former
latter
one
which
such
firstcomer
biconceptual
personal pronoun
antecedence
exclusive
inclusive
you
opener
set apart
various and sundry
make mention of
multiphrasal
describee
multireferential
aforementioned
starter
denoter
neven
princeps
bifactorial
multievent
chicken-or-egg question
polylectic
launcher
aforesaid
number one
said
initializer
inceptual
maiden
both
parathesis
transnumeral
constitutor
unfolder
phrasal preposition
lixiviator
make mention
go narrow
preference
following
firstly
elaborator
referential
typifier
notable
becomer
mark
bipersonal
enabler
pick
represent
demonstrative
choice
significator
eponymous
selection
what
antecedental
mentioner
anybody's guess
encapsulator
aliased
engenderer
nomenclature
for openers
familiarizer
onomasticon
definite
historical
retro
explicator
articulator
multistatement
this
like
proto
the
whomever
biverbal
exemplifier
experiential
descriptional
either
call
bimental
justifier
whom
former
latter
biconceptual
exclusive
inclusive
various and sundry
multiphrasal
multireferential
bifactorial
multievent
polylectic
aforementioned
aforesaid
said
inceptual
maiden
transnumeral
referential
bipersonal
demonstrative
eponymous
antecedental
aliased
definite
historical
retro
multistatement
proto
biverbal
experiential
descriptional
bimental
firstly
for openers
firstcomer
personal pronoun
antecedence
former
opener
describee
aforementioned
starter
denoter
princeps
chicken-or-egg question
launcher
number one
initializer
parathesis
constitutor
unfolder
phrasal preposition
lixiviator
preference
following
elaborator
typifier
notable
becomer
enabler
pick
choice
significator
selection
mentioner
anybody's guess
encapsulator
engenderer
nomenclature
familiarizer
onomasticon
explicator
articulator
exemplifier
justifier
set apart
make mention of
neven
make mention
go narrow
mark
represent
call
pron
- The first mentioned of two things or people, as opposed to the other.
- Functions as a relative pronoun at the end of a relative clause.
- Any person (applying to people in general).
- One thing (among a group of others); one member of a group.
- Any person, entity or thing.
- Used as a noun substituent following a possessive determiner.
adj
- Whole, entire.
- Being an unknown person with the specified name; see also "a certain".
- The same.
- In agreement.
- Being a preeminent example.
- Sole, only.
- Being a single, unspecified thing; a; any.
- Of a period of time, being particular.
verb
particle
- Used to emphasize or explain something, with an implied antecedent.
- Used at the end of a sentence to highlight the characteristics of someone or something.
- A nominalizer; used to form a noun phrase without a head noun.
noun
- One run scored by hitting the ball and running between the wickets; a single.
- A joke or amusing anecdote.
- A particularly special or compatible person or thing.
- A one-dollar bill.
- Used instead of ! to amplify an exclamation, parodying unskilled typists who forget to press the shift key while typing exclamation points, thus typing "1".
- The neutral element with respect to multiplication in a ring.
- One o'clock, either a.m. or p.m.
- The digit or figure 1.
num
noun
- That which precedes something or someone (e.g. prior events, origin, ancestry).
- The length of time by which one event or time period precedes another.
- The relationship between a pronoun and its antecedent.
- The relationship of preceding something in time or order.
- A geologic process that explains how and why antecedent rivers can cut through mountain systems instead of going around them.
adj
- Of or relating to the first-person plural pronoun when excluding the person being addressed.
- Having a romantic or sexual relationship with one another, to the exclusion of others.
- Excluding items or members that do not meet certain conditions.
- Referring to a membership organisation, service or product: of high quality and/or renown, for superior members only. A snobbish usage, suggesting that members who do not meet requirements, which may be financial, of celebrity, religion, skin colour etc., are excluded.
- Exclusionary.
- Whole, undivided, entire.
noun
det
- Used before epithets, describing the person being addressed, for emphasis.
- The individual or group spoken or written to.
noun
pron
- Anyone, one; an unspecified individual or group of individuals (as subject or object).
- (To) yourselves, (to) yourself.
- The people spoken to or written to, as a subject. (Replacing ye.)
- The person spoken to or written to, as an object. (Replacing thee; originally as a mark of respect.)
- The people spoken, or written to, as an object.
- The person spoken to or written to, as a subject. (Originally as a mark of respect.)
verb
noun
- The first in a series of events, items etc.; the first remark or sentence of a conversation.
- A person who opens something.
- A device that opens something; specifically a tin-opener/can-opener, or a bottle opener.
- An establishment that opens.
- The player who starts the betting.
- The first act in a variety show or concert.
- The first goal or point scored.
- A period of time when it is legal to commercially fish.
- Cards of sufficient value to enable a player to open the betting.
- A person employed to separate sheets of hot metal that become stuck together.
- A batsman who normally plays in the first two positions of an innings.
- The first game played in a competition.
- A pitcher who specializes in getting the first outs of a game before being replaced, either by a long reliever or a pitcher who would normally start.
noun
- Someone who starts, or who starts something.
- A player in the lineup of players that a team fields at the beginning of a game.
- A short length of rope formerly used for casual chastisement in the Navy.
- A railway signal controlling the starting of trains from a station or some other location, more fully called a starter signal or starting signal.
- A yeast culture used to start a fermentation process.
- A device that initiates the flow of high voltage electricity in a fluorescent lamp.
- The first course of a meal, consisting of a small, usually savoury, dish.
- A dog that rouses game.
- The person who starts a race by firing a gun or waving a flag.
- A starting pitcher.
- An electric motor that starts an internal combustion engine.
- A person employed to take new players to the first tee at suitable intervals, and to provide them with caddies and equipment.
- Something with which to begin; a first property, etc.
noun
- The placing of two or more nouns in the same case; apposition.
- A parenthetical notice, usually of matter to be afterward expanded.
- The matter contained within brackets.
- A thorough examination of a topic, juxtaposing both thesis and antithesis in order to achieve a final synthesis.
- An abstract idea that embodies a shared social worldview.
verb
noun
- The selection of one thing or person over others (with the main adposition being "for" in relation to the thing or person, but possibly also "of")
- The option to so select, and the one selected.
- The state of being preferred over others.
- Preferans, a card game, principally played in Eastern Europe.
- A strong liking or personal valuation.
- A preferential bias; partiality; discrimination.
verb
verb
- To distinguish (one person or thing from another).
- To choose or intend (someone) for a particular end or purpose.
- To identify (someone as a particular type of person or as having a particular role).
- To focus one's attention on (something or someone); to pay attention to, to take note of.
- To catch the ball directly from a kick of 15 metres or more without having been touched in transit, resulting in a free kick.
- To have a long-lasting negative impact on (someone or something).
- To put a mark on (something); to make (something) recognizable by a mark; to label or write on (something).
- To leave a mark (often an undesirable or unwanted one) on (something).
- To indicate (something) in writing or by other symbols.
- To be a point in time or space at which something takes place; to accompany or be accompanied by (an event, action, etc.); to coincide with.
- To create (a mark) on a surface.
- To hold (someone) in one's line of sight.
- To celebrate or acknowledge (an event) through an action of some kind.
- To indicate the correctness of and give a score to (a school assignment, exam answers, etc.).
- To record that (someone) has a particular status.
- To put a marker in the place of one's ball.
- To sing softly, sometimes an octave lower than usual, in order to protect one's voice during a rehearsal.
- To create an indication of (a location).
- To keep account of; to enumerate and register; to keep score.
- To assign (someone) to a particular category or class.
- To be an indication of (something); to show where (something) is located.
- To follow a player not in possession of the ball when defending, to prevent them receiving a pass easily.
- To be typical or characteristic of (something).
noun
- A particular design or make of an item (now usually with following numeral).
- A score for a sporting achievement.
- A stamp or other indication of provenance, quality etc.
- A stone or post used to indicate position and guide travellers.
- A half pound, a traditional unit of mass equivalent to 226.8 g.
- A common, or area of common land, especially among early Germanic peoples.
- Importance, noteworthiness. (Generally in postmodifier “of mark”.)
- A catch of the ball directly from a kick of 10 metres or more without having been touched in transit, resulting in a free kick.
- A visible impression or sign; a blemish, scratch, or stain, whether accidental or intentional.
- A sign or brand on a person.
- A target for shooting at with a projectile.
- Other similar currencies notionally equal to a mark of silver or gold.
- The model number of a device; a device model.
- A specified level on a scale denoting gas-powered oven temperatures.
- An omen; a symptomatic indicator of something.
- A characteristic or essential attribute; a differential.
- An official note that is added to a record kept about someone's behavior or performance.
- The target or intended victim of a swindle, fixed game or con game.
- One of the bits of leather or coloured bunting placed upon a sounding line at intervals of from two to five fathoms. (The unmarked fathoms are called "deeps".)
- An indication or sign used for reference or measurement.
- Attention.
- Badge or sign of honour, rank, or official station.
- A characteristic feature.
- A written character or sign.
- A half pound, a former English and Scottish currency equivalent to 13 shillings and fourpence and notionally equivalent to a mark of sterling silver.
- The line indicating an athlete's starting-point.
- Similar half-pound units in other measurement systems, chiefly used for gold and silver.
- A score for finding the correct answer, or other academic achievement; the sum of such points gained as out of a possible total.
- Limit or standard of action or fact.
- A former currency of Germany and West Germany.
noun
- the person or thing chosen or selected
- the quantity of a crop that is harvested
- the best people or things in a group
- the yarn woven across the warp yarn in weaving
- a small thin device (of metal or plastic or ivory) used to pluck a stringed instrument
- a thin sharp implement used for removing unwanted material
- a heavy iron tool with a wooden handle and a curved head that is pointed on both ends
- a basketball maneuver; obstructing an opponent with one's body
- the act of choosing or selecting
verb
- select carefully from a group
- look for and gather
- harass with constant criticism
- provoke
- remove in small bits
- remove unwanted substances from, such as feathers or pits
- pilfer or rob
- pay for something
- pull lightly but sharply with a plucking motion
- attack with or as if with a pickaxe of ice or rocky ground, for example
- hit lightly with a picking motion
- eat intermittently; take small bites of
verb
- describe or present, usually with respect to a particular quality
- take the place of or be parallel or equivalent to
- express indirectly by an image, form, or model; be a symbol
- be representative or typical for
- be a delegate or spokesperson for; represent somebody's interest or be a proxy or substitute for, as of politicians and office holders representing their constituents, or of a tenant representing other tenants in a housing dispute
- serve as a means of expressing something
- be typical of
- form or compose
- be the defense counsel for someone in a trial
- create an image or likeness of
- play a role or part
- perform (a play), especially on a stage
- point out or draw attention to in protest or remonstrance
- bring forward and present to the mind
- to establish a mapping (of mathematical elements or sets)
pron
- Which thing, event, circumstance, etc.: used in asking for the specification of an identity, quantity, quality, etc.
- That which; those that; the thing(s) that.
- That; which; who.
- Anything that; all that; whatever.
det
- Any ... that; all ... that; whatever.
- Used to form exclamations.
- Which, especially which of an open-ended set of possibilities.
- Emphasises that something is noteworthy or remarkable in quality or degree, in either a good or bad way; may be used in combination with certain other determiners, especially 'a', less often 'some'.
- Which; the ... that.
particle
noun
- Something that is addressed by what, as opposed to a person, addressed by who.
- The identity of a thing, as an answer to a question of what.
adv
- In what way; to what extent.
- Used before a prepositional phrase to emphasise that something is taken into consideration as a cause or reason; usually used in combination with 'with' (see what with), and much less commonly with other prepositions.
intj
noun
adj
- Of, concerning, or in accordance with the past generally.
- Of, concerning, or in accordance with recorded history, (particularly) as opposed to legends, myths, and fictions.
- About history; depicting persons or events from history.
- One of various tenses or moods used to tell about past events, historic (tense).
- Set in the past.
- Synonym of historic: important or likely to be important to history and historians.
- Of, concerning, or in accordance with the scholarly discipline of history.
- Done in the manner of a historian: written as a development over time or in accordance with the historical method.
- Former, erstwhile; (religious, obsolete) lapsed, nominal.
- Forming compound adjectives with the meaning "historical/~" or "historically"
noun
noun
det
- The known (thing) (used in indicating something or someone about to be mentioned).
- The (thing) here (used in indicating something or someone nearby).
- A known (thing) (used in first mentioning a person or thing that the speaker does not think is known to the audience). Compare with "a certain ...".
- The known (thing) (used in indicating something or someone just mentioned).
- Designates the current or next instance.
- Referring to oneself.
intj
pron
noun
adv
prep
- Used to ask for a description or opinion of someone or something
- Typical of
- Approximating
- In the manner of, similarly to
- Such as
- Similar to, reminiscent of
- As if there would be
verb
- To prefer and maintain (an action) as a regular habit or activity.
- To be likely.
- To show support for, or approval of, something posted on the Internet by marking it with a vote.
- To want, desire. See also would like.
- To enjoy, be pleased by; favor; be in favor of.
- To find attractive; to prefer the company of; to have mild romantic feelings for.
- To accept as an input.
particle
- A delayed filler.
- Likely.
- Indicating approximation or uncertainty.
- Used to precede an approximate quotation or paraphrase or an expression of something that happened.
adj
adv
conj
noun
- An individual vote showing support for, approval of, or enjoyment of, something posted on the Internet.
- The stroke that equalizes the number of strokes played by the opposing player or side.
- Something that a person likes (prefers).
- Someone similar to a given person, or something similar to a given object; a comparative; a type; a sort.
article
- Used before an adjective, indicating all things (especially persons) described by that adjective.
- Introducing a singular term to be taken generically: preceding a name of something standing for a whole class.
- Used to indicate a certain example of (a noun) which is usually of most concern or most common or familiar.
- Added to a superlative or an ordinal number to make it into a substantive.
- Used before a body part (especially of someone previously mentioned), as an alternative to a possessive pronoun.
- When stressed, indicates that it describes an object which is considered to be best or exclusively worthy of attention.
- Definite grammatical article that implies necessarily that an entity it hints at is presupposed; something already mentioned, or completely specified later in that same sentence, or assumed already completely specified.
- Used before an object considered to be unique, or of which there is only one at a time.
- Used before a noun modified by a restrictive relative clause, indicating that the noun refers to a single referent defined by the relative clause.
- Used before a superlative or an ordinal number modifying a noun, to indicate that the noun refers to a single item.
prep
adv
verb
- Of a person, to have as one's name; of a thing, to have as its name.
- To require, demand.
- To scold.
- To rouse from sleep; to awaken.
- To jump to (another part of a program) to perform some operation, returning to the original point on completion.
- (of a fielder): To shout to other fielders that he intends to take a catch (thus avoiding collisions).
- To state, or estimate, approximately or loosely; to characterize without strict regard to fact.
- To request, summon, or beckon.
- To cause to be verbally subjected to.
- To state, or invoke a rule, in many games such as bridge, craps, jacks, and so on.
- To come to pass; to afflict.
- To match the current bet amount, in preparation for a raise in the same turn. (Usually, players are forbidden to announce one's play this way.)
- To predict.
- To contact by telephone.
- To pay a (social) visit (often used with "on", "round", or "at"; used by salespeople with "again" to invite customers to come again).
- To name or refer to.
- To cry or shout.
- To equal the same amount that other players are currently betting.
- (of a batsman): To shout directions to the other batsman on whether or not they should take a run.
- To stop at a station or port.
- To claim the existence of some malfeasance; to denounce as.
- To declare (an effort or project) to be a failure.
- To utter in a loud or distinct voice.
- To formally recognise a death: especially to announce and record the time, place and fact of a person’s death.
- To declare in advance.
- To request that one's band play (a particular tune).
- To lay claim to an object or role which is up for grabs.
- To tell in advance which shot one is attempting.
- To demand repayment of a loan.
- To announce the early extinction of a debt by prepayment, usually at a premium.
- To make a decision as a referee or umpire.
noun
- A short visit, usually for social purposes.
- A whistle or pipe, used by the boatswain and his mate to summon the sailors to duty.
- A cry or shout.
- A reference to, or statement of, an object, course, distance, or other matter of description in a survey or grant requiring or calling for a corresponding object, etc., on the land.
- A lawyer who was called to the bar (became licensed as a lawyer) in a specified year.
- The characteristic cry of a bird or other animal.
- The right to speak at a given time during a debate or other public event; the floor.
- An invitation to take charge of or serve a church as its pastor.
- An instance of calling someone on the telephone.
- Need; necessity.
- The state of being the batsman whose role it is to call (depends on where the ball goes.)
- A decision or judgement.
- A statement of a particular state, or rule, made in many games such as bridge, craps, jacks, and so on.
- A telephone conversation; a phone call.
- The act of matching a bet made by a player who has previously bet in the same round of betting.
- A note blown on the horn to encourage the dogs in a hunt.
- A meeting with a client for paid sex; hookup; job.
- A beckoning or summoning.
- A visit by a ship or boat to a port.
- A pipe or other instrument to call birds or animals by imitating their note or cry. A game call.
- A work shift which requires one to be available when requested, i.e. on call.
- The act of jumping to a subprogram, saving the means to return to the original point.
- The act of calling to the other batsman.
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