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| ablaut |
a pattern of changes in sounds, usually vowels, that indicate variations in tense, number, person, or the like, as in "sink," "sank," and "sunk". |
| accent |
a mark used to indicate such prominence or stress. [2/8 definitions] |
| acknowledge |
to indicate awareness of. [2/4 definitions] |
| acute accent |
a diacritical mark (´), placed over a vowel to indicate length or high pitch, or to indicate primary stress of a syllable. (Cf. grave accent.) |
| ad libitum |
at one's pleasure (used as a musical direction to indicate that a section so marked may be varied, improvised upon, or omitted, as the performer wishes, or as a stage direction to indicate that the performer may improvise). |
| alack |
used to indicate dismay, sadness, or regret. |
| asking price |
the price or cost of an item for sale (used by a seller usu. to indicate a willingness to accept less money after bargaining). |
| aspect |
in grammar, a category of verb inflections, such as past perfect and past progressive, that indicate whether an action or state is ended or continues, is singular or repeated, and the like. [1/5 definitions] |
| asterisk |
a sign (*) used to indicate a footnote, an omission, or a break in the text, and for various other purposes. [1/2 definitions] |
| b. |
abbreviation of "born," brought into life by birth or in like manner (used to indicate the year or date of a birth). |
| barber pole |
a pole or cylinder with red and white spiral stripes, by which barbers indicate the location of their shops. |
| be |
used to indicate that something is or was strongly expected, requested, or due to happen, especially because arranged or scheduled (followed by an infinitive). [4/10 definitions] |
| be over |
to be finished; to have reached a conclusion (sometimes used to indicate great finality or that all efforts to change the conclusion are useless). |
| bespeak |
to signify or indicate. [1/2 definitions] |
| blah |
used to indicate insignificant, predictable, boring, or irritating things being said (often spoken in repetition). [1/4 definitions] |
| blaze2 |
to mark (trees), or to indicate (something) by so marking them. [1/4 definitions] |
| blinker |
a flashing light, esp. one used on a vehicle to indicate the direction of a turn, or one used as a traffic signal. [1/2 definitions] |
| bode1 |
to indicate about the future; portend. |
| both |
used with "and" to indicate inclusion of two things. [1/3 definitions] |
| brand |
a mark made, as on cattle, by burning with a hot iron, to indicate identity or ownership. [1/8 definitions] |
| breve |
a diacritical mark ( ˇ ), placed over a vowel to indicate that the vowel is short. [1/2 definitions] |
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