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time before time
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posthodiernal
yesteryear
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drag
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recall
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return
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adv
prep
- Subsequently to; following in time; later than.
- Behind.
- In pursuit of, seeking.
- In allusion to, in imitation of; following or referencing.
- In spite of.
- Next in importance or rank.
- Denoting the aim or object; concerning; in relation to.
- Used to indicate recent completion of an activity
- As a result of.
conj
- Signifies that the action of the clause it starts takes place before the action of the other clause.
adj
adj
- Behind in time; indicating a time earlier than the true time.
- Lacking spirit; deficient in liveliness or briskness.
- Not happening in a short time; spread over a comparatively long time.
- Of reduced intellectual capacity; not quick to comprehend.
- Not busy; lacking activity.
- Taking a long time to move or go a short distance, or to perform an action; not quick in motion; proceeding at a low speed.
- Not hasty; not tending to hurry; acting with deliberation or caution.
noun
adv
verb
prep
- After in time.
- As a result or consequence of.
- Responsible for, being the creator or controller of.
- After in developmental progress, score, grade, etc.; inferior to.
- In the past, from the viewpoint of.
- Concealed by (something serving as a facade or disguise).
- After in physical progress or distance.
- In support of.
- Underlying, being the reason for or explanation of.
- At or to the back or far side of.
adv
- Backward in time or order of succession; past.
- Behind the scenes in a theatre; backstage.
- At or in the rear or back part of something.
- So as to come after someone or something in position, distance, advancement, ranking, time, etc.
- So as to be still in place after someone or something has departed or ceased to exist.
- In a rearward direction.
adj
noun
noun
prep
adj
- Weak; faint; feeling a sense of goneness.
- Dead.
- Of an arrow: wide of the mark.
- Used with a genitively constructed duration to indicate for how long a process has been developing, an action has been performed or a state has persisted; pregnant.
- Doomed, done for.
- Away, having left.
- Used up.
- No longer existing, having passed.
- Not fully aware of one's surroundings, often through intoxication or mental decline.
- Entirely given up to; infatuated with; used with on.
adj
- between an earlier and a later period of time
- of a stage in the development of a language or literature between earlier and later stages
adj
noun
- an area that is approximately central within some larger region
- an intermediate part or section
- the middle area of the human torso (usually in front)
- the point between the beginning and the end of a temporal period or process
verb
adj
- Passing or disappearing with time; transitory.
- Intermediate.
- Occasional; isolated; one-off
- having a positive probability of being left and never being visited again.
- Decaying with time, especially exponentially.
- Operating beyond itself; having an external effect.
- Passing through; passing from one person to another.
- Remaining for only a brief time.
noun
- A relatively loud, non-repeating signal in an audio waveform that occurs very quickly, such as the attack of a snare drum.
- A homeless person.
- homestay
- A transient phenomenon, especially an electric current; a very brief surge.
- A module that generally remains in memory only for a short time.
- Something that is transient.
- A person who passes through a place for a short time; a traveller; a migrant worker.
noun
prefix
adv
- So as to follow in time or sequence something previously mentioned.
- In a time, place, rank or sequence closest or following.
- On the first subsequent occasion.
adj
- Nearest in order, succession, or rank; immediately following (or sometimes preceding) in order.
- Nearest in place or position, having nothing similar intervening; adjoining.
- Nearest in relationship. (See also next of kin.)
det
- Closest in the future, or closest but one if the closest is very soon; of days, sometimes thought to specifically refer to the instance closest to seven days (one week) in the future.
- Denotes the one immediately following the current or most recent one.
noun
noun
verb
- to travel behind, go after, come after
- come after in time, as a result
- be later in time
- come as a logical consequence; follow logically
- travel along a certain course
- act in accordance with someone's rules, commands, or wishes
- behave in accordance or in agreement with
- be next
- choose and follow; as of theories, ideas, policies, strategies or plans
- to bring something about at a later time than
- imitate in behavior; take as a model
- follow, discover, or ascertain the course of development of something
- follow with the eyes or the mind
- be the successor (of)
- perform an accompaniment to
- keep informed
- to be the product or result
- accept and follow the leadership or command or guidance of
- adhere to or practice
- work in a specific place, with a specific subject, or in a specific function
- keep under surveillance
- follow in or as if in pursuit
- grasp the meaning
- keep to
- to subscribe to someone's updates on social media
- to be subscribed to updates from another user on social media
adj
- Coming afterward in time (used with than when comparing with another time).
- Coming afterward in distance (following an antecedent distance as embedded within an adverbial phrase)
- At some time in the future.
adv
- Afterward in time (used with than when comparing with another time).
- At some unspecified time in the future.
intj
adv
- To a later point in time. See also put back.
- In a direction opposite to the usual or desired direction of movement or progress, physically or figuratively.
- So as to reverse direction and return.
- Away from someone or something; at a distance.
- Away from the front or from an edge.
- In a manner that impedes.
- In a reciprocal manner; in return.
- So as shrink, recede or move aside, or cause to do so.
- Towards, into or in the past.
- To or in a previous condition or place.
- Earlier, ago.
- In a direction opposite to that in which someone or something is facing or normally pointing.
verb
- To go in the reverse direction.
- To lay out a second, smaller anchor to provide additional holding power.
- To push or force backwards.
- To adjoin behind; to be at the back of.
- To support.
- To stand still behind another dog which has pointed.
- To brace the yards so that the wind presses on the front of the sail, to slow the ship.
- To change direction contrary to the normal pattern; that is, to shift anticlockwise in the northern hemisphere, or clockwise in the southern hemisphere.
- To make a back for; to furnish with a back.
- To write upon the back of, possibly as an endorsement.
- To sign or endorse (a warrant, issued in another county, to apprehend an offender).
- To draw from behind the back [+accusative = a knife etc.] (as also back out).
- To row backward with (oars).
- To carry an infant on one's back.
noun
- Effort, usually physical.
- The reverse side; the side that is not normally seen.
- The keel and keelson of a ship.
- A large shallow vat; a cistern, tub, or trough, used by brewers, distillers, dyers, picklers, gluemakers, and others, for mixing or cooling wort, holding water, hot glue, etc.
- The part of something that goes last.
- The spine and associated tissues.
- The backrest, the part of a piece of furniture which receives the human back.
- A ferryboat.
- The roof of a horizontal underground passage.
- Large and attractive buttocks.
- The inside margin of a page.
- The edge of a book which is bound.
- In some team sports, a position behind most players on the team.
- A support or resource in reserve.
- The rear of the body, especially the part between the neck and the end of the spine and opposite the chest and belly.
- A non-alcoholic drink (often water or a soft drink), to go with hard liquor or a cocktail.
- Among leather dealers, one of the thickest and stoutest tanned hides.
- Area behind, such as the backyard of a house.
- The side of a blade opposite the side used for cutting.
- The side of any object which is opposite the front or useful side.
- That which is farthest away from the front.
- The part of a piece of clothing which covers the back.
- Upper part of a natural object which is considered to resemble an animal's back.
postp
adj
- Pronounced with the highest part of the body of the tongue toward the back of the mouth, near the soft palate (most often describing a vowel).
- Not current.
- Situated away from the main or most frequented areas.
- At or near the rear.
- Returned or restored to a previous place or condition.
- Moving or operating backward.
- In arrears; overdue.
prefix
- Behind.
- Later or subsequent.
- in isomeric benzene derivatives, having the two substituents in alternate (1,3) positions; contrasted with ortho- and para-.
- Having fewer molecules of water than the ortho- equivalent.
- Consequent on.
- Having analogies with metaphysics.
- Pertaining to a level above or beyond; reflexive or recursive; about itself or about other things of the same type. For example, metadata is data that describes data, metalanguage is language that describes language, etc.
- Analogies and derivatives of metamorphism.
- Modified by metamorphosis.
- Transcending, encompassing.
- Relating to metabolism.
adv
- To an earlier point in time. See also bring forward.
- In the direction in which someone or something is facing.
- In the usual order or sequence.
- At, near or towards the front of something.
- Into the future.
- At, near, or towards the bow of a vessel (with the frame of reference within the vessel).
- In the desired or usual direction of movement or progress, physically or figuratively; onwards.
- So that front and back are in the usual orientation.
adj
- Acting in or pertaining to the direction of travel or movement.
- Situated toward or at the front of something.
- Situated toward or near the enemy lines.
- Without customary restraint or modesty; bold, cheeky, pert, presumptuous or pushy.
- Expected or scheduled to take place in the future.
- Advanced beyond the usual degree; advanced for the season; precocious.
- Moving in the desired direction of progress.
- Acting in or pertaining to the direction in which someone or something is facing.
- Having the usual order or sequence.
verb
- To send (a letter, email etc.) on to a third party.
- To assemble (a book) by sewing sections, attaching cover boards, and so on.
- To advance, promote.
noun
- One of the eight players (comprising two props, one hooker, two locks, two flankers and one number eight, collectively known as the pack) whose primary task is to gain and maintain possession of the ball (compare back).
- A player on a team in football (soccer) in the row nearest to the opposing team's goal, who are therefore principally responsible for scoring goals.
- The small forward or power forward position; two frontcourt positions that are taller than guards but shorter than centers.
- An umbrella term for a centre or winger in ice hockey.
- The front part of a vessel.
- An e-mail message that is forwarded to another recipient or recipients; an electronic chain letter.
- A direct agreement between two parties to buy or sell an asset at a specific point in the future; distinguished from a futures contract in that the latter is standardized and traded on an exchange.
adv
prep_phrase
noun
- the temporal property of becoming nearer in time
- ideas or actions intended to deal with a problem or situation
- the act of drawing spatially closer to something
- a way of entering or leaving
- the final path followed by an aircraft as it is landing
- the event of one object coming closer to another
- a tentative suggestion designed to elicit the reactions of others
- a close approximation
- a relatively short golf shot intended to put the ball onto the putting green
verb
noun
adj
verb
- To construct by building; to set up
- To rise up on the hind legs
- To get angry.
- To raise spiritually; to lift up; to elevate morally.
- To move; stir.
- To place in the rear; to secure the rear of.
- To sodomize (perform anal sex)
- To breed and raise.
- To carve.
- To rise high above, tower above.
- To raise physically or metaphorically; to lift up; to cause to rise, to elevate.
- To bring up to maturity, as offspring; to educate; to instruct; to foster.
adv
noun
prefix
adj
- Following expressions of time to indicate how long ago something happened; ago.
- Of a period of time: having just gone by; previous.
- Having already happened; in the past; finished.
- Of a tense, expressing action that has already happened or a previously-existing state.
adv
prep
- Beyond in place or quantity
- Any number of minutes after the last hour
- Having recovered or moved on from (a traumatic experience, etc.).
- No longer capable of.
- Passing by, especially without stopping or being delayed.
noun
verb
- to lag or linger behind
- pull, as against a resistance
- draw slowly or heavily
- force into some kind of situation, condition, or course of action
- move slowly and as if with great effort
- suck in or take (air)
- use an input device to move objects on the screen, or to select items (such as commands from a menu); drag the slider to increase or decrease rate; drag the handles on the image to resize it
- walk without lifting the feet
- search (as the bottom of a body of water) for something valuable or lost
- persuade to come away from something attractive or interesting
- proceed for an extended period of time
noun
- the phenomenon of resistance to motion through a fluid
- something that slows or delays progress
- something tedious and boring
- clothing that is conventionally worn by the opposite sex (especially women's clothing when worn by a man)
- a slow inhalation (as of tobacco smoke)
- the act of dragging (pulling with force)
verb
- go back to something earlier
- recall knowledge from memory; have a recollection
- bring to mind
- summon to return
- cause one's (or someone else's) thoughts or attention to return from a reverie or digression
- make unavailable; bar from sale or distribution
- cause to be returned
noun
- a request by the manufacturer of a defective product to return the product (as for replacement or repair)
- a call to return
- a bugle call that signals troops to return
- the process of remembering (especially the process of recovering information by mental effort)
- the act of removing an official by petition
verb
- go back to something earlier
- go or come back to place, condition, or activity where one has been before
- give back
- go back to a previous state
- bring back to the point of departure
- return in kind
- make a return
- answer back
- be restored
- pay back
- pass down
- elect again
- be inherited by
- return to a previous position; in mathematics
- give or supply
- submit (a report, etc.) to someone in authority
noun
- document giving the tax collector information about the taxpayer's tax liability
- a coming to or returning home
- the occurrence of a change in direction back in the opposite direction
- getting something back again
- the act of going back to a prior location
- the income or profit arising from such transactions as the sale of land or other property
- happening again (especially at regular intervals)
- a quick reply to a question or remark (especially a witty or critical one)
- the key on electric typewriters or computer keyboards that causes a carriage return and a line feed
- a reciprocal group action
- a tennis stroke that sends the ball back to the other player
- (American football) the act of running back the ball after a kickoff or punt or interception or fumble
- the act of someone appearing again
verb
- move ahead (of others) in time or space
- take somebody somewhere
- produce as a result or residue
- tend to or result in
- travel in front of; go in advance of others
- cause to undertake a certain action
- stretch out over a distance, space, time, or scope; run or extend between two points or beyond a certain point
- be in charge of
- be ahead of others; be the first
- be conducive to
- lead, as in the performance of a composition
- lead, extend, or afford access
- cause something to pass or lead somewhere
- preside over
noun
- an advantage held by a competitor in a race
- evidence pointing to a possible solution
- a position of being the initiator of something and an example that others will follow (especially in the phrase `take the lead')
- the angle between the direction a gun is aimed and the position of a moving target (correcting for the flight time of the missile)
- the introductory section of a story
- (sports) the score by which a team or individual is winning
- an actor who plays a principal role
- (baseball) the position taken by a base runner preparing to advance to the next base
- an indication of potential opportunity
- a news story of major importance
- the timing of ignition relative to the position of the piston in an internal-combustion engine
- restraint consisting of a rope (or light chain) used to restrain an animal
- thin strip of metal used to separate lines of type in printing
- a jumper that consists of a short piece of wire
- the playing of a card to start a trick in bridge
noun
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