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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: "/fɪrst/"

Part Of Speech: noun

Definition: The person or thing in the first position.

Example: He was the first to complete the course.

Definition: The first gear of an engine.

Definition: Something that has never happened before; a new occurrence.

Example: This is a first. For once he has nothing to say.

Definition: First base

Example: There was a close play at first.

Definition: A first-class honours degree.

Definition: A first-edition copy of some publication.

Definition: A fraction of an integer ending in one.

Example: one forty-first of the estate

Phonetic: "/fɪrst/"

Part Of Speech: adjective

Definition: Preceding all others of a series or kind; the ordinal of one; earliest.

Example: I was the first runner to reach the finish line, and won the race.

Definition: Most eminent or exalted; most excellent; chief; highest.

Example: Demosthenes was the first orator of Greece.

Phonetic: "/fɪrst/"

Part Of Speech: adverb

Definition: Before anything else; firstly.

Example: Clean the sink first, before you even think of starting to cook.

Definition: For the first time;

Example: I first witnessed a death when I was nine years old.

Phonetic: "/tɑem/"

Part Of Speech: noun

Definition: The inevitable progression into the future with the passing of present and past events.

Example: Time stops for nobody.   the ebb and flow of time

Definition: A duration of time.

Definition: An instant of time.

Definition: The measurement under some system of region of day or moment.

Example: Let's synchronize our watches so we're not on different time.

Definition: Ratio of comparison.

Example: your car runs three times faster than mine;  that is four times as heavy as this

Definition: (grammar) Tense.

Example: the time of a verb

Definition: The measured duration of sounds; measure; tempo; rate of movement; rhythmical division.

Example: common or triple time;   the musician keeps good time.

Phonetic: "/tɑem/"

Part Of Speech: verb

Definition: To measure or record the time, duration, or rate of.

Example: I used a stopwatch to time myself running around the block.

Definition: To choose when something begins or how long it lasts.

Example: The President timed his speech badly, coinciding with the Super Bowl.

Definition: To keep or beat time; to proceed or move in time.

Definition: To pass time; to delay.

Definition: To regulate as to time; to accompany, or agree with, in time of movement.

Definition: To measure, as in music or harmony.

Phonetic: "/tɑem/"

Part Of Speech: interjection

Definition: Reminder by the umpire for the players to continue playing after their pause.

Definition: The umpire's call in prizefights, etc.

Definition: A call by a bartender to warn patrons that the establishment is closing and no more drinks will be served.

Phonetic: "/ɪn/"

Part Of Speech: noun

Definition: A position of power or influence, or a way to get it.

Example: His parents got him an in with the company.

Definition: (chiefly in the plural) One who, or that which, is in; especially, one who is in office.

Definition: The state of a batter/batsman who is currently batting; see innings.

Definition: A re-entrant angle; a nook or corner.

Phonetic: "/ɪn/"

Part Of Speech: verb

Definition: To enclose.

Definition: To take in; to harvest.

Phonetic: "/ɪn/"

Part Of Speech: adjective

Definition: Located indoors, especially at home or at one's office or place of work.

Example: Is Mr. Smith in?

Definition: Located inside something.

Example: Little by little I pushed the snake into the basket, until finally all of it was in.

Definition: (of the ball or other playing implement) Falling or remaining within the bounds of the playing area.

Example: If the tennis ball bounces on the line then it's in.

Definition: Inserted or fitted into something.

Example: I've discovered why the TV wasn't working – the plug wasn't in!

Definition: Having been collected or received.

Example: The replies to the questionnaires are now all in.

Definition: In fashion; popular.

Example: Skirts are in this year.

Definition: Incoming.

Example: the in train

Definition: (of the sails of a vessel) Furled or stowed.

Definition: Of the tide, at or near its highest level.

Example: You can't get round the headland when the tide's in.

Definition: With privilege or possession; used to denote a holding, possession, or seisin.

Example: in by descent; in by purchase; in of the seisin of her husband

Definition: Currently batting.

Definition: Having familiarity or involvement with somebody.

Example: He is very in with the Joneses.

Definition: Having a favourable position, such as a position of influence or expected gain, in relation to another person.

Example: I think that bird fancies you. You're in there, mate!

Phonetic: "/ɪn/"

Part Of Speech: adverb

Definition: At or towards the interior of a defined space, such as a building or room.

Example: He ran to the edge of the swimming pool and dived in.

Definition: Towards the speaker or other reference point.

Example: For six hours the tide flows in, then for another six hours it flows out.

Definition: So as to be enclosed or surrounded by something.

Example: Bring the water to the boil and drop the vegetables in.

Definition: Still eligible to play, e.g. able to bat in cricket and baseball.

Example: He went for the wild toss but wasn't able to stay in.

Definition: After the beginning of something.

Example: The show still didn't become interesting 20 minutes in.

Definition: (in combination, after a verb) Denotes a gathering of people assembled for the stated activity, sometimes, though not always, suggesting a protest.

Phonetic: "/ɪn/"

Part Of Speech: preposition

Definition: Used to indicate location, inclusion, or position within spatial, temporal or other limits.

Definition: Into.

Example: Less water gets in your boots this way.

Definition: Used to indicate limit, qualification, condition, or circumstance.

Example: In replacing the faucet washers, he felt he was making his contribution to the environment.

Definition: Used to indicate means, medium, format, genre, or instrumentality.

Phonetic: "/æɪ/"

Part Of Speech: noun

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

Phonetic: "/ˈlɔːŋ/"

Part Of Speech: noun

Definition: A long vowel.

Definition: A long syllable.

Definition: A note formerly used in music, one half the length of a large, twice that of a breve.

Definition: A long integer variable, twice the size of an int, two or four times the size of a short, and half of a long long.

Definition: An entity with a long position in an asset.

Example: Every uptick made the longs cheer.

Definition: A long-term investment.

Definition: The long summer vacation at the English universities.

Phonetic: "/ˈlɔːŋ/"

Part Of Speech: verb

Definition: To take a long position in.

Phonetic: "/ˈlɔːŋ/"

Part Of Speech: adjective

Definition: Having much distance from one terminating point on an object or an area to another terminating point (usually applies to horizontal dimensions; see Usage Notes below).

Example: It's a long way from the Earth to the Moon.

Definition: Having great duration.

Example: The pyramids of Egypt have been around for a long time.

Definition: Seemingly lasting a lot of time, because it is boring or tedious or tiring.

Definition: Not short; tall.

Definition: Possessing or owning stocks, bonds, commodities or other financial instruments with the aim of benefiting of the expected rise in their value.

Example: I'm long in DuPont;  I have a long position in DuPont.

Definition: Of a fielding position, close to the boundary (or closer to the boundary than the equivalent short position).

Definition: (of a ball or a shot) Landing beyond the baseline, and therefore deemed to be out.

Example: That forehand is long.

Definition: Occurring or coming after an extended interval; distant in time; far away.

Phonetic: "/tɑem/"

Part Of Speech: noun

Definition: The inevitable progression into the future with the passing of present and past events.

Example: Time stops for nobody.   the ebb and flow of time

Definition: A duration of time.

Definition: An instant of time.

Definition: The measurement under some system of region of day or moment.

Example: Let's synchronize our watches so we're not on different time.

Definition: Ratio of comparison.

Example: your car runs three times faster than mine;  that is four times as heavy as this

Definition: (grammar) Tense.

Example: the time of a verb

Definition: The measured duration of sounds; measure; tempo; rate of movement; rhythmical division.

Example: common or triple time;   the musician keeps good time.

Phonetic: "/tɑem/"

Part Of Speech: verb

Definition: To measure or record the time, duration, or rate of.

Example: I used a stopwatch to time myself running around the block.

Definition: To choose when something begins or how long it lasts.

Example: The President timed his speech badly, coinciding with the Super Bowl.

Definition: To keep or beat time; to proceed or move in time.

Definition: To pass time; to delay.

Definition: To regulate as to time; to accompany, or agree with, in time of movement.

Definition: To measure, as in music or harmony.

Phonetic: "/tɑem/"

Part Of Speech: interjection

Definition: Reminder by the umpire for the players to continue playing after their pause.

Definition: The umpire's call in prizefights, etc.

Definition: A call by a bartender to warn patrons that the establishment is closing and no more drinks will be served.