time permitted for the payment of a bill of exchange.
noun
- Initialism of habit reversal training.
- (law enforcement) Initialism of hostage rescue team.
- (linguistics) Initialism of high rising terminal, a type of speech that rises in pitch at the end (sounding like a question).
- (quilting) Initialism of half-rectangle triangle.
- (medicine) Initialism of hormone replacement therapy.
- hormones (estrogen and progestin) are given to postmenopausal women; believed to protect them from heart disease and osteoporosis
noun
- characteristic or habitual practice
- the latest and most admired style in clothes and cosmetics and behavior
- how something is done or how it happens
- consumer goods (especially clothing) in the current mode
- (countable) A style or manner in which something is done.
- (countable) A current (constantly changing) trend, favored for frivolous rather than practical, logical, or intellectual reasons.
- (uncountable) Popular trends, especially in clothing; the industry that designs clothing and sometimes other related items.
- The make or form of anything; the style, shape, appearance, or mode of structure; pattern, model; workmanship; execution.
verb
noun
- One's customary method of acting; habit.
- Mode of action; way of performing or doing anything.
- Sort; kind; style.
- Standards of conduct cultured and product of mind.
- Good, polite behaviour.
- The style of writing or thought of an author; the characteristic peculiarity of an artist.
- Characteristic mode of acting or behaving; bearing.
- (in combination, rare) Something involving or requiring the specified number of men or people.
- A certain degree or measure.
- how something is done or how it happens
- a way of acting or behaving
- a kind
verb
noun
- An established habit or custom.
- (law) A decided case which is cited or used as an example to justify a judgment in a subsequent case.
- An act in the past which may be used as an example to help decide the outcome of similar instances in the future.
- The previous version.
- a system of jurisprudence based on judicial precedents rather than statutory laws
- an example that is used to justify similar occurrences at a later time
- (civil law) a law established by following earlier judicial decisions
- a subject mentioned earlier (preceding in time)
adj
verb
noun
noun
- The state of being addicted; devotion; inclination.
- being abnormally tolerant to and dependent on something that is psychologically or physically habit-forming (especially alcohol or narcotic drugs)
- A pathological relationship to mood altering experience that has life damaging consequences.
- A habit or practice that damages, jeopardizes or shortens one's life but when ceased causes trauma.
- (medicine) A state that is characterized by compulsive drug use or compulsive engagement in rewarding behavior, despite negative consequences.
- (Roman law) a formal award by a magistrate of a thing or person to another person (as the award of a debtor to their creditor); a surrender to a master
- an abnormally strong craving
verb
- cause to accept or become hardened to; habituate
- become hard or harder
- make hard or harder
- harden by reheating and cooling in oil
- make healthy
- (Slavic phonology) To unpalatalize or velarize.
- (transitive, computing) To modify (a website or other system) to make it resistant to malicious attacks.
- (intransitive, informal) To get an erection.
- (transitive, ergative) To make something hard or harder.
- (ambitransitive) To become or make (a person or thing) resistant or less sensitive.
- (transitive, figurative) To strengthen.
- (intransitive) To become hard.
- (ambitransitive, phonology) To become or make (a consonant) more fortis; to (cause to) undergo fortition.
noun
verb
- develop a habit; apply oneself to a practice or occupation
- admit into a group or community
- take into consideration for exemplifying purposes
- assume, as of positions or roles
- take somebody somewhere
- experience or feel or submit to
- receive or obtain regularly
- serve oneself to, or consume regularly
- take on a certain form, attribute, or aspect
- proceed along in a vehicle
- be a student of a certain subject
- be seized or affected in a specified way
- point or cause to go (blows, weapons, or objects such as photographic equipment) towards
- take something or somebody with oneself somewhere
- accept or undergo, often unwillingly
- ascertain or determine by measuring, computing or take a reading from a dial
- make use of or accept for some purpose
- remove something concrete, as by lifting, pushing, or taking off, or remove something abstract
- get into one's hands, take physically
- be stricken by an illness, fall victim to an illness
- travel or go by means of a certain kind of transportation, or a certain route
- be designed to hold or take
- take into one's possession
- have with oneself; have on one's person
- require (time or space)
- interpret something in a certain way; convey a particular meaning or impression
- obtain by winning
- lay claim to; as of an idea
- occupy or take on
- require as useful, just, or proper
- buy, select
- head into a specified direction
- make a film or photograph of something
- to get into a position of having, e.g., safety, comfort
- receive willingly something given or offered
- carry out
- pick out, select, or choose from a number of alternatives
- take as an undesirable consequence of some event or state of affairs
- engage for service under a term of contract
- conquer by force
- have sex with; archaic use
- be capable of holding or containing
- (transitive, cricket) To catch the ball; especially as a wicket-keeper and after the batsman has missed or edged it.
- (transitive) To carry or lead (something or someone).
- (of a plant, etc.) To begin to grow after being grafted or planted; to (literally or figuratively) take root, take hold.
- (transitive) To bind oneself by.
- (transitive) To ascertain or determine by measurement, examination or inquiry.
- (transitive) To avail oneself of; to exploit.
- (transitive) To cause to change to a specified state or condition.
- (transitive) To experience or feel.
- (transitive) To receive or accept (something) as payment or compensation.
- (reflexive) To go.
- (transitive) To obtain money from, especially by swindling.
- (transitive) To come upon or catch (in a particular state or situation).
- (intransitive, dialectal, proscribed) An intensifier.
- (transitive) To receive or accept (something, especially something which was given).
- (transitive) To assume and undertake the duties of (a job, an office, etc.).
- (transitive) To assume (a form).
- (transitive) To conclude or form (a decision or an opinion) in the mind.
- (transitive) To fill or require: to last or expend (an amount of time).
- (transitive) To exact.
- (transitive) To proceed to fill.
- (transitive) To accept and follow (advice, etc.).
- (transitive) To write down; to get in, or as if in, writing.
- (transitive, mathematics, computing) To accept (zero or more arguments).
- (transitive) To get into one's hands, possession, or control, with or without force.
- (of ink, dye, etc.) To adhere or be absorbed properly.
- (transitive) To adopt (select) as one's own.
- (transitive) To go into, through, or along.
- (transitive) To believe, to accept the statements of.
- (transitive) To seize or capture.
- (transitive) To participate in.
- (transitive) To suffer; to endure (a hardship or damage).
- (transitive, of a ship) To let in (water).
- (transitive, baseball) To decline to swing at (a pitched ball); to refrain from hitting at, and allow to pass.
- (transitive) To perform (a role).
- (transitive) To receive into some relationship.
- (transitive) To catch or contract (an illness, etc.).
- (transitive) To receive (medicine or drugs) into one's body, e.g. by inhalation or swallowing; to ingest.
- (transitive) To assume or suppose; to reckon; to regard or consider.
- (transitive) To pass (or attempt to pass) through or around.
- (intransitive, copulative) To become; to be affected in a specified way.
- (transitive, of a material) To absorb or be impregnated by (dye, ink, etc.); to be susceptible to being treated by (polish, etc.).
- (transitive) To accept, be given (rightly or wrongly), or assume (especially as if by right).
- (transitive) To obtain or receive regularly by (paid) subscription.
- (transitive, especially of a vehicle) To transport or carry; to convey to another place.
- (transitive) To use as a means of transportation.
- (transitive) To submit to; to endure (without ill humor, resentment, or physical failure).
- (transitive) To obtain for use by payment or lease.
- (of a mechanical device) To catch; to engage.
- (transitive) To appropriate or transfer into one's own possession, sometimes by physically carrying off.
- (transitive, of a path, road, etc.) To lead (to a place); to serve as a means of reaching.
- (transitive, grammar) To have to be used with (a certain grammatical form, etc.).
- (transitive) To undergo; to put oneself into, to be subjected to.
- (transitive) To practice; perform; execute; carry out; do.
- (transitive) To have sex with.
- (transitive) To derive (as a title); to obtain from a source.
- (transitive) To remove or end by death; to kill.
- (transitive) To subtract.
- Used in phrasal verbs: take in, take off, take on, take out, take to, take something to, take up.
- (transitive) To go or move into.
- (transitive) To fill, occupy, require, or use up (space).
- (transitive) To understand (especially in a specified way).
- (transitive) To select or choose; to pick.
- (transitive) To remove.
- (transitive) To require (a person, resource or thing in order to achieve an outcome).
- (transitive) To grasp or grip.
- (transitive) To make (a photograph, film, or other reproduction of something).
- (transitive) To capture or win (a piece or trick) in a game.
- (transitive) To deal with.
- (transitive) To defeat (someone or something) in a fight.
- (transitive) To consider in a particular way, or to consider as an example.
- (transitive) To draw, derive, or deduce (a meaning from something).
- (transitive, Greece, Cyprus, informal) To buy.
- (intransitive) To engage, take hold or have effect.
- (transitive, intransitive, law) To receive or acquire (property) by law (e.g. as an heir).
- (transitive) To regard in a specified way.
- (intransitive) To get or accept (something) into one's possession.
- (transitive) To escort or conduct (a person).
- (transitive, now chiefly by enrolling in a class or course) To apply oneself to the study of.
- (transitive) To captivate or charm; to gain or secure the interest or affection of.
- (transitive) To have and use one's recourse to.
- (transitive) To catch or get possession of (fish or game).
noun
- the act of photographing a scene or part of a scene without interruption
- the income or profit arising from such transactions as the sale of land or other property
- Money that is taken in, (legal or illegal) proceeds, income; (in particular) profits; takings.
- (medicine) An instance of successful inoculation/vaccination.
- (film) A scene recorded (filmed) at one time, without an interruption or break; a recording of such a scene.
- (music) A recording of a musical performance made during an uninterrupted single recording period.
- (rugby, cricket) A catch of the ball (in cricket, especially one by the wicket-keeper).
- A visible (facial) response to something, especially something unexpected; a facial gesture in response to an event.
- (printing) The quantity of copy given to a compositor at one time.
- The or an act of taking.
- An approach, a (distinct) treatment.
- An interpretation or view, opinion or assessment; perspective; a statement expressing such a position.
- The or a quantity of fish, game animals or pelts, etc which have been taken at one time; catch.
verb
verb
- To prefer and maintain (an action) as a regular habit or activity.
- (with 'would' and in certain other phrases) To want, desire. See also would like.
- To find attractive; to prefer the company of; to have mild romantic feelings for.
- (chiefly dialectal, intransitive) To be likely.
- (informal, chiefly in the negative) Of a computer or other system: to tolerate as an input; to accept.
- (Internet, social media, transitive) To show support for, or approval of, something posted on the Internet by marking it with a vote.
- To enjoy, be pleased by; favor; be in favor of.
- (informal, personification) To be prone to.
- to hope, to desire or to prefer to have something, or to do something
- want to have
- be fond of
- find enjoyable or agreeable
- feel about or towards; consider, evaluate, or regard
adj
- (Scotland, Southern US, otherwise archaic; usually with to) inclined (to), prone (to).
- (Scotland, Southern US, otherwise archaic) Likely; probable.
- Similar.
- conforming in every respect
- having the same or similar characteristics
- resembling or similar; having the same or some of the same characteristics; often used in combination
- equal in amount or value
conj
noun
- (golf) The stroke that equalizes the number of strokes played by the opposing player or side.
- (Internet) An individual vote showing support for, approval of, or enjoyment of, something posted on the Internet.
- (sometimes as the likes of) Someone similar to a given person, or something similar to a given object; a comparative; a type; a sort.
- (chiefly in the plural) Something that a person likes (prefers).
- a similar kind
- a kind of person
particle
- (colloquial) Used to precede an approximate quotation or paraphrase or an expression of something that happened.
- (colloquial) a discourse marker used to highlight or put focus on new information or a new development in a story
- (colloquial, Scotland, Ireland, Geordie, Teesside, Liverpool) A delayed filler.
- (colloquial) Indicating approximation or uncertainty.
prep
verb
- (auxiliary) To habitually do (a given action).
- (now uncommon or literary, transitive) To wish, desire (something).
- (auxiliary) To be able to, to have the capacity to.
- (auxiliary) Expressing a present tense or perfect tense with some conditional or subjective weakening: "will turn out to", "must by inference".
- (transitive, intransitive) To instruct (that something be done) in one's will.
- (auxiliary) Used to express the future tense, sometimes with an implication of volition or determination when used in the first person. Compare shall.
- (auxiliary) To choose or agree to (do something); used to express intention but without any temporal connotations, often in questions and negation.
- (transitive) To bequeath (something) to someone in one's will (legal document).
- (transitive) To exert one's force of will (intention) in order to compel, or attempt to compel, something to happen or someone to do something.
- determine by choice
- decree or ordain
- leave or give by will after one's death
noun
- (law) A formal declaration of one's intent concerning the disposal of one's property and holdings after death; the legal document stating such wishes.
- One's independent faculty of choice; the ability to be able to exercise one's choice or intention.
- One's intention or decision; someone's orders or commands.
- The act of choosing to do something; a person’s conscious intent or volition.
- Firmness of purpose, fixity of intent
- a legal document declaring a person's wishes regarding the disposal of their property when they die
- the capability of conscious choice and decision and intention
- a fixed and persistent intent or purpose
verb
noun
verb
- To slip into a bad habit that one is trying to avoid.
- (intransitive) To fall away gradually; to subside.
- (intransitive) To become void.
- To fall or pass from one proprietor to another, or from the original destination, by the omission, negligence, or failure of somebody, such as a patron or legatee.
- (intransitive) To fall into error or heresy.
- pass into a specified state or condition; sink into
- for time to move forward
- drop to a lower level, as in one's morals or standards
- let slip
- end, at least for a long time
- go back to bad behavior
noun
- (theology) A fall or apostasy.
- A decline or fall in standards.
- A termination of a right etc., through disuse or neglect.
- An interval of time between events.
- (law) A common-law rule that if the person to whom property is willed were to die before the testator, then the gift would be ineffective.
- A pause in continuity.
- (meteorology) A marked decrease in air temperature with increasing altitude because the ground is warmer than the surrounding air.
- A temporary failure; a slip.
- a break or intermission in the occurrence of something
- a mistake resulting from inattention
- a failure to maintain a higher state
verb
- (transitive, idiomatic) To adopt a practice in which others already engage.
- (transitive, idiomatic) To notice, observe, learn, or understand, especially something otherwise overlooked.
- (transitive, idiomatic) To continue or build upon (for example, a task, analysis, or narrative), beginning from a point at which someone has previously stopped.
adj
- Inveterate or habitual.
- habitual
- (informal) Extremely serious.
- (slang) Very bad, awful.
- Of a person, suffering from an affliction that is prolonged or slow to heal.
- (slang) Good, great; "wicked".
- (medicine) Prolonged or slow to heal.
- Of a problem, that continues over an extended period of time.
- persisting for a long time
- being long-lasting and recurrent or characterized by long suffering
noun
- A person who is chronic, such as a criminal reoffender or a person with chronic disease.
- (slang) Marijuana, typically of high quality.
- (medicine) A condition of extended duration, either continuous or marked by frequent recurrence. Sometimes implies a condition which worsens with each recurrence, though that is not inherent in the term.
adj
- Of or relating to a habit; established as a habit; performed over and over again; recurrent, recurring.
- Of a person or thing: engaging in some behaviour as a habit or regularly.
- Regular or usual.
- (grammar) Pertaining to an action performed customarily, ordinarily, or usually.
- commonly used or practiced; usual
noun
adj
- (figuratively) Ingrained, as through repeated use; entrenched; habitual or instinctive.
- Having roots, or a certain type of roots.
- (mathematics, graph theory, of a tree or graph) Having a root.
- (slang) In trouble or in strife, screwed.
- (computing, not comparable) Having a root (superuser) account that has been compromised.
- (Australia, New Zealand, slang) Broken, damaged, non-functional.
- Fixed in one position; immobile; unable to move.
- (figuratively, usually with "in") Having a basic or fundamental connection (to a thing); based, originating (from).
- absolutely still