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Adverse: Definition and part of speech

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Adverse

  1. v. t. To oppose; to resist.
  2. a. Acting against, or in a contrary direction; opposed; contrary; opposite; conflicting; as, adverse winds; an adverse party; a spirit adverse to distinctions of caste.
  3. a. Opposite.
  4. a. In hostile opposition to; unfavorable; unpropitious; contrary to one’s wishes; unfortunate; calamitous; afflictive; hurtful; as, adverse fates, adverse circumstances, things adverse.

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.

Advancement: Definition and part of speech

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Advancement

  1. v. t. Settlement on a wife, or jointure.
  2. v. t. The act of advancing, or the state of being advanced; progression; improvement; furtherance; promotion to a higher place or dignity; as, the advancement of learning.
  3. v. t. An advance of money or value; payment in advance. See Advance, 5.
  4. v. t. Property given, usually by a parent to a child, in advance of a future distribution.

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.

Advantage: Definition and part of speech

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Advantage

  1. n. Interest of money; increase; overplus (as the thirteenth in the baker’s dozen).
  2. n. Any condition, circumstance, opportunity, or means, particularly favorable to success, or to any desired end; benefit; as, the enemy had the advantage of a more elevated position.
  3. n. Superiority; mastery; — with of or over.
  4. n. Superiority of state, or that which gives it; benefit; gain; profit; as, the advantage of a good constitution.

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.