acceptance
mention
acceptation
word sense
word meaning
definitize
descriptive adjective
winged word
term
all-
with due respect
equivocal
descriptive
byword
play
set phrase
sense
substantival
be like
phrasal
give tongue
synonymize
descriptor
mot juste
wow word
conjugate
phrase
prosaism
synonym
reciprocal
semantically
clichély
prosify
so
signification
familiarism
lexicalised
comparative
lexicalized
connotation
girlchik
signified
English
Humpty Dumptyism
generally speaking
appositive
anyroad
content word
define
open-class word
referential
adjectivally
muse
antonymic
a
fair
vocable
nounal
kindful
-logue
façon de parler
adnoun
as I see it
mark
to a great extent
epithet
Atticism
proprial
headword
-an
attribute
loaded word
maxim
poison pen
subsense
wordly
workword
idiomatic
apothegmatic
synsemantic
axiom
appellative
apothegmatical
to the effect
verbalistic
parasynonym
anacoloutha
clichédly
pertainym
by definition
ex vi termini
version
antiphrase
designatum
whatevers
root
substantival
phrasal
so
lexicalised
lexicalized
referential
antonymic
nounal
kindful
proprial
wordly
idiomatic
apothegmatic
synsemantic
appellative
apothegmatical
verbalistic
semantically
clichély
generally speaking
anyroad
adjectivally
clichédly
acceptance
acceptation
word sense
word meaning
descriptive adjective
winged word
term
equivocal
descriptive
byword
set phrase
sense
descriptor
mot juste
wow word
conjugate
prosaism
synonym
reciprocal
signification
familiarism
comparative
connotation
girlchik
signified
English
Humpty Dumptyism
appositive
content word
open-class word
fair
vocable
façon de parler
adnoun
epithet
Atticism
headword
attribute
loaded word
maxim
poison pen
subsense
workword
axiom
parasynonym
anacoloutha
pertainym
version
antiphrase
designatum
root
mention
definitize
play
be like
give tongue
synonymize
phrase
prosify
define
muse
mark
noun
- The usual or accepted meaning of a word or expression.
- An assent and engagement by the person on whom a bill of exchange is drawn, to pay it when due according to the terms of the acceptance; the bill of exchange itself when accepted.
- The state of being accepted.
- A list of horses accepted as starters in a race.
- Synonym of etendue.
- The act of accepting; the receiving of something offered, with acquiescence, approbation, or satisfaction; especially, favourable reception; approval.
- An agreeing to the action, proposals, or terms of another by some act which results in the conclusion of a legally binding contract; the reception or taking of a thing bought as that for which it was bought, or as that agreed to be delivered, or the taking of possession of a thing as owner.
- Belief in something; agreement, assent.
- The act of an authorized representative of the government by which the government assents to ownership of existing and identified supplies, or approves specific services rendered, as partial or complete performance of a contract.
- An instance of that act.
noun
- a word or expression used for some particular thing
- a limited period of time
- (usually plural) a statement of what is required as part of an agreement
- any distinct quantity contained in a polynomial
- one of the substantive phrases in a logical proposition
- the end of gestation or point at which birth is imminent
- (architecture) a statue or a human bust or an animal carved out of the top of a square pillar; originally used as a boundary marker in ancient Rome
verb
prep_phrase
noun
adj
noun
adj
noun
- A characteristic word or expression; a word or phrase associated with a person or group.
- A nickname or epithet.
- Someone or something that stands as an example (i.e. metonymically) for something else, by having some of that something's characteristic traits.
- A proverb or proverbial expression, common saying; a frequently used word or phrase.
- An object of notoriety or contempt, scorn or derision.
verb
- be received or accepted or interpreted in a specific way
- participate in games or sport
- act or have an effect in a specified way or with a specific effect or outcome
- play on an instrument
- play a role or part
- be at play; be engaged in playful activity; amuse oneself in a way characteristic of children
- replay (as a melody)
- perform music on (a musical instrument)
- pretend to have certain qualities or state of mind
- move or seem to move quickly, lightly, or irregularly
- bet or wager (money)
- engage in recreational activities rather than work; occupy oneself in a diversion
- pretend to be somebody in the framework of a game or playful activity
- emit recorded sound
- perform on a certain location
- put (a card or piece) into play during a game, or act strategically as if in a card game
- engage in an activity as if it were a game rather than take it seriously
- behave in a certain way
- cause to emit recorded audio or video
- manipulate manually or in one's mind or imagination
- use to one's advantage
- consider not very seriously
- behave carelessly or indifferently
- cause to move or operate freely within a bounded space
- perform on a stage or theater
- be performed or presented for public viewing
- cause to happen or to occur as a consequence
- discharge or direct or be discharged or directed as if in a continuous stream
- make bets
- stake on the outcome of an issue
- shoot or hit in a particular manner
- use or move
- employ in a game or in a specific position
- contend against an opponent in a sport, game, or battle
- exhaust by allowing to pull on the line
noun
- a dramatic work intended for performance by actors on a stage
- a theatrical performance of a drama
- a preset plan of action in team sports
- a deliberate coordinated movement requiring dexterity and skill
- a state in which action is feasible
- utilization or exercise
- an attempt to get something
- activity by children that is guided more by imagination than by fixed rules
- (in games or plays or other performances) the time during which play proceeds
- the removal of constraints
- a weak and tremulous light
- verbal wit or mockery (often at another's expense but not to be taken seriously)
- movement or space for movement
- gay or light-hearted recreational activity for diversion or amusement
- (game) the activity of doing something in an agreed succession
- the act of playing for stakes in the hope of winning (including the payment of a price for a chance to win a prize)
- the act using a sword (or other weapon) vigorously and skillfully
noun
- Any particular meaning of a word, among its various meanings.
- Perception through the intellect; apprehension; awareness.
- One of two opposite directions in which a vector (especially of motion) may point. See also polarity.
- A natural appreciation or ability.
- The way that a referent is presented.
- The meaning, reason, or value of something.
- A single conventional use of a word; one of the entries for a word in a dictionary.
- Sound practical or moral judgment.
- Any of the manners by which living beings perceive the physical world: for humans sight, smell, hearing, touch, taste.
- referring to the strand of a nucleic acid that directly specifies the product.
- One of two opposite directions of rotation, clockwise versus anti-clockwise.
verb
noun
- A word agreeing in derivation with another word, and therefore generally resembling it in meaning.
- Given a field extension L / K and an element α ∈ L, any other element β ∈ L that is another root of the minimal polynomial of α over K.
- An explementary angle.
- A complex conjugate.
- A weak and a strong antigen covalently linked together
- Any entity formed by joining two or more smaller entities together.
- More generally, any of a set of irrational or complex numbers that are zeros of the same polynomial with integral coefficients.
verb
- To multiply on the left by one element and on the right by its inverse.
- To inflect (a verb) for each person, in order, for one or more tenses; to list or recite its principal parts.
- To join together, to unite; to juxtapose.
- To temporarily fuse, exchanging or transferring DNA.
adj
- Presenting themselves simultaneously and having reciprocal properties; said of quantities, points, lines, axes, curves, etc.
- United in pairs; yoked together; coupled.
- Agreeing in derivation and radical signification; said of words.
- In single pairs; coupled.
- Containing two or more radicals supposed to act the part of a single one.
verb
- To express (an action, thought or idea) by means of particular words.
- To perform a passage with the correct phrasing.
- To divide into melodic phrases.
noun
- A word or, more commonly, a group of words that functions as a single unit in the syntax of a sentence, usually consisting of a head, or central word, and elaborating words.
- A small section of music in a larger piece.
- A short written or spoken expression.
- A short individual motion forming part of a choreographed dance.
noun
- A word or phrase with a meaning that is the same as, or very similar to, another word or phrase.
- An alternative (often shorter) name defined for an object in a database.
- Any name for a taxon, usually a validly published, formally accepted one, but often also an unpublished name.
- A word whose meaning is the same as that of another word.
- Any of the formal names for a taxon, including the valid name (i.e. the senior synonym).
noun
- something (a term or expression or concept) that has an inverse relation to something else
- (mathematics) one of a pair of numbers whose product is 1: the reciprocal of 2/3 is 3/2; the multiplicative inverse of 7 is 1/7
- hybridization involving a pair of crosses that reverse the sexes associated with each genotype
adj
adj
adj
- In that state or manner; with that attribute. A proadjective that replaces the aforementioned adjective phrase.
- True, accurate.
intj
- Used as a meaningless filler word to begin a response to a question.
- Used as a question to ask for further explanation of something said, often rhetorically or in a dismissive or impolite manner.
- Used after a pause for thought to introduce a new topic, question or story, or a new thought or question in continuation of an existing topic.
noun
- A type of dairy product, made especially in Japan between the seventh and 10th centuries, by reducing milk by boiling it.
- A syllable used in solfège to represent the fifth note of a major scale.
adv
- To the (explicitly stated) extent that.
- To such an extent or degree; as.
- Very much.
- Very (negative clause).
- In the same manner or to the same extent as aforementioned; also.
- Very (positive clause).
- To the (implied) extent.
- In a particular manner.
conj
noun
- The English term or expression for some thing or idea.
- Facility with the English language, ability to employ English correctly and idiomatically.
- The people of England, Englishmen and Englishwomen.
- Spin or sidespin given to a ball, especially in pool or billiards.
- A clear and readily understandable expression of some idea in English.
- The non-Amish, people outside the Amish faith and community.
- The English text or phrasing of some spoken or written communication.
- Synonym of language arts, the class dedicated to improving primary and secondary school students' mastery of English and the material taught in such classes.
name
- A town, the county seat of Crawford County, Indiana; named for Indiana statesman William Hayden English.
- A variety, dialect, or idiolect of spoken and or written English.
- The language originating in England but now spoken in all parts of the British Isles, the Commonwealth of Nations, North America, and other parts of the world.
- A male or female given name
- English language, literature, composition as a subject of study
- An English surname originally denoting a non-Celtic or non-Danish person in Britain.
adj
- English-language; of or pertaining to the language, descended from Anglo-Saxon, which developed in England.
- Of or pertaining to England.
- Of or pertaining to the people of England (to Englishmen and Englishwomen).
- Of or pertaining to the avoirdupois system of measure.
- Denoting a vertical orientation of the barn doors.
- Non-Amish, so named for speaking English rather than a variety of German.
verb
- To describe, explain, or make definite and clear; used to request the listener or other person to elaborate or explain more clearly his or her intended meaning of a word or expression.
- To establish the referent of a term or notation.
- To express the essential nature of something.
- To determine with precision; to mark out with distinctness; to ascertain or exhibit clearly.
- To demark sharply the outlines or limits of an area or concept.
- To state the meaning of a word, phrase, sign, or symbol.
noun
article
- Someone or something like; similar to; Used before a proper noun to create an example out of it.
- One; any indefinite example of; used to denote a singular item of a group.
- Any, every; used before a noun which has become modified to limit its scope;
- One certain or particular; any single.
- Used before plural nouns modified by few, good many, couple, great many, etc.
- Used in conjunction with the adjectives score, dozen, hundred, thousand, and million, as a function word.
- The same; one.
verb
adv
adj
symbol
- Distance from leading edge to aerodynamic center.
- allele (recessive)
- specific rotation
- specific absorption coefficient
pron
prep
character
noun
intj
noun
- Something which is fair (in various senses of the adjective).
- A fair woman; a sweetheart.
- A travelling amusement park (called a funfair in British English and a (travelling) carnival in US English).
- An event for public entertainment and trade, a market.
- A community gathering to celebrate and exhibit local achievements.
- An event for professionals in a trade to learn of new products and do business, a trade fair.
adj
- Favorable to a ship's course.
- Unblemished (figuratively or literally); clean and pure; innocent.
- Light in color, pale, particularly with regard to skin tone but also referring to blond hair.
- Just, equitable.
- Without sudden change of direction or curvature; smooth; flowing; said of the figure of a vessel, and of surfaces, water lines, and other lines.
- Not a no ball.
- Of a coin or die, having equal chance of landing on any side, unbiased.
- Between the baselines.
- Free from obstacles or hindrances; unobstructed; unencumbered; open; direct; said of a road, passage, etc.
- Adequate, reasonable, or decent, but not excellent.
- Not overcast; cloudless; clear; pleasant; propitious; said of the sky, weather, or wind, etc.
- Taken direct from an opponent's foot, without the ball touching the ground or another player.
adv
verb
- To make an animation smooth, removing any jerkiness.
- To smoothen or even a surface (especially a connection or junction on a surface).
- To bring into perfect alignment (especially about rivet holes when connecting structural members).
- To construct or design with the aim of producing a smooth outline or reducing air drag or water resistance.
phrase
verb
- To be typical or characteristic of (something).
- To choose or intend (someone) for a particular end or purpose.
- To identify (someone as a particular type of person or as having a particular role).
- To focus one's attention on (something or someone); to pay attention to, to take note of.
- To catch the ball directly from a kick of 15 metres or more without having been touched in transit, resulting in a free kick.
- To have a long-lasting negative impact on (someone or something).
- To put a mark on (something); to make (something) recognizable by a mark; to label or write on (something).
- To leave a mark (often an undesirable or unwanted one) on (something).
- To indicate (something) in writing or by other symbols.
- To be a point in time or space at which something takes place; to accompany or be accompanied by (an event, action, etc.); to coincide with.
- To create (a mark) on a surface.
- To hold (someone) in one's line of sight.
- To celebrate or acknowledge (an event) through an action of some kind.
- To indicate the correctness of and give a score to (a school assignment, exam answers, etc.).
- To record that (someone) has a particular status.
- To put a marker in the place of one's ball.
- To sing softly, sometimes an octave lower than usual, in order to protect one's voice during a rehearsal.
- To create an indication of (a location).
- To keep account of; to enumerate and register; to keep score.
- To assign (someone) to a particular category or class.
- To be an indication of (something); to show where (something) is located.
- To follow a player not in possession of the ball when defending, to prevent them receiving a pass easily.
- To distinguish (one person or thing from another).
noun
- A particular design or make of an item (now usually with following numeral).
- A score for a sporting achievement.
- A stamp or other indication of provenance, quality etc.
- A stone or post used to indicate position and guide travellers.
- A half pound, a traditional unit of mass equivalent to 226.8 g.
- A common, or area of common land, especially among early Germanic peoples.
- Importance, noteworthiness. (Generally in postmodifier “of mark”.)
- A catch of the ball directly from a kick of 10 metres or more without having been touched in transit, resulting in a free kick.
- A visible impression or sign; a blemish, scratch, or stain, whether accidental or intentional.
- A sign or brand on a person.
- A target for shooting at with a projectile.
- Other similar currencies notionally equal to a mark of silver or gold.
- The model number of a device; a device model.
- A specified level on a scale denoting gas-powered oven temperatures.
- An omen; a symptomatic indicator of something.
- A characteristic or essential attribute; a differential.
- An official note that is added to a record kept about someone's behavior or performance.
- The target or intended victim of a swindle, fixed game or con game.
- One of the bits of leather or coloured bunting placed upon a sounding line at intervals of from two to five fathoms. (The unmarked fathoms are called "deeps".)
- An indication or sign used for reference or measurement.
- Attention.
- Badge or sign of honour, rank, or official station.
- A characteristic feature.
- A written character or sign.
- A half pound, a former English and Scottish currency equivalent to 13 shillings and fourpence and notionally equivalent to a mark of sterling silver.
- The line indicating an athlete's starting-point.
- Similar half-pound units in other measurement systems, chiefly used for gold and silver.
- A score for finding the correct answer, or other academic achievement; the sum of such points gained as out of a possible total.
- Limit or standard of action or fact.
- A former currency of Germany and West Germany.
prep_phrase
noun
- A well-turned phrase; a concise manner of speech or expression
- The wordings and phrasings typical of this movement, especially as contrasted with the Koine
- The style and idiom of Attic, the Ancient Greek Athenian dialect
- A favouring of, or attachment to Attica and the Athenians
- A rhetorical movement that began in the 1st century BC, which strove to emulate classical Attic style and usage in reaction against the perceived vulgarities of the Koine
suffix
- Of or pertaining to; an adjectival suffix appended to various words, often nouns, to make an adjective form. (Often added to words of Latin origin, but also used with words of other origins. When a word ends in a, -n is used instead.)
- Appended to nouns to form an agent noun. (When males with a profession are distinguished from females, males are -an, females -(i)enne.)
noun
- A word that qualifies a noun.
- That which is predicated or affirmed of a subject; a predicate; an accident.
- A semantic item with which a method or other code element may be decorated.
- An object that is considered typical of someone or some function, in particular as an artistic convention.
- A characteristic or quality of a thing.
- An option or setting belonging to some object.
verb
adj
- Resembling or characteristic of an idiom.
- Pertaining or conforming to idiom, the natural mode of expression of a language.
- Relating to parts or pieces which are written both within the natural physical limitations of the instrument and human body and, less so or less often, the styles of playing used on specific instruments.
noun
prep_phrase
phrase
noun
- A specific form or variation of something.
- An account or description from a particular point of view, especially as contrasted with another account.
- A translation from one language to another.
- A particular revision (of software, firmware, CPU, etc.).
- A condition of the uterus in which its axis is deflected from its normal position without being bent upon itself. See anteversion and retroversion.
- An eye movement involving both eyes moving synchronously and symmetrically in the same direction.
verb
intj
noun
- A word from which another word or words are derived.
- The single node of a tree that has no parent.
- A sexual partner.
- The highest directory of a directory structure which may contain both files and subdirectories.
- A square root (understood if no power is specified; in which case, "the root of" is often abbreviated to "root").
- A zero (of an equation).
- The primary source; origin.
- The primary lexical unit of a word, which carries the most significant aspects of semantic content and cannot be reduced into smaller constituents. Inflectional stems often derive from roots.
- Of a number or expression, a number which, when raised to a specified power, yields the specified number or expression.
- A root vegetable.
- The part of a hair near the skin that has not been dyed, permed, or otherwise treated.
- The lowest place, position, or part.
- The part of a tooth extending into the bone holding the tooth in place.
- The bottom of the thread of a threaded object.
- The part of a plant, generally underground, that anchors and supports the plant body, absorbs and stores water and nutrients, and in some plants is able to perform vegetative reproduction.
- The fundamental tone of any chord; the tone from whose harmonics, or overtones, a chord is composed.
- An act of sexual intercourse.
- The section of a wing immediately adjacent to the fuselage.
- The part of a hair under the skin that holds the hair in place.
- In UNIX terminology, the first user account with complete access to the operating system and its configuration, found at the root of the directory structure; the person who manages accounts on a UNIX system.
- A penis, especially the base of a penis.
verb
- To be firmly fixed; to be established.
- To prepare, oversee, or otherwise cause the rooting of cuttings.
- To grow roots; to enter the earth, as roots; to take root and begin to grow.
- To sexually penetrate.
- To get root or privileged access on a computer system or mobile phone, often through bypassing some security mechanism.
- To seek favour or advancement by low arts or grovelling servility; to fawn.
- To turn up or dig with the snout.
- Of a baby: to turn the head and open the mouth in search of food.
- To rummage; to search as if by digging in soil.
- To root out; to abolish.
- To cheer (on); to show support (for) and hope for the success of. (See root for.)
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