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noun
- The process of making such an explanation.
- An explanation that excludes important information for the sake of brevity, or of making the explanation or presentation easy to understand.
- an act of excessive simplification; the act of making something seem simpler than it really is
- an explanation that simplifies too far to the point of misrepresentation
verb
- To mention by way of explanation.
- (transitive, law) To summon officially or authoritatively to appear in court.
- (transitive) To quote; to repeat, as a passage from a book, or the words of another.
- (transitive) To mention; to make mention of.
- To list the source(s) from which one took information, words or literary or verbal context.
- repeat a passage from
- refer to
- commend
- refer to for illustration or proof
- make reference to
- call in an official matter, such as to attend court
- advance evidence for
noun
noun
- The act or process of explaining.
- the act of explaining; making something plain or intelligible
- A resolution of disputed points pursuant to discussion; a mutual clarification of disputed points; reconciliation.
- Something that explains or makes understandable.
- a statement that makes something comprehensible by describing the relevant structure or operation or circumstances etc.
- thought that makes something comprehensible
intj
noun
- The office of a bishop or archbishop.
- Alternative form of cee; the name of the Latin script letter C/c.
- A diocese or archdiocese: a region of a church, generally headed by a bishop or an archbishop.
- A seat; a site; a place where sovereign, autonomous, or autocephalous power is exercised.
- the seat within a bishop's diocese where the bishop's cathedral is located
verb
- (gambling, transitive) To respond to another player's bet with a bet of equal value.
- To come to a realization of having been mistaken or misled.
- To examine something closely, or to utilize something, often as a temporary alternative.
- (used in the imperative) Used to emphasise a proposition.
- (by extension) Chiefly followed by that: to ensure that something happens, especially by personally witnessing it.
- To have an interview with; especially, to make a call upon; to visit.
- (used in the imperative) To reference or to study for further details.
- (transitive) To perceive or detect someone or something with the eyes, or as if by sight.
- To determine by trial or experiment; to find out (if or whether).
- To witness or observe by personal experience.
- (transitive) To wait upon; attend, escort.
- (figuratively) To understand.
- To date frequently.
- To form a mental picture of.
- To include as one of something's experiences.
- To watch (a movie) at a cinema, or a show on television etc.
- (transitive) To foresee, predict, or prophesy.
- To visit for a medical appointment.
- (ergative) To be the setting or time of.
- match or meet
- perceive by sight or have the power to perceive by sight
- make sense of; assign a meaning to
- observe as if with an eye
- deliberate or decide
- be careful or certain to do something; make certain of something
- perceive or be contemporaneous with
- date regularly; have a steady relationship with
- conduct someone someplace
- find out, learn, or determine with certainty, usually by making an inquiry or other effort
- take charge of or deal with
- perceive (an idea or situation) mentally
- come together
- see and understand, have a good eye
- go to see for professional or business reasons
- deem to be
- imagine; conceive of; see in one's mind
- go to see for a social visit
- undergo or live through a difficult experience
- go to see a place, as for entertainment
- get to know or become aware of, usually accidentally
- observe, check out, and look over carefully or inspect
- see or watch
- receive as a specified guest
verb
- furnish a justifying analysis or explanation
- keep an account of
- to give an account or representation of in words
- be the sole or primary factor in the existence, acquisition, supply, or disposal of something
- (intransitive) To give a satisfactory reason for; to explain.
- (intransitive) To establish the location for someone.
- (transitive) To estimate, consider (something to be as described).
- (intransitive) To give a satisfactory evaluation for (one's actions, behaviour etc.); to answer for.
- (intransitive) To cause the death, capture, or destruction of someone or something (+ for).
- (intransitive) To consider that.
- Used in phrasal verbs: account for, account of, account to.
- (intransitive) To give a satisfactory evaluation for financial transactions, money received etc.
noun
- importance or value
- a record or narrative description of past events
- a formal contractual relationship established to provide for regular banking or brokerage or business services
- the quality of taking advantage
- a statement that makes something comprehensible by describing the relevant structure or operation or circumstances etc.
- grounds
- a statement of recent transactions and the resulting balance
- a short account of the news
- the act of informing by verbal report
- an itemized statement of money owed for goods shipped or services rendered
- An estimate or estimation; valuation; judgment.
- A reason, grounds, consideration, motive; a person's sake.
- (banking) A bank account.
- (uncountable) Profit; advantage.
- Importance; worth; value; esteem; judgement.
- A record of events; a relation or narrative.
- Authorization as a specific registered user in accessing a system.
- (accounting) A registry of pecuniary transactions; a written or printed statement of business dealings or debts and credits, and also of other things subjected to a reckoning or review.
- A statement in general of reasons, causes, grounds, etc., explanatory of some event; a reason of an action to be done.
verb
- (transitive) To provide an acceptable explanation for.
- (transitive) To absolve, and declare to be free of blame or sin.
- (transitive, typography) To arrange (text) on a page or a computer screen such that the left and right ends of all lines within paragraphs are aligned.
- (reflexive) To give reasons for one’s actions; to make an argument to prove that one is in the right.
- (law) To qualify (oneself) as a surety by taking oath to the ownership of sufficient property.
- (law) To show (a person) to have had a sufficient legal reason for an act that has been made the subject of a charge or accusation.
- (transitive) To prove; to ratify; to confirm.
- (transitive) To be a good reason behind a normally-unacceptable action; to warrant.
- show to be right by providing justification or proof
- adjust the spaces between words
- (used of God) declare innocent; absolve from the penalty of sin
verb
noun
- a system of reasoning
- (countable, sociology) A system of thought or collection of rhetoric, especially one associated with a social practice.
- (uncountable) A method of human thought that involves thinking in a linear, step-by-step manner about how a problem can be solved. Logic is the basis of many principles including the scientific method.
- (countable) Any system of thought, whether rigorous and productive or not, especially one associated with a particular person.
- (uncountable, mathematics) The mathematical study of relationships between rigorously defined concepts and of mathematical proof of statements.
- (countable, mathematics) A formal or informal language together with a deductive system or a model-theoretic semantics.
- (philosophy, logic) The study of the principles and criteria of valid inference and demonstration.
- (uncountable) The part of a system (usually electronic) that performs the boolean logic operations, short for logic gates or logic circuit.
- the branch of philosophy that analyzes inference
- the system of operations performed by a computer that underlies the machine's representation of logical operations
- the principles that guide reasoning within a given field or situation
- reasoned and reasonable judgment
adj
noun
- something crucial for explaining
- a winged often one-seed indehiscent fruit as of the ash or elm or maple
- any of 24 major or minor diatonic scales that provide the tonal framework for a piece of music
- a kilogram of a narcotic drug
- a coral reef off the southern coast of Florida
- a lever (as in a keyboard) that actuates a mechanism when depressed
- a list of answers to a test
- pitch of the voice
- a generic term for any device whose possession entitles the holder to a means of access
- (basketball) a space (including the foul line) in front of the basket at each end of a basketball court; usually painted a different color from the rest of the court
- a list of words or phrases that explain symbols or abbreviations
- mechanical device used to wind another device that is driven by a spring (as a clock)
- metal device shaped in such a way that when it is inserted into the appropriate lock the lock's mechanism can be rotated
- the central building block at the top of an arch or vault
- (computing) One of several small, usually square buttons on a typewriter or computer keyboard, mostly corresponding to text characters.
- (historical) A manual electrical switching device primarily used for the transmission of Morse code.
- (cartomancy) The thirty-third card of the Lenormand deck.
- (architecture) A piece of wood used as a wedge.
- (figurative) The general pitch or tone of a sentence or utterance.
- In musical theory and notation, the tonality centering in a given tone, or the several tones taken collectively, of a given scale, major or minor.
- In musical instruments, one of the valve levers used to select notes, such as a lever opening a hole on a woodwind.
- (biology) A series of logically organized groups of discriminating information which aims to allow the user to correctly identify a taxon.
- In instruments with a keyboard such as an organ or piano, one of the levers, or especially the exposed front end of it, which are depressed to cause a particular sound or note to be produced.
- (print and film) The black ink layer, especially in relation to the three color layers of cyan, magenta, and yellow. See also CMYK.
- (computer graphics, television) A color to be masked or made transparent.
- (Internet) A password restricting access to an IRC channel.
- A guide to the correct answers of a worksheet or test.
- (countable) An object designed to open and close a lock.
- (music) A scale or group of pitches constituting the basis of a musical composition.
- (slang) A kilogram, especially of a recreational drug.
- In musical theory, the total melodic and harmonic relations, which exist between the tones of an ideal scale, major or minor; tonality.
- A crucial step or requirement.
- (databases) In a relational database, a field used as an index into another table (not necessarily unique).
- (masonry) A keystone.
- In musical notation, a sign at the head of a staff indicating the musical key.
- That part of the plastering which is forced through between the laths and holds the rest in place.
- (basketball) The free-throw lane together with the circle surrounding the free-throw line, the free-throw lane having formerly been narrower, giving the area the shape of a skeleton key hole.
- (cryptography) A piece of information (e.g., a password or passphrase) used to encode or decode a message or messages.
- (computing) A value that uniquely identifies an entry in a container.
- Any of various tools comparable to a wrench (spanner) or driver, or, in some cases, also called a wrench or driver.
- An object designed to fit between two other objects (such as a shaft and a wheel) in a mechanism and maintain their relative orientation.
- Alternative form of quay.
- A small guide explaining symbols or terminology, especially the legend on a map or chart.
- The degree of roughness, or retention ability of a surface to have applied a liquid such as paint, or glue.
- (advertising) A modification of an advertisement so as to target a particular group or demographic.
- The lowest note of a scale; keynote.
- (rail transport) A wooden wedge, driven sideways between a bullhead rail and a cast-iron chair, to keep the rail securely in position.
- (Australian rules football) A key position player (a tall forward or defender).
- One of a string of small islands.
- (architecture) The last board of a floor when laid down.
- (botany) An indehiscent, one-seeded fruit furnished with a wing, such as the fruit of the ash and maple; a samara.
adj
verb
- vandalize a car by scratching the sides with a key
- identify as in botany or biology, for example
- regulate the musical pitch of
- provide with a key
- harmonize with or adjust to
- To fit (pieces of a mechanical assembly) with a key to maintain the orientation between them.
- To provide an arch with a keystone.
- (advertising, transitive) To modify (an advertisement) so as to target a particular group or demographic.
- To fasten or secure firmly; to fasten or tighten with keys or wedges.
- To link (as one might do with a key or legend).
- To fit (a lock) with a key.
- (computing) (more usually to key in) To enter (information) by typing on a keyboard or keypad.
- To attune to; to set at; to pitch.
- (radio) To operate (the transmitter switch of a two-way radio).
- (telegraphy and radio telegraphy) To depress (a telegraph key).
- (intransitive, biology, chiefly taxonomy) To be identified as a certain taxon when using a key.
- To mark or indicate with a symbol indicating membership in a class.
- To prepare for plastering by adding the key (that part of the plastering which is forced through between the laths and holds the rest in place).
- (colloquial) To vandalize (a car, etc.) by scratching with an implement such as a key.
- Clipping of chromakey.
verb
noun
- (countable) A part small enough to escape casual notice.
- (military, law enforcement) A temporary unit or assignment.
- A part considered trivial enough to ignore.
- An individual feature, fact, or other item, considered separately from the whole of which it is a part.
- (paintings) A selected portion of a painting.
- A narrative which relates minute points; an account which dwells on particulars.
- (uncountable) The small parts that can escape casual notice.
- (countable) A person's name, address and other personal information.
- (uncountable) A profusion of details.
- extended treatment of particulars
- a small part that can be considered separately from the whole
- a crew of workers selected for a particular task
- an isolated fact that is considered separately from the whole
- a temporary military unit
adj
noun
- an explanation that results from interpreting something
- a mental representation of the meaning or significance of something
- the act of interpreting something as expressed in an artistic performance
- an explanation of something that is not immediately obvious
- (countable) A sense given by an interpreter; an exposition or explanation given; meaning.
- (uncountable, linguistics, translation studies) The discipline or study of translating one spoken or signed language into another (as opposed to translation, which concerns itself with written language).
- (countable) An act or process of applying general principles or formulae to the explanation of the results obtained in special cases.
- (countable) An act of interpreting or explaining something unclear; a translation; a version.
- (uncountable) The power of explaining.
- (countable, physics) An approximation that allows aspects of a mathematical theory to be discussed in ordinary language.
- (countable, logic, model theory) An assignment of a truth value to each propositional symbol of a propositional calculus.
- Short for heritage interpretation
- (countable) An artist's way of expressing thought or embodying a conception of nature through art.
adj
- of reasoning; proceeding from general premisses to a necessary and specific conclusion
- relating to or having the nature of illation or inference
- resembling or dependent on or arrived at by inference
- derived or capable of being derived by inference
- based on interpretation; not directly expressed
- Of, pertaining to, or derived using inference.
noun
- The act or process of complicating.
- (horology) A feature beyond basic time display in a timepiece.
- (medicine) A disease or diseases, or adventitious circumstances or conditions, coexistent with and modifying a primary disease, but not necessarily connected with it.
- The state of being complicated; intricate or confused relation of parts; complexity.
- A person who doesn't fit in with the main scheme of things; an interloper.
- any disease or disorder that occurs during the course of (or because of) another disease
- the act or process of complicating
- a situation or condition that is complex or confused
- puzzling complexity
- a development that complicates a situation
noun
- logical and methodical reasoning
- the proposition arrived at by logical reasoning (such as the proposition that must follow from the major and minor premises of a syllogism)
- A proposition arrived at by such thought.
- Reasoning, conscious deliberate inference; the activity or process of reasoning.
- Thought or reasoning that is exact, valid and rational.
noun
- Logical consequence.
- (countable, uncountable) An implying, or that which is implied, but not expressed; an inference, or something which may fairly be understood, though not expressed in words.
- (uncountable) The state of being implicated.
- (countable, logic) The connective in propositional calculus that, when joining two predicates A and B in that order, has the meaning "if A is true, then B is true".
- (uncountable) The act of implicating.
- (countable) A possible, or indirect, effect or result of a decision or action.
- a relation implicated by virtue of involvement or close connection (especially an incriminating involvement)
- something that is inferred (deduced or entailed or implied)
- a logical relation between propositions p and q of the form ‘if p then q’; if p is true then q cannot be false
- an accusation that brings into intimate and usually incriminating connection
- a meaning that is not expressly stated but can be inferred
verb
- clarify by giving an example of
- (massively multiplayer online games) To duplicate (a dungeon or other area) for each player, or each party of players, that enters it, so that each player or party has a private copy of the area, isolated from other players.
- (transitive, computer graphics) To render (an object) as part of a batch, using the same geometry data.
- (transitive) To mention as a case or example; to refer to; to cite
- (intransitive) To cite an example as proof; to exemplify.
noun
- an occurrence of something
- an item of information that is typical of a class or group
- (massively multiplayer online games) A dungeon or other area that is duplicated for each player, or each party of players, that enters it, so that each player or party has a private copy of the area, isolated from other players.
- A case offered as an exemplification or a precedent; an illustrative example.
- One of a series of recurring occasions, cases, essentially the same.
- An occasion; an order of occurrence.
- (massively multiplayer online games) An individual copy of such a dungeon or other area.
- (Internet) An independent server on a decentralised social network, such as Mastodon.
- (computing) A specific occurrence of something that is created or instantiated, such as a database, or an object of a class in object-oriented programming.
verb
- reason or establish by induction
- produce electric current by electrostatic or magnetic processes
- cause to do; cause to act in a specified manner
- cause to arise
- cause to occur rapidly
- (transitive) To cause, bring about, lead to.
- (physics) To cause or produce (electric current or a magnetic state) by a physical process of induction.
- (transitive, logic) To infer by induction.
- (transitive) To induce the labour of (a pregnant woman).
- (transitive) To lead by persuasion or influence; incite or prevail upon.
noun
- The process of making an estimate.
- Esteem or favourable regard.
- The amount, extent, position, size, or value reached in an estimate.
- the respect with which a person is held
- a document appraising the value of something (as for insurance or taxation)
- an approximate calculation of quantity or degree or worth
- a judgment of the qualities of something or somebody
noun
- An explanation of the basis or fundamental reasons for something.
- A justification or rationalization for something.
- (rare, religion) A liturgical vestment worn by some Christian bishops of various denominations.
- (law) an explanation of the fundamental reasons (especially an explanation of the working of some device in terms of laws of nature)
noun
- The action or process of defining.
- A product of defining.
- Clarity, especially of musical sound in reproduction.
- (programming) A statement which provides a previous declaration with a value or body of a subroutine (in the case of function).
- (mathematics) A statement that establishes the referent of a term or notation.
- (crosswording) The part of a cryptic clue which defines but does not indicate the solution.
- Clarity of visual presentation, distinctness of outline or detail.
- (usually with the definite article the) A clear instance conforming to the dictionary or textbook definition.
- (bodybuilding) The degree to which individual muscles are distinct on the body.
- The act of defining; determination of the limits.
- Sharp demarcation of outlines or limits.
- A statement expressing the essential nature of something; formulation
- (semantics, lexicography) A statement of the meaning of a word, word group, sign, or symbol; especially, a dictionary definition.
- The action or power of describing, explaining, or making definite and clear.
- clarity of outline
- a concise explanation of the meaning of a word or phrase or symbol
adj
- of reasoning; proceeding from particular facts to a general conclusion
- inducing or influencing; leading on
- arising from inductance
- (logic) Of, or relating to logical induction, by generalizing a universal claim or principle from the observed particular instances.
- (physics) Of, relating to, or arising from inductance.
- Influencing; tending to induce or cause.
- Introductory or preparatory.
verb
- give an interpretation or explanation to
- make sense of; assign a meaning to
- make sense of a language
- create an image or likeness of
- give an interpretation or rendition of
- restate (words) from one language into another language
- (intransitive) To convey what a user of one language is saying or signing, in real time or shortly after that person has finished communicating, to a user of a different language
- To explain or tell the meaning of; to translate orally into intelligible or familiar language or terms. applied especially to language, but also to dreams, signs, conduct, mysteries, etc.
- (computing, transitive) To analyse or execute (a program) by reading the instructions as they are encountered, rather than compiling in advance.
- To decode the meaning of a topic and then act, whether to continue researching the topic, follow through, act in opposition, or further the understanding through sharing an interpretation.
- To apprehend and represent by means of art; to show by illustrative representation
adj
- Having a justification.
- (typography) Of text, arranged on a page or a computer screen such that the left and right ends of all lines within paragraphs are aligned, with the space between words adjusted as necessary. Also called fully justified to contrast with left-justified and right-justified.
- having words so spaced that lines have straight even margins
verb
noun
- reasoning from the general to the particular (or from cause to effect)
- a reduction in the gross amount on which a tax is calculated; reduces taxes by the percentage fixed for the taxpayer's income bracket
- the act of reducing the selling price of merchandise
- the act of subtracting (removing a part from the whole)
- something that is inferred (deduced or entailed or implied)
- an amount or percentage deducted
- That which is deducted; that which is subtracted or removed.
- (law, finance) A sum withheld from an employee's pay for the purpose of paying tax.
- A sum that can be removed in tax calculations, usually from the taxable amount; something that is written off.
- A conclusion; that which is deduced, concluded or figured out.
- The ability or skill to deduce or figure out; the power of reason
noun
- reasoning from the general to the particular (or from cause to effect)
- the process of producing a chemical compound (usually by the union of simpler chemical compounds)
- the combination of ideas into a complex whole
- (chemistry) The reaction of elements or compounds to form more complex compounds.
- (military) In intelligence usage, the examining and combining of processed information with other information and intelligence for final interpretation.
- The formation of something complex or coherent by combining simpler things.
- (medicine) The reunion of parts that have been divided.
- An Ancient Roman dining-garment.
- (signal processing) Creation of a complex waveform by summation of simpler waveforms.
- (grammar) The uniting of ideas into a sentence.
- (philosophy) The combination of thesis and antithesis.
- (logic) A deduction from the general to the particular, by applying the rules of logic to a premise.
- (rhetoric) An apt arrangement of elements of a text, especially for euphony.
prep
- Underlying, being the reason for or explanation of.
- (sometimes regarded as nonstandard, US, informal) Following, subsequent to; as a result or consequence of; because of.
- (figuratively) Concealed by (something serving as a facade or disguise).
- (figuratively) In the past, from the viewpoint of.
- At or to the back or far side of.
- After in time.
- Responsible for, being the creator or controller of.
- After in developmental progress, score, grade, etc.; inferior to.
- In support of.
- After in physical progress or distance.
adj
adv
- Backward in time or order of succession; past.
- Behind the scenes in a theatre; backstage.
- So as to be still in place after someone or something has departed or ceased to exist.
- In a rearward direction.
- So as to come after someone or something in position, distance, advancement, ranking, time, etc.
- At or in the rear or back part of something.
- in or into an inferior position
- in debt
- remaining in a place or condition that has been left or departed from
- showing a time that is earlier than the actual time
- in or to or toward the rear
noun
- (baseball, slang, 1800s) The catcher.
- In the Eton College field game, any of a group of players consisting of two "shorts" (who try to kick the ball over the bully) and a "long" (who defends the goal).
- (Australian rules football) A one-point score.
- The rear, back-end.
- (informal) The buttocks, bottom, butt.
- the fleshy part of the human body that you sit on
verb
- Of a process etc: To be analogous to something else.
- Of a path etc: To be parallel to something else.
- To compare or liken something to something else.
- To construct or place something parallel to something else.
- To make to conform to something else in character, motive, aim, etc.
- To equal; to match; to correspond to.
- To produce or adduce as a parallel.
- make or place parallel to something
- duplicate or match
- be parallel to
adj
- (figuratively) Analogous, similar, comparable.
- Having the same overall direction; the comparison is indicated with "to".
- (computing) Involving the processing of multiple tasks at the same time.
- (science fiction, of realities, dimensions, timelines, etc.) Coexisting but normally not interacting with the regular reality.
- (hyperbolic geometry, said of a pair of lines) Either not intersecting, or coinciding.
- Equally distant from one another at all points.
- being everywhere equidistant and not intersecting
- of or relating to the simultaneous performance of multiple operations
adv
noun
- (printing) A character consisting of two parallel vertical lines, used in the text to direct attention to a similarly marked note in the margin or at the foot of a page.
- (military) One of a series of long trenches constructed before a besieged fortress, by the besieging force, as a cover for troops supporting the attacking batteries. They are roughly parallel to the line of outer defenses of the fortress.
- (geography) A line of latitude.
- Something identical or similar in essential respects.
- One of a set of parallel lines.
- Direction conformable to that of another line.
- A comparison made; elaborate tracing of similarity.
- An arrangement of electrical components such that a current flows along two or more paths; see in parallel.
- (mathematics) one of a set of parallel geometric figures (parallel lines or planes)
- something having the property of being analogous to something else
- an imaginary line around the Earth parallel to the equator
adj
- Leading to many or important deductions.
- (mining) Large; capacious; said of veins of ore.
- Having, or capable of exerting, power or influence.
- (mathematics, not comparable) Being a powerful number.
- having great influence
- displaying superhuman strength or power
- having great power or force or potency or effect
- (of a person) possessing physical strength and weight; rugged and powerful
- strong enough to knock down or overwhelm
adv
verb
- reason by deduction; establish by deduction
- come from; be connected by a relationship of blood, for example
- obtain
- develop or evolve from a latent or potential state
- obtain from a particular source
- (transitive, linguistics) To find the derivation of (a word or phrase).
- (transitive, logic) To deduce (a conclusion) by reasoning.
- (transitive) To obtain or receive (something) from something else.
- (transitive, chemistry) To create (a compound) from another by means of a reaction.
- (intransitive) To originate or stem (from).
- (transitive, mathematics, proscribed) To differentiate (a function).
- To turn the course of (water, etc.); to divert and distribute into subordinate channels.
verb
- reason by deduction; establish by deduction
- believe to be the case
- guess correctly; solve by guessing
- draw from specific cases for more general cases
- conclude by reasoning; in logic
- (transitive) To introduce (something) as a reasoned conclusion; to conclude by reasoning or deduction, as from premises or evidence.
- (transitive, often proscribed) To lead to (something) as a consequence; to imply.
verb
- set forth beforehand, often as an explanation
- To make a premise.
- furnish with a preface or introduction
- take something as preexisting and given
- To set forth beforehand, or as introductory to the main subject; to offer previously, as something to explain or aid in understanding what follows.
- To send before the time, or beforehand; hence, to cause to be before something else; to employ previously.
- To state or assume something as a proposition to an argument.
noun
- a statement that is assumed to be true and from which a conclusion can be drawn
- (authorship) The fundamental concept that drives the plot of a film or other story.
- (usually in the plural, law) Matters previously stated or set forth; especially, that part in the beginning of a deed, the office of which is to express the grantor and grantee, and the land or thing granted or conveyed, and all that precedes the habendum; the thing demised or granted.
- (usually in the plural) A piece of real estate; a building and its adjuncts.
- (logic) Any of the first propositions of a syllogism, from which the conclusion is deduced.
- A proposition antecedently supposed or proved; something previously stated or assumed as the basis of further argument; a condition; a supposition.
verb
- To exercise reason; to employ the mind in judging and inferring; to reason.
- (intransitive) To engage in discussion or conversation; to converse.
- (intransitive) To write or speak formally and at length.
- carry on a conversation
- to consider or examine in speech or writing
- talk at length and formally about a topic
noun
- (social sciences, countable) An institutionalized way of thinking, a social boundary defining what can be said about a specific topic (after Michel Foucault).
- (countable) Any rational expression, reason.
- (countable) A formal lengthy exposition of some subject, either spoken or written.
- (uncountable) Expression in words, either speech or writing.
- (countable) A conversation.
- (Internet, uncountable) Lengthy, often heated debate over controversial subject matter, particularly within fandom and activist spaces. Sometimes rendered as a proper noun with the definite article (i.e. "the Discourse").
- an address of a religious nature (usually delivered during a church service)
- extended verbal expression in speech or writing
- an extended communication (often interactive) dealing with some particular topic
noun
- a justification for something existing or happening
- a series of actions advancing a principle or tending toward a particular end
- events that provide the generative force that is the origin of something
- any entity that produces an effect or is responsible for events or results
- a comprehensive term for any proceeding in a court of law whereby an individual seeks a legal remedy
- (uncountable, especially with for and a bare noun) Sufficient reason.
- (countable, law) A suit or action in court; any legal process by which a party endeavors to obtain his claim, or what he regards as his right; case; ground of action.
- (countable, often with of, typically of adverse results) The source of, or reason for, an event or action; that which produces or effects a result.
- (countable) A goal, aim or principle, especially one which transcends purely selfish ends.
verb
conj
noun
- a justification for something existing or happening
- your basis for belief or disbelief; knowledge on which to base belief
- the enclosed land around a house or other building
- a tract of land cleared for some special purposes (recreation or burial etc.)
- dregs consisting of solid particles (especially of coffee) that form a residue
- The collective land areas that compose a larger area.
- (law) Basis or justification for something.
- The sediment at the bottom of a liquid, or from which a liquid has been filtered.
- plural of ground
verb
noun
- The process of making such an explanation.
- An explanation that excludes important information for the sake of brevity, or of making the explanation or presentation easy to understand.
- an act of excessive simplification; the act of making something seem simpler than it really is
- an explanation that simplifies too far to the point of misrepresentation
noun
- The act or process of explaining.
- the act of explaining; making something plain or intelligible
- A resolution of disputed points pursuant to discussion; a mutual clarification of disputed points; reconciliation.
- Something that explains or makes understandable.
- a statement that makes something comprehensible by describing the relevant structure or operation or circumstances etc.
- thought that makes something comprehensible
noun
- something crucial for explaining
- a winged often one-seed indehiscent fruit as of the ash or elm or maple
- any of 24 major or minor diatonic scales that provide the tonal framework for a piece of music
- a kilogram of a narcotic drug
- a coral reef off the southern coast of Florida
- a lever (as in a keyboard) that actuates a mechanism when depressed
- a list of answers to a test
- pitch of the voice
- a generic term for any device whose possession entitles the holder to a means of access
- (basketball) a space (including the foul line) in front of the basket at each end of a basketball court; usually painted a different color from the rest of the court
- a list of words or phrases that explain symbols or abbreviations
- mechanical device used to wind another device that is driven by a spring (as a clock)
- metal device shaped in such a way that when it is inserted into the appropriate lock the lock's mechanism can be rotated
- the central building block at the top of an arch or vault
- (computing) One of several small, usually square buttons on a typewriter or computer keyboard, mostly corresponding to text characters.
- (historical) A manual electrical switching device primarily used for the transmission of Morse code.
- (cartomancy) The thirty-third card of the Lenormand deck.
- (architecture) A piece of wood used as a wedge.
- (figurative) The general pitch or tone of a sentence or utterance.
- In musical theory and notation, the tonality centering in a given tone, or the several tones taken collectively, of a given scale, major or minor.
- In musical instruments, one of the valve levers used to select notes, such as a lever opening a hole on a woodwind.
- (biology) A series of logically organized groups of discriminating information which aims to allow the user to correctly identify a taxon.
- In instruments with a keyboard such as an organ or piano, one of the levers, or especially the exposed front end of it, which are depressed to cause a particular sound or note to be produced.
- (print and film) The black ink layer, especially in relation to the three color layers of cyan, magenta, and yellow. See also CMYK.
- (computer graphics, television) A color to be masked or made transparent.
- (Internet) A password restricting access to an IRC channel.
- A guide to the correct answers of a worksheet or test.
- (countable) An object designed to open and close a lock.
- (music) A scale or group of pitches constituting the basis of a musical composition.
- (slang) A kilogram, especially of a recreational drug.
- In musical theory, the total melodic and harmonic relations, which exist between the tones of an ideal scale, major or minor; tonality.
- A crucial step or requirement.
- (databases) In a relational database, a field used as an index into another table (not necessarily unique).
- (masonry) A keystone.
- In musical notation, a sign at the head of a staff indicating the musical key.
- That part of the plastering which is forced through between the laths and holds the rest in place.
- (basketball) The free-throw lane together with the circle surrounding the free-throw line, the free-throw lane having formerly been narrower, giving the area the shape of a skeleton key hole.
- (cryptography) A piece of information (e.g., a password or passphrase) used to encode or decode a message or messages.
- (computing) A value that uniquely identifies an entry in a container.
- Any of various tools comparable to a wrench (spanner) or driver, or, in some cases, also called a wrench or driver.
- An object designed to fit between two other objects (such as a shaft and a wheel) in a mechanism and maintain their relative orientation.
- Alternative form of quay.
- A small guide explaining symbols or terminology, especially the legend on a map or chart.
- The degree of roughness, or retention ability of a surface to have applied a liquid such as paint, or glue.
- (advertising) A modification of an advertisement so as to target a particular group or demographic.
- The lowest note of a scale; keynote.
- (rail transport) A wooden wedge, driven sideways between a bullhead rail and a cast-iron chair, to keep the rail securely in position.
- (Australian rules football) A key position player (a tall forward or defender).
- One of a string of small islands.
- (architecture) The last board of a floor when laid down.
- (botany) An indehiscent, one-seeded fruit furnished with a wing, such as the fruit of the ash and maple; a samara.
adj
verb
- vandalize a car by scratching the sides with a key
- identify as in botany or biology, for example
- regulate the musical pitch of
- provide with a key
- harmonize with or adjust to
- To fit (pieces of a mechanical assembly) with a key to maintain the orientation between them.
- To provide an arch with a keystone.
- (advertising, transitive) To modify (an advertisement) so as to target a particular group or demographic.
- To fasten or secure firmly; to fasten or tighten with keys or wedges.
- To link (as one might do with a key or legend).
- To fit (a lock) with a key.
- (computing) (more usually to key in) To enter (information) by typing on a keyboard or keypad.
- To attune to; to set at; to pitch.
- (radio) To operate (the transmitter switch of a two-way radio).
- (telegraphy and radio telegraphy) To depress (a telegraph key).
- (intransitive, biology, chiefly taxonomy) To be identified as a certain taxon when using a key.
- To mark or indicate with a symbol indicating membership in a class.
- To prepare for plastering by adding the key (that part of the plastering which is forced through between the laths and holds the rest in place).
- (colloquial) To vandalize (a car, etc.) by scratching with an implement such as a key.
- Clipping of chromakey.
noun
- an explanation that results from interpreting something
- a mental representation of the meaning or significance of something
- the act of interpreting something as expressed in an artistic performance
- an explanation of something that is not immediately obvious
- (countable) A sense given by an interpreter; an exposition or explanation given; meaning.
- (uncountable, linguistics, translation studies) The discipline or study of translating one spoken or signed language into another (as opposed to translation, which concerns itself with written language).
- (countable) An act or process of applying general principles or formulae to the explanation of the results obtained in special cases.
- (countable) An act of interpreting or explaining something unclear; a translation; a version.
- (uncountable) The power of explaining.
- (countable, physics) An approximation that allows aspects of a mathematical theory to be discussed in ordinary language.
- (countable, logic, model theory) An assignment of a truth value to each propositional symbol of a propositional calculus.
- Short for heritage interpretation
- (countable) An artist's way of expressing thought or embodying a conception of nature through art.
verb
noun
- a system of reasoning
- (countable, sociology) A system of thought or collection of rhetoric, especially one associated with a social practice.
- (uncountable) A method of human thought that involves thinking in a linear, step-by-step manner about how a problem can be solved. Logic is the basis of many principles including the scientific method.
- (countable) Any system of thought, whether rigorous and productive or not, especially one associated with a particular person.
- (uncountable, mathematics) The mathematical study of relationships between rigorously defined concepts and of mathematical proof of statements.
- (countable, mathematics) A formal or informal language together with a deductive system or a model-theoretic semantics.
- (philosophy, logic) The study of the principles and criteria of valid inference and demonstration.
- (uncountable) The part of a system (usually electronic) that performs the boolean logic operations, short for logic gates or logic circuit.
- the branch of philosophy that analyzes inference
- the system of operations performed by a computer that underlies the machine's representation of logical operations
- the principles that guide reasoning within a given field or situation
- reasoned and reasonable judgment
adj
noun
- The act or process of complicating.
- (horology) A feature beyond basic time display in a timepiece.
- (medicine) A disease or diseases, or adventitious circumstances or conditions, coexistent with and modifying a primary disease, but not necessarily connected with it.
- The state of being complicated; intricate or confused relation of parts; complexity.
- A person who doesn't fit in with the main scheme of things; an interloper.
- any disease or disorder that occurs during the course of (or because of) another disease
- the act or process of complicating
- a situation or condition that is complex or confused
- puzzling complexity
- a development that complicates a situation
noun
- logical and methodical reasoning
- the proposition arrived at by logical reasoning (such as the proposition that must follow from the major and minor premises of a syllogism)
- A proposition arrived at by such thought.
- Reasoning, conscious deliberate inference; the activity or process of reasoning.
- Thought or reasoning that is exact, valid and rational.
noun
- Logical consequence.
- (countable, uncountable) An implying, or that which is implied, but not expressed; an inference, or something which may fairly be understood, though not expressed in words.
- (uncountable) The state of being implicated.
- (countable, logic) The connective in propositional calculus that, when joining two predicates A and B in that order, has the meaning "if A is true, then B is true".
- (uncountable) The act of implicating.
- (countable) A possible, or indirect, effect or result of a decision or action.
- a relation implicated by virtue of involvement or close connection (especially an incriminating involvement)
- something that is inferred (deduced or entailed or implied)
- a logical relation between propositions p and q of the form ‘if p then q’; if p is true then q cannot be false
- an accusation that brings into intimate and usually incriminating connection
- a meaning that is not expressly stated but can be inferred
noun
- The process of making an estimate.
- Esteem or favourable regard.
- The amount, extent, position, size, or value reached in an estimate.
- the respect with which a person is held
- a document appraising the value of something (as for insurance or taxation)
- an approximate calculation of quantity or degree or worth
- a judgment of the qualities of something or somebody
noun
- An explanation of the basis or fundamental reasons for something.
- A justification or rationalization for something.
- (rare, religion) A liturgical vestment worn by some Christian bishops of various denominations.
- (law) an explanation of the fundamental reasons (especially an explanation of the working of some device in terms of laws of nature)
noun
- The action or process of defining.
- A product of defining.
- Clarity, especially of musical sound in reproduction.
- (programming) A statement which provides a previous declaration with a value or body of a subroutine (in the case of function).
- (mathematics) A statement that establishes the referent of a term or notation.
- (crosswording) The part of a cryptic clue which defines but does not indicate the solution.
- Clarity of visual presentation, distinctness of outline or detail.
- (usually with the definite article the) A clear instance conforming to the dictionary or textbook definition.
- (bodybuilding) The degree to which individual muscles are distinct on the body.
- The act of defining; determination of the limits.
- Sharp demarcation of outlines or limits.
- A statement expressing the essential nature of something; formulation
- (semantics, lexicography) A statement of the meaning of a word, word group, sign, or symbol; especially, a dictionary definition.
- The action or power of describing, explaining, or making definite and clear.
- clarity of outline
- a concise explanation of the meaning of a word or phrase or symbol
noun
- reasoning from the general to the particular (or from cause to effect)
- a reduction in the gross amount on which a tax is calculated; reduces taxes by the percentage fixed for the taxpayer's income bracket
- the act of reducing the selling price of merchandise
- the act of subtracting (removing a part from the whole)
- something that is inferred (deduced or entailed or implied)
- an amount or percentage deducted
- That which is deducted; that which is subtracted or removed.
- (law, finance) A sum withheld from an employee's pay for the purpose of paying tax.
- A sum that can be removed in tax calculations, usually from the taxable amount; something that is written off.
- A conclusion; that which is deduced, concluded or figured out.
- The ability or skill to deduce or figure out; the power of reason
noun
- reasoning from the general to the particular (or from cause to effect)
- the process of producing a chemical compound (usually by the union of simpler chemical compounds)
- the combination of ideas into a complex whole
- (chemistry) The reaction of elements or compounds to form more complex compounds.
- (military) In intelligence usage, the examining and combining of processed information with other information and intelligence for final interpretation.
- The formation of something complex or coherent by combining simpler things.
- (medicine) The reunion of parts that have been divided.
- An Ancient Roman dining-garment.
- (signal processing) Creation of a complex waveform by summation of simpler waveforms.
- (grammar) The uniting of ideas into a sentence.
- (philosophy) The combination of thesis and antithesis.
- (logic) A deduction from the general to the particular, by applying the rules of logic to a premise.
- (rhetoric) An apt arrangement of elements of a text, especially for euphony.
noun
- a justification for something existing or happening
- a series of actions advancing a principle or tending toward a particular end
- events that provide the generative force that is the origin of something
- any entity that produces an effect or is responsible for events or results
- a comprehensive term for any proceeding in a court of law whereby an individual seeks a legal remedy
- (uncountable, especially with for and a bare noun) Sufficient reason.
- (countable, law) A suit or action in court; any legal process by which a party endeavors to obtain his claim, or what he regards as his right; case; ground of action.
- (countable, often with of, typically of adverse results) The source of, or reason for, an event or action; that which produces or effects a result.
- (countable) A goal, aim or principle, especially one which transcends purely selfish ends.
verb
conj
noun
- a justification for something existing or happening
- your basis for belief or disbelief; knowledge on which to base belief
- the enclosed land around a house or other building
- a tract of land cleared for some special purposes (recreation or burial etc.)
- dregs consisting of solid particles (especially of coffee) that form a residue
- The collective land areas that compose a larger area.
- (law) Basis or justification for something.
- The sediment at the bottom of a liquid, or from which a liquid has been filtered.
- plural of ground
verb
verb
- To mention by way of explanation.
- (transitive, law) To summon officially or authoritatively to appear in court.
- (transitive) To quote; to repeat, as a passage from a book, or the words of another.
- (transitive) To mention; to make mention of.
- To list the source(s) from which one took information, words or literary or verbal context.
- repeat a passage from
- refer to
- commend
- refer to for illustration or proof
- make reference to
- call in an official matter, such as to attend court
- advance evidence for
noun
verb
- furnish a justifying analysis or explanation
- keep an account of
- to give an account or representation of in words
- be the sole or primary factor in the existence, acquisition, supply, or disposal of something
- (intransitive) To give a satisfactory reason for; to explain.
- (intransitive) To establish the location for someone.
- (transitive) To estimate, consider (something to be as described).
- (intransitive) To give a satisfactory evaluation for (one's actions, behaviour etc.); to answer for.
- (intransitive) To cause the death, capture, or destruction of someone or something (+ for).
- (intransitive) To consider that.
- Used in phrasal verbs: account for, account of, account to.
- (intransitive) To give a satisfactory evaluation for financial transactions, money received etc.
noun
- importance or value
- a record or narrative description of past events
- a formal contractual relationship established to provide for regular banking or brokerage or business services
- the quality of taking advantage
- a statement that makes something comprehensible by describing the relevant structure or operation or circumstances etc.
- grounds
- a statement of recent transactions and the resulting balance
- a short account of the news
- the act of informing by verbal report
- an itemized statement of money owed for goods shipped or services rendered
- An estimate or estimation; valuation; judgment.
- A reason, grounds, consideration, motive; a person's sake.
- (banking) A bank account.
- (uncountable) Profit; advantage.
- Importance; worth; value; esteem; judgement.
- A record of events; a relation or narrative.
- Authorization as a specific registered user in accessing a system.
- (accounting) A registry of pecuniary transactions; a written or printed statement of business dealings or debts and credits, and also of other things subjected to a reckoning or review.
- A statement in general of reasons, causes, grounds, etc., explanatory of some event; a reason of an action to be done.
verb
- (transitive) To provide an acceptable explanation for.
- (transitive) To absolve, and declare to be free of blame or sin.
- (transitive, typography) To arrange (text) on a page or a computer screen such that the left and right ends of all lines within paragraphs are aligned.
- (reflexive) To give reasons for one’s actions; to make an argument to prove that one is in the right.
- (law) To qualify (oneself) as a surety by taking oath to the ownership of sufficient property.
- (law) To show (a person) to have had a sufficient legal reason for an act that has been made the subject of a charge or accusation.
- (transitive) To prove; to ratify; to confirm.
- (transitive) To be a good reason behind a normally-unacceptable action; to warrant.
- show to be right by providing justification or proof
- adjust the spaces between words
- (used of God) declare innocent; absolve from the penalty of sin
verb
noun
- a system of reasoning
- (countable, sociology) A system of thought or collection of rhetoric, especially one associated with a social practice.
- (uncountable) A method of human thought that involves thinking in a linear, step-by-step manner about how a problem can be solved. Logic is the basis of many principles including the scientific method.
- (countable) Any system of thought, whether rigorous and productive or not, especially one associated with a particular person.
- (uncountable, mathematics) The mathematical study of relationships between rigorously defined concepts and of mathematical proof of statements.
- (countable, mathematics) A formal or informal language together with a deductive system or a model-theoretic semantics.
- (philosophy, logic) The study of the principles and criteria of valid inference and demonstration.
- (uncountable) The part of a system (usually electronic) that performs the boolean logic operations, short for logic gates or logic circuit.
- the branch of philosophy that analyzes inference
- the system of operations performed by a computer that underlies the machine's representation of logical operations
- the principles that guide reasoning within a given field or situation
- reasoned and reasonable judgment
adj
verb
noun
- (countable) A part small enough to escape casual notice.
- (military, law enforcement) A temporary unit or assignment.
- A part considered trivial enough to ignore.
- An individual feature, fact, or other item, considered separately from the whole of which it is a part.
- (paintings) A selected portion of a painting.
- A narrative which relates minute points; an account which dwells on particulars.
- (uncountable) The small parts that can escape casual notice.
- (countable) A person's name, address and other personal information.
- (uncountable) A profusion of details.
- extended treatment of particulars
- a small part that can be considered separately from the whole
- a crew of workers selected for a particular task
- an isolated fact that is considered separately from the whole
- a temporary military unit
verb
- clarify by giving an example of
- (massively multiplayer online games) To duplicate (a dungeon or other area) for each player, or each party of players, that enters it, so that each player or party has a private copy of the area, isolated from other players.
- (transitive, computer graphics) To render (an object) as part of a batch, using the same geometry data.
- (transitive) To mention as a case or example; to refer to; to cite
- (intransitive) To cite an example as proof; to exemplify.
noun
- an occurrence of something
- an item of information that is typical of a class or group
- (massively multiplayer online games) A dungeon or other area that is duplicated for each player, or each party of players, that enters it, so that each player or party has a private copy of the area, isolated from other players.
- A case offered as an exemplification or a precedent; an illustrative example.
- One of a series of recurring occasions, cases, essentially the same.
- An occasion; an order of occurrence.
- (massively multiplayer online games) An individual copy of such a dungeon or other area.
- (Internet) An independent server on a decentralised social network, such as Mastodon.
- (computing) A specific occurrence of something that is created or instantiated, such as a database, or an object of a class in object-oriented programming.
verb
- reason or establish by induction
- produce electric current by electrostatic or magnetic processes
- cause to do; cause to act in a specified manner
- cause to arise
- cause to occur rapidly
- (transitive) To cause, bring about, lead to.
- (physics) To cause or produce (electric current or a magnetic state) by a physical process of induction.
- (transitive, logic) To infer by induction.
- (transitive) To induce the labour of (a pregnant woman).
- (transitive) To lead by persuasion or influence; incite or prevail upon.
verb
- give an interpretation or explanation to
- make sense of; assign a meaning to
- make sense of a language
- create an image or likeness of
- give an interpretation or rendition of
- restate (words) from one language into another language
- (intransitive) To convey what a user of one language is saying or signing, in real time or shortly after that person has finished communicating, to a user of a different language
- To explain or tell the meaning of; to translate orally into intelligible or familiar language or terms. applied especially to language, but also to dreams, signs, conduct, mysteries, etc.
- (computing, transitive) To analyse or execute (a program) by reading the instructions as they are encountered, rather than compiling in advance.
- To decode the meaning of a topic and then act, whether to continue researching the topic, follow through, act in opposition, or further the understanding through sharing an interpretation.
- To apprehend and represent by means of art; to show by illustrative representation
verb
- Of a process etc: To be analogous to something else.
- Of a path etc: To be parallel to something else.
- To compare or liken something to something else.
- To construct or place something parallel to something else.
- To make to conform to something else in character, motive, aim, etc.
- To equal; to match; to correspond to.
- To produce or adduce as a parallel.
- make or place parallel to something
- duplicate or match
- be parallel to
adj
- (figuratively) Analogous, similar, comparable.
- Having the same overall direction; the comparison is indicated with "to".
- (computing) Involving the processing of multiple tasks at the same time.
- (science fiction, of realities, dimensions, timelines, etc.) Coexisting but normally not interacting with the regular reality.
- (hyperbolic geometry, said of a pair of lines) Either not intersecting, or coinciding.
- Equally distant from one another at all points.
- being everywhere equidistant and not intersecting
- of or relating to the simultaneous performance of multiple operations
adv
noun
- (printing) A character consisting of two parallel vertical lines, used in the text to direct attention to a similarly marked note in the margin or at the foot of a page.
- (military) One of a series of long trenches constructed before a besieged fortress, by the besieging force, as a cover for troops supporting the attacking batteries. They are roughly parallel to the line of outer defenses of the fortress.
- (geography) A line of latitude.
- Something identical or similar in essential respects.
- One of a set of parallel lines.
- Direction conformable to that of another line.
- A comparison made; elaborate tracing of similarity.
- An arrangement of electrical components such that a current flows along two or more paths; see in parallel.
- (mathematics) one of a set of parallel geometric figures (parallel lines or planes)
- something having the property of being analogous to something else
- an imaginary line around the Earth parallel to the equator
verb
- reason by deduction; establish by deduction
- come from; be connected by a relationship of blood, for example
- obtain
- develop or evolve from a latent or potential state
- obtain from a particular source
- (transitive, linguistics) To find the derivation of (a word or phrase).
- (transitive, logic) To deduce (a conclusion) by reasoning.
- (transitive) To obtain or receive (something) from something else.
- (transitive, chemistry) To create (a compound) from another by means of a reaction.
- (intransitive) To originate or stem (from).
- (transitive, mathematics, proscribed) To differentiate (a function).
- To turn the course of (water, etc.); to divert and distribute into subordinate channels.
verb
- reason by deduction; establish by deduction
- believe to be the case
- guess correctly; solve by guessing
- draw from specific cases for more general cases
- conclude by reasoning; in logic
- (transitive) To introduce (something) as a reasoned conclusion; to conclude by reasoning or deduction, as from premises or evidence.
- (transitive, often proscribed) To lead to (something) as a consequence; to imply.
verb
- set forth beforehand, often as an explanation
- To make a premise.
- furnish with a preface or introduction
- take something as preexisting and given
- To set forth beforehand, or as introductory to the main subject; to offer previously, as something to explain or aid in understanding what follows.
- To send before the time, or beforehand; hence, to cause to be before something else; to employ previously.
- To state or assume something as a proposition to an argument.
noun
- a statement that is assumed to be true and from which a conclusion can be drawn
- (authorship) The fundamental concept that drives the plot of a film or other story.
- (usually in the plural, law) Matters previously stated or set forth; especially, that part in the beginning of a deed, the office of which is to express the grantor and grantee, and the land or thing granted or conveyed, and all that precedes the habendum; the thing demised or granted.
- (usually in the plural) A piece of real estate; a building and its adjuncts.
- (logic) Any of the first propositions of a syllogism, from which the conclusion is deduced.
- A proposition antecedently supposed or proved; something previously stated or assumed as the basis of further argument; a condition; a supposition.
verb
- To exercise reason; to employ the mind in judging and inferring; to reason.
- (intransitive) To engage in discussion or conversation; to converse.
- (intransitive) To write or speak formally and at length.
- carry on a conversation
- to consider or examine in speech or writing
- talk at length and formally about a topic
noun
- (social sciences, countable) An institutionalized way of thinking, a social boundary defining what can be said about a specific topic (after Michel Foucault).
- (countable) Any rational expression, reason.
- (countable) A formal lengthy exposition of some subject, either spoken or written.
- (uncountable) Expression in words, either speech or writing.
- (countable) A conversation.
- (Internet, uncountable) Lengthy, often heated debate over controversial subject matter, particularly within fandom and activist spaces. Sometimes rendered as a proper noun with the definite article (i.e. "the Discourse").
- an address of a religious nature (usually delivered during a church service)
- extended verbal expression in speech or writing
- an extended communication (often interactive) dealing with some particular topic
adj
adj
- of reasoning; proceeding from general premisses to a necessary and specific conclusion
- relating to or having the nature of illation or inference
- resembling or dependent on or arrived at by inference
- derived or capable of being derived by inference
- based on interpretation; not directly expressed
- Of, pertaining to, or derived using inference.
adj
- of reasoning; proceeding from particular facts to a general conclusion
- inducing or influencing; leading on
- arising from inductance
- (logic) Of, or relating to logical induction, by generalizing a universal claim or principle from the observed particular instances.
- (physics) Of, relating to, or arising from inductance.
- Influencing; tending to induce or cause.
- Introductory or preparatory.
adj
- Having a justification.
- (typography) Of text, arranged on a page or a computer screen such that the left and right ends of all lines within paragraphs are aligned, with the space between words adjusted as necessary. Also called fully justified to contrast with left-justified and right-justified.
- having words so spaced that lines have straight even margins
verb
adj
- Leading to many or important deductions.
- (mining) Large; capacious; said of veins of ore.
- Having, or capable of exerting, power or influence.
- (mathematics, not comparable) Being a powerful number.
- having great influence
- displaying superhuman strength or power
- having great power or force or potency or effect
- (of a person) possessing physical strength and weight; rugged and powerful
- strong enough to knock down or overwhelm