--- title: A — The English dictionary with trees and pragmatics · page 51 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/51/) [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 51 [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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Modern English, meaning 1:* «asketh» means «asks», a form of «ask».[↗](../../asketh/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *e.g.* To ask is to say a question so that you get an answer.[↗](../../asketh/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* When thy son asketh thee in time to come, saying: 'What mean the testimonies, and the statutes, and the ordinances, which the LORD our God hath commanded you?[↗](../../asketh/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") (Torah DEU.6.20, JPS 1917) · And he commanded the foremost, saying: 'When Esau my brother meeteth thee, and asketh thee, saying: Whose art thou? and whither goest thou? and whose are these before thee?[↗](../../asketh/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") (Torah GEN.32.17, JPS 1917) · And it shall be when thy son asketh thee in time to come, saying: What is this? that thou shalt say unto him: By strength of hand the LORD brought us out from Egypt, from the house of bondage;[↗](../../asketh/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") (Torah EXO.13.14, JPS 1917) **asl** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* ASL stands for American Sign Language, the language of hand signs, faces and body movements used by many Deaf people in the USA and parts of Canada.[↗](../../asl/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* (internet slang) «asl» is an old chat question meaning «age, sex, location?» — strangers online use it to find out about you.[↗](../../asl/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* She is learning ASL to talk with her deaf cousin.[↗](../../asl/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · ASL has its own grammar, not the same as English.[↗](../../asl/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · In ASL, you can spell names with finger signs.[↗](../../asl/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · British Sign Language is different from ASL.[↗](../../asl/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · A stranger typed «asl?» in the game chat, so I told my mum.[↗](../../asl/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · Never tell strangers online your age or where you live.[↗](../../asl/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") **asleep** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* Sleeping.[↗](../../asleep/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* Of an arm or leg: numb and tingly because you sat on it too long: «My foot is asleep».[↗](../../asleep/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* The baby is asleep.[↗](../../asleep/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · I fell asleep during the film.[↗](../../asleep/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · Shh — Grandpa is fast asleep.[↗](../../asleep/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · Turn off screens an hour before bed so you fall asleep easily.[↗](../../asleep/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · My leg went to sleep and now it's tingly.[↗](../../asleep/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · The cat was sound asleep on the sofa.[↗](../../asleep/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · Bears are asleep for much of the winter.[↗](../../asleep/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") · Are you still asleep?[↗](../../asleep/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") · And he fell asleep again directly.[↗](../../asleep/#x9 "tree and pragmatics") · Then the Lord awaked as one asleep, like a mighty man recovering from wine.[↗](../../asleep/#x10 "tree and pragmatics") (Writings PSA.78.65, JPS 1917)[↗](../../asleep/#x10 "tree and pragmatics") · But Jonah was gone down into the innermost parts of the ship; and he lay, and was fast asleep.[↗](../../asleep/#x11 "tree and pragmatics") (Prophets JON.1.5, JPS 1917)[↗](../../asleep/#x11 "tree and pragmatics") · And the roof of thy mouth like the best wine, that glideth down smoothly for my beloved, moving gently the lips of those that are asleep.'[↗](../../asleep/#x12 "tree and pragmatics") (Writings SNG.7.10, JPS 1917)[↗](../../asleep/#x12 "tree and pragmatics") **asp** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* An asp is a small, poisonous snake, found in hot countries and in old stories.[↗](../../asp/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Early Modern English, meaning 1:* A small, poisonous snake.[↗](../../asp/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* The fox nearly stepped on an asp.[↗](../../asp/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · The asp slid quietly across the path.[↗](../../asp/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · In the story the asp was clever and could talk.[↗](../../asp/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · Their wine is the venom of serpents, and the cruel poison of asps.[↗](../../asp/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") (Torah DEU.32.33, JPS 1917)[↗](../../asp/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · He shall suck the poison of asps; the viper's tongue shall slay him.[↗](../../asp/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") (Writings JOB.20.16, JPS 1917)[↗](../../asp/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · Yet his food in his bowels is turned, it is the gall of asps within him.[↗](../../asp/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") (Writings JOB.20.14, JPS 1917)[↗](../../asp/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · Their venom is like the venom of a serpent; they are like the deaf asp that stoppeth her ear; (Writings PSA.58.5, JPS 1917)[↗](../../asp/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") · Their wine is the venom of serpents, and the cruel poison of asps.[↗](../../asp/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") (Torah DEU.32.33, JPS 1917) · And the fox went on till he nearly fell over an asp who was gliding across the road.[↗](../../asp/#x9 "tree and pragmatics") (The Brown Fairy Book) · “Well, if you only want them for a short time, perhaps I could manage,” answered the asp; “but I can’t do without them for long.”[↗](../../asp/#x10 "tree and pragmatics") (The Brown Fairy Book) **asparagus** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* A vegetable with long green, white or purple stalks with pointed tips, eaten cooked.[↗](../../asparagus/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* The plant it grows from.[↗](../../asparagus/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* We had asparagus with our dinner.[↗](../../asparagus/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · Asparagus spears grow up from the soil.[↗](../../asparagus/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · Grandad grows asparagus in his garden.[↗](../../asparagus/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · The asparagus season is in late spring.[↗](../../asparagus/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · I tried asparagus soup at school.[↗](../../asparagus/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · Snap off the woody ends of the asparagus.[↗](../../asparagus/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") **aspect** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* One part or side of a situation, problem or idea that you can think about.[↗](../../aspect/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* The way something looks or seems from a certain point of view.[↗](../../aspect/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* The direction a building, room or garden faces, such as a south aspect.[↗](../../aspect/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 4:* (grammar) A way a verb shows whether an action is finished, ongoing or repeated, as in "I am reading" versus "I read".[↗](../../aspect/#m4 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* Safety is the most important aspect of the trip.[↗](../../aspect/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · We looked at every aspect of the problem before deciding.[↗](../../aspect/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · The house has a sunny southern aspect, so the garden is warm.[↗](../../aspect/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · One aspect of being a good friend is listening.[↗](../../aspect/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · Money was only one aspect of the argument.[↗](../../aspect/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · The teacher asked us to write about a different aspect of life in Roman Britain.[↗](../../aspect/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · Plants on the north aspect of the hill grow more slowly.[↗](../../aspect/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") · "I was running" shows the continuous aspect of the verb.[↗](../../aspect/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") · A desert lay spread out before him, whose aspect made his hair stand on end.[↗](../../aspect/#x9 "tree and pragmatics") · His legs are as pillars of marble, set upon sockets of fine gold; his aspect is like Lebanon, excellent as the cedars.[↗](../../aspect/#x10 "tree and pragmatics") (Writings SNG.5.15, JPS 1917)[↗](../../aspect/#x10 "tree and pragmatics") **aspen** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* An aspen is a tall, thin tree of the poplar family, with round leaves on long, flat stalks that make them shake and flutter in the slightest wind.[↗](../../aspen/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* Aspen wood is light and soft.[↗](../../aspen/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* The aspen leaves trembled in the breeze.[↗](../../aspen/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · In autumn, the aspens turned golden yellow.[↗](../../aspen/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · A whole forest of aspens can grow from one root.[↗](../../aspen/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · She was shaking like an aspen leaf before her solo.[↗](../../aspen/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · Beavers like to chew aspen trees.[↗](../../aspen/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · Aspen bark is pale and smooth.[↗](../../aspen/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · I shook like an aspen leaf at the sight, and my spirit quaked for fear.[↗](../../aspen/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") **asphalt** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* Asphalt is a black sticky material mixed with stones and used to make road surfaces and playgrounds.[↗](../../asphalt/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* To asphalt means to cover a road or area with asphalt.[↗](../../asphalt/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* The new road was covered with fresh asphalt.[↗](../../asphalt/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · The asphalt felt hot under our bare feet.[↗](../../asphalt/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · I fell over and scraped my knee on the asphalt.[↗](../../asphalt/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · Workers asphalted the school car park.[↗](../../asphalt/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · Asphalt smells strong when it is being laid.[↗](../../asphalt/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") **aspirate** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* (speech) To aspirate a sound is to say it with a puff of breath, like the «h» in «hat» or the «p» in «pin».[↗](../../aspirate/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* (noun, phonetics) An aspirate is an «h» sound or a sound said with a puff of air.[↗](../../aspirate/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* (medicine) To aspirate something is to suck it out with a tube or needle, such as fluid from the body.[↗](../../aspirate/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 4:* (medicine) To aspirate food or liquid is to breathe it into the lungs by accident.[↗](../../aspirate/#m4 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* In «pin», the «p» is aspirated; hold your hand in front of your mouth to feel the puff.[↗](../../aspirate/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · Some London speakers do not aspirate the «h» in «house».[↗](../../aspirate/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · In Mandarin, «p» is aspirated and «b» is not.[↗](../../aspirate/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · The doctor aspirated fluid from the swollen knee.[↗](../../aspirate/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · Babies can aspirate milk if they are fed lying flat.[↗](../../aspirate/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · Old grammar books call «h» an aspirate.[↗](../../aspirate/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · The two sounds of each letter are the hard and the soft—the aspirated and the softened.[↗](../../aspirate/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") (Sefer Yetzirah, Westcott 1893)[↗](../../aspirate/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") · The two sounds of each letter are the hard and the soft — the aspirated and the softened.[↗](../../aspirate/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") (Sefer Yetzirah, Westcott 1893)[↗](../../aspirate/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") · There were formed seven double letters, Beth, Gimel, Daleth, Kaph, Pe, Resh, Tau, each has two voices, either aspirated or softened.[↗](../../aspirate/#x9 "tree and pragmatics") (Sefer Yetzirah, Westcott 1887)[↗](../../aspirate/#x9 "tree and pragmatics") **aspire** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* To aspire is to want very much to reach something great, such as a high place, a grand job or a better life.[↗](../../aspire/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") 2) (formal) To aspire to something is to hope to reach it one day.[↗](../../aspire/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* Many girls aspire to be queens in the tales.[↗](../../aspire/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · The poor boy aspires to a finer life.[↗](../../aspire/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · She aspires to be a doctor one day.[↗](../../aspire/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · The little duckling aspired to swim with the swans.[↗](../../aspire/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") **aspirin** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* Aspirin is a medicine that reduces pain, fever and swelling.[↗](../../aspirin/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* An aspirin is one tablet of this medicine.[↗](../../aspirin/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* Grandpa takes an aspirin every day because his doctor told him to.[↗](../../aspirin/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · Aspirin is not usually given to children.[↗](../../aspirin/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · Never take medicine without asking an adult.[↗](../../aspirin/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · Keep aspirin and other pills out of reach of little children.[↗](../../aspirin/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · Long ago people chewed willow bark, which contains a chemical like aspirin.[↗](../../aspirin/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · She took two aspirins for her headache.[↗](../../aspirin/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · Medicines must stay in a locked cupboard.[↗](../../aspirin/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") · Read the label before taking any aspirin.[↗](../../aspirin/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") **ass** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* An ass is a donkey, an animal like a small horse with long ears.[↗](../../ass/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* (rude, informal) Calling someone an ass means they are being stupid or silly.[↗](../../ass/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* (rude, US) Ass is a rude word for your bottom, the part you sit on.[↗](../../ass/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* The farmer loaded the ass with sacks of grain.[↗](../../ass/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · Jesus rode into Jerusalem on an ass.[↗](../../ass/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · Balaam's ass saw the angel before he did.[↗](../../ass/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · «Don't be such an ass!» said Rat to Toad.[↗](../../ass/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · In the fable, the ass wore a lion's skin.[↗](../../ass/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · He made an ass of himself at the party.[↗](../../ass/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · and threescore and one thousand asses, (Torah NUM.31.34, JPS 1917)[↗](../../ass/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") · and thirty thousand and five hundred asses, (Torah NUM.31.45, JPS 1917)[↗](../../ass/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") · Issachar is a large-boned ass, couching down between the sheep-folds.[↗](../../ass/#x9 "tree and pragmatics") (Torah GEN.49.14, JPS 1917)[↗](../../ass/#x9 "tree and pragmatics") · Who hath sent out the wild ass free?[↗](../../ass/#x10 "tree and pragmatics") (Writings JOB.39.5, JPS 1917)[↗](../../ass/#x10 "tree and pragmatics") · Now the asses of Kish Saul's father were lost.[↗](../../ass/#x11 "tree and pragmatics") (Prophets 1SA.9.3, JPS 1917)[↗](../../ass/#x11 "tree and pragmatics") · Or who hath loosed the bands of the wild ass?[↗](../../ass/#x12 "tree and pragmatics") (Writings JOB.39.5, JPS 1917)[↗](../../ass/#x12 "tree and pragmatics") **assail** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* (formal) To assail someone is to attack them violently.[↗](../../assail/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* To be assailed by doubts, worries, smells or questions is to have them come at you strongly from all sides.[↗](../../assail/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* The castle was assailed by enemy troops.[↗](../../assail/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · Mole was assailed by the smell of his old home.[↗](../../assail/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · She was assailed by doubts before the exam.[↗](../../assail/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · Reporters assailed the footballer with questions.[↗](../../assail/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · Strange noises assailed them in the dark wood.[↗](../../assail/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · The ship was assailed by storms.[↗](../../assail/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · Misfortune often assails us from an unexpected quarter.[↗](../../assail/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") · The floods of Belial assailed me.[↗](../../assail/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") (Prophets 2SA.22.5, JPS 1917)[↗](../../assail/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") · The cords of Death compassed me, and the floods of Belial assailed me.[↗](../../assail/#x9 "tree and pragmatics") (Writings PSA.18.5, JPS 1917)[↗](../../assail/#x9 "tree and pragmatics") **assailant** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* (formal, news and police) An assailant is a person who attacks someone physically.[↗](../../assailant/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* The assailant ran off before the police arrived.[↗](../../assailant/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · The victim could not see the assailant's face.[↗](../../assailant/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · Police are searching for the assailant.[↗](../../assailant/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · The shopkeeper fought off his assailant.[↗](../../assailant/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · The two assailants were later arrested.[↗](../../assailant/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · Witnesses described the assailant as tall with a red hat.[↗](../../assailant/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · He now gave the animals in charge of his friend Abderus, and made such a furious onslaught on his assailants that they turned and fled.[↗](../../assailant/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") · Make passing great Thy mercies, O Thou that savest by Thy right hand from assailants them that take refuge in Thee.[↗](../../assailant/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") (Writings PSA.17.7, JPS 1917)[↗](../../assailant/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") **assassin** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* A killer who murders a ruler or an important person, often in secret and for pay.[↗](../../assassin/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* The assassin hid behind the door.[↗](../../assassin/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · The king feared an assassin.[↗](../../assassin/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · Rid me of this assassin.[↗](../../assassin/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · The assassin was caught at last.[↗](../../assassin/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · Quick as a flash, the Marionette bit the assassin's hand.[↗](../../assassin/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") **assassinate** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* To assassinate is to murder an important or famous person, such as a leader, usually for political reasons.[↗](../../assassinate/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* The history book tells how a president was assassinated.[↗](../../assassinate/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · Guards protect the king so no one can assassinate him.[↗](../../assassinate/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · The plot to assassinate the leader failed.[↗](../../assassinate/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · In the play, the senators assassinate Julius Caesar.[↗](../../assassinate/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · Police stopped a man who planned to assassinate the minister.[↗](../../assassinate/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · The world was shocked when the leader was assassinated.[↗](../../assassinate/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · The physician, Douban, wishes to assassinate you.[↗](../../assassinate/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") **assassination** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* An assassination is the murder of an important or famous person, such as a leader, usually for political reasons.[↗](../../assassination/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* The assassination of the archduke helped start a great war.[↗](../../assassination/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · There was an assassination attempt on the president.[↗](../../assassination/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · The spy story is about an assassination plot.[↗](../../assassination/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · The country mourned after the assassination.[↗](../../assassination/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · Historians study why the assassination happened.[↗](../../assassination/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · Guards stopped the assassination just in time.[↗](../../assassination/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") **assault** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* (law) An assault is a violent attack on a person, or a threat to hurt them; it is a crime.[↗](../../assault/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* To assault someone is to attack them violently.[↗](../../assault/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* (military) An assault is an attack by soldiers to capture a place.[↗](../../assault/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 4:* A strong attack or challenge of another kind: «an assault on the mountain», «an assault on the senses» (very strong sights, sounds and smells).[↗](../../assault/#m4 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 5:* To assault someone with words is to attack them with harsh, rude talk.[↗](../../assault/#m5 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* The man was arrested for assault.[↗](../../assault/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · Hitting someone can be assault, which is a crime.[↗](../../assault/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · The soldiers launched an assault on the fort.[↗](../../assault/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · The climbers made their assault on the summit at dawn.[↗](../../assault/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · The market was an assault on the senses: colours, smells and noise.[↗](../../assault/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · Our PE class did an assault course with ropes and walls.[↗](../../assault/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · If anyone hurts you, tell a trusted adult or the police.[↗](../../assault/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") **assay** — *In Jewish tradition, meaning 1:* A test of a metal or ore to find out how pure it is, or to try something out.[↗](../../assay/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") The word is old and not common.[↗](../../assay/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") **assemblage** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* A large gathering of people, or a collection of many things brought together, such as a crowd at a feast or a court.[↗](../../assemblage/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* A great assemblage of lords came to the feast.[↗](../../assemblage/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · The assemblage cheered the new queen.[↗](../../assemblage/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · Never had there been such an assemblage in the Fish-World.[↗](../../assemblage/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") [1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/A/) … [50](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/A/page/50/) **51** [52](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/A/page/52/) … [62](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/A/page/62/) - ← previous: [page 50](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/A/page/50/) - next →: [page 52](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/A/page/52/) - ↑ back to [The English dictionary](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/)