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verb
- give a speech to
- act on verbally or in some form of artistic expression
- speak to
- access or locate by address
- speak to someone
- greet, as with a prescribed form, title, or name
- put an address on (an envelope)
- address or apply oneself to something, direct one's efforts towards something, such as a question
- adjust and aim (a golf ball) at in preparation of hitting
- direct a question at someone
- (transitive) To consign or entrust to the care of another, as agent or factor.
- (transitive) To direct speech to; to make a communication to, whether spoken or written; to apply to by words, as by a speech, petition, etc., to speak to.
- (transitive, computing) To refer to a location in computer memory.
- (transitive, formal) To direct attention towards a problem or obstacle, in an attempt to resolve it.
- (reflexive) To direct one’s remarks (to someone).
- (transitive) To direct in writing, as a letter; to superscribe, or to direct and transmit.
- (transitive) To direct, as words (to anyone or anything); to make, as a speech, petition, etc. (to any audience).
- (transitive, golf, Scotland) To get ready to hit (the ball on the tee).
- (transitive, reflexive) To prepare oneself; to apply one's skill or energies (to some object); to betake.
- (transitive) To make suit to as a lover; to court; to woo.
- (transitive) To address oneself to; to prepare oneself for; to apply oneself to; to direct one's speech, discourse or efforts to.
noun
- the manner of speaking to another individual
- the ability to do or say what is appropriate for the occasion
- a sign in front of a house or business carrying the conventional form by which its location is described
- the stance assumed by a golfer in preparation for hitting a golf ball
- (computer science) the code that identifies where a piece of information is stored
- written directions for finding some location; written on letters or packages that are to be delivered to that location
- the act of delivering a formal spoken communication to an audience
- the place where a person or organization can be found or communicated with
- (golf, Scotland) The act of bringing the head of the club up to the ball in preparation for swinging.
- (computing) A number identifying a specific storage location in computer memory.
- An act of addressing oneself to a person or group; a discourse or speech, or a record of this.
- (Commonwealth, politics) A response given by each of the Houses of Parliament to the sovereign's speech at the opening of Parliament.
- (networking, Internet) A string of characters identifying a node or range of nodes on a network (especially the Internet), such as an e-mail address, IP address or URL.
- The location of a property.
- (diplomacy, politics) A formal approach to a sovereign or head of state, especially an official appeal or petition.
- A description of the location of a property, usually with at least a street name and number, name of a town, and now also a postal code; such a description as superscribed for direction on an envelope or letter.
- A manner of speaking or writing to another; language, style.
verb
- give a speech to
- express in speech
- use language
- exchange thoughts; talk with
- make a characteristic or natural sound
- (by extension) To be able to communicate in the manner of specialists in a field.
- (intransitive, reciprocal) To have a conversation.
- (intransitive) To produce a sound; to sound.
- (by extension) To communicate or converse by some means other than orally, such as writing or facial expressions.
- (transitive) To communicate (some fact or feeling); to bespeak, to indicate.
- Of a bird, to be able to vocally reproduce words or phrases from a human language.
- (informal, transitive, sometimes humorous) To understand (as though it were a language).
- (transitive) To utter.
- (transitive, stative) To be able to communicate in a language.
- (intransitive) To deliver a message to a group; to deliver a speech.
- (intransitive) To communicate with one's voice, to say words out loud.
noun
noun
- a speech seconding a motion
- the act of endorsing
- a signature that validates something
- a promotional statement (as found on the dust jackets of books)
- formal and explicit approval
- An amendment or annotation to an insurance contract or other official document (such as a driving licence).
- Sponsorship, in means of money, by a company, business or enterprise.
- (aviation) An instructor's signed acknowledgement of time practising specific flying skills.
- (education, certification) Permission to carry out a specific skill or application in a field in which the practitioner already has a general licence.
- Support from an important, renowned figure of a media (celebrity, politics, sports, etc.), to get back up.
- The act or quality of endorsing
noun
- a speech seconding a motion
- following the first in an ordering or series
- the official attendant of a contestant in a duel or boxing match
- a 60th part of a minute of arc
- the fielding position of the player on a baseball team who is stationed near the second of the bases in the infield
- merchandise that has imperfections; usually sold at a reduced price without the brand name
- the gear that has the second lowest forward gear ratio in the gear box of a motor vehicle
- 1/60 of a minute; the basic unit of time adopted under the Systeme International d'Unites
- a particular point in time
- an indefinitely short time
- The place that is next below or after first in a race or contest.
- The agent of a party to an honour dispute whose role was to try to resolve the dispute or to make the necessary arrangements for a duel.
- (usually in the plural) An additional helping of food.
- The second gear of an engine.
- (usually in the plural) A manufactured item that, though still usable, fails to meet quality control standards.
- One who supports or seconds a motion, or the act itself, as required in certain meetings to pass judgement etc.
- A Cub Scout appointed to assist the sixer.
- (informal) A short, indeterminate amount of time.
- One who supports another in a contest or combat, such as a dueller's assistant.
- A unit of time historically and commonly defined as a sixtieth of a minute which the International System of Units more precisely defines as the duration of 9,192,631,770 periods of radiation corresponding to the transition between two hyperfine levels of caesium-133 in a ground state at a temperature of absolute zero and at rest.
- A unit of angle equal to one-sixtieth of a minute of arc or one part in 3600 of a degree.
- Something that is next in rank, quality, precedence, position, status, or authority.
- Something that is number two in a series.
- A chance or attempt to achieve what should have been done the first time, usually indicating success this time around. (See second-guess.)
- (baseball) Second base.
- (music) The interval between two adjacent notes in a diatonic scale (either or both of them may be raised or lowered from the basic scale via any type of accidental).
- (informal) A second-class honours degree.
adj
- coming next after the first in position in space or time or degree or magnitude
- a part or voice or instrument or orchestra section lower in pitch than or subordinate to the first
- Being of the same kind as one that has preceded; another.
- Next to the first in value, power, excellence, dignity, or rank; secondary; subordinate; inferior.
- Number-two; following after the first one with nothing between them. The ordinal number corresponding to the cardinal number two.
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verb
- give support or one's approval to
- transfer an employee to a different, temporary assignment
- (climbing) To climb after a lead climber.
- (transitive) To agree as a second person to (a proposal), usually to reach a necessary quorum of two. (This may come from etymology 1 above.)
- (transitive) To agree as a second person to (a proposal), usually to reach a necessary quorum of two. (See etymology 3 for translations.)
- (transitive) To assist or support; to back.
- (transitive, music) To accompany by singing as the second performer.
- To follow in the next place; to succeed.
- (transitive, UK) To transfer temporarily to alternative employment.
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noun
- A figure of speech.
- A person or thing representing a certain consciousness.
- The representation of any form, as by drawing, painting, modelling, carving, embroidering, etc.; especially, a representation of the human body.
- The appearance or impression made by the conduct or career of a person.
- A shape.
- A number, an amount.
- (astrology) A horoscope; the diagram of the aspects of the astrological houses.
- (music) A form of melody or accompaniment kept up through a strain or passage; a motif; a florid embellishment.
- Any complex dance moveᵂ.
- (logic) The form of a syllogism with respect to the relative position of the middle term.
- A human figure, which dress or corset must fit to; the shape of a human body.
- A numeral.
- A drawing or diagram conveying information.
- (music) Any short succession of notes, either as melody or as a group of chords, which produce a single complete and distinct impression.
- A visible pattern as in wood or cloth.
- a predetermined set of movements in dancing or skating
- a diagram or picture illustrating textual material
- language used in a figurative or nonliteral sense
- a well-known or notable person
- a decorative or artistic work
- the property possessed by a sum or total or indefinite quantity of units or individuals
- alternative names for the body of a human being
- a unitary percept having structure and coherence that is the object of attention and that stands out against a ground
- an amount of money expressed numerically
- the impression produced by a person
- one of the elements that collectively form a system of numeration
- a combination of points and lines and planes that form a visible palpable shape
- a model of a bodily form (especially of a person)
verb
- (music) To embellish.
- (intransitive) To enter into; to be a part of.
- (chiefly US, intransitive) To be reasonable or predictable.
- To represent by a metaphor; to signify or symbolize.
- (chiefly US) To calculate, to solve a mathematical problem.
- (transitive) To represent in a picture or drawing.
- (chiefly US) To come to understand.
- To think, to assume, to suppose, to reckon.
- (music) To write over or under the bass, as figures or other characters, in order to indicate the accompanying chords.
- To embellish with design; to adorn with figures.
- understand
- make a mathematical calculation or computation
- imagine; conceive of; see in one's mind
- be or play a part of or in
- judge to be probable
noun
- the representation of another person's words in a speech
- any disease that shows symptoms characteristic of another disease
- the imitative representation of nature and human behavior in art and literature
- The representation of aspects of the real world, especially human actions, in literature and art.
- (medicine) The appearance of symptoms of a disease not actually present.
- (rhetoric) The rhetorical pedagogy of imitation.
- (rhetoric) The imitation of another's gestures, pronunciation, or utterance.
- (biology) Mimicry.
noun
noun
adj
adv
noun
- The performer who gives this speech
- (computing) A component of a computer program that prepares the computer to return from a routine.
- A short speech, spoken directly at the audience at the end of a play
- A brief oration or script at the end of a literary piece; an afterword
- a short passage added at the end of a literary work
- a short speech (often in verse) addressed directly to the audience by an actor at the end of a play
verb
noun
- an extemporaneous speech or remark
- a short musical passage that seems to have been made spontaneously without advance preparation
- (music) A short musical composition for an informal occasion often with the character of improvisation and usually to be played solo.
- (by extension) Any composition, musical or otherwise, that is created on the spot without preparation.
adj
adv
verb
- To speak.
- express in speech
- (obsolete except UK, dialectal) To discharge or send out (something); to eject, to emit.
- To verbally express or report (a desire or emotion, an idea or thought, etc.).
- (figurative) Of a thing: to produce (a noise or sound); to emit.
- (law) To put (currency or other valuable items) into circulation; specifically, to pass off (counterfeit currency, etc.) as legal tender; to use (a forged cheque) as if genuine.
- Sometimes preceded by forth, out, etc.: to produce (a cry, speech, or other sounds) with the voice.
- Of words, etc.: to be spoken.
- (reflexive) To express (oneself) in speech or writing.
- (figurative) To pass off (something fake) as a genuine item.
- put into circulation
- express audibly; utter sounds (not necessarily words)
- articulate; either verbally or with a cry, shout, or noise
adj
- (originally Scotland) Of decisions, replies, etc.: made in an unconditional or unqualified manner; decisive, definite.
- To the furthest or most extreme extent; absolute, complete, total, unconditional.
- (rare) Of a substance: pure, unmixed.
- complete and absolute
- without qualification; used informally as (often pejorative) intensifiers
noun
noun
- One who speaks; a speaker.
- (grammar) A particular way of inflecting or conjugating verbs, or a particular form of a verb, which indicates the relation of the subject of the verb to the action which the verb expresses.
- (literature) A particular style or way of writing that expresses a certain tone or feeling.
- (music) In harmony, an independent vocal or instrumental part in a piece of composition.
- Sound uttered by the mouth, especially by human beings in speech or song; sound thus uttered considered as possessing some special quality or character.
- (Internet, IRC) A flag associated with a user on a channel, determining whether they can send messages to the channel.
- The tone or sound emitted by an object.
- (figurative) An expressed opinion, choice, will, desire, or wish; the right or ability to make such expression or to have it considered.
- (phonetics) Sound made through vibration of the vocal cords; sonant, or intonated, utterance; tone; — distinguished from mere breath sound as heard in whispering and voiceless consonants.
- The faculty or power of utterance.
- That which is communicated; message; meaning.
- expressing in coherent verbal form
- A term used in phonetics and phonology to characterize speech sounds, with sounds described as either voiceless (unvoiced) or voiced.
- a means or agency by which something is expressed or communicated
- the distinctive quality or pitch or condition of a person's speech
- something suggestive of speech in being a medium of expression
- an advocate who represents someone else's policy or purpose
- (metonymy) a singer
- the melody carried by a particular voice or instrument in polyphonic music
- a sound suggestive of a vocal utterance
- the sound made by the vibration of vocal folds modified by the resonance of the vocal tract
- (linguistics) the grammatical relation (active or passive) of the grammatical subject of a verb to the action that the verb denotes
- the ability to speak
verb
- (television, film) To act as a voice actor to portray a character.
- (transitive) To give utterance or expression to; to utter; to publish; to announce
- (transitive) To fit for producing the proper sounds; to regulate the tone of
- (transitive, Internet, IRC) To assign the voice flag to a user on IRC, permitting them to send messages to the channel.
- (transitive, phonology) To utter audibly, with tone and not just breath.
- give voice to
- utter with vibrating vocal chords
noun
- an opening remark intended to secure an advantage for the speaker
- a maneuver in a game or conversation
- a chess move early in the game in which the player sacrifices minor pieces in order to obtain an advantageous position
- (chess) An opening in chess in which material is sacrificed to gain an advantage.
- Any ploy or stratagem.
- A remark intended to open a conversation.
verb
noun
- One who speaks.
- One who makes a speech to an audience.
- (US) A book containing passages of text for use in speeches.
- Loudspeaker.
- (music) A key on a woodwind instrument of the clarinet family (compare octave key on other instruments) which induces the instrument to overblow.
- (especially in linguistics) The producer of a given utterance, whether speech or text.
- Speakerphone.
- (politics) The chair or presiding officer of certain legislative bodies, such as the U.K. House of Commons or the U.S. House of Representatives.
- (poetry) The literary character uttering the lyrics of a poem or song, as opposed to the author writing the words of that character.
- electro-acoustic transducer that converts electrical signals into sounds loud enough to be heard at a distance
- the presiding officer of a deliberative assembly
- someone who expresses in language; someone who talks (especially someone who delivers a public speech or someone especially garrulous)
pron
- (colloquial) The person(s) being addressed.
- Me and at least one other person, excluding the person(s) being addressed. (exclusive us.)
- (colloquial) Used to imply connection between the speaker's experiences or activities and a group of listeners.
- (Northumbria) Me (in all contexts).
- People in general.
- We, used in the same circumstances where "me" would be used instead of "I", e.g. for the pronoun in isolation or as the complement of the copula:
- (Commonwealth, colloquial, chiefly with certain verbs such as give, get, fetch, etc.) Me.
- Any entity that the speaker is a part of or identifies with, such as place of employment or education, nation, region, language, etc.
- Me and at least one other person, including the person(s) being addressed. (inclusive us.)
det
noun
adv
- to this place (especially toward the speaker)
- in this circumstance or respect or on this point or detail
- in or at this place; where the speaker or writer is
- at this time; now
- (abstract) At this point or stage (in a process, argument, narration, etc.)
- (informal) After the name of a person perceived as located close to the speaker, used familiarly to indicate that person.
- (abstract) In this matter.
- (location) In, on, or at this place (a place perceived to be close to the speaker); compare there.
- (as complement of 'be') Notionally at the speaker's location by virtue of happening now.
- (location) To this place; used in place of the literary or archaic hither.
- (abstract) In this context.
- (informal or dialect) After certain determiners, especially 'this' and 'these', used to emphasise demonstrative sense; see also this here.
adj
noun
intj
- Said to command a person or higher animal to come to the speaker.
- (slang) Used semi-assertively to offer something to the listener.
- Said in response to one's name being called during a roll call, indicating that one is present.
- (informal) Used to attract someone's attention, often in a hostile way.
- (Ireland, British, slang) Used for emphasis at the beginning of a sentence when expressing an opinion or want.
verb
- express in speech
- articulate silently; form words with the lips only
- touch with the mouth
- (transitive) To speak; to utter.
- (sheep husbandry) To examine the teeth of.
- To exit at a mouth (such as a river mouth)
- To form a mouth or opening in.
- (transitive) To pick up or handle with the lips or mouth, but not chew or swallow.
- To form or cleanse with the mouth; to lick, as a bear licks her cub.
- (ambitransitive) To utter with a voice that is overly loud or swelling.
- To take into the mouth; to seize or grind with the mouth or teeth; to chew; to devour.
- (transitive) To represent (words or sounds) by making the actions of speech, but silently, without producing sound; to frame.
- (figurative) Ellipsis of mouth the words; to speak insincerely.
- (transitive, intransitive) To move the mouth, with or without sound; to form (air or words) with the mouth, with or without sound.
- To carry in the mouth.
noun
- the opening of a jar or bottle
- an opening that resembles a mouth (as of a cave or a gorge)
- a person conceived as a consumer of food
- the externally visible part of the oral cavity on the face and the system of organs surrounding the opening
- a spokesperson (as a lawyer)
- the opening through which food is taken in and vocalizations emerge
- the point where a stream issues into a larger body of water
- an impudent or insolent rejoinder
- (anatomy) The front opening of a creature through which food is ingested.
- (slang) A loud or overly talkative person.
- (slang) A gossip.
- An outlet, aperture or orifice.
- (saddlery) The crosspiece of a bridle bit, which enters the mouth of an animal.
- The end of a river out of which water flows into a sea or other large body of water; or the end of a tributary out of which water flows into a larger river.
verb
- express in speech
- use language
- exchange thoughts; talk with
- divulge confidential information or secrets
- deliver a lecture or talk
- reveal information
- (intransitive, slang) To confess, especially implicating others.
- (transitive) To speak (a certain language).
- (intransitive) To communicate, usually by means of speech.
- (intransitive) To gossip; to create scandal.
- (transitive) To manifest outwardly in speech, as opposed to reality or action.
- (transitive, informal, chiefly used in progressive tenses) Used to emphasise the importance, size, complexity etc. of the thing mentioned.
- (transitive, informal) To discuss; to talk about.
- (intransitive) To criticize someone for something of which one is guilty oneself.
- (informal, chiefly used in progressive tenses) To influence someone to express something, especially a particular stance or viewpoint or in a particular manner.
noun
- a speech that is open to the public
- discussion; (‘talk about’ is a less formal alternative for ‘discussion of’)
- idle gossip or rumor
- an exchange of ideas via conversation
- the act of giving a talk to an audience
- (preceded by the; often qualified by a following of) A major topic of social discussion.
- A customary conversation in which parent(s) explain sexual intercourse to their child.
- (uncountable) Gossip; rumour.
- A conversation or discussion; usually serious, but informal.
- (uncountable, not preceded by an article) Empty boasting, promises or claims.
- (usually in the plural) Meeting to discuss a particular matter.
- (US) A customary conversation in which the parent(s) of a black child explain the racism and violence they may face, especially when interacting with police, and strategies to manage it.
- A lecture.
verb
- deliver verbally
- transfer
- escape potentially unpleasant consequences; get away with a forbidden action
- alight from (a horse)
- cause to be acquitted; get off the hook; in a legal case
- get high, stoned, or drugged
- leave a vehicle, aircraft, etc.
- be relieved of one's duties temporarily
- get out of quickly
- send via the postal service
- enjoy in a sexual way
- (intransitive) To escape serious or severe consequences; to receive only mild or no punishment (or injuries, etc) for something one has done or been accused of.
- (transitive) To help someone to escape serious or severe consequences and receive only mild or no punishment.
- (transitive) To stop using a piece of equipment, such as a telephone or computer.
- (intransitive, slang) To experience great pleasure, especially sexual pleasure; in particular, to experience an orgasm.
- (transitive, especially in an interrogative sentence) To find enjoyment (in behaving in a presumptuous, rude, or intrusive manner).
- (intransitive) To stop touching or physically interfering with something or someone.
- (transitive) To make or help someone be ready to leave a place (especially to go to another place).
- (intransitive) Indicates annoyance or dismissiveness.
- (transitive) To move (something) from being on top of (something else) to not being on top of it.
- (intransitive, slang, UK) To kiss; to smooch.
- (transitive) To cause (something) to stop touching or interfering with (something else).
- (transitive, UK) To make (someone) fall asleep.
- (intransitive, slang) To get high (on a drug).
- (transitive) To acquire (something) from (someone).
- (transitive, slang) To masturbate.
- (transitive, intransitive) To disembark, especially from mass transportation such as a bus or train; to depart from (a path, highway, etc).
- (intransitive, UK) To fall asleep.
- (transitive) To reserve or have a period of time as a vacation from work.
- (transitive, intransitive) To move from being on top of (something) to not being on top of it.
- (transitive, intransitive) To leave one's job, or leave school, as scheduled or with permission.
- (transitive, slang) To excite or arouse, especially in a sexual manner, as to cause to experience orgasm.
- (transitive) To (write and) send (something); to discharge.
- (transitive, slang) To quit using a drug.
verb
noun
- speech you make to yourself
- A long, uninterrupted utterance that monopolizes a conversation.
- (comedy) A long series of comic stories and jokes as an entertainment.
- (drama, authorship) A long speech by one person in a play; sometimes a soliloquy; other times spoken to other characters.
- a (usually long) dramatic speech by a single actor
- a long utterance by one person (especially one that prevents others from participating in the conversation)
noun
adj
- With many figures of speech.
- Metaphorically so called.
- Emblematic, symbolic; representative, exemplative
- Of use as a metaphor, simile, metonym or other figure of speech, as opposed to literal; using figures.
- (art) Representing forms recognisable in life and clearly derived from real object sources, in contrast to abstract art.
- (used of the meanings of words or text) not literal; using figures of speech
- consisting of or forming human or animal figures
noun
verb
adv
- Towards the speaker or other reference point.
- At or towards the interior of a defined space, such as a building or room.
- After the beginning of something.
- So as to be enclosed or surrounded by something.
- (in combination, after a verb) Denotes a gathering of people assembled for the stated activity, sometimes, though not always, suggesting a protest.
- to or toward the inside of
adj
- In fashion; popular.
- (of fire or fuel) (British, Ireland, Australia, New Zealand) Burning; ablaze.
- (not comparable) Located indoors, especially at home or at one's office or place of work.
- Of the tide, at or near its highest level.
- Having been collected or received.
- (not comparable) Located inside something.
- Inserted or fitted into something.
- (sports, of the ball or other playing implement) Falling or remaining within the bounds of the playing area.
- (informal) Having a favourable position, such as a position of influence or expected gain, in relation to another person.
- Incoming.
- Having familiarity or involvement with somebody.
- (cricket) Currently batting.
- Having used, consumed , or invested a certain amount.
- (nautical, of the sails of a vessel) Furled or stowed.
- (law) With privilege or possession; used to denote a holding, possession, or seisin
- currently fashionable
- holding office
- directed or bound inward
noun
prep
- Pertaining to; with regard to.
- Part of; a member of; out of; from among.
- Contained by; inside.
- Wearing (an item of clothing).
- Surrounded by; among; amidst.
- (grammar, phonetics) Characterized by.
- Used to indicate a language, script, tone, etc. of a text, speech, etc.
- Within (a certain elapsed time); by the end of.
- Indicates, connotatively, a place-like form of someone's (or something's) personality, as his, her or its psychic and physical characteristics.
- By (doing something); indicating action causing an effect or achieving a purpose.
- Indicating an order or arrangement.
- Denoting a state of the subject.
- Expressing abstract containment.
- At the end of (a period of time).
- Within the bounds or limits of.
- Into.
- (of something offered or given in an exchange) In the form of, in the denomination of.
- During (a period of time).
noun
- A spoken or written remark.
- (uncountable) The act of commenting.
- (linguistics) The part of a sentence that provides new information regarding the current theme.
- (programming) A remark embedded in source code in such a way that it will be ignored by the compiler or interpreter, typically to help people to understand the code.
- a statement that expresses a personal opinion or belief or adds information
- a written explanation or criticism or illustration that is added to a book or other textual material
- a report (often malicious) about the behavior of other people
verb
- (transitive, software, of code) To insert comments into (source code).
- (transitive, software, of code) To comment out (code); to disable by converting into a comment.
- (transitive) To remark.
- (intransitive, with "on" or "about") To make remarks or notes; to express a view regarding.
- make or write a comment on
- explain or interpret something
- provide interlinear explanations for words or phrases
verb
adj
noun
- game equipment (as a piece of wood, plastic, or ivory) used for keeping a count or reserving a space in various card or board games
- (computer science) a register whose contents go through a regular series of states (usually states indicating consecutive integers)
- a piece of leather forming the back of a shoe or boot
- table consisting of a horizontal surface over which business is transacted
- a calculator that keeps a record of the number of times something happens
- a person who counts things
- a piece of furniture that stands at the side of a dining room; has shelves and drawers
- a quick reply to a question or remark (especially a witty or critical one)
- a return punch (especially by a boxer)
- The breast of a horse; that part of a horse between the shoulders and under the neck.
- A telltale; a contrivance attached to an engine, printing press, or other machine, for the purpose of counting the revolutions or the pulsations.
- Something opposite or contrary to something else.
- A table or board on which money is counted and over which business is transacted.
- A shop tabletop on which goods are examined, weighed or measured.
- An object (now especially a small disc) used in counting or keeping count, or as a marker in games, etc.
- (typography) The enclosed or partly closed negative space of a glyph.
- The piece of a shoe or a boot around the heel of the foot (above the heel of the shoe/boot).
- (nautical) The overhanging stern of a vessel above the waterline, below and somewhat forward of the stern proper.
- (grammar) A class of word used along with numbers to count objects and events, typically mass nouns. Although rare and optional in English (e.g. "20 head of cattle"), they are numerous and required in Chinese, Japanese, and Korean.
- counterattack
- In a bathroom, a surface, often built into the wall and above a cabinet, which holds the washbasin.
- A reckoner; someone who collects data by counting; an enumerator.
- (programming) A variable, memory location, etc. whose contents are incremented to keep a count.
- In a kitchen, a surface, often built into the wall and above a cabinet, designed to be used for food preparation.
- (historical) The prison attached to a city court; a compter.
- (martial arts) A proactive defensive hold or move in reaction to a hold or move by one's opponent.
- (music) Alternative form of contra Formerly used to designate any under part which served for contrast to a principal part, but now used as equivalent to countertenor.
- (Internet) A hit counter.
- One who counts.
- (curling) Any stone lying closer to the center than any of the opponent's stones.
adv
noun
- A speech made when leaving or parting company.
- The act of parting company.
- A word or phrase used to end a letter or message.
- A word or phrase said upon leaving, such as "farewell" or "adieu".
- the act of saying farewell
- a farewell oration (especially one delivered during graduation exercises by an outstanding member of a graduating class)
noun
- a speech seconding a motion
- the act of endorsing
- a signature that validates something
- a promotional statement (as found on the dust jackets of books)
- formal and explicit approval
- An amendment or annotation to an insurance contract or other official document (such as a driving licence).
- Sponsorship, in means of money, by a company, business or enterprise.
- (aviation) An instructor's signed acknowledgement of time practising specific flying skills.
- (education, certification) Permission to carry out a specific skill or application in a field in which the practitioner already has a general licence.
- Support from an important, renowned figure of a media (celebrity, politics, sports, etc.), to get back up.
- The act or quality of endorsing
noun
- a speech seconding a motion
- following the first in an ordering or series
- the official attendant of a contestant in a duel or boxing match
- a 60th part of a minute of arc
- the fielding position of the player on a baseball team who is stationed near the second of the bases in the infield
- merchandise that has imperfections; usually sold at a reduced price without the brand name
- the gear that has the second lowest forward gear ratio in the gear box of a motor vehicle
- 1/60 of a minute; the basic unit of time adopted under the Systeme International d'Unites
- a particular point in time
- an indefinitely short time
- The place that is next below or after first in a race or contest.
- The agent of a party to an honour dispute whose role was to try to resolve the dispute or to make the necessary arrangements for a duel.
- (usually in the plural) An additional helping of food.
- The second gear of an engine.
- (usually in the plural) A manufactured item that, though still usable, fails to meet quality control standards.
- One who supports or seconds a motion, or the act itself, as required in certain meetings to pass judgement etc.
- A Cub Scout appointed to assist the sixer.
- (informal) A short, indeterminate amount of time.
- One who supports another in a contest or combat, such as a dueller's assistant.
- A unit of time historically and commonly defined as a sixtieth of a minute which the International System of Units more precisely defines as the duration of 9,192,631,770 periods of radiation corresponding to the transition between two hyperfine levels of caesium-133 in a ground state at a temperature of absolute zero and at rest.
- A unit of angle equal to one-sixtieth of a minute of arc or one part in 3600 of a degree.
- Something that is next in rank, quality, precedence, position, status, or authority.
- Something that is number two in a series.
- A chance or attempt to achieve what should have been done the first time, usually indicating success this time around. (See second-guess.)
- (baseball) Second base.
- (music) The interval between two adjacent notes in a diatonic scale (either or both of them may be raised or lowered from the basic scale via any type of accidental).
- (informal) A second-class honours degree.
adj
- coming next after the first in position in space or time or degree or magnitude
- a part or voice or instrument or orchestra section lower in pitch than or subordinate to the first
- Being of the same kind as one that has preceded; another.
- Next to the first in value, power, excellence, dignity, or rank; secondary; subordinate; inferior.
- Number-two; following after the first one with nothing between them. The ordinal number corresponding to the cardinal number two.
adv
verb
- give support or one's approval to
- transfer an employee to a different, temporary assignment
- (climbing) To climb after a lead climber.
- (transitive) To agree as a second person to (a proposal), usually to reach a necessary quorum of two. (This may come from etymology 1 above.)
- (transitive) To agree as a second person to (a proposal), usually to reach a necessary quorum of two. (See etymology 3 for translations.)
- (transitive) To assist or support; to back.
- (transitive, music) To accompany by singing as the second performer.
- To follow in the next place; to succeed.
- (transitive, UK) To transfer temporarily to alternative employment.
verb
- give a speech to
- express in speech
- use language
- exchange thoughts; talk with
- make a characteristic or natural sound
- (by extension) To be able to communicate in the manner of specialists in a field.
- (intransitive, reciprocal) To have a conversation.
- (intransitive) To produce a sound; to sound.
- (by extension) To communicate or converse by some means other than orally, such as writing or facial expressions.
- (transitive) To communicate (some fact or feeling); to bespeak, to indicate.
- Of a bird, to be able to vocally reproduce words or phrases from a human language.
- (informal, transitive, sometimes humorous) To understand (as though it were a language).
- (transitive) To utter.
- (transitive, stative) To be able to communicate in a language.
- (intransitive) To deliver a message to a group; to deliver a speech.
- (intransitive) To communicate with one's voice, to say words out loud.
noun
noun
- A figure of speech.
- A person or thing representing a certain consciousness.
- The representation of any form, as by drawing, painting, modelling, carving, embroidering, etc.; especially, a representation of the human body.
- The appearance or impression made by the conduct or career of a person.
- A shape.
- A number, an amount.
- (astrology) A horoscope; the diagram of the aspects of the astrological houses.
- (music) A form of melody or accompaniment kept up through a strain or passage; a motif; a florid embellishment.
- Any complex dance moveᵂ.
- (logic) The form of a syllogism with respect to the relative position of the middle term.
- A human figure, which dress or corset must fit to; the shape of a human body.
- A numeral.
- A drawing or diagram conveying information.
- (music) Any short succession of notes, either as melody or as a group of chords, which produce a single complete and distinct impression.
- A visible pattern as in wood or cloth.
- a predetermined set of movements in dancing or skating
- a diagram or picture illustrating textual material
- language used in a figurative or nonliteral sense
- a well-known or notable person
- a decorative or artistic work
- the property possessed by a sum or total or indefinite quantity of units or individuals
- alternative names for the body of a human being
- a unitary percept having structure and coherence that is the object of attention and that stands out against a ground
- an amount of money expressed numerically
- the impression produced by a person
- one of the elements that collectively form a system of numeration
- a combination of points and lines and planes that form a visible palpable shape
- a model of a bodily form (especially of a person)
verb
- (music) To embellish.
- (intransitive) To enter into; to be a part of.
- (chiefly US, intransitive) To be reasonable or predictable.
- To represent by a metaphor; to signify or symbolize.
- (chiefly US) To calculate, to solve a mathematical problem.
- (transitive) To represent in a picture or drawing.
- (chiefly US) To come to understand.
- To think, to assume, to suppose, to reckon.
- (music) To write over or under the bass, as figures or other characters, in order to indicate the accompanying chords.
- To embellish with design; to adorn with figures.
- understand
- make a mathematical calculation or computation
- imagine; conceive of; see in one's mind
- be or play a part of or in
- judge to be probable
noun
- the representation of another person's words in a speech
- any disease that shows symptoms characteristic of another disease
- the imitative representation of nature and human behavior in art and literature
- The representation of aspects of the real world, especially human actions, in literature and art.
- (medicine) The appearance of symptoms of a disease not actually present.
- (rhetoric) The rhetorical pedagogy of imitation.
- (rhetoric) The imitation of another's gestures, pronunciation, or utterance.
- (biology) Mimicry.
noun
noun
adj
adv
noun
- The performer who gives this speech
- (computing) A component of a computer program that prepares the computer to return from a routine.
- A short speech, spoken directly at the audience at the end of a play
- A brief oration or script at the end of a literary piece; an afterword
- a short passage added at the end of a literary work
- a short speech (often in verse) addressed directly to the audience by an actor at the end of a play
verb
noun
- an extemporaneous speech or remark
- a short musical passage that seems to have been made spontaneously without advance preparation
- (music) A short musical composition for an informal occasion often with the character of improvisation and usually to be played solo.
- (by extension) Any composition, musical or otherwise, that is created on the spot without preparation.
adj
adv
noun
- One who speaks; a speaker.
- (grammar) A particular way of inflecting or conjugating verbs, or a particular form of a verb, which indicates the relation of the subject of the verb to the action which the verb expresses.
- (literature) A particular style or way of writing that expresses a certain tone or feeling.
- (music) In harmony, an independent vocal or instrumental part in a piece of composition.
- Sound uttered by the mouth, especially by human beings in speech or song; sound thus uttered considered as possessing some special quality or character.
- (Internet, IRC) A flag associated with a user on a channel, determining whether they can send messages to the channel.
- The tone or sound emitted by an object.
- (figurative) An expressed opinion, choice, will, desire, or wish; the right or ability to make such expression or to have it considered.
- (phonetics) Sound made through vibration of the vocal cords; sonant, or intonated, utterance; tone; — distinguished from mere breath sound as heard in whispering and voiceless consonants.
- The faculty or power of utterance.
- That which is communicated; message; meaning.
- expressing in coherent verbal form
- A term used in phonetics and phonology to characterize speech sounds, with sounds described as either voiceless (unvoiced) or voiced.
- a means or agency by which something is expressed or communicated
- the distinctive quality or pitch or condition of a person's speech
- something suggestive of speech in being a medium of expression
- an advocate who represents someone else's policy or purpose
- (metonymy) a singer
- the melody carried by a particular voice or instrument in polyphonic music
- a sound suggestive of a vocal utterance
- the sound made by the vibration of vocal folds modified by the resonance of the vocal tract
- (linguistics) the grammatical relation (active or passive) of the grammatical subject of a verb to the action that the verb denotes
- the ability to speak
verb
- (television, film) To act as a voice actor to portray a character.
- (transitive) To give utterance or expression to; to utter; to publish; to announce
- (transitive) To fit for producing the proper sounds; to regulate the tone of
- (transitive, Internet, IRC) To assign the voice flag to a user on IRC, permitting them to send messages to the channel.
- (transitive, phonology) To utter audibly, with tone and not just breath.
- give voice to
- utter with vibrating vocal chords
noun
- an opening remark intended to secure an advantage for the speaker
- a maneuver in a game or conversation
- a chess move early in the game in which the player sacrifices minor pieces in order to obtain an advantageous position
- (chess) An opening in chess in which material is sacrificed to gain an advantage.
- Any ploy or stratagem.
- A remark intended to open a conversation.
verb
noun
- One who speaks.
- One who makes a speech to an audience.
- (US) A book containing passages of text for use in speeches.
- Loudspeaker.
- (music) A key on a woodwind instrument of the clarinet family (compare octave key on other instruments) which induces the instrument to overblow.
- (especially in linguistics) The producer of a given utterance, whether speech or text.
- Speakerphone.
- (politics) The chair or presiding officer of certain legislative bodies, such as the U.K. House of Commons or the U.S. House of Representatives.
- (poetry) The literary character uttering the lyrics of a poem or song, as opposed to the author writing the words of that character.
- electro-acoustic transducer that converts electrical signals into sounds loud enough to be heard at a distance
- the presiding officer of a deliberative assembly
- someone who expresses in language; someone who talks (especially someone who delivers a public speech or someone especially garrulous)
noun
verb
noun
- speech you make to yourself
- A long, uninterrupted utterance that monopolizes a conversation.
- (comedy) A long series of comic stories and jokes as an entertainment.
- (drama, authorship) A long speech by one person in a play; sometimes a soliloquy; other times spoken to other characters.
- a (usually long) dramatic speech by a single actor
- a long utterance by one person (especially one that prevents others from participating in the conversation)
noun
verb
noun
- A spoken or written remark.
- (uncountable) The act of commenting.
- (linguistics) The part of a sentence that provides new information regarding the current theme.
- (programming) A remark embedded in source code in such a way that it will be ignored by the compiler or interpreter, typically to help people to understand the code.
- a statement that expresses a personal opinion or belief or adds information
- a written explanation or criticism or illustration that is added to a book or other textual material
- a report (often malicious) about the behavior of other people
verb
- (transitive, software, of code) To insert comments into (source code).
- (transitive, software, of code) To comment out (code); to disable by converting into a comment.
- (transitive) To remark.
- (intransitive, with "on" or "about") To make remarks or notes; to express a view regarding.
- make or write a comment on
- explain or interpret something
- provide interlinear explanations for words or phrases
noun
- A speech made when leaving or parting company.
- The act of parting company.
- A word or phrase used to end a letter or message.
- A word or phrase said upon leaving, such as "farewell" or "adieu".
- the act of saying farewell
- a farewell oration (especially one delivered during graduation exercises by an outstanding member of a graduating class)
verb
- give a speech to
- act on verbally or in some form of artistic expression
- speak to
- access or locate by address
- speak to someone
- greet, as with a prescribed form, title, or name
- put an address on (an envelope)
- address or apply oneself to something, direct one's efforts towards something, such as a question
- adjust and aim (a golf ball) at in preparation of hitting
- direct a question at someone
- (transitive) To consign or entrust to the care of another, as agent or factor.
- (transitive) To direct speech to; to make a communication to, whether spoken or written; to apply to by words, as by a speech, petition, etc., to speak to.
- (transitive, computing) To refer to a location in computer memory.
- (transitive, formal) To direct attention towards a problem or obstacle, in an attempt to resolve it.
- (reflexive) To direct one’s remarks (to someone).
- (transitive) To direct in writing, as a letter; to superscribe, or to direct and transmit.
- (transitive) To direct, as words (to anyone or anything); to make, as a speech, petition, etc. (to any audience).
- (transitive, golf, Scotland) To get ready to hit (the ball on the tee).
- (transitive, reflexive) To prepare oneself; to apply one's skill or energies (to some object); to betake.
- (transitive) To make suit to as a lover; to court; to woo.
- (transitive) To address oneself to; to prepare oneself for; to apply oneself to; to direct one's speech, discourse or efforts to.
noun
- the manner of speaking to another individual
- the ability to do or say what is appropriate for the occasion
- a sign in front of a house or business carrying the conventional form by which its location is described
- the stance assumed by a golfer in preparation for hitting a golf ball
- (computer science) the code that identifies where a piece of information is stored
- written directions for finding some location; written on letters or packages that are to be delivered to that location
- the act of delivering a formal spoken communication to an audience
- the place where a person or organization can be found or communicated with
- (golf, Scotland) The act of bringing the head of the club up to the ball in preparation for swinging.
- (computing) A number identifying a specific storage location in computer memory.
- An act of addressing oneself to a person or group; a discourse or speech, or a record of this.
- (Commonwealth, politics) A response given by each of the Houses of Parliament to the sovereign's speech at the opening of Parliament.
- (networking, Internet) A string of characters identifying a node or range of nodes on a network (especially the Internet), such as an e-mail address, IP address or URL.
- The location of a property.
- (diplomacy, politics) A formal approach to a sovereign or head of state, especially an official appeal or petition.
- A description of the location of a property, usually with at least a street name and number, name of a town, and now also a postal code; such a description as superscribed for direction on an envelope or letter.
- A manner of speaking or writing to another; language, style.
verb
- give a speech to
- express in speech
- use language
- exchange thoughts; talk with
- make a characteristic or natural sound
- (by extension) To be able to communicate in the manner of specialists in a field.
- (intransitive, reciprocal) To have a conversation.
- (intransitive) To produce a sound; to sound.
- (by extension) To communicate or converse by some means other than orally, such as writing or facial expressions.
- (transitive) To communicate (some fact or feeling); to bespeak, to indicate.
- Of a bird, to be able to vocally reproduce words or phrases from a human language.
- (informal, transitive, sometimes humorous) To understand (as though it were a language).
- (transitive) To utter.
- (transitive, stative) To be able to communicate in a language.
- (intransitive) To deliver a message to a group; to deliver a speech.
- (intransitive) To communicate with one's voice, to say words out loud.
noun
verb
- To speak.
- express in speech
- (obsolete except UK, dialectal) To discharge or send out (something); to eject, to emit.
- To verbally express or report (a desire or emotion, an idea or thought, etc.).
- (figurative) Of a thing: to produce (a noise or sound); to emit.
- (law) To put (currency or other valuable items) into circulation; specifically, to pass off (counterfeit currency, etc.) as legal tender; to use (a forged cheque) as if genuine.
- Sometimes preceded by forth, out, etc.: to produce (a cry, speech, or other sounds) with the voice.
- Of words, etc.: to be spoken.
- (reflexive) To express (oneself) in speech or writing.
- (figurative) To pass off (something fake) as a genuine item.
- put into circulation
- express audibly; utter sounds (not necessarily words)
- articulate; either verbally or with a cry, shout, or noise
adj
- (originally Scotland) Of decisions, replies, etc.: made in an unconditional or unqualified manner; decisive, definite.
- To the furthest or most extreme extent; absolute, complete, total, unconditional.
- (rare) Of a substance: pure, unmixed.
- complete and absolute
- without qualification; used informally as (often pejorative) intensifiers
noun
verb
- express in speech
- articulate silently; form words with the lips only
- touch with the mouth
- (transitive) To speak; to utter.
- (sheep husbandry) To examine the teeth of.
- To exit at a mouth (such as a river mouth)
- To form a mouth or opening in.
- (transitive) To pick up or handle with the lips or mouth, but not chew or swallow.
- To form or cleanse with the mouth; to lick, as a bear licks her cub.
- (ambitransitive) To utter with a voice that is overly loud or swelling.
- To take into the mouth; to seize or grind with the mouth or teeth; to chew; to devour.
- (transitive) To represent (words or sounds) by making the actions of speech, but silently, without producing sound; to frame.
- (figurative) Ellipsis of mouth the words; to speak insincerely.
- (transitive, intransitive) To move the mouth, with or without sound; to form (air or words) with the mouth, with or without sound.
- To carry in the mouth.
noun
- the opening of a jar or bottle
- an opening that resembles a mouth (as of a cave or a gorge)
- a person conceived as a consumer of food
- the externally visible part of the oral cavity on the face and the system of organs surrounding the opening
- a spokesperson (as a lawyer)
- the opening through which food is taken in and vocalizations emerge
- the point where a stream issues into a larger body of water
- an impudent or insolent rejoinder
- (anatomy) The front opening of a creature through which food is ingested.
- (slang) A loud or overly talkative person.
- (slang) A gossip.
- An outlet, aperture or orifice.
- (saddlery) The crosspiece of a bridle bit, which enters the mouth of an animal.
- The end of a river out of which water flows into a sea or other large body of water; or the end of a tributary out of which water flows into a larger river.
verb
- express in speech
- use language
- exchange thoughts; talk with
- divulge confidential information or secrets
- deliver a lecture or talk
- reveal information
- (intransitive, slang) To confess, especially implicating others.
- (transitive) To speak (a certain language).
- (intransitive) To communicate, usually by means of speech.
- (intransitive) To gossip; to create scandal.
- (transitive) To manifest outwardly in speech, as opposed to reality or action.
- (transitive, informal, chiefly used in progressive tenses) Used to emphasise the importance, size, complexity etc. of the thing mentioned.
- (transitive, informal) To discuss; to talk about.
- (intransitive) To criticize someone for something of which one is guilty oneself.
- (informal, chiefly used in progressive tenses) To influence someone to express something, especially a particular stance or viewpoint or in a particular manner.
noun
- a speech that is open to the public
- discussion; (‘talk about’ is a less formal alternative for ‘discussion of’)
- idle gossip or rumor
- an exchange of ideas via conversation
- the act of giving a talk to an audience
- (preceded by the; often qualified by a following of) A major topic of social discussion.
- A customary conversation in which parent(s) explain sexual intercourse to their child.
- (uncountable) Gossip; rumour.
- A conversation or discussion; usually serious, but informal.
- (uncountable, not preceded by an article) Empty boasting, promises or claims.
- (usually in the plural) Meeting to discuss a particular matter.
- (US) A customary conversation in which the parent(s) of a black child explain the racism and violence they may face, especially when interacting with police, and strategies to manage it.
- A lecture.
verb
- deliver verbally
- transfer
- escape potentially unpleasant consequences; get away with a forbidden action
- alight from (a horse)
- cause to be acquitted; get off the hook; in a legal case
- get high, stoned, or drugged
- leave a vehicle, aircraft, etc.
- be relieved of one's duties temporarily
- get out of quickly
- send via the postal service
- enjoy in a sexual way
- (intransitive) To escape serious or severe consequences; to receive only mild or no punishment (or injuries, etc) for something one has done or been accused of.
- (transitive) To help someone to escape serious or severe consequences and receive only mild or no punishment.
- (transitive) To stop using a piece of equipment, such as a telephone or computer.
- (intransitive, slang) To experience great pleasure, especially sexual pleasure; in particular, to experience an orgasm.
- (transitive, especially in an interrogative sentence) To find enjoyment (in behaving in a presumptuous, rude, or intrusive manner).
- (intransitive) To stop touching or physically interfering with something or someone.
- (transitive) To make or help someone be ready to leave a place (especially to go to another place).
- (intransitive) Indicates annoyance or dismissiveness.
- (transitive) To move (something) from being on top of (something else) to not being on top of it.
- (intransitive, slang, UK) To kiss; to smooch.
- (transitive) To cause (something) to stop touching or interfering with (something else).
- (transitive, UK) To make (someone) fall asleep.
- (intransitive, slang) To get high (on a drug).
- (transitive) To acquire (something) from (someone).
- (transitive, slang) To masturbate.
- (transitive, intransitive) To disembark, especially from mass transportation such as a bus or train; to depart from (a path, highway, etc).
- (intransitive, UK) To fall asleep.
- (transitive) To reserve or have a period of time as a vacation from work.
- (transitive, intransitive) To move from being on top of (something) to not being on top of it.
- (transitive, intransitive) To leave one's job, or leave school, as scheduled or with permission.
- (transitive, slang) To excite or arouse, especially in a sexual manner, as to cause to experience orgasm.
- (transitive) To (write and) send (something); to discharge.
- (transitive, slang) To quit using a drug.
verb
noun
- speech you make to yourself
- A long, uninterrupted utterance that monopolizes a conversation.
- (comedy) A long series of comic stories and jokes as an entertainment.
- (drama, authorship) A long speech by one person in a play; sometimes a soliloquy; other times spoken to other characters.
- a (usually long) dramatic speech by a single actor
- a long utterance by one person (especially one that prevents others from participating in the conversation)
verb
adj
noun
- game equipment (as a piece of wood, plastic, or ivory) used for keeping a count or reserving a space in various card or board games
- (computer science) a register whose contents go through a regular series of states (usually states indicating consecutive integers)
- a piece of leather forming the back of a shoe or boot
- table consisting of a horizontal surface over which business is transacted
- a calculator that keeps a record of the number of times something happens
- a person who counts things
- a piece of furniture that stands at the side of a dining room; has shelves and drawers
- a quick reply to a question or remark (especially a witty or critical one)
- a return punch (especially by a boxer)
- The breast of a horse; that part of a horse between the shoulders and under the neck.
- A telltale; a contrivance attached to an engine, printing press, or other machine, for the purpose of counting the revolutions or the pulsations.
- Something opposite or contrary to something else.
- A table or board on which money is counted and over which business is transacted.
- A shop tabletop on which goods are examined, weighed or measured.
- An object (now especially a small disc) used in counting or keeping count, or as a marker in games, etc.
- (typography) The enclosed or partly closed negative space of a glyph.
- The piece of a shoe or a boot around the heel of the foot (above the heel of the shoe/boot).
- (nautical) The overhanging stern of a vessel above the waterline, below and somewhat forward of the stern proper.
- (grammar) A class of word used along with numbers to count objects and events, typically mass nouns. Although rare and optional in English (e.g. "20 head of cattle"), they are numerous and required in Chinese, Japanese, and Korean.
- counterattack
- In a bathroom, a surface, often built into the wall and above a cabinet, which holds the washbasin.
- A reckoner; someone who collects data by counting; an enumerator.
- (programming) A variable, memory location, etc. whose contents are incremented to keep a count.
- In a kitchen, a surface, often built into the wall and above a cabinet, designed to be used for food preparation.
- (historical) The prison attached to a city court; a compter.
- (martial arts) A proactive defensive hold or move in reaction to a hold or move by one's opponent.
- (music) Alternative form of contra Formerly used to designate any under part which served for contrast to a principal part, but now used as equivalent to countertenor.
- (Internet) A hit counter.
- One who counts.
- (curling) Any stone lying closer to the center than any of the opponent's stones.
adv
adv
- to this place (especially toward the speaker)
- in this circumstance or respect or on this point or detail
- in or at this place; where the speaker or writer is
- at this time; now
- (abstract) At this point or stage (in a process, argument, narration, etc.)
- (informal) After the name of a person perceived as located close to the speaker, used familiarly to indicate that person.
- (abstract) In this matter.
- (location) In, on, or at this place (a place perceived to be close to the speaker); compare there.
- (as complement of 'be') Notionally at the speaker's location by virtue of happening now.
- (location) To this place; used in place of the literary or archaic hither.
- (abstract) In this context.
- (informal or dialect) After certain determiners, especially 'this' and 'these', used to emphasise demonstrative sense; see also this here.
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noun
intj
- Said to command a person or higher animal to come to the speaker.
- (slang) Used semi-assertively to offer something to the listener.
- Said in response to one's name being called during a roll call, indicating that one is present.
- (informal) Used to attract someone's attention, often in a hostile way.
- (Ireland, British, slang) Used for emphasis at the beginning of a sentence when expressing an opinion or want.
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- Towards the speaker or other reference point.
- At or towards the interior of a defined space, such as a building or room.
- After the beginning of something.
- So as to be enclosed or surrounded by something.
- (in combination, after a verb) Denotes a gathering of people assembled for the stated activity, sometimes, though not always, suggesting a protest.
- to or toward the inside of
adj
- In fashion; popular.
- (of fire or fuel) (British, Ireland, Australia, New Zealand) Burning; ablaze.
- (not comparable) Located indoors, especially at home or at one's office or place of work.
- Of the tide, at or near its highest level.
- Having been collected or received.
- (not comparable) Located inside something.
- Inserted or fitted into something.
- (sports, of the ball or other playing implement) Falling or remaining within the bounds of the playing area.
- (informal) Having a favourable position, such as a position of influence or expected gain, in relation to another person.
- Incoming.
- Having familiarity or involvement with somebody.
- (cricket) Currently batting.
- Having used, consumed , or invested a certain amount.
- (nautical, of the sails of a vessel) Furled or stowed.
- (law) With privilege or possession; used to denote a holding, possession, or seisin
- currently fashionable
- holding office
- directed or bound inward
noun
prep
- Pertaining to; with regard to.
- Part of; a member of; out of; from among.
- Contained by; inside.
- Wearing (an item of clothing).
- Surrounded by; among; amidst.
- (grammar, phonetics) Characterized by.
- Used to indicate a language, script, tone, etc. of a text, speech, etc.
- Within (a certain elapsed time); by the end of.
- Indicates, connotatively, a place-like form of someone's (or something's) personality, as his, her or its psychic and physical characteristics.
- By (doing something); indicating action causing an effect or achieving a purpose.
- Indicating an order or arrangement.
- Denoting a state of the subject.
- Expressing abstract containment.
- At the end of (a period of time).
- Within the bounds or limits of.
- Into.
- (of something offered or given in an exchange) In the form of, in the denomination of.
- During (a period of time).
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intj
noun
verb
adj
- With many figures of speech.
- Metaphorically so called.
- Emblematic, symbolic; representative, exemplative
- Of use as a metaphor, simile, metonym or other figure of speech, as opposed to literal; using figures.
- (art) Representing forms recognisable in life and clearly derived from real object sources, in contrast to abstract art.
- (used of the meanings of words or text) not literal; using figures of speech
- consisting of or forming human or animal figures