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noun
noun
noun
- The process or act of selecting.
- A variety of items taken from a larger collection.
- The stage of a genetic algorithm in which individual genomes are chosen from a population for later breeding. ᵂᵖ
- The free selection before survey of crown land in some Australian colonies under land legislation introduced in the 1860s. ᵂᵖ
- The ability of predicates to determine the semantic content of their arguments. ᵂᵖ
- A set of data obtained from a database using a query.
- A musical piece.
- Something selected.
- A list of items on which user operations will take place. ᵂᵖ
- A unary operation that denotes a subset of a relation.
noun
- The act of receiving.
- A social engagement, usually to formally welcome someone.
- The school year, or part thereof, between preschool and Year 1, when children are introduced to formal education.
- The conscious adoption or transplantation of legal phenomena from a different culture.
- The act or ability to receive radio or similar signals.
- The desk of a hotel or office where guests are received.
- A reaction; the treatment received on first talking to a person, arriving at a place, etc.
- The act of catching a pass.
- Reading viewed as the active process of receiving a text in any medium (written, spoken, signed, multimodal, nonverbal), consisting of several steps, such as ideation, comprehension, reconstruction, interpretation.
verb
- To obtain; to acquire.
- To be. Used to form the passive of verbs.
- To bring to reckoning; to catch (as a criminal); to effect retribution.
- To cause to become; to bring about.
- To kill.
- To receive.
- To be able, be permitted, or have the opportunity (to do something desirable or ironically implied to be desirable).
- To getter.
- To take or catch (a scheduled transportation service).
- To begin (doing something or to do something).
- To have. See usage notes.
- To adopt, assume, arrive at, or progress towards (a certain position, location, state).
- To respond to (a telephone call, a doorbell, etc).
- To cause to do.
- To fetch, bring, take.
- To become, or cause oneself to become.
- To understand. (compare get it)
- To catch out, trick successfully.
- To find as an answer.
- To hear completely; catch.
- To be told; be the recipient of (a question, comparison, opinion, etc.).
- Used with a personal pronoun to indicate that someone is being pretentious or grandiose.
- To go, to leave; to scram.
- To become ill with or catch (a disease).
- To measure.
- To cover (a certain distance) while travelling.
- To perplex, stump.
- To cause to come or go or move.
noun
prep
- In order to obtain or acquire.
- Due or facing (a certain outcome or fate).
- By the standards of, usually with the implication that those standards are lower than one might otherwise expect; considering.
- Used in various more-or-less idiomatic ways to construe individual verbs, indicating various semantic relationships such as target, purpose, result, etc.; see also the entries for individual phrasal verbs, e.g. ask for, look for, stand for, etc.
- Towards; in the direction of.
- Intended to cure, remove or counteract; in order to cure, remove or counteract.
- So (that), in order to
- On behalf of.
- Used to introduce a subject within a to-infinitive clause.
- In the role or capacity of; instead of; in place of.
- To be used or treated in a stated way, or with a stated purpose.
- Because of.
- Over (a period of time).
- To be, or as being.
- Used as part of a score to indicate the number of wickets that have fallen.
- Supporting, in favour of.
- In order to help, benefit, gratify, honor etc. (someone or something).
- Introducing the first item(s) in a potential sequence.
- In exchange for; in correspondence or equivalence with.
- In honor of; after.
- Out of; used to indicate a fraction, a ratio
- Indicating something desired or anticipated.
- Despite, in spite of.
- Directed at; intended to belong to.
- Throughout or across (a distance in space).
particle
conj
noun
- The act or process of seizing (an opportunity) and profiting or obtaining an advantage (from it).
- The state of having a particular case, such as ALL CAPS or all lowercase.
- The state of being capitalised.
- The total value of all outstanding shares for a publicly-traded company
- Choice of case (when writing a word); the act or process of writing a word in a particular case, such as ALL CAPS, Title Case, CamelCase, Sentence case, or all lowercase.
- The act or process of writing (something: either an entire word or text, or just the initial letter(s) thereof) in capital letters.
noun
- the act or process of picking up or collecting from various places
- a light truck with an open body and low sides and a tailboard
- a warrant to take someone into custody
- anything with restorative powers
- a casual acquaintance; often made in hope of sexual relationships
- the attribute of being capable of rapid acceleration
- mechanical device consisting of a light balanced arm that carries the cartridge
- an electro-acoustic transducer that is the part of the arm of a record player that holds the needle and that is removable
- the act of taking aboard passengers or freight
verb
- To acquire as an actual possession; to obtain as the result of plans and efforts; to gain; to get
- To become aware of (a fact or situation, especially of something that has been true for a long time).
- To cause to seem real to other people.
- To turn an abstract linguistic object into actual language, especially said of a phoneme's conversion into speech sound.
- To make real; to convert from the imaginary or fictitious into reality; to bring into real existence
- To convert any kind of property into money, especially property representing investments, such as shares, bonds, etc.
- To sense vividly or strongly; to make one's own in thought or experience.
noun
- The act of taking possession.
- The act of entering.
- The point when a musician starts to play or sing; entrance.
- A doorway that provides a means of entering a building.
- Permission to enter.
- The start of an insurance contract.
- An item in a list, such as an article in a dictionary or encyclopedia.
- A record made in a log, diary or anything similarly organized; (computing) a datum in a database.
- A term at any position in a matrix.
- A small room immediately inside the front door of a house or other building, often having an access to a stairway and leading on to other rooms
- The introduction of new hounds into a pack.
- A small group formed within a church, especially Episcopal, for simple dinner and fellowship, and to help facilitate new friendships
- A passageway between terraced houses that provides a means of entering a back garden or yard.
- The exhibition or depositing of a ship's papers at the customhouse, to procure licence to land goods; or the giving an account of a ship's cargo to the officer of the customs, and obtaining his permission to land the goods.
verb
- act in a certain way so as to acquire
- engage in
- give certain properties to something
- make or cause to be or to become
- cause to do; cause to act in a specified manner
- give rise to; cause to happen or occur, not always intentionally
- create or manufacture a man-made product
- make, formulate, or derive in the mind
- compel or make somebody or something to act in a certain way
- create by artistic means
- earn on some commercial or business transaction; earn as salary or wages
- create or design, often in a certain way
- to compose or represent
- reach a goal
- be or be capable of being changed or made into
- make by shaping or bringing together constituents
- perform, produce, or carry out
- make by combining materials and parts
- change from one form into another
- charge with a function; charge to be
- achieve a point or goal
- reach a destination, either real or abstract
- institute, enact, or establish
- carry out or commit
- form by assembling individuals or constituents
- organize or be responsible for
- put in order or neaten
- head into a specified direction
- have a bowel movement
- undergo fabrication or creation
- be suitable for
- add up to
- amount to
- constitute the essence of
- appear to begin an activity
- proceed along a path
- reach in time
- gather and light the materials for
- prepare for eating by applying heat
- induce to have sex
- assure the success of
- represent fictitiously, as in a play, or pretend to be or act like
- consider as being
- calculate as being
- cause to be enjoyable or pleasurable
- favor the development of
- develop into
- behave in a certain manner
- eliminate urine
noun
noun
- The act of procuring; procurement.
- The management of another's affairs.
- A sum of money formerly paid to the bishop or archdeacon, now to the ecclesiastical commissioners, by an incumbent, as a commutation for entertainment at the time of visitation; called also proxy.
- The instrument by which a person is empowered to transact the affairs of another; a proxy.
noun
- The act or an instance of importing.
- That which is imported; commodities or wares introduced into a country from abroad.
- The use of a term which consists of formally foreign elements.
- The act or an instance of carrying or conveying, especially into some system, place, area or country.
- The logical law (P→(Q→R))⇒((P∧Q)→R).
verb
- obtain by legal or official process
- cause to leave
- remove from its packing
- take out or remove
- make a date
- remove something from a container or an enclosed space
- purchase prepared food to be eaten at home
- remove (a commodity) from (a supply source)
- bring, take, or pull out of a container or from under a cover
- take liquid out of a container or well
- remove, usually with some force or effort; also used in an abstract sense
- buy and consume food from a restaurant or establishment that sells prepared food
- take out of a literary work in order to cite or copy
- prevent from being included or considered or accepted
noun
- An act or instance of taking in.
- The beginning of a contraction or narrowing in a tube or cylinder.
- The place where water, air or other fluid is taken into a pipe or conduit; opposed to outlet.
- A tract of land enclosed.
- The people taken into an organisation or establishment at a particular time.
- The process of screening a juvenile offender to decide upon release or referral.
- The quantity taken in.
- Any kind of cheat or imposition; the act of taking someone in.
verb
noun
- An act of enfolding or including.
- Full acceptance (of something).
- An act of putting arms around someone and bringing the person close to the chest; a hug.
- An enclosure partially or fully surrounding someone or something.
verb
- To clasp (someone or each other) in the arms with affection; to take in the arms; to hug.
- To encircle; to enclose, to encompass.
- To seize (something) eagerly or with alacrity; to accept or take up with cordiality; to welcome.
- To enfold, to include (ideas, principles, etc.); to encompass.
- To submit to; to undergo.
noun
noun
- The act or process of arbitrating.
- A process through which two or more parties use an arbitrator or arbiter in order to resolve a dispute.
- In general, a form of justice where both parties designate a person whose ruling they will accept formally. More specifically in Market Anarchist (market anarchy) theory, arbitration designates the process by which two agencies pre-negotiate a set of common rules in anticipation of cases where a customer from each agency is involved in a dispute.
noun
- The act of seizing or capturing.
- The act of noticing, understanding or hearing.
- A crick; a sudden muscle pain during unaccustomed positioning when the muscle is in use.
- A stopping mechanism, especially a clasp which stops something from opening.
- The game of catching a ball.
- A hesitation in voice, caused by strong emotion.
- A find, in particular a boyfriend or girlfriend or prospective spouse.
- A fragment of music or poetry.
- The act of catching a hit ball before it reaches the ground, resulting in an out.
- Passing opportunities seized; snatches.
- The act of catching an object in motion, especially a ball.
- A type of humorous round in which the voices gradually catch up with one another; usually sung by men and often having bawdy lyrics.
- A slight remembrance; a trace.
- A crop which has germinated and begun to grow.
- The first contact of an oar with the water.
- A concealed difficulty, especially in a deal or negotiation.
- A player in respect of his catching ability; particularly one who catches well.
- A stoppage of breath, resembling a slight cough.
- The refrain; a line or lines of a song which are repeated from verse to verse.
- Something which is captured or caught.
verb
- To attract and hold (a faculty or organ of sense).
- To grasp mentally: perceive and understand.
- To unpleasantly discover unexpectedly; to unpleasantly surprise (someone doing something).
- To acquire, as though by infection; to take on through sympathy or infection.
- To make a grasping or snatching motion (at).
- To take or replenish something necessary, such as breath or sleep.
- Of fire, to spread or be conveyed to.
- To be held back or impeded.
- To get pregnant.
- To end a player's innings by catching a hit ball before the first bounce.
- To be the victim of (something unpleasant, painful etc.).
- To entrap or trip up a person; to deceive.
- To reach (someone) with a strike, blow, weapon etc.
- To be hit by something.
- To receive or be affected by (wind, water, fire etc.).
- To have something be held back or impeded.
- To contact a wave in such a way that one can ride it back to shore.
- To travel by means of.
- To become infected by (an illness).
- To reproduce or echo a spirit or idea faithfully.
- To serve well or poorly for catching, especially for catching fish.
- To seize or intercept an object moving through the air (or, sometimes, some other medium).
- To grip (the water) with one's oars at the beginning of the stroke.
- To become pregnant. (Only in past tense or as participle.)
- To charm or entrance.
- To grip or entangle.
- To handle an exception.
- To play (a specific period of time) as the catcher.
- To spread by infection or similar means.
- To take in; to watch or listen to (an entertainment).
- To engage with some mechanism; to stick, to succeed in interacting with something or initiating some process.
- To capture or snare (someone or something which would rather escape).
- To germinate and set down roots.
- To be touched or affected by (something) through exposure.
- To overtake or catch up to; to be in time for.
noun
- The act of assuming, or taking to or upon oneself; the act of taking up or adopting.
- A festival in honor of the ascent of the Virgin Mary into heaven, celebrated on 15 August.
- Assumptio.
- The minor or second proposition in a categorical syllogism.
- The act of taking for granted, or supposing a thing without proof; a supposition; an unwarrantable claim.
- The taking of a person up into heaven.
- The thing supposed; a postulate, or proposition assumed; a supposition.
noun
- The activity of collecting.
- A set of college exams generally taken at the start of the term.
- A set of sets; used because such a thing is in general too large to comply with the formal definition of a set.
- The jurisdiction of a collector of excise.
- Multiple related objects associated as a group.
- The quality of being collected; calm composure.
- A gathering of money for charitable or other purposes, as by passing a contribution box for donations.
- A set of items or amount of material procured or gathered together.
- Debt collection.
noun
- a particular instance of buying or selling
- the commercial exchange (buying and selling on domestic or international markets) of goods and services
- the skilled practice of a practical occupation
- the business given to a commercial establishment by its customers
- people who perform a particular kind of skilled work
- steady winds blowing from east to west above and below the equator
- an equal exchange
verb
noun
- the act of choosing or selecting
- the person or thing chosen or selected
- the quantity of a crop that is harvested
- the best people or things in a group
- the yarn woven across the warp yarn in weaving
- a small thin device (of metal or plastic or ivory) used to pluck a stringed instrument
- a thin sharp implement used for removing unwanted material
- a heavy iron tool with a wooden handle and a curved head that is pointed on both ends
- a basketball maneuver; obstructing an opponent with one's body
verb
- select carefully from a group
- look for and gather
- harass with constant criticism
- provoke
- remove in small bits
- remove unwanted substances from, such as feathers or pits
- pilfer or rob
- pay for something
- pull lightly but sharply with a plucking motion
- attack with or as if with a pickaxe of ice or rocky ground, for example
- hit lightly with a picking motion
- eat intermittently; take small bites of
noun
- a particular instance of buying or selling
- an agreement between parties (usually arrived at after discussion) fixing obligations of each
- (often followed by `of') a large number or amount or extent
- a plank of softwood (fir or pine board)
- wood that is easy to saw (from conifers such as pine or fir)
- the cards held in a card game by a given player at any given time
- the type of treatment received (especially as the result of an agreement)
- the act of distributing playing cards
- the act of apportioning or distributing something
verb
- act on verbally or in some form of artistic expression
- take into consideration for exemplifying purposes
- take action with respect to (someone or something)
- succeed in doing, achieving, or producing (something) with the limited or inadequate means available
- administer or bestow, as in small portions
- do business; offer for sale as for one's livelihood
- be in charge of, act on, or dispose of
- behave in a certain way towards others
- distribute cards to the players in a game
- direct the course of; manage or control
- give out as one's portion or share
- give (a specific card) to a player
- sell (especially of illegal material)
noun
- The act or process of declaring.
- In common law, the formal document specifying plaintiff's cause of action, including the facts necessary to sustain a proper cause of action, and to advise the defendant of the grounds upon which he is being sued.
- The specification of an object, such as a variable or function, establishing its existence but not necessarily describing its contents.
- The act, by the captain of a batting side, of declaring an innings closed.
- A written or oral indication of a fact, opinion, intention, belief, etc.
- A list of items for various legal purposes, e.g. customs declaration.
noun
- An act or instance of appropriating.
- The principle that supplies granted by a legislature are only to be expended in the manner specified by that legislature.
- That which is appropriated.
- Public funds set aside for a specific purpose.
- The use of borrowed elements in the creation of a new work.
- The assimilation of concepts into a governing framework.
- In church law, the making over of a benefice to an owner who receives the tithes, but is bound to appoint a vicar for the spiritual service of the parish.
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