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noun
- the psychological feature that arouses an organism to action toward a desired goal; the reason for the action; that which gives purpose and direction to behavior
- a theme that is repeated or elaborated in a piece of music
- a design or figure that consists of recurring shapes or colors, as in architecture or decoration
adj
noun
- (psychology) the aggregate of the responses or reactions or movements made by an organism in any situation
- manner of acting or controlling yourself
- the action or reaction of something (as a machine or substance) under specified circumstances
- (behavioral attributes) the way a person behaves toward other people
noun
- (psychology) the aggregate of the responses or reactions or movements made by an organism in any situation
- the action or reaction of something (as a machine or substance) under specified circumstances
- (behavioral attributes) the way a person behaves toward other people
- manner of acting or controlling yourself
noun
- A set of intended actions, usually mutually related, through which one expects to achieve a goal.
- A drawing showing technical details of a building, machine, etc., with unwanted details omitted, and often using symbols rather than detailed drawing to represent doors, valves, etc.
- A subscription to a service.
- A method; a way of procedure; a custom.
- A two-dimensional drawing of a building as seen from above with obscuring or irrelevant details such as roof removed, or of a floor of a building, revealing the internal layout; as distinct from the elevation.
verb
verb
- To urge or encourage to action, or to a more vigorous pursuit of an object
- To press forward; to travel in great haste.
- To prod (especially a horse) on the side or flank, with the intent to urge motion or haste, to gig.
- To form a spur (senses 17-18 of the noun)
- To put spurs on.
noun
- A curved piece of timber serving as a half to support the deck where a whole beam cannot be placed.
- Ergotized rye or other grain.
- A tern.
- A branch of a vein.
- A piece of timber fixed on the bilgeways before launching, having the upper ends bolted to the vessel's side.
- Any protruding part connected at one end, for instance a highway that extends from another highway into a city.
- A jab given with the spurs.
- Roots, tree roots.
- A very short branch line of a railway line.
- The track of an animal, such as an otter; a spoor.
- A projection from the round base of a column, occupying the angle of a square plinth upon which the base rests, or bringing the bottom bed of the base to a nearly square form. It is generally carved in leafage.
- A wall in a fortification that crosses a part of a rampart and joins to an inner wall.
- A mountain that shoots from another mountain or range and extends some distance in a lateral direction, or at right angles.
- A rigid implement, often roughly y-shaped, that is fixed to one's heel for the purpose of prodding a horse. Often worn by, and emblematic of, the cowboy or the knight.
- Anything that inspires or motivates, as a spur does a horse.
- A spiked iron worn by seamen upon the bottom of the boot, to enable them to stand upon the carcass of a whale to strip off the blubber.
- An appendage or spike pointing rearward, near the foot, for instance that of a rooster.
- A brace strengthening a post and some connected part, such as a rafter or crossbeam; a strut.
- A short branch road of a motorway, freeway or major road.
- The short wooden buttress of a post.
- A spurious tone, one that interferes with a signal in a circuit and is often masked underneath that signal.
- A short thin side shoot from a branch, especially one that bears fruit or, in conifers, the shoots that bear the leaves.
noun
- A motive for an action or a determination.
- 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.
- Rational thinking (or the capacity for it); the cognitive faculties, collectively, of conception, judgment, deduction and intuition.
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.
adj
- Pertaining to purpose, as reflected in behaviour or mental activity.
- Serving a particular purpose; adapted to a given purpose, especially through natural evolution.
- Done or performed with a conscious purpose or intent.
- Pertaining to or demonstrating purpose.
- Possessed of a firm purpose.
- Of a clause or conjunction: expressing purpose.
noun
- (psychology) a stimulus that strengthens or weakens the behavior that produced it
- a military operation (often involving new supplies of men and materiel) to strengthen a military force or aid in the performance of its mission
- information that makes more forcible or convincing
- a device designed to provide additional strength
- an act performed to strengthen approved behavior
verb
- Of faculties, senses, etc.: to adapt to or direct towards a particular target.
- To adjust (a musical instrument) so that it produces the correct pitches.
- To attune; to adapt in style of music; to make harmonious.
- to adjust the parameters of singing voice synthesis software such as VOCALOID (in order to achieve certain singing techniques, increase the human quality of the voice, etc.)
- To adjust or modify (esp. a mechanical or electrical device) so that it functions optimally.
- To adjust the frequency on a radio or TV set, so as to receive the desired channel.
- To be impudent towards; to cheek.
- To make more precise, intense, or effective; to put into a proper state or disposition.
- To give a certain tone or character to.
intj
noun
noun
- An action or statement in response to a stimulus or other event.
- A transformation in which one or more substances is converted into another by combination or decomposition.
- An icon or emoji appended to a posted message by a user to express their feeling about it.
- Reactionary politics; a period in which reactionary thought or politics is resurgent or dominant.
noun
- The act of an elevating or stimulating influence upon the intellect, emotions or creativity.
- A new idea, especially one which arises suddenly and is clever or creative.
- A person, object, or situation which quickens or stimulates an influence upon the intellect, emotions or creativity.
- The drawing of air into the lungs, accomplished in mammals by elevation of the chest walls and flattening of the diaphragm, as part of the act of respiration.
- A supernatural divine influence on the prophets, apostles, or sacred writers, by which they were qualified to communicate moral or religious truth with authority; a supernatural influence which qualifies people to receive and communicate divine truth; also, the truth communicated.
- A breath, a single inhalation.
verb
- To produce an appropriate physical effect; to issue in the result designed by nature; especially (medicine) to take appropriate effect on the human system.
- To deal in stocks or any commodity with a view to speculative profits.
- To perform some manual act upon a human body in a methodical manner, and usually with instruments, with a view to restore soundness or health, as in amputation, lithotomy, etc.
- To act or produce effect on the mind; to exert moral power or influence.
- To perform a work or labour; to exert power or strength, physical or mechanical; to act.
- To produce, as an effect; to cause.
- To put into, or to continue in, operation or activity; to work.
noun
- Actions designed to achieve some purpose; plans.
- A unit of measurement.
- A piece of legislation.
- A standard against which something can be judged; a criterion.
- Any of various standard units of capacity.
- An (unspecified) portion or quantity.
- A function that assigns a non-negative number to a given set following the mathematical nature that is common among length, volume, probability and the like.
- A ruler, measuring stick, or graduated tape used to take measurements.
- The size of someone or something, as ascertained by measuring. (Now chiefly in make to measure.)
- A bed or stratum.
- A limit that cannot be exceeded; a bound. (Now chiefly in set phrases.)
- A musical designation consisting of all notes and or rests delineated by two vertical bars; an equal and regular division of the whole of a composition; a bar.
- The manner of ordering and combining the quantities, or long and short syllables; meter; rhythm; hence, a metrical foot.
- A receptacle or vessel of a standard size, capacity etc. as used to deal out specific quantities of some substance.
verb
- To ascertain the quantity of a unit of material via calculated comparison with respect to a standard.
- To be of (a certain size), to have (a certain measurement)
- To estimate the unit size of something.
- To adjust by a rule or standard.
- To traverse, cross, pass along; to travel over.
- To judge, value, or appraise.
- To allot or distribute by measure; to set off or apart by measure; often with out or off.
- To obtain or set apart; to mark in even increments.
noun
- the activity of contributing to the fulfillment of a need or furtherance of an effort or purpose
- a person who contributes to the fulfillment of a need or furtherance of an effort or purpose
- a person or thing that is a resource that helps make something easier or possible to do
- a means of serving
verb
noun
- the activity of contributing to the fulfillment of a need or furtherance of an effort or purpose
- a person or thing that is a resource that helps make something easier or possible to do
- gift of money or other material help to support a person or cause
- the work of providing treatment for or attending to someone or something
verb
verb
- direct toward itself or oneself by means of some psychological power or physical attributes
- cause to move by pulling
- move into a certain direction
- apply force so as to cause motion towards the source of the motion
- perform an act, usually with a negative connotation
- bring, take, or pull out of a container or from under a cover
- steer into a certain direction
- strain abnormally
- cause to move in a certain direction by exerting a force upon, either physically or in an abstract sense
- operate when rowing a boat
- rein in to keep from winning a race
- tear or be torn violently
- hit in the direction that the player is facing when carrying through the swing
- strip of feathers
- remove, usually with some force or effort; also used in an abstract sense
- take sides with; align oneself with; show strong sympathy for
- take away
noun
noun
- The act of choosing to do something; a person’s conscious intent or volition.
- One's intention or decision; someone's orders or commands.
- Firmity of purpose, fixity of intent
- One's independent faculty of choice; the ability to be able to exercise one's choice or intention.
- A formal declaration of one's intent concerning the disposal of one's property and holdings after death; the legal document stating such wishes.
verb
- To choose or agree to (do something); used to express intention but without any temporal connotations (+ bare infinitive), often in questions and negation.
- To instruct (that something be done) in one's will.
- Used to express the future tense, sometimes with some implication of volition when used in the first person. Compare shall.
- To bequeath (something) to someone in one's will (legal document).
- Expressing a present tense with some conditional or subjective weakening: "will turn out to", "must by inference".
- To exert one's force of will (intention) in order to compel, or attempt to compel, something to happen or someone to do something.
- To be able to, to have the capacity to.
- To habitually do (a given action).
- To wish, desire (something).
verb
- direct toward itself or oneself by means of some psychological power or physical attributes
- cause to move by pulling
- get or derive
- make a mark or lines on a surface
- make, formulate, or derive in the mind
- bring, take, or pull out of a container or from under a cover
- represent by making a drawing of, as with a pencil, chalk, etc. on a surface
- take liquid out of a container or well
- give a description of
- select or take in from a given group or region
- elicit responses, such as objections, criticism, applause, etc.
- suck in or take (air)
- move or go steadily or gradually
- remove (a commodity) from (a supply source)
- choose at random
- earn or achieve a base by being walked by the pitcher
- bring or lead someone to a certain action or condition
- to obtain a liquid from somewhere
- write a legal document or paper
- engage in drawing
- move or pull so as to cover or uncover something
- allow a draft
- require a specified depth for floating
- pull (a person) apart with four horses tied to his extremities, so as to execute him
- cause to move in a certain direction by exerting a force upon, either physically or in an abstract sense
- take in, also metaphorically
- thread on or as if on a string
- stretch back a bowstring (on an archer's bow)
- pass over, across, or through
- finish a game with an equal number of points, goals, etc.
- shrink
- reduce the diameter of (a wire or metal rod) by pulling it through a die
- steep; pass through a strainer
- remove the entrails of
- flatten, stretch, or mold metal or glass, by rolling or by pulling it through a die or by stretching
- cause to localize at one point
noun
- a gully that is shallower than a ravine
- an entertainer who attracts large audiences
- the finish of a contest in which the score is tied and the winner is undecided
- anything (straws or pebbles etc.) taken or chosen at random
- a playing card or cards dealt or taken from the pack
- a golf shot that curves to the left for a right-handed golfer
- (American football) the quarterback moves back as if to pass and then hands the ball to the fullback who is running toward the line of scrimmage
- poker in which a player can discard cards and receive substitutes from the dealer
- the act of drawing or hauling something
verb
- To direct the intention or purpose; to attempt the accomplishment of a purpose; to try to gain; to endeavor;—followed by at, or by an infinitive
- To point or direct a missile, or a weapon which propels as missile, towards an object or spot with the intent of hitting it
- To direct (something verbal) towards a certain person, thing, or group
- To direct or point (e.g. a weapon), at a particular object; to direct, as a missile, an act, or a proceeding, at, to, or against an object
noun
- Intention or goal
- The ability of someone to aim straight; one's faculty for being able to hit a physical target
- The point intended to be hit, or object intended to be attained or affected.
- The pointing of a weapon, as a gun, a dart, or an arrow, or object, in the line of direction with the object intended to be struck; the line of fire; the direction of anything, such as a spear, a blow, a discourse, a remark, towards a particular point or object, with a view to strike or affect it.
noun
- a consequence of someone's efforts or of a particular set of circumstances
- items for sale to the individual consumer
- an artifact that has been created by someone or some process
- a quantity obtained by multiplication
- a chemical substance formed as a result of a chemical reaction
- the set of elements common to two or more sets
prep
- Indicating the target of, or thing affected by, an event or action.
- 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.
- 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.
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.
noun
prep
- Used to indicate result of action.
- Used to indicate the target or recipient of an action.
- Used to indicate a ratio or comparison; compared to, as against.
- Used to indicate that the preceding term is to be raised to the power of the following value; indicates exponentiation.
- At.
- Used after an adjective to indicate its application.
- Preceding the next hour.
- Indicating destination: In the direction of, so as to arrive at.
- Denotes the end of a range.
- Often used without the hour
- Used to describe what something consists of or contains.
- according to
- Used to indicate a resulting feeling or emotion.
adv
particle
adj
- of behavior that is impressive and ambitious in scale or scope
- of or befitting a lord
- ostentatiously rich and superior in quality
- extraordinarily good or great; used especially as intensifiers
- of high moral or intellectual value; elevated in nature or style
- large and impressive in physical size or extent
- the most important and magnificent in adornment
- used of a person's appearance or behavior; befitting an eminent person
noun
adj
- of behavior that is impressive and ambitious in scale or scope
- very imposing or impressive; surpassing the ordinary (especially in size or scale)
- having or displaying qualities appropriate for heroes
- showing extreme courage; especially of actions courageously undertaken in desperation as a last resort
adj
noun
noun
- The responses of individuals to the actions of others.
- A relation of mutual dependence or action or influence.
- A reciprocal construction involves two noun phrases where each of the participants occupies both the role of agent and patient with respect to the other. see: Wikipedia:Reciprocal pronoun.
- A reciprocal relationship.
- The characteristic of being reciprocal, e.g. of a relationship between people.
- The mutual exchange of rights, privileges or obligations between nations. see: Wikipedia:Reciprocity (international relations).
verb
- To function correctly; to act as intended; to achieve the goal designed for.
- To embroider with thread.
- To cause to ferment.
- To shape, form, or improve a material.
- Followed by with. General use, said of either fellow employees or instruments or clients.
- To cause to happen or to occur as a consequence.
- To pull off; to wear, perform, etc. successfully or to advantage.
- Followed by as. Said of one's job title
- To behave in a certain way when handled
- To exhaust, by working.
- Followed by in (or at, etc.) Said of one's workplace (building), or one's department, or one's trade (sphere of business).
- To ferment.
- To set into action.
- Followed by for. Said of a company or individual who employs.
- To use or manipulate to one’s advantage.
- To provoke or excite; to influence.
- To operate in a certain place, area, or speciality.
- To cause to work.
- To effect by gradual degrees;
- To influence.
- To move in an agitated manner.
- To cause (someone) to feel (something); to do unto somebody (something, whether good or bad).
- To do a specific task by employing physical or mental powers.
- To effect by gradual degrees.
- To operate in or through; as, to work the phones.
noun
- The staging of events to appear as real.
- The result of a particular manner of production.
- Sustained effort to overcome obstacles and achieve a result.
- The equipment needed to inject a drug (syringes, needles, swabs etc.)
- Ore before it is dressed.
- A measure of energy expended in moving an object; most commonly, force times distance. No work is done if the object does not move.
- Something produced using the specified material or tool.
- One's employer.
- Something on which effort is expended.
- effort expended on a particular task.
- The place where one is employed.
- A fortification.
- A measure of energy that is usefully extracted from a process.
- A literary, artistic, or intellectual production.
- labour, occupation, job.
noun
- the complex of emotional and intellectual attributes that determine a person's characteristic actions and reactions
- the essential qualities or characteristics by which something is recognized
- a causal agent creating and controlling things in the universe
- the natural physical world including plants and animals and landscapes etc.
- a particular type of thing
verb
- To approach a state of being or accomplishment.
- To do something by chance, without intending to do it.
- To carry through; to succeed in.
- To begin to have an opinion or feeling.
- To take a position relative to something else in a sequence.
- To become butter by being churned.
- Happen.
- To have a certain social background.
- To move from further away to nearer to.
- To move towards the listener.
- To move towards the object that is the focus of the sentence.
- To appear, to manifest itself.
- To be or have been a resident or native.
- To be supplied, or made available; to exist.
- To move towards an unstated agent.
- To move towards the speaker.
- To begin (at a certain location); to radiate or stem (from).
- To move towards the agent or subject of the main clause.
- To achieve orgasm; to cum; to ejaculate.
- To germinate.
- To pretend to be; to behave in the manner of.
- To take a particular approach or point of view in regard to something.
- To arrive.
- To have been brought up by or employed by.
intj
- An exclamation to express annoyance.
- An exclamation to express encouragement, or to precede a request.
prep
noun
adj
- Of or relating to the belief that human actions are motivated only or primarily by base desires or selfishness.
- Bitterly or jadedly distrustful or contemptuous; mocking.
- Like the actions of a snarling dog, especially in reference to facial nerve paralysis.
- Showing contempt for accepted moral standards by one's actions.
- Skeptical of the integrity, sincerity, or motives of others.
noun
- a particular course of action intended to achieve a result
- (psychology) the performance of some composite cognitive activity; an operation that affects mental contents
- a writ issued by authority of law; usually compels the defendant's attendance in a civil suit; failure to appear results in a default judgment against the defendant
- a mental process that you are not directly aware of
- a natural prolongation or projection from a part of an organism either animal or plant
- a sustained phenomenon or one marked by gradual changes through a series of states
verb
- subject to a process or treatment, with the aim of readying for some purpose, improving, or remedying a condition
- deal with in a routine way
- perform mathematical and logical operations on (data) according to programmed instructions in order to obtain the required information
- institute legal proceedings against; file a suit against
- shape, form, or improve a material
- deliver a warrant or summons to someone
verb
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