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Synonyms of the word 
MARK → ADD - ALTER - APPRAISE - ASSESS - ATTACH - BESPEAK - BETOKEN - BLEMISH - BOOK - BRAND - CELEBRATE - CHANGE - CHARACTERISE - CHARACTERIZE - CHECK - CHUMP - CLEW - CLUE - COMMEMORATE - CRISSCROSS - CROSS - CUE - DEFACE - DEFECT - DENOUNCE - DIFFERENTIATE - DISFIGURE - DISTINGUISH - DUPE - EFFECT - ENTER - ESTABLISH - EVALUATE - EVALUATION - EVANGEL - FOOL - GRADE - GULL - IMPRESSION - INDICANT - INDICATE - INDICATION - KEEP - LABEL - MAKE - MAR - MARKER - MARKING - MEASURE - MODIFY - MUG - NOCK - NOTCH - NOTE - NOTICE - OBSERVE - PATSY - PIT - POCK - POINT - PRINT - PUNCTUATE - QUALIFY - RATING - RECORD - REFERENCE - SAINT - SCAR - SCORE - SCRAPE - SCRATCH - SET - SIGN - SIGNAL - STAIN - STIGMA - STIGMATISE - STIGMATIZE - SUCCESS - SUCKER - SYMBOL - TAG - TARGET - TICK - VALUATE - VALUATION - VALUE - VERIFY - VICTIMmark- n. (heading) Boundary, land within a boundary.
- n. (heading) Characteristic, sign, visible impression.
- n. (heading) Indicator of position, objective etc.
- n. (heading) Attention.
- v. To put a mark upon; to make recognizable by a mark.
- v. To indicate in some way for later reference.
- v. To take note of.
- v. To blemish, scratch, or stain.
- v. To indicate the correctness of and give a score to an essay, exam answers, etc.
- v. To keep account of; to enumerate and register.
- v. (Australian Rules football) To catch the ball directly from a kick of 10 metres or more without having…
- v. (sports) To follow a player not in possession of the ball when defending, to prevent them receiving a…
- v. (golf) To put a marker in the place of one's ball.
- v. (singing) To sing softly, and perhaps an octave lower than usual, in order to protect one's voice during…
- n. A measure of weight (especially for gold and silver), once used throughout Europe, equivalent to 8 oz.
- n. (now historical) An English and Scottish unit of currency (originally valued at one mark weight of silver),…
- n. Any of various European monetary units, especially the base unit of currency of Germany between 1948 and…
- n. A mark coin.
- v. (imperative, marching) Alternative form of march (said to be easier to pronounce while giving a command).
add- v. (transitive) To join or unite, (e.g. one thing to another, or as several particulars) so as to increase…
- v. To sum up; to put together mentally.
- v. (transitive) To combine elements of (something) into one quantity.
- v. (transitive) To give by way of increased possession (to any one); to bestow (on).
- v. (transitive) To append (e,g, a statement); to say further information.
- v. (intransitive) To make an addition. To add to, to augment; to increase.
- v. (intransitive, mathematics) To perform the arithmetical operation of addition.
- n. (video games) An additional enemy that joined the fight after the primary target.
- n. (computer science) An act or instance of adding.
alter- v. (transitive) To change the form or structure of.
- v. (intransitive) To become different.
- v. (transitive) To tailor clothes to make them fit.
- v. (transitive) To castrate, neuter or spay (a dog or other animal).
- v. (transitive, obsolete) To agitate; to affect mentally.
appraise- v. (transitive) To set a value or worth of something, particularly by people appointed for the purpose.
- v. (transitive) To consider comprehensively.
- v. (transitive) To judge the performance of someone, especially a worker.
- v. To estimate; to conjecture.
- v. To praise; to commend.
- v. (proscribed) To apprise, inform.
assess- v. (transitive) To determine, estimate or judge the value of; to evaluate.
- v. (transitive) To impose or charge, especially as punishment for an infraction.
- v. (transitive) To calculate and demand (the tax money due) from a person or entity.
attach- v. (obsolete, law) To arrest, seize.
- v. (transitive) To fasten, to join to (literally and figuratively).
- v. (intransitive) To adhere; to be attached.
- v. To come into legal operation in connection with anything; to vest.
- v. To win the heart of; to connect by ties of love or self-interest; to attract; to fasten or bind by moral…
- v. To connect, in a figurative sense; to ascribe or attribute; to affix; with to.
- v. (obsolete) To take, seize, or lay hold of.
bespeak- v. (transitive) To speak about; tell of; relate; discuss.
- v. (transitive) To speak for beforehand; engage in advance; make arrangements for; order or reserve in advance.
- v. (transitive) To stipulate, solicit, ask for, or request, as in a favour.
- v. (transitive, archaic) To forbode; foretell.
- v. (transitive, archaic, poetic) To speak to; address.
- v. (transitive) To betoken; show; indicate; foretell; suggest.
- v. (intransitive) To speak up or out; exclaim; speak.
- n. A request for a specific performance; a benefit performance, by a patron.
betoken- v. To signify by some visible object; show by signs or tokens.
- v. To foreshow by present signs; indicate something future by that which is seen or known.
blemish- n. A small flaw which spoils the appearance of something, a stain, a spot.
- n. A moral defect; a character flaw.
- v. To spoil the appearance of.
- v. To tarnish (reputation, character, etc.); to defame.
book- n. A collection of sheets of paper bound together to hinge at one edge, containing printed or written material,…
- n. A long work fit for publication, typically prose, such as a novel or textbook, and typically published…
- n. A major division of a long work.
- n. (gambling) A record of betting (from the use of a notebook to record what each person has bet).
- n. A convenient collection, in a form resembling a book, of small paper items for individual use.
- n. (theater) The script of a musical.
- n. (usually in the plural) Records of the accounts of a business.
- n. A long document stored (as data) that is or will become a book; an e-book.
- n. (law) A colloquial reference to a book award, a recognition for receiving the highest grade in a class…
- n. (whist) Six tricks taken by one side.
- n. (poker slang) four of a kind.
- n. (sports) A document, held by the referee, of the incidents happened in the game.
- n. (sports, by extension) A list of all players who have been booked (received a warning) in a game.
- v. (transitive) To reserve (something) for future use.
- v. (transitive) To write down, to register or record in a book or as in a book.
- v. (law enforcement, transitive) To record the name and other details of a suspected offender and the offence…
- v. (sports) To issue with a caution, usually a yellow card, or a red card if a yellow card has already been…
- v. (intransitive, slang) To travel very fast.
- v. To record bets as bookmaker.
- v. (transitive, law student slang) To receive the highest grade in a class.
- v. (intransitive, slang) To leave.
- v. (Britain dialectal, Northern England) simple past tense of bake.
brand- n. (obsolete, rare) A conflagration; a flame.
- n. (archaic or poetic) A piece of burning wood or peat, also a glowing cinder.
- n. (Scotland, Northern England) A torch used for signaling.
- n. (archaic) A sword.
- n. A mark of ownership made by burning, e.g. on cattle, or to classify the contents of a cask.
- n. A branding iron.
- n. A name, symbol, logo, or other item used to distinguish a product or service, or its provider.
- n. A specific product, service, or provider so distinguished.
- n. Any specific type or variety of something; a distinct style, manner.
- n. The reputation among some population of an organization, of the products sold under a particular brand…
- n. Any minute fungus producing a burnt appearance in plants.
- v. (transitive) To burn the flesh with a hot iron, either as a marker (for criminals, slaves etc.) or to…
- v. (transitive) To mark (especially cattle) with a brand as proof of ownership.
- v. (transitive) To make an indelible impression on the memory or senses.
- v. (transitive) To stigmatize, label (someone).
- v. (transitive, marketing) To associate a product or service with a trademark or other name and related images.
celebrate- v. (transitive) To extol or honour in a solemn manner.
- v. (transitive) To honour by rites, by ceremonies of joy and respect, or by refraining from ordinary business;…
- v. (intransitive) To engage in joyful activity in appreciation of an event.
- v. (transitive) To perform or participate in, as a sacrament or solemn rite; to solemnize; to perform with…
change- v. (intransitive) To become something different.
- v. (transitive, ergative) To make something into something different.
- v. (transitive) To replace.
- v. (intransitive) To replace one's clothing.
- v. (intransitive) To transfer to another vehicle (train, bus, etc.).
- v. (archaic) To exchange.
- v. (transitive) To change hand while riding (a horse).
- n. (countable) The process of becoming different.
- n. (uncountable) Small denominations of money given in exchange for a larger denomination.
- n. (countable) A replacement, e.g. a change of clothes.
- n. (uncountable) Money given back when a customer hands over more than the exact price of an item.
- n. (uncountable) Coins (as opposed to paper money).
- n. (countable) A transfer between vehicles.
- n. (baseball) A change-up pitch.
- n. (campanology) Any order in which a number of bells are struck, other than that of the diatonic scale.
- n. (dated) A place where merchants and others meet to transact business; an exchange.
- n. (Scotland, dated) A public house; an alehouse.
characterise- v. Non-Oxford British English standard spelling of characterize.
characterize- v. to depict someone or something a particular way (often negative).
- v. to determine the characteristics of.
check- n. (chess) A situation in which the king is directly threatened by an opposing piece.
- n. An inspection or examination.
- n. A control; a limit or stop.
- n. (US) A mark (especially a checkmark: ✓) used as an indicator, equivalent to a tick (UK).
- n. (US) An order to a bank to pay money to a named person or entity; a cheque (UK, Canada).
- n. (US) A bill, particularly in a restaurant.
- n. (contact sports) A maneuver performed by a player to take another player out of the play.
- n. A token used instead of cash in gaming machines.
- n. A lengthwise separation through the growth rings in wood.
- n. A mark, certificate, or token, by which, errors may be prevented, or a thing or person may be identified.
- n. (falconry) The forsaking by a hawk of its proper game to follow other birds.
- n. A small chink or crack.
- v. To inspect; to examine.
- v. To verify the accuracy of a text or translation, usually making some corrections (proofread) or many (copyedit).
- v. (US, often used with "off") To mark items on a list (with a checkmark or by crossing them out) that have…
- v. To control, limit, or halt.
- v. To verify or compare with a source of information.
- v. To leave in safekeeping.
- v. To leave with a shipping agent for shipping.
- v. (street basketball) To pass or bounce the ball to an opponent from behind the three-point line and have…
- v. (contact sports) To hit another player with one's body.
- v. (poker) To remain in a hand without betting. Only legal if no one has yet bet.
- v. (chess) To make a move which puts an adversary's piece, especially the king, in check; to put in check.
- v. To chide, rebuke, or reprove.
- v. (nautical) To slack or ease off, as a brace which is too stiffly extended.
- v. To crack or gape open, as wood in drying; or to crack in small checks, as varnish, paint, etc.
- v. To make checks or chinks in; to cause to crack.
- v. To make a stop; to pause; with at.
- v. (obsolete) To clash or interfere.
- v. To act as a curb or restraint.
- v. (falconry) To turn, when in pursuit of proper game, and fly after other birds.
- n. (textiles, usually pluralized) A pattern made up of a grid of squares of alternating colors; a checkered…
chump- n. (colloquial, pejorative) An incompetent person, a blockhead; a loser.
- n. A gullible person; a sucker; someone easily taken advantage of; someone lacking common sense.
- n. The thick end, especially of a piece of wood or of a joint of meat.
- v. Dated form of chomp.
clew- n. (obsolete) A roughly spherical mass or body.
- n. (archaic) A ball of thread or yarn.
- n. Yarn or thread as used to guide one's way through a maze or labyrinth; a guide, a clue.
- n. (nautical) The lower corner(s) of a sail to which a sheet is attached for trimming the sail (adjusting…
- n. (in the plural) The sheets so attached to a sail.
- n. (nautical, in the plural) The cords suspending a hammock.
- n. Archaic form of clue.
- v. (transitive) to roll into a ball.
- v. (nautical) (transitive and intransitive) to raise the lower corner(s) of (a sail).
clue- n. (now rare) A strand of yarn etc. as used to guide one through a labyrinth; something which points the…
- n. Information which may lead one to a certain point or conclusion.
- n. An object or a kind of indication which may be used as evidence.
- n. (slang) Insight or understanding ("to have a clue [about]" or "to have clue". See have a clue, clue stick).
- v. To provide with a clue.
- v. To provide someone with information which he or she lacks (often used with "in" or "up").
commemorate- v. (transitive) To honour the memory of someone or something with a ceremony or object.
- v. (transitive) To serve as a memorial to someone or something.
crisscross- v. To move back and forth (over something.).
- v. To mark something with crossed lines.
- n. A pattern of crossed lines.
- n. A mark or cross, such as the signature of a person who is unable to write.
- n. A child's game played on paper or on a slate, consisting of lines arranged in the form of a cross.
- adj. marked with crossed lines.
- adv. crossing one another.
cross- n. A geometrical figure consisting of two straight lines or bars intersecting each other such that at least…
- n. (heraldry) Any geometric figure having this or a similar shape, such as a cross of Lorraine or a Maltese…
- n. A wooden post with a perpendicular beam attached and used (especially in the Roman Empire) to execute…
- n. (usually with the) The cross on which Christ was crucified.
- n. (Christianity) A hand gesture made in imitation of the shape of the Cross.
- n. (Christianity) A modified representation of the crucifixion stake, worn as jewellery or displayed as a…
- n. (figurative, from Christ's bearing of the cross) A difficult situation that must be endured.
- n. The act of going across; the act of passing from one side to the other.
- n. (biology) An animal or plant produced by crossbreeding or cross-fertilization.
- n. (by extension) A hybrid of any kind.
- n. (boxing) A hook thrown over the opponent's punch.
- n. (soccer) A pass in which the ball travels from by one touchline across the pitch.
- n. A place where roads intersect and lead off in four directions; a crossroad (common in UK and Irish place…
- n. A monument that marks such a place. (Also common in UK or Irish place names such as Charing Cross).
- n. (obsolete) A coin stamped with the figure of a cross, or that side of such a piece on which the cross…
- n. (obsolete, Ireland) Church lands.
- n. A line drawn across or through another line.
- n. (surveying) An instrument for laying of offsets perpendicular to the main course.
- n. A pipe-fitting with four branches whose axes usually form a right angle.
- n. (Rubik's Cube) Four edge cubies of one side that are in their right places, forming the shape of a cross.
- adj. Transverse; lying across the main direction.
- adj. (archaic) Opposite, opposed to.
- adj. (now rare) Opposing, adverse; being contrary to what one would hope or wish for.
- adj. Bad-tempered, angry, annoyed.
- adj. Made in an opposite direction, or an inverse relation; mutually inverse; interchanged.
- prep. (archaic) across.
- prep. cross product of the previous vector and the following vector.
- v. To make or form a cross.
- v. To move relatively.
- v. (social) To oppose.
- v. (biology) To cross-fertilize or crossbreed.
- v. To stamp or mark a cheque in such a way as to prevent it being cashed, thus requiring it to be deposited…
cue- n. An action or event that is a signal for somebody to do something.
- n. The last words of a play actor's speech, serving as an intimation for the next actor to speak; any word…
- n. A hint or intimation.
- n. (obsolete) Humour; temper of mind.
- n. The name of the Latin-script letter Q/q.
- n. (obsolete, Britain, universities) A small portion of bread or beer; the quantity bought with a farthing…
- v. To give someone a cue signal.
- v. (by extension) To spark or provoke.
- n. (sports, billiards, snooker, pool) A straight tapering stick used to hit the balls in various games.
- n. (obsolete) The tail; the end of a thing; especially, a tail-like twist of hair worn at the back of the…
- v. (sports, billiards, snooker, pool) To take aim on the cue ball with the cue and hit it.
- v. To form into a cue; to braid; to twist.
deface- v. To damage or vandalize something, especially a surface, in a visible or conspicuous manner.
- v. To void or devalue; to nullify or degrade the face value.
- v. (heraldry, flags) To alter a coat of arms or a flag by adding an element to it.
defect- n. A fault or malfunction.
- n. The quantity or amount by which anything falls short.
- n. (mathematics) A part by which a figure or quantity is wanting or deficient.
- v. (intransitive) To abandon or turn against; to cease or change one's loyalty, especially from a military…
- v. (military) To desert one's army, to flee from combat.
- v. (military) To join the enemy army.
- v. (law) To flee one's country and seek asylum.
denounce- v. (transitive, obsolete) To make known in a formal manner; to proclaim; to announce; to declare.
- v. (transitive) To criticize or speak out against (someone or something); to point out as deserving of reprehension,…
- v. (transitive) To make a formal or public accusation against; to inform against; to accuse.
- v. (transitive, obsolete) To proclaim in a threatening manner; to threaten by some outward sign or expression;…
- v. (transitive) To announce the termination of; especially a treaty or armistice.
differentiate- v. (transitive) To show, or be the distinction between two things.
- v. (intransitive) To perceive the difference between things; to discriminate.
- v. (transitive, intransitive) To modify, or be modified.
- v. (transitive, mathematics) To calculate the derivative of a function.
- v. (transitive, mathematics) To calculate the differential of a function of multiple variables.
- v. (intransitive, biology) To produce distinct organs or to achieve specific functions by a process of development…
disfigure- v. Change the appearance of something/someone to the negative.
distinguish- v. To see someone or something as different from others.
- v. To see someone or something clearly or distinctly.
- v. To make oneself noticeably different or better from others through accomplishments.
- v. (transitive, obsolete) To make to differ.
dupe- n. A person who has been deceived.
- v. To swindle, deceive, or trick.
- n. (photography) A duplicate of a photographic image.
- n. (restaurant industry) A duplicate of an order receipt printed for kitchen staff.
- n. (informal) A duplicate.
- v. (transitive) To duplicate.
effect- n. The result or outcome of a cause. See usage notes below.
- n. Impression left on the mind; sensation produced.
- n. Execution; performance; realization; operation.
- n. (cinematography) An illusion produced by technical means (as in "special effect").
- n. (sound engineering) An alteration, or device for producing an alteration, in sound after it has been produced…
- n. (physics, psychology, etc.) A scientific phenomenon, usually named after its discoverer.
- n. (usually in the plural) Belongings, usually as personal effects.
- n. Consequence intended; purpose; meaning; general intent; with to.
- n. (obsolete) Reality; actual meaning; fact, as distinguished from mere appearance.
- n. (obsolete) Manifestation; expression; sign.
- v. To make or bring about; to implement.
- v. Misspelling of affect.
enter- v. (intransitive) To go or come into an enclosed or partially enclosed space.
- v. (transitive) To cause to go (into), or to be received (into); to put in; to insert; to cause to be admitted.
- v. (figuratively) To go or come into (a state or profession).
- v. (transitive) To type (something) into a computer; to input.
- v. (transitive) To record (something) in an account, ledger, etc.
- v. (intransitive, law) To become a party to an agreement, treaty, etc.
- v. (law, intransitive) To become effective; to come into effect.
- v. (law) To go into or upon, as lands, and take actual possession of them.
- v. (transitive, law) To place in regular form before the court, usually in writing; to put upon record in…
- v. to make report of (a vessel or its cargo) at the custom house; to submit a statement of (imported goods),…
- v. (transitive, US, dated, historical) To file, or register with the land office, the required particulars…
- v. to deposit for copyright the title or description of (a book, picture, map, etc.).
- v. (transitive, obsolete) To initiate; to introduce favourably.
- n. (computing) Alternative spelling of Enter (“the computer key”).
- n. (computing) Alternative spelling of Enter (“a stroke of the computer key”).
establish- v. (transitive) To make stable or firm; to confirm.
- v. (transitive) To form; to found; to institute; to set up in business.
- v. (transitive) To appoint or adopt, as officers, laws, regulations, guidelines, etc.; to enact; to ordain.
- v. (transitive) To prove and cause to be accepted as true; to establish a fact; to demonstrate.
evaluate- v. (transitive) to draw conclusions from examining; to assess.
- v. (transitive, mathematics) to compute or determine the value of (an expression).
- v. (transitive, computing, mathematics) To return or have a specific value.
evaluation- n. An assessment, such as an annual personnel performance review used as the basis for a salary increase…
- n. (mathematics) A completion of a mathematical operation; a valuation.
- n. (computing, programming) Determination of the value of a variable or expression.
evangel- n. The Christian gospel.
- n. An evangelist.
fool- n. (pejorative) A person with poor judgment or little intelligence.
- n. (historical) A jester; a person whose role was to entertain a sovereign and the court (or lower personages).
- n. (informal) Someone who derives pleasure from something specified.
- n. (slang) Buddy, dude, person.
- n. (cooking) A type of dessert made of puréed fruit and custard or cream.
- n. (often capitalized, Fool) A particular card in a tarot deck.
- v. To trick; to make a fool of someone.
- v. To play the fool; to trifle; to toy; to spend time in idle sport or mirth.
grade- n. A rating.
- n. The performance of an individual or group on an examination or test, expressed by a number, letter, or…
- n. A degree or level of something; a position within a scale; a degree of quality.
- n. A slope (up or down) of a roadway or other passage.
- n. (Canada, US, education) A level of primary and secondary education.
- n. (Canada, education) A student of a particular grade (used with the grade level).
- n. An area that has been graded by a grader (construction machine).
- n. The level of the ground.
- n. (mathematics) A gradian.
- n. (geometry) In a linear system of divisors on an n-dimensional variety, the number of free intersection…
- n. A harsh scraping or cutting; a grating.
- n. (systematics) A taxon united by a level of morphological or physiological complexity that is not a clade.
- n. (medicine) The degree of malignity of a tumor expressed on a scale.
- v. To assign scores to the components of an academic test.
- v. To assign a score to overall academic performance.
- v. To flatten, level, or smooth a large surface.
- v. (sewing) To remove or trim part of a seam allowance from a finished seam so as to reduce bulk and make…
gull- n. A seabird of the genus Larus or of the family Laridae.
- n. (slang) A cheating trick; a fraud.
- n. One easily cheated; a dupe.
- v. To deceive or cheat.
- v. (US, slang) To mislead.
- v. (US, slang) To trick and defraud.
impression- n. The indentation or depression made by the pressure of one object on or into another.
- n. The overall effect of something, e.g., on a person.
- n. A vague recalling of an event, a belief.
- n. An impersonation, an imitation of the mannerisms of another individual.
- n. An outward appearance.
- n. (advertising) An online advertising performance metric representing an instance where an ad. is shown…
- n. (painting) The first coat of colour, such as the priming in house-painting etc.
- n. (engraving) A print on paper from a wood block, metal plate, etc.
indicant- adj. Serving to point out, as a remedy; indicating.
- n. That which indicates or points out.
indicate- v. To point out; to discover; to direct to a knowledge of; to show; to make known.
- v. To show or manifest by symptoms; to point to as the proper remedies.
- v. To signal in a vehicle the desire to turn right or left.
- v. To investigate the condition or power of, as of steam engine, by means of an indicator.
indication- n. Act of pointing out or indicating.
- n. That which serves to indicate or point out; mark; token; sign; symptom; evidence.
- n. Discovery made; information.
- n. (obsolete) Explanation; display. Francis Bacon.
- n. (medicine) Any symptom or occurrence in a disease, which serves to direct to suitable remedies.
- n. (finance) An declared approximation of the price at which a traded security is likely to commence trading.
keep- v. To continue in (a course or mode of action); not to intermit or fall from; to uphold or maintain.
- v. (heading, transitive) To hold the status of something.
- v. (heading, intransitive) To hold or be held in a state.
- v. (obsolete) To wait for, keep watch for.
- v. (intransitive, cricket) To act as wicket-keeper.
- v. (intransitive, obsolete) To take care; to be solicitous; to watch.
- v. (intransitive, obsolete) To be in session; to take place.
- v. (transitive) To observe; to adhere to; to fulfill; not to swerve from or violate.
- v. (transitive, dated) To confine oneself to; not to quit; to remain in.
- v. (transitive, dated, by extension) To visit (a place) often; to frequent.
- n. (obsolete) Care, notice.
- n. (historical) The main tower of a castle or fortress, located within the castle walls. (According to, the…
- n. The food or money required to keep someone alive and healthy; one's support, maintenance.
- n. The act or office of keeping; custody; guard; care; heed; charge.
- n. The state of being kept; hence, the resulting condition; case.
- n. (obsolete) That which is kept in charge; a charge.
- n. (engineering) A cap for holding something, such as a journal box, in place.
label- n. A small ticket or sign giving information about something to which it is attached or intended to be attached.
- n. A name given to something or someone to categorise them as part of a particular social group.
- n. (music) A company that sells records.
- n. (computing) A user-defined alias for a numerical designation, the reverse of an enumeration.
- n. (computing) A named place in source code that can be jumped to using a GOTO or equivalent construct.
- n. (heraldry) A charge resembling the strap crossing the horse’s chest from which pendants are hung.
- n. (obsolete) A tassel.
- n. A piece of writing added to something, such as a codicil appended to a will.
- n. A brass rule with sights, formerly used with a circumferentor to take altitudes.
- n. (architecture) The projecting moulding by the sides, and over the tops, of openings in mediaeval architecture.
- n. In mediaeval art, the representation of a band or scroll containing an inscription.
- v. (transitive) To put a label (a ticket or sign) on (something).
- v. (transitive) To give a label to (someone or something) in order to categorise that person or thing.
- v. (biochemistry) To replace specific atoms by their isotope in order to track the presence or movement of…
- v. (biochemistry) To add a detectable substance, either transiently or permanently, to a biological substance…
make- v. (transitive, heading) To create.
- v. (intransitive, now mostly colloquial) To behave, to act.
- v. (intransitive) To tend; to contribute; to have effect; with for or against.
- v. To constitute.
- v. (intransitive, construed with of, typically interrogative) To interpret.
- v. (transitive, usually stressed) To bring into success.
- v. (transitive, second object is an adjective or participle) To cause to be.
- v. To cause to appear to be; to represent as.
- v. (transitive, second object is a verb) To cause (to do something); to compel (to do something).
- v. (transitive, second object is a verb, can be stressed for emphasis or clarity) To force to do.
- v. (transitive, of a fact) To indicate or suggest to be.
- v. (transitive, of a bed) To cover neatly with bedclothes.
- v. (transitive, US slang) To recognise, identify.
- v. (transitive, colloquial) To arrive at a destination, usually at or by a certain time.
- v. (intransitive, colloquial) To proceed (in a direction).
- v. (transitive) To cover (a given distance) by travelling.
- v. (transitive) To move at (a speed).
- v. To appoint; to name.
- v. (transitive, slang) To induct into the Mafia or a similar organization (as a made man).
- v. (intransitive, colloquial, euphemistic) To defecate or urinate.
- v. (transitive) To earn, to gain (money, points, membership or status).
- v. (transitive) To pay, to cover (an expense); chiefly used after expressions of inability.
- v. (obsolete, intransitive) To compose verses; to write poetry; to versify.
- v. To enact; to establish.
- v. To develop into; to prove to be.
- v. To form or formulate in the mind.
- v. (obsolete) To act in a certain manner; to have to do; to manage; to interfere; to be active; often in…
- v. (obsolete) To increase; to augment; to accrue.
- v. (obsolete) To be engaged or concerned in.
- v. (now archaic) To cause to be (in a specified place), used after a subjective what.
- v. (transitive, euphemistic) To take the virginity of.
- n. (often of a car) Brand or kind; often paired with model.
- n. How a thing is made; construction.
- n. Origin of a manufactured article; manufacture.
- n. (uncountable) Quantity produced, especially of materials.
- n. (dated) The act or process of making something, especially in industrial manufacturing.
- n. A person's character or disposition.
- n. (bridge) The declaration of the trump for a hand.
- n. (physics) The closing of an electrical circuit.
- n. (computing) A software utility for automatically building large applications, or an implementation of…
- n. (slang) Recognition or identification, especially from police records or evidence.
- n. (slang, usually in phrase "easy make") Past or future target of seduction (usually female).
- n. (slang, military) A promotion.
- n. A home-made project.
- n. (basketball) A made basket.
- n. (dialectal) Mate; a spouse or companion.
- n. (Scotland, Ireland, Northern England, now rare) A halfpenny.
mar- v. To spoil, to damage.
- n. A blemish.
- n. A small lake.
marker- n. An object used to mark a location.
- n. Someone or something that marks.
- n. A real or virtual objective, something to be aimed for.
- n. A felt-tipped pen.
- n. (colloquial) Marks of ink left by this type of pen.
- n. (US, slang) A signed note of a debt to be paid.
- n. (US, slang, figuratively) A nonmonetary debt owed to someone, especially in return for a favor.
- n. (paintball) A device that fires a paintball.
- n. (sports).
- n. A gene or DNA sequence with a known location on a chromosome that can be used to identify individuals…
- n. (In competition law) A recognition given by a competition authority that a company is the first to approach…
- v. To mark or write on (something) using a marker.
marking- v. present participle of mark.
- n. (uncountable) The action of the verb to mark.
- n. a mark.
- n. the characteristic colouration and patterning of an animal.
measure- n. A prescribed quantity or extent.
- n. The act or result of measuring.
- n. Metrical rhythm.
- n. A course of action.
- v. To ascertain the quantity of a unit of material via calculated comparison with respect to a standard.
- v. To estimate the unit size of something.
- v. To judge, value, or appraise.
- v. To obtain or set apart; to mark in even increments.
- v. (rare) To traverse, cross, pass along; to travel over.
- v. To adjust by a rule or standard.
- v. To allot or distribute by measure; to set off or apart by measure; often with out or off.
modify- v. (transitive) To make partial changes to.
- v. (intransitive) To be or become modified.
mug- adj. (archaic) Easily fooled, gullible.
- n. A large cup for hot liquids, usually having a handle and used without a saucer.
- n. (slang) The face, often used deprecatingly.
- n. (slang, vulgar) A gullible or easily-cheated person.
- n. (Britain, Australia, slang) A stupid or contemptible person.
- v. (transitive, obsolete, Britain) To strike in the face.
- v. (transitive) To assault for the purpose of robbery.
- v. (intransitive) To exaggerate a facial expression for communicative emphasis; to make a face, to pose,…
- v. (transitive) To photograph for identification; to take a mug shot.
- v. Learn or review a subject as much as possible in a short time; cram.
- n. (slang, African American Vernacular) Motherfucker (usually in similes, e.g. "like a mug" or "as a mug").
nock- n. Either of the two grooves in a bow that hold the bowstring.
- n. The notch at the rear of an arrow that fits on the bowstring.
- n. (nautical) The upper fore corner of a boom sail or trysail.
- v. (transitive) To fit an arrow against the bowstring of a bow or crossbow.
- v. (transitive) To cut a nock in (usually in an arrow's base or the tips of a bow).
- n. Misspelling of knock.
notch- n. A V-shaped cut.
- n. Such a cut, used for keeping a record.
- n. An indentation.
- n. A mountain pass; a defile.
- n. (informal) A level or degree.
- v. (transitive) To cut a notch in (something).
- v. (transitive) To record (a score or similar) by making notches on something.
- v. (transitive) To join by means of notches.
- v. (transitive) To achieve (something).
note- n. (heading) A symbol or annotation.
- n. (heading) A written or printed communication or commitment.
- n. (music, heading) A sound.
- n. (uncountable) Observation; notice; heed.
- n. (uncountable) Reputation; distinction.
- n. (obsolete) Notification; information; intelligence.
- n. (obsolete) Mark of disgrace.
- v. (transitive) To notice with care; to observe; to remark; to heed.
- v. (transitive) To record in writing; to make a memorandum of.
- v. (transitive) To denote; to designate.
- v. (transitive) To annotate.
- v. (transitive) To set down in musical characters.
- v. (transitive) To record on the back of (a bill, draft, etc.) a refusal of acceptance, as the ground of…
- n. (uncountable, Britain dialectal, Northern England, Ireland, Scotland) That which is needed or necessary;…
- n. (Britain dialectal, Northern England, Ireland, Scotland) The giving of milk by a cow or sow; the period…
notice- n. (chiefly uncountable) The act of observing; perception.
- n. (countable) A written or printed announcement.
- n. (countable) A formal notification or warning.
- n. (chiefly uncountable) Advance notification of termination of employment, given by an employer to an employee…
- n. (countable) A published critical review of a play or the like.
- n. (uncountable) Prior notification.
- n. (dated) Attention; respectful treatment; civility.
- v. (transitive) To acknowledge the presence of; observe.
- v. (transitive) To detect; to perceive with the mind.
observe- v. (transitive) To notice or view, especially carefully or with attention to detail.
- v. (transitive) To follow or obey the custom, practice, or rules (especially of a religion).
- v. (intransitive) To comment on something; to make an observation.
patsy- n. (informal, derogatory) A person who is taken advantage of, especially by being cheated or blamed for something.
pit- n. A hole in the ground.
- n. (motor racing) An area at a motor racetrack used for refueling and repairing the vehicles during a race.
- n. (music) A section of the marching band containing mallet percussion instruments and other large percussion…
- n. A mine.
- n. (archaeology) A hole or trench in the ground, excavated according to grid coordinates, so that the provenance…
- n. (trading) A trading pit.
- n. (in the plural, with the, idiomatic, slang) Something particularly unpleasant.
- n. The bottom part of.
- n. (colloquial) Armpit.
- n. (aviation) A luggage hold.
- n. (countable) A small surface hole or depression, a fossa.
- n. The indented mark left by a pustule, as in smallpox.
- n. The grave, or underworld.
- n. An enclosed area into which gamecocks, dogs, and other animals are brought to fight, or where dogs are…
- n. Formerly, that part of a theatre, on the floor of the house, below the level of the stage and behind the…
- n. (gambling) Part of a casino which typically holds tables for blackjack, craps, roulette, and other games.
- v. (transitive) To make pits in.
- v. To put (a dog) into a pit for fighting.
- v. (transitive) To bring (something) into opposition with something else.
- v. (intransitive, motor racing) To return to the pits during a race for refuelling, tyre changes, repairs…
- n. A seed inside a fruit; a stone or pip inside a fruit.
- n. A shell in a drupe containing a seed.
- n. The core of an implosion weapon, consisting of the fissile material and any neutron reflector or tamper…
- v. (transitive) To remove the stone from a stone fruit or the shell from a drupe.
- n. (informal) A pit bull terrier.
pock- n. A pus-filled swelling on the surface on the skin caused by an eruptive disease.
- n. Any pit, especially one formed as a scar.
- v. To scar or mark with pits.
point- n. A discrete division of something.
- n. A sharp extremity.
- n. (heraldry) One of the several different parts of the escutcheon.
- n. (nautical) A short piece of cordage used in reefing sails.
- n. (historical) A string or lace used to tie together certain garments.
- n. Lace worked by the needle.
- n. (US, slang, dated) An item of private information; a hint; a tip; a pointer.
- n. The attitude assumed by a pointer dog when he finds game.
- n. (falconry) The perpendicular rising of a hawk over the place where its prey has gone into cover.
- n. The act of pointing, as of the foot downward in certain dance positions.
- n. The gesture of extending the index finger in a direction in order to indicate something.
- n. (medicine, obsolete) A vaccine point.
- n. In various sports, a position of a certain player, or, by extension, the player occupying that position.
- v. (intransitive) To extend the index finger in the direction of something in order to show where it is or…
- v. (intransitive) To draw attention to something or indicate a direction.
- v. (intransitive) To face in a particular direction.
- v. (transitive) To direct toward an object; to aim.
- v. To give a point to; to sharpen; to cut, forge, grind, or file to an acute end.
- v. (intransitive) To indicate a probability of something.
- v. (transitive, intransitive, masonry) To repair mortar.
- v. (transitive, masonry) To fill up and finish the joints of (a wall), by introducing additional cement or…
- v. (stone-cutting) To cut, as a surface, with a pointed tool.
- v. (transitive) To direct or encourage (someone) in a particular direction.
- v. (transitive, mathematics) To separate an integer from a decimal with a decimal point.
- v. (transitive) To mark with diacritics.
- v. (dated) To supply with punctuation marks; to punctuate.
- v. (transitive, computing) To direct the central processing unit to seek information at a certain location…
- v. (transitive, Internet) To direct requests sent to a domain name to the IP address corresponding to that…
- v. (intransitive, nautical) To sail close to the wind.
- v. (intransitive, hunting) To indicate the presence of game by a fixed and steady look, as certain hunting…
- v. (medicine, of an abscess) To approximate to the surface; to head.
- v. (obsolete) To appoint.
- v. (dated) To give particular prominence to; to designate in a special manner; to point out.
print- adj. Of, relating to, or writing for printed publications.
- v. (transitive) To produce one or more copies of a text or image on a surface, especially by machine; often…
- v. To produce a microchip (an integrated circuit) in a process resembling the printing of an image.
- v. (transitive, intransitive) To write very clearly, especially, to write without connecting the letters…
- v. (transitive, intransitive) To publish in a book, newspaper, etc.
- v. (transitive) To stamp or impress (something) with coloured figures or patterns.
- v. (transitive) To fix or impress, as a stamp, mark, character, idea, etc., into or upon something.
- v. (transitive) To stamp something in or upon; to make an impression or mark upon by pressure, or as by pressure.
- v. (computing, transitive) To display a string on the terminal.
- n. (uncountable) Books and other material created by printing presses, considered collectively or as a medium.
- n. (uncountable) Clear handwriting, especially, writing without connected letters as in cursive.
- n. (uncountable) The letters forming the text of a document.
- n. A visible impression on a surface.
- n. A fingerprint.
- n. A footprint.
- n. (visual art) A picture that was created in multiple copies by printing.
- n. (photography) A photograph that has been printed onto paper from the negative.
- n. (motion pictures) A copy of a film that can be projected.
- n. Cloth that has had a pattern of dye printed onto it.
punctuate- v. To add punctuation to.
- v. To add or to interrupt at regular intervals.
- v. To emphasize, to stress.
qualify- v. To describe or characterize something by listing its qualities.
- v. To make someone, or to become competent or eligible for some position or task.
- v. To certify or license someone for something.
- v. To modify, limit, restrict or moderate something; especially to add conditions or requirements for an…
- v. (now rare) To mitigate, alleviate (something); to make less disagreeable.
- v. To compete successfully in some stage of a competition and become eligible for the next stage.
- v. To give individual quality to; to modulate; to vary; to regulate.
- v. (juggling) To throw and catch each object at least twice.
- n. (juggling) An instance of throwing and catching each prop at least twice.
rating- v. present participle of rate.
- n. A position on a scale.
- n. An evaluation of status, especially of financial status.
- n. A number, letter, or other mark that refers to the ability of something.
- n. (nautical) A seaman in a warship.
- n. (nautical) The status of a seaman, corresponding to rank in officers.
record- n. An item of information put into a temporary or permanent physical medium.
- n. Any instance of a physical medium on which information was put for the purpose of preserving it and making…
- n. A vinyl disc on which sound is recorded and may be replayed on a phonograph.
- n. (computing) A set of data relating to a single individual or item.
- n. The most extreme known value of some achievement, particularly in competitive events.
- v. (transitive) To make a record of information.
- v. (transitive) To make an audio or video recording of.
- v. (transitive, law) To give legal status to by making an official public record.
- v. (intransitive) To fix in a medium, usually in a tangible medium.
- v. (intransitive) To make an audio, video, or multimedia recording.
- v. (transitive, intransitive, obsolete) To repeat; to practice.
- v. (transitive, intransitive, obsolete) To sing or repeat a tune.
- v. (obsolete) To reflect; to ponder.
reference- n. (literary or archaic) A relationship or relation (to something).
- n. A measurement one can compare to.
- n. Information about a person, provided by someone (a referee) with whom they are well acquainted.
- n. A reference work.
- n. (semantics) A relation between objects in which one object designates, or acts as a means by which to…
- n. (academic writing) A short written identification of a previously published work which is used as a source…
- n. (academic writing) A previously published written work thus indicated; a source.
- n. (programming) An object containing information which refers to data stored elsewhere, as opposed to containing…
- n. (programming, character entity) A special sequence used to represent complex characters in a web page…
- n. (obsolete) Appeal.
- v. To refer to, to make reference to.
- v. To mention, to cite.
saint- n. A person to whom a church or another religious group has officially attributed the title of "saint"; a…
- n. (figuratively, by extension) A person with positive qualities; one who does good.
- n. One who is sanctified or made holy; a person who is separated unto God’s service.
- n. One of the blessed in heaven.
- n. (archaic) A holy object.
- v. (nonstandard) To canonize, to formally recognize someone as a saint.
scar- n. A permanent mark on the skin sometimes caused by the healing of a wound.
- n. (by extension) A permanent effect on someone’s mind, caused by a traumatic experience.
- v. (transitive) To mark the skin permanently.
- v. (intransitive) To form a scar.
- v. (transitive, figuratively) To affect deeply in a traumatic manner.
- n. A cliff.
- n. A rock in the sea breaking out from the surface of the water.
- n. A marine food fish, the scarus or parrotfish.
score- n. The total number of goals, points, runs, etc. earned by a participant in a game.
- n. The number of points accrued by each of the participants in a game, expressed as a ratio or a series of…
- n. The performance of an individual or group on an examination or test, expressed by a number, letter, or…
- n. Twenty, 20 (number).
- n. A distance of twenty yards, in ancient archery and gunnery.
- n. A weight of twenty pounds.
- n. (music) The written form of a musical composition showing all instrumental and vocal parts below each…
- n. (music) The music of a movie or play.
- n. Subject.
- n. Account; reason; motive; sake; behalf.
- n. A notch or incision; especially, one that is made as a tally mark; hence, a mark, or line, made for the…
- n. An account or reckoning; account of dues; bill; hence, indebtedness.
- n. (US, crime, slang) A robbery; a criminal act.
- n. (US, crime, slang) A bribe paid to a police officer.
- n. (US, crime, slang) An illegal sale, especially of drugs.
- n. (US, crime, slang) A prostitute's client.
- n. (US, slang) A sexual conquest.
- v. (transitive) To cut a notch or a groove in a surface.
- v. (intransitive) To record the tally of points for a game, a match, or an examination.
- v. (transitive, intransitive) To obtain something desired.
- v. (transitive) To provide (a film, etc.) with a musical score.
- interj. (US, slang) Acknowledgement of success.
scrape- v. To draw an object, especially a sharp or angular one, along (something) while exerting pressure.
- v. To injure or damage by rubbing across a surface.
- v. To barely manage to achieve.
- v. To collect or gather, especially without regard to the quality of what is chosen.
- v. (computing) To extract data by automated means from a format not intended to be machine-readable, such…
- v. To occupy oneself with getting laboriously.
- v. To play awkwardly and inharmoniously on a violin or similar instrument.
- v. To draw back the right foot along the ground or floor when making a bow.
- v. To express disapprobation of (a play, etc.) or to silence (a speaker) by drawing the feet back and forth…
- n. A broad, shallow injury left by scraping (rather than a cut or a scratch).
- n. A fight, especially a fistfight without weapons.
- n. An awkward set of circumstances.
- n. (Britain, slang) A D and C or abortion; or, a miscarriage.
- n. A shallow depression used by ground birds as a nest; a nest scrape.
scratch- v. To rub a surface with a sharp object, especially by a living creature to remove itching with nails, claws,…
- v. To rub the skin with rough material causing a sensation of irritation.
- v. To mark a surface with a sharp object, thereby leaving a scratch (noun).
- v. To cross out, strike out, strike through some text on a page.
- v. (music) To produce a distinctive sound on a turntable by moving a vinyl record back and forth while manipulating…
- v. (billiards) To commit a foul in pool, as where the cue ball is put into a pocket or jumps off the table.
- v. (billiards, dated, US) To score, not by skillful play but by some fortunate chance of the game.
- v. To write or draw hastily or awkwardly.
- v. To dig or excavate with the claws.
- v. To dig or scrape (a person's skin) with claws or fingernails in self-defense or with the intention to…
- n. (countable) A disruption, mark or shallow cut on a surface made by scratching.
- n. An act of scratching the skin to alleviate an itch or irritation.
- n. (sports).
- n. (slang) Money.
- n. A feed, usually a mixture of a few common grains, given to chickens.
- n. (in the plural) Minute, but tender and troublesome, excoriations, covered with scabs, upon the heels of…
- n. A kind of wig covering only a portion of the head.
- n. (music) A genre of Virgin Islander music, better known as fungi.
- adj. For or consisting of preliminary or tentative, incomplete, etc. work.
- adj. Hastily assembled; put together in a hurry or from disparate elements.
- adj. (computing, from scratchpad) Relating to a data structure or recording medium attached to a machine for…
- adj. Constructed from whatever materials are to hand.
- adj. (sports) (of a player) Of a standard high enough to play without a handicap, i.e. to compete without the…
- adj. Made, done, or happening by chance; arranged with little or no preparation; determined by circumstances;…
set- v. (transitive) To put (something) down, to rest.
- v. (transitive) To attach or affix (something) to something else, or in or upon a certain place.
- v. (transitive) To put in a specified condition or state; to cause to be.
- v. (transitive, dated) To cause to stop or stick; to obstruct; to fasten to a spot.
- v. (transitive) To determine or settle.
- v. (transitive) To adjust.
- v. (transitive) To punch (a nail) into wood so that its head is below the surface.
- v. (transitive) To arrange with dishes and cutlery, to set the table.
- v. (transitive) To introduce or describe.
- v. (transitive) To locate (a play, etc.); to assign a backdrop to.
- v. (transitive) To compile, to make (a puzzle or challenge).
- v. (transitive) To prepare (a stage or film set).
- v. (transitive) To fit (someone) up in a situation.
- v. (transitive) To arrange (type).
- v. (transitive) To devise and assign (work) to.
- v. (transitive, volleyball) To direct (the ball) to a teammate for an attack.
- v. (intransitive) To solidify.
- v. (transitive) To render stiff or solid; especially, to convert into curd; to curdle.
- v. (intransitive) Of a heavenly body, to disappear below the horizon of a planet, etc, as the latter rotates.
- v. (transitive, bridge) To defeat a contract.
- v. (obsolete, now followed by "out", as in set out) To begin to move; to go forth.
- v. (intransitive, of fruit) To be fixed for growth; to strike root; to begin to germinate or form.
- v. (intransitive, Southern US, Midwestern US, dialects) To sit (be in a seated position).
- v. To hunt game with the aid of a setter.
- v. (hunting, transitive, intransitive) Of a dog, to indicate the position of game.
- v. (obsolete) To apply oneself; to undertake earnestly; to set out.
- v. (transitive, intransitive) To fit music to words.
- v. (transitive, intransitive) To place plants or shoots in the ground; to plant.
- v. To become fixed or rigid; to be fastened.
- v. To have a certain direction of motion; to flow; to move on; to tend.
- v. To place or fix in a setting.
- v. To put in order in a particular manner; to prepare.
- v. To extend and bring into position; to spread.
- v. To give a pitch to, as a tune; to start by fixing the keynote.
- v. To reduce from a dislocated or fractured state.
- v. (masonry) To lower into place and fix solidly, as the blocks of cut stone in a structure.
- v. (obsolete) To wager in gambling; to risk.
- v. To adorn with something infixed or affixed; to stud; to variegate with objects placed here and there.
- v. (obsolete) To value; to rate; used with at.
- v. To establish as a rule; to furnish; to prescribe; to assign.
- v. (Scotland) To suit; to become.
- n. A punch for setting nails in wood.
- n. A device for receiving broadcast radio waves (or, more recently, broadcast data); a radio or television.
- n. Alternative form of sett: a hole made and lived in by a badger.
- n. Alternative form of sett: pattern of threads and yarns.
- n. Alternative form of sett: piece of quarried stone.
- n. (horticulture) A small tuber or bulb used instead of seed, particularly onion sets and potato sets.
- n. The amount the teeth of a saw protrude to the side in order to create the kerf.
- n. (obsolete, rare) That which is staked; a wager; hence, a gambling game.
- n. (engineering) Permanent change of shape caused by excessive strain, as from compression, tension, bending,…
- n. (piledriving) A piece placed temporarily upon the head of a pile when the latter cannot otherwise be reached…
- n. (printing, dated) The width of the body of a type.
- n. A young oyster when first attached.
- n. Collectively, the crop of young oysters in any locality.
- n. A series or group of something. (Note the similar meaning in Etymology 2, Noun).
- n. (colloquial) The manner, state, or quality of setting or fitting; fit.
- n. The camber of a curved roofing tile.
- adj. Fixed in position.
- adj. Rigid, solidified.
- adj. Ready, prepared.
- adj. Intent, determined (to do something).
- adj. Prearranged.
- adj. Fixed in one’s opinion.
- adj. (of hair) Fixed in a certain style.
- n. A young plant fit for setting out; a slip; shoot.
- n. A rudimentary fruit.
- n. The setting of the sun or other luminary; (by extension) the close of the day.
- n. (literally and figuratively) General movement; direction; drift; tendency.
- n. A matching collection of similar things. (Note the similar meaning in Etymology 1, Noun.).
- n. A collection of various objects for a particular purpose.
- n. An object made up of several parts.
- n. (set theory) A collection of zero or more objects, possibly infinite in size, and disregarding any order…
- n. (in plural, “sets”, mathematics, informal) Set theory.
- n. A group of people, usually meeting socially.
- n. The scenery for a film or play.
- n. (dance) The initial or basic formation of dancers.
- n. (exercise (sport)) A group of repetitions of a single exercise performed one after the other without rest.
- n. (tennis) A complete series of games, forming part of a match.
- n. (volleyball) A complete series of points, forming part of a match.
- n. (volleyball) The act of directing the ball to a teammate for an attack.
- n. (music) A musical performance by a band, disc jockey, etc., consisting of several musical pieces.
- n. (music) A drum kit, a drum set.
- n. (Britain, education) A class group in a subject where pupils are divided by ability.
- n. (poker, slang) Three of a kind, especially if two cards are in one's hand and the third is a on the board…
- v. (Britain, education) To divide a class group in a subject according to ability.
sign- n. (sometimes also used uncountably) A visible indication.
- n. A clearly visible object, generally flat, bearing a short message in words or pictures.
- n. (astrology) An astrological sign.
- n. (mathematics) Positive or negative polarity. (Note: it is improper to place a sign on the number zero).
- n. A specific gesture or motion used to communicate by those with speaking or hearing difficulties; now specifically,…
- n. (uncountable) Sign language in general.
- n. An omen.
- n. (medicine) A property of the body that indicates a disease and, unlike a symptom, is unlikely to be noticed…
- n. A military emblem carried on a banner or standard.
- v. To make a mark.
- v. To make the sign of the cross.
- v. To indicate.
signal- n. A sign made to give notice of some occurrence, command, or danger, or to indicate the start of a concerted…
- n. An on-off light, semaphore, or other device used to give an indication to another person.
- n. (of a radio, TV, telephone, internet, etc.) An electrical or electromagnetic action, normally a voltage…
- n. A token; an indication; a foreshadowing; a sign.
- n. Useful information, as opposed to noise.
- n. (computing, Unix) A simple interprocess communication used to notify a process or thread of an occurrence.
- v. (transitive, intransitive) To indicate.
- adj. Standing above others in rank, importance, or achievement.
stain- n. A discoloured spot or area.
- n. A blemish on one's character or reputation.
- n. A substance used to soak into a surface and colour it.
- n. A reagent or dye used to stain microscope specimens so as to make some structures visible.
- v. To discolour something.
- v. To taint or tarnish someone's character or reputation.
- v. To coat a surface with a stain.
- v. (cytology) To treat a microscope specimen with a dye, especially one that dyes specific features.
- v. To cause to seem inferior or soiled by comparison.
stigma- n. A mark of infamy or disgrace.
- n. A scar or birthmark.
- n. (botany) The sticky part of a flower that receives pollen during pollination.
- n. A ligature of the Greek letters sigma and tau, (Ϛ/ϛ).
stigmatise- v. Non-Oxford British English standard spelling of stigmatize.
stigmatize- v. (transitive) To characterize as disgraceful or ignominious; to mark with a stigma or stigmata.
success- n. (obsolete) Something which happens as a consequence; the outcome or result.
- n. The achievement of one's aim or goal.
- n. (business) financial profitability.
- n. One who, or that which, achieves assumed goals.
- n. The fact of getting or achieving wealth, respect, or fame.
sucker- n. A person or thing that sucks.
- n. An organ or body part that does the sucking.
- n. An animal such as the octopus and remora, which adhere to other bodies with such organs.
- n. Any fish in the family Catostomidae of North America and eastern Asia, which have mouths modified into…
- n. A piece of candy which is sucked; a lollipop.
- n. (horticulture) An undesired stem growing out of the roots or lower trunk of a shrub or tree, especially…
- n. (Britain, colloquial) A suction cup.
- n. A suckling animal.
- n. The embolus, or bucket, of a pump; also, the valve of a pump basket.
- n. A pipe through which anything is drawn.
- n. A small piece of leather, usually round, having a string attached to the center, which, when saturated…
- n. A parasite; a sponger.
- n. (slang, archaic) A hard drinker; a soaker.
- v. (transitive) To strip the suckers or shoots from; to deprive of suckers.
- n. One who is easily fooled, or gulled.
- v. To fool someone; to take advantage of someone.
- n. (slang) A thing or object. Any thing or object being called attention to with emphasis, as in "this sucker".
symbol- n. A character or glyph representing an idea, concept or object.
- n. Any object, typically material, which is meant to represent another (usually abstract) even if there is…
- n. (linguistics) A type of noun whereby the form refers to the same entity independently of the context;…
- n. A summary of a dogmatic statement of faith.
- n. Visible traces or impressions, made using a writing device or tool, that are connected together and/or…
- n. (crystallography) The numerical expression which defines a plane's position relative to the assumed axes.
- n. That which is thrown into a common fund; hence, an appointed or accustomed duty.
- n. Share; allotment.
- v. To symbolize.
tag- n. A small label.
- n. A game played by two or more children in which one child (known as "it") attempts to catch one of the…
- n. A skin tag, an excrescence of skin.
- n. A type of cardboard.
- n. Graffiti in the form of a stylized signature particular to the artist.
- n. A dangling lock of sheep's wool, matted with dung; a dung tag.
- n. An attribution in narrated dialogue (eg, "he said").
- n. (chiefly US) a vehicle number plate; a medal bearing identification data (animals, soldiers).
- n. (baseball) An instance of touching the baserunner with the ball or the ball in a gloved hand.
- n. (computing) A piece of markup representing an element in a markup language.
- n. (computing) A keyword, term, or phrase associated with or assigned to data, media, and/or information…
- n. Any slight appendage, as to an article of dress; something slight hanging loosely.
- n. A metallic binding, tube, or point, at the end of a string, or lace, to stiffen it.
- n. The end, or catchword, of an actor's speech; cue.
- n. Something mean and paltry; the rabble.
- n. A sheep in its first year.
- n. (biochemistry) Any short peptide sequence artificially attached to proteins mostly in order to help purify,…
- n. (slang) A person's name.
- v. (transitive) To label (something).
- v. (transitive, graffiti) To mark (something) with one’s tag.
- v. (transitive) To remove dung tags from a sheep.
- v. (transitive, baseball, colloquial) To hit the ball hard.
- v. (transitive, baseball) To put a runner out by touching them with the ball or the ball in a gloved hand.
- v. (transitive, computing) To mark with a tag (metadata for classification).
- v. To follow closely, accompany, tag along.
- v. (transitive) To catch and touch (a player in the game of tag).
- v. (transitive) To fit with, or as if with, a tag or tags.
- v. To fasten; to attach.
- n. A decoration drawn over some Hebrew letters in Jewish scrolls.
target- n. A butt or mark to shoot at, as for practice, or to test the accuracy of a firearm, or the force of a projectile.
- n. A goal or objective.
- n. A kind of small shield or buckler, used as a defensive weapon in war.
- n. (obsolete) A shield resembling the Roman scutum. In modern usage, a smaller variety of shield is usually…
- n. (sports) The pattern or arrangement of a series of hits made by a marksman on a butt or mark.
- n. (surveying) The sliding crosspiece, or vane, on a leveling staff.
- n. (rail transport) A conspicuous disk attached to a switch lever to show its position, or for use as a signal.
- n. (cricket) the number of runs that the side batting last needs to score in the final innings in order to…
- n. (linguistics) The tenor of a metaphor.
- n. (translation studies) The translated version of a document, or the language into which translation occurs.
- n. A person (or group of people) that a person or organization is trying to employ or to have as a customer,…
- n. (Britain, dated) A thin cut; a slice; specifically, of lamb, a piece consisting of the neck and breast…
- n. (Scotland, obsolete) A tassel or pendant.
- n. (Scotland, obsolete) A shred; a tatter.
- v. (transitive) To aim something, especially a weapon, at (a target).
- v. (transitive, figuratively) To aim for as an audience or demographic.
- v. (transitive, computing) To produce code suitable for.
tick- n. A tiny woodland arachnid of the suborder Ixodida.
- n. A relatively quiet but sharp sound generally made repeatedly by moving machinery.
- n. A mark on any scale of measurement; a unit of measurement.
- n. (computing) A jiffy (unit of time defined by basic timer frequency).
- n. (colloquial) A short period of time, particularly a second.
- n. (Australia, New Zealand, Britain, Ireland) a mark (✓) made to indicate agreement, correctness or acknowledgement;…
- n. (birdwatching, slang) A lifer (bird seen by a birdwatcher for the first time) that is uninteresting and…
- n. The whinchat; so called from its note.
- v. To make a clicking noise similar to the movement of the hands in an analog clock.
- v. To make a tick mark.
- v. (informal) To work or operate, especially mechanically.
- v. To strike gently; to pat.
- n. (uncountable) Ticking.
- n. A sheet that wraps around a mattress; the cover of a mattress, containing the filling.
- n. (Britain, colloquial) Credit, trust.
- v. To go on trust, or credit.
- v. To give tick; to trust.
- n. (obsolete, place names) A goat.
valuate- v. To estimate the value of something; to appraise or to make a valuation.
valuation- n. An estimation of something's worth.
- n. (finance) The process of estimating the market value of a financial asset or liability.
- n. (logic, propositional logic, model theory) An assignment of truth values to propositional variables, with…
- n. (logic, first-order logic, model theory) A structure, and the corresponding assignment of a truth value…
- n. (algebra) A measure of size or multiplicity.
- n. (measure theory, domain theory) A map from the class of open sets of a topological space to the set of…
value- n. The quality (positive or negative) that renders something desirable or valuable.
- n. (uncountable) The degree of importance given to something.
- n. That which is valued or highly esteemed, as one's morals, morality, or belief system.
- n. The amount (of money or goods or services) that is considered to be a fair equivalent for something else.
- n. (music) The relative duration of a musical note.
- n. (art) The relative darkness or lightness of a color in (a specific area of) a painting etc.
- n. Numerical quantity measured or assigned or computed.
- n. Precise meaning; import.
- n. (in the plural) The valuable ingredients to be obtained by treating a mass or compound; specifically,…
- n. (obsolete) Esteem; regard.
- n. (obsolete) valour; also spelled valew.
- v. To estimate the value of; judge the worth of something.
- v. To fix or determine the value of; assign a value to, as of jewelry or art work.
- v. To regard highly; think much of; place importance upon.
- v. To hold dear.
verify- v. (transitive) To substantiate or prove the truth of something.
- v. (transitive) To confirm or test the truth or accuracy of something.
- v. (transitive, law) To affirm something formally, under oath.
victim- n. Anyone who is harmed by another.
- n. (original sense) A living creature which is slain and offered as human or animal sacrifice, usually in…
- n. An aggrieved or disadvantaged party in a crime (e.g. swindle.).
- n. A person who suffers any other injury, loss, or damage as a result of a voluntary undertaking.
- n. An unfortunate person who suffers from a disaster or other adverse circumstance.
- n. (narratology) A character who is conquered or manipulated by a villain.
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