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prep
noun
- A great amount (of meaning) about something.
- An accessible storage area with a single file system, typically resident on a single partition of a hard disk.
- Strength of sound; loudness.
- Quantity.
- A rounded mass or convolution.
- The total of weight worked by a muscle in one training session, the weight of every single repetition summed up.
- A bound book.
- A three-dimensional measure of space that comprises a length, a width and a height. It is measured in units of cubic centimeters in metric, cubic inches or cubic feet in English measurement.
- A single book of a publication issued in multi-book format, such as an encyclopedia.
- The total supply of money in circulation or, less frequently, total amount of credit extended, within a specified national market or worldwide.
- The issues of a periodical over a period of one year.
verb
prep
intj
adj
- Pertaining to the basic or intrinsic nature of something.
- Relating to a radix or mathematical root.
- Thoroughgoing; far-reaching.
- Involving free radicals.
- Favoring fundamental change, or change at the root cause of a matter.
- Excellent; awesome.
- Produced using the root of the tongue.
- Pertaining to a root (of a plant).
- Of or pertaining to the root of a word.
noun
- A root (of a number or quantity).
- In Celtic languages, refers to the basic, underlying form of an initial consonant which can be further mutated under the Celtic initial consonant mutations.
- A person with radical opinions.
- In logographic writing systems such as the Chinese writing system, the portion of a character (if any) that provides an indication of its meaning, as opposed to phonetic.
- In Semitic languages, any one of the set of consonants (typically three) that make up a root.
- A free radical.
- Given an ideal I in a commutative ring R, another ideal, denoted Rad(I) or √, such that an element x ∈ R is in Rad(I) if, for some positive integer n, xⁿ ∈ I; equivalently, the intersection of all prime ideals containing I.
- The intersection of maximal submodules of a given module.
- A member of the most progressive wing of the Liberal Party; someone favouring social reform (but generally stopping short of socialism).
- Given a ring R, an ideal containing elements of R that share a property considered, in some sense, "not good".
- A group of atoms, joined by covalent bonds, that take part in reactions as a single unit.
- A member of an influential, centrist political party favouring moderate social reform, a republican constitution, and secular politics.
- The product of the distinct prime factors of a given positive integer.
noun
- Something which is understood as something else; an equivocation.
- An equal or fair transaction or series of process of exchange transactions; tit for tat.
- Something which is offered or asked for in exchange for something else.
- Substitution of one drug for another.
- A usually non-monetary exchange transaction, or series or process of exchange transactions.
- Sexual harassment in which a person in a workplace implicitly or explicitly requires sexual favours in exchange for something.
verb
- understand the meaning of
- react verbally
- respond to a signal
- give the correct answer or solution to
- give a defence or refutation of (a charge) or in (an argument)
- be liable or accountable
- be sufficient; be adequate, either in quality or quantity
- match or correspond
- be satisfactory for; meet the requirements of or serve the purpose of
- react to a stimulus or command
noun
- a statement (either spoken or written) that is made to reply to a question or request or criticism or accusation
- a statement that solves a problem or explains how to solve the problem
- the speech act of replying to a question
- the principal pleading by the defendant in response to plaintiff's complaint; in criminal law it consists of the defendant's plea of `guilty' or `not guilty' (or nolo contendere); in civil law it must contain denials of all allegations in the plaintiff's complaint that the defendant hopes to controvert and it can contain affirmative defenses or counterclaims
- a nonverbal reaction
noun
- The inherent nature of something.
- Paired with quo, in reference to the phrase quid pro quo (“this for that”): something offered in exchange for something else.
- A member of a section of the Democratic-Republican Party between 1805 and 1811, following John Randolph of Roanoke. (From tertium quid.)
- A sovereign or guinea.
- pound sterling (usually only used with a whole number of pounds)
- the act of chewing such tobacco
- dollar, dollars
- A piece of material for chewing, especially chewing tobacco.
- various national currencies typically known by the name "pound"
- euro
verb
noun
- a word or expression used for some particular thing
- a limited period of time
- (usually plural) a statement of what is required as part of an agreement
- any distinct quantity contained in a polynomial
- one of the substantive phrases in a logical proposition
- the end of gestation or point at which birth is imminent
- (architecture) a statue or a human bust or an animal carved out of the top of a square pillar; originally used as a boundary marker in ancient Rome
verb
verb
- To have a given use or purpose; to function for something or to do something.
- 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 usefully take the place as, instead of something else.
- To provide crack cocaine (to), usually by selling, dealing, or distributing.
- 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
noun
- What something does or is used for.
- The physiological activity of an organ or body part.
- A routine that receives zero or more arguments and may return a result.
- The role of a social practice in the continued existence of the group.
- An official or social occasion.
- A party.
- The characteristic behavior of a chemical compound.
- A relation in which each element of the domain is associated with exactly one element of the codomain.
- A professional or official position.
- A relation where one thing is dependent on another for its existence, value, or significance.
- Something which is dependent on or stems from another thing; a result or concomitant.
verb
prep_phrase
prep
- Dealing with the subject of; about; concerning.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
verb
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.
noun
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.
abbrev
verb
- To express the essential nature of something.
- To describe, explain, or make definite and clear; used to request the listener or other person to elaborate or explain more clearly his or her intended meaning of a word or expression.
- To establish the referent of a term or notation.
- To determine with precision; to mark out with distinctness; to ascertain or exhibit clearly.
- To demark sharply the outlines or limits of an area or concept.
- To state the meaning of a word, phrase, sign, or symbol.
noun
noun
- An event or happening; something that happens
- A published collection of papers presented at an academic conference, or representing the acts of a learned society.
- A measure or step taken in a course of business; a transaction
- The act of one who proceeds, or who prosecutes a design or transaction
- Progress or movement from one thing to another.
- Any legal action, especially one that is not a lawsuit.
noun
- a brief version of the essential meaning of something
- a geometric element that has position but no extension
- the precise location of something; a spatially limited location
- 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
verb
- 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
- give a point to
- repair the joints of bricks
adv
- By what means.
- With what meaning or effect.
- Used as a modifier to indicate surprise, delight, or other strong feelings in an exclamation.
- To what degree or extent.
- In what manner
- With overtones of why, for what reason.
- 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.
noun
- A small hill in northern England. (Usage preserved mainly in place names.)
- The means by which something is accomplished.
- An artificial barrow or tumulus.
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
prep
- Introduces its subject matter; about, concerning.
- Indicates quantity, age, price, etc.
- Indicating an ancestral source or origin of descent.
- Indicates a quality or characteristic; "characterized by".
- Often used without the hour
- Links to a genitive noun or possessive pronoun, with partitive effect (though now often merged with possessive senses, below).
- Indicates duration of a state, activity etc.
- Used to indicate the material of the just-mentioned object.
- Indicating removal, absence or separation, with resulting state indicated by an adjective.
- Indicates a given part.
- Links an intransitive verb, or a transitive verb and its subject (especially verbs to do with thinking, feeling, expressing etc.), with its subject-matter; concerning, with regard to.
- Since, from (a given time, earlier state etc.).
- Used to indicate the material or substance used.
- Belonging to, existing in, or taking place in a given location, place or time. Compare "origin" senses, above.}}
- Indicating removal, absence or separation, with the action indicated by a transitive verb and the quality or substance by a grammatical object.
- Denotes the number of minutes before the hour;Before (the hour); to.
- During the course of (a set period of time, day of the week etc.), now specifically with implied repetition or regularity.
- From, away from (a position, number, distance etc.).
- Indicating a (non-physical) source of action or emotion; introducing a cause, instigation; from, out of, as an expression of.
- Indicates the source or cause of the verb.
- Introducing an epithet that indicates a birthplace, residence, dominion, or other place associated with the individual.
- Indicates the agent (for most verbs, now usually expressed with by).
- Used to indicate the agent of something described by the adjective.
- Links two nouns in near-apposition, with the first qualifying the second; "which is also".
- Introduces the whole for which is indicated only the specified part or segment; "from among".
- Belonging to (a place) through having title, ownership or control over it.
- Belonging to (someone or something) as something they possess or have as a characteristic; the "possessive genitive". (With abstract nouns, this intersects with the subjective genitive, above under "agency" senses.)
- Indicating the composition of a given collective or quantitative noun.
- Forming the "objective genitive".
- Used to link a given class of things with a specific example of that class.
- Follows an agent noun, verbal noun or noun of action.
- Indicates the subject or cause of the adjective.
- Used to link singular indefinite nouns (preceded by the indefinite article) and attributive adjectives modified by certain common adverbs of degree.
- Introduces its subject matter.
- For (a given length of time).
- Used to introduce the "subjective genitive"; following a noun to form the head of a postmodifying noun phrase (see also 'Possession' senses below).}}
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noun
- The act or result of construing the meaning of something.
- The meaning or interpretation of a text, action etc.; the way something is viewed by an observer or onlooker.
- The process of constructing.
- The trade of building structures.
- Anything that has been constructed.
- A geometric figure of arcs and line segments that is drawable with a straightedge and compass.
- A group of words arranged to form a meaningful phrase.
- A (usually non-representational) structure, such as a collage etc.
- A building, model or some other structure.
- The manner in which something is built.
verb
noun
- how something is done or how it happens
- a particular functioning condition or arrangement
- a classification of propositions on the basis of whether they claim necessity or possibility or impossibility
- verb inflections that express how the action or state is conceived by the speaker
- any of various fixed orders of the various diatonic notes within an octave
- the most frequent value of a random variable
noun
- The inherent nature of a thing or idea.
- Constituent substance.
- The concentrated form of a plant or drug obtained through a distillation process.
- A being; especially, a purely spiritual being.
- An extract or concentrate obtained from a plant or other matter used for flavouring, or as a restorative.
- The true nature of anything, not accidental or illusory.
- A significant feature of something.
- Fragrance, a perfume.
noun
- how something is done or how it happens
- a way of expressing something (in language or art or music etc.) that is characteristic of a particular person or group of people or period
- a particular kind (as to appearance)
- the popular taste at a given time
- (botany) the narrow elongated part of the pistil between the ovary and the stigma
- editorial directions to be followed in spelling and punctuation and capitalization and typographical display
- distinctive and stylish elegance
- a pointed tool for writing or drawing or engraving
- a slender bristlelike or tubular process
verb
noun
- how something is done or how it happens
- to have the ability to produce a particular effect or achieve an end
- a line leading to a place or point
- the condition of things generally
- a course of conduct
- any artifact consisting of a road or path affording passage from one place to another
- a journey or passage
- space for movement
- the property of distance in general
- doing as one pleases or chooses
- a general category of things; used in the expression `in the way of'
- a portion of something divided into shares
adv
abbrev
prep
- Concerning or regarding.
- More than; to a greater degree.
- Across or spanning.
- From one physical position to another via an obstacle that must be traversed vertically, first upwards and then downwards.
- Indicating relative status, authority, or power
- Above, implying superiority after a contest; in spite of; notwithstanding.
- Finished with; done with; from one state to another via a hindrance that must be solved or defeated; or via a third state that represents a significant difference from the first two.
- In such a way as to cover.
- As compared to.
- Divided by.
- On top of; above; higher than; further up.
- Beyond; past; exceeding; too much or too far.
- Separates the three of a kind from the pair in a full house.
- While using, especially while consuming.
noun
adj
intj
adv
- To an excessive degree; overly.
- From one side of something to another, passing above it.
- Thoroughly; completely; from beginning to end.
- From an upright position to a horizontal one.
- From one position or state to another.
- Overnight (throughout the night).
- Again; another time; once more; over again.
- Horizontally; left to right or right to left.
adj
verb
noun
- A small, blocky, military-style vehicle with four-wheel drive, suited to rough terrain.
- A light utility truck from WWII used by the U.S. Army, and subsequently turned into the trademark Jeep when civilianized by originating manufacturer Willys-Overland.
- A device for detecting discontinuity in a protective coating, also called a "holiday detector"
- A covered shopping cart, also called a "shopping stroller".
- A sport utility vehicle or similar four-wheel-drive vehicle.
noun
- The English term or expression for some thing or idea.
- Facility with the English language, ability to employ English correctly and idiomatically.
- The people of England, Englishmen and Englishwomen.
- Spin or sidespin given to a ball, especially in pool or billiards.
- A clear and readily understandable expression of some idea in English.
- The non-Amish, people outside the Amish faith and community.
- The English text or phrasing of some spoken or written communication.
- Synonym of language arts, the class dedicated to improving primary and secondary school students' mastery of English and the material taught in such classes.
name
- A town, the county seat of Crawford County, Indiana; named for Indiana statesman William Hayden English.
- A variety, dialect, or idiolect of spoken and or written English.
- The language originating in England but now spoken in all parts of the British Isles, the Commonwealth of Nations, North America, and other parts of the world.
- A male or female given name
- English language, literature, composition as a subject of study
- An English surname originally denoting a non-Celtic or non-Danish person in Britain.
adj
- English-language; of or pertaining to the language, descended from Anglo-Saxon, which developed in England.
- Of or pertaining to England.
- Of or pertaining to the people of England (to Englishmen and Englishwomen).
- Of or pertaining to the avoirdupois system of measure.
- Denoting a vertical orientation of the barn doors.
- Non-Amish, so named for speaking English rather than a variety of German.
English words for 'what something is about'
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to give rein to (imagination)
redness
prosperity.
to exchange.
ill fate
shady trading
to get along with
limerick
lobster
patent
one-way mirror
shooting gallery
tithe
blinker
noticeable.
coat of arms
to get twisted
granting
order form
millenarianism
interwoven
Courageous
miliaria
of the same kind.
funeral march
Having legs
dictator
named for the town in North Carolina.
blameless
real world
a buffoon
a prophet.
vote against
humming
energy.
the age
to become lost.
amazement.
buoyancy
without reservation
to keep secret
contributor
mandible
difficult to understand
segmentation
misleading
harbinger
ratio
scene
persistent