Helen Fenton

Apartment: Definition and part of speech

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Apartment

  1. n. A compartment.
  2. n. A room in a building; a division in a house, separated from others by partitions.
  3. n. A set or suite of rooms.

The word meanings were obtained from OPTED(The Online Plain Text English Dictionary), which is based on “The Project Gutenberg Etext of Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary” which is in turn based on the 1913 US Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary (See Project Gutenburg), as a text file.

Apastron: Definition and part of speech

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Apastron

  1. n. That point in the orbit of a double star where the smaller star is farthest from its primary.

The word meanings were obtained from OPTED(The Online Plain Text English Dictionary), which is based on “The Project Gutenberg Etext of Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary” which is in turn based on the 1913 US Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary (See Project Gutenburg), as a text file.

Anxiety: Definition and part of speech

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Anxiety

  1. n. A state of restlessness and agitation, often with general indisposition and a distressing sense of oppression at the epigastrium.
  2. n. Concern or solicitude respecting some thing or event, future or uncertain, which disturbs the mind, and keeps it in a state of painful uneasiness.
  3. n. Eager desire.

The word meanings were obtained from OPTED(The Online Plain Text English Dictionary), which is based on “The Project Gutenberg Etext of Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary” which is in turn based on the 1913 US Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary (See Project Gutenburg), as a text file.

Anxious: Definition and part of speech

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Anxious

  1. a. Earnestly desirous; as, anxious to please.
  2. a. Full of anxiety or disquietude; greatly concerned or solicitous, esp. respecting something future or unknown; being in painful suspense; — applied to persons; as, anxious for the issue of a battle.
  3. a. Accompanied with, or causing, anxiety; worrying; — applied to things; as, anxious labor.

The word meanings were obtained from OPTED(The Online Plain Text English Dictionary), which is based on “The Project Gutenberg Etext of Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary” which is in turn based on the 1913 US Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary (See Project Gutenburg), as a text file.

Any: Definition and part of speech

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Any

  1. adv. To any extent; in any degree; at all.
  2. a. & pron. One indifferently, out of an indefinite number; one indefinitely, whosoever or whatsoever it may be.
  3. a. & pron. Some, of whatever kind, quantity, or number; as, are there any witnesses present? are there any other houses like it?

The word meanings were obtained from OPTED(The Online Plain Text English Dictionary), which is based on “The Project Gutenberg Etext of Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary” which is in turn based on the 1913 US Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary (See Project Gutenburg), as a text file.

Anybody: Definition and part of speech

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Anybody

  1. n. A person of consideration or standing.
  2. n. Any one out of an indefinite number of persons; anyone; any person.

The word meanings were obtained from OPTED(The Online Plain Text English Dictionary), which is based on “The Project Gutenberg Etext of Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary” which is in turn based on the 1913 US Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary (See Project Gutenburg), as a text file.