Common English Words

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1400	ended	©
1. v. simple past tense and past participle of end
2. adj. (in combination) Having (a specified kind or number of) ends.
	end
1. n. The terminal point of something in space or time.
2. n. (by extension) (euphemistic) The cessation of an effort, activity, state, or motion.
1401	purpose	©
1. n. An object to be reached; a target; an aim; a goal.
2. n. A result that is desired; an intention.
3. n. The act of intending to do something; resolution; determination.
4. n. The subject of discourse; the point at issue.
5. n. The reason for which something is done, or the reason it is done in a particular way.
1402	concern	©
1. n. That which affects one’s welfare or happiness. A matter of interest to someone. The adposition before the matter of interest is usually over, about or for.
Mark’s health was of great concern to Connie.
Most people in Australia have no concern for the recent events in London.
Judy's eyes filled with concern as she listened to the news report.
2. n. The expression of solicitude, anxiety, or compassion toward a thing or person.
1403	stood	©
1. v. simple past tense and past participle of stand
There was a bloke stood next to me wearing nothing but sandals.
	stand
1. v. To position or be positioned physically.:
2. v. (intransitive) To support oneself on the feet in an erect position.
3. v. (intransitive) To rise to one’s feet; to stand up.
1404	build	©
1. v. To form (something) by combining materials or parts.
2. v. To develop or give form to (something) according to a plan or process.
3. v. To increase or strengthen (something) by adding gradually to.
4. v. To establish a basis for (something).
5. v. (intransitive) To form by combining materials or parts.
1405	add	©
1. v. To join or unite (e.g. one thing to another, or as several particulars) so as to increase the number, augment the quantity or enlarge the magnitude, or so as to form into one aggregate.
2. v. To sum up; to put together mentally.
to add numbers
3. v. To combine elements of (something) into one quantity.
to add a column of numbers
1406	appreciate
1. v. To be grateful or thankful for.
I appreciate your efforts
2. v. To view as valuable.
You must learn to appreciate time
3. v. To be fully conscious of; understand; be aware of; detect.
1407	planned	©
1. v. simple past tense and past participle of plan
2. adj. Existing or designed according to a plan.
3. adj. at or through the planning stage, but not yet implemented or started.
	plan
1. n. A drawing showing technical details of a building, machine, etc., with unwanted details omitted, and often using symbols rather than detailed drawing to represent doors, valves, etc.
2. n. A set of intended actions, usually mutually related, through which one expects to achieve a goal.
3. n. A two-dimensional drawing of a building as seen from above with obscuring or irrelevant details such as roof removed, or of a floor of a building, revealing the internal layout; as distinct from the e
1408	responsibility	©
1. n. The state of being responsible, ac, or answerable.
Responsibility is a heavy burden.
2. n. A duty, obligation or liability for which someone is held ac.
Why didn't you clean the house? That was your responsibility!
The responsibility of the great states is to serve and not to dominate the world - Harry S. Truman
1409	search	©
1. n. An attempt to find something.
With only five minutes until we were meant to leave, the search for the keys started in earnest.
2. n. The act of searching in general.
Search is a hard problem for computers to solve efficiently.
3. v. To look in (a place) for something.
1410	claimed	©
1. v. simple past tense and past participle of claim
	claim
1. n. A demand of ownership made for something (e.g. claim ownership, claim victory).
2. n. A new statement of something one believes to be the truth, usually when the statement has yet to be verified or without valid evidence provided.
3. n. A demand of ownership for previously unowned land (e.g. in the gold rush, oil rush)
4. n. (legal) A legal demand for compensation or damages.
5. v. To demand ownership of.
1411	lawyer
1. n. A professional person qualified (as by a law degree and/or bar exam) and authorized to practice law, i.e. conduct lawsuits and/or give legal advice.
2. n. By extension, a legal layman who argues points of law.
3. n. (colloquial, UK) The burbot
4. v. (informal, intransitive) To practice law.
5. v. (intransitive) To perform, or attempt to perform, the work of a lawyer.
1412	gotten	©
1. v. (now mostly, North America, Irish, Northern British) past participle of get
2. adj. (mostly in combination) obtained, acquired
	get
1. v. (ditransitive) To obtain; to acquire.
2. v. To receive.
1413	central	©
1. adj. Being in the centre.
2. adj. Having or containing the centre of something.
3. adj. Being very important, or key to something.
Synonyms: dominant, main, principal
4. adj. (anatomy) Exerting its action towards the peripheral organs.
1414	treat	©
1. v. (intransitive) To negotiate, discuss terms, bargain (for or with).
2. v. (intransitive) To discourse; to handle a subject in writing or speaking; to conduct a discussion.
Cicero's writing treats mainly of old age and personal duty.
3. v. To discourse on; to represent or deal with in a particular way, in writing or speaking.
The article treated feminism as a quintessentially modern movement.
1415	faces	©
1. n. plural of face
2. v. third-person singular present indicative of face
	face
1. n. (anatomy) The front part of the head, featuring the eyes, nose, and mouth and the surrounding area.
2. n. One's facial expression.
3. n. The public image; outward appearance.
1416	bother	©
1. v. To annoy, to disturb, to irritate.
Would it bother you if I smoked?
2. v. (intransitive) To feel care or anxiety; to make or take trouble; to be troublesome.
Why do I even bother to try?
3. v. (intransitive) To do something which is of negligible inconvenience.
1417	she'd
1. contraction. She had.
2. contraction. She would.
	she
1. pron. (personal) The female person or animal previously mentioned or implied.
2. pron. (personal, sometimes affectionate) A ship or boat.
	would
1. v. As a past-tense form of will.:
2. v. (obsolete) Wished, desired (something).
3. v. (archaic) Wanted to ( + bare infinitive).
4. v. Used to; was or were habitually accustomed to ( + bare infinitive); indicating an action in the past that happened repeatedly or commonly.
5. v. Used with bare infinitive to form the "anterior future", indicating a futurity relative to a past time.
	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).
1418	violence	©
1. n. Extreme force.
The violence of the storm, fortunately, was more awesome than destructive.
2. n. Action which causes destruction, pain, or suffering.
We try to avoid violence in resolving conflicts.
3. n. Widespread fighting.
1419	skin
1. n. The outer protective layer of the body of any animal, including of a human.
He is so disgusting he makes my skin crawl.
2. n. The outer protective layer of the fruit of a plant.
3. n. The skin and fur of an individual animal used by humans for clothing, upholstery, etc.
4. n. A congealed layer on the surface of a liquid.

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