Synonyms of the word

time

• n. (uncountable) The inevitable progression into the future with the passing of present events into the past.
• n. A duration of time.
• n. An instant of time.
• n. (countable) The measurement under some system of region of day or moment.
• n. (countable) Ratio of comparison.
• n. (grammar, dated) Tense.
• n. (music) The measured duration of sounds; measure; tempo; rate of movement; rhythmical division.
• v. To measure or record the time, duration, or rate of.
• v. To choose when something begins or how long it lasts.
• v. (obsolete) To keep or beat time; to proceed or move in time.
• v. (obsolete) To pass time; to delay.
• v. To regulate as to time; to accompany, or agree with, in time of movement.
• v. To measure, as in music or harmony.
• interj. (tennis) Reminder by the umpire for the players to continue playing after their pause.

adjust

• v. (transitive) To modify.
• v. (transitive) To improve or rectify.
• v. (transitive) To settle an insurance claim.
• v. (intransitive) To change to fit circumstances.

attribute

• n. A characteristic or quality of a thing.
• n. (grammar) A word that qualifies a noun, a qualifier.
• n. (logic) That which is predicated or affirmed of a subject; a predicate; an accident.
• n. (computing, object-oriented programming) An option or setting belonging to some object.
• n. (computing, programming) A semantic item with which a method or other code element may be decorated.
• n. (computer graphics, dated) A numeric value representing the colours of part of the screen display.
• v. To ascribe (something) to a given cause, reason etc.
• v. To associate ownership or authorship of (something) to someone.

case

• n. An actual event, situation, or fact.
• n. (now rare) A given condition or state.
• n. A piece of work, specifically defined within a profession.
• n. (academia) An instance or event as a topic of study.
• n. (law) A legal proceeding, lawsuit.
• n. (grammar) A specific inflection of a word depending on its function in the sentence.
• n. (grammar, uncountable) Grammatical cases and their meanings taken either as a topic in general or within…
• n. (medicine) An instance of a specific condition or set of symptoms.
• n. (programming) A section of code representing one of the actions of a conditional switch.
• v. (obsolete) To propose hypothetical cases.
• n. A box that contains or can contain a number of identical items of manufacture.
• n. A box, sheath, or covering generally.
• n. A piece of luggage that can be used to transport an apparatus such as a sewing machine.
• n. An enclosing frame or casing.
• n. A suitcase.
• n. A piece of furniture, constructed partially of transparent glass or plastic, within which items can be…
• n. The outer covering or framework of a piece of apparatus such as a computer.
• n. (printing, historical) A shallow tray divided into compartments or "boxes" for holding type, traditionally…
• n. (typography, by extension) The nature of a piece of alphabetic type, whether a “capital” (upper case)…
• n. (poker slang) Four of a kind.
• n. (US) A unit of liquid measure used to measure sales in the beverage industry, equivalent to 192 fluid…
• n. (mining) A small fissure which admits water into the workings.
• n. A thin layer of harder metal on the surface of an object whose deeper metal is allowed to remain soft.
• adj. (poker slang) The last remaining card of a particular rank.
• v. (transitive) To place (an item or items of manufacture) into a box, as in preparation for shipment.
• v. (transitive) To cover or protect with, or as if with, a case; to enclose.
• v. (transitive, informal) To survey (a building or other location) surreptitiously, as in preparation for…

clip

• v. To grip tightly.
• v. To fasten with a clip.
• v. (archaic) To hug, embrace.
• v. (slang) To collect signatures, generally with the use of a clipboard.
• n. Something which clips or grasps; a device for attaching one object to another.
• n. An unspecified but normally understood as rapid speed or pace.
• n. (obsolete) An embrace.
• n. A frame containing a number of bullets which is intended to be inserted into the magazine of a firearm…
• n. A projecting flange on the upper edge of a horseshoe, turned up so as to embrace the lower part of the…
• n. (fishing, Britain, Scotland) A gaff or hook for landing the fish, as in salmon fishing.
• v. To cut, especially with scissors or shears as opposed to a knife etc.
• v. To curtail; to cut short.
• v. (dialectal, informal) To strike with the hand.
• v. (American football) An illegal tackle: Throwing the body across the back of an opponent's leg or hitting…
• v. (signal processing) To cut off a signal level at a certain maximum value.
• v. (computer graphics) To discard (an occluded part of a model or scene) rather than waste resources on rendering…
• v. To cheat, swindle, or fleece.
• n. Something which has been clipped from a larger whole.
• n. An act of clipping, such as a haircut.
• n. (uncountable, Geordie) The condition of something, its state.
• n. (informal) A blow with the hand.

clock

• n. An instrument used to measure or keep track of time; a non-portable timepiece.
• n. (Britain) The odometer of a motor vehicle.
• n. (electronics) An electrical signal that synchronizes timing among digital circuits of semiconductor chips…
• n. The seed head of a dandelion.
• n. A time clock.
• v. (transitive) To measure the duration of.
• v. (transitive) To measure the speed of.
• v. (transitive, slang) To hit (someone) heavily.
• v. (slang) To take notice of; to realise.
• v. (Britain, slang) To falsify the reading of the odometer of a vehicle.
• v. (transitive, New Zealand, slang) To beat a video game.
• v. (transitive, informal) To recognize someone or something.
• n. A pattern near the heel of a sock or stocking.
• v. (transitive) To ornament (e.g. the side of a stocking) with figured work.
• n. A large beetle, especially the European dung beetle (Geotrupes stercorarius).
• v. (intransitive, dated) To make the sound of a hen; to cluck.

correct

• adj. Free from error; true; the state of having an affirmed truth.
• adj. With good manners; well behaved; conforming with accepted standards of behaviour.
• v. (transitive) To make something that was not valid become right. To remove error.
• v. (by extension, transitive) To grade (examination papers).
• v. (transitive) To inform (someone) of the latter's error.

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.

dimension

• n. A single aspect of a given thing.
• n. A measure of spatial extent in a particular direction, such as height, width or breadth, or depth.
• n. A construct whereby objects or individuals can be distinguished.
• n. (geometry) The number of independent coordinates needed to specify uniquely the location of a point in…
• n. (linear algebra) The number of elements of any basis of a vector space.
• n. (physics) One of the physical properties that are regarded as fundamental measures of a physical quantity,…
• n. (computing) Any of the independent ranges of indices in a multidimensional array.
• n. (science fiction, fantasy) An alternative universe or plane of existence.
• v. (transitive) To mark, cut or shape something to specified dimensions.

example

• n. Something that is representative of all such things in a group.
• n. Something that serves to illustrate or explain a rule.
• n. Something that serves as a pattern of behaviour to be imitated (a good example) or not to be imitated…
• n. A person punished as a warning to others.
• n. A parallel or closely similar case, especially when serving as a precedent or model.
• n. An instance (as a problem to be solved) serving to illustrate the rule or precept or to act as an exercise…
• v. To be illustrated or exemplified (by).

experience

• n. (countable, uncountable) Event(s) of which one is cognizant.
• n. (countable) An activity which one has performed.
• n. (countable) A collection of events and/or activities from which an individual or group may gather knowledge,…
• n. (uncountable) The knowledge thus gathered.
• v. (transitive) To observe certain events; undergo a certain feeling or process; or perform certain actions…

indication

• n. Act of pointing out or indicating.
• n. That which serves to indicate or point out; mark; token; sign; symptom; evidence.
• n. Discovery made; information.
• n. (obsolete) Explanation; display. Francis Bacon.
• n. (medicine) Any symptom or occurrence in a disease, which serves to direct to suitable remedies.
• n. (finance) An declared approximation of the price at which a traded security is likely to commence trading.

influence

• n. The power to affect, control or manipulate something or someone; the ability to change the development…
• n. An action exerted by a person or thing with such power on another to cause change.
• n. A person or thing exerting such power or action.
• n. (astrology) An element believed to determine someone's character or individual tendencies, caused by the…
• n. (obsolete) The action of flowing in; influx.
• n. (electricity) Electrostatic induction.
• v. (transitive) To have an affect on using gentle or subtle action; to exert an influence upon; to modify,…
• v. (intransitive) To exert, make use of one's influence.
• v. (transitive, obsolete) To cause to flow in or into; infuse; instill.

instance

• n. (obsolete) Urgency of manner or words; an urgent request; insistence.
• n. (obsolete) A token; a sign; a symptom or indication.
• n. (obsolete) That which is urgent; motive.
• n. Occasion; order of occurrence.
• n. A case offered as an exemplification or a precedent; an illustrative example.
• n. One of a series of recurring occasions, cases, essentially the same.
• n. (obsolete) A piece of evidence; a proof or sign (of something).
• n. (computing) In object-oriented programming: a created object, one that has had memory allocated for local…
• n. (massively multiplayer online games) A dungeon or other area that is duplicated for each player, or each…
• n. (massively multiplayer online games) An individual copy of such a dungeon or other area.
• v. (transitive) To mention as a case or example; to refer to; to cite.
• v. (intransitive) To cite an example as proof; to exemplify.

instant

• n. A very short period of time; a moment.
• n. A single, usually precise, point in time.
• n. A beverage or food which has been pre-processed to reduce preparation time, especially instant coffee.
• n. A day of the current month (abbreviated as: inst.).
• adj. (dated) Impending; imminent.
• adj. (dated) Urgent; pressing; acute.
• adj. Occurring immediately; immediate; present.
• adj. Lasting for a short moment; momentary; short-lived.
• adj. Very quickly and easily prepared.
• adj. Of the current month (abbreviation inst.).
• adv. (poetic) At once; immediately.

measure

• n. A prescribed quantity or extent.
• n. The act or result of measuring.
• n. Metrical rhythm.
• n. A course of action.
• v. To ascertain the quantity of a unit of material via calculated comparison with respect to a standard.
• v. To estimate the unit size of something.
• v. To judge, value, or appraise.
• v. To obtain or set apart; to mark in even increments.
• v. (rare) To traverse, cross, pass along; to travel over.
• v. To adjust by a rule or standard.
• v. To allot or distribute by measure; to set off or apart by measure; often with out or off.

meter

• n. (always meter) A device that measures things.
• n. (always meter) A parking meter or similar device for collecting payment.
• n. (always meter) (dated) One who metes or measures.
• n. (chiefly US, elsewhere metre) The base unit of length in the International System of Units (SI), conceived…
• n. (chiefly US, elsewhere metre) (music) An increment of music; the overall rhythm; particularly, the number…
• n. (chiefly US, elsewhere metre, prosody) The rhythm pattern in a poem.
• n. (chiefly US, elsewhere metre) A line above or below a hanging net, to which the net is attached in order…
• n. (obsolete) A poem.
• v. to measure with a metering device.
• v. to imprint a postage mark with a postage meter.
• v. to regulate the flow of or to deliver in regulated amounts (usually of fluids but sometimes of other things…

metre

• n. The basic unit of length in the International System of Units (SI: Système International d'Unités), equal…
• v. (Britain, rare) Alternative spelling of meter.
• n. The rhythm or measure in verse and musical composition.
• v. (poetry, music) To put into metrical form.

minute

• n. A unit of time equal to sixty seconds (one-sixtieth of an hour).
• n. (informal) A short but unspecified time period.
• n. A unit of angle equal to one-sixtieth of a degree.
• n. (chiefly in the plural, minutes) A (usually formal) written record of a meeting or a part of a meeting.
• n. A unit of purchase on a telephone or other network, especially a cell phone network, roughly equivalent…
• n. A point in time; a moment.
• n. A nautical or a geographic mile.
• n. An old coin, a half farthing.
• n. (obsolete) A very small part of anything, or anything very small; a jot; a whit.
• n. (architecture) A fixed part of a module.
• n. (slang, US, dialectal) A while or a long unspecified period of time.
• v. (transitive) Of an event, to write in a memo or the minutes of a meeting.
• v. To set down a short sketch or note of; to jot down; to make a minute or a brief summary of.
• adj. Very small.
• adj. Very careful and exact, giving small details.

mold

• n. A hollow form or matrix for shaping a fluid or plastic substance.
• n. A frame or model around or on which something is formed or shaped.
• n. Something that is made in or shaped on a mold.
• n. The shape or pattern of a mold.
• n. General shape or form.
• n. Distinctive character or type.
• n. A fixed or restrictive pattern or form.
• n. (architecture) A group of moldings.
• n. (anatomy) A fontanelle.
• v. (transitive) To shape in or on a mold.
• v. (transitive) To form into a particular shape; to give shape to.
• v. (transitive) To guide or determine the growth or development of; influence.
• v. (transitive) To fit closely by following the contours of.
• v. (transitive) To make a mold of or from (molten metal, for example) before casting.
• v. (transitive) To ornament with moldings.
• v. (intransitive) To be shaped in or as if in a mold.
• n. A natural substance in the form of a woolly or furry growth of tiny fungi that appears when organic material…
• v. (transitive) To cause to become moldy; to cause mold to grow upon.
• v. (intransitive) To become moldy; to be covered or filled, in whole or in part, with a mold.
• n. Loose friable soil, rich in humus and fit for planting.
• v. To cover with mold or soil.

moment

• n. A brief, unspecified amount of time.
• n. The smallest portion of time; an instant.
• n. Weight or importance.
• n. (physics, mechanics) The turning effect of a force applied to a rotational system at a distance from the…
• n. (historical) A definite period of time, specifically one-tenth of a point, or one-fortieth or one-fiftieth…
• n. (informal) A petit mal episode; such a spell.
• n. (colloquial) A fit, a short-duration tantrum, a hissy.
• n. (mathematics) An infinitesimal change in a varying quantity; an increment or decrement.
• n. (mathematics) A quantitative measure of the shape of a set of points.

period

• adj. Appropriate for a given historical era.
• adj. (of a film, or play, or similar) Set in and designed to evoke a particular historical period, especially…
• interj. (chiefly Canada, US) And nothing else; and nothing less; used for emphasis.
• n. A length of time.
• n. A period of time in history seen as a single coherent entity; an epoch, era.
• n. (now chiefly Canada, US) The punctuation mark “.” (indicating the ending of a sentence or marking an abbreviation).
• n. The length of time during which the same characteristics of a periodic phenomenon recur, such as the repetition…
• n. Female menstruation.
• n. A section of an artist's, writer's (etc.) career distinguished by a given quality, preoccupation etc.
• n. Each of the divisions into which a school day is split, allocated to a given subject or activity.
• n. (chiefly Canada, US) Each of the intervals into which various sporting events are divided.
• n. (obsolete, medicine) The length of time for a disease to run its course.
• n. An end or conclusion; the final point of a process etc.
• n. (rhetoric) A complete sentence, especially one expressing a single thought or making a balanced, rhythmic…
• n. (obsolete) A specific moment during a given process; a point, a stage.
• n. (chemistry) A row in the periodic table of the elements.
• n. (geology) A subdivision of an era, typically lasting from tens to hundreds of millions of years, see Appendix:…
• n. (genetics) A Drosophila gene which gene product is involved in regulation of the circadian rhythm.
• n. (music) Two phrases (an antecedent and a consequent phrase).
• n. (mathematics) One of several similar sets of figures or terms usually marked by points or commas placed…
• v. (obsolete, intransitive) To come to a period; to conclude.
• v. (obsolete, transitive, rare) To put an end to.

quantify

• v. To assign a quantity to.
• v. To determine the value of (a variable or expression).

reading

• v. present participle of read.
• n. The process of interpreting written language.
• n. The process of interpreting a symbol, a sign or a measuring device.
• n. A value indicated by a measuring device.
• n. A meeting where written material is read aloud.
• n. An interpretation.
• n. Something to read; reading material.
• n. The extent of what one has read.
• n. (legislature) One of several stages a bill passes through before becoming law.
• n. a piece of literature or passage of scripture read aloud to an audience: readings from the Bible.

regulate

• v. To dictate policy.
• v. To control or direct according to rule, principle, or law.
• v. To adjust to a particular specification or requirement: regulate temperature.
• v. To adjust (a mechanism) for accurate and proper functioning.
• v. To put or maintain in order.

rhythmicity

• n. The quality or state of having a rhythm.

schedule

• n. (obsolete) A slip of paper; a short note.
• n. (law) A written or printed table of information, often forming an annex or appendix to a statute or other…
• n. A timetable, or other time-based plan of events; a plan of what is to occur, and at what time.
• n. (computer science) An allocation or ordering of a set of tasks on one or several resources.
• v. To create a time-schedule.
• v. To plan an activity at a specific date or time in the future.

second

• adj. Number-two; following after the first one with nothing between them. The ordinal number corresponding…
• adj. Next to the first in value, power, excellence, dignity, or rank; secondary; subordinate; inferior.
• adj. Being of the same kind as one that has preceded; another.
• adv. (with superlative) After the first; at the second rank.
• adv. After the first occurrence but before the third.
• n. One that is number two in a series.
• n. One that is next in rank, quality, precedence, position, status, or authority.
• n. The place that is next below or after first in a race or contest.
• n. (usually in the plural) A manufactured item that, though still usable, fails to meet quality control standards.
• n. (usually in the plural) An additional helping of food.
• n. A chance or attempt to achieve what should have been done the first time, usually indicating success this…
• n. (music) The interval between two adjacent notes in a diatonic scale (either or both of them may be raised…
• n. The second gear of an engine.
• n. (baseball) Second base.
• v. (transitive) To agree as a second person to (a proposal), usually to reach a necessary quorum of two.…
• v. To follow in the next place; to succeed.
• v. (climbing) To climb after a lead climber.
• n. One-sixtieth of a minute; the SI unit of time, defined as the duration of 9,192,631,770 periods of radiation…
• n. A unit of angle equal to one-sixtieth of a minute of arc or one part in 3600 of a degree.
• n. (informal) A short, indeterminate amount of time.
• v. (transitive, Britain) To transfer temporarily to alternative employment.
• v. (transitive) To assist or support; to back.
• v. (transitive) To agree as a second person to (a proposal), usually to reach a necessary quorum of two.…
• n. One who supports another in a contest or combat, such as a dueller's assistant.
• n. One who supports or seconds a motion, or the act itself, as required in certain meetings to pass judgement…
• n. (obsolete) Aid; assistance; help.

sentence

• n. (obsolete) Sense; meaning; significance.
• n. (obsolete) One's opinion; manner of thinking.
• n. (now rare) A pronounced opinion or judgment on a given question.
• n. (dated) The decision or judgement of a jury or court; a verdict.
• n. The judicial order for a punishment to be imposed on a person convicted of a crime.
• n. A punishment imposed on a person convicted of a crime.
• n. (obsolete) A saying, especially form a great person; a maxim, an apophthegm.
• n. (grammar) A grammatically complete series of words consisting of a subject and predicate, even if one…
• n. (logic) A formula with no free variables.
• n. (computing theory) Any of the set of strings that can be generated by a given formal grammar.
• v. To declare a sentence on a convicted person; to doom; to condemn to punishment.
• v. (obsolete) To decree or announce as a sentence.
• v. (obsolete) To utter sententiously.

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.

shape

• n. The status or condition of something.
• n. Condition of personal health, especially muscular health.
• n. The appearance of something, especially its outline.
• n. Form; formation.
• n. (iron manufacture) A rolled or hammered piece, such as a bar, beam, angle iron, etc., having a cross section…
• n. (iron manufacture) A piece which has been roughly forged nearly to the form it will receive when completely…
• n. (cooking, now rare) A mould for making jelly, blancmange etc., or a piece of such food formed moulded…
• n. (programming) In the Hack programming language, a group of data fields each of which has a name and a…
• v. (Northern England, Scotland, rare) To create or make.
• v. (transitive) To give something a shape and definition.
• v. To form or manipulate something into a certain shape.
• v. (of a country, person, etc) To give influence to.
• v. To suit; to be adjusted or conformable.
• v. (obsolete) To imagine; to conceive.

term

• n. Limitation, restriction or regulation.
• n. Any of the binding conditions or promises in a legal contract.
• n. That which limits the extent of anything; limit; extremity; bound; boundary.
• n. (geometry, archaic) A point, line, or superficies that limits.
• n. A word or phrase, especially one from a specialised area of knowledge.
• n. Relations among people.
• n. Part of a year, especially one of the three parts of an academic year.
• n. Duration of a set length; period in office of fixed length.
• n. (of a patent) The maximum period during which the patent can be maintained into force.
• n. (archaic) A menstrual period.
• n. (mathematics) Any value (variable or constant) or expression separated from another term by a space or…
• n. (logic) The subject or the predicate of a proposition; one of the three component parts of a syllogism,…
• n. (astrology) An essential dignity in which unequal segments of every astrological sign have internal rulerships…
• n. (architecture) A quadrangular pillar, adorned on top with the figure of a head, as of a man, woman, or…
• n. (nautical) A piece of carved work placed under each end of the taffrail.
• v. To phrase a certain way, especially with an unusual wording.
• n. (computing, informal) terminal (computer program that emulates a physical terminal).
• v. (transitive, intransitive) To terminate one's employment.
• n. One whose employment has been terminated.