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- Underlying, being the reason for or explanation of.
- As a result or consequence of.
- Responsible for, being the creator or controller of.
- After in developmental progress, score, grade, etc.; inferior to.
- After in time.
- In the past, from the viewpoint of.
- Concealed by (something serving as a facade or disguise).
- After in physical progress or distance.
- In support of.
- At or to the back or far side of.
noun
- In the Eton College field game, any of a group of players consisting of two "shorts" (who try to kick the ball over the bully) and a "long" (who defends the goal).
- The rear, back-end.
- The buttocks, bottom, butt.
- A one-point score.
- The catcher.
adv
- Behind the scenes in a theatre; backstage.
- At or in the rear or back part of something.
- So as to come after someone or something in position, distance, advancement, ranking, time, etc.
- So as to be still in place after someone or something has departed or ceased to exist.
- In a rearward direction.
- Backward in time or order of succession; past.
adj
verb
- be the cause or source of
- cause to happen or be responsible for
- end resistance, as under pressure or force
- give or supply
- give over; surrender or relinquish to the physical control of another
- give in, as to influence or pressure
- move in order to make room for someone for something
- be willing to concede
- be fatally overwhelmed
- bring in
- be flexible under stress of physical force
- cease opposition; stop fighting
- consent reluctantly
noun
verb
- be the cause or source of
- cause to happen or be responsible for
- organize or be responsible for
- cause to have, in the abstract sense or physical sense
- transfer possession of something concrete or abstract to somebody
- convey or reveal information
- convey, as of a compliment, regards, attention, etc.; bestow
- convey or communicate; of a smile, a look, a physical gesture
- give as a present; make a gift of
- dedicate
- give or supply
- transmit (knowledge or skills)
- bring about
- leave with; give temporarily
- emit or utter
- endure the loss of
- place into the hands or custody of
- give entirely to a specific person, activity, or cause
- give (as medicine)
- give or convey physically
- bestow
- bestow, especially officially
- move in order to make room for someone for something
- give food to
- contribute to some cause
- break down, literally or metaphorically
- estimate the duration or outcome of something
- execute and deliver
- deliver in exchange or recompense
- afford access to
- present to view
- perform for an audience
- be flexible under stress of physical force
- propose
- accord by verdict
- manifest or show
- offer in good faith
- submit for consideration, judgment, or use
- guide or direct, as by behavior of persuasion
- allow to have or take
- inflict as a punishment
- occur
- consent to engage in sexual intercourse with a man
- proffer (a body part)
noun
adv
adv
verb
- To give a satisfactory reason for; to explain.
- To give a satisfactory evaluation for financial transactions, money received etc.
- To consider that.
- To give a satisfactory evaluation for (one's actions, behaviour etc.); to answer for.
- To estimate, consider (something to be as described).
- To establish the location for someone.
- To cause the death, capture, or destruction of someone or something (+ for).
noun
- A reason, grounds, consideration, motive; a person's sake.
- A statement in general of reasons, causes, grounds, etc., explanatory of some event; a reason of an action to be done.
- Authorization as a specific registered user in accessing a system.
- A registry of pecuniary transactions; a written or printed statement of business dealings or debts and credits, and also of other things subjected to a reckoning or review.
- An estimate or estimation; valuation; judgment.
- A bank account.
- Profit; advantage.
- A record of events; a relation or narrative.
- Importance; worth; value; esteem; judgement.
noun
- A cause, a motive, etc.
- The source from which an action or supply of something springs.
- An erection of the penis.
- A line from a vessel's end or side to its anchor cable used to diminish or control its movement.
- The period from the moment of vernal equinox (around March 21 in the Northern Hemisphere) to the moment of the summer solstice (around June 21); the equivalent periods reckoned in other cultures and calendars.
- A spray or body of water springing from the ground.
- A grove of trees; a forest.
- The season of the year in temperate regions in which plants spring from the ground and into bloom and dormant animals spring to life.
- A shoot, a young tree.
- The time of something's growth; the early stages of some process.
- A race, a lineage.
- a period of political liberalization and democratization
- Someone with ivory or peach skin tone and eyes and hair that are not extremely dark, seen as best suited to certain colors of clothing.
- A youth.
- Elasticity: the property of a body springing back to its original form after compression, stretching, etc.
- A line laid out from a vessel's end to the opposite end of an adjacent vessel or mooring to diminish or control its movement.
- An act of springing: a leap, a jump.
- The three months of March, April, and May in the Northern Hemisphere and September, October, and November in the Southern Hemisphere.
- Elastic energy, power, or force.
- A mechanical device made of flexible or coiled material that exerts force and attempts to spring back when bent, compressed, or stretched.
verb
- To cause to well up or flow out of the ground.
- to descend or originate from.
- To cause to move energetically; (equestrianism) to cause to gallop, to spur.
- To burst into pieces, to explode, to shatter.
- To have something crack.
- To grow taller or longer.
- to catch in an illegal act or compromising position.
- To announce unexpectedly, to reveal.
- To free from imprisonment, especially by facilitating an illegal escape.
- To be free of imprisonment, especially by illegal escape.
- To extend, to curve.
- To rise suddenly, (of tears) to well up.
- To cause to rise from cover.
- To pay or spend a certain sum, to cough up.
- To cause to crack.
- to arise, to come into existence.
- To build, to form the initial curve of.
- To gush, to flow out of the ground.
- To rise from cover.
- To equip with springs, especially (of vehicles) to equip with a suspension.
- To bring forth.
- To sprout, to grow,
- To crack.
- To turn a vessel using a spring attached to its anchor cable.
- To come upon and flush out
- To deform owing to excessive pressure, to become warped; to intentionally deform in order to position and then straighten in place.
- To swell with milk or pregnancy.
- To come dramatically into view.
- To spend the springtime somewhere
- To gush, to flow suddenly and violently.
- to move with great speed and energy; to leap, to jump; to dart, to sprint; of people: to rise rapidly from a seat, bed, etc.
- to find or get enough food during springtime.
- To cause to explode, to set off, to detonate.
- To be born, descend, or originate from
- To appear, to dawn.
- To cause to work or open by sudden application of pressure.
adj
prefix
phrase
adv
- With overtones of why, for what reason.
- Used as a modifier to indicate surprise, delight, or other strong feelings in an exclamation.
- To what degree or extent.
- By what means.
- In what manner
- With what meaning or effect.
- By what title or what name.
- At what price, for what amount (of money).
- In what state or condition.
- In what form, shape, measure, quantity, etc.
conj
- That, the fact that.
- In any way in which; in whatever way; however.
- The manner or way in which.
- She told me how her father was a doctor.
intj
noun
prep
- Because of, or due to.
- To the account or detriment of; denoting imprecation or invocation, or coming to, falling, or resting upon.
- So as to impact; against.
- Some time during the day of.
- Indicating a means of subsistence.
- Denoting performance or action by contact with the surface, upper part, or outside of anything; hence, by means of; with.
- Dealing with the subject of; about; concerning.
- In the possession of.
- Inside (a vehicle) for the purpose of travelling.
- Indicating the person experiencing an emotion, cold, thirst, hunger, etc.
- Expressing figurative placement or attachment.
- Supported by (the specified part of itself).
- Having identical domain and codomain.
- At or in (a certain region or location).
- Upon; at the time of (and often because of).
- Under the influence of (a drug).
- Generated by.
- Regularly taking (a drug).
- Positioned at the upper surface of, touching from above.
- Against; in opposition to.
- Indicating dependence or reliance.
- Covering.
- Engaged in or occupied with (an action or activity).
- Paid for by.
- Toward; for; indicating the object of an emotion.
- At the date of.
- Indicating the target of, or thing affected by, an event or action.
- In addition to; besides; indicating multiplication or succession in a series.
- Indicating a means or medium.
- By virtue of; with the pledge of.
- Near; adjacent to; alongside.
- Having Vⁿ as domain and V as codomain, for some set V and integer n.
- Without.
- Positioned at or resting against the outer surface of; attached to.
- So as to impart force to.
- Serving as a member of.
- At a given time after the start of something; at.
adv
- Of betting odds, denoting a better-than-even chance. See also odds-on.
- Along, forwards (continuing an action).
- To an operating state.
- In continuation, at length.
- So as to cover or be fitted.
adj
- Destined, normally in the context of a challenge being accepted; involved, doomed.
- Acting in character.
- Fitted; covering; being worn.
- Acceptable, appropriate.
- Within the half of the field on the same side as the batsman's legs; the left side for a right-handed batsman.
- In the state of being active, functioning or operating.
- Having reached a base as a runner and being positioned there, awaiting further action from a subsequent batter.
- Of a stated part of something, oriented towards the viewer or other specified direction.
- Menstruating.
- Performing according to schedule; taking place.
noun
verb
verb
- make or cause to be or to become
- give rise to; cause to happen or occur, not always intentionally
- cause to do; cause to act in a specified manner
- organize or be responsible for
- engage in
- give certain properties to something
- create or manufacture a man-made product
- make, formulate, or derive in the mind
- compel or make somebody or something to act in a certain way
- create by artistic means
- earn on some commercial or business transaction; earn as salary or wages
- create or design, often in a certain way
- to compose or represent
- reach a goal
- be or be capable of being changed or made into
- make by shaping or bringing together constituents
- perform, produce, or carry out
- make by combining materials and parts
- change from one form into another
- act in a certain way so as to acquire
- charge with a function; charge to be
- achieve a point or goal
- reach a destination, either real or abstract
- institute, enact, or establish
- carry out or commit
- form by assembling individuals or constituents
- put in order or neaten
- head into a specified direction
- have a bowel movement
- undergo fabrication or creation
- be suitable for
- add up to
- amount to
- constitute the essence of
- appear to begin an activity
- proceed along a path
- reach in time
- gather and light the materials for
- prepare for eating by applying heat
- induce to have sex
- assure the success of
- represent fictitiously, as in a play, or pretend to be or act like
- consider as being
- calculate as being
- cause to be enjoyable or pleasurable
- favor the development of
- develop into
- behave in a certain manner
- eliminate urine
noun
verb
- To give something as a reason for something else.
- To drop someone off, or let them out of a vehicle.
- To euthanize (an animal).
- To make prices, or taxes, lower.
- To pay.
- To terminate a call; to hang up.
- To add a name to a list.
- To insult, belittle, or demean.
- To halt, eliminate, stop, or squelch, often by force.
- To land.
- Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see put, down.
- To execute (a person), especially extrajudicially.
- To write (something).
- To place a baby somewhere to sleep.
- To cease, temporarily or permanently, reading (a book).
intj
verb
- To understand.
- Used to emphasise a proposition.
- To date frequently.
- To be the setting or time of.
- To ensure that something happens, especially while witnessing it.
- To come to a realization of having been mistaken or misled.
- To foresee, predict, or prophesy.
- To visit for a medical appointment.
- To reference or to study for further details.
- To examine something closely, or to utilize something, often as a temporary alternative.
- To watch (a movie) at a cinema, or a show on television etc.
- To witness or observe by personal experience.
- To form a mental picture of.
- To perceive or detect someone or something with the eyes, or as if by sight.
- To wait upon; attend, escort.
- To respond to another player's bet with a bet of equal value.
- To determine by trial or experiment; to find out (if or whether).
- To include as one of something's experiences.
- To have an interview with; especially, to make a call upon; to visit.
noun
noun
- Reason, (epistemic) justification, cause.
- Basis, foundation, groundwork, legwork.
- Terrain.
- The pit of a theatre.
- A soccer stadium.
- The plain surface upon which the figures of an artistic composition are set.
- A flat surface upon which figures are raised in relief.
- An electrical conductor connected to the earth, or a large conductor whose electrical potential is taken as zero (such as a steel chassis).
- The area on which a battle is fought, particularly as referring to the area occupied by one side or the other. Often, according to the eventualities, "to give ground" or "to gain ground".
- The surface of the Earth, as opposed to the sky or water or underground.
- One of the pieces of wood, flush with the plastering, to which mouldings etc. are attached.
- The bottom of a body of water.
- Background, context, framework, surroundings.
- The net of small meshes upon which the embroidered pattern is applied.
- A composition in which the bass, consisting of a few bars of independent notes, is continually repeated to a varying melody.
- Advantage given or gained in any contest; e.g. in football, chess, debate or academic discourse.
- The area of grass on which a match is played (a cricket field); the entire arena in which it is played; the part of the field behind a batsman's popping crease where he can not be run out (hence to make one's ground).
- The tune on which descants are raised; the plain song.
- Soil, earth.
- A gummy substance spread over the surface of a metal to be etched, to prevent the acid from eating except where an opening is made by the needle.
verb
- To cover with a ground, as a copper plate for etching, or as paper or other materials with a uniform tint as a preparation for ornament.
- To connect (an electrical conductor or device) to a ground.
- To forbid (an aircraft or pilot) to fly.
- To found; to fix or set, as on a foundation, reason, or principle; to furnish a ground for; to fix firmly.
- To run aground; to strike the bottom and remain fixed.
- To place something on the ground.
- To hit a ground ball. Compare fly (verb (regular)) and line (verb).
- To improve or focus the mental or emotional state of.
- To punish, especially a child or teenager, by forcing them to stay at home and/or give up certain privileges.
- To give a basic education in a particular subject; to instruct in elements or first principles.
adj
conj
conj
verb
- To cause to be.
- To be afflicted with, suffer from.
- To consider a court proceeding that has been completed; to begin deliberations on a case.
- To believe, buy, be taken in by.
- To feel or be (especially painfully) aware of.
- To obtain.
- To include as a part, ingredient, or feature.
- See have to.
- To defeat in a fight; take.
- To accept as a romantic partner.
- To undertake or perform (an action or activity).
- To be affected by an occurrence. (Used in supplying a topic that is not a verb argument.)
- Used to state the existence or presence of someone in a specified relationship with the subject.
- To cause to, by a command, request or invitation.
- To be able to speak (a language).
- To hold, as something at someone's disposal.
- Used as an interrogative verb before a pronoun to form a tag question, echoing a previous use of 'have' as an auxiliary verb or, in certain cases, main verb. (For further discussion, see the appendix English tag questions.)
- To trick, to deceive.
- To experience, go through, undergo.
- To allow; to tolerate.
- To depict as being.
- To inflict punishment or retribution on.
- To make an observation of (a bird species).
- To possess, own.
- To engage in sexual intercourse with.
- To get a reading, measurement, or result from an instrument or calculation.
- To consume or use up (a particular substance or resource, especially food or drink).
- Used in forming the perfect aspect.
- To host someone; to take in as a guest.
- To be scheduled to attend, undertake or participate in.
- To give birth to.
noun
verb
noun
abbrev
verb
noun
- a sense of concern with and curiosity about someone or something
- a reason for wanting something done
- the power of attracting or holding one's attention (because it is unusual or exciting etc.)
- a fixed charge for borrowing money; usually a percentage of the amount borrowed
- (law) a right or legal share of something; a financial involvement with something
- (usually plural) a social group whose members control some field of activity and who have common aims
- a diversion that occupies one's time and thoughts (usually pleasantly)
verb
noun
verb
- give a point to
- indicate a place, direction, person, or thing; either spatially or figuratively
- be oriented
- direct into a position for use
- direct the course; determine the direction of travelling
- be a signal for or a symptom of
- sail close to the wind
- mark (Hebrew words) with diacritics
- mark with diacritics
- mark (a psalm text) to indicate the points at which the music changes
- be positionable in a specified manner
- intend (something) to move towards a certain goal
- indicate the presence of (game) by standing and pointing with the muzzle
- repair the joints of bricks
noun
- a geometric element that has position but no extension
- the precise location of something; a spatially limited location
- a brief version of the essential meaning of something
- an isolated fact that is considered separately from the whole
- a specific identifiable position in a continuum or series or especially in a process
- an instant of time
- the object of an activity
- a V shape
- a very small circular shape
- the unit of counting in scoring a game or contest
- a promontory extending out into a large body of water
- a distinct part that can be specified separately in a group of things that could be enumerated on a list
- a style in speech or writing that arrests attention and has a penetrating or convincing quality or effect
- an outstanding characteristic
- sharp end
- any of 32 horizontal directions indicated on the card of a compass
- a linear unit used to measure the size of type; approximately 1/72 inch
- one percent of the total principal of a loan; it is paid at the time the loan is made and is independent of the interest on the loan
- a punctuation mark (.) placed at the end of a declarative sentence to indicate a full stop or after abbreviations
- a V-shaped mark at one end of an arrow pointer
- the dot at the left of a decimal fraction
- the property of a shape that tapers to a sharp tip
- a distinguishing or individuating characteristic
- the gun muzzle's direction
- a wall socket
- a contact in the distributor; as the rotor turns its projecting arm contacts them and current flows to the spark plugs
prep
verb
- To support with reasons, as a request.
- To arrange and present the reasons for or against; to examine or discuss by arguments; to debate or discuss.
- To persuade by reasoning or argument.
- To find by logical process; to explain or justify by reason or argument.
- To deduce or come to a conclusion by being rational
- To overcome or conquer by adducing reasons.
- To perform a process of deduction or of induction, in order to convince or to confute; to argue.
noun
- That which causes something: an efficient cause, a proximate cause.
- An excuse: a thought or a consideration offered in support of a determination or an opinion; that which is offered or accepted as an explanation.
- A premise placed after its conclusion.
- A motive for an action or a determination.
- Rational thinking (or the capacity for it); the cognitive faculties, collectively, of conception, judgment, deduction and intuition.
verb
verb
- To give consideration to; to allow for.
- To adapt oneself; to be conformable or adapted; become adjusted.
- To change focal length in order to focus at a different distance.
- To provide housing for.
- To render fit, suitable, or correspondent; to adapt.
- To provide with something desired, needed, or convenient.
- To contain comfortably; to have space for.
- To provide sufficient space for
- To do a favor or service for; to oblige.
- To cause to come to agreement; to bring about harmony; to reconcile.
- To show the correspondence of; to apply or make suit by analogy; to adapt or fit, as teachings to accidental circumstances, statements to facts, etc.
symbol
prep
noun
- A support; a reason; a pretext.
- A cylindrical wooden or metal object used to fasten or as a bearing between objects.
- One of the pins of a musical instrument, on which the strings are strained.
- A stump.
- A fixed exchange rate, where a currency's value is matched to the value of another currency or measure such as gold.
- The penetration of one's (male) partner in the anus using a dildo.
- A peg moved on a crib board to keep score.
- A small quantity of a strong alcoholic beverage.
- A protrusion used to hang things on.
- A step; a degree.
- A serving of any hard spirit, particularly whisky.
- A topic of interest, such as an ongoing event or an anniversary, around which various features can be developed.
- A place formally allotted for fishing
verb
- To affix or pin.
- To fasten using a peg.
- To move one's pegs to indicate points scored; to score with a peg.
- To throw.
- To indicate or ascribe an attribute to. (Assumed to originate from the use of pegs or pins as markers on a bulletin board or a list.)
- To engage in anal sex by penetrating (one's male partner) with a dildo.
- To narrow the cuff openings of a pair of pants so that the legs take on a peg shape.
- To keep working hard at something; to peg away.
- To reach or exceed the maximum value on (a scale or gauge).
- To fix a value or price.
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