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noun
- an occurrence of something
- a person of a specified kind (usually with many eccentricities)
- a statement of facts and reasons used to support an argument
- bed linen consisting of a cover for a pillow
- the actual state of things
- the quantity contained in a case
- a glass container used to store and display items in a shop or museum or home
- a special set of circumstances
- the housing or outer covering of something
- a specific state of mind that is temporary
- an enveloping structure or covering enclosing an animal or plant organ or part
- (printing) the receptacle in which a compositor has their type, which is divided into compartments for the different letters, spaces, or numbers
- a problem requiring investigation
- the enclosing frame around a door or window opening
- nouns or pronouns or adjectives (often marked by inflection) related in some way to other words in a sentence
- a person requiring professional services
- a specific size and style of type within a type family
- a portable container for carrying several objects
- a person who is subjected to experimental or other observational procedures; someone who is an object of investigation
- a comprehensive term for any proceeding in a court of law whereby an individual seeks a legal remedy
- (grammar) A specific inflection of a word (particularly a noun, pronoun, or adjective) depending on its function in the sentence.
- An actual event, situation, or fact.
- A cardboard box that holds (usually 24) beer bottles or cans.
- A specific matter or piece of work, specifically defined within a profession, usually in respect of a specific person and/or event; the set of tasks involved in addressing one such matter.
- (grammar, uncountable) Grammatical cases and their meanings taken either as a topic in general or within a specific language.
- (poker slang) Four of a kind.
- A suitcase.
- The outer covering or framework of a piece of apparatus such as a computer.
- (typography, by extension) The nature of a piece of alphabetic type, whether a “capital” (upper case) or “small” (lower case) letter.
- (medicine) An instance of a specific condition or set of symptoms.
- A box that contains or can contain a number of identical items of manufacture.
- (law) A legal proceeding; a lawsuit or prosecution.
- (printing, historical) A shallow tray divided into compartments or "boxes" for holding type, traditionally arranged in sets of two, the "upper case" (containing capitals, small capitals, accented) and "lower case" (small letters, figures, punctuation marks, quadrats, and spaces).
- A box, sheath, or covering generally.
- An enclosing frame or casing.
- (programming) A section of code representing one of the actions of a conditional switch.
- A piece of furniture, constructed partially of transparent glass or plastic, within which items can be displayed.
- (mining) A small fissure which admits water into the workings.
- (academia) An instance or event as a topic of study.
- A piece of luggage that can be used to transport an apparatus such as a sewing machine.
- A thin layer of harder metal on the surface of an object whose deeper metal is allowed to remain soft.
- (US) A unit of liquid measure used to measure sales in the beverage industry, equivalent to 192 fluid ounces.
verb
- enclose in, or as if in, a case
- look over, usually with the intention to rob
- (transitive, informal) To survey (a building or other location) surreptitiously, as in preparation for a robbery.
- (transitive) To place (an item or items of manufacture) into a box, as in preparation for shipment.
- (transitive) To cover or protect with, or as if with, a case; to enclose.
adj
noun
- an occurrence of something
- punishment intended as a warning to others
- something to be imitated
- an item of information that is typical of a class or group
- a task performed or problem solved in order to develop skill or understanding
- a representative form or pattern
- An instance (as a problem to be solved) serving to illustrate the rule or precept or to act as an exercise in the application of the rule.
- A person punished as a warning to others.
- Something that serves to illustrate or explain a rule.
- Something that serves as a pattern of behaviour to be imitated (a good example) or not to be imitated (a bad example).
- Something that is representative of all such things in a group.
- A parallel or closely similar case, especially when serving as a precedent or model.
verb
noun
- an occurrence of something
- An occasion; an order of occurrence.
- 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.
- (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
- 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; something that happens.
- A prearranged social activity (function, etc.)
- One of several contests that combine to make up a competition.
- (medicine) An episode of severe health conditions.
- (probability theory) A set of some of the possible outcomes; a subset of the sample space.
- (physics) A point in spacetime having three spatial coordinates and one temporal coordinate.
- An end result; an outcome (now chiefly in phrases).
- (computing) A possible action that the user can perform that is monitored by an application or the operating system (event listener). When an event occurs an event handler is called which performs a specific task.
- a phenomenon that follows and is caused by some previous phenomenon
- a phenomenon located at a single point in space-time; the fundamental observational entity in relativity theory
- something that happens at a given place and time
- a special set of circumstances
noun
adj
verb
noun
- an instance of some kind
- a small amount of solid food; a mouthful
- a small piece or quantity of something
- a small fragment of something broken off from the whole
- a short performance that is part of a longer program
- a small fragment
- the cutting part of a drill; usually pointed and threaded and is replaceable in a brace or bitstock or drill press
- piece of metal held in horse's mouth by reins and used to control the horse while riding
- a unit of measurement of information (from binary + digit); the amount of information in a system having two equiprobable states
- the part of a key that enters a lock and lifts the tumblers
- an indefinitely short time
- (in the plural, informal, sports) Fractions of a second.
- (informal) A small fraction above a whole number.
- (slang) A gag or put-on; a humorous conceit, especially when insistently presented as true.
- The cutting iron of a plane.
- The part of a key which enters the lock and acts upon the bolt and tumblers.
- An excerpt of material making up part of a show, comedy routine, etc.
- A piece of metal placed in a horse's mouth and connected to the reins to direct the animal.
- (mathematics, computing) A binary digit, generally represented as a 1 or 0.
- The bevelled front edge of an axehead along which the cutting edge runs.
- Ellipsis of bit part.
- A portion of something.
- A replaceable tip for a hand tool or power tool, comprising the portion that drives a fastener.
- (MLE) A gun.
- (BDSM) A gag of a style similar to a bridle.
- (computing) The smallest unit of storage in a digital computer, consisting of a binary digit.
- (historical) A unit of currency and coin of the British West Indies worth six black dogs, originally equal to one-eighth of a Spanish dollar but later increasingly debased to one tenth, one eleventh, one twelfth, etc.
- (information theory) A unit of measure for information entropy.
- A rotary cutting tool, fitted to a drill, brace, or router, used to bore or drill holes or to remove material from the profile of the workpiece.
- (historical) A unit of currency of the Dutch West Indies in the early 20th century, worth one fifth of a cent.
- Somewhat; something, but not very great; also used like jot and whit to express the smallest degree. See also a bit.
- Synonym of microbitcoin.
- (historical, US and Canada) A unit of currency worth one eighth of a dollar, originally of a Spanish dollar but later also US or Canadian; also, a coin with this value, in particular the silver Spanish real.
- (slang) A prison sentence, especially a short one.
- A small amount of something.
- (informal) Specifically, a small amount of time.
- (information theory, cryptography) Any datum that may take on one of exactly two values.
- A microbitcoin, or a millionth of a bitcoin (0.000001 BTC).
adj
verb
noun
- an instance of some kind
- a portion of a natural object
- a period of indeterminate length (usually short) marked by some action or condition
- game equipment consisting of an object used in playing certain board games
- a share of something
- a separate part of a whole
- a serving that has been cut from a larger portion
- a portable gun
- an item that is an instance of some type
- an artistic or literary composition
- a distance
- a work of art of some artistic value
- a musical work that has been created
- (US, colloquial) A gun.
- An article published in the press.
- (US, slang) A cannabis pipe.
- (US, colloquial, mildly vulgar, short for piece of crap/piece of shit) A shoddy or worthless object (usually applied to consumer products like vehicles or appliances).
- (US, colloquial, vulgar) A sexual encounter; from piece of ass or piece of tail.
- (chess) One of the figures used in playing chess, specifically a higher-value figure as distinguished from a pawn; (by extension) those with which draughts, backgammon, and other similar board games are played.
- A part of a larger whole, usually in such a form that it is able to be separated from other parts.
- (Scotland, Ireland, UK, US, dialectal) A slice or other quantity of bread, eaten on its own; a sandwich or light snack.
- A coin, especially one valued at less than the principal unit of currency.
- A single item belonging to a class of similar items.
- An amount of work to be done at one time; a unit of piece work.
- An artistic creation, such as a painting, sculpture, musical composition, literary work, etc.
- (US, Canada, colloquial, short for hairpiece) A toupee or wig, especially when worn by a man.
- (military) An artillery gun.
- (US) A pacifier; a dummy.
- (slang) An ounce of a recreational drug.
- (colloquial) A distance.
- (baseball, uncountable) Used to describe a pitch that has been hit but not well, usually either being caught by the opposing team or going foul. Usually used in the past tense with get.
- (rowing) A structured practice row, often used for performance evaluation.
verb
- eat intermittently; take small bites of
- to join or unite the pieces of
- create by putting components or members together
- join during spinning
- repair by adding pieces
- (transitive, usually with together) To assemble (something real or figurative).
- To make, enlarge, or repair, by the addition of a piece or pieces; to patch; often with out.
- (slang) To produce a work of graffiti more complex than a tag.
noun
- The act of something happening; occurrence.
- (graph theory) The relation between an edge of a graph and one of the vertices it connects.
- The extent or the relative frequency of something happening.
- (epidemiology) A measure of the rate of new occurrence of a given medical condition in a population within a specified period of time.
- The manner of falling; bearing or onus, as of a tax that falls unequally.
- (physics) The striking of radiation or a projectile upon a surface.
- (geometry) The falling of a point on a line, or a line on a plane.
- the striking of a light beam on a surface
- the relative frequency of occurrence of something
noun
- a possible event or occurrence or result
- the state of being contingent on something
- (logic, countable) A statement which is neither a tautology nor a contradiction.
- (countable) A possibility; something which may or may not happen. A chance occurrence, especially in finance, unexpected expenses.
- (finance, countable) An amount of money which a party to a contract has to pay to the other party (usually the supplier of a major project to the client) if they do not fulfill the contract according to the specification.
- (uncountable) The quality of being contingent, of happening by chance.
noun
- an event or situation that happens at the same time as or in connection with another
- the act of accompanying someone or something in order to protect them
- something added to complete or embellish or make perfect
- a musical part (vocal or instrumental) that supports or provides background for other musical parts
- (music) A part, usually performed by instruments, that gives support or adds to the background in music, or adds for ornamentation; also, the harmony of a figured bass.
- That which accompanies; something that attends as a circumstance, or which is added to give greater completeness to the principal thing, or by way of ornament, or for the sake of symmetry.
noun
- an event or situation that happens at the same time as or in connection with another
- someone who waits on or tends to or attends to the needs of another
- a person who is present and participates in a meeting
- One who attends; one who works with or watches over someone or something.
- That which accompanies or follows.
- A servant or valet.
- (law) One who owes a duty or service to another.
adj
noun
- an event or situation that happens at the same time as or in connection with another
- the temporal property of two things happening at the same time
- (countable) An instance of a thing occurring simultaneously with something else; coexistence or coincidence.
- (uncountable) The fact of a thing occurring simultaneously with something else; correlation.
noun
adj
noun
- A particular happening; an instance or time when something occurred.
- An occurrence or state of affairs which causes some event or reaction; a motive or reason.
- an event that occurs at a critical time
- Something which causes something else; a cause.
- The time when something happens.
- A reason or excuse; a motive; a persuasion.
- A favorable opportunity; a convenient or timely chance.
- A need; requirement, necessity.
- A special event or function.
- an opportunity to do something
- a formal or official social gathering or ceremony of people
- the time of a particular event
- a rational motive for a belief or action
verb
noun
- an instance or single occasion for some event
- a sharp slanting blow
- an article of jewelry that can be clipped onto a hat or dress
- a metal frame or container holding cartridges; can be inserted into an automatic gun
- the act of clipping or snipping
- any of various small fasteners used to hold loose articles together
- A short piece of audio (shortened version of audio clip, or alternatively clipping of audio).
- (military, colloquial) A removable magazine of a firearm.
- Something which clips or grasps; a device for attaching one object to another.
- A newspaper clipping.
- (uncountable, Geordie) The condition of something, its state.
- (military) A frame containing a number of rounds of ammunition which is intended to be inserted into an internal magazine of a firearm to allow for rapid reloading.
- Something which has been clipped from a larger whole:
- The product of a single shearing of sheep.
- An act of clipping, such as a haircut.
- A section of video taken from a film, broadcast, or other longer video.
- A projecting flange on the upper edge of a horseshoe, turned up so as to embrace the lower part of the hoof; a toe clip or beak.
- (fishing, UK, Scotland) A gaff or hook for landing the fish, as in salmon fishing.
- An unspecified, but normally understood as rapid, speed or pace.
- A season's crop of wool.
- (informal) A blow with the hand (often in the set phrase clip round the ear)
verb
- run at a moderately swift pace
- cultivate, tend, and cut back the growth of
- sever or remove by pinching or snipping
- terminate or abbreviate before its intended or proper end or its full extent
- attach with a clip
- (slang) To collect signatures, generally with the use of a clipboard.
- (computer graphics, video games, ambitransitive) To move (through or into) (a rendered object or barrier).
- (slang, transitive) To cheat, swindle, or fleece.
- To curtail; to cut short.
- (dialectal, informal) To strike with the hand.
- To fasten with a clip.
- To cut, especially with scissors or shears as opposed to a knife etc.
- (slang, transitive) to grab or take stealthily.
- (computer graphics) To discard (an occluded part of a model or scene) rather than waste resources on rendering it.
- To make a clip; to cut a section of video from a film, broadcast, or other longer video.
- To grip tightly.
- (signal processing) To cut off a signal level at a certain maximum value.
- (surgery, transitive) To treat (an aneurysm) by closing it off with a physical clip.
- To hit or strike, especially in passing.
- (slang) To assassinate; to bump off.
- (American football) To perform an illegal tackle, throwing the body across the back of an opponent's leg or hitting him from the back below the waist while moving up from behind unless the opponent is a runner or the action is in close line play.
noun
- an instance or single occasion for some event
- (countable) An instance or occurrence.
- the fourth coordinate that is required (along with three spatial dimensions) to specify a physical event
- a suitable moment
- an indefinite period (usually marked by specific attributes or activities)
- rhythm as given by division into parts of equal duration
- a person's experience on a particular occasion
- the period of time a prisoner is imprisoned
- a period of time considered as a resource under your control and sufficient to accomplish something
- a reading of a point in time as given by a clock
- the continuum of experience in which events pass from the future through the present to the past
- (uncountable, slang) The serving of a prison sentence.
- (uncountable) The feeling of the passage of events and their relative duration, as experienced by an individual.
- (countable) A numerical indication of a particular moment.
- (uncountable with possessive) A person's youth or young adulthood, as opposed to the present day.
- (countable) An experience.
- (only in singular, sports and figuratively) Time out; temporary, limited suspension of play.
- (uncountable) A quantity of availability of duration.
- (UK, in public houses) Closing time.
- (countable) A measurement of a quantity of time; a numerical or general indication of a length of progression.
- (uncountable) The duration of time of a given day that has passed; the moment, as indicated by a clock or similar device.
- (uncountable) Tempo; a measured rate of movement.
- (uncountable) Rhythmical division, meter.
- (physics, uncountable, reductionist definition) The property of a system which allows it to have more than one distinct configuration.
- (countable) The measurement under some system of region of day or moment.
- (physics, usually uncountable) A dimension of spacetime with the opposite metric signature to space dimensions; the fourth dimension.
- (music, uncountable) The measured duration of sounds.
- (jazz) (uncountable) A straight rhythmic pattern, free from fills, breaks and other embellishments.
- (countable) A particular moment or hour; the appropriate moment or hour for something (especially with prepositional phrase or imperfect subjunctive).
- (countable) An era; (articulated, sometimes in the plural) the current era, the current state of affairs.
- (slang, MLE) Clipping of a long time.
- (countable) A ratio of comparison (see also usage notes and prepositional sense at 'times').
- (with possessives) The end of someone’s life, conceived by the speaker as having been predestined.
- (uncountable) The inevitable progression into the future with the passing of present and past events.
- (physics, uncountable) Change associated with the second law of thermodynamics; the physical and psychological result of increasing entropy.
- The hour of childbirth.
verb
- assign a time for an activity or event
- set the speed, duration, or execution of
- regulate or set the time of
- measure the time or duration of an event or action or the person who performs an action in a certain period of time
- adjust so that a force is applied and an action occurs at the desired time
- To regulate as to time; to accompany, or agree with, in time of movement.
- (transitive) To measure or record the time, duration, or rate of something.
- (transitive) To choose when something commences or its duration.
- To measure, as in music or harmony.
intj
noun
- A combination of objects or events in view or happening at a given moment at a particular place.
- a situation treated as an observable object
- (theater, film, television, radio) A part of a dramatic work that is set in the same place or time. In the theatre, generally a number of scenes constitute an act.
- (theater) The decorations; furnishings, and backgrounds of a stage, representing the place in which the action of a play is set.
- (aesthetic) (by extension) An aesthetic characterized by vibrant, often neon colors, heavily teased and brightly dyed hair with long bangs, skinny jeans, band tees, and layered accessories like studded belts and plastic jewelry; heavily influenced by MySpace culture, emo, pop-punk, and electronic music, with a strong emphasis on digital self-expression and a playful, rebellious energy.
- A social environment consisting of an informal, vague group of people with a uniting interest; their sphere of activity; a subculture.
- An element of fiction writing.
- (uncountable) (by extension) A youth subculture popular in the Anglosphere in the 2000s and early 2010s.
- The location, time, circumstances, etc., in which something occurs, or in which the action of a story, play, or the like, is set up.
- The location of an event that attracts attention.
- An exhibition of passionate or strong feeling before others, creating embarrassment or disruption; often, an artificial or affected action, or course of action, done for effect; a theatrical display.
- A landscape, or part of a landscape; scenery.
- (BDSM) A fantasy that is acted out.
- the context and environment in which something is set
- an incident (real or imaginary)
- graphic art consisting of the graphic or photographic representation of a visual percept
- a consecutive series of pictures that constitutes a unit of action in a film
- the place where some action occurs
- a display of bad temper
- a subdivision of an act of a play or performance
- the visual percept of a region
- the painted structures of a stage set that are intended to suggest a particular locale
intj
verb
noun
- An event or happening; something that happens.
- (always in plural) A published collection of papers presented at an academic conference, or representing the acts of a learned society.
- Progress or movement from one thing to another.
- The act of one who proceeds, or who prosecutes a design or transaction.
- A measure or step taken in a course of business; a transaction.
- (law) Any legal action, especially one that is not a lawsuit.
- (law) the institution of a sequence of steps by which legal judgments are invoked
verb
noun
- The situation or occurrence in which two or more objects or events act upon one another to produce an effect; the effect resulting from such a situation or occurrence.
- A conversation or exchange between people.
- (physics) the transfer of energy between elementary particles or between an elementary particle and a field or between fields; mediated by gauge bosons
- a mutual or reciprocal action; interacting
noun
- a preceding occurrence or cause or event
- the referent of an anaphor; a phrase or clause that is referred to by an anaphoric pronoun
- someone from whom you are descended (but usually more remote than a grandparent)
- anything that precedes something similar in time
- (mathematics) The first term of a ratio, i.e. the term a in the ratio a:b, the other being the consequent.
- (chiefly in the plural) Previous principles, conduct, history, etc.
- (logic) The conditional part of a hypothetical proposition, i.e. p→q, where p is the antecedent, and q is the consequent.
- (logic) The first of two subsets of a sequent, consisting of all the sequent's formulae which are valuated as true.
- Any thing that precedes another thing, especially the cause of the second thing.
- (grammar) A word, phrase or clause referred to by a pronoun or other pro-form.
- An ancestor.
adj
adj
- of or relating to a phenomenon
- extraordinarily good or great; used especially as intensifiers
- (philosophy) Of or pertaining to the appearance of the world, as opposed to the ultimate nature of the world as it is in itself.
- (sciences) Perceptible by the senses through immediate experience.
- (colloquial) Very remarkable; highly extraordinary; amazing.
verb
- occur
- estimate the duration or outcome of something
- cause to happen or be responsible for
- convey or reveal information
- give or convey physically
- consent to engage in sexual intercourse with a man
- dedicate
- bring about
- be flexible under stress of physical force
- manifest or show
- offer in good faith
- be the cause or source of
- accord by verdict
- allow to have or take
- emit or utter
- convey, as of a compliment, regards, attention, etc.; bestow
- bestow, especially officially
- proffer (a body part)
- move in order to make room for someone for something
- execute and deliver
- submit for consideration, judgment, or use
- give as a present; make a gift of
- cause to have, in the abstract sense or physical sense
- inflict as a punishment
- deliver in exchange or recompense
- bestow
- give entirely to a specific person, activity, or cause
- endure the loss of
- convey or communicate; of a smile, a look, a physical gesture
- transmit (knowledge or skills)
- present to view
- perform for an audience
- transfer possession of something concrete or abstract to somebody
- break down, literally or metaphorically
- propose
- give (as medicine)
- place into the hands or custody of
- leave with; give temporarily
- organize or be responsible for
- guide or direct, as by behavior of persuasion
- give or supply
- give food to
- contribute to some cause
- To transfer one's possession or holding of (something) to (someone).
- To attribute; to assign; to adjudge.
- To propose someone for a toast, used in standard formulations for toasts.
- To carry out (a physical interaction) with (something).
- To cause (a disease or condition) in, or to transmit (a disease or condition) to.
- To pass (something) into (someone's hand, etc.).
- (ditransitive) To estimate or predict (a duration or probability) for (something).
- To provide or administer (a medication)
- (transitive) To provide, as, a service or a broadcast.
- To cause (someone) to have; produce in (someone); effectuate.
- To pledge.
- To provide (something) to (someone), to allow or afford.
- To exhibit as a product or result; to produce; to yield.
- To cause (a sensation or feeling) to exist in (the specified person, or the target, audience, etc).
- To make a present or gift of.
- To present someone to an audience.
- To communicate or announce (advice, tidings, etc.); to pronounce or utter (an opinion, a judgment, a shout, etc.).
- (intransitive) To yield or collapse under pressure or force.
- To cause; to make; used with the infinitive.
- (reflexive) To devote or apply (oneself).
- (slang, transitive) To give off (a certain vibe or appearance). (Compare giving.)
- To allow or admit by way of supposition; to concede.
- (intransitive) To lead (onto or into).
noun
noun
- An incident or episode.
- (bacteriology, virology) Serial passage.
- (nautical) A strait or other narrow waterway.
- (caving) An underground cavity, formed by water or falling rocks, which is much longer than it is wide.
- A passageway or corridor.
- The act of passing; movement across or through.
- The official approval of a bill or act by a parliament.
- A fee paid for passing or for being conveyed between places.
- (art) The use of tight brushwork to link objects in separate spatial plains. Commonly seen in Cubist works.
- The advance of time.
- (euphemistic) The vagina.
- A paragraph or section of text or music with particular meaning.
- (dressage) A movement in classical dressage, in which the horse performs a very collected, energetic, and elevated trot that has a longer period of suspension between each foot fall than a working trot.
- Part of a path or journey.
- (dice games, historical) A gambling game for two players using three dice, in which the object is to throw a double over ten.
- The right to pass from one place to another.
- a journey usually by ship
- a section of text; particularly a section of medium length
- a short section of a musical composition
- a path or channel or duct through or along which something may pass
- the motion of one object relative to another
- the passing of a law by a legislative body
- a way through or along which someone or something may pass
- a bodily reaction of changing from one place or stage to another
- the act of passing from one state or place to the next
- the act of passing something to another person
adj
verb
adj
- occurring with or following as a consequence
- additional but secondary; auxiliary;
- descended from a common ancestor but through different lines
- serving to support or corroborate
- situated or running side by side
- (finance) Relating to a collateral in the sense of an obligation or security.
- Corresponding; accompanying, concomitant.
- Coming or directed along the side.
- Acting in an indirect way.
- (finance) Expensive to the extent of being paid through a loan.
- Parallel, in the same vein, side by side.
- Being aside from the main subject, target, or goal.
- (genealogy) Of an indirect ancestral relationship, as opposed to lineal descendency.
- (biology, of a vascular bundle) Having the phloem and xylem adjacent.
noun
- a security pledged for the repayment of a loan
- (finance) A security or guarantee (usually an asset) pledged for the repayment of a loan if one cannot procure enough funds to repay.
- (marketing) Printed materials or content of electronic media used to enhance sales of products (short form of collateral material).
- (anatomy) A thinner blood vessel providing an alternate route to blood flow in case the main vessel becomes occluded.
- (anatomy) A branch of a bodily part or system of organs.
adj
noun
adj
- occurring with or following as a consequence
- not of prime or central importance
- (sometimes followed by ‘to’) minor or casual or subordinate in significance or nature or occurring as a chance concomitant or consequence
- Existing tangentially, being a byproduct, a tangent, or a likely consequence.
- (physics, of radiation) Entering or approaching, prior to reflection (more frequently incident).
- Loosely associated; of limited relevance except indirectly; only accidentally related.
- Occurring by chance.
noun
adj
noun
adj
noun
- (mathematics) A sequential calculus
- (logic) A disjunctive set of logical formulae which is partitioned into two subsets; the first subset, called the antecedent, consists of formulae which are valuated as false, and the second subset, called the succedent, consists of formulae which are valuated as true. (The set is written without set brackets and the separation between the two subsets is denoted by a turnstile symbol, which may be read "give(s)".)
- Something that follows in a given sequence.
adj
- occurring from time to time
- recurring or reappearing from time to time
- occurring or appearing at usually irregular intervals
- occurring on a temporary or irregular basis
- Acting in the indicated role from time to time.
- Intended for use as the occasion requires.
- Occurring or appearing irregularly from time to time, but not often; incidental.
- Created for a specific occasion.
noun
noun
- An event; a fact; a particular incident, occurrence, or condition (status).
- Something which is related to, or in some way affects, a fact or event.
- Condition in regard to worldly estate; state of property; situation; surroundings.
- the set of facts or circumstances that surround a situation or event
- information that should be kept in mind when making a decision
- a condition that accompanies or influences some event or activity
- formal ceremony about important occasions
verb
noun
- An occurrence of something (countable instances) in large numbers, happening suddenly or in a short period of time.
- The violent spasms of a dying whale.
- A snack consisting of soft ice cream mixed with small pieces of fruit, cookie crumbs, etc.
- A shower of dust, leaves etc. brought on by a sudden gust of wind.
- A sudden and brief blast or gust; a light, temporary breeze.
- (figurative) Any sudden activity; a stir.
- A light, brief snowfall; a shower of snow.
- a rapid active commotion
- a light brief snowfall and gust of wind (or something resembling that)
verb
noun
- a happening that is distinctive in a series of related events
- film consisting of a succession of related shots that develop a given subject in a movie
- a part of a broadcast serial
- a brief section of a literary or dramatic work that forms part of a connected series
- An incident, action, or time period standing out by itself, but more or less connected with a complete series of events.
- An installment of a drama told in parts, as in a TV series.
noun
- event whose occurrence ends something
- the act of making up your mind about something
- an intuitive assumption
- the act of ending something
- the last section of a communication
- a position or opinion or judgment reached after consideration
- a final settlement
- the temporal end; the concluding time
- the proposition arrived at by logical reasoning (such as the proposition that must follow from the major and minor premises of a syllogism)
- arrangement; settlement.
- (logic) In an argument or syllogism, the proposition that follows as a necessary consequence of the premises.
- A decision reached after careful thought.
- The end, finish, close or last part of something.
- (law) An estoppel or bar by which a person is held to a particular position.
- (law) The end or close of a pleading, for example, the formal ending of an indictment, "against the peace", etc.
- The outcome or result of a process or act.
noun
- event whose occurrence ends something
- the act of ending something
- the last section of a communication
- the point in time at which something ends
- the end of a word (a suffix or inflectional ending or final morpheme)
- The last part of something.
- A termination or conclusion.
- (grammar) The last morpheme of a word, added to some base to make an inflected form (such as -s in "dogs").
verb
noun
- event whose occurrence ends something
- the act of finishing
- the place designated as the end (as of a race or journey)
- (wine tasting) the taste of a wine on the back of the tongue (as it is swallowed)
- the downfall of someone (as of persons on one side of a conflict)
- the temporal end; the concluding time
- designated event that concludes a contest (especially a race)
- a highly developed state of perfection; having a flawless or impeccable quality
- a decorative texture or appearance of a surface (or the substance that gives it that appearance)
- (professional wrestling, slang) The ending of a match and its structure.
- The result of any process changing the physical or chemical properties of cloth.
- A finishing touch; careful elaboration; polish.
- (sports) A shot on goal, especially one that ends in a goal.
- An end; the end of anything.
- A protective coating given to wood or metal and other surfaces.
verb
- provide with a finish
- come or bring to a finish or an end
- cause to finish a relationship with somebody
- have an end, in a temporal, spatial, or quantitative sense; either spatial or metaphorical
- finally be or do something
- finish eating all the food on one's plate or on the table
- (transitive) To complete (something).
- (transitive) To change an animal's food supply in the months before it is due for slaughter, with the intention of fattening the animal.
- (transitive) To put an end to; to destroy.
- (intransitive) To come to an end.
- (intransitive, sex) To reach orgasm.
- (transitive) To apply a treatment to (a surface or similar).
verb
- Of an event, situation, etc.: to appear or happen again, especially repeatedly.
- happen or occur again
- Of a memory, thought, etc.: to come to the mind again.
- (mathematics) Often in the form recurring following a number: of a numeral or group of numerals in a decimal fraction: to repeat indefinitely.
- (medicine) Of a disease or symptom: to happen again, especially repeatedly or after a remission or an apparent recovery.
- (computing) Synonym of recurse (“to execute a procedure recursively”).
- return in thought or speech to something
- have recourse to
noun
- A kind or type of phenomenon (sense 1 or 2).
- (philosophy, chiefly Kantian idealism) An experienced object whose constitution reflects the order and conceptual structure imposed upon it by the human mind (especially by the powers of perception and understanding).
- A wonderful or very remarkable person or thing.
- Appearance; a perceptible aspect of something that is mutable.
- A thing or being, event or process, perceptible through senses; or a fact or occurrence thereof.
- (by extension) A knowable thing or event (e.g. by inference, especially in science).
- A fact or event considered very unusual, curious, or astonishing by those who witness it.
- a remarkable development
- any state or process known through the senses rather than by intuition or reasoning
noun
adj
noun
- A particular moment in an event or occurrence; a juncture.
- An individual element in a larger whole; a particular detail, thought, or quality.
- Each of the marks or strokes written above letters, especially in Semitic languages, to indicate vowels, stress etc.
- (video games, board games) A unit of various numerical parameters used in a game, e.g. health, experience, stamina, mana.
- (sports, video games, board games) A unit of scoring in a game or competition.
- A purpose or objective, which makes something meaningful.
- Each of the main directions on a compass, usually considered to be 32 in number; a direction.
- (economics) A unit used to express differences in prices of stocks and shares.
- (music) A dot or mark used to designate certain tones or time. In ancient music, it distinguished or characterized certain tones or styles (points of perfection, of augmentation, etc.). In modern music, it is placed on the right of a note to raise its value, or prolong its time, by one half.
- (falconry) The perpendicular rising of a hawk over the place where its prey has gone into cover.
- Ellipsis of percentage point.
- A peninsula or promontory.
- (by extension) An operational or public leadership position in a risky endeavor.
- (UK) An electric power socket.
- (historical) A string or lace used to tie together certain garments.
- Ellipsis of point man.
- (archaeology) A spearhead or similar object hafted to a handle.
- (lacrosse, ice hockey, countable, uncountable) The position of the player of each side who stands a short distance in front of the goalkeeper.
- (now only in phrases) A tenth; formerly also a twelfth.
- (heraldry) One of the "corners" of the escutcheon: the base (bottom center) unless a qualifier is added (point dexter, point dexter base, point sinister, point sinister base), generally when separately tinctured. (Compare terrace, point champaine, enté en point.)
- (typography) A unit of measure equal to 1/12 of a pica, or approximately 1/72 of an inch (exactly 1/72 of an inch in the digital era).
- The attitude assumed by a pointer dog when he finds game.
- (UK) A unit of measure for rain, equal to 0.254 mm or 0.01 of an inch.
- (mathematics) A decimal point (now especially when reading decimal fractions aloud).
- (cricket, countable, uncountable) A fielding position square of the wicket on the off side, between gully and cover.
- (fencing) A movement executed with the sabre or foil.
- (mathematics, sciences) A zero-dimensional mathematical object representing a location in one or more dimensions; something considered to have position but no magnitude or direction.
- A topic of discussion or debate; a proposition; a count
- A full stop or other terminal punctuation mark.
- Pointedness of speech or writing; a penetrating or decisive quality of expression.
- A tine or snag of an antler.
- (heraldry, by extension) An ordinary similar to a pile (but sometimes shorter), extending upward from the base. (Often termed a point pointed.)
- A focus of conversation or consideration; the main idea.
- (nautical) A short piece of cordage used in reefing sails.
- (usually in the plural) An area of contrasting colour on an animal, especially a dog; a marking.
- (by extension) A note; a tune.
- (navigation, nautical) A unit of bearing equal to one thirty-second of a circle, i.e. 11.25°.
- (hunting) A spot to which a straight run is made; hence, a straight run from point to point; a cross-country run.
- (nautical) The difference between two points of the compass.
- (automotive, chiefly in the plural) Either of the two metal surfaces in a distributor which close or open to allow or prevent the flow of current through the ignition coil. There is usually a moving point, pushed by the distributor cam, and a fixed point, and they are built together as a unit.
- Any projecting extremity of an object.
- (rail transport, UK, in the plural) A railroad switch.
- A distinguishing quality or characteristic.
- (baseball, countable, uncountable) The position of the pitcher and catcher.
- Lace worked by the needle.
- The gesture of extending the index finger in a direction in order to indicate something.
- The sharp tip of an object.
- A specific location or place, seen as a spatial position.
- The act of pointing, as of the foot downward in certain dance positions.
- (backgammon) Each of the twelve triangular positions in either table of a backgammon board, on which the stones are played.
- An object which has a sharp or tapering tip.
- The position at the front or vanguard of an advancing force.
- Something tiny, as a pinprick; a very small mark.
- a specific identifiable position in a continuum or series or especially in a process
- any of 32 horizontal directions indicated on the card of a compass
- a promontory extending out into a large body of water
- a linear unit used to measure the size of type; approximately 1/72 inch
- a wall socket
- the unit of counting in scoring a game or contest
- a V-shaped mark at one end of an arrow pointer
- an instant of time
- sharp end
- the dot at the left of a decimal fraction
- a brief version of the essential meaning of something
- 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 geometric element that has position but no extension
- a distinguishing or individuating characteristic
- a style in speech or writing that arrests attention and has a penetrating or convincing quality or effect
- a V shape
- an outstanding characteristic
- a contact in the distributor; as the rotor turns its projecting arm contacts them and current flows to the spark plugs
- an isolated fact that is considered separately from the whole
- a punctuation mark (‘.’) placed at the end of a declarative sentence to indicate a full stop or after abbreviations
- the precise location of something; a spatially limited location
- a very small circular shape
- the property of a shape that tapers to a sharp tip
- the object of an activity
- a distinct part that can be specified separately in a group of things that could be enumerated on a list
- the gun muzzle's direction
intj
verb
- (intransitive) To indicate a probability of something.
- (transitive, Internet) To direct requests sent to a domain name to the IP address corresponding to that domain name.
- (transitive) To direct or encourage (someone) in a particular direction.
- To give a point to; to sharpen; to cut, forge, grind, or file to an acute end.
- (transitive, computing) To direct the central processing unit to seek information at a certain location in memory.
- (transitive, mathematics) To separate an integer from a decimal with a decimal point.
- (ambitransitive, masonry) To repair mortar.
- (intransitive) To extend the index finger in the direction of something in order to show where it is or to draw attention to it.
- (stone-cutting) To cut, as a surface, with a pointed tool.
- (transitive, masonry) To fill up and finish the joints of (a wall), by introducing additional cement or mortar, and bringing it to a smooth surface.
- (intransitive, nautical) To sail close to the wind.
- (transitive, sometimes figurative) To direct toward an object; to aim.
- (intransitive, hunting) To indicate the presence of game by a fixed and steady look, as certain hunting dogs do.
- (medicine, of an abscess) To approximate to the surface; to head.
- (intransitive) To draw attention to something or indicate a direction.
- (transitive) To mark with diacritics.
- (intransitive) To face in a particular direction.
- be a signal for or a symptom of
- direct the course; determine the direction of travelling
- mark with diacritics
- be positionable in a specified manner
- sail close to the wind
- indicate the presence of (game) by standing and pointing with the muzzle
- direct into a position for use
- repair the joints of bricks
- mark (Hebrew words) with diacritics
- mark (a psalm text) to indicate the points at which the music changes
- indicate a place, direction, person, or thing; either spatially or figuratively
- give a point to
- intend (something) to move towards a certain goal
- be oriented
noun
- An action or event that is a signal for somebody to do something.
- The name of the Latin script letter Q/q.
- A hint or intimation.
- (sports, billiards, snooker, pool) A straight tapering stick used to hit the balls in various games.
- The last words of a play actor's speech, serving as an intimation for the next actor to speak; any word or words which serve to remind an actor to speak or to do something; a catchword.
- (electronics, computing) A marker or signal that triggers something, such as the start of an audio recording.
- evidence that helps to solve a problem
- an actor's line that immediately precedes and serves as a reminder for some action or speech
- sports implement consisting of a tapering rod used to strike a cue ball in pool or billiards
- a stimulus that provides information about what to do
verb
- (by extension) To spark or provoke.
- To give someone a cue signal.
- To form into a cue; to braid; to twist.
- (sports, billiards, snooker, pool) To take aim on the cue ball with the cue and hit it.
- assist (somebody acting or reciting) by suggesting the next words of something forgotten or imperfectly learned
adj
noun
noun
- a situation treated as an observable object
- a visual representation (of an object or scene or person or abstraction) produced on a surface
- illustrations used to decorate or explain a text
- a form of entertainment that enacts a story by sound and a sequence of images giving the illusion of continuous movement
- a graphic or vivid verbal description
- graphic art consisting of an artistic composition made by applying paints to a surface
- a typical example of some state or quality
- a representation of a person or scene in the form of a print or transparent slide or in digital format
- a clear and telling mental image
- the visible part of a television transmission
- (programming) A format string in the COBOL programming language.
- (in the plural, informal) ("the pictures") Cinema (as a form of entertainment).
- An attractive sight.
- A figure; a model.
- A representation of anything (as a person, a landscape, a building) upon canvas, paper, or other surface, by drawing, painting, printing, photography, etc.
- A photograph.
- (MLE) A sample of an illegal drug.
- An image; a representation as in the imagination.
- A paragon, a perfect example or specimen (of a category).
- Situation.
- The art of painting; representation by painting.
- A painting.
verb
noun
- the event consisting of the start of something
- the time at which something is supposed to begin
- the place where something begins, where it springs into being
- the act of starting something
- the first part or section of something
- The initial portion of some extended thing.
- That which is begun; a rudiment or element.
- That which begins or originates something; the source or first cause.
- (uncountable) The act of doing that which begins anything; commencement of an action, state, or space of time; entrance into being or upon a course; the first act, effort, or state of a succession of acts or states.
adj
verb
adj
- occurring unexpectedly and requiring urgent action
- coming into existence
- (botany) Taller than the surrounding vegetation.
- (especially medicine) Constituting an emergency.
- (philosophy, epistemology, sciences) That arises at a higher level than that of its components and is not explainable by the behaviour of said components taken individually; having properties as a whole that are more complex than the properties contributed by each of the components individually.
- (botany, of a water-dwelling plant) Having leaves and flowers above the water.
- (video games) Having gameplay that arises from its mechanics, rather than a linear storyline.
- Emerging; coming into view or into existence; nascent; new.
- Arising unexpectedly, especially if also calling for immediate reaction.
noun
adj
- Happening; taking place; being or due to be put into action.
- (euphemistic) Menstruating.
- (chiefly UK, informal, chiefly in the negative) Acceptable, appropriate.
- (snooker, postpositive) Of a ball, being the next in sequence to be potted, according to the rules of the game.
- In the state of being active, functioning or operating.
- (informal) Of a person, used to express agreement to or acceptance of a proposal or challenge made by that person; most commonly with subject "you" (see you're on).
- (acting, drama, roleplaying games) Acting in character.
- (chiefly in the negative) Possible; capable of being successfully carried out.
- Fitted; covering or being worn.
- (cricket) Within the half of the field on the same side as the batsman's legs; the left side for a right-handed batsman.
- (baseball, informal) Having reached a base as a runner and being positioned there, awaiting further action from a subsequent batter.
- (informal, of a person) Performative or funny in a wearying manner.
- (e.g. of points in a game) Available; remaining.
- (postpositive) Of a stated part of something, oriented towards the viewer or other specified direction.
- in operation or operational
- (of events) planned or scheduled
adv
- (infrequent in the US) Later.
- In continuation, at length.
- So as to cover or be fitted.
- (snooker) Of a ball, into a pottable position.
- Of betting odds, denoting a better-than-even chance. See also odds-on.
- Along, forwards (continuing an action), onwards.
- To an operating state.
- indicates continuity or persistence or concentration
- in a state required for something to function or be effective
- with a forward motion
noun
prep
- To the account or detriment of; denoting imprecation or invocation, or coming to, falling, or resting upon.
- At or in (a geographical location or position).
- At (a relative spatial position).
- Engaged in or occupied with (an action or activity).
- Serving as a member of.
- Under the influence of (a drug, or something that is causing drug-like effects).
- Indicating the target of, or thing affected by, an event or action.
- (snooker) In a position of being able to pot (a given ball).
- (also often 'upon') Arrived or coming into the presence of.
- Toward; for; indicating the object of an emotion.
- At (an instant or cusp).
- Aboard (a mode of transport, especially public transport, or transport that one sits astride or uses while standing).
- Expressing figurative placement, burden, or attachment.
- At (a certain position within a sequence).
- Denoting performance or action by contact with the surface, upper part, or outside of anything By means of; with.
- Covering.
- (mathematics) Having Vⁿ as domain and V as codomain, for the specified set V and some integer n.
- In addition to; besides; indicating multiplication or succession in a series.
- (mathematics, uncommon) Divided by.
- (especially Ireland) Indicating the person experiencing an emotion, cold, thirst, hunger, etc.
- (UK) At (a certain value or level).
- With verbs describing an action of pushing, pulling, pressing, etc., designates the thing to which force is applied.
- (also often 'upon') At the time of (and often because of).
- (UK dialectal, Scotland) Without.
- Positioned at the upper surface of, touching from above.
- Because of; upon the basis of (something not yet confirmed as true).
- (informal) In the possession of.
- Positioned at or resting against the outer surface of; attached to.
- (philosophy, logic) According to, from the standpoint of; (expressing what must follow, whether accepted or not, if a given premise or system is assumed true).
- (UK, especially in sports reporting) At (a given time after the start of something).
- Near; adjacent to; alongside; just off.
- Paid for by.
- Regularly taking (a drug).
- (especially when numbers of combatants or competitors are specified) Against; in opposition to.
- At or during the date or day of.
- (mathematics) Having as identical domain and codomain.
- (nautical) In the direction of (some part of one's vessel), to within 45 degrees.
- Indicating dependence or reliance.
- Indicating a means of subsistence or sustenance.
- (mathematics) Generated by.
- By virtue of; with the pledge of.
- (informal, chiefly in set phrases) Ellipsis of I swear on: on my life, on God, on everything, etc.
- Indicating a means or medium.
- Dealing with the subject of; about; concerning.
- With verbs describing an action of hitting, rubbing, scratching, binding against, etc., designates the thing impacted or contacted.
- Supported by (the specified part of itself).
verb
noun
- an event that occurs at a critical time
- the shape or manner in which things come together and a connection is made
- a crisis situation or point in time when a critical decision must be made
- (linguistics) The manner of moving (transition) or mode of relationship between two consecutive sounds; a suprasegmental phonemic cue, by which a listener can distinguish between two otherwise identical sequences of sounds that have different meanings.
- A critical moment in time.
- A place where things join, a junction.
noun
- the event that occurred at the beginning of something
- the act of becoming pregnant; fertilization of an ovum by a spermatozoon
- the creation of something in the mind
- an abstract or general idea inferred or derived from specific instances
- The formation of a conceptus or an implanted embryo.
- The fertilization of an ovum by a sperm to form a zygote.
- The state of being conceived; the beginning.
- The power or faculty of apprehending of forming an idea in the mind; the power of recalling a past sensation or perception; the ability to form mental abstractions.
- The start of pregnancy.
- The act of conceiving.
- An image, idea, or notion formed in the mind; a concept, plan or design.
noun
- the event that occurred at the beginning of something
- the human act of creating
- an artifact that has been brought into existence by someone
- everything that exists anywhere
- the act of starting something for the first time; introducing something new
- (uncountable) The act of creating something.
- (countable) Something created such as an invention or artwork.
- (uncountable) All which exists.
noun
adv
- (fused relative) The time at, on or during which.
- At an earlier time and under different, usually less favorable, circumstances.
- (interrogative, Internet slang, often humorous) Used after a noun or noun phrase in isolation to express impatience with an anticipated future event.
- (informal, in definitions or explanations) A circumstance or situation in which.
- (relative) At which, on which, during which: often omitted or replaced with that.
- (interrogative) At what time? At which time? Upon which occasion or circumstance? Used to introduce direct or indirect questions about time.
conj
- Since; given the fact that; considering that.
- During the time that; at the time of the action of the following clause or participle phrase.
- At what time; at which time.
- At (or as soon as) that time that; at the (or any and every) time that; if.
- Whereas; although; at the same time as; in spite of the fact that.
intj
pron
noun
- an occurrence of something
- a person of a specified kind (usually with many eccentricities)
- a statement of facts and reasons used to support an argument
- bed linen consisting of a cover for a pillow
- the actual state of things
- the quantity contained in a case
- a glass container used to store and display items in a shop or museum or home
- a special set of circumstances
- the housing or outer covering of something
- a specific state of mind that is temporary
- an enveloping structure or covering enclosing an animal or plant organ or part
- (printing) the receptacle in which a compositor has their type, which is divided into compartments for the different letters, spaces, or numbers
- a problem requiring investigation
- the enclosing frame around a door or window opening
- nouns or pronouns or adjectives (often marked by inflection) related in some way to other words in a sentence
- a person requiring professional services
- a specific size and style of type within a type family
- a portable container for carrying several objects
- a person who is subjected to experimental or other observational procedures; someone who is an object of investigation
- a comprehensive term for any proceeding in a court of law whereby an individual seeks a legal remedy
- (grammar) A specific inflection of a word (particularly a noun, pronoun, or adjective) depending on its function in the sentence.
- An actual event, situation, or fact.
- A cardboard box that holds (usually 24) beer bottles or cans.
- A specific matter or piece of work, specifically defined within a profession, usually in respect of a specific person and/or event; the set of tasks involved in addressing one such matter.
- (grammar, uncountable) Grammatical cases and their meanings taken either as a topic in general or within a specific language.
- (poker slang) Four of a kind.
- A suitcase.
- The outer covering or framework of a piece of apparatus such as a computer.
- (typography, by extension) The nature of a piece of alphabetic type, whether a “capital” (upper case) or “small” (lower case) letter.
- (medicine) An instance of a specific condition or set of symptoms.
- A box that contains or can contain a number of identical items of manufacture.
- (law) A legal proceeding; a lawsuit or prosecution.
- (printing, historical) A shallow tray divided into compartments or "boxes" for holding type, traditionally arranged in sets of two, the "upper case" (containing capitals, small capitals, accented) and "lower case" (small letters, figures, punctuation marks, quadrats, and spaces).
- A box, sheath, or covering generally.
- An enclosing frame or casing.
- (programming) A section of code representing one of the actions of a conditional switch.
- A piece of furniture, constructed partially of transparent glass or plastic, within which items can be displayed.
- (mining) A small fissure which admits water into the workings.
- (academia) An instance or event as a topic of study.
- A piece of luggage that can be used to transport an apparatus such as a sewing machine.
- A thin layer of harder metal on the surface of an object whose deeper metal is allowed to remain soft.
- (US) A unit of liquid measure used to measure sales in the beverage industry, equivalent to 192 fluid ounces.
verb
- enclose in, or as if in, a case
- look over, usually with the intention to rob
- (transitive, informal) To survey (a building or other location) surreptitiously, as in preparation for a robbery.
- (transitive) To place (an item or items of manufacture) into a box, as in preparation for shipment.
- (transitive) To cover or protect with, or as if with, a case; to enclose.
adj
noun
- an occurrence of something
- punishment intended as a warning to others
- something to be imitated
- an item of information that is typical of a class or group
- a task performed or problem solved in order to develop skill or understanding
- a representative form or pattern
- An instance (as a problem to be solved) serving to illustrate the rule or precept or to act as an exercise in the application of the rule.
- A person punished as a warning to others.
- Something that serves to illustrate or explain a rule.
- Something that serves as a pattern of behaviour to be imitated (a good example) or not to be imitated (a bad example).
- Something that is representative of all such things in a group.
- A parallel or closely similar case, especially when serving as a precedent or model.
verb
noun
- an occurrence of something
- An occasion; an order of occurrence.
- 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.
- (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
- 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; something that happens.
- A prearranged social activity (function, etc.)
- One of several contests that combine to make up a competition.
- (medicine) An episode of severe health conditions.
- (probability theory) A set of some of the possible outcomes; a subset of the sample space.
- (physics) A point in spacetime having three spatial coordinates and one temporal coordinate.
- An end result; an outcome (now chiefly in phrases).
- (computing) A possible action that the user can perform that is monitored by an application or the operating system (event listener). When an event occurs an event handler is called which performs a specific task.
- a phenomenon that follows and is caused by some previous phenomenon
- a phenomenon located at a single point in space-time; the fundamental observational entity in relativity theory
- something that happens at a given place and time
- a special set of circumstances
noun
adj
verb
noun
- an instance of some kind
- a small amount of solid food; a mouthful
- a small piece or quantity of something
- a small fragment of something broken off from the whole
- a short performance that is part of a longer program
- a small fragment
- the cutting part of a drill; usually pointed and threaded and is replaceable in a brace or bitstock or drill press
- piece of metal held in horse's mouth by reins and used to control the horse while riding
- a unit of measurement of information (from binary + digit); the amount of information in a system having two equiprobable states
- the part of a key that enters a lock and lifts the tumblers
- an indefinitely short time
- (in the plural, informal, sports) Fractions of a second.
- (informal) A small fraction above a whole number.
- (slang) A gag or put-on; a humorous conceit, especially when insistently presented as true.
- The cutting iron of a plane.
- The part of a key which enters the lock and acts upon the bolt and tumblers.
- An excerpt of material making up part of a show, comedy routine, etc.
- A piece of metal placed in a horse's mouth and connected to the reins to direct the animal.
- (mathematics, computing) A binary digit, generally represented as a 1 or 0.
- The bevelled front edge of an axehead along which the cutting edge runs.
- Ellipsis of bit part.
- A portion of something.
- A replaceable tip for a hand tool or power tool, comprising the portion that drives a fastener.
- (MLE) A gun.
- (BDSM) A gag of a style similar to a bridle.
- (computing) The smallest unit of storage in a digital computer, consisting of a binary digit.
- (historical) A unit of currency and coin of the British West Indies worth six black dogs, originally equal to one-eighth of a Spanish dollar but later increasingly debased to one tenth, one eleventh, one twelfth, etc.
- (information theory) A unit of measure for information entropy.
- A rotary cutting tool, fitted to a drill, brace, or router, used to bore or drill holes or to remove material from the profile of the workpiece.
- (historical) A unit of currency of the Dutch West Indies in the early 20th century, worth one fifth of a cent.
- Somewhat; something, but not very great; also used like jot and whit to express the smallest degree. See also a bit.
- Synonym of microbitcoin.
- (historical, US and Canada) A unit of currency worth one eighth of a dollar, originally of a Spanish dollar but later also US or Canadian; also, a coin with this value, in particular the silver Spanish real.
- (slang) A prison sentence, especially a short one.
- A small amount of something.
- (informal) Specifically, a small amount of time.
- (information theory, cryptography) Any datum that may take on one of exactly two values.
- A microbitcoin, or a millionth of a bitcoin (0.000001 BTC).
adj
verb
noun
- an instance of some kind
- a portion of a natural object
- a period of indeterminate length (usually short) marked by some action or condition
- game equipment consisting of an object used in playing certain board games
- a share of something
- a separate part of a whole
- a serving that has been cut from a larger portion
- a portable gun
- an item that is an instance of some type
- an artistic or literary composition
- a distance
- a work of art of some artistic value
- a musical work that has been created
- (US, colloquial) A gun.
- An article published in the press.
- (US, slang) A cannabis pipe.
- (US, colloquial, mildly vulgar, short for piece of crap/piece of shit) A shoddy or worthless object (usually applied to consumer products like vehicles or appliances).
- (US, colloquial, vulgar) A sexual encounter; from piece of ass or piece of tail.
- (chess) One of the figures used in playing chess, specifically a higher-value figure as distinguished from a pawn; (by extension) those with which draughts, backgammon, and other similar board games are played.
- A part of a larger whole, usually in such a form that it is able to be separated from other parts.
- (Scotland, Ireland, UK, US, dialectal) A slice or other quantity of bread, eaten on its own; a sandwich or light snack.
- A coin, especially one valued at less than the principal unit of currency.
- A single item belonging to a class of similar items.
- An amount of work to be done at one time; a unit of piece work.
- An artistic creation, such as a painting, sculpture, musical composition, literary work, etc.
- (US, Canada, colloquial, short for hairpiece) A toupee or wig, especially when worn by a man.
- (military) An artillery gun.
- (US) A pacifier; a dummy.
- (slang) An ounce of a recreational drug.
- (colloquial) A distance.
- (baseball, uncountable) Used to describe a pitch that has been hit but not well, usually either being caught by the opposing team or going foul. Usually used in the past tense with get.
- (rowing) A structured practice row, often used for performance evaluation.
verb
- eat intermittently; take small bites of
- to join or unite the pieces of
- create by putting components or members together
- join during spinning
- repair by adding pieces
- (transitive, usually with together) To assemble (something real or figurative).
- To make, enlarge, or repair, by the addition of a piece or pieces; to patch; often with out.
- (slang) To produce a work of graffiti more complex than a tag.
noun
- The act of something happening; occurrence.
- (graph theory) The relation between an edge of a graph and one of the vertices it connects.
- The extent or the relative frequency of something happening.
- (epidemiology) A measure of the rate of new occurrence of a given medical condition in a population within a specified period of time.
- The manner of falling; bearing or onus, as of a tax that falls unequally.
- (physics) The striking of radiation or a projectile upon a surface.
- (geometry) The falling of a point on a line, or a line on a plane.
- the striking of a light beam on a surface
- the relative frequency of occurrence of something
noun
- a possible event or occurrence or result
- the state of being contingent on something
- (logic, countable) A statement which is neither a tautology nor a contradiction.
- (countable) A possibility; something which may or may not happen. A chance occurrence, especially in finance, unexpected expenses.
- (finance, countable) An amount of money which a party to a contract has to pay to the other party (usually the supplier of a major project to the client) if they do not fulfill the contract according to the specification.
- (uncountable) The quality of being contingent, of happening by chance.
noun
- an event or situation that happens at the same time as or in connection with another
- the act of accompanying someone or something in order to protect them
- something added to complete or embellish or make perfect
- a musical part (vocal or instrumental) that supports or provides background for other musical parts
- (music) A part, usually performed by instruments, that gives support or adds to the background in music, or adds for ornamentation; also, the harmony of a figured bass.
- That which accompanies; something that attends as a circumstance, or which is added to give greater completeness to the principal thing, or by way of ornament, or for the sake of symmetry.
noun
- an event or situation that happens at the same time as or in connection with another
- someone who waits on or tends to or attends to the needs of another
- a person who is present and participates in a meeting
- One who attends; one who works with or watches over someone or something.
- That which accompanies or follows.
- A servant or valet.
- (law) One who owes a duty or service to another.
adj
noun
- an event or situation that happens at the same time as or in connection with another
- the temporal property of two things happening at the same time
- (countable) An instance of a thing occurring simultaneously with something else; coexistence or coincidence.
- (uncountable) The fact of a thing occurring simultaneously with something else; correlation.
noun
adj
noun
- A particular happening; an instance or time when something occurred.
- An occurrence or state of affairs which causes some event or reaction; a motive or reason.
- an event that occurs at a critical time
- Something which causes something else; a cause.
- The time when something happens.
- A reason or excuse; a motive; a persuasion.
- A favorable opportunity; a convenient or timely chance.
- A need; requirement, necessity.
- A special event or function.
- an opportunity to do something
- a formal or official social gathering or ceremony of people
- the time of a particular event
- a rational motive for a belief or action
verb
noun
- an instance or single occasion for some event
- a sharp slanting blow
- an article of jewelry that can be clipped onto a hat or dress
- a metal frame or container holding cartridges; can be inserted into an automatic gun
- the act of clipping or snipping
- any of various small fasteners used to hold loose articles together
- A short piece of audio (shortened version of audio clip, or alternatively clipping of audio).
- (military, colloquial) A removable magazine of a firearm.
- Something which clips or grasps; a device for attaching one object to another.
- A newspaper clipping.
- (uncountable, Geordie) The condition of something, its state.
- (military) A frame containing a number of rounds of ammunition which is intended to be inserted into an internal magazine of a firearm to allow for rapid reloading.
- Something which has been clipped from a larger whole:
- The product of a single shearing of sheep.
- An act of clipping, such as a haircut.
- A section of video taken from a film, broadcast, or other longer video.
- A projecting flange on the upper edge of a horseshoe, turned up so as to embrace the lower part of the hoof; a toe clip or beak.
- (fishing, UK, Scotland) A gaff or hook for landing the fish, as in salmon fishing.
- An unspecified, but normally understood as rapid, speed or pace.
- A season's crop of wool.
- (informal) A blow with the hand (often in the set phrase clip round the ear)
verb
- run at a moderately swift pace
- cultivate, tend, and cut back the growth of
- sever or remove by pinching or snipping
- terminate or abbreviate before its intended or proper end or its full extent
- attach with a clip
- (slang) To collect signatures, generally with the use of a clipboard.
- (computer graphics, video games, ambitransitive) To move (through or into) (a rendered object or barrier).
- (slang, transitive) To cheat, swindle, or fleece.
- To curtail; to cut short.
- (dialectal, informal) To strike with the hand.
- To fasten with a clip.
- To cut, especially with scissors or shears as opposed to a knife etc.
- (slang, transitive) to grab or take stealthily.
- (computer graphics) To discard (an occluded part of a model or scene) rather than waste resources on rendering it.
- To make a clip; to cut a section of video from a film, broadcast, or other longer video.
- To grip tightly.
- (signal processing) To cut off a signal level at a certain maximum value.
- (surgery, transitive) To treat (an aneurysm) by closing it off with a physical clip.
- To hit or strike, especially in passing.
- (slang) To assassinate; to bump off.
- (American football) To perform an illegal tackle, throwing the body across the back of an opponent's leg or hitting him from the back below the waist while moving up from behind unless the opponent is a runner or the action is in close line play.
noun
- an instance or single occasion for some event
- (countable) An instance or occurrence.
- the fourth coordinate that is required (along with three spatial dimensions) to specify a physical event
- a suitable moment
- an indefinite period (usually marked by specific attributes or activities)
- rhythm as given by division into parts of equal duration
- a person's experience on a particular occasion
- the period of time a prisoner is imprisoned
- a period of time considered as a resource under your control and sufficient to accomplish something
- a reading of a point in time as given by a clock
- the continuum of experience in which events pass from the future through the present to the past
- (uncountable, slang) The serving of a prison sentence.
- (uncountable) The feeling of the passage of events and their relative duration, as experienced by an individual.
- (countable) A numerical indication of a particular moment.
- (uncountable with possessive) A person's youth or young adulthood, as opposed to the present day.
- (countable) An experience.
- (only in singular, sports and figuratively) Time out; temporary, limited suspension of play.
- (uncountable) A quantity of availability of duration.
- (UK, in public houses) Closing time.
- (countable) A measurement of a quantity of time; a numerical or general indication of a length of progression.
- (uncountable) The duration of time of a given day that has passed; the moment, as indicated by a clock or similar device.
- (uncountable) Tempo; a measured rate of movement.
- (uncountable) Rhythmical division, meter.
- (physics, uncountable, reductionist definition) The property of a system which allows it to have more than one distinct configuration.
- (countable) The measurement under some system of region of day or moment.
- (physics, usually uncountable) A dimension of spacetime with the opposite metric signature to space dimensions; the fourth dimension.
- (music, uncountable) The measured duration of sounds.
- (jazz) (uncountable) A straight rhythmic pattern, free from fills, breaks and other embellishments.
- (countable) A particular moment or hour; the appropriate moment or hour for something (especially with prepositional phrase or imperfect subjunctive).
- (countable) An era; (articulated, sometimes in the plural) the current era, the current state of affairs.
- (slang, MLE) Clipping of a long time.
- (countable) A ratio of comparison (see also usage notes and prepositional sense at 'times').
- (with possessives) The end of someone’s life, conceived by the speaker as having been predestined.
- (uncountable) The inevitable progression into the future with the passing of present and past events.
- (physics, uncountable) Change associated with the second law of thermodynamics; the physical and psychological result of increasing entropy.
- The hour of childbirth.
verb
- assign a time for an activity or event
- set the speed, duration, or execution of
- regulate or set the time of
- measure the time or duration of an event or action or the person who performs an action in a certain period of time
- adjust so that a force is applied and an action occurs at the desired time
- To regulate as to time; to accompany, or agree with, in time of movement.
- (transitive) To measure or record the time, duration, or rate of something.
- (transitive) To choose when something commences or its duration.
- To measure, as in music or harmony.
intj
noun
- A combination of objects or events in view or happening at a given moment at a particular place.
- a situation treated as an observable object
- (theater, film, television, radio) A part of a dramatic work that is set in the same place or time. In the theatre, generally a number of scenes constitute an act.
- (theater) The decorations; furnishings, and backgrounds of a stage, representing the place in which the action of a play is set.
- (aesthetic) (by extension) An aesthetic characterized by vibrant, often neon colors, heavily teased and brightly dyed hair with long bangs, skinny jeans, band tees, and layered accessories like studded belts and plastic jewelry; heavily influenced by MySpace culture, emo, pop-punk, and electronic music, with a strong emphasis on digital self-expression and a playful, rebellious energy.
- A social environment consisting of an informal, vague group of people with a uniting interest; their sphere of activity; a subculture.
- An element of fiction writing.
- (uncountable) (by extension) A youth subculture popular in the Anglosphere in the 2000s and early 2010s.
- The location, time, circumstances, etc., in which something occurs, or in which the action of a story, play, or the like, is set up.
- The location of an event that attracts attention.
- An exhibition of passionate or strong feeling before others, creating embarrassment or disruption; often, an artificial or affected action, or course of action, done for effect; a theatrical display.
- A landscape, or part of a landscape; scenery.
- (BDSM) A fantasy that is acted out.
- the context and environment in which something is set
- an incident (real or imaginary)
- graphic art consisting of the graphic or photographic representation of a visual percept
- a consecutive series of pictures that constitutes a unit of action in a film
- the place where some action occurs
- a display of bad temper
- a subdivision of an act of a play or performance
- the visual percept of a region
- the painted structures of a stage set that are intended to suggest a particular locale
intj
verb
noun
- An event or happening; something that happens.
- (always in plural) A published collection of papers presented at an academic conference, or representing the acts of a learned society.
- Progress or movement from one thing to another.
- The act of one who proceeds, or who prosecutes a design or transaction.
- A measure or step taken in a course of business; a transaction.
- (law) Any legal action, especially one that is not a lawsuit.
- (law) the institution of a sequence of steps by which legal judgments are invoked
verb
noun
- The situation or occurrence in which two or more objects or events act upon one another to produce an effect; the effect resulting from such a situation or occurrence.
- A conversation or exchange between people.
- (physics) the transfer of energy between elementary particles or between an elementary particle and a field or between fields; mediated by gauge bosons
- a mutual or reciprocal action; interacting
noun
- a preceding occurrence or cause or event
- the referent of an anaphor; a phrase or clause that is referred to by an anaphoric pronoun
- someone from whom you are descended (but usually more remote than a grandparent)
- anything that precedes something similar in time
- (mathematics) The first term of a ratio, i.e. the term a in the ratio a:b, the other being the consequent.
- (chiefly in the plural) Previous principles, conduct, history, etc.
- (logic) The conditional part of a hypothetical proposition, i.e. p→q, where p is the antecedent, and q is the consequent.
- (logic) The first of two subsets of a sequent, consisting of all the sequent's formulae which are valuated as true.
- Any thing that precedes another thing, especially the cause of the second thing.
- (grammar) A word, phrase or clause referred to by a pronoun or other pro-form.
- An ancestor.
adj
noun
- An incident or episode.
- (bacteriology, virology) Serial passage.
- (nautical) A strait or other narrow waterway.
- (caving) An underground cavity, formed by water or falling rocks, which is much longer than it is wide.
- A passageway or corridor.
- The act of passing; movement across or through.
- The official approval of a bill or act by a parliament.
- A fee paid for passing or for being conveyed between places.
- (art) The use of tight brushwork to link objects in separate spatial plains. Commonly seen in Cubist works.
- The advance of time.
- (euphemistic) The vagina.
- A paragraph or section of text or music with particular meaning.
- (dressage) A movement in classical dressage, in which the horse performs a very collected, energetic, and elevated trot that has a longer period of suspension between each foot fall than a working trot.
- Part of a path or journey.
- (dice games, historical) A gambling game for two players using three dice, in which the object is to throw a double over ten.
- The right to pass from one place to another.
- a journey usually by ship
- a section of text; particularly a section of medium length
- a short section of a musical composition
- a path or channel or duct through or along which something may pass
- the motion of one object relative to another
- the passing of a law by a legislative body
- a way through or along which someone or something may pass
- a bodily reaction of changing from one place or stage to another
- the act of passing from one state or place to the next
- the act of passing something to another person
adj
verb
noun
- An event; a fact; a particular incident, occurrence, or condition (status).
- Something which is related to, or in some way affects, a fact or event.
- Condition in regard to worldly estate; state of property; situation; surroundings.
- the set of facts or circumstances that surround a situation or event
- information that should be kept in mind when making a decision
- a condition that accompanies or influences some event or activity
- formal ceremony about important occasions
verb
noun
- An occurrence of something (countable instances) in large numbers, happening suddenly or in a short period of time.
- The violent spasms of a dying whale.
- A snack consisting of soft ice cream mixed with small pieces of fruit, cookie crumbs, etc.
- A shower of dust, leaves etc. brought on by a sudden gust of wind.
- A sudden and brief blast or gust; a light, temporary breeze.
- (figurative) Any sudden activity; a stir.
- A light, brief snowfall; a shower of snow.
- a rapid active commotion
- a light brief snowfall and gust of wind (or something resembling that)
verb
noun
- a happening that is distinctive in a series of related events
- film consisting of a succession of related shots that develop a given subject in a movie
- a part of a broadcast serial
- a brief section of a literary or dramatic work that forms part of a connected series
- An incident, action, or time period standing out by itself, but more or less connected with a complete series of events.
- An installment of a drama told in parts, as in a TV series.
noun
- event whose occurrence ends something
- the act of making up your mind about something
- an intuitive assumption
- the act of ending something
- the last section of a communication
- a position or opinion or judgment reached after consideration
- a final settlement
- the temporal end; the concluding time
- the proposition arrived at by logical reasoning (such as the proposition that must follow from the major and minor premises of a syllogism)
- arrangement; settlement.
- (logic) In an argument or syllogism, the proposition that follows as a necessary consequence of the premises.
- A decision reached after careful thought.
- The end, finish, close or last part of something.
- (law) An estoppel or bar by which a person is held to a particular position.
- (law) The end or close of a pleading, for example, the formal ending of an indictment, "against the peace", etc.
- The outcome or result of a process or act.
noun
- event whose occurrence ends something
- the act of ending something
- the last section of a communication
- the point in time at which something ends
- the end of a word (a suffix or inflectional ending or final morpheme)
- The last part of something.
- A termination or conclusion.
- (grammar) The last morpheme of a word, added to some base to make an inflected form (such as -s in "dogs").
verb
noun
- event whose occurrence ends something
- the act of finishing
- the place designated as the end (as of a race or journey)
- (wine tasting) the taste of a wine on the back of the tongue (as it is swallowed)
- the downfall of someone (as of persons on one side of a conflict)
- the temporal end; the concluding time
- designated event that concludes a contest (especially a race)
- a highly developed state of perfection; having a flawless or impeccable quality
- a decorative texture or appearance of a surface (or the substance that gives it that appearance)
- (professional wrestling, slang) The ending of a match and its structure.
- The result of any process changing the physical or chemical properties of cloth.
- A finishing touch; careful elaboration; polish.
- (sports) A shot on goal, especially one that ends in a goal.
- An end; the end of anything.
- A protective coating given to wood or metal and other surfaces.
verb
- provide with a finish
- come or bring to a finish or an end
- cause to finish a relationship with somebody
- have an end, in a temporal, spatial, or quantitative sense; either spatial or metaphorical
- finally be or do something
- finish eating all the food on one's plate or on the table
- (transitive) To complete (something).
- (transitive) To change an animal's food supply in the months before it is due for slaughter, with the intention of fattening the animal.
- (transitive) To put an end to; to destroy.
- (intransitive) To come to an end.
- (intransitive, sex) To reach orgasm.
- (transitive) To apply a treatment to (a surface or similar).
noun
- A kind or type of phenomenon (sense 1 or 2).
- (philosophy, chiefly Kantian idealism) An experienced object whose constitution reflects the order and conceptual structure imposed upon it by the human mind (especially by the powers of perception and understanding).
- A wonderful or very remarkable person or thing.
- Appearance; a perceptible aspect of something that is mutable.
- A thing or being, event or process, perceptible through senses; or a fact or occurrence thereof.
- (by extension) A knowable thing or event (e.g. by inference, especially in science).
- A fact or event considered very unusual, curious, or astonishing by those who witness it.
- a remarkable development
- any state or process known through the senses rather than by intuition or reasoning
noun
adj
noun
- A particular moment in an event or occurrence; a juncture.
- An individual element in a larger whole; a particular detail, thought, or quality.
- Each of the marks or strokes written above letters, especially in Semitic languages, to indicate vowels, stress etc.
- (video games, board games) A unit of various numerical parameters used in a game, e.g. health, experience, stamina, mana.
- (sports, video games, board games) A unit of scoring in a game or competition.
- A purpose or objective, which makes something meaningful.
- Each of the main directions on a compass, usually considered to be 32 in number; a direction.
- (economics) A unit used to express differences in prices of stocks and shares.
- (music) A dot or mark used to designate certain tones or time. In ancient music, it distinguished or characterized certain tones or styles (points of perfection, of augmentation, etc.). In modern music, it is placed on the right of a note to raise its value, or prolong its time, by one half.
- (falconry) The perpendicular rising of a hawk over the place where its prey has gone into cover.
- Ellipsis of percentage point.
- A peninsula or promontory.
- (by extension) An operational or public leadership position in a risky endeavor.
- (UK) An electric power socket.
- (historical) A string or lace used to tie together certain garments.
- Ellipsis of point man.
- (archaeology) A spearhead or similar object hafted to a handle.
- (lacrosse, ice hockey, countable, uncountable) The position of the player of each side who stands a short distance in front of the goalkeeper.
- (now only in phrases) A tenth; formerly also a twelfth.
- (heraldry) One of the "corners" of the escutcheon: the base (bottom center) unless a qualifier is added (point dexter, point dexter base, point sinister, point sinister base), generally when separately tinctured. (Compare terrace, point champaine, enté en point.)
- (typography) A unit of measure equal to 1/12 of a pica, or approximately 1/72 of an inch (exactly 1/72 of an inch in the digital era).
- The attitude assumed by a pointer dog when he finds game.
- (UK) A unit of measure for rain, equal to 0.254 mm or 0.01 of an inch.
- (mathematics) A decimal point (now especially when reading decimal fractions aloud).
- (cricket, countable, uncountable) A fielding position square of the wicket on the off side, between gully and cover.
- (fencing) A movement executed with the sabre or foil.
- (mathematics, sciences) A zero-dimensional mathematical object representing a location in one or more dimensions; something considered to have position but no magnitude or direction.
- A topic of discussion or debate; a proposition; a count
- A full stop or other terminal punctuation mark.
- Pointedness of speech or writing; a penetrating or decisive quality of expression.
- A tine or snag of an antler.
- (heraldry, by extension) An ordinary similar to a pile (but sometimes shorter), extending upward from the base. (Often termed a point pointed.)
- A focus of conversation or consideration; the main idea.
- (nautical) A short piece of cordage used in reefing sails.
- (usually in the plural) An area of contrasting colour on an animal, especially a dog; a marking.
- (by extension) A note; a tune.
- (navigation, nautical) A unit of bearing equal to one thirty-second of a circle, i.e. 11.25°.
- (hunting) A spot to which a straight run is made; hence, a straight run from point to point; a cross-country run.
- (nautical) The difference between two points of the compass.
- (automotive, chiefly in the plural) Either of the two metal surfaces in a distributor which close or open to allow or prevent the flow of current through the ignition coil. There is usually a moving point, pushed by the distributor cam, and a fixed point, and they are built together as a unit.
- Any projecting extremity of an object.
- (rail transport, UK, in the plural) A railroad switch.
- A distinguishing quality or characteristic.
- (baseball, countable, uncountable) The position of the pitcher and catcher.
- Lace worked by the needle.
- The gesture of extending the index finger in a direction in order to indicate something.
- The sharp tip of an object.
- A specific location or place, seen as a spatial position.
- The act of pointing, as of the foot downward in certain dance positions.
- (backgammon) Each of the twelve triangular positions in either table of a backgammon board, on which the stones are played.
- An object which has a sharp or tapering tip.
- The position at the front or vanguard of an advancing force.
- Something tiny, as a pinprick; a very small mark.
- a specific identifiable position in a continuum or series or especially in a process
- any of 32 horizontal directions indicated on the card of a compass
- a promontory extending out into a large body of water
- a linear unit used to measure the size of type; approximately 1/72 inch
- a wall socket
- the unit of counting in scoring a game or contest
- a V-shaped mark at one end of an arrow pointer
- an instant of time
- sharp end
- the dot at the left of a decimal fraction
- a brief version of the essential meaning of something
- 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 geometric element that has position but no extension
- a distinguishing or individuating characteristic
- a style in speech or writing that arrests attention and has a penetrating or convincing quality or effect
- a V shape
- an outstanding characteristic
- a contact in the distributor; as the rotor turns its projecting arm contacts them and current flows to the spark plugs
- an isolated fact that is considered separately from the whole
- a punctuation mark (‘.’) placed at the end of a declarative sentence to indicate a full stop or after abbreviations
- the precise location of something; a spatially limited location
- a very small circular shape
- the property of a shape that tapers to a sharp tip
- the object of an activity
- a distinct part that can be specified separately in a group of things that could be enumerated on a list
- the gun muzzle's direction
intj
verb
- (intransitive) To indicate a probability of something.
- (transitive, Internet) To direct requests sent to a domain name to the IP address corresponding to that domain name.
- (transitive) To direct or encourage (someone) in a particular direction.
- To give a point to; to sharpen; to cut, forge, grind, or file to an acute end.
- (transitive, computing) To direct the central processing unit to seek information at a certain location in memory.
- (transitive, mathematics) To separate an integer from a decimal with a decimal point.
- (ambitransitive, masonry) To repair mortar.
- (intransitive) To extend the index finger in the direction of something in order to show where it is or to draw attention to it.
- (stone-cutting) To cut, as a surface, with a pointed tool.
- (transitive, masonry) To fill up and finish the joints of (a wall), by introducing additional cement or mortar, and bringing it to a smooth surface.
- (intransitive, nautical) To sail close to the wind.
- (transitive, sometimes figurative) To direct toward an object; to aim.
- (intransitive, hunting) To indicate the presence of game by a fixed and steady look, as certain hunting dogs do.
- (medicine, of an abscess) To approximate to the surface; to head.
- (intransitive) To draw attention to something or indicate a direction.
- (transitive) To mark with diacritics.
- (intransitive) To face in a particular direction.
- be a signal for or a symptom of
- direct the course; determine the direction of travelling
- mark with diacritics
- be positionable in a specified manner
- sail close to the wind
- indicate the presence of (game) by standing and pointing with the muzzle
- direct into a position for use
- repair the joints of bricks
- mark (Hebrew words) with diacritics
- mark (a psalm text) to indicate the points at which the music changes
- indicate a place, direction, person, or thing; either spatially or figuratively
- give a point to
- intend (something) to move towards a certain goal
- be oriented
noun
- An action or event that is a signal for somebody to do something.
- The name of the Latin script letter Q/q.
- A hint or intimation.
- (sports, billiards, snooker, pool) A straight tapering stick used to hit the balls in various games.
- The last words of a play actor's speech, serving as an intimation for the next actor to speak; any word or words which serve to remind an actor to speak or to do something; a catchword.
- (electronics, computing) A marker or signal that triggers something, such as the start of an audio recording.
- evidence that helps to solve a problem
- an actor's line that immediately precedes and serves as a reminder for some action or speech
- sports implement consisting of a tapering rod used to strike a cue ball in pool or billiards
- a stimulus that provides information about what to do
verb
- (by extension) To spark or provoke.
- To give someone a cue signal.
- To form into a cue; to braid; to twist.
- (sports, billiards, snooker, pool) To take aim on the cue ball with the cue and hit it.
- assist (somebody acting or reciting) by suggesting the next words of something forgotten or imperfectly learned
noun
- a situation treated as an observable object
- a visual representation (of an object or scene or person or abstraction) produced on a surface
- illustrations used to decorate or explain a text
- a form of entertainment that enacts a story by sound and a sequence of images giving the illusion of continuous movement
- a graphic or vivid verbal description
- graphic art consisting of an artistic composition made by applying paints to a surface
- a typical example of some state or quality
- a representation of a person or scene in the form of a print or transparent slide or in digital format
- a clear and telling mental image
- the visible part of a television transmission
- (programming) A format string in the COBOL programming language.
- (in the plural, informal) ("the pictures") Cinema (as a form of entertainment).
- An attractive sight.
- A figure; a model.
- A representation of anything (as a person, a landscape, a building) upon canvas, paper, or other surface, by drawing, painting, printing, photography, etc.
- A photograph.
- (MLE) A sample of an illegal drug.
- An image; a representation as in the imagination.
- A paragon, a perfect example or specimen (of a category).
- Situation.
- The art of painting; representation by painting.
- A painting.
verb
noun
- the event consisting of the start of something
- the time at which something is supposed to begin
- the place where something begins, where it springs into being
- the act of starting something
- the first part or section of something
- The initial portion of some extended thing.
- That which is begun; a rudiment or element.
- That which begins or originates something; the source or first cause.
- (uncountable) The act of doing that which begins anything; commencement of an action, state, or space of time; entrance into being or upon a course; the first act, effort, or state of a succession of acts or states.
adj
verb
noun
- an event that occurs at a critical time
- the shape or manner in which things come together and a connection is made
- a crisis situation or point in time when a critical decision must be made
- (linguistics) The manner of moving (transition) or mode of relationship between two consecutive sounds; a suprasegmental phonemic cue, by which a listener can distinguish between two otherwise identical sequences of sounds that have different meanings.
- A critical moment in time.
- A place where things join, a junction.
noun
- the event that occurred at the beginning of something
- the act of becoming pregnant; fertilization of an ovum by a spermatozoon
- the creation of something in the mind
- an abstract or general idea inferred or derived from specific instances
- The formation of a conceptus or an implanted embryo.
- The fertilization of an ovum by a sperm to form a zygote.
- The state of being conceived; the beginning.
- The power or faculty of apprehending of forming an idea in the mind; the power of recalling a past sensation or perception; the ability to form mental abstractions.
- The start of pregnancy.
- The act of conceiving.
- An image, idea, or notion formed in the mind; a concept, plan or design.
noun
- the event that occurred at the beginning of something
- the human act of creating
- an artifact that has been brought into existence by someone
- everything that exists anywhere
- the act of starting something for the first time; introducing something new
- (uncountable) The act of creating something.
- (countable) Something created such as an invention or artwork.
- (uncountable) All which exists.
noun
adv
- (fused relative) The time at, on or during which.
- At an earlier time and under different, usually less favorable, circumstances.
- (interrogative, Internet slang, often humorous) Used after a noun or noun phrase in isolation to express impatience with an anticipated future event.
- (informal, in definitions or explanations) A circumstance or situation in which.
- (relative) At which, on which, during which: often omitted or replaced with that.
- (interrogative) At what time? At which time? Upon which occasion or circumstance? Used to introduce direct or indirect questions about time.
conj
- Since; given the fact that; considering that.
- During the time that; at the time of the action of the following clause or participle phrase.
- At what time; at which time.
- At (or as soon as) that time that; at the (or any and every) time that; if.
- Whereas; although; at the same time as; in spite of the fact that.
intj
pron
verb
- occur
- estimate the duration or outcome of something
- cause to happen or be responsible for
- convey or reveal information
- give or convey physically
- consent to engage in sexual intercourse with a man
- dedicate
- bring about
- be flexible under stress of physical force
- manifest or show
- offer in good faith
- be the cause or source of
- accord by verdict
- allow to have or take
- emit or utter
- convey, as of a compliment, regards, attention, etc.; bestow
- bestow, especially officially
- proffer (a body part)
- move in order to make room for someone for something
- execute and deliver
- submit for consideration, judgment, or use
- give as a present; make a gift of
- cause to have, in the abstract sense or physical sense
- inflict as a punishment
- deliver in exchange or recompense
- bestow
- give entirely to a specific person, activity, or cause
- endure the loss of
- convey or communicate; of a smile, a look, a physical gesture
- transmit (knowledge or skills)
- present to view
- perform for an audience
- transfer possession of something concrete or abstract to somebody
- break down, literally or metaphorically
- propose
- give (as medicine)
- place into the hands or custody of
- leave with; give temporarily
- organize or be responsible for
- guide or direct, as by behavior of persuasion
- give or supply
- give food to
- contribute to some cause
- To transfer one's possession or holding of (something) to (someone).
- To attribute; to assign; to adjudge.
- To propose someone for a toast, used in standard formulations for toasts.
- To carry out (a physical interaction) with (something).
- To cause (a disease or condition) in, or to transmit (a disease or condition) to.
- To pass (something) into (someone's hand, etc.).
- (ditransitive) To estimate or predict (a duration or probability) for (something).
- To provide or administer (a medication)
- (transitive) To provide, as, a service or a broadcast.
- To cause (someone) to have; produce in (someone); effectuate.
- To pledge.
- To provide (something) to (someone), to allow or afford.
- To exhibit as a product or result; to produce; to yield.
- To cause (a sensation or feeling) to exist in (the specified person, or the target, audience, etc).
- To make a present or gift of.
- To present someone to an audience.
- To communicate or announce (advice, tidings, etc.); to pronounce or utter (an opinion, a judgment, a shout, etc.).
- (intransitive) To yield or collapse under pressure or force.
- To cause; to make; used with the infinitive.
- (reflexive) To devote or apply (oneself).
- (slang, transitive) To give off (a certain vibe or appearance). (Compare giving.)
- To allow or admit by way of supposition; to concede.
- (intransitive) To lead (onto or into).
noun
verb
- Of an event, situation, etc.: to appear or happen again, especially repeatedly.
- happen or occur again
- Of a memory, thought, etc.: to come to the mind again.
- (mathematics) Often in the form recurring following a number: of a numeral or group of numerals in a decimal fraction: to repeat indefinitely.
- (medicine) Of a disease or symptom: to happen again, especially repeatedly or after a remission or an apparent recovery.
- (computing) Synonym of recurse (“to execute a procedure recursively”).
- return in thought or speech to something
- have recourse to
adj
- of or relating to a phenomenon
- extraordinarily good or great; used especially as intensifiers
- (philosophy) Of or pertaining to the appearance of the world, as opposed to the ultimate nature of the world as it is in itself.
- (sciences) Perceptible by the senses through immediate experience.
- (colloquial) Very remarkable; highly extraordinary; amazing.
noun
- an event or situation that happens at the same time as or in connection with another
- someone who waits on or tends to or attends to the needs of another
- a person who is present and participates in a meeting
- One who attends; one who works with or watches over someone or something.
- That which accompanies or follows.
- A servant or valet.
- (law) One who owes a duty or service to another.
adj
noun
adj
adj
- occurring with or following as a consequence
- additional but secondary; auxiliary;
- descended from a common ancestor but through different lines
- serving to support or corroborate
- situated or running side by side
- (finance) Relating to a collateral in the sense of an obligation or security.
- Corresponding; accompanying, concomitant.
- Coming or directed along the side.
- Acting in an indirect way.
- (finance) Expensive to the extent of being paid through a loan.
- Parallel, in the same vein, side by side.
- Being aside from the main subject, target, or goal.
- (genealogy) Of an indirect ancestral relationship, as opposed to lineal descendency.
- (biology, of a vascular bundle) Having the phloem and xylem adjacent.
noun
- a security pledged for the repayment of a loan
- (finance) A security or guarantee (usually an asset) pledged for the repayment of a loan if one cannot procure enough funds to repay.
- (marketing) Printed materials or content of electronic media used to enhance sales of products (short form of collateral material).
- (anatomy) A thinner blood vessel providing an alternate route to blood flow in case the main vessel becomes occluded.
- (anatomy) A branch of a bodily part or system of organs.
adj
noun
adj
- occurring with or following as a consequence
- not of prime or central importance
- (sometimes followed by ‘to’) minor or casual or subordinate in significance or nature or occurring as a chance concomitant or consequence
- Existing tangentially, being a byproduct, a tangent, or a likely consequence.
- (physics, of radiation) Entering or approaching, prior to reflection (more frequently incident).
- Loosely associated; of limited relevance except indirectly; only accidentally related.
- Occurring by chance.
noun
adj
noun
adj
noun
- (mathematics) A sequential calculus
- (logic) A disjunctive set of logical formulae which is partitioned into two subsets; the first subset, called the antecedent, consists of formulae which are valuated as false, and the second subset, called the succedent, consists of formulae which are valuated as true. (The set is written without set brackets and the separation between the two subsets is denoted by a turnstile symbol, which may be read "give(s)".)
- Something that follows in a given sequence.
adj
- occurring from time to time
- recurring or reappearing from time to time
- occurring or appearing at usually irregular intervals
- occurring on a temporary or irregular basis
- Acting in the indicated role from time to time.
- Intended for use as the occasion requires.
- Occurring or appearing irregularly from time to time, but not often; incidental.
- Created for a specific occasion.
noun
adj
noun
adj
- occurring unexpectedly and requiring urgent action
- coming into existence
- (botany) Taller than the surrounding vegetation.
- (especially medicine) Constituting an emergency.
- (philosophy, epistemology, sciences) That arises at a higher level than that of its components and is not explainable by the behaviour of said components taken individually; having properties as a whole that are more complex than the properties contributed by each of the components individually.
- (botany, of a water-dwelling plant) Having leaves and flowers above the water.
- (video games) Having gameplay that arises from its mechanics, rather than a linear storyline.
- Emerging; coming into view or into existence; nascent; new.
- Arising unexpectedly, especially if also calling for immediate reaction.
noun
adj
- Happening; taking place; being or due to be put into action.
- (euphemistic) Menstruating.
- (chiefly UK, informal, chiefly in the negative) Acceptable, appropriate.
- (snooker, postpositive) Of a ball, being the next in sequence to be potted, according to the rules of the game.
- In the state of being active, functioning or operating.
- (informal) Of a person, used to express agreement to or acceptance of a proposal or challenge made by that person; most commonly with subject "you" (see you're on).
- (acting, drama, roleplaying games) Acting in character.
- (chiefly in the negative) Possible; capable of being successfully carried out.
- Fitted; covering or being worn.
- (cricket) Within the half of the field on the same side as the batsman's legs; the left side for a right-handed batsman.
- (baseball, informal) Having reached a base as a runner and being positioned there, awaiting further action from a subsequent batter.
- (informal, of a person) Performative or funny in a wearying manner.
- (e.g. of points in a game) Available; remaining.
- (postpositive) Of a stated part of something, oriented towards the viewer or other specified direction.
- in operation or operational
- (of events) planned or scheduled
adv
- (infrequent in the US) Later.
- In continuation, at length.
- So as to cover or be fitted.
- (snooker) Of a ball, into a pottable position.
- Of betting odds, denoting a better-than-even chance. See also odds-on.
- Along, forwards (continuing an action), onwards.
- To an operating state.
- indicates continuity or persistence or concentration
- in a state required for something to function or be effective
- with a forward motion
noun
prep
- To the account or detriment of; denoting imprecation or invocation, or coming to, falling, or resting upon.
- At or in (a geographical location or position).
- At (a relative spatial position).
- Engaged in or occupied with (an action or activity).
- Serving as a member of.
- Under the influence of (a drug, or something that is causing drug-like effects).
- Indicating the target of, or thing affected by, an event or action.
- (snooker) In a position of being able to pot (a given ball).
- (also often 'upon') Arrived or coming into the presence of.
- Toward; for; indicating the object of an emotion.
- At (an instant or cusp).
- Aboard (a mode of transport, especially public transport, or transport that one sits astride or uses while standing).
- Expressing figurative placement, burden, or attachment.
- At (a certain position within a sequence).
- Denoting performance or action by contact with the surface, upper part, or outside of anything By means of; with.
- Covering.
- (mathematics) Having Vⁿ as domain and V as codomain, for the specified set V and some integer n.
- In addition to; besides; indicating multiplication or succession in a series.
- (mathematics, uncommon) Divided by.
- (especially Ireland) Indicating the person experiencing an emotion, cold, thirst, hunger, etc.
- (UK) At (a certain value or level).
- With verbs describing an action of pushing, pulling, pressing, etc., designates the thing to which force is applied.
- (also often 'upon') At the time of (and often because of).
- (UK dialectal, Scotland) Without.
- Positioned at the upper surface of, touching from above.
- Because of; upon the basis of (something not yet confirmed as true).
- (informal) In the possession of.
- Positioned at or resting against the outer surface of; attached to.
- (philosophy, logic) According to, from the standpoint of; (expressing what must follow, whether accepted or not, if a given premise or system is assumed true).
- (UK, especially in sports reporting) At (a given time after the start of something).
- Near; adjacent to; alongside; just off.
- Paid for by.
- Regularly taking (a drug).
- (especially when numbers of combatants or competitors are specified) Against; in opposition to.
- At or during the date or day of.
- (mathematics) Having as identical domain and codomain.
- (nautical) In the direction of (some part of one's vessel), to within 45 degrees.
- Indicating dependence or reliance.
- Indicating a means of subsistence or sustenance.
- (mathematics) Generated by.
- By virtue of; with the pledge of.
- (informal, chiefly in set phrases) Ellipsis of I swear on: on my life, on God, on everything, etc.
- Indicating a means or medium.
- Dealing with the subject of; about; concerning.
- With verbs describing an action of hitting, rubbing, scratching, binding against, etc., designates the thing impacted or contacted.
- Supported by (the specified part of itself).