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verb
- To substitute for.
- To replace (a player) with a substitute.
- To lend.
- To subscribe.
- To take a submissive role.
- To coat with a layer of adhering material; to planarize by means of such a coating.
- To work as a substitute teacher, especially in primary and secondary education.
- To prepare (a slide) with a layer of transparent substance to support and/or fix the sample.
- Less commonly, and often as sub on, to bring on (a player) as a substitute.
- To subtitle (usually a film or television program).
- To perform the work of a subeditor or copy editor; to subedit.
prep
noun
- Subsistence money: part of a worker's wages paid before the work is finished.
- A subtitle.
- A submarine sandwich: a sandwich made on a long bun.
- A subroutine (sometimes one that does not return a value, as distinguished from a function, which does).
- A substitute, often in sports or teaching.
- A subcontractor.
- A subeditor.
- A submarine.
- A subwoofer.
- A subscription: a payment made for membership of a club, etc.
- A submissive.
- A subscription (or (by extension) a subscriber) to an online channel or feed.
prep
- Without; no longer in possession of.
- So as no longer to be in a given condition or state.
- Taken from among; expressing a fraction of (a larger number).
- Born from a given mother (cf. by).
- Not within a given space, area etc.
- From a thing or or place as a source, place of origin etc.
- From the inside to the outside of.
- Stating the port in which a boat has been registered.
- Not in (a given state, condition).
- From a given cause or motivation.
- From a given material as means of construction.
- In.
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adv
adj
prep
- Without.
- 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.
- Because of, or due to.
- Near; adjacent to; alongside.
- Having Vⁿ as domain and V as codomain, for some set V and integer n.
- 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.
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verb
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.
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adj
adj
adj
- Without; no longer in possession of; not having more
- In bloom.
- Released, available for purchase, download or other use.
- Visible in the sky; not obscured by clouds.
- No longer popular or in fashion.
- Of the tide, at or near its lowest level.
- Containing errors or discrepancies; in error by a stated amount.
- Not at home, or not at one's office or place of employment.
- Discarded; no longer a possibility.
- Open, public; public about or openly acknowledging some (usually specified) identity.
- Freed from from secrecy.
- Not inside or within something.
- Of the ball or other playing implement, falling or passing or being situated outside the bounds of the playing area.
- Not available; out of service.
- Not having availability of a service, such as power or communications.
- Openly acknowledging that one is LGBT+ (gay, trans, etc).
- Dismissed from play under the rules of the game.
- Not in jail, prison, or captivity; freed from confinement
- Not fitted or inserted into something.
- school is out tomorrow due to snow; when college is out for the summer, I'll head back to my home state
- Temporarily not in operation, or not being attended as usual.
- acceptable, permissible
- Not shining or burning.
noun
- A state in which a member of the batting team is removed from play due to the application of various rules of the game such as striking out, hitting a fly ball which is caught by the fielding team before bouncing, etc.
- A place or space outside of something; a nook or corner; an angle projecting outward; an open space.
- A dismissal; a state in which a member of the batting team finishes his turn at bat, due to the application of various rules of the game, such as the bowler knocking over the batsman's wicket with the ball.
- A means of exit, escape, reprieve, etc.
- A card which can make a hand a winner.
- One who, or that which, is out; especially, one who is out of office.
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- A radio procedure word meaning that the station is finished with its transmission and does not expect a response.
- Get out; begone; away!
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verb
- To reveal (a person) as LGBT+ (gay, trans, etc).
- To kill; to snuff out.
- To eject; to expel.
- To reveal (a person or organization) as having a certain secret, such as a being a secret agent or undercover detective.
- To come or go out; to get out or away; to become public, revealed, or apparent.
- To reveal (a secret).
adv
- Away from home or one's usual place.
- Away from; at a distance.
- Away from the inside, centre or other point of reference.
- Into a state of non-operation or non-existence.
- So as to be visible in the sky, and not covered by clouds, fog, etc.
- Of a player, so as to be disqualified from playing further by some action of a member of the opposing team (such as being stumped in cricket).
- To the end; completely.
- Outside; not indoors.
- Used to intensify or emphasize.
verb
- To supplant, or take the place of something or someone; to substitute.
- To move something, or someone, especially to forcibly move people from their homeland.
- To put out of place; to disarrange.
- To repress.
- To have a weight equal to that of the water displaced.
- To replace, on account of being superior to or more suitable than that which is being replaced.
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abbrev
noun
- Substitute.
- A formerly nonexistent character that was at some point mistakenly encoded into a character set standard, which might have since become used opportunistically for some genuine purpose.
- Remnant; the remains of a(n).
- Perceived or listed but not real.
- Abandoned.
- A covert (and deniable) agent.
- Transparent or translucent.
- An unwanted image similar to and overlapping or adjacent to the main one on a television screen, caused by the transmitted image being received both directly and via reflection.
- Of cryptid, supernatural or extraterrestrial nature.
- White or pale.
- A game in which players take turns to add a letter to a possible word, trying not to complete a word.
- A dead person whose identity is stolen by another. See ghosting.
- A nonexistent person invented to obtain some fraudulent benefit.
- An understudy.
- The disembodied soul; the soul or spirit of a deceased person; a spirit appearing after death.
- Someone whose identity cannot be established because there are no records of him/her.
- An image of a file or hard disk.
- Any faint shadowy semblance; an unsubstantial image.
- A false image formed in a telescope, camera, or other optical device by reflection from the surfaces of one or more lenses.
- The faint image that remains after an attempt to remove graffiti.
- An opponent in a racing game that follows a previously recorded route, allowing players to compete against previous best times.
- An unresponsive user on IRC, resulting from the user's client disconnecting without notifying the server.
- A ghostwriter.
- An unphysical state in a gauge theory.
verb
- To copy a file or hard drive image.
- To provide the speaking or singing voice for another actor, who is lip-syncing.
- To forcibly disconnect an IRC user who is using one's reserved nickname.
- To gray out (a visual item) to indicate that it is unavailable.
- To perform an act of ghosting: to break up with someone without warning or explanation; to ignore someone, especially on social media.
- To kill.
- To ghostwrite.
- To imbue with a ghost-like hue or effect.
- To sail seemingly without wind.
- To appear or move without warning, quickly and quietly; to slip.
- To transfer (a prisoner) to another prison without the prior knowledge of other inmates.
prep
noun
- a negating expression; an answer that shows disagreement, denial, refusal, or disapproval
- a vote not in favor, or opposing a proposition
particle
- Used to show disagreement, negation, denial, refusal, or prohibition.
- Used together with an affirmative word or phrase to show agreement.
- Used to show agreement with a negative question.
det
- Not any.
- Hardly any.
- Not (a); not properly, not really; not fully.
- Not any possibility or allowance of (doing something).
adv
- Used before different, before comparatives with more and less, and idiomatically before other comparatives.
- not
- Used idiomatically before certain other adjectives.
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adv
prep
noun
verb
adj
verb
- To take the place of; to be used instead of
- To place again.
- To put in a new or different place.
- To take over the position or role from.
- To restore to a former place, position, condition, etc.; to put back
- To refund; to repay; to pay back
- To supply or substitute an equivalent for
- To demolish (a building) and build an updated form of that building in its place.
verb
adj
verb
- To replace with something better.
- To improve, usually applied to technology, generally by complete replacement of one or more components
- To improve the equipment or furnishings of or services rendered to
- To replace a program with a later version of itself, a version having a higher version number or marketed under a more recent product name.
- To improve in condition or status.
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noun
- The transfer of substances or elements like gas, amino-acids, ions etc. sometimes through a surface like a membrane.
- The fourth through sixth digits of a ten-digit phone number (the first three before the introduction of area codes).
- The loss of a minor piece (typically a bishop or knight) and associated capture of the more advantageous rook.
- A telephone exchange.
- A conversation.
- An act of exchanging or trading.
- The difference between the values of money in different places.
- A place for conducting trading.
- The loss of one piece and associated capture of another.
adj
adj
verb
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adj
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- To usefully take the place as, instead of something else.
- To be useful to; to meet the needs of.
- To be a servant or worker; to perform the duties of a servant or employee; to render service.
- To officially deliver (a legal notice, summons etc.).
- To be a servant for; to work for, to be employed by.
- To be a formal servant for (a god or deity); to worship in an official capacity.
- To attractively display something (especially a body part) as part of one's personal appearance.
- To wind spun yarn etc. tightly around (a rope or cable, etc.) so as to protect it from chafing or from the weather.
- To lead off with the first delivery over the net in tennis, volleyball, ping pong, badminton etc.
- To perform (a public obligation).
- To set down (food or drink) on the table to be eaten; to bring (food, drink) to a person.
- To copulate with (of male animals); to cover.
- To present an attractive personal appearance.
- To provide crack cocaine (to), usually by selling, dealing, or distributing.
- To have a given use or purpose; to function for something or to do something.
- To work through (a given period of time in prison, a sentence).
- To evoke something (especially a person) with one's personal appearance.
- To be in military service.
- To make legal service upon (a person named in a writ, summons, etc.)
- To work, to operate (a weapon).
- To wait upon (someone) at table; to set food and drink in front of, to help (someone) to food, meals etc.
noun
noun
- A substitution.
- Something added to fill a gap.
- An intermediate result that must be stored temporarily during the course of a sparse matrix computation.
- A temporary replacement for another, especially at a job.
- A musical embellishment (usually percussion) that is added to connect musical phrases.
- A product category that is used to complete a range or variety of a product line.
- Something added to increase the size of something; padding or filler.
- A question or puzzle in which one is expected to fill in a missing part of something.
adj
adj
adj
adj
adj
verb
- To replace.
- To replace one's clothing.
- To replace the clothing of (the one wearing it).
- To change hand while riding (a horse).
- To transfer to another vehicle (train, bus, etc.)
- To become something different.
- To make something into something else.
noun
- The process of becoming different.
- A change-up pitch.
- An amount of cash, usually in the form of coins, but sometimes inclusive of paper money.
- Small denominations of money given in exchange for a larger denomination.
- Balance of money returned from the sum paid after deducting the price of a purchase.
- A transfer between vehicles.
- Any order in which a number of bells are struck, other than that of the diatonic scale.
- A replacement.
noun
- A departure from the correct way of acting.
- A detour to one side of the originally-planned flightpath (for instance, to avoid weather); the act of making such a detour.
- A detour in a road or railway.
- The act of deviating; wandering off the correct or true path or road.
- The voluntary and unnecessary departure of a ship from, or delay in, the regular and usual course of the specific voyage insured, thus releasing the underwriters from their responsibility.
- The shortest distance between the center of the target and the point where a projectile hits or bursts.
- For interval variables and ratio variables, a measure of difference between the observed value and the mean.
- The signed difference between a value and its reference value.
- The state or result of having deviated; a transgression; an act of sin; an error; an offense.
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