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Synonyms of the word 
PLACE → ABODE - AIM - APPROXIMATE - AREA - ASSIGN - BASE - BERTH - BILLET - BUSINESS - COGNITION - COMMIT - CONDITION - DELEGATE - DEPUTE - DESIGNATE - DETERMINE - DIRECT - DISPLACE - DROP - ESTIMATE - EVALUATE - EXPANSE - EXPEND - FUNCTION - GAUGE - GRADE - GUESS - HOME - IDENTIFY - INVEST - ITEM - JOB - JUDGE - KNOWLEDGE - LAY - LIEU - LINE - LOCALISE - LOCALITY - LOCALIZE - LOCATE - MOVE - NEIGHBORHOOD - NEIGHBOURHOOD - NOESIS - OCCUPATION - OFFICE - ORDER - PART - PASSAGE - PIAZZA - PLACE - PLAZA - POINT - POSE - POSITION - POST - PRESENT - PROPERTY - PUT - RACE - RANGE - RANK - RATE - REPRESENT - RESIDENCE - ROLE - RUN - SEAT - SEND - SET - SHOES - SING - SITE - SITUATE - SITUATION - SPACE - SPEND - SPOT - SQUARE - STAGE - STATION - STATUS - STEAD - TAKE - TARGET - TRAIN - VICINITYplace- n. (physical) An area; somewhere within an area.
- n. A location or position in space.
- n. A particular location in a book or document, particularly the current location of a reader.
- n. (obsolete) A passage or extract from a book or document.
- n. (obsolete, rhetoric) A topic.
- n. A frame of mind.
- n. (chess, obsolete) A chess position; a square of the chessboard.
- n. (social) A responsibility or position in an organization.
- n. (obsolete) A fortified position: a fortress, citadel, or walled town.
- n. Numerically, the column counting a certain quantity.
- n. Ordinal relation; position in the order of proceeding.
- n. Reception; effect; implying the making room for.
- v. (transitive) To put (an object or person) in a specific location.
- v. (intransitive) To earn a given spot in a competition.
- v. (transitive) To remember where and when (an object or person) has been previously encountered.
- v. (transitive, passive) To achieve (a certain position, often followed by an ordinal) as in a horse race.
- v. (transitive) To sing (a note) with the correct pitch.
- v. (transitive) To arrange for or to make (a bet).
- v. (transitive) To recruit or match an appropriate person for a job.
- v. (sports, transitive) To place-kick (a goal).
abode- n. (obsolete) Act of waiting; delay.
- n. (obsolete) Stay or continuance in a place; sojourn.
- n. (formal) A residence, dwelling or habitation.
- v. simple past tense and past participle of abide.
- n. (obsolete) An omen; a foretelling.
- v. (transitive, obsolete) To bode; to foreshow; to presage.
- v. (intransitive, obsolete) To be ominous.
aim- n. The pointing of a weapon, as a gun, a dart, or an arrow, or object, in the line of direction with the…
- n. The point intended to be hit, or object intended to be attained or affected.
- n. Intention; purpose; design; scheme.
- n. The ability of someone to aim straight; one's faculty for being able to hit a physical target.
- n. (obsolete) Conjecture; guess.
- v. (intransitive) To point or direct a missile, or a weapon which propels as missile, towards an object or…
- v. (intransitive) To direct the intention or purpose; to attempt the accomplishment of a purpose; to try…
- v. (transitive) To direct or point (e.g. a weapon), at a particular object; to direct, as a missile, an act,…
- v. (transitive) To direct (something verbal) towards a certain person, thing, or group.
- v. (obsolete) To guess or conjecture.
- n. Initialism of America Online. AIM; AOL Instant Messenger.
approximate- adj. Approaching; proximate; nearly resembling.
- adj. Nearing correctness; nearly exact; not perfectly accurate.
- v. To carry or advance near; to cause to approach.
- v. To come near to; to approach.
- v. To estimate.
area- n. (mathematics) A measure of the extent of a surface; it is measured in square units.
- n. A particular geographic region.
- n. Any particular extent of surface, especially an empty or unused extent.
- n. The extent, scope, or range of an object or concept.
- n. (Britain) An open space, below ground level, between the front of a house and the pavement.
- n. (soccer) Penalty box; penalty area.
- n. (slang) Genitals.
assign- v. (transitive) To designate or set apart something for some purpose.
- v. (transitive) To appoint or select someone for some office.
- v. (transitive) To allot or give something as a task.
- v. (transitive) To attribute or sort something into categories.
- v. (transitive, law) To transfer property, a legal right, etc., from one person to another.
- v. (transitive, programming) To give (a value) to a variable.
- n. An assignee.
- n. (obsolete) A thing relating or belonging to something else; an appurtenance.
base- n. Something from which other things extend; a foundation.
- n. The starting point of a logical deduction or thought; basis.
- n. A permanent structure for housing military personnel and material.
- n. The place where decisions for an organization are made; headquarters.
- n. (cooking, painting, pharmacy) A basic but essential component or ingredient.
- n. A substance used as a mordant in dyeing.
- n. (cosmetics) Foundation: a cosmetic cream to make the face appear uniform.
- n. (chemistry) Any of a class of generally water-soluble compounds, having bitter taste, that turn red litmus…
- n. Important areas in games and sports.
- n. (architecture) The lowermost part of a column, between the shaft and the pedestal or pavement.
- n. (biology, biochemistry) A nucleotide's nucleobase in the context of a DNA or RNA biopolymer.
- n. (botany) The end of a leaf, petal or similar organ where it is attached to its support.
- n. (electronics) The name of the controlling terminal of a bipolar transistor (BJT).
- n. (geometry) The lowest side of a in a triangle or other polygon, or the lowest face of a cone, pyramid…
- n. (heraldry) The lowest third of a shield or escutcheon.
- n. (heraldry) The lower part of the field. See escutcheon.
- n. (mathematics) A number raised to the power of an exponent.
- n. (mathematics) Synonym of radix.
- n. (topology) The set of sets from which a topology is generated.
- n. (topology) A topological space, looked at in relation to one of its covering spaces, fibrations, or bundles.
- n. (acrobatics, cheerleading) In hand-to-hand balance, the person who supports the flyer; the person that…
- n. (linguistics) A morpheme (or morphemes) that serves as a basic foundation on which affixes can be attached.
- n. (music) Dated form of bass.
- n. (military, historical) The smallest kind of cannon.
- n. (archaic) The housing of a horse.
- n. (historical, in the plural) A kind of skirt (often of velvet or brocade, but sometimes of mailed armour)…
- n. (obsolete) The lower part of a robe or petticoat.
- n. (obsolete) An apron.
- n. A line in a survey which, being accurately determined in length and position, serves as the origin from…
- v. (transitive) To give as its foundation or starting point; to lay the foundation of.
- v. (transitive) To be located (at a particular place).
- v. (acrobatics, cheerleading) To act as a base; to be the person supporting the flyer.
- adj. (obsolete) Low in height; short.
- adj. Low in place or position.
- adj. (obsolete) Of low value or degree.
- adj. (archaic) Of low social standing or rank; vulgar, common.
- adj. Morally reprehensible, immoral; cowardly.
- adj. (now rare) Inferior; unworthy, of poor quality.
- adj. Designating those metals which are not classed as precious or noble.
- adj. Alloyed with inferior metal; debased.
- adj. (obsolete) Of illegitimate birth; bastard.
- adj. Not classical or correct.
- adj. Obsolete form of bass.
- adj. (law) Not held by honourable service.
- n. (now chiefly US, historical) The game of prisoners' bars.
- acr. Alternative form of BASE.
berth- n. A fixed bunk for sleeping in (caravans, trains, etc).
- n. Room for maneuvering or safety. (Often used in the phrase a wide berth.).
- n. A space for a ship to moor or a vehicle to park.
- n. (nautical) A room in which a number of the officers or ship's company mess and reside.
- n. A job or position, especially on a ship.
- n. (sports) Position or seed in a tournament bracket.
- n. (sports) position on the field of play.
- v. (transitive) to bring (a ship or vehicle) into its berth.
- v. (transitive) to assign a berth (bunk or position) to.
billet- n. A short informal letter.
- n. A written order to quarter soldiers.
- n. A place where a soldier is assigned to lodge.
- n. An allocated space or berth in a boat or ship.
- n. (figuratively) Berth; position.
- v. (transitive, of a householder etc.) To lodge soldiers, or guests, usually by order.
- v. (intransitive, of a soldier) To lodge, or be quartered, in a private house.
- v. (transitive) To direct, by a ticket or note, where to lodge.
- n. (metallurgy) A semi-finished length of metal.
- n. A short piece of wood, especially one used as firewood.
- n. (heraldry) A rectangle used as a charge on an escutcheon.
- n. (architecture) An ornament in Norman work, resembling a billet of wood, either square or round.
- n. (saddlery) A strap that enters a buckle.
- n. A loop that receives the end of a buckled strap.
business- n. (countable) A specific commercial enterprise or establishment.
- n. (countable) A person's occupation, work, or trade.
- n. (uncountable) Commercial, industrial, or professional activity.
- n. (uncountable) The volume or amount of commercial trade.
- n. (uncountable) One's dealings; patronage.
- n. (uncountable) Private commercial interests taken collectively.
- n. (uncountable) The management of commercial enterprises, or the study of such management.
- n. (countable) A particular situation or activity.
- n. (countable) An objective or a matter needing to be dealt with.
- n. (uncountable) Something involving one personally.
- n. (uncountable, parliamentary procedure) Matters that come before a body for deliberation or action.
- n. (travel, uncountable) Business class, the class of seating provided by airlines between first class and…
- n. (acting) Action carried out with a prop or piece of clothing, usually away from the focus of the scene.
- n. (countable, rare) The collective noun for a group of ferrets.
- n. (uncountable, slang, Britain) Something very good; top quality. (possibly from "the bee's knees").
- n. (slang, uncountable) Excrement, particularly that of a non-human animal.
- adj. Of, to, pertaining to or utilized for purposes of conducting trade, commerce, governance, advocacy or…
- adj. Professional, businesslike, having concern for good business practice.
- adj. Supporting business, conducive to the conduct of business.
cognition- n. The process of knowing.
- n. (countable) A result of a cognitive process.
commit- v. To give in trust; to put into charge or keeping; to entrust; to consign; — used with to, unto.
- v. To put in charge of a jailor; to imprison.
- v. (transitive) to have enter an establishment, such as a hospital or asylum, as a patient.
- v. To do (something bad); to perpetrate, as a crime, sin, or fault.
- v. To join a contest; to match; followed by with.
- v. To pledge or bind; to compromise, expose, or endanger by some decisive act or preliminary step. (Traditionally…
- v. (computing) To make a set of changes permanent.
- v. (obsolete, Latinism) To confound.
- v. (obsolete, intransitive) To commit an offence; especially, to fornicate.
- v. (obsolete, intransitive) To be committed or perpetrated; to take place; to occur.
- n. (computing) The act of committing (e.g. a database transaction or source code into a source control repository),…
condition- n. A logical clause or phrase that a conditional statement uses. The phrase can either be true or false.
- n. A requirement, term, or requisite.
- n. (law) A clause in a contract or agreement indicating that a certain contingency may modify the principal…
- n. The health status of a medical patient.
- n. The state or quality.
- n. A particular state of being.
- n. (obsolete) The situation of a person or persons, particularly their social and/or economic class, rank.
- v. To subject to the process of acclimation.
- v. To subject to different conditions, especially as an exercise.
- v. (transitive) To place conditions or limitations upon.
- v. To shape the behaviour of someone to do something.
- v. (transitive) To treat (the hair) with hair conditioner.
- v. (transitive) To contract; to stipulate; to agree.
- v. (transitive) To test or assay, as silk (to ascertain the proportion of moisture it contains).
- v. (US, colleges, transitive) To put under conditions; to require to pass a new examination or to make up…
- v. To impose upon an object those relations or conditions without which knowledge and thought are alleged…
delegate- n. a person authorized to act as representative for another; a deputy.
- n. a representative at a conference, etc.
- n. (US) an appointed representative in some legislative bodies.
- n. (computing) a type of variable storing a reference to a method with a particular signature, analogous…
- v. to authorize someone to be a delegate.
- v. to commit a task to someone, especially a subordinate.
- v. (computing, Internet) (of a subdomain) to give away authority over a subdomain; to allow someone else…
depute- v. (obsolete) To assign (someone or something) to or for something.
- v. To delegate (a task etc.) to a subordinate.
- v. To deputize (someone), to appoint as deputy.
- v. To appoint; to assign; to choose.
- n. (Scotland) Deputy.
designate- adj. Designated; appointed; chosen.
- v. To mark out and make known; to point out; to name; to indicate; to show; to distinguish by marks or description;…
- v. To call by a distinctive title; to name.
- v. To indicate or set apart for a purpose or duty; -- with to or for; to designate an officer for or to the…
determine- v. To set the boundaries or limits of.
- v. To ascertain definitely; to figure out, find out, or conclude by analyzing, calculating, or investigating.
- v. To fix the form or character of; to shape; to prescribe imperatively; to regulate; to settle.
- v. To fix the course of; to impel and direct; with a remoter object preceded by to.
- v. To bring to a conclusion, as a question or controversy; to settle authoritative or judicial sentence;…
- v. To resolve on; to have a fixed intention of; also, to cause to come to a conclusion or decision; to lead.
- v. (logic) To define or limit by adding a differentia.
- v. (obsolete) To bring to an end; to finish.
direct- adj. Proceeding without deviation or interruption.
- adj. Straight; not crooked, oblique, or circuitous; leading by the short or shortest way to a point or end.
- adj. Straightforward; sincere.
- adj. Immediate; express; plain; unambiguous.
- adj. In the line of descent; not collateral.
- adj. (astronomy) In the direction of the general planetary motion, or from west to east; in the order of the…
- adj. (political science) Pertaining to, or effected immediately by, action of the people through their votes…
- adj. (aviation, travel) having a single flight number.
- adv. Directly.
- v. To manage, control, steer.
- v. To aim (something) at (something else).
- v. To point out or show to (somebody) the right course or way; to guide, as by pointing out the way.
- v. To point out to with authority; to instruct as a superior; to order.
- v. (dated) To put a direction or address upon; to mark with the name and residence of the person to whom…
displace- v. To move something, or someone, especially to forcibly move people from their homeland.
- v. To supplant, or take the place of something or someone; to substitute.
- v. (of a floating ship) To have a weight equal to that of the water displaced.
- v. (psycology) to repress.
drop- n. A small mass of liquid just large enough to hold its own weight via surface tension, usually one that…
- n. The space or distance below a cliff or other high position into which someone or something could fall.
- n. A fall, descent; an act of dropping.
- n. A place where items or supplies may be left for others to collect, sometimes associated with criminal…
- n. An instance of dropping supplies or making a delivery, sometimes associated with delivery of supplies…
- n. (chiefly Britain) A small amount of an alcoholic beverage.
- n. (chieflt, Britain, when used with the definite article (the drop) alcoholic spirits in general.
- n. (Ireland, informal) A single measure of whisky.
- n. A small, round, sweet piece of hard candy, e.g. a lemon drop; a lozenge.
- n. (American football) A dropped pass.
- n. (American football) Short for drop-back or drop back.
- n. (Rugby football) A drop-kick.
- n. In a woman, the difference between bust circumference and hip circumference; in a man, the difference…
- n. (sports, usually with definite article "the") relegation from one division to a lower one.
- n. (video games, online gaming) Any item dropped by defeated enemies.
- n. (music) A point in a song, usually electronic-styled music such as dubstep, house, trance or trap, where…
- n. (US, banking, dated) An unsolicited credit card issue.
- n. The vertical length of a hanging curtain.
- n. That which resembles or hangs like a liquid drop: a hanging diamond ornament, an earring, a glass pendant…
- n. (architecture) A gutta.
- n. A mechanism for lowering something, such as: a trapdoor; a machine for lowering heavy weights onto a ship's…
- n. (slang) (With definite article) A gallows; a sentence of hanging.
- n. A drop press or drop hammer.
- n. (engineering) The distance of the axis of a shaft below the base of a hanger.
- n. (nautical) The depth of a square sail; generally applied to the courses only.
- v. (intransitive) To fall in droplets (of a liquid).
- v. (transitive) To drip (a liquid).
- v. (intransitive) Generally, to fall (straight down).
- v. (transitive, ergative) To let fall; to allow to fall (either by releasing hold of, or losing one's grip…
- v. (intransitive, obsolete) To let drops fall; to discharge itself in drops.
- v. (intransitive) To sink quickly to the ground.
- v. (intransitive) To fall dead, or to fall in death.
- v. (intransitive) To come to an end (by not being kept up); to stop.
- v. (transitive) To mention casually or incidentally, usually in conversation.
- v. (transitive, slang) To part with or spend (money).
- v. (transitive) To cease concerning oneself over; to have nothing more to do with (a subject, discussion…
- v. (intransitive) To lessen, decrease, or diminish in value, condition, degree, etc.
- v. (transitive) To let (a letter etc.) fall into a postbox; to send (a letter or message).
- v. (transitive) To make (someone or something) fall to the ground from a blow, gunshot etc.; to bring down,…
- v. (transitive, linguistics) To fail to write, or (especially) to pronounce (a syllable, letter etc.).
- v. (cricket, of a fielder) To fail to make a catch from a batted ball that would have lead to the batsman…
- v. (transitive, slang) To swallow (a drug), particularly LSD.
- v. (transitive) To dispose (of); get rid of; to remove; to lose.
- v. (transitive) To eject; to dismiss; to cease to include, as if on a list.
- v. (Rugby football) To score [a goal] by means of a drop-kick.
- v. (transitive, slang) To impart.
- v. (transitive, music, colloquial) To release to the public.
- v. (transitive, music) To play a portion of music in the manner of a disc jockey.
- v. (intransitive, music, colloquial) To enter public distribution.
- v. (transitive, music) To tune (a guitar string, etc.) to a lower note.
- v. (transitive) To cancel or end a scheduled event, project or course.
- v. (transitive, fast food) To cook, especially by deep-frying or grilling.
- v. (intransitive, of a voice) To lower in timbre, often relating to puberty.
- v. (intransitive, of a sound or song) To lower in pitch, tempo, key, or other quality.
- v. (intransitive, of people) To visit informally; used with in or by.
- v. To give birth to.
- v. To cover with drops; to variegate; to bedrop.
- v. (slang, of the testicles) To hang lower and begin producing sperm due to puberty.
estimate- n. A rough calculation or guess.
- n. (construction and business) A document (or verbal notification) specifying how much a job will probably…
- n. An upper limitation on some positive quantity.
- v. To calculate roughly, often from imperfect data.
- v. To judge and form an opinion of the value of, from imperfect data.
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.
expanse- n. A wide stretch, usually of sea, sky, or land.
- n. An amount of spread or stretch.
expend- v. (transitive) to consume, exhaust (some resource).
- v. (transitive, rare, of money) to spend, disburse.
function- n. What something does or is used for.
- n. A professional or official position.
- n. An official or social occasion.
- n. A relation where one thing is dependent on another for its existence, value, or significance.
- n. (mathematics) A relation in which each element of the domain is associated with exactly one element of…
- n. (computing) A routine that receives zero or more arguments and may return a result.
- n. (biology) The physiological activity of an organ or body part.
- n. (chemistry) The characteristic behavior of a chemical compound.
- n. (anthropology) The role of a social practice in the continued existence of the group.
- v. (intransitive) to have a function.
- v. (intransitive) to carry on a function; to be in action.
gauge- n. A measure; a standard of measure; an instrument to determine dimensions, distance, or capacity; a standard.
- n. An act of measuring.
- n. Any instrument for ascertaining or regulating the level, state, dimensions or forms of things.
- n. A thickness of sheet metal or wire designated by any of several numbering schemes.
- n. (rail transport) The distance between the rails of a railway.
- n. (mathematics, analysis) A semi-norm; a function that assigns a non-negative size to all vectors in a vector…
- n. (knitting) The number of stitches per inch, centimetre, or other unit of distance.
- n. (nautical) Relative positions of two or more vessels with reference to the wind.
- n. (nautical) The depth to which a vessel sinks in the water.
- n. (plastering) The quantity of plaster of Paris used with common plaster to make it set more quickly.
- n. That part of a shingle, slate, or tile, which is exposed to the weather, when laid; also, one course of…
- n. (firearms) A unit of measurement which describes how many spheres of bore diameter of a shotgun can be…
- n. (slang, by extension) A shotgun (synecdoche for 12 gauge shotgun, the most common chambering for combat…
- n. A tunnel-like ear piercing consisting of a hollow ring embedded in the lobe.
- v. (transitive) To measure or determine with a gauge; to measure the capacity of.
- v. (transitive) To estimate.
- v. (transitive) To appraise the character or ability of; to judge of.
- v. (textile, transitive) To draw into equidistant gathers by running a thread through it.
- v. (transitive) To mix (a quantity of ordinary plaster) with a quantity of plaster of Paris.
- v. (transitive) To chip, hew or polish (stones, bricks, etc) to a standard size and/or shape.
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…
guess- v. To reach a partly (or totally) unqualified conclusion.
- v. To solve by a correct conjecture; to conjecture rightly.
- v. (chiefly US) to suppose (introducing a proposition of uncertain plausibility).
- v. (obsolete) To hit upon or reproduce by memory.
- n. A prediction about the outcome of something, typically made without factual evidence or support.
home- n. (heading) A dwelling.
- n. One’s native land; the place or country in which one dwells; the place where one’s ancestors dwell or…
- n. The locality where a thing is usually found, or was first found, or where it is naturally abundant; habitat;…
- n. (heading) A focus point.
- n. (US, slang) Shortened form of homeboy.
- n. (computing) Clipping of home directory.
- v. (usually with "in on") To seek or aim for something.
- adj. Of or pertaining to one’s dwelling or country; domestic; not foreign; as home manufactures; home comforts.
- adj. Close; personal; pointed; as, a home thrust.
- adv. to home.
- adv. in one's place of residence or one's customary or official location; at home.
- adv. close; closely; to the center; deep.
- adv. (Britain, soccer) into the goal.
- adv. (nautical) into the right, proper or stowed position.
identify- v. (transitive) To establish the identity of someone or something.
- v. (transitive, biology) To establish the taxonomic classification of an organism.
- v. (transitive) To equate or make the same; to unite or combine into one.
- v. (reflexive) To have a strong affinity with; to feel oneself to be modelled on or connected to.
- v. (intransitive) To associate oneself with some group.
- v. (intransitive) To claim an identity; to describe oneself as a member of a group; to assert the use of…
invest- v. To spend money, time, or energy on something, especially for some benefit or purpose; used with in.
- v. (dated) To clothe or wrap (with garments).
- v. (obsolete) To put on (clothing).
- v. To envelop, wrap, cover.
- v. To commit money or capital in the hope of financial gain.
- v. To ceremonially install someone in some office.
- v. To formally give (someone) some power or authority.
- v. To formally give (power or authority).
- v. To surround, accompany, or attend.
- v. To lay siege to.
- v. (intransitive) To make investments.
- v. (metallurgy) To prepare for lost wax casting by creating an investment mold (a mixture of a silica sand…
- n. (meteorology) An unnamed tropical weather pattern "to investigate" for development into a significant…
item- n. A distinct physical object.
- n. (by extension, video games) An object that can be picked up for later use.
- n. A line of text having a legal or other meaning; a separate particular in an account.
- n. (psychometrics) A question on a test, which may include its answers.
- n. A matter for discussion in an agenda.
- n. (informal) Two people who are having a relationship with each other.
- n. A short article in a newspaper.
- n. (obsolete) A hint; an innuendo.
job- n. A task.
- n. An economic role for which a person is paid.
- n. (in noun compounds) Plastic surgery.
- n. (computing) A task, or series of tasks, carried out in batch mode (especially on a mainframe computer).
- n. A sudden thrust or stab; a jab.
- n. A public transaction done for private profit; something performed ostensibly as a part of official duty,…
- n. Any affair or event which affects one, whether fortunately or unfortunately.
- n. A thing (often used in a vague way to refer to something whose name one cannot recall).
- v. (intransitive) To do odd jobs or occasional work for hire.
- v. (intransitive) To work as a jobber.
- v. (intransitive, professional wrestling slang) To take the loss.
- v. (transitive, trading) To buy and sell for profit, as securities; to speculate in.
- v. (transitive, often with out) To subcontract a project or delivery in small portions to a number of contractors.
- v. (intransitive) To seek private gain under pretence of public service; to turn public matters to private…
- v. To strike or stab with a pointed instrument.
- v. To thrust in, as a pointed instrument.
- v. To hire or let in periods of service.
judge- n. A public official whose duty it is to administer the law, especially by presiding over trials and rendering…
- n. A person who decides the fate of someone or something that has been called into question.
- n. A person officiating at a sports or similar event.
- n. A person whose opinion on a subject is respected.
- v. (transitive) To sit in judgment on; to pass sentence on.
- v. (intransitive) To sit in judgment, to act as judge.
- v. (transitive) To form an opinion on.
- v. (intransitive) To arbitrate; to pass opinion on something, especially to settle a dispute etc.
- v. (transitive) To have as an opinion; to consider, suppose.
- v. (intransitive) To form an opinion; to infer.
- v. (transitive, intransitive) To criticize or label another person or thing.
knowledge- n. The fact of knowing about something; general understanding or familiarity with a subject, place, situation…
- n. Awareness of a particular fact or situation; a state of having been informed or made aware of something.
- n. Intellectual understanding; the state of appreciating truth or information.
- n. Familiarity or understanding of a particular skill, branch of learning etc.
- n. (philosophical) Justified true belief.
- n. (archaic or law) Sexual intimacy or intercourse (now usually in phrase carnal knowledge).
- n. (obsolete) Information or intelligence about something; notice.
- n. The total of what is known; all information and products of learning.
- n. (countable) Something that can be known; a branch of learning; a piece of information; a science.
- n. (obsolete) Acknowledgement.
- n. (obsolete) Notice, awareness.
- n. (Britain, informal) The deep familiarity with certain routes and places of interest required by taxicab…
- v. (obsolete) To confess as true; to acknowledge.
lay- v. (transitive) To place down in a position of rest, or in a horizontal position.
- v. (transitive, archaic) To cause to subside or abate.
- v. (transitive) To prepare (a plan, project etc.); to set out, establish (a law, principle).
- v. (transitive) To install certain building materials, laying one thing on top of another.
- v. (transitive) To produce and deposit an egg.
- v. (transitive) To bet (that something is or is not the case).
- v. (transitive) To deposit (a stake) as a wager; to stake; to risk.
- v. (transitive, slang) To have sex with.
- v. (nautical) To take a position; to come or go.
- v. (law) To state; to allege.
- v. (military) To point; to aim.
- v. (ropemaking) To put the strands of (a rope, a cable, etc.) in their proper places and twist or unite them.
- v. (printing) To place and arrange (pages) for a form upon the imposing stone.
- v. (printing) To place (new type) properly in the cases.
- v. To apply; to put.
- v. To impose (a burden, punishment, command, tax, etc.).
- v. To impute; to charge; to allege.
- v. To present or offer.
- n. Arrangement or relationship; layout.
- n. A share of the profits in a business.
- n. The direction a rope is twisted.
- n. (colloquial) A casual sexual partner.
- n. (colloquial) An act of sexual intercourse.
- n. (slang, archaic) A plan; a scheme.
- n. (uncountable) the laying of eggs.
- n. A lake.
- adj. Non-professional; not being a member of an organized institution.
- adj. Not belonging to the clergy, but associated with them.
- adj. (obsolete) Not educated or cultivated; ignorant.
- v. simple past tense of lie when pertaining to position.
- v. (proscribed) To be in a horizontal position; to lie (from confusion with lie).
- n. A ballad or sung poem; a short poem or narrative, usually intended to be sung.
- n. (obsolete) A meadow; a lea.
- n. (obsolete) A law.
- n. (obsolete) An obligation; a vow.
- v. (Judaism, transitive) To don or put on (tefillin (phylacteries)).
lieu- n. place, stead; See in lieu or in lieu of.
line- n. A path through two or more points (compare ‘segment’); a continuous mark, including as made by a pen;…
- n. A rope, cord, string, or thread, of any thickness.
- n. A hose or pipe, of any size.
- n. Direction, path.
- n. The wire connecting one telegraphic station with another, a telephone or internet cable between two points:…
- n. A letter, a written form of communication.
- n. A connected series of public conveyances, as a roadbed or railway track; and hence, an established arrangement…
- n. (military) A trench or rampart, or the non-physical demarcation of the extent of the territory occupied…
- n. The exterior limit of a figure or territory: a boundary, contour, or outline; a demarcation.
- n. A long tape or ribbon marked with units for measuring; a tape measure.
- n. (obsolete) A measuring line or cord.
- n. That which was measured by a line, such as a field or any piece of land set apart; hence, allotted place…
- n. A threadlike crease or wrinkle marking the face, hand, or body; hence, a characteristic mark.
- n. Lineament; feature; figure (of one's body).
- n. A more-or-less straight sequence of people, objects, etc., either arranged as a queue or column and often…
- n. (military) The regular infantry of an army, as distinguished from militia, guards, volunteer corps, cavalry,…
- n. A series or succession of ancestors or descendants of a given person; a family or race; compare lineage.
- n. A small amount of text. Specifically.
- n. Course of conduct, thought, occupation, or policy; method of argument; department of industry, trade,…
- n. The official, stated position (or set of positions) of an individual or group, particularly a political…
- n. The products or services sold by a business, or by extension, the business itself.
- n. (stock exchange) A number of shares taken by a jobber.
- n. A measure of length.
- n. (historical) A maxwell, a unit of magnetic flux.
- n. (baseball, slang, 1800s, with "the") The batter’s box.
- n. (fencing, ‘line of engagement’) The position in which the fencers hold their swords.
- n. (engineering) Proper relative position or adjustment (of parts, not as to design or proportion, but with…
- n. A small portion or serving (of a powdery illegal drug).
- n. (obsolete) Instruction; doctrine.
- n. (genetics) Population of cells derived from a single cell and containing the same genetic makeup.
- n. (perfusion line) a set composed of a spike, a drip chamber, a clamp, a Y-injection site, a three-way stopcock…
- n. (ice hockey) A group of forwards that play together.
- v. (transitive) To place (objects) into a line (usually used with "up"); to form into a line; to align.
- v. (transitive) To place persons or things along the side of for security or defense; to strengthen by adding;…
- v. To form a line along.
- v. (transitive) To mark with a line or lines, to cover with lines.
- v. (transitive, obsolete) To represent by lines; to delineate; to portray.
- v. (transitive) To read or repeat line by line.
- v. (intransitive, ‘line up’) To form or enter into a line.
- v. (intransitive, baseball) To hit a line drive; to hit a line drive which is caught for an out. Compare…
- v. To track (wild bees) to their nest by following their line of flight.
- n. (obsolete) Flax; linen, particularly the longer fiber of flax.
- v. (transitive) To cover the inner surface of (something), originally especially with linen.
- v. To reinforce (the back of a book) with glue and glued scrap material such as fabric or paper.
- v. (transitive) To fill or supply (something), as a purse with money.
- v. (transitive, now rare, of a dog) to copulate with, to impregnate.
localise- v. (British spelling, transitive) alternative spelling of localize.
locality- n. The fact or quality of having a position in space.
- n. The features or surroundings of a particular place.
- n. (uncountable, mathematics, computing) The condition of being local.
- n. The situation or position of an object.
- n. An area or district considered as the site of certain activities; a neighbourhood.
- n. Limitation to a county, district, or place.
- n. (dated, phrenology) The perceptive faculty concerned with the ability to remember the relative positions…
localize- v. (transitive) To make local; to fix in, or assign to, a definite place.
- v. (software engineering) To adapt a product for use in a particular country or region, typically by translating…
- v. To determine where something takes place or is to be found.
locate- v. (transitive) To place; to set in a particular spot or position.
- v. (transitive) To find out where something is located.
- v. (transitive) To designate the site or place of; to define the limits of (Note: the designation may be…
- v. (intransitive, colloquial) To place oneself; to take up one's residence; to settle.
move- v. (intransitive) To change place or posture; to stir; to go, in any manner, from one place or position to…
- v. (intransitive) To act; to take action; to stir; to begin to act.
- v. (intransitive) To change residence, for example from one house, town, or state, to another; to go and…
- v. (intransitive, chess, and other games) To change the place of a piece in accordance with the rules of…
- v. (transitive, ergative) To cause to change place or posture in any manner; to set in motion; to carry,…
- v. (transitive, chess) To transfer (a piece or man) from one space or position to another, according to the…
- v. (transitive) To excite to action by the presentation of motives; to rouse by representation, persuasion,…
- v. (transitive) To arouse the feelings or passions of; especially, to excite to tenderness or compassion,…
- v. (transitive, intransitive) To propose; to recommend; specifically, to propose formally for consideration…
- v. (transitive, obsolete) To mention; to raise (a question); to suggest (a course of action); to lodge (a…
- v. (transitive, obsolete) To incite, urge (someone to do something); to solicit (someone for or of an issue);…
- v. (transitive, obsolete) To apply to, as for aid.
- v. (law, transitive, intransitive) To request an action from the court.
- n. The act of moving; a movement.
- n. An act for the attainment of an object; a step in the execution of a plan or purpose.
- n. A formalized or practiced action used in athletics, dance, physical exercise, self-defense, hand-to-hand…
- n. The event of changing one's residence.
- n. A change in strategy.
- n. A transfer, a change from one employer to another.
- n. (board games) The act of moving a token on a gameboard from one position to another according to the rules…
neighborhood- n. (chiefly obsolete) The quality of being a neighbor, of living nearby, next to each-other; proximity.
- n. Close proximity, nearby area; particularly, close proximity to one's home.
- n. The inhabitants of a residential area.
- n. A formal or informal division of a municipality or region.
- n. An approximate amount.
- n. The quality of physical proximity.
- n. (obsolete) The disposition becoming a neighbor; neighborly kindness or good will.
- n. (topology) A set containing an open set which contains some specified point.
- n. (topology) The infinitesimal open set of all points that may be reached directly from a given point.
- n. (graph theory) The set of all the vertices adjacent to a given vertex.
neighbourhood- n. (British spelling) alternative form of neighborhood.
noesis- n. (in psychology) cognition, the functioning of intellect.
- n. (in Greek philosophy) the exercise of reason.
- n. (in metaphysical philosophy) the consciousness component of Neotic Theory, which concerns the duality…
occupation- n. An activity or task with which one occupies oneself; usually specifically the productive activity, service,…
- n. The act, process or state of possessing a place.
- n. The control of a country or region by a hostile army.
office- n. (religion) A ceremonial duty or service, particularly.
- n. A position of responsibility.
- n. Official position, particularly high employment within government; tenure in such a position.
- n. (obsolete) An official or group of officials; (figuratively) a personification of officeholders.
- n. A duty, particularly owing to one's position or station; a charge, trust, or role; (obsolete, rare) moral…
- n. (obsolete) The performance of a duty; an instance of performing a duty.
- n. (archaic) Function: anything typically done by or expected of something.
- n. (obsolete) A bodily function, (particularly) urination and defecation; an act of urination or defecation.
- n. (now usually in plural) A service, a kindness.
- n. (figuratively, slang) Inside information.
- n. A room, set of rooms, or building used for non-manual work, particularly.
- n. (figuratively) The staff of such places.
- n. (figuratively, in large organizations) The administrative departments housed in such places, particularly.
- n. (now in the plural, dated) The parts of a house or estate devoted to manual work and storage, as the kitchen,…
- n. (Britain law, historical) Clipping of inquest of office: an inquest undertaken on occasions when the Crown…
- n. (obsolete) A piece of land used for hunting; the area of land overseen by a gamekeeper.
- n. (figuratively, slang, obsolete) A hangout: a place where one is normally found.
- n. (Britain military slang, dated) A plane's cockpit, particularly an observer's cockpit.
- n. (computing) A collection of business software typically including a word processor and spreadsheet and…
- v. To provide (someone) with an office.
- v. (intransitive) To have an office.
order- n. (uncountable) Arrangement, disposition, sequence.
- n. (uncountable) The state of being well arranged.
- n. Conformity with law or decorum; freedom from disturbance; general tranquillity; public quiet.
- n. (countable) A command.
- n. (countable) A request for some product or service; a commission to purchase, sell, or supply goods.
- n. (countable) A group of religious adherents, especially monks or nuns, set apart within their religion…
- n. (countable) An association of knights.
- n. any group of people with common interests.
- n. (countable) A decoration, awarded by a government, a dynastic house, or a religious body to an individual,…
- n. (countable, taxonomy) A rank in the classification of organisms, below class and above family; a taxon…
- n. A number of things or persons arranged in a fixed or suitable place, or relative position; a rank; a row;…
- n. An ecclesiastical grade or rank, as of deacon, priest, or bishop; the office of the Christian ministry;…
- n. (architecture) The disposition of a column and its component parts, and of the entablature resting upon…
- n. (cricket) The sequence in which a side’s batsmen bat; the batting order.
- n. (electronics) a power of polynomial function in an electronic circuit’s block, such as a filter, an amplifier,…
- n. (chemistry) The overall power of the rate law of a chemical reaction, expressed as a polynomial function…
- n. (mathematics) The cardinality, or number of elements in a set or related structure.
- n. (graph theory) The number of vertices in a graph.
- n. (order theory) A partially ordered set.
- n. (order theory) The relation on a partially ordered set that determines that it in fact a partially ordered…
- n. (mathematics) The sum of the exponents on the variables in a monomial, or the highest such among all monomials…
- v. (transitive) To set in some sort of order.
- v. (transitive) To arrange, set in proper order.
- v. (transitive) To issue a command to.
- v. (transitive) To request some product or service; to secure by placing an order.
- v. To admit to holy orders; to ordain; to receive into the ranks of the ministry.
part- n. A portion; a component.
- n. Duty; responsibility.
- n. (US) The dividing line formed by combing the hair in different directions.
- n. (Judaism) In the Hebrew lunisolar calendar, a unit of time equivalent to 3⅓ seconds.
- n. A constituent of character or capacity; quality; faculty; talent; usually in the plural with a collective…
- v. (intransitive) To leave.
- v. To cut hair with a parting; shed.
- v. (transitive) To divide in two.
- v. (intransitive) To be divided in two or separated; shed.
- v. (transitive, now rare) To divide up; to share.
- v. (obsolete) To have a part or share; to partake.
- v. To separate or disunite; to remove from contact or contiguity; to sunder.
- v. (obsolete) To hold apart; to stand or intervene between.
- v. To separate by a process of extraction, elimination, or secretion.
- v. To leave; to quit.
- v. (transitive, Internet) To leave (an IRC channel).
- adj. Fractional; partial.
- adv. Partly; partially; fractionally.
passage- n. A paragraph or section of text or music with particular meaning.
- n. Part of a path or journey.
- n. The official approval of a bill or act by a parliament.
- n. (art) The use of tight brushwork to link objects in separate spatial plains. Commonly seen in Cubist works.
- n. A passageway or corridor.
- n. (caving) An underground cavity, formed by water or falling rocks, which is much longer than it is wide.
- n. (euphemistic) The vagina.
- n. The act of passing.
- v. (medicine) To pass a pathogen through a host or medium.
- v. (rare) To make a passage, especially by sea; to cross.
- n. (dressage) A movement in classical dressage, in which the horse performs a very collected, energetic,…
- v. (intransitive, dressage) To execute a passage movement.
piazza- n. A public square, especially in Italian cities.
- n. (US dialects, especially New England, dated) A veranda; a porch.
- n. (Britain) A roofed gallery or arcade (for example around a public square or in front of a building).
place- n. (physical) An area; somewhere within an area.
- n. A location or position in space.
- n. A particular location in a book or document, particularly the current location of a reader.
- n. (obsolete) A passage or extract from a book or document.
- n. (obsolete, rhetoric) A topic.
- n. A frame of mind.
- n. (chess, obsolete) A chess position; a square of the chessboard.
- n. (social) A responsibility or position in an organization.
- n. (obsolete) A fortified position: a fortress, citadel, or walled town.
- n. Numerically, the column counting a certain quantity.
- n. Ordinal relation; position in the order of proceeding.
- n. Reception; effect; implying the making room for.
- v. (transitive) To put (an object or person) in a specific location.
- v. (intransitive) To earn a given spot in a competition.
- v. (transitive) To remember where and when (an object or person) has been previously encountered.
- v. (transitive, passive) To achieve (a certain position, often followed by an ordinal) as in a horse race.
- v. (transitive) To sing (a note) with the correct pitch.
- v. (transitive) To arrange for or to make (a bet).
- v. (transitive) To recruit or match an appropriate person for a job.
- v. (sports, transitive) To place-kick (a goal).
plaza- n. a town’s public square.
- n. An open area used for gathering in a city, often having small trees and sitting benches.
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.
pose- n. (archaic) Common cold, head cold; catarrh.
- v. (transitive) To place in an attitude or fixed position, for the sake of effect.
- v. (transitive) Ask; set (a test, quiz, riddle, etc.).
- v. (transitive) To constitute (a danger, a threat, a risk, etc.).
- v. (intransitive) Assume or maintain a pose; strike an attitude.
- v. (obsolete, transitive) To interrogate; to question.
- v. (obsolete, transitive) To question with a view to puzzling; to embarrass by questioning or scrutiny; to…
- n. Position, posture, arrangement (especially of the human body).
- n. Affectation.
- v. (obsolete) To ask (someone) questions; to interrogate.
- v. (now rare) to puzzle, non-plus, or embarrass with difficult questions.
- v. (now rare) To perplex or confuse (someone).
position- n. A place or location.
- n. A post of employment; a job.
- n. A status or rank.
- n. An opinion, stand, or stance.
- n. A posture.
- n. (team sports) A place on the playing field, together with a set of duties, assigned to a player.
- n. (finance) An amount of securities or commodities held by a person, firm, or institution.
- n. (arithmetic) A method of solving a problem by one or two suppositions; also called the rule of trial and…
- n. (chess) The full state of a chess game at any given turn.
- v. To put into place.
post- n. A long dowel or plank protruding from the ground; a fence post; a light post.
- n. (construction) A stud; a two-by-four.
- n. A pole in a battery.
- n. (dentistry) A long, narrow piece inserted into a root canal to provide retention for a crown.
- n. (vocal music, chiefly a cappella) A prolonged final melody note, among moving harmony notes.
- n. (paper, printing) A printing paper size measuring 19.25 inches x 15.5 inches.
- n. (sports) A goalpost.
- n. (obsolete) The doorpost of a victualler's shop or inn, on which were chalked the scores of customers;…
- v. (transitive) To hang (a notice) in a conspicuous manner for general review.
- v. To hold up to public blame or reproach; to advertise opprobriously; to denounce by public proclamation.
- v. (accounting) To carry (an account) from the journal to the ledger.
- v. To inform; to give the news to; to make acquainted with the details of a subject; often with up.
- v. (transitive, poker) To pay (a blind).
- n. (obsolete) Each of a series of men stationed at specific places along a postroad, with responsibility…
- n. (dated) A station, or one of a series of stations, established for the refreshment and accommodation of…
- n. A military base; the place at which a soldier or a body of troops is stationed; also, the troops at such…
- n. (now historical) Someone who travels express along a set route carrying letters and dispatches; a courier.
- n. An organisation for delivering letters, parcels etc., or the service provided by such an organisation.
- n. A single delivery of letters; the letters or deliveries that make up a single batch delivered to one person…
- n. A message posted in an electronic or Internet forum.
- n. A location on a basketball court near the basket.
- n. (American football) A moderate to deep passing route in which a receiver runs 10-20 yards from the line…
- n. (obsolete) Haste or speed, like that of a messenger or mail carrier.
- n. (obsolete) One who has charge of a station, especially a postal station.
- v. To travel with relays of horses; to travel by post horses, originally as a courier.
- v. To travel quickly; to hurry.
- v. (Britain) To send (an item of mail etc.) through the postal service.
- v. (horse-riding) To rise and sink in the saddle, in accordance with the motion of the horse, especially…
- v. (Internet) To publish (a message) to a newsgroup, forum, blog, etc.
- adv. With the post, on post-horses; express, with speed, quickly.
- adv. Sent via the postal service.
- n. An assigned station; a guard post.
- n. An appointed position in an organization, job.
- v. To enter (a name) on a list, as for service, promotion, etc.
- v. To assign to a station; to set; to place.
- prep. After; especially after a significant event that has long-term ramifications.
- n. (film, informal) Post-production.
present- adj. Relating to now, for the time being; current.
- adj. Located in the immediate vicinity.
- adj. (obsolete) Having an immediate effect (of a medicine, poison etc.); fast-acting.
- adj. (obsolete) Not delayed; immediate; instant.
- adj. (dated) Ready; quick in emergency.
- adj. (obsolete) Favorably attentive; propitious.
- adj. Relating to something a person is referring to in the very context, with a deictic use similar to the…
- adj. Attentive; alert; focused.
- n. The current moment or period of time.
- n. The present tense.
- n. A gift, especially one given for birthdays, Christmas, anniversaries, graduations, weddings, or any other…
- n. (military) The position of a soldier in presenting arms.
- v. To bring (someone) into the presence of (a person); to introduce formally.
- v. (transitive) To nominate (a member of the clergy) for an ecclesiastical benefice; to offer to the bishop…
- v. (transitive) To offer (a problem, complaint) to a court or other authority for consideration.
- v. (transitive, now rare) To charge (a person) with a crime or accusation; to bring before court.
- v. (reflexive) To come forward, appear in a particular place or before a particular person, especially formally.
- v. (transitive) To put (something) forward in order for it to be seen; to show, exhibit.
- v. (transitive) To make clear to one's mind or intelligence; to put forward for consideration.
- v. (transitive) To put on, stage (a play etc.).
- v. (transitive, military) To point (a firearm) at something, to hold (a weapon) in a position ready to fire.
- v. (reflexive) To offer oneself for mental consideration; to occur to the mind.
- v. (intransitive, medicine) To come to the attention of medical staff, especially with a specific symptom.
- v. (intransitive, medicine) To appear (in a specific way) for delivery (of a fetus); to appear first at the…
- v. (intransitive, with "as") To appear or represent oneself (as having a certain gender).
- v. (transitive) To act as presenter on (a radio, television programme etc.).
- v. (transitive) To give a gift or presentation to (someone).
- v. (transitive) To give (a gift or presentation) to someone; to bestow.
- v. (transitive) To deliver (something abstract) as though as a gift; to offer.
- v. (transitive) To hand over (a bill etc.) to be paid.
property- n. Something that is owned.
- n. A piece of real estate, such as a parcel of land.
- n. Real estate; the business of selling houses.
- n. The exclusive right of possessing, enjoying and disposing of a thing.
- n. An attribute or abstract quality associated with an individual, object or concept.
- n. An attribute or abstract quality which is characteristic of a class of objects.
- n. (computing) An editable or read-only parameter associated with an application, component or class, or…
- n. (usually in the plural, theater) A prop, an object used in a dramatic production.
- n. (obsolete) Propriety; correctness.
- v. (obsolete) To invest with properties, or qualities.
- v. (obsolete) To make a property of; to appropriate.
put- v. To place something somewhere.
- v. To bring or set into a certain relation, state or condition.
- v. (finance) To exercise a put option.
- v. To express something in a certain manner.
- v. (athletics) To throw a heavy iron ball, as a sport. (See shot put. Do not confuse with putt.).
- v. To steer; to direct one's course; to go.
- v. To play a card or a hand in the game called put.
- v. To attach or attribute; to assign.
- v. (obsolete) To lay down; to give up; to surrender.
- v. To set before one for judgment, acceptance, or rejection; to bring to the attention.
- v. (obsolete) To incite; to entice; to urge; to constrain; to oblige.
- v. (mining) To convey coal in the mine, as for example from the working to the tramway.
- n. (business) A right to sell something at a predetermined price.
- n. (finance) A contract to sell a security at a set price on or before a certain date.
- n. The act of putting; an action; a movement; a thrust; a push.
- n. An old card game.
- n. (obsolete) An idiot; a foolish person.
- n. (obsolete) A prostitute.
race- n. A contest between people, animals, vehicles, etc. where the goal is to be the first to reach some objective…
- n. (computing) A race condition.
- n. A progressive movement toward a goal.
- n. A fast-moving current of water, such as that which powers a mill wheel.
- n. A water channel, esp. one built to lead water to or from a point where it is utilised.
- n. Swift progress; rapid course; a running.
- n. Competitive action of any kind, especially when prolonged; hence, career; course of life.
- n. Travels, runs, or journeys.
- n. The bushings of a rolling element bearing which contacts the rolling elements.
- v. (intransitive) To take part in a race (in the sense of a contest).
- v. (transitive) To compete against in such a race.
- v. (intransitive) To move or drive at high speed.
- v. (intransitive) Of a motor, to run rapidly when not engaged to a transmission.
- n. A group of sentient beings, particularly people, distinguished by common ancestry, heritage or characteristics.
- n. (taxonomy) A population geographically separated from others of its species that develops significantly…
- n. A breed or strain of domesticated animal.
- n. (figuratively) A category or species of something that has emerged or evolved from an older one (with…
- n. (obsolete) Peculiar flavour, taste, or strength, as of wine; that quality, or assemblage of qualities,…
- n. (obsolete) Characteristic quality or disposition.
- n. A rhizome or root, especially of ginger.
range- n. A line or series of mountains, buildings, etc.
- n. A fireplace; a fire or other cooking apparatus; now specifically, a large cooking stove with many hotplates.
- n. Selection, array.
- n. An area for practicing shooting at targets.
- n. An area for military training or equipment testing.
- n. The distance from a person or sensor to an object, target, emanation, or event.
- n. Maximum distance of capability (of a weapon, radio, detector, fuel supply, etc.).
- n. An area of open, often unfenced, grazing land.
- n. Extent or space taken in by anything excursive; compass or extent of excursion; reach; scope.
- n. (mathematics) The set of values (points) which a function can obtain.
- n. (statistics) The length of the smallest interval which contains all the data in a sample; the difference…
- n. (sports, baseball) The defensive area that a player can cover.
- n. (music) The scale of all the tones a voice or an instrument can produce.
- n. (ecology) The geographical area or zone where a species is normally naturally found.
- n. (programming) A sequential list of iterators that are specified by a beginning and ending iterator.
- n. An aggregate of individuals in one rank or degree; an order; a class.
- n. (obsolete) The step of a ladder; a rung.
- n. (obsolete, Britain, dialect) A bolting sieve to sift meal.
- n. A wandering or roving; a going to and fro; an excursion; a ramble; an expedition.
- n. (US, historical) In the public land system, a row or line of townships lying between two succession meridian…
- n. The scope of something, the extent which something covers or includes.
- n. The variety of roles that an actor can play in a satisfactory way.
- v. (intransitive) To travel over (an area, etc); to roam, wander.
- v. (transitive) To rove over or through.
- v. (obsolete, intransitive) To exercise the power of something over something else; to cause to submit to,…
- v. (transitive) To bring (something) into a specified position or relationship (especially, of opposition)…
- v. (intransitive, mathematics, computing, followed by over) Of a variable, to be able to take any of the…
- v. (transitive) To classify.
- v. (intransitive) To form a line or a row.
- v. (intransitive) To be placed in order; to be ranked; to admit of arrangement or classification; to rank.
- v. (transitive) To set in a row, or in rows; to place in a regular line or lines, or in ranks; to dispose…
- v. (transitive) To place among others in a line, row, or order, as in the ranks of an army; usually, reflexively…
- v. (biology) To be native to, or live in, a certain district or region.
- v. To separate into parts; to sift.
- v. To sail or pass in a direction parallel to or near.
- v. (baseball) Of a player, to travel a significant distance for a defensive play.
rank- adj. Strong of its kind or in character; unmitigated; virulent; thorough; utter.
- adj. Strong in growth; growing with vigour or rapidity, hence, coarse or gross.
- adj. Suffering from overgrowth or hypertrophy; plethoric.
- adj. Causing strong growth; producing luxuriantly; rich and fertile.
- adj. Strong to the senses; offensive; noisome.
- adj. Having a very strong and bad taste or odor.
- adj. Complete, used as an intensifier (usually negative, referring to incompetence).
- adj. (informal) Gross, disgusting.
- adj. (obsolete) Strong; powerful; capable of acting or being used with great effect; energetic; vigorous; headstrong.
- adj. (obsolete) Inflamed with venereal appetite.
- adv. (obsolete) Quickly, eagerly, impetuously.
- n. A row of people or things organized in a grid pattern, often soldiers [the corresponding term for the…
- n. (music) In a pipe organ, a set of pipes of a certain quality for which each pipe corresponds to one key…
- n. One's position in a list sorted by a shared property such as physical location, population, or quality.
- n. The level of one's position in a class-based society.
- n. a hierarchical level in an organization such as the military.
- n. (taxonomy) a level in a scientific taxonomy system.
- n. (linear algebra) Maximal number of linearly independent columns (or rows) of a matrix.
- n. The dimensionality of an array (computing) or tensor (mathematics).
- n. (chess) one of the eight horizontal lines of squares on a chessboard (i.e., those identified by a number)…
- v. To place abreast, or in a line.
- v. To have a ranking.
- v. To assign a suitable place in a class or order; to classify.
- v. (US) To take rank of; to outrank.
rate- n. (obsolete) The worth of something; value.
- n. The proportional relationship between one amount, value etc. and another.
- n. Speed.
- n. The relative speed of change or progress.
- n. The price of (an individual) thing; cost.
- n. A set price or charge for all examples of a given case, commodity, service etc.
- n. A wage calculated in relation to a unit of time.
- n. Any of various taxes, especially those levied by a local authority.
- n. (nautical) A class into which ships were assigned based on condition, size etc.; by extension, rank.
- n. (obsolete) Established portion or measure; fixed allowance; ration.
- n. (obsolete) Order; arrangement.
- n. (obsolete) Ratification; approval.
- n. (horology) The gain or loss of a timepiece in a unit of time.
- v. (transitive) To assign or be assigned a particular rank or level.
- v. (transitive) To evaluate or estimate the value of.
- v. (transitive) To consider or regard.
- v. (transitive) To deserve; to be worth.
- v. (transitive) To determine the limits of safe functioning for a machine or electrical device.
- v. (transitive, chiefly Britain) To evaluate a property's value for the purposes of local taxation.
- v. (transitive, informal) To like; to think highly of.
- v. (intransitive) To have position (in a certain class).
- v. (intransitive) To have value or standing.
- v. (transitive) To ratify.
- v. To ascertain the exact rate of the gain or loss of (a chronometer) as compared with true time.
- v. (transitive) To berate, scold.
represent- v. (transitive) To present again or anew; to present by means of something standing in the place of; to exhibit…
- v. (transitive) To portray visually; to delineate.
- v. (transitive) To portray by mimicry or acting; to act the part or character of.
- v. (transitive) To stand or act in the place of; to perform the duties, exercise the rights, or otherwise…
- v. (politics, transitive) To act as a representative of (a country, state, district etc.).
- v. (transitive) To portray to another using language; to show; to give one's own impressions and judgement…
- v. (transitive) To give an account of; to describe.
- v. (transitive) To serve as a sign or symbol of.
- v. (transitive) To bring a certain sensation of into the mind; to cause to be known, felt, or apprehended;…
- v. (transitive) To form or image again in consciousness, as an object of cognition or apprehension (something…
- v. (transitive) To constitute, to make up, to be a example of.
- v. (sports, transitive) To participate as a team member.
- v. (intransitive) (African American Vernacular) To constitute a good example or symbol of a group of people;…
residence- n. The place where one lives; one's home.
- n. A building used as a home.
- n. The place where a corporation is established.
- n. The state of living in a particular place or environment.
- n. Accommodation for students at a university or college.
- n. The place where anything rests permanently.
- n. subsidence, as of a sediment.
- n. That which falls to the bottom of liquors; sediment; also, refuse; residuum.
role- n. A character or part played by a performer or actor.
- n. The expected behaviour of an individual in a society.
- n. The function or position of something.
- n. Designation that denotes an associated set of responsibilities, knowledge, skills, and attitudes.
- n. (grammar): The function of a word in a phrase.
run- v. (vertebrates) To move swiftly.
- v. (fluids) To flow.
- v. (nautical, of a vessel) To sail before the wind, in distinction from reaching or sailing close-hauled.
- v. (social) To carry out an activity.
- v. To extend or persist, statically or dynamically, through space or time.
- v. (transitive) To execute or carry out a plan, procedure, or program.
- v. To pass or go quickly in thought or conversation.
- v. (copulative) To become different in a way mentioned (usually to become worse).
- v. (transitive) To cost a large amount of money.
- v. (intransitive) Of stitches or stitched clothing, to unravel.
- v. To pursue in thought; to carry in contemplation.
- v. To cause to enter; to thrust.
- v. To drive or force; to cause, or permit, to be driven.
- v. To cause to be drawn; to mark out; to indicate; to determine.
- v. To encounter or incur (a danger or risk).
- v. To put at hazard; to venture; to risk.
- v. To tease with sarcasms and ridicule.
- v. To sew (a seam) by passing the needle through material in a continuous line, generally taking a series…
- v. To control or have precedence in a card game.
- v. To be in form thus, as a combination of words.
- v. (archaic) To be popularly known; to be generally received.
- v. To have growth or development.
- v. To tend, as to an effect or consequence; to incline.
- v. To have a legal course; to be attached; to continue in force, effect, or operation; to follow; to go in…
- v. (golf) To strike (the ball) in such a way as to cause it to run along the ground, as when approaching…
- v. (video games, rare) To speedrun.
- n. Act or instance of running, of moving rapidly using the feet.
- n. Act or instance of hurrying (to or from a place) (not necessarily by foot); dash or errand, trip.
- n. A pleasure trip.
- n. Flight, instance or period of fleeing.
- n. Migration (of fish).
- n. A group of fish that migrate, or ascend a river for the purpose of spawning.
- n. (skiing, bobsledding) A single trip down a hill, as in skiing and bobsledding.
- n. A (regular) trip or route.
- n. The route taken while running or skiing.
- n. The distance sailed by a ship.
- n. A voyage.
- n. An enclosure for an animal; a track or path along which something can travel.
- n. (Australia, New Zealand) Rural landholding for farming, usually for running sheep, and operated by a runholder.
- n. State of being current; currency; popularity.
- n. A continuous period (of time) marked by a trend; a period marked by a continuing trend.
- n. (card games) A sequence of cards in a suit in a card game.
- n. (music) A rapid passage in music, especially along a scale.
- n. A trial.
- n. A flow of liquid; a leak.
- n. (chiefly eastern Midland US, especially Ohio, Pennsylvania, West Virginia) A small creek or part thereof…
- n. A production quantity (such as in a factory).
- n. The length of a showing of a play, film, TV series, etc.
- n. A quick pace, faster than a walk.
- n. A sudden series of demands on a bank or other financial institution, especially characterised by great…
- n. Any sudden large demand for something.
- n. The top of a step on a staircase, also called a tread, as opposed to the rise.
- n. The horizontal length of a set of stairs.
- n. A standard or unexceptional group or category.
- n. (baseball) A score (point scored) by a runner making it around all the bases and over home plate.
- n. (cricket) A point scored.
- n. (American football) A gain of a (specified) distance; a running play.
- n. Unrestricted use of.
- n. A line of knit stitches that have unravelled, particularly in a nylon stocking.
- n. (nautical) The stern of the underwater body of a ship from where it begins to curve upward and inward.
- n. (construction) Horizontal dimension of a slope.
- n. (mining) The horizontal distance to which a drift may be carried, either by licence of the proprietor…
- n. A pair or set of millstones.
- n. (video games) A playthrough.
- n. (slang) A period of extended (usually daily) drug use.
- n. (golf) The movement communicated to a golf ball by running it.
- n. (golf) The distance a ball travels after touching the ground from a stroke.
- n. (video games, rare) A speedrun.
- adj. In a liquid state; melted or molten.
- adj. Cast in a mould.
- adj. Exhausted; depleted (especially with "down" or "out").
- adj. (of a fish) Travelled, migrated; having made a migration or a spawning run.
seat- n. Something to be sat upon.
- n. A location or site.
- n. The starting point of a fire.
- n. Posture, or way of sitting, on horseback.
- v. (transitive) To put an object into a place where it will rest; to fix; to set firm.
- v. (transitive) To provide with places to sit.
- v. (transitive) To request or direct one or more persons to sit.
- v. (transitive, legislature) To recognize the standing of a person or persons by providing them with one…
- v. (transitive) To assign the seats of.
- v. (transitive) To cause to occupy a post, site, or situation; to station; to establish; to fix; to settle.
- v. (obsolete, intransitive) To rest; to lie down.
- v. To settle; to plant with inhabitants.
- v. To put a seat or bottom in.
send- v. (transitive) To make something (such as an object or message) go from one place to another.
- v. (slang, dated) To excite, delight, or thrill (someone).
- v. To bring to a certain condition.
- v. (intransitive) To dispatch an agent or messenger to convey a message, or to do an errand.
- v. To cause to be or to happen; to bestow; to inflict; to grant; sometimes followed by a dependent proposition.
- v. (nautical) To pitch.
- n. (telecommunications) An operation in which data is transmitted.
- n. (nautical) Alternative form of scend.
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.
shoes- n. plural of shoe.
- v. Third-person singular simple present indicative form of shoe.
sing- v. (intransitive) To produce musical or harmonious sounds with one’s voice.
- v. (transitive) To express audibly by means of a harmonious vocalization.
- v. (transitive) To soothe with singing.
- v. (intransitive, slang) To confess under interrogation.
- v. To make a small, shrill sound.
- v. To relate in verse; to celebrate in poetry.
- v. (intransitive) To display fine qualities; to stand out as excellent.
- n. A gathering for the purpose of singing songs.
site- n. (obsolete) Sorrow, grief.
- n. The place where anything is fixed; situation; local position.
- n. A place fitted or chosen for any certain permanent use or occupation.
- n. The posture or position of a thing.
- n. A computer installation, particularly one associated with an intranet or internet service or telecommunications.
- n. A website.
- n. (category theory) A category together with a choice of Grothendieck topology.
- n. Region of a protein, a piece of DNA or RNA where chemical reactions take place.
- n. A part of the body which has been operated on.
- v. (architecture) To situate or place a building.
situate- v. To place on or into a physical location. Most commonly used adjectivally in past participle.
- v. To place or put into an intangible place or position, such as social, ethical, fictional, etc. Most commonly…
- adj. (now rare) Situated.
situation- n. The way in which something is positioned vis-à-vis its surroundings.
- n. The place in which something is situated; a location.
- n. Position or status with regard to conditions and circumstances.
- n. The combination of circumstances at a given moment; a state of affairs.
- n. (Britain) A position of employment; a post.
- n. A difficult or unpleasant set of circumstances; a problem.
space- n. (heading) Of time.
- n. (heading) Unlimited or generalized physical extent.
- n. (heading) A bounded or specific physical extent.
- v. (obsolete, intransitive) To roam, walk, wander.
- v. (transitive) To set some distance apart.
- v. To insert or utilise spaces in a written text.
- v. (transitive) To eject into outer space, usually without a space suit.
spend- v. To pay out (money).
- v. To bestow; to employ; often with on or upon.
- v. (dated) To squander.
- v. To exhaust, to wear out.
- v. To consume, to use up (time).
- v. (dated, intransitive) To have an orgasm; to ejaculate sexually.
- v. (intransitive) To waste or wear away; to be consumed.
- v. To be diffused; to spread.
- v. (mining) To break ground; to continue working.
- n. Amount spent (during a period), expenditure.
- n. (pluralized) expenditures; money or pocket money.
- n. Discharged semen.
- n. Vaginal discharge.
spot- n. A round or irregular patch on the surface of a thing having a different color, texture etc. and generally…
- n. A stain or disfiguring mark.
- n. A pimple, papule or pustule.
- n. A small, unspecified amount or quantity.
- n. (slang, US) A bill of five-dollar or ten-dollar denomination in dollars.
- n. A location or area.
- n. A parking space.
- n. (sports) An official determination of placement.
- n. A bright lamp; a spotlight.
- n. (US, advertising) A brief advertisement or program segment on television.
- n. Difficult situation; predicament.
- n. (gymnastics, dance, weightlifting) One who spots (supports or assists a maneuver, or is prepared to assist…
- n. (soccer) Penalty spot.
- n. The act of spotting or noticing something.
- n. A variety of the common domestic pigeon, so called from a spot on its head just above the beak.
- n. A food fish (Leiostomus xanthurus) of the Atlantic coast of the United States, with a black spot behind…
- n. The southern redfish, or red horse (Sciaenops ocellatus), which has a spot on each side at the base of…
- n. (in the plural, brokers' slang, dated) Commodities, such as merchandise and cotton, sold for immediate…
- n. An autosoliton.
- n. (finance) A decimal point; point.
- v. (transitive) To see, find; to pick out, notice, locate, distinguish or identify.
- v. (finance) To loan a small amount of money to someone.
- v. (transitive, intransitive) To stain; to leave a spot (on).
- v. To remove, or attempt to remove, a stain.
- v. (gymnastics, dance, weightlifting, climbing) To support or assist a maneuver, or to be prepared to assist…
- v. (dance) To keep the head and eyes pointing in a single direction while turning.
- v. To stain; to blemish; to taint; to disgrace; to tarnish, as reputation.
- v. To cut or chip (timber) in preparation for hewing.
- v. To place an object at a location indicated by a spot. Notably in billiards or snooker.
- adj. (commerce) Available on the spot; on hand for immediate payment or delivery.
square- n. (geometry) A polygon with four sides of equal length and four right angles; an equilateral rectangle;…
- n. (metonymically) Something characterized by a square, or nearly square, form.
- n. An L- or T-shaped tool used to place objects or draw lines at right angles.
- n. An open space normally in the center of a town, not necessarily square in shape, often containing trees,…
- n. (mathematics) The product of a number or quantity multiplied by itself; the second power of a number,…
- n. (military) A body of troops drawn up in a square formation.
- n. (1950s slang) A socially conventional or conservative person; a person who has little or no interest in…
- n. (Britain) The symbol on a telephone; hash.
- n. (cricket) The central area of a cricket field, with one ore more pitches of which only one is used at…
- n. (real estate jargon) A unit of measurement of area, equal to a 10 foot by 10 foot square, i.e. 100 square…
- n. (roofing) A unit used in measuring roof area equivalent to 100 square feet (9.29 m2) of roof area.
- n. (academia) A mortarboard.
- n. (colloquial, US) A square meal.
- n. (archaic) Exact proportion; justness of workmanship and conduct; regularity; rule.
- n. The relation of harmony, or exact agreement; equality; level.
- n. (astrology) The position of planets distant ninety degrees from each other; a quadrate.
- n. (dated) The act of squaring, or quarrelling; a quarrel.
- n. (slang) Cigarette.
- n. (brewing) A vat used for fermentation.
- adj. Shaped like a square (the polygon).
- adj. Forming a right angle, especially (nautical) at right angles with the mast or the keel, and parallel to…
- adj. Of numbers formed by multiplying two equal numbers.
- adj. Used in the names of units of area formed by multiplying a unit of length by itself.
- adj. Honest; straightforward.
- adj. Fair.
- adj. Even; tied.
- adj. (slang) Socially conventional; boring.
- adj. (cricket) In line with the batsman's popping crease.
- adj. Correctly aligned with respect to something else.
- adj. hearty; vigorous.
- adj. Having a shape broad for the height, with angular rather than curving outlines.
- v. (transitive) To adjust so as to align with or place at a right angle to something else; in particular.
- v. To resolve or reconcile.
- v. To adjust or adapt so as to bring into harmony with something.
- v. (transitive, mathematics) Of a value, term, or expression, to multiply by itself; to raise to the second…
- v. (transitive) To draw, with a pair of compasses and a straightedge only, a square with the same area as.
- v. (soccer) To make a short low pass sideways across the pitch.
- v. (archaic) To take opposing sides; to quarrel.
- v. To accord or agree exactly; to be consistent with; to suit; to fit.
- v. (obsolete) To go to opposite sides; to take an attitude of offense or defense, or of defiance; to quarrel.
- v. To take a boxing attitude; often with up or off.
- v. To form with four sides and four right angles.
- v. To form with right angles and straight lines, or flat surfaces.
- v. To compare with, or reduce to, any given measure or standard.
- v. (astrology) To hold a quartile position respecting.
stage- n. A phase.
- n. A platform, generally elevated, upon which show performances or other public events are given.
- n. A floor or storey of a house.
- n. A floor elevated for the convenience of mechanical work, etc.; scaffolding; staging.
- n. A platform, often floating, serving as a kind of wharf.
- n. A stagecoach, an enclosed horsedrawn carriage used to carry passengers.
- n. (dated) A place of rest on a regularly travelled road; a station; a place appointed for a relay of horses.
- n. (dated) A degree of advancement in a journey; one of several portions into which a road or course is marked…
- n. (electronics) The number of an electronic circuit’s block, such as a filter, an amplifier, etc.
- n. The place on a microscope where the slide is located for viewing.
- n. (video games) A level; one of the sequential areas making up the game.
- n. A place where anything is publicly exhibited, or a remarkable affair occurs; the scene.
- n. (geology) The succession of rock strata laid down in a single age on the geologic time scale.
- v. To produce on a stage, to perform a play.
- v. To demonstrate in a deceptive manner.
- v. (Of a protest or strike etc.) To carry out.
- v. To place in position to prepare for use.
station- n. (obsolete) The fact of standing still; motionlessness, stasis.
- n. (astronomy) The apparent standing still of a superior planet just before it begins or ends its retrograde…
- n. A stopping place.
- n. A place where workers are stationed.
- n. One of the Stations of the Cross.
- n. The Roman Catholic fast of the fourth and sixth days of the week, Wednesday and Friday, in memory of the…
- n. A church in which the procession of the clergy halts on stated days to say stated prayers.
- n. Standing; rank; position.
- n. A broadcasting entity.
- n. (Newfoundland) A harbour or cove with a foreshore suitable for a facility to support nearby fishing.
- n. (surveying) Any of a sequence of equally spaced points along a path.
- n. The particular place, or kind of situation, in which a species naturally occurs; a habitat.
- n. (mining) An enlargement in a shaft or galley, used as a landing, or passing place, or for the accommodation…
- n. Post assigned; office; the part or department of public duty which a person is appointed to perform; sphere…
- v. To put in place to perform a task.
- v. To put in place to perform military duty.
status- n. A person’s condition, position or standing relative to that of others.
- n. Prestige or high standing.
- n. A situation or state of affairs.
- n. (law) The legal condition of a person or thing.
- n. (social networking) A function of some instant messaging applications, whereby a user may post a message…
stead- n. (obsolete) A place, or spot, in general.
- n. (obsolete) A place where a person normally rests; a seat.
- n. (obsolete) A specific place or point on a body or other surface.
- n. (obsolete) An inhabited place; a settlement, city, town etc.
- n. (obsolete) An estate, a property with its grounds; a farm.
- n. (obsolete) The frame on which a bed is laid; a bedstead.
- n. (in phrases, now literary) The position or function (of someone or something), as taken on by a successor.
- n. Figuratively, an emotional or circumstantial "place" having specified advantages, qualities etc. (now…
- v. To help; to support; to benefit; to assist.
- v. To fill place of.
take- v. (transitive) To get into one's hands, possession, or control, with or without force.
- v. (transitive) To receive or accept (something) (especially something given or bestowed, awarded, etc).
- v. (transitive) To remove.
- v. (transitive) To have sex with.
- v. (transitive) To defeat (someone or something) in a fight.
- v. (transitive) To grasp or grip.
- v. (transitive) To select or choose; to pick.
- v. (transitive) To adopt (select) as one's own.
- v. (transitive) To carry or lead (something or someone).
- v. (transitive) To use as a means of transportation.
- v. (obsolete) To visit; to include in a course of travel.
- v. (transitive) To obtain for use by payment or lease.
- v. (transitive) To consume.
- v. (transitive) To experience, undergo, or endure.
- v. (transitive) To cause to change to a specified state or condition.
- v. (transitive) To regard in a specified way.
- v. (transitive) To conclude or form (a decision or an opinion) in the mind.
- v. (transitive) To understand (especially in a specified way).
- v. (transitive) To accept or be given (rightly or wrongly); assume (especially as if by right).
- v. (transitive) To believe, to accept the statements of.
- v. (transitive) To assume or suppose; to reckon; to regard or consider.
- v. (transitive) To draw, derive, or deduce (a meaning from something).
- v. (transitive) To derive (as a title); to obtain from a source.
- v. (transitive) To catch or contract (an illness, etc).
- v. (transitive) To come upon or catch (in a particular state or situation).
- v. (transitive) To captivate or charm; to gain or secure the interest or affection of.
- v. (transitive, of cloth, paper, etc) To absorb or be impregnated by (dye, ink, etc); to be susceptible to…
- v. (transitive, of a ship) To let in (water).
- v. (transitive) To require.
- v. (transitive) To proceed to fill.
- v. (transitive) To fill, to use up (time or space).
- v. (transitive) To avail oneself of.
- v. (transitive) To perform, to do.
- v. (transitive) To assume or perform (a form or role).
- v. (transitive) To bind oneself by.
- v. (transitive) To move into.
- v. (transitive) To go into, through, or along.
- v. (transitive) To have or take recourse to.
- v. (transitive) To ascertain or determine by measurement, examination or inquiry.
- v. (transitive) To write down; to get in, or as if in, writing.
- v. (transitive) To make (a photograph, film, or other reproduction of something).
- v. (transitive, dated) To take a picture, photograph, etc of (a person, scene, etc).
- v. (transitive) To obtain money from, especially by swindling.
- v. (transitive, now chiefly by enrolling in a class or course) To apply oneself to the study of.
- v. (transitive) To deal with.
- v. (transitive) To consider in a particular way, or to consider as an example.
- v. (transitive, baseball) To decline to swing at (a pitched ball); to refrain from hitting at, and allow…
- v. (transitive, grammar) To have an be used with (a certain grammatical form, etc).
- v. (intransitive) To get or accept (something) into one's possession.
- v. (intransitive) To engage, take hold or have effect.
- v. (intransitive) To become; to be affected in a specified way.
- v. (intransitive, possibly dated) To be able to be accurately or beautifully photographed.
- v. (intransitive, dialectal, proscribed) An intensifier.
- v. (transitive, obsolete) To deliver, give (something) to (someone).
- v. (transitive, obsolete outside dialects and slang) To give or deliver (a blow, to someone); to strike or…
- n. The or an act of taking.
- n. Something that is taken; a haul.
- n. An interpretation or view, opinion or assessment; perspective.
- n. An approach, a (distinct) treatment.
- n. (film) A scene recorded (filmed) at one time, without an interruption or break; a recording of such a…
- n. (music) A recording of a musical performance made during an uninterrupted single recording period.
- n. A visible (facial) response to something, especially something unexpected; a facial gesture in response…
- n. (medicine) An instance of successful inoculation/vaccination.
- n. (rugby, cricket) A catch of the ball (in cricket, especially one by the wicket-keeper).
- n. (printing) The quantity of copy given to a compositor at one time.
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.
train- n. Elongated portion.
- n. Connected sequence of people or things.
- v. (intransitive) To practice an ability.
- v. (transitive) To teach and form by practice; to educate; to exercise with discipline.
- v. (intransitive) To improve one's fitness.
- v. To proceed in sequence.
- v. (transitive) To move (a gun) laterally so that it points in a different direction.
- v. (transitive, horticulture) To encourage (a plant or branch) to grow in a particular direction or shape,…
- v. (mining) To trace (a lode or any mineral appearance) to its head.
- v. (transitive, video games) To create a trainer for; to apply cheats to (a game).
- v. (obsolete) To draw along; to trail; to drag.
- v. (obsolete) To draw by persuasion, artifice, or the like; to attract by stratagem; to entice; to allure.
- n. (obsolete) Treachery; deceit.
- n. (obsolete) A trick or stratagem.
- n. (obsolete) A trap for animals; a snare.
- n. (obsolete) A lure; a decoy.
vicinity- n. Proximity, or the state of being near.
- n. Neighbourhood, or the nearby region.
- n. Approximate size or amount.
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