--- title: R — The English dictionary with trees and pragmatics · page 36 description: The 1025 words of the English dictionary under R, 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/R/page/36/) [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/) / R # R — The English dictionary · page 36 [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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[40](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/R/page/40/) … [55](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/R/page/55/) **resultant** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* (formal) Happening as a result of something: the storm and the resultant floods.[↗](../../resultant/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* (science/maths) The single force that has the same effect as several forces together: the resultant force.[↗](../../resultant/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* The heavy rain and the resultant floods closed the roads.[↗](../../resultant/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · Two forces of 5 N push the same way: the resultant force is 10 N.[↗](../../resultant/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · 8 N right and 3 N left give a resultant of 5 N right.[↗](../../resultant/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · The resultant noise woke the whole street.[↗](../../resultant/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · If the resultant force is zero, the object stays still or keeps moving steadily.[↗](../../resultant/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · The fire and resultant smoke filled the sky.[↗](../../resultant/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") **resume** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* To start again after a pause: the lesson resumed after break.[↗](../../resume/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* (formal) To take back a place: please resume your seats.[↗](../../resume/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* (noun, résumé, US/Canada) A document listing your work and education when you apply for a job (UK: CV).[↗](../../resume/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 4:* (noun, résumé) A short summary.[↗](../../resume/#m4 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* The match resumed after the rain stopped.[↗](../../resume/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · Please resume your seats.[↗](../../resume/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · Lessons will resume on Monday.[↗](../../resume/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · She resumed reading after dinner.[↗](../../resume/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · Dad updated his résumé for a new job.[↗](../../resume/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · We'll resume where we stopped.[↗](../../resume/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · The carriage rolled on, and the peasants resumed their dancing.[↗](../../resume/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") **resumption** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* (formal) Starting something again after it has stopped.[↗](../../resumption/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* The return of something that had paused: the resumption of lessons, of talks, of play.[↗](../../resumption/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* After the rain, there was a quick resumption of play.[↗](../../resumption/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · Everyone was happy about the resumption of school after lockdown.[↗](../../resumption/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · The resumption of train services was delayed.[↗](../../resumption/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · Leaders agreed to the resumption of peace talks.[↗](../../resumption/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · We waited for the resumption of the film after the advert.[↗](../../resumption/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · The resumption of power came after three hours in the dark.[↗](../../resumption/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") **resurrection** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* (Bible, church) The Resurrection is the rising of Jesus from the dead on the third day after his crucifixion, which Christians celebrate at Easter.[↗](../../resurrection/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* A resurrection is the act of coming back to life.[↗](../../resurrection/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* A return of something that was forgotten or gone: «the resurrection of an old toy craze».[↗](../../resurrection/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* Christians celebrate the Resurrection on Easter Sunday.[↗](../../resurrection/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · The women found the tomb empty on the morning of the Resurrection.[↗](../../resurrection/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · Christians believe in the resurrection of the dead at the end of time.[↗](../../resurrection/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · The Easter eggs remind some Christians of new life and the Resurrection.[↗](../../resurrection/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · The film was a resurrection of an old cartoon.[↗](../../resurrection/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · The fashion for yo-yos had a resurrection.[↗](../../resurrection/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · Our class painted pictures of the Resurrection story.[↗](../../resurrection/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") **resuscitated** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* To resuscitate is to bring someone back to consciousness or life after they seem dead.[↗](../../resuscitated/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* To resuscitate is to bring back into use something that was forgotten.[↗](../../resuscitated/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* The doctor resuscitated the drowned boy.[↗](../../resuscitated/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · She was dead, but one lover resuscitated her.[↗](../../resuscitated/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · The writer resuscitated old stories from the Bible.[↗](../../resuscitated/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") **resuscitation** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* Bringing someone back to life or to consciousness when their heart or breathing has stopped.[↗](../../resuscitation/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* Bringing an idea, plan or business back into use.[↗](../../resuscitation/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* The lifeguard started resuscitation on the swimmer.[↗](../../resuscitation/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · We learnt the steps of resuscitation in a first-aid class.[↗](../../resuscitation/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · Quick resuscitation can save a life.[↗](../../resuscitation/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · The ambulance crew continued resuscitation on the way to hospital.[↗](../../resuscitation/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · CPR stands for cardiopulmonary resuscitation.[↗](../../resuscitation/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · The old festival needed resuscitation after years of decline.[↗](../../resuscitation/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · Resuscitation from ashes has been used very effectively by Mr. Lang in his delightful Prince Prigio.[↗](../../resuscitation/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") **retail** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* Selling goods to the public in shops or online, usually in small amounts, for them to use.[↗](../../retail/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* (verb) To be sold at a certain price.[↗](../../retail/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *e.g.* These shoes retail at $40.[↗](../../retail/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* (informal) «Retail therapy» means shopping to cheer yourself up.[↗](../../retail/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* Mum works in retail at a clothes shop.[↗](../../retail/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · The retail price of the toy is £15.[↗](../../retail/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · The shop buys pens for 20p and sells them retail for 50p: profit 30p each.[↗](../../retail/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · This game retails at $30.[↗](../../retail/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · Big retail stores are busy at holiday time.[↗](../../retail/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · "I need some retail therapy," joked my aunt.[↗](../../retail/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") **retailer** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* A person or business that sells goods to the public, such as a shop, supermarket or online store.[↗](../../retailer/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* The retailer buys a book for $6 and sells it for $10.[↗](../../retailer/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · Supermarkets are big food retailers.[↗](../../retailer/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · This toy is available from all good retailers.[↗](../../retailer/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · The online retailer sent my parcel quickly.[↗](../../retailer/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · Small retailers sell fewer things than big chains.[↗](../../retailer/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · The retailer had a sale with 25% off.[↗](../../retailer/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") **retain** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* To retain is to keep something and not lose it or give it away.[↗](../../retain/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* To retain is to hold something in: a sponge retains water, a flask retains heat.[↗](../../retain/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* To retain facts is to remember them.[↗](../../retain/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* She gave away 8 of her 20 stickers and retained the rest.[↗](../../retain/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · The shop retains 10% of the price.[↗](../../retain/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · How many marbles did he retain?[↗](../../retain/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · The soil retains 2 liters of water.[↗](../../retain/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · Clay soil retains more water than sandy soil.[↗](../../retain/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · A flask retains heat for hours.[↗](../../retain/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · Reading notes again helps you retain facts.[↗](../../retain/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") · The team retained the trophy for another year.[↗](../../retain/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") · But above all he retained the passion for good form.[↗](../../retain/#x9 "tree and pragmatics") · And his father-in-law, the damsel's father, retained him; and he abode with him three days; so they did eat and drink, and lodged there.[↗](../../retain/#x10 "tree and pragmatics") (Prophets JDG.19.4, JPS 1917)[↗](../../retain/#x10 "tree and pragmatics") · So that I was left alone, and saw this great vision, and there remained no strength in me; for my comeliness was turned in me into corruption, and I retained no strength.[↗](../../retain/#x11 "tree and pragmatics") (Writings DAN.10.8, JPS 1917)[↗](../../retain/#x11 "tree and pragmatics") · There is no man that hath power over the wind to retain the wind; neither hath he power over the day of death; and there is no discharge in war; neither shall wickedness deliver him that is given to it.[↗](../../retain/#x12 "tree and pragmatics") (Writings ECC.8.8, JPS 1917)[↗](../../retain/#x12 "tree and pragmatics") **retainer** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* A retainer is an old word for a servant or follower who serves a lord or noble family.[↗](../../retainer/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") (old use).[↗](../../retainer/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* The retainers went out and brought the impostor before their lord.[↗](../../retainer/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · His special retainers were the bear, the deer and the hare.[↗](../../retainer/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · The lady's retainers carried her sword.[↗](../../retainer/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") **retake** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* To retake a test or exam is to take it again, often because you failed or want a better mark.[↗](../../retake/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* A retake is a second try at a test, or a scene in a film filmed again.[↗](../../retake/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* To retake a place is to capture it again after losing it.[↗](../../retake/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* She failed her driving test but will retake it next month.[↗](../../retake/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · I need to retake the spelling test.[↗](../../retake/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · The actor forgot his lines, so they did a retake.[↗](../../retake/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · The army retook the castle after a long siege.[↗](../../retake/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · Retakes are allowed if you are ill on the day.[↗](../../retake/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · After three retakes, the scene was perfect.[↗](../../retake/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") **retaliate** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* To do something bad back to someone who has hurt or attacked you; to hit back.[↗](../../retaliate/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* If someone pushes you, don't retaliate; tell a teacher.[↗](../../retaliate/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · He retaliated by throwing sand.[↗](../../retaliate/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · The army retaliated after the attack.[↗](../../retaliate/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · She was sent off for retaliating.[↗](../../retaliate/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · The cat retaliated with a scratch.[↗](../../retaliate/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · Don't retaliate, it only makes things worse.[↗](../../retaliate/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") **retaliation** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* Doing something bad to someone because they did something bad to you; hitting back; revenge.[↗](../../retaliation/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* He kicked the ball away in retaliation.[↗](../../retaliation/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · The referee sent him off for retaliation.[↗](../../retaliation/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · In retaliation for the attack, the army fired back.[↗](../../retaliation/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · Telling a teacher is better than retaliation.[↗](../../retaliation/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · She was afraid of retaliation if she told anyone.[↗](../../retaliation/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · The country raised taxes on imports in retaliation.[↗](../../retaliation/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") **retaliatory** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* Done to hit back or pay someone back for something bad they did.[↗](../../retaliatory/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* (news, war) Describing an attack or action that answers an earlier attack.[↗](../../retaliatory/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* The country launched a retaliatory attack after being bombed.[↗](../../retaliatory/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · The new taxes were a retaliatory move against the other country.[↗](../../retaliatory/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · His retaliatory push got him sent off too.[↗](../../retaliatory/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · Retaliatory insults only made the argument worse.[↗](../../retaliatory/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · The teacher said, "No retaliatory hitting — come and tell me."[↗](../../retaliatory/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · Both sides took retaliatory measures.[↗](../../retaliatory/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") **retard** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* (formal, science) To slow down or delay something: to retard growth, fire-retardant material.[↗](../../retard/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* (rude, offensive) A very hurtful insult for a person with a learning disability or for someone thought stupid — never use it.[↗](../../retard/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* Cold weather retards the growth of plants.[↗](../../retard/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · The curtains are treated to retard fire.[↗](../../retard/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · Fire-retardant pyjamas are safer for children.[↗](../../retard/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · Salt can retard the rotting of meat.[↗](../../retard/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · (rude, a bully in a story) «Don't call him that word — it's cruel,» said the teacher.[↗](../../retard/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") **retch** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* To retch is to strain the throat and stomach as if about to be sick, without being sick.[↗](../../retch/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* (dialect, old use) To retch is to reach or stretch out a hand or arm.[↗](../../retch/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* He began to retch and gag at the bad smell.[↗](../../retch/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · "You speck to retch there safe and sound?"[↗](../../retch/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") (= reach)[↗](../../retch/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · He retched out his hand to shake hands.[↗](../../retch/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") **retell** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* To retell a story is to tell it again, often in your own words.[↗](../../retell/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* A retelling is a new version of an old story.[↗](../../retell/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* Retell the story of the Three Little Pigs in your own words.[↗](../../retell/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · Grandma retold the tale of how she met Grandad.[↗](../../retell/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · We used a story map to retell "The Gruffalo".[↗](../../retell/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · The film is a modern retelling of Cinderella.[↗](../../retell/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · Can you retell what happened at break time?[↗](../../retell/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · The myth has been retold many times.[↗](../../retell/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") **retention** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* Retention is keeping something, or keeping it from being lost.[↗](../../retention/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* (UK school) Retention can mean keeping a pupil back a year.[↗](../../retention/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* (science/health) Water retention is when the body holds too much water.[↗](../../retention/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* Revision helps the retention of facts.[↗](../../retention/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · Clay soil has good water retention.[↗](../../retention/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · The wool coat has good heat retention.[↗](../../retention/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · Staff retention is a problem for the company.[↗](../../retention/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · Swelling in the ankles can be caused by water retention.[↗](../../retention/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") **reticence** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* The habit of not saying much, or of keeping your feelings and thoughts to yourself.[↗](../../reticence/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* (sometimes, informal) Unwillingness to do something; reluctance.[↗](../../reticence/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* Despite her reticence, Mia told the teacher what had happened.[↗](../../reticence/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · His reticence made some people think he was unfriendly.[↗](../../reticence/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · Grandad's reticence about the war meant he rarely talked about it.[↗](../../reticence/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · She overcame her reticence and sang in front of the class.[↗](../../reticence/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · The detective noticed the witness's reticence.[↗](../../reticence/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · Reticence is not the same as rudeness; some people are just quiet.[↗](../../reticence/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") **reticulate** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* (science) Reticulate means having a pattern of lines crossing each other like a net, as in the veins of a leaf («reticulate venation»).[↗](../../reticulate/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* (rare, formal) To reticulate is to divide or mark into a network.[↗](../../reticulate/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* A reticulated python is a huge snake with a net-like pattern on its skin.[↗](../../reticulate/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* Rose leaves have reticulate veins.[↗](../../reticulate/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · Grass has parallel veins, not reticulate ones.[↗](../../reticulate/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · Hold the leaf up to the light to see its reticulate pattern.[↗](../../reticulate/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · The reticulated python is one of the longest snakes.[↗](../../reticulate/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · The reticulated giraffe has neat net-like patches.[↗](../../reticulate/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · A fishing net is a reticulate pattern.[↗](../../reticulate/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") **retina** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* The retina is the thin layer at the back of the inside of the eye that senses light and sends messages to the brain.[↗](../../retina/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* The retina is at the back of your eye.[↗](../../retina/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · Light makes a picture on the retina.[↗](../../retina/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · Never look at the sun — it can damage your retina.[↗](../../retina/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · The optician shone a light to check my retina.[↗](../../retina/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · The retina has cells called rods and cones.[↗](../../retina/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · The brain flips the picture from the retina.[↗](../../retina/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") **retinue** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* A retinue is the group of people who travel with and serve an important person, such as a king or an emperor.[↗](../../retinue/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* It was the King and his retinue.[↗](../../retinue/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · The Emperor set out with his retinue.[↗](../../retinue/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · The Abbot came with a goodly retinue of knights.[↗](../../retinue/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") **retire** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* To stop working, usually because you are older.[↗](../../retire/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* (sport) To stop playing in a game or race, often because of injury.[↗](../../retire/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* (formal) To go to bed or to a quiet room: «retire for the night».[↗](../../retire/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 4:* (formal) To go away from a place, like an army moving back.[↗](../../retire/#m4 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* Grandad retired after working at the post office for many years.[↗](../../retire/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · The runner had to retire from the race with a sore leg.[↗](../../retire/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · The guests retired for the night.[↗](../../retire/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · She plans to retire to the seaside.[↗](../../retire/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · My retired neighbour grows tomatoes.[↗](../../retire/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · The army retired behind the hill.[↗](../../retire/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · And he wrote in the letter, saying: 'Set ye Uriah in the forefront of the hottest battle, and retire ye from him, that he may be smitten, and die.'[↗](../../retire/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") (Prophets 2SA.11.15, JPS 1917)[↗](../../retire/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") **retired** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* Retired describes a person who has stopped working, usually because they are older.[↗](../../retired/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* (verb, past) Retired means stopped working for good.[↗](../../retired/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* (formal) Retired can mean went to bed or went away to a quiet place.[↗](../../retired/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 4:* In sport, a player retired means stopped playing, sometimes because of injury.[↗](../../retired/#m4 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* My grandad is a retired teacher.[↗](../../retired/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · She retired from the police at sixty.[↗](../../retired/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · Nan has been retired for years and loves her garden.[↗](../../retired/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · (formal) After supper the guests retired to bed.[↗](../../retired/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · The batsman retired hurt.[↗](../../retired/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · The old ship was retired and turned into a museum.[↗](../../retired/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · My neighbour retired early and moved to the seaside.[↗](../../retired/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") · Then he retired, without awaiting any reply from the princess.[↗](../../retired/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") [1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/R/) … [30](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/R/page/30/) … [35](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/R/page/35/) **36** [37](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/R/page/37/) … [40](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/R/page/40/) … [55](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/R/page/55/) - ← previous: [page 35](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/R/page/35/) - next →: [page 37](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/R/page/37/) - ↑ back to [The English dictionary](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/)