rumi

Part Of Speech: noun

Definition: A common noun

Definition: An epithet

Part Of Speech: adjective

Definition: (grammar) of or pertaining to an appellative noun or common noun

Definition: Of or pertaining to ascribing names

Phonetic: "/ˈɡɪ.vən/"

Part Of Speech: verb

Definition: (ditransitive) To move, shift, provide something abstract or concrete to someone or something or somewhere.

Definition: (ditransitive) To estimate or predict (a duration or probability) for (something).

Example: I give it a 95% chance of success.

Definition: To yield slightly when a force is applied.

Definition: To collapse under pressure or force.

Example: One pillar gave, then more, and suddenly the whole floor pancaked onto the floor below.

Definition: To provide, as, a service or a broadcast.

Example: They're giving my favorite show!

Definition: To lead (onto or into).

Example: The master bedroom gives onto a spacious balcony.

Definition: To provide a view of.

Example: His window gave the park.

Definition: To exhibit as a product or result; to produce; to yield.

Example: The number of men, divided by the number of ships, gives four hundred to each ship.

Definition: To cause; to make; used with the infinitive.

Definition: To cause (someone) to have; produce in (someone); effectuate.

Definition: To allow or admit by way of supposition; to concede.

Example: He can be bad-tempered, I'll give you that, but he's a hard worker.

Definition: To attribute; to assign; to adjudge.

Definition: To communicate or announce (advice, tidings, etc.); to pronounce or utter (an opinion, a judgment, a shout, etc.).

Example: The umpire finally gave his decision: the ball was out.

Definition: To grant power or permission to; to allow.

Definition: To devote or apply (oneself).

Example: That boy is given to fits of bad temper.

Definition: To become soft or moist.

Definition: To shed tears; to weep.

Definition: To have a misgiving.

Definition: To be going on, to be occurring

Example: What gives?

Phonetic: "/ˈɡɪ.vən/"

Part Of Speech: noun

Definition: A condition that is assumed to be true without further evaluation.

Example: When evaluating this math problem, don't forget to read the givens.

Phonetic: "/ˈɡɪ.vən/"

Part Of Speech: adjective

Definition: Already arranged.

Definition: Currently discussed.

Definition: Particular, specific.

Example: No more than three people can be in that space at a given time.

Definition: Assumed as fact or hypothesis.

Example: Given that we will get the resources, what do we want to achieve?

Definition: (with to) Prone, disposed.

Example: He was given to taking a couple of glasses of port at his club.

Phonetic: "/ˈɡɪ.vən/"

Part Of Speech: preposition

Definition: Considering; taking into account.

Example: Given the current situation, I don't think that's possible.

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: "/ði/"

Part Of Speech: adverb

Definition: With a comparative or with more and a verb phrase, establishes a correlation with one or more other such comparatives.

Example: It looks weaker and weaker, the more I think about it.

Definition: With a comparative, and often with for it, indicates a result more like said comparative. This can be negated with none. See none the.

Example: I'm much the wiser for having had a difficult time like that.

Phonetic: "/baɪ/"

Part Of Speech: noun

Definition: A flying insect, of the clade Anthophila within the hymenopteran superfamily Apoidea, known for its organised societies (though only a minority have them), for collecting pollen and (in some species) producing wax and honey.

Phonetic: "/baɪ/"

Part Of Speech: noun

Definition: A contest, especially for spelling; see spelling bee.

Example: geography bee

Definition: A community gathering to share labour, e.g. a sewing bee or a quilting bee.

Phonetic: "/baɪ/"

Part Of Speech: noun

Definition: A ring or torque; a bracelet.

Phonetic: "/baɪ/"

Part Of Speech: noun

Definition: The name of the Latin-script letter B.

Phonetic: "/baɪ/"

Part Of Speech: noun

Definition: (usually in the plural) Any of the pieces of hard wood bolted to the sides of the bowsprit, to reeve the fore-topmast stays through.

Phonetic: "/baɪ/"

Part Of Speech: adjective

Definition: Out of the way, subsidiary.

Phonetic: "/baɪ/"

Part Of Speech: adverb

Definition: Along a path which runs past the speaker.

Example: I watched as it passed by.

Definition: In the vicinity, near.

Example: The shop is hard by the High Street.

Definition: To or at a place, as a residence or place of business.

Example: I'll stop by on my way home from work.

Definition: Aside, away.

Example: The women spent much time after harvest putting jams by for winter and spring.

Phonetic: "/baɪ/"

Part Of Speech: preposition

Definition: Near or next to.

Example: The mailbox is by the bus stop.

Definition: From one side of something to the other, passing close by; past.

Example: He ran straight by me.

Definition: Not later than (the given time); not later than the end of (the given time interval).

Example: Be back by ten o'clock!.

Definition: Indicates the person or thing that does or causes something: Through the action or presence of.

Definition: Indicates the creator of a work: Existing through the authorship etc. of.

Example: There are many well-known plays by William Shakespeare

Definition: Indicates a means of achieving something: Involving/using the means of.

Example: By 'maybe' she means 'no'.

Definition: Indicates an authority according to which something is done.

Example: By the power vested in me, I now pronounce you man and wife.

Definition: Indicates a means of classification or organisation.

Example: I sorted the items by category.

Definition: Indicates the amount of change, difference or discrepancy

Example: His date of birth was wrong by ten years.

Definition: In the formulae X by X and by Xs, indicates a steady progression, one X after another.

Example: We crawled forward by inches.

Definition: Indicates a referenced source: According to.

Example: By my reckoning, we should be nearly there.

Definition: Used to separate dimensions when describing the size of something.

Example: It is easy to invert a 2-by-2 matrix.

Definition: (horse breeding) Designates a horse's male parent (sire); cf. out of.

Example: She's a lovely little filly, by Big Lad, out of Damsel in Distress.

Phonetic: "/baɪ/"

Part Of Speech: noun

Definition: The position of a person or team in a tournament or competition who draws no opponent in a particular round so advances to the next round unopposed, or is awarded points for a win in a league table; also the phantom opponent of such a person or team.

Example: Craig's Crew plays the bye next week.

Definition: An extra scored when the batsmen take runs after the ball has passed the striker without hitting either the bat or the batsman.

Definition: A dwelling.

Definition: A thing not directly aimed at; something which is a secondary object of regard; an object by the way, etc.

Definition: A pass.

Phonetic: "/baɪ/"

Part Of Speech: interjection

Definition: Goodbye.

Phonetic: "/ði/"

Part Of Speech: adverb

Definition: With a comparative or with more and a verb phrase, establishes a correlation with one or more other such comparatives.

Example: It looks weaker and weaker, the more I think about it.

Definition: With a comparative, and often with for it, indicates a result more like said comparative. This can be negated with none. See none the.

Example: I'm much the wiser for having had a difficult time like that.

Part Of Speech: noun

Definition: An extensive waste covered with patches of heath, and having a poor, light soil, but sometimes marshy, and abounding in peat; a heath

Example: A cold, biting wind blew across the moor, and the travellers hastened their step.

Definition: A game preserve consisting of moorland.

Part Of Speech: verb

Definition: To cast anchor or become fastened.

Definition: To fix or secure (e.g. a vessel) in a particular place by casting anchor, or by fastening with ropes, cables or chains or the like

Example: the vessel was moored in the stream

Definition: To secure or fix firmly.