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noun
- an argument that is conclusive
- a tool used to clinch nails or bolts or rivets
- a point or fact or remark that settles something conclusively
- That which clinches; that which makes something final or firm; a decisive factor.
- (cycling) A tyre with a bead around the edge to attach to the rim of the wheel when inflated.
noun
- an argument that is conclusive
- a determining or causal element or factor
- one of a limited class of noun modifiers that determine the referents of noun phrases
- Someone or something (especially a sentient agent) that determines; a decider of a disposition.
- A dependent function in a noun phrase that marks it as definite or indefinite. This function is usually filled by words in the determinative class but may be filled by other elements such as a genitive pronoun.
- A member of a class of words functioning in a noun phrase to identify or distinguish a referent without describing or modifying it.
- A factor that defines something, or one among several that define it.
noun
- a fact that logically justifies some premise or conclusion
- the state of having good sense and sound judgment
- an explanation of the cause of some phenomenon
- a justification for something existing or happening
- the capacity for rational thought or inference or discrimination
- a rational motive for a belief or action
- A wall plate.
- An excuse: a thought or a consideration offered in support of a determination or an opinion; that which is offered or accepted as an explanation.
- That which causes something: an efficient cause, a proximate cause.
- (uncountable) Rational thinking (or the capacity for it); the cognitive faculties, collectively, of conception, judgment, deduction and intuition.
- A motive for an action or a determination.
- (logic) A premise placed after its conclusion.
verb
- decide by reasoning; draw or come to a conclusion
- think logically
- present reasons and arguments
- (intransitive) To deduce or come to a conclusion by being rational.
- (transitive, usually with out) To find by logical process; to explain or justify by reason or argument.
- (transitive) To persuade by reasoning or argument.
- (transitive, rare) To support with reasons, as a request.
- (ambitransitive) To arrange and present the reasons for or against; to examine or discuss by arguments; to debate or discuss.
- (transitive, with down) To overcome or conquer by adducing reasons.
- (intransitive) To perform a process of deduction or of induction, in order to convince or to confute; to argue.
noun
- (countable) An argument that seems plausible, but is fallacious or misleading, especially one devised deliberately to be so.
- (uncountable) Plausible yet fallacious argumentation or reasoning.
- (uncountable, historical) The actions or arguments of a sophist.
- a deliberately invalid argument displaying ingenuity in reasoning in the hope of deceiving someone
adj
- (of an argument) Convincing.
- (specifically) Having a high alcoholic content.
- (chemistry) That completely ionizes into anions and cations in a solution.
- Having an offensive or intense odor or flavor.
- Capable of withstanding great physical force.
- (loosely) Possessing power, might, or strength.
- (military) Not easily subdued or taken.
- (slang, US) Impressive, good.
- Determined; unyielding.
- Highly stimulating to the senses.
- Having a specified number of people or units.
- (grammar) Inflecting in a different manner than the one called weak, such as Germanic verbs which change vowels.
- Having a high concentration of an essential or active ingredient.
- Having wealth or resources.
- (of a disease or symptom) Severe; very bad or intense.
- Capable of producing great physical force.
- (mathematics, logic) Having a wide range of logical consequences; widely applicable. (Often contrasted with a weak statement which it implies.)
- having strength or power greater than average or expected
- strong and sure
- having a strong physiological or chemical effect
- being distilled rather than fermented; having a high alcoholic content
- immune to attack; incapable of being tampered with
- of verbs not having standard (or regular) inflection
- having or wielding force or authority
- freshly made or left
- not faint or feeble
- of good quality and condition; solidly built
adv
noun
- an argument that assumes that which is to be proved
- one trouble leads to another that aggravates the first
- A situation in which the response to one problem creates a chain of problems, each making it more difficult to solve the original one.
- (logic) A fallacy in which the premise is used to prove a conclusion which is then used to prove the premise.
noun
- a statement of facts and reasons used to support an argument
- a person of a specified kind (usually with many eccentricities)
- bed linen consisting of a cover for a pillow
- the actual state of things
- the quantity contained in a case
- a glass container used to store and display items in a shop or museum or home
- an occurrence of something
- a special set of circumstances
- the housing or outer covering of something
- a specific state of mind that is temporary
- an enveloping structure or covering enclosing an animal or plant organ or part
- (printing) the receptacle in which a compositor has their type, which is divided into compartments for the different letters, spaces, or numbers
- a problem requiring investigation
- the enclosing frame around a door or window opening
- nouns or pronouns or adjectives (often marked by inflection) related in some way to other words in a sentence
- a person requiring professional services
- a specific size and style of type within a type family
- a portable container for carrying several objects
- a person who is subjected to experimental or other observational procedures; someone who is an object of investigation
- a comprehensive term for any proceeding in a court of law whereby an individual seeks a legal remedy
- (grammar) A specific inflection of a word (particularly a noun, pronoun, or adjective) depending on its function in the sentence.
- An actual event, situation, or fact.
- A cardboard box that holds (usually 24) beer bottles or cans.
- A specific matter or piece of work, specifically defined within a profession, usually in respect of a specific person and/or event; the set of tasks involved in addressing one such matter.
- (grammar, uncountable) Grammatical cases and their meanings taken either as a topic in general or within a specific language.
- (poker slang) Four of a kind.
- A suitcase.
- The outer covering or framework of a piece of apparatus such as a computer.
- (typography, by extension) The nature of a piece of alphabetic type, whether a “capital” (upper case) or “small” (lower case) letter.
- (medicine) An instance of a specific condition or set of symptoms.
- A box that contains or can contain a number of identical items of manufacture.
- (law) A legal proceeding; a lawsuit or prosecution.
- (printing, historical) A shallow tray divided into compartments or "boxes" for holding type, traditionally arranged in sets of two, the "upper case" (containing capitals, small capitals, accented) and "lower case" (small letters, figures, punctuation marks, quadrats, and spaces).
- A box, sheath, or covering generally.
- An enclosing frame or casing.
- (programming) A section of code representing one of the actions of a conditional switch.
- A piece of furniture, constructed partially of transparent glass or plastic, within which items can be displayed.
- (mining) A small fissure which admits water into the workings.
- (academia) An instance or event as a topic of study.
- A piece of luggage that can be used to transport an apparatus such as a sewing machine.
- A thin layer of harder metal on the surface of an object whose deeper metal is allowed to remain soft.
- (US) A unit of liquid measure used to measure sales in the beverage industry, equivalent to 192 fluid ounces.
verb
- enclose in, or as if in, a case
- look over, usually with the intention to rob
- (transitive, informal) To survey (a building or other location) surreptitiously, as in preparation for a robbery.
- (transitive) To place (an item or items of manufacture) into a box, as in preparation for shipment.
- (transitive) To cover or protect with, or as if with, a case; to enclose.
adj
verb
- (of a proposition) seem to be true, probable, or apparent
- appear as a character on stage or appear in a play, etc.
- come into sight or view
- be issued or published
- present oneself formally, as before a (judicial) authority
- come into being or existence, or appear on the scene
- give a certain impression of being something or having a certain aspect
- (transitive) To bring into view
- (intransitive) To come before the public.
- (intransitive) To become visible to the apprehension of the mind; to be known as a subject of observation or comprehension, or as a thing proved; to be obvious or manifest.
- (intransitive) To stand in presence of some authority, tribunal, or superior person, to answer a charge, plead a cause, etc.; to present oneself as a party or advocate before a court, or as a person to be tried.
- (intransitive, copulative) To seem; to have a certain semblance; to look.
- (intransitive) To come or be in sight; to be in view; to become visible.
adj
- plausible but false
- based on pretense; deceptively pleasing
- Employing fallacious but deceptively plausible arguments; deceitful.
- Seemingly well-reasoned, plausible or true, but actually fallacious.
- Alternative form of speciose (“rich in species”).
- Having an attractive appearance intended to generate a favorable response; deceptively attractive.
verb
- (transitive) To justify by providing evidence.
- show to be right by providing justification or proof
- (transitive) To be proven reasonable, correct, or justified.
- (transitive) To maintain or defend (a cause) against opposition.
- (transitive) To provide justification for.
- (transitive) To clear of an accusation, suspicion or criticism.
- (transitive) To lay claim to; to assert a right to; to claim.
- maintain, uphold, or defend
- clear of accusation, blame, suspicion, or doubt with supporting proof
verb
- To make a premise.
- To state or assume something as a proposition to an argument.
- To set forth beforehand, or as introductory to the main subject; to offer previously, as something to explain or aid in understanding what follows.
- To send before the time, or beforehand; hence, to cause to be before something else; to employ previously.
- furnish with a preface or introduction
- take something as preexisting and given
- set forth beforehand, often as an explanation
noun
- (authorship) The fundamental concept that drives the plot of a film or other story.
- (usually in the plural, law) Matters previously stated or set forth; especially, that part in the beginning of a deed, the office of which is to express the grantor and grantee, and the land or thing granted or conveyed, and all that precedes the habendum; the thing demised or granted.
- (usually in the plural) A piece of real estate; a building and its adjuncts.
- (logic) Any of the first propositions of a syllogism, from which the conclusion is deduced.
- A proposition antecedently supposed or proved; something previously stated or assumed as the basis of further argument; a condition; a supposition.
- a statement that is assumed to be true and from which a conclusion can be drawn
verb
- To assume as a truthful or accurate premise or axiom, especially as a basis of an argument.
- (ambitransitive, Christianity, historical) To appoint or request one's appointment to an ecclesiastical office.
- take as a given; assume as a postulate or axiom
- maintain or assert
- require as useful, just, or proper
adj
noun
- (logic) An axiom.
- A fundamental element; a basic principle.
- A requirement; a prerequisite.
- Something assumed without proof as being self-evident or generally accepted, especially when used as a basis for an argument. Sometimes distinguished from axioms as being relevant to a particular science or context, rather than universally true, and following from other axioms rather than being an absolute assumption.
- (logic) a proposition that is accepted as true in order to provide a basis for logical reasoning
noun
- An argument in support or justification of something.
- (team sports) The portion of a team dedicated to preventing the other team from scoring; contrasted with offence.
- (team sports) A strategy and tactics employed to prevent the other team from scoring; contrasted with offence.
- Something used to oppose attacks.
- The action of defending, of protecting from attack, danger or injury.
- Government policy or (infra)structure related to the military.
- the defendant and their legal advisors collectively
- (sports) the team that is trying to prevent the other team from scoring
- a structure used to defend against attack
- the act of defending someone or something against attack or injury
- an organization of defenders that provides resistance against attack
- protection from harm
- (military) military action or resources protecting a country against potential enemies
- a defendant's answer or plea denying the truth of the charges against them
- the justification for some act or belief
- the speech act of answering an attack on your assertions
- (psychiatry) an unconscious process that tries to reduce the anxiety associated with instinctive desires
noun
- An argument in support or justification of something.
- (law, by extension) The lawyer or team thereof who presents such a case.
- (team sports) A strategy and tactics employed to prevent the other team from scoring; contrasted with offense.
- The action of defending or protecting from attack, danger, or injury.
- (law, by extension) The case presented by the defendant in a legal proceeding.
- (government, military, euphemistic) Government policy or (infra)structure related to the military.
- (team sports) The portion of a team dedicated to preventing the other team from scoring; contrasted with offense.
- the defendant and their legal advisors collectively
- (sports) the team that is trying to prevent the other team from scoring
- a structure used to defend against attack
- the act of defending someone or something against attack or injury
- an organization of defenders that provides resistance against attack
- protection from harm
- (military) military action or resources protecting a country against potential enemies
- a defendant's answer or plea denying the truth of the charges against them
- the justification for some act or belief
- the speech act of answering an attack on your assertions
- (psychiatry) an unconscious process that tries to reduce the anxiety associated with instinctive desires
verb
adj
- Logically capable of being proven false.
- Capable of being faked or forged.
- (epistemology) The demarcation criterion between scientific and non-scientific statements proposed by Karl Popper. In order to be ranked as scientific, statements or systems of statements must be contradicted by an intersubjective singular existential statement, also called a basic statement, and not be contradicted by another, that is, they must also be logically possible.
- capable of being tested (verified or falsified) by experiment or observation
verb
- constitute reasonable evidence for
- take upon oneself; act presumptuously, without permission
- take to be the case or to be true; accept without verification or proof
- take liberties or act with too much confidence
- (transitive) To assume or suggest to be true (without proof); to take for granted, to suppose.
- (intransitive) To impose (on) for one's advantage; to be presumptuous; to take advantage (of); to take liberties (with) [with on or upon].
- (transitive) To be so presumptuous as (to do something) without proper authority or permission [with to (+ infinitive)].
- (transitive) To take as a premise; to assume for the sake of argument.
noun
- (rhetoric) A proposition or statement supported by arguments.
- an unproved statement put forward as a premise in an argument
- (music, prosody, originally) The action of lowering the hand or bringing down the foot when indicating a rhythm; hence, an accented part of a measure of music or verse indicated by this action; an ictus, a stress.
- (by extension) A lengthy essay written to establish the validity of a thesis (sense 1.1), especially one submitted in order to complete the requirements for a non-doctoral degree in the US and a doctoral degree in the UK; a dissertation.
- (mathematics, computer science) A conjecture, especially one too vague to be formally stated or verified but useful as a working convention.
- (logic) An affirmation, or distinction from a supposition or hypothesis.
- (music, prosody, with a reversal of meaning) A depression of the voice when pronouncing a syllables of a word; hence, the unstressed part of the metrical foot of a verse upon which such a depression falls, or an unaccented musical note.
- (philosophy) In the dialectical method of Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel: the initial stage of reasoning where a formal statement of a point is developed; this is followed by antithesis and synthesis.
- a treatise advancing a new point of view resulting from research; usually a requirement for an advanced academic degree
adj
noun
adj
- Well-grounded or justifiable, pertinent.
- (logic) Of an argument: whose conclusion is always true whenever its premises are true.
- (Christianity, theology) Genuine - as distinguished from efficient or regular - sacrament.
- Acceptable, proper or correct; in accordance with the rules.
- Related to the current topic, or presented within context, relevant.
- (logic) Of a formula or system: such that it evaluates to true regardless of the input values.
- still legally acceptable
- well grounded in logic or truth or having legal force
adj
noun
verb
noun
verb
- imagine to be the case or true or probable
- hold in suspicion; believe to be guilty
- regard as untrustworthy; regard with suspicion; have no faith or confidence in
- (transitive) To believe (someone) to be guilty.
- (transitive) To distrust or have doubts about (something or someone).
- (transitive) To imagine or suppose (something) to be true, or to exist, without proof.
- (intransitive) To have suspicion.
adj
noun
noun
- a fact or assertion offered as evidence that something is true
- (countable, also figuratively) A fact or statement used to support a proposition; a reason.
- a variable in a logical or mathematical expression whose value determines the dependent variable
- a summary of the subject or plot of a literary work or play or movie
- a discussion in which reasons are advanced for and against some proposition or proposal
- a contentious speech act; a dispute where there is strong disagreement
- a course of reasoning aimed at demonstrating a truth or falsehood; the methodical process of logical reasoning
- (computer science) a reference or value that is passed to a function, procedure, subroutine, command, or program
- (by extension, humorous or euphemistic) Any dispute, altercation, or collision.
- The phase of a complex number.
- (logic, philosophy) A series of propositions organized so that the final proposition is a conclusion which is intended to follow logically from the preceding propositions, which function as premises.
- (countable) A process of reasoning; argumentation.
- A value, or a reference to a value, passed to a function.
- (countable) A verbal dispute; a quarrel.
- (also astronomy) A quantity on which the calculation of another quantity depends.
- (countable) An abstract or summary of the content of a literary work such as a book, a poem or a major section such as a chapter, included in the work before the content itself; (figuratively) the contents themselves.
- A parameter at a function call; an actual parameter, as opposed to a formal parameter.
- The independent variable of a function.
- (countable, linguistics) Any of the phrases that bear a syntactic connection to the verb of a clause.
noun
- a fact or assertion offered as evidence that something is true
- (music) the presentation of a musical theme
- (computer science) a line of code written as part of a computer program
- a message that is stated or declared; a communication (oral or written) setting forth particulars or facts etc
- a document showing credits and debits
- a nonverbal message
- the act of affirming or asserting or stating something
- A presentation of opinion or position.
- (computing) An instruction in a computer program, especially one that returns no value, as opposed to a function call.
- (finance) A document that summarizes financial activity.
- A declaration or remark.
adj
verb
noun
- Facts or observations presented in support of an assertion.
- One who bears witness.
- A body of objectively verifiable facts that are positively indicative of, and/or exclusively concordant with, that one conclusion over any other.
- (law) Anything admitted by a court to prove or disprove alleged matters of fact in a trial.
- your basis for belief or disbelief; knowledge on which to base belief
- (law) all the means by which any alleged matter of fact whose truth is investigated at judicial trial is established or disproved
- an indication that makes something evident
verb
noun
- (logic) An argument from cause to effect; an a priori argument.
- The investigation of things by the analogy they bear to each other.
- (philosophy) The belief that the world consists of separate entities that follow certain rules or universal forces.
- (linguistics) The belief that grammar is not arbitrary, but follows rules and patterns.
noun
- a point asserted as part of an argument
- a contentious speech act; a dispute where there is strong disagreement
- the act of competing as for profit or a prize
- A point maintained in an argument, or a line of argument taken in its support; the subject matter of discussion of strife; a position taken or contended for.
- Argument, contest, debate, strife, struggle.
- (computing, telecommunications) Competition by parts of a system or its users for a limited resource.
noun
- (logic) Something self-evident that can be assumed as the basis of an argument.
- The act of postulating or something postulated.
- a formal message requesting something that is submitted to an authority
- (logic) a declaration of something self-evident; something that can be assumed as the basis for argument
adj
- shown to be valid beyond a reasonable doubt
- conforming with accepted standards
- brought about or set up or accepted; especially long established
- introduced from another region and persisting without cultivation
- settled securely and unconditionally
- Of any social or economic entity: part of the establishment (“groups with socioeconomic power”).
- Of a religion, church etc.: formally recognized by a state as being official within that area.
- (Model, procedure, disease) Explicitly defined, described or recognized as a reference.
- Having been in existence for a long time and therefore recognized and generally accepted.
verb
adj
- logically valid
- in good condition; free from defect or damage or decay
- in excellent physical condition
- free from moral defect
- vigorous or severe
- complete; thorough
- (of sleep) deep and complete
- financially secure and safe
- having legal efficacy or force
- exercising or showing good judgment
- Founded in law; legal; valid; not defective.
- (of sleep) Quiet and deep.
- Heavy; laid on with force.
- (British, Ireland, slang) Good; acceptable; decent.
- Complete, solid, or secure.
- Healthy.
- (mathematics, logic) Having the property of soundness.
noun
- (phonetics) an individual sound unit of speech without concern as to whether or not it is a phoneme of some language
- the subjective sensation of hearing something
- mechanical vibrations transmitted by an elastic medium
- a narrow channel of the sea joining two larger bodies of water
- a large ocean inlet or deep bay
- the particular auditory effect produced by a given cause
- the audible part of a transmitted signal
- the sudden occurrence of an audible event
- (music) A distinctive style and sonority of a particular musician, orchestra etc.
- (geography) A long narrow inlet, or a strait between the mainland and an island; also, a strait connecting two seas, or connecting a sea or lake with the ocean.
- A sensation perceived by the ear caused by the vibration of air or some other medium.
- (phonetics) A segment as a part of spoken language, the smallest unit of spoken language, a speech sound.
- Noise without meaning; empty noise.
- (medicine) A long, thin probe for sounding or dilating body cavities or canals such as the urethra; a sonde.
- The air bladder of a fish.
- Earshot, distance within which a certain noise may be heard.
- A vibration capable of causing such sensations.
verb
- appear in a certain way
- cause to sound
- announce by means of a sound
- utter with vibrating vocal chords
- give off a certain sound or sounds
- measure the depth of (a body of water) with a sounding line
- make a certain noise or sound
- (intransitive) To produce a sound.
- (intransitive) Of a whale, to dive downwards.
- (transitive) To cause to produce a sound.
- (medicine) To examine with the instrument called a sound or sonde, or by auscultation or percussion.
- To fathom or test; to ascertain the depth of water with a sounding line or other device.
- (intransitive) To be conveyed in sound; to be spread or published; to convey intelligence by sound.
- (intransitive, law, often with in) To arise or to be recognizable as arising in or from a particular area of law, or as likely to result in a particular kind of legal remedy.
- To ascertain, or to try to ascertain, the thoughts, motives, and purposes of (a person); to examine; to try; to test; to probe.
- (transitive, phonetics, of a vowel or consonant) To pronounce.
- (copulative) To convey an impression by one's sound.
adv
intj
adj
- An argument or assertion with little in the way of substance or supporting evidence.
- In poor condition; damaged, shabby; also, poorly equipped or provided for, inadequate, meagre, scanty.
- Of an argument, excuse, etc.: used so often that it is no longer effective or interesting; banal, clichéd, trite.
- Of cloth, clothing, furnishings, etc.: frayed and worn to an extent that the nap is damaged and the warp and weft threads show; shabby, worn-out.
- having the nap worn away so that the threads show through
- repeated too often; overfamiliar through overuse
verb
- furnish a justifying analysis or explanation
- keep an account of
- to give an account or representation of in words
- be the sole or primary factor in the existence, acquisition, supply, or disposal of something
- (intransitive) To give a satisfactory reason for; to explain.
- (intransitive) To establish the location for someone.
- (transitive) To estimate, consider (something to be as described).
- (intransitive) To give a satisfactory evaluation for (one's actions, behaviour etc.); to answer for.
- (intransitive) To cause the death, capture, or destruction of someone or something (+ for).
- (intransitive) To consider that.
- Used in phrasal verbs: account for, account of, account to.
- (intransitive) To give a satisfactory evaluation for financial transactions, money received etc.
noun
- importance or value
- a record or narrative description of past events
- a formal contractual relationship established to provide for regular banking or brokerage or business services
- the quality of taking advantage
- a statement that makes something comprehensible by describing the relevant structure or operation or circumstances etc.
- grounds
- a statement of recent transactions and the resulting balance
- a short account of the news
- the act of informing by verbal report
- an itemized statement of money owed for goods shipped or services rendered
- An estimate or estimation; valuation; judgment.
- A reason, grounds, consideration, motive; a person's sake.
- (banking) A bank account.
- (uncountable) Profit; advantage.
- Importance; worth; value; esteem; judgement.
- A record of events; a relation or narrative.
- Authorization as a specific registered user in accessing a system.
- (accounting) A registry of pecuniary transactions; a written or printed statement of business dealings or debts and credits, and also of other things subjected to a reckoning or review.
- A statement in general of reasons, causes, grounds, etc., explanatory of some event; a reason of an action to be done.
adj
- Being a style of argument in which a person presents their reasoning as categorically true, even if it is not necessarily so.
- Incontrovertible; demonstrably true or certain.
- (Biblical studies, theology) Absolute and without explanation, as in a command from God like "Thou shalt not kill!"
- of a proposition; necessarily true or logically certain
verb
- show to be right by providing justification or proof
- adjust the spaces between words
- (used of God) declare innocent; absolve from the penalty of sin
- (transitive) To absolve, and declare to be free of blame or sin.
- (transitive, typography) To arrange (text) on a page or a computer screen such that the left and right ends of all lines within paragraphs are aligned.
- (transitive) To provide an acceptable explanation for.
- (reflexive) To give reasons for one’s actions; to make an argument to prove that one is in the right.
- (law) To qualify (oneself) as a surety by taking oath to the ownership of sufficient property.
- (law) To show (a person) to have had a sufficient legal reason for an act that has been made the subject of a charge or accusation.
- (transitive) To prove; to ratify; to confirm.
- (transitive) To be a good reason behind a normally-unacceptable action; to warrant.
noun
- an argument that is conclusive
- a tool used to clinch nails or bolts or rivets
- a point or fact or remark that settles something conclusively
- That which clinches; that which makes something final or firm; a decisive factor.
- (cycling) A tyre with a bead around the edge to attach to the rim of the wheel when inflated.
noun
- an argument that is conclusive
- a determining or causal element or factor
- one of a limited class of noun modifiers that determine the referents of noun phrases
- Someone or something (especially a sentient agent) that determines; a decider of a disposition.
- A dependent function in a noun phrase that marks it as definite or indefinite. This function is usually filled by words in the determinative class but may be filled by other elements such as a genitive pronoun.
- A member of a class of words functioning in a noun phrase to identify or distinguish a referent without describing or modifying it.
- A factor that defines something, or one among several that define it.
noun
- a fact that logically justifies some premise or conclusion
- the state of having good sense and sound judgment
- an explanation of the cause of some phenomenon
- a justification for something existing or happening
- the capacity for rational thought or inference or discrimination
- a rational motive for a belief or action
- A wall plate.
- An excuse: a thought or a consideration offered in support of a determination or an opinion; that which is offered or accepted as an explanation.
- That which causes something: an efficient cause, a proximate cause.
- (uncountable) Rational thinking (or the capacity for it); the cognitive faculties, collectively, of conception, judgment, deduction and intuition.
- A motive for an action or a determination.
- (logic) A premise placed after its conclusion.
verb
- decide by reasoning; draw or come to a conclusion
- think logically
- present reasons and arguments
- (intransitive) To deduce or come to a conclusion by being rational.
- (transitive, usually with out) To find by logical process; to explain or justify by reason or argument.
- (transitive) To persuade by reasoning or argument.
- (transitive, rare) To support with reasons, as a request.
- (ambitransitive) To arrange and present the reasons for or against; to examine or discuss by arguments; to debate or discuss.
- (transitive, with down) To overcome or conquer by adducing reasons.
- (intransitive) To perform a process of deduction or of induction, in order to convince or to confute; to argue.
noun
- (countable) An argument that seems plausible, but is fallacious or misleading, especially one devised deliberately to be so.
- (uncountable) Plausible yet fallacious argumentation or reasoning.
- (uncountable, historical) The actions or arguments of a sophist.
- a deliberately invalid argument displaying ingenuity in reasoning in the hope of deceiving someone
noun
- an argument that assumes that which is to be proved
- one trouble leads to another that aggravates the first
- A situation in which the response to one problem creates a chain of problems, each making it more difficult to solve the original one.
- (logic) A fallacy in which the premise is used to prove a conclusion which is then used to prove the premise.
noun
- a statement of facts and reasons used to support an argument
- a person of a specified kind (usually with many eccentricities)
- bed linen consisting of a cover for a pillow
- the actual state of things
- the quantity contained in a case
- a glass container used to store and display items in a shop or museum or home
- an occurrence of something
- a special set of circumstances
- the housing or outer covering of something
- a specific state of mind that is temporary
- an enveloping structure or covering enclosing an animal or plant organ or part
- (printing) the receptacle in which a compositor has their type, which is divided into compartments for the different letters, spaces, or numbers
- a problem requiring investigation
- the enclosing frame around a door or window opening
- nouns or pronouns or adjectives (often marked by inflection) related in some way to other words in a sentence
- a person requiring professional services
- a specific size and style of type within a type family
- a portable container for carrying several objects
- a person who is subjected to experimental or other observational procedures; someone who is an object of investigation
- a comprehensive term for any proceeding in a court of law whereby an individual seeks a legal remedy
- (grammar) A specific inflection of a word (particularly a noun, pronoun, or adjective) depending on its function in the sentence.
- An actual event, situation, or fact.
- A cardboard box that holds (usually 24) beer bottles or cans.
- A specific matter or piece of work, specifically defined within a profession, usually in respect of a specific person and/or event; the set of tasks involved in addressing one such matter.
- (grammar, uncountable) Grammatical cases and their meanings taken either as a topic in general or within a specific language.
- (poker slang) Four of a kind.
- A suitcase.
- The outer covering or framework of a piece of apparatus such as a computer.
- (typography, by extension) The nature of a piece of alphabetic type, whether a “capital” (upper case) or “small” (lower case) letter.
- (medicine) An instance of a specific condition or set of symptoms.
- A box that contains or can contain a number of identical items of manufacture.
- (law) A legal proceeding; a lawsuit or prosecution.
- (printing, historical) A shallow tray divided into compartments or "boxes" for holding type, traditionally arranged in sets of two, the "upper case" (containing capitals, small capitals, accented) and "lower case" (small letters, figures, punctuation marks, quadrats, and spaces).
- A box, sheath, or covering generally.
- An enclosing frame or casing.
- (programming) A section of code representing one of the actions of a conditional switch.
- A piece of furniture, constructed partially of transparent glass or plastic, within which items can be displayed.
- (mining) A small fissure which admits water into the workings.
- (academia) An instance or event as a topic of study.
- A piece of luggage that can be used to transport an apparatus such as a sewing machine.
- A thin layer of harder metal on the surface of an object whose deeper metal is allowed to remain soft.
- (US) A unit of liquid measure used to measure sales in the beverage industry, equivalent to 192 fluid ounces.
verb
- enclose in, or as if in, a case
- look over, usually with the intention to rob
- (transitive, informal) To survey (a building or other location) surreptitiously, as in preparation for a robbery.
- (transitive) To place (an item or items of manufacture) into a box, as in preparation for shipment.
- (transitive) To cover or protect with, or as if with, a case; to enclose.
adj
noun
- An argument in support or justification of something.
- (team sports) The portion of a team dedicated to preventing the other team from scoring; contrasted with offence.
- (team sports) A strategy and tactics employed to prevent the other team from scoring; contrasted with offence.
- Something used to oppose attacks.
- The action of defending, of protecting from attack, danger or injury.
- Government policy or (infra)structure related to the military.
- the defendant and their legal advisors collectively
- (sports) the team that is trying to prevent the other team from scoring
- a structure used to defend against attack
- the act of defending someone or something against attack or injury
- an organization of defenders that provides resistance against attack
- protection from harm
- (military) military action or resources protecting a country against potential enemies
- a defendant's answer or plea denying the truth of the charges against them
- the justification for some act or belief
- the speech act of answering an attack on your assertions
- (psychiatry) an unconscious process that tries to reduce the anxiety associated with instinctive desires
noun
- An argument in support or justification of something.
- (law, by extension) The lawyer or team thereof who presents such a case.
- (team sports) A strategy and tactics employed to prevent the other team from scoring; contrasted with offense.
- The action of defending or protecting from attack, danger, or injury.
- (law, by extension) The case presented by the defendant in a legal proceeding.
- (government, military, euphemistic) Government policy or (infra)structure related to the military.
- (team sports) The portion of a team dedicated to preventing the other team from scoring; contrasted with offense.
- the defendant and their legal advisors collectively
- (sports) the team that is trying to prevent the other team from scoring
- a structure used to defend against attack
- the act of defending someone or something against attack or injury
- an organization of defenders that provides resistance against attack
- protection from harm
- (military) military action or resources protecting a country against potential enemies
- a defendant's answer or plea denying the truth of the charges against them
- the justification for some act or belief
- the speech act of answering an attack on your assertions
- (psychiatry) an unconscious process that tries to reduce the anxiety associated with instinctive desires
verb
noun
- (rhetoric) A proposition or statement supported by arguments.
- an unproved statement put forward as a premise in an argument
- (music, prosody, originally) The action of lowering the hand or bringing down the foot when indicating a rhythm; hence, an accented part of a measure of music or verse indicated by this action; an ictus, a stress.
- (by extension) A lengthy essay written to establish the validity of a thesis (sense 1.1), especially one submitted in order to complete the requirements for a non-doctoral degree in the US and a doctoral degree in the UK; a dissertation.
- (mathematics, computer science) A conjecture, especially one too vague to be formally stated or verified but useful as a working convention.
- (logic) An affirmation, or distinction from a supposition or hypothesis.
- (music, prosody, with a reversal of meaning) A depression of the voice when pronouncing a syllables of a word; hence, the unstressed part of the metrical foot of a verse upon which such a depression falls, or an unaccented musical note.
- (philosophy) In the dialectical method of Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel: the initial stage of reasoning where a formal statement of a point is developed; this is followed by antithesis and synthesis.
- a treatise advancing a new point of view resulting from research; usually a requirement for an advanced academic degree
noun
- a fact or assertion offered as evidence that something is true
- (countable, also figuratively) A fact or statement used to support a proposition; a reason.
- a variable in a logical or mathematical expression whose value determines the dependent variable
- a summary of the subject or plot of a literary work or play or movie
- a discussion in which reasons are advanced for and against some proposition or proposal
- a contentious speech act; a dispute where there is strong disagreement
- a course of reasoning aimed at demonstrating a truth or falsehood; the methodical process of logical reasoning
- (computer science) a reference or value that is passed to a function, procedure, subroutine, command, or program
- (by extension, humorous or euphemistic) Any dispute, altercation, or collision.
- The phase of a complex number.
- (logic, philosophy) A series of propositions organized so that the final proposition is a conclusion which is intended to follow logically from the preceding propositions, which function as premises.
- (countable) A process of reasoning; argumentation.
- A value, or a reference to a value, passed to a function.
- (countable) A verbal dispute; a quarrel.
- (also astronomy) A quantity on which the calculation of another quantity depends.
- (countable) An abstract or summary of the content of a literary work such as a book, a poem or a major section such as a chapter, included in the work before the content itself; (figuratively) the contents themselves.
- A parameter at a function call; an actual parameter, as opposed to a formal parameter.
- The independent variable of a function.
- (countable, linguistics) Any of the phrases that bear a syntactic connection to the verb of a clause.
noun
- a fact or assertion offered as evidence that something is true
- (music) the presentation of a musical theme
- (computer science) a line of code written as part of a computer program
- a message that is stated or declared; a communication (oral or written) setting forth particulars or facts etc
- a document showing credits and debits
- a nonverbal message
- the act of affirming or asserting or stating something
- A presentation of opinion or position.
- (computing) An instruction in a computer program, especially one that returns no value, as opposed to a function call.
- (finance) A document that summarizes financial activity.
- A declaration or remark.
adj
verb
noun
- Facts or observations presented in support of an assertion.
- One who bears witness.
- A body of objectively verifiable facts that are positively indicative of, and/or exclusively concordant with, that one conclusion over any other.
- (law) Anything admitted by a court to prove or disprove alleged matters of fact in a trial.
- your basis for belief or disbelief; knowledge on which to base belief
- (law) all the means by which any alleged matter of fact whose truth is investigated at judicial trial is established or disproved
- an indication that makes something evident
verb
noun
- (logic) An argument from cause to effect; an a priori argument.
- The investigation of things by the analogy they bear to each other.
- (philosophy) The belief that the world consists of separate entities that follow certain rules or universal forces.
- (linguistics) The belief that grammar is not arbitrary, but follows rules and patterns.
noun
- a point asserted as part of an argument
- a contentious speech act; a dispute where there is strong disagreement
- the act of competing as for profit or a prize
- A point maintained in an argument, or a line of argument taken in its support; the subject matter of discussion of strife; a position taken or contended for.
- Argument, contest, debate, strife, struggle.
- (computing, telecommunications) Competition by parts of a system or its users for a limited resource.
noun
- (logic) Something self-evident that can be assumed as the basis of an argument.
- The act of postulating or something postulated.
- a formal message requesting something that is submitted to an authority
- (logic) a declaration of something self-evident; something that can be assumed as the basis for argument
verb
- (of a proposition) seem to be true, probable, or apparent
- appear as a character on stage or appear in a play, etc.
- come into sight or view
- be issued or published
- present oneself formally, as before a (judicial) authority
- come into being or existence, or appear on the scene
- give a certain impression of being something or having a certain aspect
- (transitive) To bring into view
- (intransitive) To come before the public.
- (intransitive) To become visible to the apprehension of the mind; to be known as a subject of observation or comprehension, or as a thing proved; to be obvious or manifest.
- (intransitive) To stand in presence of some authority, tribunal, or superior person, to answer a charge, plead a cause, etc.; to present oneself as a party or advocate before a court, or as a person to be tried.
- (intransitive, copulative) To seem; to have a certain semblance; to look.
- (intransitive) To come or be in sight; to be in view; to become visible.
verb
- (transitive) To justify by providing evidence.
- show to be right by providing justification or proof
- (transitive) To be proven reasonable, correct, or justified.
- (transitive) To maintain or defend (a cause) against opposition.
- (transitive) To provide justification for.
- (transitive) To clear of an accusation, suspicion or criticism.
- (transitive) To lay claim to; to assert a right to; to claim.
- maintain, uphold, or defend
- clear of accusation, blame, suspicion, or doubt with supporting proof
verb
- To make a premise.
- To state or assume something as a proposition to an argument.
- To set forth beforehand, or as introductory to the main subject; to offer previously, as something to explain or aid in understanding what follows.
- To send before the time, or beforehand; hence, to cause to be before something else; to employ previously.
- furnish with a preface or introduction
- take something as preexisting and given
- set forth beforehand, often as an explanation
noun
- (authorship) The fundamental concept that drives the plot of a film or other story.
- (usually in the plural, law) Matters previously stated or set forth; especially, that part in the beginning of a deed, the office of which is to express the grantor and grantee, and the land or thing granted or conveyed, and all that precedes the habendum; the thing demised or granted.
- (usually in the plural) A piece of real estate; a building and its adjuncts.
- (logic) Any of the first propositions of a syllogism, from which the conclusion is deduced.
- A proposition antecedently supposed or proved; something previously stated or assumed as the basis of further argument; a condition; a supposition.
- a statement that is assumed to be true and from which a conclusion can be drawn
verb
- To assume as a truthful or accurate premise or axiom, especially as a basis of an argument.
- (ambitransitive, Christianity, historical) To appoint or request one's appointment to an ecclesiastical office.
- take as a given; assume as a postulate or axiom
- maintain or assert
- require as useful, just, or proper
adj
noun
- (logic) An axiom.
- A fundamental element; a basic principle.
- A requirement; a prerequisite.
- Something assumed without proof as being self-evident or generally accepted, especially when used as a basis for an argument. Sometimes distinguished from axioms as being relevant to a particular science or context, rather than universally true, and following from other axioms rather than being an absolute assumption.
- (logic) a proposition that is accepted as true in order to provide a basis for logical reasoning
verb
- constitute reasonable evidence for
- take upon oneself; act presumptuously, without permission
- take to be the case or to be true; accept without verification or proof
- take liberties or act with too much confidence
- (transitive) To assume or suggest to be true (without proof); to take for granted, to suppose.
- (intransitive) To impose (on) for one's advantage; to be presumptuous; to take advantage (of); to take liberties (with) [with on or upon].
- (transitive) To be so presumptuous as (to do something) without proper authority or permission [with to (+ infinitive)].
- (transitive) To take as a premise; to assume for the sake of argument.
verb
noun
verb
- imagine to be the case or true or probable
- hold in suspicion; believe to be guilty
- regard as untrustworthy; regard with suspicion; have no faith or confidence in
- (transitive) To believe (someone) to be guilty.
- (transitive) To distrust or have doubts about (something or someone).
- (transitive) To imagine or suppose (something) to be true, or to exist, without proof.
- (intransitive) To have suspicion.
adj
noun
verb
- furnish a justifying analysis or explanation
- keep an account of
- to give an account or representation of in words
- be the sole or primary factor in the existence, acquisition, supply, or disposal of something
- (intransitive) To give a satisfactory reason for; to explain.
- (intransitive) To establish the location for someone.
- (transitive) To estimate, consider (something to be as described).
- (intransitive) To give a satisfactory evaluation for (one's actions, behaviour etc.); to answer for.
- (intransitive) To cause the death, capture, or destruction of someone or something (+ for).
- (intransitive) To consider that.
- Used in phrasal verbs: account for, account of, account to.
- (intransitive) To give a satisfactory evaluation for financial transactions, money received etc.
noun
- importance or value
- a record or narrative description of past events
- a formal contractual relationship established to provide for regular banking or brokerage or business services
- the quality of taking advantage
- a statement that makes something comprehensible by describing the relevant structure or operation or circumstances etc.
- grounds
- a statement of recent transactions and the resulting balance
- a short account of the news
- the act of informing by verbal report
- an itemized statement of money owed for goods shipped or services rendered
- An estimate or estimation; valuation; judgment.
- A reason, grounds, consideration, motive; a person's sake.
- (banking) A bank account.
- (uncountable) Profit; advantage.
- Importance; worth; value; esteem; judgement.
- A record of events; a relation or narrative.
- Authorization as a specific registered user in accessing a system.
- (accounting) A registry of pecuniary transactions; a written or printed statement of business dealings or debts and credits, and also of other things subjected to a reckoning or review.
- A statement in general of reasons, causes, grounds, etc., explanatory of some event; a reason of an action to be done.
verb
- show to be right by providing justification or proof
- adjust the spaces between words
- (used of God) declare innocent; absolve from the penalty of sin
- (transitive) To absolve, and declare to be free of blame or sin.
- (transitive, typography) To arrange (text) on a page or a computer screen such that the left and right ends of all lines within paragraphs are aligned.
- (transitive) To provide an acceptable explanation for.
- (reflexive) To give reasons for one’s actions; to make an argument to prove that one is in the right.
- (law) To qualify (oneself) as a surety by taking oath to the ownership of sufficient property.
- (law) To show (a person) to have had a sufficient legal reason for an act that has been made the subject of a charge or accusation.
- (transitive) To prove; to ratify; to confirm.
- (transitive) To be a good reason behind a normally-unacceptable action; to warrant.
adj
- (of an argument) Convincing.
- (specifically) Having a high alcoholic content.
- (chemistry) That completely ionizes into anions and cations in a solution.
- Having an offensive or intense odor or flavor.
- Capable of withstanding great physical force.
- (loosely) Possessing power, might, or strength.
- (military) Not easily subdued or taken.
- (slang, US) Impressive, good.
- Determined; unyielding.
- Highly stimulating to the senses.
- Having a specified number of people or units.
- (grammar) Inflecting in a different manner than the one called weak, such as Germanic verbs which change vowels.
- Having a high concentration of an essential or active ingredient.
- Having wealth or resources.
- (of a disease or symptom) Severe; very bad or intense.
- Capable of producing great physical force.
- (mathematics, logic) Having a wide range of logical consequences; widely applicable. (Often contrasted with a weak statement which it implies.)
- having strength or power greater than average or expected
- strong and sure
- having a strong physiological or chemical effect
- being distilled rather than fermented; having a high alcoholic content
- immune to attack; incapable of being tampered with
- of verbs not having standard (or regular) inflection
- having or wielding force or authority
- freshly made or left
- not faint or feeble
- of good quality and condition; solidly built
adv
adj
- plausible but false
- based on pretense; deceptively pleasing
- Employing fallacious but deceptively plausible arguments; deceitful.
- Seemingly well-reasoned, plausible or true, but actually fallacious.
- Alternative form of speciose (“rich in species”).
- Having an attractive appearance intended to generate a favorable response; deceptively attractive.
adj
- Logically capable of being proven false.
- Capable of being faked or forged.
- (epistemology) The demarcation criterion between scientific and non-scientific statements proposed by Karl Popper. In order to be ranked as scientific, statements or systems of statements must be contradicted by an intersubjective singular existential statement, also called a basic statement, and not be contradicted by another, that is, they must also be logically possible.
- capable of being tested (verified or falsified) by experiment or observation
adj
noun
adj
- Well-grounded or justifiable, pertinent.
- (logic) Of an argument: whose conclusion is always true whenever its premises are true.
- (Christianity, theology) Genuine - as distinguished from efficient or regular - sacrament.
- Acceptable, proper or correct; in accordance with the rules.
- Related to the current topic, or presented within context, relevant.
- (logic) Of a formula or system: such that it evaluates to true regardless of the input values.
- still legally acceptable
- well grounded in logic or truth or having legal force
adj
noun
adj
- shown to be valid beyond a reasonable doubt
- conforming with accepted standards
- brought about or set up or accepted; especially long established
- introduced from another region and persisting without cultivation
- settled securely and unconditionally
- Of any social or economic entity: part of the establishment (“groups with socioeconomic power”).
- Of a religion, church etc.: formally recognized by a state as being official within that area.
- (Model, procedure, disease) Explicitly defined, described or recognized as a reference.
- Having been in existence for a long time and therefore recognized and generally accepted.
verb
adj
- logically valid
- in good condition; free from defect or damage or decay
- in excellent physical condition
- free from moral defect
- vigorous or severe
- complete; thorough
- (of sleep) deep and complete
- financially secure and safe
- having legal efficacy or force
- exercising or showing good judgment
- Founded in law; legal; valid; not defective.
- (of sleep) Quiet and deep.
- Heavy; laid on with force.
- (British, Ireland, slang) Good; acceptable; decent.
- Complete, solid, or secure.
- Healthy.
- (mathematics, logic) Having the property of soundness.
noun
- (phonetics) an individual sound unit of speech without concern as to whether or not it is a phoneme of some language
- the subjective sensation of hearing something
- mechanical vibrations transmitted by an elastic medium
- a narrow channel of the sea joining two larger bodies of water
- a large ocean inlet or deep bay
- the particular auditory effect produced by a given cause
- the audible part of a transmitted signal
- the sudden occurrence of an audible event
- (music) A distinctive style and sonority of a particular musician, orchestra etc.
- (geography) A long narrow inlet, or a strait between the mainland and an island; also, a strait connecting two seas, or connecting a sea or lake with the ocean.
- A sensation perceived by the ear caused by the vibration of air or some other medium.
- (phonetics) A segment as a part of spoken language, the smallest unit of spoken language, a speech sound.
- Noise without meaning; empty noise.
- (medicine) A long, thin probe for sounding or dilating body cavities or canals such as the urethra; a sonde.
- The air bladder of a fish.
- Earshot, distance within which a certain noise may be heard.
- A vibration capable of causing such sensations.
verb
- appear in a certain way
- cause to sound
- announce by means of a sound
- utter with vibrating vocal chords
- give off a certain sound or sounds
- measure the depth of (a body of water) with a sounding line
- make a certain noise or sound
- (intransitive) To produce a sound.
- (intransitive) Of a whale, to dive downwards.
- (transitive) To cause to produce a sound.
- (medicine) To examine with the instrument called a sound or sonde, or by auscultation or percussion.
- To fathom or test; to ascertain the depth of water with a sounding line or other device.
- (intransitive) To be conveyed in sound; to be spread or published; to convey intelligence by sound.
- (intransitive, law, often with in) To arise or to be recognizable as arising in or from a particular area of law, or as likely to result in a particular kind of legal remedy.
- To ascertain, or to try to ascertain, the thoughts, motives, and purposes of (a person); to examine; to try; to test; to probe.
- (transitive, phonetics, of a vowel or consonant) To pronounce.
- (copulative) To convey an impression by one's sound.
adv
intj
adj
- An argument or assertion with little in the way of substance or supporting evidence.
- In poor condition; damaged, shabby; also, poorly equipped or provided for, inadequate, meagre, scanty.
- Of an argument, excuse, etc.: used so often that it is no longer effective or interesting; banal, clichéd, trite.
- Of cloth, clothing, furnishings, etc.: frayed and worn to an extent that the nap is damaged and the warp and weft threads show; shabby, worn-out.
- having the nap worn away so that the threads show through
- repeated too often; overfamiliar through overuse
adj
- Being a style of argument in which a person presents their reasoning as categorically true, even if it is not necessarily so.
- Incontrovertible; demonstrably true or certain.
- (Biblical studies, theology) Absolute and without explanation, as in a command from God like "Thou shalt not kill!"
- of a proposition; necessarily true or logically certain