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noun
- The act of taking possession.
- The point when a musician starts to play or sing; entrance.
- The act of entering.
- A doorway that provides a means of entering a building.
- Permission to enter.
- The start of an insurance contract.
- An item in a list, such as an article in a dictionary or encyclopedia.
- A record made in a log, diary or anything similarly organized; (computing) a datum in a database.
- A term at any position in a matrix.
- A small room immediately inside the front door of a house or other building, often having an access to a stairway and leading on to other rooms
- The introduction of new hounds into a pack.
- A small group formed within a church, especially Episcopal, for simple dinner and fellowship, and to help facilitate new friendships
- A passageway between terraced houses that provides a means of entering a back garden or yard.
- The exhibition or depositing of a ship's papers at the customhouse, to procure licence to land goods; or the giving an account of a ship's cargo to the officer of the customs, and obtaining his permission to land the goods.
verb
- take into one's possession
- carry out
- require (time or space)
- take somebody somewhere
- get into one's hands, take physically
- take on a certain form, attribute, or aspect
- interpret something in a certain way; convey a particular meaning or impression
- take something or somebody with oneself somewhere
- travel or go by means of a certain kind of transportation, or a certain route
- pick out, select, or choose from a number of alternatives
- receive willingly something given or offered
- assume, as of positions or roles
- take into consideration for exemplifying purposes
- require as useful, just, or proper
- experience or feel or submit to
- make a film or photograph of something
- remove something concrete, as by lifting, pushing, or taking off, or remove something abstract
- serve oneself to, or consume regularly
- accept or undergo, often unwillingly
- make use of or accept for some purpose
- conquer by force
- occupy or take on
- admit into a group or community
- ascertain or determine by measuring, computing or take a reading from a dial
- be a student of a certain subject
- take as an undesirable consequence of some event or state of affairs
- head into a specified direction
- point or cause to go (blows, weapons, or objects such as photographic equipment) towards
- be seized or affected in a specified way
- have with oneself; have on one's person
- engage for service under a term of contract
- receive or obtain regularly
- buy, select
- to get into a position of having, e.g., safety, comfort
- have sex with; archaic use
- lay claim to; as of an idea
- be designed to hold or take
- be capable of holding or containing
- develop a habit
- proceed along in a vehicle
- obtain by winning
- be stricken by an illness, fall victim to an illness
noun
noun
- A right to take possession.
- In Roman and Scots law, the taking of property by one person in place of another.
- An act of following in sequence.
- A group of rocks or strata that succeed one another in chronological order.
- A race or series of descendants.
- A sequence of things in order.
- A passing of royal powers.
- Rotation, as of crops.
adv
- from one's possession
- away from home
- moving or appearing to move away from a place, especially one that is enclosed or hidden
adj
- being out or having grown cold
- not worth considering as a possibility
- out of power; especially having been unsuccessful in an election
- excluded from use or mention
- directed outward or serving to direct something outward
- no longer fashionable
- outside or external
- outer or outlying
- knocked unconscious by a heavy blow
noun
adj
verb
adv
- from one's possession
- from a particular thing or place or position (`forth' is obsolete)
- out of the way (especially away from one's thoughts)
- out of existence
- at a distance in space or time
- indicating continuing action; continuously or steadily
- so as to be removed or gotten rid of
- freely or at will
- in or into a proper place (especially for storage or safekeeping)
- in a different direction
- in reserve; not for immediate use
adj
adj
noun
- The act of taking possession, as of property, or of office.
- The place of entering, as a gate or doorway.
- The right to go in.
- The bow, or entire wedgelike forepart of a vessel, below the water line.
- The action of entering, or going in.
- The entering upon; the beginning, or that with which the beginning is made; the commencement; initiation.
- The beginning of a musician's playing or singing; entry.
- The causing to be entered upon a register, as a ship or goods, at a customhouse; an entering.
- The angle which the bow of a vessel makes with the water at the water line.
verb
verb
- come into the possession of
- descend in free fall under the influence of gravity
- move downward and lower, but not necessarily all the way
- pass suddenly and passively into a state of body or mind
- come under, be classified or included
- fall from clouds
- suffer defeat, failure, or ruin
- die, as in battle or in a hunt
- touch or seem as if touching visually or audibly
- be captured
- occur at a specified time or place
- decrease in size, extent, or range
- yield to temptation or sin
- lose office or power
- to be given by assignment or distribution
- move in a specified direction
- be due
- lose one's chastity
- to be given by right or inheritance
- fall to somebody by assignment or lot; passed
- be inherited by
- slope downward
- lose an upright position suddenly
- drop oneself to a lower or less erect position
- fall or flow in a certain way
- assume a disappointed or sad expression
- be cast down
- come out; issue
- be born, used chiefly of lambs
- begin vigorously
- go as if by falling
- come as if by falling
noun
- the season when the leaves fall from the trees
- a sudden drop from an upright position
- a downward slope or bend
- a lapse into sin; a loss of innocence or of chastity
- a sudden decline in strength or number or importance
- a movement downward
- the act of surrendering (usually under agreed conditions)
- the time of day immediately following sunset
- when a wrestler's shoulders are forced to the mat
- a free and rapid descent by the force of gravity
- a sudden sharp decrease in some quantity
verb
- get something; come into possession of
- have or possess, either in a concrete or an abstract sense
- have as a feature
- go through (mental or physical states or experiences)
- have ownership or possession of
- cause to move; cause to be in a certain position or condition
- serve oneself to, or consume regularly
- have a personal or business relationship with someone
- organize or be responsible for
- have left
- be confronted with
- undergo
- suffer from; be ill with
- cause to do; cause to act in a specified manner
- receive willingly something given or offered
- undergo (as of injuries and illnesses)
- achieve a point or goal
- cause to be born
- have sex with; archaic use
noun
verb
- get something; come into possession of
- receive a specified treatment (abstract)
- register (perceptual input)
- go through (mental or physical states or experiences)
- express willingness to have in one's home or environs
- accept as true or valid
- bid welcome to; greet upon arrival
- convert into sounds or pictures
- experience as a reaction
- have or give a reception
- receive as a retribution or punishment
- partake of the Holy Eucharist sacrament
- regard favorably or with disapproval
noun
- The physical act of seizing or taking hold of (something); seizing.
- Opinion; conception; sentiment; idea.
- Anticipation, especially of unfavorable things such as dread or fear or the prospect of something unpleasant in the future.
- The faculty by which ideas are conceived or by which perceptions are grasped; understanding.
- Perception; the act of understanding using one's intellect without affirming, denying, or passing any judgment
- The act of seizing or taking by legal process; arrest.
noun
verb
noun
noun
verb
suffix
- possession of
- presence of a quality in any degree (typically abundance of)
- relation or pertinence to
- Used in chemical nomenclature to name chemical compounds in which a specified chemical element has a lower oxidation number than in the equivalent compound whose name ends in the suffix -ic. For example sulphuric acid (H₂SO₄) has more oxygen atoms per molecule than sulphurous acid (H₂SO₃). See Inorganic nomenclature.
verb
- To acquire as an actual possession; to obtain as the result of plans and efforts; to gain; to get
- To become aware of (a fact or situation, especially of something that has been true for a long time).
- To cause to seem real to other people.
- To turn an abstract linguistic object into actual language, especially said of a phoneme's conversion into speech sound.
- To make real; to convert from the imaginary or fictitious into reality; to bring into real existence
- To convert any kind of property into money, especially property representing investments, such as shares, bonds, etc.
- To sense vividly or strongly; to make one's own in thought or experience.
noun
- Ownership; taking, holding, keeping something as one's own.
- The condition or affliction of being possessed by a demon or other supernatural entity.
- Control of the ball; the opportunity to be on the offensive.
- A disposal of the ball during a game, i.e. a kick or a handball.
- Something that is owned.
- Control or occupancy of something for which one does not necessarily have private property rights.
- A territory under the rule of another country.
- The condition of being under the control of strong emotion or madness.
- A syntactic relationship between two nouns or nominals that may be used to indicate ownership.
adj
- Owning something; having ownership.
- Created or manufactured exclusively by the owner of intellectual property rights, as with a patent or trade secret.
- Of or relating to property or ownership.
- Nonstandard and controlled by one particular organization.
- Privately owned.
- Possessive, jealous, or territorial.
noun
prep
- In the possession of.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
verb
noun
noun
- the act of taking something that is offered
- the mental attitude that something is believable and should be accepted as true
- the act of accepting with approval; favorable reception
- the state of being acceptable and accepted
- (contract law) words signifying consent to the terms of an offer (thereby creating a contract)
- a time draft drawn on and accepted by a bank
- a disposition to tolerate or accept people or situations
noun
- the act of occupying or taking possession of a building
- the principal activity in your life that you do to earn money
- the control of a country by military forces of a foreign power
- any activity that occupies a person's attention
- the period of time during which a place or position or nation is occupied
noun
- The exclusive right of possessing, enjoying and disposing of a thing.
- A script, book, screenplay, or the like that is on the market or has been bought for commercial production as a stage play, movie, or the like.
- Real estate; the business of selling houses.
- An editable or read-only parameter associated with an application, component or class.
- Something that is owned.
- A produced stage play, movie, or the like.
- A piece of real estate, such as a parcel of land.
- An attribute or abstract quality which is characteristic of a class of objects.
- An attribute or abstract quality associated with an individual, object or concept.
- A prop, an object used in a dramatic production.
noun
- The act of seizing or capturing.
- The act of noticing, understanding or hearing.
- A crick; a sudden muscle pain during unaccustomed positioning when the muscle is in use.
- A stopping mechanism, especially a clasp which stops something from opening.
- The game of catching a ball.
- A hesitation in voice, caused by strong emotion.
- A find, in particular a boyfriend or girlfriend or prospective spouse.
- A fragment of music or poetry.
- The act of catching a hit ball before it reaches the ground, resulting in an out.
- Passing opportunities seized; snatches.
- The act of catching an object in motion, especially a ball.
- A type of humorous round in which the voices gradually catch up with one another; usually sung by men and often having bawdy lyrics.
- A slight remembrance; a trace.
- A crop which has germinated and begun to grow.
- The first contact of an oar with the water.
- A concealed difficulty, especially in a deal or negotiation.
- A player in respect of his catching ability; particularly one who catches well.
- A stoppage of breath, resembling a slight cough.
- The refrain; a line or lines of a song which are repeated from verse to verse.
- Something which is captured or caught.
verb
- To attract and hold (a faculty or organ of sense).
- To grasp mentally: perceive and understand.
- To unpleasantly discover unexpectedly; to unpleasantly surprise (someone doing something).
- To acquire, as though by infection; to take on through sympathy or infection.
- To make a grasping or snatching motion (at).
- To take or replenish something necessary, such as breath or sleep.
- Of fire, to spread or be conveyed to.
- To be held back or impeded.
- To get pregnant.
- To end a player's innings by catching a hit ball before the first bounce.
- To be the victim of (something unpleasant, painful etc.).
- To entrap or trip up a person; to deceive.
- To reach (someone) with a strike, blow, weapon etc.
- To be hit by something.
- To receive or be affected by (wind, water, fire etc.).
- To have something be held back or impeded.
- To contact a wave in such a way that one can ride it back to shore.
- To travel by means of.
- To become infected by (an illness).
- To reproduce or echo a spirit or idea faithfully.
- To serve well or poorly for catching, especially for catching fish.
- To seize or intercept an object moving through the air (or, sometimes, some other medium).
- To grip (the water) with one's oars at the beginning of the stroke.
- To become pregnant. (Only in past tense or as participle.)
- To charm or entrance.
- To grip or entangle.
- To handle an exception.
- To play (a specific period of time) as the catcher.
- To spread by infection or similar means.
- To take in; to watch or listen to (an entertainment).
- To engage with some mechanism; to stick, to succeed in interacting with something or initiating some process.
- To capture or snare (someone or something which would rather escape).
- To germinate and set down roots.
- To be touched or affected by (something) through exposure.
- To overtake or catch up to; to be in time for.
verb
- To get possession of; to make oneself secure of; to acquire certainly.
- To make fast; to close or confine effectually; to render incapable of getting loose or escaping.
- To make safe; to relieve from apprehensions of, or exposure to, danger; to guard; to protect.
- To put beyond hazard of losing or of not receiving; to make certain; to assure; frequently with against or from, or formerly with of.
adj
- Free from the danger of theft; safe.
- Certain to be achieved or gained; assured.
- Free from attack or danger; protected.
- Free from the risk of eavesdropping, interception or discovery; secret.
- Confident in opinion; not entertaining, or not having reason to entertain, doubt; certain; sure; commonly used with of.
- Free from anxiety or doubt; unafraid.
- Free from the risk of financial loss; reliable.
- Firm and not likely to fail; stable.
noun
verb
- move while supporting, either in a vehicle or in one's hands or on one's body
- have with oneself; have on one's person
- transmit or serve as the medium for transmission
- serve as a means for expressing something
- bear or be able to bear the weight, pressure,or responsibility of
- support or hold in a certain manner
- contain or hold; have within
- extend to a certain degree
- continue or extend
- be necessarily associated with or result in or involve
- win in an election
- include, as on a list
- behave in a certain manner
- have on hand
- include as the content; broadcast or publicize
- propel
- pass on a communication
- have as an inherent or characteristic feature or have as a consequence
- be conveyed over a certain distance
- keep up with financial support
- have or possess something abstract
- be equipped with (a mast or sail)
- win approval or support for
- compensate for a weaker partner or member by one's own performance
- take further or advance
- have on the surface or on the skin
- capture after a fight
- transfer (entries) from one account book to another
- transfer (a number, cipher, or remainder) to the next column or unit's place before or after, in addition or multiplication
- pursue a line of scent or be a bearer
- bear (a crop)
- propel or give impetus to
- drink alcohol without showing ill effects
- be able to feed
- have a certain range
- cover a certain distance or advance beyond
- secure the passage or adoption (of bills and motions)
- be successful in
- sing or play against other voices or parts
- be pregnant with
noun
verb
- To take possession of or claim (an idea, person, event, etc.) as one's own; to assimilate, absorb, annex, co-opt.
- To take up, embrace, enact, or turn eagerly to (a plan, idea, ideology, cause, practice, method, etc.); to grasp, understand, and accept quickly; to adopt wholeheartedly or vigorously.
- To grasp or take hold of (an object) suddenly, forcibly, or tightly.
noun
noun
- the act of deciding to do something
- the act of changing your residence or place of business
- a change of position that does not entail a change of location
- the act of changing location from one place to another
- (game) a player's turn to take some action permitted by the rules of the game
verb
- change location; move, travel, or proceed, also metaphorically
- cause to move or shift into a new position or place, both in a concrete and in an abstract sense
- move so as to change position, perform a nontranslational motion
- change residence, affiliation, or place of employment
- follow a procedure or take a course
- be in a state of action
- go or proceed from one point to another
- perform an action, or work out or perform (an action)
- have an emotional or cognitive impact upon
- give an incentive for action
- arouse sympathy or compassion in
- dispose of by selling
- progress by being changed
- live one's life in a specified environment
- have a turn; make one's move in a game
- propose formally; in a debate or parliamentary meeting
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