--- title: A — The English dictionary with trees and pragmatics · page 43 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/43/) [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 43 [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:* Close to an exact amount, number or time, but not exactly; about.[↗](../../approximately/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* There were approximately 200 people at the concert.[↗](../../approximately/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · The journey takes approximately two hours.[↗](../../approximately/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · 49 + 52 is approximately 100.[↗](../../approximately/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · Round 3.87 to approximately 4.[↗](../../approximately/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · The bag weighs approximately 5 kilograms.[↗](../../approximately/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · Approximately half the class walk to school.[↗](../../approximately/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · Estimate approximately how many beans are in the jar.[↗](../../approximately/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") **approximation** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* A value or answer that is close to the exact one but not exactly right.[↗](../../approximation/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* Something that is like something else but not exactly the same.[↗](../../approximation/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* 3.14 is an approximation of pi.[↗](../../approximation/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · Give an approximation to the nearest ten.[↗](../../approximation/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · My drawing is an approximation of the castle.[↗](../../approximation/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · 1,000 is a rough approximation of 987.[↗](../../approximation/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · The map is only an approximation of the coast.[↗](../../approximation/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · Scientists gave an approximation of the dinosaur's weight.[↗](../../approximation/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") **appurtenance** — *In Jewish tradition, meaning 1:* Something that belongs to a larger thing or goes with it.[↗](../../appurtenance/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") **apricot** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* An apricot is a small, round, soft fruit with orange-yellow skin and a large stone inside.[↗](../../apricot/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* Apricot is a pale orange-yellow colour.[↗](../../apricot/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* I had dried apricots in my lunchbox.[↗](../../apricot/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · Apricot jam is my favourite.[↗](../../apricot/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · The apricot tree is full of fruit.[↗](../../apricot/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · She painted her room apricot.[↗](../../apricot/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · Apricots have a large stone in the middle.[↗](../../apricot/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · Apricot kernels should not be eaten — they can be poisonous.[↗](../../apricot/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · Early apples, ladies; early pears and apricots, and all cheap.[↗](../../apricot/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") **april** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* April is the fourth month of the year.[↗](../../april/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") It has 30 days.[↗](../../april/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* In the northern half of the world it is spring; in Australia and New Zealand it is autumn.[↗](../../april/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* April has 30 days.[↗](../../april/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · It rained on 12 days in April.[↗](../../april/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · Her birthday is in April.[↗](../../april/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · How many days are left in April?[↗](../../april/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · April comes after March and before May.[↗](../../april/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · «April showers bring May flowers.»[↗](../../april/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · On April Fools' Day my brother told me school was cancelled.[↗](../../april/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") · In New Zealand the leaves fall in April.[↗](../../april/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") · We arrived in England on the 13th of April, 1702.[↗](../../april/#x9 "tree and pragmatics") · The present thesis appeared in the JEWISH QUATERLY REVIEW new series for April 1912 vol 11, and for April 1913 vol. 111.[↗](../../april/#x10 "tree and pragmatics") (Mordell, The Origin of Letters and Numerals according to Sefer Yetzirah (1914))[↗](../../april/#x10 "tree and pragmatics") **apron** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* An apron is a piece of cloth you tie over the front of your clothes to keep them clean while cooking, painting or working.[↗](../../apron/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* At an airport, the apron is the area where planes park and are loaded.[↗](../../apron/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* The apron of a stage is the part in front of the curtain.[↗](../../apron/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* Put on your apron before you start painting.[↗](../../apron/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · The baker's apron was covered in flour.[↗](../../apron/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · Grandma tied her apron and began to cook.[↗](../../apron/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · We wore aprons in the science lab.[↗](../../apron/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · My apron has a big pocket at the front.[↗](../../apron/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · The planes waited on the apron at the airport.[↗](../../apron/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · Dad's apron says Best Cook.[↗](../../apron/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") · ‘What have you got in your apron?’[↗](../../apron/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") · the aprons, and the mantelets, and the cloaks, and the girdles; (Prophets ISA.3.22, JPS 1917)[↗](../../apron/#x9 "tree and pragmatics") **apt** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* Apt means suitable or just right for the situation.[↗](../../apt/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* If someone is apt to do something, they often tend to do it.[↗](../../apt/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* (old-fashioned) An apt pupil learns quickly.[↗](../../apt/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* «Busy as a bee» is an apt description of my mum.[↗](../../apt/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · That was an apt name for such a fast dog.[↗](../../apt/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · The old door is apt to stick in wet weather.[↗](../../apt/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · Little brothers are apt to copy everything you do.[↗](../../apt/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · She was an apt pupil and learned to read quickly.[↗](../../apt/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · It is apt that the gardening club meets in spring.[↗](../../apt/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · The strong are apt to settle questions to their own advantage.[↗](../../apt/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") · The various commentaries upon it are more apt to bewilder the student than to enlighten him.[↗](../../apt/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") (Mordell, The Origin of Letters and Numerals according to Sefer Yetzirah (1914))[↗](../../apt/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") · And all the men of might, even seven thousand, and the craftsmen and the smiths a thousand, all of them strong and apt for war, even them the king of Babylon brought captive to Babylon.[↗](../../apt/#x9 "tree and pragmatics") (Prophets 2KI.24.16, JPS 1917)[↗](../../apt/#x9 "tree and pragmatics") **aptitude** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* A natural ability or talent to do something well or to learn it quickly.[↗](../../aptitude/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* She has an aptitude for languages.[↗](../../aptitude/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · He showed great aptitude for drawing.[↗](../../aptitude/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · The aptitude test checks how quickly you learn.[↗](../../aptitude/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · Some children have an aptitude for music from a young age.[↗](../../aptitude/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · His aptitude for numbers made him good at chess.[↗](../../aptitude/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · You don't need an aptitude for sport to enjoy it.[↗](../../aptitude/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") **aqua** — *In Jewish tradition, meaning 1:* Water, or a blue-green colour like water.[↗](../../aqua/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") **aquaplane** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* If a car aquaplanes, its tyres slide on a layer of water on a wet road and lose grip, so the driver cannot steer or brake well.[↗](../../aquaplane/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* (old) An aquaplane was a board towed by a motorboat that a person stood on, like early water-skiing.[↗](../../aquaplane/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* The car aquaplaned on the flooded road.[↗](../../aquaplane/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · Slow down in heavy rain, or your car may aquaplane.[↗](../../aquaplane/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · Worn tyres make aquaplaning more likely.[↗](../../aquaplane/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · The lorry aquaplaned and slid into the hedge.[↗](../../aquaplane/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · Water between the tyre and road reduces friction.[↗](../../aquaplane/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · Road signs warn drivers about aquaplaning.[↗](../../aquaplane/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") **aquarium** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* A glass tank filled with water where fish and other water animals and plants are kept, at home or at school.[↗](../../aquarium/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* A building, like a zoo for water animals, where people go to see fish, sharks, turtles and other sea creatures.[↗](../../aquarium/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* We have a small aquarium with goldfish in our classroom.[↗](../../aquarium/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · At the aquarium we walked through a tunnel under the sharks.[↗](../../aquarium/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · Don't tap on the aquarium glass — it scares the fish.[↗](../../aquarium/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · The aquarium pump puts air bubbles into the water.[↗](../../aquarium/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · We cleaned the aquarium and changed some of the water.[↗](../../aquarium/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · The big aquarium has turtles, octopuses and jellyfish.[↗](../../aquarium/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · Plants in an aquarium give off oxygen.[↗](../../aquarium/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") **aquarius** — *In Jewish tradition, meaning 1:* A sign of the zodiac, shown as a water carrier, which is also a group of stars.[↗](../../aquarius/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* \[paragraph continues\] Taurus, Gemini, Cancer, Leo, Virgo, Libra, Scorpio, Sagitarius, Capricornus, Aquarius and Pisces.[↗](../../aquarius/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") (Sefer Yetzirah, Kalisch 1877)[↗](../../aquarius/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · He produced Tzaddi, predominant in Taste, crowned it, combined and formed with it Aquarius in the Year, and the gullet in Man.[↗](../../aquarius/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") (Sefer Yetzirah, Westcott 1893)[↗](../../aquarius/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · He produced Tzaddi, predominant in Taste, crowned, combined, and formed Aquarius in the world, Sebat in the year, and the gullet in man.[↗](../../aquarius/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") (Sefer Yetzirah, Westcott 1887)[↗](../../aquarius/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") **aquatic** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* Aquatic means living or growing in water, as in «aquatic plants».[↗](../../aquatic/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* Aquatic also means happening in or on water, as in «aquatic sports» like swimming and diving.[↗](../../aquatic/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* (rare) An aquatic is a plant or animal that lives in water.[↗](../../aquatic/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* Frogs lay their eggs in an aquatic habitat.[↗](../../aquatic/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · Water lilies are aquatic plants.[↗](../../aquatic/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · Fish have gills because they are aquatic.[↗](../../aquatic/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · We went to the aquatic centre for swimming lessons.[↗](../../aquatic/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · Diving and water polo are aquatic sports.[↗](../../aquatic/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · Otters are partly aquatic animals.[↗](../../aquatic/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · The white aquatic birds skimmed the surface of the water in their flight, and all was calm and still as amid the black rocks at Delphi.[↗](../../aquatic/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") **aqueduct** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* An aqueduct is a bridge that carries water, either a channel of water or a canal, across a valley or river.[↗](../../aqueduct/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* An aqueduct is any man-made channel or pipe that carries water a long way, for example to a city.[↗](../../aqueduct/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* The Romans built an aqueduct to bring water to the city.[↗](../../aqueduct/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · The aqueduct had rows of tall stone arches.[↗](../../aqueduct/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · Water flowed slowly downhill along the aqueduct.[↗](../../aqueduct/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · We crossed the Pontcysyllte Aqueduct on a narrowboat.[↗](../../aqueduct/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · Some aqueducts were over 50 kilometres long.[↗](../../aqueduct/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · The old aqueduct still stands in Segovia, Spain.[↗](../../aqueduct/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · An aqueduct carries water; a viaduct carries a road or railway.[↗](../../aqueduct/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") **ar** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* (UK, dialect) In parts of northern England and the Midlands, «ar» or «arr» means "yes", and «ar» can also mean "our": «ar kid» (my brother or sister).[↗](../../ar/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* (science) Ar is the chemical symbol for argon, a gas in the air used in light bulbs.[↗](../../ar/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* (abbreviation) AR is short for Arkansas, a US state, and for augmented reality, where a screen shows computer pictures over the real world.[↗](../../ar/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 4:* «Arr!» is how pirates talk in films and cartoons.[↗](../../ar/#m4 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 5:* Ar is also the name of the letter R said aloud.[↗](../../ar/#m5 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* (UK, dialect) "Are you coming?" "[↗](../../ar/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") Ar, I'm coming."[↗](../../ar/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · (UK, dialect) Ar kid's gone to the shops.[↗](../../ar/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · (science) The symbol Ar stands for argon.[↗](../../ar/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · (computing) We used an AR app to see a dinosaur in our classroom.[↗](../../ar/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · "Arr, me hearties!" said the pirate.[↗](../../ar/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · (US) Little Rock is the capital of AR, Arkansas.[↗](../../ar/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · 'Thou art this day to pass over the border of Moab, even Ar; (Torah DEU.2.18, JPS 1917)[↗](../../ar/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") · And the slope of the valleys that inclineth toward the seat of Ar, and leaneth upon the border of Moab. — (Torah NUM.21.15, JPS 1917)[↗](../../ar/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") · For a fire is gone out of Heshbon, a flame from the city of Sihon; it hath devoured Ar of Moab, the lords of the high places of Arnon.[↗](../../ar/#x9 "tree and pragmatics") (Torah NUM.21.28, JPS 1917)[↗](../../ar/#x9 "tree and pragmatics") · For in the night that Ar of Moab is laid waste, he is brought to ruin; for in the night that Kir of Moab is laid waste, he is brought to ruin.[↗](../../ar/#x10 "tree and pragmatics") (Prophets ISA.15.1, JPS 1917)[↗](../../ar/#x10 "tree and pragmatics") **arab** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* A person whose people come from the Arabic-speaking countries of the Middle East and North Africa, such as Egypt, Saudi Arabia or Morocco.[↗](../../arab/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* (adjective) To do with Arabs or the Arab world, like Arab culture.[↗](../../arab/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* An Arab horse, a beautiful breed known for speed and strength.[↗](../../arab/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* Many Arab families live in our city.[↗](../../arab/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · We learned about the Arab world in geography.[↗](../../arab/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · Arab scholars long ago helped develop algebra.[↗](../../arab/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · My friend Layla's family is Arab and speaks Arabic at home.[↗](../../arab/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · The Arab horse is famous for its speed.[↗](../../arab/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · Arab countries stretch from Morocco to Oman.[↗](../../arab/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · Our class tasted food from different Arab countries.[↗](../../arab/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") · She first drank herself, according to the Arab custom, and then filled it for her sisters.[↗](../../arab/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") · The Hebrew grammarians under Arabic influence came to believe that tliose rules of ortho- graphy which the Arab grammarians invented for the language of the Koran hold good also for the language of the Old Testament.[↗](../../arab/#x9 "tree and pragmatics") (Mordell, The Origin of Letters and Numerals according to Sefer Yetzirah (1914))[↗](../../arab/#x9 "tree and pragmatics") **arabesque** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* A decoration of flowing lines, leaves and curls, often repeated in a pattern.[↗](../../arabesque/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* (ballet) A pose on one leg with the other leg stretched out straight behind.[↗](../../arabesque/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* The gate had a pretty arabesque of leaves.[↗](../../arabesque/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · The sleeves were stitched with arabesques of roses.[↗](../../arabesque/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · The dancer held an arabesque on one toe.[↗](../../arabesque/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") **arabian** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* To do with Arabia, the large peninsula in south-west Asia, or its people.[↗](../../arabian/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* An Arabian horse: a fast, graceful breed of horse.[↗](../../arabian/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* The Arabian Peninsula is mostly desert.[↗](../../arabian/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · She rode a beautiful Arabian horse.[↗](../../arabian/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · The Arabian Sea is part of the Indian Ocean.[↗](../../arabian/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · "Aladdin" is one of the tales in The Arabian Nights.[↗](../../arabian/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · Camels live in the Arabian desert.[↗](../../arabian/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · Arabian horses have a dished face and high tail.[↗](../../arabian/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · It also crept into the voyages of Sindbad in the Arabian Nights.[↗](../../arabian/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") · From this sym- bol originated the numeral 0 (.ji in the East-Arabian notation.[↗](../../arabian/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") (Mordell, The Origin of Letters and Numerals according to Sefer Yetzirah (1914))[↗](../../arabian/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") · "') As an early Arabian mathematiciaa Mohammed ben Musa Alkhowa- rezini said that the lodians practiced the so-called Arabian system of notation (M. (Mordell, The Origin of Letters and Numerals according to Sefer Yetzirah (1914))[↗](../../arabian/#x9 "tree and pragmatics") · Indeed, the numbers 1, 2, 3, and 4 were originally indicated by such a series of strokes, as is well known to all familiar with the old Roman, Greek, and South-Arabian systems of notation.[↗](../../arabian/#x10 "tree and pragmatics") (Mordell, The Origin of Letters and Numerals according to Sefer Yetzirah (1914))[↗](../../arabian/#x10 "tree and pragmatics") · By the ways hast thou sat for them, as an Arabian in the wilderness; and thou hast polluted the land with thy harlotries and with thy wickedness.[↗](../../arabian/#x11 "tree and pragmatics") (Prophets JER.3.2, JPS 1917)[↗](../../arabian/#x11 "tree and pragmatics") · It shall never be inhabited, neither shall it be dwelt in from generation to generation; neither shall the Arabian pitch tent there; neither shall the shepherds make their fold there.[↗](../../arabian/#x12 "tree and pragmatics") (Prophets ISA.13.20, JPS 1917)[↗](../../arabian/#x12 "tree and pragmatics") · But when Sanballat the Horonite, and Tobiah the servant, the Ammonite, and Geshem the Arabian, heard it, they laughed us to scorn, and despised us, and said: 'What is this thing that ye do? will ye rebel against the king?'[↗](../../arabian/#x13 "tree and pragmatics") (Writings NEH.2.19, JPS 1917)[↗](../../arabian/#x13 "tree and pragmatics") **arabic** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* Arabic is the language spoken by many millions of people in the Middle East and North Africa.[↗](../../arabic/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* Arabic describes things connected with the Arabic language, Arabs and their culture, like Arabic writing or Arabic food.[↗](../../arabic/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* Arabic numerals are the usual number signs 0 to 9.[↗](../../arabic/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* Arabic is written from right to left.[↗](../../arabic/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · My friend Layla speaks Arabic and English.[↗](../../arabic/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · We use Arabic numerals like 7 and 9, not Roman ones like VII.[↗](../../arabic/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · The Arabic alphabet has 28 letters.[↗](../../arabic/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · Arabic is spoken in Egypt, Morocco and many other countries.[↗](../../arabic/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · The mosque has beautiful Arabic writing on the wall.[↗](../../arabic/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · Reassured by the nature of their occupation, I advanced towards them and they greeted me in Arabic, asking who I was and whence I came.[↗](../../arabic/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") · Tiie so-called Arabic alphabet consisted originally of only seventen letters.[↗](../../arabic/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") (Mordell, The Origin of Letters and Numerals according to Sefer Yetzirah (1914))[↗](../../arabic/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") · The Arabic alphabet consisted originally of the following seventeen letters:") (Mordell, The Origin of Letters and Numerals according to Sefer Yetzirah (1914))[↗](../../arabic/#x9 "tree and pragmatics") · As the Arabic numeral system of notation, the vowels, and the (Mordell, The Origin of Letters and Numerals according to Sefer Yetzirah (1914))[↗](../../arabic/#x10 "tree and pragmatics") [1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/A/) … [42](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/A/page/42/) **43** [44](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/A/page/44/) … [62](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/A/page/62/) - ← previous: [page 42](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/A/page/42/) - next →: [page 44](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/A/page/44/) - ↑ back to [The English dictionary](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/)