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A Tweet Definition of A Like Definition of A on Facebook
abbreviation 
  1. (context, Webster 1913) adjective, Adjective.
  2. (context, often with "Q" for "Question") answer, Answer
  3. Asian
  4. Admit
  5. Application
  6. asynchron
  7. Augsburg
  8. (physics) angstrom
  9. (context, weaponry) atom
     
after Tweet Definition of after Like Definition of after on Facebook
adjective 
  1. (nautical; where the frame of reference is within the ship.) At or towards the stern of a ship
    • Note: The adverb is aft, thus; "The gun is mounted aft"
    • The related preposition in this nautical usage is abaft.
      "The gun is abaft the forward gun".
adverb 
  1. Behind; later in time; following.
They lived happily ever .
I left the room, and the dog bounded .
     
all Tweet Definition of all Like Definition of all on Facebook
noun (alls, -)
  1. (context, with a possessive pronoun) Everything possible.
She gave her , and collapsed at the finish line.
  1. (countable) The totality of one's possessions
     
AM Tweet Definition of AM Like Definition of AM on Facebook
initialism 
  1. (Sometimes lower case) From Latin ante meridiem, meaning "before noon (12:00)".
    • See also: A.M.
      1. Amplitude Modulation
    • Contrasted with FM
      1. Assembly Member, a title similar to MP, placed after the name of a Member of the Welsh National Assembly.
      2. Artium Magister or Master of Arts
     
an Tweet Definition of an Like Definition of an on Facebook
noun 
  1. The first letter of the Georgian alphabet.
     
AND Tweet Definition of AND Like Definition of AND on Facebook
noun 
  1. (logic) Alternative form of �, the conjunction operator.
     
anybody Tweet Definition of anybody Like Definition of anybody on Facebook
pronoun 
  1. Any one out of an indefinite number of persons; anyone; any person.
Anybody will do.
Is there inside?
  1. (colloquial) A person of some consideration or standing.
Everybody who wants to be will come to Jake's party.
Here one isn't , if one doesn't dance like Travolta.
     
are Tweet Definition of are Like Definition of are on Facebook
noun 
  1. (rare) A accepted (but deprecated and rarely used) SI unit of area equal to 100 square metres, or a former unit of approximately the same extent. Symbol: a
verb 
  1. (form of, second-person singular simple present tense, be)
Mary, where you going?
  1. (form of, first-person plural simple present tense, be)
We not coming.
  1. (form of, second-person plural simple present tense, be)
Mary and John, you listening?
  1. (form of, third-person plural simple present tense, be)
They here somewhere.
     
art Tweet Definition of art Like Definition of art on Facebook
noun 
  1. (uncountable) human, Human effort to imitate, supplement, alter, or counteract the work of nature.
  2. (uncountable) The conscious production or arrangement of sounds, colours, forms, movements, or other elements in a manner that affects the sense of beauty, specifically the production of the beautiful in a graphic or plastic medium.
  3. (uncountable) Activity intended to make something special
  4. (uncountable) A recreation of reality according to the artist's metaphysical value-judgements
  5. (uncountable) The study and the product of these processes.
  6. (uncountable) aesthetic, Aesthetic value.
  7. (context, uncountable, printing) artwork, Artwork.
  8. (countable) A field or category of art, such as painting, sculpture, music, ballet, or literature.
  9. (countable) A nonscientific branch of learning; one of the liberal arts.
  10. (countable) skill, Skill that is attained by study, practice, or observation.
verb 
  1. (archaic) Second-person singular simple present tense indicative of be.
How great thou !
     
AS Tweet Definition of AS Like Definition of AS on Facebook
abbreviation 
  1. Anglo-Saxon
  2. Advanced Supplementary
  3. (neurology) Asperger's Syndrome
  4. (geography) American Samoa
     

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