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noun
- The act of instituting something.
- A long-established organization or type of organization, particularly one involved with education, public service, or charity work.
- (informal) A mental institution.
- Any facility where people (especially those who are mentally or physically disabled or sick, or who are prisoners) are committed (confined), where their freedom to leave is restricted.
- (Christianity) The act by which a bishop commits a cure of souls to a priest.
- The building or buildings which house such an organization.
- (informal) A person long established in a place, position, or field.
- A custom or practice of a society or community.
- (informal) Any long established and respected place or business.
- (informal) A correctional institution.
- an establishment consisting of a building or complex of buildings where an organization for the promotion of some cause is situated
- a custom that for a long time has been an important feature of some group or society
- a hospital for mentally incompetent or unbalanced person
- an organization founded and united for a specific purpose
- the act of starting something for the first time; introducing something new
noun
- The act or process of introducing.
- A means, such as a personal letter, of presenting one person to another.
- A written or oral explanation of what constitutes the basis of an issue.
- An initial section of a book or article, which introduces the subject material.
- a basic or elementary instructional text
- the act of putting one thing into another
- a new proposal
- formally making a person known to another or to the public
- the act of beginning something new
- the act of starting something for the first time; introducing something new
- the first section of a communication
verb
- To enact; to establish.
- institute, enact, or establish
- (transitive) To add up to, have a sum of.
- (transitive) To prepare (food); to cook (food).
- To perform a feat.
- (ditransitive, of a fact) To indicate or suggest to be.
- (ditransitive, second object is a verb) To cause (to do something); to compel (to do something).
- To build, construct, produce, or originate.
- (transitive) To have sexual intercourse with.
- To develop into; to prove to be.
- (transitive) To earn, to gain (money, points, membership or status).
- (intransitive) To tend; to contribute; to have effect; with for or against.
- (intransitive, now mostly colloquial) To behave, to act.
- (ditransitive, second object is an adjective or participle) To cause to be.
- (transitive, slang) To induct into the Mafia or a similar organization (as a made man).
- (transitive, usually stressed) To bring into success.
- To constitute.
- (intransitive) Of water, to flow toward land; to rise.
- (transitive, US slang, crime, law enforcement) To recognise, identify, spot.
- (transitive) To move at (a speed).
- (transitive, colloquial) To arrive at a destination, usually at or by a certain time.
- (religious) To create (the universe), especially (in Christianity) from nothing.
- To cause to appear to be; to represent as.
- (intransitive, colloquial, euphemistic) To defecate or urinate.
- To form or formulate in the mind.
- (intransitive) To gain sufficient audience to warrant its existence.
- (ditransitive, second object is a verb, can be stressed for emphasis or clarity) To force to do.
- (transitive) To cover (a given distance) by travelling.
- To bring about; to effect or produce by means of some action.
- (transitive, construed with of, typically interrogative) To interpret.
- (transitive, backgammon) To establish two or more men on (a point) so that it cannot be captured.
- (transitive) To pay, to cover (an expense); chiefly used after expressions of inability.
- To write or compose.
- To appoint; to name.
- (transitive, of a bed) To cover neatly with bedclothes.
- (transitive, euphemistic) To take the virginity of.
- (intransitive, colloquial) To proceed (in a direction).
- act in a certain way so as to acquire
- reach a destination, either real or abstract
- prepare for eating by applying heat
- amount to
- reach in time
- eliminate urine
- give rise to; cause to happen or occur, not always intentionally
- represent fictitiously, as in a play, or pretend to be or act like
- achieve a point or goal
- induce to have sex
- add up to
- calculate as being
- create by artistic means
- compel or make somebody or something to act in a certain way
- perform, produce, or carry out
- appear to begin an activity
- charge with a function; charge to be
- form by assembling individuals or constituents
- be or be capable of being changed or made into
- give certain properties to something
- undergo fabrication or creation
- have a bowel movement
- cause to do; cause to act in a specified manner
- put in order or neaten
- proceed along a path
- make or cause to be or to become
- change from one form into another
- to compose or represent
- earn on some commercial or business transaction; earn as salary or wages
- consider as being
- develop into
- make, formulate, or derive in the mind
- make by combining materials and parts
- create or design, often in a certain way
- constitute the essence of
- favor the development of
- behave in a certain manner
- carry out or commit
- head into a specified direction
- engage in
- reach a goal
- cause to be enjoyable or pleasurable
- gather and light the materials for
- organize or be responsible for
- assure the success of
- be suitable for
- make by shaping or bringing together constituents
- create or manufacture a man-made product
noun
- (card games) Turn to declare the trump for a hand (in bridge), or to shuffle the cards.
- Manner or style of construction (style of how a thing is made).
- (UK, dialectal) Mate; a spouse or companion; a match.
- (uncountable) Quantity produced, especially of materials.
- (slang, usually in phrase "easy make") Past, present, or future target of seduction (usually female).
- Brand; marque; manufacturer; maker.
- (slang) Identification: recognition (of identity), especially from police records or evidence.
- (physics) The closing of an electrical circuit.
- Origin (of a manufactured article); manufacture; production.
- A homemade project, particularly one demonstrated on television.
- (computing) A software utility for automatically building large applications, or an implementation of this utility.
- A person's character or disposition.
- (basketball) A made basket.
- (slang, military) A promotion.
- the act of mixing cards haphazardly
- a recognizable kind
noun
- The act of founding, fixing, establishing, or beginning to erect.
- A donation or legacy appropriated to support a charitable institution, and constituting a permanent fund; endowment.
- That which is founded, or established by endowment; an endowed institution or charity.
- (cosmetics) Cosmetic cream roughly skin-colored, designed to make the face appear uniform in color and texture.
- That upon which anything is founded; that on which anything stands, and by which it is supported; the lowest and supporting layer of a superstructure; underbuilding.
- (card games) In solitaire or patience games, one of the piles of cards that the player attempts to build, usually holding all cards of a suit in ascending order.
- (figurative) The result of the work to begin something; that which stabilizes and allows an enterprise or system to develop.
- (architecture) The lowest and supporting part or member of a wall, including the base course and footing courses; in a frame house, the whole substructure of masonry.
- A basis for social bodies or intellectual disciplines.
- lowest support of a structure
- the fundamental assumptions from which something is begun or developed or calculated or explained
- a woman's undergarment worn to give shape to the contours of the body
- an institution supported by an endowment
- the basis on which something is grounded
- education or instruction in the fundamentals of a field of knowledge
- the act of starting something for the first time; introducing something new
noun
- the act of forming or establishing something
- The act, or process of setting something up, or establishing something; the composition or structure of such a thing; its makeup.
- law determining the fundamental political principles of a government
- the way in which someone or something is composed
- (law) A legal document describing such a formal system.
- (Catholicism) A document issued by a religious authority serving to promulgate some particular church laws or doctrines.
- (government) The formal or informal system of primary principles and laws that regulates a government or other institutions.
- A person's physical makeup or temperament, especially in respect of robustness.
noun
- the act of forming or establishing something
- The act or process of establishing; a ratifying or ordaining; settlement; confirmation.
- the persons (or committees or departments etc.) who make up a body for the purpose of administering something
- (ecology) the process by which a plant or animal becomes established in a new habitat
- any large organization
- an organization founded and united for a specific purpose
- a public or private structure (business or governmental or educational) including buildings and equipment for business or residence
- the cognitive process of establishing a valid proof
- The number of staff required to run a department or organisation (often used in the context of healthcare and other public services).
- (Christianity) The institution and official status of a church as a state church, especially that of the Church of England and historically of Ireland.
- The ruling class or authority group in a society; especially, an entrenched authority dedicated to preserving the status quo.
- That which is established; as a form of government, a permanent organization, business or force, or the place where one is permanently fixed for residence.
- The state of being established, founded, etc.; fixed state.
noun
- the act of forming or establishing something
- an arrangement of people or things acting as a unit
- creation by mental activity
- (geology) the geological features of the earth
- natural process that causes something to form
- the act of fabricating something in a particular shape
- a particular spatial arrangement
- (category theory) A structure made of two categories, two functors from the first to the second category, and a transformation from one of the functors to the other.
- (geology) A layer of rock of common origin. [from 19th c.]
- (sports) An arrangement of players designed to facilitate certain plays.
- Something possessing structure or form. [from 17th c.]
- (military) A grouping of military units or smaller formations under a command, such as a brigade, division, wing, etc. [from 18th c.]
- The process of influencing or guiding a person to a deeper understanding of a particular vocation.
- The act of assembling a group or structure. [from 14th c.]
- (military) An arrangement of moving troops, ships, or aircraft, such as a wedge, line abreast, or echelon. Often "in formation".
- The process during which something comes into being and gains its characteristics. [from 18th c.]
noun
- the act of forming or establishing something
- an ordered manner; orderliness by virtue of being methodical and well organized
- the persons (or committees or departments etc.) who make up a body for the purpose of administering something
- the activity or result of distributing or disposing persons or things properly or methodically
- an organized structure for arranging or classifying
- the act of organizing a business or an activity related to a business
- a group of people who work together
- Non-Oxford British English and Australian standard spelling of organization.
noun
- the act of forming or establishing something
- an ordered manner; orderliness by virtue of being methodical and well organized
- the persons (or committees or departments etc.) who make up a body for the purpose of administering something
- the activity or result of distributing or disposing persons or things properly or methodically
- an organized structure for arranging or classifying
- the act of organizing a business or an activity related to a business
- a group of people who work together
- (countable) A group of people or other legal entities with an explicit purpose and written rules.
- (countable) A group of people consciously cooperating.
- (baseball) A major league club and all its farm teams.
- (uncountable) The quality of being organized.
- (uncountable) The way in which something is organized, such as a book or an article.
noun
- the act of starting something
- the time at which something is supposed to begin
- the place where something begins, where it springs into being
- the first part or section of something
- the event consisting of the start of something
- The initial portion of some extended thing.
- That which is begun; a rudiment or element.
- That which begins or originates something; the source or first cause.
- (uncountable) The act of doing that which begins anything; commencement of an action, state, or space of time; entrance into being or upon a course; the first act, effort, or state of a succession of acts or states.
adj
verb
noun
- the act of starting something
- the time at which something is supposed to begin
- an academic exercise in which diplomas are conferred
- (education) A graduation ceremony, from a school, college or university. Sometimes before the actual graduation.
- (education) The day when degrees are conferred by colleges and universities upon students and others.
- The first existence of anything; act or fact of commencing; the beginning.
noun
- the act of starting something
- the time at which something is supposed to begin
- the beginning of anything
- a line indicating the location of the start of a race or a game
- a sudden involuntary movement
- the advantage gained by beginning early (as in a race)
- a turn to be a starter (in a game at the beginning)
- a signal to begin (as in a race)
- A projection or protrusion; that which pokes out.
- An instance of starting.
- The beginning of an activity.
- An initial advantage over somebody else; a head start.
- An appearance in a sports game, horserace, etc., from the beginning of the event.
- (horticulture) A young plant germinated in a pot to be transplanted later.
- The curved or inclined front and bottom of a water wheel bucket.
- A sudden involuntary movement.
- Alternative letter-case form of Start (“a typical button for video games, originally used to start a game, now also often to pause or choose an option”)
- The beginning point of a race, a board game, etc.
- The arm, or level, of a gin, drawn around by a horse.
verb
- play in the starting lineup
- set in motion, cause to start
- begin an event that is implied and limited by the nature or inherent function of the direct object
- get off the ground
- have a beginning characterized in some specified way
- take the first step or steps in carrying out an action
- bulge outward
- begin or set in motion
- depart for someplace
- begin work or acting in a certain capacity, office or job
- get going or set in motion
- bring into being
- move or jump suddenly, as if in surprise or alarm
- have a beginning, in a temporal, spatial, or evaluative sense
- (intransitive, euphemistic) To begin one's menstrual cycle.
- To set in motion.
- To begin.
- To ready the operation of a vehicle or machine.
- (intransitive) To jerk, jump up, flinch, or draw back in surprise.
- (transitive, nautical) To pour out; to empty; to tap and begin drawing from.
- (transitive, sports) To put into play.
- (intransitive) To awaken suddenly.
- (transitive) To disturb and set in motion; to alarm; to rouse; to cause to flee.
- (ergative, of an object) To come loose, to break free of a firmly set position; to displace or loosen; to dislocate.
- (intransitive) To have its origin (at), begin.
- To put or raise (a question, an objection); to put forward (a subject for discussion).
- To bring onto being or into view; to originate; to invent.
noun
- The act of inscribing.
- Words written in the front of a book as a dedication.
- Text carved on a wall or plaque, such as a memorial or gravestone, or on some other item.
- The text on a coin.
- the activity of inscribing (especially carving or engraving) letters or words
- a short message (as in a book or musical work or on a photograph) dedicating it to someone or something
- letters inscribed (especially words engraved or carved) on something
noun
- (law) Initialism of public act.
- Initialism of public accountant.
- Initialism of precision agriculture.
- (medicine) Initialism of physician associate.
- (American football, fantasy football) Initialism of points against.
- Initialism of personal appearance (when a celebrity visits a public event).
- (Manitoba, Saskatchewan) Initialism of Parental Accompaniment.
- Initialism of Peano arithmetic.
- (organic chemistry) Initialism of polyamide.
- (medicine) Initialism of physician assistant.
- Initialism of personal assistant.
- (chemistry) Initialism of pyrrolizidine alkaloid.
- Initialism of public address.
- Initialism of production assistant.
- Initialism of Prince Albert (“genital piercing”).
- (anatomy) Initialism of pulmonary artery.
- Initialism of power amplifier.
- an electronic amplification system used as a communication system in public areas
adj
name
- (linguistics) Initialism of Proto-Algonquian (sometimes abbreviated PAn to distinguish it from Proto-Algic, but usually just abbreviated PA with Proto-Algic being abbreviated PAc).
- Abbreviation of Papua: a province of Indonesia.
- (postal) Abbreviation of Pennsylvania: a state of the United States.
- (linguistics) Initialism of Proto-Athabaskan.
- (linguistics) Initialism of Proto-Algic (sometimes abbreviated PAc to distinguish it from Proto-Algonquian).
- Initialism of Prince Albert: a city in Saskatchewan, Canada.
- Abbreviation of Pará: a state of Brazil.
- Initialism of Palestinian Authority.
phrase
noun
- The act of initiating, or the process of being initiated or introduced.
- (chemistry) The first step of transcription or of transduction.
- The form or ceremony by which a person is introduced into any society; mode of entrance into an organized body; especially, the rite of admission into a secret society or order.
- an act that sets in motion some course of events
- wisdom as evidenced by the possession of knowledge
- a formal entry into an organization or position or office
- the act of starting something for the first time; introducing something new
noun
- (law) The act of making (a bill) into law.
- (law) A piece of legislation that has been properly authorized by a legislative body.
- The act of playing the part of.
- acting the part of a character on stage; dramatically representing the character by speech and action and gesture
- the passing of a law by a legislative body
- a legal document codifying the result of deliberations of a committee or society or legislative body
noun
- the act of implementing (providing a practical means for accomplishing something); carrying into effect
- the act of accomplishing some aim or executing some order
- (electronics) A result of implementing something; a finished product, system or device.
- The process of moving an idea from concept to reality. In business, engineering and other fields, implementation refers to the building process rather than the design process.
noun
- the act of setting in operation
- the act of starting a new operation or practice
- The act or process of starting a process or machine.
- A new company or organization or business venture designed for rapid growth.
- (computing, often capitalized) A folder (especially in Windows), containing shortcuts of applications or programs that start up automatically after a user signs in.
noun
- The act of accepting and putting into effect or practice (a method, proposal, technique, etc.)
- An admission to an institution, for example a hospital, clinic, mental asylum.
- The act of adopting.
- The state of being adopted; the acceptance of a child of other parents as if they were one's own child.
- (computing) The transfer from an old system to another (usually better) system.
- (theology) An act of divine grace by which the redeemed in Christ are admitted to the privileges of the sons of God.
- The choosing and making that to be one's own which originally was not so; acceptance.
- (chess, slang) Ten consecutive wins against an opponent.
- the act of accepting with approval; favorable reception
- a legal proceeding that creates a parent-child relation between persons not related by blood; the adopted child is entitled to all privileges belonging to a natural child of the adoptive parents (including the right to inherit)
- the appropriation (of ideas or words etc.) from another source
noun
- the act of devising something
- the faculty of contriving; inventive skill
- a device or control that is very useful for a particular job
- an elaborate or deceitful scheme contrived to deceive or evade
- any improvised arrangement for temporary use
- an artificial or unnatural or obviously contrived arrangement of details or parts etc.
- A means, such as an elaborate plan or strategy, to accomplish a certain objective.
- A (mechanical) device to perform a certain task.
- Something overly artful or artificial.
verb
- (law, intransitive) To become effective; to come into effect.
- (intransitive, formal) To begin (a regular activity or job); to undertake; to take up. [with on or upon]
- (transitive) To record (something) in an account, ledger, etc.
- (transitive) To cause to go (into), or to be received (into); to put in; to insert; to cause to be admitted.
- (figuratively) To go or come into (a state or profession).
- (transitive, law) To place in regular form before the court, usually in writing; to put upon record in proper from and order
- (law) To go into or upon, as lands, and take actual possession of them.
- (intransitive) To go or come into an enclosed or partially enclosed space.
- To deposit for copyright the title or description of (a book, picture, map, etc.).
- To make report of (a vessel or its cargo) at the custom house; to submit a statement of (imported goods), with the original invoices, to the proper customs officer for estimating the duties. See entry.
- (intransitive, law) To become a party to an agreement, treaty, etc.
- (transitive) To type (something) into a computer; to input.
- set out on (an enterprise or subject of study)
- become a participant; be involved in
- to come or go into
- put or introduce into something
- take on duties or office
- make a record of; set down in permanent form
- be or play a part of or in
- come on stage
- register formally as a participant or member
noun
noun
- An act of specifying.
- An explicit set of requirements to be satisfied by a material, product, or service.
- a detailed description of design criteria for a piece of work
- a restriction that is insisted upon as a condition for an agreement
- (patent law) a document drawn up by the applicant for a patent of invention that provides an explicit and detailed description of the nature and use of an invention
- naming explicitly
noun
verb
- (transitive, British, slang) To make a public mockery of someone through insult or wit.
- (intransitive) To skid.
- (transitive, nautical) To rotate or turn something about its axis.
- simple past of slay
- (transitive) To insert extra ticks or skip some ticks of a clock to slowly correct its time.
- (transitive, rail transport) To move something (usually a railway line) sideways.
- (intransitive) To pivot.
- (transitive) To veer a vehicle.
- turn sharply; change direction abruptly
- move obliquely or sideways, usually in an uncontrolled manner
noun
- The act or process of declaring.
- A list of items for various legal purposes, e.g. customs declaration.
- (computing) The specification of an object, such as a variable or function, establishing its existence but not necessarily describing its contents.
- An emphatic or formal act of saying, telling or asserting something, by speech or writing; a decisive assertion or proclamation.
- (cricket) The act, by the captain of a batting side, of declaring an innings closed.
- (law) In common law, the formal document specifying plaintiff's cause of action, including the facts necessary to sustain a proper cause of action, and to advise the defendant of the grounds upon which he is being sued.
- a formal expression by a meeting; agreed to by a vote
- (contract bridge) the highest bid becomes the contract setting the number of tricks that the bidder must make
- a formal public statement
- (law) unsworn statement that can be admitted in evidence in a legal transaction
- a statement of taxable goods or of dutiable properties
- a statement that is emphatic and explicit (spoken or written)
noun
- the act that results in something coming to be
- an attribute that must be met or complied with and that fits a person for something
- (usually plural) the components needed for making or doing something
- Process of growth or development.
- The act of forming, causing, or constituting; workmanship; construction.
verb
verb
noun
- a phenomenon that follows and is caused by some previous phenomenon
- the central meaning or theme of a speech or literary work
- an outward appearance
- a symptom caused by an illness or a drug
- an impression (especially one that is artificial or contrived)
- (of a law) having legal validity
- (sound engineering) An alteration, or device for producing an alteration, in sound after it has been produced by an instrument.
- Impression left on the mind; sensation produced.
- (sciences) A scientific phenomenon, usually named after its discoverer.
- (cinematography, computer graphics, demoscene) An illusion produced by technical means (as in "special effect")
- The result or outcome of a cause.
- Execution; performance; realization; operation.
- (usually in the plural) Belongings, usually as personal effects.
- (sciences, statistics) An influence or causal association between two variables.
- Consequence intended; purpose; meaning; general intent; with to.
- (uncountable) The state of being binding and enforceable, as in a rule, policy, or law.
noun
- The act of incorporating, or the state of being incorporated.
- A body incorporated; a corporation.
- The act of creating a corporation.
- (linguistics) A phenomenon by which a grammatical category forms a compound with its direct object or adverbial modifier, while retaining its original syntactic function.
- (law) A doctrine of constitutional law according to which certain parts of the Bill of Rights are extended to bind individual American states. ᵂᵖ
- The union of different ingredients in one mass; mixture; combination; synthesis.
- The union of something with a body already existing; association; intimate union; assimilation.
- learning (of values or attitudes etc.) that is incorporated within yourself
- including by incorporating
- consolidating two or more things; union in (or into) one body
verb
- institute, enact, or establish
- bring about
- set up or found
- place
- establish the validity of something, as by an example, explanation or experiment
- use as a basis for; found on
- build or establish something abstract
- set up or lay the groundwork for
- (transitive) To form; to found; to institute; to set up in business.
- (transitive) To prove and cause to be accepted as true; to demonstrate.
- (transitive) To make stable or firm; to confirm.
- (transitive) To appoint or adopt, as officers, laws, regulations, guidelines, etc.; to enact; to ordain.
verb
- institute, enact, or establish
- To stock, store (e.g. wine) for the future. See also lay by.
- (transitive) To specify, institute, enact, assert firmly, state authoritatively, establish or formulate (rules or policies).
- (euphemistic, transitive) To euthanize an animal.
- (intransitive, proscribed) To lie down.
- To place on the ground, e.g. a railway on a trackbed.
- simple past of lie down
- (transitive) To intentionally take a fall while riding a motorcycle, in order to prevent a more serious collision.
- To sacrifice, especially in the phrase "to lay down one's life."
- (transitive) To give up, surrender, or yield (e.g. a weapon), usually by placing it on the ground.
noun
- The act of instituting something.
- A long-established organization or type of organization, particularly one involved with education, public service, or charity work.
- (informal) A mental institution.
- Any facility where people (especially those who are mentally or physically disabled or sick, or who are prisoners) are committed (confined), where their freedom to leave is restricted.
- (Christianity) The act by which a bishop commits a cure of souls to a priest.
- The building or buildings which house such an organization.
- (informal) A person long established in a place, position, or field.
- A custom or practice of a society or community.
- (informal) Any long established and respected place or business.
- (informal) A correctional institution.
- an establishment consisting of a building or complex of buildings where an organization for the promotion of some cause is situated
- a custom that for a long time has been an important feature of some group or society
- a hospital for mentally incompetent or unbalanced person
- an organization founded and united for a specific purpose
- the act of starting something for the first time; introducing something new
noun
- The act or process of introducing.
- A means, such as a personal letter, of presenting one person to another.
- A written or oral explanation of what constitutes the basis of an issue.
- An initial section of a book or article, which introduces the subject material.
- a basic or elementary instructional text
- the act of putting one thing into another
- a new proposal
- formally making a person known to another or to the public
- the act of beginning something new
- the act of starting something for the first time; introducing something new
- the first section of a communication
noun
- The act of founding, fixing, establishing, or beginning to erect.
- A donation or legacy appropriated to support a charitable institution, and constituting a permanent fund; endowment.
- That which is founded, or established by endowment; an endowed institution or charity.
- (cosmetics) Cosmetic cream roughly skin-colored, designed to make the face appear uniform in color and texture.
- That upon which anything is founded; that on which anything stands, and by which it is supported; the lowest and supporting layer of a superstructure; underbuilding.
- (card games) In solitaire or patience games, one of the piles of cards that the player attempts to build, usually holding all cards of a suit in ascending order.
- (figurative) The result of the work to begin something; that which stabilizes and allows an enterprise or system to develop.
- (architecture) The lowest and supporting part or member of a wall, including the base course and footing courses; in a frame house, the whole substructure of masonry.
- A basis for social bodies or intellectual disciplines.
- lowest support of a structure
- the fundamental assumptions from which something is begun or developed or calculated or explained
- a woman's undergarment worn to give shape to the contours of the body
- an institution supported by an endowment
- the basis on which something is grounded
- education or instruction in the fundamentals of a field of knowledge
- the act of starting something for the first time; introducing something new
noun
- the act of forming or establishing something
- The act, or process of setting something up, or establishing something; the composition or structure of such a thing; its makeup.
- law determining the fundamental political principles of a government
- the way in which someone or something is composed
- (law) A legal document describing such a formal system.
- (Catholicism) A document issued by a religious authority serving to promulgate some particular church laws or doctrines.
- (government) The formal or informal system of primary principles and laws that regulates a government or other institutions.
- A person's physical makeup or temperament, especially in respect of robustness.
noun
- the act of forming or establishing something
- The act or process of establishing; a ratifying or ordaining; settlement; confirmation.
- the persons (or committees or departments etc.) who make up a body for the purpose of administering something
- (ecology) the process by which a plant or animal becomes established in a new habitat
- any large organization
- an organization founded and united for a specific purpose
- a public or private structure (business or governmental or educational) including buildings and equipment for business or residence
- the cognitive process of establishing a valid proof
- The number of staff required to run a department or organisation (often used in the context of healthcare and other public services).
- (Christianity) The institution and official status of a church as a state church, especially that of the Church of England and historically of Ireland.
- The ruling class or authority group in a society; especially, an entrenched authority dedicated to preserving the status quo.
- That which is established; as a form of government, a permanent organization, business or force, or the place where one is permanently fixed for residence.
- The state of being established, founded, etc.; fixed state.
noun
- the act of forming or establishing something
- an arrangement of people or things acting as a unit
- creation by mental activity
- (geology) the geological features of the earth
- natural process that causes something to form
- the act of fabricating something in a particular shape
- a particular spatial arrangement
- (category theory) A structure made of two categories, two functors from the first to the second category, and a transformation from one of the functors to the other.
- (geology) A layer of rock of common origin. [from 19th c.]
- (sports) An arrangement of players designed to facilitate certain plays.
- Something possessing structure or form. [from 17th c.]
- (military) A grouping of military units or smaller formations under a command, such as a brigade, division, wing, etc. [from 18th c.]
- The process of influencing or guiding a person to a deeper understanding of a particular vocation.
- The act of assembling a group or structure. [from 14th c.]
- (military) An arrangement of moving troops, ships, or aircraft, such as a wedge, line abreast, or echelon. Often "in formation".
- The process during which something comes into being and gains its characteristics. [from 18th c.]
noun
- the act of forming or establishing something
- an ordered manner; orderliness by virtue of being methodical and well organized
- the persons (or committees or departments etc.) who make up a body for the purpose of administering something
- the activity or result of distributing or disposing persons or things properly or methodically
- an organized structure for arranging or classifying
- the act of organizing a business or an activity related to a business
- a group of people who work together
- Non-Oxford British English and Australian standard spelling of organization.
noun
- the act of forming or establishing something
- an ordered manner; orderliness by virtue of being methodical and well organized
- the persons (or committees or departments etc.) who make up a body for the purpose of administering something
- the activity or result of distributing or disposing persons or things properly or methodically
- an organized structure for arranging or classifying
- the act of organizing a business or an activity related to a business
- a group of people who work together
- (countable) A group of people or other legal entities with an explicit purpose and written rules.
- (countable) A group of people consciously cooperating.
- (baseball) A major league club and all its farm teams.
- (uncountable) The quality of being organized.
- (uncountable) The way in which something is organized, such as a book or an article.
noun
- the act of starting something
- the time at which something is supposed to begin
- the place where something begins, where it springs into being
- the first part or section of something
- the event consisting of the start of something
- The initial portion of some extended thing.
- That which is begun; a rudiment or element.
- That which begins or originates something; the source or first cause.
- (uncountable) The act of doing that which begins anything; commencement of an action, state, or space of time; entrance into being or upon a course; the first act, effort, or state of a succession of acts or states.
adj
verb
noun
- the act of starting something
- the time at which something is supposed to begin
- an academic exercise in which diplomas are conferred
- (education) A graduation ceremony, from a school, college or university. Sometimes before the actual graduation.
- (education) The day when degrees are conferred by colleges and universities upon students and others.
- The first existence of anything; act or fact of commencing; the beginning.
noun
- the act of starting something
- the time at which something is supposed to begin
- the beginning of anything
- a line indicating the location of the start of a race or a game
- a sudden involuntary movement
- the advantage gained by beginning early (as in a race)
- a turn to be a starter (in a game at the beginning)
- a signal to begin (as in a race)
- A projection or protrusion; that which pokes out.
- An instance of starting.
- The beginning of an activity.
- An initial advantage over somebody else; a head start.
- An appearance in a sports game, horserace, etc., from the beginning of the event.
- (horticulture) A young plant germinated in a pot to be transplanted later.
- The curved or inclined front and bottom of a water wheel bucket.
- A sudden involuntary movement.
- Alternative letter-case form of Start (“a typical button for video games, originally used to start a game, now also often to pause or choose an option”)
- The beginning point of a race, a board game, etc.
- The arm, or level, of a gin, drawn around by a horse.
verb
- play in the starting lineup
- set in motion, cause to start
- begin an event that is implied and limited by the nature or inherent function of the direct object
- get off the ground
- have a beginning characterized in some specified way
- take the first step or steps in carrying out an action
- bulge outward
- begin or set in motion
- depart for someplace
- begin work or acting in a certain capacity, office or job
- get going or set in motion
- bring into being
- move or jump suddenly, as if in surprise or alarm
- have a beginning, in a temporal, spatial, or evaluative sense
- (intransitive, euphemistic) To begin one's menstrual cycle.
- To set in motion.
- To begin.
- To ready the operation of a vehicle or machine.
- (intransitive) To jerk, jump up, flinch, or draw back in surprise.
- (transitive, nautical) To pour out; to empty; to tap and begin drawing from.
- (transitive, sports) To put into play.
- (intransitive) To awaken suddenly.
- (transitive) To disturb and set in motion; to alarm; to rouse; to cause to flee.
- (ergative, of an object) To come loose, to break free of a firmly set position; to displace or loosen; to dislocate.
- (intransitive) To have its origin (at), begin.
- To put or raise (a question, an objection); to put forward (a subject for discussion).
- To bring onto being or into view; to originate; to invent.
noun
- The act of inscribing.
- Words written in the front of a book as a dedication.
- Text carved on a wall or plaque, such as a memorial or gravestone, or on some other item.
- The text on a coin.
- the activity of inscribing (especially carving or engraving) letters or words
- a short message (as in a book or musical work or on a photograph) dedicating it to someone or something
- letters inscribed (especially words engraved or carved) on something
noun
- (law) Initialism of public act.
- Initialism of public accountant.
- Initialism of precision agriculture.
- (medicine) Initialism of physician associate.
- (American football, fantasy football) Initialism of points against.
- Initialism of personal appearance (when a celebrity visits a public event).
- (Manitoba, Saskatchewan) Initialism of Parental Accompaniment.
- Initialism of Peano arithmetic.
- (organic chemistry) Initialism of polyamide.
- (medicine) Initialism of physician assistant.
- Initialism of personal assistant.
- (chemistry) Initialism of pyrrolizidine alkaloid.
- Initialism of public address.
- Initialism of production assistant.
- Initialism of Prince Albert (“genital piercing”).
- (anatomy) Initialism of pulmonary artery.
- Initialism of power amplifier.
- an electronic amplification system used as a communication system in public areas
adj
name
- (linguistics) Initialism of Proto-Algonquian (sometimes abbreviated PAn to distinguish it from Proto-Algic, but usually just abbreviated PA with Proto-Algic being abbreviated PAc).
- Abbreviation of Papua: a province of Indonesia.
- (postal) Abbreviation of Pennsylvania: a state of the United States.
- (linguistics) Initialism of Proto-Athabaskan.
- (linguistics) Initialism of Proto-Algic (sometimes abbreviated PAc to distinguish it from Proto-Algonquian).
- Initialism of Prince Albert: a city in Saskatchewan, Canada.
- Abbreviation of Pará: a state of Brazil.
- Initialism of Palestinian Authority.
phrase
noun
- The act of initiating, or the process of being initiated or introduced.
- (chemistry) The first step of transcription or of transduction.
- The form or ceremony by which a person is introduced into any society; mode of entrance into an organized body; especially, the rite of admission into a secret society or order.
- an act that sets in motion some course of events
- wisdom as evidenced by the possession of knowledge
- a formal entry into an organization or position or office
- the act of starting something for the first time; introducing something new
noun
- (law) The act of making (a bill) into law.
- (law) A piece of legislation that has been properly authorized by a legislative body.
- The act of playing the part of.
- acting the part of a character on stage; dramatically representing the character by speech and action and gesture
- the passing of a law by a legislative body
- a legal document codifying the result of deliberations of a committee or society or legislative body
noun
- the act of implementing (providing a practical means for accomplishing something); carrying into effect
- the act of accomplishing some aim or executing some order
- (electronics) A result of implementing something; a finished product, system or device.
- The process of moving an idea from concept to reality. In business, engineering and other fields, implementation refers to the building process rather than the design process.
noun
- the act of setting in operation
- the act of starting a new operation or practice
- The act or process of starting a process or machine.
- A new company or organization or business venture designed for rapid growth.
- (computing, often capitalized) A folder (especially in Windows), containing shortcuts of applications or programs that start up automatically after a user signs in.
noun
- The act of accepting and putting into effect or practice (a method, proposal, technique, etc.)
- An admission to an institution, for example a hospital, clinic, mental asylum.
- The act of adopting.
- The state of being adopted; the acceptance of a child of other parents as if they were one's own child.
- (computing) The transfer from an old system to another (usually better) system.
- (theology) An act of divine grace by which the redeemed in Christ are admitted to the privileges of the sons of God.
- The choosing and making that to be one's own which originally was not so; acceptance.
- (chess, slang) Ten consecutive wins against an opponent.
- the act of accepting with approval; favorable reception
- a legal proceeding that creates a parent-child relation between persons not related by blood; the adopted child is entitled to all privileges belonging to a natural child of the adoptive parents (including the right to inherit)
- the appropriation (of ideas or words etc.) from another source
noun
- the act of devising something
- the faculty of contriving; inventive skill
- a device or control that is very useful for a particular job
- an elaborate or deceitful scheme contrived to deceive or evade
- any improvised arrangement for temporary use
- an artificial or unnatural or obviously contrived arrangement of details or parts etc.
- A means, such as an elaborate plan or strategy, to accomplish a certain objective.
- A (mechanical) device to perform a certain task.
- Something overly artful or artificial.
noun
- An act of specifying.
- An explicit set of requirements to be satisfied by a material, product, or service.
- a detailed description of design criteria for a piece of work
- a restriction that is insisted upon as a condition for an agreement
- (patent law) a document drawn up by the applicant for a patent of invention that provides an explicit and detailed description of the nature and use of an invention
- naming explicitly
noun
verb
- (transitive, British, slang) To make a public mockery of someone through insult or wit.
- (intransitive) To skid.
- (transitive, nautical) To rotate or turn something about its axis.
- simple past of slay
- (transitive) To insert extra ticks or skip some ticks of a clock to slowly correct its time.
- (transitive, rail transport) To move something (usually a railway line) sideways.
- (intransitive) To pivot.
- (transitive) To veer a vehicle.
- turn sharply; change direction abruptly
- move obliquely or sideways, usually in an uncontrolled manner
noun
- The act or process of declaring.
- A list of items for various legal purposes, e.g. customs declaration.
- (computing) The specification of an object, such as a variable or function, establishing its existence but not necessarily describing its contents.
- An emphatic or formal act of saying, telling or asserting something, by speech or writing; a decisive assertion or proclamation.
- (cricket) The act, by the captain of a batting side, of declaring an innings closed.
- (law) In common law, the formal document specifying plaintiff's cause of action, including the facts necessary to sustain a proper cause of action, and to advise the defendant of the grounds upon which he is being sued.
- a formal expression by a meeting; agreed to by a vote
- (contract bridge) the highest bid becomes the contract setting the number of tricks that the bidder must make
- a formal public statement
- (law) unsworn statement that can be admitted in evidence in a legal transaction
- a statement of taxable goods or of dutiable properties
- a statement that is emphatic and explicit (spoken or written)
noun
- the act that results in something coming to be
- an attribute that must be met or complied with and that fits a person for something
- (usually plural) the components needed for making or doing something
- Process of growth or development.
- The act of forming, causing, or constituting; workmanship; construction.
verb
noun
- The act of incorporating, or the state of being incorporated.
- A body incorporated; a corporation.
- The act of creating a corporation.
- (linguistics) A phenomenon by which a grammatical category forms a compound with its direct object or adverbial modifier, while retaining its original syntactic function.
- (law) A doctrine of constitutional law according to which certain parts of the Bill of Rights are extended to bind individual American states. ᵂᵖ
- The union of different ingredients in one mass; mixture; combination; synthesis.
- The union of something with a body already existing; association; intimate union; assimilation.
- learning (of values or attitudes etc.) that is incorporated within yourself
- including by incorporating
- consolidating two or more things; union in (or into) one body
verb
- To enact; to establish.
- institute, enact, or establish
- (transitive) To add up to, have a sum of.
- (transitive) To prepare (food); to cook (food).
- To perform a feat.
- (ditransitive, of a fact) To indicate or suggest to be.
- (ditransitive, second object is a verb) To cause (to do something); to compel (to do something).
- To build, construct, produce, or originate.
- (transitive) To have sexual intercourse with.
- To develop into; to prove to be.
- (transitive) To earn, to gain (money, points, membership or status).
- (intransitive) To tend; to contribute; to have effect; with for or against.
- (intransitive, now mostly colloquial) To behave, to act.
- (ditransitive, second object is an adjective or participle) To cause to be.
- (transitive, slang) To induct into the Mafia or a similar organization (as a made man).
- (transitive, usually stressed) To bring into success.
- To constitute.
- (intransitive) Of water, to flow toward land; to rise.
- (transitive, US slang, crime, law enforcement) To recognise, identify, spot.
- (transitive) To move at (a speed).
- (transitive, colloquial) To arrive at a destination, usually at or by a certain time.
- (religious) To create (the universe), especially (in Christianity) from nothing.
- To cause to appear to be; to represent as.
- (intransitive, colloquial, euphemistic) To defecate or urinate.
- To form or formulate in the mind.
- (intransitive) To gain sufficient audience to warrant its existence.
- (ditransitive, second object is a verb, can be stressed for emphasis or clarity) To force to do.
- (transitive) To cover (a given distance) by travelling.
- To bring about; to effect or produce by means of some action.
- (transitive, construed with of, typically interrogative) To interpret.
- (transitive, backgammon) To establish two or more men on (a point) so that it cannot be captured.
- (transitive) To pay, to cover (an expense); chiefly used after expressions of inability.
- To write or compose.
- To appoint; to name.
- (transitive, of a bed) To cover neatly with bedclothes.
- (transitive, euphemistic) To take the virginity of.
- (intransitive, colloquial) To proceed (in a direction).
- act in a certain way so as to acquire
- reach a destination, either real or abstract
- prepare for eating by applying heat
- amount to
- reach in time
- eliminate urine
- give rise to; cause to happen or occur, not always intentionally
- represent fictitiously, as in a play, or pretend to be or act like
- achieve a point or goal
- induce to have sex
- add up to
- calculate as being
- create by artistic means
- compel or make somebody or something to act in a certain way
- perform, produce, or carry out
- appear to begin an activity
- charge with a function; charge to be
- form by assembling individuals or constituents
- be or be capable of being changed or made into
- give certain properties to something
- undergo fabrication or creation
- have a bowel movement
- cause to do; cause to act in a specified manner
- put in order or neaten
- proceed along a path
- make or cause to be or to become
- change from one form into another
- to compose or represent
- earn on some commercial or business transaction; earn as salary or wages
- consider as being
- develop into
- make, formulate, or derive in the mind
- make by combining materials and parts
- create or design, often in a certain way
- constitute the essence of
- favor the development of
- behave in a certain manner
- carry out or commit
- head into a specified direction
- engage in
- reach a goal
- cause to be enjoyable or pleasurable
- gather and light the materials for
- organize or be responsible for
- assure the success of
- be suitable for
- make by shaping or bringing together constituents
- create or manufacture a man-made product
noun
- (card games) Turn to declare the trump for a hand (in bridge), or to shuffle the cards.
- Manner or style of construction (style of how a thing is made).
- (UK, dialectal) Mate; a spouse or companion; a match.
- (uncountable) Quantity produced, especially of materials.
- (slang, usually in phrase "easy make") Past, present, or future target of seduction (usually female).
- Brand; marque; manufacturer; maker.
- (slang) Identification: recognition (of identity), especially from police records or evidence.
- (physics) The closing of an electrical circuit.
- Origin (of a manufactured article); manufacture; production.
- A homemade project, particularly one demonstrated on television.
- (computing) A software utility for automatically building large applications, or an implementation of this utility.
- A person's character or disposition.
- (basketball) A made basket.
- (slang, military) A promotion.
- the act of mixing cards haphazardly
- a recognizable kind
verb
- (law, intransitive) To become effective; to come into effect.
- (intransitive, formal) To begin (a regular activity or job); to undertake; to take up. [with on or upon]
- (transitive) To record (something) in an account, ledger, etc.
- (transitive) To cause to go (into), or to be received (into); to put in; to insert; to cause to be admitted.
- (figuratively) To go or come into (a state or profession).
- (transitive, law) To place in regular form before the court, usually in writing; to put upon record in proper from and order
- (law) To go into or upon, as lands, and take actual possession of them.
- (intransitive) To go or come into an enclosed or partially enclosed space.
- To deposit for copyright the title or description of (a book, picture, map, etc.).
- To make report of (a vessel or its cargo) at the custom house; to submit a statement of (imported goods), with the original invoices, to the proper customs officer for estimating the duties. See entry.
- (intransitive, law) To become a party to an agreement, treaty, etc.
- (transitive) To type (something) into a computer; to input.
- set out on (an enterprise or subject of study)
- become a participant; be involved in
- to come or go into
- put or introduce into something
- take on duties or office
- make a record of; set down in permanent form
- be or play a part of or in
- come on stage
- register formally as a participant or member
noun
verb
noun
- a phenomenon that follows and is caused by some previous phenomenon
- the central meaning or theme of a speech or literary work
- an outward appearance
- a symptom caused by an illness or a drug
- an impression (especially one that is artificial or contrived)
- (of a law) having legal validity
- (sound engineering) An alteration, or device for producing an alteration, in sound after it has been produced by an instrument.
- Impression left on the mind; sensation produced.
- (sciences) A scientific phenomenon, usually named after its discoverer.
- (cinematography, computer graphics, demoscene) An illusion produced by technical means (as in "special effect")
- The result or outcome of a cause.
- Execution; performance; realization; operation.
- (usually in the plural) Belongings, usually as personal effects.
- (sciences, statistics) An influence or causal association between two variables.
- Consequence intended; purpose; meaning; general intent; with to.
- (uncountable) The state of being binding and enforceable, as in a rule, policy, or law.
verb
- institute, enact, or establish
- bring about
- set up or found
- place
- establish the validity of something, as by an example, explanation or experiment
- use as a basis for; found on
- build or establish something abstract
- set up or lay the groundwork for
- (transitive) To form; to found; to institute; to set up in business.
- (transitive) To prove and cause to be accepted as true; to demonstrate.
- (transitive) To make stable or firm; to confirm.
- (transitive) To appoint or adopt, as officers, laws, regulations, guidelines, etc.; to enact; to ordain.
verb
- institute, enact, or establish
- To stock, store (e.g. wine) for the future. See also lay by.
- (transitive) To specify, institute, enact, assert firmly, state authoritatively, establish or formulate (rules or policies).
- (euphemistic, transitive) To euthanize an animal.
- (intransitive, proscribed) To lie down.
- To place on the ground, e.g. a railway on a trackbed.
- simple past of lie down
- (transitive) To intentionally take a fall while riding a motorcycle, in order to prevent a more serious collision.
- To sacrifice, especially in the phrase "to lay down one's life."
- (transitive) To give up, surrender, or yield (e.g. a weapon), usually by placing it on the ground.