1. prep. At the back of; positioned with something else in front of.
The car is behind the wall.
2. prep. To the back of.
3. prep. After, time- or motion-wise.
4. prep. responsible for
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idea
1. n. (philosophy) An abstract archetype of a given thing, compared to which real-life examples are seen as imperfect approximations; pure essence, as opposed to actual examples.
2. n. (obsolete) The conception of someone or something as representing a perfect example; an ideal.
3. n. (obsolete) The form or shape of something; a quintessential aspect or characteristic.
4. n. An image of an object that is formed in the mind or recalled by the memory.
The mere idea of you is enough to excite me.
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times
1. n. plural of time
2. n. The circumstances of a certain time.
Modern times are so very different from the past.
3. n. A person's experiences or biography.
The Life and Times of Rosie the Riveter.
time
1. n. The inevitable progression into the future with the passing of present events into the past.
2. n. (physics, usually) A dimension of spacetime with the opposite metric signature to space dimensions; the fourth dimension.
3. n. (physics) Change associated with the second law of thermodynamics; the physical and psychological result of increasing entropy.
4. n. (physics, mechanics) The turning effect of a force applied to a rotational system at a distance from the axis of rotation. Also called moment of force.
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music
1. n. A sound, or the study of such sounds, organized in time.
I keep listening to this music because it's a masterpiece.
2. n. (figuratively) Any pleasing or interesting sounds.
3. n. An art form, created by organizing of pitch, rhythm, and sounds made using musical instruments and sometimes singing.
4. n. A guide to playing or singing a particular tune; sheet music.
3. adj. Distinct, separate; used for emphasis after numbers and other determiners of quantity.
Several different scientists all reached this conclusion at about the same time.
4. adj. Unlike most others; unusual.
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son
1. n. One's male offspring.
Before the birth of the man's child, he said: "I want a son, not a daughter.".
2. n. A male adopted person in relation to his adoption parents.
3. n. A male person who has such a close relationship with an older or otherwise more authoritative person that he can be regarded as a son of the other person.
4. n. A male person considered to have been significantly shaped by some external influence.
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called
1. v. simple past tense and past participle of call
call
1. n. A telephone conversation.
2. n. A short visit, usually for social purposes.
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five
1. num. (cardinal) A numerical value equal to 5; the number following four and preceding six. This many dots: (•••••).
2. num. Describing a group or set with five elements.
3. adj. (figuratively) No longer part of the present situation.
Don't both trying to understand what Grandma says, she's gone.
go
1. v. To move:
2. v. (intransitive) To move through space (especially to or through a place). (May be used of tangible things like people or cars, or intangible things like
3. v. (intransitive) To move or travel through time (either literally—in a fictional or hypothetical situation in which time travel is possible—or in one's m
1. adj. Having a feeling arising from a consciousness of well-being or of enjoyment; enjoying good of any kind, such as comfort, peace, or tranquillity; blissful, contented, joyous.
Music makes me feel happy.
2. adj. Experiencing the effect of favourable fortune; favored by fortune or luck; fortunate, lucky, propitious.
3. adj. Content, satisfied (with or to do something); having no objection (to something).
Are you happy to pay me back by the end of the week?
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