omisa

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 possess, own.

Example: I have a house and a car.

Definition: To hold, as something at someone's disposal.

Example: Do you have the key? (not necessarily one's own key)

Definition: Used to state the existence or presence of someone in a specified relationship with the subject.

Example: I have a really mean boss.

Definition: To partake of (a particular substance, especially food or drink, or action or activity).

Example: Can I have a look at that?

Definition: To be scheduled to attend, undertake or participate in.

Example: Fred won't be able to come to the party; he has a meeting that day.

Definition: To experience, go through, undergo.

Example: He had surgery on his hip yesterday.

Definition: To be afflicted with, suffer from.

Example: He had a cold last week.

Definition: (auxiliary verb, taking a past participle) Used in forming the perfect aspect.

Example: I had already eaten.

Definition: Used as an interrogative verb before a pronoun to form a tag question, echoing a previous use of 'have' as an auxiliary verb or, in certain cases, main verb. (For further discussion, see the appendix English tag questions.)

Example: They haven't eaten dinner yet, have they?

Definition: (auxiliary verb, taking a to-infinitive) See have to.

Example: I have to go.

Definition: To give birth to.

Example: My mother had me when she was 25.

Definition: To engage in sexual intercourse with.

Example: He's always bragging about how many women he's had.

Definition: To accept as a romantic partner.

Example: Despite my protestations of love, she would not have me.

Definition: (transitive with bare infinitive) To cause to, by a command, request or invitation.

Example: They had me feed their dog while they were out of town.

Definition: (transitive with adjective or adjective-phrase complement) To cause to be.

Example: He had him arrested for trespassing.

Definition: (transitive with bare infinitive) To be affected by an occurrence. (Used in supplying a topic that is not a verb argument.)

Example: I've had three people today tell me my hair looks nice.

Definition: (transitive with adjective or adjective-phrase complement) To depict as being.

Example: Their stories differed; he said he'd been at work when the incident occurred, but her statement had him at home that entire evening.

Definition: To defeat in a fight; take.

Example: I could have him!

Definition: (obsolete outside Ireland) To be able to speak (a language).

Example: I have no German.

Definition: To feel or be (especially painfully) aware of.

Example: Dan certainly has arms today, probably from scraping paint off four columns the day before.

Definition: To trick, to deceive.

Example: You had me alright! I never would have thought that was just a joke.

Definition: (often with present participle) To allow; to tolerate.

Example: I asked my dad if I could go to the concert this Thursday, but he wouldn't have it since it's a school night.

Definition: (often used in the negative) To believe, buy, be taken in by.

Example: I made up an excuse as to why I was out so late, but my wife wasn't having any of it.

Definition: To host someone; to take in as a guest.

Example: Thank you for having me!

Definition: To get a reading, measurement, or result from an instrument or calculation.

Example: I have two contacts on my scope.

Definition: (of a jury) To consider a court proceeding that has been completed; to begin deliberations on a case.

Example: We'll schedule closing arguments for Thursday, and the jury will have the case by that afternoon.

Definition: To make an observation of (a bird species).

Phonetic: "/nɒt/"

Part Of Speech: noun

Definition: A unary operation on logical values that changes true to false, and false to true.

Phonetic: "/nɒt/"

Part Of Speech: adverb

Definition: Negates the meaning of the modified verb.

Example: Did you take out the trash? No, I did not.

Definition: To no degree.

Example: It's not you, it's me.

Definition: (understatement, litotes) Used to modify superlatives to indicate the opposite or near opposite, often in a form of understatement.

Example: It was not my favorite movie of all time.

Phonetic: "/nɒt/"

Part Of Speech: conjunction

Definition: And not.

Example: He painted the car blue and black, not solid purple.

Phonetic: "/nɒt/"

Part Of Speech: interjection

Definition: (1990s) Used to indicate that the previous phrase was meant sarcastically or ironically.

Example: I really like hanging out with my little brother watching Barney... not!

Phonetic: "/saɪnd/"

Part Of Speech: verb

Definition: To make a mark

Definition: To make the sign of the cross

Definition: To indicate

Phonetic: "/saɪnd/"

Part Of Speech: adjective

Definition: Having a signature; endorsed.

Example: The signed check could be cashed.

Definition: Having both positive and negative varieties.

Example: It wasn't until they tried to subtract 3 from 1 that the elementary school students realized they needed signed numbers.

Definition: (of a road, route) Furnished with signs and signposts; signposted.

Phonetic: "/ap/"

Part Of Speech: noun

Definition: The direction opposed to the pull of gravity.

Example: Up is a good way to go.

Definition: A positive thing.

Example: I hate almost everything about my job. The only up is that it's so close to home.

Definition: An upstairs room of a two story house.

Example: She lives in a two-up two-down.

Phonetic: "/ap/"

Part Of Speech: verb

Definition: To increase or raise.

Example: If we up the volume, we may be able to hear what he says.

Definition: To promote.

Example: It wasn’t long before they upped him to Vice President.

Definition: (usually in combination with another verb) To act suddenly.

Example: He just upped and quit.

Definition: To ascend; to climb up.

Definition: To upload.

Example: 100 new apps and games have just been upped.

Phonetic: "/ap/"

Part Of Speech: adjective

Definition: Facing upwards.

Example: Put the notebook face up on the table.

Definition: On or at a physically higher level.

Example: The flood waters are up again across large areas of the country.

Definition: Headed, or designated to go, upward, as an escalator, stairway, elevator etc.

Example: Where is the up escalator?

Definition: Fitted or fixed at a high or relatively high position, especially on a wall or ceiling.

Example: The Christmas decorations are up.

Definition: Aloft.

Example: The kite is up!

Definition: Raised; lifted.

Example: Don't go into the living room just now – I've got the carpet up.

Definition: Built, constructed.

Example: Are the new buildings up yet?

Definition: Standing.

Example: The audience were up and on their feet.

Definition: Awake and out of bed.

Example: I can’t believe it’s 3 a.m. and you’re still up.

Definition: Riding the horse; mounted.

Definition: (of the sun or moon) Above the horizon, in the sky.

Example: It'll get warmer once the sun's up.

Definition: Larger; greater in quantity, volume, value etc.

Example: My temperature is up this morning.

Definition: Indicating a larger or higher quantity.

Example: The barometer is up, so fine weather should be on the way.

Definition: Ahead; leading; winning.

Example: The home team were up by two goals at half-time.

Definition: Available; made public; posted.

Example: Is your new video up yet? I looked on the website, but I couldn't find it.

Definition: Finished, to an end

Example: Her contract is up next month, so it's time to negotiate another one.

Definition: In a good mood.

Example: I’m feeling up today.

Definition: (usually in the phrase up for) Willing; ready.

Example: If you are up for a trip, let’s go.

Definition: Next in a sequence.

Example: Smith is up to bat.

Definition: (not used attributively) Happening; new; of concern. See also what's up with.

Example: What is up with that project at headquarters?

Definition: (postnominal) Said of the higher-ranking pair in a two pair.

Example: AAKK = aces up

Definition: Well-informed; current.

Example: I’m not up on the latest news. What’s going on?

Definition: Functional; working.

Example: Is the server back up?

Definition: (of a railway line or train) Traveling towards a major terminus.

Example: The London train is on the up line.

Definition: (bartending) Chilled and served without ice.

Example: A Cosmopolitan is typically served up.

Definition: Erect.

Definition: (graffiti) well-known; renowned

Phonetic: "/ap/"

Part Of Speech: adverb

Definition: Away from the surface of the Earth or other planet; in opposite direction to the downward pull of gravity.

Example: I looked up and saw the airplane overhead.

Definition: To or at a physically higher or more elevated position.

Example: All day we climbed up and up.

Definition: To a higher level of some quantity or notional quantity, such as price, volume, pitch, happiness, etc.

Example: Cheer up, the weekend's almost here.

Definition: To or in a position of equal advance or equality; not short of, back of, less advanced than, away from, etc.; usually followed by to or with.

Example: A stranger came up and asked me for directions.

Definition: (intensifier) Used as an aspect marker to indicate a completed action or state; thoroughly, completely.

Example: Can you sum up your research?

Definition: To or from one's possession or consideration.

Example: I picked up some milk on the way home.

Definition: North.

Example: I live in Florida, but I'm going up to New York to visit my family this weekend.

Definition: Towards or at a central place, or any place that is visualised as 'up' by virtue of local features or local convention, or arbitrarily, irrespective of direction or elevation change.

Example: He lives up by the railway station.

Definition: Towards the principal terminus, towards milepost zero.

Definition: Aside, so as not to be in use.

Example: to lay up riches; put up your weapons

Definition: Against the wind or current.

Definition: (Cartesian graph) In a positive vertical direction.

Definition: Relatively close to the batsman.

Example: The bowler pitched the ball up.

Definition: (bartending) Without additional ice.

Example: Would you like that drink up or on ice?

Definition: (academia) To university, especially to Cambridge or Oxford.

Example: She's going up to read Classics this September.

Phonetic: "/ap/"

Part Of Speech: preposition

Definition: Toward the top of.

Example: The cat climbed up the tree.

Definition: Toward the center, source, or main point of reference; toward the end at which something is attached.

Example: I felt something crawling up my arm.

Definition: From south to north of.

Example: We sailed up the East Coast of England from Ipswich to South Shields.

Definition: Further along (in any direction).

Example: Go up the street until you see the sign.

Definition: From the mouth towards the source of (a river or waterway).

Example: He led an expedition up the Amazon.

Definition: Of a man: having sex with.

Example: Phwoar, look at that bird. I'd love to be up her.

Definition: At (a given place, especially one imagined to be higher or more distant from a central location).

Example: I'll see you later up the snooker club.

Phonetic: "/ˈmɪl.ɪ.tɹi/"

Part Of Speech: noun

Definition: Armed forces.

Example: He spent six years in the military.

Phonetic: "/ˈmɪl.ɪ.tɹi/"

Part Of Speech: adjective

Definition: Characteristic of members of the armed forces.

Example: She was dishonorably discharged from all military duties.

Definition: Relating to armed forces such as the army, marines, navy and air force (often as distinguished from civilians or police forces).

Example: If you join a military force, you may end up killing people.

Definition: Relating to war.

Definition: Relating to armies or ground forces.

Phonetic: "/ˈsɜːvɪs/"

Part Of Speech: noun

Definition: An act of being of assistance to someone.

Example: I say I did him a service by ending our relationship – now he can freely pursue his career.

Definition: The practice of providing such a service as economic activity.

Example: Hair care is a service industry.

Definition: A department in a company, an organization, a government department, etc.

Definition: A function that is provided by one program or machine for another.

Example: This machine provides the name service for the LAN.

Definition: The state of being subordinate to or employed by an individual or group

Example: Lancelot was at the service of King Arthur.

Definition: The military.

Example: I did three years in the service before coming here.

Definition: A set of dishes or utensils.

Example: She brought out the silver tea service.

Definition: The act of initially starting, or serving, the ball in play in tennis, volleyball, and other games.

Example: The player had four service faults in the set.

Definition: A religious rite or ritual.

Example: The funeral service was touching.

Definition: The serving, or delivery, of a summons or writ.

Example: The service happened yesterday.

Definition: (Israel, West Bank, also in Jordan, Lebanon and Syria) A taxi shared among unrelated passengers, each of whom pays part of the fare; often, it has a fixed route between cities.

Definition: A musical composition for use in churches.

Definition: Profession of respect; acknowledgment of duty owed.

Definition: The materials used for serving a rope, etc., such as spun yarn and small lines.

Phonetic: "/ˈsɜːvɪs/"

Part Of Speech: verb

Definition: To serve.

Example: They service the customer base.

Definition: To perform maintenance.

Example: He is going to service the car.

Definition: To inseminate through sexual intercourse

Definition: To perform a sexual act.

Example: He was going to service her.