English words for 'a task performed or problem solved in order to develop skill or understanding'
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noun
- a task performed or problem solved in order to develop skill or understanding
- punishment intended as a warning to others
- an occurrence of something
- something to be imitated
- an item of information that is typical of a class or group
- a representative form or pattern
- An instance (as a problem to be solved) serving to illustrate the rule or precept or to act as an exercise in the application of the rule.
- A person punished as a warning to others.
- Something that serves to illustrate or explain a rule.
- Something that serves as a pattern of behaviour to be imitated (a good example) or not to be imitated (a bad example).
- Something that is representative of all such things in a group.
- A parallel or closely similar case, especially when serving as a precedent or model.
verb
noun
- a task performed or problem solved in order to develop skill or understanding
- the act of using
- an action, often used negatively and without consequences
- the activity of exerting your muscles in various ways to keep fit
- (usually plural) a ceremony that involves processions and speeches
- systematic training by multiple repetitions
- The performance of an office, ceremony, or duty.
- (countable, uncountable) Activity intended to improve physical, or sometimes mental, strength and fitness.
- (countable) Any activity designed to develop or hone a skill or ability.
- A setting in action or practicing; employment in the proper mode of activity; exertion; application; use.
verb
- carry out or practice; as of jobs and professions
- do physical exercise
- put to use
- give a workout to
- learn by repetition
- (transitive) To use (a right, an option, etc.); to put into practice.
- (intransitive) To perform physical activity for health or training.
- (now often passive voice) To occupy the attention and effort of; to task; to tax, especially in a painful or vexatious manner; harass; to vex; to worry or make anxious.
- To exert for the sake of training or improvement; to practice in order to develop.
noun
- The act or process of mastering; the state of having mastered; expertise.
- great skillfulness and knowledge of some subject or activity
- The position or authority of a master; dominion; command; supremacy; superiority.
- Superiority in war or competition; victory; triumph; preeminence.
- the act of mastering or subordinating someone
- power to dominate or defeat
adj
- of or relating to technique or proficiency in a practical skill
- Relating to, or requiring, technique.
- characterizing or showing skill in or specialized knowledge of applied arts and sciences
- of or relating to or requiring special knowledge to be understood
- resulting from or dependent on market factors rather than fundamental economic considerations
- relating to or concerned with machinery or tools
- according to strict interpretation of the law or set of rules
- of or relating to a practical subject that is organized according to scientific principles
- (of a person) Technically minded; adept with science and technology.
- Specifically related to a particular discipline.
- (by extension) difficult to understand for those not specialized in this discipline.
- Of or related to technology.
- In the strictest sense, but not practically or meaningfully.
- (securities and other markets) Relating to the internal mechanics of a market rather than more basic factors.
- Requiring advanced techniques for successful completion.
noun
- (basketball) a foul that can be assessed on a player or a coach or a team for unsportsmanlike conduct; does not usually involve physical contact during play
- a pickup truck with a gun mounted on it
- Ellipsis of technical examination.
- (basketball) Ellipsis of technical foul.
- (video games) A special move in certain fighting games that cancels out the effect of an opponent's attack.
- A pickup truck with a gun mounted on it.
- (informal, countable, uncountable) Ellipsis of technical rehearsal.
- Ellipsis of technical school.
- Ellipsis of technical course.
verb
- Followed by through: to solve a complicated matter, a problem, etc., by working through confusing or difficult matters.
- To use (one's brain or mind) to try to work out a complicated matter, a problem, etc.; also, to try to work out (a complicated matter, a problem, etc.).
- (also reflexive, often passive voice) To cause (oneself or someone, or their mind, etc.) to feel confused or mystified because they cannot understand a complicated matter, a problem, etc.; to confuse, to mystify, to perplex.
- Often followed by about, over, or or upon: to think deeply in bewilderment to try to work out a complicated matter, a problem, etc.
- To search in a confused or mystified manner.
- Often followed by about, over, or upon: to feel confused or mystified because one cannot understand a complicated matter, a problem, etc.
- be a mystery or bewildering to
- be uncertain about; think about without fully understanding or being able to decide
noun
- (countable) Often preceded by a descriptive word: a game or toy, or a problem, requiring some effort to complete or work out, which is intended as a pastime and/or to test one's mental ability.
- (countable) A thing such as a complicated matter or a problem which is difficult to make sense of or understand; also, a person who is difficult to make sense of or understand; an enigma.
- (uncountable) The state of feeling confused or mystified because one cannot understand a complicated matter, a problem, etc.; bewilderment, confusion; (countable) often in in a puzzle: an instance of this.
- a game that tests your ingenuity
- a particularly baffling problem that is said to have a correct solution
noun
- a set of questions or exercises evaluating skill or knowledge
- a detailed inspection of your conscience (as done daily by Jesuits)
- the act of examining something closely (as for mistakes)
- formal systematic questioning
- the act of giving students or candidates a test (as by questions) to determine what they know or have learned
- Particularly, an inspection by a medical professional to establish the extent and nature of any sickness or injury.
- The act of examining.
- Interrogation, particularly by a lawyer in court or during discovery.
- (education) A formal test involving answering written or oral questions under a time constraint and usually without access to textbooks; typically, a large, written test administered to high school and college students covering course material studied in a semester.
noun
- a set of questions or exercises evaluating skill or knowledge
- any standardized procedure for measuring sensitivity or memory or intelligence or aptitude or personality etc
- the act of testing something
- the act of undergoing testing
- trying something to find out about it
- a hard outer covering as of some amoebas and sea urchins
- (botany) Testa; seed coat.
- (informal, slang, bodybuilding) Clipping of testosterone.
- (academia) An examination, given often during the academic term.
- A cupel or cupelling hearth in which precious metals are melted for trial and refinement.
- (marine biology) The external calciferous shell, or endoskeleton, of an echinoderm, e.g. sand dollars and sea urchins; testa.
- (cricket, normally "Test") A Test match.
- A challenge, trial.
- A session in which a product, piece of equipment, or system is examined under everyday or extreme conditions to evaluate its durability, etc.
verb
- test or examine for the presence of disease or infection
- show a certain characteristic when tested
- achieve a certain score or rating on a test
- undergo a test
- determine the presence or properties of (a substance)
- put to the test, as for its quality, or give experimental use to
- examine someone's knowledge of something
- To challenge, to put a strain on (something).
- (academics) To administer or assign an examination, often given during the academic term, to (somebody).
- (chemistry) To examine or try, as by the use of some reagent.
- (copulative) To be shown to be by test.
- To place a product or piece of equipment under everyday and/or extreme conditions and examine it for its durability, etc.
- (intransitive, transitive, slang) To challenge (someone) to a fight.
- To refine (gold, silver, etc.) in a test or cupel; to subject to cupellation.
- To put to the proof; to prove the truth, genuineness, or quality of by experiment, or by some principle or standard; to try.
verb
- (by extension) To become proficient in a particular job or task.
- (transitive) To distribute.
- (bridge, transitive) To end (a round) by having passes as the first four bids.
- Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see pass, out.
- (of soldiers, police, fire-fighters, etc.) To graduate, usually marked by a ceremony at the end of training.
- (India) To graduate from university.
- (intransitive) To faint; to become unconscious.
- (slang) To fall asleep irrespective of wilful action, as a result of the consumption of alcohol or other drugs or another form of physiological exhaustion.
- pass out from weakness, physical or emotional distress due to a loss of blood supply to the brain
- give to several people
- lose consciousness due to a sudden trauma, for example
verb
- find the solution to (a problem or question) or understand the meaning of
- pass the tongue over
- take up with the tongue
- beat thoroughly and conclusively in a competition or fight
- (colloquial) To do anything partially.
- (transitive) To stroke with the tongue.
- (transitive) To lap; to take in with the tongue.
- (of flame, waves etc.) To lap.
- (vulgar, slang) To perform cunnilingus.
noun
- a salt deposit that animals regularly lick
- (boxing) a blow with the fist
- touching with the tongue
- The act of licking; a stroke of the tongue.
- The amount of some substance obtainable with a single lick.
- (informal) A rate of speed. (Always qualified by good, fair, or a similar adjective.)
- A place where animals lick minerals from the ground.
- (music) A short motif.
- (informal) An attempt at something.
- An instance or opportunity to earn money fast, usually by illegal means, thus a heist, drug deal etc. or its victim; mostly used in phrasal verbs: hit a lick, hit licks
- (colloquial) A stroke or blow.
- A quick and careless application of anything, as if by a stroke of the tongue.
- (slang) An act of cunnilingus.
- A small watercourse or ephemeral stream. It ranks between a rill and a stream.
- (colloquial, chiefly in the negative) A small amount; a whit.
verb
- find the solution to (a problem or question) or understand the meaning of
- To find an answer or solution to a problem or question; to work out.
- settle, as of a debt
- find the solution
- to find out the perpetrator, the motive etc (of crime)
- (transitive) To loosen or separate the parts of.
- (mathematics) To algebraically manipulate an equation or inequality into a form that isolates a chosen variable on one side, so that the other side consists of an expression that may be used to generate solutions.
- (mathematics) To find the values of variables that satisfy a system of equations and/or inequalities.
verb
- find the solution to (a problem or question) or understand the meaning of
- provoke or excite
- have an effect or outcome; often the one desired or expected
- prepare for crops
- arrive at a certain condition through repeated motion
- operate in or through
- to mix into a homogeneous mass
- behave in a certain way when handled
- move in an agitated manner
- move into or onto
- proceed towards a goal or along a path or through an activity
- operate in a certain place, area, or specialty
- cause to work
- cause to happen or to occur as a consequence
- use or manipulate to one's advantage
- exert oneself by doing mental or physical work for a purpose or out of necessity; work
- proceed along a path
- shape, form, or improve a material
- make something, usually for a specific function
- give a workout to
- cause to operate or function
- go sour or spoil
- gratify and charm, usually in order to influence
- perform as expected when applied
- be employed
- have and exert influence or effect
- cause to undergo fermentation
- (intransitive) To do a specific task by employing physical or mental powers.
- To force to work.
- (transitive) To move or progress slowly [with one's way].
- (intransitive, figuratively) To influence.
- Said of one's job title [with as].
- General use, said of either fellow employees or instruments or clients [with with].
- (intransitive) To ferment.
- (transitive) To cause to ferment.
- (transitive) To embroider with thread.
- (transitive) To work or operate in, through, or by means of.
- (transitive) To cause to move slowly or with difficulty.
- (ditransitive, poetic) To cause (someone) to feel (something); to do unto somebody (something, whether good or bad).
- (law) To cause to happen or to occur as a consequence.
- (intransitive) To function correctly; to act as intended; to achieve the goal designed for.
- (intransitive) To move in an agitated manner.
- (intransitive) To behave in a certain way when handled
- Said of a company or individual who employs [with for].
- To set into action.
- To exhaust, by working.
- To provoke or excite; to influence.
- To shape, form, or improve a material.
- Said of one's workplace (building), or one's department, or one's trade (sphere of business) [with in or at].
- (slang, transitive) To pull off; to wear, perform, etc. successfully or to advantage.
- (LGBTQ slang, intransitive) To perform with a confident attitude, particularly as a drag queen.
- (intransitive) To move or progress slowly or with difficulty; to proceed with effort.
- (transitive) To work or operate in a certain place, area, or speciality.
- To use or manipulate to one’s advantage.
noun
- the occupation for which you are paid
- a place where work is done
- applying the mind to learning and understanding a subject (especially by reading)
- activity directed toward making or doing something
- a product produced or accomplished through the effort or activity or agency of a person or thing
- (physics) a manifestation of energy; the transfer of energy from one physical system to another expressed as the product of a force and the distance through which it moves a body in the direction of that force
- the total output of a writer or artist (or a substantial part of it)
- (mining) Ore before it is dressed.
- Effort expended on a particular task.
- (physics, more generally) A measure of energy that is usefully extracted from a process: applied productively.
- (uncountable, often in combination) The result of a particular manner of production.
- The place where one is employed.
- (LGBTQ slang) The confident attitude of a drag queen.
- Labour, occupation, job.
- (countable) A fortification.
- (slang, plural only) The equipment needed to inject a drug (syringes, needles, swabs etc.)
- Something on which effort is expended.
- (prison slang) Prison gang violence.
- (uncountable, slang, professional wrestling) The staging of events to appear as real.
- Sustained effort to overcome obstacles and achieve a result.
- (uncountable, often in combination) Something produced using the specified material or tool.
- (physics) A measure of energy expended in moving an object; most commonly, force times distance. No work is done if the object does not move.
- (euphemistic) Cosmetic surgery.
- (countable) A literary, artistic, or intellectual production; a creative work.
- (by extension) One's employer.
verb
- find the solution to (a problem or question) or understand the meaning of
- work out in detail
- make a mathematical calculation or computation
- happen in a certain way, leading to, producing, or resulting in a certain outcome, often well
- do physical exercise
- give a workout to
- come up with
- be calculated
- (transitive) To smooth or perfect.
- (mining) To remove all the mineral that can be profitably exploited.
- (intransitive, US) To earn a wage working away from one's farm.
- (transitive, intransitive) Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see work, out.
- (transitive) To calculate.
- (transitive) To make sense of.
- (intransitive) To conclude with the correct solution.
- (transitive) To bring about or cause to happen by work or effort.
- (intransitive) To exercise, especially by lifting weights.
- (transitive) To resolve; to find a solution for.
- (transitive) To develop or devise in detail; to elaborate.
- (intransitive) To succeed; to result in a satisfactory situation.
- (transitive) To decide.
- (transitive) To strengthen a part of one’s body by exercise.
noun
- (figuratively) A difficult task or challenge.
- (countable) An elevation of land of considerable dimensions rising more or less abruptly, forming a conspicuous figure in the landscape, usually having a small extent of surface at its summit.
- (cartomancy) The twenty-first Lenormand card.
- (countable, slang) A woman's large breast.
- (countable) Something very large in size or quantity; a huge amount; a great heap.
- (uncountable, now historical) Wine from Malaga made from grapes that grow on a mountain.
- a land mass that projects well above its surroundings; higher than a hill
- (often followed by ‘of’) a large number or amount or extent
noun
- a practical method or art applied to some particular task
- skillfulness in the command of fundamentals deriving from practice and familiarity
- (uncountable) Practical ability in some given field or practice, often as opposed to creativity or imaginative skill.
- (uncountable) The practical aspects of a given art, occupation etc.; formal requirements.
- (countable) A method of achieving something or carrying something out, especially one requiring some skill or knowledge.
verb
- impart skills or knowledge to
- give instructions or directions for some task
- make aware of
- (transitive) To give (one's own lawyer) legal instructions as to how they should act in relation to a particular issue; thereby formally appointing them as one's own legal representative in relation to it.
- (transitive) To tell (someone) what they must or should do.
- (transitive) To teach by giving instructions.
verb
- impart skills or knowledge to
- gain knowledge or skills
- To acquire, or attempt to acquire knowledge or an ability to do something.
- commit to memory; learn by heart
- find out, learn, or determine with certainty, usually by making an inquiry or other effort
- be a student of a certain subject
- get to know or become aware of, usually accidentally
- To attend a course or other educational activity.
- (now only in non-standard speech and dialects) To teach.
- To come to know; to become informed of; to find out.
- To gain knowledge from a bad experience so as to improve.
- To study.
noun
verb
- impart skills or knowledge to
- accustom gradually to some action or attitude
- (ditransitive) To cause to know the disagreeable consequences of some action.
- (ditransitive) To pass on knowledge to.
- (ditransitive) To cause (someone) to learn or understand (something).
- (intransitive, stative) To pass on knowledge generally, especially as one's profession; to act as a teacher.
noun
noun
- A plan or method for dealing with a problem or for achieving a result.
- (chemistry) A symbolic expression of the structure of a compound.
- (chiefly linguistics) A fixed phrase or set of words intended to be interpreted non-literally, typically used attitudinally or as part of convention; a formulation.
- (especially religion) A formal statement of doctrine.
- A formulation; a prescription; a mixture or solution made in a prescribed manner; the identity and quantities of ingredients of such a mixture.
- (countable, uncountable) Ellipsis of infant formula, drink given to babies to substitute for mother's milk.
- (logic) A syntactic expression of a proposition, built up from quantifiers, logical connectives, variables, relation and operation symbols, and, depending on the type of logic, possibly other operators such as modal, temporal, deontic or epistemic ones.
- (mathematics) Any mathematical rule expressed symbolically.
- a representation of a substance using symbols for its constituent elements
- directions for making something
- (mathematics) a standard procedure for solving a class of mathematical problems
- a conventionalized statement expressing some fundamental principle
- a liquid food for infants
- a group of symbols that make a mathematical statement
- something regarded as a normative example
noun
- success in mastering something difficult
- an act of winning the love or sexual favor of someone
- the act of conquering
- (colloquial, figurative) A person whose romantic affections one has gained, or with whom one has had sex, or the act of gaining another's romantic affections.
- (video games) A competitive mode found in first-person shooter games in which competing teams (usually two) attempt to take over predetermined spawn points labeled by flags.
- (by extension, often figuratively) An act or instance of gaining control of or mastery over something, overcoming obstacles.
- That which is conquered; possession gained by mental or physical effort, force, or struggle.
- An act or instance of achieving victory through combat; the subjugation of an enemy.
verb
noun
- the successful action of solving a problem
- a statement that solves a problem or explains how to solve the problem
- a homogeneous mixture of two or more substances; frequently (but not necessarily) a liquid solution
- a method for solving a problem
- the set of values that give a true statement when substituted into an equation
- The act of dissolving, especially of a solid by a fluid.
- An answer to a problem.
- (marketing) A product, service or suite thereof, especially software.
- An act, plan or other means, used or proposed, to solve a problem.
- (physical chemistry) A homogeneous mixture, which may be liquid, gas or solid, formed by dissolving one or more substances.
verb
verb
- gain knowledge or skills
- take on a certain form, attribute, or aspect
- win something through one's efforts
- come into the possession of something concrete or abstract
- locate (a moving entity) by means of a tracking system such as radar
- gain through experience
- come to have or undergo a change of (physical features and attributes)
- (medicine) To become affected by an illness.
- (transitive) To get.
- (transitive) To gain, usually by one's own exertions; to get as one's own.
- (computing) To sample signals and convert them into digital values.
- (Canada, US, military) To begin tracking a mobile target with a particular detector or sight, generally with the implication that an attack on the target thereby becomes possible.
noun
- the cognitive process of acquiring skill or knowledge
- something acquired
- the act of contracting or assuming or acquiring possession of something
- an ability that has been acquired by training
- The act or process of acquiring.
- (computing) The process of sampling signals that measure real world physical conditions and converting these signals into digital numeric values that can be manipulated by a computer.
- The thing acquired or gained; a gain.
noun
- application of a skill learned in one situation to a different but similar situation
- the act of moving something from one location to another
- someone who transfers or is transferred from one position to another
- the act of transferring something from one form to another
- a ticket that allows a passenger to change conveyances
- transferring ownership
- (uncountable, linguistics) Ellipsis of language transfer.
- (countable) A design conveyed by contact from one surface to another; a heat transfer.
- (genetics) The conveying of genetic material from one cell to another.
- (sports) A person who transfers or is transferred from one club or team to another.
- (US, Canada, varsity sports) Ellipsis of transfer student.
- (countable, transport) An act of exiting one mass transit vehicle and boarding another (typically one belonging to a different line or mode of transportation) to continue a journey.
- (uncountable) The act of conveying or removing something from one place, person or thing to another.
- (medicine) A pathological process by which a unilateral morbid condition on being abolished on one side of the body makes its appearance in the corresponding region upon the other side.
- (countable) Of a person with limited mobility: an instance of independent or assisted movement from one stable surface to another.
- (bridge) A conventional bid which requests partner to bid the next available suit.
- (countable) An instance of conveying or removing from one place, person or thing to another; a transferal.
- A soldier removed from one troop, or body of troops, and placed in another.
- (countable, transport) A paper receipt given to a rider of one bus (and historically also certain elevated or subway lines), allowing free entry onto another bus to continue a journey.
verb
- move from one place to another
- shift the position or location of, as for business, legal, educational, or military purposes
- move around
- change from one vehicle or transportation line to another
- send from one person or place to another
- cause to change ownership
- transfer somebody to a different position or location of work
- transfer from one place or period to another
- lift and reset in another soil or situation
- (transitive) To convey the impression of (something) from one surface to another.
- (intransitive) To be or become transferred.
- (intransitive) To move from a wheelchair to another seating surface, or to a wheelchair from another seating surface.
- (transport, of a traveler) To exit one mass transit vehicle and board another (typically one belonging to a different line or mode of transportation) to continue a journey.
- (transitive) To move or pass from one place, person or thing to another.
- (transitive, law) To arrange for something to belong to or be officially controlled by somebody else.
verb
- (transitive, figurative) To solve a difficult problem.
- (transitive) To overcome a security system or component.
- (intransitive) To make a cracking sound.
- (transitive) To cause to make a sharp sound.
- (intransitive) To break apart under force, stress, or pressure.
- (intransitive) To break down or yield, especially under interrogation or torture.
- (transitive, figurative) To cause to yield under interrogation or other pressure.
- (colloquial) To barely reach or attain (a measurement or extent).
- (transitive) To tell (a joke).
- (transitive) To open slightly.
- (intransitive, transgender slang) To realize that one is transgender.
- (intransitive, of a voice) To change rapidly in register.
- (intransitive) To make a sharply humorous comment.
- (transitive) To strike forcefully.
- (intransitive, of a pubescent boy's voice) To alternate between high and low register in the process of eventually lowering.
- (transitive) To make a crack or cracks in.
- (intransitive) To form cracks.
- (transitive, computing) To circumvent software restrictions such as regional coding or time limits.
- (transitive, informal) To open a canned beverage, or any packaged drink or food.
- (transitive, chemistry) To break down (a complex molecule), especially with the application of heat: to pyrolyse.
- (transitive) To break open or crush to small pieces by impact or stress.
- (intransitive) To become debilitated by psychological pressure.
- (mid 2020s slang) To have sex with, especially penetrative sex.
- cause to become cracked
- break partially but keep its integrity
- tell spontaneously
- make a very sharp explosive sound
- break into simpler molecules by means of heat
- hit forcefully; deal a hard blow, making a cracking noise
- break suddenly and abruptly, as under tension
- make a sharp sound
- reduce (petroleum) to a simpler compound by cracking
- gain unauthorized access computers with malicious intentions
- become fractured; break or crack on the surface only
- suffer a nervous breakdown
- pass through (a barrier)
adj
noun
- (vulgar, slang) The vagina.
- A thin and usually jagged space opened in a previously solid material.
- (Cumbria, Northern UK) A chat.
- (figurative, humorous) Something good-tasting or habit-forming.
- (informal) An attempt at something.
- A narrow opening.
- (Northern England, Scotland, Ireland) Conviviality; fun; good conversation, chat, gossip, or humorous storytelling; good company.
- (Internet slang) Extremely silly, absurd or off-the-wall ideas or prose.
- (onomatopoeia) Any sharp sound.
- The tone of voice when changed at puberty.
- A sharply humorous comment; a wisecrack.
- (Northern England, Scotland, Ireland) Business; events; news.
- (onomatopoeia) The sharp sound made when solid material breaks.
- (slang) Crack cocaine, a potent, relatively cheap, addictive variety of cocaine; often a rock, usually smoked through a crack-pipe.
- (informal) The space between the buttocks.
- A sharp, resounding blow.
- (computing) A program or procedure designed to circumvent restrictions or usage limits on software.
- a long narrow cleft
- the act of cracking something
- a blemish resulting from a break without complete separation of the parts
- a usually brief attempt
- a purified and potent form of cocaine that is smoked rather than snorted; highly addictive
- a narrow opening
- a long narrow depression in a surface
- a sudden sharp noise
- witty remark
- a chance to do something
noun
- Capability; the ability to perform some task.
- A measure of such ability; volume.
- Electrical capacitance.
- (operations) The maximum that can be produced on a machine or in a facility or group.
- The ability to hold, receive, or absorb.
- Mental ability; the power to learn;
- A role; the position in which one functions.
- Legal authority (to make an arrest for example).
- The potential for growth and development.
- The maximum that can be produced.
- The maximum amount that can be held.
- the power to learn or retain knowledge; in law, the ability to understand the facts and significance of your behavior
- tolerance for alcohol
- the amount that can be contained
- (computer science) the amount of information (in bytes) that can be stored on a disk drive
- the maximum production possible
- capability to perform or produce
- an electrical phenomenon whereby an electric charge is stored
- a specified function
- the susceptibility of something to a particular treatment
adj
adj
- (of an approach to problem solving, learning, or discovery) That employs a practical method not guaranteed to be optimal or perfect; either not following or derived from any theory, or based on an advisedly oversimplified one.
- (computing, of a method or algorithm) That provides a useful, but not optimal, solution to a problem. Such algorithms are typically employed either because the only known algorithms that provide optimal solutions use too much time or resources, or else because there is no known algorithm that provides an optimal solution.
- (of an argument) That reasons from the value of a method or principle that has been shown by experimental investigation to be a useful aid in learning, discovery and problem-solving.
- of or relating to or using a general formulation that serves to guide investigation
noun
verb
- provide with abilities or understanding
- provide with (something) usually for a specific purpose
- (transitive) To prepare (someone) with a skill.
- (transitive, gaming) To equip oneself with (an item); to bring (equipment) into active use.
- (transitive) To dress up; to array; to clothe.
- (transitive) To supply with something necessary in order to carry out a specific action or task; to provide with (e.g. weapons, provisions, munitions, rigging).
noun
adj
- (figurative, of a problem or task) Very difficult.
- Resembling a mountain, especially in size; huge; towering.
- Having many mountains; characterized by mountains; of the nature of a mountain; rough (terrain); rocky.
- having hills and crags
- containing many mountains
- like a mountain in size and impressiveness
adj
- Of a task: laborious, tedious, troublesome; hence, needing concentration to understand; intricate.
- Of a person: having a dejected or serious appearance or mood; dour, gloomy, moody, morose, sullen.
- of a person: patient, stoic, tolerant, resolute
- Chiefly of rain: without pause or stop; continuous, incessant.
- Of weather: dreary, gloomy (cold, overcast, rainy, etc.).
- Extending for a long distance or time, especially when tedious or wearisome; long-drawn-out, protracted; also, of speech or writing: unnecessarily verbose; long-winded.
- Bleak, cheerless, dismal, dreary, miserable.
- Not enjoyable or interesting; boring, dull.
- Slow, sluggish; specifically, of a person: tending to delay or procrastinate (especially when paying for something).
- suitably serious or solemn
noun
noun
- (countable) Skill that is attained by study, practice, or observation.
- (countable) (often in dichotomy with science) A subject understood best through intuition rather than methodology.
- (uncountable) Artwork.
- (uncountable) The study and the product of these processes.
- (uncountable) Aesthetic value.
- (countable) A field or category of art, such as painting, sculpture, music, ballet, or literature.
- (uncountable) The conscious production or arrangement of sounds, colours, forms, movements, or other elements in a manner that affects the senses and emotions, usually specifically the production of the beautiful in a graphic or plastic medium.
- (countable) Skillful creative activity, usually with an aesthetic focus.
- (uncountable) The creative and emotional expression of mental imagery, such as visual, auditory, social, etc.
- a superior skill that you can learn by study and practice and observation
- the products of human creativity; works of art collectively
- the creation of beautiful or significant things
- photographs or other visual representations in a printed publication
noun
- The activity of imparting and acquiring skills.
- The result of good social upbringing.
- (voice recognition) The recording of multiple samples of a user's voice to aid pattern recognition.
- (computing) The process by which two modems determine which protocol and speed to use; handshaking.
- Action of the verb to train.
- the result of good upbringing (especially knowledge of correct social behavior)
- activity leading to skilled behavior
verb
adv
adj
verb
noun
- Mental effort to acquire knowledge or learning.
- Any particular branch of learning that is studied; any object of attentive consideration.
- (chess) An endgame problem composed for artistic merit, where one side is to play for a win or for a draw.
- The act of studying or examining; examination.
- (academic) An academic publication.
- (music) A piece for special practice; an etude.
- One who commits a theatrical part to memory.
- A room in a house intended for reading and writing; traditionally the private room of the male head of household.
- An artwork made in order to practise or demonstrate a subject or technique.
- The human face, bearing an expression which the observer finds amusingly typical of a particular emotion or state of mind.
- applying the mind to learning and understanding a subject (especially by reading)
- someone who memorizes quickly and easily (as the lines for a part in a play)
- a state of deep mental absorption
- a written document describing the findings of some individual or group
- a composition intended to develop one aspect of the performer's technique
- a detailed critical inspection
- attentive consideration and meditation
- preliminary drawing for later elaboration
- a room used for reading and writing and studying
- a branch of knowledge
verb
- (usually academic, transitive, intransitive) To review materials already learned in order to make sure one does not forget them, usually in preparation for an examination.
- (transitive) To acquire knowledge on a subject with the intention of applying it in practice.
- (transitive) To look at carefully and minutely.
- (intransitive) To endeavor diligently; to be zealous.
- (transitive) To fix the mind closely upon a subject; to dwell upon anything in thought; to muse; to ponder.
- (academic, transitive) To take a course or courses on a subject.
- be a student; follow a course of study; be enrolled at an institute of learning
- learn by reading books
- be a student of a certain subject
- consider in detail and subject to an analysis in order to discover essential features or meaning
- give careful consideration to
- think intently and at length, as for spiritual purposes
adj
noun
verb
adj
- having or showing knowledge and skill and aptitude
- generally admired
- in excellent physical condition
- appealing to the mind
- deserving of esteem and respect
- not left to spoil
- agreeable or pleasing
- not forged
- exerting force or influence
- thorough
- with or in a close or intimate relationship
- having the normally expected amount
- capable of pleasing
- morally admirable
- financially safe
- promoting or enhancing well-being
- most suitable or right for a particular purpose
- tending to promote physical well-being; beneficial to health
- of moral excellence
- having desirable or positive qualities especially those suitable for a thing specified
- resulting favorably
- (colloquial, when with and) Very, extremely. See good and.
- (colloquial, with with) Accepting of, OK with
- Well-behaved (especially of children or animals).
- Able to be depended on for the discharge of obligations incurred; of unimpaired credit; used with for.
- Being satisfying; meeting dietary requirements.
- Beneficial; worthwhile.
- Unblemished; honourable.
- (colloquial) Ready.
- (US) Satisfied or at ease; not requiring more.
- Effective.
- Pleasant; enjoyable.
- Adequate; sufficient; not fallacious.
- Large in amount or size.
- Having a particularly pleasant taste.
- Of food or other perishable products, still fit for use; not yet expired, stale, rotten, etc.
- Useful for a particular purpose; functional.
- Acting in the interest of what is beneficial, ethical, or moral.
- True, valid, of explanatory strength.
- Right, proper, as it should be.
- (stressed form) Special, best, favorite.
- (Internet slang, offensive, ethnic slur) Of a black person, dead or killed.
- Valid, of worth, capable of being honoured.
- Reasonable in amount.
- Competent or talented.
- Healthful.
- Favorable.
- Holy (especially when capitalized) .
- Full; entire; at least as much as.
noun
- moral excellence or admirableness
- that which is pleasing or valuable or useful
- benefit
- a raw material that is sold in large quantities, usually to other businesses for manufacturing or production purposes
- (countable, usually in the plural) An article of personal property (as opposed to real property).
- (countable, usually in the plural) An item of merchandise.
- (uncountable) The abstract instantiation of goodness; that which possesses desirable qualities, promotes success, welfare, or happiness, is serviceable, fit, excellent, kind, benevolent, etc.
- (uncountable) The forces or behaviours that are the enemy of evil. Usually consists of helping others and general benevolence.
- (countable) A result that is positive in the view of the speaker.
adv
- (often used as a combining form) in a good or proper or satisfactory manner or to a high standard (‘good’ is a nonstandard dialectal variant for ‘well’)
- completely and absolutely (‘good’ is sometimes used informally for ‘thoroughly’)
- (informal, sometimes proscribed) Well; satisfactorily or thoroughly.
intj
verb
- (intransitive) To benefit; gain.
- (transitive) To satisfy; indulge; gratify.
- (intransitive) To make improvements or repairs.
- (intransitive) To thrive; fatten; prosper; improve.
- (transitive, now chiefly dialectal, Scotland) To furnish with dung; manure; fatten with manure; fertilise.
- (transitive) To do good to (someone); benefit; cause to improve or gain.
- (transitive) To make good; turn to good; improve.
- (reflexive) To flatter; congratulate oneself; anticipate.
noun
- An instance of accomplishing a tricky idea or overcoming a difficult obstacle.
- An instance of publicly tricking someone or exposing them to ridicule, especially by means of an elaborate deception.
- A potential problem or source of trouble.
- (computing) A feature of a system or a program that works in the way it is documented but is counter-intuitive and almost invites mistake or non-function.
- An attempt to disprove or refute someone's argument, usually (but not necessarily) in a deceptive or disingenuous way.
contraction
intj
- I got you by surprise (indicating a successful trick or prank).
- I understand you or what you said.
- I caught you (as when successfully bringing someone to reckoning or effecting some form of retribution).
- I have got you covered, I've got your back (said by a speaker who has an advantage or responsibility over someone).
noun
- the property (of a problem or difficulty) that makes it possible to solve
- the quality of being soluble and easily dissolved in liquid
- the quantity of a particular substance that can dissolve in a particular solvent (yielding a saturated solution)
- (chemistry) The amount of a substance that will dissolve in a given amount of a solvent, to give a saturated solution, under specified conditions.
- The condition of being soluble.
adj
noun
verb
noun
- (figurative) A direction or course of action, especially a new one; a method or approach to solving a problem.
- (nautical) The lower corner on the leading edge of a sail relative to the direction of the wind.
- A thumbtack.
- (nautical) A rope used to hold in place the foremost lower corners of the courses when the vessel is close-hauled; also, a rope employed to pull the lower corner of a studding sail to the boom.
- (law, Scotland and Northern England) A contract by which the use of a thing is set, or let, for hire; a lease.
- (nautical) The maneuver by which a sailing vessel turns its bow through the wind so that the wind changes from one side to the other.
- (nautical) A course or heading that enables a sailing vessel to head upwind.
- That which is attached; a supplement; an appendix.
- A small nail with a flat head.
- A stain; a tache.
- (sewing) A loose seam used to temporarily fasten pieces of cloth.
- Food generally; fare, especially of the hard bread or breadlike kind.
- (manufacturing, construction, chemistry) The stickiness of a compound, related to its cohesive and adhesive properties.
- (nautical) The distance a sailing vessel runs between these maneuvers when working to windward; a board.
- Any of the various equipment and accessories worn by horses in the course of their use as domesticated animals.
- (colloquial) That which is tacky; something cheap and gaudy.
- a short nail with a sharp point and a large head
- gear for a horse
- sailing a zigzag course
- (nautical) a line (rope or chain) that regulates the angle at which a sail is set in relation to the wind
- (nautical) the act of changing tack
- the heading or position of a vessel relative to the trim of its sails
verb
- (intransitive, nautical) To sail to windward using a series of alternate tacks across the wind.
- (nautical) To maneuver a sailing vessel so that its bow turns through the wind, i.e. the wind changes from one side of the vessel to the other.
- To sew/stitch with a tack (loose seam used to temporarily fasten pieces of cloth).
- (transitive) To nail (something) with a tack (small nail with a flat head).
- To add something as an extra item.
- To weld with initial small welds to temporarily fasten in preparation for full welding.
- Synonym of tack up (“to prepare a horse for riding by equipping it with a tack”).
- sew together loosely, with large stitches
- fasten with tacks
- turn into the wind
- create by putting components or members together
- fix to; attach
- reverse (a direction, attitude, or course of action)
noun
- a task performed or problem solved in order to develop skill or understanding
- punishment intended as a warning to others
- an occurrence of something
- something to be imitated
- an item of information that is typical of a class or group
- a representative form or pattern
- An instance (as a problem to be solved) serving to illustrate the rule or precept or to act as an exercise in the application of the rule.
- A person punished as a warning to others.
- Something that serves to illustrate or explain a rule.
- Something that serves as a pattern of behaviour to be imitated (a good example) or not to be imitated (a bad example).
- Something that is representative of all such things in a group.
- A parallel or closely similar case, especially when serving as a precedent or model.
verb
noun
- a task performed or problem solved in order to develop skill or understanding
- the act of using
- an action, often used negatively and without consequences
- the activity of exerting your muscles in various ways to keep fit
- (usually plural) a ceremony that involves processions and speeches
- systematic training by multiple repetitions
- The performance of an office, ceremony, or duty.
- (countable, uncountable) Activity intended to improve physical, or sometimes mental, strength and fitness.
- (countable) Any activity designed to develop or hone a skill or ability.
- A setting in action or practicing; employment in the proper mode of activity; exertion; application; use.
verb
- carry out or practice; as of jobs and professions
- do physical exercise
- put to use
- give a workout to
- learn by repetition
- (transitive) To use (a right, an option, etc.); to put into practice.
- (intransitive) To perform physical activity for health or training.
- (now often passive voice) To occupy the attention and effort of; to task; to tax, especially in a painful or vexatious manner; harass; to vex; to worry or make anxious.
- To exert for the sake of training or improvement; to practice in order to develop.
noun
- The act or process of mastering; the state of having mastered; expertise.
- great skillfulness and knowledge of some subject or activity
- The position or authority of a master; dominion; command; supremacy; superiority.
- Superiority in war or competition; victory; triumph; preeminence.
- the act of mastering or subordinating someone
- power to dominate or defeat
noun
- a set of questions or exercises evaluating skill or knowledge
- a detailed inspection of your conscience (as done daily by Jesuits)
- the act of examining something closely (as for mistakes)
- formal systematic questioning
- the act of giving students or candidates a test (as by questions) to determine what they know or have learned
- Particularly, an inspection by a medical professional to establish the extent and nature of any sickness or injury.
- The act of examining.
- Interrogation, particularly by a lawyer in court or during discovery.
- (education) A formal test involving answering written or oral questions under a time constraint and usually without access to textbooks; typically, a large, written test administered to high school and college students covering course material studied in a semester.
noun
- a set of questions or exercises evaluating skill or knowledge
- any standardized procedure for measuring sensitivity or memory or intelligence or aptitude or personality etc
- the act of testing something
- the act of undergoing testing
- trying something to find out about it
- a hard outer covering as of some amoebas and sea urchins
- (botany) Testa; seed coat.
- (informal, slang, bodybuilding) Clipping of testosterone.
- (academia) An examination, given often during the academic term.
- A cupel or cupelling hearth in which precious metals are melted for trial and refinement.
- (marine biology) The external calciferous shell, or endoskeleton, of an echinoderm, e.g. sand dollars and sea urchins; testa.
- (cricket, normally "Test") A Test match.
- A challenge, trial.
- A session in which a product, piece of equipment, or system is examined under everyday or extreme conditions to evaluate its durability, etc.
verb
- test or examine for the presence of disease or infection
- show a certain characteristic when tested
- achieve a certain score or rating on a test
- undergo a test
- determine the presence or properties of (a substance)
- put to the test, as for its quality, or give experimental use to
- examine someone's knowledge of something
- To challenge, to put a strain on (something).
- (academics) To administer or assign an examination, often given during the academic term, to (somebody).
- (chemistry) To examine or try, as by the use of some reagent.
- (copulative) To be shown to be by test.
- To place a product or piece of equipment under everyday and/or extreme conditions and examine it for its durability, etc.
- (intransitive, transitive, slang) To challenge (someone) to a fight.
- To refine (gold, silver, etc.) in a test or cupel; to subject to cupellation.
- To put to the proof; to prove the truth, genuineness, or quality of by experiment, or by some principle or standard; to try.
noun
- (figuratively) A difficult task or challenge.
- (countable) An elevation of land of considerable dimensions rising more or less abruptly, forming a conspicuous figure in the landscape, usually having a small extent of surface at its summit.
- (cartomancy) The twenty-first Lenormand card.
- (countable, slang) A woman's large breast.
- (countable) Something very large in size or quantity; a huge amount; a great heap.
- (uncountable, now historical) Wine from Malaga made from grapes that grow on a mountain.
- a land mass that projects well above its surroundings; higher than a hill
- (often followed by ‘of’) a large number or amount or extent
noun
- a practical method or art applied to some particular task
- skillfulness in the command of fundamentals deriving from practice and familiarity
- (uncountable) Practical ability in some given field or practice, often as opposed to creativity or imaginative skill.
- (uncountable) The practical aspects of a given art, occupation etc.; formal requirements.
- (countable) A method of achieving something or carrying something out, especially one requiring some skill or knowledge.
noun
- A plan or method for dealing with a problem or for achieving a result.
- (chemistry) A symbolic expression of the structure of a compound.
- (chiefly linguistics) A fixed phrase or set of words intended to be interpreted non-literally, typically used attitudinally or as part of convention; a formulation.
- (especially religion) A formal statement of doctrine.
- A formulation; a prescription; a mixture or solution made in a prescribed manner; the identity and quantities of ingredients of such a mixture.
- (countable, uncountable) Ellipsis of infant formula, drink given to babies to substitute for mother's milk.
- (logic) A syntactic expression of a proposition, built up from quantifiers, logical connectives, variables, relation and operation symbols, and, depending on the type of logic, possibly other operators such as modal, temporal, deontic or epistemic ones.
- (mathematics) Any mathematical rule expressed symbolically.
- a representation of a substance using symbols for its constituent elements
- directions for making something
- (mathematics) a standard procedure for solving a class of mathematical problems
- a conventionalized statement expressing some fundamental principle
- a liquid food for infants
- a group of symbols that make a mathematical statement
- something regarded as a normative example
noun
- success in mastering something difficult
- an act of winning the love or sexual favor of someone
- the act of conquering
- (colloquial, figurative) A person whose romantic affections one has gained, or with whom one has had sex, or the act of gaining another's romantic affections.
- (video games) A competitive mode found in first-person shooter games in which competing teams (usually two) attempt to take over predetermined spawn points labeled by flags.
- (by extension, often figuratively) An act or instance of gaining control of or mastery over something, overcoming obstacles.
- That which is conquered; possession gained by mental or physical effort, force, or struggle.
- An act or instance of achieving victory through combat; the subjugation of an enemy.
verb
noun
- the successful action of solving a problem
- a statement that solves a problem or explains how to solve the problem
- a homogeneous mixture of two or more substances; frequently (but not necessarily) a liquid solution
- a method for solving a problem
- the set of values that give a true statement when substituted into an equation
- The act of dissolving, especially of a solid by a fluid.
- An answer to a problem.
- (marketing) A product, service or suite thereof, especially software.
- An act, plan or other means, used or proposed, to solve a problem.
- (physical chemistry) A homogeneous mixture, which may be liquid, gas or solid, formed by dissolving one or more substances.
verb
noun
- the cognitive process of acquiring skill or knowledge
- something acquired
- the act of contracting or assuming or acquiring possession of something
- an ability that has been acquired by training
- The act or process of acquiring.
- (computing) The process of sampling signals that measure real world physical conditions and converting these signals into digital numeric values that can be manipulated by a computer.
- The thing acquired or gained; a gain.
noun
- application of a skill learned in one situation to a different but similar situation
- the act of moving something from one location to another
- someone who transfers or is transferred from one position to another
- the act of transferring something from one form to another
- a ticket that allows a passenger to change conveyances
- transferring ownership
- (uncountable, linguistics) Ellipsis of language transfer.
- (countable) A design conveyed by contact from one surface to another; a heat transfer.
- (genetics) The conveying of genetic material from one cell to another.
- (sports) A person who transfers or is transferred from one club or team to another.
- (US, Canada, varsity sports) Ellipsis of transfer student.
- (countable, transport) An act of exiting one mass transit vehicle and boarding another (typically one belonging to a different line or mode of transportation) to continue a journey.
- (uncountable) The act of conveying or removing something from one place, person or thing to another.
- (medicine) A pathological process by which a unilateral morbid condition on being abolished on one side of the body makes its appearance in the corresponding region upon the other side.
- (countable) Of a person with limited mobility: an instance of independent or assisted movement from one stable surface to another.
- (bridge) A conventional bid which requests partner to bid the next available suit.
- (countable) An instance of conveying or removing from one place, person or thing to another; a transferal.
- A soldier removed from one troop, or body of troops, and placed in another.
- (countable, transport) A paper receipt given to a rider of one bus (and historically also certain elevated or subway lines), allowing free entry onto another bus to continue a journey.
verb
- move from one place to another
- shift the position or location of, as for business, legal, educational, or military purposes
- move around
- change from one vehicle or transportation line to another
- send from one person or place to another
- cause to change ownership
- transfer somebody to a different position or location of work
- transfer from one place or period to another
- lift and reset in another soil or situation
- (transitive) To convey the impression of (something) from one surface to another.
- (intransitive) To be or become transferred.
- (intransitive) To move from a wheelchair to another seating surface, or to a wheelchair from another seating surface.
- (transport, of a traveler) To exit one mass transit vehicle and board another (typically one belonging to a different line or mode of transportation) to continue a journey.
- (transitive) To move or pass from one place, person or thing to another.
- (transitive, law) To arrange for something to belong to or be officially controlled by somebody else.
noun
- Capability; the ability to perform some task.
- A measure of such ability; volume.
- Electrical capacitance.
- (operations) The maximum that can be produced on a machine or in a facility or group.
- The ability to hold, receive, or absorb.
- Mental ability; the power to learn;
- A role; the position in which one functions.
- Legal authority (to make an arrest for example).
- The potential for growth and development.
- The maximum that can be produced.
- The maximum amount that can be held.
- the power to learn or retain knowledge; in law, the ability to understand the facts and significance of your behavior
- tolerance for alcohol
- the amount that can be contained
- (computer science) the amount of information (in bytes) that can be stored on a disk drive
- the maximum production possible
- capability to perform or produce
- an electrical phenomenon whereby an electric charge is stored
- a specified function
- the susceptibility of something to a particular treatment
adj
noun
- (countable) Skill that is attained by study, practice, or observation.
- (countable) (often in dichotomy with science) A subject understood best through intuition rather than methodology.
- (uncountable) Artwork.
- (uncountable) The study and the product of these processes.
- (uncountable) Aesthetic value.
- (countable) A field or category of art, such as painting, sculpture, music, ballet, or literature.
- (uncountable) The conscious production or arrangement of sounds, colours, forms, movements, or other elements in a manner that affects the senses and emotions, usually specifically the production of the beautiful in a graphic or plastic medium.
- (countable) Skillful creative activity, usually with an aesthetic focus.
- (uncountable) The creative and emotional expression of mental imagery, such as visual, auditory, social, etc.
- a superior skill that you can learn by study and practice and observation
- the products of human creativity; works of art collectively
- the creation of beautiful or significant things
- photographs or other visual representations in a printed publication
noun
- The activity of imparting and acquiring skills.
- The result of good social upbringing.
- (voice recognition) The recording of multiple samples of a user's voice to aid pattern recognition.
- (computing) The process by which two modems determine which protocol and speed to use; handshaking.
- Action of the verb to train.
- the result of good upbringing (especially knowledge of correct social behavior)
- activity leading to skilled behavior
verb
noun
- Mental effort to acquire knowledge or learning.
- Any particular branch of learning that is studied; any object of attentive consideration.
- (chess) An endgame problem composed for artistic merit, where one side is to play for a win or for a draw.
- The act of studying or examining; examination.
- (academic) An academic publication.
- (music) A piece for special practice; an etude.
- One who commits a theatrical part to memory.
- A room in a house intended for reading and writing; traditionally the private room of the male head of household.
- An artwork made in order to practise or demonstrate a subject or technique.
- The human face, bearing an expression which the observer finds amusingly typical of a particular emotion or state of mind.
- applying the mind to learning and understanding a subject (especially by reading)
- someone who memorizes quickly and easily (as the lines for a part in a play)
- a state of deep mental absorption
- a written document describing the findings of some individual or group
- a composition intended to develop one aspect of the performer's technique
- a detailed critical inspection
- attentive consideration and meditation
- preliminary drawing for later elaboration
- a room used for reading and writing and studying
- a branch of knowledge
verb
- (usually academic, transitive, intransitive) To review materials already learned in order to make sure one does not forget them, usually in preparation for an examination.
- (transitive) To acquire knowledge on a subject with the intention of applying it in practice.
- (transitive) To look at carefully and minutely.
- (intransitive) To endeavor diligently; to be zealous.
- (transitive) To fix the mind closely upon a subject; to dwell upon anything in thought; to muse; to ponder.
- (academic, transitive) To take a course or courses on a subject.
- be a student; follow a course of study; be enrolled at an institute of learning
- learn by reading books
- be a student of a certain subject
- consider in detail and subject to an analysis in order to discover essential features or meaning
- give careful consideration to
- think intently and at length, as for spiritual purposes
noun
- An instance of accomplishing a tricky idea or overcoming a difficult obstacle.
- An instance of publicly tricking someone or exposing them to ridicule, especially by means of an elaborate deception.
- A potential problem or source of trouble.
- (computing) A feature of a system or a program that works in the way it is documented but is counter-intuitive and almost invites mistake or non-function.
- An attempt to disprove or refute someone's argument, usually (but not necessarily) in a deceptive or disingenuous way.
contraction
intj
- I got you by surprise (indicating a successful trick or prank).
- I understand you or what you said.
- I caught you (as when successfully bringing someone to reckoning or effecting some form of retribution).
- I have got you covered, I've got your back (said by a speaker who has an advantage or responsibility over someone).
noun
- the property (of a problem or difficulty) that makes it possible to solve
- the quality of being soluble and easily dissolved in liquid
- the quantity of a particular substance that can dissolve in a particular solvent (yielding a saturated solution)
- (chemistry) The amount of a substance that will dissolve in a given amount of a solvent, to give a saturated solution, under specified conditions.
- The condition of being soluble.
noun
- (figurative) A direction or course of action, especially a new one; a method or approach to solving a problem.
- (nautical) The lower corner on the leading edge of a sail relative to the direction of the wind.
- A thumbtack.
- (nautical) A rope used to hold in place the foremost lower corners of the courses when the vessel is close-hauled; also, a rope employed to pull the lower corner of a studding sail to the boom.
- (law, Scotland and Northern England) A contract by which the use of a thing is set, or let, for hire; a lease.
- (nautical) The maneuver by which a sailing vessel turns its bow through the wind so that the wind changes from one side to the other.
- (nautical) A course or heading that enables a sailing vessel to head upwind.
- That which is attached; a supplement; an appendix.
- A small nail with a flat head.
- A stain; a tache.
- (sewing) A loose seam used to temporarily fasten pieces of cloth.
- Food generally; fare, especially of the hard bread or breadlike kind.
- (manufacturing, construction, chemistry) The stickiness of a compound, related to its cohesive and adhesive properties.
- (nautical) The distance a sailing vessel runs between these maneuvers when working to windward; a board.
- Any of the various equipment and accessories worn by horses in the course of their use as domesticated animals.
- (colloquial) That which is tacky; something cheap and gaudy.
- a short nail with a sharp point and a large head
- gear for a horse
- sailing a zigzag course
- (nautical) a line (rope or chain) that regulates the angle at which a sail is set in relation to the wind
- (nautical) the act of changing tack
- the heading or position of a vessel relative to the trim of its sails
verb
- (intransitive, nautical) To sail to windward using a series of alternate tacks across the wind.
- (nautical) To maneuver a sailing vessel so that its bow turns through the wind, i.e. the wind changes from one side of the vessel to the other.
- To sew/stitch with a tack (loose seam used to temporarily fasten pieces of cloth).
- (transitive) To nail (something) with a tack (small nail with a flat head).
- To add something as an extra item.
- To weld with initial small welds to temporarily fasten in preparation for full welding.
- Synonym of tack up (“to prepare a horse for riding by equipping it with a tack”).
- sew together loosely, with large stitches
- fasten with tacks
- turn into the wind
- create by putting components or members together
- fix to; attach
- reverse (a direction, attitude, or course of action)
verb
- Followed by through: to solve a complicated matter, a problem, etc., by working through confusing or difficult matters.
- To use (one's brain or mind) to try to work out a complicated matter, a problem, etc.; also, to try to work out (a complicated matter, a problem, etc.).
- (also reflexive, often passive voice) To cause (oneself or someone, or their mind, etc.) to feel confused or mystified because they cannot understand a complicated matter, a problem, etc.; to confuse, to mystify, to perplex.
- Often followed by about, over, or or upon: to think deeply in bewilderment to try to work out a complicated matter, a problem, etc.
- To search in a confused or mystified manner.
- Often followed by about, over, or upon: to feel confused or mystified because one cannot understand a complicated matter, a problem, etc.
- be a mystery or bewildering to
- be uncertain about; think about without fully understanding or being able to decide
noun
- (countable) Often preceded by a descriptive word: a game or toy, or a problem, requiring some effort to complete or work out, which is intended as a pastime and/or to test one's mental ability.
- (countable) A thing such as a complicated matter or a problem which is difficult to make sense of or understand; also, a person who is difficult to make sense of or understand; an enigma.
- (uncountable) The state of feeling confused or mystified because one cannot understand a complicated matter, a problem, etc.; bewilderment, confusion; (countable) often in in a puzzle: an instance of this.
- a game that tests your ingenuity
- a particularly baffling problem that is said to have a correct solution
verb
- (by extension) To become proficient in a particular job or task.
- (transitive) To distribute.
- (bridge, transitive) To end (a round) by having passes as the first four bids.
- Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see pass, out.
- (of soldiers, police, fire-fighters, etc.) To graduate, usually marked by a ceremony at the end of training.
- (India) To graduate from university.
- (intransitive) To faint; to become unconscious.
- (slang) To fall asleep irrespective of wilful action, as a result of the consumption of alcohol or other drugs or another form of physiological exhaustion.
- pass out from weakness, physical or emotional distress due to a loss of blood supply to the brain
- give to several people
- lose consciousness due to a sudden trauma, for example
verb
- find the solution to (a problem or question) or understand the meaning of
- pass the tongue over
- take up with the tongue
- beat thoroughly and conclusively in a competition or fight
- (colloquial) To do anything partially.
- (transitive) To stroke with the tongue.
- (transitive) To lap; to take in with the tongue.
- (of flame, waves etc.) To lap.
- (vulgar, slang) To perform cunnilingus.
noun
- a salt deposit that animals regularly lick
- (boxing) a blow with the fist
- touching with the tongue
- The act of licking; a stroke of the tongue.
- The amount of some substance obtainable with a single lick.
- (informal) A rate of speed. (Always qualified by good, fair, or a similar adjective.)
- A place where animals lick minerals from the ground.
- (music) A short motif.
- (informal) An attempt at something.
- An instance or opportunity to earn money fast, usually by illegal means, thus a heist, drug deal etc. or its victim; mostly used in phrasal verbs: hit a lick, hit licks
- (colloquial) A stroke or blow.
- A quick and careless application of anything, as if by a stroke of the tongue.
- (slang) An act of cunnilingus.
- A small watercourse or ephemeral stream. It ranks between a rill and a stream.
- (colloquial, chiefly in the negative) A small amount; a whit.
verb
- find the solution to (a problem or question) or understand the meaning of
- To find an answer or solution to a problem or question; to work out.
- settle, as of a debt
- find the solution
- to find out the perpetrator, the motive etc (of crime)
- (transitive) To loosen or separate the parts of.
- (mathematics) To algebraically manipulate an equation or inequality into a form that isolates a chosen variable on one side, so that the other side consists of an expression that may be used to generate solutions.
- (mathematics) To find the values of variables that satisfy a system of equations and/or inequalities.
verb
- find the solution to (a problem or question) or understand the meaning of
- provoke or excite
- have an effect or outcome; often the one desired or expected
- prepare for crops
- arrive at a certain condition through repeated motion
- operate in or through
- to mix into a homogeneous mass
- behave in a certain way when handled
- move in an agitated manner
- move into or onto
- proceed towards a goal or along a path or through an activity
- operate in a certain place, area, or specialty
- cause to work
- cause to happen or to occur as a consequence
- use or manipulate to one's advantage
- exert oneself by doing mental or physical work for a purpose or out of necessity; work
- proceed along a path
- shape, form, or improve a material
- make something, usually for a specific function
- give a workout to
- cause to operate or function
- go sour or spoil
- gratify and charm, usually in order to influence
- perform as expected when applied
- be employed
- have and exert influence or effect
- cause to undergo fermentation
- (intransitive) To do a specific task by employing physical or mental powers.
- To force to work.
- (transitive) To move or progress slowly [with one's way].
- (intransitive, figuratively) To influence.
- Said of one's job title [with as].
- General use, said of either fellow employees or instruments or clients [with with].
- (intransitive) To ferment.
- (transitive) To cause to ferment.
- (transitive) To embroider with thread.
- (transitive) To work or operate in, through, or by means of.
- (transitive) To cause to move slowly or with difficulty.
- (ditransitive, poetic) To cause (someone) to feel (something); to do unto somebody (something, whether good or bad).
- (law) To cause to happen or to occur as a consequence.
- (intransitive) To function correctly; to act as intended; to achieve the goal designed for.
- (intransitive) To move in an agitated manner.
- (intransitive) To behave in a certain way when handled
- Said of a company or individual who employs [with for].
- To set into action.
- To exhaust, by working.
- To provoke or excite; to influence.
- To shape, form, or improve a material.
- Said of one's workplace (building), or one's department, or one's trade (sphere of business) [with in or at].
- (slang, transitive) To pull off; to wear, perform, etc. successfully or to advantage.
- (LGBTQ slang, intransitive) To perform with a confident attitude, particularly as a drag queen.
- (intransitive) To move or progress slowly or with difficulty; to proceed with effort.
- (transitive) To work or operate in a certain place, area, or speciality.
- To use or manipulate to one’s advantage.
noun
- the occupation for which you are paid
- a place where work is done
- applying the mind to learning and understanding a subject (especially by reading)
- activity directed toward making or doing something
- a product produced or accomplished through the effort or activity or agency of a person or thing
- (physics) a manifestation of energy; the transfer of energy from one physical system to another expressed as the product of a force and the distance through which it moves a body in the direction of that force
- the total output of a writer or artist (or a substantial part of it)
- (mining) Ore before it is dressed.
- Effort expended on a particular task.
- (physics, more generally) A measure of energy that is usefully extracted from a process: applied productively.
- (uncountable, often in combination) The result of a particular manner of production.
- The place where one is employed.
- (LGBTQ slang) The confident attitude of a drag queen.
- Labour, occupation, job.
- (countable) A fortification.
- (slang, plural only) The equipment needed to inject a drug (syringes, needles, swabs etc.)
- Something on which effort is expended.
- (prison slang) Prison gang violence.
- (uncountable, slang, professional wrestling) The staging of events to appear as real.
- Sustained effort to overcome obstacles and achieve a result.
- (uncountable, often in combination) Something produced using the specified material or tool.
- (physics) A measure of energy expended in moving an object; most commonly, force times distance. No work is done if the object does not move.
- (euphemistic) Cosmetic surgery.
- (countable) A literary, artistic, or intellectual production; a creative work.
- (by extension) One's employer.
verb
- find the solution to (a problem or question) or understand the meaning of
- work out in detail
- make a mathematical calculation or computation
- happen in a certain way, leading to, producing, or resulting in a certain outcome, often well
- do physical exercise
- give a workout to
- come up with
- be calculated
- (transitive) To smooth or perfect.
- (mining) To remove all the mineral that can be profitably exploited.
- (intransitive, US) To earn a wage working away from one's farm.
- (transitive, intransitive) Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see work, out.
- (transitive) To calculate.
- (transitive) To make sense of.
- (intransitive) To conclude with the correct solution.
- (transitive) To bring about or cause to happen by work or effort.
- (intransitive) To exercise, especially by lifting weights.
- (transitive) To resolve; to find a solution for.
- (transitive) To develop or devise in detail; to elaborate.
- (intransitive) To succeed; to result in a satisfactory situation.
- (transitive) To decide.
- (transitive) To strengthen a part of one’s body by exercise.
verb
- impart skills or knowledge to
- give instructions or directions for some task
- make aware of
- (transitive) To give (one's own lawyer) legal instructions as to how they should act in relation to a particular issue; thereby formally appointing them as one's own legal representative in relation to it.
- (transitive) To tell (someone) what they must or should do.
- (transitive) To teach by giving instructions.
verb
- impart skills or knowledge to
- gain knowledge or skills
- To acquire, or attempt to acquire knowledge or an ability to do something.
- commit to memory; learn by heart
- find out, learn, or determine with certainty, usually by making an inquiry or other effort
- be a student of a certain subject
- get to know or become aware of, usually accidentally
- To attend a course or other educational activity.
- (now only in non-standard speech and dialects) To teach.
- To come to know; to become informed of; to find out.
- To gain knowledge from a bad experience so as to improve.
- To study.
noun
verb
- impart skills or knowledge to
- accustom gradually to some action or attitude
- (ditransitive) To cause to know the disagreeable consequences of some action.
- (ditransitive) To pass on knowledge to.
- (ditransitive) To cause (someone) to learn or understand (something).
- (intransitive, stative) To pass on knowledge generally, especially as one's profession; to act as a teacher.
noun
verb
- gain knowledge or skills
- take on a certain form, attribute, or aspect
- win something through one's efforts
- come into the possession of something concrete or abstract
- locate (a moving entity) by means of a tracking system such as radar
- gain through experience
- come to have or undergo a change of (physical features and attributes)
- (medicine) To become affected by an illness.
- (transitive) To get.
- (transitive) To gain, usually by one's own exertions; to get as one's own.
- (computing) To sample signals and convert them into digital values.
- (Canada, US, military) To begin tracking a mobile target with a particular detector or sight, generally with the implication that an attack on the target thereby becomes possible.
verb
- (transitive, figurative) To solve a difficult problem.
- (transitive) To overcome a security system or component.
- (intransitive) To make a cracking sound.
- (transitive) To cause to make a sharp sound.
- (intransitive) To break apart under force, stress, or pressure.
- (intransitive) To break down or yield, especially under interrogation or torture.
- (transitive, figurative) To cause to yield under interrogation or other pressure.
- (colloquial) To barely reach or attain (a measurement or extent).
- (transitive) To tell (a joke).
- (transitive) To open slightly.
- (intransitive, transgender slang) To realize that one is transgender.
- (intransitive, of a voice) To change rapidly in register.
- (intransitive) To make a sharply humorous comment.
- (transitive) To strike forcefully.
- (intransitive, of a pubescent boy's voice) To alternate between high and low register in the process of eventually lowering.
- (transitive) To make a crack or cracks in.
- (intransitive) To form cracks.
- (transitive, computing) To circumvent software restrictions such as regional coding or time limits.
- (transitive, informal) To open a canned beverage, or any packaged drink or food.
- (transitive, chemistry) To break down (a complex molecule), especially with the application of heat: to pyrolyse.
- (transitive) To break open or crush to small pieces by impact or stress.
- (intransitive) To become debilitated by psychological pressure.
- (mid 2020s slang) To have sex with, especially penetrative sex.
- cause to become cracked
- break partially but keep its integrity
- tell spontaneously
- make a very sharp explosive sound
- break into simpler molecules by means of heat
- hit forcefully; deal a hard blow, making a cracking noise
- break suddenly and abruptly, as under tension
- make a sharp sound
- reduce (petroleum) to a simpler compound by cracking
- gain unauthorized access computers with malicious intentions
- become fractured; break or crack on the surface only
- suffer a nervous breakdown
- pass through (a barrier)
adj
noun
- (vulgar, slang) The vagina.
- A thin and usually jagged space opened in a previously solid material.
- (Cumbria, Northern UK) A chat.
- (figurative, humorous) Something good-tasting or habit-forming.
- (informal) An attempt at something.
- A narrow opening.
- (Northern England, Scotland, Ireland) Conviviality; fun; good conversation, chat, gossip, or humorous storytelling; good company.
- (Internet slang) Extremely silly, absurd or off-the-wall ideas or prose.
- (onomatopoeia) Any sharp sound.
- The tone of voice when changed at puberty.
- A sharply humorous comment; a wisecrack.
- (Northern England, Scotland, Ireland) Business; events; news.
- (onomatopoeia) The sharp sound made when solid material breaks.
- (slang) Crack cocaine, a potent, relatively cheap, addictive variety of cocaine; often a rock, usually smoked through a crack-pipe.
- (informal) The space between the buttocks.
- A sharp, resounding blow.
- (computing) A program or procedure designed to circumvent restrictions or usage limits on software.
- a long narrow cleft
- the act of cracking something
- a blemish resulting from a break without complete separation of the parts
- a usually brief attempt
- a purified and potent form of cocaine that is smoked rather than snorted; highly addictive
- a narrow opening
- a long narrow depression in a surface
- a sudden sharp noise
- witty remark
- a chance to do something
verb
- provide with abilities or understanding
- provide with (something) usually for a specific purpose
- (transitive) To prepare (someone) with a skill.
- (transitive, gaming) To equip oneself with (an item); to bring (equipment) into active use.
- (transitive) To dress up; to array; to clothe.
- (transitive) To supply with something necessary in order to carry out a specific action or task; to provide with (e.g. weapons, provisions, munitions, rigging).
noun
adv
adj
verb
adj
- of or relating to technique or proficiency in a practical skill
- Relating to, or requiring, technique.
- characterizing or showing skill in or specialized knowledge of applied arts and sciences
- of or relating to or requiring special knowledge to be understood
- resulting from or dependent on market factors rather than fundamental economic considerations
- relating to or concerned with machinery or tools
- according to strict interpretation of the law or set of rules
- of or relating to a practical subject that is organized according to scientific principles
- (of a person) Technically minded; adept with science and technology.
- Specifically related to a particular discipline.
- (by extension) difficult to understand for those not specialized in this discipline.
- Of or related to technology.
- In the strictest sense, but not practically or meaningfully.
- (securities and other markets) Relating to the internal mechanics of a market rather than more basic factors.
- Requiring advanced techniques for successful completion.
noun
- (basketball) a foul that can be assessed on a player or a coach or a team for unsportsmanlike conduct; does not usually involve physical contact during play
- a pickup truck with a gun mounted on it
- Ellipsis of technical examination.
- (basketball) Ellipsis of technical foul.
- (video games) A special move in certain fighting games that cancels out the effect of an opponent's attack.
- A pickup truck with a gun mounted on it.
- (informal, countable, uncountable) Ellipsis of technical rehearsal.
- Ellipsis of technical school.
- Ellipsis of technical course.
adj
- (of an approach to problem solving, learning, or discovery) That employs a practical method not guaranteed to be optimal or perfect; either not following or derived from any theory, or based on an advisedly oversimplified one.
- (computing, of a method or algorithm) That provides a useful, but not optimal, solution to a problem. Such algorithms are typically employed either because the only known algorithms that provide optimal solutions use too much time or resources, or else because there is no known algorithm that provides an optimal solution.
- (of an argument) That reasons from the value of a method or principle that has been shown by experimental investigation to be a useful aid in learning, discovery and problem-solving.
- of or relating to or using a general formulation that serves to guide investigation
noun
adj
- (figurative, of a problem or task) Very difficult.
- Resembling a mountain, especially in size; huge; towering.
- Having many mountains; characterized by mountains; of the nature of a mountain; rough (terrain); rocky.
- having hills and crags
- containing many mountains
- like a mountain in size and impressiveness
adj
- Of a task: laborious, tedious, troublesome; hence, needing concentration to understand; intricate.
- Of a person: having a dejected or serious appearance or mood; dour, gloomy, moody, morose, sullen.
- of a person: patient, stoic, tolerant, resolute
- Chiefly of rain: without pause or stop; continuous, incessant.
- Of weather: dreary, gloomy (cold, overcast, rainy, etc.).
- Extending for a long distance or time, especially when tedious or wearisome; long-drawn-out, protracted; also, of speech or writing: unnecessarily verbose; long-winded.
- Bleak, cheerless, dismal, dreary, miserable.
- Not enjoyable or interesting; boring, dull.
- Slow, sluggish; specifically, of a person: tending to delay or procrastinate (especially when paying for something).
- suitably serious or solemn
noun
adj
noun
verb
adj
- having or showing knowledge and skill and aptitude
- generally admired
- in excellent physical condition
- appealing to the mind
- deserving of esteem and respect
- not left to spoil
- agreeable or pleasing
- not forged
- exerting force or influence
- thorough
- with or in a close or intimate relationship
- having the normally expected amount
- capable of pleasing
- morally admirable
- financially safe
- promoting or enhancing well-being
- most suitable or right for a particular purpose
- tending to promote physical well-being; beneficial to health
- of moral excellence
- having desirable or positive qualities especially those suitable for a thing specified
- resulting favorably
- (colloquial, when with and) Very, extremely. See good and.
- (colloquial, with with) Accepting of, OK with
- Well-behaved (especially of children or animals).
- Able to be depended on for the discharge of obligations incurred; of unimpaired credit; used with for.
- Being satisfying; meeting dietary requirements.
- Beneficial; worthwhile.
- Unblemished; honourable.
- (colloquial) Ready.
- (US) Satisfied or at ease; not requiring more.
- Effective.
- Pleasant; enjoyable.
- Adequate; sufficient; not fallacious.
- Large in amount or size.
- Having a particularly pleasant taste.
- Of food or other perishable products, still fit for use; not yet expired, stale, rotten, etc.
- Useful for a particular purpose; functional.
- Acting in the interest of what is beneficial, ethical, or moral.
- True, valid, of explanatory strength.
- Right, proper, as it should be.
- (stressed form) Special, best, favorite.
- (Internet slang, offensive, ethnic slur) Of a black person, dead or killed.
- Valid, of worth, capable of being honoured.
- Reasonable in amount.
- Competent or talented.
- Healthful.
- Favorable.
- Holy (especially when capitalized) .
- Full; entire; at least as much as.
noun
- moral excellence or admirableness
- that which is pleasing or valuable or useful
- benefit
- a raw material that is sold in large quantities, usually to other businesses for manufacturing or production purposes
- (countable, usually in the plural) An article of personal property (as opposed to real property).
- (countable, usually in the plural) An item of merchandise.
- (uncountable) The abstract instantiation of goodness; that which possesses desirable qualities, promotes success, welfare, or happiness, is serviceable, fit, excellent, kind, benevolent, etc.
- (uncountable) The forces or behaviours that are the enemy of evil. Usually consists of helping others and general benevolence.
- (countable) A result that is positive in the view of the speaker.
adv
- (often used as a combining form) in a good or proper or satisfactory manner or to a high standard (‘good’ is a nonstandard dialectal variant for ‘well’)
- completely and absolutely (‘good’ is sometimes used informally for ‘thoroughly’)
- (informal, sometimes proscribed) Well; satisfactorily or thoroughly.
intj
verb
- (intransitive) To benefit; gain.
- (transitive) To satisfy; indulge; gratify.
- (intransitive) To make improvements or repairs.
- (intransitive) To thrive; fatten; prosper; improve.
- (transitive, now chiefly dialectal, Scotland) To furnish with dung; manure; fatten with manure; fertilise.
- (transitive) To do good to (someone); benefit; cause to improve or gain.
- (transitive) To make good; turn to good; improve.
- (reflexive) To flatter; congratulate oneself; anticipate.