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noun
- an event that is experienced as indicating important things to come
- a perceptible indication of something not immediately apparent (as a visible clue that something has happened)
- a public display of a message
- any nonverbal action or gesture that encodes a message
- structure displaying a board on which advertisements can be posted
- (astrology) one of 12 equal areas into which the zodiac is divided
- (medicine) any objective evidence of the presence of a disorder or disease
- having an indicated pole (as the distinction between positive and negative electric charges)
- a gesture that is part of a sign language
- a fundamental linguistic unit linking a signifier to that which is signified
- a character indicating a relation between quantities
verb
- mark with one's signature; write one's name (on)
- approve and express assent, responsibility, or obligation
- be engaged by a written agreement
- engage by written agreement
- communicate silently and non-verbally by signals or signs
- place signs, as along a road
- communicate in sign language
- make the sign of the cross over someone in order to call on God for protection; consecrate
adj
noun
- an event
- a special situation
- an action
- a special abstraction
- an artifact
- a vaguely specified concern
- a statement regarded as an object
- an entity that is not named specifically
- any attribute or quality considered as having its own existence
- a special objective
- a persistent illogical feeling of desire or aversion
- a separate and self-contained entity
noun
- An event or happening; something that happens
- A published collection of papers presented at an academic conference, or representing the acts of a learned society.
- A measure or step taken in a course of business; a transaction
- The act of one who proceeds, or who prosecutes a design or transaction
- Progress or movement from one thing to another.
- Any legal action, especially one that is not a lawsuit.
noun
- The location of an event that attracts attention.
- A youth subculture that was popular in Canada and the United States in the 2000s and early 2010s.
- The decorations; furnishings and backgrounds of a stage, representing the place in which the action of a play is set
- A landscape, or part of a landscape; scenery.
- A part of a dramatic work that is set in the same place or time. In the theatre, generally a number of scenes constitute an act.
- An element of fiction writing.
- An exhibition of passionate or strong feeling before others, creating embarrassment or disruption; often, an artificial or affected action, or course of action, done for effect; a theatrical display
- A combination of objects or events in view or happening at a given moment at a particular place.
- A social environment consisting of an informal, vague group of people with a uniting interest; their sphere of activity; a subculture.
- The location, time, circumstances, etc., in which something occurs, or in which the action of a story, play, or the like, is set up
verb
noun
- The act of something happening; occurrence.
- The falling of a point on a line, or a line on a plane.
- The striking of radiation or a projectile upon a surface.
- The manner of falling; bearing or onus, as of a tax that falls unequally.
- The extent or the relative frequency of something happening.
- A measure of the rate of new occurrence of a given medical condition in a population within a specified period of time.
noun
- An event that initiates others, or incites a response.
- An electronic transducer allowing a drum, cymbal, etc. to control an electronic drum unit or similar device.
- An event, experience or other stimulus that initiates a traumatic memory or a strong reaction in a person.
- An SQL procedure that may be initiated when a record is inserted, updated or deleted; typically used to maintain referential integrity.
- A concept or image that upsets somebody by sparking a negative emotional response.
- A similar device used to activate any mechanism.
- A pulse in an electronic circuit that initiates some component.
- A text string that, when received by a player, will cause the player to execute a certain command.
- A device that manually lengthens (or sometimes shortens) the slide or tubing of a brass instrument, allowing the pitch range to be altered while playing.
- A finger-operated lever used to fire a gun.
verb
noun
- The time when something happens.
- The synchronization of the firing of the spark plugs in an internal combustion engine.
- The regulation of the pace of e.g. an athletic race, the speed of an engine, the delivery of a joke, or the occurrence of a series of events.
- An instance of recording the time of something.
noun
- a series of consequences wrought by an event
- public transport provided by a line of railway cars coupled together and drawn by a locomotive
- a sequentially ordered set of things or events or ideas in which each successive member is related to the preceding
- a procession (of wagons or mules or camels) traveling together in single file
- piece of cloth forming the long back section of a gown that is drawn along the floor
- wheelwork consisting of a connected set of rotating gears by which force is transmitted or motion or torque is changed
verb
- create by training and teaching
- undergo training or instruction in preparation for a particular role, function, or profession
- develop (a child's or animal's) behavior by instruction and practice; especially to teach self-control
- educate for a future role or function
- teach or refine to be discriminative in taste or judgment
- point or cause to go (blows, weapons, or objects such as photographic equipment) towards
- teach and supervise (someone); act as a trainer or coach (to), as in sports
- exercise in order to prepare for an event or competition
- cause to grow in a certain way by tying and pruning it
- travel by rail or train
- drag loosely along a surface; allow to sweep the ground
noun
- An event or occurrence.
- An event that causes or may cause an interruption or a crisis, such as a workplace illness or a software error.
- A (relatively minor) event that is incidental to, or related to others.
adj
- Arising as the result of an event, inherent.
- Dependent upon, or appertaining to, another thing, called the principal.
- Liable to happen; apt to occur; befalling; hence, naturally happening or appertaining.
- Coming or happening accidentally; not in the usual course of things; not in connection with the main design; not according to expectation; casual; fortuitous.
- Falling on or striking a surface.
noun
- An event or occurrence that signifies an ending.
- A device to facilitate temporary and repeatable opening and closing.
- An abstraction that represents a function within an environment, a context consisting of the variables that are both bound at a particular time during the execution of the program and that are within the function's scope.
- That which closes or shuts; that by which separate parts are fastened or closed.
- The smallest set that both includes a given subset and possesses some given property.
- A method of ending a parliamentary debate and securing an immediate vote upon a measure before a legislative body.
- The process whereby the reader of a comic book infers the sequence of events by looking at the picture panels.
- The phenomenon by which a group maintains its resources by the exclusion of others from their group based on varied criteria. ᵂᵖ
- The act of shutting or closing something permanently or temporarily.
- The smallest closed set which contains the given set.
- The act of shutting; a closing.
- A feeling of completeness; the experience of an emotional conclusion, usually to a difficult period.
noun
- some situation or event that is thought about
- the subject matter of a conversation or discussion
- something (a person or object or scene) selected by an artist or photographer for graphic representation
- a branch of knowledge
- (grammar) one of the two main constituents of a sentence; the grammatical constituent about which something is predicated
- a person who is subjected to experimental or other observational procedures; someone who is an object of investigation
- a person who owes allegiance to that nation
- (logic) the first term of a proposition
adj
- possibly accepting or permitting
- being under the power or sovereignty of another or others
- likely to be affected by something
verb
noun
- an event or situation that happens at the same time as or in connection with another
- a musical part (vocal or instrumental) that supports or provides background for other musical parts
- something added to complete or embellish or make perfect
- the act of accompanying someone or something in order to protect them
verb
- Of an event: to have a major effect in a certain place or time.
- Of a place: to reverberate with sound or noise.
- Of a sound, a voice, etc.: to reverberate; to ring.
- Of a person, their reputation, etc.: to be much lauded or mentioned.
- Of a place: to cause (a sound) to reverberate; to echo.
- Especially of a musical instrument: to make a (deep or reverberating) sound; also, to make sounds continuously.
- To make (sounds), or to speak (words), loudly or reverberatingly.
- To echo or repeat (a sound).
- To sound again.
- To praise or spread the fame of (someone or something) with the voice or the sound of musical instruments; to celebrate, to extol; also, to declare (someone) to be a certain thing.
noun
noun
- some situation or event that is thought about
- an important question that is in dispute and must be settled
- one of a series published periodically
- the act of providing an item for general use or for official purposes (usually in quantity)
- supplies (as food or clothing or ammunition) issued by the government
- the income or profit arising from such transactions as the sale of land or other property
- a phenomenon that follows and is caused by some previous phenomenon
- the immediate descendants of a person
- the becoming visible
- an opening that permits escape or release
- the act of issuing printed materials
verb
noun
- An action or event that is a signal for somebody to do something.
- A straight tapering stick used to hit the balls in various games.
- A marker or signal that triggers something, such as the start of an audio recording.
- The last words of a play actor's speech, serving as an intimation for the next actor to speak; any word or words which serve to remind an actor to speak or to do something; a catchword.
- The name of the Latin-script letter Q.
- A hint or intimation.
verb
verb
- To take place, happen.
- To crash.
- To be soundly defeated.
- Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see go, down.
- To be received or accepted.
- To be pleasant, etc., when eaten or drunk.
- To perform oral sex.
- To decrease; to change from a greater value to a lesser one.
- To fall (down); to fall to the floor.
- To sink.
- To be blamed for something; to be the scapegoat; to go to prison.
- To stop functioning, to go offline.
- To be recorded or remembered (as).
- Synonym of set, to disappear below the horizon.
noun
- A situation, occasion, or event.
- A transaction offered which is financially beneficial; a bargain.
- An agreement between parties; an arrangement.
- The distribution of cards to players; a player's turn for this.
- Male genitalia.
- A plank of softwood (fir or pine board).
- A particular instance of trading (buying or selling; exchanging; bartering); a transaction.
- A thing, an unspecified or unidentified object.
- Wood that is easy to saw (from conifers such as pine or fir).
- An indefinite quantity or amount; a lot (now usually qualified by great or good).
adj
verb
- To trade professionally (followed by in).
- To handle, to manage, to cope.
- To be concerned with.
- To pitch.
- To distribute among a number of recipients, to give out as one’s portion or share.
- To have dealings or business.
- To administer or give out, as in small portions.
- To sell, especially to sell illicit drugs.
- To distribute cards to the players in a game.
- To conduct oneself, to behave.
- deliver damage, a blow, strike or cut. To inflict.
verb
- happen
- make something new, such as a product or a mental or artistic creation
- work out
- gain through experience
- come to have or undergo a change of (physical features and attributes)
- come into existence; take on form or shape
- change the use of and make available or usable
- elaborate, as of theories and hypotheses
- create by training and teaching
- be gradually disclosed or unfolded; become manifest
- grow, progress, unfold, or evolve through a process of evolution, natural growth, differentiation, or a conducive environment
- become technologically advanced
- cause to grow and differentiate in ways conforming to its natural development
- generate gradually
- grow emotionally or mature
- make visible by means of chemical solutions
- superimpose a three-dimensional surface on a plane without stretching, in geometry
- move one's pieces into strategically more advantageous positions
- move into a strategically more advantageous position
- elaborate by the unfolding of a musical idea and by the working out of the rhythmic and harmonic changes in the theme
- expand in the form of a series
noun
- An actual event, situation, or fact.
- An instance of a specific condition or set of symptoms.
- A small fissure which admits water into the workings.
- A box that contains or can contain a number of identical items of manufacture.
- A thin layer of harder metal on the surface of an object whose deeper metal is allowed to remain soft.
- The outer covering or framework of a piece of apparatus such as a computer.
- A section of code representing one of the actions of a conditional switch.
- Grammatical cases and their meanings taken either as a topic in general or within a specific language.
- A legal proceeding, lawsuit.
- A piece of work, specifically defined within a profession.
- An instance or event as a topic of study.
- A box, sheath, or covering generally.
- A specific inflection of a word (particularly a noun, pronoun, or adjective) depending on its function in the sentence.
- A suitcase.
- A shallow tray divided into compartments or "boxes" for holding type, traditionally arranged in sets of two, the "upper case" (containing capitals, small capitals, accented) and "lower case" (small letters, figures, punctuation marks, quadrats, and spaces).
- A piece of luggage that can be used to transport an apparatus such as a sewing machine.
- An enclosing frame or casing.
- A cardboard box that holds (usually 24) beer bottles or cans.
- Four of a kind.
- A piece of furniture, constructed partially of transparent glass or plastic, within which items can be displayed.
- The nature of a piece of alphabetic type, whether a “capital” (upper case) or “small” (lower case) letter.
- A unit of liquid measure used to measure sales in the beverage industry, equivalent to 192 fluid ounces.
adj
verb
noun
- The result or consequence of an event; an aftermath.
- The saliva, spit or food particles that have flowed back into a drink after someone has drunk from it.
- The backward flow of water from oars or propeller or breaking waves.
- The situation where economic growth in one area harms other areas by attracting people and business away from those areas.
- The similar flow of air from an aircraft engine.
verb
verb
- happen
- terminate or end
- become separated into pieces or fragments
- render inoperable or ineffective
- ruin completely
- destroy the integrity of; usually by force; cause to separate into pieces or fragments
- act in disregard of laws, rules, contracts, or promises
- move away or escape suddenly
- scatter or part
- force out or release suddenly and often violently something pent up
- prevent completion
- enter someone's (virtual or real) property in an unauthorized manner, usually with the intent to steal or commit a violent act
- make submissive, obedient, or useful
- fail to agree with; be in violation of; as of rules or patterns
- surpass in excellence
- make known to the public information that was previously known only to a few people or that was meant to be kept a secret
- come into being
- stop operating or functioning
- interrupt a continued activity
- make a rupture in the ranks of the enemy or one's own by quitting or fleeing
- curl over and fall apart in surf or foam, of waves
- lessen in force or effect
- be broken in
- come to an end
- vary or interrupt a uniformity or continuity
- cause to give up a habit
- give up
- come forth or begin from a state of latency
- happen or take place
- cause the failure or ruin of
- invalidate by judicial action
- discontinue an association or relation; go different ways
- assign to a lower position; reduce in rank
- reduce to bankruptcy
- change directions suddenly
- emerge from the surface of a body of water
- break down, literally or metaphorically
- do a break dance
- exchange for smaller units of money
- destroy the completeness of a set of related items
- make the opening shot that scatters the balls
- separate from a clinch, in boxing
- go to pieces
- break a piece from a whole
- become punctured or penetrated
- pierce or penetrate
- be released or become known; of news
- cease an action temporarily
- interrupt the flow of current in
- undergo breaking
- find a flaw in
- find the solution or key to
- change suddenly from one tone quality or register to another
- become fractured; break or crack on the surface only
- crack; of the male voice in puberty
- fall sharply
- fracture a bone of
- diminish or discontinue abruptly
- weaken or destroy in spirit or body
noun
- some abrupt occurrence that interrupts an ongoing activity
- an unexpected piece of good luck
- (geology) a crack in the earth's crust resulting from the displacement of one side with respect to the other
- a personal or social separation (as between opposing factions)
- a pause from doing something (as work)
- the act of breaking something
- a time interval during which there is a temporary cessation of something
- breaking of hard tissue such as bone
- the occurrence of breaking
- an abrupt change in the tone or register of the voice (as at puberty or due to emotion)
- the opening shot that scatters the balls in billiards or pool
- (tennis) a score consisting of winning a game when your opponent was serving
- an act of delaying or interrupting the continuity
- a sudden dash
- any frame in which a bowler fails to make a strike or spare
- an escape from jail
verb
noun
intj
adv
- At which, on which, during which: often omitted or replaced with that.
- A circumstance or situation in which.
- The time at, on or during which.
- At what time? At which time? Upon which occasion or circumstance? Used to introduce direct or indirect questions about time.
- At an earlier time and under different, usually less favorable, circumstances.
pron
conj
- At (or as soon as) that time that; at the (or any and every) time that; if.
- At what time; at which time.
- During the time that; at the time of the action of the following clause or participle phrase.
- Since; given the fact that; considering that.
- Whereas; although; at the same time as; in spite of the fact that.
noun
- a movement like that of a sudden occurrence or increase in a specified phenomenon
- one of a series of ridges that moves across the surface of a liquid (especially across a large body of water)
- (physics) a movement up and down or back and forth
- something that rises rapidly
- the act of signaling by a movement of the hand
- a hairdo that creates undulations in the hair
- an undulating curve
- a persistent and widespread unusual weather condition (especially of unusual temperatures)
verb
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