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adj
- situated ahead or going before
- farther along in physical or mental development
- comparatively late in a course of development
- ahead of the times
- at a higher level in training or knowledge or skill
- ahead in development; complex or intricate
- far along in time
- (of societies) highly developed especially in technology or industry
adj
noun
- a movement forward
- a change for the better; progress in development
- a tentative suggestion designed to elicit the reactions of others
- the act of moving forward (as toward a goal)
- an amount paid before it is earned
- increase in price or value
verb
- move forward, also in the metaphorical sense
- bring forward for consideration or acceptance
- increase or raise
- contribute to the progress or growth of
- cause to move forward
- obtain advantages, such as points, etc.
- develop in a positive way
- develop further
- give a promotion to or assign to a higher position
- pay in advance
- move forward
- rise in rate or price
postp
adv
- Earlier, ago.
- In a direction opposite to the usual or desired direction of movement or progress, physically or figuratively.
- So as to reverse direction and return.
- Away from someone or something; at a distance.
- Away from the front or from an edge.
- In a manner that impedes.
- In a reciprocal manner; in return.
- So as shrink, recede or move aside, or cause to do so.
- To a later point in time. See also put back.
- Towards, into or in the past.
- To or in a previous condition or place.
- In a direction opposite to that in which someone or something is facing or normally pointing.
verb
- To go in the reverse direction.
- To lay out a second, smaller anchor to provide additional holding power.
- To push or force backwards.
- To adjoin behind; to be at the back of.
- To support.
- To stand still behind another dog which has pointed.
- To brace the yards so that the wind presses on the front of the sail, to slow the ship.
- To change direction contrary to the normal pattern; that is, to shift anticlockwise in the northern hemisphere, or clockwise in the southern hemisphere.
- To make a back for; to furnish with a back.
- To write upon the back of, possibly as an endorsement.
- To sign or endorse (a warrant, issued in another county, to apprehend an offender).
- To draw from behind the back [+accusative = a knife etc.] (as also back out).
- To row backward with (oars).
- To carry an infant on one's back.
noun
- Effort, usually physical.
- The reverse side; the side that is not normally seen.
- The keel and keelson of a ship.
- A large shallow vat; a cistern, tub, or trough, used by brewers, distillers, dyers, picklers, gluemakers, and others, for mixing or cooling wort, holding water, hot glue, etc.
- The part of something that goes last.
- The spine and associated tissues.
- The backrest, the part of a piece of furniture which receives the human back.
- A ferryboat.
- The roof of a horizontal underground passage.
- Large and attractive buttocks.
- The inside margin of a page.
- The edge of a book which is bound.
- In some team sports, a position behind most players on the team.
- A support or resource in reserve.
- The rear of the body, especially the part between the neck and the end of the spine and opposite the chest and belly.
- A non-alcoholic drink (often water or a soft drink), to go with hard liquor or a cocktail.
- Among leather dealers, one of the thickest and stoutest tanned hides.
- Area behind, such as the backyard of a house.
- The side of a blade opposite the side used for cutting.
- The side of any object which is opposite the front or useful side.
- That which is farthest away from the front.
- The part of a piece of clothing which covers the back.
- Upper part of a natural object which is considered to resemble an animal's back.
adj
- Pronounced with the highest part of the body of the tongue toward the back of the mouth, near the soft palate (most often describing a vowel).
- Not current.
- Situated away from the main or most frequented areas.
- At or near the rear.
- Returned or restored to a previous place or condition.
- Moving or operating backward.
- In arrears; overdue.
adj
- Distant in the past, ancient.
- In a (specified) number of rows or layers.
- Positioned or reaching far, especially down through something or into something.
- Voluminous.
- Far in extent in another (non-downwards, but generally also non-upwards) direction away from a point of reference.
- Low in pitch.
- Far from the center of the playing area, near to the boundary of the playing area, either in absolute terms or relative to a point of reference.
- Significant, not superficial, in extent.
- Muddy; boggy; sandy; said of roads.
- Extending far down from the top, or surface, to the bottom, literally or figuratively.
- Penetrating a long way, especially a long way forward.
- Hard to penetrate or comprehend; profound; intricate; obscure.
- Positioned back, or downfield, towards one's own goal, or towards or behind one's baseline or similar reference point.
- Thick.
- Profound, having great meaning or import, but possibly obscure or not obvious.
- Extending to a level or length equivalent to the stated thing.
- Highly saturated; rich.
- Sound, heavy (describing a state of sleep from which one is not easily awoken).
- Of penetrating or far-reaching intellect; not superficial; thoroughly skilled; sagacious; cunning.
noun
- A deep hole or pit, a water well; an abyss.
- A deep shade of colour.
- A silent time; quiet isolation.
- The deep part of a lake, sea, etc.
- The profound part of a problem.
- A fielding position near the boundary.
- The sea, the ocean.
adv
prep
adv
- from an earlier time
- spatially or metaphorically from a higher to a lower level or position
- away from a more central or a more northerly place
- paid in cash at time of purchase
- to a lower intensity
- in an inactive or inoperative state
verb
- drink down entirely
- eat up completely, as with great appetite
- bring down or defeat (an opponent)
- shoot at and force to come down
- cause to come or go down
- improve or perfect by pruning or polishing
adj
- extending or moving from a higher to a lower place
- becoming progressively lower
- being put out in a game of baseball
- understood perfectly
- lower than previously
- shut
- not functioning (temporarily or permanently)
- filled with melancholy and despondency
adj
noun
prep
prep_phrase
adj
- Set in the past.
- Of, concerning, or in accordance with recorded history, (particularly) as opposed to legends, myths, and fictions.
- About history; depicting persons or events from history.
- One of various tenses or moods used to tell about past events, historic (tense).
- Of, concerning, or in accordance with the past generally.
- Synonym of historic: important or likely to be important to history and historians.
- Of, concerning, or in accordance with the scholarly discipline of history.
- Done in the manner of a historian: written as a development over time or in accordance with the historical method.
- Former, erstwhile; (religious, obsolete) lapsed, nominal.
- Forming compound adjectives with the meaning "historical/~" or "historically"
noun
prep
prep
- In front of; before (a background).
- In contrast or comparison with.
- In a contrary direction to.
- In competition with, versus.
- Close to, alongside.
- In opposition to.
- In physical opposition to; in collision with.
- As protection from.
- Contrary to; in conflict with.
- In anticipation of; in preparation for (a particular time, event etc.).
- In exchange for.
- To be paid now in contrast to the following amount to be paid later under specified circumstances, usually that a movie is made or has started filming.
- As counterbalance to.
- In physical contact with, so as to abut or be supported by.
- Of betting odds, denoting a worse-than-even chance.
- As a charge on.
adv
- In the vicinity, near.
- Along a path which runs past the speaker.
- Aside, away.
- To or at a place, as a residence or place of business.
prep
- Near or next to.
- Following a passive verb.
- Acted on in units of the specified size or measure. (Sometimes hyperbolically)
- Designates a horse's male parent (sire); cf. out of.
- Indicates the amount of change, difference or discrepancy
- Indicates a means of achieving something: Involving/using the means of.
- Indicates a means of classification or organisation.
- At, with, among
- Indicates the creator of a work: Existing through the authorship etc. of.
- Not later than (the given time); not later than the end of (the given time interval).
- Following a noun.
- Following an adjective.
- In the formulae X by X and by Xs, indicates a steady progression, one X after another.
- Indicates an authority according to which something is done.
- per; with or in proportion to each.
- Indicates a referenced source: According to.
- Invokes an authority in an oath.
- Used to separate dimensions when describing the size of something.
- From one side of something to the other, passing close by; past.
adj
noun
- Place or source of origin.
- Background; history; place of origin
- The copy history of a piece of data, or the intermediate pieces of data utilized to compute a final data element, as in a database record or web site (data provenance)
- The execution history of computer processes which were utilized to compute a final piece of data (process provenance)
- The history of ownership of a work of art
- The place and time of origin of some artifact or other object. See Usage note below.
verb
adj
- Of a period of time: having just gone by; previous.
- Having already happened; in the past; finished.
- Following expressions of time to indicate how long ago something happened; ago.
- Of a tense, expressing action that has already happened or a previously-existing state.
adv
noun
- The period of time that has already happened, in contrast to the present and the future.
- The past tense.
prep
adj
- Used to distinguish something established more recently, named after something or some place previously existing.
- Refreshed, reinvigorated, reformed.
- Strange, unfamiliar or not previously known.
- Recently made, or created.
- Of recent origin; having taken place recently.
- In original condition; pristine; not previously worn or used.
- Recently arrived or appeared.
- Inexperienced or unaccustomed at some task.
- Next; about to begin or recently begun.
- Current or later, as opposed to former.
- Additional; recently discovered.
- Newborn.
verb
noun
- A naval cadet who has just embarked on training.
- A typically light-coloured lager brewed by the bottom-fermentation method.
- Things that are new.
adv
adj
adj
- of the immediate past or just previous to the present time
- after the expected or usual time; delayed
- having died recently
- (used especially of persons) of the immediate past
adj
- being or occurring at an advanced period of time or after a usual or expected time
- of a later stage in the development of a language or literature; used especially of dead languages
- at or toward an end or late period or stage of development
adv
adj
adj
adv
adj
adj
noun
- the expense of maintaining property (e.g., paying property taxes and utilities and insurance); it does not include depreciation or the cost of financing or income taxes
- (computer science) the processing time required by a device prior to the execution of a command
- (computer science) the disk space required for information that is not data but is used for location and timing
- a transparency for use with an overhead projector
- (nautical) the top surface of an enclosed space on a ship
- a hard return hitting the tennis ball above your head
adv
adv
adv
- from a particular thing or place or position (`forth' is obsolete)
- from one's possession
- out of the way (especially away from one's thoughts)
- out of existence
- at a distance in space or time
- indicating continuing action; continuously or steadily
- so as to be removed or gotten rid of
- freely or at will
- in or into a proper place (especially for storage or safekeeping)
- in a different direction
- in reserve; not for immediate use
adj
adj
adj
noun
- The first term of a ratio, i.e. the term a in the ratio a:b, the other being the consequent.
- An ancestor.
- Previous principles, conduct, history, etc.
- Any thing that precedes another thing, especially the cause of the second thing.
- A word, phrase or clause referred to by a pronoun.
- The first of two subsets of a sequent, consisting of all the sequent's formulae which are valuated as true.
- The conditional part of a hypothetical proposition, i.e. p→q, where p is the antecedent, and q is the consequent.
adj
- anterior
- amphibious
- avancé (fast)
- Asian
- asked
- Australian
- arterial
- alto
- auxiliary
- adjusted
- asymmetric
- accepted
- astragal
- American
- arctic
- approved
- atomic
- Absolute
- absent
prep
verb
adv
noun
- apprentice
- absorbance; absorbancy
- accusative case
- amphibian
- attack
- August
- author
- automobile
- application
- Amos, the book of
- adjutant
- accumulator
- acre; acres
- Angstrom
- ana; anna
- April
- anode
- answer
- artificer
- air branch
- atomic weight
- associate; association
- academy; academician
- age; aged
- airman
- assault, as on a badge
- air
- administration
- admiral
- alfa
- amateur
- aqua
- annus (a year)
- Artillery
- amplitude
- absolute temperature
- address
- adult
- acid
- aircraft; airplane
- article
- Atlantic
- arctic
- army
- accommodation
- America; Americanization
- ambassador
- alto
prep
adj
- Weak; faint; feeling a sense of goneness.
- Dead.
- Of an arrow: wide of the mark.
- Used with a genitively constructed duration to indicate for how long a process has been developing, an action has been performed or a state has persisted; pregnant.
- Doomed, done for.
- Away, having left.
- Used up.
- No longer existing, having passed.
- Not fully aware of one's surroundings, often through intoxication or mental decline.
- Entirely given up to; infatuated with; used with on.
noun
adv
- Near; in the vicinity.
- To the opposite tack: see go about.
- Indicating unproductive or unstructured activity.
- From one place or position to another in succession; indicating repeated movement or activity.
- Nearly; approximately; with close correspondence in quality, manner, degree, quantity, or time; almost.
- On all sides; around.
- Here and there; around; in one place and another; up and down.
- To a reversed order; half round; facing in the opposite direction; from a contrary point of view.
prep
- Concerning; with regard to; on account of; on the subject of; to affect.
- In or near, as in mental faculties or (literally) in the possession of; under the control of; at one's command; in one's makeup.
- In a circle around; all round; on every side of; on the outside of.
- Within or in the immediate neighborhood of; in contiguity or proximity to; near, as to place.
- Over or upon different parts of; through or over in various directions; here and there in; to and fro in; throughout.
- See about to.
- On one's person; nearby the person.
- Have you much hay about? = Have you much in the process of making?
- Concerned with; engaged in; intent on.
adj
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