English words for 'Indicates the amount of change, difference or discrepancy'
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- Indicates the amount of change, difference or discrepancy
- Following a noun.
- (horse breeding) Designates a horse's sire (“male parent”).
- Invokes an authority in an oath.
- (chiefly Yeshivish) At; with; among.
- Per; with or in proportion to each.
- Indicates the creator of a work: Existing through the authorship etc. of.
- Used to separate dimensions when describing the size of something.
- Indicates a means of classification or organisation.
- Indicates an authority according to which something is done.
- Not later than (the given time); not later than the end of (the given time interval).
- [with the] Acted on in units of the specified size or measure. (Sometimes hyperbolically)
- (not in common modern use) Following an adjective.
- Indicates a means of achieving something: Involving/using the means of.
- Following a passive verb.
- Near or next to.
- In the formulae X by X and by Xs, indicates a steady progression, one X after another.
- Indicates a referenced source: According to.
- (mathematics) multiplied by or (chiefly South Asia) divided by
- From one side of something to the other, passing close by; past.
- (nautical) in a windward direction, sailing near to the direction from which the wind is blowing
adj
adv
- (uncommon outside the phrase 'put by') Aside, away.
- In the vicinity, near.
- Along a path which runs past someone or something.
- (uncommon except in set phrases) Beyond or past a certain point.
- To or at a place, as a residence or place of business.
- so as to pass a given point
- in reserve; not for immediate use
noun
noun
- A deviation or difference.
- A specific variation of something.
- (cybernetics) The total number of distinct states of a system; also, the logarithm to the base 2 of the total number of distinct states of a system.
- (radio, television, theater) Ellipsis of variety performance or variety show (“a type of entertainment featuring a succession of short, unrelated performances by various artistes such as (depending on the medium) acrobats, comedians, dancers, magicians, singers, etc.”).
- (linguistics) A specific form of a language, neutral to whether that form is an accent, dialect, register, etc., and to its prestige level; an isolect or lect.
- (radio, television, theater) The kind of entertainment given in variety performances or shows; also, the production of, or performance in, variety performances or shows.
- (algebraic geometry) Ellipsis of algebraic variety (“the set of solutions of a given system of polynomial equations over the real or complex numbers; any of certain generalisations of such a set that preserves the geometric intuition implicit in the original definition”).
- (botany, taxonomy) A rank in a taxonomic classification below species and (if present) subspecies, and above form; hence, an organism of that rank.
- A collection or number of different things.
- In universal algebra: an equational class; the class of all algebraic structures of a given signature, satisfying a given set of identities.
- The quality of being varied; diversity.
- (philately) A stamp, or set of stamps, which has one or more characteristics (such as colour, paper, etc.) differing from other stamps in the same issue, especially if such differences are intentionally introduced.
- (biology, loosely) An animal or plant (or a group of such animals or plants) with characteristics causing it to differ from other animals or plants of the same species; a strain or cultivar.
- (biology) a taxonomic category consisting of members of a species that differ from others of the same species in minor but heritable characteristics
- a category of things distinguished by some common characteristic or quality
- noticeable heterogeneity
- a difference that is usually pleasant
- a collection containing a variety of sorts of things
- a show consisting of a series of short unrelated performances
noun
- a slight amount or degree of difference
- relative darkness caused by light rays being intercepted by an opaque body
- protective covering that protects something from direct sunlight
- a subtle difference in meaning or opinion or attitude
- a representation of the effect of shadows in a picture or drawing (as by shading or darker pigment)
- a mental representation of some haunting experience
- a position of relative inferiority
- a protective ornamental covering for a lamp, used to screen a light bulb from direct view
- a quality of a given color that differs slightly from another color
- (figuratively, in the plural) An aspect that is reminiscent of something.
- (countable) A postage stamp showing an obvious difference in colour/color to the original printing and needing a separate catalogue/catalog entry.
- (uncountable) Darkness where light, particularly sunlight, is blocked.
- (historical) A candle-shade.
- (countable) A cover around or above a light bulb, a lampshade.
- A very small degree of a quantity, or variety of meaning
- (figuratively) A subtle variation in a concept.
- (countable) Something that blocks light, particularly in a window.
- (chiefly literary and fantasy) A ghost or specter; a spirit.
- (countable) A variety of a color, in particular one obtained by adding black (compare tint).
- (uncountable, originally LGBTQ slang) Subtle insults.
verb
- represent the effect of shade or shadow on
- protect from light, heat, or view
- vary slightly
- pass from one quality such as color to another by a slight degree
- cast a shadow over
- (transitive, slang) To throw shade, to subtly insult someone.
- (transitive) To darken, particularly in drawing.
- (intransitive, rare) To shield oneself from light.
- (intransitive, baseball, of a defensive player) To move slightly from one's normal fielding position.
- To win by a narrow margin.
- (intransitive) To vary or approach something slightly, particularly in color.
- (transitive, graphical user interface) To reduce (a window) so that only its title bar is visible.
- (transitive) To shield (someone or something) from light.
- (transitive) To alter slightly.
noun
- an instance of change; the rate or magnitude of change
- a wave motion
- the quality of being unsteady and subject to changes
- A motion like that of waves; a moving in this and that direction; an irregular rising and falling.
- In medicine, a wave-like motion or undulation of a fluid in a natural or abnormal cavity (e.g. pus in an abscess), which is felt during palpation or percussion.
- A wavering; unsteadiness.
noun
- an instance of change; the rate or magnitude of change
- the process of varying or being varied
- The act of varying; a partial change in the form, position, state, or qualities of a thing.
- (biology) an organism that has characteristics resulting from chromosomal alteration
- the act of changing or altering something slightly but noticeably from the norm or standard
- an activity that varies from a norm or standard
- (ballet) a solo dance or dance figure
- something a little different from others of the same type
- (astronomy) any perturbation of the mean motion or orbit of a planet or satellite (especially a perturbation of the earth's moon)
- the angle (at a particular location) between magnetic north and true north
- an artifact that deviates from a norm or standard
- a repetition of a musical theme in which it is modified or embellished
- (astronomy) Deviation from the mean orbit of a heavenly body.
- (nautical) The angular difference at the vessel between the direction of true north and magnetic north.
- (music) A technique where material is repeated with alterations to the melody, harmony, rhythm, timbre, texture, counterpoint or orchestration; but with some invariant characteristic, e.g. a ground bass.
- (genetics) The modification of a hereditary trait.
- (board games) A line of play that differs from the original.
- A related but distinct thing.
- (linguistics) The situation where two or more linguistic forms appear in the same environment without a change in meaning, the choice of form being determined by factors of dialect, sociolect, register or simply the speaker's preference.
noun
- A relatively small gradual change, variation or deviation (from a planned value) in a measure.
- (informal, derogatory) Someone creepy (annoyingly unpleasant), especially one who is strange or eccentric.
- (geology) The imperceptible downslope movement of surface rock.
- A slight displacement of an object; the slight movement of something.
- (informal, derogatory, especially) A person who engages in sexually inappropriate behaviour or sexual harassment.
- (materials science) An increase in strain with time; the gradual flow or deformation of a material under stress.
- (agriculture) A barrier with small openings used to keep large animals out while allowing smaller animals to pass through.
- (publishing) In sewn books, the tendency of pages on the inside of a quire to stand out farther than those on the outside of it.
- The movement of something that creeps (like worms or snails).
- (uncountable) The gradual expansion or proliferation of something beyond its original goals or boundaries, considered negatively.
- a slow mode of locomotion on hands and knees or dragging the body
- a pen that is fenced so that young animals can enter but adults cannot
- a slow longitudinal movement or deformation
- someone unpleasantly strange or eccentric
verb
- To move or behave with servility or exaggerated humility; to fawn.
- To drag in deep water with creepers, as for recovering a submarine cable.
- To slip, or to become slightly displaced.
- (intransitive) To move slowly and quietly in a particular direction.
- (intransitive) To move slowly with the abdomen close to the ground.
- (intransitive) To make small gradual changes, usually in a particular direction.
- (intransitive, of plants) To grow across a surface rather than upwards.
- To have a sensation as of insects creeping on the skin of the body; to crawl.
- To move in a stealthy or secret manner; to move imperceptibly or clandestinely; to steal in; to insinuate itself or oneself.
- (intransitive, African-American Vernacular, slang) To covertly have sex (with a person other than one's primary partner); to cheat with.
- show submission or fear
- to go stealthily or furtively
- move slowly; in the case of people or animals with the body near the ground
- grow or spread, often in such a way as to cover (a surface)
noun
- Chiefly with a modifying word: a measure between two points or quantities; a difference, a variance.
- (horse racing) Originally, the space measured back from the winning post which a racehorse running in a heat must reach when the winner has covered the whole course, in order to run in a subsequent heat; also, the point on the racecourse that space away from the winning post; now, the point on a racecourse 240 yards from the winning post.
- Chiefly preceded by the, especially in into or in the distance: the place that is far away or remote.
- An amount of space between points (often geographical points), usually (but not necessarily) measured along a straight line.
- (figurative) A separation in some way other than space or time.
- The maximum amount of space between a boxer and their opponent within which the boxer can punch effectively.
- (horse racing) Chiefly in by a distance: a space of more than 30 lengths (about 80 yards or 7.3 metres) between two racehorses finishing a race, used to describe the margin of victory; also (archaic), any space of 240 yards (about 219.5 metres) on a racecourse.
- Chiefly in from a distance: a place which is far away or remote; specifically (especially painting), a more remote part of a landscape or view as contrasted with the foreground.
- The state of remoteness or separation in some way other than space or time.
- Often in go the distance, last the distance, or stay the distance: the scheduled duration of a bout.
- The state of people not being close, friendly, or intimate with each other; also, the state of people who were once close, friendly, or intimate with each other no longer being so; estrangement.
- The entire amount of progress to an objective.
- (military) The amount of space between soldiers or cavalry riders marching or standing in a rank; also, the amount of space between such ranks.
- An interval or length of time between events.
- The state of being separated from something else, especially by a long way; the state of being far off or remote; farness, remoteness.
- Excessive reserve or lack of friendliness shown by a person; aloofness, coldness.
- (sports) The complete length of a course over which a race is run.
- The amount of space between points (often geographical points), usually (but not necessarily) measured along a straight line.
- (fencing) The amount of space between a fencer and their opponent, which the fencer tries to control in order to gain an advantage over the opponent.
- a remote point in time
- the interval between two times
- indifference by personal withdrawal
- size of the gap between two places
- a distant region
- the property created by the space between two objects or points
verb
- To keep (someone) emotionally or socially apart from another person or people.
- To leave behind (someone or something moving in the same direction; specifically, other competitors in a race) some distance away; to outpace, to outstrip.
- (figurative) To keep oneself emotionally or socially apart from another person or people; to keep one's distance.
- Often followed by from: to set (someone or something) at a distance (noun noun sense 1.1) from someone or something else.
- To exceed or surpass (someone, such as a peer or rival); to outdo, to outstrip.
- To cause (a place, a thing, etc.) to seem distant, or (figurative) unfamiliar.
- To set oneself at a distance from someone or something else; to move away from someone or something.
- (reflexive) To keep (oneself) away from someone or something, especially because one does not want to be associated with that person or thing.
- go far ahead of
- keep at a distance
noun
- an increase to counteract a perceived discrepancy
- An increase or rise, especially to counteract a perceived discrepancy.
- (support) The reassignment of a difficult problem to someone whose job is dedicated to handling such cases.
- The act of escalating.
- A deliberate or premeditated increase in the violence or geographic scope of a conflict.
adj
noun
- a variable quantity that is random
- an event that departs from expectations
- something a little different from others of the same type
- (biology) a group of organisms within a species that differ in trivial ways from similar groups
- (genetics) A different sequence of a gene (locus).
- (linguistics, lexicography) One of a set of words or other linguistic forms that conveys the same meaning or serves the same function.
- (programming) A variable that can hold any of various unrelated data types.
- Something that is slightly different from a type or norm.
noun
- A measure to show a change or relationship between two numbers as a fraction of 100, over a certain time.
- (finance, mathematics) A coefficient, expressed as a fraction of 100, of the quotient of two numbers over a specified period of time, where the denominator has the same units as the numerator but is adjusted by a unit of time. This measure indicates the proportion of a part in relation to a whole and is commonly used to describe rates of interest, growth, or change in financial and economic contexts, expressed in percentage points.
noun
- an increase in rate of change
- the act of accelerating; increasing the speed
- (physics) a rate of increase of velocity
- The advancement of students at a rate that places them ahead of where they would be in the regular school curriculum.
- (physics) The change of velocity with respect to time (can include deceleration or changing direction).
- (uncountable) The act of accelerating, or the state of being accelerated; increase of motion or action; as opposed to retardation or deceleration.
- (countable) The amount by which a speed or velocity increases (and so a scalar quantity or a vector quantity).
noun
- a decrease in rate of change
- the act of decelerating; decreasing the speed
- (physics) a rate of decrease in velocity
- (uncountable) The act or process of decelerating.
- (countable) The amount by which a speed or velocity decreases (and so a scalar quantity or a vector quantity), an acceleration having a negative numerical value.
noun
- a decrease in rate of change
- any agent that retards or delays or hinders
- the extent to which something is delayed or held back
- the act of slowing down or falling behind
- lack of normal development of intellectual capacities
- (acoustics) The distance by which one wave is behind another.
- (music) A suspension which resolves upwards.
- (colloquial, derogatory, offensive) Extreme stupidity.
- (music) The act of diminishing the rate of speed.
- The extent to which anything is retarded; the result of any retarding or delay; mental, social, or physical slowness.
- That which retards; an obstacle; an obstruction.
- (physics) Deceleration; reduction in the magnitude of velocity.
- (psychology) Ellipsis of mental retardation.
- (telegraphy) A decrease in the speed of telegraph signalling.
noun
- Any variation of a quantity or change in an entity over time that conveys information upon detection.
- A token; an indication; a foreshadowing; a sign.
- (biochemistry) A signalling interaction between cells
- A sequence of states representing an encoded message in a communication channel.
- (computing, Unix) A simple interprocess communication used to notify a process or thread of an occurrence.
- An action, change or process done to convey information and thus reduce uncertainty.
- (of a radio, TV, telephone, internet, etc.) An electromagnetic action, normally a voltage that is a function of time, that conveys the information of the radio or TV program or of communication with another party.
- A railway signal.
- An on-off light, semaphore, or other device used to give an indication to another person.
- Useful information, as opposed to noise.
- A sign made to give notice of some occurrence, command, or danger, or to indicate the start of a concerted action.
- an electric quantity (voltage or current or field strength) whose modulation represents coded information about the source from which it comes
- any nonverbal action or gesture that encodes a message
- any incitement to action
adj
verb
noun
- The result of adjusting something; a small change; a minor correction; a modification or alteration.
- The settling or balancing of a financial account.
- The assessment, by an insurance company, of a claim; the settlement of such a claim.
- The action of adjusting something.
- The behavioral process of balancing conflicting needs, or needs against obstacles in the environment.
- the act of making something different (as e.g. the size of a garment)
- the process of adapting to something (such as environmental conditions)
- the act of adjusting something to match a standard
- making or becoming suitable; adjusting to circumstances
- an amount added or deducted on the basis of qualifying circumstances
noun
- (economics) The sensitivity of changes in a quantity with respect to changes in another quantity.
- (computing) A system's ability to adapt to changes in workload by automatically provisioning and de-provisioning resources.
- (computing) A measure of the flexibility of a data store's data model and clustering capabilities.
- (mathematics) The ratio of the relative change in a function's output with respect to the relative change in its input, for infinitesimal changes at a certain point.
- Adaptability.
- The quality of being elastic.
- (physics) The property by virtue of which a material deformed under load can regain its original dimensions when unloaded
- the tendency of a body to return to its original shape after it has been stretched or compressed
noun
- Relative distinctness, perceived difference due to contrast.
- Release from a post or duty, as when replaced by another.
- The difference of elevations on a surface.
- (countable) A sculpture or other artwork made with such a method.
- The removal of stress or discomfort.
- (military) Military assistance to break a siege or an encirclement.
- A certain fine or composition paid by the heir of a tenant upon the death of the ancestor.
- (heraldry) The supposed projection of a charge from the surface of a field, indicated by shading on the sinister and lower sides.
- The feeling associated with the removal of stress or discomfort.
- (uncountable) A method of sculpture or other artwork in which shapes or figures protrude from a flat background.
- (golf) Permission for a player to move their ball to a more convenient spot before taking a shot, under certain circumstances.
- (law) Court-ordered compensation, aid, or protection, a redress.
- Aid or assistance offered in time of need.
- The apparent difference in elevation in the surface of a painting or drawing made noticeable by a variation in light or color.
- A lowering of a tax through special provisions; tax relief.
- (Australia, New Zealand, colloquial) Ellipsis of relief teacher.
- The person who takes over a shift for another.
- someone who takes the place of another (as when things get dangerous or difficult)
- aid for the aged or indigent or handicapped
- the act of reducing something unpleasant (as pain or annoyance)
- assistance in time of difficulty
- a pause for relaxation
- the feeling that comes when something burdensome is removed or reduced
- (law) redress awarded by a court
- sculpture consisting of shapes carved on a surface so as to stand out from the surrounding background
- the condition of being comfortable or relieved (especially after being relieved of distress)
- the act of freeing a city or town that has been besieged
- a change for the better
adj
prep
- Indicating differentiation.
- Indicating exclusion.
- Originating at (a year, time, etc.)
- With reference to the location or position of a speaker or other observer or vantage point.
- Used to indicate causation; because of, as a result of.
- Used to indicate a starting point or initial reference.
- Indicating removal or separation.
- (MLE) Indicates a starting state of the predicament of the subject. Synonym of since being.
- Indicating a starting point in time.
- Used to indicate source or provenance.
- (mathematics, chiefly British, not in formal use) Denoting a subtraction operation.
- Produced with or out of (a substance or material).
- Indicating a starting point on an array or gamut of conceptual variations.
- Indicating a starting point on a range or scale.
noun
- A difference or ratio between results, characteristics, scores.
- (figuratively) The edge defining inclusion in or exclusion from a set or group.
- (finance) The yield or profit; the selling price minus the cost of production.
- (botany) The shape of the edge of a leaf.
- That which is ancillary; periphery.
- The edge or border of any flat surface.
- A permissible difference; allowing some freedom to move within limits.
- (finance) Collateral security deposited with a broker, to compensate the broker in the event of loss in the speculative buying and selling of stocks, commodities, etc.
- (typography) The edge of the paper, typically left blank when printing but sometimes used for annotations etc.
- a permissible difference; allowing some freedom to move within limits
- (finance) the net sales minus the cost of goods and services sold
- the blank space that surrounds the text on a page
- an amount beyond the minimum necessary
- the boundary line or the area immediately inside the boundary
- the amount of collateral a customer deposits with a broker when borrowing from the broker to buy securities
verb
noun
- a change resulting in an increase
- a process of becoming larger or longer or more numerous or more important
- the act of increasing something
- a quantity that is added
- the amount by which something increases
- Offspring, progeny.
- For a quantity, the act or process of becoming larger.
- (knitting, crochet) The creation of one or more new stitches; see Increase (knitting).
- An amount by which a quantity is increased.
verb
- make bigger or more
- become bigger or greater in amount
- (intransitive) (of a quantity, etc.) To become larger or greater, to greaten.
- (astronomy, intransitive) To become more nearly full; to show more of the surface; to wax.
- To multiply by the production of young; to be fertile, fruitful, or prolific.
- (transitive) To make (a quantity, etc.) larger.
noun
- The time interval between a transition at an input and a resultant change at an output.
- The amount of time required for a signal to travel through a specific path or component in an integrated circuit.
- The time interval between a reference point on one waveform and a reference point on another waveform.
- The elapsed time between the change of a component at the reference point and a system response of 10% of the final reading.
noun
- A numerical difference.
- (geometry) An unlimited expanse of discontinuous points.
- The act of spreading.
- A piece of material used as a cover (such as a bedspread).
- (gambling) The difference between the teams' final scores at the end of a sport match.
- (debating slang) An act or instance of spreading (speedreading).
- Two facing pages in a book, newspaper etc.
- (trading, finance) The purchase of one delivery month of one commodity against the sale of that same delivery month of a different commodity.
- An expanse of land.
- A large meal, especially one laid out on a table.
- (finance) The difference between the prices of two similar items.
- A large tract of land used to raise livestock; a cattle ranch.
- (cartomancy) A layout, pattern or design of cards arranged for a reading.
- (trading, economics, finance) The difference between the price of a futures month and the price of another month of the same commodity.
- (business, economics) The difference between the wholesale and retail prices.
- (trading) The difference between bidding and asking price.
- (statistics) A measure of how far the data tend to deviate from the average.
- (bread, etc.) Any form of food designed to be spread, such as butters or jams.
- Excessive width of the trails of ink written on overly absorbent paper.
- The surface in proportion to the depth of a cut gemstone.
- (prison slang, uncountable) Food improvised by inmates from various ingredients to relieve the tedium of prison food.
- An item in a newspaper or magazine that occupies more than one column or page.
- Something that has been spread.
- (trading) An arbitrage transaction of the same commodity in two markets, executed to take advantage of a profit from price discrepancies.
- (trading, finance) The purchase of a futures contract of one delivery month against the sale of another futures delivery month of the same commodity.
- (military) A set of multiple torpedoes launched on side-by-side, slowly-diverging paths toward one or more enemy ships.
- a meal that is well prepared and greatly enjoyed
- a haphazard distribution in all directions
- the expansion of a person's girth (especially at middle age)
- a conspicuous disparity or difference as between two figures
- decorative cover for a bed
- two facing pages of a book or other publication
- farm consisting of a large tract of land along with facilities needed to raise livestock (especially cattle)
- process or result of distributing or extending over a wide expanse of space
- act of extending over a wider scope or expanse of space or time
- a tasty mixture to be spread on bread or crackers or used in preparing other dishes
verb
- (transitive) To stretch out, open out (a material etc.) so that it more fully covers a given area of space.
- (transitive) To disseminate; to cause to proliferate, to make (something) widely known or present.
- (transitive) To smear, to distribute in a thin layer.
- (transitive) To cover (something) with a thin layer of some substance, as of butter.
- (intransitive, transitive, debating slang) To speedread; to recite one's arguments at an extremely fast pace.
- (transitive) To disperse, to scatter or distribute over a given area.
- (intransitive) To proliferate; to become more widely present, to be disseminated.
- (intransitive) To take up a larger area or space; to expand, be extended.
- (intransitive, slang) To open one’s legs, especially for sexual favours.
- To prepare; to set and furnish with provisions.
- (transitive) To extend (individual rays, limbs etc.); to stretch out in varying or opposing directions. simple past and past participle of spread
- cause to become widely known
- cover by spreading something over
- become distributed or widespread
- move outward
- become widely known and passed on
- strew or distribute over an area
- distribute or disperse widely
- spread out or open from a closed or folded state
- distribute over a surface in a layer
- spread across or over
adj
adj
- Variable and subject to change.
- Not yet determined; undecided.
- Fitful or unsteady.
- Not certain; unsure.
- Not known for certain; questionable.
- Unpredictable or capricious.
- not established beyond doubt; still undecided or unknown
- not consistent or dependable
- not established or confirmed
- ambiguous (especially in the negative)
- subject to change
- lacking or indicating lack of confidence or assurance
- not certain to occur; not inevitable
noun
adj
noun
- (physics) The smallest possible, and therefore indivisible, unit of a given quantity or quantifiable phenomenon.
- (mathematics) A definite portion of a manifoldness, limited by a mark or by a boundary.
- The amount or quantity observably present, or available.
- (law) The length or magnitude of the sentence handed down to someone who has been found guilty of a crime.
- (computing, uncountable) Ellipsis of quantum computing.
- (now chiefly South Asia or law) The total amount of something; quantity.
- (law) The amount of compensation awarded to a successful party in a lawsuit.
- (computing) The amount of time allocated for a thread to perform its work in a multithreaded environment.
- (medicine) The minimum dose of a pathogen required to cause an infection.
- a discrete amount of something that is analogous to the quantities in quantum theory
- (physics) the smallest discrete quantity of some physical property that a system can possess (according to quantum theory)
noun
- The amount of change towards or away from something.
- (boxing) A type of hook with the arm more extended.
- (music) The genre of music associated with this dance style.
- The sweep or compass of a swinging body.
- (politics) In an election, the increase or decrease in the number of votes for opposition parties compared with votes for the incumbent party.
- (cricket) Sideways movement of the ball as it flies through the air.
- A basic dance step in which a pair link hands and turn round together in a circle.
- Influence or power of anything put in motion.
- (theater) In a musical theater production, a performer who understudies several roles.
- The act, or an instance, of swinging.
- The manner in which something is swung.
- Capacity of a turning lathe, as determined by the diameter of the largest object that can be turned in it.
- A line, cord, or other thing suspended and hanging loose, upon which anything may swing.
- A hanging seat that can swing back and forth, in a children's playground, for acrobats in a circus, or on a porch for relaxing.
- An energetic and acrobatic late-1930s partner-based dance style, also known as jitterbug and lindy-hop.
- The maximum amount of change that has occurred or can occur; the sum of the maximum changes in any direction.
- a state of steady vigorous action that is characteristic of an activity
- in baseball; a batter's attempt to hit a pitched ball
- a sweeping blow or stroke
- a jaunty rhythm in music
- mechanical device used as a plaything to support someone swinging back and forth
- the act of swinging a golf club at a golf ball and (usually) hitting it
- changing location by moving back and forth
- a style of jazz played by big bands popular in the 1930s; flowing rhythms but less complex than later styles of jazz
- a square dance figure; a pair of dancers join hands and dance around a point between them
verb
- (intransitive) To hang from the gallows; to be punished by hanging, swing for something or someone; (often hyperbolic) to be severely punished.
- (intransitive, cricket, of a ball) To move sideways in its trajectory.
- (transitive and intransitive, boxing) To move one's arm in a punching motion.
- (transitive) To change (a numerical result); especially to change the outcome of an election.
- To be sexually oriented.
- To turn in a different direction.
- (transitive, engineering) To admit or turn something for the purpose of shaping it; said of a lathe.
- (intransitive) To ride on a swing.
- (transitive) To move (an object) backward and forward; to wave.
- (transitive, music) To play notes that are in pairs by making the first of the pair slightly longer than written (augmentation) and the second shorter, resulting in a bouncy, uneven rhythm.
- (transitive, cricket) (of a bowler) To make the ball move sideways in its trajectory.
- (intransitive, sex) To participate in the swinging lifestyle; to participate in wifeswapping.
- (intransitive) To rotate about an off-centre fixed point.
- (intransitive) To dance.
- (intransitive) To fluctuate or change.
- (transitive, carpentry) To put (a door, gate, etc.) on hinges so that it can swing or turn.
- (transitive) In dancing, to turn around in a small circle with one's partner, holding hands or arms.
- (nautical) To turn round by action of wind or tide when at anchor.
- (transitive, slang) To make (something) work; especially to afford (something) financially.
- hit or aim at with a sweeping arm movement
- make a big sweeping gesture or movement
- play with a subtle and intuitively felt sense of rhythm
- have a certain musical rhythm
- move in a curve or arc, usually with the intent of hitting
- be a social swinger; socialize a lot
- move or walk in a swinging or swaying manner
- engage freely in promiscuous sex, often with the husband or wife of one's friends
- influence decisively
- change direction with a swinging motion; turn
- hang loosely
- alternate dramatically between high and low values
- live in a lively, modern, and relaxed style
noun
verb
verb
noun
- the act of distinguishing by comparing differences
- (uncountable) The degree of this difference.
- the perceptual effect of the juxtaposition of very different colors
- a conceptual separation or distinction
- the range of optical density and tone on a photographic negative or print (or the extent to which adjacent areas on a television screen differ in brightness)
- the opposition or dissimilarity of things that are compared
- (countable, uncountable, rhetoric) Antithesis.
- (countable) Something that is opposite of or strikingly different from something else.
- (countable) A difference between two objects, people or concepts.
- (countable) A control on a television, etc, that adjusts the amount of contrast in the images being displayed.
- (uncountable, medicine) Contrast medium
verb
noun
- a musical form involving the simultaneous sound of two or more melodies
- (music) A melody added to an existing one, especially one added to provide harmony whilst each retains its simultaneous identity; a composition consisting of such contrapuntal melodies.
- Any similar contrasting element in a work of art.
- An opposite point.
noun
- a change or alteration in form or qualities
- (biology) an organism that has characteristics resulting from chromosomal alteration
- (genetics) any event that changes genetic structure; any alteration in the inherited nucleic acid sequence of the genotype of an organism
- (law) The transfer of title of an asset in a register.
- A mutant.
- Any alteration or change.
- (rare, collective noun) A group of thrushes.
- (genetics) Any heritable change of the base-pair sequence of genetic material.
- (linguistics) An alteration in a particular sound of a word, especially the initial consonant, which is triggered by the word's morphological or syntactic context and not by its phonological context.
noun
- A difference between what is expected and what is observed; deviation.
- (physics, chemistry, biology) The number of degrees of freedom in a system.
- (law) A discrepancy between two legal documents.
- (computing, programming) Covariance and contravariance generally.
- (law) A departure from a cause of action originally in a complaint.
- The state of differing or being in conflict.
- The act of varying or the state of being variable.
- An official permit to do something that is ordinarily forbidden by regulations.
- (statistics) The second central moment in probability; the square of the standard deviation.
- an activity that varies from a norm or standard
- the quality of being subject to variation
- an official dispensation to act contrary to a rule or regulation (typically a building regulation)
- a difference between conflicting facts or claims or opinions
- an event that departs from expectations
- the second moment around the mean; the expected value of the square of the deviations of a random variable from its mean value
- discord that splits a group
noun
- a graded change in the magnitude of some physical quantity or dimension
- the property possessed by a line or surface that departs from the horizontal
- (calculus, of a function) The ratio of the rates of change of a dependent variable and an independent variable, the slope of a curve's tangent.
- A slope or incline.
- (sciences) The rate at which a physical quantity increases or decreases relative to change in a given variable, especially distance.
- (calculus) A differential operator that maps each point of a scalar field to a vector pointed in the direction of the greatest rate of change of the scalar. Notation for a scalar field φ: ∇φ
- A gradual change in color; a color gradient; gradation.
- A rate of inclination or declination of a slope.
adj
verb
- (of a graph) To experience significantly decreased rates of change compared to previous rates of change.
- (transitive, slang) To kill.
- (intransitive, medicine, cardiology, by extension) To die.
- (informal, transitive) To remain at the same level, without development; or, to fall.
- (intransitive, medicine, cardiology, of the heart) To stop beating.
- (fishing, intransitive) To fish using a flatline.
noun
- (fishing) A line that is run low to the water from the rod tip, generally off a release clip of some type.
- The disappearance of the rhythmic peaks displayed on a heart monitor.
- (also figurative) An unchanging state, as indicated in a graph of a variable over time.
- The disappearance of brain waves on an electroencephalogram.
noun
- A noticeable change in character, appearance, function, or condition.
- (pathology) A change, usually degenerative, in the structure of a specific body tissue.
- A transformation, such as one performed by magic.
- (biology) A change in the form and often habits of an animal after the embryonic stage during normal development (e.g. the transformation of a caterpillar into a butterfly or a tadpole into a frog).
- a striking change in appearance or character or circumstances
- a complete change of physical form or substance especially as by magic or witchcraft
- the marked and rapid transformation of a larva into an adult that occurs in some animals
noun
- A test or variable, etc. that serves to distinguish between different things.
- A person who differentiates things or concepts.
- (marketing) A feature of the seller's offering that differs from a competitor's offering and is important to the buyer in question.
- (physics) Any of several electronic devices that convert some property of a signal into an amplitude whose value is proportional to the difference between the value of the input signal and that of a standard.
- A person who acts unfairly through prejudice.
- a person who (or that which) differentiates
noun
- (figurative) A small change or small amount of progress.
- (informal) Something that causes discomfort or pain; an ouch.
- A small amount by which something has changed or moved.
- (sailing) An act of propelling a boat or sailboard forward by rocking one's body.
- (obsolete except historical or poetic) Alternative spelling of ouche (“a brooch or clasp for fastening a piece of clothing together, especially when set with jewels or valuable”).
intj
verb
- (figurative) To force to move without noticeable disruption or opposition.
- (figurative) To change or progress by a small amount or in small increments; to nudge.
- (figurative) To force (someone or something) to move without noticeable disruption or opposition; to nudge.
- To move or slide by a small amount; to scooch, to scoot.
- To move around in a restricted or small space; to squeeze, to squirm.
- (sailing) To propel a boat or sailboard by rocking one's body back and forth.
- (also reflexive, figurative) To cause (oneself or someone, or something) to change or progress by a small amount or in small increments.
- (intransitive) To cry out in discomfort or pain; to ouch.
- (also reflexive) To move or slide (oneself or someone, or something) by a small amount.
noun
- The relative speed of change or progress.
- Any of various taxes, especially those levied by a local authority.
- (horology) The gain or loss of a timepiece in a unit of time.
- A wage calculated in relation to a unit of time.
- Speed.
- A set price or charge for all examples of a given case, commodity, service etc.
- The price of (an individual) thing; cost.
- (nautical) A class into which ships were assigned based on condition, size etc.; by extension, rank.
- The proportional relationship between one amount, value etc. and another.
- amount of a charge or payment relative to some basis
- a quantity or amount or measure considered as a proportion of another quantity or amount or measure
- the relative speed of progress or change
- a magnitude or frequency relative to a time unit
verb
- (transitive, informal) To like; to think highly of.
- (transitive) To ratify.
- (transitive) To assign or be assigned a particular rank or level.
- (transitive) To determine the limits of safe functioning for a machine or electrical device.
- (intransitive) To have position (in a certain class).
- (transitive, horse racing) To take action to slow down the pace of the horse one is riding.
- (intransitive) To have value or standing.
- (transitive, chiefly British) To evaluate a property's value for the purposes of local taxation.
- (transitive) To ascertain the exact rate of the gain or loss of (a chronometer) as compared with true time.
- (transitive) To deserve; to be worth.
- (transitive) To consider or regard.
- (transitive) To evaluate or estimate the value of.
- be worthy of or have a certain rating
- assign a rank or rating to
- estimate the value of
noun
adj
phrase
adv
- to a greater degree or extent; used with comparisons
- to the full extent
- used as an intensive especially to indicate something unexpected
- in spite of; notwithstanding
- Used to emphasise a comparative.
- Used to indicate a further degree of comparison.
- Rather; that is (used to signal a correction of a previous utterance).
- In reality (used to imply an extreme example in the case mentioned).
adj
- being level or straight or regular and without variation as e.g. in shape or texture; or being in the same plane or at the same height as something else (i.e. even with)
- symmetrically arranged
- equal in degree or extent or amount; or equally matched or balanced
- divisible by two
- of the score in a contest
- occurring at fixed intervals
- (colloquial) On equal terms of a moral sort; quits.
- Equal in proportion, quantity, size, etc.
- Parallel; on a level; reaching the same limit.
- (informal) Of a number, convenient for rounding other numbers to; for example, ending in a zero.
- On equal monetary terms; neither owing nor being owed.
- (mathematics, not comparable) Of an integer, divisible by two.
- Flat and level.
- Without great variation.
noun
verb
adv
- to a greater degree or extent; used with comparisons
- despite anything to the contrary (usually preceding a concession)
- with reference to action or condition; without change, interruption, or cessation
- without moving or making a sound
- (conjunctive) Nevertheless.
- Alternative spelling of styll.
- (extensive) Even, yet.
- (degree) To an even greater degree. Used to modify comparative adjectives or adverbs.
- Without motion.
- (aspect) Up to a time, as in the preceding time.
adj
- free from noticeable current
- used of pictures; of a single or static photograph not presented so as to create the illusion of motion; or representing objects not capable of motion
- not in physical motion
- not sparkling
- (of a body of water) free from disturbance by heavy waves
- marked by absence of sound
- Not moving; calm.
- Not effervescing; not sparkling.
- Uttering no sound; silent.
- Comparatively quiet or silent; soft; gentle; low.
- (not comparable) Having the same stated quality continuously from a past time
noun
- a static photograph (especially one taken from a movie and used for advertising purposes)
- an apparatus used for the distillation of liquids; consists of a vessel in which a substance is vaporized by heat and a condenser where the vapor is condensed
- a plant and works where alcoholic drinks are made by distillation
- (poetic) tranquil silence
- A building where liquors are distilled; a distillery.
- (slang) A resident of the Falkland Islands.
- (catering) A large water boiler used to make tea and coffee.
- A device for distilling liquids.
- (photography) A photograph, as opposed to movie footage.
- (cinematography) A single frame from a film.
- (catering) The area in a restaurant used to make tea and coffee, separate from the main kitchen.
- A period of calm or silence.
verb
adv
- to a greater degree or extent; used with comparisons
- despite anything to the contrary (usually preceding a concession)
- up to the present time
- within an indefinite time or at an unspecified future time
- used in negative statement to describe a situation that has existed up to this point or up to the present time
- used after a superlative
- In addition.
- (after 'have' and certain copulative verbs, followed by an infinitive) Not as of the time referenced.
- At some future time; eventually.
- In negative or interrogative use, often with an expectation or potential of something happening in the future.
- In negative imperative use, asking for an action to be delayed.
- (degree) Even.
conj
noun
verb
prefix
- The difference from some fixed quantity.
- Having multiple targets or effects; the root affects or involves multiple subjects.
- Secondary or auxiliary in rank or priority.
- In conjunction: the root needs another entity to take effect, or there is a one-way interaction between them.
- Gender-mixed; having men and women together for the root activity or location.
- During the same time period as the root.
- Mutually: the root is done in a way that is reciprocal and bidirectional.
- Equally, equal with respect to the root.
- (chemistry) Deriving from multiple sources.
- Moving or oriented in the same direction; co-directional.
- Dual, relating to the opposite category.
- Simultaneously, done or able to do at the same time.
- (biochemistry) Referring to coenzymes.
- Coequal, equal in rank.
- Indicating a family relationship that indicates a common rank made through three degrees of separation, the middle of which is by marriage.
- (organic chemistry) Referring to copolymers.
- Having commonality, similarity with respect to the root.
- Jointly: the root verb is done in coordination between multiple actors or entities
- Along with: the root verb is done along with or in addition to others.
- Spatially located or positioned together, co-located.
- (informal) Initialism of class of. Directly precedes a full or abbreviated year.
verb
- To pick up on a difference. (See tell apart for more.)
- (intransitive) To show, be showing, be revealed.
- (transitive) To instruct or inform.
- (transitive) To order; to direct, to say to someone.
- (transitive or intransitive) To notice, discern. (Roughly, "can tell" means "know" but with a sense of direct perception.)
- (intransitive, childish) To inform someone in authority about a wrongdoing.
- (transitive, ditransitive) To narrate, to recount.
- (intransitive) To have an effect, especially a noticeable one; to be apparent, to be demonstrated.
- (transitive, ditransitive) To convey by speech; to say.
- (transitive) To use (beads or similar objects) as an aid to prayer.
- (transitive) To reveal.
- (authorship, intransitive) To reveal information in prose through outright expository statement — contrasted with show.
- (transitive, archaic outside of idioms) To determine the number, amount, or value of [something].
- narrate or give a detailed account of
- give instructions to or direct somebody to do something with authority
- give evidence
- mark as different
- inform positively and with certainty and confidence
- express in words
- discern or comprehend
- let something be known
noun
- A reflexive, often habitual behavior, especially one occurring in a context that often features attempts at deception by persons under psychological stress (such as a poker game or police interrogation), that reveals information that the person exhibiting the behavior is attempting to withhold.
- (Internet) A private message to an individual in a chat room; a whisper.
- (archaeology) A hill or mound, originally and especially in the Middle East, over or consisting of the ruins of ancient settlements.
- (informal) A giveaway; something that unintentionally reveals or hints at a secret.
adj
- tending to vary often or widely
- evaporating readily at normal temperatures and pressures
- marked by erratic changeableness in affections or attachments
- liable to lead to sudden change or violence
- Temporary or ephemeral.
- Of a situation potentially violent.
- (programming) Of a variable etc., having its associated memory immediately updated with any changes in value.
- (economics, finance) Of a price, variable or erratic.
- Fickle.
- Of a person, quick to become angry or violent.
- (informal) Of a substance, explosive.
- (computing) Of memory, whose content is lost when the computer is powered down.
- (physics) Evaporating or vaporizing readily under normal conditions.
noun
adj
- Changing from one time to another.
- Capable of being moved, lifted, carried, drawn, turned, or conveyed, or in any way made to change place or posture; not fixed or stationary.
- (of personal property as opposed to real estate) can be moved from place to place (especially carried by hand)
- capable of being moved or conveyed from one place to another
noun
verb
- examine and note the similarities or differences of
- to form the comparative or superlative form on an adjective or adverb
- be comparable
- consider or describe as similar, equal, or analogous
- (transitive, grammar) To form the three degrees of comparison of (an adjective).
- (transitive) To assess the similarities and differences between two or more things ["to compare X with Y"]. Having made the comparison of X with Y, one might have found it similar to Y or different from Y.
- (transitive) To declare two things to be similar in some respect ["to compare X to Y"].
- (intransitive) To be similar (often used in the negative).
noun
noun
- A deviation or difference.
- A specific variation of something.
- (cybernetics) The total number of distinct states of a system; also, the logarithm to the base 2 of the total number of distinct states of a system.
- (radio, television, theater) Ellipsis of variety performance or variety show (“a type of entertainment featuring a succession of short, unrelated performances by various artistes such as (depending on the medium) acrobats, comedians, dancers, magicians, singers, etc.”).
- (linguistics) A specific form of a language, neutral to whether that form is an accent, dialect, register, etc., and to its prestige level; an isolect or lect.
- (radio, television, theater) The kind of entertainment given in variety performances or shows; also, the production of, or performance in, variety performances or shows.
- (algebraic geometry) Ellipsis of algebraic variety (“the set of solutions of a given system of polynomial equations over the real or complex numbers; any of certain generalisations of such a set that preserves the geometric intuition implicit in the original definition”).
- (botany, taxonomy) A rank in a taxonomic classification below species and (if present) subspecies, and above form; hence, an organism of that rank.
- A collection or number of different things.
- In universal algebra: an equational class; the class of all algebraic structures of a given signature, satisfying a given set of identities.
- The quality of being varied; diversity.
- (philately) A stamp, or set of stamps, which has one or more characteristics (such as colour, paper, etc.) differing from other stamps in the same issue, especially if such differences are intentionally introduced.
- (biology, loosely) An animal or plant (or a group of such animals or plants) with characteristics causing it to differ from other animals or plants of the same species; a strain or cultivar.
- (biology) a taxonomic category consisting of members of a species that differ from others of the same species in minor but heritable characteristics
- a category of things distinguished by some common characteristic or quality
- noticeable heterogeneity
- a difference that is usually pleasant
- a collection containing a variety of sorts of things
- a show consisting of a series of short unrelated performances
noun
- a slight amount or degree of difference
- relative darkness caused by light rays being intercepted by an opaque body
- protective covering that protects something from direct sunlight
- a subtle difference in meaning or opinion or attitude
- a representation of the effect of shadows in a picture or drawing (as by shading or darker pigment)
- a mental representation of some haunting experience
- a position of relative inferiority
- a protective ornamental covering for a lamp, used to screen a light bulb from direct view
- a quality of a given color that differs slightly from another color
- (figuratively, in the plural) An aspect that is reminiscent of something.
- (countable) A postage stamp showing an obvious difference in colour/color to the original printing and needing a separate catalogue/catalog entry.
- (uncountable) Darkness where light, particularly sunlight, is blocked.
- (historical) A candle-shade.
- (countable) A cover around or above a light bulb, a lampshade.
- A very small degree of a quantity, or variety of meaning
- (figuratively) A subtle variation in a concept.
- (countable) Something that blocks light, particularly in a window.
- (chiefly literary and fantasy) A ghost or specter; a spirit.
- (countable) A variety of a color, in particular one obtained by adding black (compare tint).
- (uncountable, originally LGBTQ slang) Subtle insults.
verb
- represent the effect of shade or shadow on
- protect from light, heat, or view
- vary slightly
- pass from one quality such as color to another by a slight degree
- cast a shadow over
- (transitive, slang) To throw shade, to subtly insult someone.
- (transitive) To darken, particularly in drawing.
- (intransitive, rare) To shield oneself from light.
- (intransitive, baseball, of a defensive player) To move slightly from one's normal fielding position.
- To win by a narrow margin.
- (intransitive) To vary or approach something slightly, particularly in color.
- (transitive, graphical user interface) To reduce (a window) so that only its title bar is visible.
- (transitive) To shield (someone or something) from light.
- (transitive) To alter slightly.
noun
- an instance of change; the rate or magnitude of change
- a wave motion
- the quality of being unsteady and subject to changes
- A motion like that of waves; a moving in this and that direction; an irregular rising and falling.
- In medicine, a wave-like motion or undulation of a fluid in a natural or abnormal cavity (e.g. pus in an abscess), which is felt during palpation or percussion.
- A wavering; unsteadiness.
noun
- an instance of change; the rate or magnitude of change
- the process of varying or being varied
- The act of varying; a partial change in the form, position, state, or qualities of a thing.
- (biology) an organism that has characteristics resulting from chromosomal alteration
- the act of changing or altering something slightly but noticeably from the norm or standard
- an activity that varies from a norm or standard
- (ballet) a solo dance or dance figure
- something a little different from others of the same type
- (astronomy) any perturbation of the mean motion or orbit of a planet or satellite (especially a perturbation of the earth's moon)
- the angle (at a particular location) between magnetic north and true north
- an artifact that deviates from a norm or standard
- a repetition of a musical theme in which it is modified or embellished
- (astronomy) Deviation from the mean orbit of a heavenly body.
- (nautical) The angular difference at the vessel between the direction of true north and magnetic north.
- (music) A technique where material is repeated with alterations to the melody, harmony, rhythm, timbre, texture, counterpoint or orchestration; but with some invariant characteristic, e.g. a ground bass.
- (genetics) The modification of a hereditary trait.
- (board games) A line of play that differs from the original.
- A related but distinct thing.
- (linguistics) The situation where two or more linguistic forms appear in the same environment without a change in meaning, the choice of form being determined by factors of dialect, sociolect, register or simply the speaker's preference.
noun
- A relatively small gradual change, variation or deviation (from a planned value) in a measure.
- (informal, derogatory) Someone creepy (annoyingly unpleasant), especially one who is strange or eccentric.
- (geology) The imperceptible downslope movement of surface rock.
- A slight displacement of an object; the slight movement of something.
- (informal, derogatory, especially) A person who engages in sexually inappropriate behaviour or sexual harassment.
- (materials science) An increase in strain with time; the gradual flow or deformation of a material under stress.
- (agriculture) A barrier with small openings used to keep large animals out while allowing smaller animals to pass through.
- (publishing) In sewn books, the tendency of pages on the inside of a quire to stand out farther than those on the outside of it.
- The movement of something that creeps (like worms or snails).
- (uncountable) The gradual expansion or proliferation of something beyond its original goals or boundaries, considered negatively.
- a slow mode of locomotion on hands and knees or dragging the body
- a pen that is fenced so that young animals can enter but adults cannot
- a slow longitudinal movement or deformation
- someone unpleasantly strange or eccentric
verb
- To move or behave with servility or exaggerated humility; to fawn.
- To drag in deep water with creepers, as for recovering a submarine cable.
- To slip, or to become slightly displaced.
- (intransitive) To move slowly and quietly in a particular direction.
- (intransitive) To move slowly with the abdomen close to the ground.
- (intransitive) To make small gradual changes, usually in a particular direction.
- (intransitive, of plants) To grow across a surface rather than upwards.
- To have a sensation as of insects creeping on the skin of the body; to crawl.
- To move in a stealthy or secret manner; to move imperceptibly or clandestinely; to steal in; to insinuate itself or oneself.
- (intransitive, African-American Vernacular, slang) To covertly have sex (with a person other than one's primary partner); to cheat with.
- show submission or fear
- to go stealthily or furtively
- move slowly; in the case of people or animals with the body near the ground
- grow or spread, often in such a way as to cover (a surface)
noun
- Chiefly with a modifying word: a measure between two points or quantities; a difference, a variance.
- (horse racing) Originally, the space measured back from the winning post which a racehorse running in a heat must reach when the winner has covered the whole course, in order to run in a subsequent heat; also, the point on the racecourse that space away from the winning post; now, the point on a racecourse 240 yards from the winning post.
- Chiefly preceded by the, especially in into or in the distance: the place that is far away or remote.
- An amount of space between points (often geographical points), usually (but not necessarily) measured along a straight line.
- (figurative) A separation in some way other than space or time.
- The maximum amount of space between a boxer and their opponent within which the boxer can punch effectively.
- (horse racing) Chiefly in by a distance: a space of more than 30 lengths (about 80 yards or 7.3 metres) between two racehorses finishing a race, used to describe the margin of victory; also (archaic), any space of 240 yards (about 219.5 metres) on a racecourse.
- Chiefly in from a distance: a place which is far away or remote; specifically (especially painting), a more remote part of a landscape or view as contrasted with the foreground.
- The state of remoteness or separation in some way other than space or time.
- Often in go the distance, last the distance, or stay the distance: the scheduled duration of a bout.
- The state of people not being close, friendly, or intimate with each other; also, the state of people who were once close, friendly, or intimate with each other no longer being so; estrangement.
- The entire amount of progress to an objective.
- (military) The amount of space between soldiers or cavalry riders marching or standing in a rank; also, the amount of space between such ranks.
- An interval or length of time between events.
- The state of being separated from something else, especially by a long way; the state of being far off or remote; farness, remoteness.
- Excessive reserve or lack of friendliness shown by a person; aloofness, coldness.
- (sports) The complete length of a course over which a race is run.
- The amount of space between points (often geographical points), usually (but not necessarily) measured along a straight line.
- (fencing) The amount of space between a fencer and their opponent, which the fencer tries to control in order to gain an advantage over the opponent.
- a remote point in time
- the interval between two times
- indifference by personal withdrawal
- size of the gap between two places
- a distant region
- the property created by the space between two objects or points
verb
- To keep (someone) emotionally or socially apart from another person or people.
- To leave behind (someone or something moving in the same direction; specifically, other competitors in a race) some distance away; to outpace, to outstrip.
- (figurative) To keep oneself emotionally or socially apart from another person or people; to keep one's distance.
- Often followed by from: to set (someone or something) at a distance (noun noun sense 1.1) from someone or something else.
- To exceed or surpass (someone, such as a peer or rival); to outdo, to outstrip.
- To cause (a place, a thing, etc.) to seem distant, or (figurative) unfamiliar.
- To set oneself at a distance from someone or something else; to move away from someone or something.
- (reflexive) To keep (oneself) away from someone or something, especially because one does not want to be associated with that person or thing.
- go far ahead of
- keep at a distance
noun
- an increase to counteract a perceived discrepancy
- An increase or rise, especially to counteract a perceived discrepancy.
- (support) The reassignment of a difficult problem to someone whose job is dedicated to handling such cases.
- The act of escalating.
- A deliberate or premeditated increase in the violence or geographic scope of a conflict.
noun
- A measure to show a change or relationship between two numbers as a fraction of 100, over a certain time.
- (finance, mathematics) A coefficient, expressed as a fraction of 100, of the quotient of two numbers over a specified period of time, where the denominator has the same units as the numerator but is adjusted by a unit of time. This measure indicates the proportion of a part in relation to a whole and is commonly used to describe rates of interest, growth, or change in financial and economic contexts, expressed in percentage points.
noun
- an increase in rate of change
- the act of accelerating; increasing the speed
- (physics) a rate of increase of velocity
- The advancement of students at a rate that places them ahead of where they would be in the regular school curriculum.
- (physics) The change of velocity with respect to time (can include deceleration or changing direction).
- (uncountable) The act of accelerating, or the state of being accelerated; increase of motion or action; as opposed to retardation or deceleration.
- (countable) The amount by which a speed or velocity increases (and so a scalar quantity or a vector quantity).
noun
- a decrease in rate of change
- the act of decelerating; decreasing the speed
- (physics) a rate of decrease in velocity
- (uncountable) The act or process of decelerating.
- (countable) The amount by which a speed or velocity decreases (and so a scalar quantity or a vector quantity), an acceleration having a negative numerical value.
noun
- a decrease in rate of change
- any agent that retards or delays or hinders
- the extent to which something is delayed or held back
- the act of slowing down or falling behind
- lack of normal development of intellectual capacities
- (acoustics) The distance by which one wave is behind another.
- (music) A suspension which resolves upwards.
- (colloquial, derogatory, offensive) Extreme stupidity.
- (music) The act of diminishing the rate of speed.
- The extent to which anything is retarded; the result of any retarding or delay; mental, social, or physical slowness.
- That which retards; an obstacle; an obstruction.
- (physics) Deceleration; reduction in the magnitude of velocity.
- (psychology) Ellipsis of mental retardation.
- (telegraphy) A decrease in the speed of telegraph signalling.
noun
- Any variation of a quantity or change in an entity over time that conveys information upon detection.
- A token; an indication; a foreshadowing; a sign.
- (biochemistry) A signalling interaction between cells
- A sequence of states representing an encoded message in a communication channel.
- (computing, Unix) A simple interprocess communication used to notify a process or thread of an occurrence.
- An action, change or process done to convey information and thus reduce uncertainty.
- (of a radio, TV, telephone, internet, etc.) An electromagnetic action, normally a voltage that is a function of time, that conveys the information of the radio or TV program or of communication with another party.
- A railway signal.
- An on-off light, semaphore, or other device used to give an indication to another person.
- Useful information, as opposed to noise.
- A sign made to give notice of some occurrence, command, or danger, or to indicate the start of a concerted action.
- an electric quantity (voltage or current or field strength) whose modulation represents coded information about the source from which it comes
- any nonverbal action or gesture that encodes a message
- any incitement to action
adj
verb
noun
- The result of adjusting something; a small change; a minor correction; a modification or alteration.
- The settling or balancing of a financial account.
- The assessment, by an insurance company, of a claim; the settlement of such a claim.
- The action of adjusting something.
- The behavioral process of balancing conflicting needs, or needs against obstacles in the environment.
- the act of making something different (as e.g. the size of a garment)
- the process of adapting to something (such as environmental conditions)
- the act of adjusting something to match a standard
- making or becoming suitable; adjusting to circumstances
- an amount added or deducted on the basis of qualifying circumstances
noun
- (economics) The sensitivity of changes in a quantity with respect to changes in another quantity.
- (computing) A system's ability to adapt to changes in workload by automatically provisioning and de-provisioning resources.
- (computing) A measure of the flexibility of a data store's data model and clustering capabilities.
- (mathematics) The ratio of the relative change in a function's output with respect to the relative change in its input, for infinitesimal changes at a certain point.
- Adaptability.
- The quality of being elastic.
- (physics) The property by virtue of which a material deformed under load can regain its original dimensions when unloaded
- the tendency of a body to return to its original shape after it has been stretched or compressed
noun
- Relative distinctness, perceived difference due to contrast.
- Release from a post or duty, as when replaced by another.
- The difference of elevations on a surface.
- (countable) A sculpture or other artwork made with such a method.
- The removal of stress or discomfort.
- (military) Military assistance to break a siege or an encirclement.
- A certain fine or composition paid by the heir of a tenant upon the death of the ancestor.
- (heraldry) The supposed projection of a charge from the surface of a field, indicated by shading on the sinister and lower sides.
- The feeling associated with the removal of stress or discomfort.
- (uncountable) A method of sculpture or other artwork in which shapes or figures protrude from a flat background.
- (golf) Permission for a player to move their ball to a more convenient spot before taking a shot, under certain circumstances.
- (law) Court-ordered compensation, aid, or protection, a redress.
- Aid or assistance offered in time of need.
- The apparent difference in elevation in the surface of a painting or drawing made noticeable by a variation in light or color.
- A lowering of a tax through special provisions; tax relief.
- (Australia, New Zealand, colloquial) Ellipsis of relief teacher.
- The person who takes over a shift for another.
- someone who takes the place of another (as when things get dangerous or difficult)
- aid for the aged or indigent or handicapped
- the act of reducing something unpleasant (as pain or annoyance)
- assistance in time of difficulty
- a pause for relaxation
- the feeling that comes when something burdensome is removed or reduced
- (law) redress awarded by a court
- sculpture consisting of shapes carved on a surface so as to stand out from the surrounding background
- the condition of being comfortable or relieved (especially after being relieved of distress)
- the act of freeing a city or town that has been besieged
- a change for the better
adj
noun
- A difference or ratio between results, characteristics, scores.
- (figuratively) The edge defining inclusion in or exclusion from a set or group.
- (finance) The yield or profit; the selling price minus the cost of production.
- (botany) The shape of the edge of a leaf.
- That which is ancillary; periphery.
- The edge or border of any flat surface.
- A permissible difference; allowing some freedom to move within limits.
- (finance) Collateral security deposited with a broker, to compensate the broker in the event of loss in the speculative buying and selling of stocks, commodities, etc.
- (typography) The edge of the paper, typically left blank when printing but sometimes used for annotations etc.
- a permissible difference; allowing some freedom to move within limits
- (finance) the net sales minus the cost of goods and services sold
- the blank space that surrounds the text on a page
- an amount beyond the minimum necessary
- the boundary line or the area immediately inside the boundary
- the amount of collateral a customer deposits with a broker when borrowing from the broker to buy securities
verb
noun
- a change resulting in an increase
- a process of becoming larger or longer or more numerous or more important
- the act of increasing something
- a quantity that is added
- the amount by which something increases
- Offspring, progeny.
- For a quantity, the act or process of becoming larger.
- (knitting, crochet) The creation of one or more new stitches; see Increase (knitting).
- An amount by which a quantity is increased.
verb
- make bigger or more
- become bigger or greater in amount
- (intransitive) (of a quantity, etc.) To become larger or greater, to greaten.
- (astronomy, intransitive) To become more nearly full; to show more of the surface; to wax.
- To multiply by the production of young; to be fertile, fruitful, or prolific.
- (transitive) To make (a quantity, etc.) larger.
noun
- The time interval between a transition at an input and a resultant change at an output.
- The amount of time required for a signal to travel through a specific path or component in an integrated circuit.
- The time interval between a reference point on one waveform and a reference point on another waveform.
- The elapsed time between the change of a component at the reference point and a system response of 10% of the final reading.
noun
- A numerical difference.
- (geometry) An unlimited expanse of discontinuous points.
- The act of spreading.
- A piece of material used as a cover (such as a bedspread).
- (gambling) The difference between the teams' final scores at the end of a sport match.
- (debating slang) An act or instance of spreading (speedreading).
- Two facing pages in a book, newspaper etc.
- (trading, finance) The purchase of one delivery month of one commodity against the sale of that same delivery month of a different commodity.
- An expanse of land.
- A large meal, especially one laid out on a table.
- (finance) The difference between the prices of two similar items.
- A large tract of land used to raise livestock; a cattle ranch.
- (cartomancy) A layout, pattern or design of cards arranged for a reading.
- (trading, economics, finance) The difference between the price of a futures month and the price of another month of the same commodity.
- (business, economics) The difference between the wholesale and retail prices.
- (trading) The difference between bidding and asking price.
- (statistics) A measure of how far the data tend to deviate from the average.
- (bread, etc.) Any form of food designed to be spread, such as butters or jams.
- Excessive width of the trails of ink written on overly absorbent paper.
- The surface in proportion to the depth of a cut gemstone.
- (prison slang, uncountable) Food improvised by inmates from various ingredients to relieve the tedium of prison food.
- An item in a newspaper or magazine that occupies more than one column or page.
- Something that has been spread.
- (trading) An arbitrage transaction of the same commodity in two markets, executed to take advantage of a profit from price discrepancies.
- (trading, finance) The purchase of a futures contract of one delivery month against the sale of another futures delivery month of the same commodity.
- (military) A set of multiple torpedoes launched on side-by-side, slowly-diverging paths toward one or more enemy ships.
- a meal that is well prepared and greatly enjoyed
- a haphazard distribution in all directions
- the expansion of a person's girth (especially at middle age)
- a conspicuous disparity or difference as between two figures
- decorative cover for a bed
- two facing pages of a book or other publication
- farm consisting of a large tract of land along with facilities needed to raise livestock (especially cattle)
- process or result of distributing or extending over a wide expanse of space
- act of extending over a wider scope or expanse of space or time
- a tasty mixture to be spread on bread or crackers or used in preparing other dishes
verb
- (transitive) To stretch out, open out (a material etc.) so that it more fully covers a given area of space.
- (transitive) To disseminate; to cause to proliferate, to make (something) widely known or present.
- (transitive) To smear, to distribute in a thin layer.
- (transitive) To cover (something) with a thin layer of some substance, as of butter.
- (intransitive, transitive, debating slang) To speedread; to recite one's arguments at an extremely fast pace.
- (transitive) To disperse, to scatter or distribute over a given area.
- (intransitive) To proliferate; to become more widely present, to be disseminated.
- (intransitive) To take up a larger area or space; to expand, be extended.
- (intransitive, slang) To open one’s legs, especially for sexual favours.
- To prepare; to set and furnish with provisions.
- (transitive) To extend (individual rays, limbs etc.); to stretch out in varying or opposing directions. simple past and past participle of spread
- cause to become widely known
- cover by spreading something over
- become distributed or widespread
- move outward
- become widely known and passed on
- strew or distribute over an area
- distribute or disperse widely
- spread out or open from a closed or folded state
- distribute over a surface in a layer
- spread across or over
adj
noun
- The amount of change towards or away from something.
- (boxing) A type of hook with the arm more extended.
- (music) The genre of music associated with this dance style.
- The sweep or compass of a swinging body.
- (politics) In an election, the increase or decrease in the number of votes for opposition parties compared with votes for the incumbent party.
- (cricket) Sideways movement of the ball as it flies through the air.
- A basic dance step in which a pair link hands and turn round together in a circle.
- Influence or power of anything put in motion.
- (theater) In a musical theater production, a performer who understudies several roles.
- The act, or an instance, of swinging.
- The manner in which something is swung.
- Capacity of a turning lathe, as determined by the diameter of the largest object that can be turned in it.
- A line, cord, or other thing suspended and hanging loose, upon which anything may swing.
- A hanging seat that can swing back and forth, in a children's playground, for acrobats in a circus, or on a porch for relaxing.
- An energetic and acrobatic late-1930s partner-based dance style, also known as jitterbug and lindy-hop.
- The maximum amount of change that has occurred or can occur; the sum of the maximum changes in any direction.
- a state of steady vigorous action that is characteristic of an activity
- in baseball; a batter's attempt to hit a pitched ball
- a sweeping blow or stroke
- a jaunty rhythm in music
- mechanical device used as a plaything to support someone swinging back and forth
- the act of swinging a golf club at a golf ball and (usually) hitting it
- changing location by moving back and forth
- a style of jazz played by big bands popular in the 1930s; flowing rhythms but less complex than later styles of jazz
- a square dance figure; a pair of dancers join hands and dance around a point between them
verb
- (intransitive) To hang from the gallows; to be punished by hanging, swing for something or someone; (often hyperbolic) to be severely punished.
- (intransitive, cricket, of a ball) To move sideways in its trajectory.
- (transitive and intransitive, boxing) To move one's arm in a punching motion.
- (transitive) To change (a numerical result); especially to change the outcome of an election.
- To be sexually oriented.
- To turn in a different direction.
- (transitive, engineering) To admit or turn something for the purpose of shaping it; said of a lathe.
- (intransitive) To ride on a swing.
- (transitive) To move (an object) backward and forward; to wave.
- (transitive, music) To play notes that are in pairs by making the first of the pair slightly longer than written (augmentation) and the second shorter, resulting in a bouncy, uneven rhythm.
- (transitive, cricket) (of a bowler) To make the ball move sideways in its trajectory.
- (intransitive, sex) To participate in the swinging lifestyle; to participate in wifeswapping.
- (intransitive) To rotate about an off-centre fixed point.
- (intransitive) To dance.
- (intransitive) To fluctuate or change.
- (transitive, carpentry) To put (a door, gate, etc.) on hinges so that it can swing or turn.
- (transitive) In dancing, to turn around in a small circle with one's partner, holding hands or arms.
- (nautical) To turn round by action of wind or tide when at anchor.
- (transitive, slang) To make (something) work; especially to afford (something) financially.
- hit or aim at with a sweeping arm movement
- make a big sweeping gesture or movement
- play with a subtle and intuitively felt sense of rhythm
- have a certain musical rhythm
- move in a curve or arc, usually with the intent of hitting
- be a social swinger; socialize a lot
- move or walk in a swinging or swaying manner
- engage freely in promiscuous sex, often with the husband or wife of one's friends
- influence decisively
- change direction with a swinging motion; turn
- hang loosely
- alternate dramatically between high and low values
- live in a lively, modern, and relaxed style
noun
verb
noun
- a change or alteration in form or qualities
- (biology) an organism that has characteristics resulting from chromosomal alteration
- (genetics) any event that changes genetic structure; any alteration in the inherited nucleic acid sequence of the genotype of an organism
- (law) The transfer of title of an asset in a register.
- A mutant.
- Any alteration or change.
- (rare, collective noun) A group of thrushes.
- (genetics) Any heritable change of the base-pair sequence of genetic material.
- (linguistics) An alteration in a particular sound of a word, especially the initial consonant, which is triggered by the word's morphological or syntactic context and not by its phonological context.
noun
- A difference between what is expected and what is observed; deviation.
- (physics, chemistry, biology) The number of degrees of freedom in a system.
- (law) A discrepancy between two legal documents.
- (computing, programming) Covariance and contravariance generally.
- (law) A departure from a cause of action originally in a complaint.
- The state of differing or being in conflict.
- The act of varying or the state of being variable.
- An official permit to do something that is ordinarily forbidden by regulations.
- (statistics) The second central moment in probability; the square of the standard deviation.
- an activity that varies from a norm or standard
- the quality of being subject to variation
- an official dispensation to act contrary to a rule or regulation (typically a building regulation)
- a difference between conflicting facts or claims or opinions
- an event that departs from expectations
- the second moment around the mean; the expected value of the square of the deviations of a random variable from its mean value
- discord that splits a group
noun
- a graded change in the magnitude of some physical quantity or dimension
- the property possessed by a line or surface that departs from the horizontal
- (calculus, of a function) The ratio of the rates of change of a dependent variable and an independent variable, the slope of a curve's tangent.
- A slope or incline.
- (sciences) The rate at which a physical quantity increases or decreases relative to change in a given variable, especially distance.
- (calculus) A differential operator that maps each point of a scalar field to a vector pointed in the direction of the greatest rate of change of the scalar. Notation for a scalar field φ: ∇φ
- A gradual change in color; a color gradient; gradation.
- A rate of inclination or declination of a slope.
adj
noun
- A noticeable change in character, appearance, function, or condition.
- (pathology) A change, usually degenerative, in the structure of a specific body tissue.
- A transformation, such as one performed by magic.
- (biology) A change in the form and often habits of an animal after the embryonic stage during normal development (e.g. the transformation of a caterpillar into a butterfly or a tadpole into a frog).
- a striking change in appearance or character or circumstances
- a complete change of physical form or substance especially as by magic or witchcraft
- the marked and rapid transformation of a larva into an adult that occurs in some animals
verb
noun
- the act of distinguishing by comparing differences
- (uncountable) The degree of this difference.
- the perceptual effect of the juxtaposition of very different colors
- a conceptual separation or distinction
- the range of optical density and tone on a photographic negative or print (or the extent to which adjacent areas on a television screen differ in brightness)
- the opposition or dissimilarity of things that are compared
- (countable, uncountable, rhetoric) Antithesis.
- (countable) Something that is opposite of or strikingly different from something else.
- (countable) A difference between two objects, people or concepts.
- (countable) A control on a television, etc, that adjusts the amount of contrast in the images being displayed.
- (uncountable, medicine) Contrast medium
noun
- A test or variable, etc. that serves to distinguish between different things.
- A person who differentiates things or concepts.
- (marketing) A feature of the seller's offering that differs from a competitor's offering and is important to the buyer in question.
- (physics) Any of several electronic devices that convert some property of a signal into an amplitude whose value is proportional to the difference between the value of the input signal and that of a standard.
- A person who acts unfairly through prejudice.
- a person who (or that which) differentiates
noun
- (figurative) A small change or small amount of progress.
- (informal) Something that causes discomfort or pain; an ouch.
- A small amount by which something has changed or moved.
- (sailing) An act of propelling a boat or sailboard forward by rocking one's body.
- (obsolete except historical or poetic) Alternative spelling of ouche (“a brooch or clasp for fastening a piece of clothing together, especially when set with jewels or valuable”).
intj
verb
- (figurative) To force to move without noticeable disruption or opposition.
- (figurative) To change or progress by a small amount or in small increments; to nudge.
- (figurative) To force (someone or something) to move without noticeable disruption or opposition; to nudge.
- To move or slide by a small amount; to scooch, to scoot.
- To move around in a restricted or small space; to squeeze, to squirm.
- (sailing) To propel a boat or sailboard by rocking one's body back and forth.
- (also reflexive, figurative) To cause (oneself or someone, or something) to change or progress by a small amount or in small increments.
- (intransitive) To cry out in discomfort or pain; to ouch.
- (also reflexive) To move or slide (oneself or someone, or something) by a small amount.
noun
- The relative speed of change or progress.
- Any of various taxes, especially those levied by a local authority.
- (horology) The gain or loss of a timepiece in a unit of time.
- A wage calculated in relation to a unit of time.
- Speed.
- A set price or charge for all examples of a given case, commodity, service etc.
- The price of (an individual) thing; cost.
- (nautical) A class into which ships were assigned based on condition, size etc.; by extension, rank.
- The proportional relationship between one amount, value etc. and another.
- amount of a charge or payment relative to some basis
- a quantity or amount or measure considered as a proportion of another quantity or amount or measure
- the relative speed of progress or change
- a magnitude or frequency relative to a time unit
verb
- (transitive, informal) To like; to think highly of.
- (transitive) To ratify.
- (transitive) To assign or be assigned a particular rank or level.
- (transitive) To determine the limits of safe functioning for a machine or electrical device.
- (intransitive) To have position (in a certain class).
- (transitive, horse racing) To take action to slow down the pace of the horse one is riding.
- (intransitive) To have value or standing.
- (transitive, chiefly British) To evaluate a property's value for the purposes of local taxation.
- (transitive) To ascertain the exact rate of the gain or loss of (a chronometer) as compared with true time.
- (transitive) To deserve; to be worth.
- (transitive) To consider or regard.
- (transitive) To evaluate or estimate the value of.
- be worthy of or have a certain rating
- assign a rank or rating to
- estimate the value of
noun
adj
phrase
verb
noun
- the act of distinguishing by comparing differences
- (uncountable) The degree of this difference.
- the perceptual effect of the juxtaposition of very different colors
- a conceptual separation or distinction
- the range of optical density and tone on a photographic negative or print (or the extent to which adjacent areas on a television screen differ in brightness)
- the opposition or dissimilarity of things that are compared
- (countable, uncountable, rhetoric) Antithesis.
- (countable) Something that is opposite of or strikingly different from something else.
- (countable) A difference between two objects, people or concepts.
- (countable) A control on a television, etc, that adjusts the amount of contrast in the images being displayed.
- (uncountable, medicine) Contrast medium
verb
noun
- a musical form involving the simultaneous sound of two or more melodies
- (music) A melody added to an existing one, especially one added to provide harmony whilst each retains its simultaneous identity; a composition consisting of such contrapuntal melodies.
- Any similar contrasting element in a work of art.
- An opposite point.
verb
- (of a graph) To experience significantly decreased rates of change compared to previous rates of change.
- (transitive, slang) To kill.
- (intransitive, medicine, cardiology, by extension) To die.
- (informal, transitive) To remain at the same level, without development; or, to fall.
- (intransitive, medicine, cardiology, of the heart) To stop beating.
- (fishing, intransitive) To fish using a flatline.
noun
- (fishing) A line that is run low to the water from the rod tip, generally off a release clip of some type.
- The disappearance of the rhythmic peaks displayed on a heart monitor.
- (also figurative) An unchanging state, as indicated in a graph of a variable over time.
- The disappearance of brain waves on an electroencephalogram.
verb
- To pick up on a difference. (See tell apart for more.)
- (intransitive) To show, be showing, be revealed.
- (transitive) To instruct or inform.
- (transitive) To order; to direct, to say to someone.
- (transitive or intransitive) To notice, discern. (Roughly, "can tell" means "know" but with a sense of direct perception.)
- (intransitive, childish) To inform someone in authority about a wrongdoing.
- (transitive, ditransitive) To narrate, to recount.
- (intransitive) To have an effect, especially a noticeable one; to be apparent, to be demonstrated.
- (transitive, ditransitive) To convey by speech; to say.
- (transitive) To use (beads or similar objects) as an aid to prayer.
- (transitive) To reveal.
- (authorship, intransitive) To reveal information in prose through outright expository statement — contrasted with show.
- (transitive, archaic outside of idioms) To determine the number, amount, or value of [something].
- narrate or give a detailed account of
- give instructions to or direct somebody to do something with authority
- give evidence
- mark as different
- inform positively and with certainty and confidence
- express in words
- discern or comprehend
- let something be known
noun
- A reflexive, often habitual behavior, especially one occurring in a context that often features attempts at deception by persons under psychological stress (such as a poker game or police interrogation), that reveals information that the person exhibiting the behavior is attempting to withhold.
- (Internet) A private message to an individual in a chat room; a whisper.
- (archaeology) A hill or mound, originally and especially in the Middle East, over or consisting of the ruins of ancient settlements.
- (informal) A giveaway; something that unintentionally reveals or hints at a secret.
verb
- examine and note the similarities or differences of
- to form the comparative or superlative form on an adjective or adverb
- be comparable
- consider or describe as similar, equal, or analogous
- (transitive, grammar) To form the three degrees of comparison of (an adjective).
- (transitive) To assess the similarities and differences between two or more things ["to compare X with Y"]. Having made the comparison of X with Y, one might have found it similar to Y or different from Y.
- (transitive) To declare two things to be similar in some respect ["to compare X to Y"].
- (intransitive) To be similar (often used in the negative).
noun
adv
- to a greater degree or extent; used with comparisons
- to the full extent
- used as an intensive especially to indicate something unexpected
- in spite of; notwithstanding
- Used to emphasise a comparative.
- Used to indicate a further degree of comparison.
- Rather; that is (used to signal a correction of a previous utterance).
- In reality (used to imply an extreme example in the case mentioned).
adj
- being level or straight or regular and without variation as e.g. in shape or texture; or being in the same plane or at the same height as something else (i.e. even with)
- symmetrically arranged
- equal in degree or extent or amount; or equally matched or balanced
- divisible by two
- of the score in a contest
- occurring at fixed intervals
- (colloquial) On equal terms of a moral sort; quits.
- Equal in proportion, quantity, size, etc.
- Parallel; on a level; reaching the same limit.
- (informal) Of a number, convenient for rounding other numbers to; for example, ending in a zero.
- On equal monetary terms; neither owing nor being owed.
- (mathematics, not comparable) Of an integer, divisible by two.
- Flat and level.
- Without great variation.
noun
verb
adv
- to a greater degree or extent; used with comparisons
- despite anything to the contrary (usually preceding a concession)
- with reference to action or condition; without change, interruption, or cessation
- without moving or making a sound
- (conjunctive) Nevertheless.
- Alternative spelling of styll.
- (extensive) Even, yet.
- (degree) To an even greater degree. Used to modify comparative adjectives or adverbs.
- Without motion.
- (aspect) Up to a time, as in the preceding time.
adj
- free from noticeable current
- used of pictures; of a single or static photograph not presented so as to create the illusion of motion; or representing objects not capable of motion
- not in physical motion
- not sparkling
- (of a body of water) free from disturbance by heavy waves
- marked by absence of sound
- Not moving; calm.
- Not effervescing; not sparkling.
- Uttering no sound; silent.
- Comparatively quiet or silent; soft; gentle; low.
- (not comparable) Having the same stated quality continuously from a past time
noun
- a static photograph (especially one taken from a movie and used for advertising purposes)
- an apparatus used for the distillation of liquids; consists of a vessel in which a substance is vaporized by heat and a condenser where the vapor is condensed
- a plant and works where alcoholic drinks are made by distillation
- (poetic) tranquil silence
- A building where liquors are distilled; a distillery.
- (slang) A resident of the Falkland Islands.
- (catering) A large water boiler used to make tea and coffee.
- A device for distilling liquids.
- (photography) A photograph, as opposed to movie footage.
- (cinematography) A single frame from a film.
- (catering) The area in a restaurant used to make tea and coffee, separate from the main kitchen.
- A period of calm or silence.
verb
adv
- to a greater degree or extent; used with comparisons
- despite anything to the contrary (usually preceding a concession)
- up to the present time
- within an indefinite time or at an unspecified future time
- used in negative statement to describe a situation that has existed up to this point or up to the present time
- used after a superlative
- In addition.
- (after 'have' and certain copulative verbs, followed by an infinitive) Not as of the time referenced.
- At some future time; eventually.
- In negative or interrogative use, often with an expectation or potential of something happening in the future.
- In negative imperative use, asking for an action to be delayed.
- (degree) Even.
conj
noun
verb
adj
noun
- a variable quantity that is random
- an event that departs from expectations
- something a little different from others of the same type
- (biology) a group of organisms within a species that differ in trivial ways from similar groups
- (genetics) A different sequence of a gene (locus).
- (linguistics, lexicography) One of a set of words or other linguistic forms that conveys the same meaning or serves the same function.
- (programming) A variable that can hold any of various unrelated data types.
- Something that is slightly different from a type or norm.
adj
- Variable and subject to change.
- Not yet determined; undecided.
- Fitful or unsteady.
- Not certain; unsure.
- Not known for certain; questionable.
- Unpredictable or capricious.
- not established beyond doubt; still undecided or unknown
- not consistent or dependable
- not established or confirmed
- ambiguous (especially in the negative)
- subject to change
- lacking or indicating lack of confidence or assurance
- not certain to occur; not inevitable
noun
adj
noun
- (physics) The smallest possible, and therefore indivisible, unit of a given quantity or quantifiable phenomenon.
- (mathematics) A definite portion of a manifoldness, limited by a mark or by a boundary.
- The amount or quantity observably present, or available.
- (law) The length or magnitude of the sentence handed down to someone who has been found guilty of a crime.
- (computing, uncountable) Ellipsis of quantum computing.
- (now chiefly South Asia or law) The total amount of something; quantity.
- (law) The amount of compensation awarded to a successful party in a lawsuit.
- (computing) The amount of time allocated for a thread to perform its work in a multithreaded environment.
- (medicine) The minimum dose of a pathogen required to cause an infection.
- a discrete amount of something that is analogous to the quantities in quantum theory
- (physics) the smallest discrete quantity of some physical property that a system can possess (according to quantum theory)
adj
- tending to vary often or widely
- evaporating readily at normal temperatures and pressures
- marked by erratic changeableness in affections or attachments
- liable to lead to sudden change or violence
- Temporary or ephemeral.
- Of a situation potentially violent.
- (programming) Of a variable etc., having its associated memory immediately updated with any changes in value.
- (economics, finance) Of a price, variable or erratic.
- Fickle.
- Of a person, quick to become angry or violent.
- (informal) Of a substance, explosive.
- (computing) Of memory, whose content is lost when the computer is powered down.
- (physics) Evaporating or vaporizing readily under normal conditions.
noun
adj
- Changing from one time to another.
- Capable of being moved, lifted, carried, drawn, turned, or conveyed, or in any way made to change place or posture; not fixed or stationary.
- (of personal property as opposed to real estate) can be moved from place to place (especially carried by hand)
- capable of being moved or conveyed from one place to another