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noun
- the activity of communicating; the activity of conveying information
- A message; the essential data transferred in an act of communication.
- The act or fact of communicating anything; transmission.
- something that is communicated by or to or between people or groups
- a connection allowing access between persons or places
- An instance of information transfer; a conversation or discourse.
- A passageway or opening between two locations; connection.
- (rhetoric) A trope by which a speaker assumes that his hearer is a partner in his sentiments, and says "we" instead of "I" or "you".
- The body of all data transferred to one or both parties during an act of communication.
- Participation in Holy Communion.
- (anatomy) A connection between two tissues, organs, or cavities.
- (uncountable) The concept or state of exchanging data or information between entities.
verb
- To act as an intermediary causal or communicative agent; to convey.
- To divide into two equal parts.
- (intransitive) To intervene between conflicting parties in order to resolve differences or bring about a settlement.
- To communicate via media; to frame; to provide a cultural narrative about.
- To act as a spiritualistic medium.
- (transitive) To resolve differences, or to bring about a settlement, between conflicting parties.
- occupy an intermediate or middle position or form a connecting link or stage between two others
- act between parties with a view to reconciling differences
adj
verb
- communicate
- use jointly or in common
- have in common
- give out as one's portion or share
- have, give, or receive a share of
- To tell to another.
- (networking) To allow public or private sharing of resources in a network, or content on social media.
- To have or use in common.
- To give part of what one has to somebody else to use or consume.
- To divide and distribute.
noun
- the effort contributed by a person in bringing about a result
- the allotment of some amount by dividing something
- assets belonging to or due to or contributed by an individual person or group
- a sharp steel wedge that cuts loose the top layer of soil
- any of the equal portions into which the capital stock of a corporation is divided and ownership of which is evidenced by a stock certificate
- A portion of something, especially a portion given or allotted to someone.
- (finance) A financial instrument that shows that one owns a part of a company that provides the benefit of limited liability.
- (social media) The action of sharing something with other people via social media.
- (computing) A configuration enabling a resource to be shared over a network.
- (anatomy) The sharebone or pubis.
- (agriculture) The cutting blade of an agricultural machine like a plough, a cultivator or a seeding-machine.
noun
adj
noun
verb
noun
- the intended meaning of a communication
- animation and energy in action or expression
- the state of a person's emotions (especially with regard to pleasure or dejection)
- the vital principle or animating force within living things
- any incorporeal supernatural being that can become visible (or audible) to human beings
- the general atmosphere of a place or situation and the effect that it has on people
- a fundamental emotional and activating principle determining one's character
- an inclination or tendency of a certain kind
- Energy; ardour.
- (usually in the plural) A volatile liquid, such as alcohol. The plural form spirits is a generic term for distilled alcoholic beverages.
- A supernatural being, often but not exclusively without physical form; ghost, fairy, angel.
- Intent; real meaning; opposed to the letter, or formal statement.
- (dyeing) Stannic chloride.
- One who is vivacious or lively; one who evinces great activity or peculiar characteristics of mind or temper.
- The manner or style of something.
- (often in the plural) Temper or disposition of mind; mental condition or disposition; intellectual or moral state.
- (philosophy, Hegelian) The essence behind historical development of both individual and society evolving towards the Absolute.
- The soul of a person or other creature.
- Enthusiasm.
verb
noun
- The establishment of communication (with).
- a communicative interaction
- a channel for communication between groups
- Someone who can be contacted, or with whom one is in communication.
- A nodule designed to connect a device with something else.
- The situation of being within sight of something; visual contact.
- (by extension) A means of communication with a person, especially in the form of a telephone number.
- The act of touching physically; being in close association.
- (mining) The plane between two adjacent bodies of dissimilar rock.
- (informal) A contact lens.
- (informal, by ellipsis) Contact juggling.
- (electricity) A device designed for repetitive connections.
- close interaction
- the physical coming together of two or more things
- a thin curved glass or plastic lens designed to fit over the cornea in order to correct vision or to deliver medication
- the state or condition of touching or of being in immediate proximity
- a person who is in a position to give you special assistance
- the act of touching physically
- (electronics) a junction where things (as two electrical conductors) touch or are in physical contact
verb
noun
- communication between individuals
- sexual activity between individuals, especially the insertion of a man's penis into a woman's vagina until orgasm and ejaculation occur
- Dealings with people, including commerce and trade.
- Communication, conversation.
- Dealings between countries.
- Sexual intercourse, especially that involving humans and especially penile-vaginal interconnection.
verb
noun
- the central message of a communication
- an individual 3-dimensional object that has mass and that is distinguishable from other objects
- a natural object consisting of a dead animal or person
- a group of persons associated by some common tie or occupation and regarded as an entity
- a collection of particulars considered as a system
- the entire physical structure of an organism (an animal, plant, or human being)
- the external structure of a vehicle
- a resonating chamber in a musical instrument (as the body of a violin)
- the property of holding together and retaining its shape
- the main mass of a thing
- the body excluding the head and neck and limbs
- The fleshly or corporeal nature of a human, as opposed to the spirit or soul.
- (architecture, of a church) nave.
- (geometry) A three-dimensional object, such as a cube or cone.
- (sociology) A human being, regarded as marginalized or oppressed.
- Main section.
- The largest or most important part of anything, as distinct from its appendages or accessories; (of vehicles, sometimes) the outer shell (as contrasted with the frame and powertrain).
- A unified collection of details, knowledge or information.
- An organisation, company or other authoritative group.
- (archaic or informal except in compounds) A person.
- (uncountable) Substance; physical presence.
- (countable) The physical structure of a human or animal seen as one single organism.
- The torso, the main structure of a human or animal frame excluding the extremities (limbs, head, tail).
- (programming) The code of a subroutine, contrasted to its signature and parameters.
- An agglomeration of some substance, especially one that would be otherwise uncountable.
- The content of a letter, message, or other printed or electronic document, as distinct from signatures, salutations, headers, and so on.
- (printing) The shank of a type, or the depth of the shank (by which the size is indicated).
- A group of people having a common purpose or opinion; a mass.
- (countable) Any physical object or material thing.
- (uncountable) Comparative viscosity, solidity or substance (in wine, colours etc.).
- (countable) A corpse.
verb
verb
- To communicate; to make known; to portray.
- transmit or serve as the medium for transmission
- To move (something) from one place to another.
- (law) To transfer legal rights (to).
- (of information) make known; pass on
- take something or somebody with oneself somewhere
- transfer to another
- transmit a title or property
- serve as a means for expressing something
- go or come after and bring or take back
adj
noun
verb
- attempt to communicate
- reach outward in space
- move forward or upward in order to touch; also in a metaphorical sense
- (intransitive, originally business, followed by to) To try to contact someone, especially in order to give or get information, help, support, etc.
- (intransitive) To ask for help.
- (intransitive) To make more friends, to increase one's group of friends or acquaintances.
- (intransitive) To extend one's hand(s) forward; to reach for something.
noun
- a communicative interaction
- the event of something coming in contact with the body
- the feel of mechanical action
- the faculty by which external objects or forces are perceived through contact with the body (especially the hands)
- deftness in handling matters
- a slight attack of illness
- the act of soliciting money (as a gift or loan)
- a slight but appreciable amount
- the act of putting two things together with no space between them
- a distinguishing style
- a suggestion of some quality
- the sensation produced by pressure receptors in the skin
- The ability to perform a task well; aptitude.
- (slang) An act of borrowing or stealing something; a request for money.
- (Australian rules football) A disposal of the ball during a game, i.e. a kick or a handball.
- A little bit; a small amount.
- Form; standard of performance.
- (chiefly Australia) touch football (a variant of rugby league that does not involve tackling)
- The part of a sports field beyond the touchlines or goal-lines.
- (shipbuilding) The broadest part of a plank worked top and but, or of one worked anchor-stock fashion (that is, tapered from the middle to both ends); also, the angles of the stern timbers at the counters.
- A single stroke on a drawing or a picture.
- (uncountable, in set phrases) A relationship of close communication or understanding.
- (bell-ringing) A set of changes less than the total possible on seven bells, i.e. less than 5,040.
- An act of touching, especially with the hand or finger.
- The faculty or sense of perception by physical contact.
- The children's game of tag.
- The style or technique with which one plays a musical instrument.
- A distinguishing feature or characteristic.
- (music) The particular or characteristic mode of action, or the resistance of the keys of an instrument to the fingers.
- (slang) The extent to which a person is interested or affected; the amount of outlay on something.
verb
- color lightly
- cause to be in brief contact with
- to extend as far as
- comprehend
- make a more or less disguised reference to
- consume
- be in direct physical contact with; make contact
- tamper with
- make physical contact with, come in contact with
- affect emotionally
- have an effect upon
- perceive via the tactile sense
- deal with; usually used with a form of negation
- be relevant to
- be equal to in quality or ability
- (intransitive) Of a ship or its passengers: to land, to make a short stop (at).
- (transitive, slang) To obtain money from, usually by borrowing (from a friend).
- To have sexual intercourse with
- (nautical) To keep the ship as near (the wind) as possible.
- (transitive) To make intimate physical contact with a person.
- (transitive) To make physical contact with; to bring the hand, finger or other part of the body into contact with.
- (transitive, now historical) To lay hands on (someone suffering from scrofula) as a form of cure, as formerly practised by English and French monarchs.
- (transitive) To affect emotionally; to bring about tender or painful feelings in.
- (transitive, in negative constructions) To be on the level of; to approach in excellence or quality.
- To try; to prove, as with a touchstone.
- (transitive) To cause to be briefly in physical contact with something.
- To perform, as a tune; to play.
- (nautical) To bring (a sail) so close to the wind that its weather leech shakes.
- (intransitive) To make physical contact with a thing.
- (transitive) To physically disturb; to interfere with, molest, or attempt to harm through contact.
- (transitive, Scottish history) To give royal assent to by touching it with the sceptre.
- To strike; to manipulate; to play on.
- (transitive) To begin to consume, or otherwise use.
- (transitive) To come into (involuntary) contact with; to meet or intersect.
- (intransitive) To come into physical contact, or to be in physical contact.
- (intransitive) To deal with in speech or writing; briefly to speak or write (on or upon something).
- (transitive, reflexive or rarely intransitive) To sexually excite with the fingers; to finger or masturbate.
- (transitive) To imbue or endow with a specific quality.
- (transitive, always passive) To disturb the mental functions of; to make somewhat insane; often followed with "in the head".
- (transitive) To physically affect in specific ways implied by context.
- (transitive, computing) To mark (a file or document) as having been modified.
- To mark or delineate with touches; to add a slight stroke to with the pencil or brush.
- (intransitive, nautical) To be brought, as a sail, so close to the wind that its weather leech shakes.
- To influence by impulse; to impel forcibly.
- (transitive) To come close to; to approach.
- (transitive) To concern, to have to do with.
noun
- a means or agency by which something is expressed or communicated
- expressing in coherent verbal form
- A term used in phonetics and phonology to characterize speech sounds, with sounds described as either voiceless (unvoiced) or voiced.
- the distinctive quality or pitch or condition of a person's speech
- something suggestive of speech in being a medium of expression
- an advocate who represents someone else's policy or purpose
- (metonymy) a singer
- the melody carried by a particular voice or instrument in polyphonic music
- a sound suggestive of a vocal utterance
- the sound made by the vibration of vocal folds modified by the resonance of the vocal tract
- (linguistics) the grammatical relation (active or passive) of the grammatical subject of a verb to the action that the verb denotes
- the ability to speak
- (grammar) A particular way of inflecting or conjugating verbs, or a particular form of a verb, which indicates the relation of the subject of the verb to the action which the verb expresses.
- (literature) A particular style or way of writing that expresses a certain tone or feeling.
- (music) In harmony, an independent vocal or instrumental part in a piece of composition.
- Sound uttered by the mouth, especially by human beings in speech or song; sound thus uttered considered as possessing some special quality or character.
- One who speaks; a speaker.
- (Internet, IRC) A flag associated with a user on a channel, determining whether they can send messages to the channel.
- The tone or sound emitted by an object.
- (figurative) An expressed opinion, choice, will, desire, or wish; the right or ability to make such expression or to have it considered.
- (phonetics) Sound made through vibration of the vocal cords; sonant, or intonated, utterance; tone; — distinguished from mere breath sound as heard in whispering and voiceless consonants.
- The faculty or power of utterance.
- That which is communicated; message; meaning.
verb
- give voice to
- utter with vibrating vocal chords
- (television, film) To act as a voice actor to portray a character.
- (transitive) To give utterance or expression to; to utter; to publish; to announce
- (transitive) To fit for producing the proper sounds; to regulate the tone of
- (transitive, Internet, IRC) To assign the voice flag to a user on IRC, permitting them to send messages to the channel.
- (transitive, phonology) To utter audibly, with tone and not just breath.
verb
- communicate successfully
- travel across or pass over
- become clear or enter one's consciousness or emotions
- (transitive, slang) To annoy (someone); to get on someone's bad side.
- (transitive) To make an idea evident; to successfully explain a thought or feeling; put over.
- (transitive, intransitive) To cross; to move from one side (of something) to the other, literally or figuratively.
verb
- communicate successfully
- hold back to a later time
- (professional wrestling slang) To increase the popularity or prove the legitimacy of another wrestler, usually by losing to them.
- To state or explain (a concept) in a clear, understandable manner.
- (rugby) To make a decisive pass to a teammate so they can score a try.
- To portray or present.
noun
- Communication between two parties or groups.
- a channel for communication between groups
- A relayer of information between two forces in an army or during war.
- A tryst; a romantic meeting.
- (figuratively) An illicit sexual relationship or affair.
- (cooking) A thickening for sauces, typically based on egg yolks.
- Any person who relays information between two groups or organizations.
- (phonology) The pronunciation of a normally silent final consonant when the next word begins with a vowel.
- (phonology) Fusion of two consecutive words and the manner in which this occurs.
- Cooperation, working together.
- a usually secretive or illicit sexual relationship
verb
noun
- medium for communication
- an electronic receiver that detects and demodulates and amplifies transmitted signals
- a communication system based on broadcasting electromagnetic waves
- (uncountable) The technology that allows for the transmission of sound or other signals by modulation of electromagnetic waves.
- (countable) A device that can transmit radio signals.
- (Internet, uncountable) The continuous broadcasting of sound via the Internet in the style of traditional radio.
- (countable) A device that can capture (receive) the signal sent over radio waves and render the modulated signal as sound.
- (countable) Any audio playing device, such as the on-board entertainment system in a car, usually including a radio receiver as well as the capability to play audio from recorded media; see also car radio.
adj
verb
noun
- medium for communication
- an electronic receiver that detects and demodulates and amplifies transmitted signals
- a communication system based on broadcasting electromagnetic waves
- transmission by radio waves
- (uncountable) The medium of radio communication.
- (uncountable, networking) A wireless connectivity to a computer network.
adj
verb
noun
- a formal or official social gathering or ceremony
- the actions and activities assigned to or required or expected of a person or group
- a relation such that one thing is dependent on another
- a formal or official social gathering or ceremony of people
- what something is used for
- (mathematics) a mathematical relation such that each element of a given set (the domain of the function) is associated with an element of another set (the range of the function)
- a set sequence of steps, part of larger computer program
- (anthropology) The role of a social practice in the continued existence of the group.
- Something which is dependent on or stems from another thing; a result or concomitant.
- An official or social occasion.
- What something does or is used for.
- A professional or official position.
- (slang) A party.
- (chemistry) The characteristic behavior of a chemical compound.
- (mathematics) A relation in which each element of the domain is associated with exactly one element of the codomain.
- (biology) The physiological activity of an organ or body part.
- (computing) A routine that receives zero or more arguments and may return a result.
- A relation where one thing is dependent on another for its existence, value, or significance.
verb
- serve a purpose, role, or function
- put the ball into play
- devote (part of) one's life or efforts to, as of countries, institutions, or ideas
- do military service
- deliver a warrant or summons to someone
- promote, benefit, or be useful or beneficial to
- mate with
- provide (usually but not necessarily food)
- be sufficient; be adequate, either in quality or quantity
- be used by; as of a utility
- do duty or hold offices; serve in a specific function
- contribute or conduce to
- spend time in prison or in a labor camp
- help to some food; help with food or drink
- work for, or be a servant to
- (intransitive, factive) To render service by being a servant, worker, employee, or officeholder; to hold those roles and perform their duties.
- (intransitive) To usefully take the place as, instead of something else.
- (ambitransitive, slang, drugs) To provide crack cocaine (to), usually by selling, dealing, or distributing.
- (transitive) To wait upon (someone) at table; to set food and drink in front of, to help (someone) to food, meals etc.
- (intransitive) To present an attractive personal appearance.
- (transitive) To perform (a public obligation).
- (transitive) To copulate with (of male animals); to cover.
- (transitive) To be a servant for; to work for, to be employed by.
- To officially deliver (a legal notice, summons etc.).
- To make legal service upon (a person named in a writ, summons, etc.)
- (intransitive) To have a given use or purpose; to function for something or to do something.
- (transitive) To evoke (something, especially a person) with one's personal appearance.
- (transitive, military) To work, to operate (a weapon).
- (transitive) To work through (a given period of time in prison, a sentence).
- (transitive) To set down (food or drink) on the table to be eaten; to bring (food, drink) to a person.
- (transitive, intransitive, sports) To lead off with the first delivery over the net in tennis, volleyball, ping pong, badminton etc.
- (transitive) To be a formal servant for (a god or deity); to worship in an official capacity.
- (nautical) To wind spun yarn etc. tightly around (a rope or cable, etc.) so as to protect it from chafing or from the weather.
- (transitive) To attractively display (something, especially a body part) as part of one's personal appearance.
- (intransitive) To be in military service.
- (transitive) To be useful to; to meet the needs of.
noun
noun
- The art/study of governing, controlling automatic processes and communication.
- The theory/science of communication and control in living organisms or machines.
- Technology related to computers and the Internet.
- (biology) the field of science concerned with processes of communication and control (especially the comparison of these processes in biological and artificial systems)
noun
- the first section of a communication
- 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
- 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.
- The act or process of introducing.
verb
- transmit or serve as the medium for transmission
- pursue a line of scent or be a bearer
- include as the content; broadcast or publicize
- include, as on a list
- support or hold in a certain manner
- have or possess something abstract
- sing or play against other voices or parts
- contain or hold; have within
- be able to feed
- behave in a certain manner; show a certain behavior; conduct or comport oneself
- secure the passage or adoption (of bills and motions)
- be pregnant with
- win approval or support for
- propel or give impetus to
- transfer (a number, cipher, or remainder) to the next column or unit's place before or after, in addition or multiplication
- have on the surface or on the skin
- transfer (entries) from one account book to another
- extend to a certain degree
- pass on a communication
- cover a certain distance or advance beyond
- have with oneself; have on one's person
- serve as a means for expressing something
- drink alcohol without showing ill effects
- be successful in
- have as an inherent or characteristic feature or have as a consequence
- be conveyed over a certain distance
- move while supporting, either in a vehicle or in one's hands or on one's body
- compensate for a weaker partner or member by one's own performance
- capture after a fight
- be necessarily associated with or result in or involve
- keep up with financial support
- win in an election
- be equipped with (a mast or sail)
- propel
- take further or advance
- have on hand
- continue or extend
- bear or be able to bear the weight, pressure,or responsibility of
- have a certain range
- bear (a crop)
- To contain; to comprise; have a particular aspect; to show or exhibit
- (transitive) To stock or supply (something); to have in store.
- To succeed in (e.g. a contest); to succeed in; to win.
- To hold the head; said of a horse.
- (transitive) To notionally transfer from one place (such as a country, book, or column) to another.
- (reflexive) To bear (oneself); to behave or conduct.
- (transitive) To convey by extension or continuance; to extend.
- (transitive) To adopt (something); take (something) over.
- (slang, transitive) To insult, to diss.
- (transitive) To have on one’s person.
- (Southern US) To physically transport (in the general sense, not necessarily by lifting)
- (intransitive) To have a weapon on one's person; to be armed.
- (Canada, US) To bear a firearm, such as a gun.
- (transitive) To adopt or resolve on, especially in a deliberative assembly
- (transitive) To have, hold, possess or maintain (something).
- (gaming, sports) (transitive or, rarely, intransitive) To be disproportionately responsible for a team's success or for counteracting teammates' underperformance.
- (transitive, nautical) To capture a ship by coming alongside and boarding.
- (transitive, sports) To transport (the ball) whilst maintaining possession.
- To bear or uphold successfully, especially through conflict, for example a leader or principle
- To bear the charges or burden of holding or having, as stocks, merchandise, etc., from one time to another.
- (transitive) To lead or guide.
- To have propulsive power; to propel.
- (hunting) To have earth or frost stick to the feet when running, as a hare.
- To be pregnant (with).
- (intransitive) To be transmitted; to travel.
- (intransitive, cricket) For the ball, having been hit in the air, to reach a fielder without touching the ground (whether or not the fielder catches it).
- (transitive) To lift (something) and take it to another place; to transport (something) by lifting.
- (transitive, arithmetic) In an addition, to transfer the quantity in excess of what is countable in the units in a column to the column immediately to the left in order to be added there.
noun
- the act of carrying something
- (computing) The bit or digit that is carried in an addition operation.
- (golf) The distance travelled by the ball when struck, until it hits the ground.
- (finance) Carried interest.
- (UK, dialect) The sky; cloud-drift.
- A tract of land over which boats or goods are carried between two bodies of navigable water; a portage.
- (finance) The benefit or cost of owning an asset over time.
- A manner of transporting or lifting something; the grip or position in which something is carried.
verb
- transmit or serve as the medium for transmission
- direct the flow of
- send from one person or place to another
- (transitive) To follow as a model, especially in a performance.
- (transitive, of a spirit, as of a dead person) To serve as a medium for.
- (transitive) To direct or guide along a desired course.
- (transitive) To make or cut a channel or groove in.
noun
- a long narrow furrow cut either by a natural process (such as erosion) or by a tool (as e.g. a groove in a phonograph record)
- a passage for water (or other fluids) to flow through
- (often plural) a means of communication or access
- a path over which electrical signals can pass
- a way of selling a company's product either directly or via distributors
- a deep and relatively narrow body of water (as in a river or a harbor or a strait linking two larger bodies) that allows the best passage for vessels
- a bodily passage or tube lined with epithelial cells and conveying a secretion or other substance
- a television station and its programs
- (communication) A path for conveying electrical or electromagnetic signals, usually distinguished from other parallel paths.
- The natural or man-made deeper course through a reef, bar, bay, or any shallow body of water.
- (biochemistry) An ion channel: pore-forming proteins located in a cell membrane that allow specific ions to pass through.
- (communication) The part that connects a data source to a data sink.
- (electronics) A connection between initiating and terminating nodes of a circuit.
- The navigable part of a river.
- (communication) A single path provided by a transmission medium via spectral or protocol separation, such as by frequency or time-division multiplexing.
- The part of a turbine pump where the pressure is built up.
- A gutter; a groove, as in a fluted column.
- (storage) The portion of a storage medium, such as a track or a band, that is accessible to a given reading or writing station or head.
- (nautical) The wale of a sailing ship which projects beyond the gunwale and to which the shrouds attach via the chains. One of the flat ledges of heavy plank bolted edgewise to the outside of a vessel, to increase the spread of the shrouds and carry them clear of the bulwarks.
- Something through which another thing passes; a means of conveying or transmitting.
- (communication) A single path provided by a transmission medium via physical separation, such as by multipair cable.
- A narrow body of water between two land masses.
- (broadcasting) A specific radio frequency or band of frequencies used for transmitting television.
- A psychic or medium who temporarily takes on the personality of somebody else.
- (electronics) The narrow conducting portion of a MOSFET transistor.
- (Internet, historical) A means of delivering up-to-date Internet content via a push mechanism.
- (construction, mechanical engineering) A structural member with a cross section shaped like a squared-off letter C.
- The hollow bed of running waters; (also) the bed of the sea or other body of water.
- (business, marketing) A distribution channel.
- (Internet) A particular area for conversations on an IRC or similar network, analogous to a chat room and often dedicated to a specific topic.
- (broadcasting) A specific radio frequency or band of frequencies, usually in conjunction with a predetermined letter, number, or codeword, and allocated by international agreement.
verb
- transmit or serve as the medium for transmission
- take somebody somewhere
- behave in a certain manner; show a certain behavior; conduct or comport oneself
- lead musicians in the performance of
- lead, as in the performance of a composition
- direct the course of; manage or control
- (transitive) To serve as a medium for conveying; to transmit (heat, light, electricity, etc.)
- (transitive) To lead; to direct; to be in charge of (people or tasks)
- (transitive, music) To direct, as the leader in the performance of a musical composition.
- (transitive, reflexive) To behave.
- (intransitive) To act as a conductor (as of heat, electricity, etc.); to carry.
- (transitive) To carry out (something organized)
noun
- (behavioral attributes) the way a person behaves toward other people
- manner of acting or controlling yourself
- Skillful guidance or management.
- (of a literary work) Plot.
- (Anglicanism, obsolete outside fixed titles) A priest hired to hold services without secure title; now a chaplain.
- The act or method of controlling or directing.
- Behaviour; the manner of behaving.
verb
- transmit or serve as the medium for transmission
- bestow a quality on
- transmit (knowledge or skills)
- (transitive) To obtain a share of; to partake of.
- (transitive) To make known; to show (by speech, writing etc.).
- (intransitive) To hold a conference or consultation.
- (transitive) To give a part or to share.
- (transitive) To give or bestow (e.g. a quality or property).
verb
- transmit or serve as the medium for transmission
- broadcast over the airwaves, as in radio or television
- transfer to another
- send from one person or place to another
- (transitive) To spread or pass on (something such as a disease or a signal).
- (transitive) To convey or conduct (energy or force) through a mechanism or medium.
- (transitive, intransitive) To communicate (news or information, especially electronically).
- (transitive) To send or convey from one person, place or thing to another.
- (intransitive) To go out; to be sent, conveyed, spread, passed on, or communicated.
- (transitive, intransitive) To send out (a signal, as opposed to receive).
- (transitive) To impart, convey or hand down by inheritance or heredity.
verb
- be in or establish communication with
- finish a task completely
- spend or pass, as with boredom or in a pleasant manner; of time
- succeed in reaching a real or abstract destination after overcoming problems
- become clear or enter one's consciousness or emotions
- (informal, intransitive, transitive) To communicate successfully across a barrier; to make contact, or get one's point across; to reach the addressee with difficulty.
- (informal, transitive) To use up; to expend.
- (informal, transitive) To complete; to finish.
- (informal, transitive) To overcome; to endure.
verb
- be in or establish communication with
- reach a destination, either real or abstract
- move forward or upward in order to touch; also in a metaphorical sense
- to extend as far as
- to exert much effort or energy
- to gain with effort
- reach a goal
- place into the hands or custody of
- reach a point in time, or a certain state or level
- (transitive, figurative) To connect with (someone) on an emotional level, making them receptive of (one); to get through to (someone).
- (transitive) To arrive at (a place) by effort of any kind.
- (nautical) To sail on the wind, as from one point of tacking to another, or with the wind nearly abeam.
- (slang, MTE, MLE) To arrive at a particular destination, especially to join someone; to meet up.
- (intransitive) To stretch out the hand.
- To strain after something; to make (sometimes futile or pretentious) efforts.
- (intransitive, India, Singapore) To arrive at a particular destination.
- (intransitive) To extend, stretch, or thrust out (for example a limb or object held in the hand).
- (transitive, of a missile) To strike or touch.
- (transitive) To attain or obtain by stretching forth the hand; to extend some part of the body, or something held, so as to touch, strike, grasp, etc.
- (transitive) To continue living until or up to (a certain age).
- (transitive, by extension) To extend an action, effort, or influence to; to penetrate to; to pierce, or cut.
- (transitive, figurative) To make contact with.
- (transitive) To extend to; to stretch out as far as; to touch by virtue of extent.
- (transitive) To give to someone by stretching out a limb, especially the hand; to give with the hand; to pass to another person; to hand over.
- (intransitive) To extend in dimension, time etc.; to stretch out continuously (past, beyond, above, from etc. something).
noun
- the limit of capability
- the limits within which something can be effective
- the act of physically reaching or thrusting out
- an area in which something acts or operates or has power or control:
- The ability to reach or touch with the person, a limb, or something held or thrown.
- The power of stretching out or extending action, influence, or the like; power of attainment or management; extent of force or capacity.
- (Japanese mahjong, pachinko) Alternative form of riichi.
- An extended portion or area of land or water.
- (informal) An exaggeration; an extension beyond evidence or normal; a stretch.
- The act of stretching or extending; extension.
- Extent; stretch; expanse; hence, application; influence; result; scope.
- The pole or rod connecting the rear axle with the forward bolster of a wagon.
- (boxing) The distance a boxer's arm can extend to land a blow.
- (nautical) Any point of sail in which the wind comes from the side of a vessel, excluding close-hauled.
- (nautical) A stretch of a watercourse which can be sailed in one reach (in the previous sense). An extended portion of water; a stretch; a straightish portion of a stream, river, or arm of the sea extending up into the land, as from one turn to another. By extension, the adjacent land.
- (nautical) The distance traversed between tacks.
- A level stretch of a watercourse, as between rapids in a river or locks in a canal. (examples?)
verb
adj
noun
- (baseball) A three-base hit.
- (mathematics, computing) A sequence of three elements or 3-tuple.
- (cricket) Three runs.
- (basketball) A three-point field goal.
- (informal) A drink with three portions of alcohol.
- (firefighting) Short for triple combination engine.
- Three times or thrice the number, amount, size, etc.
- (curling) A takeout shot in which three stones are removed from play.
- (US) A hamburger with three patties.
- a base hit at which the batter stops safely at third base
- a quantity that is three times as great as another
- a set of three similar things considered as a unit
noun
- Initialism of facilitated communication.
- Initialism of football club (usually for association football (soccer)).
- Initialism of foster care.
- (law) Initialism of family court.
- (video games) Initialism of full combo.
- Initialism of fire controlman.
- (banking) Initialism of finance charge.
- Initialism of franking credit, a type of tax credit.
- (Philippines, slang) Initialism of feeling close.
- (baseball) Initialism of fielder's choice.
name
noun
- The management of something using defined channels of communication.
- (genetics) The ability of a genotype to produce the same phenotype regardless of variability of its environment.
- The conversion of a river or other waterway to a canal.
- the production of a canal or a conversion to canals
- management through specified channels of communication
noun
- a message describing how something is to be done
- a line leading to a place or point
- something that provides direction or advice as to a decision or course of action
- the act of setting and holding a course
- a formal statement of a command or injunction to do something
- the act of managing something
- a general course along which something has a tendency to develop
- the concentration of attention or energy on something
- the spatial relation between something and the course along which it points or moves
- The work of the director in cinema or theater; the skill of directing a film, play etc.
- A theoretical line (physically or mentally) followed from a point of origin or towards a destination. May be relative (e.g. up, left, outbound, dorsal), geographical (e.g. north), rotational (e.g. clockwise), or with respect to an object or location (e.g. toward Boston).
- A general trend for future action.
- Guidance, instruction.
noun
- a message describing how something is to be done
- the activities of educating or instructing; activities that impart knowledge or skill
- (computer science) a line of code written as part of a computer program
- the profession of a teacher
- (countable) An order or command.
- (computing) A single operation of a processor defined by an instruction set architecture.
- (uncountable) The act of instructing, teaching, or providing with information or knowledge.
- (in the plural) A set of directions provided by a manufacturer for the users of a product or service.
- (law, in the plural) The directions given by a client to their lawyer in relation to a particular legal matter, which govern the purpose and scope of their work.
- (countable) An instance of the information or knowledge so furnished.
noun
- Initialism of computer-mediated communication.
- (medicine) Initialism of complement mediated cytotoxicity.
- (military, US) Initialism of Commandant of the Marine Corps.
- Initialism of carboxymethylcellulose.
- (military, US) Initialism of command master chief petty officer.
- (military, PRC) Initialism of Central Military Commission.
- Initialism of ceramic matrix composite
adj
name
verb
- establish communication with someone
- land on or hit solidly
- make a logical or causal connection
- be or become joined or united or linked
- hit or play a ball successfully
- establish a rapport or relationship
- plug into an outlet
- join for the purpose of communication
- join by means of communication equipment
- connect, fasten, or put together two or more pieces
- be scheduled so as to provide continuing service, as in transportation
- (intransitive, of two objects) To join: to attach, or to be intended to attach or capable of attaching, to each other.
- To associate; to establish a relation between.
- (intransitive, of a blow) To arrive at an intended target; to land.
- To make a travel connection; to switch from one means of transport to another as part of the same trip.
- (transitive, of an object) To join (two other objects), or to join (one object) to (another object): to be a link between two objects, thereby attaching them to each other.
- To join an electrical or telephone line to a circuit or network.
- (transitive, of a person) To join (two other objects), or to join (one object) to (another object): to take one object and attach it to another.
- (intransitive, of an object) To join (to another object): to attach, or to be intended to attach or capable of attaching, to another object.
noun
noun
- a channel for communication between groups
- a unit of length equal to 1/100 of a chain
- a fastener that serves to join or connect
- the means of connection between things linked in series
- a connecting shape
- (computing) an instruction that connects one part of a program or an element on a list to another program or list
- an interconnecting circuit between two or more locations for the purpose of transmitting and receiving data
- the state of being connected
- a two-way radio communication system (usually microwave); part of a more extensive telecommunication network
- (Sussex) A thin wild bank of land splitting two cultivated patches and often linking two hills.
- (surveying) The length of one joint of Gunter's chain, being the hundredth part of it, or 7.92 inches, the chain being 66 feet in length.
- (engineering) Any intermediate rod or piece for transmitting force or motion, especially a short connecting rod with a bearing at each end; specifically (in steam engines) the slotted bar, or connecting piece, to the opposite ends of which the eccentric rods are jointed, and by means of which the movement of the valve is varied, in a link motion.
- (kinematics) Any one of the several elementary pieces of a mechanism, such as the fixed frame, or a rod, wheel, mass of confined liquid, etc., by which relative motion of other parts is produced and constrained.
- A sausage that is not a patty.
- Anything doubled and closed like a link of a chain.
- (mathematics) A space comprising one or more disjoint knots.
- (broadcasting) An introductory cue.
- Abbreviation of hyperlink.
- One element of a chain or other connected series.
- (chemistry) A bond of affinity, or a unit of valence between atoms; applied to a unit of chemical force or attraction.
- A connection between places, people, events, things, or ideas.
- (computing) The connection between buses or systems.
- (figurative) An individual person or element in a system
- (in the plural) The windings of a river; the land along a winding stream.
verb
- make a logical or causal connection
- be or become joined or united or linked
- link with or as with a yoke
- connect, fasten, or put together two or more pieces
- (transitive, Internet) To post a hyperlink to.
- (Scotland, intransitive) To skip or trip along smartly; to go quickly.
- (transitive) To demonstrate a correlation between (two things).
- (software compilation) To combine objects generated by a compiler into a single executable.
- (transitive, Internet) To supply (someone) with a hyperlink; to direct by means of a link.
- (intransitive, Internet, of a web page) To contain a hyperlink to another page.
- (transitive, slang) To meet with (someone).
- (transitive) To connect (two or more things).
noun
- the function of pointing or specifying from the perspective of a participant in an act of speech or writing; aspects of a communication whose interpretation depends on knowledge of the context in which the communication occurs
- (pragmatics) The use of a word, such as a pronoun, to refer to something that must be identified from the wider context; a word used in such a way.
noun
- A role or purpose; a station.
- A state of mind.
- Numerically, the column counting a certain quantity.
- Ordinal relation; position in the order of proceeding.
- Any area of the earth: a region.
- The area where one lives: one's home, formerly (chiefly) country estates and farms.
- A particular location in a book or document, particularly the current location of a reader
- An area of the body, especially the skin.
- The area one occupies, particularly somewhere to sit.
- A location or position in space.
- An open space, particularly a city square, market square, or courtyard.
- The position as a member of a sports team.
- An inhabited area: a village, town, or city.
- (often in street names or addresses) A street, sometimes but not always surrounding a public place, square, or plaza of the same name.
- (euphemistic slang) An area to urinate and defecate: an outhouse or lavatory.
- Reception; effect; implying the making room for.
- The position of a contestant in a competition.
- (horse racing) The position of first, second, or third at the finish, especially the second position.
- the post or function properly or customarily occupied or served by another
- a blank area
- an item on a list or in a sequence
- a public square with room for pedestrians
- proper or appropriate position or location
- the particular portion of space occupied by something
- a point located with respect to surface features of some region
- proper or designated social situation
- a space reserved for sitting (as in a theater or on a train or airplane)
- the passage that is being read
- any area set aside for a particular purpose
- a particular situation
- where you live at a particular time
- a job in an organization
- a general vicinity
- an abstract mental location
verb
- (transitive, in collocations) To make.
- (transitive) To remember where and when (an object or person) has been previously encountered.
- (transitive) To bet.
- (transitive) To recruit or match an appropriate person for a job, or a home for an animal for adoption, etc.
- (intransitive, motor racing) To finish second, especially of horses or dogs.
- (sports, transitive) To place-kick (a goal).
- (transitive) To vouch for someone's alibi.
- (ergative) To earn a given spot in a competition; to rank at a certain position ((often followed by an ordinal)).
- (transitive) To put (someone or something) in a specific location.
- (transitive) To sing (a note) with the correct pitch.
- (transitive) To assign (more or less value) to something.
- make an investment
- assign a location to
- put into a certain place or abstract location
- recognize as being; establish the identity of someone or something
- assign to a station
- finish second or better in a horse or dog race
- identify the location or place of
- take a place in a competition; often followed by an ordinal
- assign a rank or rating to
- locate
- sing a note with the correct pitch
- to arrange for
- assign to (a job or a home)
- estimate
- intend (something) to move towards a certain goal
- place somebody in a particular situation or location
noun
- the activity of communicating; the activity of conveying information
- A message; the essential data transferred in an act of communication.
- The act or fact of communicating anything; transmission.
- something that is communicated by or to or between people or groups
- a connection allowing access between persons or places
- An instance of information transfer; a conversation or discourse.
- A passageway or opening between two locations; connection.
- (rhetoric) A trope by which a speaker assumes that his hearer is a partner in his sentiments, and says "we" instead of "I" or "you".
- The body of all data transferred to one or both parties during an act of communication.
- Participation in Holy Communion.
- (anatomy) A connection between two tissues, organs, or cavities.
- (uncountable) The concept or state of exchanging data or information between entities.
noun
adj
noun
verb
noun
- the intended meaning of a communication
- animation and energy in action or expression
- the state of a person's emotions (especially with regard to pleasure or dejection)
- the vital principle or animating force within living things
- any incorporeal supernatural being that can become visible (or audible) to human beings
- the general atmosphere of a place or situation and the effect that it has on people
- a fundamental emotional and activating principle determining one's character
- an inclination or tendency of a certain kind
- Energy; ardour.
- (usually in the plural) A volatile liquid, such as alcohol. The plural form spirits is a generic term for distilled alcoholic beverages.
- A supernatural being, often but not exclusively without physical form; ghost, fairy, angel.
- Intent; real meaning; opposed to the letter, or formal statement.
- (dyeing) Stannic chloride.
- One who is vivacious or lively; one who evinces great activity or peculiar characteristics of mind or temper.
- The manner or style of something.
- (often in the plural) Temper or disposition of mind; mental condition or disposition; intellectual or moral state.
- (philosophy, Hegelian) The essence behind historical development of both individual and society evolving towards the Absolute.
- The soul of a person or other creature.
- Enthusiasm.
verb
noun
- The establishment of communication (with).
- a communicative interaction
- a channel for communication between groups
- Someone who can be contacted, or with whom one is in communication.
- A nodule designed to connect a device with something else.
- The situation of being within sight of something; visual contact.
- (by extension) A means of communication with a person, especially in the form of a telephone number.
- The act of touching physically; being in close association.
- (mining) The plane between two adjacent bodies of dissimilar rock.
- (informal) A contact lens.
- (informal, by ellipsis) Contact juggling.
- (electricity) A device designed for repetitive connections.
- close interaction
- the physical coming together of two or more things
- a thin curved glass or plastic lens designed to fit over the cornea in order to correct vision or to deliver medication
- the state or condition of touching or of being in immediate proximity
- a person who is in a position to give you special assistance
- the act of touching physically
- (electronics) a junction where things (as two electrical conductors) touch or are in physical contact
verb
noun
- communication between individuals
- sexual activity between individuals, especially the insertion of a man's penis into a woman's vagina until orgasm and ejaculation occur
- Dealings with people, including commerce and trade.
- Communication, conversation.
- Dealings between countries.
- Sexual intercourse, especially that involving humans and especially penile-vaginal interconnection.
verb
noun
- the central message of a communication
- an individual 3-dimensional object that has mass and that is distinguishable from other objects
- a natural object consisting of a dead animal or person
- a group of persons associated by some common tie or occupation and regarded as an entity
- a collection of particulars considered as a system
- the entire physical structure of an organism (an animal, plant, or human being)
- the external structure of a vehicle
- a resonating chamber in a musical instrument (as the body of a violin)
- the property of holding together and retaining its shape
- the main mass of a thing
- the body excluding the head and neck and limbs
- The fleshly or corporeal nature of a human, as opposed to the spirit or soul.
- (architecture, of a church) nave.
- (geometry) A three-dimensional object, such as a cube or cone.
- (sociology) A human being, regarded as marginalized or oppressed.
- Main section.
- The largest or most important part of anything, as distinct from its appendages or accessories; (of vehicles, sometimes) the outer shell (as contrasted with the frame and powertrain).
- A unified collection of details, knowledge or information.
- An organisation, company or other authoritative group.
- (archaic or informal except in compounds) A person.
- (uncountable) Substance; physical presence.
- (countable) The physical structure of a human or animal seen as one single organism.
- The torso, the main structure of a human or animal frame excluding the extremities (limbs, head, tail).
- (programming) The code of a subroutine, contrasted to its signature and parameters.
- An agglomeration of some substance, especially one that would be otherwise uncountable.
- The content of a letter, message, or other printed or electronic document, as distinct from signatures, salutations, headers, and so on.
- (printing) The shank of a type, or the depth of the shank (by which the size is indicated).
- A group of people having a common purpose or opinion; a mass.
- (countable) Any physical object or material thing.
- (uncountable) Comparative viscosity, solidity or substance (in wine, colours etc.).
- (countable) A corpse.
verb
adj
noun
noun
- a communicative interaction
- the event of something coming in contact with the body
- the feel of mechanical action
- the faculty by which external objects or forces are perceived through contact with the body (especially the hands)
- deftness in handling matters
- a slight attack of illness
- the act of soliciting money (as a gift or loan)
- a slight but appreciable amount
- the act of putting two things together with no space between them
- a distinguishing style
- a suggestion of some quality
- the sensation produced by pressure receptors in the skin
- The ability to perform a task well; aptitude.
- (slang) An act of borrowing or stealing something; a request for money.
- (Australian rules football) A disposal of the ball during a game, i.e. a kick or a handball.
- A little bit; a small amount.
- Form; standard of performance.
- (chiefly Australia) touch football (a variant of rugby league that does not involve tackling)
- The part of a sports field beyond the touchlines or goal-lines.
- (shipbuilding) The broadest part of a plank worked top and but, or of one worked anchor-stock fashion (that is, tapered from the middle to both ends); also, the angles of the stern timbers at the counters.
- A single stroke on a drawing or a picture.
- (uncountable, in set phrases) A relationship of close communication or understanding.
- (bell-ringing) A set of changes less than the total possible on seven bells, i.e. less than 5,040.
- An act of touching, especially with the hand or finger.
- The faculty or sense of perception by physical contact.
- The children's game of tag.
- The style or technique with which one plays a musical instrument.
- A distinguishing feature or characteristic.
- (music) The particular or characteristic mode of action, or the resistance of the keys of an instrument to the fingers.
- (slang) The extent to which a person is interested or affected; the amount of outlay on something.
verb
- color lightly
- cause to be in brief contact with
- to extend as far as
- comprehend
- make a more or less disguised reference to
- consume
- be in direct physical contact with; make contact
- tamper with
- make physical contact with, come in contact with
- affect emotionally
- have an effect upon
- perceive via the tactile sense
- deal with; usually used with a form of negation
- be relevant to
- be equal to in quality or ability
- (intransitive) Of a ship or its passengers: to land, to make a short stop (at).
- (transitive, slang) To obtain money from, usually by borrowing (from a friend).
- To have sexual intercourse with
- (nautical) To keep the ship as near (the wind) as possible.
- (transitive) To make intimate physical contact with a person.
- (transitive) To make physical contact with; to bring the hand, finger or other part of the body into contact with.
- (transitive, now historical) To lay hands on (someone suffering from scrofula) as a form of cure, as formerly practised by English and French monarchs.
- (transitive) To affect emotionally; to bring about tender or painful feelings in.
- (transitive, in negative constructions) To be on the level of; to approach in excellence or quality.
- To try; to prove, as with a touchstone.
- (transitive) To cause to be briefly in physical contact with something.
- To perform, as a tune; to play.
- (nautical) To bring (a sail) so close to the wind that its weather leech shakes.
- (intransitive) To make physical contact with a thing.
- (transitive) To physically disturb; to interfere with, molest, or attempt to harm through contact.
- (transitive, Scottish history) To give royal assent to by touching it with the sceptre.
- To strike; to manipulate; to play on.
- (transitive) To begin to consume, or otherwise use.
- (transitive) To come into (involuntary) contact with; to meet or intersect.
- (intransitive) To come into physical contact, or to be in physical contact.
- (intransitive) To deal with in speech or writing; briefly to speak or write (on or upon something).
- (transitive, reflexive or rarely intransitive) To sexually excite with the fingers; to finger or masturbate.
- (transitive) To imbue or endow with a specific quality.
- (transitive, always passive) To disturb the mental functions of; to make somewhat insane; often followed with "in the head".
- (transitive) To physically affect in specific ways implied by context.
- (transitive, computing) To mark (a file or document) as having been modified.
- To mark or delineate with touches; to add a slight stroke to with the pencil or brush.
- (intransitive, nautical) To be brought, as a sail, so close to the wind that its weather leech shakes.
- To influence by impulse; to impel forcibly.
- (transitive) To come close to; to approach.
- (transitive) To concern, to have to do with.
noun
- a means or agency by which something is expressed or communicated
- expressing in coherent verbal form
- A term used in phonetics and phonology to characterize speech sounds, with sounds described as either voiceless (unvoiced) or voiced.
- the distinctive quality or pitch or condition of a person's speech
- something suggestive of speech in being a medium of expression
- an advocate who represents someone else's policy or purpose
- (metonymy) a singer
- the melody carried by a particular voice or instrument in polyphonic music
- a sound suggestive of a vocal utterance
- the sound made by the vibration of vocal folds modified by the resonance of the vocal tract
- (linguistics) the grammatical relation (active or passive) of the grammatical subject of a verb to the action that the verb denotes
- the ability to speak
- (grammar) A particular way of inflecting or conjugating verbs, or a particular form of a verb, which indicates the relation of the subject of the verb to the action which the verb expresses.
- (literature) A particular style or way of writing that expresses a certain tone or feeling.
- (music) In harmony, an independent vocal or instrumental part in a piece of composition.
- Sound uttered by the mouth, especially by human beings in speech or song; sound thus uttered considered as possessing some special quality or character.
- One who speaks; a speaker.
- (Internet, IRC) A flag associated with a user on a channel, determining whether they can send messages to the channel.
- The tone or sound emitted by an object.
- (figurative) An expressed opinion, choice, will, desire, or wish; the right or ability to make such expression or to have it considered.
- (phonetics) Sound made through vibration of the vocal cords; sonant, or intonated, utterance; tone; — distinguished from mere breath sound as heard in whispering and voiceless consonants.
- The faculty or power of utterance.
- That which is communicated; message; meaning.
verb
- give voice to
- utter with vibrating vocal chords
- (television, film) To act as a voice actor to portray a character.
- (transitive) To give utterance or expression to; to utter; to publish; to announce
- (transitive) To fit for producing the proper sounds; to regulate the tone of
- (transitive, Internet, IRC) To assign the voice flag to a user on IRC, permitting them to send messages to the channel.
- (transitive, phonology) To utter audibly, with tone and not just breath.
noun
- Communication between two parties or groups.
- a channel for communication between groups
- A relayer of information between two forces in an army or during war.
- A tryst; a romantic meeting.
- (figuratively) An illicit sexual relationship or affair.
- (cooking) A thickening for sauces, typically based on egg yolks.
- Any person who relays information between two groups or organizations.
- (phonology) The pronunciation of a normally silent final consonant when the next word begins with a vowel.
- (phonology) Fusion of two consecutive words and the manner in which this occurs.
- Cooperation, working together.
- a usually secretive or illicit sexual relationship
verb
noun
- medium for communication
- an electronic receiver that detects and demodulates and amplifies transmitted signals
- a communication system based on broadcasting electromagnetic waves
- (uncountable) The technology that allows for the transmission of sound or other signals by modulation of electromagnetic waves.
- (countable) A device that can transmit radio signals.
- (Internet, uncountable) The continuous broadcasting of sound via the Internet in the style of traditional radio.
- (countable) A device that can capture (receive) the signal sent over radio waves and render the modulated signal as sound.
- (countable) Any audio playing device, such as the on-board entertainment system in a car, usually including a radio receiver as well as the capability to play audio from recorded media; see also car radio.
adj
verb
noun
- medium for communication
- an electronic receiver that detects and demodulates and amplifies transmitted signals
- a communication system based on broadcasting electromagnetic waves
- transmission by radio waves
- (uncountable) The medium of radio communication.
- (uncountable, networking) A wireless connectivity to a computer network.
adj
noun
- The art/study of governing, controlling automatic processes and communication.
- The theory/science of communication and control in living organisms or machines.
- Technology related to computers and the Internet.
- (biology) the field of science concerned with processes of communication and control (especially the comparison of these processes in biological and artificial systems)
noun
- the first section of a communication
- 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
- 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.
- The act or process of introducing.
noun
- Initialism of facilitated communication.
- Initialism of football club (usually for association football (soccer)).
- Initialism of foster care.
- (law) Initialism of family court.
- (video games) Initialism of full combo.
- Initialism of fire controlman.
- (banking) Initialism of finance charge.
- Initialism of franking credit, a type of tax credit.
- (Philippines, slang) Initialism of feeling close.
- (baseball) Initialism of fielder's choice.
name
noun
- The management of something using defined channels of communication.
- (genetics) The ability of a genotype to produce the same phenotype regardless of variability of its environment.
- The conversion of a river or other waterway to a canal.
- the production of a canal or a conversion to canals
- management through specified channels of communication
noun
- a message describing how something is to be done
- a line leading to a place or point
- something that provides direction or advice as to a decision or course of action
- the act of setting and holding a course
- a formal statement of a command or injunction to do something
- the act of managing something
- a general course along which something has a tendency to develop
- the concentration of attention or energy on something
- the spatial relation between something and the course along which it points or moves
- The work of the director in cinema or theater; the skill of directing a film, play etc.
- A theoretical line (physically or mentally) followed from a point of origin or towards a destination. May be relative (e.g. up, left, outbound, dorsal), geographical (e.g. north), rotational (e.g. clockwise), or with respect to an object or location (e.g. toward Boston).
- A general trend for future action.
- Guidance, instruction.
noun
- a message describing how something is to be done
- the activities of educating or instructing; activities that impart knowledge or skill
- (computer science) a line of code written as part of a computer program
- the profession of a teacher
- (countable) An order or command.
- (computing) A single operation of a processor defined by an instruction set architecture.
- (uncountable) The act of instructing, teaching, or providing with information or knowledge.
- (in the plural) A set of directions provided by a manufacturer for the users of a product or service.
- (law, in the plural) The directions given by a client to their lawyer in relation to a particular legal matter, which govern the purpose and scope of their work.
- (countable) An instance of the information or knowledge so furnished.
noun
- Initialism of computer-mediated communication.
- (medicine) Initialism of complement mediated cytotoxicity.
- (military, US) Initialism of Commandant of the Marine Corps.
- Initialism of carboxymethylcellulose.
- (military, US) Initialism of command master chief petty officer.
- (military, PRC) Initialism of Central Military Commission.
- Initialism of ceramic matrix composite
adj
name
noun
- a channel for communication between groups
- a unit of length equal to 1/100 of a chain
- a fastener that serves to join or connect
- the means of connection between things linked in series
- a connecting shape
- (computing) an instruction that connects one part of a program or an element on a list to another program or list
- an interconnecting circuit between two or more locations for the purpose of transmitting and receiving data
- the state of being connected
- a two-way radio communication system (usually microwave); part of a more extensive telecommunication network
- (Sussex) A thin wild bank of land splitting two cultivated patches and often linking two hills.
- (surveying) The length of one joint of Gunter's chain, being the hundredth part of it, or 7.92 inches, the chain being 66 feet in length.
- (engineering) Any intermediate rod or piece for transmitting force or motion, especially a short connecting rod with a bearing at each end; specifically (in steam engines) the slotted bar, or connecting piece, to the opposite ends of which the eccentric rods are jointed, and by means of which the movement of the valve is varied, in a link motion.
- (kinematics) Any one of the several elementary pieces of a mechanism, such as the fixed frame, or a rod, wheel, mass of confined liquid, etc., by which relative motion of other parts is produced and constrained.
- A sausage that is not a patty.
- Anything doubled and closed like a link of a chain.
- (mathematics) A space comprising one or more disjoint knots.
- (broadcasting) An introductory cue.
- Abbreviation of hyperlink.
- One element of a chain or other connected series.
- (chemistry) A bond of affinity, or a unit of valence between atoms; applied to a unit of chemical force or attraction.
- A connection between places, people, events, things, or ideas.
- (computing) The connection between buses or systems.
- (figurative) An individual person or element in a system
- (in the plural) The windings of a river; the land along a winding stream.
verb
- make a logical or causal connection
- be or become joined or united or linked
- link with or as with a yoke
- connect, fasten, or put together two or more pieces
- (transitive, Internet) To post a hyperlink to.
- (Scotland, intransitive) To skip or trip along smartly; to go quickly.
- (transitive) To demonstrate a correlation between (two things).
- (software compilation) To combine objects generated by a compiler into a single executable.
- (transitive, Internet) To supply (someone) with a hyperlink; to direct by means of a link.
- (intransitive, Internet, of a web page) To contain a hyperlink to another page.
- (transitive, slang) To meet with (someone).
- (transitive) To connect (two or more things).
noun
- the function of pointing or specifying from the perspective of a participant in an act of speech or writing; aspects of a communication whose interpretation depends on knowledge of the context in which the communication occurs
- (pragmatics) The use of a word, such as a pronoun, to refer to something that must be identified from the wider context; a word used in such a way.
noun
- A role or purpose; a station.
- A state of mind.
- Numerically, the column counting a certain quantity.
- Ordinal relation; position in the order of proceeding.
- Any area of the earth: a region.
- The area where one lives: one's home, formerly (chiefly) country estates and farms.
- A particular location in a book or document, particularly the current location of a reader
- An area of the body, especially the skin.
- The area one occupies, particularly somewhere to sit.
- A location or position in space.
- An open space, particularly a city square, market square, or courtyard.
- The position as a member of a sports team.
- An inhabited area: a village, town, or city.
- (often in street names or addresses) A street, sometimes but not always surrounding a public place, square, or plaza of the same name.
- (euphemistic slang) An area to urinate and defecate: an outhouse or lavatory.
- Reception; effect; implying the making room for.
- The position of a contestant in a competition.
- (horse racing) The position of first, second, or third at the finish, especially the second position.
- the post or function properly or customarily occupied or served by another
- a blank area
- an item on a list or in a sequence
- a public square with room for pedestrians
- proper or appropriate position or location
- the particular portion of space occupied by something
- a point located with respect to surface features of some region
- proper or designated social situation
- a space reserved for sitting (as in a theater or on a train or airplane)
- the passage that is being read
- any area set aside for a particular purpose
- a particular situation
- where you live at a particular time
- a job in an organization
- a general vicinity
- an abstract mental location
verb
- (transitive, in collocations) To make.
- (transitive) To remember where and when (an object or person) has been previously encountered.
- (transitive) To bet.
- (transitive) To recruit or match an appropriate person for a job, or a home for an animal for adoption, etc.
- (intransitive, motor racing) To finish second, especially of horses or dogs.
- (sports, transitive) To place-kick (a goal).
- (transitive) To vouch for someone's alibi.
- (ergative) To earn a given spot in a competition; to rank at a certain position ((often followed by an ordinal)).
- (transitive) To put (someone or something) in a specific location.
- (transitive) To sing (a note) with the correct pitch.
- (transitive) To assign (more or less value) to something.
- make an investment
- assign a location to
- put into a certain place or abstract location
- recognize as being; establish the identity of someone or something
- assign to a station
- finish second or better in a horse or dog race
- identify the location or place of
- take a place in a competition; often followed by an ordinal
- assign a rank or rating to
- locate
- sing a note with the correct pitch
- to arrange for
- assign to (a job or a home)
- estimate
- intend (something) to move towards a certain goal
- place somebody in a particular situation or location
verb
- To act as an intermediary causal or communicative agent; to convey.
- To divide into two equal parts.
- (intransitive) To intervene between conflicting parties in order to resolve differences or bring about a settlement.
- To communicate via media; to frame; to provide a cultural narrative about.
- To act as a spiritualistic medium.
- (transitive) To resolve differences, or to bring about a settlement, between conflicting parties.
- occupy an intermediate or middle position or form a connecting link or stage between two others
- act between parties with a view to reconciling differences
adj
verb
- communicate
- use jointly or in common
- have in common
- give out as one's portion or share
- have, give, or receive a share of
- To tell to another.
- (networking) To allow public or private sharing of resources in a network, or content on social media.
- To have or use in common.
- To give part of what one has to somebody else to use or consume.
- To divide and distribute.
noun
- the effort contributed by a person in bringing about a result
- the allotment of some amount by dividing something
- assets belonging to or due to or contributed by an individual person or group
- a sharp steel wedge that cuts loose the top layer of soil
- any of the equal portions into which the capital stock of a corporation is divided and ownership of which is evidenced by a stock certificate
- A portion of something, especially a portion given or allotted to someone.
- (finance) A financial instrument that shows that one owns a part of a company that provides the benefit of limited liability.
- (social media) The action of sharing something with other people via social media.
- (computing) A configuration enabling a resource to be shared over a network.
- (anatomy) The sharebone or pubis.
- (agriculture) The cutting blade of an agricultural machine like a plough, a cultivator or a seeding-machine.
verb
- To communicate; to make known; to portray.
- transmit or serve as the medium for transmission
- To move (something) from one place to another.
- (law) To transfer legal rights (to).
- (of information) make known; pass on
- take something or somebody with oneself somewhere
- transfer to another
- transmit a title or property
- serve as a means for expressing something
- go or come after and bring or take back
verb
- attempt to communicate
- reach outward in space
- move forward or upward in order to touch; also in a metaphorical sense
- (intransitive, originally business, followed by to) To try to contact someone, especially in order to give or get information, help, support, etc.
- (intransitive) To ask for help.
- (intransitive) To make more friends, to increase one's group of friends or acquaintances.
- (intransitive) To extend one's hand(s) forward; to reach for something.
verb
- communicate successfully
- travel across or pass over
- become clear or enter one's consciousness or emotions
- (transitive, slang) To annoy (someone); to get on someone's bad side.
- (transitive) To make an idea evident; to successfully explain a thought or feeling; put over.
- (transitive, intransitive) To cross; to move from one side (of something) to the other, literally or figuratively.
verb
- communicate successfully
- hold back to a later time
- (professional wrestling slang) To increase the popularity or prove the legitimacy of another wrestler, usually by losing to them.
- To state or explain (a concept) in a clear, understandable manner.
- (rugby) To make a decisive pass to a teammate so they can score a try.
- To portray or present.
verb
noun
- a formal or official social gathering or ceremony
- the actions and activities assigned to or required or expected of a person or group
- a relation such that one thing is dependent on another
- a formal or official social gathering or ceremony of people
- what something is used for
- (mathematics) a mathematical relation such that each element of a given set (the domain of the function) is associated with an element of another set (the range of the function)
- a set sequence of steps, part of larger computer program
- (anthropology) The role of a social practice in the continued existence of the group.
- Something which is dependent on or stems from another thing; a result or concomitant.
- An official or social occasion.
- What something does or is used for.
- A professional or official position.
- (slang) A party.
- (chemistry) The characteristic behavior of a chemical compound.
- (mathematics) A relation in which each element of the domain is associated with exactly one element of the codomain.
- (biology) The physiological activity of an organ or body part.
- (computing) A routine that receives zero or more arguments and may return a result.
- A relation where one thing is dependent on another for its existence, value, or significance.
verb
- serve a purpose, role, or function
- put the ball into play
- devote (part of) one's life or efforts to, as of countries, institutions, or ideas
- do military service
- deliver a warrant or summons to someone
- promote, benefit, or be useful or beneficial to
- mate with
- provide (usually but not necessarily food)
- be sufficient; be adequate, either in quality or quantity
- be used by; as of a utility
- do duty or hold offices; serve in a specific function
- contribute or conduce to
- spend time in prison or in a labor camp
- help to some food; help with food or drink
- work for, or be a servant to
- (intransitive, factive) To render service by being a servant, worker, employee, or officeholder; to hold those roles and perform their duties.
- (intransitive) To usefully take the place as, instead of something else.
- (ambitransitive, slang, drugs) To provide crack cocaine (to), usually by selling, dealing, or distributing.
- (transitive) To wait upon (someone) at table; to set food and drink in front of, to help (someone) to food, meals etc.
- (intransitive) To present an attractive personal appearance.
- (transitive) To perform (a public obligation).
- (transitive) To copulate with (of male animals); to cover.
- (transitive) To be a servant for; to work for, to be employed by.
- To officially deliver (a legal notice, summons etc.).
- To make legal service upon (a person named in a writ, summons, etc.)
- (intransitive) To have a given use or purpose; to function for something or to do something.
- (transitive) To evoke (something, especially a person) with one's personal appearance.
- (transitive, military) To work, to operate (a weapon).
- (transitive) To work through (a given period of time in prison, a sentence).
- (transitive) To set down (food or drink) on the table to be eaten; to bring (food, drink) to a person.
- (transitive, intransitive, sports) To lead off with the first delivery over the net in tennis, volleyball, ping pong, badminton etc.
- (transitive) To be a formal servant for (a god or deity); to worship in an official capacity.
- (nautical) To wind spun yarn etc. tightly around (a rope or cable, etc.) so as to protect it from chafing or from the weather.
- (transitive) To attractively display (something, especially a body part) as part of one's personal appearance.
- (intransitive) To be in military service.
- (transitive) To be useful to; to meet the needs of.
noun
verb
- transmit or serve as the medium for transmission
- pursue a line of scent or be a bearer
- include as the content; broadcast or publicize
- include, as on a list
- support or hold in a certain manner
- have or possess something abstract
- sing or play against other voices or parts
- contain or hold; have within
- be able to feed
- behave in a certain manner; show a certain behavior; conduct or comport oneself
- secure the passage or adoption (of bills and motions)
- be pregnant with
- win approval or support for
- propel or give impetus to
- transfer (a number, cipher, or remainder) to the next column or unit's place before or after, in addition or multiplication
- have on the surface or on the skin
- transfer (entries) from one account book to another
- extend to a certain degree
- pass on a communication
- cover a certain distance or advance beyond
- have with oneself; have on one's person
- serve as a means for expressing something
- drink alcohol without showing ill effects
- be successful in
- have as an inherent or characteristic feature or have as a consequence
- be conveyed over a certain distance
- move while supporting, either in a vehicle or in one's hands or on one's body
- compensate for a weaker partner or member by one's own performance
- capture after a fight
- be necessarily associated with or result in or involve
- keep up with financial support
- win in an election
- be equipped with (a mast or sail)
- propel
- take further or advance
- have on hand
- continue or extend
- bear or be able to bear the weight, pressure,or responsibility of
- have a certain range
- bear (a crop)
- To contain; to comprise; have a particular aspect; to show or exhibit
- (transitive) To stock or supply (something); to have in store.
- To succeed in (e.g. a contest); to succeed in; to win.
- To hold the head; said of a horse.
- (transitive) To notionally transfer from one place (such as a country, book, or column) to another.
- (reflexive) To bear (oneself); to behave or conduct.
- (transitive) To convey by extension or continuance; to extend.
- (transitive) To adopt (something); take (something) over.
- (slang, transitive) To insult, to diss.
- (transitive) To have on one’s person.
- (Southern US) To physically transport (in the general sense, not necessarily by lifting)
- (intransitive) To have a weapon on one's person; to be armed.
- (Canada, US) To bear a firearm, such as a gun.
- (transitive) To adopt or resolve on, especially in a deliberative assembly
- (transitive) To have, hold, possess or maintain (something).
- (gaming, sports) (transitive or, rarely, intransitive) To be disproportionately responsible for a team's success or for counteracting teammates' underperformance.
- (transitive, nautical) To capture a ship by coming alongside and boarding.
- (transitive, sports) To transport (the ball) whilst maintaining possession.
- To bear or uphold successfully, especially through conflict, for example a leader or principle
- To bear the charges or burden of holding or having, as stocks, merchandise, etc., from one time to another.
- (transitive) To lead or guide.
- To have propulsive power; to propel.
- (hunting) To have earth or frost stick to the feet when running, as a hare.
- To be pregnant (with).
- (intransitive) To be transmitted; to travel.
- (intransitive, cricket) For the ball, having been hit in the air, to reach a fielder without touching the ground (whether or not the fielder catches it).
- (transitive) To lift (something) and take it to another place; to transport (something) by lifting.
- (transitive, arithmetic) In an addition, to transfer the quantity in excess of what is countable in the units in a column to the column immediately to the left in order to be added there.
noun
- the act of carrying something
- (computing) The bit or digit that is carried in an addition operation.
- (golf) The distance travelled by the ball when struck, until it hits the ground.
- (finance) Carried interest.
- (UK, dialect) The sky; cloud-drift.
- A tract of land over which boats or goods are carried between two bodies of navigable water; a portage.
- (finance) The benefit or cost of owning an asset over time.
- A manner of transporting or lifting something; the grip or position in which something is carried.
verb
- transmit or serve as the medium for transmission
- direct the flow of
- send from one person or place to another
- (transitive) To follow as a model, especially in a performance.
- (transitive, of a spirit, as of a dead person) To serve as a medium for.
- (transitive) To direct or guide along a desired course.
- (transitive) To make or cut a channel or groove in.
noun
- a long narrow furrow cut either by a natural process (such as erosion) or by a tool (as e.g. a groove in a phonograph record)
- a passage for water (or other fluids) to flow through
- (often plural) a means of communication or access
- a path over which electrical signals can pass
- a way of selling a company's product either directly or via distributors
- a deep and relatively narrow body of water (as in a river or a harbor or a strait linking two larger bodies) that allows the best passage for vessels
- a bodily passage or tube lined with epithelial cells and conveying a secretion or other substance
- a television station and its programs
- (communication) A path for conveying electrical or electromagnetic signals, usually distinguished from other parallel paths.
- The natural or man-made deeper course through a reef, bar, bay, or any shallow body of water.
- (biochemistry) An ion channel: pore-forming proteins located in a cell membrane that allow specific ions to pass through.
- (communication) The part that connects a data source to a data sink.
- (electronics) A connection between initiating and terminating nodes of a circuit.
- The navigable part of a river.
- (communication) A single path provided by a transmission medium via spectral or protocol separation, such as by frequency or time-division multiplexing.
- The part of a turbine pump where the pressure is built up.
- A gutter; a groove, as in a fluted column.
- (storage) The portion of a storage medium, such as a track or a band, that is accessible to a given reading or writing station or head.
- (nautical) The wale of a sailing ship which projects beyond the gunwale and to which the shrouds attach via the chains. One of the flat ledges of heavy plank bolted edgewise to the outside of a vessel, to increase the spread of the shrouds and carry them clear of the bulwarks.
- Something through which another thing passes; a means of conveying or transmitting.
- (communication) A single path provided by a transmission medium via physical separation, such as by multipair cable.
- A narrow body of water between two land masses.
- (broadcasting) A specific radio frequency or band of frequencies used for transmitting television.
- A psychic or medium who temporarily takes on the personality of somebody else.
- (electronics) The narrow conducting portion of a MOSFET transistor.
- (Internet, historical) A means of delivering up-to-date Internet content via a push mechanism.
- (construction, mechanical engineering) A structural member with a cross section shaped like a squared-off letter C.
- The hollow bed of running waters; (also) the bed of the sea or other body of water.
- (business, marketing) A distribution channel.
- (Internet) A particular area for conversations on an IRC or similar network, analogous to a chat room and often dedicated to a specific topic.
- (broadcasting) A specific radio frequency or band of frequencies, usually in conjunction with a predetermined letter, number, or codeword, and allocated by international agreement.
verb
- transmit or serve as the medium for transmission
- take somebody somewhere
- behave in a certain manner; show a certain behavior; conduct or comport oneself
- lead musicians in the performance of
- lead, as in the performance of a composition
- direct the course of; manage or control
- (transitive) To serve as a medium for conveying; to transmit (heat, light, electricity, etc.)
- (transitive) To lead; to direct; to be in charge of (people or tasks)
- (transitive, music) To direct, as the leader in the performance of a musical composition.
- (transitive, reflexive) To behave.
- (intransitive) To act as a conductor (as of heat, electricity, etc.); to carry.
- (transitive) To carry out (something organized)
noun
- (behavioral attributes) the way a person behaves toward other people
- manner of acting or controlling yourself
- Skillful guidance or management.
- (of a literary work) Plot.
- (Anglicanism, obsolete outside fixed titles) A priest hired to hold services without secure title; now a chaplain.
- The act or method of controlling or directing.
- Behaviour; the manner of behaving.
verb
- transmit or serve as the medium for transmission
- bestow a quality on
- transmit (knowledge or skills)
- (transitive) To obtain a share of; to partake of.
- (transitive) To make known; to show (by speech, writing etc.).
- (intransitive) To hold a conference or consultation.
- (transitive) To give a part or to share.
- (transitive) To give or bestow (e.g. a quality or property).
verb
- transmit or serve as the medium for transmission
- broadcast over the airwaves, as in radio or television
- transfer to another
- send from one person or place to another
- (transitive) To spread or pass on (something such as a disease or a signal).
- (transitive) To convey or conduct (energy or force) through a mechanism or medium.
- (transitive, intransitive) To communicate (news or information, especially electronically).
- (transitive) To send or convey from one person, place or thing to another.
- (intransitive) To go out; to be sent, conveyed, spread, passed on, or communicated.
- (transitive, intransitive) To send out (a signal, as opposed to receive).
- (transitive) To impart, convey or hand down by inheritance or heredity.
noun
- The establishment of communication (with).
- a communicative interaction
- a channel for communication between groups
- Someone who can be contacted, or with whom one is in communication.
- A nodule designed to connect a device with something else.
- The situation of being within sight of something; visual contact.
- (by extension) A means of communication with a person, especially in the form of a telephone number.
- The act of touching physically; being in close association.
- (mining) The plane between two adjacent bodies of dissimilar rock.
- (informal) A contact lens.
- (informal, by ellipsis) Contact juggling.
- (electricity) A device designed for repetitive connections.
- close interaction
- the physical coming together of two or more things
- a thin curved glass or plastic lens designed to fit over the cornea in order to correct vision or to deliver medication
- the state or condition of touching or of being in immediate proximity
- a person who is in a position to give you special assistance
- the act of touching physically
- (electronics) a junction where things (as two electrical conductors) touch or are in physical contact
verb
verb
- be in or establish communication with
- finish a task completely
- spend or pass, as with boredom or in a pleasant manner; of time
- succeed in reaching a real or abstract destination after overcoming problems
- become clear or enter one's consciousness or emotions
- (informal, intransitive, transitive) To communicate successfully across a barrier; to make contact, or get one's point across; to reach the addressee with difficulty.
- (informal, transitive) To use up; to expend.
- (informal, transitive) To complete; to finish.
- (informal, transitive) To overcome; to endure.
verb
- be in or establish communication with
- reach a destination, either real or abstract
- move forward or upward in order to touch; also in a metaphorical sense
- to extend as far as
- to exert much effort or energy
- to gain with effort
- reach a goal
- place into the hands or custody of
- reach a point in time, or a certain state or level
- (transitive, figurative) To connect with (someone) on an emotional level, making them receptive of (one); to get through to (someone).
- (transitive) To arrive at (a place) by effort of any kind.
- (nautical) To sail on the wind, as from one point of tacking to another, or with the wind nearly abeam.
- (slang, MTE, MLE) To arrive at a particular destination, especially to join someone; to meet up.
- (intransitive) To stretch out the hand.
- To strain after something; to make (sometimes futile or pretentious) efforts.
- (intransitive, India, Singapore) To arrive at a particular destination.
- (intransitive) To extend, stretch, or thrust out (for example a limb or object held in the hand).
- (transitive, of a missile) To strike or touch.
- (transitive) To attain or obtain by stretching forth the hand; to extend some part of the body, or something held, so as to touch, strike, grasp, etc.
- (transitive) To continue living until or up to (a certain age).
- (transitive, by extension) To extend an action, effort, or influence to; to penetrate to; to pierce, or cut.
- (transitive, figurative) To make contact with.
- (transitive) To extend to; to stretch out as far as; to touch by virtue of extent.
- (transitive) To give to someone by stretching out a limb, especially the hand; to give with the hand; to pass to another person; to hand over.
- (intransitive) To extend in dimension, time etc.; to stretch out continuously (past, beyond, above, from etc. something).
noun
- the limit of capability
- the limits within which something can be effective
- the act of physically reaching or thrusting out
- an area in which something acts or operates or has power or control:
- The ability to reach or touch with the person, a limb, or something held or thrown.
- The power of stretching out or extending action, influence, or the like; power of attainment or management; extent of force or capacity.
- (Japanese mahjong, pachinko) Alternative form of riichi.
- An extended portion or area of land or water.
- (informal) An exaggeration; an extension beyond evidence or normal; a stretch.
- The act of stretching or extending; extension.
- Extent; stretch; expanse; hence, application; influence; result; scope.
- The pole or rod connecting the rear axle with the forward bolster of a wagon.
- (boxing) The distance a boxer's arm can extend to land a blow.
- (nautical) Any point of sail in which the wind comes from the side of a vessel, excluding close-hauled.
- (nautical) A stretch of a watercourse which can be sailed in one reach (in the previous sense). An extended portion of water; a stretch; a straightish portion of a stream, river, or arm of the sea extending up into the land, as from one turn to another. By extension, the adjacent land.
- (nautical) The distance traversed between tacks.
- A level stretch of a watercourse, as between rapids in a river or locks in a canal. (examples?)
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noun
- (baseball) A three-base hit.
- (mathematics, computing) A sequence of three elements or 3-tuple.
- (cricket) Three runs.
- (basketball) A three-point field goal.
- (informal) A drink with three portions of alcohol.
- (firefighting) Short for triple combination engine.
- Three times or thrice the number, amount, size, etc.
- (curling) A takeout shot in which three stones are removed from play.
- (US) A hamburger with three patties.
- a base hit at which the batter stops safely at third base
- a quantity that is three times as great as another
- a set of three similar things considered as a unit
verb
- establish communication with someone
- land on or hit solidly
- make a logical or causal connection
- be or become joined or united or linked
- hit or play a ball successfully
- establish a rapport or relationship
- plug into an outlet
- join for the purpose of communication
- join by means of communication equipment
- connect, fasten, or put together two or more pieces
- be scheduled so as to provide continuing service, as in transportation
- (intransitive, of two objects) To join: to attach, or to be intended to attach or capable of attaching, to each other.
- To associate; to establish a relation between.
- (intransitive, of a blow) To arrive at an intended target; to land.
- To make a travel connection; to switch from one means of transport to another as part of the same trip.
- (transitive, of an object) To join (two other objects), or to join (one object) to (another object): to be a link between two objects, thereby attaching them to each other.
- To join an electrical or telephone line to a circuit or network.
- (transitive, of a person) To join (two other objects), or to join (one object) to (another object): to take one object and attach it to another.
- (intransitive, of an object) To join (to another object): to attach, or to be intended to attach or capable of attaching, to another object.