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noun
- (countable) A particular instance of identifying something.
- A feeling of support, sympathy, understanding, or belonging towards somebody or something.
- (strictly) The act of identifying (i.e., which one, which thing).
- The state of being identified.
- A document or documents serving as evidence of a person's identity.
- (broadly, often) The combination of identifying (which one, which thing) and validating the identity (proving or confirming it); identifying and authenticating viewed as a unitary concept in cognition.
- evidence of identity; something that identifies a person or thing
- the act of designating or identifying something
- the condition of having the identity (of a person or object) established
- the process of recognizing something or someone by remembering
- the attribution to yourself (consciously or unconsciously) of the characteristics of another person (or group of persons)
noun
- (countable) An instance of this.
- (also attributive, uncountable) Chiefly preceded by in or on: the state each year during which a male animal (usually a camel or an elephant) exhibits increased aggressiveness and sexual activity due to a high level of testosterone.
- an annual phase of heightened sexual excitement in the males of certain large mammals (especially elephants); is associated with discharge from a gland between the eye and ear
noun
- (countable) Something specific which is the result of a process of concretizing a general principle or idea.
- (uncountable, medicine, psychology) An inability to generalize or perform abstraction accompanied by excessive concentration on specific details, as in a mental disorder or in cognition by children.
- (uncountable) The process of concretizing a general principle or idea by delineating, particularizing, or exemplifying it.
noun
- (countable) Something that differentiates a thing or person.
- (emergency medicine, countable) The third step in OPQRST where the responder investigates what the NOI/MOI feels like.
- (countable, UK, journalism) A newspaper with relatively serious, high-quality content.
- (uncountable) The degree to which a man-made object or system is free from faults and flaws, as opposed to scope of functions or quantity of items.
- (thermodynamics) In a two-phase liquid–vapor mixture, the ratio of the mass of vapor present to the total mass of the mixture.
- (uncountable) Level of excellence.
- high social status
- an essential and distinguishing attribute of something or someone
- (music) the distinctive property of a complex sound (a voice or noise or musical sound)
- a degree or grade of excellence or worth
- a characteristic property that defines the apparent individual nature of something
adj
noun
- (countable) An instance or occurrence.
- (countable) A numerical indication of a particular moment.
- (uncountable, slang) The serving of a prison sentence.
- (uncountable) The feeling of the passage of events and their relative duration, as experienced by an individual.
- (uncountable with possessive) A person's youth or young adulthood, as opposed to the present day.
- (countable) An experience.
- (only in singular, sports and figuratively) Time out; temporary, limited suspension of play.
- (uncountable) A quantity of availability of duration.
- (UK, in public houses) Closing time.
- (countable) A measurement of a quantity of time; a numerical or general indication of a length of progression.
- (uncountable) The duration of time of a given day that has passed; the moment, as indicated by a clock or similar device.
- (uncountable) Tempo; a measured rate of movement.
- (uncountable) Rhythmical division, meter.
- (physics, uncountable, reductionist definition) The property of a system which allows it to have more than one distinct configuration.
- (countable) The measurement under some system of region of day or moment.
- (physics, usually uncountable) A dimension of spacetime with the opposite metric signature to space dimensions; the fourth dimension.
- (music, uncountable) The measured duration of sounds.
- (jazz) (uncountable) A straight rhythmic pattern, free from fills, breaks and other embellishments.
- (countable) A particular moment or hour; the appropriate moment or hour for something (especially with prepositional phrase or imperfect subjunctive).
- (countable) An era; (articulated, sometimes in the plural) the current era, the current state of affairs.
- (slang, MLE) Clipping of a long time.
- (countable) A ratio of comparison (see also usage notes and prepositional sense at 'times').
- (with possessives) The end of someone’s life, conceived by the speaker as having been predestined.
- (uncountable) The inevitable progression into the future with the passing of present and past events.
- (physics, uncountable) Change associated with the second law of thermodynamics; the physical and psychological result of increasing entropy.
- The hour of childbirth.
- the fourth coordinate that is required (along with three spatial dimensions) to specify a physical event
- a suitable moment
- an instance or single occasion for some event
- an indefinite period (usually marked by specific attributes or activities)
- rhythm as given by division into parts of equal duration
- a person's experience on a particular occasion
- the period of time a prisoner is imprisoned
- a period of time considered as a resource under your control and sufficient to accomplish something
- a reading of a point in time as given by a clock
- the continuum of experience in which events pass from the future through the present to the past
intj
verb
- To regulate as to time; to accompany, or agree with, in time of movement.
- (transitive) To measure or record the time, duration, or rate of something.
- (transitive) To choose when something commences or its duration.
- To measure, as in music or harmony.
- assign a time for an activity or event
- set the speed, duration, or execution of
- regulate or set the time of
- measure the time or duration of an event or action or the person who performs an action in a certain period of time
- adjust so that a force is applied and an action occurs at the desired time
noun
- (countable) A particular aspect, feature or detail of something.
- (uncountable, always plural) Polite greetings, often offered as condolences after a death.
- Good will; favor.
- (uncountable) Good opinion, honor, or admiration.
- (uncountable) An attitude of consideration or high regard.
- behavior intended to please your parents
- a courteous expression (by word or deed) of esteem or regard
- (usually preceded by ‘in’) a detail or point
- courteous regard for people's feelings
- the condition of being honored (esteemed or respected or well regarded)
- an attitude of admiration or esteem
- a feeling of friendship and esteem
intj
verb
- To take notice of; to regard as worthy of special consideration; to heed.
- To have regard for something, to observe a custom, practice, rule or right.
- (transitive, dated except in "respecting") To relate to; to be concerned with.
- To have respect for.
- To abide by an agreement.
- show respect towards
- regard highly; think much of
noun
- (countable) Something that bears an analogy to something else.
- (countable, biology) An organ or structure that is similar in function to one in another kind of organism but is of dissimilar evolutionary origin.
- (chemistry) A structural derivative of a parent compound that differs from it by only one or a few atoms or substituent groups; (usually, especially) such a molecule that retains most of the same chemical properties.
- something having the property of being analogous to something else
adj
- Not relating to, or pre-dating, digital technology such as computers and the Internet; relating to real life.
- (of a device or system) In which the value of a data item (such as time) is represented by a continuous(ly) variable physical quantity that can be measured (such as the shadow of a sundial).
- of a circuit or device having an output that is proportional to the input
noun
- (countable) Something that bears an analogy to something else.
- (countable, biology) An organ or structure that is similar in function to one in another kind of organism but is of dissimilar evolutionary origin.
- (chemistry) Alternative spelling of analog (“A structural derivative of a parent compound that differs from it by only one or a few atoms or substituent groups; (usually, especially) such a molecule that retains most of the same chemical properties.”)
- something having the property of being analogous to something else
adj
noun
- (countable) An object of search or pursuit.
- (mining) A site for mining stone, such as limestone, or slate.
- A diamond-shaped tile or pane, often of glass or stone.
- (uncountable) An animal, often a bird or mammal, which is hunted.
- a surface excavation for extracting stone or slate
- animal hunted or caught for food
- a person who is the aim of an attack (especially a victim of ridicule or exploitation) by some hostile person or influence
verb
noun
- (countable) A specific piece of information that serves to notify.
- (countable, computing) A message, alert, or signal displayed by a system or application to inform the user of an event, update, new message, etc.
- (uncountable) The act of notifying.
- a request for payment
- an accusation of crime made by a grand jury on its own initiative
- informing by words
noun
- (countable) An instance of this phenomenon.
- (optics, uncountable) A phenomenon where light, instead of passing into a medium of a lower refractive index and refracting away from the normal, is completely reflected by the boundary between the two media because it approaches at an angle greater than or equal to the critical angle.
noun
adv
det
- (relative) Any ... that; all ... that; whatever.
- (interrogative) Which, especially which of an open-ended set of possibilities.
- (indirect interrogative) Which.
- Emphasises that something is noteworthy or remarkable in quality or degree, in either a good or bad way; may be used in combination with certain other determiners, especially 'a', less often 'some'.
- (exclamative) Used to form exclamations indicating that something is remarkable, in either a good or bad way.
intj
- What did you say? I beg your pardon? This usage is often considered impolite, with the more polite "Pardon?" or "Excuse me?" preferred.
- An expression of surprise or disbelief.
- Indicating a guess or approximation, or a pause to try to recall information.
- What do you want? An abrupt, usually unfriendly enquiry as to what a person desires.
particle
- (Singlish, Manglish) Emphasizes the truth of an assertion made to contradict an evidently false assumption held by the listener.
- (Singlish, Manglish) Used after a direct assertion to reinforce a disagreeing opinion.
- (Singlish, Manglish) Used to invite agreement or acknowledgment when something is assumed to be straightforward or already obvious to begin with; similar in function to “right?” and “as you know”.
pron
noun
- (countable) Something seen; an object perceived visually.
- (countable) Something imaginary one thinks one sees.
- (uncountable) The sense or ability of sight.
- (uncountable) Pre-recorded film or tape; footage.
- (countable) A person or thing of extraordinary beauty.
- (countable, by extension) A perceived potential future event or occurrence.
- (uncountable) General aspiration; forward-thinkingness.
- (countable, by extension) Something unreal or imaginary; a creation of fancy.
- (countable) A religious or mystical experience of a supernatural appearance.
- (countable) An ideal or a goal toward which one aspires.
- a vivid mental image
- the formation of a mental image of something that is not perceived as real and is not present to the senses
- the ability to see; the visual faculty
- a religious or mystical experience of a supernatural appearance
- the perceptual experience of seeing
verb
noun
- (countable) A physical entity typifying an abstract concept.
- (sociology) The ways that knowledge, personality, culture, etc. are modulated by being experienced through a physical body.
- The process of embodying.
- giving concrete form to an abstract concept
- a concrete representation of an otherwise nebulous concept
- a new personification of a familiar idea
noun
- (countable) A characteristic of something that makes it different from something else.
- (logic circuits) A Boolean operation which is true when the two input variables are different but is otherwise false; the XOR operation ( scriptstyle A◌̅B+◌̅AB).
- (countable) The result of a subtraction; sometimes the absolute value of this result.
- (relational algebra) The set of elements that are in one set but not another ( scriptstyle A◌̅B).
- (countable) A disagreement or argument.
- (heraldry) An addition to a coat of arms to distinguish two people's bearings which would otherwise be the same. See augmentation and cadency.
- (countable, uncountable) Significant change in or effect on a situation or state.
- (logic) The quality or attribute which is added to those of the genus to constitute a species; a differentia.
- (uncountable) The quality of being different.
- a significant change
- a disagreement or argument about something important
- a variation that deviates from the standard or norm
- the quality of being unlike or dissimilar
- the number that remains after subtraction; the number that when added to the subtrahend gives the minuend
noun
- (countable) The act of noticing, understanding or hearing.
- (countable, music) The refrain; a line or lines of a song which are repeated from verse to verse.
- (countable) A fragment of music or poetry.
- (countable) The act of seizing or capturing.
- (countable) The act of catching an object in motion, especially a ball.
- (countable) A stopping mechanism, especially a clasp which stops something from opening.
- Passing opportunities seized; snatches.
- (countable) Something which is captured or caught.
- (countable, cricket, baseball) The act of catching a hit ball before it reaches the ground, resulting in an out.
- (countable, sometimes noun adjunct) A concealed difficulty, especially in a deal or negotiation.
- (countable, agriculture) A crop which has germinated and begun to grow.
- (countable) A crick; a sudden muscle pain during unaccustomed positioning when the muscle is in use.
- (countable) A hesitation in voice, caused by strong emotion.
- (countable, rowing) The first contact of an oar with the water.
- (countable, cricket) A player in respect of his catching ability; particularly one who catches well.
- A slight remembrance; a trace.
- (countable, music) A type of humorous round in which the voices gradually catch up with one another; usually sung by men and often having bawdy lyrics.
- (uncountable) The game of catching a ball.
- (countable, phonetics) A stoppage of breath, resembling a slight cough.
- (countable, colloquial, by extension) A find, in particular a boyfriend or girlfriend or prospective spouse.
- a cooperative game in which a ball is passed back and forth
- a break or check in the voice (usually a sign of strong emotion)
- a drawback or difficulty that is not readily evident
- anything that is caught (especially if it is worth catching)
- a fastener that fastens or locks a door or window
- the quantity that was caught
- a restraint that checks the motion of something
- the act of apprehending (especially apprehending a criminal)
- the act of catching an object with the hands
- a person regarded as a good matrimonial prospect
verb
- (transitive) To grasp mentally: perceive and understand.
- (transitive) To become infected by (an illness).
- (intransitive) To get pregnant.
- (transitive) To take or replenish something necessary, such as breath or sleep.
- (transitive) To reach (someone) with a strike, blow, weapon etc.
- (transitive) To reproduce or echo a spirit or idea faithfully.
- (intransitive, agriculture) To germinate and set down roots.
- (transitive) To attract and hold (a faculty or organ of sense).
- (transitive) To grip or entangle.
- (transitive) To travel by means of.
- (transitive, rare) To become pregnant. (Only in past tense or as participle.)
- (transitive, intransitive) To receive or be affected by (wind, water, fire etc.).
- (transitive) To be hit by something.
- (intransitive) To spread by infection or similar means.
- (intransitive) To be held back or impeded.
- (transitive) To entrap or trip up a person; to deceive.
- (transitive, of fire) To spread or be conveyed to.
- (transitive) To have something be held back or impeded.
- (transitive) To overtake or catch up to; to be in time for.
- (intransitive) To serve well or poorly for catching, especially for catching fish.
- (transitive, computing) To handle an exception.
- (transitive, intransitive, baseball) To play (a specific period of time) as the catcher.
- (transitive, cricket) To end a player's innings by catching a hit ball before the first bounce.
- (transitive) To be touched or affected by (something) through exposure.
- (transitive, rowing) To grip (the water) with one's oars at the beginning of the stroke.
- (transitive) To be the victim of (something unpleasant, painful etc.).
- (intransitive) To make a grasping or snatching motion (at).
- (transitive, surfing) To contact a wave in such a way that one can ride it back to shore.
- (transitive) To unpleasantly discover unexpectedly; to unpleasantly surprise (someone doing something).
- To notice.
- (intransitive) To engage with some mechanism; to stick, to succeed in interacting with something or initiating some process.
- (transitive, informal) To take in; to watch or listen to (an entertainment).
- (transitive) To charm or entrance.
- (transitive) To capture or snare (someone or something which would rather escape).
- (transitive) To acquire, as though by infection; to take on through sympathy or influence.
- (transitive) To seize or intercept an object moving through the air (or, sometimes, some other medium).
- grasp with the mind or develop an understanding of
- get or regain something necessary, usually quickly or briefly
- reach in time
- hear, usually without the knowledge of the speakers
- catch up with and possibly overtake
- to hook or entangle
- suffer from the receipt of
- perceive with the senses quickly, suddenly, or momentarily
- cause to become accidentally or suddenly caught, ensnared, or entangled
- attract; cause to be enamored
- perceive by hearing
- be struck or affected by
- apprehend and reproduce accurately
- come down with
- be the catcher
- attract and fix
- detect a blunder or misstep
- start burning
- succeed in catching or seizing, especially after a chase
- become aware of
- capture as if by hunting, snaring, or trapping
- check oneself during an action
- spread or be communicated
- delay or hold up; prevent from proceeding on schedule or as planned
- reach with a blow or hit in a particular spot
- see or watch
- take hold of so as to seize or restrain or stop the motion of
- discover or come upon accidentally, suddenly, or unexpectedly; catch somebody doing something or in a certain state
- take in and retain
noun
- (countable) A thing that is external relative to something else.
- (uncountable) The state of being external or externalized.
- (economics, countable) An impact, positive or negative, on any party not involved in a given economic transaction or act.
- the quality or state of being outside or directed toward or relating to the outside or exterior
noun
- (countable) An instance of the information or knowledge so furnished.
- (countable) An order or command.
- (computing) A single operation of a processor defined by an instruction set architecture.
- (uncountable) The act of instructing, teaching, or providing with information or knowledge.
- (in the plural) A set of directions provided by a manufacturer for the users of a product or service.
- (law, in the plural) The directions given by a client to their lawyer in relation to a particular legal matter, which govern the purpose and scope of their work.
- the activities of educating or instructing; activities that impart knowledge or skill
- (computer science) a line of code written as part of a computer program
- the profession of a teacher
- a message describing how something is to be done
noun
- (countable) An instance of that act or process.
- (uncountable, gerund) The act or process of serving.
- (countable) The quantity of food or drink intended for one person in a single sitting; especially in relation to a meal.
- (countable, by extension) A fraction or share.
- (countable) A layer added to the outside of an electrical cable to protect it.
- an individual quantity of food or drink taken as part of a meal
- the act of delivering a writ or summons upon someone
verb
noun
- (countable) An instance of that act or process.
- An accessory or accompaniment.
- (countable) Material that is removed by someone trimming something, as a piece of steak.
- (uncountable) The act or process of someone who trims.
- (historical) An ornamental accessory to a dress or other piece of clothing.
- cutting down to the desired size or shape
- the act of adding decoration
- a decoration or adornment typically on the edge of a garment
verb
noun
- (countable) A description of the form and structure of something.
- (countable) The form and structure of something.
- (linguistics) The study of the internal structure of morphemes (words and their semantic building blocks).
- (mathematics) Mathematical morphology.
- (geology) The study of the structure of rocks and landforms.
- (biology) The study of the form and structure of animals and plants.
- studies of the rules for forming admissible words
- the admissible arrangement of sounds in words
- the branch of geology that studies the characteristics and configuration and evolution of rocks and land forms
- the branch of biology that deals with the structure of animals and plants
noun
- (countable) A particular situation or activity.
- (countable) A person's occupation, work, or trade.
- (uncountable) Private commercial interests taken collectively.
- (slang, British, with the) Something very good; top quality.
- (uncountable) The volume or amount of commercial trade.
- (travel, uncountable) Business class, the class of seating provided by airlines between first class and coach.
- (slang, uncountable) The act of defecation, or the excrement itself, particularly that of a non-human animal.
- (uncountable) Something involving one personally.
- (countable, rare) The collective noun for a group of ferrets.
- (Los Angeles, informal, with the) Hollywood, the entertainment industry.
- (uncountable) The management of commercial enterprises, or the study of such management.
- (uncountable) Commercial, industrial, or professional activity.
- (uncountable, parliamentary procedure) Matters that come before a body for deliberation or action.
- (uncountable) One's dealings; patronage.
- (Australian Aboriginal) Matters.
- (acting, theater) Ellipsis of stage business (“aspect of acting”).
- (countable) A specific commercial enterprise or establishment.
- (slang) Disruptive shenanigans.
- (countable) Any activity or objective needing to be dealt with; especially, one of a financial or legal matter.
- (slang, with the) Prostitution.
- the volume of commercial activity
- a commercial or industrial enterprise and the people who constitute it
- incidental activity performed by an actor for dramatic effect
- the activity of providing goods and services involving financial and commercial and industrial aspects
- the principal activity in your life that you do to earn money
- customers collectively
- a rightful concern or responsibility
- business concerns collectively
- an immediate objective
adj
noun
- (countable) A person, thing, or name typifying a certain quality or idea; an embodiment or exemplification.
- (countable) An artistic representation of an abstract quality as a human.
- (usually uncountable) The process of creating such a representation: a literary device or other artistic method in which an inanimate object or an idea is given human qualities.
- the act of attributing human characteristics to abstract ideas etc.
- a person who represents an abstract quality
- representing an abstract quality or idea as a person or creature
noun
- (countable) A set of events involving an entity.
- (countable) A record or narrative description of past events.
- The portion of the past that is known and recorded by this field of study, as opposed to all earlier and unknown times that preceded it (prehistory).
- The empirical study of past events, as distinct from literature, myth, or scripture; the assessment of notable events.
- The aggregate of past events.
- (uncountable) A historically significant event.
- (countable, medicine) A list of past and continuing medical conditions of an individual or family.
- (uncountable) Shared experience or interaction.
- (informal) Something that no longer exists or is no longer relevant.
- (countable, computing) A record of previous user events, especially of visited web pages in a browser.
- a record or narrative description of past events
- all that is remembered of the past as preserved in writing; a body of knowledge
- the continuum of events occurring in succession leading from the past to the present and even into the future
- the discipline that records and interprets past events involving human beings
- the aggregate of past events
noun
- (countable) That by which anything is denominated or styled; an epithet; a name, designation, or title; especially, a general name indicating a class of like individuals.
- (countable) A unit in a series of units of weight, money, etc.
- (uncountable) The act of naming or designating.
- (countable, religion) A class, or society of individuals, called by the same name; a subdivision of a religion.
- a group of religious congregations having its own organization and a distinctive faith
- identifying word or words by which someone or something is called and classified or distinguished from others
- a class of one kind of unit in a system of numbers or measures or weights or money
noun
- (countable) A representation.
- (uncountable) The act of depicting.
- (countable) A drawing or painting.
- (countable) A lifelike image of something, either verbal or visual.
- a graphic or vivid verbal description
- a drawing of the outlines of forms or objects
- a representation by picture or portraiture
- representation by drawing or painting etc
noun
- (countable) A miscellaneous object or thing; a thingy.
- (countable) Something that is not up to acceptable standards; something of low quality.
- (uncountable, music) Alternative form of rinky-tink (“a tinkling, tinny style of music; honky-tonk”).
- An amateur or someone who is underqualified.
- Someone who operates unethically; specifically, a small-time conman or crook.
adj
noun
- (countable) The act of browsing through something.
- (Cornwall, fishing, uncountable) Bruised fish used as bait.
- (countable) That which one browses through; something to read.
- (uncountable) Young shoots and twigs.
- (uncountable) Fodder for cattle and other animals.
- reading superficially or at random
- the act of feeding by continual nibbling
- vegetation (such as young shoots, twigs, and leaves) that is suitable for animals to eat
verb
- (transitive, computing) To navigate through hyperlinked documents on a computer, usually with a browser.
- (intransitive, of an animal) To move about while eating parts of plants, especially plants other than pasture, such as shrubs or trees.
- To scan, to casually look through in order to find items of interest, especially without knowledge of what to look for beforehand.
- To move about while sampling, such as with food or products on display.
- shop around; not necessarily buying
- feed as in a meadow or pasture
- eat lightly, try different dishes
- look around casually and randomly, without seeking anything in particular
noun
- (countable) An expedient.
- (uncountable) The quality of being fit or suitable to effect some desired end or the purpose intended; suitability for particular circumstance or situation.
- (uncountable) Pursuit of the course of action that brings the desired effect even if it is unjust or unprincipled.
- the quality of being suited to the end in view
noun
- (countable) an instance of this
- (uncountable) Synonym of deification: the actual creation of mythology and legends from historical figures and events; (countable) an instance of this.
- (uncountable, derogatory) The fanciful invention of plausible historical figures and events as an attempt to rationalize mythology and legends
noun
- (countable) Often preceded by a descriptive word: a system using one of the above detection methods, differentiated by configuration or platform, frequency, power, and other technical attributes.
- (uncountable) In full primary radar: a method of detecting a distant object and determining its position, velocity, or other characteristics by analysing radio waves (usually microwaves) which are sent towards the object and which reflect off its surfaces; also, the field of study of this method.
- (uncountable, by extension) In full secondary radar: a method of detecting a distant object and determining its position, velocity, or other characteristics by analysing signals transmitted by the object in response to radio waves sent towards the object.
- (countable) An installation of the apparatus for operating one of the above detection systems.
- (uncountable, by extension) Often preceded by a descriptive word: a natural (for example, in an animal such as a bat) or human-made detection method based on the analysis of reflected signals other than radio waves, as light waves or sound waves; (countable) an instance of this.
- (countable, figurative) A superior ability to detect something; an awareness, an intuition.
- measuring instrument in which the echo of a pulse of microwave radiation is used to detect and locate distant objects
verb
noun
- (countable) The determination of the relative position of something or someone.
- (mathematical analysis, differential geometry, countable) The choice of which ordered bases are "positively" oriented and which are "negatively" oriented on a real vector space.
- (countable) An inclination, tendency or direction.
- (analytic geometry, topology, countable) The designation of a parametrised curve as "positively" or "negatively" oriented; the analogous description of a surface or hypersurface.
- (countable) The ability to orient, or the process of so doing.
- (countable) An adjustment to a new environment.
- (education) Events to orient new students at a school; events to help new students become familiar with a school.
- (uncountable) The construction of a Christian church to have its aisle in an east-west direction with the altar at the east end.
- (LGBTQ) Ellipsis of sexual orientation.
- (typography, countable) The direction of print across the page; landscape or portrait.
- (countable) An introduction to a (new) environment.
- (countable) The relative physical position or direction of something.
- a course introducing a new situation or environment
- an integrated set of attitudes and beliefs
- the act of orienting
- a person's awareness of self with regard to position and time and place and personal relationships
- position or alignment relative to points of the compass or other specific directions
- a predisposition in favor of something
noun
- (countable) A word created in this way.
- (uncountable, linguistics) The process by which a new word is formed from an older word by interpreting the former as a derivative of the latter, often by removing a morpheme (real or perceived) from the older word, such as the verb burgle, formed by removing -ar (perceived as an agent-noun suffix) from burglar.
- a word invented (usually unwittingly by subtracting an affix) on the assumption that a familiar word derives from it
noun
- (countable) A series of items or events.
- (slang) Cannabis or marijuana.
- (figurative, in the plural) The conditions and limitations in a contract collectively.
- (oil industry) A column of drill pipe that transmits drilling fluid (using the mud pumps) and torque (using the kelly drive or top drive) to the drill bit.
- (countable) In various games and competitions, a certain number of turns at play, of rounds, etc.
- (collective) A drove of horses, or a group of racehorses kept by one owner or at one stable.
- A slightly elevated (long, thin) peat ridge in a bog.
- (carpentry) A board supporting steps
- (countable, programming) An ordered sequence of text characters stored consecutively in memory and capable of being processed as a single entity.
- (botany) The tough fibrous substance that unites the valves of the pericarp of leguminous plants.
- (countable, uncountable) A long, thin and flexible structure made from threads twisted together.
- (architecture, masonry) A stringcourse.
- (music, metonymic, countable) A stringed instrument.
- (countable) The members of a sports team or squad regarded as most likely to achieve success. (Perhaps metaphorical as the "strings" that hold the squad together.) Often first string, second string etc.
- A strip, as of leather, by which the covers of a book are held together.
- A thread or cord on which a number of objects or parts are strung or arranged in close and orderly succession; hence, a line or series of things arranged on a thread, or as if so arranged.
- (shipbuilding) An inside range of ceiling planks, corresponding to the sheer strake on the outside and bolted to it.
- (historical, billiards) The buttons strung on a wire by which the score is kept.
- (music) A segment of wire (typically made of plastic or metal) or other material used as vibrating element on a musical instrument.
- (music, usually in the plural) The stringed instruments as a section of an orchestra, especially those played by a bow, or the persons playing those instruments.
- (billiards) Part of the game of billiards, where the order of the play is determined by testing who can get a ball closest to the bottom rail by shooting it onto the end rail.
- (mining) A small, filamentous ramification of a metallic vein.
- (billiards, by extension) The points made in a game of billiards.
- (sports) A length of nylon or other material on the head of a racquet.
- (billiards, pool) The line from behind and over which the cue ball must be played after being out of play, as by being pocketed or knocked off the table; also called the string line.
- (slang) Synonym of stable (“group of prostitutes managed by one pimp”).
- (countable) A cohesive substance taking the form of a string.
- (countable, physics) A tiny one-dimensional string-like entity, the main object of study in string theory, a branch of theoretical physics.
- a tough piece of fiber in vegetables, meat, or other food (especially the tough fibers connecting the two halves of a bean pod)
- a linear sequence (as of characters, words, proteins, etc.)
- (cosmology) a hypothetical one-dimensional subatomic particle having a concentration of energy and the dynamic properties of a flexible loop
- a tie consisting of a cord that goes through a seam around an opening
- a collection of things threaded on a single strand, or as if threaded on a single strand
- a necklace made by stringing objects together
- a tightly stretched cord of wire or gut, as a part of an instrument or a tennis racket
- a lightweight cord
- stringed instruments that are played with a bow
- a sequentially ordered set of things or events or ideas in which each successive member is related to the preceding
verb
- (intransitive, billiards) To drive the ball against the end of the table and back, in order to determine which player is to open the game.
- (transitive) To put strings on (something).
- (transitive) To put (items) on a string.
- (birdwatching) To deliberately state that a certain bird is present when it is not; to knowingly mislead other birders about the occurrence of a bird, especially a rarity; to misidentify a common bird as a rare species.
- (intransitive) To form into a string or strings, as a substance which is stretched, or people who are moving along, etc.
- add as if on a string
- stretch out or arrange like a string
- provide with strings
- thread on or as if on a string
- string together; tie or fasten with a string
- remove the stringy parts of
- move or come along
noun
- (countable) Something resulting from the act of instantiating; an instance.
- (by extension, object-oriented programming) A creation of an instance of some class or template.
- (uncountable) The production of an instance, example, or specific application of a general classification, principle, theory, etc.
- a representation of an idea in the form of an instance of it
noun
- (countable) A specific note or piece of information written in such a notation.
- (uncountable) The act, process, method, or an instance of representing by a system or set of marks, signs, figures, or characters.
- (uncountable, countable) A system of characters, symbols, or abbreviated expressions used in an art or science or in mathematics or logic to express technical facts or quantities.
- a technical system of symbols used to represent special things
- the activity of representing something by a special system of marks or characters
- a comment or instruction (usually added)
noun
- (countable) Something learned by gleaning.
- (uncountable, informal) Dumpster diving.
- The act of collecting leftover crops from farmers' fields after they have been commercially harvested or on fields where it is not economically profitable to harvest.
- (ornithology) The catching of insects and other invertebrates by plucking them from within foliage, or sometimes from the ground. It may also be applied to where prey is picked off, or from within, natural and man-made surfaces such as rock faces and under the eaves of houses.
verb
noun
- (countable) An object or event that is not regular or ordinary.
- (uncountable) The state or condition of being irregular, or the extent to which something is irregular.
- (countable) A violation of rules.
- (euphemistic) Irregular bowel movement (e.g. diarrhea or constipation).
- (countable) An instance of being irregular.
- an irregular asymmetry in shape; an irregular spatial pattern
- irregular and infrequent or difficult evacuation of the bowels; can be a symptom of intestinal obstruction or diverticulitis
- behavior that breaches the rule or etiquette or custom or morality
- not characterized by a fixed principle or rate; at irregular intervals
noun
- (countable) Something uncertain or ambiguous.
- (uncountable, mathematics) A parameter that measures the dispersion of a range of measured values.
- (uncountable) Doubt; the condition of being uncertain or without conviction.
- the state of being unsure of something
- being unsettled or in doubt or dependent on chance
noun
- (countable) [Technical documentation] An indication of the product, procedure, or timescale for which an item of information is applicable or effective.
- (countable) A measure of the effectiveness of something.
- (uncountable) The ability or power to be effective.
- power to be effective; the quality of being able to bring about an effect
noun
- (countable) A summary or collection of information, especially about a person.
- (countable) The shape, view, or shadow of a person's head from the side; a side view.
- Character; totality of related characteristics; signature; status (especially in scientific, technical, or military uses).
- (architecture) A section of any member, made at right angles with its main lines, showing the exact shape of mouldings etc.
- (archaeology) A smoothed (e.g., troweled or brushed) vertical surface of an excavation showing evidence of at least one feature or diagnostic specimen; the graphic recording of such as by sketching, photographing, etc.
- (figurative, uncountable) Reputation, prominence; noticeability.
- (countable) The outermost shape, view, or edge of an object.
- (uncountable) The amount by which something protrudes.
- (military slang) An exemption from certain types of duties due to injury or disability.
- (civil engineering) A drawing exhibiting a vertical section of the ground along a surveyed line, or graded work, as of a railway, showing elevations, depressions, grades, etc.
- (computing, countable) A user's preferences.
- (Internet, countable) A specific page or field in which users can provide various types of personal information in software or Internet systems.
- a vertical section of the Earth's crust showing the different horizons or layers
- biographical sketch
- an analysis (often in graphical form) representing the extent to which something exhibits various characteristics
- degree of exposure to public notice
- an outline of something (especially a human face as seen from one side)
verb
- To act based on such a summary, especially one that is a stereotype; to engage in profiling.
- (transitive) To draw in profile or outline.
- (transitive, engineering) To give a definite form by chiselling, milling, etc.
- (computing, transitive) To measure the performance of various parts of (a program) so as to locate bottlenecks.
- (transitive) To create a summary or collection of information about (a person, etc.).
- write about
- represent in profile, by drawing or painting
noun
- (countable) A way in which two people or things share similitude.
- (uncountable) Similarity or resemblance to something else.
- (countable) Someone or something that closely resembles another; a duplicate or twin.
- A parable or allegory.
- (countable, geometry) A similarity: a transformation of Euclidean space that preserves angles and the ratios of distances.
- similarity in appearance or character or nature between persons or things
- a duplicate copy
noun
- (countable) Something that can be known; a branch of learning; a piece of information; a science.
- Awareness of a particular fact or situation; a state of having been informed or made aware of something.
- The total of what is known; all information and products of learning.
- (UK, informal) The deep familiarity with certain routes and places of interest required by taxicab drivers working in London, England.
- The fact of knowing about something; general understanding or familiarity with a subject, place, situation etc.
- (philosophical) Justified true belief
- Familiarity or understanding of a particular skill, branch of learning etc.
- Intellectual understanding; the state of appreciating truth or information.
- the psychological result of perception and learning and reasoning
noun
- (countable) An effort, process, or operation designed to establish or discover a fact or truth; an act of testing; a test; a trial.
- (uncountable) The degree of evidence which convinces the mind of any truth or fact, and produces belief; a test by facts or arguments which induce, or tend to induce, certainty of the judgment; conclusive evidence; demonstration.
- The quality or state of having been proved or tried; firmness or hardness which resists impression, or does not yield to force; impenetrability of physical bodies.
- (countable, mathematics) A process for testing the accuracy of an operation performed. Compare prove, transitive verb, 5.
- (countable, printing) A proof sheet; a trial impression, as from type, taken for correction or examination.
- (numismatics) A limited-run high-quality strike of a particular coin, originally as a test run, although nowadays mostly for collectors' sets.
- (countable, logic, mathematics) A sequence of statements consisting of axioms, assumptions, statements already demonstrated in another proof, and statements that logically follow from previous statements in the sequence, and which concludes with a statement that is the object of the proof.
- (US) A measure of the alcohol content of liquor. Originally, in Britain, 100 proof was defined as 57.1% by volume (no longer used). In the US, 100 proof means that the alcohol content is 50% of the total volume of the liquid; thus, perfectly pure absolute alcohol would be 200 proof.
- a measure of alcoholic strength expressed as an integer twice the percentage of alcohol present (by volume)
- a formal series of statements showing that if one thing is true something else necessarily follows from it
- (printing) an impression made to check for errors
- the act of validating; finding or testing the truth of something
- a trial photographic print from a negative
- any factual evidence that helps to establish the truth of something
adj
verb
- (transitive, firearms) To test-fire with a load considerably more powerful than the firearm in question's rated maximum chamber pressure, in order to establish the firearm's ability to withstand pressures well in excess of those expected in service without bursting.
- (transitive, intransitive, colloquial) To proofread.
- (transitive, baking) To allow (yeast-containing dough) to rise, especially after it has been shaped
- (transitive) To make resistant, especially to water.
- (transitive, baking) To test the activeness of (yeast).
- knead to reach proper lightness
- make or take a proof of, such as a photographic negative, an etching, or typeset
- make resistant (to harm)
- activate by mixing with water and sometimes sugar or milk
- read for errors
noun
- (countable) One who sees or has personal knowledge of something.
- (countable, databases) An additional database server instance used in failover scenarios to decide whether the mirror should take over.
- (countable) Something that serves as evidence; a sign or token.
- (countable, law) Someone called to give evidence in a court.
- (uncountable) Attestation of a fact or event; testimony.
- (countable) One who is called upon to witness an event or action, such as a wedding or the signing of a document.
- (textual criticism) A particular version of a text (seen as providing testimony of archetype or other earlier version)
- testimony by word or deed to your religious faith
- (law) a person who testifies under oath in a court of law
- (law) a person who attests to the genuineness of a document or signature by adding their own signature
- a close observer; someone who looks at something (such as an exhibition of some kind)
- someone who sees an event and reports what happened
verb
- (intransitive, construed with to or for) To present personal religious testimony; to preach at (someone) or on behalf of.
- (transitive) To furnish proof of, to show.
- (transitive) To take as evidence.
- To see the execution of (a legal instrument), and subscribe it for the purpose of establishing its authenticity.
- (transitive) To see or gain knowledge of through experience.
- perceive or be contemporaneous with
- be a witness to
noun
- (countable) A disposition; an arrangement, categorization, or classification of things.
- (uncountable) The power to use something or someone.
- (countable) A garbage disposal
- (countable, Australian rules football) A kick or a handball of the ball during a game.
- (Internet slang, paraphilia, furry fandom) A sexual paraphilia, as in art, fiction, and role-playing, that involves a character consuming and digesting another and disposing their remains as bodily fluids, typically as via ejaculation or defecation.
- a method of tending to or managing the affairs of some group of people (especially the group's business affairs)
- the act or means of getting rid of something
- the power to use something or someone
- a kitchen appliance for disposing of garbage
noun
- (countable) A tidbit of something valuable.
- (countable) A small, compact chunk or clump.
- (Australia, slang, countable) An item that is typically old and of dubious quality or poor condition.
- (countable) A small piece of tasty food, a tidbit.
- (uncountable) A type of boot polish.
- (countable, slang) An inexperienced, newly trained fighter pilot.
- (countable) A bud from the Cannabis sativa plant, especially one that is potent.
- (slang, countable) A person with no arms or legs; a basket case.
- (countable) A chicken nugget.
- (computing theory) A partial description gleaned from data mining.
- a solid lump of a precious metal (especially gold) as found in the earth
verb
noun
- (countable) Something which has developed.
- (real estate, countable) A project consisting of one or more commercial or residential buildings.
- (music) The process by in which previous material is transformed and restated.
- (uncountable, biology) The process by which a mature multicellular organism or part of an organism is produced by the addition of new cells.
- (photography) The processing of photographic film so as to bring out the images latent in it.
- (real estate, uncountable) The building of such a project.
- (uncountable) The process of developing; growth, directed change.
- (music) The second section of a piece of music in sonata form, in which the original theme is revisited in altered and varying form.
- (uncountable) The application of new ideas to practical problems (cf. research).
- (chess, uncountable) The active placement of the pieces, or the process of achieving it.
- (mathematics) The expression of a function in the form of a series.
- act of improving by expanding or enlarging or refining
- processing a photosensitive material in order to make an image visible
- a process in which something passes by degrees to a different stage (especially a more advanced or mature stage)
- a state in which things are improving; the result of developing (as in the early part of a game of chess)
- (biology) the process of an individual organism growing organically; a purely biological unfolding of events involved in an organism changing gradually from a simple to a more complex level
- a district that has been developed to serve some purpose
- a recent event that has some relevance for the present situation
- (music) the section of a composition or movement (especially in sonata form) where the major musical themes are developed and elaborated
- the act of making some area of land or water more profitable or productive or useful
noun
- (countable) An act of interpreting or explaining something unclear; a translation; a version.
- (countable) An act or process of applying general principles or formulae to the explanation of the results obtained in special cases.
- (countable) A sense given by an interpreter; an exposition or explanation given; meaning.
- (uncountable, linguistics, translation studies) The discipline or study of translating one spoken or signed language into another (as opposed to translation, which concerns itself with written language).
- (uncountable) The power of explaining.
- (countable, physics) An approximation that allows aspects of a mathematical theory to be discussed in ordinary language.
- (countable, logic, model theory) An assignment of a truth value to each propositional symbol of a propositional calculus.
- Short for heritage interpretation
- (countable) An artist's way of expressing thought or embodying a conception of nature through art.
- a mental representation of the meaning or significance of something
- the act of interpreting something as expressed in an artistic performance
- an explanation of something that is not immediately obvious
- an explanation that results from interpreting something
noun
- (countable) A sample.
- (statistics) The analysis of a group by determining the characteristics of a significant percentage of its members chosen at random.
- (signal processing) The measurement, at regular intervals, of the amplitude of a varying waveform in order to convert it to digital form.
- (music) The electronic splicing of pieces of previously recorded sound as part of a composition, especially as part of hip-hop or electronic dance music.
- The process or technique of obtaining a representative sample.
- measurement at regular intervals of the amplitude of a varying waveform (in order to convert it to digital form)
- items selected at random from a population and used to test hypotheses about the population
- (statistics) the selection of a suitable sample for study
verb
noun
- (countable) A particular instance of identifying something.
- A feeling of support, sympathy, understanding, or belonging towards somebody or something.
- (strictly) The act of identifying (i.e., which one, which thing).
- The state of being identified.
- A document or documents serving as evidence of a person's identity.
- (broadly, often) The combination of identifying (which one, which thing) and validating the identity (proving or confirming it); identifying and authenticating viewed as a unitary concept in cognition.
- evidence of identity; something that identifies a person or thing
- the act of designating or identifying something
- the condition of having the identity (of a person or object) established
- the process of recognizing something or someone by remembering
- the attribution to yourself (consciously or unconsciously) of the characteristics of another person (or group of persons)
noun
- (countable) An instance of this.
- (also attributive, uncountable) Chiefly preceded by in or on: the state each year during which a male animal (usually a camel or an elephant) exhibits increased aggressiveness and sexual activity due to a high level of testosterone.
- an annual phase of heightened sexual excitement in the males of certain large mammals (especially elephants); is associated with discharge from a gland between the eye and ear
noun
- (countable) Something specific which is the result of a process of concretizing a general principle or idea.
- (uncountable, medicine, psychology) An inability to generalize or perform abstraction accompanied by excessive concentration on specific details, as in a mental disorder or in cognition by children.
- (uncountable) The process of concretizing a general principle or idea by delineating, particularizing, or exemplifying it.
noun
- (countable) Something that differentiates a thing or person.
- (emergency medicine, countable) The third step in OPQRST where the responder investigates what the NOI/MOI feels like.
- (countable, UK, journalism) A newspaper with relatively serious, high-quality content.
- (uncountable) The degree to which a man-made object or system is free from faults and flaws, as opposed to scope of functions or quantity of items.
- (thermodynamics) In a two-phase liquid–vapor mixture, the ratio of the mass of vapor present to the total mass of the mixture.
- (uncountable) Level of excellence.
- high social status
- an essential and distinguishing attribute of something or someone
- (music) the distinctive property of a complex sound (a voice or noise or musical sound)
- a degree or grade of excellence or worth
- a characteristic property that defines the apparent individual nature of something
adj
noun
- (countable) An instance or occurrence.
- (countable) A numerical indication of a particular moment.
- (uncountable, slang) The serving of a prison sentence.
- (uncountable) The feeling of the passage of events and their relative duration, as experienced by an individual.
- (uncountable with possessive) A person's youth or young adulthood, as opposed to the present day.
- (countable) An experience.
- (only in singular, sports and figuratively) Time out; temporary, limited suspension of play.
- (uncountable) A quantity of availability of duration.
- (UK, in public houses) Closing time.
- (countable) A measurement of a quantity of time; a numerical or general indication of a length of progression.
- (uncountable) The duration of time of a given day that has passed; the moment, as indicated by a clock or similar device.
- (uncountable) Tempo; a measured rate of movement.
- (uncountable) Rhythmical division, meter.
- (physics, uncountable, reductionist definition) The property of a system which allows it to have more than one distinct configuration.
- (countable) The measurement under some system of region of day or moment.
- (physics, usually uncountable) A dimension of spacetime with the opposite metric signature to space dimensions; the fourth dimension.
- (music, uncountable) The measured duration of sounds.
- (jazz) (uncountable) A straight rhythmic pattern, free from fills, breaks and other embellishments.
- (countable) A particular moment or hour; the appropriate moment or hour for something (especially with prepositional phrase or imperfect subjunctive).
- (countable) An era; (articulated, sometimes in the plural) the current era, the current state of affairs.
- (slang, MLE) Clipping of a long time.
- (countable) A ratio of comparison (see also usage notes and prepositional sense at 'times').
- (with possessives) The end of someone’s life, conceived by the speaker as having been predestined.
- (uncountable) The inevitable progression into the future with the passing of present and past events.
- (physics, uncountable) Change associated with the second law of thermodynamics; the physical and psychological result of increasing entropy.
- The hour of childbirth.
- the fourth coordinate that is required (along with three spatial dimensions) to specify a physical event
- a suitable moment
- an instance or single occasion for some event
- an indefinite period (usually marked by specific attributes or activities)
- rhythm as given by division into parts of equal duration
- a person's experience on a particular occasion
- the period of time a prisoner is imprisoned
- a period of time considered as a resource under your control and sufficient to accomplish something
- a reading of a point in time as given by a clock
- the continuum of experience in which events pass from the future through the present to the past
intj
verb
- To regulate as to time; to accompany, or agree with, in time of movement.
- (transitive) To measure or record the time, duration, or rate of something.
- (transitive) To choose when something commences or its duration.
- To measure, as in music or harmony.
- assign a time for an activity or event
- set the speed, duration, or execution of
- regulate or set the time of
- measure the time or duration of an event or action or the person who performs an action in a certain period of time
- adjust so that a force is applied and an action occurs at the desired time
noun
- (countable) A particular aspect, feature or detail of something.
- (uncountable, always plural) Polite greetings, often offered as condolences after a death.
- Good will; favor.
- (uncountable) Good opinion, honor, or admiration.
- (uncountable) An attitude of consideration or high regard.
- behavior intended to please your parents
- a courteous expression (by word or deed) of esteem or regard
- (usually preceded by ‘in’) a detail or point
- courteous regard for people's feelings
- the condition of being honored (esteemed or respected or well regarded)
- an attitude of admiration or esteem
- a feeling of friendship and esteem
intj
verb
- To take notice of; to regard as worthy of special consideration; to heed.
- To have regard for something, to observe a custom, practice, rule or right.
- (transitive, dated except in "respecting") To relate to; to be concerned with.
- To have respect for.
- To abide by an agreement.
- show respect towards
- regard highly; think much of
noun
- (countable) Something that bears an analogy to something else.
- (countable, biology) An organ or structure that is similar in function to one in another kind of organism but is of dissimilar evolutionary origin.
- (chemistry) A structural derivative of a parent compound that differs from it by only one or a few atoms or substituent groups; (usually, especially) such a molecule that retains most of the same chemical properties.
- something having the property of being analogous to something else
adj
- Not relating to, or pre-dating, digital technology such as computers and the Internet; relating to real life.
- (of a device or system) In which the value of a data item (such as time) is represented by a continuous(ly) variable physical quantity that can be measured (such as the shadow of a sundial).
- of a circuit or device having an output that is proportional to the input
noun
- (countable) Something that bears an analogy to something else.
- (countable, biology) An organ or structure that is similar in function to one in another kind of organism but is of dissimilar evolutionary origin.
- (chemistry) Alternative spelling of analog (“A structural derivative of a parent compound that differs from it by only one or a few atoms or substituent groups; (usually, especially) such a molecule that retains most of the same chemical properties.”)
- something having the property of being analogous to something else
adj
noun
- (countable) An object of search or pursuit.
- (mining) A site for mining stone, such as limestone, or slate.
- A diamond-shaped tile or pane, often of glass or stone.
- (uncountable) An animal, often a bird or mammal, which is hunted.
- a surface excavation for extracting stone or slate
- animal hunted or caught for food
- a person who is the aim of an attack (especially a victim of ridicule or exploitation) by some hostile person or influence
verb
noun
- (countable) A specific piece of information that serves to notify.
- (countable, computing) A message, alert, or signal displayed by a system or application to inform the user of an event, update, new message, etc.
- (uncountable) The act of notifying.
- a request for payment
- an accusation of crime made by a grand jury on its own initiative
- informing by words
noun
- (countable) An instance of this phenomenon.
- (optics, uncountable) A phenomenon where light, instead of passing into a medium of a lower refractive index and refracting away from the normal, is completely reflected by the boundary between the two media because it approaches at an angle greater than or equal to the critical angle.
noun
adv
det
- (relative) Any ... that; all ... that; whatever.
- (interrogative) Which, especially which of an open-ended set of possibilities.
- (indirect interrogative) Which.
- Emphasises that something is noteworthy or remarkable in quality or degree, in either a good or bad way; may be used in combination with certain other determiners, especially 'a', less often 'some'.
- (exclamative) Used to form exclamations indicating that something is remarkable, in either a good or bad way.
intj
- What did you say? I beg your pardon? This usage is often considered impolite, with the more polite "Pardon?" or "Excuse me?" preferred.
- An expression of surprise or disbelief.
- Indicating a guess or approximation, or a pause to try to recall information.
- What do you want? An abrupt, usually unfriendly enquiry as to what a person desires.
particle
- (Singlish, Manglish) Emphasizes the truth of an assertion made to contradict an evidently false assumption held by the listener.
- (Singlish, Manglish) Used after a direct assertion to reinforce a disagreeing opinion.
- (Singlish, Manglish) Used to invite agreement or acknowledgment when something is assumed to be straightforward or already obvious to begin with; similar in function to “right?” and “as you know”.
pron
noun
- (countable) Something seen; an object perceived visually.
- (countable) Something imaginary one thinks one sees.
- (uncountable) The sense or ability of sight.
- (uncountable) Pre-recorded film or tape; footage.
- (countable) A person or thing of extraordinary beauty.
- (countable, by extension) A perceived potential future event or occurrence.
- (uncountable) General aspiration; forward-thinkingness.
- (countable, by extension) Something unreal or imaginary; a creation of fancy.
- (countable) A religious or mystical experience of a supernatural appearance.
- (countable) An ideal or a goal toward which one aspires.
- a vivid mental image
- the formation of a mental image of something that is not perceived as real and is not present to the senses
- the ability to see; the visual faculty
- a religious or mystical experience of a supernatural appearance
- the perceptual experience of seeing
verb
noun
- (countable) A physical entity typifying an abstract concept.
- (sociology) The ways that knowledge, personality, culture, etc. are modulated by being experienced through a physical body.
- The process of embodying.
- giving concrete form to an abstract concept
- a concrete representation of an otherwise nebulous concept
- a new personification of a familiar idea
noun
- (countable) A characteristic of something that makes it different from something else.
- (logic circuits) A Boolean operation which is true when the two input variables are different but is otherwise false; the XOR operation ( scriptstyle A◌̅B+◌̅AB).
- (countable) The result of a subtraction; sometimes the absolute value of this result.
- (relational algebra) The set of elements that are in one set but not another ( scriptstyle A◌̅B).
- (countable) A disagreement or argument.
- (heraldry) An addition to a coat of arms to distinguish two people's bearings which would otherwise be the same. See augmentation and cadency.
- (countable, uncountable) Significant change in or effect on a situation or state.
- (logic) The quality or attribute which is added to those of the genus to constitute a species; a differentia.
- (uncountable) The quality of being different.
- a significant change
- a disagreement or argument about something important
- a variation that deviates from the standard or norm
- the quality of being unlike or dissimilar
- the number that remains after subtraction; the number that when added to the subtrahend gives the minuend
noun
- (countable) The act of noticing, understanding or hearing.
- (countable, music) The refrain; a line or lines of a song which are repeated from verse to verse.
- (countable) A fragment of music or poetry.
- (countable) The act of seizing or capturing.
- (countable) The act of catching an object in motion, especially a ball.
- (countable) A stopping mechanism, especially a clasp which stops something from opening.
- Passing opportunities seized; snatches.
- (countable) Something which is captured or caught.
- (countable, cricket, baseball) The act of catching a hit ball before it reaches the ground, resulting in an out.
- (countable, sometimes noun adjunct) A concealed difficulty, especially in a deal or negotiation.
- (countable, agriculture) A crop which has germinated and begun to grow.
- (countable) A crick; a sudden muscle pain during unaccustomed positioning when the muscle is in use.
- (countable) A hesitation in voice, caused by strong emotion.
- (countable, rowing) The first contact of an oar with the water.
- (countable, cricket) A player in respect of his catching ability; particularly one who catches well.
- A slight remembrance; a trace.
- (countable, music) A type of humorous round in which the voices gradually catch up with one another; usually sung by men and often having bawdy lyrics.
- (uncountable) The game of catching a ball.
- (countable, phonetics) A stoppage of breath, resembling a slight cough.
- (countable, colloquial, by extension) A find, in particular a boyfriend or girlfriend or prospective spouse.
- a cooperative game in which a ball is passed back and forth
- a break or check in the voice (usually a sign of strong emotion)
- a drawback or difficulty that is not readily evident
- anything that is caught (especially if it is worth catching)
- a fastener that fastens or locks a door or window
- the quantity that was caught
- a restraint that checks the motion of something
- the act of apprehending (especially apprehending a criminal)
- the act of catching an object with the hands
- a person regarded as a good matrimonial prospect
verb
- (transitive) To grasp mentally: perceive and understand.
- (transitive) To become infected by (an illness).
- (intransitive) To get pregnant.
- (transitive) To take or replenish something necessary, such as breath or sleep.
- (transitive) To reach (someone) with a strike, blow, weapon etc.
- (transitive) To reproduce or echo a spirit or idea faithfully.
- (intransitive, agriculture) To germinate and set down roots.
- (transitive) To attract and hold (a faculty or organ of sense).
- (transitive) To grip or entangle.
- (transitive) To travel by means of.
- (transitive, rare) To become pregnant. (Only in past tense or as participle.)
- (transitive, intransitive) To receive or be affected by (wind, water, fire etc.).
- (transitive) To be hit by something.
- (intransitive) To spread by infection or similar means.
- (intransitive) To be held back or impeded.
- (transitive) To entrap or trip up a person; to deceive.
- (transitive, of fire) To spread or be conveyed to.
- (transitive) To have something be held back or impeded.
- (transitive) To overtake or catch up to; to be in time for.
- (intransitive) To serve well or poorly for catching, especially for catching fish.
- (transitive, computing) To handle an exception.
- (transitive, intransitive, baseball) To play (a specific period of time) as the catcher.
- (transitive, cricket) To end a player's innings by catching a hit ball before the first bounce.
- (transitive) To be touched or affected by (something) through exposure.
- (transitive, rowing) To grip (the water) with one's oars at the beginning of the stroke.
- (transitive) To be the victim of (something unpleasant, painful etc.).
- (intransitive) To make a grasping or snatching motion (at).
- (transitive, surfing) To contact a wave in such a way that one can ride it back to shore.
- (transitive) To unpleasantly discover unexpectedly; to unpleasantly surprise (someone doing something).
- To notice.
- (intransitive) To engage with some mechanism; to stick, to succeed in interacting with something or initiating some process.
- (transitive, informal) To take in; to watch or listen to (an entertainment).
- (transitive) To charm or entrance.
- (transitive) To capture or snare (someone or something which would rather escape).
- (transitive) To acquire, as though by infection; to take on through sympathy or influence.
- (transitive) To seize or intercept an object moving through the air (or, sometimes, some other medium).
- grasp with the mind or develop an understanding of
- get or regain something necessary, usually quickly or briefly
- reach in time
- hear, usually without the knowledge of the speakers
- catch up with and possibly overtake
- to hook or entangle
- suffer from the receipt of
- perceive with the senses quickly, suddenly, or momentarily
- cause to become accidentally or suddenly caught, ensnared, or entangled
- attract; cause to be enamored
- perceive by hearing
- be struck or affected by
- apprehend and reproduce accurately
- come down with
- be the catcher
- attract and fix
- detect a blunder or misstep
- start burning
- succeed in catching or seizing, especially after a chase
- become aware of
- capture as if by hunting, snaring, or trapping
- check oneself during an action
- spread or be communicated
- delay or hold up; prevent from proceeding on schedule or as planned
- reach with a blow or hit in a particular spot
- see or watch
- take hold of so as to seize or restrain or stop the motion of
- discover or come upon accidentally, suddenly, or unexpectedly; catch somebody doing something or in a certain state
- take in and retain
noun
- (countable) A thing that is external relative to something else.
- (uncountable) The state of being external or externalized.
- (economics, countable) An impact, positive or negative, on any party not involved in a given economic transaction or act.
- the quality or state of being outside or directed toward or relating to the outside or exterior
noun
- (countable) An instance of the information or knowledge so furnished.
- (countable) An order or command.
- (computing) A single operation of a processor defined by an instruction set architecture.
- (uncountable) The act of instructing, teaching, or providing with information or knowledge.
- (in the plural) A set of directions provided by a manufacturer for the users of a product or service.
- (law, in the plural) The directions given by a client to their lawyer in relation to a particular legal matter, which govern the purpose and scope of their work.
- the activities of educating or instructing; activities that impart knowledge or skill
- (computer science) a line of code written as part of a computer program
- the profession of a teacher
- a message describing how something is to be done
noun
- (countable) An instance of that act or process.
- (uncountable, gerund) The act or process of serving.
- (countable) The quantity of food or drink intended for one person in a single sitting; especially in relation to a meal.
- (countable, by extension) A fraction or share.
- (countable) A layer added to the outside of an electrical cable to protect it.
- an individual quantity of food or drink taken as part of a meal
- the act of delivering a writ or summons upon someone
verb
noun
- (countable) An instance of that act or process.
- An accessory or accompaniment.
- (countable) Material that is removed by someone trimming something, as a piece of steak.
- (uncountable) The act or process of someone who trims.
- (historical) An ornamental accessory to a dress or other piece of clothing.
- cutting down to the desired size or shape
- the act of adding decoration
- a decoration or adornment typically on the edge of a garment
verb
noun
- (countable) A description of the form and structure of something.
- (countable) The form and structure of something.
- (linguistics) The study of the internal structure of morphemes (words and their semantic building blocks).
- (mathematics) Mathematical morphology.
- (geology) The study of the structure of rocks and landforms.
- (biology) The study of the form and structure of animals and plants.
- studies of the rules for forming admissible words
- the admissible arrangement of sounds in words
- the branch of geology that studies the characteristics and configuration and evolution of rocks and land forms
- the branch of biology that deals with the structure of animals and plants
noun
- (countable) A particular situation or activity.
- (countable) A person's occupation, work, or trade.
- (uncountable) Private commercial interests taken collectively.
- (slang, British, with the) Something very good; top quality.
- (uncountable) The volume or amount of commercial trade.
- (travel, uncountable) Business class, the class of seating provided by airlines between first class and coach.
- (slang, uncountable) The act of defecation, or the excrement itself, particularly that of a non-human animal.
- (uncountable) Something involving one personally.
- (countable, rare) The collective noun for a group of ferrets.
- (Los Angeles, informal, with the) Hollywood, the entertainment industry.
- (uncountable) The management of commercial enterprises, or the study of such management.
- (uncountable) Commercial, industrial, or professional activity.
- (uncountable, parliamentary procedure) Matters that come before a body for deliberation or action.
- (uncountable) One's dealings; patronage.
- (Australian Aboriginal) Matters.
- (acting, theater) Ellipsis of stage business (“aspect of acting”).
- (countable) A specific commercial enterprise or establishment.
- (slang) Disruptive shenanigans.
- (countable) Any activity or objective needing to be dealt with; especially, one of a financial or legal matter.
- (slang, with the) Prostitution.
- the volume of commercial activity
- a commercial or industrial enterprise and the people who constitute it
- incidental activity performed by an actor for dramatic effect
- the activity of providing goods and services involving financial and commercial and industrial aspects
- the principal activity in your life that you do to earn money
- customers collectively
- a rightful concern or responsibility
- business concerns collectively
- an immediate objective
adj
noun
- (countable) A person, thing, or name typifying a certain quality or idea; an embodiment or exemplification.
- (countable) An artistic representation of an abstract quality as a human.
- (usually uncountable) The process of creating such a representation: a literary device or other artistic method in which an inanimate object or an idea is given human qualities.
- the act of attributing human characteristics to abstract ideas etc.
- a person who represents an abstract quality
- representing an abstract quality or idea as a person or creature
noun
- (countable) A set of events involving an entity.
- (countable) A record or narrative description of past events.
- The portion of the past that is known and recorded by this field of study, as opposed to all earlier and unknown times that preceded it (prehistory).
- The empirical study of past events, as distinct from literature, myth, or scripture; the assessment of notable events.
- The aggregate of past events.
- (uncountable) A historically significant event.
- (countable, medicine) A list of past and continuing medical conditions of an individual or family.
- (uncountable) Shared experience or interaction.
- (informal) Something that no longer exists or is no longer relevant.
- (countable, computing) A record of previous user events, especially of visited web pages in a browser.
- a record or narrative description of past events
- all that is remembered of the past as preserved in writing; a body of knowledge
- the continuum of events occurring in succession leading from the past to the present and even into the future
- the discipline that records and interprets past events involving human beings
- the aggregate of past events
noun
- (countable) That by which anything is denominated or styled; an epithet; a name, designation, or title; especially, a general name indicating a class of like individuals.
- (countable) A unit in a series of units of weight, money, etc.
- (uncountable) The act of naming or designating.
- (countable, religion) A class, or society of individuals, called by the same name; a subdivision of a religion.
- a group of religious congregations having its own organization and a distinctive faith
- identifying word or words by which someone or something is called and classified or distinguished from others
- a class of one kind of unit in a system of numbers or measures or weights or money
noun
- (countable) A representation.
- (uncountable) The act of depicting.
- (countable) A drawing or painting.
- (countable) A lifelike image of something, either verbal or visual.
- a graphic or vivid verbal description
- a drawing of the outlines of forms or objects
- a representation by picture or portraiture
- representation by drawing or painting etc
noun
- (countable) A miscellaneous object or thing; a thingy.
- (countable) Something that is not up to acceptable standards; something of low quality.
- (uncountable, music) Alternative form of rinky-tink (“a tinkling, tinny style of music; honky-tonk”).
- An amateur or someone who is underqualified.
- Someone who operates unethically; specifically, a small-time conman or crook.
adj
noun
- (countable) The act of browsing through something.
- (Cornwall, fishing, uncountable) Bruised fish used as bait.
- (countable) That which one browses through; something to read.
- (uncountable) Young shoots and twigs.
- (uncountable) Fodder for cattle and other animals.
- reading superficially or at random
- the act of feeding by continual nibbling
- vegetation (such as young shoots, twigs, and leaves) that is suitable for animals to eat
verb
- (transitive, computing) To navigate through hyperlinked documents on a computer, usually with a browser.
- (intransitive, of an animal) To move about while eating parts of plants, especially plants other than pasture, such as shrubs or trees.
- To scan, to casually look through in order to find items of interest, especially without knowledge of what to look for beforehand.
- To move about while sampling, such as with food or products on display.
- shop around; not necessarily buying
- feed as in a meadow or pasture
- eat lightly, try different dishes
- look around casually and randomly, without seeking anything in particular
noun
- (countable) An expedient.
- (uncountable) The quality of being fit or suitable to effect some desired end or the purpose intended; suitability for particular circumstance or situation.
- (uncountable) Pursuit of the course of action that brings the desired effect even if it is unjust or unprincipled.
- the quality of being suited to the end in view
noun
- (countable) an instance of this
- (uncountable) Synonym of deification: the actual creation of mythology and legends from historical figures and events; (countable) an instance of this.
- (uncountable, derogatory) The fanciful invention of plausible historical figures and events as an attempt to rationalize mythology and legends
noun
- (countable) Often preceded by a descriptive word: a system using one of the above detection methods, differentiated by configuration or platform, frequency, power, and other technical attributes.
- (uncountable) In full primary radar: a method of detecting a distant object and determining its position, velocity, or other characteristics by analysing radio waves (usually microwaves) which are sent towards the object and which reflect off its surfaces; also, the field of study of this method.
- (uncountable, by extension) In full secondary radar: a method of detecting a distant object and determining its position, velocity, or other characteristics by analysing signals transmitted by the object in response to radio waves sent towards the object.
- (countable) An installation of the apparatus for operating one of the above detection systems.
- (uncountable, by extension) Often preceded by a descriptive word: a natural (for example, in an animal such as a bat) or human-made detection method based on the analysis of reflected signals other than radio waves, as light waves or sound waves; (countable) an instance of this.
- (countable, figurative) A superior ability to detect something; an awareness, an intuition.
- measuring instrument in which the echo of a pulse of microwave radiation is used to detect and locate distant objects
verb
noun
- (countable) The determination of the relative position of something or someone.
- (mathematical analysis, differential geometry, countable) The choice of which ordered bases are "positively" oriented and which are "negatively" oriented on a real vector space.
- (countable) An inclination, tendency or direction.
- (analytic geometry, topology, countable) The designation of a parametrised curve as "positively" or "negatively" oriented; the analogous description of a surface or hypersurface.
- (countable) The ability to orient, or the process of so doing.
- (countable) An adjustment to a new environment.
- (education) Events to orient new students at a school; events to help new students become familiar with a school.
- (uncountable) The construction of a Christian church to have its aisle in an east-west direction with the altar at the east end.
- (LGBTQ) Ellipsis of sexual orientation.
- (typography, countable) The direction of print across the page; landscape or portrait.
- (countable) An introduction to a (new) environment.
- (countable) The relative physical position or direction of something.
- a course introducing a new situation or environment
- an integrated set of attitudes and beliefs
- the act of orienting
- a person's awareness of self with regard to position and time and place and personal relationships
- position or alignment relative to points of the compass or other specific directions
- a predisposition in favor of something
noun
- (countable) A word created in this way.
- (uncountable, linguistics) The process by which a new word is formed from an older word by interpreting the former as a derivative of the latter, often by removing a morpheme (real or perceived) from the older word, such as the verb burgle, formed by removing -ar (perceived as an agent-noun suffix) from burglar.
- a word invented (usually unwittingly by subtracting an affix) on the assumption that a familiar word derives from it
noun
- (countable) A series of items or events.
- (slang) Cannabis or marijuana.
- (figurative, in the plural) The conditions and limitations in a contract collectively.
- (oil industry) A column of drill pipe that transmits drilling fluid (using the mud pumps) and torque (using the kelly drive or top drive) to the drill bit.
- (countable) In various games and competitions, a certain number of turns at play, of rounds, etc.
- (collective) A drove of horses, or a group of racehorses kept by one owner or at one stable.
- A slightly elevated (long, thin) peat ridge in a bog.
- (carpentry) A board supporting steps
- (countable, programming) An ordered sequence of text characters stored consecutively in memory and capable of being processed as a single entity.
- (botany) The tough fibrous substance that unites the valves of the pericarp of leguminous plants.
- (countable, uncountable) A long, thin and flexible structure made from threads twisted together.
- (architecture, masonry) A stringcourse.
- (music, metonymic, countable) A stringed instrument.
- (countable) The members of a sports team or squad regarded as most likely to achieve success. (Perhaps metaphorical as the "strings" that hold the squad together.) Often first string, second string etc.
- A strip, as of leather, by which the covers of a book are held together.
- A thread or cord on which a number of objects or parts are strung or arranged in close and orderly succession; hence, a line or series of things arranged on a thread, or as if so arranged.
- (shipbuilding) An inside range of ceiling planks, corresponding to the sheer strake on the outside and bolted to it.
- (historical, billiards) The buttons strung on a wire by which the score is kept.
- (music) A segment of wire (typically made of plastic or metal) or other material used as vibrating element on a musical instrument.
- (music, usually in the plural) The stringed instruments as a section of an orchestra, especially those played by a bow, or the persons playing those instruments.
- (billiards) Part of the game of billiards, where the order of the play is determined by testing who can get a ball closest to the bottom rail by shooting it onto the end rail.
- (mining) A small, filamentous ramification of a metallic vein.
- (billiards, by extension) The points made in a game of billiards.
- (sports) A length of nylon or other material on the head of a racquet.
- (billiards, pool) The line from behind and over which the cue ball must be played after being out of play, as by being pocketed or knocked off the table; also called the string line.
- (slang) Synonym of stable (“group of prostitutes managed by one pimp”).
- (countable) A cohesive substance taking the form of a string.
- (countable, physics) A tiny one-dimensional string-like entity, the main object of study in string theory, a branch of theoretical physics.
- a tough piece of fiber in vegetables, meat, or other food (especially the tough fibers connecting the two halves of a bean pod)
- a linear sequence (as of characters, words, proteins, etc.)
- (cosmology) a hypothetical one-dimensional subatomic particle having a concentration of energy and the dynamic properties of a flexible loop
- a tie consisting of a cord that goes through a seam around an opening
- a collection of things threaded on a single strand, or as if threaded on a single strand
- a necklace made by stringing objects together
- a tightly stretched cord of wire or gut, as a part of an instrument or a tennis racket
- a lightweight cord
- stringed instruments that are played with a bow
- a sequentially ordered set of things or events or ideas in which each successive member is related to the preceding
verb
- (intransitive, billiards) To drive the ball against the end of the table and back, in order to determine which player is to open the game.
- (transitive) To put strings on (something).
- (transitive) To put (items) on a string.
- (birdwatching) To deliberately state that a certain bird is present when it is not; to knowingly mislead other birders about the occurrence of a bird, especially a rarity; to misidentify a common bird as a rare species.
- (intransitive) To form into a string or strings, as a substance which is stretched, or people who are moving along, etc.
- add as if on a string
- stretch out or arrange like a string
- provide with strings
- thread on or as if on a string
- string together; tie or fasten with a string
- remove the stringy parts of
- move or come along
noun
- (countable) Something resulting from the act of instantiating; an instance.
- (by extension, object-oriented programming) A creation of an instance of some class or template.
- (uncountable) The production of an instance, example, or specific application of a general classification, principle, theory, etc.
- a representation of an idea in the form of an instance of it
noun
- (countable) A specific note or piece of information written in such a notation.
- (uncountable) The act, process, method, or an instance of representing by a system or set of marks, signs, figures, or characters.
- (uncountable, countable) A system of characters, symbols, or abbreviated expressions used in an art or science or in mathematics or logic to express technical facts or quantities.
- a technical system of symbols used to represent special things
- the activity of representing something by a special system of marks or characters
- a comment or instruction (usually added)
noun
- (countable) Something learned by gleaning.
- (uncountable, informal) Dumpster diving.
- The act of collecting leftover crops from farmers' fields after they have been commercially harvested or on fields where it is not economically profitable to harvest.
- (ornithology) The catching of insects and other invertebrates by plucking them from within foliage, or sometimes from the ground. It may also be applied to where prey is picked off, or from within, natural and man-made surfaces such as rock faces and under the eaves of houses.
verb
noun
- (countable) An object or event that is not regular or ordinary.
- (uncountable) The state or condition of being irregular, or the extent to which something is irregular.
- (countable) A violation of rules.
- (euphemistic) Irregular bowel movement (e.g. diarrhea or constipation).
- (countable) An instance of being irregular.
- an irregular asymmetry in shape; an irregular spatial pattern
- irregular and infrequent or difficult evacuation of the bowels; can be a symptom of intestinal obstruction or diverticulitis
- behavior that breaches the rule or etiquette or custom or morality
- not characterized by a fixed principle or rate; at irregular intervals
noun
- (countable) Something uncertain or ambiguous.
- (uncountable, mathematics) A parameter that measures the dispersion of a range of measured values.
- (uncountable) Doubt; the condition of being uncertain or without conviction.
- the state of being unsure of something
- being unsettled or in doubt or dependent on chance
noun
- (countable) [Technical documentation] An indication of the product, procedure, or timescale for which an item of information is applicable or effective.
- (countable) A measure of the effectiveness of something.
- (uncountable) The ability or power to be effective.
- power to be effective; the quality of being able to bring about an effect
noun
- (countable) A summary or collection of information, especially about a person.
- (countable) The shape, view, or shadow of a person's head from the side; a side view.
- Character; totality of related characteristics; signature; status (especially in scientific, technical, or military uses).
- (architecture) A section of any member, made at right angles with its main lines, showing the exact shape of mouldings etc.
- (archaeology) A smoothed (e.g., troweled or brushed) vertical surface of an excavation showing evidence of at least one feature or diagnostic specimen; the graphic recording of such as by sketching, photographing, etc.
- (figurative, uncountable) Reputation, prominence; noticeability.
- (countable) The outermost shape, view, or edge of an object.
- (uncountable) The amount by which something protrudes.
- (military slang) An exemption from certain types of duties due to injury or disability.
- (civil engineering) A drawing exhibiting a vertical section of the ground along a surveyed line, or graded work, as of a railway, showing elevations, depressions, grades, etc.
- (computing, countable) A user's preferences.
- (Internet, countable) A specific page or field in which users can provide various types of personal information in software or Internet systems.
- a vertical section of the Earth's crust showing the different horizons or layers
- biographical sketch
- an analysis (often in graphical form) representing the extent to which something exhibits various characteristics
- degree of exposure to public notice
- an outline of something (especially a human face as seen from one side)
verb
- To act based on such a summary, especially one that is a stereotype; to engage in profiling.
- (transitive) To draw in profile or outline.
- (transitive, engineering) To give a definite form by chiselling, milling, etc.
- (computing, transitive) To measure the performance of various parts of (a program) so as to locate bottlenecks.
- (transitive) To create a summary or collection of information about (a person, etc.).
- write about
- represent in profile, by drawing or painting
noun
- (countable) A way in which two people or things share similitude.
- (uncountable) Similarity or resemblance to something else.
- (countable) Someone or something that closely resembles another; a duplicate or twin.
- A parable or allegory.
- (countable, geometry) A similarity: a transformation of Euclidean space that preserves angles and the ratios of distances.
- similarity in appearance or character or nature between persons or things
- a duplicate copy
noun
- (countable) Something that can be known; a branch of learning; a piece of information; a science.
- Awareness of a particular fact or situation; a state of having been informed or made aware of something.
- The total of what is known; all information and products of learning.
- (UK, informal) The deep familiarity with certain routes and places of interest required by taxicab drivers working in London, England.
- The fact of knowing about something; general understanding or familiarity with a subject, place, situation etc.
- (philosophical) Justified true belief
- Familiarity or understanding of a particular skill, branch of learning etc.
- Intellectual understanding; the state of appreciating truth or information.
- the psychological result of perception and learning and reasoning
noun
- (countable) An effort, process, or operation designed to establish or discover a fact or truth; an act of testing; a test; a trial.
- (uncountable) The degree of evidence which convinces the mind of any truth or fact, and produces belief; a test by facts or arguments which induce, or tend to induce, certainty of the judgment; conclusive evidence; demonstration.
- The quality or state of having been proved or tried; firmness or hardness which resists impression, or does not yield to force; impenetrability of physical bodies.
- (countable, mathematics) A process for testing the accuracy of an operation performed. Compare prove, transitive verb, 5.
- (countable, printing) A proof sheet; a trial impression, as from type, taken for correction or examination.
- (numismatics) A limited-run high-quality strike of a particular coin, originally as a test run, although nowadays mostly for collectors' sets.
- (countable, logic, mathematics) A sequence of statements consisting of axioms, assumptions, statements already demonstrated in another proof, and statements that logically follow from previous statements in the sequence, and which concludes with a statement that is the object of the proof.
- (US) A measure of the alcohol content of liquor. Originally, in Britain, 100 proof was defined as 57.1% by volume (no longer used). In the US, 100 proof means that the alcohol content is 50% of the total volume of the liquid; thus, perfectly pure absolute alcohol would be 200 proof.
- a measure of alcoholic strength expressed as an integer twice the percentage of alcohol present (by volume)
- a formal series of statements showing that if one thing is true something else necessarily follows from it
- (printing) an impression made to check for errors
- the act of validating; finding or testing the truth of something
- a trial photographic print from a negative
- any factual evidence that helps to establish the truth of something
adj
verb
- (transitive, firearms) To test-fire with a load considerably more powerful than the firearm in question's rated maximum chamber pressure, in order to establish the firearm's ability to withstand pressures well in excess of those expected in service without bursting.
- (transitive, intransitive, colloquial) To proofread.
- (transitive, baking) To allow (yeast-containing dough) to rise, especially after it has been shaped
- (transitive) To make resistant, especially to water.
- (transitive, baking) To test the activeness of (yeast).
- knead to reach proper lightness
- make or take a proof of, such as a photographic negative, an etching, or typeset
- make resistant (to harm)
- activate by mixing with water and sometimes sugar or milk
- read for errors
noun
- (countable) One who sees or has personal knowledge of something.
- (countable, databases) An additional database server instance used in failover scenarios to decide whether the mirror should take over.
- (countable) Something that serves as evidence; a sign or token.
- (countable, law) Someone called to give evidence in a court.
- (uncountable) Attestation of a fact or event; testimony.
- (countable) One who is called upon to witness an event or action, such as a wedding or the signing of a document.
- (textual criticism) A particular version of a text (seen as providing testimony of archetype or other earlier version)
- testimony by word or deed to your religious faith
- (law) a person who testifies under oath in a court of law
- (law) a person who attests to the genuineness of a document or signature by adding their own signature
- a close observer; someone who looks at something (such as an exhibition of some kind)
- someone who sees an event and reports what happened
verb
- (intransitive, construed with to or for) To present personal religious testimony; to preach at (someone) or on behalf of.
- (transitive) To furnish proof of, to show.
- (transitive) To take as evidence.
- To see the execution of (a legal instrument), and subscribe it for the purpose of establishing its authenticity.
- (transitive) To see or gain knowledge of through experience.
- perceive or be contemporaneous with
- be a witness to
noun
- (countable) A disposition; an arrangement, categorization, or classification of things.
- (uncountable) The power to use something or someone.
- (countable) A garbage disposal
- (countable, Australian rules football) A kick or a handball of the ball during a game.
- (Internet slang, paraphilia, furry fandom) A sexual paraphilia, as in art, fiction, and role-playing, that involves a character consuming and digesting another and disposing their remains as bodily fluids, typically as via ejaculation or defecation.
- a method of tending to or managing the affairs of some group of people (especially the group's business affairs)
- the act or means of getting rid of something
- the power to use something or someone
- a kitchen appliance for disposing of garbage
noun
- (countable) A tidbit of something valuable.
- (countable) A small, compact chunk or clump.
- (Australia, slang, countable) An item that is typically old and of dubious quality or poor condition.
- (countable) A small piece of tasty food, a tidbit.
- (uncountable) A type of boot polish.
- (countable, slang) An inexperienced, newly trained fighter pilot.
- (countable) A bud from the Cannabis sativa plant, especially one that is potent.
- (slang, countable) A person with no arms or legs; a basket case.
- (countable) A chicken nugget.
- (computing theory) A partial description gleaned from data mining.
- a solid lump of a precious metal (especially gold) as found in the earth
verb
noun
- (countable) Something which has developed.
- (real estate, countable) A project consisting of one or more commercial or residential buildings.
- (music) The process by in which previous material is transformed and restated.
- (uncountable, biology) The process by which a mature multicellular organism or part of an organism is produced by the addition of new cells.
- (photography) The processing of photographic film so as to bring out the images latent in it.
- (real estate, uncountable) The building of such a project.
- (uncountable) The process of developing; growth, directed change.
- (music) The second section of a piece of music in sonata form, in which the original theme is revisited in altered and varying form.
- (uncountable) The application of new ideas to practical problems (cf. research).
- (chess, uncountable) The active placement of the pieces, or the process of achieving it.
- (mathematics) The expression of a function in the form of a series.
- act of improving by expanding or enlarging or refining
- processing a photosensitive material in order to make an image visible
- a process in which something passes by degrees to a different stage (especially a more advanced or mature stage)
- a state in which things are improving; the result of developing (as in the early part of a game of chess)
- (biology) the process of an individual organism growing organically; a purely biological unfolding of events involved in an organism changing gradually from a simple to a more complex level
- a district that has been developed to serve some purpose
- a recent event that has some relevance for the present situation
- (music) the section of a composition or movement (especially in sonata form) where the major musical themes are developed and elaborated
- the act of making some area of land or water more profitable or productive or useful
noun
- (countable) An act of interpreting or explaining something unclear; a translation; a version.
- (countable) An act or process of applying general principles or formulae to the explanation of the results obtained in special cases.
- (countable) A sense given by an interpreter; an exposition or explanation given; meaning.
- (uncountable, linguistics, translation studies) The discipline or study of translating one spoken or signed language into another (as opposed to translation, which concerns itself with written language).
- (uncountable) The power of explaining.
- (countable, physics) An approximation that allows aspects of a mathematical theory to be discussed in ordinary language.
- (countable, logic, model theory) An assignment of a truth value to each propositional symbol of a propositional calculus.
- Short for heritage interpretation
- (countable) An artist's way of expressing thought or embodying a conception of nature through art.
- a mental representation of the meaning or significance of something
- the act of interpreting something as expressed in an artistic performance
- an explanation of something that is not immediately obvious
- an explanation that results from interpreting something
noun
- (countable) A sample.
- (statistics) The analysis of a group by determining the characteristics of a significant percentage of its members chosen at random.
- (signal processing) The measurement, at regular intervals, of the amplitude of a varying waveform in order to convert it to digital form.
- (music) The electronic splicing of pieces of previously recorded sound as part of a composition, especially as part of hip-hop or electronic dance music.
- The process or technique of obtaining a representative sample.
- measurement at regular intervals of the amplitude of a varying waveform (in order to convert it to digital form)
- items selected at random from a population and used to test hypotheses about the population
- (statistics) the selection of a suitable sample for study
verb
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