2722
pS
[[Translingual]]
[Symbol]
pS
1.(metrology) Symbol for the picosiemens, an SI unit of electrical conductance equal to 10−12 siemens.
0
0
2009/04/03 22:32
TaN
2750
petrify
[[English]]
ipa :/ˈpɛ.tɹəˌfaɪ/[Verb]
petrified tree Kirstenbosch Cape Townto petrify (third-person singular simple present petrifies, present participle petrifying, simple past and past participle petrified)
1.To harden organic matter by permeating with water and depositing dissolved minerals.
2.To produce rigidness akin to stone.
3.To immobilize with fright.
0
0
2009/04/06 00:47
TaN
2752
sedate
[[English]]
ipa :-eɪt
audio:http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/3/3e/En-us-sedate.ogg
[Adjective]
sedate (comparative more sedate, superlative most sedate)
1.in a composed and temperate state.
[Etymology]
- From Latin sedatum, past participle of sedare.
[Verb]
to sedate (third-person singular simple present sedates, present participle sedating, simple past and past participle sedated)
1.to tranquilize by giving a sedative.
[[Italian]]
[Verb]
sedate
1.Second-person plural present tense of sedare.
2.Second-person plural imperative of sedare.
3.Feminine plural of sedato.
0
0
2009/04/06 00:47
TaN
2754
terrific
[[English]]
ipa :-ɪfɪk[Adjective]
terrific (comparative more terrific, superlative most terrific)
1.Frighteningly good.
I say! She's a terrific tennis player.
2.Astounding or awesome.
The car came round the bend at a terrific speed.
3.Terrifying; causing terror
The lightning was followed by a terrific clap of thunder.
4.Frightful or very unpleasant.
I've got a terrific hangover this morning.
5.Extraordinarily great or intense.
terrific speed
[Etymology]
< Latin terrificus (“‘causing terror’”) < terrere (“‘to frighten, terrify’”) + -ficus < facere (“‘to make’”).
[Synonyms]
- brilliant
- horrific
0
0
2009/04/06 00:59
2009/04/06 00:59
TaN
2756
goof
[[English]]
ipa :-uːf[Derived terms]
terms derived from goof
[Noun]
goof (plural goofs)
1.(US) A mistake or error
I made a goof in that last calculation.
2.(US) As a specific usage in film, an error made during production which finds its way into the final release.
3.(US) A foolish person
Your little brother is a total goof.
4.In prison, a goof is a term reserved for child molesters.
[Synonyms]
- (error): blooper, boo-boo, error, faux pas, fluff, gaffe, lapse, mistake, slip, stumble, thinko
- See also Wikisaurus:error
[Verb]
to goof (third-person singular simple present goofs, present participle goofing, simple past and past participle goofed)
1.(US) To make a mistake.
It's my fault: I goofed.
2.(US) To engage in mischief.
We were just goofing by painting the neighbors cat green.
0
0
2009/04/06 11:37
TaN
2759
schoolboy
[[English]]
[Noun]
schoolboy (plural schoolboys)
1.A boy attending school.
[See also]
- schoolchild
- schoolgirl
[Synonyms]
- pupil, student (especially US)
0
0
2009/04/06 14:02
TaN
2760
Tribeca
[[English]]
ipa :-ɛkə[Alternative spellings]
- TriBeCa
[Proper noun]
Wikipedia has an article on:TribecaWikipediaTribeca
1.A region of lower-west Manhattan; the Triangle Below Canal Street.
0
0
2009/04/06 14:02
TaN
2761
canal
[[English]]
[Etymology]
From Latin canalis.
[Noun]
canal (plural canals)
1.A channel which connects one body of water to another.
2.A waterway used for transportation of vessels, especially a manmade one.
3.A tubular channel within the body.
[[French]]
audio:http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/a0/Fr-canal.ogg
[Etymology]
From Latin canalis.
[Noun]
canal m. (plural canaux)
1.canal
2.channel (broadcasting: specific radio frequency or band of frequencies)
[[Portuguese]]
[Noun]
canal m.
1.channel (broadcasting: specific radio frequency or band of frequencies)
This Portuguese entry was created from the translations listed at channel. It may be less reliable than other entries, and may be missing parts of speech or additional senses. Please also see canal in the Portuguese Wiktionary. This notice will be removed when the entry is checked. (more information) April 2008
[[Spanish]]
[Noun]
canal m. (plural canales)
1.canal (waterway)
2.channel (of television)
3.(communication) channel
4.(chemistry) channel
5.cleavage
0
0
2009/04/06 14:02
TaN
2764
guardian
[[English]]
audio:http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/3/3a/En-us-guardian.ogg
[Noun]
guardian (plural guardians)
1.Someone who guards, watches over, or protects.
2.(law) A person legally responsible for a minor (in loco parentis).
3.(law) A person legally responsible for an incompetent person.
4.A superior in a Franciscan monastery.
5.(video games) A major or final enemy; boss.
0
0
2009/04/06 14:03
2009/04/06 14:03
TaN
2765
Stephenson
[[English]]
[Proper noun]
Stephenson
1.An English and Scottish patronymic surname derived from the given name Stephen.
0
0
2009/04/06 14:03
TaN
2768
happ
[[Icelandic]]
[Antonyms]
- óhapp
[Noun]
happ n. (happ-s, höpp)
1.luck, a stroke of luck
0
0
2009/04/06 14:03
TaN
2770
patronymic
[[English]]
[Adjective]
patronymic (not comparable)
1.Derived from ancestors; as, a patronymic denomination.
[Etymology]
From Ancient Greek πατήρ (patēr), “‘father’”) + ὄνομα (onoma), “‘name’”).
[Noun]
patronymic (plural: patronymics)
1.name acquired from one's father's, grandfather's or earlier male ancestor's first name. Some cultures use a patronymic where other cultures use a surname or family name; other cultures {like Russia} use both a patronymic and a surname.
[References]
- “patronymic” in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913
0
0
2009/04/06 14:03
TaN
2772
april
[[Bosnian]]
[Noun]
april m (plural aprili)
1.the month of April
[[Croatian]]
[Noun]
april m (plural aprili)
1.the month of April
[Synonyms]
- travanj
[[Danish]]
[Noun]
april
1.the month of April
[[Dutch]]
audio:http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/1/1c/Nl-april.ogg
[Noun]
april
1.the month of April
[[Limburgish]]
[Noun]
april
1.April (month)
[[Livonian]]
[Noun]
april
1.the month of April
[Synonyms]
- kõļimkū
[[Norwegian Bokmål]]
[Etymology]
From Latin aprilis (mensis) ("the second month"), as this was the second month in the Roman calendar.
[Noun]
april
1.April (fourth month of the Gregorian calendar)
[References]
- “april” in The Ordnett Dictionary
- “april” in The Bokmål Dictionary / The Nynorsk Dictionary – Dokumentasjonsprosjektet.
[[Norwegian Nynorsk]]
[Etymology]
From Latin aprilis (mensis) ("the second month"), as this was the second month in the Roman calendar.
[Noun]
april
1.April (fourth month of the Gregorian calendar)
[References]
- “april” in The Ordnett Dictionary
- “april” in The Bokmål Dictionary / The Nynorsk Dictionary – Dokumentasjonsprosjektet.
[[Serbian]]
[Noun]
april m. (plural aprili) (Cyrillic spelling април)
1.the month of April
[[Swedish]]
audio:http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/0/03/Sv-april.ogg
[Noun]
april
1.April
[[West Frisian]]
[Noun]
april
1.April
0
0
2009/04/06 14:05
TaN
2773
releases
[[English]]
[Noun]
releases
1.(software) Plural form of release.
[Verb]
releases
1.Third-person singular simple present indicative form of release.
0
0
2009/01/23 13:42
2009/04/06 14:05
TaN
2778
deferred
[[English]]
[Adjective]
deferred (comparative more deferred, superlative most deferred)
1.Of or pertaining to delay of an action.
Examples : "requested a deferred payment"; "our postponed trip"
2.Of or pertaining to bending to someone else's decision or judgment.
3.(accounting) Of or pertaining to a value that is not realized until a future date, e.g. annuities, charges, taxes, income, either as an asset or liability.
[Synonyms]
- (delay of action): delayed, postponed
- (give way to someone): acquiesced
[Verb]
deferred
1.Simple past tense and past participle of defer.
0
0
2009/04/06 14:11
TaN
2792
inorganic chemistry
[[English]]
[Noun]
inorganic chemistry (uncountable)
1.(chemistry) The chemistry of the elements (including carbon), and those compounds that do not contain carbon.
0
0
2009/04/06 16:34
2793
chalcogen
[[English]]
[Etymology]
Greek  (chalco-) + halogen.
[Noun]
chalcogen (plural chalcogens)
1.(inorganic chemistry) Any element of group 16 of the periodic table - oxygen, sulphur, selenium, tellurium and polonium.
0
0
2009/04/06 16:36
2794
electropositive
[[English]]
[Adjective]
electropositive
1.having a positive electric charge
2.(chemistry) tending to release electrons to form a chemical bond
[Antonyms]
- electronegative
0
0
2009/04/06 16:36
2803
innumerable
[[English]]
[Adjective]
innumerable (comparative more innumerable, superlative most innumerable)
1.Not capable of being counted, enumerated, or numbered, hence, indefinitely numerous; of great number.
[Etymology]
Latin, from innumerabilis. See also French innumérable. Derived from in- prefix and numerable.
[Synonyms]
- countless
- numberless
- unnumbered
0
0
2009/04/06 18:11
TaN
2821
get there
[[English]]
[Verb]
to get there (third-person singular simple present gets there, present participle getting there, simple past and past participle got there)
1.Arrive at a destination
What time are we going to get there?
2.(idiomatic) succeed.
He's having trouble completing the Sudoku, but he'll get there eventually.
0
0
2009/04/06 18:31
2822
enough
[[English]]
ipa :/ɪ'nʌf/
audio:http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/6c/En-us-enough.ogg
[Adverb]
enough
1.sufficiently
I cannot run fast enough to catch up to them.
[Determiner]
enough
1.sufficient; all that is required, needed, or appropriate
I've already had enough coffee today.
Are you man enough to fight me?
[Etymology]
Old English ġenōġ
[Interjection]
Enough!
1.stop! Don't do that anymore, etc.
Enough!
[Pronoun]
enough
1.A sufficient or adequate number, amount, etc.
I have enough to keep me going.
0
0
2009/02/25 22:10
2009/04/06 18:31
2843
Christmas card
[[English]]
[Noun]
Christmas card (plural Christmas cards)
1.a greeting card that is decorated in a manner that celebrates Christmas
0
0
2009/04/06 19:40
2846
Newfoundland
[[English]]
ipa :/ˈnjuːˌfaʊnd.lənd/[Noun]
Newfoundland (plural Newfoundlands)
1.Newfoundland dog, a very large breed of working dog from Newfoundland, with a shaggy, usually black coat, known for its water rescue ability, strength, and gentle disposition.
[Proper noun]
Newfoundland
1.A large island off the coast of eastern Canada, which, along with Labrador, has composed the Canadian province of Newfoundland and Labrador since 1949.
2.(historical) Former name of the Canadian province of Newfoundland and Labrador, 1949–2001.
[Synonyms]
- Newf
0
0
2009/04/06 19:43
2847
known
[[English]]
ipa :/nəʊn/
audio:http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/e/e3/En-us-known.ogg
[Adjective]
known (comparative more known, superlative most known)
1.That whom other people know, renowned, famous.
[Antonyms]
- unknown
[Etymology]
From the Middle English, from Old English past participle cnāwen.
[Noun]
known (plural knowns)
1.In algebra, a variable or constant whose value is already determined.
2.Any fact or situation which is well-researched or familiar.
[Verb]
known
1.Past participle of know.
0
0
2009/04/06 19:43
2855
web server
[[English]]
[Noun]
Wikipedia has an article on:Web serverWikipediaWeb server (plural Web servers)
1.(computing) software that delivers Web pages and other documents to browsers using the HTTP protocol
2.(computing) the computer on which such software runs
0
0
2009/04/06 19:45
2858
Web server
[[English]]
[Noun]
Wikipedia has an article on:Web serverWikipediaWeb server (plural Web servers)
1.(computing) software that delivers Web pages and other documents to browsers using the HTTP protocol
2.(computing) the computer on which such software runs
0
0
2009/04/06 19:45
2859
server
[[English]]
ipa :-ɜː(r)və(r)[Antonyms]
- client
[Etymology]
serve + -er
[Noun]
server (plural servers)
1.One who serves.
2.A tray for dishes; a salver.
3.(computing) A computer or a program which provides services to other programs or users, either in the same computer or over a computer network.
4.Preferred unisex term for a waitress or waiter.
0
0
2009/01/23 13:42
2009/04/06 19:45
TaN
2862
cut one's teeth
[[English]]
[Verb]
to cut one's teeth
1.(idiomatic) To begin; to gain early experience.
He cut his teeth flying model airplanes as a child, so aeronautical engineering came naturally.
0
0
2009/04/07 01:00
TaN
2867
venal
[[English]]
ipa :/'vi:nəl/[Etymology 1]
From Latin vena
[Etymology 2]
From French venal, from Latin venalis, from venum (“‘something for sale’”)
0
0
2009/04/07 08:39
TaN
2868
brazen
[[English]]
ipa :-eɪzən
audio:http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/0/0e/En-us-brazen.ogg
[Adjective]
brazen (comparative more brazen, superlative most brazen)
1.Impudent, immodest, or shameless.
2.Pertaining to, made of, or resembling brass.
3.1786, Francis Grose, A Treatise on Ancient Armour and Weapons, page 31.
Brazen or rather copper swords seem to have been next introduced; these in process of time, workmen learned to harden by the addition of some other metal or mineral, which rendered them almost equal in temper to iron.
4.Sounding harsh and loud, like brass cymbals or brass instruments.
[Verb]
to brazen (third-person singular simple present brazens, present participle brazening, simple past and past participle brazened)
1.(transitive) To carry through in a brazen manner. Generally used with out or through.
2.W. Black.
Sabina brazened it out before Mrs. Wygram, but inwardly she was resolved to be a good deal more circumspect.
0
0
2009/04/07 08:39
TaN
2878
AFAICT
[[English]]
[Initialism]
AFAICT
1.(mostly Internet slang) as far as I can tell.
0
0
2009/04/07 10:12
TaN
2891
chandelier
[[English]]
[Etymology]
Latin, from candela (“‘a candle’”); see candle.
[Noun]
chandelier (plural chandeliers)
1.A branched, often ornate, lighting fixture suspended from the ceiling
[[French]]
ipa :/ʃɑ̃.dǝ.lje/[Noun]
chandelier
1.candlestick
0
0
2009/04/07 08:39
2009/04/07 15:00
TaN
2893
toxic waste
[[English]]
[Noun]
Wikipedia has an article on:Toxic wasteWikipediatoxic waste (countable and uncountable; plural toxic wastes)
1.Any waste that can cause death or injury to living creatures, especially poisonous chemical compounds
0
0
2009/04/07 15:01
TaN
2896
ret
[[English]]
ipa :-ɛt[Abbreviation]
ret
1.retired
[Verb]
to ret (third-person singular simple present rets, present participle retting, simple past and past participle retted)
1.(transitive) To prepare (flax etc) for use, by separating the fibers from the woody part by process of soaking, macerating, and other treatment.
2.2006, Thomas Pynchon, Against the Day, Vintage 2007, p. 621:
the lowland nearly silent except for water-thrushes, the harvested fields, the smell of hops being dried in kilns, flax pulled up and piled in sheaves, in local practice not to be retted till the spring
[[Czech]]
audio:http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/d2/Cs-ret.ogg
[Noun]
ret m.
1.lip
[[Danish]]
ipa :/rɛt/[Adjective]
ret (neuter ret, definite and plural rette)
1.straight
2.right, proper
3.rightful
4.plain (in knitting)
[Adverb]
ret
1.straight
2.rightly, properly
3.rather, quite
[Etymology]
From Old Norse réttr, from Old High German reht, in the sense dish, course maybe from Middle Low German richte.
[Noun]
ret c. (singular definite retten, plural indefinite retter)
1.(uncountable) right, justice, law
2.court, courtroom, lawcourt
3.dish, course
4.(uncountable) right side (e.g. of a fabric)
0
0
2009/02/06 13:19
2009/04/07 17:10
TaN
2901
spoiled
[[English]]
ipa :-ɔɪld[Anagrams]
- despoil
- dipoles
[Verb]
spoiled
1.Same as spoilt. Simple past tense and past participle of spoil.
0
0
2009/04/07 18:56
TaN
2902
spoil
[[English]]
ipa :/spɔɪl/
audio:http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/0/06/En-us-spoil.ogg
[Etymology]
From Old French espoillier, from Latin spoliare.
[Noun]
spoil (plural spoils)
1.(Also in plural: spoils) Plunder taken from an enemy or victim.
2.(uncountable) Material (such as rock or earth) removed in the course of an excavation, or in mining or dredging. Tailings.
[Synonyms]
- (ruin): damage, destroy, ruin
- (coddle): coddle, indulge, mollycoddle
[Verb]
to spoil (third-person singular simple present spoils, present participle spoiling, simple past and past participle spoiled or spoilt)
1.(transitive) To ruin.
2.(transitive) To coddle or pamper to excess.
3.(intransitive) Of food, to become bad, sour or rancid.
0
0
2009/04/07 18:56
TaN
2903
keepsakes
[[English]]
[Noun]
keepsakes
1.Plural form of keepsake.
0
0
2009/04/07 18:57
TaN
2906
bang on
[[English]]
[Adjective]
bang on
1.(idiomatic) (British) Exactly
I managed to arrive bang on five o'clock
[Verb]
bang on
1.(idiomatic) (British) To constantly talk about
I started recycling, just so she'd stop banging on about it to me.
0
0
2009/04/07 19:00
TaN
2909
pertaining
[[English]]
audio:http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/4/4a/En-us-pertaining.ogg
[Verb]
pertaining
1.Present participle of pertain.
0
0
2009/03/02 13:28
2009/04/07 19:01
2916
concordance
[[English]]
ipa :/kənˈkɔːdəns/[Etymology]
French, from Late Latin concordantia.
[Noun]
concordance (plural concordances)
1.agreement; accordance
2.(A date for this quote is being sought): Thomas Carlyle
Contrasts, and yet concordances.
3.(grammar, obsolete) concord; agreement.
4.An alphabetical verbal index showing the places in the text of a book where each principal word may be found, with its immediate context in each place.
5.c. 1857, Thomas Macaulay, "Paul Bunyan", contribution to the Encyclopaedia Britannica,
His knowledge of the Bible was such, that he might have been called a living concordance.
6.(computational linguistics) a list of occurrences of a word or phrase from a corpus, with the immediate context.
0
0
2009/04/07 20:21
2918
gaze
[[English]]
ipa :/geɪz/
audio:http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/9/98/En-us-gaze.ogg
[Etymology]
Akin to Swedish dial. gasa and Gothic 𐌿̲̰̰̓̓̾̽ (usgasjan), “‘to terrify’”). [1]
[Noun]
gaze (plural gazes)
1.A fixed look; a look of eagerness, wonder, or admiration; a continued look of attention.
2.(archaic): The object gazed on.
[References]
- Notes:
1.^ Gaze in Webster's Dictionary
[Verb]
to gaze (third-person singular simple present gazes, present participle gazing, simple past and past participle gazed)
1.(intransitive) To stare intently or earnestly.
In fact, for Antonioni this gazing is probably the most fundamental of all cognitive activities ... (from Thinking in the Absence of Image)
2.(transitive) (poetic) To stare at.
3.1667: Strait toward Heav'n my wondring Eyes I turnd, / And gaz'd a while the ample Skie — John Milton, Paradise Lost (book VIII)
0
0
2009/04/07 20:25
2920
interesting
[[English]]
ipa :/ˈɪntəɹəstɪŋ/
audio:http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/2/2e/En-us-interesting.ogg
[Adjective]
interesting (comparative more interesting, superlative most interesting)
1.Arousing or holding the attention or interest of someone.
[Antonyms]
- uninteresting
- boring
[Etymology]
interest + -ing
[Synonyms]
- absorbing
[Verb]
interesting
1.Present participle of interest.
0
0
2009/04/07 20:37
2921
stair
[[English]]
ipa :-ɛə(r)[Etymology]
Old English stæger.
[Noun]
stair (plural stairs)
1.A series of steps; a staircase.
[See also]
- ladder
- landing
0
0
2009/04/07 20:44
2924
puma
[[English]]
ipa :/puːmə/[Etymology]
From Quechuan
[Noun]
puma (plural pumas)
1.The mountain lion, cougar, Puma concolor.
[[Polish]]
[Etymology]
From Spanish puma < Quechuan
[Noun]
puma f.
1.puma
[[Spanish]]
ipa :[ˈpu.ma][Noun]
puma f. (plural pumas)
1.cougar, mountain lion, puma (Puma concolor)
0
0
2009/04/07 22:00
TaN
2929
antimissile
[[English]]
[Adjective]
antimissile (not comparable)
1.Designed to intercept and destroy another missile in flight.
antimissile defense
antimissile missile
0
0
2009/04/08 00:43
TaN
2931
chaotic
[[English]]
ipa :keɪ.ˈɒt.ɪk[Adjective]
chaotic (comparative more chaotic, superlative most chaotic)
1.Filled with chaos.
2.Extremely disorganized or in disarray.
[Synonyms]
- shambolic
0
0
2009/04/08 00:45
TaN
2937
apathy
[[English]]
audio:http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/1/14/En-us-apathy.ogg
[Etymology]
From French apathie, from Latin apathīa, from Ancient Greek ἀπάθεια (apatheia) "impassibility, insensibility, freedom from emotion", from ἀπαθής (apathes) "not suffering or having suffered, without experience of", from ἀπαθέω (apatheō) "to be free from suffering", from ἀ- (a-) "not" + πάθος (pathos) "anything that befalls one, an incident, emotion, passion".
[Noun]
apathy (uncountable)
1.Complete lack of emotion or motivation about a person, activity, or object; depression; lack of interest or enthusiasm; disinterest.
0
0
2009/04/08 00:58
TaN
2938
virtue
[[English]]
ipa :/ˈvɝ.tju/
audio:http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/4/41/En-us-virtue.ogg
[Antonyms]
- vice (1)
[Etymology]
From Middle English vertu < Old French vertu < Latin virtus (“‘the qualities of a man, strength, courage, bravery, capacity, worth, manliness, applied to physical and intellectual excellecence; also of moral excellence, virtue, morality’”) < vir (“‘man’”); see virile.
[Noun]
virtue (countable and uncountable; plural virtues)
1.(uncountable) excellence in morals
2.(countable) A good habit
3.(countable) a good model quality
4.(uncountable) chastity and faithfulness
5.(countable) an exemplary quality
6.1719- Daniel Defoe, Robinson Crusoe
There were divers other plants, which I had no notion of or understanding about, that might, perhaps, have virtues of their own, which I could not find out.
7.(Christian angelology, biblical tradition) the second level of angels, ranked above angels and below archangels
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look back
[[English]]
[Verb]
to look back (phrasal verb)
1.To look behind oneself.
After hearing a sound behind him, he looked back to see what it was.
2.(idiomatic) To reminisce about a past time.
When I look back at my summer holidays as a child, I smile.
3.1996, Oasis - Don't Look Back in Anger
Don't look back in anger, I heard you say. - w:Oasis -
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2009/04/08 09:52
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go back on
[[English]]
[Verb]
to go back on
1.(transitive) To be treacherous or faithless to; betray; as, to go back on friends.
2.(transitive) To fail to keep; to renege on; as, to go back on one's promises.
On Sunday Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad said his country would not go back on its nuclear programme. -- BBC News
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think of
[[English]]
[Verb]
to think of
1.To consider or ponder something.
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