: used as a function
: used as a function
word before the name
of a branch of human endeavor
or proficiency : group of
people who gather together
to listen to something,
or watch something : thinking
that something will
probably or certainly
happen : something
said or done to cause
laughter : past 1st & 3rd
singular of “be”
: naturally inert
or sluggish to
: used as a function
word to indicate that
the following verb is
an infinitive and
often used by itself
at the end of a clause
in place of an infinitive
suggested by the preceding
context : understand
(something that is complicated
or difficult)
: used as a function
word before a noun
to limit its application to
that specified by a succeeding
element in the sentence
: the thing one intends
to convey
especially by language
: belonging to, relating to, or
connected with
(someone or something)
: used in expressions
directing attention
to a statement that
the speaker is about
to make
: a male person
or animal : past 1st & 3rd
singular of “be”
: using your voice
to express (something)
with words : other than
: that one just mentioned :
at an unspecified later time :
in the end :
became aware
: used as a function
word to indicate purpose,
intention,
tendency,
result,
or end :
to convey to another
: used to refer to
a certain man, boy,
or male animal as
the object of a verb
or preposition
: one :
an expression
or demonstration of
popular acclaim
especially by
enthusiastic applause.
“DEFINITIONAL LIT
Select a single sentence from a newspaper article. Replace each meaningful word in the text [verb, noun, adjective, adverb] by its dictionary definition. Repeat this treatment on the resulting sentence, and so on, until you’ve had enough! Note that after only two such treatments with a relatively compact dictionary, even a two-word sentence can produce an accumulation of 57 words.” –from The OULIPOST Playbook
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