English words for 'Alternative form of quarterfinal.'
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noun
- A quarterfinal.
- (sports) One of four equal periods into which a game is divided.
- One's residence or dwelling-place; (in plural) rooms, lodgings, especially as allocated to soldiers or domestic staff.
- (farriery) The part on either side of a horse's hoof between the toe and heel, the side of its coffin.
- (now chiefly historical) A measure of capacity used chiefly for grain or coal, varying greatly in quantity by time and location.
- (in general sense) Each of four equal parts into which something can be divided; a fourth part.
- Each of four parts into which the earth or sky is divided, corresponding to the four cardinal points of the compass.
- (historical) A measure of length; originally a fourth part of an ell, now chiefly a fourth part of a yard.
- (now chiefly historical) A fourth part of a hundredweight.
- A division or section of a town or city, especially having a particular character of its own, or associated with a particular group etc.
- (often plural) A section (of a population), especially one having a particular set of values or interests.
- (Chester, historical) A quarter of an acre or 40 roods.
- Accommodation given to a defeated opponent; mercy; exemption from being killed.
- (now chiefly finance) A fourth part of the year; 3 months; a term or season.
- (nautical) The aftmost part of a vessel's side, roughly from the last mast to the stern.
- The back and sides of the upper of a shoe, extending around the wearer's heel to meet the vamp.
- (now historical) A fourth part of the night; one of the watches or divisions of the night.
- A fourth part of a pound; approximately 113 grams.
- (heraldry) A fourth part of a coat of arms, or the charge on it, larger than a canton and normally on the upper dexter side, formed by a perpendicular line from the top meeting a horizontal line from the side.
- A region or place.
- (time) A fourth part of an hour; a period of fifteen minutes, especially with reference to the quarter before or after the hour.
- (Canada, US) A quarter-dollar, divided into 25 cents; the coin of that value minted in the United States or Canada.
- piece of leather that comprises the part of a shoe or boot covering the heel and joining the vamp
- clemency or mercy shown to a defeated opponent
- an unspecified person
- one of four equal parts
- the rear part of a ship
- one of four periods into which the school year is divided
- a fourth part of a year; three months
- a United States or Canadian coin worth one fourth of a dollar
- (football, professional basketball) one of four divisions into which some games are divided
- a quarter of a hundredweight (28 pounds)
- a district of a city having some distinguishing character
- one of the four major division of the compass
- a quarter of a hundredweight (25 pounds)
- a unit of time equal to 15 minutes or a quarter of an hour
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- (intransitive) To lodge; to have a temporary residence.
- (heraldry) To display different coats of arms in the quarters of a shield.
- (transitive) To provide housing for military personnel or other equipment.
- (transitive, historical) To execute (someone) by tying each limb to a different animal (such as a horse) and driving them in different directions.
- (transitive) To divide into quarters; to divide by four.
- (transitive) To range to and fro over an area; to move from point to point.
- (transitive) To quartersaw.
- pull (a person) apart with four horses tied to their extremities, so as to execute them
- divide into quarters
- provide housing for (military personnel)
- divide by four; divide into quarters
noun
- (informal) A semifinal.
- one of the two competitions in the next to the last round of an elimination tournament
- (slang, finance) Semiconductor companies or positions in the stock market.
- (slang) A semiautomatic firearm.
- (colloquial, mining) An intermediate in the production of end-use goods.
- (Australia, Canada, New Zealand, US) A semi-trailer; a tractor-trailer; an eighteen-wheeler; an artic.
- (slang) A partial erection of the penis.
- (UK, Ireland, Australia, Canada, informal) A semi-detached house.
- a truck consisting of a tractor and trailer together
- a trailer having wheels only in the rear; the front is supported by the towing vehicle
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- (sports) One of the four competitions in a knockout tournament whose winners go on to play in the two semifinals.
- one of the four competitions in an elimination tournament whose winners go on to play in the semifinals
- (general) A competition that narrows a field of contestants (quarterfinalists) to a set of semifinalists, for a subsequent final.
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- a tournament in which both professionals and amateurs may play
- a clear or unobstructed space or expanse of land or water
- information that has become public
- where the air is unconfined
- (electronics) A defect in an electrical circuit preventing current from flowing.
- (in the definite) Open or unobstructed space; an exposed location.
- The act of something being opened, such as an e-mail message.
- (in the definite) Public knowledge or scrutiny; full view.
- A sports event in which anybody can compete, especially or originally irrespective of amateur or professional status.
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- open to or in view of all
- openly straightforward and direct without reserve or secretiveness
- (set theory) of an interval that contains neither of its endpoints
- not sealed or having been unsealed
- open and observable; not secret or hidden
- not requiring union membership
- accessible to all
- without undue constriction as from e.g. tenseness or inhibition
- not having been filled
- not brought to a conclusion; subject to further thought
- ready for business
- affording free passage or access
- used of mouth or eyes
- (of textures) full of small openings or gaps
- not defended or capable of being defended
- affording free passage or view
- with no protection or shield
- possibly accepting or permitting
- ready or willing to receive favorably
- having no protecting cover or enclosure
- affording unobstructed entrance and exit; not shut or closed
- (phonetics) Uttered, as a consonant, with the oral passage simply narrowed without closure.
- Able to have something pass through or along it.
- (sometimes business) Not fulfilled or resolved; incomplete.
- (computing, not comparable, of a file, document, etc.) In current use; connected to as a resource.
- Not settled; not decided or determined; not withdrawn from consideration.
- Of a space, free of objects and obstructions.
- (law, of correspondence) Written or sent with the intention that it may made public or referred to at any trial, rather than by way of confidential private negotiation for a settlement.
- Of a person, not concealing their feelings, opinions, etc.; candid, ingenuous.
- (not comparable) Available for use or operation.
- Not concealed; overt.
- (electricity, of a switch or circuit breaker) In a position such that a circuit is not completed, preventing electricity from flowing.
- (music) Of a note, played without closing any finger-hole, key or valve.
- (sports and games) Characterised by free-flowing play.
- (comparable, with 'to') Susceptible or vulnerable (to the stated means).
- (now regional) Not of a quality to prevent communication, as by closing waterways, blocking roads, etc.; hence, not frosty or inclement; mild; used of the weather or the climate.
- (engineering, gas and liquid flow, of valve or damper) In a position allowing fluid to flow.
- (music, stringed instruments) Of a note, played without pressing the string against the fingerboard.
- Not covered, sealed, etc.; having an opening or aperture showing what is inside.
- (graph theory, of a walk) Having different first and last vertices.
- (not comparable) Actively conducting or prepared to conduct business.
- (medicine) Resulting from an incision, puncture or any other process by which the skin no longer protects an internal part of the body.
- (computing, of a program or application, especially one with a screen-based interface) Running.
- (phonetics, of a syllable) Ending in a vowel; not having a coda.
- (especially sports) Of a club, bat or other hitting implement, angled upwards and/or (for a right-hander) clockwise of straight.
- (mathematics, logic, of a formula) Having a free variable.
- (phonetics, sometimes with comparative opener) Uttered with a relatively wide opening of the articulating organs; said of vowels.
- (comparable) Receptive.
- (mathematics, topology, of a set) Which is part of a predefined collection of subsets of X, that defines a topological space on X.
- Not physically drawn together, folded or contracted.
- (not comparable) Allowing entrance to visitors or the public.
- (of a multi-word compound) Having component words separated by spaces, as opposed to being joined together or hyphenated; for example, time slot as opposed to timeslot or time-slot.
- (sports) Of a tournament or competition, allowing anyone to enter, especially or originally irrespective of professional or amateur status.
- (computing, education) Made public, usable with a free licence and without proprietary components.
- Not having one end joined to the other; not forming a closed loop.
- (sometimes proscribed) Unlocked or unlatched but not physically open.
- (computing, used before "code") Source code of a computer program that is not within the text of a macro being generated.
- (not comparable) Public.
- (not comparable) With open access, of open science, or both.
- Of a sandwich, etc.: composed of a single slice of bread with a topping.
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- begin or set in action, of meetings, speeches, recitals, etc.
- start to operate or function or cause to start operating or functioning
- make the opening move
- become available
- make available
- display the contents of a file or start an application as on a computer
- cause to open or to become open
- become open
- spread out or open from a closed or folded state
- have an opening or passage or outlet
- (transitive, intransitive) To make or become operative or available.
- (transitive) To make an open relationship or marriage, i.e., with possible additional relationships.
- (transitive, intransitive) To spread; to expand into a wider or looser position.
- (transitive) To enter upon, begin.
- (intransitive, poker) To bet before any other player has in a particular betting round in a game of poker.
- (transitive, intransitive, poker) To reveal one's hand.
- (transitive, intransitive, engineering, gas and liquid flow, of valve or damper) To move to a position allowing fluid to flow.
- (transitive, nursing) To make (a bed) ready for a patient by folding back the bedcovers.
- (intransitive, with 'for') To precede another as a performer at a concert or show.
- (transitive) To bring up, broach.
- (computing, transitive, intransitive) To start running (a program or application, especially one with a screen-based interface).
- (transitive, intransitive) To make or become receptive or susceptible (to something).
- (computing, transitive, intransitive) To connect to a resource (a file, document, etc.) for viewing or editing.
- (transitive, intransitive) To unseal or uncover, or become unsealed or uncovered.
- (transitive, intransitive) To cause or allow a gap to form or widen.
- (Manglish, Quebec) To turn on; to switch on.
- (transitive, intransitive, electricity, of a switch, fuse or circuit breaker) To move to a position preventing electricity from flowing.
- (transitive, intransitive) To make or become accessible or clear for passage by moving from a shut position.
- (transitive, intransitive) To make or become clear by removal of objects and obstructions, so as to allow passage, access, or visibility.
- (transitive, intransitive) To make or become accessible to customers, clients or visitors.
- (especially sports, transitive, intransitive) To angle (a club, bat or other hitting implement) upwards and/or (for a right-hander) clockwise of straight.
- (intransitive, cricket) To begin a side's innings as one of the first two batsmen.
- (transitive or intransitive) To start (an event or activity) as the first performer or actor.
- (intransitive) Of an event, activity etc., to start or get underway.
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- (intransitive) To be qualified to compete, especially in a quarter-final, semi-final, or final.
- (reflexive) To shed seeds (refers to plants)
- (transitive) To start; to provide, assign or determine the initial resources for, position of, state of.
- (slang, vulgar) To ejaculate inside the penetratee during intercourse, especially in the rectum.
- (meteorology) To scatter small particles within (a cloud or airmass) in order to trigger the formation of rain.
- (intransitive) To produce seed.
- (transitive) To cover thinly with something scattered; to ornament with seedlike decorations.
- (intransitive) To grow to maturity.
- (dialectal) simple past and past participle of see
- (sports, gaming) To allocate a seeding to a competitor.
- (Internet, transitive) To leave (files) available for others to download through peer-to-peer file sharing protocols (e.g. BitTorrent).
- (transitive) To plant or sow an area with seeds.
- bear seeds
- help (an enterprise) in its early stages of development by providing seed money
- place (seeds) in or on the ground for future growth
- distribute (players or teams) so that outstanding teams or players will not meet in the early rounds
- remove the seeds from
- inoculate with microorganisms
- go to seed; shed seeds
- sprinkle with silver iodide particles to disperse and cause rain
noun
- (countable) Any small seed-like fruit.
- (countable) A fragment of coral.
- (US slang) A child.
- (sports) The initial position of a competitor or team in a tournament. (seed position)
- (physics) A small particle, bubble, or imperfection that serves as a nucleation point for some process.
- (Internet marketing) A commercial message in a creative format placed on relevant sites on the Internet. (seed idea or seed message)
- The competitor or team occupying a given seed (position).
- (uncountable, collective) An amount of seeds that cannot be readily counted.
- (countable, agriculture) Any propagative portion of a plant which may be sown, such as true seeds, seed-like fruits, tubers, or bulbs.
- A small bubble formed in imperfectly fused glass.
- (countable, figurative) A precursor.
- (uncountable) Semen.
- Race; generation; birth.
- (cryptography, computing) The initialization state of a pseudorandom number generator or similar system.
- (countable, botany) A fertilized and ripened ovule, containing an embryonic plant.
- (video games) (by extension) A unique code that acts as a blueprint for generating a specific game world, determining terrain, structures, and resource placement.
- a small hard fruit
- the thick white fluid containing spermatozoa that is ejaculated by the male genital tract
- anything that provides inspiration for later work
- one of the outstanding players in a tournament
- a mature fertilized plant ovule consisting of an embryo and its food source and having a protective coat or testa
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- (linguistics) Word-final; occurring at the end of a word.
- Respecting an end or object to be gained; respecting the purpose or ultimate end in view.
- Last; ultimate.
- Conclusive; decisive.
- (grammar) Expressing purpose; as in the term final clause.
- conclusive in a process or progression
- occurring at or forming an end or termination
- not to be altered or undone
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- (Oxbridge slang) A final examination taken at the end of the final year of an undergraduate course, which contributes towards a student's degree classification.
- (phonology) The final part of a syllable, the combination of medial and rime in phonetics and phonology.
- (music) The tonic or keynote of a Gregorian mode, and hence the final note of any conventional melody played in that mode.
- (Canada, US, Philippines) A final examination; a test or examination given at the end of a term or class; the test that concludes a class.
- (sports) The last round, game or match in a contest, after which the winner is determined.
- the final match between the winners of all previous matches in an elimination tournament
- an examination administered at the end of an academic term
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- (sports) a preliminary competition to determine qualifications
- an annoying or frustrating or catastrophic event
- the act of testing something
- the act of undergoing testing
- trying something to find out about it
- (law) the determination of a person's innocence or guilt by due process of law
- The testing of a product or procedure.
- (grammar) The trial number.
- (ceramics) A piece of ware used to test the heat of a kiln.
- (law) A meeting or series of meetings in a court of law at which evidence is presented to a judge (and sometimes a jury) to allow them to decide on a legal matter (especially whether an accused person is guilty of a crime).
- An event in which athletes’ or animals’ abilities are tested as they compete for a place on a team, or to move on to the next level of a championship, for example.
- (medicine, sciences, research) A research study to test the effectiveness and safety of a drug, medical procedure, etc.
- A difficult or annoying experience or person; (especially religion) such an experience seen as a test of faith and piety.
- An occasion on which a person or thing is tested to find out how well they perform or how suitable they are.
- (UK) An internal examination set by Eton College.
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- a sporting competition in which contestants play a series of games to decide the winner
- a series of jousts between knights contesting for a prize
- (historical) During the Middle Ages, a series of battles and other contests designed to prepare knights for war.
- A series of games; either the same game played many times, or a succession of games related by a single theme; played competitively to determine a single winning team or individual.
- (graph theory) A digraph obtained by assigning a direction to each edge in an undirected complete graph.
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- (sports) A diagram of games in a tournament.
- (US) “[” and “]” specifically, as opposed to the other forms, which have their own technical names.
- (nautical) A short crooked timber, resembling a knee, used as a support.
- A fixture attached to a wall to hold up a shelf.
- (algebra) A pair of values that represent the smallest and largest elements of a range.
- (typography) The small curved or angular corner formed by a serif and a stroke in a letter.
- Alternative form of bragget (“drink made with ale and honey”).
- (military) Typically of stationary weapons, the zone enclosed by one long and one short shot impact expected to be hit very accurately.
- (engineering) Any intermediate object that connects a smaller part to a larger part, the smaller part typically projecting sideways from the larger part.
- (military) The cheek or side of an ordnance carriage, supporting the trunnions.
- (sports) A prediction of the outcome of games in a tournament, used for betting purposes.
- (UK) “(” and “)” specifically, the other forms above requiring adjectives for disambiguation.
- One of several ranges of numbers.
- either of two punctuation marks (‘<’ or ‘>’) used in computer programming and sometimes used to enclose textual material
- a category falling within certain defined limits
- either of two punctuation marks (‘[’ or ‘]’) used to enclose textual material
- a support projecting from a wall (as to hold a shelf)
verb
- (military) To gauge the range of a target by firing equally short and long of it and ranging the weapon between the two to achieve a very accurate hit.
- (photography) To take multiple images of the same subject, using a range of exposure settings, in order to help ensure that a satisfactory image is obtained.
- To set aside, discount, ignore.
- To bound on both sides, to surround, as enclosing with brackets.
- To enclose in typographical brackets.
- To place in the same category.
- To support by means of mechanical brackets.
- To mark distinctly for special treatment.
- (philosophy, phenomenology) In the philosophical system of Edmund Husserl and his followers, to set aside metaphysical theories and existential questions concerning what is real in order to focus philosophical attention simply on the actual content of experience.
- support with brackets
- classify or group
- place into brackets
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- any final competition to determine a championship
- A short piece of underscore played during a scene transition in a stage musical, usually reprising a song from the preceding scene.
- (UK) A short series of games to select the last team to be promoted (to elevate to a higher league).
- (US) A short series of games to select a league champion.
- A final game in a series needed to break a tie.
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- (sports, Philippines, informal) The semifinal round, or an appearance in it generally.
- (basketball, US, informal) The final two rounds of the NCAA Division I tournament.
- (basketball, US, informal) The four regional champions of the NCAA Division I tournament, one of whom will become the national champion.
- (basketball, US, informal) An appearance in the Final Four.
- (basketball, Europe) The final round of the continent-wide Euroleague club basketball competition, featuring four teams with one becoming champion.
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- Pertaining to a nation or country, especially as a whole; affecting, shared by, or existing throughout all of a nation.
- Belonging to or characteristic of a specific nation or country, as opposed to others.
- limited to or in the interests of a particular nation
- of or relating to nationality
- owned or maintained for the public by the national government
- concerned with or applicable to or belonging to an entire nation or country
- of or relating to or belonging to a nation or country
- inside the country
- characteristic of or peculiar to the people of a nation
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- (sports) match; a game between two sides.
- (onomatopoeia) A loud sound, like the crashing together of metal objects; a crash.
- Opposition; contradiction; such as between differing or contending interests, views, purposes etc.
- (hurling) An instance of restarting the game after a "dead ball", where it is dropped between two opposing players, who can fight for possession.
- (Scotland) Chatter; gossip; idle talk.
- A skirmish, a hostile encounter.
- A combination of garments that do not look good together, especially because of conflicting colours.
- An angry argument.
- a state of conflict between colors
- a state of conflict between persons
- a minor short-term fight
- a loud resonant repeating noise
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- (intransitive, of clothes, decor, colours) To fail to look good together; to contrast unattractively; to fail to harmonize.
- (intransitive, slang, video games) To play Clash Royale or Clash of Clans.
- (transitive) To cause to make a clashing sound.
- (intransitive, of events) To coincide, to happen at the same time, thereby rendering it impossible to attend all.
- (intransitive) To make a clashing sound.
- (intransitive, Scotland) To chatter or gossip.
- (intransitive) To come into violent conflict.
- (intransitive, in games or sports) To face each other in an important game.
- (intransitive) To argue angrily.
- be incompatible; be or come into conflict
- disagree violently
- crash together with violent impact
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- a contest consisting of a series of successive matches between the same sides
- an elastic material obtained from the latex sap of trees (especially trees of the genera Hevea and Ficus) that can be vulcanized and finished into a variety of products
- contraceptive device consisting of a sheath of thin rubber or latex that is worn over the penis during intercourse
- a waterproof overshoe that protects shoes from water or snow
- an eraser made of rubber (or of a synthetic material with properties similar to rubber); commonly mounted at one end of a pencil
- any of various synthetic elastic materials whose properties resemble natural rubber
- (uncountable, countable) Pliable material derived from the sap of the rubber tree; a hydrocarbon biopolymer of isoprene.
- An abrasive for rubbing with: a whetstone, file, or emery cloth, etc.
- The entire series, of an odd number of games or matches in which ties are impossible (especially a series of three games in bridge or whist).
- A coarse towel for rubbing the body.
- (countable, baseball) The rectangular pad on the pitcher's mound from which the pitcher must pitch.
- (uncountable, countable) Natural rubber or any of various synthetic materials with similar properties as natural rubber.
- The game of rubber bridge.
- (historical) The cushion of an electric machine.
- (countable, Canada, US, slang) A condom, especially an external condom.
- (countable) Someone or something which rubs.
- (countable, Australia, India, Brunei, New Zealand, UK) An eraser.
- An individual match within the series (especially in racquet sports).
- One who rubs down horses.
- (sports, Canada, US) A rubber match; a game or match played to break a tie.
- One who practises massage.
- (uncountable, slang) Tires, particularly racing tires.
- (Canada, US, in the plural) Water-resistant shoe covers, galoshes, overshoes.
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- (sports) A second or further round of a competition, after other competitors (often all but the last two) have been eliminated.
- That portion of precipitation or irrigation on an area which does not infiltrate or evaporate, but instead is discharged from the area.
- (politics) A second or further round of an indecisive election, after other candidates (often all but the last two) have been eliminated.
- Dissolved chemicals, etc, included in such water.
- a final election to resolve an earlier election that did not produce a winner
- the occurrence of surplus liquid (as water) exceeding the limit or capacity
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- (sports) A tournament in which a team or player must beat the opponent in order to progress to the next round.
- (US, professional wrestling, capitalized) A woman in Total Nonstop Action Wrestling.
- (informal) A very attractive person, especially a beautiful woman.
- A partially punched opening meant for optional later removal.
- (informal) Something wildly popular, entertaining, or funny.
- (printing) An event where a foreground color causes a background color not to print.
- (genetics) The deactivation of a particular gene.
- (uncountable) A simple game for two or more players, derived from basketball.
- The deactivation of anything.
- The act of making one unconscious, or at least unable to come back on one's feet within a certain period of time; a TKO.
- Ellipsis of knockout auction.
- (genetics) A creature engineered with a particular gene deactivated.
- a blow that renders the opponent unconscious
- a very attractive or seductive looking woman
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- (UK, Ireland, Commonwealth, Philippines, sports) A contest that narrows a field of contestants (finalists) to ranked positions, usually in numbered places (1st place or prize, 2nd place or prize, etc.) or a winner and numbered runners-up (1st runner-up, etc.).
- plural of final
- (aviation) Clipping of final approach.
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- (sports) A tournament or match held at the section level, typically between the regionals and the championships.
- (music) A band sectional, in which one section of a band or orchestra practices separately.
- An item of furniture composed of modular sections; usually specifically a sectional sofa.
- (aviation) A sectional chart, a type of map used for navigation in the air.
- a piece of furniture made up of sections that can be arranged individually or together
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- Relating to a section.
- Separating into sections.
- Relating to conflict between areas.
- related or limited to a distinct region or subdivision of a territory or community or group of people
- consisting of or divided into sections
- relating to or based upon a section (i.e. as if cut through by an intersecting plane)
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- (sports) To play a match.
- To perceive; to come to a knowledge of; to have personal acquaintance with; to experience; to suffer.
- To get acquainted with someone.
- To gather for a formal or social discussion; to hold a meeting.
- To come together in conflict.
- (transitive) To respond to (an argument etc.) with something equally convincing; to refute.
- To satisfy; to comply with.
- (intransitive) To balance or come out correct.
- To be mixed with, to be combined with aspects of.
- To adjoin, be physically touching.
- To touch or hit something while moving.
- To come face to face with someone by arrangement.
- To come face to face with by accident; to encounter.
- To converge and finally touch or intersect.
- collect in one place
- undergo or suffer
- experience as a reaction
- meet by design; be present at the arrival of
- come together
- be in direct physical contact with; make contact
- be adjacent or come together
- contend against an opponent in a sport, game, or battle
- get together socially or for a specific purpose
- get to know; get acquainted with
- fill, satisfy or meet a want or need or condition or restriction
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- (algebra) The greatest lower bound, an operation between pairs of elements in a lattice, denoted by the symbol ∧.
- (informal) A meeting.
- (hunting) A gathering of riders, horses and hounds for foxhunting; a field meet for hunting.
- (rail transport) A meeting of two trains in opposite directions on a single track, when one is put into a siding to let the other cross.
- (sports) A sports competition, especially for track and field or swimming.
- a meeting at which a number of athletic contests are held
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- (countable, by extension) A stage in a competition, not necessarily a sporting one; a round.
- (uncountable) A condition in which a mammal is aroused sexually or where it is especially fertile and therefore eager to mate.
- (countable) A hot spell.
- (countable) One cycle of bringing metal to maximum temperature and working it until it is too cool to work further.
- (countable, fandom slang) In omegaverse fiction, a cyclical period in which omegas experience an intense, sometimes irresistible biological urge to mate.
- (countable, baseball) A fastball.
- (uncountable) A period of intensity, particularly of emotion.
- (uncountable) An undesirable amount of attention.
- (uncountable) An attribute of a spice that causes a burning sensation in the mouth.
- (uncountable, slang) One or more firearms.
- (uncountable, slang) Stylish and valuable sneakers.
- (uncountable) The condition or quality of being hot.
- (countable) A violent action unintermitted; a single effort.
- (slang, endearing) The arousal or horniness of a person, likened to that of a mammal.
- (uncountable) Thermal energy.
- (uncountable) Heating system; a system that raises the temperature of a room or building.
- (uncountable, slang) The police.
- (professional wrestling slang) A negative reaction from the audience, especially as a heel (or bad character), or in general.
- (uncountable) The output of a heating system.
- (countable) A preliminary race, used to determine the participants in a final race.
- a form of energy that is transferred by a difference in temperature
- the trait of being intensely emotional
- the presence of heat
- the sensation caused by heat energy
- a preliminary race in which the winner advances to a more important race
- utility to warm a building
- applies to nonhuman mammals: a state or period of heightened sexual arousal and activity
verb
- (transitive, figurative) To excite ardour in; to rouse to action; to excite to excess; to inflame, as the passions.
- (transitive, figurative) To excite or make hot by action or emotion; to make feverish.
- (transitive, slang) To arouse, to excite (sexually).
- (transitive) To cause an increase in temperature of (an object or space); to cause to become hot (often with "up").
- (intransitive) To become hotter.
- provide with heat
- gain heat or get hot
- make hot or hotter
- arouse or excite feelings and passions
adj
- Of a competition or tournament: with the competitors restricted to a specific group, such as professionals, amateurs, members or residents.
- Not allowing entrance to visitors or the public.
- Not public.
- (mathematics, logic, of a formula) Lacking a free variable.
- (heraldry) Synonym of close.
- (phonology) Formed by closing the mouth and nose passages completely, like the consonants /t/, /d/, and /p/.
- (electricity, of a switch or circuit breaker) In a position allowing electricity to flow.
- (of a store or business) Not operating or conducting trade.
- Having one end joined to the other, forming a completed loop.
- Settled; decided or determined; withdrawn from consideration.
- (especially sports) Of a club, bat or other hitting implement; angled downwards and/or (for a right-hander) anticlockwise of straight.
- (phonology) Having the sound cut off sharply by a following consonant, like the /ɪ/ in pin.
- (geometry, of a curve) Lacking endpoints. For parametric curves, with the same image for the ends of the domain.
- (geometry, of a surface) Lacking a boundary.
- (graph theory, of a walk) Whose first and last vertices are the same, forming a closed loop.
- Sealed or covered.
- (mathematics, of a set) Such that its image under the specified operation is contained in it.
- Not available for use or operation.
- (computing, of a file, document, etc.) Not in current use; not connected to as a resource.
- Not receptive.
- Physically drawn together, folded or contracted.
- (topology, of a set) Having an open complement.
- (of a multi-word compound) Having component words joined together without spaces or hyphens; for example, timeslot as opposed to time slot or time-slot.
- Made impassable.
- (engineering, gas and liquid flow, of valve or damper) In a position preventing fluid from flowing.
- requiring union membership
- (set theory) of an interval that contains both its endpoints
- not open
- with shutters closed
- not open to the general public
- used especially of mouth or eyes
- blocked against entry
- not open or affording passage or access
- not having an open mind
verb
noun
adj
- Involving competition between institutions, especially sports competitions.
- (art) Originating as street art but being curated and displayed in a gallery or museum.
- In house; internal to an organization.
- Occurring within the walls or boundaries of an organ or other biological structure.
- Between walls; enclosed by walls.
- Local to an exhibit or exhibition.
- between two or more institutions etc
noun
- A quarterfinal.
- (sports) One of four equal periods into which a game is divided.
- One's residence or dwelling-place; (in plural) rooms, lodgings, especially as allocated to soldiers or domestic staff.
- (farriery) The part on either side of a horse's hoof between the toe and heel, the side of its coffin.
- (now chiefly historical) A measure of capacity used chiefly for grain or coal, varying greatly in quantity by time and location.
- (in general sense) Each of four equal parts into which something can be divided; a fourth part.
- Each of four parts into which the earth or sky is divided, corresponding to the four cardinal points of the compass.
- (historical) A measure of length; originally a fourth part of an ell, now chiefly a fourth part of a yard.
- (now chiefly historical) A fourth part of a hundredweight.
- A division or section of a town or city, especially having a particular character of its own, or associated with a particular group etc.
- (often plural) A section (of a population), especially one having a particular set of values or interests.
- (Chester, historical) A quarter of an acre or 40 roods.
- Accommodation given to a defeated opponent; mercy; exemption from being killed.
- (now chiefly finance) A fourth part of the year; 3 months; a term or season.
- (nautical) The aftmost part of a vessel's side, roughly from the last mast to the stern.
- The back and sides of the upper of a shoe, extending around the wearer's heel to meet the vamp.
- (now historical) A fourth part of the night; one of the watches or divisions of the night.
- A fourth part of a pound; approximately 113 grams.
- (heraldry) A fourth part of a coat of arms, or the charge on it, larger than a canton and normally on the upper dexter side, formed by a perpendicular line from the top meeting a horizontal line from the side.
- A region or place.
- (time) A fourth part of an hour; a period of fifteen minutes, especially with reference to the quarter before or after the hour.
- (Canada, US) A quarter-dollar, divided into 25 cents; the coin of that value minted in the United States or Canada.
- piece of leather that comprises the part of a shoe or boot covering the heel and joining the vamp
- clemency or mercy shown to a defeated opponent
- an unspecified person
- one of four equal parts
- the rear part of a ship
- one of four periods into which the school year is divided
- a fourth part of a year; three months
- a United States or Canadian coin worth one fourth of a dollar
- (football, professional basketball) one of four divisions into which some games are divided
- a quarter of a hundredweight (28 pounds)
- a district of a city having some distinguishing character
- one of the four major division of the compass
- a quarter of a hundredweight (25 pounds)
- a unit of time equal to 15 minutes or a quarter of an hour
adj
verb
- (intransitive) To lodge; to have a temporary residence.
- (heraldry) To display different coats of arms in the quarters of a shield.
- (transitive) To provide housing for military personnel or other equipment.
- (transitive, historical) To execute (someone) by tying each limb to a different animal (such as a horse) and driving them in different directions.
- (transitive) To divide into quarters; to divide by four.
- (transitive) To range to and fro over an area; to move from point to point.
- (transitive) To quartersaw.
- pull (a person) apart with four horses tied to their extremities, so as to execute them
- divide into quarters
- provide housing for (military personnel)
- divide by four; divide into quarters
noun
- (informal) A semifinal.
- one of the two competitions in the next to the last round of an elimination tournament
- (slang, finance) Semiconductor companies or positions in the stock market.
- (slang) A semiautomatic firearm.
- (colloquial, mining) An intermediate in the production of end-use goods.
- (Australia, Canada, New Zealand, US) A semi-trailer; a tractor-trailer; an eighteen-wheeler; an artic.
- (slang) A partial erection of the penis.
- (UK, Ireland, Australia, Canada, informal) A semi-detached house.
- a truck consisting of a tractor and trailer together
- a trailer having wheels only in the rear; the front is supported by the towing vehicle
adv
noun
verb
noun
- (sports) One of the four competitions in a knockout tournament whose winners go on to play in the two semifinals.
- one of the four competitions in an elimination tournament whose winners go on to play in the semifinals
- (general) A competition that narrows a field of contestants (quarterfinalists) to a set of semifinalists, for a subsequent final.
noun
adj
noun
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- a tournament in which both professionals and amateurs may play
- a clear or unobstructed space or expanse of land or water
- information that has become public
- where the air is unconfined
- (electronics) A defect in an electrical circuit preventing current from flowing.
- (in the definite) Open or unobstructed space; an exposed location.
- The act of something being opened, such as an e-mail message.
- (in the definite) Public knowledge or scrutiny; full view.
- A sports event in which anybody can compete, especially or originally irrespective of amateur or professional status.
adj
- open to or in view of all
- openly straightforward and direct without reserve or secretiveness
- (set theory) of an interval that contains neither of its endpoints
- not sealed or having been unsealed
- open and observable; not secret or hidden
- not requiring union membership
- accessible to all
- without undue constriction as from e.g. tenseness or inhibition
- not having been filled
- not brought to a conclusion; subject to further thought
- ready for business
- affording free passage or access
- used of mouth or eyes
- (of textures) full of small openings or gaps
- not defended or capable of being defended
- affording free passage or view
- with no protection or shield
- possibly accepting or permitting
- ready or willing to receive favorably
- having no protecting cover or enclosure
- affording unobstructed entrance and exit; not shut or closed
- (phonetics) Uttered, as a consonant, with the oral passage simply narrowed without closure.
- Able to have something pass through or along it.
- (sometimes business) Not fulfilled or resolved; incomplete.
- (computing, not comparable, of a file, document, etc.) In current use; connected to as a resource.
- Not settled; not decided or determined; not withdrawn from consideration.
- Of a space, free of objects and obstructions.
- (law, of correspondence) Written or sent with the intention that it may made public or referred to at any trial, rather than by way of confidential private negotiation for a settlement.
- Of a person, not concealing their feelings, opinions, etc.; candid, ingenuous.
- (not comparable) Available for use or operation.
- Not concealed; overt.
- (electricity, of a switch or circuit breaker) In a position such that a circuit is not completed, preventing electricity from flowing.
- (music) Of a note, played without closing any finger-hole, key or valve.
- (sports and games) Characterised by free-flowing play.
- (comparable, with 'to') Susceptible or vulnerable (to the stated means).
- (now regional) Not of a quality to prevent communication, as by closing waterways, blocking roads, etc.; hence, not frosty or inclement; mild; used of the weather or the climate.
- (engineering, gas and liquid flow, of valve or damper) In a position allowing fluid to flow.
- (music, stringed instruments) Of a note, played without pressing the string against the fingerboard.
- Not covered, sealed, etc.; having an opening or aperture showing what is inside.
- (graph theory, of a walk) Having different first and last vertices.
- (not comparable) Actively conducting or prepared to conduct business.
- (medicine) Resulting from an incision, puncture or any other process by which the skin no longer protects an internal part of the body.
- (computing, of a program or application, especially one with a screen-based interface) Running.
- (phonetics, of a syllable) Ending in a vowel; not having a coda.
- (especially sports) Of a club, bat or other hitting implement, angled upwards and/or (for a right-hander) clockwise of straight.
- (mathematics, logic, of a formula) Having a free variable.
- (phonetics, sometimes with comparative opener) Uttered with a relatively wide opening of the articulating organs; said of vowels.
- (comparable) Receptive.
- (mathematics, topology, of a set) Which is part of a predefined collection of subsets of X, that defines a topological space on X.
- Not physically drawn together, folded or contracted.
- (not comparable) Allowing entrance to visitors or the public.
- (of a multi-word compound) Having component words separated by spaces, as opposed to being joined together or hyphenated; for example, time slot as opposed to timeslot or time-slot.
- (sports) Of a tournament or competition, allowing anyone to enter, especially or originally irrespective of professional or amateur status.
- (computing, education) Made public, usable with a free licence and without proprietary components.
- Not having one end joined to the other; not forming a closed loop.
- (sometimes proscribed) Unlocked or unlatched but not physically open.
- (computing, used before "code") Source code of a computer program that is not within the text of a macro being generated.
- (not comparable) Public.
- (not comparable) With open access, of open science, or both.
- Of a sandwich, etc.: composed of a single slice of bread with a topping.
verb
- begin or set in action, of meetings, speeches, recitals, etc.
- start to operate or function or cause to start operating or functioning
- make the opening move
- become available
- make available
- display the contents of a file or start an application as on a computer
- cause to open or to become open
- become open
- spread out or open from a closed or folded state
- have an opening or passage or outlet
- (transitive, intransitive) To make or become operative or available.
- (transitive) To make an open relationship or marriage, i.e., with possible additional relationships.
- (transitive, intransitive) To spread; to expand into a wider or looser position.
- (transitive) To enter upon, begin.
- (intransitive, poker) To bet before any other player has in a particular betting round in a game of poker.
- (transitive, intransitive, poker) To reveal one's hand.
- (transitive, intransitive, engineering, gas and liquid flow, of valve or damper) To move to a position allowing fluid to flow.
- (transitive, nursing) To make (a bed) ready for a patient by folding back the bedcovers.
- (intransitive, with 'for') To precede another as a performer at a concert or show.
- (transitive) To bring up, broach.
- (computing, transitive, intransitive) To start running (a program or application, especially one with a screen-based interface).
- (transitive, intransitive) To make or become receptive or susceptible (to something).
- (computing, transitive, intransitive) To connect to a resource (a file, document, etc.) for viewing or editing.
- (transitive, intransitive) To unseal or uncover, or become unsealed or uncovered.
- (transitive, intransitive) To cause or allow a gap to form or widen.
- (Manglish, Quebec) To turn on; to switch on.
- (transitive, intransitive, electricity, of a switch, fuse or circuit breaker) To move to a position preventing electricity from flowing.
- (transitive, intransitive) To make or become accessible or clear for passage by moving from a shut position.
- (transitive, intransitive) To make or become clear by removal of objects and obstructions, so as to allow passage, access, or visibility.
- (transitive, intransitive) To make or become accessible to customers, clients or visitors.
- (especially sports, transitive, intransitive) To angle (a club, bat or other hitting implement) upwards and/or (for a right-hander) clockwise of straight.
- (intransitive, cricket) To begin a side's innings as one of the first two batsmen.
- (transitive or intransitive) To start (an event or activity) as the first performer or actor.
- (intransitive) Of an event, activity etc., to start or get underway.
noun
- (sports) a preliminary competition to determine qualifications
- an annoying or frustrating or catastrophic event
- the act of testing something
- the act of undergoing testing
- trying something to find out about it
- (law) the determination of a person's innocence or guilt by due process of law
- The testing of a product or procedure.
- (grammar) The trial number.
- (ceramics) A piece of ware used to test the heat of a kiln.
- (law) A meeting or series of meetings in a court of law at which evidence is presented to a judge (and sometimes a jury) to allow them to decide on a legal matter (especially whether an accused person is guilty of a crime).
- An event in which athletes’ or animals’ abilities are tested as they compete for a place on a team, or to move on to the next level of a championship, for example.
- (medicine, sciences, research) A research study to test the effectiveness and safety of a drug, medical procedure, etc.
- A difficult or annoying experience or person; (especially religion) such an experience seen as a test of faith and piety.
- An occasion on which a person or thing is tested to find out how well they perform or how suitable they are.
- (UK) An internal examination set by Eton College.
adj
verb
noun
- a sporting competition in which contestants play a series of games to decide the winner
- a series of jousts between knights contesting for a prize
- (historical) During the Middle Ages, a series of battles and other contests designed to prepare knights for war.
- A series of games; either the same game played many times, or a succession of games related by a single theme; played competitively to determine a single winning team or individual.
- (graph theory) A digraph obtained by assigning a direction to each edge in an undirected complete graph.
noun
- (sports) A diagram of games in a tournament.
- (US) “[” and “]” specifically, as opposed to the other forms, which have their own technical names.
- (nautical) A short crooked timber, resembling a knee, used as a support.
- A fixture attached to a wall to hold up a shelf.
- (algebra) A pair of values that represent the smallest and largest elements of a range.
- (typography) The small curved or angular corner formed by a serif and a stroke in a letter.
- Alternative form of bragget (“drink made with ale and honey”).
- (military) Typically of stationary weapons, the zone enclosed by one long and one short shot impact expected to be hit very accurately.
- (engineering) Any intermediate object that connects a smaller part to a larger part, the smaller part typically projecting sideways from the larger part.
- (military) The cheek or side of an ordnance carriage, supporting the trunnions.
- (sports) A prediction of the outcome of games in a tournament, used for betting purposes.
- (UK) “(” and “)” specifically, the other forms above requiring adjectives for disambiguation.
- One of several ranges of numbers.
- either of two punctuation marks (‘<’ or ‘>’) used in computer programming and sometimes used to enclose textual material
- a category falling within certain defined limits
- either of two punctuation marks (‘[’ or ‘]’) used to enclose textual material
- a support projecting from a wall (as to hold a shelf)
verb
- (military) To gauge the range of a target by firing equally short and long of it and ranging the weapon between the two to achieve a very accurate hit.
- (photography) To take multiple images of the same subject, using a range of exposure settings, in order to help ensure that a satisfactory image is obtained.
- To set aside, discount, ignore.
- To bound on both sides, to surround, as enclosing with brackets.
- To enclose in typographical brackets.
- To place in the same category.
- To support by means of mechanical brackets.
- To mark distinctly for special treatment.
- (philosophy, phenomenology) In the philosophical system of Edmund Husserl and his followers, to set aside metaphysical theories and existential questions concerning what is real in order to focus philosophical attention simply on the actual content of experience.
- support with brackets
- classify or group
- place into brackets
noun
- any final competition to determine a championship
- A short piece of underscore played during a scene transition in a stage musical, usually reprising a song from the preceding scene.
- (UK) A short series of games to select the last team to be promoted (to elevate to a higher league).
- (US) A short series of games to select a league champion.
- A final game in a series needed to break a tie.
noun
- (sports, Philippines, informal) The semifinal round, or an appearance in it generally.
- (basketball, US, informal) The final two rounds of the NCAA Division I tournament.
- (basketball, US, informal) The four regional champions of the NCAA Division I tournament, one of whom will become the national champion.
- (basketball, US, informal) An appearance in the Final Four.
- (basketball, Europe) The final round of the continent-wide Euroleague club basketball competition, featuring four teams with one becoming champion.
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- Pertaining to a nation or country, especially as a whole; affecting, shared by, or existing throughout all of a nation.
- Belonging to or characteristic of a specific nation or country, as opposed to others.
- limited to or in the interests of a particular nation
- of or relating to nationality
- owned or maintained for the public by the national government
- concerned with or applicable to or belonging to an entire nation or country
- of or relating to or belonging to a nation or country
- inside the country
- characteristic of or peculiar to the people of a nation
noun
- (sports) match; a game between two sides.
- (onomatopoeia) A loud sound, like the crashing together of metal objects; a crash.
- Opposition; contradiction; such as between differing or contending interests, views, purposes etc.
- (hurling) An instance of restarting the game after a "dead ball", where it is dropped between two opposing players, who can fight for possession.
- (Scotland) Chatter; gossip; idle talk.
- A skirmish, a hostile encounter.
- A combination of garments that do not look good together, especially because of conflicting colours.
- An angry argument.
- a state of conflict between colors
- a state of conflict between persons
- a minor short-term fight
- a loud resonant repeating noise
verb
- (intransitive, of clothes, decor, colours) To fail to look good together; to contrast unattractively; to fail to harmonize.
- (intransitive, slang, video games) To play Clash Royale or Clash of Clans.
- (transitive) To cause to make a clashing sound.
- (intransitive, of events) To coincide, to happen at the same time, thereby rendering it impossible to attend all.
- (intransitive) To make a clashing sound.
- (intransitive, Scotland) To chatter or gossip.
- (intransitive) To come into violent conflict.
- (intransitive, in games or sports) To face each other in an important game.
- (intransitive) To argue angrily.
- be incompatible; be or come into conflict
- disagree violently
- crash together with violent impact
noun
- a contest consisting of a series of successive matches between the same sides
- an elastic material obtained from the latex sap of trees (especially trees of the genera Hevea and Ficus) that can be vulcanized and finished into a variety of products
- contraceptive device consisting of a sheath of thin rubber or latex that is worn over the penis during intercourse
- a waterproof overshoe that protects shoes from water or snow
- an eraser made of rubber (or of a synthetic material with properties similar to rubber); commonly mounted at one end of a pencil
- any of various synthetic elastic materials whose properties resemble natural rubber
- (uncountable, countable) Pliable material derived from the sap of the rubber tree; a hydrocarbon biopolymer of isoprene.
- An abrasive for rubbing with: a whetstone, file, or emery cloth, etc.
- The entire series, of an odd number of games or matches in which ties are impossible (especially a series of three games in bridge or whist).
- A coarse towel for rubbing the body.
- (countable, baseball) The rectangular pad on the pitcher's mound from which the pitcher must pitch.
- (uncountable, countable) Natural rubber or any of various synthetic materials with similar properties as natural rubber.
- The game of rubber bridge.
- (historical) The cushion of an electric machine.
- (countable, Canada, US, slang) A condom, especially an external condom.
- (countable) Someone or something which rubs.
- (countable, Australia, India, Brunei, New Zealand, UK) An eraser.
- An individual match within the series (especially in racquet sports).
- One who rubs down horses.
- (sports, Canada, US) A rubber match; a game or match played to break a tie.
- One who practises massage.
- (uncountable, slang) Tires, particularly racing tires.
- (Canada, US, in the plural) Water-resistant shoe covers, galoshes, overshoes.
adj
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noun
- (sports) A second or further round of a competition, after other competitors (often all but the last two) have been eliminated.
- That portion of precipitation or irrigation on an area which does not infiltrate or evaporate, but instead is discharged from the area.
- (politics) A second or further round of an indecisive election, after other candidates (often all but the last two) have been eliminated.
- Dissolved chemicals, etc, included in such water.
- a final election to resolve an earlier election that did not produce a winner
- the occurrence of surplus liquid (as water) exceeding the limit or capacity
noun
- (sports) A tournament in which a team or player must beat the opponent in order to progress to the next round.
- (US, professional wrestling, capitalized) A woman in Total Nonstop Action Wrestling.
- (informal) A very attractive person, especially a beautiful woman.
- A partially punched opening meant for optional later removal.
- (informal) Something wildly popular, entertaining, or funny.
- (printing) An event where a foreground color causes a background color not to print.
- (genetics) The deactivation of a particular gene.
- (uncountable) A simple game for two or more players, derived from basketball.
- The deactivation of anything.
- The act of making one unconscious, or at least unable to come back on one's feet within a certain period of time; a TKO.
- Ellipsis of knockout auction.
- (genetics) A creature engineered with a particular gene deactivated.
- a blow that renders the opponent unconscious
- a very attractive or seductive looking woman
adj
noun
- (UK, Ireland, Commonwealth, Philippines, sports) A contest that narrows a field of contestants (finalists) to ranked positions, usually in numbered places (1st place or prize, 2nd place or prize, etc.) or a winner and numbered runners-up (1st runner-up, etc.).
- plural of final
- (aviation) Clipping of final approach.
verb
noun
- (sports) A tournament or match held at the section level, typically between the regionals and the championships.
- (music) A band sectional, in which one section of a band or orchestra practices separately.
- An item of furniture composed of modular sections; usually specifically a sectional sofa.
- (aviation) A sectional chart, a type of map used for navigation in the air.
- a piece of furniture made up of sections that can be arranged individually or together
adj
- Relating to a section.
- Separating into sections.
- Relating to conflict between areas.
- related or limited to a distinct region or subdivision of a territory or community or group of people
- consisting of or divided into sections
- relating to or based upon a section (i.e. as if cut through by an intersecting plane)
noun
- (countable, by extension) A stage in a competition, not necessarily a sporting one; a round.
- (uncountable) A condition in which a mammal is aroused sexually or where it is especially fertile and therefore eager to mate.
- (countable) A hot spell.
- (countable) One cycle of bringing metal to maximum temperature and working it until it is too cool to work further.
- (countable, fandom slang) In omegaverse fiction, a cyclical period in which omegas experience an intense, sometimes irresistible biological urge to mate.
- (countable, baseball) A fastball.
- (uncountable) A period of intensity, particularly of emotion.
- (uncountable) An undesirable amount of attention.
- (uncountable) An attribute of a spice that causes a burning sensation in the mouth.
- (uncountable, slang) One or more firearms.
- (uncountable, slang) Stylish and valuable sneakers.
- (uncountable) The condition or quality of being hot.
- (countable) A violent action unintermitted; a single effort.
- (slang, endearing) The arousal or horniness of a person, likened to that of a mammal.
- (uncountable) Thermal energy.
- (uncountable) Heating system; a system that raises the temperature of a room or building.
- (uncountable, slang) The police.
- (professional wrestling slang) A negative reaction from the audience, especially as a heel (or bad character), or in general.
- (uncountable) The output of a heating system.
- (countable) A preliminary race, used to determine the participants in a final race.
- a form of energy that is transferred by a difference in temperature
- the trait of being intensely emotional
- the presence of heat
- the sensation caused by heat energy
- a preliminary race in which the winner advances to a more important race
- utility to warm a building
- applies to nonhuman mammals: a state or period of heightened sexual arousal and activity
verb
- (transitive, figurative) To excite ardour in; to rouse to action; to excite to excess; to inflame, as the passions.
- (transitive, figurative) To excite or make hot by action or emotion; to make feverish.
- (transitive, slang) To arouse, to excite (sexually).
- (transitive) To cause an increase in temperature of (an object or space); to cause to become hot (often with "up").
- (intransitive) To become hotter.
- provide with heat
- gain heat or get hot
- make hot or hotter
- arouse or excite feelings and passions
noun
adj
- Involving competition between institutions, especially sports competitions.
- (art) Originating as street art but being curated and displayed in a gallery or museum.
- In house; internal to an organization.
- Occurring within the walls or boundaries of an organ or other biological structure.
- Between walls; enclosed by walls.
- Local to an exhibit or exhibition.
- between two or more institutions etc
verb
- (intransitive) To be qualified to compete, especially in a quarter-final, semi-final, or final.
- (reflexive) To shed seeds (refers to plants)
- (transitive) To start; to provide, assign or determine the initial resources for, position of, state of.
- (slang, vulgar) To ejaculate inside the penetratee during intercourse, especially in the rectum.
- (meteorology) To scatter small particles within (a cloud or airmass) in order to trigger the formation of rain.
- (intransitive) To produce seed.
- (transitive) To cover thinly with something scattered; to ornament with seedlike decorations.
- (intransitive) To grow to maturity.
- (dialectal) simple past and past participle of see
- (sports, gaming) To allocate a seeding to a competitor.
- (Internet, transitive) To leave (files) available for others to download through peer-to-peer file sharing protocols (e.g. BitTorrent).
- (transitive) To plant or sow an area with seeds.
- bear seeds
- help (an enterprise) in its early stages of development by providing seed money
- place (seeds) in or on the ground for future growth
- distribute (players or teams) so that outstanding teams or players will not meet in the early rounds
- remove the seeds from
- inoculate with microorganisms
- go to seed; shed seeds
- sprinkle with silver iodide particles to disperse and cause rain
noun
- (countable) Any small seed-like fruit.
- (countable) A fragment of coral.
- (US slang) A child.
- (sports) The initial position of a competitor or team in a tournament. (seed position)
- (physics) A small particle, bubble, or imperfection that serves as a nucleation point for some process.
- (Internet marketing) A commercial message in a creative format placed on relevant sites on the Internet. (seed idea or seed message)
- The competitor or team occupying a given seed (position).
- (uncountable, collective) An amount of seeds that cannot be readily counted.
- (countable, agriculture) Any propagative portion of a plant which may be sown, such as true seeds, seed-like fruits, tubers, or bulbs.
- A small bubble formed in imperfectly fused glass.
- (countable, figurative) A precursor.
- (uncountable) Semen.
- Race; generation; birth.
- (cryptography, computing) The initialization state of a pseudorandom number generator or similar system.
- (countable, botany) A fertilized and ripened ovule, containing an embryonic plant.
- (video games) (by extension) A unique code that acts as a blueprint for generating a specific game world, determining terrain, structures, and resource placement.
- a small hard fruit
- the thick white fluid containing spermatozoa that is ejaculated by the male genital tract
- anything that provides inspiration for later work
- one of the outstanding players in a tournament
- a mature fertilized plant ovule consisting of an embryo and its food source and having a protective coat or testa
verb
adj
- (linguistics) Word-final; occurring at the end of a word.
- Respecting an end or object to be gained; respecting the purpose or ultimate end in view.
- Last; ultimate.
- Conclusive; decisive.
- (grammar) Expressing purpose; as in the term final clause.
- conclusive in a process or progression
- occurring at or forming an end or termination
- not to be altered or undone
noun
- (Oxbridge slang) A final examination taken at the end of the final year of an undergraduate course, which contributes towards a student's degree classification.
- (phonology) The final part of a syllable, the combination of medial and rime in phonetics and phonology.
- (music) The tonic or keynote of a Gregorian mode, and hence the final note of any conventional melody played in that mode.
- (Canada, US, Philippines) A final examination; a test or examination given at the end of a term or class; the test that concludes a class.
- (sports) The last round, game or match in a contest, after which the winner is determined.
- the final match between the winners of all previous matches in an elimination tournament
- an examination administered at the end of an academic term
verb
- (sports) To play a match.
- To perceive; to come to a knowledge of; to have personal acquaintance with; to experience; to suffer.
- To get acquainted with someone.
- To gather for a formal or social discussion; to hold a meeting.
- To come together in conflict.
- (transitive) To respond to (an argument etc.) with something equally convincing; to refute.
- To satisfy; to comply with.
- (intransitive) To balance or come out correct.
- To be mixed with, to be combined with aspects of.
- To adjoin, be physically touching.
- To touch or hit something while moving.
- To come face to face with someone by arrangement.
- To come face to face with by accident; to encounter.
- To converge and finally touch or intersect.
- collect in one place
- undergo or suffer
- experience as a reaction
- meet by design; be present at the arrival of
- come together
- be in direct physical contact with; make contact
- be adjacent or come together
- contend against an opponent in a sport, game, or battle
- get together socially or for a specific purpose
- get to know; get acquainted with
- fill, satisfy or meet a want or need or condition or restriction
noun
- (algebra) The greatest lower bound, an operation between pairs of elements in a lattice, denoted by the symbol ∧.
- (informal) A meeting.
- (hunting) A gathering of riders, horses and hounds for foxhunting; a field meet for hunting.
- (rail transport) A meeting of two trains in opposite directions on a single track, when one is put into a siding to let the other cross.
- (sports) A sports competition, especially for track and field or swimming.
- a meeting at which a number of athletic contests are held
adj
adj
- Of a competition or tournament: with the competitors restricted to a specific group, such as professionals, amateurs, members or residents.
- Not allowing entrance to visitors or the public.
- Not public.
- (mathematics, logic, of a formula) Lacking a free variable.
- (heraldry) Synonym of close.
- (phonology) Formed by closing the mouth and nose passages completely, like the consonants /t/, /d/, and /p/.
- (electricity, of a switch or circuit breaker) In a position allowing electricity to flow.
- (of a store or business) Not operating or conducting trade.
- Having one end joined to the other, forming a completed loop.
- Settled; decided or determined; withdrawn from consideration.
- (especially sports) Of a club, bat or other hitting implement; angled downwards and/or (for a right-hander) anticlockwise of straight.
- (phonology) Having the sound cut off sharply by a following consonant, like the /ɪ/ in pin.
- (geometry, of a curve) Lacking endpoints. For parametric curves, with the same image for the ends of the domain.
- (geometry, of a surface) Lacking a boundary.
- (graph theory, of a walk) Whose first and last vertices are the same, forming a closed loop.
- Sealed or covered.
- (mathematics, of a set) Such that its image under the specified operation is contained in it.
- Not available for use or operation.
- (computing, of a file, document, etc.) Not in current use; not connected to as a resource.
- Not receptive.
- Physically drawn together, folded or contracted.
- (topology, of a set) Having an open complement.
- (of a multi-word compound) Having component words joined together without spaces or hyphens; for example, timeslot as opposed to time slot or time-slot.
- Made impassable.
- (engineering, gas and liquid flow, of valve or damper) In a position preventing fluid from flowing.
- requiring union membership
- (set theory) of an interval that contains both its endpoints
- not open
- with shutters closed
- not open to the general public
- used especially of mouth or eyes
- blocked against entry
- not open or affording passage or access
- not having an open mind