Common English Words

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760	hour	©
1. n. A time period of sixty minutes; one twenty-fourth of a day.
I spent an hour at lunch.
2. n. A season, moment, time or stound.
3. n. (poetic) The time.
The hour grows late and I must go home.
761	interest	©
1. n. (finance) The price paid for obtaining, or price received for providing, money or goods in a credit transaction, calculated as a fraction of the amount or value of what was borrowed.
Our bank offers borrowers an annual interest of 5%.
2. n. A great attention and concern from someone or something; intellectual curiosity.
He has a lot of interest in vintage cars.
3. n. Attention that is given to or received from someone or something.
762	offer	©
1. n. A proposal that has been made.
What's in his offer?
2. n. Something put forth, bid, proffered or tendered.
His offer was $3.50 per share.
3. n. (legal) An invitation to enter into a binding contract communicated to another party which contains terms sufficiently definite to create an enforceable contract if the other party accepts the invitat
763	force	©
1. n. Strength or energy of body or mind; active power; vigour; might; capacity of exercising an influence or producing an effect.
the force of an appeal, an argument, or a contract
2. n. Power exerted against will or consent; compulsory power; violence; coercion.
3. n. Anything that is able to make a big change in a person or thing.
4. n. (physics) A physical quantity that denotes ability to push, pull, twist or accelerate a body which is measured in a unit dimensioned in mass × distance/time² (ML/T²): SI: newton (N); CGS: dyne (dyn)
764	thinks	©
1. v. third-person singular present indicative of think
2. n. plural of think
	think
1. v. To ponder, to go over in one's head.
2. v. (intransitive) To communicate to oneself in one's mind, to try to find a solution to a problem.
3. v. (intransitive) To conceive of something or someone (usually followed by of; infrequently, by on).
765	straight	©
1. adj. Not crooked or bent; having a constant direction throughout its length.
2. adj. Of a path, trajectory, etc.: direct, undeviating.
3. adj. Perfectly horizontal or vertical; not diagonal or oblique.
4. adj. (obsolete) Stretched out; fully extended.
5. adj. (obsolete, rare) Strait; narrow.
766	role	©
1. n. A character or part played by a performer or actor.
My neighbor was the lead role in last year's village play.
Her dream was to get a role in a Hollywood movie, no matter how small.
2. n. The expected behaviour of an individual in a society.
The role of women has changed significantly in the last century.
767	held	©
1. v. simple past tense and past participle of hold
	hold
1. v. To grasp or grip.
2. v. To contain or store.
3. v. To maintain or keep to a position or state.:
768	single	©
1. adj. Not accompanied by anything else; one in number.
Can you give me a single reason not to leave right now?
The vase contained a single long-stemmed rose.
2. adj. Not divided in parts.
The potatoes left the spoon and landed in a single big lump on the plate.
769	moves
1. n. plural of move
2. n. (pluralonly) A good ability to dance.
Check out the guy on the dancefloor, he's got seriously good moves.
3. v. third-person singular present indicative of move
	move
1. v. (intransitive) To change place or posture; to go, in any manner, from one place or position to another.
2. v. (intransitive) To act; to take action; to begin to act
770	they'll
1. contraction. they will
2. contraction. they shall
	they
1. pron. (the third-person plural) A group of people, animals, plants or objects previously mentioned.
2. pron. (the third-person singular, sometimes proscribed) A single person, previously mentioned, especially if of unknown or non-binary gender, but not if previously named and identified as male or female.
3. pron. (indefinite pronoun, vague meaning) People; some people; people in general; someone, excluding the speaker.
	will
1. v. (rare, transitive) To wish, desire (something).
2. v. (rare, intransitive) To wish or desire (that something happen); to intend (that).
3. v. (auxiliary) To habitually do (a given action).
4. v. (auxiliary) To choose to (do something), used to express intention but without any temporal connotations (+ bare infinitive).
771	sign
1. n. (sometimes also used uncountably) A visible indication.
Their angry expressions were a clear sign they didn't want to talk.
Those clouds show signs of raining soon.
Those clouds show little sign of raining soon.
Signs of disease are objective, whereas symptoms are subjective.
772	bag	©
1. n. A flexible container made of cloth, paper, plastic, etc.
2. n. (informal) A handbag
3. n. A suitcase.
4. n. A schoolbag, especially a backpack.
5. n. One’s preference.
773	continue	©
1. v. To proceed with (qual, doing an activity); to prolong qual, an activity.
Shall I continue speaking, or will you just interrupt me again?
Do you want me to continue to unload these?
2. v. To make last; to prolong.
3. v. To retain (qual, someone or something) in a given state, position, etc.
774	giving	©
1. v. present participle of give
These bright surfaces are sprayed with a fine spray of ink, thus giving them an even surface. - First Usenet use via Google Groups, fa.human-nets, 6 May 1981 0359-EDT, Gary Feldman at CMU-10A
2. adj. having the tendency to give; generous
To become like Christ involves everything else: becoming a loving and giving person, having confidence enabling you to be vulnerable (psychologically and physically; Jesus did both), having the
3. n. The act of bestowing as a gift; a conferring or imparting.
	give
1. v. (ditransitive) To move, shift, provide something abstract or concrete to someone or something or somewhere.
2. v. To transfer one's possession or holding of (something) to (someone).
775	happens	©
1. v. third-person singular present indicative of happen
	happen
1. v. (intransitive) To occur or take place.
2. v. (transitive, archaic) To happen to; to befall.
3. v. (intransitive or impersonal, with infinitive) To do or occur by chance or unexpectedly.
776	perfect	©
1. adj. Fitting its definition precisely.
a perfect circle
2. adj. Having all of its parts in harmony with a common purpose.
That bucket with the hole in the bottom is a poor bucket, but it is perfect for watering plants.
3. adj. Without fault or mistake; thoroughly skilled or talented.
777	touch
1. v. Primarily physical senses.
2. v. To make physical contact with; to bring the hand, finger or other part of the body into contact with.
I touched her face softly.
3. v. To come into (involuntary) contact with; to meet or intersect.
Sitting on the bench, the hem of her skirt touched the ground.
778	wearing	©
1. adj. intended to be worn
2. adj. causing tiredness
3. adj. causing erosion
4. n. The mechanical process of eroding or grinding.
5. n. The act by which something is worn.
	wear
1. v. To carry or have equipped on or about one's body, as an item of clothing, equipment, decoration, etc.
2. v. To have or carry on one's person habitually, consistently; or, to maintain in a particular fashion or manner.
3. v. To bear or display in one's aspect or appearance.
779	private	©
1. adj. Belonging to, concerning, or accessible only to an individual person or a specific group.
Her address is private; you can't have it.
private papers
2. adj. Not accessible by the public.
private property

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