Common English Words

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1380	production	©
1. n. The act of producing, making or creating something.
The widget making machine is being used for production now.
2. n. The act of bringing something forward, out etc. for use or consideration.
3. n. The act of being produced.
The widgets are coming out of production now.
1381	workers	©
1. n. plural of worker
	worker
1. n. A person who performs labor for a living, especially manual labor.
2. n. A nonreproductive social insect, such as ant, bee, termite, or wasp.
3. n. (rare) A female ant, bee, termite or wasp.
4. n. (computing) A thread performing one instance of a particular task within a program.
1382	bright	©
1. adj. Visually dazzling; luminous, lucent, clear, radiant; not dark.
Could you please dim the light? It's far too bright.
2. adj. Having a clear, quick intellect; intelligent.
He's very bright. He was able to solve the problem without my help.
3. adj. Vivid, colourful, brilliant.
1383	helping
1. n. A portion or serving, especially of food that one takes for oneself, or to which one helps oneself.
She eagerly took a second helping of ice cream.
2. n. (figurative) An amount or quantity
3. v. present participle of help
	help
1. n. Action given to provide assistance; aid.
2. n. (usually) Something or someone which provides assistance with a task.
1384	suit	©
1. n. A set of clothes to be worn together, now especially a man's matching jacket and trousers (also business suit or lounge suit), or a similar outfit for a woman.
Nick hired a navy-blue suit for the wedding.
2. n. (by extension) A single garment that covers the whole body: space suit, boiler suit, protective suit.
3. n. (pejorative, slang) A person who wears matching jacket and trousers, especially a boss or a supervisor.
Be sure to keep your nose to the grindstone today; the suits are making a "surprise" visit to this department.
1385	laughs	©
1. n. plural of laugh
2. v. third-person singular present indicative of laugh
	laugh
1. n. An expression of mirth particular to the human species; the sound heard in laughing; laughter.
2. n. Something that provokes mirth or scorn.
3. n. (NZ) A fun person.
4. v. (intransitive) To show mirth, satisfaction, or derision, by peculiar movement of the muscles of the face, particularly of the mouth, causing a lighting up of the face and eyes, and usually accompanied
5. v. (intransitive, obsolete, figuratively) To be or appear cheerful, pleasant, mirthful, lively, or brilliant; to sparkle; to sport.
1386	direction	©
1. n. A theoretical line (physically or mentally) followed from a point of origin or towards a destination. May be relative (e.g. up, left, outbound, dorsal), geographical (e.g. north), rotational (e.g. clo
Keep going in the same direction.
2. n. A general trend for future action.
3. n. Guidance, instruction.
The trombonist looked to the bandleader for direction.
1387	criminal	©
1. adj. Against the law; forbidden by law.
2. adj. Guilty of breaking the law.
3. adj. Of or relating to crime or penal law.
His long criminal record suggests that he is a dangerous man.
4. adj. (figuratively) Abhorrent or very undesirable.
1388	jobs
1. n. plural of job
2. v. third-person singular present indicative of job
	job
1. n. A task.
2. n. An economic role for which a person is paid.
1389	response	©
1. n. An answer or reply, or something in the nature of an answer or reply.
2. n. The act of responding or replying; reply: as, to speak in response to a question.
3. n. An oracular answer.
4. n. (liturgics) A verse, sentence, phrase, or word said or sung by the choir or congregation in sequence or reply to the priest or officiant.
5. n. (liturgics) A versicle or anthem said or sung during or after a lection; a respond or responsory.
1390	results	©
1. n. plural of result
2. v. third-person singular present indicative of result
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	result
1. v. To proceed, spring up or rise, as a consequence, from facts, arguments, premises, combination of circumstances, consultation, thought or endeavor.
2. v. (intransitive, follwed by "in") To have as a consequence; to lead to; to bring about
3. v. (legal) To return to the proprietor (or heirs) after a reversion.
4. v. (obsolete) To leap back; to rebound.
1391	actor
1. n. A person who performs in a theatrical play or film.
2. n. One who acts; a doer.
3. n. One who takes part in a situation.
4. n. (legal) An advocate or proctor in civil courts or causes.
5. n. (legal) One who institutes a suit; plaintiff or complainant.
1392	returned	©
1. v. simple past tense and past participle of return
	return
1. v. (intransitive) To come or go back (to a place or person).
2. v. (intransitive) To go back in thought, narration, or argument.
3. v. (intransitive, obsolete) To turn back, retreat.
1393	waste	©
1. n. Excess of material, useless by-products or damaged, unsaleable products; garbage; rubbish.
2. n. Excrement or urine.
The cage was littered with animal waste
3. n. A waste land; an uninhabited desolate region; a wilderness or desert.
4. n. A place that has been laid waste or destroyed.
1394	opinion	©
1. n. A subjective belief, judgment or perspective that a person has formed about a topic, issue, person or thing.
I would like to know your opinions on the new filing system.
In my opinion, white chocolate is better than milk chocolate.
Every man is a fool in some man's opinion.
2. n. The judgment or sentiment which the mind forms of persons or things; estimation.
1395	throughout	©
1. prep. In every part of; all through.
2. adv. (obsolete) Completely through, right the way through.
3. adv. In every part; everywhere.
4. adv. During an entire period of time, the whole time.
1396	blow	©
1. adj. (now chiefly dialectal Northern England) Blue.
2. v. (intransitive) To produce an air current.
3. v. To propel by an air current.
Blow the dust off that book and open it up.
4. v. (intransitive) To be propelled by an air current.
1397	sleeping
1. v. present participle of sleep
2. adj. Asleep.
3. adj. Used for sleep; used to produce sleep.
4. n. The state of being asleep, or an instance of this.
	sleep
1. v. (intransitive) To rest in a state of reduced consciousness.
2. v. (intransitive, of a spinning top or yo-yo) To spin on its axis with no other perceptible motion.
3. v. To cause (a spinning top or yo-yo) to spin on its axis with no other perceptible motion.
1398	cabinet	©
1. n. A storage closet either separate from, or built into, a wall.
2. n. A cupboard.
3. n. The upright assembly that houses a coin-operated arcade game.
4. n. (historical) A size of photograph, specifically one measuring 3⅞" by 5½".
5. n. A group of advisors to a government or business entity.
1399	greatest
1. adj. superlative form of great: most great

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