--- title: A — The English dictionary with trees and pragmatics description: The 1215 words of the English dictionary under A, every meaning for a pupil and every example with its dependency tree and pragmatics. --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/A/) [home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [corpora](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/) / [dictionaries](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/) / [English dictionary](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/) / A # A — The English dictionary The words of the English dictionary under A: 1215 words, every meaning and example parsed by Mova; the ↗ after a sentence leads to the word's page, with every sentence's syntax tree and pragmatics. 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[2](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/A/page/2/) … [62](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/A/page/62/) **aa** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* (science) Aa (from Hawaiian «ʻaʻā») is a kind of lava that cools into rough, sharp, jagged lumps.[↗](aa/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* (abbreviation) AA is a battery size: a small cylinder battery used in remote controls and toys («AA batteries»).[↗](aa/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* (UK) The AA is the Automobile Association, which helps drivers whose cars break down.[↗](aa/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 4:* (abbreviation) AA also means Alcoholics Anonymous, a group that helps people stop drinking alcohol.[↗](aa/#m4 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* Aa lava is rough and sharp, so you must never walk on it.[↗](aa/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · The remote needs two AA batteries.[↗](aa/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · AAA batteries are thinner than AA ones.[↗](aa/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · Our car broke down, so Dad called the AA.[↗](aa/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · On Hawaii we saw fields of black aa lava.[↗](aa/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · The scientist explained the difference between aa and pahoehoe.[↗](aa/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") **aah** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* «Aah» is a sound you make when you feel relief, pleasure or calm.[↗](aah/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* «Aah» shows that you suddenly understand something.[↗](aah/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* «Aah» is the sound people make at something sweet, like a baby or a kitten.[↗](aah/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 4:* «Aah» is the sound a doctor asks you to make so they can see your throat.[↗](aah/#m4 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* «Aah, a nice cold drink!» said Dad.[↗](aah/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · Aah, now I understand the sum.[↗](aah/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · Everyone went «aah» when they saw the puppy.[↗](aah/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · «Open wide and say aah,» said the dentist.[↗](aah/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · She sank into the warm bath.[↗](aah/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") «Aah.»[↗](aah/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · Aah, there you are\![↗](aah/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") I've been looking for you.[↗](aah/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") **aardvark** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* An African mammal with a long snout, long ears, a thick tail and strong claws, which digs into ant and termite nests at night and eats the insects with its long sticky tongue.[↗](aardvark/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* It lives in burrows and comes out mostly at night.[↗](aardvark/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* The aardvark dug into the termite mound with its claws.[↗](aardvark/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · An aardvark can eat thousands of ants in one night.[↗](aardvark/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · Aardvarks sleep in burrows during the day.[↗](aardvark/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · «Aardvark» is one of the first words in the dictionary.[↗](aardvark/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · The aardvark's long ears help it hear insects.[↗](aardvark/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · At the zoo we only saw the aardvark in the nocturnal house.[↗](aardvark/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") **aardwolf** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* An aardwolf is a small striped animal of southern and eastern Africa, related to the hyena, that eats mainly termites.[↗](aardwolf/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* The aardwolf eats termites, not big animals.[↗](aardwolf/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · An aardwolf can eat over 200,000 termites in one night.[↗](aardwolf/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · The aardwolf looks like a small striped hyena.[↗](aardwolf/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · Aardwolves sleep in burrows during the day.[↗](aardwolf/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · The aardwolf has very small teeth.[↗](aardwolf/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · We read about the aardwolf in our book of African animals.[↗](aardwolf/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") **ab** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* (informal) An ab is one of the stomach muscles; people usually say «abs», short for «abdominal muscles».[↗](ab/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* AB is a blood group (type AB).[↗](ab/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* (abbreviation) Ab can stand for other things, such as Alberta in Canadian addresses (AB) or «able seaman» (AB) on ships.[↗](ab/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 4:* (Latin) «ab» means «from», as in «ab initio» (from the beginning).[↗](ab/#m4 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* Sit-ups make your abs stronger.[↗](ab/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · The PE teacher showed us an ab stretch.[↗](ab/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · The superhero had big muscles and six-pack abs.[↗](ab/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · My blood group is AB.[↗](ab/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · People with type AB blood can receive blood from any group.[↗](ab/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · The parcel was sent to Calgary, AB.[↗](ab/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · A Version by Saadiah, ab. ben David, and three others, Mantua, 1562, 4to.[↗](ab/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") (Sefer Yetzirah, Westcott 1893)[↗](ab/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") · The twelve months of the year are: Nisan, Iyar, Sivan, Tamus, Ab, Elul, Tishri, Marcheshvan, Kislev, Teves, Schevat and Adar.[↗](ab/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") (Sefer Yetzirah, Kalisch 1877)[↗](ab/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") · He produced Teth, predominant in Hearing, crowned, combined, and formed Leo in the world, Ab in the year, and the left kidney in man.[↗](ab/#x9 "tree and pragmatics") (Sefer Yetzirah, Westcott 1887)[↗](ab/#x9 "tree and pragmatics") · Then the king promoted Shadrach, Meshach, and Abed-nego, in the province of Babylon.[↗](ab/#x10 "tree and pragmatics") (Writings DAN.3.30, JPS 1917)[↗](ab/#x10 "tree and pragmatics") · Then Nebuchadnezzar in his rage and fury commanded to bring Shadrach, Meshach, and Abed-nego.[↗](ab/#x11 "tree and pragmatics") (Writings DAN.3.13, JPS 1917)[↗](ab/#x11 "tree and pragmatics") · And these three men, Shadrach, Meshach, and Abed-nego, fell down bound into the midst of the burning fiery furnace.[↗](ab/#x12 "tree and pragmatics") (Writings DAN.3.23, JPS 1917)[↗](ab/#x12 "tree and pragmatics") **aback** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* To be taken aback means to be surprised or shocked by something unexpected, so that you are thrown off balance.[↗](aback/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* I was taken aback when Sam shouted my name.[↗](aback/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · She was taken aback by the news.[↗](aback/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · The little bird was taken aback by the sharp words.[↗](aback/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · Dad was taken aback at how late it was.[↗](aback/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") **abacus** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* An abacus is a frame with rows of beads that slide along wires or rods, used for counting and doing sums.[↗](abacus/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* In buildings, an abacus is the flat slab on top of a column (architecture word).[↗](abacus/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* We used an abacus to add 27 and 15.[↗](abacus/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · On the abacus, the top row shows hundreds and the bottom row shows ones.[↗](abacus/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · Some children in Japan learn very fast mental maths with a soroban abacus.[↗](abacus/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · The abacus was used long before calculators.[↗](abacus/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · Move three beads to the left to add three.[↗](abacus/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · My little brother counts the coloured beads on his toy abacus.[↗](abacus/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · ')) Some Pythagoreans used the strokes with the principle of \|iosi- tion without a zero in the columns of an abacus i Ur.[↗](abacus/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") (Mordell, The Origin of Letters and Numerals according to Sefer Yetzirah (1914))[↗](abacus/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") · In my opinion, the sexagesimal position originated from the decimal position, and not the reverse ; for the earliest abacus, which was doubtless based on a decimal position, is older than the (Mordell, The Origin of Letters and Numerals according to Sefer Yetzirah (1914))[↗](abacus/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") **abandon** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* To abandon means to leave someone or something, especially someone who needs you, and not come back («abandon a pet»).[↗](abandon/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* To abandon a plan or activity means to stop it before the end («The match was abandoned because of rain»).[↗](abandon/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* To abandon a place means to leave it, often because of danger («Abandon ship!»).[↗](abandon/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 4:* «With abandon» means in a wild, free way without worrying.[↗](abandon/#m4 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* They found an abandoned puppy by the road.[↗](abandon/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · The football match was abandoned because of the storm.[↗](abandon/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · «Abandon ship!» shouted the captain.[↗](abandon/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · Never play in abandoned buildings; they can be unsafe.[↗](abandon/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · We abandoned our picnic when it started to rain.[↗](abandon/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · The village was abandoned hundreds of years ago.[↗](abandon/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · Do not abandon your friend when they need help.[↗](abandon/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") · The children danced with wild abandon.[↗](abandon/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") · "A bad fellow, that Ivan! now he's rich, he's abandoned us!"[↗](abandon/#x9 "tree and pragmatics") · As a matter of fact, he himself abandons the division of the letters into three parts, and rearranges them in a twofold division, one of ten and one of twelve letters.[↗](abandon/#x10 "tree and pragmatics") (Mordell, The Origin of Letters and Numerals according to Sefer Yetzirah (1914))[↗](abandon/#x10 "tree and pragmatics") · For Thou wilt not abandon my soul to the nether-world; neither wilt Thou suffer Thy godly one to see the pit.[↗](abandon/#x11 "tree and pragmatics") (Writings PSA.16.10, JPS 1917)[↗](abandon/#x11 "tree and pragmatics") · For the fortified city is solitary, a habitation abandoned and forsaken, like the wilderness; there shall the calf feed, and there shall he lie down, and consume the branches thereof.[↗](abandon/#x12 "tree and pragmatics") (Prophets ISA.27.10, JPS 1917)[↗](abandon/#x12 "tree and pragmatics") **abandonment** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* Abandonment is leaving someone or something behind for ever, especially when you should have cared for them.[↗](abandonment/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* Abandonment is giving up a plan or activity completely, as in the abandonment of the match.[↗](abandonment/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* (formal) Abandonment is acting wildly and freely without control, as in dancing with abandonment.[↗](abandonment/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 4:* Abandonment can also mean giving yourself up completely to a feeling or a high ideal.[↗](abandonment/#m4 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* Pet abandonment rises after the holidays.[↗](abandonment/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · The abandonment of the village left the houses empty.[↗](abandonment/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · Rain led to the abandonment of the cricket match.[↗](abandonment/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · The orphan in the story felt the pain of abandonment.[↗](abandonment/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · The castle fell into ruin after its abandonment.[↗](abandonment/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · The team decided on the abandonment of the old plan.[↗](abandonment/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · It is the lofty abandonment of self for the dawning of the beautiful in the soul\![↗](abandonment/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") **abase** — *In Jewish tradition, meaning 1:* To make someone lower in rank, pride or dignity; to humble them.[↗](abase/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* Cast abroad the rage of thy wrath; and look upon every one that is proud, and abase him.[↗](abase/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") (Writings JOB.40.11, JPS 1917)[↗](abase/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · Now I Nebuchadnezzar praise and extol and honour the King of heaven; for all His works are truth, and His ways justice; and those that walk in pride He is able to abase.'[↗](abase/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") (Writings DAN.4.34, JPS 1917)[↗](abase/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · thus saith the Lord GOD: The mitre shall be removed, and the crown taken off; this shall be no more the same: that which is low shall be exalted, and that which is high abased.[↗](abase/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") (Prophets EZK.21.31, JPS 1917)[↗](abase/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") **abashed** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* Abashed means embarrassed and feeling small, because you have been shamed or made to look foolish in front of others.[↗](abashed/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* He stood abashed when the teacher praised him.[↗](abashed/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · She felt abashed when everyone laughed at her.[↗](abashed/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · The little boy looked abashed and said sorry.[↗](abashed/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · I was abashed by my own mistake.[↗](abashed/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · They looked unto Him, and were radiant; and their faces shall never be abashed.[↗](abashed/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") (Writings PSA.34.6, JPS 1917)[↗](abashed/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · Let them be ashamed and affrighted for ever; yea, let them be abashed and perish; (Writings PSA.83.18, JPS 1917)[↗](abashed/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · My tongue also shall tell of Thy righteousness all the day; for they are ashamed, for they are abashed, that seek my hurt.[↗](abashed/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") (Writings PSA.71.24, JPS 1917)[↗](abashed/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") **abate** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* To abate means to become less strong or less in amount: «The storm abated.».[↗](abate/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* (formal, law) To abate something means to make it less or put an end to it: «abate the noise».[↗](abate/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* We waited in the hut until the storm abated.[↗](abate/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · The floods began to abate after three days.[↗](abate/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · Her fever abated during the night.[↗](abate/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · The noise from the party showed no signs of abating.[↗](abate/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · When the wind abated, the boats sailed out again.[↗](abate/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · The fighting continued unabated.[↗](abate/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · By this time the storm was much abated.[↗](abate/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") · And the people cried unto Moses; and Moses prayed unto the LORD, and the fire abated.[↗](abate/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") (Torah NUM.11.2, JPS 1917)[↗](abate/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") · And he sent forth a dove from him, to see if the waters were abated from off the face of the ground.[↗](abate/#x9 "tree and pragmatics") (Torah GEN.8.8, JPS 1917)[↗](abate/#x9 "tree and pragmatics") · And Moses was a hundred and twenty years old when he died: his eye was not dim, nor his natural force abated.[↗](abate/#x10 "tree and pragmatics") (Torah DEU.34.7, JPS 1917)[↗](abate/#x10 "tree and pragmatics") · God hath delivered into your hand the princes of Midian, Oreb and Zeeb; and what was I able to do in comparison with you?'[↗](abate/#x11 "tree and pragmatics") Then their anger was abated toward him, when he had said that.[↗](abate/#x11 "tree and pragmatics") (Prophets JDG.8.3, JPS 1917)[↗](abate/#x11 "tree and pragmatics") **abatement** — *In Jewish tradition, meaning 1:* A lowering or reduction of an amount, such as a price or a payment.[↗](abatement/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* But if he sanctify his field after the jubilee, then the priest shall reckon unto him the money according to the years that remain unto the year of jubilee, and an abatement shall be made from thy valuation.[↗](abatement/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") (Torah LEV.27.18, JPS 1917)[↗](abatement/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") **abattoir** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* An abattoir is a building where animals such as cows, pigs and sheep are killed for meat.[↗](abattoir/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") Another word is slaughterhouse.[↗](abattoir/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* The cattle were taken to the abattoir.[↗](abattoir/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · Abattoirs must follow strict rules about hygiene.[↗](abattoir/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · Many people become vegetarian after learning about abattoirs.[↗](abattoir/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · Vets check animals at the abattoir.[↗](abattoir/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · The local abattoir closed down.[↗](abattoir/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · Animal welfare laws say animals must not suffer in abattoirs.[↗](abattoir/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") **abbess** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* An abbess is the woman who is head of a convent or community of nuns.[↗](abbess/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* The abbess led the nuns in prayer.[↗](abbess/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · The old woman was the Abbess of the convent.[↗](abbess/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · The prince asked the abbess for help.[↗](abbess/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · Every morning the abbess rang the bell for the nuns.[↗](abbess/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") **abbey** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* (church) An abbey is a building, or group of buildings, where monks or nuns live and pray together, led by an abbot or abbess.[↗](abbey/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* An abbey is also a large church that was once part of such a place, such as Westminster Abbey in London.[↗](abbey/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* Monks lived and prayed at the abbey.[↗](abbey/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · We visited the ruins of an old abbey.[↗](abbey/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · Kings and queens are crowned in Westminster Abbey.[↗](abbey/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · The abbey bells rang for evening prayers.[↗](abbey/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · The abbot was in charge of the abbey.[↗](abbey/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · Many abbeys were closed long ago and fell into ruins.[↗](abbey/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · Nuns at the abbey made honey and candles.[↗](abbey/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") · Llewelyn had local connection with Bedd Gellert, which was the seat of an Augustinian abbey, one of the oldest in Wales.[↗](abbey/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") **abbot** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* (church) An abbot is the man in charge of an abbey, a community of monks who live, pray and work together.[↗](abbot/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* (history) In the Middle Ages an abbot could also be a powerful landowner, as important as a lord.[↗](abbot/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* The abbot rang the bell for morning prayers.[↗](abbot/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · Every monk in the abbey obeyed the abbot.[↗](abbot/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · The old abbot welcomed the tired travellers and gave them bread.[↗](abbot/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · In 1539 King Henry VIII closed the abbeys and the abbots lost their lands.[↗](abbot/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · Our class visited the ruins of an abbey where an abbot once lived.[↗](abbot/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · The abbot wrote down the rules the monks had to follow.[↗](abbot/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · In the story, a greedy abbot hid the gold under the chapel floor.[↗](abbot/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") **abbreviated** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* Abbreviated means made shorter, especially a word or phrase written in a short form: «Mr» is the abbreviated form of «Mister».[↗](abbreviated/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* Abbreviated can mean shortened in time or length: an abbreviated version of the story.[↗](abbreviated/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* «Centimetre» is abbreviated to «cm».[↗](abbreviated/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · «Doctor» is often abbreviated as «Dr».[↗](abbreviated/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · We watched an abbreviated version of the film.[↗](abbreviated/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · The United Kingdom is abbreviated to UK.[↗](abbreviated/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · In maths, «kilogram» is abbreviated to «kg».[↗](abbreviated/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · Sunday is sometimes abbreviated to «Sun.».[↗](abbreviated/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") **abbreviation** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* A short form of a word or phrase.[↗](abbreviation/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *e.g.* "Mon" is an abbreviation of "Monday".[↗](abbreviation/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* A set of letters standing for a longer name, like UK for United Kingdom or km for kilometre.[↗](abbreviation/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* The act of making something shorter.[↗](abbreviation/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* "km" is the abbreviation for kilometre.[↗](abbreviation/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · "Dr" is an abbreviation of "Doctor".[↗](abbreviation/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · Write the abbreviations for the days of the week.[↗](abbreviation/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · "Aug" is a short form of August.[↗](abbreviation/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · Texts are full of abbreviations like "btw" and "omg".[↗](abbreviation/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · In science, "ml" stands for millilitre.[↗](abbreviation/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · The abbreviation UN means the United Nations.[↗](abbreviation/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") · Regularly used abbreviations (for example, "Grimm, KM." or "P.V.S.") have been made consistent throughout, without note.[↗](abbreviation/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") **1** [2](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/A/page/2/) … [62](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/A/page/62/) - next →: [page 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