--- title: A — The English dictionary with trees and pragmatics · page 44 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/44/) [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 44 [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:* An arachnid is a small animal with eight legs and a body in two main parts, such as a spider, scorpion, tick or mite.[↗](../../arachnid/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") Arachnids are not insects.[↗](../../arachnid/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* A spider is an arachnid, not an insect.[↗](../../arachnid/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · Arachnids have eight legs.[↗](../../arachnid/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · Ticks are tiny arachnids that can carry disease.[↗](../../arachnid/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · Scorpions are arachnids with a stinging tail.[↗](../../arachnid/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · How many legs do 5 arachnids have in all?[↗](../../arachnid/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · We drew an arachnid and labelled its two body parts.[↗](../../arachnid/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") **aramaic** — *In Jewish tradition, meaning 1:* An ancient Semitic language related to Hebrew, once spoken across the Middle East.[↗](../../aramaic/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* Onqelos, who renders it into Aramaic as צָדְיָא וְרוֹקָנְיָא tzadya weroqanya ‘(and the earth was) barren and desolate’ (https://cal.huc.edu/comment.php?coord=5100101021).[↗](../../aramaic/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") (Sefer Yetzirah, Sefaria community translation)[↗](../../aramaic/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · Then spoke the Chaldeans to the king in Aramaic: 'O king, live for ever! tell thy servants the dream, and we will declare the interpretation.'[↗](../../aramaic/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") (Writings DAN.2.4, JPS 1917)[↗](../../aramaic/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · And in the days of Artaxerxes wrote Bishlam, Mithredath, Tabeel, and the rest of his companions, unto Artaxerxes king of Persia; and the writing of the letter was written in the Aramaic character, and set forth in the Aramaic tongue.[↗](../../aramaic/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") (Writings EZR.4.7, JPS 1917)[↗](../../aramaic/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") **aramean** — *In Jewish tradition, meaning 1:* A person from Aram, an ancient land in what is now Syria.[↗](../../aramean/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* And Jacob outwitted Laban the Aramean, in that he told him not that he fled.[↗](../../aramean/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") (Torah GEN.31.20, JPS 1917)[↗](../../aramean/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · And Isaac sent away Jacob; and he went to Paddan-aram unto Laban, son of Bethuel the Aramean, the brother of Rebekah, Jacob's and Esau's mother.[↗](../../aramean/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") (Torah GEN.28.5, JPS 1917)[↗](../../aramean/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · And Isaac was forty years old when he took Rebekah, the daughter of Bethuel the Aramean, of Paddan-aram, the sister of Laban the Aramean, to be his wife.[↗](../../aramean/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") (Torah GEN.25.20, JPS 1917)[↗](../../aramean/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") **arbiter** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* A person who settles an argument or decides who is right.[↗](../../arbiter/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* A person who has great power to decide what is good, like in fashion or taste.[↗](../../arbiter/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* The referee is the final arbiter on the pitch.[↗](../../arbiter/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · Mum acted as arbiter in our argument.[↗](../../arbiter/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · The court is the arbiter in disputes.[↗](../../arbiter/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · The magazine was the arbiter of style.[↗](../../arbiter/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · A fair arbiter listens to both sides.[↗](../../arbiter/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · Let the teacher be the arbiter.[↗](../../arbiter/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · There is no arbiter betwixt us, that might lay his hand upon us both.[↗](../../arbiter/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") (Writings JOB.9.33, JPS 1917)[↗](../../arbiter/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") **arbitrarily** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* Without a real reason or plan, by chance or by a choice that is not fair.[↗](../../arbitrarily/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* He picked a card arbitrarily.[↗](../../arbitrarily/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · Choose a starting number arbitrarily.[↗](../../arbitrarily/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · The rules seemed to change arbitrarily.[↗](../../arbitrarily/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · The teams were split arbitrarily.[↗](../../arbitrarily/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · Prices were set arbitrarily.[↗](../../arbitrarily/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · Pick any point arbitrarily on the line.[↗](../../arbitrarily/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") **arbitrary** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* Arbitrary means chosen by chance or by someone's wish, not for a good reason or rule.[↗](../../arbitrary/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* (maths) An arbitrary number is any number you pick, used to show a rule works for all.[↗](../../arbitrary/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* Unfair power used without rules: an arbitrary punishment.[↗](../../arbitrary/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* The order of the names was arbitrary.[↗](../../arbitrary/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · Pick an arbitrary number and double it.[↗](../../arbitrary/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · The rule seemed arbitrary to the pupils.[↗](../../arbitrary/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · It was an arbitrary punishment with no warning.[↗](../../arbitrary/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · The starting point on the line is arbitrary.[↗](../../arbitrary/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · Giving prizes by height is arbitrary.[↗](../../arbitrary/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · All the other commentaries mentioned above, together with all quotations of other expounders of the same book, contain nothing but a medley of arbitrary, mystical explanations and sophistical distortions of scriptural verses, astrological notions, oriental (Sefer Yetzirah, Kalisch 1877)[↗](../../arbitrary/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") **arbitrator** — *In Jewish tradition, meaning 1:* A person chosen to settle a dispute between two sides.[↗](../../arbitrator/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* the two others, a supreme arbitrator.[↗](../../arbitrator/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") (Sefer Yetzirah, Westcott 1893)[↗](../../arbitrator/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · The Second sect admitted Three great Powers; two of them as in the first case, and a third Power whose function was to decide between \[p. 7\] the two others, a supreme arbitrator.[↗](../../arbitrator/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") (Sefer Yetzirah, Westcott 1893)[↗](../../arbitrator/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") **arbor** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* An arbor is a shady place in a garden, made of trees, climbing plants or a frame covered with leaves, where people can sit.[↗](../../arbor/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* (old use) An arbor can also be a leafy shelter where two people meet quietly.[↗](../../arbor/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* They sat in the arbor under the roses.[↗](../../arbor/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · The old arbor was covered with green vines.[↗](../../arbor/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · Tea was served in the garden arbor.[↗](../../arbor/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") **arbour** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* An arbour is a shady place in a garden, made of trees or climbing plants, where people can sit.[↗](../../arbour/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") This is the British spelling of «arbor».[↗](../../arbour/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* We ate our lunch in the arbour.[↗](../../arbour/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · Roses grew all over the arbour.[↗](../../arbour/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · The children hid in the arbour behind the wall.[↗](../../arbour/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") **arc** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* An arc is part of the curved line of a circle, or any curved line shaped like this.[↗](../../arc/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* To arc is to move in a curve: the ball arced through the air.[↗](../../arc/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* A story arc is the shape a story or a character's change follows from beginning to end.[↗](../../arc/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 4:* (science) An electric arc is a bright spark that jumps across a gap.[↗](../../arc/#m4 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* Use a compass to draw an arc.[↗](../../arc/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · An arc is part of the edge of a circle.[↗](../../arc/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · The ball arced high over the goalkeeper's head.[↗](../../arc/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · A rainbow is an arc of colours.[↗](../../arc/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · The hero's character arc goes from scared to brave.[↗](../../arc/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · The welder's arc was so bright we could not look at it.[↗](../../arc/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") **arcade** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* An arcade is a place with games you play using coins or tokens.[↗](../../arcade/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* An arcade is a covered passage with shops along it.[↗](../../arcade/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* In buildings, an arcade is a row of arches.[↗](../../arcade/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* He won 50 tickets at the arcade.[↗](../../arcade/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · Each arcade game costs 2 tokens.[↗](../../arcade/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · She spent 12 dollars at the arcade.[↗](../../arcade/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · They traded 30 tickets for a prize.[↗](../../arcade/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · We played air hockey at the arcade.[↗](../../arcade/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · The shopping arcade has a bookshop.[↗](../../arcade/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · Old arcade games are fun to play.[↗](../../arcade/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") · The arcade was full of flashing lights.[↗](../../arcade/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") · She saved her tickets for a big teddy bear.[↗](../../arcade/#x9 "tree and pragmatics") · The church has a long stone arcade.[↗](../../arcade/#x10 "tree and pragmatics") · The lazzarone sleeps under the arcade, whose pavement in old times was to be trodden only by the feet of high nobility.[↗](../../arcade/#x11 "tree and pragmatics") **arch** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* An arch is a curved shape or structure, like the top of a doorway or a bridge, that goes up and over.[↗](../../arch/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* The arch of your foot is the curved part underneath between heel and toes.[↗](../../arch/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* To arch means to bend into a curved shape, like a cat arching its back.[↗](../../arch/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 4:* Arch- at the start of a word means chief or main, as in archenemy.[↗](../../arch/#m4 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* We walked under the old stone arch.[↗](../../arch/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · The bridge has three big arches.[↗](../../arch/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · The cat arched its back and hissed.[↗](../../arch/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · A rainbow made an arch across the sky.[↗](../../arch/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · The ballet teacher told us to point our toes and lift the arch of our foot.[↗](../../arch/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · The Romans were very good at building arches.[↗](../../arch/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · Flat feet have a low arch.[↗](../../arch/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") · Batman's archenemy is the Joker.[↗](../../arch/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") · The tin soldier could already see daylight shining where the arch ended.[↗](../../arch/#x9 "tree and pragmatics") · And God was with the lad, and he grew; and he dwelt in the wilderness, and became an archer.[↗](../../arch/#x10 "tree and pragmatics") (Torah GEN.21.20, JPS 1917)[↗](../../arch/#x10 "tree and pragmatics") · And there were arches round about, five and twenty cubits long, and five cubits broad.[↗](../../arch/#x11 "tree and pragmatics") (Prophets EZK.40.30, JPS 1917)[↗](../../arch/#x11 "tree and pragmatics") · And the arches thereof were toward the outer court; and palm-trees were upon the posts thereof; and the going up to it had eight steps.[↗](../../arch/#x12 "tree and pragmatics") (Prophets EZK.40.31, JPS 1917)[↗](../../arch/#x12 "tree and pragmatics") · And he led me toward the south, and behold a gate toward the south; and he measured the posts thereof, and the arches thereof according to these measures.[↗](../../arch/#x13 "tree and pragmatics") (Prophets EZK.40.24, JPS 1917)[↗](../../arch/#x13 "tree and pragmatics") **archaeological** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* About archaeology: the study of the past by digging up and studying old objects, buildings and bones.[↗](../../archaeological/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* Stonehenge is a famous archaeological site.[↗](../../archaeological/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · They found Roman coins on an archaeological dig.[↗](../../archaeological/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · Archaeological evidence shows people lived here 5,000 years ago.[↗](../../archaeological/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · We visited an archaeological museum.[↗](../../archaeological/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · The farmer's field became an archaeological treasure.[↗](../../archaeological/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · Archaeological work must be done slowly and carefully.[↗](../../archaeological/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · I therefore hope that the candid reader will consider the great difficulties I had to overcome in this still unbeaten way of the ancient Jewish spiritual region, and will receive with indulgence this new contribution to archaeological knowledge.[↗](../../archaeological/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") (Sefer Yetzirah, Kalisch 1877)[↗](../../archaeological/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") **archaeologist** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* An archaeologist is a scientist who studies how people lived long ago by digging up and examining old things they left behind, such as bones, tools, pots and buildings.[↗](../../archaeologist/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* The archaeologist found a Roman coin in the field.[↗](../../archaeologist/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · Archaeologists dig very slowly with small trowels and brushes.[↗](../../archaeologist/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · An archaeologist can tell how old a pot is.[↗](../../archaeologist/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · Archaeologists found a Viking ship under the ground.[↗](../../archaeologist/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · When I grow up I want to be an archaeologist.[↗](../../archaeologist/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · The archaeologists marked every find on a map.[↗](../../archaeologist/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · Archaeologists study ancient Egypt by looking at tombs.[↗](../../archaeologist/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") · But the time of its composition and the name of its author have not yet been ascertained, despite of the most elaborate researches of renowned archaeologists.[↗](../../archaeologist/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") (Sefer Yetzirah, Kalisch 1877)[↗](../../archaeologist/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") **archaeology** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* The study of the human past by digging up and examining old things people left behind, such as tools, bones, pots, coins and buildings.[↗](../../archaeology/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* Archaeology tells us how Vikings lived.[↗](../../archaeology/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · Archaeologists found Roman coins under the car park.[↗](../../archaeology/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · We did an archaeology dig in the school sandpit.[↗](../../archaeology/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · Archaeology helps us learn about people who never wrote anything down.[↗](../../archaeology/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · The deeper layers in an archaeology dig are usually older.[↗](../../archaeology/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · Dinosaur bones are studied by palaeontologists, not by archaeology.[↗](../../archaeology/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · He has endeavoured in his illustrations to retain as much as possible of Celtic ornamentation; for all details of Celtic archaeology he has authority.[↗](../../archaeology/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") **archaeopteryx** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* Archaeopteryx was a small animal that lived about 150 million years ago and had features of both dinosaurs and birds: feathers and wings, but also teeth, claws and a long bony tail.[↗](../../archaeopteryx/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* Archaeopteryx had feathers like a bird and teeth like a dinosaur.[↗](../../archaeopteryx/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · The first Archaeopteryx fossil was found in Germany.[↗](../../archaeopteryx/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · Archaeopteryx was about the size of a magpie.[↗](../../archaeopteryx/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · Our museum has a cast of an Archaeopteryx fossil.[↗](../../archaeopteryx/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · Archaeopteryx helps show that birds came from dinosaurs.[↗](../../archaeopteryx/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · Could Archaeopteryx really fly?[↗](../../archaeopteryx/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") Scientists still argue about it.[↗](../../archaeopteryx/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") **archaic** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* Very old and from the distant past.[↗](../../archaic/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* Old-fashioned and no longer used, or too old to be useful.[↗](../../archaic/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* "Thou" is an archaic word for "you".[↗](../../archaic/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · Shakespeare's plays have many archaic words.[↗](../../archaic/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · The school's computers are archaic.[↗](../../archaic/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · That rule seems archaic now.[↗](../../archaic/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · Archaic rocks contain some of the oldest life on Earth.[↗](../../archaic/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · Grandpa uses some archaic phrases.[↗](../../archaic/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · This is indeed an archaic touch, which seems to hark back to primitive times and totemistic beliefs.[↗](../../archaic/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") **archbishop** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* (church) An archbishop is a very senior bishop who is in charge of the bishops and churches in a large area.[↗](../../archbishop/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* (church, UK) The Archbishop of Canterbury is the leading bishop of the Church of England.[↗](../../archbishop/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* The Archbishop of Canterbury crowned the king.[↗](../../archbishop/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · An archbishop leads the bishops of a large area.[↗](../../archbishop/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · The archbishop visited our cathedral at Easter.[↗](../../archbishop/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · Thomas Becket was an archbishop killed in his cathedral long ago.[↗](../../archbishop/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · The archbishop wore a tall hat called a mitre.[↗](../../archbishop/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · Our school choir sang for the archbishop.[↗](../../archbishop/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · Archbishop Desmond Tutu worked for fairness in South Africa.[↗](../../archbishop/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") · Eliza went, and the king and the archbishop followed her.[↗](../../archbishop/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") **archduke** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* A very important prince in the old royal family of Austria.[↗](../../archduke/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* Archduke Franz Ferdinand was killed in 1914.[↗](../../archduke/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · His death helped start the First World War.[↗](../../archduke/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · An archduke is higher than a duke.[↗](../../archduke/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · The archduke rode in an open car.[↗](../../archduke/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · The archduke's wife was also killed.[↗](../../archduke/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · Austria was ruled by archdukes and emperors.[↗](../../archduke/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") **archer** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* An archer is a person who shoots arrows from a bow.[↗](../../archer/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* The archer hit the target.[↗](../../archer/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · Robin Hood was a famous archer.[↗](../../archer/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · The archers stood ready with their bows.[↗](../../archer/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · The archers have dealt bitterly with him, and shot at him, and hated him; (Torah GEN.49.23, JPS 1917)[↗](../../archer/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · The children of Ephraim were as archers handling the bow, that turned back in the day of battle.[↗](../../archer/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") (Writings PSA.78.9, JPS 1917)[↗](../../archer/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · And the sons of Ulam were mighty men of valour, archers; and had many sons, and sons' sons, a hundred and fifty.[↗](../../archer/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") (Writings 1CH.8.40, JPS 1917)[↗](../../archer/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · And the battle went sore against Saul, and the archers overtook him; and he was in anguish by reason of the archers.[↗](../../archer/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") (Writings 1CH.10.3, JPS 1917)[↗](../../archer/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") **archerfish** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* An archerfish is a small fish of warm rivers and mangroves in Asia and northern Australia that shoots a jet of water from its mouth to knock insects off leaves above the water.[↗](../../archerfish/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* It then swims to eat the insect when it falls.[↗](../../archerfish/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* The archerfish spat a jet of water and knocked a beetle into the river.[↗](../../archerfish/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · An archerfish can hit insects more than a metre away.[↗](../../archerfish/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · Archerfish live in mangrove swamps in Australia.[↗](../../archerfish/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · The archerfish corrects its aim for the bending of light.[↗](../../archerfish/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · Young archerfish learn by watching older ones.[↗](../../archerfish/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · At the aquarium, the archerfish shot water at a target.[↗](../../archerfish/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · The archerfish has stripes on its silvery sides.[↗](../../archerfish/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") **archery** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* Archery is the sport or skill of shooting arrows from a bow at a target.[↗](../../archery/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* He practised archery every Saturday.[↗](../../archery/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · Archery needs steady hands.[↗](../../archery/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · She won a medal for archery.[↗](../../archery/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") **archetype** — *In Jewish tradition, meaning 1:* The first or perfect model from which other things are copied.[↗](../../archetype/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* It is the model, or archetype, after (Mordell, The Origin of Letters and Numerals according to Sefer Yetzirah (1914))[↗](../../archetype/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") **archipelago** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* A group of islands close together in the sea.[↗](../../archipelago/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* Indonesia is the biggest archipelago in the world.[↗](../../archipelago/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · The Galápagos archipelago has giant tortoises.[↗](../../archipelago/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · We sailed around the archipelago.[↗](../../archipelago/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · Britain and Ireland are part of an archipelago.[↗](../../archipelago/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · The Philippines is an archipelago of over 7,000 islands.[↗](../../archipelago/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · Draw the archipelago on your map.[↗](../../archipelago/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") [1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/A/) … [43](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/A/page/43/) **44** [45](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/A/page/45/) … [62](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/A/page/62/) - ← previous: [page 43](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/A/page/43/) - next →: [page 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