--- title: A — The English dictionary with trees and pragmatics · page 33 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/page/33/) [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 · page 33 [A](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/A/) · [B](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/B/) · [C](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/C/) · [D](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/D/) · 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*Everyday, meaning 1:* Anatomically means in a way that is to do with the structure of the body.[↗](../../anatomically/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* The model skeleton is anatomically correct.[↗](../../anatomically/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · Anatomically, a whale's flipper is like a human hand.[↗](../../anatomically/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · Humans and chimpanzees are anatomically similar.[↗](../../anatomically/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · The artist drew the horse anatomically accurately.[↗](../../anatomically/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · Anatomically, the heart is slightly to the left.[↗](../../anatomically/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · Anatomically modern humans appeared about 300,000 years ago.[↗](../../anatomically/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") **anatomy** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* The study of the parts of the body and how they are arranged: bones, muscles, organs.[↗](../../anatomy/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* The body structure of a person, animal or plant: «the anatomy of a frog».[↗](../../anatomy/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* (informal, humorous) A part of the body: «He hurt a delicate part of his anatomy.».[↗](../../anatomy/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 4:* A close, careful study of something: «the anatomy of a crime».[↗](../../anatomy/#m4 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* We learned about the anatomy of the heart.[↗](../../anatomy/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · Doctors must study anatomy for years.[↗](../../anatomy/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · The poster shows the anatomy of a fish.[↗](../../anatomy/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · Leonardo da Vinci drew careful pictures of human anatomy.[↗](../../anatomy/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · The anatomy of a flower includes petals, stamens and a pistil.[↗](../../anatomy/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · The ball hit him in a painful part of his anatomy.[↗](../../anatomy/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · When they were about half-way, the jelly fish, who knew very little of anatomy, began to wonder if the monkey had his liver with him or not\![↗](../../anatomy/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") · Presumably, the anatomy of slaughtered livestock would have been fairly familiar to many writers and readers of the time, while blessedly few indeed would have had first-hand knowledge of human innards.\][↗](../../anatomy/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") Like what did He make them?[↗](../../anatomy/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") (A city) \[strife\].[↗](../../anatomy/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") (Sefer Yetzirah, Sefaria community translation)[↗](../../anatomy/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") **ancestor** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* An ancestor is a person in your family who lived long ago, before your grandparents, like a great-great-grandparent.[↗](../../ancestor/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* An ancestor of an animal or plant is an older kind from which it developed: the wolf is an ancestor of the dog.[↗](../../ancestor/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* An ancestor of a machine or idea is an earlier form of it.[↗](../../ancestor/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* My ancestors came from Ireland on a ship.[↗](../../ancestor/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · We made a family tree to find our ancestors.[↗](../../ancestor/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · The wolf is the ancestor of the dog.[↗](../../ancestor/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · Birds have dinosaur ancestors.[↗](../../ancestor/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · Our ancestors hunted and gathered their food.[↗](../../ancestor/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · Grandma has a photo of an ancestor from 1890.[↗](../../ancestor/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · The horse's ancestor was as small as a fox.[↗](../../ancestor/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") · Many cultures tell stories about their ancestors.[↗](../../ancestor/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") · Consider what you owe to yourself, and to the blood of your ancestors."[↗](../../ancestor/#x9 "tree and pragmatics") · But I will for their sakes remember the covenant of their ancestors, whom I brought forth out of the land of Egypt in the sight of the nations, that I might be their God: I am the LORD.[↗](../../ancestor/#x10 "tree and pragmatics") (Torah LEV.26.45, JPS 1917)[↗](../../ancestor/#x10 "tree and pragmatics") **ancestral** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* Ancestral means belonging to, coming from or connected with your ancestors, the people in your family who lived long before you.[↗](../../ancestral/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* (science) Ancestral describes an early form of a living thing from which later kinds developed.[↗](../../ancestral/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* The castle was the duke's ancestral home.[↗](../../ancestral/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · The Māori people care deeply for their ancestral land.[↗](../../ancestral/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · Grandma took us to her ancestral village in Ireland.[↗](../../ancestral/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · Many families keep ancestral photos and letters.[↗](../../ancestral/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · Birds are thought to have dinosaurs as ancestral relatives.[↗](../../ancestral/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · The tribe performed an ancestral dance at the festival.[↗](../../ancestral/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · Our ancestral language was Ukrainian, though we now speak English.[↗](../../ancestral/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") · He first sought refuge on Mount Ida, and afterwards fled to Italy, where he became the ancestral hero of the Roman people.[↗](../../ancestral/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") **ancestress** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* An ancestress is a woman from whom a family or people is descended; a female ancestor long ago.[↗](../../ancestress/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* Her ancestress was a famous queen of the sea.[↗](../../ancestress/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · The healers said their skill came from an ancestress.[↗](../../ancestress/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · He was as beautiful as his ancestress.[↗](../../ancestress/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") **ancestry** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* Your ancestry is all the people in your family who lived long before you, such as great-grandparents, and the places and groups they came from.[↗](../../ancestry/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* She is of Irish and Polish ancestry.[↗](../../ancestry/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · We drew a family tree to trace our ancestry.[↗](../../ancestry/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · Many Americans have European, African or Asian ancestry.[↗](../../ancestry/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · His ancestry goes back to Viking times.[↗](../../ancestry/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · DNA tests can tell you some things about your ancestry.[↗](../../ancestry/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · Ancestry is about the past; who you are is also about your choices.[↗](../../ancestry/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") **anchor** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* An anchor is a heavy metal object on a chain or rope that is dropped from a boat to the sea floor to stop the boat from drifting.[↗](../../anchor/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* To anchor is to stop a boat with an anchor, or to fix something firmly so it cannot move.[↗](../../anchor/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* An anchor (news anchor) is the main person who presents a TV news programme.[↗](../../anchor/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 4:* In a team, the anchor is the strongest one who goes last, like in a relay race or tug of war.[↗](../../anchor/#m4 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* The ship dropped anchor in the bay.[↗](../../anchor/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · The sailors pulled up the heavy anchor.[↗](../../anchor/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · We anchored the tent with pegs.[↗](../../anchor/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · Roots anchor the tree in the ground.[↗](../../anchor/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · The boat was at anchor near the island.[↗](../../anchor/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · The news anchor read the headlines.[↗](../../anchor/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · She ran the anchor leg in the relay.[↗](../../anchor/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") · Dad anchored the bookcase to the wall so it won't tip over.[↗](../../anchor/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") · Presently the sailors lowered the anchor and landed.[↗](../../anchor/#x9 "tree and pragmatics") **anchorage** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* An anchorage is a place where ships can safely drop anchor, usually a calm, sheltered bit of water.[↗](../../anchorage/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* Anchorage is the largest city in the US state of Alaska.[↗](../../anchorage/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* An anchorage can also be a strong point that something is fixed to, like where a bridge cable or a seat belt is attached.[↗](../../anchorage/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* The ships waited in the anchorage until the storm passed.[↗](../../anchorage/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · The bay is a safe anchorage.[↗](../../anchorage/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · Anchorage is the biggest city in Alaska.[↗](../../anchorage/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · Moose sometimes walk through the streets of Anchorage.[↗](../../anchorage/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · The sailors found a quiet anchorage behind the island.[↗](../../anchorage/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · The child seat clips into the anchorage points in the car.[↗](../../anchorage/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · The bridge cables are fixed to huge anchorages.[↗](../../anchorage/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") · In Anchorage it stays light almost all night in June.[↗](../../anchorage/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") **anchovy** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* An anchovy is a small, thin, salty fish, often sold in tins or used on pizza.[↗](../../anchovy/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* The cook fried the mullets and the anchovies in hot oil.[↗](../../anchovy/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · Anchovies taste very salty on a pizza.[↗](../../anchovy/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · Each anchovy in the tin is one fish.[↗](../../anchovy/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") **ancient** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* Ancient means belonging to a time very, very long ago, often thousands of years ago.[↗](../../ancient/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* Ancient can mean very old (often said as a joke about something old).[↗](../../ancient/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* The Ancient Egyptians built the pyramids.[↗](../../ancient/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · We are learning about Ancient Greece.[↗](../../ancient/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · The forest has ancient oak trees.[↗](../../ancient/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · The museum shows ancient coins.[↗](../../ancient/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · The ancient Romans built straight roads.[↗](../../ancient/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · This computer is ancient\![↗](../../ancient/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · The temple is in ruins because it is so ancient.[↗](../../ancient/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") · Dinosaur fossils are found in ancient rocks.[↗](../../ancient/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") · MYTHS AND LEGENDS OF ANCIENT GREECE AND ROME.[↗](../../ancient/#x9 "tree and pragmatics") · And for the tops of the ancient mountains, and for the precious things of the everlasting hills, (Torah DEU.33.15, JPS 1917)[↗](../../ancient/#x10 "tree and pragmatics") · both these Hebrew classics speak of it as a very ancient work.[↗](../../ancient/#x11 "tree and pragmatics") (Sefer Yetzirah, Westcott 1893)[↗](../../ancient/#x11 "tree and pragmatics") · Some parts are not very ancient, since some versions mention the Crusades.[↗](../../ancient/#x12 "tree and pragmatics") (Sefer Yetzirah, Westcott 1893)[↗](../../ancient/#x12 "tree and pragmatics") · Remove not the ancient landmark, which thy fathers have set.[↗](../../ancient/#x13 "tree and pragmatics") (Writings PRO.22.28, JPS 1917)[↗](../../ancient/#x13 "tree and pragmatics") · The brook Kishon swept them away, that ancient brook, the brook Kishon.[↗](../../ancient/#x14 "tree and pragmatics") (Prophets JDG.5.21, JPS 1917)[↗](../../ancient/#x14 "tree and pragmatics") · I have pondered the days of old, the years of ancient times.[↗](../../ancient/#x15 "tree and pragmatics") (Writings PSA.77.6, JPS 1917)[↗](../../ancient/#x15 "tree and pragmatics") **anciently** — *In Jewish tradition, meaning 1:* In a time long ago.[↗](../../anciently/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* The alphabet was anciently believed to symbolize the whole universe.[↗](../../anciently/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") (Mordell, The Origin of Letters and Numerals according to Sefer Yetzirah (1914))[↗](../../anciently/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · Further investigation proved that anciently there were counted ten double letters.[↗](../../anciently/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") (Mordell, The Origin of Letters and Numerals according to Sefer Yetzirah (1914))[↗](../../anciently/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · symbolized by the letter V, which was anciently written also as 4=.[↗](../../anciently/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") (Mordell, The Origin of Letters and Numerals according to Sefer Yetzirah (1914))[↗](../../anciently/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") **and** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* And joins two words or two parts of a sentence: bread and butter.[↗](../../and/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* And can mean then, after that: she smiled and waved.[↗](../../and/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* In numbers said aloud, and links parts: one hundred and five.[↗](../../and/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 4:* And can mean «plus» in sums: two and three make five.[↗](../../and/#m4 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 5:* (casual) «And?» or «So?» on its own means «so what, why does it matter?», often rude.[↗](../../and/#m5 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 6:* (casual) Chatty speakers start sentence after sentence with «and» or «and then», and «and that» or «and stuff» (UK, Australia) means «and so on».[↗](../../and/#m6 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 7:* (formal) The exam voice joins with «as well as», «in addition to», «together with», «furthermore».[↗](../../and/#m7 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* Student: one book and one plum[↗](../../and/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · Ben bought 6 cards on Monday and 5 cards on Tuesday.[↗](../../and/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · Mia has 4 red balls and 7 green balls.[↗](../../and/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") How many balls does she have?[↗](../../and/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · Leo had 9 kites and lost 5.[↗](../../and/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · Two and three make five.[↗](../../and/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · I like cats and dogs.[↗](../../and/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · We went to the beach and built a sandcastle.[↗](../../and/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") · My grandpa is ninety and still swims every day.[↗](../../and/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") · and then the bus was late, and then nan rang, anyway she gave me 4[↗](../../and/#x9 "tree and pragmatics") · «I ate the last 3 biscuits.»[↗](../../and/#x10 "tree and pragmatics") «And?[↗](../../and/#x10 "tree and pragmatics") There's loads more.»[↗](../../and/#x10 "tree and pragmatics") · Me and Jo got crisps and drinks and stuff.[↗](../../and/#x11 "tree and pragmatics") · Mia possesses 4 red spheres in addition to 7 green spheres; ascertain the total quantity.[↗](../../and/#x12 "tree and pragmatics") · "Some wine and meat," she replied.[↗](../../and/#x13 "tree and pragmatics") · And God called the firmament Heaven.[↗](../../and/#x14 "tree and pragmatics") (Torah GEN.1.8, JPS 1917)[↗](../../and/#x14 "tree and pragmatics") · And God spoke unto Noah, saying: (Torah GEN.8.15, JPS 1917)[↗](../../and/#x15 "tree and pragmatics") · and Hadoram, and Uzal, and Diklah; (Torah GEN.10.27, JPS 1917)[↗](../../and/#x16 "tree and pragmatics") · All the kings thirty and one.[↗](../../and/#x17 "tree and pragmatics") (Prophets JOS.12.24, JPS 1917)[↗](../../and/#x17 "tree and pragmatics") · and Jahaz, and Kedemoth, and Mephaath; (Prophets JOS.13.18, JPS 1917)[↗](../../and/#x18 "tree and pragmatics") · and Kinah, and Dimonah, and Adadah; (Prophets JOS.15.22, JPS 1917)[↗](../../and/#x19 "tree and pragmatics") **andean** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* Andean describes the Andes, the long chain of mountains along the west of South America, or the people and things from there.[↗](../../andean/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* The Andean condor is one of the largest flying birds.[↗](../../andean/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · Llamas carry loads on Andean paths.[↗](../../andean/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · The Incas were an Andean people.[↗](../../andean/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · Potatoes first came from the Andean region.[↗](../../andean/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · Andean music uses pan pipes.[↗](../../andean/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · The Andean mountains are very high and cold.[↗](../../andean/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") **andromeda** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* Andromeda is the nearest large galaxy to our own galaxy, the Milky Way.[↗](../../andromeda/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* Andromeda is also a group of stars (a constellation) in the night sky.[↗](../../andromeda/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* In old Greek myths, Andromeda was a princess saved from a sea monster by the hero Perseus.[↗](../../andromeda/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* The Andromeda Galaxy is a spiral of billions of stars.[↗](../../andromeda/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · On a very dark night you can see Andromeda as a faint smudge.[↗](../../andromeda/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · Andromeda is much farther away than any star we can see.[↗](../../andromeda/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · In the myth, Perseus saved Andromeda from a sea monster.[↗](../../andromeda/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · We found the Andromeda constellation on our star map.[↗](../../andromeda/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · Light from Andromeda takes over two million years to reach us.[↗](../../andromeda/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · This was Andromeda, the king's daughter.[↗](../../andromeda/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") **ane** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* (Scots) «Ane» is the Scots word for «one»: «ane o them» means one of them.[↗](../../ane/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* (science) «-ane» is an ending in chemistry names of some gases and fuels: methane, propane, butane, octane.[↗](../../ane/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* As a word alone it is not standard English.[↗](../../ane/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* In Scots, «ane» means one.[↗](../../ane/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · «Ane day» is Scots for one day.[↗](../../ane/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · Methane ends in «-ane».[↗](../../ane/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · Propane and butane are camping gas fuels ending in -ane.[↗](../../ane/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · Burns wrote «ane» in his poems.[↗](../../ane/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · My Scottish nan counts «ane, twa, three».[↗](../../ane/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · So the young man went on, and by-and-by he saw a multitude of very dreadfu’ beasts, ilk ane o’ them wi’ twa heads, and on every head four horns.[↗](../../ane/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") **anecdote** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* A short, interesting or funny story about a real event or person.[↗](../../anecdote/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* (formal) A story from one person's experience used as evidence, which may not be true in general.[↗](../../anecdote/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* Grandad told us an anecdote about his first day at school.[↗](../../anecdote/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · The speaker began with a funny anecdote about her dog.[↗](../../anecdote/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · Write an anecdote about a time you were surprised.[↗](../../anecdote/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · One anecdote is not enough to prove that a medicine works.[↗](../../anecdote/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · His speech was full of anecdotes about the team.[↗](../../anecdote/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · That's just anecdotal — we need real data.[↗](../../anecdote/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · These are very few in number, and generally bear the character of anecdotes.[↗](../../anecdote/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") **anemometer** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* An anemometer is an instrument that measures how fast the wind is blowing.[↗](../../anemometer/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* We made an anemometer from paper cups.[↗](../../anemometer/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · The anemometer spins faster when the wind is strong.[↗](../../anemometer/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · The weather station has an anemometer on its roof.[↗](../../anemometer/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · Count how many times the anemometer turns in one minute.[↗](../../anemometer/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · The anemometer showed a wind speed of 30 kilometres per hour.[↗](../../anemometer/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · Sailors check the anemometer before going out.[↗](../../anemometer/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") **anemone** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* An anemone is a garden or wild flower with bright petals, often red, purple, pink or white, and a dark centre.[↗](../../anemone/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* A sea anemone is a soft sea animal that looks like a flower; it sticks to rocks and catches food with stinging tentacles.[↗](../../anemone/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* The clownfish hid among the anemone's tentacles.[↗](../../anemone/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · We found red sea anemones in the rock pool.[↗](../../anemone/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · A sea anemone is an animal, not a plant.[↗](../../anemone/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · When the tide went out, the anemones looked like blobs of jelly.[↗](../../anemone/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · Gran planted purple anemones in her garden.[↗](../../anemone/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · Sea anemones sting small fish to catch them.[↗](../../anemone/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · The anemone closed up when I touched it gently.[↗](../../anemone/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") · Primroses and anemones sprung forth, and violets bloomed in the shade, while every blade of grass was full of strength and sap.[↗](../../anemone/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") **anew** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* Again, once more.[↗](../../anew/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* In a new and different way, starting fresh.[↗](../../anew/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* After the storm, they built their house anew.[↗](../../anew/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · Each spring the garden comes alive anew.[↗](../../anew/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · Let's start anew tomorrow.[↗](../../anew/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · She read the poem anew and saw new meanings.[↗](../../anew/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · After moving schools, he felt he could begin anew.[↗](../../anew/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · The war started anew after the peace failed.[↗](../../anew/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · And the next morning they set out anew on their journey.[↗](../../anew/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") [1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/A/) … [32](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/A/page/32/) **33** [34](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/A/page/34/) … [62](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/A/page/62/) - ← previous: [page 32](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/A/page/32/) - next →: [page 34](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/A/page/34/) - ↑ back to [The English dictionary](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/)