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noun
- an actor able to replace a regular performer when required
- something that can be relied on when needed
- (electronics) Sleep mode.
- A state of readiness without immediate involvement; remaining in preparation for (a sudden or unforeseen event or situation).
- (travel) Waiting at the airport in the hope of getting a seat on a flight that is already booked out.
- Something that is standard, well-tested, or frequently used.
- A replacement kept on standby.
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- (transitive) To play a lesser part in the same production with (a star performer).
- play a subordinate role to (another performer)
- (transitive) To answer questions and resolve problems regarding something sold.
- (transitive) To serve, as in a customer-oriented position; to give support to.
- (transitive) To provide evidence for; to lend credibility to.
- (transitive) To provide sustenance or maintenance for; to sustain in integrity or livelihood.
- (transitive) To back or favor a cause, party, etc., mentally or with concrete aid:
- (transitive) To help keep from falling.
- (transitive) To assist or be involved with, but not be responsible for.
- (transitive) To help, particularly financially; to subsidize.
- (transitive, said of electronic devices, programming languages, etc.) To be designed to provide capacity for; to work or be compatible with (a part, accessory, file type, program, algorithm, etc.).
- be the physical support of; carry the weight of
- be a regular customer or client of
- put up with something or somebody unpleasant
- argue or speak in defense of
- support with evidence or authority or make more certain or confirm
- adopt as a belief
- give moral or psychological support, aid, or courage to
- establish or strengthen as with new evidence or facts
- be behind; approve of
- support materially or financially
noun
- An actor playing a subordinate part with a star.
- (sometimes attributive) Something which supports.
- An accompaniment in music.
- Evidence.
- (fuzzy set theory) A set whose elements are at least partially included in a given fuzzy set (i.e., whose grade of membership in that fuzzy set is strictly greater than zero).
- (mathematics) in relation to a function, the set of points where the function is not zero; the closure of that set.
- (structural analysis) Horizontal, vertical or rotational support of structures: movable, hinged, fixed.
- (computing) Compatibility and functionality for a given product or feature.
- Answers to questions and resolution of problems regarding something sold.
- (commutative algebra, of a module M over a commutative ring R) The set of all prime ideals of R such that the localization of M at the prime is nonzero, denoted operatorname SuppM
- Financial or other help.
- (gymnastics) Clipping of support position.
- financial resources provided to make some project possible
- any device that bears the weight of another thing
- the act of bearing the weight of or strengthening
- supporting structure that holds up or provides a foundation
- a military operation (often involving new supplies of men and materiel) to strengthen a military force or aid in the performance of its mission
- aiding the cause or policy or interests of
- the activity of providing for or maintaining by supplying with money or necessities
- something providing immaterial assistance to a person or cause or interest
- the financial means whereby one lives
- a musical part (vocal or instrumental) that supports or provides background for other musical parts
- documentary validation
noun
- (acting) A person in a play or movie with a minimal part; an extra.
- (idiomatic, by extension) One who serves in a subordinate or menial role.
- (idiomatic) One who plays a leading or substantial role as a supporter, proponent, etc. representing a group, cause, or point of view.
- a minor actor in crowd scenes
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- A pantomime actor.
- A unit of imitation in the theory of symbiosism.
- Any of various papilionid butterflies of the genus Chilasa or Papilio, that mimic other species in appearance.
- A form of acting without words; pantomime.
- A performer of such a farce.
- A person who mimics others in a comical manner.
- A classical theatrical entertainment in the form of farce.
- a performance using gestures and body movements without words
- an actor who communicates entirely by gesture and facial expression
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- cast repeatedly in the same kind of role
- (acting) To cast an actor in the same kind of role repeatedly.
- identify as belonging to a certain type
- To identify one as being of a specific type because of one's appearance, colour, religion etc.
- (printing, historical) To found type in a mold.
- (programming) To cast (change of data type of a variable or object).
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- A character or part played by a performer or actor.
- The function or position of something.
- (historical) An ancient unit of quantity, 72 sheets of parchment.
- (grammar) The function of a word in a phrase.
- (object-oriented programming) In the Raku programming language, a code element akin to an interface, used for composition of classes without adding to their inheritance chain.
- Designation that denotes an associated set of responsibilities, knowledge, skills, or privileges
- The expected behaviour of an individual in a society.
- normal or customary activity of a person in a particular social setting
- the actions and activities assigned to or required or expected of a person or group
- an actor's portrayal of someone in a play
- what something is used for
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- (psychology) A person who is present nearby — or virtually connected to — a person with ADHD in order to increase their attention and focus.
- A film stand-in for an actor, in scenes not involving the face, especially during scenes of nudity, or of dangerous activity.
- A political decoy; a person employed to impersonate a politician, in order to draw attention away from the real person or to take risks on their behalf.
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- appear as a character on stage or appear in a play, etc.
- come into sight or view
- (of a proposition) seem to be true, probable, or apparent
- be issued or published
- present oneself formally, as before a (judicial) authority
- come into being or existence, or appear on the scene
- give a certain impression of being something or having a certain aspect
- (transitive) To bring into view
- (intransitive) To come before the public.
- (intransitive) To become visible to the apprehension of the mind; to be known as a subject of observation or comprehension, or as a thing proved; to be obvious or manifest.
- (intransitive) To stand in presence of some authority, tribunal, or superior person, to answer a charge, plead a cause, etc.; to present oneself as a party or advocate before a court, or as a person to be tried.
- (intransitive, copulative) To seem; to have a certain semblance; to look.
- (intransitive) To come or be in sight; to be in view; to become visible.
noun
- A person who acts a part in a theatrical play or (later) in film or television; a dramatic performer.
- a theatrical performer
- (software engineering) The entity that performs a role (in use case analysis).
- (grammar) The subject performing the action of a verb.
- Someone or something that takes part in some action; a doer, an agent.
- a person who acts and gets things done
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- To be replaced by another person, such as in a shift change.
- To replace another person or take another person's place, such as in a shift change at a workplace.
- (transitive) To affix a label to (potentially dangerous machinery) to indicate why it has been shut down. To avoid accidents, only the person who affixed the label is authorized to remove it and restart the machinery.
- (transitive, sports) To touch a contestant or player in order to do something, such as to remove a runner from play in baseball or to replace a wrestler with a teammate in tag-team wrestling.
noun
- Someone who fills in for another.
- (baseball) A relief pitcher.
- (chiefly medicine) Something which relieves (pain, etc.).
- someone who takes the place of another (as when things get dangerous or difficult)
- a pitcher who does not start the game
- a person who reduces the intensity (e.g., of fears) and calms and pacifies
noun
- someone who takes the place of another person
- That which alternates with something else; vicissitude.
- (US) A replacement of equal or greater value or function.
- (US) A substitute; an alternative; one designated to take the place of another, if necessary, in performing some duty.
- (mathematics) A proportion derived from another proportion by interchanging the means.
verb
- be an understudy or alternate for a role
- exchange people temporarily to fulfill certain jobs and functions
- do something in turns
- go back and forth; swing back and forth between two states or conditions
- reverse (a direction, attitude, or course of action)
- (intransitive) To happen, succeed, or act by turns; to follow reciprocally in place or time; followed by with.
- (transitive) To perform by turns, or in succession; to cause to succeed by turns; to interchange regularly.
- (transitive, geometry) To perform an alternation (removal of alternate vertices) on (a polytope or tessellation); to remove vertices (from a face or edge) as part of an alternation.
- (intransitive) To vary by turns.
adj
- occurring by turns; first one and then the other
- every second one of a series
- of leaves and branches etc.; first on one side and then on the other in two ranks along an axis; not paired
- serving or used in place of another
- (US) Other; alternative.
- Happening by turns; one following the other in succession of time or place; first one and then the other (repeatedly).
- (heraldry) Alternating; (of e.g. a pair of tinctures which a charge is coloured) succeeding in turns, or (relative to the field) counterchanged.
- (mathematics) Designating the members in a series, which regularly intervene between the members of another series, as the odd or even numbers of the numerals; every other; every second.
- (botany, of leaves) Distributed singly at different heights of the stem, and at equal intervals as respects angular divergence
noun
- someone who takes the place of another person
- A person or thing that takes the place of another; a substitute.
- an event in which one thing is substituted for another
- a person or thing that takes or can take the place of another
- filling again by supplying what has been used up
- a person who follows next in order
- the act of furnishing an equivalent person or thing in the place of another
- The removal of an edge of crystal, by one plane or more.
- The act of replacing something.
noun
- someone who takes the place of another person
- a person appointed to represent or act on behalf of others
- (chiefly British) A deputy for a bishop in granting licences for marriage.
- A substitute (usually of a person, position or role).
- (US law) A judicial officer of limited jurisdiction, who administers matters of probate and intestate succession and, in some cases, adoptions.
- (computing) Any of a range of Unicode codepoints which are used in pairs in UTF-16 to represent characters beyond the Basic Multilingual Plane.
- A person or animal that acts as a substitute for the social or pastoral role of another, such as a surrogate parent.
- (economics) An ersatz good.
- (US, politics) A politician or person of influence campaigning for a presidential candidate.
- (databases) Ellipsis of surrogate key.
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- a theatrical performer
- a person who pursues a number of different social and sexual partners simultaneously
- someone who takes part in an activity
- a person who participates in or is skilled at some game
- someone who plays a music as a profession
- (electronics) An electronic device that plays audio or video media.
- (gaming, video games) A gamer; a person of video games or similar.
- (informal) A person who plays the field rather than having a long-term sexual relationship.
- A participant; one involved in something.
- One who participates in a particular type of sexual play.
- (gambling) A gambler.
- (computing) A software application that plays audio or video media, such as a media player.
- One that plays.
- (theater) An actor in a dramatic play.
- One who plays any game or sport.
- (music) One who plays on a musical instrument.
- One who is playful; one without serious aims; an idler; a trifler.
- (historical) A mechanism that actuates a player piano or other automatic musical instrument.
noun
- a theatrical performer
- a person who makes deceitful pretenses
- (psychiatry) One of the ten classifications of necrophilia based on the increasing severity of the disorder as defined by the American forensic psychologist Anil Aggrawal (Class I).
- Alternative form of roleplayer.
- (basketball) A player who is not one of the best players on the team, but still makes a meaningful contribution.
noun
- A character played by an actor.
- (marketing, user experience) An imaginary person representing a particular type of client or customer, considered when designing products and services that will appeal to them.
- A social role.
- (psychology) The mask or appearance one presents to the world.
- an actor's portrayal of someone in a play
- (Jungian psychology) a personal facade that one presents to the world
noun
- The person who takes over a shift for another.
- Release from a post or duty, as when replaced by another.
- The difference of elevations on a surface.
- (countable) A sculpture or other artwork made with such a method.
- The removal of stress or discomfort.
- (military) Military assistance to break a siege or an encirclement.
- A certain fine or composition paid by the heir of a tenant upon the death of the ancestor.
- (heraldry) The supposed projection of a charge from the surface of a field, indicated by shading on the sinister and lower sides.
- The feeling associated with the removal of stress or discomfort.
- (uncountable) A method of sculpture or other artwork in which shapes or figures protrude from a flat background.
- Relative distinctness, perceived difference due to contrast.
- (golf) Permission for a player to move their ball to a more convenient spot before taking a shot, under certain circumstances.
- (law) Court-ordered compensation, aid, or protection, a redress.
- Aid or assistance offered in time of need.
- The apparent difference in elevation in the surface of a painting or drawing made noticeable by a variation in light or color.
- A lowering of a tax through special provisions; tax relief.
- (Australia, New Zealand, colloquial) Ellipsis of relief teacher.
- someone who takes the place of another (as when things get dangerous or difficult)
- aid for the aged or indigent or handicapped
- the act of reducing something unpleasant (as pain or annoyance)
- assistance in time of difficulty
- a pause for relaxation
- the feeling that comes when something burdensome is removed or reduced
- (law) redress awarded by a court
- sculpture consisting of shapes carved on a surface so as to stand out from the surrounding background
- the condition of being comfortable or relieved (especially after being relieved of distress)
- the act of freeing a city or town that has been besieged
- a change for the better
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- someone who supervises the actors and directs the action in the production of a show
- the person who directs the making of a film
- someone who controls resources and expenditures
- the person who leads a musical group
- member of a board of directors
- A member of a board of directors.
- That which directs or orientates something.
- A counselor, confessor, or spiritual guide.
- (electronics) A component of a Yagi–Uda antenna.
- One who directs; the person in charge of managing a department or directorate (e.g., director of engineering), project, or production (as in a show or film, e.g., film director).
- (military) A device that displays graphical information concerning the targets of a weapons system in real time.
- (chemistry) The common axis of symmetry of the molecules of a liquid crystal.
noun
- (theater) An actor temporarily employed for a specific role, often in a touring company.
- (US, business) A type of intermediary in the apparel industry, as well as others, who buys excess merchandise from brand owners and manufacturers, and sells to retailers at prices that are 20-70% below wholesale.
- (printing) A job press or platen press.
- (slang) A thing (often used in a vague way to refer to something the name of which one cannot recall).
- (professional wrestling slang) A performer whose primary role is to lose to established talent.
- (British, finance) A market maker on the stock exchange; a stockjobber.
- An intermediary who buys and sells merchandise.
- someone who buys large quantities of goods and resells to merchants rather than to the ultimate customers
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- act as a substitute
- appoint as a substitute
- (intransitive) To act as a substitute for a person in their role or office
- (transitive) to officially empower and authorize (someone) to act as a substitute in one's role or office
- (transitive) To officially empower, authorize, pronounce, and establish (someone) to be a deputy.
verb
- act as a substitute
- be a substitute
- put in the place of another; switch seemingly equivalent items
- (transitive, in the phrase "substitute X for Y") To use X in place of Y.
- (intransitive) To serve as a replacement (for someone or something).
- (transitive, formerly proscribed, often in the phrase "substitute X with/by Y", sometimes "substitute X for Y") To use Y in place of X; to replace X with Y.
- (transitive) To use in place of something else, with the same function.
- (transitive, sports) To remove (a player) from the field of play and bring on another in his place.
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- someone who takes the place of another (as when things get dangerous or difficult)
- a person or thing that takes or can take the place of another
- an athlete who plays only when a starter on the team is replaced
- (historical) One who enlists for military service in the place of a conscript.
- A replacement or stand-in for something that achieves a similar result or purpose.
- (economics) Abbreviation of substitute good.
- A substitute teacher.
- (sports) A player who is available to replace another if the need arises, and who may or may not actually do so.
adj
- Acting in the indicated role from time to time.
- Intended for use as the occasion requires.
- Occurring or appearing irregularly from time to time, but not often; incidental.
- Created for a specific occasion.
- recurring or reappearing from time to time
- occurring from time to time
- occurring or appearing at usually irregular intervals
- occurring on a temporary or irregular basis
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- Somebody, such as a teacher or clergyman, who temporarily fills the place of another; a substitute.
- (countable) An amount of something supplied.
- (chiefly in the plural) An amount of money provided, as by Parliament or Congress, to meet the annual national expenditures.
- (in the plural) Provisions.
- (economics) The market force that causes sellers to be both willing and able to sell a good or service, as measured by the amount of that good or service that is currently available to be bought at any given price point; the amount itself.
- (uncountable) The act of supplying.
- the activity of supplying or providing something
- offering goods and services for sale
- an amount of something available for use
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verb
- (transitive) To serve instead of; to take the place of.
- (transitive) To fill up, or keep full.
- (intransitive) To act as a substitute.
- (transitive) To provide (something), to make (something) available for use.
- (transitive) To furnish or equip with.
- (transitive) To compensate for, or make up a deficiency of.
- (transitive) To fill temporarily; to serve as substitute for another in, as a vacant place or office; to occupy; to have possession of.
- circulate or distribute or equip with
- give something useful or necessary to
- state or say further
- give what is desired or needed, especially support, food or sustenance
noun
- One who stages a theatrical performance.
- An actor on the stage.
- A horse used in drawing a stagecoach.
- One who has long acted on the stage of life; a practitioner; a person of experience, or of skill derived from long experience.
- an experienced person who has been through many battles; someone who has given long service
- someone who supervises the physical aspects in the production of a show and who is in charge of the stage when the show is being performed
noun
- an unskilled actor who overacts
- a licensed amateur radio operator
- meat cut from the thigh of a hog (usually smoked)
- (uncountable) Meat from the thigh and/or buttock of a hog cured for food.
- (countable) A thigh and/or buttock of a hog slaughtered for meat; (occasionally) the corresponding cut from some other animal.
- (radio) An amateur radio operator.
- The back of the thigh of humans or certain other animals.
- (anatomy) The region back of the knee joint; the popliteal space; the hock.
- (Internet, informal, uncommon) Electronic mail that is wanted; email that is not spam or junk mail.
- (acting) An overacting or amateurish performer; an actor with an especially showy or exaggerated style.
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- The variety of roles that an actor can play in a satisfactory way.
- The distance a vehicle (e.g., a car, bicycle, lorry, or aircraft) can travel without refueling.
- A line or series of mountains, buildings, etc.
- (US, historical) In the public land system, a row or line of townships lying between two succession meridian lines six miles apart.
- An area for practicing shooting at targets.
- (mathematics) The set of values (points) which a function can obtain.
- The maximum distance or reach of capability (of a weapon, radio, detector, etc.).
- (programming) A sequential list of values specified by an iterator.
- (sports, baseball) The defensive area that a player can cover.
- An area for military training or equipment testing.
- (statistics) The length of the smallest interval which contains all the data in a sample; the difference between the largest and smallest observations in the sample.
- An aggregate of individuals in one rank or degree; an order; a class.
- (ecology) The geographical area or zone where a species is normally naturally found.
- The distance from a person or sensor to an object, target, emanation, or event.
- (music) The scale of all the tones a voice or an instrument can produce.
- A fireplace; a fire or other cooking apparatus; now specifically, a large cooking stove with many burners (hotplates).
- The extent or space taken in by anything excursive; compass or extent of excursion; reach; scope.
- Selection, array.
- An area of open, often unfenced, grazing land.
- A wandering or roving; a going to and fro; an excursion; a ramble; an expedition.
- the limit of capability
- a variety of different things or activities
- (mathematics) the set of values of the dependent variable for which a function is defined
- the limits within which something can be effective
- a large tract of grassy open land on which livestock can graze
- a kitchen appliance used for cooking food
- a place for shooting (firing or driving) projectiles of various kinds
- a series of hills or mountains
- an area in which something acts or operates or has power or control:
verb
- (transitive) To set in a row, or in rows; to place in a regular line or lines, or in ranks; to dispose in the proper order.
- (transitive) To place among others in a line, row, or order, as in the ranks of an army; usually, reflexively and figuratively, to espouse a cause, to join a party, etc.
- (transitive) To rove over or through.
- (biology) To be native to, or live in, a certain district or region.
- (military, of artillery) To determine the range to a target.
- (intransitive) To be placed in order; to be ranked; to admit of arrangement or classification; to rank.
- (intransitive) To form a line or a row.
- (transitive) To bring (something) into a specified position or relationship (especially, of opposition) with something else.
- (intransitive) To travel over (an area, etc); to roam, wander.
- (baseball) Of a player, to travel a significant distance for a defensive play.
- (intransitive) Of a variable, to be able to take any of the values in a specified range.
- (transitive) To classify.
- To sail or pass in a direction parallel to or near.
- range or extend over; occupy a certain area
- feed as in a meadow or pasture
- lay out orderly or logically in a line or as if in a line
- let eat
- change or be different within limits
- move about aimlessly or without any destination, often in search of food or employment
- assign a rank or rating to
- have a range; be capable of projecting over a certain distance, as of a gun
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adj
- (of a job or position) Involving important duties; involving a degree of personal accountability on the part of the person concerned.
- Capable of rational conduct and thus morally accountable for one's behavior.
- (postpositive, followed by "for") Being a primary cause of a situation or action and thus able to be blamed or credited for it.
- Having good judgment in decision-making.
- (followed by "to") Answerable to (a superior).
- Able to be trusted; reliable; trustworthy.
- (postpositive, followed by "for") Having the duty of taking care of something; answerable for an act performed or for its consequences; accountable; amenable, especially legally or politically.
- having an acceptable credit rating
- being the agent or cause
- worthy of or requiring responsibility or trust; or held accountable
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noun
- (theater, film, television) A wardrobe assistant (who helps actors put on their costume).
- a wardrobe assistant for an actor
- (US) An item of bedroom furniture, like a low chest of drawers (bureau), often with a mirror.
- (UK) An item of kitchen furniture, like a cabinet with shelves, for storing crockery or utensils.
- (mining) A kind of pick for shaping large coal.
- A servant to royalty etc. who helps them with tasks such as dressing.
- One who dresses or prepares stone.
- (UK) A football hooligan who wears designer clothing; a casual.
- (medicine) A surgeon's assistant who helps to dress wounds etc.
- A mechanical device used in ore mills for dressing (e.g., comminution, sorting, sifting).
- A mechanical device used in grain mills for bolting.
- One who dresses in a particular way.
- furniture with drawers for keeping clothes
- a cabinet with shelves
- a person who dresses in a particular way
- low table with mirror or mirrors where one sits while dressing or applying makeup
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noun
noun
- A main character or lead actor.
- an actor who plays a principal role
- (architecture, engineering) The construction that gives shape and strength to a roof, generally a truss of timber or iron; or, loosely, the most important member of a piece of framing.
- (Canada, US) A partner or owner of a business.
- One of the turrets or pinnacles of waxwork and tapers with which the posts and centre of a funeral hearse were formerly crowned
- (UK, Canada) The chief executive and chief academic officer of a university or college.
- (computing) A security principal.
- A dancer at the highest rank within a professional dance company, particularly a ballet company.
- Either party in a duel.
- (finance, uncountable) The money originally invested or loaned, on which basis interest and returns are calculated.
- (Canada, US, Australia, New Zealand, Philippines) The chief administrator of a school.
- The first two long feathers of a hawk's wing.
- (music) A type of stop on a pipe organ consisting of flue pipes with a bright tonal quality. They are also sometimes referred to as a diapason.
- (law) The primary participant in a crime.
- (law) A legal person that authorizes another (the agent) to act on their behalf; or on whose behalf an agent or gestor in a negotiorum gestio acts.
- the major party to a financial transaction at a stock exchange; buys and sells for their own account
- the educator who has executive authority for a school
- the original amount of a debt on which interest is calculated
- capital as contrasted with the income derived from it
- (criminal law) any person involved in a criminal offense, regardless of whether the person profits from such involvement
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- (acting) An actor in a leading role.
- an actor who plays a principal role
- (astronomy) A very massive ball of plasma with strong enough gravity to have ongoing fusion of hydrogen or heavier elements in its core. In strict technical usage, the Sun is included.
- A composition of combustible matter used in the heading of rockets, in mines, etc., which, exploding in the air, presents a starlike appearance.
- Any small, natural and bright dot in the sky, most visible in the night or twilight sky. This sense includes the planets, but it is now sometimes used in exclusion of them due to influence from the technical astronomical sense.
- (networking, figurative in origin) A network topology with multiple computers individually merging to one central switch, thus free of risk of collisions. A single point of failure can occur if the switch experiences corruption.
- (Jamaica, MLE, African-American Vernacular, by extension) A friend, a mate, a pal.
- A symbol used to rate hotels, films, etc. with a higher number of stars denoting better quality.
- An exceptionally talented or famous person, often in a specific field; a celebrity.
- (figurative) (Someone's) success or fame.
- A simple dance, or part of a dance, where a group of four dancers each put their right or left hand in the middle and turn around in a circle. You call them right-hand stars or left-hand stars, depending on the hand which is in the middle.
- (astrology, typically in the plural) A planet thought to influence one's fate; (figuratively) fate or luck.
- (printing) An asterisk (*) or comparable symbol (e.g., ★, ☆, ✶, ✦, ✧, ✷, ✪, ⭐) inspired by a celestial star.
- A star-shaped ornament worn on the breast to indicate rank or honour in a military. Now often used metonymically for military rankings.
- any celestial body visible (as a point of light) from the Earth at night
- a star-shaped character * used in printing
- someone who is dazzlingly skilled in any field
- a plane figure with 5 or more points; often used as an emblem
- the topology of a network whose components are connected to a hub
- a performer who receives prominent billing
- (astronomy) a celestial body of hot gases that radiates energy derived from thermonuclear reactions in the interior
verb
- (transitive) To set or adorn with stars, or bright, radiating bodies; to bespangle.
- (intransitive) To appear as a featured performer or headliner, especially in an entertainment program.
- (intransitive) To shine like a star.
- (transitive) To feature (a performer or a headliner), especially in a movie or an entertainment program.
- (transitive) To mark with a star or asterisk.
- mark with an asterisk
- feature as the star
- be the star in a performance
adj
noun
- Someone or something that casts.
- A wheeled assembly attached to a larger object at its base to facilitate rolling. A caster usually consists of a wheel (which may be plastic, a hard elastomer, or metal), an axle, a mounting provision (usually a stem, flange, or plate), and sometimes a swivel (which allows the caster to rotate for steering).
- (automotive) The angle of the axis around which a car's front wheels rotate when the steering wheel is turned, with a vertical axis being defined as zero caster.
- A shaker with a perforated top for sprinkling condiments such as sugar, salt, pepper, etc.
- A stand to hold a set of shakers or cruets.
- a shaker with a perforated top for sprinkling powdered sugar
- a worker who casts molten metal into finished products
- a pivoting roller attached to the bottom of furniture or trucks or portable machines to make them movable
verb
noun
- an actor who plays a principal role
- an advantage held by a competitor in a race
- the angle between the direction a gun is aimed and the position of a moving target (correcting for the flight time of the missile)
- evidence pointing to a possible solution
- the introductory section of a story
- (baseball) the position taken by a base runner preparing to advance to the next base
- an indication of potential opportunity
- a jumper that consists of a short piece of wire
- the playing of a card to start a trick in bridge
- a position of being the initiator of something and an example that others will follow (especially in the phrase ‘take the lead’)
- restraint consisting of a rope (or light chain) used to restrain an animal
- a news story of major importance
- (sports) the score by which a team or individual is winning
- the timing of ignition relative to the position of the piston in an internal-combustion engine
- thin strip of metal used to separate lines of type in printing
- a soft heavy toxic malleable metallic element; bluish white when freshly cut but tarnishes readily to dull grey
- mixture of graphite with clay in different degrees of hardness; the marking substance in a pencil
- (countable, nautical) A plummet or mass of lead attached to a line, used in sounding depth at sea or to estimate velocity in knots.
- A thin strip of type metal, used to separate lines of type in printing.
- (medicine, in the plural) X-ray protective clothing lined with lead.
- (countable) A thin cylinder of graphite used in pencils.
- (UK, countable) An insulated metallic wire for electrical devices and equipment.
- Sheets or plates of lead used as a covering for roofs.
- (horology) The action of a tooth, such as a tooth of a wheel, in impelling another tooth or a pallet.
- Information obtained by a news reporter about an issue or subject that allows him or her to discover more details.
- (electricity) The advance of the current phase in an alternating circuit beyond that of the electromotive force producing it.
- (acting) The actor who plays the main role; lead actor.
- (countable, mining) A lode.
- Information obtained by a detective or police officer that allows him or her to discover further details about a crime or incident.
- A rope, leather strap, or similar device with which to lead an animal; a leash
- (nautical) The course of a rope from end to end.
- (US, journalism) The introductory paragraph or paragraphs of a newspaper, or a news or other type of article. (Sometimes spelled as lede for this usage to avoid ambiguity.)
- (marketing) Potential opportunity for a sale or transaction, a potential customer.
- (business) The person in charge of a project or a work shift etc.
- (curling) The player who throws the first two rocks for a team.
- (music) The announcement by one voice part of a theme to be repeated by the other parts.
- (uncountable, typography) Vertical space in advance of a row or between rows of text. Also known as leading.
- (slang) Bullets; ammunition.
- (countable) A roof covered with lead sheets or terne plates.
- (countable) A channel of open water in an ice field.
- Hypothesis that has not been pursued
- (music) A mark or a short passage in one voice part, as of a canon, serving as a cue for the entrance of others.
- An important news story that appears on the front page of a newspaper or at the beginning of a news broadcast
- (music) A primary synth, often composed of square, sawtooth, triangle or sine waveforms.
- (baseball) The situation where a runner steps away from a base while waiting for the pitch to be thrown.
- (uncountable) A heavy, pliable, inelastic metal element, having a bright, bluish color, but easily tarnished; both malleable and ductile, though with little tenacity. It is easily fusible, forms alloys with other metals, and is an ingredient of solder and type metal. Atomic number 82, symbol Pb (from Latin plumbum).
- (music) In a barbershop quartet, the person who sings the melody, usually the second tenor.
- (countable) The act of leading or conducting; guidance; direction, course
- (acting, theater) The main role in a play or film; the lead role.
- (uncountable, card games, dominoes) The act or right of playing first in a game or round; the card suit, or piece, so played
- (engineering) The axial distance a screw thread travels in one revolution. It is equal to the pitch times the number of starts.
- In a steam engine, the width of port opening which is uncovered by the valve, for the admission or release of steam, at the instant when the piston is at end of its stroke.
- (electricity) The angle between the line joining the brushes of a continuous-current dynamo and the diameter symmetrical between the poles.
- (countable) Precedence; advance position; also, the measure of precedence; the state of being ahead in a race; the highest score in an incomplete game.
- (engineering) The excess above a right angle in the angle between two consecutive cranks, as of a compound engine, on the same shaft.
- (civil engineering) The distance of haul, as from a cutting to an embankment.
verb
- lead, extend, or afford access
- travel in front of; go in advance of others
- cause to undertake a certain action
- take somebody somewhere
- tend to or result in
- cause something to pass or lead somewhere
- lead, as in the performance of a composition
- produce as a result or residue
- preside over
- be ahead of others; be the first
- be in charge of
- be conducive to
- stretch out over a distance, space, time, or scope; run or extend between two points or beyond a certain point
- move ahead (of others) in time or space
- (intransitive) To be a cause of. [with to]
- (intransitive) To guide or conduct, as by accompanying, going before, showing, influencing, directing with authority, etc.; to have precedence or preeminence; to be first or chief; — used in most of the senses of the transitive verb.
- (transitive, climbing) To lead climb.
- (figuratively): To direct; to counsel; to instruct.
- To guide or conduct in a certain course, or to a certain place or end, by making the way known; to show the way, especially by going with or going in advance of; to guide somebody somewhere or to bring somebody somewhere by means of instructions.
- To guide or conduct with the hand, or by means of some physical contact connection.
- (transitive, card games, dominoes) To begin a game, round, or trick, with
- Misspelling of led.
- (baseball) To step off base and move towards the next base.
- Used in phrasal verbs: lead off, lead on, lead out, lead to (“be the cause of, bring about”), lead up, lead up to.
- (intransitive) To have the highest interim score in a game.
- (intransitive) To tend or reach in a certain spatial direction, or to a certain place.
- (transitive) To go or to be in advance of; to precede; hence, to be foremost or chief among.
- To draw or direct by influence, whether good or bad; to prevail on; to induce; to entice; to allure.
- (shooting) To aim in front of a moving target, in order that the shot may hit the target as it passes.
- (intransitive) To be more advanced in technology or business than others.
- (intransitive) To be ahead of others, e.g., in a race.
- (intransitive) To proceed in front of others; to go first.
- (transitive, usually with "life") To live or experience (a particular way of life).
- To influence towards a belief, a conclusion, etc.
- (transitive, printing, historical) To place leads between the lines of.
- (transitive) To cover, fill, or affect with lead.
- To conduct or direct with authority; to have direction or charge of; to command, especially a military or business unit.
adj
noun
- an actor able to replace a regular performer when required
- something that can be relied on when needed
- (electronics) Sleep mode.
- A state of readiness without immediate involvement; remaining in preparation for (a sudden or unforeseen event or situation).
- (travel) Waiting at the airport in the hope of getting a seat on a flight that is already booked out.
- Something that is standard, well-tested, or frequently used.
- A replacement kept on standby.
adj
verb
noun
verb
noun
- (acting) A person in a play or movie with a minimal part; an extra.
- (idiomatic, by extension) One who serves in a subordinate or menial role.
- (idiomatic) One who plays a leading or substantial role as a supporter, proponent, etc. representing a group, cause, or point of view.
- a minor actor in crowd scenes
verb
- (transitive) To play a lesser part in the same production with (a star performer).
- play a subordinate role to (another performer)
- (transitive) To answer questions and resolve problems regarding something sold.
- (transitive) To serve, as in a customer-oriented position; to give support to.
- (transitive) To provide evidence for; to lend credibility to.
- (transitive) To provide sustenance or maintenance for; to sustain in integrity or livelihood.
- (transitive) To back or favor a cause, party, etc., mentally or with concrete aid:
- (transitive) To help keep from falling.
- (transitive) To assist or be involved with, but not be responsible for.
- (transitive) To help, particularly financially; to subsidize.
- (transitive, said of electronic devices, programming languages, etc.) To be designed to provide capacity for; to work or be compatible with (a part, accessory, file type, program, algorithm, etc.).
- be the physical support of; carry the weight of
- be a regular customer or client of
- put up with something or somebody unpleasant
- argue or speak in defense of
- support with evidence or authority or make more certain or confirm
- adopt as a belief
- give moral or psychological support, aid, or courage to
- establish or strengthen as with new evidence or facts
- be behind; approve of
- support materially or financially
noun
- An actor playing a subordinate part with a star.
- (sometimes attributive) Something which supports.
- An accompaniment in music.
- Evidence.
- (fuzzy set theory) A set whose elements are at least partially included in a given fuzzy set (i.e., whose grade of membership in that fuzzy set is strictly greater than zero).
- (mathematics) in relation to a function, the set of points where the function is not zero; the closure of that set.
- (structural analysis) Horizontal, vertical or rotational support of structures: movable, hinged, fixed.
- (computing) Compatibility and functionality for a given product or feature.
- Answers to questions and resolution of problems regarding something sold.
- (commutative algebra, of a module M over a commutative ring R) The set of all prime ideals of R such that the localization of M at the prime is nonzero, denoted operatorname SuppM
- Financial or other help.
- (gymnastics) Clipping of support position.
- financial resources provided to make some project possible
- any device that bears the weight of another thing
- the act of bearing the weight of or strengthening
- supporting structure that holds up or provides a foundation
- a military operation (often involving new supplies of men and materiel) to strengthen a military force or aid in the performance of its mission
- aiding the cause or policy or interests of
- the activity of providing for or maintaining by supplying with money or necessities
- something providing immaterial assistance to a person or cause or interest
- the financial means whereby one lives
- a musical part (vocal or instrumental) that supports or provides background for other musical parts
- documentary validation
noun
- A pantomime actor.
- A unit of imitation in the theory of symbiosism.
- Any of various papilionid butterflies of the genus Chilasa or Papilio, that mimic other species in appearance.
- A form of acting without words; pantomime.
- A performer of such a farce.
- A person who mimics others in a comical manner.
- A classical theatrical entertainment in the form of farce.
- a performance using gestures and body movements without words
- an actor who communicates entirely by gesture and facial expression
verb
noun
- A character or part played by a performer or actor.
- The function or position of something.
- (historical) An ancient unit of quantity, 72 sheets of parchment.
- (grammar) The function of a word in a phrase.
- (object-oriented programming) In the Raku programming language, a code element akin to an interface, used for composition of classes without adding to their inheritance chain.
- Designation that denotes an associated set of responsibilities, knowledge, skills, or privileges
- The expected behaviour of an individual in a society.
- normal or customary activity of a person in a particular social setting
- the actions and activities assigned to or required or expected of a person or group
- an actor's portrayal of someone in a play
- what something is used for
noun
- A person who acts a part in a theatrical play or (later) in film or television; a dramatic performer.
- a theatrical performer
- (software engineering) The entity that performs a role (in use case analysis).
- (grammar) The subject performing the action of a verb.
- Someone or something that takes part in some action; a doer, an agent.
- a person who acts and gets things done
noun
- Someone who fills in for another.
- (baseball) A relief pitcher.
- (chiefly medicine) Something which relieves (pain, etc.).
- someone who takes the place of another (as when things get dangerous or difficult)
- a pitcher who does not start the game
- a person who reduces the intensity (e.g., of fears) and calms and pacifies
noun
- someone who takes the place of another person
- That which alternates with something else; vicissitude.
- (US) A replacement of equal or greater value or function.
- (US) A substitute; an alternative; one designated to take the place of another, if necessary, in performing some duty.
- (mathematics) A proportion derived from another proportion by interchanging the means.
verb
- be an understudy or alternate for a role
- exchange people temporarily to fulfill certain jobs and functions
- do something in turns
- go back and forth; swing back and forth between two states or conditions
- reverse (a direction, attitude, or course of action)
- (intransitive) To happen, succeed, or act by turns; to follow reciprocally in place or time; followed by with.
- (transitive) To perform by turns, or in succession; to cause to succeed by turns; to interchange regularly.
- (transitive, geometry) To perform an alternation (removal of alternate vertices) on (a polytope or tessellation); to remove vertices (from a face or edge) as part of an alternation.
- (intransitive) To vary by turns.
adj
- occurring by turns; first one and then the other
- every second one of a series
- of leaves and branches etc.; first on one side and then on the other in two ranks along an axis; not paired
- serving or used in place of another
- (US) Other; alternative.
- Happening by turns; one following the other in succession of time or place; first one and then the other (repeatedly).
- (heraldry) Alternating; (of e.g. a pair of tinctures which a charge is coloured) succeeding in turns, or (relative to the field) counterchanged.
- (mathematics) Designating the members in a series, which regularly intervene between the members of another series, as the odd or even numbers of the numerals; every other; every second.
- (botany, of leaves) Distributed singly at different heights of the stem, and at equal intervals as respects angular divergence
noun
- someone who takes the place of another person
- A person or thing that takes the place of another; a substitute.
- an event in which one thing is substituted for another
- a person or thing that takes or can take the place of another
- filling again by supplying what has been used up
- a person who follows next in order
- the act of furnishing an equivalent person or thing in the place of another
- The removal of an edge of crystal, by one plane or more.
- The act of replacing something.
noun
- someone who takes the place of another person
- a person appointed to represent or act on behalf of others
- (chiefly British) A deputy for a bishop in granting licences for marriage.
- A substitute (usually of a person, position or role).
- (US law) A judicial officer of limited jurisdiction, who administers matters of probate and intestate succession and, in some cases, adoptions.
- (computing) Any of a range of Unicode codepoints which are used in pairs in UTF-16 to represent characters beyond the Basic Multilingual Plane.
- A person or animal that acts as a substitute for the social or pastoral role of another, such as a surrogate parent.
- (economics) An ersatz good.
- (US, politics) A politician or person of influence campaigning for a presidential candidate.
- (databases) Ellipsis of surrogate key.
adj
verb
noun
- a theatrical performer
- a person who pursues a number of different social and sexual partners simultaneously
- someone who takes part in an activity
- a person who participates in or is skilled at some game
- someone who plays a music as a profession
- (electronics) An electronic device that plays audio or video media.
- (gaming, video games) A gamer; a person of video games or similar.
- (informal) A person who plays the field rather than having a long-term sexual relationship.
- A participant; one involved in something.
- One who participates in a particular type of sexual play.
- (gambling) A gambler.
- (computing) A software application that plays audio or video media, such as a media player.
- One that plays.
- (theater) An actor in a dramatic play.
- One who plays any game or sport.
- (music) One who plays on a musical instrument.
- One who is playful; one without serious aims; an idler; a trifler.
- (historical) A mechanism that actuates a player piano or other automatic musical instrument.
noun
- a theatrical performer
- a person who makes deceitful pretenses
- (psychiatry) One of the ten classifications of necrophilia based on the increasing severity of the disorder as defined by the American forensic psychologist Anil Aggrawal (Class I).
- Alternative form of roleplayer.
- (basketball) A player who is not one of the best players on the team, but still makes a meaningful contribution.
noun
- A character played by an actor.
- (marketing, user experience) An imaginary person representing a particular type of client or customer, considered when designing products and services that will appeal to them.
- A social role.
- (psychology) The mask or appearance one presents to the world.
- an actor's portrayal of someone in a play
- (Jungian psychology) a personal facade that one presents to the world
noun
- The person who takes over a shift for another.
- Release from a post or duty, as when replaced by another.
- The difference of elevations on a surface.
- (countable) A sculpture or other artwork made with such a method.
- The removal of stress or discomfort.
- (military) Military assistance to break a siege or an encirclement.
- A certain fine or composition paid by the heir of a tenant upon the death of the ancestor.
- (heraldry) The supposed projection of a charge from the surface of a field, indicated by shading on the sinister and lower sides.
- The feeling associated with the removal of stress or discomfort.
- (uncountable) A method of sculpture or other artwork in which shapes or figures protrude from a flat background.
- Relative distinctness, perceived difference due to contrast.
- (golf) Permission for a player to move their ball to a more convenient spot before taking a shot, under certain circumstances.
- (law) Court-ordered compensation, aid, or protection, a redress.
- Aid or assistance offered in time of need.
- The apparent difference in elevation in the surface of a painting or drawing made noticeable by a variation in light or color.
- A lowering of a tax through special provisions; tax relief.
- (Australia, New Zealand, colloquial) Ellipsis of relief teacher.
- someone who takes the place of another (as when things get dangerous or difficult)
- aid for the aged or indigent or handicapped
- the act of reducing something unpleasant (as pain or annoyance)
- assistance in time of difficulty
- a pause for relaxation
- the feeling that comes when something burdensome is removed or reduced
- (law) redress awarded by a court
- sculpture consisting of shapes carved on a surface so as to stand out from the surrounding background
- the condition of being comfortable or relieved (especially after being relieved of distress)
- the act of freeing a city or town that has been besieged
- a change for the better
adj
noun
- someone who supervises the actors and directs the action in the production of a show
- the person who directs the making of a film
- someone who controls resources and expenditures
- the person who leads a musical group
- member of a board of directors
- A member of a board of directors.
- That which directs or orientates something.
- A counselor, confessor, or spiritual guide.
- (electronics) A component of a Yagi–Uda antenna.
- One who directs; the person in charge of managing a department or directorate (e.g., director of engineering), project, or production (as in a show or film, e.g., film director).
- (military) A device that displays graphical information concerning the targets of a weapons system in real time.
- (chemistry) The common axis of symmetry of the molecules of a liquid crystal.
noun
- (theater) An actor temporarily employed for a specific role, often in a touring company.
- (US, business) A type of intermediary in the apparel industry, as well as others, who buys excess merchandise from brand owners and manufacturers, and sells to retailers at prices that are 20-70% below wholesale.
- (printing) A job press or platen press.
- (slang) A thing (often used in a vague way to refer to something the name of which one cannot recall).
- (professional wrestling slang) A performer whose primary role is to lose to established talent.
- (British, finance) A market maker on the stock exchange; a stockjobber.
- An intermediary who buys and sells merchandise.
- someone who buys large quantities of goods and resells to merchants rather than to the ultimate customers
noun
- Somebody, such as a teacher or clergyman, who temporarily fills the place of another; a substitute.
- (countable) An amount of something supplied.
- (chiefly in the plural) An amount of money provided, as by Parliament or Congress, to meet the annual national expenditures.
- (in the plural) Provisions.
- (economics) The market force that causes sellers to be both willing and able to sell a good or service, as measured by the amount of that good or service that is currently available to be bought at any given price point; the amount itself.
- (uncountable) The act of supplying.
- the activity of supplying or providing something
- offering goods and services for sale
- an amount of something available for use
adv
verb
- (transitive) To serve instead of; to take the place of.
- (transitive) To fill up, or keep full.
- (intransitive) To act as a substitute.
- (transitive) To provide (something), to make (something) available for use.
- (transitive) To furnish or equip with.
- (transitive) To compensate for, or make up a deficiency of.
- (transitive) To fill temporarily; to serve as substitute for another in, as a vacant place or office; to occupy; to have possession of.
- circulate or distribute or equip with
- give something useful or necessary to
- state or say further
- give what is desired or needed, especially support, food or sustenance
noun
- One who stages a theatrical performance.
- An actor on the stage.
- A horse used in drawing a stagecoach.
- One who has long acted on the stage of life; a practitioner; a person of experience, or of skill derived from long experience.
- an experienced person who has been through many battles; someone who has given long service
- someone who supervises the physical aspects in the production of a show and who is in charge of the stage when the show is being performed
noun
- an unskilled actor who overacts
- a licensed amateur radio operator
- meat cut from the thigh of a hog (usually smoked)
- (uncountable) Meat from the thigh and/or buttock of a hog cured for food.
- (countable) A thigh and/or buttock of a hog slaughtered for meat; (occasionally) the corresponding cut from some other animal.
- (radio) An amateur radio operator.
- The back of the thigh of humans or certain other animals.
- (anatomy) The region back of the knee joint; the popliteal space; the hock.
- (Internet, informal, uncommon) Electronic mail that is wanted; email that is not spam or junk mail.
- (acting) An overacting or amateurish performer; an actor with an especially showy or exaggerated style.
verb
noun
- The variety of roles that an actor can play in a satisfactory way.
- The distance a vehicle (e.g., a car, bicycle, lorry, or aircraft) can travel without refueling.
- A line or series of mountains, buildings, etc.
- (US, historical) In the public land system, a row or line of townships lying between two succession meridian lines six miles apart.
- An area for practicing shooting at targets.
- (mathematics) The set of values (points) which a function can obtain.
- The maximum distance or reach of capability (of a weapon, radio, detector, etc.).
- (programming) A sequential list of values specified by an iterator.
- (sports, baseball) The defensive area that a player can cover.
- An area for military training or equipment testing.
- (statistics) The length of the smallest interval which contains all the data in a sample; the difference between the largest and smallest observations in the sample.
- An aggregate of individuals in one rank or degree; an order; a class.
- (ecology) The geographical area or zone where a species is normally naturally found.
- The distance from a person or sensor to an object, target, emanation, or event.
- (music) The scale of all the tones a voice or an instrument can produce.
- A fireplace; a fire or other cooking apparatus; now specifically, a large cooking stove with many burners (hotplates).
- The extent or space taken in by anything excursive; compass or extent of excursion; reach; scope.
- Selection, array.
- An area of open, often unfenced, grazing land.
- A wandering or roving; a going to and fro; an excursion; a ramble; an expedition.
- the limit of capability
- a variety of different things or activities
- (mathematics) the set of values of the dependent variable for which a function is defined
- the limits within which something can be effective
- a large tract of grassy open land on which livestock can graze
- a kitchen appliance used for cooking food
- a place for shooting (firing or driving) projectiles of various kinds
- a series of hills or mountains
- an area in which something acts or operates or has power or control:
verb
- (transitive) To set in a row, or in rows; to place in a regular line or lines, or in ranks; to dispose in the proper order.
- (transitive) To place among others in a line, row, or order, as in the ranks of an army; usually, reflexively and figuratively, to espouse a cause, to join a party, etc.
- (transitive) To rove over or through.
- (biology) To be native to, or live in, a certain district or region.
- (military, of artillery) To determine the range to a target.
- (intransitive) To be placed in order; to be ranked; to admit of arrangement or classification; to rank.
- (intransitive) To form a line or a row.
- (transitive) To bring (something) into a specified position or relationship (especially, of opposition) with something else.
- (intransitive) To travel over (an area, etc); to roam, wander.
- (baseball) Of a player, to travel a significant distance for a defensive play.
- (intransitive) Of a variable, to be able to take any of the values in a specified range.
- (transitive) To classify.
- To sail or pass in a direction parallel to or near.
- range or extend over; occupy a certain area
- feed as in a meadow or pasture
- lay out orderly or logically in a line or as if in a line
- let eat
- change or be different within limits
- move about aimlessly or without any destination, often in search of food or employment
- assign a rank or rating to
- have a range; be capable of projecting over a certain distance, as of a gun
noun
adj
- (of a job or position) Involving important duties; involving a degree of personal accountability on the part of the person concerned.
- Capable of rational conduct and thus morally accountable for one's behavior.
- (postpositive, followed by "for") Being a primary cause of a situation or action and thus able to be blamed or credited for it.
- Having good judgment in decision-making.
- (followed by "to") Answerable to (a superior).
- Able to be trusted; reliable; trustworthy.
- (postpositive, followed by "for") Having the duty of taking care of something; answerable for an act performed or for its consequences; accountable; amenable, especially legally or politically.
- having an acceptable credit rating
- being the agent or cause
- worthy of or requiring responsibility or trust; or held accountable
noun
adj
noun
- (theater, film, television) A wardrobe assistant (who helps actors put on their costume).
- a wardrobe assistant for an actor
- (US) An item of bedroom furniture, like a low chest of drawers (bureau), often with a mirror.
- (UK) An item of kitchen furniture, like a cabinet with shelves, for storing crockery or utensils.
- (mining) A kind of pick for shaping large coal.
- A servant to royalty etc. who helps them with tasks such as dressing.
- One who dresses or prepares stone.
- (UK) A football hooligan who wears designer clothing; a casual.
- (medicine) A surgeon's assistant who helps to dress wounds etc.
- A mechanical device used in ore mills for dressing (e.g., comminution, sorting, sifting).
- A mechanical device used in grain mills for bolting.
- One who dresses in a particular way.
- furniture with drawers for keeping clothes
- a cabinet with shelves
- a person who dresses in a particular way
- low table with mirror or mirrors where one sits while dressing or applying makeup
noun
- A main character or lead actor.
- an actor who plays a principal role
- (architecture, engineering) The construction that gives shape and strength to a roof, generally a truss of timber or iron; or, loosely, the most important member of a piece of framing.
- (Canada, US) A partner or owner of a business.
- One of the turrets or pinnacles of waxwork and tapers with which the posts and centre of a funeral hearse were formerly crowned
- (UK, Canada) The chief executive and chief academic officer of a university or college.
- (computing) A security principal.
- A dancer at the highest rank within a professional dance company, particularly a ballet company.
- Either party in a duel.
- (finance, uncountable) The money originally invested or loaned, on which basis interest and returns are calculated.
- (Canada, US, Australia, New Zealand, Philippines) The chief administrator of a school.
- The first two long feathers of a hawk's wing.
- (music) A type of stop on a pipe organ consisting of flue pipes with a bright tonal quality. They are also sometimes referred to as a diapason.
- (law) The primary participant in a crime.
- (law) A legal person that authorizes another (the agent) to act on their behalf; or on whose behalf an agent or gestor in a negotiorum gestio acts.
- the major party to a financial transaction at a stock exchange; buys and sells for their own account
- the educator who has executive authority for a school
- the original amount of a debt on which interest is calculated
- capital as contrasted with the income derived from it
- (criminal law) any person involved in a criminal offense, regardless of whether the person profits from such involvement
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- (acting) An actor in a leading role.
- an actor who plays a principal role
- (astronomy) A very massive ball of plasma with strong enough gravity to have ongoing fusion of hydrogen or heavier elements in its core. In strict technical usage, the Sun is included.
- A composition of combustible matter used in the heading of rockets, in mines, etc., which, exploding in the air, presents a starlike appearance.
- Any small, natural and bright dot in the sky, most visible in the night or twilight sky. This sense includes the planets, but it is now sometimes used in exclusion of them due to influence from the technical astronomical sense.
- (networking, figurative in origin) A network topology with multiple computers individually merging to one central switch, thus free of risk of collisions. A single point of failure can occur if the switch experiences corruption.
- (Jamaica, MLE, African-American Vernacular, by extension) A friend, a mate, a pal.
- A symbol used to rate hotels, films, etc. with a higher number of stars denoting better quality.
- An exceptionally talented or famous person, often in a specific field; a celebrity.
- (figurative) (Someone's) success or fame.
- A simple dance, or part of a dance, where a group of four dancers each put their right or left hand in the middle and turn around in a circle. You call them right-hand stars or left-hand stars, depending on the hand which is in the middle.
- (astrology, typically in the plural) A planet thought to influence one's fate; (figuratively) fate or luck.
- (printing) An asterisk (*) or comparable symbol (e.g., ★, ☆, ✶, ✦, ✧, ✷, ✪, ⭐) inspired by a celestial star.
- A star-shaped ornament worn on the breast to indicate rank or honour in a military. Now often used metonymically for military rankings.
- any celestial body visible (as a point of light) from the Earth at night
- a star-shaped character * used in printing
- someone who is dazzlingly skilled in any field
- a plane figure with 5 or more points; often used as an emblem
- the topology of a network whose components are connected to a hub
- a performer who receives prominent billing
- (astronomy) a celestial body of hot gases that radiates energy derived from thermonuclear reactions in the interior
verb
- (transitive) To set or adorn with stars, or bright, radiating bodies; to bespangle.
- (intransitive) To appear as a featured performer or headliner, especially in an entertainment program.
- (intransitive) To shine like a star.
- (transitive) To feature (a performer or a headliner), especially in a movie or an entertainment program.
- (transitive) To mark with a star or asterisk.
- mark with an asterisk
- feature as the star
- be the star in a performance
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- Someone or something that casts.
- A wheeled assembly attached to a larger object at its base to facilitate rolling. A caster usually consists of a wheel (which may be plastic, a hard elastomer, or metal), an axle, a mounting provision (usually a stem, flange, or plate), and sometimes a swivel (which allows the caster to rotate for steering).
- (automotive) The angle of the axis around which a car's front wheels rotate when the steering wheel is turned, with a vertical axis being defined as zero caster.
- A shaker with a perforated top for sprinkling condiments such as sugar, salt, pepper, etc.
- A stand to hold a set of shakers or cruets.
- a shaker with a perforated top for sprinkling powdered sugar
- a worker who casts molten metal into finished products
- a pivoting roller attached to the bottom of furniture or trucks or portable machines to make them movable
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- an actor who plays a principal role
- an advantage held by a competitor in a race
- the angle between the direction a gun is aimed and the position of a moving target (correcting for the flight time of the missile)
- evidence pointing to a possible solution
- the introductory section of a story
- (baseball) the position taken by a base runner preparing to advance to the next base
- an indication of potential opportunity
- a jumper that consists of a short piece of wire
- the playing of a card to start a trick in bridge
- a position of being the initiator of something and an example that others will follow (especially in the phrase ‘take the lead’)
- restraint consisting of a rope (or light chain) used to restrain an animal
- a news story of major importance
- (sports) the score by which a team or individual is winning
- the timing of ignition relative to the position of the piston in an internal-combustion engine
- thin strip of metal used to separate lines of type in printing
- a soft heavy toxic malleable metallic element; bluish white when freshly cut but tarnishes readily to dull grey
- mixture of graphite with clay in different degrees of hardness; the marking substance in a pencil
- (countable, nautical) A plummet or mass of lead attached to a line, used in sounding depth at sea or to estimate velocity in knots.
- A thin strip of type metal, used to separate lines of type in printing.
- (medicine, in the plural) X-ray protective clothing lined with lead.
- (countable) A thin cylinder of graphite used in pencils.
- (UK, countable) An insulated metallic wire for electrical devices and equipment.
- Sheets or plates of lead used as a covering for roofs.
- (horology) The action of a tooth, such as a tooth of a wheel, in impelling another tooth or a pallet.
- Information obtained by a news reporter about an issue or subject that allows him or her to discover more details.
- (electricity) The advance of the current phase in an alternating circuit beyond that of the electromotive force producing it.
- (acting) The actor who plays the main role; lead actor.
- (countable, mining) A lode.
- Information obtained by a detective or police officer that allows him or her to discover further details about a crime or incident.
- A rope, leather strap, or similar device with which to lead an animal; a leash
- (nautical) The course of a rope from end to end.
- (US, journalism) The introductory paragraph or paragraphs of a newspaper, or a news or other type of article. (Sometimes spelled as lede for this usage to avoid ambiguity.)
- (marketing) Potential opportunity for a sale or transaction, a potential customer.
- (business) The person in charge of a project or a work shift etc.
- (curling) The player who throws the first two rocks for a team.
- (music) The announcement by one voice part of a theme to be repeated by the other parts.
- (uncountable, typography) Vertical space in advance of a row or between rows of text. Also known as leading.
- (slang) Bullets; ammunition.
- (countable) A roof covered with lead sheets or terne plates.
- (countable) A channel of open water in an ice field.
- Hypothesis that has not been pursued
- (music) A mark or a short passage in one voice part, as of a canon, serving as a cue for the entrance of others.
- An important news story that appears on the front page of a newspaper or at the beginning of a news broadcast
- (music) A primary synth, often composed of square, sawtooth, triangle or sine waveforms.
- (baseball) The situation where a runner steps away from a base while waiting for the pitch to be thrown.
- (uncountable) A heavy, pliable, inelastic metal element, having a bright, bluish color, but easily tarnished; both malleable and ductile, though with little tenacity. It is easily fusible, forms alloys with other metals, and is an ingredient of solder and type metal. Atomic number 82, symbol Pb (from Latin plumbum).
- (music) In a barbershop quartet, the person who sings the melody, usually the second tenor.
- (countable) The act of leading or conducting; guidance; direction, course
- (acting, theater) The main role in a play or film; the lead role.
- (uncountable, card games, dominoes) The act or right of playing first in a game or round; the card suit, or piece, so played
- (engineering) The axial distance a screw thread travels in one revolution. It is equal to the pitch times the number of starts.
- In a steam engine, the width of port opening which is uncovered by the valve, for the admission or release of steam, at the instant when the piston is at end of its stroke.
- (electricity) The angle between the line joining the brushes of a continuous-current dynamo and the diameter symmetrical between the poles.
- (countable) Precedence; advance position; also, the measure of precedence; the state of being ahead in a race; the highest score in an incomplete game.
- (engineering) The excess above a right angle in the angle between two consecutive cranks, as of a compound engine, on the same shaft.
- (civil engineering) The distance of haul, as from a cutting to an embankment.
verb
- lead, extend, or afford access
- travel in front of; go in advance of others
- cause to undertake a certain action
- take somebody somewhere
- tend to or result in
- cause something to pass or lead somewhere
- lead, as in the performance of a composition
- produce as a result or residue
- preside over
- be ahead of others; be the first
- be in charge of
- be conducive to
- stretch out over a distance, space, time, or scope; run or extend between two points or beyond a certain point
- move ahead (of others) in time or space
- (intransitive) To be a cause of. [with to]
- (intransitive) To guide or conduct, as by accompanying, going before, showing, influencing, directing with authority, etc.; to have precedence or preeminence; to be first or chief; — used in most of the senses of the transitive verb.
- (transitive, climbing) To lead climb.
- (figuratively): To direct; to counsel; to instruct.
- To guide or conduct in a certain course, or to a certain place or end, by making the way known; to show the way, especially by going with or going in advance of; to guide somebody somewhere or to bring somebody somewhere by means of instructions.
- To guide or conduct with the hand, or by means of some physical contact connection.
- (transitive, card games, dominoes) To begin a game, round, or trick, with
- Misspelling of led.
- (baseball) To step off base and move towards the next base.
- Used in phrasal verbs: lead off, lead on, lead out, lead to (“be the cause of, bring about”), lead up, lead up to.
- (intransitive) To have the highest interim score in a game.
- (intransitive) To tend or reach in a certain spatial direction, or to a certain place.
- (transitive) To go or to be in advance of; to precede; hence, to be foremost or chief among.
- To draw or direct by influence, whether good or bad; to prevail on; to induce; to entice; to allure.
- (shooting) To aim in front of a moving target, in order that the shot may hit the target as it passes.
- (intransitive) To be more advanced in technology or business than others.
- (intransitive) To be ahead of others, e.g., in a race.
- (intransitive) To proceed in front of others; to go first.
- (transitive, usually with "life") To live or experience (a particular way of life).
- To influence towards a belief, a conclusion, etc.
- (transitive, printing, historical) To place leads between the lines of.
- (transitive) To cover, fill, or affect with lead.
- To conduct or direct with authority; to have direction or charge of; to command, especially a military or business unit.
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- (transitive) To play a lesser part in the same production with (a star performer).
- play a subordinate role to (another performer)
- (transitive) To answer questions and resolve problems regarding something sold.
- (transitive) To serve, as in a customer-oriented position; to give support to.
- (transitive) To provide evidence for; to lend credibility to.
- (transitive) To provide sustenance or maintenance for; to sustain in integrity or livelihood.
- (transitive) To back or favor a cause, party, etc., mentally or with concrete aid:
- (transitive) To help keep from falling.
- (transitive) To assist or be involved with, but not be responsible for.
- (transitive) To help, particularly financially; to subsidize.
- (transitive, said of electronic devices, programming languages, etc.) To be designed to provide capacity for; to work or be compatible with (a part, accessory, file type, program, algorithm, etc.).
- be the physical support of; carry the weight of
- be a regular customer or client of
- put up with something or somebody unpleasant
- argue or speak in defense of
- support with evidence or authority or make more certain or confirm
- adopt as a belief
- give moral or psychological support, aid, or courage to
- establish or strengthen as with new evidence or facts
- be behind; approve of
- support materially or financially
noun
- An actor playing a subordinate part with a star.
- (sometimes attributive) Something which supports.
- An accompaniment in music.
- Evidence.
- (fuzzy set theory) A set whose elements are at least partially included in a given fuzzy set (i.e., whose grade of membership in that fuzzy set is strictly greater than zero).
- (mathematics) in relation to a function, the set of points where the function is not zero; the closure of that set.
- (structural analysis) Horizontal, vertical or rotational support of structures: movable, hinged, fixed.
- (computing) Compatibility and functionality for a given product or feature.
- Answers to questions and resolution of problems regarding something sold.
- (commutative algebra, of a module M over a commutative ring R) The set of all prime ideals of R such that the localization of M at the prime is nonzero, denoted operatorname SuppM
- Financial or other help.
- (gymnastics) Clipping of support position.
- financial resources provided to make some project possible
- any device that bears the weight of another thing
- the act of bearing the weight of or strengthening
- supporting structure that holds up or provides a foundation
- a military operation (often involving new supplies of men and materiel) to strengthen a military force or aid in the performance of its mission
- aiding the cause or policy or interests of
- the activity of providing for or maintaining by supplying with money or necessities
- something providing immaterial assistance to a person or cause or interest
- the financial means whereby one lives
- a musical part (vocal or instrumental) that supports or provides background for other musical parts
- documentary validation
verb
- cast repeatedly in the same kind of role
- (acting) To cast an actor in the same kind of role repeatedly.
- identify as belonging to a certain type
- To identify one as being of a specific type because of one's appearance, colour, religion etc.
- (printing, historical) To found type in a mold.
- (programming) To cast (change of data type of a variable or object).
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- (psychology) A person who is present nearby — or virtually connected to — a person with ADHD in order to increase their attention and focus.
- A film stand-in for an actor, in scenes not involving the face, especially during scenes of nudity, or of dangerous activity.
- A political decoy; a person employed to impersonate a politician, in order to draw attention away from the real person or to take risks on their behalf.
verb
- appear as a character on stage or appear in a play, etc.
- come into sight or view
- (of a proposition) seem to be true, probable, or apparent
- be issued or published
- present oneself formally, as before a (judicial) authority
- come into being or existence, or appear on the scene
- give a certain impression of being something or having a certain aspect
- (transitive) To bring into view
- (intransitive) To come before the public.
- (intransitive) To become visible to the apprehension of the mind; to be known as a subject of observation or comprehension, or as a thing proved; to be obvious or manifest.
- (intransitive) To stand in presence of some authority, tribunal, or superior person, to answer a charge, plead a cause, etc.; to present oneself as a party or advocate before a court, or as a person to be tried.
- (intransitive, copulative) To seem; to have a certain semblance; to look.
- (intransitive) To come or be in sight; to be in view; to become visible.
verb
- To be replaced by another person, such as in a shift change.
- To replace another person or take another person's place, such as in a shift change at a workplace.
- (transitive) To affix a label to (potentially dangerous machinery) to indicate why it has been shut down. To avoid accidents, only the person who affixed the label is authorized to remove it and restart the machinery.
- (transitive, sports) To touch a contestant or player in order to do something, such as to remove a runner from play in baseball or to replace a wrestler with a teammate in tag-team wrestling.
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- act as a substitute
- appoint as a substitute
- (intransitive) To act as a substitute for a person in their role or office
- (transitive) to officially empower and authorize (someone) to act as a substitute in one's role or office
- (transitive) To officially empower, authorize, pronounce, and establish (someone) to be a deputy.
verb
- act as a substitute
- be a substitute
- put in the place of another; switch seemingly equivalent items
- (transitive, in the phrase "substitute X for Y") To use X in place of Y.
- (intransitive) To serve as a replacement (for someone or something).
- (transitive, formerly proscribed, often in the phrase "substitute X with/by Y", sometimes "substitute X for Y") To use Y in place of X; to replace X with Y.
- (transitive) To use in place of something else, with the same function.
- (transitive, sports) To remove (a player) from the field of play and bring on another in his place.
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- someone who takes the place of another (as when things get dangerous or difficult)
- a person or thing that takes or can take the place of another
- an athlete who plays only when a starter on the team is replaced
- (historical) One who enlists for military service in the place of a conscript.
- A replacement or stand-in for something that achieves a similar result or purpose.
- (economics) Abbreviation of substitute good.
- A substitute teacher.
- (sports) A player who is available to replace another if the need arises, and who may or may not actually do so.
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- someone who takes the place of another person
- That which alternates with something else; vicissitude.
- (US) A replacement of equal or greater value or function.
- (US) A substitute; an alternative; one designated to take the place of another, if necessary, in performing some duty.
- (mathematics) A proportion derived from another proportion by interchanging the means.
verb
- be an understudy or alternate for a role
- exchange people temporarily to fulfill certain jobs and functions
- do something in turns
- go back and forth; swing back and forth between two states or conditions
- reverse (a direction, attitude, or course of action)
- (intransitive) To happen, succeed, or act by turns; to follow reciprocally in place or time; followed by with.
- (transitive) To perform by turns, or in succession; to cause to succeed by turns; to interchange regularly.
- (transitive, geometry) To perform an alternation (removal of alternate vertices) on (a polytope or tessellation); to remove vertices (from a face or edge) as part of an alternation.
- (intransitive) To vary by turns.
adj
- occurring by turns; first one and then the other
- every second one of a series
- of leaves and branches etc.; first on one side and then on the other in two ranks along an axis; not paired
- serving or used in place of another
- (US) Other; alternative.
- Happening by turns; one following the other in succession of time or place; first one and then the other (repeatedly).
- (heraldry) Alternating; (of e.g. a pair of tinctures which a charge is coloured) succeeding in turns, or (relative to the field) counterchanged.
- (mathematics) Designating the members in a series, which regularly intervene between the members of another series, as the odd or even numbers of the numerals; every other; every second.
- (botany, of leaves) Distributed singly at different heights of the stem, and at equal intervals as respects angular divergence
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- Acting in the indicated role from time to time.
- Intended for use as the occasion requires.
- Occurring or appearing irregularly from time to time, but not often; incidental.
- Created for a specific occasion.
- recurring or reappearing from time to time
- occurring from time to time
- occurring or appearing at usually irregular intervals
- occurring on a temporary or irregular basis