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noun
- a statement that represents something in words
- sort or variety
- the act of describing something
- The act of describing; a delineation by marks or signs.
- (linguistics) A descriptive linguistic survey.
- (taxonomy) A scientific documentation of a taxon for the purpose of introducing it to science.
- A sketch or account of anything in words; a portraiture or representation in language; an enumeration of the essential qualities of a thing or species.
- A set of characteristics by which someone or something can be recognized.
- (linguistics) The act or practice of recording and describing actual language usage in a given speech community, as opposed to prescription, i.e. laying down norms of language usage.
noun
- part of a statement that is not correct
- a wrong action attributable to bad judgment or ignorance or inattention
- inadvertent incorrectness
- (computer science) the occurrence of an incorrect result produced by a computer
- (baseball) a failure of a defensive player to make an out when normal play would have sufficed
- a misconception resulting from incorrect information
- departure from what is ethically acceptable
- (baseball, countable) A play which is scored as having been made incorrectly.
- (computing, countable) A failure to complete a task, usually involving a premature termination.
- (countable) A mistake; an accidental wrong action or a false statement not made deliberately.
- (statistics, countable) The difference between a measured or calculated value and a true one.
- (countable, uncountable) Sin; transgression.
- (appellate law, uncountable) One or more mistakes in a trial that could be grounds for review of the judgement.
- (uncountable) The state, quality, or condition of being wrong.
- (linguistics) An unintentional deviation from the inherent rules of a language variety made by a second language learner.
- Any alteration in the DNA chemical structure occurring during DNA replication, recombination or repairing.
verb
noun
verb
conj
adv
pron
- Referring to a preceding statement.
- (relative, sometimes proscribed, see usage notes) In a restrictive relative clause, referring to a noun previously mentioned.
- (interrogative) What one or ones (of those mentioned or implied).
- Referring to a preceding noun.
- (not in common use) The/Any ones that; whichever.
conj
det
noun
- the relation of comprising something
- an ability to understand the meaning or importance of something (or the knowledge acquired as a result)
- (Christianity) The inclusion of nonconformists within the Church of England.
- (programming) A compact syntax for generating a collection in some programming languages, traditionally lists in functional programming languages.
- (education) Reading comprehension.
- (logic) The totality of intensions, that is, attributes, characters, marks, properties, or qualities, that the object possesses, or else the totality of intensions that are pertinent to the context of a given discussion.
- A thorough understanding.
noun
- the relation of comprising something
- any small intracellular body found within another (characteristic of certain diseases)
- the act of including
- the state of being included
- (countable, mineralogy) Any material that is trapped inside a mineral during its formation, as a defect in a precious stone.
- (cytology) A nuclear or cytoplasmic aggregate of stainable substances.
- (uncountable) The act of including, i.e. adding or annexing, (something) to a group, set, or total.
- (countable) An addition or annex to a group, set, or total.
- (histology) An object completely inside a tissue, such as epidermal inclusion cyst, a cyst in the epidermis.
- (countable) Anything foreign that is included in a material.
- (mathematics) A mapping where the domain is a subset of the image.
noun
- a statement that makes something comprehensible by describing the relevant structure or operation or circumstances etc.
- importance or value
- a record or narrative description of past events
- a formal contractual relationship established to provide for regular banking or brokerage or business services
- the quality of taking advantage
- grounds
- a statement of recent transactions and the resulting balance
- a short account of the news
- the act of informing by verbal report
- an itemized statement of money owed for goods shipped or services rendered
- An estimate or estimation; valuation; judgment.
- A reason, grounds, consideration, motive; a person's sake.
- (banking) A bank account.
- (uncountable) Profit; advantage.
- Importance; worth; value; esteem; judgement.
- A record of events; a relation or narrative.
- Authorization as a specific registered user in accessing a system.
- (accounting) A registry of pecuniary transactions; a written or printed statement of business dealings or debts and credits, and also of other things subjected to a reckoning or review.
- A statement in general of reasons, causes, grounds, etc., explanatory of some event; a reason of an action to be done.
verb
- keep an account of
- to give an account or representation of in words
- be the sole or primary factor in the existence, acquisition, supply, or disposal of something
- furnish a justifying analysis or explanation
- (intransitive) To give a satisfactory reason for; to explain.
- (intransitive) To establish the location for someone.
- (transitive) To estimate, consider (something to be as described).
- (intransitive) To give a satisfactory evaluation for (one's actions, behaviour etc.); to answer for.
- (intransitive) To cause the death, capture, or destruction of someone or something (+ for).
- (intransitive) To consider that.
- Used in phrasal verbs: account for, account of, account to.
- (intransitive) To give a satisfactory evaluation for financial transactions, money received etc.
noun
- a statement that makes something comprehensible by describing the relevant structure or operation or circumstances etc.
- thought that makes something comprehensible
- the act of explaining; making something plain or intelligible
- The act or process of explaining.
- A resolution of disputed points pursuant to discussion; a mutual clarification of disputed points; reconciliation.
- Something that explains or makes understandable.
adv
noun
adj
noun
- (algebra) A polynomial with two terms.
- (taxonomy) A scientific name at the rank of species, with two terms: a generic name and a specific name.
- (algebra) A quantity expressed as the sum or difference of two terms.
- (mathematics) a quantity expressed as a sum or difference of two terms; a polynomial with two terms
noun
verb
adv
- Used to indicate that a statement explains or supports a previous statement. See anyhow and at least.
- used to indicate that a statement explains or supports a previous statement
- (conjunctive) Regardless; anyhow.
- Used to indicate a change of subject.
- Used at the end of a question for emphasis, or to direct the conversation to something of more broad importance (compare with more to the point).
- in any way whatsoever
noun
- a brief statement
- an exchange of views on some topic
- a secret word or phrase known only to a restricted group
- a promise
- information about recent and important events
- a verbal command for action
- a unit of language that native speakers can identify
- a string of bits stored in computer memory
- An order; a request or instruction; an expression of will.
- A brief discussion or conversation.
- (computing) A fixed-size group of bits handled as a unit by a machine and which can be stored in or retrieved from a typical register (so that it has the same size as such a register).
- (theology, sometimes Word) Logos, Christ.
- The smallest discrete unit of written language with a particular meaning, composed of one or more letters or symbols and one or more morphemes
- The smallest discrete unit of spoken language with a particular meaning, composed of one or more phonemes and one or more morphemes
- (group theory) A group element, expressed as a product of group elements.
- (computer science) A finite string that is not a command or operator.
- (now rare outside certain phrases) Something that someone said; a comment, utterance; speech.
- (uncountable) News; tidings.
- A sequence of letters, characters, or sounds, considered as a discrete entity, though it does not necessarily belong to a language or have a meaning.
- (computing) With regards to Intel or Intel-compatible hardware and/or in the context of Windows programming, a group of exactly 16 bits regardless of the actual processor capabilities; a fossilized unit referring to the small word size of historical CPUs.
- (meiosis) A minor reprimand.
- (in the plural) See words.
- (telegraphy) A unit of text equivalent to five characters and one space.
- (obsolete outside certain phrases) A watchword or rallying cry, a verbal signal (even when consisting of multiple words).
- The fact or act of speaking, as opposed to taking action. .
- (theology, sometimes Word) Communication from God; the message of the Christian gospel; the Bible, Scripture.
- A promise; an oath or guarantee.
- A discrete, meaningful unit of language approved by an authority or native speaker (compare non-word).
- (semantics) The smallest unit of language that has a particular meaning and can be expressed by itself; the smallest discrete, meaningful unit of language. (contrast morpheme.)
verb
intj
noun
- being or relating to the smaller in number of two parts
- any age prior to the legal age
- a group of people who differ racially or politically from a larger group of which it is a part
- Any subgroup that does not form a numerical majority.
- (US) A member of an ethnic minority.
- The state of being a minor; youth, the period of a person's life prior to reaching adulthood.
- (sociology) A group of people seen as distinct who are subordinated and discriminated against in a society.
- The state or condition of being smaller, inferior, or subordinate to something or someone else; lesserness.
- (India, euphemistic) A Muslim.
adj
verb
- consider as part of something
- add as part of something else; put in as part of a set, group, or category
- have as a part, be made up out of
- allow participation in or the right to be part of; permit to exercise the rights, functions, and responsibilities of
- (programming) To use a directive that allows the use of source code from another file.
- To bring into a group, class, set, or total as a (new) part or member.
- To consider as part of something; to comprehend.
noun
noun
- a sentence composed of at least one main clause and one subordinate clause
- (grammar) A sentence that contains an independent clause as well as one or more dependent clauses, such as a relative clause, an adverbial clause, or a noun clause.
- (linguistics) A sentence that contains multiple clauses, whether independent (coordinated) or dependent (subordinated); compound or complex sentence.
adj
- (colloquial) More or greater than.
- (meteorology) Of wind, from the north.
- Pertaining to the part of a corridor used by northbound traffic.
- Of or pertaining to the north; northern.
- (ecclesiastical) Designating, or situated in, the liturgical north (in a church, the direction to the left-hand side of a person facing the altar).
- Toward the north; northward.
- situated in or facing or moving toward or coming from the north
adv
noun
- Alternative letter-case form of North (“a northern region; the inhabitants thereof”).
- (physics) The positive or north pole of a magnet, which seeks the magnetic pole near Earth's geographic North Pole (which, for its magnetic properties, is a south pole).
- (ecclesiastical) In a church: the direction to the left-hand side of a person facing the altar.
- The up or positive direction.
- The direction towards the pole to the left-hand side of someone facing east, specifically 0°, or (on another celestial object) the direction towards the pole lying on the northern side of the invariable plane.
- the cardinal compass point that is at 0 or 360 degrees
- the direction corresponding to the northward cardinal compass point
- the direction in which a compass needle points
- a location in the northern part of a country, region, or city
noun
- Something which is asserted; a declaration; a statement asserted.
- (programming) A statement in a program asserting a condition expected to be true at a particular point, used in debugging.
- A statement or declaration which lacks support or evidence.
- Maintenance; vindication.
- (finance) The set of information that the statement preparer is providing in a financial statement audit.
- The act of asserting; positive declaration or averment.
- the act of affirming or asserting or stating something
- a declaration that is made emphatically (as if no supporting evidence were necessary)
noun
- (figuratively) A component that is part of a larger system.
- (literally) A component that is part of a larger construction, such as a brick or a stone.
- A block made of wood or plastic that is used as a children's toy and can be stacked or joined to form a larger structure.
- a block of material used in construction work
- a single undivided natural thing occurring in the composition of something else
noun
- A statement summarizing the important points of a text.
- The outer shape of an object or figure.
- A general description of some subject.
- A preliminary plan for a project.
- A sketch or drawing in which objects are delineated in contours without shading.
- (fishing) A setline or trotline.
- A line marking the boundary of an object figure.
- (film) A prose telling of a story intended to be turned into a screenplay; generally longer and more detailed than a treatment.
- a schematic or preliminary plan
- a sketchy summary of the main points of an argument or theory
- the line that appears to bound an object
verb
- (transitive, software compilation) To optimize for size by replacing repeated code fragments with function calls.
- (transitive) To draw an outline of; to describe.
- (transitive) To summarize.
- describe roughly or briefly or give the main points or summary of
- draw up an outline or sketch for something
- trace the shape of
adj
- Consisting of or containing more than one of something.
- (multiplicity, not comparable, of a person) Having some form of multiplicity, especially dissociative identity disorder.
- (comparable) Pluralistic.
- (grammar) In systems of number, not singular or not singular or dual.
- composed of more than one member, set, or kind
- grammatical number category referring to two or more items or units
noun
- (grammar, uncountable) The plural number. In English, referring to more or less than one of something.
- (multiplicity, countable) A person with some form of multiplicity, particularly dissociative identity disorder.
- (grammar, countable) A word in the form in which it potentially refers to something other than one person or thing; and other than two things if the language has a dual form.
- the form of a word that is used to denote more than one
verb
- To have (something) as a component or a related part; to comprise, to include.
- (figuratively) To entangle, intertwine, or mingle (something with one or more other things, or several things together); especially, to entangle (someone or something) in a confusing or troublesome situation.
- To cause or engage (someone or something) to become connected or implicated, or to participate, in some activity or situation.
- (specifically, also reflexive, chiefly passive voice) Chiefly followed by with: to engage (someone or oneself) in an emotional or sexual relationship.
- (specifically) To include (something) as a logical or natural, or necessary component, or consequence or effect of something else; to entail, to imply.
- have as a necessary feature
- connect closely and often incriminatingly
- contain as a part
- make complex or intricate or complicated
- require as useful, just, or proper
- occupy or engage the interest of
- engage as a participant
noun
- A statement that does not logically follow a statement that preceded it.
- (comedy) A kind of pun that uses a change of word, subject, or meaning to make a joke of the listener’s expectation.
- (logic) Any invalid argument in which the conclusion cannot be logically deduced from the premises.
- (narratology) Any abrupt and inexplicable transition or occurrence.
- a reply that has no relevance to what preceded it
- (logic) a conclusion that does not follow from the premises
adv
- used to indicate that a statement explains or supports a previous statement
- in any way whatsoever
- (conjunctive) In any case. Used to indicate that a statement explains or supports a previous statement.
- Without care or tidiness; recklessly, negligently or randomly.
- (Singapore, Singlish, by extension) Thoughtlessly, randomly, without careful consideration.
- (manner) In any way or manner whatever.
adj
adv
prep_phrase
adv
- (conjunctive) Also, in addition marks a statement as equally valid as the preceding one.
- (degree, colloquial) To a high degree, very.
- (focus) Likewise.
- (emphatic, colloquial, childish) Used to contradict a negative assertion with present and simple past forms of be, do, and auxiliary verbs
- (degree) To an excessive degree, more than enough indicates that the degree of a quality is more than what is needed or wanted.
- to a degree exceeding normal or proper limits
- in addition
noun
- a formal series of statements showing that if one thing is true something else necessarily follows from it
- a measure of alcoholic strength expressed as an integer twice the percentage of alcohol present (by volume)
- (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
- (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.
adj
verb
- 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
- (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).
verb
- To articulate two things simultaneously.
- (phonetics) To articulate a speech sound at two different places of articulation simultaneously, as in the labiovelar approximant [[[w]]].
- (anatomy) To unite to form an articulation (joint)
- (phonology) To assimilate the place of articulation of one speech sound to that of an adjacent speech sound.
noun
- A response that answers another response.
- A quick response that involves disagreement or is witty, especially an answer to a question.
- (law) The defendant's answer to the replication.
- (US patent law) Re-insertion, typically after allowance of a patent application, of patent claims that had been withdrawn from examination under a restriction requirement.
- (law) a pleading made by a defendant in response to the plaintiff's replication
- a quick reply to a question or remark (especially a witty or critical one)
verb
adv
noun
adj
- having or involving or consisting of more than one part or entity or individual
- (multiplicity) Of a person: displaying or experiencing two or more distinct personalities or selves in one body.
- Having more than one element, part, component, or function, having more than one instance, occurring more than once, usually contrary to expectations (can be followed by a singular).
noun
- the product of a quantity by an integer
- More than one piercing in a single ear.
- A chain store.
- (finance) Price-earnings ratio.
- One of a set of siblings produced by a multiple birth.
- One of a set of the same thing; a duplicate.
- (mathematics) A whole number that is obtained by multiplying a specific whole number by another whole number.
- A discovery resulting from the work of many people throughout history, not merely the work of the person who makes the final connection.
- (multiplicity) A single individual who displays or experiences multiple personalities or selves.
det
noun
- a conventionalized statement expressing some fundamental principle
- a representation of a substance using symbols for its constituent elements
- directions for making something
- (mathematics) a standard procedure for solving a class of mathematical problems
- a liquid food for infants
- a group of symbols that make a mathematical statement
- something regarded as a normative example
- (chemistry) A symbolic expression of the structure of a compound.
- (chiefly linguistics) A fixed phrase or set of words intended to be interpreted non-literally, typically used attitudinally or as part of convention; a formulation.
- (especially religion) A formal statement of doctrine.
- A formulation; a prescription; a mixture or solution made in a prescribed manner; the identity and quantities of ingredients of such a mixture.
- A plan or method for dealing with a problem or for achieving a result.
- (countable, uncountable) Ellipsis of infant formula, drink given to babies to substitute for mother's milk.
- (logic) A syntactic expression of a proposition, built up from quantifiers, logical connectives, variables, relation and operation symbols, and, depending on the type of logic, possibly other operators such as modal, temporal, deontic or epistemic ones.
- (mathematics) Any mathematical rule expressed symbolically.
adj
noun
- something determined in relation to something that includes it
- (politics) A voter who supports a (political) candidate; a supporter of a cause.
- (law) One who appoints another to act for him as attorney in fact
- (grammar) A functional element of a phrase or clause.
- A person or thing which constitutes, determines, or constructs.
- A resident of an area represented by an elected official, particularly in relation to that official.
- A part, or component of a whole.
- an abstract part of something
- a member of a constituency; a citizen who is represented in a government by officials for whom he or she votes
- (grammar) a word or phrase or clause forming part of a larger grammatical construction
- an artifact that is one of the individual parts of which a composite entity is made up; especially a part that can be separated from or attached to a system
noun
- an intentionally noncommittal or ambiguous statement
- any technique designed to reduce or eliminate financial risk; for example, taking two positions that will offset each other if prices change
- a fence formed by a row of closely planted shrubs or bushes
- A barrier (often consisting of a line of persons or objects) to protect someone or something from harm.
- (linguistics, especially applied linguistics and pragmatics) A noncommittal or intentionally ambiguous statement.
- (UK, Ireland, attributive, figurative) With indication of a person's upbringing, or professional activities, taking place by the side of the road; being third-rate, poor, shoddy.
- (finance) Contract or arrangement reducing one's exposure to risk (for example the risk of price movements or interest rate movements).
- (UK, West Country, chiefly Devon and Cornwall) A mound of earth, stone- or turf-faced, often topped with bushes, used as a fence between any two portions of land.
- A thicket of bushes or other shrubbery, especially one planted as a fence between two portions of land, or to separate the parts of a garden.
verb
- hinder or restrict with or as if with a hedge
- avoid or try to avoid fulfilling, answering, or performing (duties, questions, or issues)
- enclose or bound in with or as it with a hedge or hedges
- minimize loss or risk
- (transitive, finance) To offset the risk associated with.
- (ambitransitive) To avoid verbal commitment.
- (transitive) To obstruct or surround.
- (intransitive, finance) To reduce one's exposure to risk.
- (transitive) To enclose with a hedge or hedges.
- (intransitive) To construct or repair a hedge.
noun
- an intentionally noncommittal or ambiguous statement
- any technique designed to reduce or eliminate financial risk; for example, taking two positions that will offset each other if prices change
- The act of one who hedges (in various senses).
- Any plant used to form a hedge.
- (pragmatics, composition) The use of intentionally ambiguous or noncommittal statements.
- (finance) the practice of taking a position in one market to offset and balance against the risk adopted by assuming a position in a contrary or opposing market or investment
verb
noun
- a statement that represents something in words
- sort or variety
- the act of describing something
- The act of describing; a delineation by marks or signs.
- (linguistics) A descriptive linguistic survey.
- (taxonomy) A scientific documentation of a taxon for the purpose of introducing it to science.
- A sketch or account of anything in words; a portraiture or representation in language; an enumeration of the essential qualities of a thing or species.
- A set of characteristics by which someone or something can be recognized.
- (linguistics) The act or practice of recording and describing actual language usage in a given speech community, as opposed to prescription, i.e. laying down norms of language usage.
noun
- part of a statement that is not correct
- a wrong action attributable to bad judgment or ignorance or inattention
- inadvertent incorrectness
- (computer science) the occurrence of an incorrect result produced by a computer
- (baseball) a failure of a defensive player to make an out when normal play would have sufficed
- a misconception resulting from incorrect information
- departure from what is ethically acceptable
- (baseball, countable) A play which is scored as having been made incorrectly.
- (computing, countable) A failure to complete a task, usually involving a premature termination.
- (countable) A mistake; an accidental wrong action or a false statement not made deliberately.
- (statistics, countable) The difference between a measured or calculated value and a true one.
- (countable, uncountable) Sin; transgression.
- (appellate law, uncountable) One or more mistakes in a trial that could be grounds for review of the judgement.
- (uncountable) The state, quality, or condition of being wrong.
- (linguistics) An unintentional deviation from the inherent rules of a language variety made by a second language learner.
- Any alteration in the DNA chemical structure occurring during DNA replication, recombination or repairing.
verb
noun
verb
noun
- the relation of comprising something
- an ability to understand the meaning or importance of something (or the knowledge acquired as a result)
- (Christianity) The inclusion of nonconformists within the Church of England.
- (programming) A compact syntax for generating a collection in some programming languages, traditionally lists in functional programming languages.
- (education) Reading comprehension.
- (logic) The totality of intensions, that is, attributes, characters, marks, properties, or qualities, that the object possesses, or else the totality of intensions that are pertinent to the context of a given discussion.
- A thorough understanding.
noun
- the relation of comprising something
- any small intracellular body found within another (characteristic of certain diseases)
- the act of including
- the state of being included
- (countable, mineralogy) Any material that is trapped inside a mineral during its formation, as a defect in a precious stone.
- (cytology) A nuclear or cytoplasmic aggregate of stainable substances.
- (uncountable) The act of including, i.e. adding or annexing, (something) to a group, set, or total.
- (countable) An addition or annex to a group, set, or total.
- (histology) An object completely inside a tissue, such as epidermal inclusion cyst, a cyst in the epidermis.
- (countable) Anything foreign that is included in a material.
- (mathematics) A mapping where the domain is a subset of the image.
noun
- a statement that makes something comprehensible by describing the relevant structure or operation or circumstances etc.
- importance or value
- a record or narrative description of past events
- a formal contractual relationship established to provide for regular banking or brokerage or business services
- the quality of taking advantage
- grounds
- a statement of recent transactions and the resulting balance
- a short account of the news
- the act of informing by verbal report
- an itemized statement of money owed for goods shipped or services rendered
- An estimate or estimation; valuation; judgment.
- A reason, grounds, consideration, motive; a person's sake.
- (banking) A bank account.
- (uncountable) Profit; advantage.
- Importance; worth; value; esteem; judgement.
- A record of events; a relation or narrative.
- Authorization as a specific registered user in accessing a system.
- (accounting) A registry of pecuniary transactions; a written or printed statement of business dealings or debts and credits, and also of other things subjected to a reckoning or review.
- A statement in general of reasons, causes, grounds, etc., explanatory of some event; a reason of an action to be done.
verb
- keep an account of
- to give an account or representation of in words
- be the sole or primary factor in the existence, acquisition, supply, or disposal of something
- furnish a justifying analysis or explanation
- (intransitive) To give a satisfactory reason for; to explain.
- (intransitive) To establish the location for someone.
- (transitive) To estimate, consider (something to be as described).
- (intransitive) To give a satisfactory evaluation for (one's actions, behaviour etc.); to answer for.
- (intransitive) To cause the death, capture, or destruction of someone or something (+ for).
- (intransitive) To consider that.
- Used in phrasal verbs: account for, account of, account to.
- (intransitive) To give a satisfactory evaluation for financial transactions, money received etc.
noun
- a statement that makes something comprehensible by describing the relevant structure or operation or circumstances etc.
- thought that makes something comprehensible
- the act of explaining; making something plain or intelligible
- The act or process of explaining.
- A resolution of disputed points pursuant to discussion; a mutual clarification of disputed points; reconciliation.
- Something that explains or makes understandable.
noun
verb
noun
- a brief statement
- an exchange of views on some topic
- a secret word or phrase known only to a restricted group
- a promise
- information about recent and important events
- a verbal command for action
- a unit of language that native speakers can identify
- a string of bits stored in computer memory
- An order; a request or instruction; an expression of will.
- A brief discussion or conversation.
- (computing) A fixed-size group of bits handled as a unit by a machine and which can be stored in or retrieved from a typical register (so that it has the same size as such a register).
- (theology, sometimes Word) Logos, Christ.
- The smallest discrete unit of written language with a particular meaning, composed of one or more letters or symbols and one or more morphemes
- The smallest discrete unit of spoken language with a particular meaning, composed of one or more phonemes and one or more morphemes
- (group theory) A group element, expressed as a product of group elements.
- (computer science) A finite string that is not a command or operator.
- (now rare outside certain phrases) Something that someone said; a comment, utterance; speech.
- (uncountable) News; tidings.
- A sequence of letters, characters, or sounds, considered as a discrete entity, though it does not necessarily belong to a language or have a meaning.
- (computing) With regards to Intel or Intel-compatible hardware and/or in the context of Windows programming, a group of exactly 16 bits regardless of the actual processor capabilities; a fossilized unit referring to the small word size of historical CPUs.
- (meiosis) A minor reprimand.
- (in the plural) See words.
- (telegraphy) A unit of text equivalent to five characters and one space.
- (obsolete outside certain phrases) A watchword or rallying cry, a verbal signal (even when consisting of multiple words).
- The fact or act of speaking, as opposed to taking action. .
- (theology, sometimes Word) Communication from God; the message of the Christian gospel; the Bible, Scripture.
- A promise; an oath or guarantee.
- A discrete, meaningful unit of language approved by an authority or native speaker (compare non-word).
- (semantics) The smallest unit of language that has a particular meaning and can be expressed by itself; the smallest discrete, meaningful unit of language. (contrast morpheme.)
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noun
- being or relating to the smaller in number of two parts
- any age prior to the legal age
- a group of people who differ racially or politically from a larger group of which it is a part
- Any subgroup that does not form a numerical majority.
- (US) A member of an ethnic minority.
- The state of being a minor; youth, the period of a person's life prior to reaching adulthood.
- (sociology) A group of people seen as distinct who are subordinated and discriminated against in a society.
- The state or condition of being smaller, inferior, or subordinate to something or someone else; lesserness.
- (India, euphemistic) A Muslim.
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noun
- a sentence composed of at least one main clause and one subordinate clause
- (grammar) A sentence that contains an independent clause as well as one or more dependent clauses, such as a relative clause, an adverbial clause, or a noun clause.
- (linguistics) A sentence that contains multiple clauses, whether independent (coordinated) or dependent (subordinated); compound or complex sentence.
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- Something which is asserted; a declaration; a statement asserted.
- (programming) A statement in a program asserting a condition expected to be true at a particular point, used in debugging.
- A statement or declaration which lacks support or evidence.
- Maintenance; vindication.
- (finance) The set of information that the statement preparer is providing in a financial statement audit.
- The act of asserting; positive declaration or averment.
- the act of affirming or asserting or stating something
- a declaration that is made emphatically (as if no supporting evidence were necessary)
noun
- (figuratively) A component that is part of a larger system.
- (literally) A component that is part of a larger construction, such as a brick or a stone.
- A block made of wood or plastic that is used as a children's toy and can be stacked or joined to form a larger structure.
- a block of material used in construction work
- a single undivided natural thing occurring in the composition of something else
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- A statement summarizing the important points of a text.
- The outer shape of an object or figure.
- A general description of some subject.
- A preliminary plan for a project.
- A sketch or drawing in which objects are delineated in contours without shading.
- (fishing) A setline or trotline.
- A line marking the boundary of an object figure.
- (film) A prose telling of a story intended to be turned into a screenplay; generally longer and more detailed than a treatment.
- a schematic or preliminary plan
- a sketchy summary of the main points of an argument or theory
- the line that appears to bound an object
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- (transitive, software compilation) To optimize for size by replacing repeated code fragments with function calls.
- (transitive) To draw an outline of; to describe.
- (transitive) To summarize.
- describe roughly or briefly or give the main points or summary of
- draw up an outline or sketch for something
- trace the shape of
noun
- A statement that does not logically follow a statement that preceded it.
- (comedy) A kind of pun that uses a change of word, subject, or meaning to make a joke of the listener’s expectation.
- (logic) Any invalid argument in which the conclusion cannot be logically deduced from the premises.
- (narratology) Any abrupt and inexplicable transition or occurrence.
- a reply that has no relevance to what preceded it
- (logic) a conclusion that does not follow from the premises
noun
- a formal series of statements showing that if one thing is true something else necessarily follows from it
- a measure of alcoholic strength expressed as an integer twice the percentage of alcohol present (by volume)
- (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
- (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.
adj
verb
- 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
- (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).
noun
- A response that answers another response.
- A quick response that involves disagreement or is witty, especially an answer to a question.
- (law) The defendant's answer to the replication.
- (US patent law) Re-insertion, typically after allowance of a patent application, of patent claims that had been withdrawn from examination under a restriction requirement.
- (law) a pleading made by a defendant in response to the plaintiff's replication
- a quick reply to a question or remark (especially a witty or critical one)
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- a conventionalized statement expressing some fundamental principle
- a representation of a substance using symbols for its constituent elements
- directions for making something
- (mathematics) a standard procedure for solving a class of mathematical problems
- a liquid food for infants
- a group of symbols that make a mathematical statement
- something regarded as a normative example
- (chemistry) A symbolic expression of the structure of a compound.
- (chiefly linguistics) A fixed phrase or set of words intended to be interpreted non-literally, typically used attitudinally or as part of convention; a formulation.
- (especially religion) A formal statement of doctrine.
- A formulation; a prescription; a mixture or solution made in a prescribed manner; the identity and quantities of ingredients of such a mixture.
- A plan or method for dealing with a problem or for achieving a result.
- (countable, uncountable) Ellipsis of infant formula, drink given to babies to substitute for mother's milk.
- (logic) A syntactic expression of a proposition, built up from quantifiers, logical connectives, variables, relation and operation symbols, and, depending on the type of logic, possibly other operators such as modal, temporal, deontic or epistemic ones.
- (mathematics) Any mathematical rule expressed symbolically.
noun
- an intentionally noncommittal or ambiguous statement
- any technique designed to reduce or eliminate financial risk; for example, taking two positions that will offset each other if prices change
- a fence formed by a row of closely planted shrubs or bushes
- A barrier (often consisting of a line of persons or objects) to protect someone or something from harm.
- (linguistics, especially applied linguistics and pragmatics) A noncommittal or intentionally ambiguous statement.
- (UK, Ireland, attributive, figurative) With indication of a person's upbringing, or professional activities, taking place by the side of the road; being third-rate, poor, shoddy.
- (finance) Contract or arrangement reducing one's exposure to risk (for example the risk of price movements or interest rate movements).
- (UK, West Country, chiefly Devon and Cornwall) A mound of earth, stone- or turf-faced, often topped with bushes, used as a fence between any two portions of land.
- A thicket of bushes or other shrubbery, especially one planted as a fence between two portions of land, or to separate the parts of a garden.
verb
- hinder or restrict with or as if with a hedge
- avoid or try to avoid fulfilling, answering, or performing (duties, questions, or issues)
- enclose or bound in with or as it with a hedge or hedges
- minimize loss or risk
- (transitive, finance) To offset the risk associated with.
- (ambitransitive) To avoid verbal commitment.
- (transitive) To obstruct or surround.
- (intransitive, finance) To reduce one's exposure to risk.
- (transitive) To enclose with a hedge or hedges.
- (intransitive) To construct or repair a hedge.
noun
- an intentionally noncommittal or ambiguous statement
- any technique designed to reduce or eliminate financial risk; for example, taking two positions that will offset each other if prices change
- The act of one who hedges (in various senses).
- Any plant used to form a hedge.
- (pragmatics, composition) The use of intentionally ambiguous or noncommittal statements.
- (finance) the practice of taking a position in one market to offset and balance against the risk adopted by assuming a position in a contrary or opposing market or investment
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adj
noun
- something determined in relation to something that includes it
- (politics) A voter who supports a (political) candidate; a supporter of a cause.
- (law) One who appoints another to act for him as attorney in fact
- (grammar) A functional element of a phrase or clause.
- A person or thing which constitutes, determines, or constructs.
- A resident of an area represented by an elected official, particularly in relation to that official.
- A part, or component of a whole.
- an abstract part of something
- a member of a constituency; a citizen who is represented in a government by officials for whom he or she votes
- (grammar) a word or phrase or clause forming part of a larger grammatical construction
- an artifact that is one of the individual parts of which a composite entity is made up; especially a part that can be separated from or attached to a system
verb
- consider as part of something
- add as part of something else; put in as part of a set, group, or category
- have as a part, be made up out of
- allow participation in or the right to be part of; permit to exercise the rights, functions, and responsibilities of
- (programming) To use a directive that allows the use of source code from another file.
- To bring into a group, class, set, or total as a (new) part or member.
- To consider as part of something; to comprehend.
noun
verb
- To have (something) as a component or a related part; to comprise, to include.
- (figuratively) To entangle, intertwine, or mingle (something with one or more other things, or several things together); especially, to entangle (someone or something) in a confusing or troublesome situation.
- To cause or engage (someone or something) to become connected or implicated, or to participate, in some activity or situation.
- (specifically, also reflexive, chiefly passive voice) Chiefly followed by with: to engage (someone or oneself) in an emotional or sexual relationship.
- (specifically) To include (something) as a logical or natural, or necessary component, or consequence or effect of something else; to entail, to imply.
- have as a necessary feature
- connect closely and often incriminatingly
- contain as a part
- make complex or intricate or complicated
- require as useful, just, or proper
- occupy or engage the interest of
- engage as a participant
verb
- To articulate two things simultaneously.
- (phonetics) To articulate a speech sound at two different places of articulation simultaneously, as in the labiovelar approximant [[[w]]].
- (anatomy) To unite to form an articulation (joint)
- (phonology) To assimilate the place of articulation of one speech sound to that of an adjacent speech sound.
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adv
- Used to indicate that a statement explains or supports a previous statement. See anyhow and at least.
- used to indicate that a statement explains or supports a previous statement
- (conjunctive) Regardless; anyhow.
- Used to indicate a change of subject.
- Used at the end of a question for emphasis, or to direct the conversation to something of more broad importance (compare with more to the point).
- in any way whatsoever
adv
- used to indicate that a statement explains or supports a previous statement
- in any way whatsoever
- (conjunctive) In any case. Used to indicate that a statement explains or supports a previous statement.
- Without care or tidiness; recklessly, negligently or randomly.
- (Singapore, Singlish, by extension) Thoughtlessly, randomly, without careful consideration.
- (manner) In any way or manner whatever.
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- (conjunctive) Also, in addition marks a statement as equally valid as the preceding one.
- (degree, colloquial) To a high degree, very.
- (focus) Likewise.
- (emphatic, colloquial, childish) Used to contradict a negative assertion with present and simple past forms of be, do, and auxiliary verbs
- (degree) To an excessive degree, more than enough indicates that the degree of a quality is more than what is needed or wanted.
- to a degree exceeding normal or proper limits
- in addition
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noun
- (algebra) A polynomial with two terms.
- (taxonomy) A scientific name at the rank of species, with two terms: a generic name and a specific name.
- (algebra) A quantity expressed as the sum or difference of two terms.
- (mathematics) a quantity expressed as a sum or difference of two terms; a polynomial with two terms
adj
- (colloquial) More or greater than.
- (meteorology) Of wind, from the north.
- Pertaining to the part of a corridor used by northbound traffic.
- Of or pertaining to the north; northern.
- (ecclesiastical) Designating, or situated in, the liturgical north (in a church, the direction to the left-hand side of a person facing the altar).
- Toward the north; northward.
- situated in or facing or moving toward or coming from the north
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noun
- Alternative letter-case form of North (“a northern region; the inhabitants thereof”).
- (physics) The positive or north pole of a magnet, which seeks the magnetic pole near Earth's geographic North Pole (which, for its magnetic properties, is a south pole).
- (ecclesiastical) In a church: the direction to the left-hand side of a person facing the altar.
- The up or positive direction.
- The direction towards the pole to the left-hand side of someone facing east, specifically 0°, or (on another celestial object) the direction towards the pole lying on the northern side of the invariable plane.
- the cardinal compass point that is at 0 or 360 degrees
- the direction corresponding to the northward cardinal compass point
- the direction in which a compass needle points
- a location in the northern part of a country, region, or city
adj
- Consisting of or containing more than one of something.
- (multiplicity, not comparable, of a person) Having some form of multiplicity, especially dissociative identity disorder.
- (comparable) Pluralistic.
- (grammar) In systems of number, not singular or not singular or dual.
- composed of more than one member, set, or kind
- grammatical number category referring to two or more items or units
noun
- (grammar, uncountable) The plural number. In English, referring to more or less than one of something.
- (multiplicity, countable) A person with some form of multiplicity, particularly dissociative identity disorder.
- (grammar, countable) A word in the form in which it potentially refers to something other than one person or thing; and other than two things if the language has a dual form.
- the form of a word that is used to denote more than one
adj
- having or involving or consisting of more than one part or entity or individual
- (multiplicity) Of a person: displaying or experiencing two or more distinct personalities or selves in one body.
- Having more than one element, part, component, or function, having more than one instance, occurring more than once, usually contrary to expectations (can be followed by a singular).
noun
- the product of a quantity by an integer
- More than one piercing in a single ear.
- A chain store.
- (finance) Price-earnings ratio.
- One of a set of siblings produced by a multiple birth.
- One of a set of the same thing; a duplicate.
- (mathematics) A whole number that is obtained by multiplying a specific whole number by another whole number.
- A discovery resulting from the work of many people throughout history, not merely the work of the person who makes the final connection.
- (multiplicity) A single individual who displays or experiences multiple personalities or selves.
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adj
noun
- something determined in relation to something that includes it
- (politics) A voter who supports a (political) candidate; a supporter of a cause.
- (law) One who appoints another to act for him as attorney in fact
- (grammar) A functional element of a phrase or clause.
- A person or thing which constitutes, determines, or constructs.
- A resident of an area represented by an elected official, particularly in relation to that official.
- A part, or component of a whole.
- an abstract part of something
- a member of a constituency; a citizen who is represented in a government by officials for whom he or she votes
- (grammar) a word or phrase or clause forming part of a larger grammatical construction
- an artifact that is one of the individual parts of which a composite entity is made up; especially a part that can be separated from or attached to a system