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| all told |
including everyone or everything; counting all. |
| alone |
apart from everyone or everything else. [1/3 definitions] |
| carry one's weight |
to work and produce results as well as everyone else; contribute one's fair share to some effort. |
| curfew |
a rule or law that sets a time after which everyone must be off the street and inside for the night. Curfews sometimes apply only to a particular group, such as young people. |
| egalitarian |
of, pertaining to, based on, or characterized by belief in the principle of equal rights for everyone. [2 definitions] |
| equal |
the same for everyone. [1/3 definitions] |
| handicap |
an advantage or disadvantage placed on a team or player in a race or contest. This is done to give everyone an equal chance to win. [1/3 definitions] |
| other |
everyone except for oneself. [1/7 definitions] |
| potluck |
a meal to which everyone brings a prepared dish to share. [1/2 definitions] |
| radiate |
to have a quality or be in a mood that everyone notices or feels. [1/4 definitions] |
| restrictive |
in grammar, restricting the meaning of an element such as a word or phrase, as "who is here" restricts the meaning of "everyone" in the sentence "Everyone who is here is protected". [1/3 definitions] |
| the1 |
used before nouns or noun phrases when the thing you are talking about is the only one in the world or is the one that everyone knows. [1/2 definitions] |
| they |
people; everyone. [1/2 definitions] |
| universal |
for or affecting everyone. [1/2 definitions] |
| upset |
to win against an opponent when everyone expects you to lose. [1/4 definitions] |
| world |
the earth and everyone in it. [1/3 definitions] |
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