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noun
- The main part or beginning of a period of time.
- The center part of a fishhook between the eye and the hook, the 'hook' being the curved part that bends toward the point.
- A poorly played golf shot in which the ball is struck by the part of the club head that connects to the shaft.
- A redshank or greenshank, various species of Old World wading birds in the genus Tringa having distinctly colored legs.
- A large ladle for molten metal, fitted with long bars for handling it.
- Meat from that part of an animal.
- The handle of a pair of shears, connecting the ride to the neck.
- An improvised stabbing weapon.
- The space between two channels of the Doric triglyph.
- The part of the sole beneath the instep connecting the broader front part with the heel.
- The end or remainder, particularly of a period of time.
- A loop forming an eye to a button.
- The metal part on a curb bit that falls below the mouthpiece, which length controls the severity of the leverage action of the bit, and to which the reins of the bridle are attached.
- A protruding part of an object, by which it is or can be attached.
- A straight, narrow part of an object, such as a key or an anchor; shaft; stem.
- The part of the leg between the knee and the ankle.
- Flat-nosed pliers, used by opticians for nipping off the edges of pieces of glass to make them round.
verb
- To hit or kick the ball in an unintended direction.
- To misstrike the ball with the part of the club head that connects to the shaft.
- To fall off, as a leaf, flower, or capsule, on account of disease affecting the supporting footstalk; usually followed by off.
- To remove another's trousers, especially in jest; to depants.
- To provide (a button) with a shank (loop forming an eye).
- To apply the shank to a shoe, during the process of manufacturing it.
- To stab, especially with an improvised blade.
adj
noun
- the point between the beginning and the end of a temporal period or process
- an area that is approximately central within some larger region
- an intermediate part or section
- the middle area of the human torso (usually in front)
verb
adj
- of a stage in the development of a language or literature between earlier and later stages
- between an earlier and a later period of time
adj
adv
- the initial time
- before anything else
- before another in time, space, or importance
- prominently forward
noun
- the time at which something is supposed to begin
- the first or highest in an ordering or series
- the first element in a countable series
- the fielding position of the player on a baseball team who is stationed at first of the bases in the infield (counting counterclockwise from home plate)
- an honours degree of the highest class
- the lowest forward gear ratio in the gear box of a motor vehicle; used to start a car moving
adj
- preceding all others in time or space or degree
- highest in pitch or chief among parts or voices or instruments or orchestra sections
adj
verb
- have a beginning, of a temporal event
- take the first step or steps in carrying out an action
- have a beginning, in a temporal, spatial, or evaluative sense
- set in motion, cause to start
- begin to speak or say
- be the first item or point, constitute the beginning or start, come first in a series
- have a beginning characterized in some specified way
- begin an event that is implied and limited by the nature or inherent function of the direct object
- achieve or accomplish in the least degree, usually used in the negative
- begin to speak, understand, read, and write a language
adj
- of or relating to the first significant period of a civilization, culture, area of study, etc.
- of or relating to the study of the literary works of ancient Greece and Rome
noun
adj
- of or relating to the languages used by ancient standard authors
- well-known and long-established in form or style
- (physics) relating to or based on concepts that preceded the theories of relativity and quantum mechanics
- of or relating to music in the European tradition, such as symphonies and operas
- of or pertaining to or characteristic of the ancient Greeks and Romans, especially their art, literature, or culture
noun
- the period between birth and the present time
- a characteristic state or mode of living
- the experience of being alive; the course of human events and activities
- the course of existence of an individual; the actions and events that occur in living
- the condition of living or the state of being alive
- the period during which something is functional (as between birth and death)
- the period from the present until death
- a living person
- animation and energy in action or expression
- living things collectively
- the organic phenomenon that distinguishes living organisms from nonliving ones
- an account of the series of events making up a person's life
- a motive for living
- a prison term lasting as long as the prisoner lives
noun
- A notable event which marks the beginning of such a period.
- A geochronologic unit of hundreds of thousands to millions of years; a subdivision of a period, and subdivided into ages (or sometimes subepochs).
- A specific instant in time, chosen as the point of reference or zero value of a system that involves identifying instants of time.
- A particular period of history, or of a person's life, especially one considered noteworthy or remarkable.
- One complete presentation of the training data set to an iterative machine learning algorithm.
verb
noun
adv
- During a period of time; throughout
- Completely.
- Out into the open.
- From one side to the other by way of the interior.
- From one end to the other.
- To the end.
noun
postp
prep
- Entering, then later leaving.
- To (or up to) and including, with all intermediate values.
- From one side of an opening to the other.
- By means of.
- In consequence of; as a result of.
- Surrounded by (while moving).
adj
- Passing from one side of something to the other.
- Without a future; done for.
- No longer interested; wearied or turned off by experience.
- Proceeding from origin to destination without delay due to change of equipment.
- In possession of the ball beyond the last line of defence but not necessarily the goalkeeper; through on goal.
- Finished; complete.
noun
- A particular period of time in history, as distinguished from others.
- One of the stages of life.
- That part of the duration of a being or a thing which is between its beginning and any given time; specifically the size of that part.
- The number of full years, months, days, hours, etc., that someone, or something, has been alive.
- Mature age; especially, the time of life at which one attains full personal rights and capacities.
- The people who live during a particular period.
- A long time.
- The shortest geochronologic unit, being a period of thousands to millions of years; a subdivision of an epoch (or sometimes a subepoch).
- One of the twelve divisions of a Great Year, equal to roughly 2000 years and goverened by one of the zodiacal signs; a Platonic month.
- The time of life at which some particular power or capacity is understood to become vested.
- A generation.
- A period of one hundred years; a century.
- The right of the player to the left of the dealer to pass the first round in betting, and then to come in last or stay out; also, the player holding this position; the eldest hand.
- An advanced period of life; the latter part of life; the state of being old, old age, senility; seniority.
- The whole duration of a being, whether human, animal, plant, or other kind, being alive.
- A great period in the history of the Earth.
verb
- To cause to grow old; to impart the characteristics of age to.
- To postpone an action that would extinguish something, as a debt.
- To categorize by age.
- To indicate that a person has been alive for a certain period of time, especially a long one.
- To be viewed or turn out in some way after a certain time has passed.
- To grow aged; to become old; to show marks of age.
prep
- Indicating a starting point in time.
- Originating at (a year, time, etc.)
- Indicating a starting point on an array or gamut of conceptual variations.
- Used to indicate source or provenance.
- With reference to the location or position of a speaker or other observer or vantage point.
- Indicating removal or separation.
- Indicating exclusion.
- Produced with or out of (a substance or material).
- Used to indicate causation; because of, as a result of.
- Used to indicate a starting point or initial reference.
- Denoting a subtraction operation.
- Indicating a starting point on a range or scale.
- Indicating differentiation.
- Indicates a starting state of the predicament of the subject. Synonym of since being
adj
- Associated with the end of a period.
- Not having had an expected menstrual period.
- Levied as a surcharge on a payment received after a deadline.
- Deceased, dead: used particularly when speaking of the dead person's actions while alive. (Generally must be preceded by a possessive or an article, commonly "the"; see usage notes. Can itself only precede the person's name, never follow it.)
- Existing or holding some position not long ago, but not now; departed, or gone out of office.
- Specifically, near the end of the day.
- Recent — relative to the noun it modifies.
- Near the end of a period of time.
- Of a star or class of stars, cooler than the sun.
- Not arriving or occurring until after an expected time.
adv
- After a deadline has passed, past a designated time.
- Not long ago; just now.
- Formerly, especially in the context of service in a military unit.
noun
noun
- The first hour of daylight; the first canonical hour.
- An inch, as composed of twelve seconds in the duodecimal system.
- Six consecutive blocks, which prevent the opponent's pieces from passing.
- A four-card hand containing one card of each suit in the game of primero; the opposite of a flush in poker.
- The symbol ′ used to indicate feet, minutes, derivation and other measures and mathematical operations.
- The religious service appointed to this hour.
- The most active, thriving, or successful stage or period.
- A prime element of a mathematical structure, particularly a prime number.
- A feather, from the wing of the cock ostrich, that is of the palest possible shade.
- The first defensive position, with the sword hand held at head height, and the tip of the sword at head height.
- The chief or best individual or part.
- The first note or tone of a musical scale.
- An intermediate sprint within a race, usually offering a prize and/or points.
adj
- First in time, order, or sequence.
- Having its complement closed under multiplication: said only of ideals.
- First in excellence, quality, or value.
- Early; blooming; being in the first stage.
- Such that if it divides a product, it divides one of the multiplicands.
- Having exactly two integral factors: itself and unity (1 in the case of integers).
- First in importance, degree, or rank.
- Marked or distinguished by the prime symbol.
verb
- To apply priming to (a musket or cannon); to apply a primer to (a metallic cartridge).
- To mark with a prime mark.
- To apply a coat of primer paint to.
- To prepare a mechanism for its main work.
- To serve as priming for the charge of a gun.
- To work so that foaming occurs from too violent ebullition, which causes water to become mixed with, and be carried along with, the steam that is formed.
- To prepare; to make ready; to instruct beforehand; to coach.
prep
- During (a period of time).
- Within the bounds or limits of.
- Into.
- Indicates, connotatively, a place-like form of someone's (or something's) personality, as his, her or its psychic and physical characteristics.
- Used to indicate a language, script, tone, etc. of a text, speech, etc.
- Characterized by.
- In replacing the faucet washers, he felt he was making his contribution to the environment.
- Surrounded by; among; amidst.
- Denoting a state of the subject.
- Less water gets in your boots this way.
- In the form of, in the denomination of.
- Indicating an order or arrangement.
- Contained by.
- Part of; a member of; out of; from among.
- Within (a certain elapsed time); by the end of.
- At the end of (a period of time).
- Wearing (an item of clothing).
- Used to indicate limit, qualification, condition, or circumstance.
- Pertaining to; with regard to.
adv
- After the beginning of something.
- The show still didn't become interesting 20 minutes in.
- Denotes a gathering of people assembled for the stated activity, sometimes, though not always, suggesting a protest.
- Towards the speaker or other reference point.
- At or towards the interior of a defined space, such as a building or room.
- So as to be enclosed or surrounded by something.
adj
- In fashion; popular.
- Falling or remaining within the bounds of the playing area.
- (Britain, Ireland, Australia, New Zealand) Burning; ablaze.
- Having familiarity or involvement with somebody.
- Inserted or fitted into something.
- With privilege or possession; used to denote a holding, possession, or seisin
- Incoming.
- Located indoors, especially at home or at one's office or place of work.
- Having been collected or received.
- Of the tide, at or near its highest level.
- Currently batting.
- He is very in with the Joneses.
- Having a favourable position, such as a position of influence or expected gain, in relation to another person.
- Furled or stowed.
- Located inside something.
noun
noun
- the time at which something is supposed to begin
- a compensating equivalent
- a horizontal branch from the base of plant that produces new plants from buds at its tips
- a natural consequence of development
- a plate makes an inked impression on a rubber-blanketed cylinder, which in turn transfers it to the paper
- structure where a wall or building narrows abruptly
verb
noun
- the time at which something is supposed to begin
- the beginning of anything
- a turn to be a starter (in a game at the beginning)
- a sudden involuntary movement
- the act of starting something
- a line indicating the location of the start of a race or a game
- a signal to begin (as in a race)
- the advantage gained by beginning early (as in a race)
verb
- take the first step or steps in carrying out an action
- set in motion, cause to start
- depart for someplace
- have a beginning, in a temporal, spatial, or evaluative sense
- bring into being
- get off the ground
- move or jump suddenly, as if in surprise or alarm
- get going or set in motion
- begin or set in motion
- begin work or acting in a certain capacity, office or job
- play in the starting lineup
- have a beginning characterized in some specified way
- begin an event that is implied and limited by the nature or inherent function of the direct object
- bulge outward
noun
adj
- Inserted between other things
- Describing a time period inserted between others; leap, (as in leap day, leap month, or leap year)
- of a wing vein: between the major veins common to insect wings.
- of a meristem: situated between zones of permanent tissue, thus a shoot growing at the base of a leaf, in comparison with apical growth at the tip of a root or plant.
adj
- Of or pertaining to the beginning or origin, or to early times; original; primordial; primeval; first.
- Of or pertaining to or harking back to a former time; old-fashioned; characterized by simplicity.
- Occurring in or characteristic of an early stage of development or evolution.
- Crude, obsolete.
- Not derived from another of the same type
- Original; primary; radical; not derived.
noun
- An original or primary word; a word not derived from another, as opposed to derivative.
- A simple-minded person.
- A data type that is built into the programming language, as opposed to more complex structures.
- A basic geometric shape from which more complex shapes can be constructed.
- Any of the simplest elements (instructions, statements, etc.) available in a programming language.
- A member of a primitive society.
- A function whose derivative is a given function; an antiderivative.
adj
- Chronologically first, early; of or pertaining to the beginning, cause or origin.
- Spatially first, placed at the beginning, in the first position; especially said of the first letter of a word.
noun
- A distinguished initial letter of a chapter or section of a document.
- onset, part of a syllable that precedes the syllable nucleus in phonetics and phonology.
- The first letter of a word or a name.
- In plural, the first letter of each word of a person's full name considered as a unit.
verb
adj
noun
name
noun
- The current moment or period of time.
- A gift, especially one given for birthdays, Christmas, anniversaries, graduations, weddings, or any other special occasions.
- The position of a soldier in presenting arms.
- The present tense.
verb
- To come forward, appear in a particular place or before a particular person, especially formally.
- To nominate (a member of the clergy) for an ecclesiastical benefice; to offer to the bishop or ordinary as a candidate for institution.
- To put (something) forward in order for it to be seen; to show, exhibit.
- To offer (a problem, complaint) to a court or other authority for consideration.
- To give a gift or presentation to (someone).
- To offer oneself for mental consideration; to occur to the mind.
- To give (a gift or presentation) to someone; to bestow.
- To bring (someone) into the presence of (a person); to introduce formally.
- In omegaverse fiction, to have one's secondary sex (alpha, omega, or beta) become apparent, typically at puberty.
- To deliver (something abstract) as though as a gift; to offer.
- To hand over (a bill etc.) to be paid.
- To appear or represent oneself (as having a certain gender).
- To make clear to one's mind or intelligence; to put forward for consideration.
- To put on, stage (a play etc.).
- To come to the attention of medical staff, especially with a specific symptom.
- To appear (in a specific way) for delivery (of a fetus); to appear first at the mouth of the uterus during childbirth.
- To act as presenter on (a radio, television programme etc.).
- To point (a firearm) at something, to hold (a weapon) in a position ready to fire.
- To display one's female genitalia in a way that signals to others that one is ready for copulation. Also referred to as lordosis behaviour.
adj
- Located in the immediate vicinity.
- Attentive; alert; focused.
- Neither for or against (used in voting to express abstention)
- Relating to now, for the time being; current.
- Relating to something a person is referring to in the very context, with a deictic use similar to the demonstrative adjective this.
noun
- the time period that is considered best for starting or finishing something
- a framework of wood or metal that contains a glass windowpane and is built into a wall or roof to admit light or air
- a transparent opening in a vehicle that allow vision out of the sides or back; usually is capable of being opened
- a transparent panel (as of an envelope) inserted in an otherwise opaque material
- an opening that resembles a window in appearance or function
- a pane of glass in a window
- an opening in a wall or screen that admits light and air and through which customers can be served
- (computer science) a rectangular part of a computer screen that contains a display different from the rest of the screen
noun
- A period of time.
- A connected section of the real line which may be empty or have a length of zero.
- An intermission.
- half time, a scheduled intermission between the periods of play
- The difference (a ratio or logarithmic measure) in pitch between two notes, often referring to those two pitches themselves (otherwise known as a dyad).
- Either of the two breaks, at lunch and tea, between the three sessions of a day's play
- A distance in space.
noun
- a point or period in time
- time for Earth to make a complete rotation on its axis
- a day assigned to a particular purpose or observance
- the time after sunrise and before sunset while it is light outside
- the recurring hours when you are not sleeping (especially those when you are working)
- an era of existence or influence
- the period of time taken by a particular planet (e.g. Mars) to make a complete rotation on its axis
- the time for one complete rotation of the earth relative to a particular star, about 4 minutes shorter than a mean solar day
- a period of opportunity
noun
- A specific (specified) period of time.
- A (chiefly empty) area or volume with set limits or boundaries.
- Physical extent across two or three dimensions (sometimes for or to do something).
- A set of points, each of which is uniquely specified by a number (the dimensionality) of coordinates.
- A field, area, or sphere of activity or endeavour.
- A gap; an empty place.
- A piece of metal type used to separate words, cast lower than other type so as not to take ink, especially one that is narrower than one en (compare quad).
- An undefined period of time (without qualifier, especially a short period); a while.
- The physical and psychological area one needs within which to live or operate; personal freedom.
- Distance between things.
- A generalized construct or set whose members have some property in common; typically there will be a geometric metaphor allowing these members to be viewed as "points". Often used with a restricting modifier describing the members (e.g. vector space), or indicating the inventor of the construct (e.g. Hilbert space).
- The near-vacuum in which planets, stars and other celestial objects are situated; the universe beyond the earth's atmosphere.
- A position on the staff or stave bounded by lines.
- Physical extent in all directions, seen as an attribute of the universe (now usually considered as a part of space-time), or a mathematical model of this.
- A gap in text between words, lines etc., or a digital character used to create such a gap.
- Anything analogous to a physical space in which one can interact, such as an online chat room.
verb
noun
- The beginning; the first stage of anything.
- A rudimentary plant contained in the seed.
- In the reproductive cycle, the stage after the fertilization of the egg that precedes the development into a fetus.
- In viviparous animals, the young animal's earliest stages in the mother's body
- In humans, usually the cell growth up to the end of the seventh week in the mother's body
- An organism in the earlier stages of development before it emerges from the egg, or before metamorphosis.
noun
- an event that is a beginning; a first part or stage of subsequent events
- the place where something begins, where it springs into being
- properties attributable to your ancestry
- the point of intersection of coordinate axes; where the values of the coordinates are all zero
- the source of something's existence or from which it derives or is derived
- the hereditary derivation of an individual
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