English words for 'Alternative form of gain of function.'
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- (transitive, mathematics) To subject to a transformation; to change into another form without altering the value.
- (transitive) To change the nature, condition or function of; to change in nature, disposition, heart, character, etc.; to convert.
- (transitive, genetics) To subject (a cell) to transformation.
- (intransitive) To undergo a transformation; to change in appearance or character.
- (transitive) To change greatly the appearance or form of.
- (transitive, electricity) To subject to the action of a transformer.
- change from one form or medium into another
- change in outward structure or looks
- increase or decrease (an alternating current or voltage)
- change or alter in form, appearance, or nature
- change (a bacterial cell) into a genetically distinct cell by the introduction of DNA from another cell of the same or closely related species
- convert (one form of energy) to another
- subject to a mathematical transformation
noun
- the act of changing from one use or function or purpose to another
- (psychiatry) a defense mechanism represses emotional conflicts which are then converted into physical symptoms that have no organic basis
- a change in the units or form of an expression:
- a successful free throw or try for point after a touchdown
- act of exchanging one type of money or security for another
- a change of religion
- interchange of subject and predicate of a proposition
- a spiritual enlightenment causing a person to lead a new life
- an event that results in a transformation
- (American football) An extra point (or two) scored by kicking a field goal or carrying the ball into the end zone after scoring a touchdown.
- (law) Under the common law, the tort of the taking of someone's personal property with intent to permanently deprive them of it, or damaging property to the extent that the owner is deprived of the utility of that property, thus making the tortfeasor liable for the entire value of the property.
- (logic) The act of interchanging the terms of a proposition, as by putting the subject in the place of the predicate, or vice versa.
- (mathematics) A change or reduction of the form or value of a proposition.
- (chemistry) A chemical reaction wherein a substrate is transformed into a product.
- (marketing) An online advertising performance metric representing a visitor performing whatever the intended result of an ad is defined to be.
- (rugby) A free kick, after scoring a try, worth two points.
- (linguistics) The process whereby a new word is created without changing the form, often by allowing the word to function as a new part of speech.
- (computing) A software product converted from one platform to another.
- Living space in a part of a building that was previously uninhabitable, or the process of constructing such living space.
- The act of converting something or someone.
- (slang, board games) Changing a miniature figure into another character, usually by mixing different parts, or molding the model's parts, or doing both.
verb
- (intransitive) To benefit; gain.
- (transitive) To satisfy; indulge; gratify.
- (intransitive) To make improvements or repairs.
- (intransitive) To thrive; fatten; prosper; improve.
- (transitive, now chiefly dialectal, Scotland) To furnish with dung; manure; fatten with manure; fertilise.
- (transitive) To do good to (someone); benefit; cause to improve or gain.
- (transitive) To make good; turn to good; improve.
- (reflexive) To flatter; congratulate oneself; anticipate.
adj
- (colloquial, when with and) Very, extremely. See good and.
- (colloquial, with with) Accepting of, OK with
- Well-behaved (especially of children or animals).
- Able to be depended on for the discharge of obligations incurred; of unimpaired credit; used with for.
- Being satisfying; meeting dietary requirements.
- Beneficial; worthwhile.
- Unblemished; honourable.
- (colloquial) Ready.
- (US) Satisfied or at ease; not requiring more.
- Effective.
- Pleasant; enjoyable.
- Adequate; sufficient; not fallacious.
- Large in amount or size.
- Having a particularly pleasant taste.
- Of food or other perishable products, still fit for use; not yet expired, stale, rotten, etc.
- Useful for a particular purpose; functional.
- Acting in the interest of what is beneficial, ethical, or moral.
- True, valid, of explanatory strength.
- Right, proper, as it should be.
- (stressed form) Special, best, favorite.
- (Internet slang, offensive, ethnic slur) Of a black person, dead or killed.
- Valid, of worth, capable of being honoured.
- Reasonable in amount.
- Competent or talented.
- Healthful.
- Favorable.
- Holy (especially when capitalized) .
- Full; entire; at least as much as.
- generally admired
- in excellent physical condition
- appealing to the mind
- deserving of esteem and respect
- not left to spoil
- agreeable or pleasing
- not forged
- exerting force or influence
- thorough
- with or in a close or intimate relationship
- having the normally expected amount
- capable of pleasing
- morally admirable
- financially safe
- promoting or enhancing well-being
- most suitable or right for a particular purpose
- having or showing knowledge and skill and aptitude
- tending to promote physical well-being; beneficial to health
- of moral excellence
- having desirable or positive qualities especially those suitable for a thing specified
- resulting favorably
adv
- (informal, sometimes proscribed) Well; satisfactorily or thoroughly.
- (often used as a combining form) in a good or proper or satisfactory manner or to a high standard (‘good’ is a nonstandard dialectal variant for ‘well’)
- completely and absolutely (‘good’ is sometimes used informally for ‘thoroughly’)
intj
noun
- (countable, usually in the plural) An article of personal property (as opposed to real property).
- (countable, usually in the plural) An item of merchandise.
- (uncountable) The abstract instantiation of goodness; that which possesses desirable qualities, promotes success, welfare, or happiness, is serviceable, fit, excellent, kind, benevolent, etc.
- (uncountable) The forces or behaviours that are the enemy of evil. Usually consists of helping others and general benevolence.
- (countable) A result that is positive in the view of the speaker.
- moral excellence or admirableness
- that which is pleasing or valuable or useful
- benefit
- a raw material that is sold in large quantities, usually to other businesses for manufacturing or production purposes
verb
noun
- something that aids or promotes well-being
- financial assistance in time of need
- a performance to raise money for a charitable cause
- (insurance) A payment made in accordance with an insurance policy or a public assistance scheme.
- An event, such as a theatrical performance, given to raise funds for some cause.
- Intended audience (as for the benefit of).
- An advantage; help or aid from something.
verb
- derive a benefit from
- reach a destination, either real or abstract
- increase or develop
- obtain
- increase (one's body weight)
- win something through one's efforts
- earn on some commercial or business transaction; earn as salary or wages
- rise in rate or price
- obtain advantages, such as points, etc.
- (intransitive) To have or receive advantage or profit; to acquire gain; to grow rich; to advance in interest, health, or happiness; to make progress.
- (transitive) To increase.
- (of a clock or watch) To run fast.
- (intransitive, often with on) To grow more likely to catch or overtake someone.
- (intransitive) To put on weight.
- To draw into any interest or party; to win to one’s side; to conciliate.
- (transitive) To acquire possession of.
- (transitive) To reach.
noun
- the advantageous quality of being beneficial
- the amount of increase in signal power or voltage or current expressed as the ratio of output to input
- the amount by which the revenue of a business exceeds its cost of operating
- a quantity that is added
- (electronics) The factor by which a signal is multiplied.
- The act of gaining; acquisition.
- (architecture) A square or bevelled notch cut out of a girder, binding joist, or other timber which supports a floor beam, so as to receive the end of the floor beam.
- The thing or things gained.
adj
adv
verb
noun
- the advantageous quality of being beneficial
- the excess of revenues over outlays in a given period of time (including depreciation and other non-cash expenses)
- (accounting, economics) Total income or cash flow minus expenditures. The money or other benefit a non-governmental organization or individual receives in exchange for products and services sold at an advertised price.
- (property law) Ellipsis of profit à prendre.
verb
noun
- (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.
- 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
noun
- benefit resulting from some event or action
- (tennis) first point scored after deuce
- the quality of having a superior or more favorable position
- (tennis) The score where one player wins a point after deuce but needs the next to carry the game.
- (countable, uncountable) Superiority of state, or that which gives it; benefit; gain; profit
- (countable) Any condition, circumstance, opportunity or means, particularly favorable or chance to success, or to any desired end.
- (soccer) The continuation of the game after a foul against the attacking team, because the attacking team are in an advantageous position.
- Interest of money; increase; overplus (as the thirteenth in the baker's dozen).
verb
noun
- benefit resulting from some event or action
- payment made in return for a service rendered
- a recompense for worthy acts or retribution for wrongdoing
- the offer of money for helping to find a criminal or for returning lost property
- an act performed to strengthen approved behavior
- The result of an action, whether good or bad.
- Something of value given in return for an act.
- A prize promised for a certain deed or catch
verb
adj
noun
noun
- (mathematics) Applying a function to the result of another.
- (printing) Typesetting.
- (linguistics) The formation of compound words from separate words.
- Synthesis as opposed to analysis.
- A mixture or compound; the result of composing.
- A work of music, literature or art.
- The general makeup of a thing or person.
- The proportion of different parts to make a whole.
- (law) an agreement or compromise by which a creditor or group of creditors accepts partial payment from a debtor.
- (object-oriented programming) Way to combine simple objects or data types into more complex ones.
- The act of putting together; assembly.
- (physics) The compounding of two velocities or forces into a single equivalent velocity or force.
- (painting, photography) The arrangement and flow of elements in a picture.
- (chess) A puzzle created by the composer using chess pieces on a chessboard, which presents the solver with a particular task.
- An essay.
- an essay (especially one written as an assignment)
- something that is created by arranging several things to form a unified whole
- musical creation
- the act of creating written works
- art and technique of printing with movable type
- the way in which someone or something is composed
- the spatial property resulting from the arrangement of parts in relation to each other and to the whole
- a mixture of ingredients
- a musical work that has been created
verb
- Of a thing: to perform a secondary function substantially different from a supposed primary function.
- (Ireland, historical) To make a night-time attack on a tenant farmer not supporting the policies of the Irish National Land League.
- (informal) To do a moonlight flit: to secretly leave premises without paying the rent, supposedly at night by the light of the Moon.
- (originally US, informal) To do work for pay (sometimes illegally, secretly, or without paying income tax on the earnings) which is in addition to a main job, often in the evening or at night.
- To engage in an activity other than what one is known for.
- (transitive, Ireland, historical, passive voice) (Of a tenant farmer) to be attacked for not supporting the policies of the Irish National Land League.
- work a second job, usually after hours
noun
- (countable, informal) Chiefly in to do a moonlight: short for moonlight flit (“an act of secretly leaving premises without paying the rent, supposedly at night by the light of the Moon; hence, any act of escaping at night”).
- (uncountable, also attributive) The light reflected from the Moon, which seems to emanate from it.
- the light of the Moon
verb
- (transitive) To gain (an object or desired result).
- (intransitive) To come or arrive, by motion, growth, bodily exertion, or efforts toward a place, object, state, etc.
- (transitive) To reach or come to, by progression or motion; to arrive at (a place, time, state, etc.).
- reach a destination, either real or abstract
- to gain with effort
- find unexpectedly
- reach a point in time, or a certain state or level
verb
- gain in value
- (intransitive, transitive) To increase in value.
- recognize with gratitude; be grateful for
- be fully aware of; realize fully
- increase the value of
- hold dear
- (transitive) To be grateful or thankful for.
- (transitive) To be fully conscious of; understand; be aware of; detect.
- (transitive) To view as valuable.
noun
- A function; a purpose for which something may be employed.
- (uncountable, followed by of) Usefulness, benefit.
- Occasion or need to employ; necessity.
- (Christianity) A special form of a rite adopted for use in a particular context, often a diocese.
- (uncountable) The act of consuming alcohol or narcotics.
- The act of using.
- (forging) A slab of iron welded to the side of a forging, such as a shaft, near the end, and afterward drawn down, by hammering, so as to lengthen the forging.
- (economics) the utilization of economic goods to satisfy needs or in manufacturing
- the act of using
- (psychology) an automatic pattern of behavior in reaction to a specific situation; may be inherited or acquired through frequent repetition
- (law) the exercise of the legal right to enjoy the benefits of owning property
- what something is used for
- exerting shrewd or devious influence especially for one's own advantage
- a particular service
verb
- (transitive, with gender pronouns as object) To suggest or request that other people employ a specific set of gender pronouns when referring to the subject.
- (transitive, with auxiliary "could") To benefit from; to be able to employ or stand.
- (transitive) To employ; to apply; to utilize.
- To accustom; to habituate. (Now common only in participial form. Uses the same pronunciation as the noun; see usage notes.)
- (transitive) To exploit.
- (transitive) To consume (alcohol, drugs, etc), especially regularly.
- (transitive, often with up) To expend; to consume by employing.
- (intransitive, archaic or literary except in past tense) To habitually do; to be wont to do. (Now chiefly in past-tense forms; see used to.)
- (intransitive) To consume a previously specified substance, especially a drug to which one is addicted.
- use up (resources or materials)
- take or consume (regularly or habitually)
- habitually do something or be in a certain state or place (use only in the past tense)
- avail oneself to
- seek or achieve an end by using to one's advantage
- put into service; make work or employ for a particular purpose or for its inherent or natural purpose
verb
- (transitive) To win, achieve a gain.
- (transitive) To bring in a harvest; reap; glean.
- (transitive) To take (an organ) from an organ donor.
- (intransitive) To be occupied bringing in a harvest.
- (transitive) To take a living organism as part of a managed process to gather food or resources, often with the intention of maintaining a healthy population.
- remove from a culture or a living or dead body, as for the purposes of transplantation
- gather, as of natural products
noun
- (by extension) The product or result of any exertion or course of action; reward or consequences.
- The yield of harvesting, i.e., the gathered crops or fruits.
- (UK, dialectal) The third season of the year; autumn; fall.
- (agriculture) The process of gathering the ripened crop; harvesting.
- The season of gathering ripened crops; specifically, the time of reaping and gathering grain.
- (paganism) A modern pagan ceremony held on or around the autumn equinox, which is in the harvesting season.
- the consequence of an effort or activity
- the yield from plants in a single growing season
- the gathering of a ripened crop
- the season for gathering crops
noun
- (uncountable, informal) Unearned gain; extra benefit.
- (Southern US) A pale sauce prepared from a roux with meat fat; a type of béchamel sauce.
- A dark savoury sauce prepared from stock and usually meat juices; brown gravy.
- (uncountable, India, Singapore) Curry sauce.
- (uncountable, chiefly Italian-American) Sauce used for pasta.
- a sauce made by adding stock, flour, or other ingredients to the juice and fat that drips from cooking meats
- a sudden happening that brings good fortune (as a sudden opportunity to make money)
- the seasoned but not thickened juices that drip from cooking meats; often a little water is added
verb
adj
- resulting from or employing derivation
- Imitative of the work of someone else.
- (finance) Having a value that depends on an underlying asset of variable value.
- (law, copyright law) Referring to a work, such as a translation or adaptation, based on another work that may be subject to copyright restrictions.
- Obtained by derivation; not radical, original, or fundamental.
noun
- The value of such a derived function for a given value of its independent variable: the rate of change of a function at a point in its domain.
- a compound obtained from, or regarded as derived from, another compound
- a financial instrument whose value is based on another security
- the result of mathematical differentiation; the instantaneous change of one quantity relative to another; df(x)/dx
- (linguistics) a word that is derived from another word
- (of a function of a single variable f(x)) The derived function of f(x): the function giving the instantaneous rate of change of f; equivalently, the function giving the slope of the line tangent to the graph of f. Written f'(x) or (df)/(dx) in Leibniz's notation, ̇f(x) in Newton's notation (the latter used particularly when the independent variable is time).
- (of more general classes of functions) Any of several related generalizations of the derivative: the directional derivative, partial derivative, Fréchet derivative, functional derivative, etc.
- (chemistry) A chemical derived from another.
- (finance) A financial instrument whose value depends on the valuation of an underlying asset; such as a warrant, an option etc.
- (generally) The linear operator that maps functions to their derived functions, usually written D; the simplest differential operator.
- (linguistics) A word formed by derivation, such as stylish from style.
- Something derived.
verb
- change the inherent purpose or function of something
- use foul or abusive language towards
- treat badly
- use wrongly or improperly or excessively
- (transitive) To injure; to maltreat; to hurt; to treat with cruelty, especially repeatedly.
- (transitive) To imbibe a drug for a purpose other than it was intended; to intentionally take more of a drug than was prescribed for recreational reasons; to take illegal drugs habitually.
- (transitive) To put to a wrong use; to misapply; to use improperly; to use for a wrong purpose or end; to pervert
- (transitive) To attack with coarse language; to insult; to revile; malign; to speak in an offensive manner to or about someone; to disparage.
noun
- a rude expression intended to offend or hurt
- cruel or inhumane treatment
- improper or excessive use
- Violation; defilement; rape; forcing of undesired sexual activity by one person on another, often on a repeated basis.
- Physical maltreatment; injury; cruel treatment.
- Misuse; improper use; perversion.
- Improper treatment or usage; application to a wrong or bad purpose; an unjust, corrupt or wrongful practice or custom.
- Coarse, insulting speech; abusive language; language that unjustly or angrily vilifies.
verb
noun
verb
- change the inherent purpose or function of something
- corrupt morally or by intemperance or sensuality
- practice sophistry; change the meaning of or be vague about in order to mislead or deceive
- to misinterpret designedly.
- (transitive) To corrupt; to cause to be untrue; corrupted or otherwise impure
- To misapply, misuse, use for a nefarious purpose
- (transitive) To turn another way; to divert.
- (intransitive) To become perverted; to take the wrong course.
noun
verb
- (transitive) To have the use or benefit of something.
- (transitive) To receive pleasure or satisfaction from something.
- (transitive) To have sexual intercourse with.
- (intransitive, India) To be satisfied or receive pleasure; to have fun.
- take delight in
- have for one's benefit
- get pleasure from
- have benefit from
- derive or receive pleasure from; get enjoyment from; take pleasure in
noun
- (by extension) Boon, benefit.
- A raised, longitudinal wound, usually purple, on the surface of flesh caused by a stroke of a rod or whip; a welt.
- Specifically, the general happiness of a community, country etc. (often with qualifying word).
- (literary) Welfare, prosperity.
- a raised mark on the skin (as produced by the blow of a whip); characteristic of many allergic reactions
verb
verb
- (mathematics) To calculate the derivative of a function.
- To recognize as different or distinct.
- (transitive, intransitive, often in the passive voice, biology) To (cause to) go through a process of development called differentiation; to make or become different in form or function.
- To modify so as to create a difference or distinction.
- (mathematics) To calculate the differential of a function of multiple variables.
- To show or be the difference or distinction between things.
- To perceive the difference between things; to discriminate.
- (education) To teach a lesson in multiple different ways in order to meet the needs of more or less advanced students.
- become distinct and acquire a different character
- evolve so as to lead to a new species or develop in a way most suited to the environment
- be a distinctive feature, attribute, or trait; sometimes in a very positive sense
- mark as different
- calculate a derivative; take the derivative
- become different during development
noun
noun
- the mathematical process of obtaining the derivative of a function
- (biology) the structural adaptation of some body part for a particular function
- a discrimination between things as different and distinct on the basis of their characteristics or attributes
- (biology) The process by which the components of multicellular life (cells, organs, etc.) are produced and acquire function, as when a seed develops the root and stem, and the initial stem develops the leaf, branches, and flower buds.
- (biology, evolution) The evolutionary process by which one taxonomic group (species, genus, variety, etc.) becomes distinct from another, or acquires distinct features; the result of such a process: distinctness.
- The act of treating one thing as distinct from another, or of creating such a distinction; of separating a class of things into categories; of describing a thing by illustrating how it is different from something else.
- (geology) The process of separation of cooling magma into various rock types.
- (mathematics, calculus) The process of applying the derivative operator to a function; of calculating a function's derivative.
- The process of developing distinct components.
adj
- (mathematics, of a function, etc.) That is distributive over addition.
- (chemistry) Pertaining to chemical addition.
- (genetics) Of or pertaining to genes (or the interaction etc. of such genes) which govern the same trait and whose effects work together on the phenotype.
- (group theory, of a group, semigroup, etc.) Whose operator is identified as addition.
- (mathematics) Pertaining to addition; that can be, or has been, added.
- characterized or produced by addition
- designating or involving an equation whose terms are of the first degree
noun
prep_phrase
noun
- An activity, process, or state that is the result of another; a by-product, a consequence.
- (pathology) A symptom that develops during the course of a disease that is not connected to the disease.
- (philosophy, psychology) A mental process or state that is an incidental by-product of physiological events in the brain or nervous system.
- a secondary phenomenon that is a by-product of another phenomenon
verb
- (transitive) To gain, usually by one's own exertions; to get as one's own.
- (medicine) To become affected by an illness.
- (transitive) To get.
- (computing) To sample signals and convert them into digital values.
- (Canada, US, military) To begin tracking a mobile target with a particular detector or sight, generally with the implication that an attack on the target thereby becomes possible.
- take on a certain form, attribute, or aspect
- gain knowledge or skills
- win something through one's efforts
- come into the possession of something concrete or abstract
- locate (a moving entity) by means of a tracking system such as radar
- gain through experience
- come to have or undergo a change of (physical features and attributes)
noun
- The function or position of something.
- A character or part played by a performer or actor.
- (historical) An ancient unit of quantity, 72 sheets of parchment.
- (grammar) The function of a word in a phrase.
- (object-oriented programming) In the Raku programming language, a code element akin to an interface, used for composition of classes without adding to their inheritance chain.
- Designation that denotes an associated set of responsibilities, knowledge, skills, or privileges
- The expected behaviour of an individual in a society.
- normal or customary activity of a person in a particular social setting
- the actions and activities assigned to or required or expected of a person or group
- an actor's portrayal of someone in a play
- what something is used for
verb
- (transitive) To cause (a mechanism) to operate.
- (intransitive) To travel by operating a wheeled motorized vehicle.
- (transitive, slang, aviation) To operate (an aircraft); to pilot.
- (intransitive) To move forcefully.
- (transitive) To separate the lighter (feathers or down) from the heavier, by exposing them to a current of air.
- (transitive) (especially animals) To cause to flee out of.
- (transitive, intransitive) To direct a vehicle powered by a horse, ox or similar animal.
- (transitive) To compel, exert pressure, coerce (to do something).
- (intransitive, sports, cricket, tennis, baseball) To hit the ball with a drive.
- (transitive) To carry or to keep in motion; to conduct; to prosecute.
- (transitive) To displace either physically or non-physically, through the application of force.
- To be the dominant party in a sex act.
- (transitive) To convey (a person, etc.) in a wheeled motorized vehicle.
- (transitive) To urge, press, or bring to a point or state.
- (transitive) (especially of animals) To impel or urge onward by force; to push forward; to compel to move on.
- (transitive) To cause to become.
- (transitive, ergative) To operate (a wheeled motorized vehicle).
- (transitive) To motivate through the application or demonstration of force; to impel or urge onward in such a way.
- (transitive) To provide an impetus for motion or other physical change, to move an object by means of the provision of force thereto.
- (transitive) To motivate; to provide an incentive for.
- (mining) To dig horizontally; to cut a horizontal gallery or tunnel.
- (American football) To put together a drive (n.): to string together offensive plays and advance the ball down the field.
- (intransitive) To be moved or propelled forcefully (especially of a ship).
- (transitive) To clear, by forcing away what is contained.
- (transitive) To provide an impetus for a change in one's situation or state of mind.
- force into or from an action or state, either physically or metaphorically
- strive and make an effort to reach a goal
- cause to move rapidly by striking or throwing with force
- cause to move back by force or influence
- (hunting) chase from cover into more open ground
- cause someone or something to move by driving
- move by being propelled by a force
- operate or control a vehicle
- proceed along in a vehicle
- to compel or force or urge relentlessly or exert coercive pressure on, or motivate strongly
- (hunting) search for game
- move into a desired direction of discourse
- push, propel, or press with force
- work as a driver
- excavate horizontally
- cause to function by supplying the force or power for or by controlling
- urge forward
- travel or be transported in a vehicle
- strike with a driver, as in teeing off
- have certain properties when driven
- compel somebody to do something, often against their own will or judgment
- hit very hard, as by swinging a bat horizontally
noun
- (American football) An offensive possession, generally one consisting of several plays and/ or first downs, often leading to a scoring opportunity.
- (retail) A campaign aimed at selling more of a certain product or promoting a public service.
- (golf) A stroke made with a driver.
- (philanthropy) A charity event such as a fundraiser, bake sale, or toy drive.
- (soccer) A straight level shot or pass.
- (typography) An impression or matrix formed by a punch drift.
- An act of driving livestock animals forward, to transport a herd.
- (psychology) Desire or interest.
- A mechanism used to power or give motion to a vehicle or other machine or machine part.
- A collection of objects that are driven; a mass of logs to be floated down a river.
- A trip made in a vehicle (now generally in a motor vehicle).
- (automotive) The gear into which one usually shifts an automatic transmission when one is driving a car or truck. (Denoted with symbol D on a shifter's labeling.)
- Violent or rapid motion; a rushing onward or away; (especially) a forced or hurried dispatch of business.
- Planned, usually long-lasting, effort to achieve something; ability coupled with ambition, determination, and motivation.
- (computer hardware) An apparatus for reading and writing data to or from a mass storage device such as a disk.
- (military) A sustained advance in the face of the enemy to take an objective.
- (computer hardware) A mass storage device in which the mechanism for reading and writing data is integrated with the mechanism for storing data.
- A type of public roadway.
- (cricket) A type of shot played by swinging the bat in a vertical arc, through the line of the ball, and hitting it along the ground, normally between cover and midwicket.
- (baseball, tennis) A ball struck in a flat trajectory.
- An act of driving game animals forward, to be captured or hunted.
- A driveway.
- (UK, especially Bristol and Wales, slang) Friendly term of address for a bus driver.
- the act of applying force to propel something
- a mechanism by which force or power is transmitted in a machine
- hitting a golf ball off of a tee with a driver
- a series of actions advancing a principle or tending toward a particular end
- a wide scenic road planted with trees
- the act of driving a herd of animals overland
- the trait of being highly motivated
- a journey in a vehicle (usually an automobile)
- (computer science) a device that writes data onto or reads data from a storage medium
- a physiological state corresponding to a strong need or desire
- (sports) a hard straight return (as in tennis or squash)
- a road leading up to a private house
verb
- (transitive) To yield as a benefit.
- (ambitransitive) To discharge, as a debt or other obligation, by giving or doing what is due or required.
- (intransitive) To suffer consequences.
- (transitive) To be profitable for.
- (transitive) To admit that a joke, punchline, etc., was funny.
- (transitive) To give (something else than money).
- (intransitive) To be profitable or worth the effort.
- (intransitive) To discharge an obligation or debt.
- (ambitransitive) To give money or other compensation to in exchange for goods or services.
- (nautical, transitive) To cover (the bottom of a vessel, a seam, a spar, etc.) with tar or pitch, or a waterproof composition of tallow, resin, etc.; to smear.
- dedicate
- cancel or discharge a debt
- be worth it
- make a compensation for
- convey, as of a compliment, regards, attention, etc.; bestow
- bring in
- bear (a cost or penalty), in recompense for some action
- do or give something to somebody in return
- render
- give money, usually in exchange for goods or services
- discharge or settle
adj
noun
noun
- (informal) A benefit.
- (slang, usually in the plural) An amphetamine tablet.
- (US, slang) Alternative letter-case form of Benny (“one-hundred-dollar bill”).
- (UK, slang) Alternative letter-case form of Benny (“tantrum”).
- (informal) Synonym of eggs Benedict.
- East Indian annual erect herb; source of sesame seed or benniseed and sesame oil
verb
verb
- (transitive) To gain, as the object of desire or effort.
- (ditransitive) To discover by study or experiment directed to an object or end.
- (transitive) To encounter or discover something being searched for; to locate.
- (transitive) To attain to; to arrive at; to acquire.
- (transitive) To arrive at, as a conclusion; to determine as true; to establish.
- (transitive) To point out.
- (transitive) To meet with; to receive.
- (transitive) To encounter or discover by accident; to happen upon.
- (intransitive, hunting) To discover game.
- (ditransitive) To decide that, to conclude that, to form the opinion that, to consider.
- (transitive, ball games) To successfully pass to or shoot the ball into.
- (intransitive, law) To determine or judge.
- (ditransitive) To locate on behalf of another.
- obtain through effort or management
- receive a specified treatment (abstract)
- perceive or be contemporaneous with
- make a discovery, make a new finding
- discover or determine the existence, presence, or fact of by perception with the eyes
- get or find back; recover the use of
- get something or somebody for a specific purpose
- establish after a calculation, investigation, experiment, survey, or study
- accept and make use of one's personality, abilities, and situation
- perceive oneself to be in a certain condition or place
- succeed in reaching; arrive at
- come to believe on the basis of emotion, intuitions, or indefinite grounds
- come upon after searching; find the location of something that was missed or lost
- come upon, as if by accident; meet with
- decide on and make a declaration about
noun
verb
noun
noun
verb
- (transitive, mathematics) To subject to a transformation; to change into another form without altering the value.
- (transitive) To change the nature, condition or function of; to change in nature, disposition, heart, character, etc.; to convert.
- (transitive, genetics) To subject (a cell) to transformation.
- (intransitive) To undergo a transformation; to change in appearance or character.
- (transitive) To change greatly the appearance or form of.
- (transitive, electricity) To subject to the action of a transformer.
- change from one form or medium into another
- change in outward structure or looks
- increase or decrease (an alternating current or voltage)
- change or alter in form, appearance, or nature
- change (a bacterial cell) into a genetically distinct cell by the introduction of DNA from another cell of the same or closely related species
- convert (one form of energy) to another
- subject to a mathematical transformation
noun
- the act of changing from one use or function or purpose to another
- (psychiatry) a defense mechanism represses emotional conflicts which are then converted into physical symptoms that have no organic basis
- a change in the units or form of an expression:
- a successful free throw or try for point after a touchdown
- act of exchanging one type of money or security for another
- a change of religion
- interchange of subject and predicate of a proposition
- a spiritual enlightenment causing a person to lead a new life
- an event that results in a transformation
- (American football) An extra point (or two) scored by kicking a field goal or carrying the ball into the end zone after scoring a touchdown.
- (law) Under the common law, the tort of the taking of someone's personal property with intent to permanently deprive them of it, or damaging property to the extent that the owner is deprived of the utility of that property, thus making the tortfeasor liable for the entire value of the property.
- (logic) The act of interchanging the terms of a proposition, as by putting the subject in the place of the predicate, or vice versa.
- (mathematics) A change or reduction of the form or value of a proposition.
- (chemistry) A chemical reaction wherein a substrate is transformed into a product.
- (marketing) An online advertising performance metric representing a visitor performing whatever the intended result of an ad is defined to be.
- (rugby) A free kick, after scoring a try, worth two points.
- (linguistics) The process whereby a new word is created without changing the form, often by allowing the word to function as a new part of speech.
- (computing) A software product converted from one platform to another.
- Living space in a part of a building that was previously uninhabitable, or the process of constructing such living space.
- The act of converting something or someone.
- (slang, board games) Changing a miniature figure into another character, usually by mixing different parts, or molding the model's parts, or doing both.
noun
- benefit resulting from some event or action
- (tennis) first point scored after deuce
- the quality of having a superior or more favorable position
- (tennis) The score where one player wins a point after deuce but needs the next to carry the game.
- (countable, uncountable) Superiority of state, or that which gives it; benefit; gain; profit
- (countable) Any condition, circumstance, opportunity or means, particularly favorable or chance to success, or to any desired end.
- (soccer) The continuation of the game after a foul against the attacking team, because the attacking team are in an advantageous position.
- Interest of money; increase; overplus (as the thirteenth in the baker's dozen).
verb
noun
- benefit resulting from some event or action
- payment made in return for a service rendered
- a recompense for worthy acts or retribution for wrongdoing
- the offer of money for helping to find a criminal or for returning lost property
- an act performed to strengthen approved behavior
- The result of an action, whether good or bad.
- Something of value given in return for an act.
- A prize promised for a certain deed or catch
verb
noun
- (mathematics) Applying a function to the result of another.
- (printing) Typesetting.
- (linguistics) The formation of compound words from separate words.
- Synthesis as opposed to analysis.
- A mixture or compound; the result of composing.
- A work of music, literature or art.
- The general makeup of a thing or person.
- The proportion of different parts to make a whole.
- (law) an agreement or compromise by which a creditor or group of creditors accepts partial payment from a debtor.
- (object-oriented programming) Way to combine simple objects or data types into more complex ones.
- The act of putting together; assembly.
- (physics) The compounding of two velocities or forces into a single equivalent velocity or force.
- (painting, photography) The arrangement and flow of elements in a picture.
- (chess) A puzzle created by the composer using chess pieces on a chessboard, which presents the solver with a particular task.
- An essay.
- an essay (especially one written as an assignment)
- something that is created by arranging several things to form a unified whole
- musical creation
- the act of creating written works
- art and technique of printing with movable type
- the way in which someone or something is composed
- the spatial property resulting from the arrangement of parts in relation to each other and to the whole
- a mixture of ingredients
- a musical work that has been created
noun
- A function; a purpose for which something may be employed.
- (uncountable, followed by of) Usefulness, benefit.
- Occasion or need to employ; necessity.
- (Christianity) A special form of a rite adopted for use in a particular context, often a diocese.
- (uncountable) The act of consuming alcohol or narcotics.
- The act of using.
- (forging) A slab of iron welded to the side of a forging, such as a shaft, near the end, and afterward drawn down, by hammering, so as to lengthen the forging.
- (economics) the utilization of economic goods to satisfy needs or in manufacturing
- the act of using
- (psychology) an automatic pattern of behavior in reaction to a specific situation; may be inherited or acquired through frequent repetition
- (law) the exercise of the legal right to enjoy the benefits of owning property
- what something is used for
- exerting shrewd or devious influence especially for one's own advantage
- a particular service
verb
- (transitive, with gender pronouns as object) To suggest or request that other people employ a specific set of gender pronouns when referring to the subject.
- (transitive, with auxiliary "could") To benefit from; to be able to employ or stand.
- (transitive) To employ; to apply; to utilize.
- To accustom; to habituate. (Now common only in participial form. Uses the same pronunciation as the noun; see usage notes.)
- (transitive) To exploit.
- (transitive) To consume (alcohol, drugs, etc), especially regularly.
- (transitive, often with up) To expend; to consume by employing.
- (intransitive, archaic or literary except in past tense) To habitually do; to be wont to do. (Now chiefly in past-tense forms; see used to.)
- (intransitive) To consume a previously specified substance, especially a drug to which one is addicted.
- use up (resources or materials)
- take or consume (regularly or habitually)
- habitually do something or be in a certain state or place (use only in the past tense)
- avail oneself to
- seek or achieve an end by using to one's advantage
- put into service; make work or employ for a particular purpose or for its inherent or natural purpose
noun
- (uncountable, informal) Unearned gain; extra benefit.
- (Southern US) A pale sauce prepared from a roux with meat fat; a type of béchamel sauce.
- A dark savoury sauce prepared from stock and usually meat juices; brown gravy.
- (uncountable, India, Singapore) Curry sauce.
- (uncountable, chiefly Italian-American) Sauce used for pasta.
- a sauce made by adding stock, flour, or other ingredients to the juice and fat that drips from cooking meats
- a sudden happening that brings good fortune (as a sudden opportunity to make money)
- the seasoned but not thickened juices that drip from cooking meats; often a little water is added
verb
noun
- (by extension) Boon, benefit.
- A raised, longitudinal wound, usually purple, on the surface of flesh caused by a stroke of a rod or whip; a welt.
- Specifically, the general happiness of a community, country etc. (often with qualifying word).
- (literary) Welfare, prosperity.
- a raised mark on the skin (as produced by the blow of a whip); characteristic of many allergic reactions
verb
noun
- the mathematical process of obtaining the derivative of a function
- (biology) the structural adaptation of some body part for a particular function
- a discrimination between things as different and distinct on the basis of their characteristics or attributes
- (biology) The process by which the components of multicellular life (cells, organs, etc.) are produced and acquire function, as when a seed develops the root and stem, and the initial stem develops the leaf, branches, and flower buds.
- (biology, evolution) The evolutionary process by which one taxonomic group (species, genus, variety, etc.) becomes distinct from another, or acquires distinct features; the result of such a process: distinctness.
- The act of treating one thing as distinct from another, or of creating such a distinction; of separating a class of things into categories; of describing a thing by illustrating how it is different from something else.
- (geology) The process of separation of cooling magma into various rock types.
- (mathematics, calculus) The process of applying the derivative operator to a function; of calculating a function's derivative.
- The process of developing distinct components.
noun
- An activity, process, or state that is the result of another; a by-product, a consequence.
- (pathology) A symptom that develops during the course of a disease that is not connected to the disease.
- (philosophy, psychology) A mental process or state that is an incidental by-product of physiological events in the brain or nervous system.
- a secondary phenomenon that is a by-product of another phenomenon
noun
- The function or position of something.
- A character or part played by a performer or actor.
- (historical) An ancient unit of quantity, 72 sheets of parchment.
- (grammar) The function of a word in a phrase.
- (object-oriented programming) In the Raku programming language, a code element akin to an interface, used for composition of classes without adding to their inheritance chain.
- Designation that denotes an associated set of responsibilities, knowledge, skills, or privileges
- The expected behaviour of an individual in a society.
- normal or customary activity of a person in a particular social setting
- the actions and activities assigned to or required or expected of a person or group
- an actor's portrayal of someone in a play
- what something is used for
adj
- resulting from or employing derivation
- Imitative of the work of someone else.
- (finance) Having a value that depends on an underlying asset of variable value.
- (law, copyright law) Referring to a work, such as a translation or adaptation, based on another work that may be subject to copyright restrictions.
- Obtained by derivation; not radical, original, or fundamental.
noun
- The value of such a derived function for a given value of its independent variable: the rate of change of a function at a point in its domain.
- a compound obtained from, or regarded as derived from, another compound
- a financial instrument whose value is based on another security
- the result of mathematical differentiation; the instantaneous change of one quantity relative to another; df(x)/dx
- (linguistics) a word that is derived from another word
- (of a function of a single variable f(x)) The derived function of f(x): the function giving the instantaneous rate of change of f; equivalently, the function giving the slope of the line tangent to the graph of f. Written f'(x) or (df)/(dx) in Leibniz's notation, ̇f(x) in Newton's notation (the latter used particularly when the independent variable is time).
- (of more general classes of functions) Any of several related generalizations of the derivative: the directional derivative, partial derivative, Fréchet derivative, functional derivative, etc.
- (chemistry) A chemical derived from another.
- (finance) A financial instrument whose value depends on the valuation of an underlying asset; such as a warrant, an option etc.
- (generally) The linear operator that maps functions to their derived functions, usually written D; the simplest differential operator.
- (linguistics) A word formed by derivation, such as stylish from style.
- Something derived.
noun
- (informal) A benefit.
- (slang, usually in the plural) An amphetamine tablet.
- (US, slang) Alternative letter-case form of Benny (“one-hundred-dollar bill”).
- (UK, slang) Alternative letter-case form of Benny (“tantrum”).
- (informal) Synonym of eggs Benedict.
- East Indian annual erect herb; source of sesame seed or benniseed and sesame oil
verb
verb
- (intransitive) To benefit; gain.
- (transitive) To satisfy; indulge; gratify.
- (intransitive) To make improvements or repairs.
- (intransitive) To thrive; fatten; prosper; improve.
- (transitive, now chiefly dialectal, Scotland) To furnish with dung; manure; fatten with manure; fertilise.
- (transitive) To do good to (someone); benefit; cause to improve or gain.
- (transitive) To make good; turn to good; improve.
- (reflexive) To flatter; congratulate oneself; anticipate.
adj
- (colloquial, when with and) Very, extremely. See good and.
- (colloquial, with with) Accepting of, OK with
- Well-behaved (especially of children or animals).
- Able to be depended on for the discharge of obligations incurred; of unimpaired credit; used with for.
- Being satisfying; meeting dietary requirements.
- Beneficial; worthwhile.
- Unblemished; honourable.
- (colloquial) Ready.
- (US) Satisfied or at ease; not requiring more.
- Effective.
- Pleasant; enjoyable.
- Adequate; sufficient; not fallacious.
- Large in amount or size.
- Having a particularly pleasant taste.
- Of food or other perishable products, still fit for use; not yet expired, stale, rotten, etc.
- Useful for a particular purpose; functional.
- Acting in the interest of what is beneficial, ethical, or moral.
- True, valid, of explanatory strength.
- Right, proper, as it should be.
- (stressed form) Special, best, favorite.
- (Internet slang, offensive, ethnic slur) Of a black person, dead or killed.
- Valid, of worth, capable of being honoured.
- Reasonable in amount.
- Competent or talented.
- Healthful.
- Favorable.
- Holy (especially when capitalized) .
- Full; entire; at least as much as.
- generally admired
- in excellent physical condition
- appealing to the mind
- deserving of esteem and respect
- not left to spoil
- agreeable or pleasing
- not forged
- exerting force or influence
- thorough
- with or in a close or intimate relationship
- having the normally expected amount
- capable of pleasing
- morally admirable
- financially safe
- promoting or enhancing well-being
- most suitable or right for a particular purpose
- having or showing knowledge and skill and aptitude
- tending to promote physical well-being; beneficial to health
- of moral excellence
- having desirable or positive qualities especially those suitable for a thing specified
- resulting favorably
adv
- (informal, sometimes proscribed) Well; satisfactorily or thoroughly.
- (often used as a combining form) in a good or proper or satisfactory manner or to a high standard (‘good’ is a nonstandard dialectal variant for ‘well’)
- completely and absolutely (‘good’ is sometimes used informally for ‘thoroughly’)
intj
noun
- (countable, usually in the plural) An article of personal property (as opposed to real property).
- (countable, usually in the plural) An item of merchandise.
- (uncountable) The abstract instantiation of goodness; that which possesses desirable qualities, promotes success, welfare, or happiness, is serviceable, fit, excellent, kind, benevolent, etc.
- (uncountable) The forces or behaviours that are the enemy of evil. Usually consists of helping others and general benevolence.
- (countable) A result that is positive in the view of the speaker.
- moral excellence or admirableness
- that which is pleasing or valuable or useful
- benefit
- a raw material that is sold in large quantities, usually to other businesses for manufacturing or production purposes
verb
noun
- something that aids or promotes well-being
- financial assistance in time of need
- a performance to raise money for a charitable cause
- (insurance) A payment made in accordance with an insurance policy or a public assistance scheme.
- An event, such as a theatrical performance, given to raise funds for some cause.
- Intended audience (as for the benefit of).
- An advantage; help or aid from something.
verb
- derive a benefit from
- reach a destination, either real or abstract
- increase or develop
- obtain
- increase (one's body weight)
- win something through one's efforts
- earn on some commercial or business transaction; earn as salary or wages
- rise in rate or price
- obtain advantages, such as points, etc.
- (intransitive) To have or receive advantage or profit; to acquire gain; to grow rich; to advance in interest, health, or happiness; to make progress.
- (transitive) To increase.
- (of a clock or watch) To run fast.
- (intransitive, often with on) To grow more likely to catch or overtake someone.
- (intransitive) To put on weight.
- To draw into any interest or party; to win to one’s side; to conciliate.
- (transitive) To acquire possession of.
- (transitive) To reach.
noun
- the advantageous quality of being beneficial
- the amount of increase in signal power or voltage or current expressed as the ratio of output to input
- the amount by which the revenue of a business exceeds its cost of operating
- a quantity that is added
- (electronics) The factor by which a signal is multiplied.
- The act of gaining; acquisition.
- (architecture) A square or bevelled notch cut out of a girder, binding joist, or other timber which supports a floor beam, so as to receive the end of the floor beam.
- The thing or things gained.
adj
adv
verb
noun
- the advantageous quality of being beneficial
- the excess of revenues over outlays in a given period of time (including depreciation and other non-cash expenses)
- (accounting, economics) Total income or cash flow minus expenditures. The money or other benefit a non-governmental organization or individual receives in exchange for products and services sold at an advertised price.
- (property law) Ellipsis of profit à prendre.
verb
noun
- (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.
- 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
verb
- Of a thing: to perform a secondary function substantially different from a supposed primary function.
- (Ireland, historical) To make a night-time attack on a tenant farmer not supporting the policies of the Irish National Land League.
- (informal) To do a moonlight flit: to secretly leave premises without paying the rent, supposedly at night by the light of the Moon.
- (originally US, informal) To do work for pay (sometimes illegally, secretly, or without paying income tax on the earnings) which is in addition to a main job, often in the evening or at night.
- To engage in an activity other than what one is known for.
- (transitive, Ireland, historical, passive voice) (Of a tenant farmer) to be attacked for not supporting the policies of the Irish National Land League.
- work a second job, usually after hours
noun
- (countable, informal) Chiefly in to do a moonlight: short for moonlight flit (“an act of secretly leaving premises without paying the rent, supposedly at night by the light of the Moon; hence, any act of escaping at night”).
- (uncountable, also attributive) The light reflected from the Moon, which seems to emanate from it.
- the light of the Moon
verb
- (transitive) To gain (an object or desired result).
- (intransitive) To come or arrive, by motion, growth, bodily exertion, or efforts toward a place, object, state, etc.
- (transitive) To reach or come to, by progression or motion; to arrive at (a place, time, state, etc.).
- reach a destination, either real or abstract
- to gain with effort
- find unexpectedly
- reach a point in time, or a certain state or level
verb
- gain in value
- (intransitive, transitive) To increase in value.
- recognize with gratitude; be grateful for
- be fully aware of; realize fully
- increase the value of
- hold dear
- (transitive) To be grateful or thankful for.
- (transitive) To be fully conscious of; understand; be aware of; detect.
- (transitive) To view as valuable.
verb
- (transitive) To win, achieve a gain.
- (transitive) To bring in a harvest; reap; glean.
- (transitive) To take (an organ) from an organ donor.
- (intransitive) To be occupied bringing in a harvest.
- (transitive) To take a living organism as part of a managed process to gather food or resources, often with the intention of maintaining a healthy population.
- remove from a culture or a living or dead body, as for the purposes of transplantation
- gather, as of natural products
noun
- (by extension) The product or result of any exertion or course of action; reward or consequences.
- The yield of harvesting, i.e., the gathered crops or fruits.
- (UK, dialectal) The third season of the year; autumn; fall.
- (agriculture) The process of gathering the ripened crop; harvesting.
- The season of gathering ripened crops; specifically, the time of reaping and gathering grain.
- (paganism) A modern pagan ceremony held on or around the autumn equinox, which is in the harvesting season.
- the consequence of an effort or activity
- the yield from plants in a single growing season
- the gathering of a ripened crop
- the season for gathering crops
verb
- change the inherent purpose or function of something
- use foul or abusive language towards
- treat badly
- use wrongly or improperly or excessively
- (transitive) To injure; to maltreat; to hurt; to treat with cruelty, especially repeatedly.
- (transitive) To imbibe a drug for a purpose other than it was intended; to intentionally take more of a drug than was prescribed for recreational reasons; to take illegal drugs habitually.
- (transitive) To put to a wrong use; to misapply; to use improperly; to use for a wrong purpose or end; to pervert
- (transitive) To attack with coarse language; to insult; to revile; malign; to speak in an offensive manner to or about someone; to disparage.
noun
- a rude expression intended to offend or hurt
- cruel or inhumane treatment
- improper or excessive use
- Violation; defilement; rape; forcing of undesired sexual activity by one person on another, often on a repeated basis.
- Physical maltreatment; injury; cruel treatment.
- Misuse; improper use; perversion.
- Improper treatment or usage; application to a wrong or bad purpose; an unjust, corrupt or wrongful practice or custom.
- Coarse, insulting speech; abusive language; language that unjustly or angrily vilifies.
verb
noun
verb
- change the inherent purpose or function of something
- corrupt morally or by intemperance or sensuality
- practice sophistry; change the meaning of or be vague about in order to mislead or deceive
- to misinterpret designedly.
- (transitive) To corrupt; to cause to be untrue; corrupted or otherwise impure
- To misapply, misuse, use for a nefarious purpose
- (transitive) To turn another way; to divert.
- (intransitive) To become perverted; to take the wrong course.
noun
verb
- (transitive) To have the use or benefit of something.
- (transitive) To receive pleasure or satisfaction from something.
- (transitive) To have sexual intercourse with.
- (intransitive, India) To be satisfied or receive pleasure; to have fun.
- take delight in
- have for one's benefit
- get pleasure from
- have benefit from
- derive or receive pleasure from; get enjoyment from; take pleasure in
verb
- (mathematics) To calculate the derivative of a function.
- To recognize as different or distinct.
- (transitive, intransitive, often in the passive voice, biology) To (cause to) go through a process of development called differentiation; to make or become different in form or function.
- To modify so as to create a difference or distinction.
- (mathematics) To calculate the differential of a function of multiple variables.
- To show or be the difference or distinction between things.
- To perceive the difference between things; to discriminate.
- (education) To teach a lesson in multiple different ways in order to meet the needs of more or less advanced students.
- become distinct and acquire a different character
- evolve so as to lead to a new species or develop in a way most suited to the environment
- be a distinctive feature, attribute, or trait; sometimes in a very positive sense
- mark as different
- calculate a derivative; take the derivative
- become different during development
noun
verb
- (transitive) To gain, usually by one's own exertions; to get as one's own.
- (medicine) To become affected by an illness.
- (transitive) To get.
- (computing) To sample signals and convert them into digital values.
- (Canada, US, military) To begin tracking a mobile target with a particular detector or sight, generally with the implication that an attack on the target thereby becomes possible.
- take on a certain form, attribute, or aspect
- gain knowledge or skills
- win something through one's efforts
- come into the possession of something concrete or abstract
- locate (a moving entity) by means of a tracking system such as radar
- gain through experience
- come to have or undergo a change of (physical features and attributes)
verb
- (transitive) To cause (a mechanism) to operate.
- (intransitive) To travel by operating a wheeled motorized vehicle.
- (transitive, slang, aviation) To operate (an aircraft); to pilot.
- (intransitive) To move forcefully.
- (transitive) To separate the lighter (feathers or down) from the heavier, by exposing them to a current of air.
- (transitive) (especially animals) To cause to flee out of.
- (transitive, intransitive) To direct a vehicle powered by a horse, ox or similar animal.
- (transitive) To compel, exert pressure, coerce (to do something).
- (intransitive, sports, cricket, tennis, baseball) To hit the ball with a drive.
- (transitive) To carry or to keep in motion; to conduct; to prosecute.
- (transitive) To displace either physically or non-physically, through the application of force.
- To be the dominant party in a sex act.
- (transitive) To convey (a person, etc.) in a wheeled motorized vehicle.
- (transitive) To urge, press, or bring to a point or state.
- (transitive) (especially of animals) To impel or urge onward by force; to push forward; to compel to move on.
- (transitive) To cause to become.
- (transitive, ergative) To operate (a wheeled motorized vehicle).
- (transitive) To motivate through the application or demonstration of force; to impel or urge onward in such a way.
- (transitive) To provide an impetus for motion or other physical change, to move an object by means of the provision of force thereto.
- (transitive) To motivate; to provide an incentive for.
- (mining) To dig horizontally; to cut a horizontal gallery or tunnel.
- (American football) To put together a drive (n.): to string together offensive plays and advance the ball down the field.
- (intransitive) To be moved or propelled forcefully (especially of a ship).
- (transitive) To clear, by forcing away what is contained.
- (transitive) To provide an impetus for a change in one's situation or state of mind.
- force into or from an action or state, either physically or metaphorically
- strive and make an effort to reach a goal
- cause to move rapidly by striking or throwing with force
- cause to move back by force or influence
- (hunting) chase from cover into more open ground
- cause someone or something to move by driving
- move by being propelled by a force
- operate or control a vehicle
- proceed along in a vehicle
- to compel or force or urge relentlessly or exert coercive pressure on, or motivate strongly
- (hunting) search for game
- move into a desired direction of discourse
- push, propel, or press with force
- work as a driver
- excavate horizontally
- cause to function by supplying the force or power for or by controlling
- urge forward
- travel or be transported in a vehicle
- strike with a driver, as in teeing off
- have certain properties when driven
- compel somebody to do something, often against their own will or judgment
- hit very hard, as by swinging a bat horizontally
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- (American football) An offensive possession, generally one consisting of several plays and/ or first downs, often leading to a scoring opportunity.
- (retail) A campaign aimed at selling more of a certain product or promoting a public service.
- (golf) A stroke made with a driver.
- (philanthropy) A charity event such as a fundraiser, bake sale, or toy drive.
- (soccer) A straight level shot or pass.
- (typography) An impression or matrix formed by a punch drift.
- An act of driving livestock animals forward, to transport a herd.
- (psychology) Desire or interest.
- A mechanism used to power or give motion to a vehicle or other machine or machine part.
- A collection of objects that are driven; a mass of logs to be floated down a river.
- A trip made in a vehicle (now generally in a motor vehicle).
- (automotive) The gear into which one usually shifts an automatic transmission when one is driving a car or truck. (Denoted with symbol D on a shifter's labeling.)
- Violent or rapid motion; a rushing onward or away; (especially) a forced or hurried dispatch of business.
- Planned, usually long-lasting, effort to achieve something; ability coupled with ambition, determination, and motivation.
- (computer hardware) An apparatus for reading and writing data to or from a mass storage device such as a disk.
- (military) A sustained advance in the face of the enemy to take an objective.
- (computer hardware) A mass storage device in which the mechanism for reading and writing data is integrated with the mechanism for storing data.
- A type of public roadway.
- (cricket) A type of shot played by swinging the bat in a vertical arc, through the line of the ball, and hitting it along the ground, normally between cover and midwicket.
- (baseball, tennis) A ball struck in a flat trajectory.
- An act of driving game animals forward, to be captured or hunted.
- A driveway.
- (UK, especially Bristol and Wales, slang) Friendly term of address for a bus driver.
- the act of applying force to propel something
- a mechanism by which force or power is transmitted in a machine
- hitting a golf ball off of a tee with a driver
- a series of actions advancing a principle or tending toward a particular end
- a wide scenic road planted with trees
- the act of driving a herd of animals overland
- the trait of being highly motivated
- a journey in a vehicle (usually an automobile)
- (computer science) a device that writes data onto or reads data from a storage medium
- a physiological state corresponding to a strong need or desire
- (sports) a hard straight return (as in tennis or squash)
- a road leading up to a private house
verb
- (transitive) To yield as a benefit.
- (ambitransitive) To discharge, as a debt or other obligation, by giving or doing what is due or required.
- (intransitive) To suffer consequences.
- (transitive) To be profitable for.
- (transitive) To admit that a joke, punchline, etc., was funny.
- (transitive) To give (something else than money).
- (intransitive) To be profitable or worth the effort.
- (intransitive) To discharge an obligation or debt.
- (ambitransitive) To give money or other compensation to in exchange for goods or services.
- (nautical, transitive) To cover (the bottom of a vessel, a seam, a spar, etc.) with tar or pitch, or a waterproof composition of tallow, resin, etc.; to smear.
- dedicate
- cancel or discharge a debt
- be worth it
- make a compensation for
- convey, as of a compliment, regards, attention, etc.; bestow
- bring in
- bear (a cost or penalty), in recompense for some action
- do or give something to somebody in return
- render
- give money, usually in exchange for goods or services
- discharge or settle
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- (transitive) To gain, as the object of desire or effort.
- (ditransitive) To discover by study or experiment directed to an object or end.
- (transitive) To encounter or discover something being searched for; to locate.
- (transitive) To attain to; to arrive at; to acquire.
- (transitive) To arrive at, as a conclusion; to determine as true; to establish.
- (transitive) To point out.
- (transitive) To meet with; to receive.
- (transitive) To encounter or discover by accident; to happen upon.
- (intransitive, hunting) To discover game.
- (ditransitive) To decide that, to conclude that, to form the opinion that, to consider.
- (transitive, ball games) To successfully pass to or shoot the ball into.
- (intransitive, law) To determine or judge.
- (ditransitive) To locate on behalf of another.
- obtain through effort or management
- receive a specified treatment (abstract)
- perceive or be contemporaneous with
- make a discovery, make a new finding
- discover or determine the existence, presence, or fact of by perception with the eyes
- get or find back; recover the use of
- get something or somebody for a specific purpose
- establish after a calculation, investigation, experiment, survey, or study
- accept and make use of one's personality, abilities, and situation
- perceive oneself to be in a certain condition or place
- succeed in reaching; arrive at
- come to believe on the basis of emotion, intuitions, or indefinite grounds
- come upon after searching; find the location of something that was missed or lost
- come upon, as if by accident; meet with
- decide on and make a declaration about
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- resulting from or employing derivation
- Imitative of the work of someone else.
- (finance) Having a value that depends on an underlying asset of variable value.
- (law, copyright law) Referring to a work, such as a translation or adaptation, based on another work that may be subject to copyright restrictions.
- Obtained by derivation; not radical, original, or fundamental.
noun
- The value of such a derived function for a given value of its independent variable: the rate of change of a function at a point in its domain.
- a compound obtained from, or regarded as derived from, another compound
- a financial instrument whose value is based on another security
- the result of mathematical differentiation; the instantaneous change of one quantity relative to another; df(x)/dx
- (linguistics) a word that is derived from another word
- (of a function of a single variable f(x)) The derived function of f(x): the function giving the instantaneous rate of change of f; equivalently, the function giving the slope of the line tangent to the graph of f. Written f'(x) or (df)/(dx) in Leibniz's notation, ̇f(x) in Newton's notation (the latter used particularly when the independent variable is time).
- (of more general classes of functions) Any of several related generalizations of the derivative: the directional derivative, partial derivative, Fréchet derivative, functional derivative, etc.
- (chemistry) A chemical derived from another.
- (finance) A financial instrument whose value depends on the valuation of an underlying asset; such as a warrant, an option etc.
- (generally) The linear operator that maps functions to their derived functions, usually written D; the simplest differential operator.
- (linguistics) A word formed by derivation, such as stylish from style.
- Something derived.
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- (mathematics, of a function, etc.) That is distributive over addition.
- (chemistry) Pertaining to chemical addition.
- (genetics) Of or pertaining to genes (or the interaction etc. of such genes) which govern the same trait and whose effects work together on the phenotype.
- (group theory, of a group, semigroup, etc.) Whose operator is identified as addition.
- (mathematics) Pertaining to addition; that can be, or has been, added.
- characterized or produced by addition
- designating or involving an equation whose terms are of the first degree