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- Definition: 1. make a charge against or accuse; "They taxed him failure to appear in court"
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- Definition: 1. situated in a particular spot or position; "valuable centrally located urban land"; "strategically placed artillery"; "a house set on a hilltop"; "nicely situated on a quiet riverbank"
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- Definition: 1. a kind of person;
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- Definition: 1. the act of putting something in working order again
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- Definition: 1. conform to some shape or size; "How does this shirt fit?"
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- Definition: 1. ask for or request earnestly; "The prophet bid all people to become good persons"
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- Definition: 1. estimate; "We put the time of arrival at 8 P.M."
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- Definition: 1. the learned profession that is mastered by graduate study in a law school and that is responsible for the judicial system; "he studied law at Yale"
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- Definition: 1. the act of rowing as a sport
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- Definition: 1. doing as one pleases or chooses; "if I had my way"
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- Definition: 1. struggle for breath; have insufficient oxygen intake; "he swallowed a fishbone and gagged"
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- Definition: 1. run, stand, or compete for an office or a position; "Who's running for treasurer this year?"
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- Definition: 1. the flow of air that is driven backwards by an aircraft propeller
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- Definition: 1. make a replica of; "copy that drawing"; "re-create a picture by Rembrandt"
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- Definition: 1. by the sanction or authority of; "halt in the name of the law"
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- Definition: 1. a collarless men's undergarment for the upper part of the body
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- Definition: 1. information about recent and important events; "they awaited news of the outcome"
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- Definition: 1. how something is done or how it happens; "her dignified manner"; "his rapid manner of talking"; "their nomadic mode of existence"; "in the characteristic New York style"; "a lonely way of life"; "in an abrasive fashion"
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- Definition: 1. notify, usually in advance; "I warned you that I would ask some difficult questions"
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- Definition: 1. people descended from a common ancestor; "his family has lived in Massachusetts since the Mayflower"
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- Definition: 1. United States Jewish leader (born in Hungary) (1874-1949)
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- Definition: 1. (law) a legal document issued by a court or judicial officer
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- Definition: 1. mark as different; "We distinguish several kinds of maple"
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- Definition: 1. a legally binding command or decision entered on the court record (as if issued by a court or judge); "a friend in New Mexico said that the order caused no trouble out there"
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- Definition: 1. have the will and intention to carry out some action; "He plans to be in graduate school next year"; "The rebels had planned turmoil and confusion"
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- Definition: 1. amount of a charge or payment relative to some basis; "a 10-minute phone call at that rate would cost $5"
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- Definition: 1. an open way (generally public) for travel or transportation
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- Definition: 1. a sudden forceful flow
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- Definition: 1. a subdivision of a larger religious group
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- Definition: 1. undergo a transformation or a change of position or action; "We turned from Socialism to Capitalism"; "The people turned against the President when he stole the election"
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- Definition: 1. move about aimlessly or without any destination, often in search of food or employment; "The gypsies roamed the woods"; "roving vagabonds"; "the wandering Jew"; "The cattle roam across the prairie"; "the laborers drift from one town to the next"; "They rolled from town to town"
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- Definition: 1. give out as one's portion or share
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- Definition: 1. a category of things distinguished by some common characteristic or quality; "sculpture is a form of art"; "what kinds of desserts are there?"
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- Definition: 1. a subdivision of a particular kind of thing; "what type of sculpture do you prefer?"
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- Definition: 1. determine by choice; "This action was willed and intended"
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- Definition: 1. a mark that is long relative to its width; "He drew a line on the chart"
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- Definition: 1. (nautical) the act of changing tack
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- Definition: 1. cylinder forming a long narrow part of something
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- Definition: 1. a plane figure with 5 or more points; often used as an emblem
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- Definition: 1. too improbable to admit of belief; "a tall story"
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- Definition: 1. growing profusely; "rank jungle vegetation"
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- Definition: 1. one of two or more layers one atop another; "tier upon tier of huge casks"; "a three-tier wedding cake"
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- Definition: 1. thin and fit; "the spare figure of a marathon runner"; "a body kept trim by exercise"
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- Definition: 1. (mathematics) a standard procedure for solving a class of mathematical problems; "he determined the upper bound with Descartes' rule of signs"; "he gave us a general formula for attacking polynomials"
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- Definition: 1. the elastic tension of living muscles, arteries, etc. that facilitate response to stimuli; "the doctor tested my tonicity"
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- Definition: 1. an approximate definition or example; "she wore a sort of magenta dress"; "she served a creamy sort of dessert thing"
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- Definition: 1. broadcast over the airwaves, as in radio or television; "We cannot air this X-rated song"
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- Definition: 1. the unlimited expanse in which everything is located; "they tested his ability to locate objects in space"; "the boundless regions of the infinite"
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- Definition: 1. assign a rank or rating to; "how would you rank these students?"; "The restaurant is rated highly in the food guide"
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- Definition: 1. an open way (generally public) for travel or transportation
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- Definition: 1. (often plural) a command given by a superior (e.g., a military or law enforcement officer) that must be obeyed; "the British ships dropped anchor and waited for orders from London"
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- Definition: 1. an act that incriminates someone on a false charge
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- Definition: 1. defeat someone through trickery or deceit
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- Definition: 1. a section or portion of a journey or course; "then we embarked on the second stage of our Caribbean cruise"
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- Definition: 1. a braid of hair at the back of the head
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- Definition: 1. an outburst of applause; "there was a round of applause"
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- Definition: 1. to arrange for; "place a phone call"; "place a bet"
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- Definition: 1. the merchandise that a shop has on hand; "they carried a vast inventory of hardware"; "they stopped selling in exact sizes in order to reduce inventory"
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- Definition: 1. emblem consisting of an object such as an animal or plant; serves as the symbol of a family or clan (especially among American Indians)
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- Definition: 1. group of people related by blood or marriage
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- Definition: 1. join or combine; "We merged our resources"
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- Definition: 1. of trade unions; "the union movement"; "union negotiations"; "a union-shop clause in the contract"
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- Definition: 1. an informal right to something;
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- Definition: 1. express in words; "He said that he wanted to marry her"; "tell me what is bothering you"; "state your opinion"; "state your name"
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- Definition: 1. the absence of sound;
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- Definition: 1. a slender bristlelike or tubular process; "a cartilaginous style"
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- Definition: 1. the state of (good) health (especially in the phrases `in condition' or `in shape' or `out of condition' or `out of shape')
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- Definition: 1. a domain in which something is dominant; "the untroubled kingdom of reason"; "a land of make-believe"; "the rise of the realm of cotton in the south"
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- Definition: 1. an interjection expressing agreement
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- Definition: 1. a variety of cattle produced by crossbreeding with a superior breed
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- Definition: 1. education imparted in a series of lessons or meetings; "he took a course in basket weaving"; "flirting is not unknown in college classes"
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- Definition: 1. temperament or disposition; "a person of hot blood"
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- Definition: 1. a device incised to make an impression; used to secure a closing or to authenticate documents
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- Definition: 1. a general kind of something; "ignore the genus communism"
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- Definition: 1. an arrangement of aerials spaced to give desired directional characteristics
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- Definition: 1. teach or refine to be discriminative in taste or judgment; "Cultivate your musical taste"; "Train your tastebuds"; "She is well schooled in poetry"
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- Definition: 1. a formal or authoritative proclamation
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- Definition: 1. arrange into a group or groups; "Can you group these shapes together?"
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- Definition: 1. get one's revenge for a wrong or an injury; "I finally settled with my old enemy"
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- Definition: 1. an ordered manner; orderliness by virtue of being methodical and well organized; "his compulsive organization was not an endearing quality"; "we can't do it unless we establish some system around here"
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- Definition: 1. an authoritative command or request
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- Definition: 1. division of a group into opposing factions; "another schism like that and they will wind up in bankruptcy"
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- Definition: 1. another word for the source code in computing
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- Definition: 1. a part added to a book or play that continues and extends it
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- Definition: 1. select something or someone for a specific purpose; "The teacher assigned him to lead his classmates in the exercise"
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- Definition: 1. issue a decree; "The King only can decree"
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- Definition: 1. any spherically shaped artifact
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- Definition: 1. not easily borne; wearing; "the burdensome task of preparing the income tax return"; "my duties weren't onerous; I only had to greet the guests"; "a taxing schedule"
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- Definition: 1. the grammatical arrangement of words in sentences
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- Definition: 1. how something is done or how it happens; "her dignified manner"; "his rapid manner of talking"; "their nomadic mode of existence"; "in the characteristic New York style"; "a lonely way of life"; "in an abrasive fashion"
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- Definition: 1. a mode of action; "if you persist in that course you will surely fail"; "once a nation is embarked on a course of action it becomes extremely difficult for any retraction to take place"
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- Definition: 1. make ready for action or use; "marshal resources"
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- Definition: 1. a necklace made by a stringing objects together; "a string of beads"; "a strand of pearls";
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- Definition: 1. a state at a particular time; "a condition (or state) of disrepair"; "the current status of the arms negotiations"
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- Definition: 1. an educational institution; "the school was founded in 1900"
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- Definition: 1. Stock; race; family.
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- Definition: 1. (biology) a group of organisms within a species that differ in trivial ways from similar groups;
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- Definition: 1. an adornment consisting of a strip of a contrasting color or material
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- Definition: 1. something visible that by association or convention represents something else that is invisible; "the eagle is a symbol of the United States"
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- Definition: 1. form intrigues (for) in an underhand manner
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- Definition: 1. an acting technique introduced by Stanislavsky in which the actor recalls emotions or reactions from his or her own life and uses them to identify with the character being portrayed
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- Definition: 1. set straight or right; "remedy these deficiencies"; "rectify the inequities in salaries"; "repair an oversight"
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- Definition: 1. act of ascertaining or fixing the value or worth of
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- Definition: 1. the power or right to give orders or make decisions; "he has the authority to issue warrants"; "deputies are given authorization to make arrests"; "a place of potency in the state"
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- Definition: 1. decide how much is to be paid on an insurance claim
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- Definition: 1. plan and direct (a complex undertaking); "he masterminded the robbery"
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- Definition: 1. to give an account or representation of in words; "Discreet Italian police described it in a manner typically continental"
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- Definition: 1. Occupation
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- Definition: 1. (medicine) a systematic plan for therapy (often including diet)
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- Definition: 1. give instructions to or direct somebody to do something with authority; "I said to him to go home"; "She ordered him to do the shopping"; "The mother told the child to get dressed"
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- Definition: 1. instruct or command with authority; "The teacher charged the children to memorize the poem"
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- Definition: 1. (mathematics) the sum of a finite or infinite sequence of expressions
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- Definition: 1. natural family planning in which ovulation is assumed to occur 14 days before the onset of a period (the fertile period would be assumed to extend from day 10 through day 18 of her cycle)
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- Definition: 1. notion consisting of a narrow strip of fine material used for trimming
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- Definition: 1. (art) the surface (as a wall or canvas) prepared to take the paint for a painting
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- Definition: 1. decide with authority; "The King decreed that all firstborn males should be killed"
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- Definition: 1. the complex of emotional and intellectual attributes that determine a person's characteristic actions and reactions; "it is his nature to help others"
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- Definition: 1. arrange or order by classes or categories; "How would you classify these pottery shards--are they prehistoric?"
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- Definition: 1. the allotment of some amount by dividing something;
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- Definition: 1. directions for the conduct of Christian church services (often printed in red in a prayer book)
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- Definition: 1. take up residence and become established; "The immigrants settled in the Midwest"
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- Definition: 1. a doctrine that is taught; "the teachings of religion"; "he believed all the Christian precepts"
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- Definition: 1. arrange attractively; "dress my hair for the wedding"
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- Definition: 1. divide into segments; "segment an orange"; "segment a compound word"
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- Definition: 1. payment extorted by gangsters on threat of violence; "every store in the neighborhood had to pay him protection"
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- Definition: 1. assign authority to
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- Definition: 1. work as the skipper on a vessel
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- Definition: 1. a diffraction grating consisting of a pile of plates of equal thickness arranged stepwise with a constant offset
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- Definition: 1. make someone do something
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- Definition: 1. say out loud for the purpose of recording; "He dictated a report to his secretary"
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- Definition: 1. an abstract place usually conceived as having depth; "a good actor communicates on several levels"; "a simile has at least two layers of meaning"; "the mind functions on many strata simultaneously"
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- Definition: 1. inquire for (information); "I requested information from the secretary"
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- Definition: 1. found in the ordinary course of events; "a placid everyday scene"; "it was a routine day"; "there's nothing quite like a real...train conductor to add color to a quotidian commute"- Anita Diamant
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- Definition: 1. an extended social group having a distinctive cultural and economic organization
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- Definition: 1. the position where someone (as a guard or sentry) stands or is assigned to stand; "a soldier manned the entrance post"; "a sentry station"
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- Definition: 1. unthinking; prompted by (or as if by) instinct; "a cat's natural aversion to water"; "offering to help was as instinctive as breathing"
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- Definition: 1. extricate from entanglement; "Can you disentangle the cord?"
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- Definition: 1. a grouping of a number of similar things; "a bunch of trees"; "a cluster of admirers"
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- Definition: 1. behavior intended to please your parents; "their children were never very strong on obedience"; "he went to law school out of respect for his father's wishes"
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- Definition: 1. coins collectively
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- Definition: 1. the attribute of accepting the facts of life and favoring practicality and literal truth
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- Definition: 1. noticeable heterogeneity; "a diversity of possibilities"; "the range and variety of his work is amazing"
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- Definition: 1. have an emotional or cognitive impact upon;
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- Definition: 1. ask to go away; "The old man warned the children off his property"
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- Definition: 1. the quality of being worthy of esteem or respect; "it was beneath his dignity to cheat"; "showed his true dignity when under pressure"
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- Definition: 1. manual turning of a fetus in the uterus (usually to aid delivery)
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- Definition: 1. the number of lines in a piece of printed material
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- Definition: 1. (computer science) a line of code written as part of a computer program
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- Definition: 1. a sustained phenomenon or one marked by gradual changes through a series of states; "events now in process"; "the process of calcification begins later for boys than for girls"
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- Definition: 1. the act of passing from one state or place to the next
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- Definition: 1. lessen the intensity of; temper; hold in restraint; hold or keep within limits; "
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- Definition: 1. (law) the findings of a jury on issues of fact submitted to it for decision; can be used in formulating a judgment
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- Definition: 1. lead, as in the performance of a composition; "conduct an orchestra; Barenboim conducted the Chicago symphony for years"
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- Definition: 1. give, sell, or transfer to another; "She disposed of her parents' possessions"
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- Definition: 1. one of the portions into which something is regarded as divided and which together constitute a whole; "the written part of the exam"; "the finance section of the company"; "the BBC's engineering division"
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- Definition: 1. the trait of being neat and orderly
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- Definition: 1. give instructions or directions for some task; "She instructed the students to work on their pronunciation"
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- Definition: 1. the act of rotating as if on an axis; "the rotation of the dancer kept time with the music"
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- Definition: 1. a social club for female undergraduates
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- Definition: 1. the trait of resoluteness as evidenced by firmness of character or purpose; "a man of unusual decisiveness"
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- Definition: 1. accustom gradually to some action or attitude; "The child is taught to obey her parents"
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- Definition: 1. a state of peace and quiet
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- Definition: 1. check the emission of (sound)
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- Definition: 1. develop in a positive way; "He progressed well in school"; "My plants are coming along"; "Plans are shaping up"
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- Definition: 1. army unit smaller than a division
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- Definition: 1. a general concept that marks divisions or coordinations in a conceptual scheme
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- Definition: 1. arrange or order by classes or categories; "How would you classify these pottery shards--are they prehistoric?"
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- Definition: 1. a disposition free from stress or emotion
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- Definition: 1. state or announce; "`I am not a Communist,' he exclaimed"; "The King will proclaim an amnesty"
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- Definition: 1. the action of following in order; "he played the trumps in sequence"
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- Definition: 1. (criminal law) a final judgment of guilty in a criminal case and the punishment that is imposed; "the conviction came as no surprise"
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- Definition: 1. using force to cause something to occur; "though pressed into rugby under compulsion I began to enjoy the game"; "they didn't have to use coercion"
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- Definition: 1. (biology) taxonomic group that is a subdivision of an order
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- Definition: 1. (biology) a taxonomic category below a class and above an order
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- Definition: 1. (physics) the property of being isotropic; having the same value when measured in different directions
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- Definition: 1. practice of classifying plants and animals according to their presumed natural relationships
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- Definition: 1. preceding in time
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- Definition: 1. arrange or enter in tabular form
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- Definition: 1. permanent; "a standing army"
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- Definition: 1. activity leading to skilled behavior
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- Definition: 1. skillfulness in the command of fundamentals deriving from practice and familiarity; "practice greatly improves proficiency"
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- Definition: 1. issue commands or orders for
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- Definition: 1. (genetics) an attribute (structural or functional) that is determined by a gene or group of genes
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- Definition: 1. pronounce judgment on; "They labeled him unfit to work here"
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- Definition: 1. an example that is used to justify similar occurrences at a later time
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- Definition: 1. the act of forming or establishing something; "the constitution of a PTA group last year"; "it was the establishment of his reputation"; "he still remembers the organization of the club"
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- Definition: 1. a prediction of the course of a disease
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- Definition: 1. a particular course of action intended to achieve a result; "the procedure of obtaining a driver's license"; "it was a process of trial and error"
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- Definition: 1. spur on; "His financial success encouraged him to look for a wife"
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- Definition: 1. the act of managing something; "he was given overall management of the program"; "is the direction of the economy a function of government?"
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- Definition: 1. a thing constructed; a complex entity constructed of many parts; "the structure consisted of a series of arches"; "she wore her hair in an amazing construction of whirls and ribbons"
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- Definition: 1. a final peremptory demand
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- Definition: 1. correct or appropriate behavior
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- Definition: 1. the act of distributing things into classes or categories of the same type
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- Definition: 1. the trait of being resolute; "his resoluteness carried him through the battle"; "it was his unshakeable resolution to finish the work"
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- Definition: 1. acquisition of property by descent or by will
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- Definition: 1. the act of preceding in time or order or rank (as in a ceremony)
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- Definition: 1. the quality of lacking diversity or variation (even to the point of boredom)
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- Definition: 1. harmonious arrangement or relation of parts or elements within a whole (as in a design); "in all perfectly beautiful objects there is found the opposition of one part to another and a reciprocal balance"- John Ruskin
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- Definition: 1. the act of governing; exercising authority; "regulations for the governing of state prisons"; "he had considerable experience of government"
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- Definition: 1. the act of punishing
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- Definition: 1. put a law into effect by formal declaration
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- Definition: 1. termination of a business operation by using its assets to discharge its liabilities
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- Definition: 1. a situation from which extrication is difficult especially an unpleasant or trying one; "finds himself in a most awkward predicament"; "the woeful plight of homeless people"
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- Definition: 1. (American football) the position of the football player in the backfield who directs the offensive play of his team; "quarterback is the most important position on the team"
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- Definition: 1. the activities of educating or instructing; activities that impart knowledge or skill; "he received no formal education"; "our instruction was carefully programmed"; "good classroom teaching is seldom rewarded"
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- Definition: 1. the act of arranging and adapting a piece of music
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- Definition: 1. the act of forming or establishing something; "the constitution of a PTA group last year"; "it was the establishment of his reputation"; "he still remembers the organization of the club"
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- Definition: 1. the imposition of order or discipline
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- Definition: 1. an authoritative declaration
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