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Phonetic: "/əˈsuːm/"

Part Of Speech: verb

Definition: To authenticate by means of belief; to surmise; to suppose to be true, especially without proof

Example: We assume that, as her parents were dentists, she knows quite a bit about dentistry.

Definition: To take on a position, duty or form

Example: Mr. Jones will assume the position of a lifeguard until a proper replacement is found.

Definition: To adopt a feigned quality or manner; to claim without right; to arrogate

Example: He assumed an air of indifference

Definition: To receive, adopt (a person)

Definition: To adopt (an idea or cause)

Phonetic: "/ˈsamθɪŋ/"

Part Of Speech: noun

Definition: An object whose nature is yet to be defined.

Definition: An object whose name is forgotten by, unknown or unimportant to the user, e.g., from words of a song. Also used to refer to an object earlier indefinitely referred to as 'something' (pronoun sense).

Phonetic: "/ˈsamθɪŋ/"

Part Of Speech: verb

Definition: Applied to an action whose name is forgotten by, unknown or unimportant to the user, e.g. from words of a song.

Phonetic: "/ˈsamθɪŋ/"

Part Of Speech: adjective

Definition: Having a characteristic that the speaker cannot specify.

Phonetic: "/ˈsamθɪŋ/"

Part Of Speech: adverb

Definition: (degree) Somewhat; to a degree.

Example: The baby looks something like his father.

Definition: (degree) To a high degree.

Phonetic: "/ˈsamθɪŋ/"

Part Of Speech: pronoun

Definition: An uncertain or unspecified thing; one thing.

Example: I have a feeling something good is going to happen today.

Definition: (of someone or something) A quality to a moderate degree.

Example: That child is something of a genius.

Definition: (of a person) A talent or quality that is difficult to specify.

Example: She has a certain something.

Definition: (often with really or quite) Somebody who or something that is superlative or notable in some way.

Example: - Some marmosets are less than six inches tall. - Well, isn't that something?

Part Of Speech: verb

Definition: To give an assurance that something will be done right.

Definition: To assume or take responsibility for a debt or other obligation.

Definition: To make something certain.

Example: The long sunny days guarantee a good crop.

Part Of Speech: adjective

Definition: Made certain; promised.

Example: $100k guaranteed = at least 100,000 dollars are going to be split among the winners in a game of poker

Phonetic: "/bɪˈfɔː/"

Part Of Speech: adverb

Definition: At an earlier time.

Example: I've never done this before.

Definition: In advance.

Definition: At the front end.

Phonetic: "/bɪˈfɔː/"

Part Of Speech: preposition

Definition: Earlier than (in time).

Example: I want this done before Monday.

Definition: In front of in space.

Example: He stood before me.

Definition: In the presence of.

Example: He performed before the troops in North Africa.

Definition: Under consideration, judgment, authority of (someone).

Example: The case laid before the panel aroused nothing but ridicule.

Definition: In store for, in the future of (someone).

Definition: In front of, according to a formal system of ordering items.

Example: In alphabetical order, "cat" comes before "dog", "canine" before feline".

Definition: At a higher or greater position than, in a ranking.

Example: An entrepreneur puts market share and profit before quality, an amateur intrinsic qualities before economical considerations.

Phonetic: "/bɪˈfɔː/"

Part Of Speech: conjunction

Definition: In advance of the time when.

Definition: Rather or sooner than.

Example: I'll die before I'll tell you anything about it.

Phonetic: "/ɪt/"

Part Of Speech: noun

Definition: One who is neither a he nor a she; a creature; a dehumanized being.

Definition: The person who chases and tries to catch the other players in the playground game of tag.

Example: In the next game, Adam and Tom will be it…

Definition: The game of tag.

Example: Let's play it at breaktime.

Definition: Sex appeal, especially that which goes beyond beauty.

Definition: Sexual activity.

Example: caught them doing it

Definition: A biological force that inhabits living beings, according to the vitalist approach of Georg Groddeck.

Phonetic: "/ɪt/"

Part Of Speech: adjective

Definition: Most fashionable.

Phonetic: "/ɪt/"

Part Of Speech: pronoun

Definition: The third-person singular personal pronoun that is normally used to refer to an inanimate object or abstract entity, also often used to refer to animals.

Example: I heard the sound of the school bus - it was early today.

Definition: A third-person singular personal pronoun used to refer to a child, especially of unknown gender.

Example: She took the baby and held it in her arms.

Definition: Used to refer to someone being identified, often on the phone, but not limited to this situation.

Example: Is it her?

Definition: The impersonal pronoun, used without referent as the subject of an impersonal verb or statement. (known as the dummy pronoun or weather it)

Example: It is nearly 10 o’clock.

Definition: The impersonal pronoun, used without referent in various short idioms.

Definition: The impersonal pronoun, used as a placeholder for a delayed subject, or less commonly, object; known as the dummy pronoun or, more formally in linguistics, a syntactic expletive. The delayed subject is commonly a to-infinitive, a gerund, or a noun clause introduced by a .

Example: He saw to it that everyone would vote for him. (with the noun clause introduced by that)

Definition: All or the end; something after which there is no more.

Example: Are there more students in this class, or is this it?

Definition: A third-person singular personal pronoun used to refer to an animate referent who is transgender or is neither female nor male.

Definition: Followed by an omitted and understood relative pronoun: That which; what.

Phonetic: "/ˈhæpənz/"

Part Of Speech: verb

Definition: To occur or take place.

Example: Let me tell you how it happened.

Definition: To happen to; to befall.

Definition: (with infinitive) To do or occur by chance or unexpectedly.

Example: Do you happen to have an umbrella?

Definition: (followed by on or upon) To encounter by chance.