finolis

Phonetic: "/əˈluːdɪŋ/"

Part Of Speech: verb

Definition: To refer to something indirectly or by suggestion.

Phonetic: "/tʉː/"

Part Of Speech: adverb

Definition: Toward a closed, touching or engaging position.

Example: Please push the door to.

Definition: Into the wind.

Phonetic: "/tʉː/"

Part Of Speech: preposition

Definition: Indicating destination: In the direction of, and arriving at.

Example: We are walking to the shop.

Definition: Used to indicate the target or recipient of an action.

Example: He devoted himself to education.

Definition: Used to indicate result of action.

Example: His face was beaten to a pulp.

Definition: Used to indicate a resulting feeling or emotion.

Example: To everyone's great relief, the tuneless carol singers finally ceased their warbling.

Definition: Used after an adjective to indicate its application.

Example: similar to ..., relevant to ..., pertinent to ..., I was nice to him, he was cruel to her, I am used to walking.

Definition: Denotes the end of a range.

Example: It takes 2 to 4 weeks to process typical applications.

Definition: As a.

Example: With God to friend (with God as a friend);   with The Devil to fiend (with the Devil as a foe);   lambs slaughtered to lake (lambs slaughtered as a sacrifice);   took her to wife (took her as a wife);   was sold to slave (was sold as a slave).

Definition: Used to indicate a ratio or comparison.

Example: I have ten dollars to your four.

Definition: Used to indicate that the preceding term is to be raised to the power of the following value; indicates exponentiation.

Example: Three squared or three to the second power is nine.

Definition: (time) Preceding.

Example: ten to ten = 9:50; We're going to leave at ten to (the hour).

Definition: Used to describe what something consists of or contains.

Example: Anyone could do this job; there's nothing to it.

Definition: At.

Example: Stay where you're to and I'll come find you, b'y.

Phonetic: "/æɪ/"

Part Of Speech: noun

Definition: The name of the Latin script letter A/a.

Phonetic: "/ˈpɜːsən/"

Part Of Speech: noun

Definition: An individual; usually a human being.

Example: Each person is unique, both mentally and physically.

Definition: The physical body of a being seen as distinct from the mind, character, etc.

Definition: Any individual or formal organization with standing before the courts.

Example: At common law a corporation or a trust is legally a person.

Definition: The human genitalia; specifically, the penis.

Definition: (grammar) A linguistic category used to distinguish between the speaker of an utterance and those to whom or about whom he or she is speaking. See grammatical person.

Definition: A shoot or bud of a plant; a polyp or zooid of the compound Hydrozoa, Anthozoa, etc.; also, an individual, in the narrowest sense, among the higher animals.

Phonetic: "/ˈpɜːsən/"

Part Of Speech: verb

Definition: To represent as a person; to personify; to impersonate.

Definition: (gender-neutral) To man.

Phonetic: "/huː/"

Part Of Speech: noun

Definition: A person under discussion; a question of which person.

Phonetic: "/huː/"

Part Of Speech: pronoun

Definition: (interrogative) What person or people; which person or people; asks for the identity of someone. (used in a direct or indirect question)

Example: I don't know who it is. (indirect question)

Definition: (interrogative) What is one's position; asks whether someone deserves to say or do something.

Example: I don't like what you did, but who am I to criticize you? I've done worse.

Definition: (relative) The person or people that.

Definition: (relative) Whoever, he who, they who.

Example: It was a nice man who helped us.

Part Of Speech: verb

Definition: To influence or alter.

Example: The experience affected me deeply.

Definition: To move to emotion.

Example: He was deeply affected by the tragic ending of the play.

Definition: Of an illness or condition, to infect or harm (a part of the body).

Example: Hepatitis affects the liver.

Definition: To dispose or incline.

Definition: To tend to by affinity or disposition.

Definition: To assign; to appoint.

Part Of Speech: verb

Definition: To make a show of; to put on a pretense of; to feign; to assume. To make a false display of.

Example: He managed to affect a smile despite feeling quite miserable.

Definition: To aim for, to try to obtain.

Definition: To feel affection for (someone); to like, be fond of.

Definition: To show a fondness for (something); to choose.

Part Of Speech: noun

Definition: One's mood or inclination; mental state.

Definition: A desire, an appetite.

Definition: A subjective feeling experienced in response to a thought or other stimulus; mood, emotion, especially as demonstrated in external physical signs.

Phonetic: "/ɛɡ-/"

Part Of Speech: verb

Definition: To overstate, to describe more than is fact.

Example: He said he'd slept with hundreds of girls, but I know he's exaggerating. The real number is about ten.

Phonetic: "/ɛɡ-/"

Part Of Speech: adjective

Definition: That has been described as greater than it actually is; abnormally increased or enlarged.

Phonetic: "/ˈkɜːtəsi/"

Part Of Speech: noun

Definition: Polite behavior.

Example: He was always known for his grace, kindness, and courtesy to people of every rank.

Definition: A polite gesture or remark, especially as opposed to an obligation or standard practice.

Example: I offered them a ride simply as a courtesy.

Definition: Consent or agreement in spite of fact; indulgence.

Example: They call this pond a lake by courtesy only.

Definition: Willingness or generosity in providing something needed.

Example: They received free advertising through the courtesy of the local newspaper.

Definition: A curtsey.

Definition: The life interest that the surviving husband has in the real or heritable estate of his wife.

Phonetic: "/ˈkɜːtəsi/"

Part Of Speech: adjective

Definition: Given or done as a polite gesture.

Example: We paid a courtesy visit to the new neighbors.

Definition: Supplied free of charge.

Example: The event planners offered courtesy tickets for the reporters.

Phonetic: "/ˈkɜːtəsi/"

Part Of Speech: verb

Definition: To make a curtsey.

Example: The hotel's staff variously curtsied, nodded, and bowed to the owner as she passed.