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adj
noun
verb
- To call something into question or dispute.
- (Canada, US, transitive) To take (a final exam) in order to get credit for a course without taking it.
- (US, transitive) To object to the reception of the vote of, e.g. on the ground that the person is not qualified as a voter.
- (transitive) To invite (someone) to take part in a competition.
- (military, transitive) To question or demand the countersign from (one who attempts to pass the lines).
- (transitive) To dispute (something); to contest.
- (law, transitive) To make a formal objection to a juror.
- (transitive) To be difficult or challenging for.
- (transitive) To dare (someone).
- ask for identification
- raise a formal objection in a court of law
- issue a challenge to
- take exception to
noun
- An attempt to have a work of literature restricted or removed from a public library or school curriculum.
- The act of appealing a ruling or decision of a court of administrative agency.
- The act of seeking to remove a judge, arbitrator, or other judicial or semi-judicial figure for reasons of alleged bias or incapacity.
- (hunting) The opening and crying of hounds upon first finding the scent of their game.
- A difficult task, especially one that the person making the attempt finds more enjoyable because of that difficulty.
- (US) An act of seeking to have a certain person be declared not legally qualified to vote, made when the person offers their ballot.
- An antagonization or instigation intended to convince a person to perform an action they otherwise would not.
- (sports) An attempt to take possession; a tackle.
- A summons to fight a duel; also, the letter or message conveying the summons.
- A bid to overcome something.
- (law, rare) A judge's interest in the result of a case, constituting grounds for them to not be allowed to sit the case (e.g., a conflict of interest).
- The act of a sentry in halting a person and demanding the countersign, or (by extension) the action of a computer system demanding a password, etc.
- a call to engage in a contest or fight
- a demand by a sentry for a password or identification
- questioning a statement and demanding an explanation
- a demanding or stimulating situation
- a formal objection to the selection of a particular person as a juror
adj
- open to doubt or suspicion
- (of a statement, matter, or thing) Arousing doubt; questionable; open to suspicion.
- fraught with uncertainty or doubt
- not convinced
- (chess, chiefly of an opening move) Generally considered imprecise or wrong, but not totally unplayable.
- (of a person) In disbelief; wavering, uncertain, or hesitating in opinion; inclined to doubt; undecided.
adj
- open to doubt or debate
- making great mental demands; hard to comprehend or solve or believe
- Difficult to overcome, solve, or decide.
- Not settled, uncertain, of uncertain outcome; debatable, questionable, open to doubt.
- (sociology) Contributing (especially if subtly) to discrimination (such as racism, sexism, homophobia, transphobia, or ageism).
noun
verb
- place in doubt or express doubtful speculation
- (transitive) To raise doubts about; have doubts about.
- pose a series of questions to
- conduct an interview in television, newspaper, and radio reporting
- challenge the accuracy, probity, or propriety of
- pose a question
- (transitive) To ask questions of; to interrogate; to ask for information.
- (intransitive) To ask a question or questions; inquire or seek to know; examine.
noun
- A doubt or challenge about the truth, accuracy, or validity of a matter.
- a sentence of inquiry that asks for a reply
- uncertainty about the truth or factuality or existence of something
- an informal reference to a marriage proposal
- a formal proposal for action made to a deliberative assembly for discussion and vote
- an instance of questioning
- the subject matter at issue
- A proposal to a meeting as a topic for deliberation.
- A worded or expressed sentence, phrase, or only a word on its own, which asks for information, a reply, or a response; an interrogative.
- A subject or topic for consideration or investigation.
verb
- place in doubt or express doubtful speculation
- be amazed at
- have a wish or desire to know something
- (intransitive) To be affected with surprise or admiration; to be struck with astonishment; to be amazed; to marvel; often followed by at.
- (transitive, intransitive) To ponder; to feel doubt and curiosity; to query in the mind.
noun
- someone who has exceptional intellectual ability and originality
- a state in which you want to learn more about something
- something that causes feelings of wonder
- the feeling aroused by something strange and surprising
- (countable, UK, informal) A mental pondering, a thought.
- An astonishing and seemingly inexplicable turn of events.
- (countable) Something that causes amazement or awe; a marvel.
- Someone very talented at something, a genius.
- (countable, US) A kind of donut; a cruller.
- (colloquial, sarcastic, following an adjective ending -less that typically has two syllables) A nominalizer that serves as a head noun for the preceding adjective, which together form a mocking or insulting epithet.
- (uncountable) A sense of awe, astonishment and curiosity, inspired by unexpected events, novel experiences and inexplicable circumstances, sometimes accompanied by surprise, shock or reverence.
- Fortunate circumstances.
- A feat that demonstrates incredible finesse or skill, as if performed by magic.
noun
- (by extension) Doubt, uncertainty, or scepticism regarding any subject of dispute.
- The view that absolute truth or ultimate certainty is unattainable, especially regarding knowledge not based on experience or perceivable phenomena.
- The view that the existence of God or of all deities is unknown, unknowable, unproven, or unprovable.
- Doubt, uncertainty, or scepticism regarding the existence of a god or gods.
- a religious orientation of doubt; a denial of ultimate knowledge of the existence of God
- the disbelief in any claims of ultimate knowledge
verb
- To be of opinion, believe, or think; to suppose.
- To acknowledge the existence of (something); to recognize.
- (law enforcement) To seize or take (a person) by legal process; to arrest.
- To understand.
- To be apprehensive; to fear.
- To anticipate (something, usually unpleasant); especially, to anticipate (something) with anxiety, dread, or fear; to dread, to fear.
- To be or become aware of (something); to perceive.
- To have a conception of (something); to consider, to regard.
- To take hold of (something) with understanding; to conceive (something) in the mind; to become cognizant of; to understand.
- get the meaning of something
- take into custody
- anticipate with dread or anxiety
verb
- put forward, of a guess, in spite of possible refutation
- expect, believe, or suppose
- guess correctly; solve by guessing
- judge tentatively or form an estimate of (quantities or time)
- To solve by a correct conjecture; to conjecture rightly.
- To suppose, to imagine (introducing a proposition of uncertain plausibility).
- To reach a partly (or totally) unconfirmed conclusion; to engage in conjecture; to speculate.
- (colloquial) To think, conclude, or decide (without a connotation of uncertainty). Usually in first person: "I guess".
noun
verb
noun
- an obstacle on a golf course
- an unknown and unpredictable phenomenon that causes an event to result one way rather than another
- a source of danger; a possibility of incurring loss or misfortune
- The chance of suffering harm; danger, peril, risk of loss.
- (in driving a vehicle) An obstacle or other feature that presents a risk or danger that justifies the driver in taking action to avoid it.
- (programming) A problem with the instruction pipeline in CPU microarchitectures when the next instruction cannot execute in the following clock cycle, potentially leading to incorrect results.
- (tennis) The side of the court into which the ball is served.
- An obstacle or other feature which causes risk or danger; originally in sports, and now applied more generally.
- (golf) A sand or water obstacle on a golf course.
- (historical) A game of chance played with dice, usually for monetary stakes; popular mainly from 14th c. to 19th c.
- Chance.
- (billiards) The act of potting a ball, whether the object ball (winning hazard) or the player's ball (losing hazard).
verb
- put forward, of a guess, in spite of possible refutation
- represent fictitiously, as in a play, or pretend to be or act like
- make believe with the intent to deceive
- state insincerely
- behave unnaturally or affectedly
- put forward a claim and assert right or possession of
- (transitive) To feign, affect (a state, quality, etc.).
- (intransitive with 'to', formal, originally transitive) To lay claim (to an ability, status, advantage, etc.).
- To engage in make-believe.
- (intransitive or with 'that' clause or 'to' infinitive) To speak or behave so as to give a false or simulated appearance.
adj
noun
verb
- put forward, of a guess, in spite of possible refutation
- proceed somewhere despite the risk of possible dangers
- put at risk
- (transitive) To put or send on a venture or chance.
- (transitive) To confide in; to rely on; to trust.
- (transitive) To undertake a risky or daring journey.
- (transitive) To risk or offer.
- (intransitive, with at or on) To dare to engage in; to attempt without any certainty of success.
- (transitive) To say something; to offer an opinion.
noun
- a commercial undertaking that risks a loss but promises a profit
- any venturesome undertaking especially one with an uncertain outcome
- an investment that is very risky but could yield great profits
- A risky or daring undertaking or journey.
- The thing risked; especially, something sent to sea in trade.
- An event that is not, or cannot be, foreseen.
verb
- (transitive) To question or call into doubt.
- (computing, databases) To pass a set of instructions to a database to retrieve information from it.
- (intransitive, publishing) To send out a query letter.
- (intransitive) To ask a question.
- (transitive) To ask, inquire.
- (transitive, Internet) To send a private message to (a user on IRC).
- pose a question
noun
verb
- To impute or ascribe.
- (transitive, chiefly US) To pay on account, as by using a credit card.
- (basketball) To commit a charging foul.
- To assign a duty or responsibility to; to order.
- (transitive) To load equipment with material required for its use, as a firearm with powder, a fire hose with water, a chemical reactor with raw materials.
- (transitive, property law) To mortgage (a property).
- (transitive) To replenish energy to (a battery, or a device containing a battery) by use of an electrical device plugged into a power outlet.
- (transitive) To assign (a debit) to an account.
- To call to account; to challenge.
- (military, transitive and intransitive) To attack by moving forward quickly in a group.
- (cricket, of a batsman) To take a few steps down the pitch towards the bowler as they deliver the ball, either to disrupt the length of the delivery, or to get into a better position to hit the ball.
- (transitive) To place a burden, load or responsibility on or in.
- (heraldry) To assume as a bearing.
- (heraldry) To add to or represent on.
- (intransitive) To move forward quickly and forcefully, particularly in combat and/or on horseback.
- (transitive, criminal law, law enforcement) To formally accuse (a person) of a crime.
- (intransitive, of a battery or a device containing a battery) To replenish energy.
- To ornament with or cause to bear.
- (transitive, of a hunting dog) To lie on the belly and be still. (A command given by a hunter to a dog)
- (transitive) To cause to take on an electric charge.
- (ambitransitive) To require payment (of) (a price or fee, for goods, services, etc.).
- instruct (a jury) about the law, its application, and the weighing of evidence
- demand payment
- lie down on command, of hunting dogs
- pay with a credit card; pay with plastic money; postpone payment by recording a purchase as a debt
- cause formation of a net electrical charge in or on
- cause to be admitted; of persons to an institution
- give over to another for care or safekeeping
- move quickly and violently
- direct into a position for use
- assign a duty, responsibility or obligation to
- make an accusatory claim
- attribute responsibility to
- set or ask for a certain price
- impose a task upon, assign a responsibility to
- to make a rush at or sudden attack upon, as in battle
- instruct or command with authority
- fill or load to capacity
- energize a battery by passing a current through it in the direction opposite to discharge
- blame for, make a claim of wrongdoing or misbehavior against
- provide (a device) with something necessary
- cause to be agitated, excited, or roused
- place a heraldic bearing on
- saturate
- file a formal charge against
- enter a certain amount as a charge
noun
- A load or burden; cargo.
- (weaponry) A position (of a weapon) fitted for attack.
- An official description (by the police or a court) of a crime that somebody may be guilty of.
- The scope of someone's responsibility.
- (basketball) An offensive foul in which the player with the ball moves into a stationary defender.
- Someone or something entrusted to one's care, such as a child to a babysitter or a student to a teacher.
- (farriery) A sort of plaster or ointment.
- A forceful forward movement.
- An instruction.
- The amount of money levied for a service.
- (ecclesiastical) An address given at a church service concluding a visitation.
- (firearms) A measured amount of powder and/or shot in a cartridge.
- (military) An attack in which combatants rush towards an enemy in an attempt to engage in close combat.
- An accusation by a person or organization.
- (slang, uncountable) Cannabis.
- (heraldry) An image displayed on an escutcheon.
- (electromagnetism, chemistry, physics, countable, uncountable) An electric charge.
- (by extension) A measured amount of explosive.
- (property law) A mortgage.
- heraldry consisting of a design or image depicted on a shield
- the price charged for some article or service
- a formal statement of a command or injunction to do something
- an assertion that someone is guilty of a fault or offence
- the quantity of unbalanced electricity in a body (either positive or negative) and construed as an excess or deficiency of electrons
- request for payment of a debt
- the swift release of a store of affective force
- (criminal law) a pleading describing some wrong or offense
- financial liabilities (such as a tax)
- (psychoanalysis) the libidinal energy invested in some idea or person or object
- a special assignment that is given to a person or group
- a quantity of explosive to be set off at one time
- an impetuous rush toward someone or something
- a person committed to your care
- attention and management implying responsibility for safety
adj
- Containing or implying accusation.
- (law) Of or pertaining to the system of a public trial in which the facts are ascertained by the judge or jury from evidence presented by the prosecution and the defence.
- specifically indicating a form of prosecution in which one is publicly accused of and tried for a crime and in which the judge is not also the prosecutor
adj
adv
noun
- Ellipsis of argumentum ad hominem: A fallacious objection to an argument or factual claim by appealing to a characteristic or belief of the person making the argument or claim, rather than by addressing the substance of the argument or producing evidence against the claim; an attempt to argue against an opponent's idea by discrediting the opponent themselves.
- (informal) A personal attack.
prep
- Subject to.
- In a state of.
- (Ireland, stressed pronunciation) Bothering, irritating, causing discomfort to
- Indicates a position on a scale or in a series.
- Present or taking place during (an event).
- Indicating action bearing upon something, especially continued or repeated action.
- (UK, Commonwealth, Ireland, especially finance and law) (also as at; before dates) On (a particular date).
- Attending (an educational institution).
- Indicates a means or method.
- Also used in various other idiomatic combinations: at a pinch, at all, at fault, at pains, at risk, at that, etc.; see the individual entries.
- Indicates a specific speed or rate that is maintained by something.
- In response or reaction to.
- In certain phrases, used to indicate the manner in which something happens or is done.
- Working for (a company) or in (a place or situation).
- In the direction of; towards; (often implied to be in a hostile or careless manner).
- (used for skills (including in activities) or areas of knowledge) On the subject of; regarding.
- Occupied in (activity).
- Indicating distance or direction relative to the speaker.
- Indicating time of occurrence, especially an instant of time, or a period of time relatively short in context or from the speaker’s perspective.
- Denotes a price.
- In, near, or in the general vicinity of (a particular place).
noun
verb
prep
- Subject to.
- Within the category, classification or heading of.
- Using or adopting (a name, identity, etc.).
- Beneath; below; at or to the bottom of, or the area covered or surmounted by.
- Less than.
- (figuratively) In the face of; in response to (some attacking force).
- Subordinate to; subject to the control of; in accordance with; in compliance with.
- Below the surface of.
- From one side of to the other, passing beneath.
adj
- Lower; beneath something.
- In a state of subordination, submission or defeat.
- (informal) Having a particular property that is low, especially so as to be insufficient or lacking in a particular respect.
- (medicine, colloquial) Under anesthesia, especially general anesthesia; sedated.
- located below or beneath something else
- lower in rank, power, or authority
adv
- Down to defeat, ruin, or death.
- In or to a lower or subordinate position, or a position beneath or below something, physically or figuratively.
- (informal) In or into an unconscious state.
- So as to pass beneath something.
- (usually in compounds) Less than what is necessary to be adequate or suitable; insufficient.
- below the horizon
- below some quantity or limit
- further down
- down to defeat, death, or ruin
- down below
- in or into a state of subordination or subjugation
- through a range downward
- into unconsciousness
noun
verb
- (ambitransitive) To form an opinion; to infer.
- (transitive) To form an opinion on; to appraise.
- (transitive) To have as an opinion; to consider, suppose.
- (ambitransitive) To criticize or label another person or thing; to be judgmental toward.
- (intransitive) To sit in judgment, to act as judge.
- (transitive) To judicially rule or determine.
- (intransitive) To arbitrate; to pass opinion on something, especially to settle a dispute etc.
- (ambitransitive) To govern as biblical judge or shophet (over some jurisdiction).
- (transitive) To sit in judgment on; to pass sentence on (a person or matter).
- form a critical opinion of
- determine the result of (a competition)
- judge tentatively or form an estimate of (quantities or time)
- pronounce judgment on
- put on trial or hear a case and sit as the judge at the trial of
noun
- A person who evaluates something or forms an opinion.
- A person who decides the fate of someone or something that has been called into question.
- A person officiating at a sports event, a contest, or similar; referee.
- (historical, biblical) A shophet, a temporary leader appointed in times of crisis in ancient Israel.
- A public official whose duty it is to administer the law, especially by presiding over trials and rendering judgments; a justice.
- an authority who is able to estimate worth or quality
- a public official authorized to decide questions brought before a court of justice
adj
noun
- the art of logical disputation (especially if specious)
- a person who disputes; who is good at or enjoys controversy
- One who makes specious arguments; one who is disputatious.
- A type of dialogue or argument where the participants do not have any reasonable goal. The aim is to argue for the sake of conflict, and often to see who can yell the loudest.
verb
- To call into question the validity of (a belief, idea, or viewpoint); to challenge.
- To make a threat against someone; to use threats.
- To menace, or be dangerous.
- To portend, or give a warning of.
- (figuratively) To be close to equaling or surpassing (a record, etc.); to challenge.
- to be a menacing indication of something
- to utter intentions of injury or punishment against
- pose a threat to; present a danger to
noun
- (by extension) Doubt, uncertainty, or scepticism regarding any subject of dispute.
- The view that absolute truth or ultimate certainty is unattainable, especially regarding knowledge not based on experience or perceivable phenomena.
- The view that the existence of God or of all deities is unknown, unknowable, unproven, or unprovable.
- Doubt, uncertainty, or scepticism regarding the existence of a god or gods.
- a religious orientation of doubt; a denial of ultimate knowledge of the existence of God
- the disbelief in any claims of ultimate knowledge
verb
- place in doubt or express doubtful speculation
- (transitive) To raise doubts about; have doubts about.
- pose a series of questions to
- conduct an interview in television, newspaper, and radio reporting
- challenge the accuracy, probity, or propriety of
- pose a question
- (transitive) To ask questions of; to interrogate; to ask for information.
- (intransitive) To ask a question or questions; inquire or seek to know; examine.
noun
- A doubt or challenge about the truth, accuracy, or validity of a matter.
- a sentence of inquiry that asks for a reply
- uncertainty about the truth or factuality or existence of something
- an informal reference to a marriage proposal
- a formal proposal for action made to a deliberative assembly for discussion and vote
- an instance of questioning
- the subject matter at issue
- A proposal to a meeting as a topic for deliberation.
- A worded or expressed sentence, phrase, or only a word on its own, which asks for information, a reply, or a response; an interrogative.
- A subject or topic for consideration or investigation.
verb
- To call something into question or dispute.
- (Canada, US, transitive) To take (a final exam) in order to get credit for a course without taking it.
- (US, transitive) To object to the reception of the vote of, e.g. on the ground that the person is not qualified as a voter.
- (transitive) To invite (someone) to take part in a competition.
- (military, transitive) To question or demand the countersign from (one who attempts to pass the lines).
- (transitive) To dispute (something); to contest.
- (law, transitive) To make a formal objection to a juror.
- (transitive) To be difficult or challenging for.
- (transitive) To dare (someone).
- ask for identification
- raise a formal objection in a court of law
- issue a challenge to
- take exception to
noun
- An attempt to have a work of literature restricted or removed from a public library or school curriculum.
- The act of appealing a ruling or decision of a court of administrative agency.
- The act of seeking to remove a judge, arbitrator, or other judicial or semi-judicial figure for reasons of alleged bias or incapacity.
- (hunting) The opening and crying of hounds upon first finding the scent of their game.
- A difficult task, especially one that the person making the attempt finds more enjoyable because of that difficulty.
- (US) An act of seeking to have a certain person be declared not legally qualified to vote, made when the person offers their ballot.
- An antagonization or instigation intended to convince a person to perform an action they otherwise would not.
- (sports) An attempt to take possession; a tackle.
- A summons to fight a duel; also, the letter or message conveying the summons.
- A bid to overcome something.
- (law, rare) A judge's interest in the result of a case, constituting grounds for them to not be allowed to sit the case (e.g., a conflict of interest).
- The act of a sentry in halting a person and demanding the countersign, or (by extension) the action of a computer system demanding a password, etc.
- a call to engage in a contest or fight
- a demand by a sentry for a password or identification
- questioning a statement and demanding an explanation
- a demanding or stimulating situation
- a formal objection to the selection of a particular person as a juror
verb
- place in doubt or express doubtful speculation
- (transitive) To raise doubts about; have doubts about.
- pose a series of questions to
- conduct an interview in television, newspaper, and radio reporting
- challenge the accuracy, probity, or propriety of
- pose a question
- (transitive) To ask questions of; to interrogate; to ask for information.
- (intransitive) To ask a question or questions; inquire or seek to know; examine.
noun
- A doubt or challenge about the truth, accuracy, or validity of a matter.
- a sentence of inquiry that asks for a reply
- uncertainty about the truth or factuality or existence of something
- an informal reference to a marriage proposal
- a formal proposal for action made to a deliberative assembly for discussion and vote
- an instance of questioning
- the subject matter at issue
- A proposal to a meeting as a topic for deliberation.
- A worded or expressed sentence, phrase, or only a word on its own, which asks for information, a reply, or a response; an interrogative.
- A subject or topic for consideration or investigation.
verb
- place in doubt or express doubtful speculation
- be amazed at
- have a wish or desire to know something
- (intransitive) To be affected with surprise or admiration; to be struck with astonishment; to be amazed; to marvel; often followed by at.
- (transitive, intransitive) To ponder; to feel doubt and curiosity; to query in the mind.
noun
- someone who has exceptional intellectual ability and originality
- a state in which you want to learn more about something
- something that causes feelings of wonder
- the feeling aroused by something strange and surprising
- (countable, UK, informal) A mental pondering, a thought.
- An astonishing and seemingly inexplicable turn of events.
- (countable) Something that causes amazement or awe; a marvel.
- Someone very talented at something, a genius.
- (countable, US) A kind of donut; a cruller.
- (colloquial, sarcastic, following an adjective ending -less that typically has two syllables) A nominalizer that serves as a head noun for the preceding adjective, which together form a mocking or insulting epithet.
- (uncountable) A sense of awe, astonishment and curiosity, inspired by unexpected events, novel experiences and inexplicable circumstances, sometimes accompanied by surprise, shock or reverence.
- Fortunate circumstances.
- A feat that demonstrates incredible finesse or skill, as if performed by magic.
verb
- To be of opinion, believe, or think; to suppose.
- To acknowledge the existence of (something); to recognize.
- (law enforcement) To seize or take (a person) by legal process; to arrest.
- To understand.
- To be apprehensive; to fear.
- To anticipate (something, usually unpleasant); especially, to anticipate (something) with anxiety, dread, or fear; to dread, to fear.
- To be or become aware of (something); to perceive.
- To have a conception of (something); to consider, to regard.
- To take hold of (something) with understanding; to conceive (something) in the mind; to become cognizant of; to understand.
- get the meaning of something
- take into custody
- anticipate with dread or anxiety
verb
- put forward, of a guess, in spite of possible refutation
- expect, believe, or suppose
- guess correctly; solve by guessing
- judge tentatively or form an estimate of (quantities or time)
- To solve by a correct conjecture; to conjecture rightly.
- To suppose, to imagine (introducing a proposition of uncertain plausibility).
- To reach a partly (or totally) unconfirmed conclusion; to engage in conjecture; to speculate.
- (colloquial) To think, conclude, or decide (without a connotation of uncertainty). Usually in first person: "I guess".
noun
verb
noun
- an obstacle on a golf course
- an unknown and unpredictable phenomenon that causes an event to result one way rather than another
- a source of danger; a possibility of incurring loss or misfortune
- The chance of suffering harm; danger, peril, risk of loss.
- (in driving a vehicle) An obstacle or other feature that presents a risk or danger that justifies the driver in taking action to avoid it.
- (programming) A problem with the instruction pipeline in CPU microarchitectures when the next instruction cannot execute in the following clock cycle, potentially leading to incorrect results.
- (tennis) The side of the court into which the ball is served.
- An obstacle or other feature which causes risk or danger; originally in sports, and now applied more generally.
- (golf) A sand or water obstacle on a golf course.
- (historical) A game of chance played with dice, usually for monetary stakes; popular mainly from 14th c. to 19th c.
- Chance.
- (billiards) The act of potting a ball, whether the object ball (winning hazard) or the player's ball (losing hazard).
verb
- put forward, of a guess, in spite of possible refutation
- represent fictitiously, as in a play, or pretend to be or act like
- make believe with the intent to deceive
- state insincerely
- behave unnaturally or affectedly
- put forward a claim and assert right or possession of
- (transitive) To feign, affect (a state, quality, etc.).
- (intransitive with 'to', formal, originally transitive) To lay claim (to an ability, status, advantage, etc.).
- To engage in make-believe.
- (intransitive or with 'that' clause or 'to' infinitive) To speak or behave so as to give a false or simulated appearance.
adj
noun
verb
- put forward, of a guess, in spite of possible refutation
- proceed somewhere despite the risk of possible dangers
- put at risk
- (transitive) To put or send on a venture or chance.
- (transitive) To confide in; to rely on; to trust.
- (transitive) To undertake a risky or daring journey.
- (transitive) To risk or offer.
- (intransitive, with at or on) To dare to engage in; to attempt without any certainty of success.
- (transitive) To say something; to offer an opinion.
noun
- a commercial undertaking that risks a loss but promises a profit
- any venturesome undertaking especially one with an uncertain outcome
- an investment that is very risky but could yield great profits
- A risky or daring undertaking or journey.
- The thing risked; especially, something sent to sea in trade.
- An event that is not, or cannot be, foreseen.
verb
- (transitive) To question or call into doubt.
- (computing, databases) To pass a set of instructions to a database to retrieve information from it.
- (intransitive, publishing) To send out a query letter.
- (intransitive) To ask a question.
- (transitive) To ask, inquire.
- (transitive, Internet) To send a private message to (a user on IRC).
- pose a question
noun
verb
- To impute or ascribe.
- (transitive, chiefly US) To pay on account, as by using a credit card.
- (basketball) To commit a charging foul.
- To assign a duty or responsibility to; to order.
- (transitive) To load equipment with material required for its use, as a firearm with powder, a fire hose with water, a chemical reactor with raw materials.
- (transitive, property law) To mortgage (a property).
- (transitive) To replenish energy to (a battery, or a device containing a battery) by use of an electrical device plugged into a power outlet.
- (transitive) To assign (a debit) to an account.
- To call to account; to challenge.
- (military, transitive and intransitive) To attack by moving forward quickly in a group.
- (cricket, of a batsman) To take a few steps down the pitch towards the bowler as they deliver the ball, either to disrupt the length of the delivery, or to get into a better position to hit the ball.
- (transitive) To place a burden, load or responsibility on or in.
- (heraldry) To assume as a bearing.
- (heraldry) To add to or represent on.
- (intransitive) To move forward quickly and forcefully, particularly in combat and/or on horseback.
- (transitive, criminal law, law enforcement) To formally accuse (a person) of a crime.
- (intransitive, of a battery or a device containing a battery) To replenish energy.
- To ornament with or cause to bear.
- (transitive, of a hunting dog) To lie on the belly and be still. (A command given by a hunter to a dog)
- (transitive) To cause to take on an electric charge.
- (ambitransitive) To require payment (of) (a price or fee, for goods, services, etc.).
- instruct (a jury) about the law, its application, and the weighing of evidence
- demand payment
- lie down on command, of hunting dogs
- pay with a credit card; pay with plastic money; postpone payment by recording a purchase as a debt
- cause formation of a net electrical charge in or on
- cause to be admitted; of persons to an institution
- give over to another for care or safekeeping
- move quickly and violently
- direct into a position for use
- assign a duty, responsibility or obligation to
- make an accusatory claim
- attribute responsibility to
- set or ask for a certain price
- impose a task upon, assign a responsibility to
- to make a rush at or sudden attack upon, as in battle
- instruct or command with authority
- fill or load to capacity
- energize a battery by passing a current through it in the direction opposite to discharge
- blame for, make a claim of wrongdoing or misbehavior against
- provide (a device) with something necessary
- cause to be agitated, excited, or roused
- place a heraldic bearing on
- saturate
- file a formal charge against
- enter a certain amount as a charge
noun
- A load or burden; cargo.
- (weaponry) A position (of a weapon) fitted for attack.
- An official description (by the police or a court) of a crime that somebody may be guilty of.
- The scope of someone's responsibility.
- (basketball) An offensive foul in which the player with the ball moves into a stationary defender.
- Someone or something entrusted to one's care, such as a child to a babysitter or a student to a teacher.
- (farriery) A sort of plaster or ointment.
- A forceful forward movement.
- An instruction.
- The amount of money levied for a service.
- (ecclesiastical) An address given at a church service concluding a visitation.
- (firearms) A measured amount of powder and/or shot in a cartridge.
- (military) An attack in which combatants rush towards an enemy in an attempt to engage in close combat.
- An accusation by a person or organization.
- (slang, uncountable) Cannabis.
- (heraldry) An image displayed on an escutcheon.
- (electromagnetism, chemistry, physics, countable, uncountable) An electric charge.
- (by extension) A measured amount of explosive.
- (property law) A mortgage.
- heraldry consisting of a design or image depicted on a shield
- the price charged for some article or service
- a formal statement of a command or injunction to do something
- an assertion that someone is guilty of a fault or offence
- the quantity of unbalanced electricity in a body (either positive or negative) and construed as an excess or deficiency of electrons
- request for payment of a debt
- the swift release of a store of affective force
- (criminal law) a pleading describing some wrong or offense
- financial liabilities (such as a tax)
- (psychoanalysis) the libidinal energy invested in some idea or person or object
- a special assignment that is given to a person or group
- a quantity of explosive to be set off at one time
- an impetuous rush toward someone or something
- a person committed to your care
- attention and management implying responsibility for safety
verb
- (ambitransitive) To form an opinion; to infer.
- (transitive) To form an opinion on; to appraise.
- (transitive) To have as an opinion; to consider, suppose.
- (ambitransitive) To criticize or label another person or thing; to be judgmental toward.
- (intransitive) To sit in judgment, to act as judge.
- (transitive) To judicially rule or determine.
- (intransitive) To arbitrate; to pass opinion on something, especially to settle a dispute etc.
- (ambitransitive) To govern as biblical judge or shophet (over some jurisdiction).
- (transitive) To sit in judgment on; to pass sentence on (a person or matter).
- form a critical opinion of
- determine the result of (a competition)
- judge tentatively or form an estimate of (quantities or time)
- pronounce judgment on
- put on trial or hear a case and sit as the judge at the trial of
noun
- A person who evaluates something or forms an opinion.
- A person who decides the fate of someone or something that has been called into question.
- A person officiating at a sports event, a contest, or similar; referee.
- (historical, biblical) A shophet, a temporary leader appointed in times of crisis in ancient Israel.
- A public official whose duty it is to administer the law, especially by presiding over trials and rendering judgments; a justice.
- an authority who is able to estimate worth or quality
- a public official authorized to decide questions brought before a court of justice
verb
- To call into question the validity of (a belief, idea, or viewpoint); to challenge.
- To make a threat against someone; to use threats.
- To menace, or be dangerous.
- To portend, or give a warning of.
- (figuratively) To be close to equaling or surpassing (a record, etc.); to challenge.
- to be a menacing indication of something
- to utter intentions of injury or punishment against
- pose a threat to; present a danger to
adj
noun
adj
- open to doubt or suspicion
- (of a statement, matter, or thing) Arousing doubt; questionable; open to suspicion.
- fraught with uncertainty or doubt
- not convinced
- (chess, chiefly of an opening move) Generally considered imprecise or wrong, but not totally unplayable.
- (of a person) In disbelief; wavering, uncertain, or hesitating in opinion; inclined to doubt; undecided.
adj
- open to doubt or debate
- making great mental demands; hard to comprehend or solve or believe
- Difficult to overcome, solve, or decide.
- Not settled, uncertain, of uncertain outcome; debatable, questionable, open to doubt.
- (sociology) Contributing (especially if subtly) to discrimination (such as racism, sexism, homophobia, transphobia, or ageism).
noun
adj
- Containing or implying accusation.
- (law) Of or pertaining to the system of a public trial in which the facts are ascertained by the judge or jury from evidence presented by the prosecution and the defence.
- specifically indicating a form of prosecution in which one is publicly accused of and tried for a crime and in which the judge is not also the prosecutor
adj
adv
noun
- Ellipsis of argumentum ad hominem: A fallacious objection to an argument or factual claim by appealing to a characteristic or belief of the person making the argument or claim, rather than by addressing the substance of the argument or producing evidence against the claim; an attempt to argue against an opponent's idea by discrediting the opponent themselves.
- (informal) A personal attack.
adj
noun
- the art of logical disputation (especially if specious)
- a person who disputes; who is good at or enjoys controversy
- One who makes specious arguments; one who is disputatious.
- A type of dialogue or argument where the participants do not have any reasonable goal. The aim is to argue for the sake of conflict, and often to see who can yell the loudest.