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noun
- the philosophical study of causation
- The study of causes or causation.
- The establishment of a cause, origin, or reason for something.
- the cause of a disease
- (medicine, uncountable) The study or investigation of the causes of disease; a scientific explanation for the origin of a disease.
- (medicine, countable) A cause of disease or of any particular case of a disease (but see pathology § Usage notes).
prep
- Expressing causation: due to, as the result of.
- While doing an activity involving (something), especially while consuming.
- (informal, for 'over at/in/on') At or near (a location seen as 'across' from the speaker's location).
- Indicating relative status, authority, or power
- Across, from one side to the other.
- Above, implying superiority after a contest; in spite of; notwithstanding.
- To a greater degree than.
- On the other side of.
- From one physical position to another via an obstacle that must be traversed vertically, first upwards and then downwards.
- In a position of having overcome (a problem or issue); past; finished with; from one state to another via a hindrance that must be solved or defeated; or via a third state that represents a significant difference from the first two.
- Through or around all the parts of.
- Across (something) and then downwards.
- (mathematics) Divided by.
- Concerning or regarding.
- Above; higher than; further up than.
- (poker) Separates the three of a kind from the pair in a full house.
- (music, more common in speech) Separates the primary chord of a slash chord from the bass note
- During or throughout (a time period).
- More than (a given value, amount, limit etc.); beyond; past; exceeding.
- On top of; in such a way as to cover.
- (in certain collocations) As compared to.
- Across, so as to pass above.
- Through or via (a particular transmission medium).
adj
- (professional wrestling slang) Of a wrestler: generating a reaction from fans.
- (informal) Visiting one's home or other location.
- (botany) Of a flower: wilting or withering.
- Having surmounted an obstacle.
- Surplus to requirements.
- Finished; ended; concluded.
- (informal, of an ongoing situation) Hopeless; irrecoverable.
- (informal) Having an excess in a particular respect.
- having come or been brought to a conclusion
adv
- Beyond or in excess of what is correct or expected.
- Up one side of something, across, and then down the other side.
- So as to reverse up/down orientation, or otherwise change orientation by rotating.
- From an upright position to a horizontal one.
- On top of something, or so as to cover something.
- (often in compounds) To a high or excessive degree; overly; see also over-.
- Overnight (throughout the night).
- Across from one side of something to the other.
- Expressing figurative movement from one position or state across to another.
- Thoroughly; completely; from beginning to end.
- Indicating a direction or location away from the speaker, usually roughly horizontally or visualised as such.
- So as to pass above.
- (US, usually with do) Again; another time; once more; over again.
- So as to fold towards or onto itself.
- From one position or location to another, horizontally or approximately so, or along a route visualised as "across".
- See also individual entries for phrasal verbs: go over, hand over, run over, take over, win over, etc.
- So as to reverse or exchange position(s).
- Used for rhetorical effect to reinforce that something was done the stated number of times.
- Across something, such as an edge, and then downwards.
- To a future time.
- beyond the top or upper surface or edge; forward from an upright position
- at or to a point across intervening space etc.
- throughout a period of time
- over the entire area
- throughout an area
intj
noun
- (gambling) A bet that a particular sporting statistic, such a points scored in a game, will be above a certain stated value.
- (informal) Something having an excess of a particular property.
- Any surplus amount of money, goods delivered, etc.
- (cricket) A set of six legal balls bowled.
- (cricket) the division of play during which six balls are bowled at the batsman by one player from the other team from the same end of the pitch
prep
- Used to indicate causation; because of, as a result of.
- Indicating exclusion.
- Originating at (a year, time, etc.)
- With reference to the location or position of a speaker or other observer or vantage point.
- Used to indicate a starting point or initial reference.
- Indicating differentiation.
- Indicating removal or separation.
- (MLE) Indicates a starting state of the predicament of the subject. Synonym of since being.
- Indicating a starting point in time.
- Used to indicate source or provenance.
- (mathematics, chiefly British, not in formal use) Denoting a subtraction operation.
- Produced with or out of (a substance or material).
- Indicating a starting point on an array or gamut of conceptual variations.
- Indicating a starting point on a range or scale.
adj
noun
noun
- attributing to outside causes
- embodying in an outward form
- (psychology) In Freudian psychology, an unconscious defense mechanism by which an individual "projects" his or her own internal characteristics onto the outside world or other people.
- The process of making something external, or visible from the outside.
- A physical thing that typifies an abstract thing; an embodiment or personalization.
adj
- Causing effects, producing results; bringing into being; initiating change (rare except in philosophical and legal expression efficient cause = causative factor or agent).
- Expressing the proportion of consumed energy that was successfully used in a process; the ratio of useful output to total input.
- (proscribed, old use) effective, efficacious
- Making good, thorough, or careful use of resources; not consuming extra. Especially, making good use of time or energy.
- being effective without wasting time or effort or expense
- able to accomplish a purpose; functioning effectively
noun
- a causal agent creating and controlling things in the universe
- the natural physical world including plants and animals and landscapes etc.
- the essential qualities or characteristics by which something is recognized
- a particular type of thing
- the complex of emotional and intellectual attributes that determine a person's characteristic actions and reactions
- (now chiefly UK regional and African-American Vernacular) Spontaneous love, affection, or reverence, especially between parent and child.
- The vital functions or strength of someone or something, especially (now dialect) as requiring nourishment or careful maintenance or (medicine) as a force of regeneration without special treatment.
- (uncountable, often capitalized) The way things are, the totality of all things in the physical universe and their order, especially the physical world in contrast to spiritual realms and flora and fauna as distinct from human conventions, art, and technology.
- (now chiefly African-American Vernacular) Sexual desire.
- The essential or innate characteristics of a person or thing which will always tend to manifest, especially in contrast to specific contexts, reason, religious duty, upbringing, and personal pretense or effort.
- The need to urinate and defecate.
- The distinguishing characteristic of a person or thing, understood as its general class, sort, type, etc.
noun
- the attribution to a source or cause
- a statement attributing something dishonest (especially a criminal offense)
- (theology) A setting of something to the account of; the attribution of personal guilt or personal righteousness of another.
- (game theory) A distribution that is efficient and individually rational.
- Opinion; intimation; hint.
- Charge or attribution of evil; censure; reproach; insinuation.
- That which has been imputed or charged.
- The act of imputing or charging; attribution; ascription.
- (genetics) The statistical inference of unobserved genotypes.
- (statistics) The process of replacing missing data with substituted values.
verb
- serve as a reason or cause or justification of
- accept an excuse for
- ask for permission to be released from an engagement
- defend, explain, clear away, or make excuses for by reasoning
- grant exemption or release to
- excuse, overlook, or make allowances for; be lenient with
- (transitive) To forgive; to pardon; to overlook.
- To relieve of an imputation by apology or defense; to make apology for as not seriously evil; to ask pardon or indulgence for.
- (transitive) To provide an excuse for; to justify.
- (transitive) To allow to leave, or release from any obligation.
noun
- a poor example
- a defense of some offensive behavior or some failure to keep a promise etc.
- a note explaining an absence
- (often with preceding negative adjective, especially sorry, poor, or lame) An example of something that is substandard or of inferior quality.
- (countable, uncountable) An explanation designed to avoid or alleviate guilt or negative judgment; a plea offered in extenuation of a fault.
- (law) A defense to a criminal or civil charge wherein the accused party admits to doing acts for which legal consequences would normally be appropriate, but asserts that special circumstances relieve that party of culpability for having done those acts.
verb
- serve as a reason or cause or justification of
- define
- make plain and comprehensible
- (transitive) To give the reason for, justification for, or cause of.
- (intransitive) To make something plain or intelligible.
- (transitive) To make plain, manifest, or intelligible; to clear of obscurity; to illustrate the meaning of.
verb
- cause to happen or be responsible for
- estimate the duration or outcome of something
- convey or reveal information
- give or convey physically
- consent to engage in sexual intercourse with a man
- dedicate
- bring about
- be flexible under stress of physical force
- manifest or show
- offer in good faith
- be the cause or source of
- accord by verdict
- allow to have or take
- emit or utter
- convey, as of a compliment, regards, attention, etc.; bestow
- bestow, especially officially
- proffer (a body part)
- move in order to make room for someone for something
- execute and deliver
- submit for consideration, judgment, or use
- give as a present; make a gift of
- cause to have, in the abstract sense or physical sense
- inflict as a punishment
- deliver in exchange or recompense
- bestow
- give entirely to a specific person, activity, or cause
- endure the loss of
- convey or communicate; of a smile, a look, a physical gesture
- transmit (knowledge or skills)
- present to view
- perform for an audience
- transfer possession of something concrete or abstract to somebody
- break down, literally or metaphorically
- propose
- give (as medicine)
- place into the hands or custody of
- leave with; give temporarily
- organize or be responsible for
- guide or direct, as by behavior of persuasion
- give or supply
- occur
- give food to
- contribute to some cause
- To transfer one's possession or holding of (something) to (someone).
- To attribute; to assign; to adjudge.
- To propose someone for a toast, used in standard formulations for toasts.
- To carry out (a physical interaction) with (something).
- To cause (a disease or condition) in, or to transmit (a disease or condition) to.
- To pass (something) into (someone's hand, etc.).
- (ditransitive) To estimate or predict (a duration or probability) for (something).
- To provide or administer (a medication)
- (transitive) To provide, as, a service or a broadcast.
- To cause (someone) to have; produce in (someone); effectuate.
- To pledge.
- To provide (something) to (someone), to allow or afford.
- To exhibit as a product or result; to produce; to yield.
- To cause (a sensation or feeling) to exist in (the specified person, or the target, audience, etc).
- To make a present or gift of.
- To present someone to an audience.
- To communicate or announce (advice, tidings, etc.); to pronounce or utter (an opinion, a judgment, a shout, etc.).
- (intransitive) To yield or collapse under pressure or force.
- To cause; to make; used with the infinitive.
- (reflexive) To devote or apply (oneself).
- (slang, transitive) To give off (a certain vibe or appearance). (Compare giving.)
- To allow or admit by way of supposition; to concede.
- (intransitive) To lead (onto or into).
noun
verb
- cause to happen or be responsible for
- cease opposition; stop fighting
- be willing to concede
- consent reluctantly
- be flexible under stress of physical force
- be the cause or source of
- bring in
- give over; surrender or relinquish to the physical control of another
- move in order to make room for someone for something
- give in, as to influence or pressure
- give or supply
- end resistance, as under pressure or force
- be fatally overwhelmed
- (rare) To admit to be true; to concede; to allow.
- (transitive or intransitive, especially US) To give way so as to allow another to pass first.
- (engineering, materials science, of a material specimen) To pass the material's yield point and undergo plastic deformation.
- (mathematics) To produce as a result.
- To produce as return from an investment.
- (linguistics) To produce a particular sound as the result of a sound law.
- (computing, intransitive) Of a running process, to give control back to the operating system so that other processes can be allowed to run.
- (intransitive) To give way under force; to succumb to a force.
- To give as a result or outcome; to produce or render.
- (transitive or intransitive) To give as demanded; to relinquish.
noun
- an amount of a product
- the quantity of something (as a commodity) that is created (usually within a given period of time)
- the income or profit arising from such transactions as the sale of land or other property
- production of a certain amount
- A product.
- (law) The current return as a percentage of the price of a stock or bond.
- (engineering, material science) yield strength of a material.
- (finance) Profit earned from an investment; return on investment.
- (forestry, fishery) The harvestable population growth of an ecosystem.
- The explosive energy value of a bomb, especially a nuclear weapon, usually expressed in tons of TNT equivalent.
- (programming) The situation where a thread relinquishes the processor to allow other threads to execute.
- (chemistry) The amount of product obtained in a chemical reaction.
- (hydrology) The volume of water escaping from a spring.
- (agriculture) Measurement of the amount of a crop harvested, or animal products such as wool, meat or milk produced, per unit area of land.
verb
- reason or establish by induction
- produce electric current by electrostatic or magnetic processes
- cause to do; cause to act in a specified manner
- cause to arise
- cause to occur rapidly
- (transitive) To cause, bring about, lead to.
- (physics) To cause or produce (electric current or a magnetic state) by a physical process of induction.
- (transitive, logic) To infer by induction.
- (transitive) To induce the labour of (a pregnant woman).
- (transitive) To lead by persuasion or influence; incite or prevail upon.
verb
- cause to happen, occur or exist
- bring onto the market or release
- bring out for display
- bring forth or yield
- cultivate by growing, often involving improvements by means of agricultural techniques
- come to have or undergo a change of (physical features and attributes)
- create or manufacture a man-made product
- (transitive) To make (a thing) available to a person, an authority, etc.; to provide for inspection.
- (mathematics) To extend an area, or lengthen a line.
- (music) To alter using technology, as opposed to simply performing.
- (transitive) To bring forth, to yield, make, manufacture, or otherwise generate.
- (intransitive) To make or yield something.
- (transitive, media) To sponsor and present (a motion picture, etc) to an audience or to the public.
noun
prep
- Underlying, being the reason for or explanation of.
- (sometimes regarded as nonstandard, US, informal) Following, subsequent to; as a result or consequence of; because of.
- (figuratively) Concealed by (something serving as a facade or disguise).
- (figuratively) In the past, from the viewpoint of.
- At or to the back or far side of.
- After in time.
- Responsible for, being the creator or controller of.
- After in developmental progress, score, grade, etc.; inferior to.
- In support of.
- After in physical progress or distance.
adj
adv
- Backward in time or order of succession; past.
- Behind the scenes in a theatre; backstage.
- So as to be still in place after someone or something has departed or ceased to exist.
- In a rearward direction.
- So as to come after someone or something in position, distance, advancement, ranking, time, etc.
- At or in the rear or back part of something.
- in or into an inferior position
- in debt
- remaining in a place or condition that has been left or departed from
- showing a time that is earlier than the actual time
- in or to or toward the rear
noun
- (baseball, slang, 1800s) The catcher.
- In the Eton College field game, any of a group of players consisting of two "shorts" (who try to kick the ball over the bully) and a "long" (who defends the goal).
- (Australian rules football) A one-point score.
- The rear, back-end.
- (informal) The buttocks, bottom, butt.
- the fleshy part of the human body that you sit on
noun
verb
noun
- A cause, a motive, etc.
- A grove of trees; a forest.
- (countable, slang) An erection of the penis.
- (countable, uncountable) The season of the year in temperate regions in which temperatures and daylight hours rise, and plants spring from the ground and into bloom and dormant animals spring to life.
- (nautical) A line from a vessel's end or side to its anchor cable used to diminish or control its movement.
- (figurative) A race, a lineage.
- A shoot, a young tree.
- (figurative) A youth.
- Elastic energy, power, or force.
- (countable, fashion) Someone with ivory or peach skin tone and eyes and hair that are not extremely dark, seen as best suited to certain colors of clothing.
- (meteorology) The three months of March, April, and May in the Northern Hemisphere and September, October, and November in the Southern Hemisphere.
- (countable) The source from which an action or supply of something springs.
- (astronomy) The period from the moment of vernal equinox (around March 21 in the Northern Hemisphere) to the moment of the summer solstice (around June 21); the equivalent periods reckoned in other cultures and calendars.
- Elasticity: the property of a body springing back to its original form after compression, stretching, etc.
- An elastic mechanical part or device in any shape (e.g., flat, curved, coiled), made of flexible material (usually spring steel) that exerts force and attempts to spring back when bent, compressed, or stretched.
- (uncountable, figurative) The time of something's growth; the early stages of some process.
- (figurative, politics) a period of political liberalization and democratization
- (oceanography) Ellipsis of spring tide, the especially high tide shortly after full and new moons.
- (nautical) A line laid out from a vessel's end to the opposite end of an adjacent vessel or mooring to diminish or control its movement.
- (countable) An act of springing: a leap, a jump.
- (geology) A spray or body of water springing from the ground.
- a metal elastic device that returns to its shape or position when pushed or pulled or pressed
- a point at which water issues forth
- a natural flow of ground water
- the elasticity of something that can be stretched and returns to its original length
- a light, self-propelled movement upwards or forwards
- the season of growth; spring; the beginning of spring
verb
- To come upon and flush out.
- (figurative) To arise, to come into existence.
- (ambitransitive, nautical, usually perfective) To crack.
- (transitive) To cause to spring (all senses).
- (transitive, US, dialectal) Alternative form of strain.
- (sometimes figurative) To enliven.
- (transitive, slang, US) To free from imprisonment, especially by facilitating an illegal escape.
- (intransitive) To move or burst forth.
- (intransitive) To spend the springtime somewhere.
- (UK dialectal) To mature.
- To grow, to sprout.
- (transitive) To leap over.
- (of mechanisms) To cause to work or open by sudden application of pressure.
- (of animals) To find or get enough food during springtime.
- (transitive, nautical) To turn a vessel using a spring attached to its anchor cable.
- (intransitive, slang, rare) To be free of imprisonment, especially by illegal escape.
- (transitive) To pay or spend a certain sum, to yield.
- (ambitransitive) To deform owing to excessive pressure, to become warped; to intentionally deform in order to position and then straighten in place.
- (Australia, slang) To catch in an illegal act or compromising position.
- To appear.
- (intransitive, UK, dialectal, chiefly of cows) To swell with milk or pregnancy.
- (intransitive, now usually with "apart" or "open") To burst into pieces, to explode, to shatter.
- (transitive, US, dialectal) Alternative form of sprain.
- To tell, to share.
- (transitive, rare) To equip with springs, especially (of vehicles) to equip with a suspension.
- (transitive, architecture, of arches) To build, to form the initial curve of.
- (figurative, usually with cardinal adverbs) To move with great speed and energy.
- (intransitive, architecture, of arches, with "from") To extend, to curve.
- (usually with from) To be born, descend, or originate from
- develop into a distinctive entity
- move forward by leaps and bounds
- develop suddenly
- produce or disclose suddenly or unexpectedly
- spring back; spring away from an impact
noun
- (US) Initialism of probable cause.
- Initialism of professional corporation.
- Initialism of privy council.
- Initialism of press conference.
- (computing) Initialism of program counter.
- (law enforcement) Initialism of police constable, a police rank used in Commonwealth countries.
- (organic chemistry) Initialism of polycarbonate.
- Initialism of political correctness.
- Initialism of protective custody.
- Initialism of Probate Court.
- (gambling) Abbreviation of percentage.
- Initialism of personal computer.
- (anatomy) Initialism of posterior commissure.
- Initialism of patrol cutter.
- (organic chemistry) Abbreviation of propylene carbonate.
- (South Korean idol fandom) Initialism of photocard.
- Initialism of patrol, coastal, a coastal patrol boat.
- Initialism of photocopy.
- Initialism of progressive contextualization.
- (gaming) Initialism of player character.
- (film) Initialism of Production Code.
- (Canadian politics, by extension) A member of the Conservative Party of Canada.
- (UK, law enforcement) Initialism of previous conviction.
- Initialism of parsec.
- (anatomy) Initialism of pubococcygeus muscle.
- Initialism of patrol craft.
- Initialism of public convenience.
- Initialism of private chat.
- (bingo) forty-nine (an allusion to a cartoon character, Police Constable 49)
- Initialism of privy councillor and postnominal.
- Initialism of personnel carrier.
- A personal computer, especially one similar to an IBM PC that runs Microsoft Windows (or, originally, DOS), usually as opposed to (say) an Apple Mac.
- (medicine) Initialism of presenting complaint.
- a small digital computer based on a microprocessor and designed to be used by one person at a time
adj
name
- Initialism of Phrozen Crew.
- Initialism of Penn Central.
- (Canada, politics) Initialism of Progressive Canadian Party.
- (US) Initialism of Presbyterian Church.
- (US, navy) Initialism of Coastal Patrol.
- (UK politics) Initialism of Plaid Cymru.
- Initialism of Proto-Celtic.
- (Philippines, law enforcement, historical) Initialism of Philippine Constabulary.
verb
noun
- the philosophical study of causation
- The study of causes or causation.
- The establishment of a cause, origin, or reason for something.
- the cause of a disease
- (medicine, uncountable) The study or investigation of the causes of disease; a scientific explanation for the origin of a disease.
- (medicine, countable) A cause of disease or of any particular case of a disease (but see pathology § Usage notes).
noun
- attributing to outside causes
- embodying in an outward form
- (psychology) In Freudian psychology, an unconscious defense mechanism by which an individual "projects" his or her own internal characteristics onto the outside world or other people.
- The process of making something external, or visible from the outside.
- A physical thing that typifies an abstract thing; an embodiment or personalization.
noun
- a causal agent creating and controlling things in the universe
- the natural physical world including plants and animals and landscapes etc.
- the essential qualities or characteristics by which something is recognized
- a particular type of thing
- the complex of emotional and intellectual attributes that determine a person's characteristic actions and reactions
- (now chiefly UK regional and African-American Vernacular) Spontaneous love, affection, or reverence, especially between parent and child.
- The vital functions or strength of someone or something, especially (now dialect) as requiring nourishment or careful maintenance or (medicine) as a force of regeneration without special treatment.
- (uncountable, often capitalized) The way things are, the totality of all things in the physical universe and their order, especially the physical world in contrast to spiritual realms and flora and fauna as distinct from human conventions, art, and technology.
- (now chiefly African-American Vernacular) Sexual desire.
- The essential or innate characteristics of a person or thing which will always tend to manifest, especially in contrast to specific contexts, reason, religious duty, upbringing, and personal pretense or effort.
- The need to urinate and defecate.
- The distinguishing characteristic of a person or thing, understood as its general class, sort, type, etc.
noun
- the attribution to a source or cause
- a statement attributing something dishonest (especially a criminal offense)
- (theology) A setting of something to the account of; the attribution of personal guilt or personal righteousness of another.
- (game theory) A distribution that is efficient and individually rational.
- Opinion; intimation; hint.
- Charge or attribution of evil; censure; reproach; insinuation.
- That which has been imputed or charged.
- The act of imputing or charging; attribution; ascription.
- (genetics) The statistical inference of unobserved genotypes.
- (statistics) The process of replacing missing data with substituted values.
noun
verb
noun
- A cause, a motive, etc.
- A grove of trees; a forest.
- (countable, slang) An erection of the penis.
- (countable, uncountable) The season of the year in temperate regions in which temperatures and daylight hours rise, and plants spring from the ground and into bloom and dormant animals spring to life.
- (nautical) A line from a vessel's end or side to its anchor cable used to diminish or control its movement.
- (figurative) A race, a lineage.
- A shoot, a young tree.
- (figurative) A youth.
- Elastic energy, power, or force.
- (countable, fashion) Someone with ivory or peach skin tone and eyes and hair that are not extremely dark, seen as best suited to certain colors of clothing.
- (meteorology) The three months of March, April, and May in the Northern Hemisphere and September, October, and November in the Southern Hemisphere.
- (countable) The source from which an action or supply of something springs.
- (astronomy) The period from the moment of vernal equinox (around March 21 in the Northern Hemisphere) to the moment of the summer solstice (around June 21); the equivalent periods reckoned in other cultures and calendars.
- Elasticity: the property of a body springing back to its original form after compression, stretching, etc.
- An elastic mechanical part or device in any shape (e.g., flat, curved, coiled), made of flexible material (usually spring steel) that exerts force and attempts to spring back when bent, compressed, or stretched.
- (uncountable, figurative) The time of something's growth; the early stages of some process.
- (figurative, politics) a period of political liberalization and democratization
- (oceanography) Ellipsis of spring tide, the especially high tide shortly after full and new moons.
- (nautical) A line laid out from a vessel's end to the opposite end of an adjacent vessel or mooring to diminish or control its movement.
- (countable) An act of springing: a leap, a jump.
- (geology) A spray or body of water springing from the ground.
- a metal elastic device that returns to its shape or position when pushed or pulled or pressed
- a point at which water issues forth
- a natural flow of ground water
- the elasticity of something that can be stretched and returns to its original length
- a light, self-propelled movement upwards or forwards
- the season of growth; spring; the beginning of spring
verb
- To come upon and flush out.
- (figurative) To arise, to come into existence.
- (ambitransitive, nautical, usually perfective) To crack.
- (transitive) To cause to spring (all senses).
- (transitive, US, dialectal) Alternative form of strain.
- (sometimes figurative) To enliven.
- (transitive, slang, US) To free from imprisonment, especially by facilitating an illegal escape.
- (intransitive) To move or burst forth.
- (intransitive) To spend the springtime somewhere.
- (UK dialectal) To mature.
- To grow, to sprout.
- (transitive) To leap over.
- (of mechanisms) To cause to work or open by sudden application of pressure.
- (of animals) To find or get enough food during springtime.
- (transitive, nautical) To turn a vessel using a spring attached to its anchor cable.
- (intransitive, slang, rare) To be free of imprisonment, especially by illegal escape.
- (transitive) To pay or spend a certain sum, to yield.
- (ambitransitive) To deform owing to excessive pressure, to become warped; to intentionally deform in order to position and then straighten in place.
- (Australia, slang) To catch in an illegal act or compromising position.
- To appear.
- (intransitive, UK, dialectal, chiefly of cows) To swell with milk or pregnancy.
- (intransitive, now usually with "apart" or "open") To burst into pieces, to explode, to shatter.
- (transitive, US, dialectal) Alternative form of sprain.
- To tell, to share.
- (transitive, rare) To equip with springs, especially (of vehicles) to equip with a suspension.
- (transitive, architecture, of arches) To build, to form the initial curve of.
- (figurative, usually with cardinal adverbs) To move with great speed and energy.
- (intransitive, architecture, of arches, with "from") To extend, to curve.
- (usually with from) To be born, descend, or originate from
- develop into a distinctive entity
- move forward by leaps and bounds
- develop suddenly
- produce or disclose suddenly or unexpectedly
- spring back; spring away from an impact
adj
noun
noun
- (US) Initialism of probable cause.
- Initialism of professional corporation.
- Initialism of privy council.
- Initialism of press conference.
- (computing) Initialism of program counter.
- (law enforcement) Initialism of police constable, a police rank used in Commonwealth countries.
- (organic chemistry) Initialism of polycarbonate.
- Initialism of political correctness.
- Initialism of protective custody.
- Initialism of Probate Court.
- (gambling) Abbreviation of percentage.
- Initialism of personal computer.
- (anatomy) Initialism of posterior commissure.
- Initialism of patrol cutter.
- (organic chemistry) Abbreviation of propylene carbonate.
- (South Korean idol fandom) Initialism of photocard.
- Initialism of patrol, coastal, a coastal patrol boat.
- Initialism of photocopy.
- Initialism of progressive contextualization.
- (gaming) Initialism of player character.
- (film) Initialism of Production Code.
- (Canadian politics, by extension) A member of the Conservative Party of Canada.
- (UK, law enforcement) Initialism of previous conviction.
- Initialism of parsec.
- (anatomy) Initialism of pubococcygeus muscle.
- Initialism of patrol craft.
- Initialism of public convenience.
- Initialism of private chat.
- (bingo) forty-nine (an allusion to a cartoon character, Police Constable 49)
- Initialism of privy councillor and postnominal.
- Initialism of personnel carrier.
- A personal computer, especially one similar to an IBM PC that runs Microsoft Windows (or, originally, DOS), usually as opposed to (say) an Apple Mac.
- (medicine) Initialism of presenting complaint.
- a small digital computer based on a microprocessor and designed to be used by one person at a time
adj
name
- Initialism of Phrozen Crew.
- Initialism of Penn Central.
- (Canada, politics) Initialism of Progressive Canadian Party.
- (US) Initialism of Presbyterian Church.
- (US, navy) Initialism of Coastal Patrol.
- (UK politics) Initialism of Plaid Cymru.
- Initialism of Proto-Celtic.
- (Philippines, law enforcement, historical) Initialism of Philippine Constabulary.
verb
verb
- serve as a reason or cause or justification of
- accept an excuse for
- ask for permission to be released from an engagement
- defend, explain, clear away, or make excuses for by reasoning
- grant exemption or release to
- excuse, overlook, or make allowances for; be lenient with
- (transitive) To forgive; to pardon; to overlook.
- To relieve of an imputation by apology or defense; to make apology for as not seriously evil; to ask pardon or indulgence for.
- (transitive) To provide an excuse for; to justify.
- (transitive) To allow to leave, or release from any obligation.
noun
- a poor example
- a defense of some offensive behavior or some failure to keep a promise etc.
- a note explaining an absence
- (often with preceding negative adjective, especially sorry, poor, or lame) An example of something that is substandard or of inferior quality.
- (countable, uncountable) An explanation designed to avoid or alleviate guilt or negative judgment; a plea offered in extenuation of a fault.
- (law) A defense to a criminal or civil charge wherein the accused party admits to doing acts for which legal consequences would normally be appropriate, but asserts that special circumstances relieve that party of culpability for having done those acts.
verb
- serve as a reason or cause or justification of
- define
- make plain and comprehensible
- (transitive) To give the reason for, justification for, or cause of.
- (intransitive) To make something plain or intelligible.
- (transitive) To make plain, manifest, or intelligible; to clear of obscurity; to illustrate the meaning of.
verb
- cause to happen or be responsible for
- estimate the duration or outcome of something
- convey or reveal information
- give or convey physically
- consent to engage in sexual intercourse with a man
- dedicate
- bring about
- be flexible under stress of physical force
- manifest or show
- offer in good faith
- be the cause or source of
- accord by verdict
- allow to have or take
- emit or utter
- convey, as of a compliment, regards, attention, etc.; bestow
- bestow, especially officially
- proffer (a body part)
- move in order to make room for someone for something
- execute and deliver
- submit for consideration, judgment, or use
- give as a present; make a gift of
- cause to have, in the abstract sense or physical sense
- inflict as a punishment
- deliver in exchange or recompense
- bestow
- give entirely to a specific person, activity, or cause
- endure the loss of
- convey or communicate; of a smile, a look, a physical gesture
- transmit (knowledge or skills)
- present to view
- perform for an audience
- transfer possession of something concrete or abstract to somebody
- break down, literally or metaphorically
- propose
- give (as medicine)
- place into the hands or custody of
- leave with; give temporarily
- organize or be responsible for
- guide or direct, as by behavior of persuasion
- give or supply
- occur
- give food to
- contribute to some cause
- To transfer one's possession or holding of (something) to (someone).
- To attribute; to assign; to adjudge.
- To propose someone for a toast, used in standard formulations for toasts.
- To carry out (a physical interaction) with (something).
- To cause (a disease or condition) in, or to transmit (a disease or condition) to.
- To pass (something) into (someone's hand, etc.).
- (ditransitive) To estimate or predict (a duration or probability) for (something).
- To provide or administer (a medication)
- (transitive) To provide, as, a service or a broadcast.
- To cause (someone) to have; produce in (someone); effectuate.
- To pledge.
- To provide (something) to (someone), to allow or afford.
- To exhibit as a product or result; to produce; to yield.
- To cause (a sensation or feeling) to exist in (the specified person, or the target, audience, etc).
- To make a present or gift of.
- To present someone to an audience.
- To communicate or announce (advice, tidings, etc.); to pronounce or utter (an opinion, a judgment, a shout, etc.).
- (intransitive) To yield or collapse under pressure or force.
- To cause; to make; used with the infinitive.
- (reflexive) To devote or apply (oneself).
- (slang, transitive) To give off (a certain vibe or appearance). (Compare giving.)
- To allow or admit by way of supposition; to concede.
- (intransitive) To lead (onto or into).
noun
verb
- cause to happen or be responsible for
- cease opposition; stop fighting
- be willing to concede
- consent reluctantly
- be flexible under stress of physical force
- be the cause or source of
- bring in
- give over; surrender or relinquish to the physical control of another
- move in order to make room for someone for something
- give in, as to influence or pressure
- give or supply
- end resistance, as under pressure or force
- be fatally overwhelmed
- (rare) To admit to be true; to concede; to allow.
- (transitive or intransitive, especially US) To give way so as to allow another to pass first.
- (engineering, materials science, of a material specimen) To pass the material's yield point and undergo plastic deformation.
- (mathematics) To produce as a result.
- To produce as return from an investment.
- (linguistics) To produce a particular sound as the result of a sound law.
- (computing, intransitive) Of a running process, to give control back to the operating system so that other processes can be allowed to run.
- (intransitive) To give way under force; to succumb to a force.
- To give as a result or outcome; to produce or render.
- (transitive or intransitive) To give as demanded; to relinquish.
noun
- an amount of a product
- the quantity of something (as a commodity) that is created (usually within a given period of time)
- the income or profit arising from such transactions as the sale of land or other property
- production of a certain amount
- A product.
- (law) The current return as a percentage of the price of a stock or bond.
- (engineering, material science) yield strength of a material.
- (finance) Profit earned from an investment; return on investment.
- (forestry, fishery) The harvestable population growth of an ecosystem.
- The explosive energy value of a bomb, especially a nuclear weapon, usually expressed in tons of TNT equivalent.
- (programming) The situation where a thread relinquishes the processor to allow other threads to execute.
- (chemistry) The amount of product obtained in a chemical reaction.
- (hydrology) The volume of water escaping from a spring.
- (agriculture) Measurement of the amount of a crop harvested, or animal products such as wool, meat or milk produced, per unit area of land.
verb
- reason or establish by induction
- produce electric current by electrostatic or magnetic processes
- cause to do; cause to act in a specified manner
- cause to arise
- cause to occur rapidly
- (transitive) To cause, bring about, lead to.
- (physics) To cause or produce (electric current or a magnetic state) by a physical process of induction.
- (transitive, logic) To infer by induction.
- (transitive) To induce the labour of (a pregnant woman).
- (transitive) To lead by persuasion or influence; incite or prevail upon.
verb
- cause to happen, occur or exist
- bring onto the market or release
- bring out for display
- bring forth or yield
- cultivate by growing, often involving improvements by means of agricultural techniques
- come to have or undergo a change of (physical features and attributes)
- create or manufacture a man-made product
- (transitive) To make (a thing) available to a person, an authority, etc.; to provide for inspection.
- (mathematics) To extend an area, or lengthen a line.
- (music) To alter using technology, as opposed to simply performing.
- (transitive) To bring forth, to yield, make, manufacture, or otherwise generate.
- (intransitive) To make or yield something.
- (transitive, media) To sponsor and present (a motion picture, etc) to an audience or to the public.
noun
adj
noun
adj
- Causing effects, producing results; bringing into being; initiating change (rare except in philosophical and legal expression efficient cause = causative factor or agent).
- Expressing the proportion of consumed energy that was successfully used in a process; the ratio of useful output to total input.
- (proscribed, old use) effective, efficacious
- Making good, thorough, or careful use of resources; not consuming extra. Especially, making good use of time or energy.
- being effective without wasting time or effort or expense
- able to accomplish a purpose; functioning effectively