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A

n. the blood group whose red cells carry the A antigen

n. an integer variable. In C, it has the value of four bytes and can be signed (-2G to +2G) or unsigned (4G)

n. the continuum of experience in which events pass from the future through the present to the past

n. a person's experience on a particular occasion; "he had a time holding back the tears"; "they had a good time together"

time

n. an instance or single occasion for some event; "this time he succeeded"; "he called four times"; "he could do ten at a clip"

time

n. an indefinite period (usually marked by specific attributes or activities); "he waited a long time"; "the time of year for planting"; "he was a great actor is his time"

time

n. a suitable moment; "it is time to go"

time

n. a period of time considered as a resource under your control and sufficient to accomplish something; "take time to smell the roses"; "I didn't have time to finish"; "it took more than half my time"

long, long sterling

n. a long bill of exchange drawn in London

time, clock time

n. the time as given by a clock; "do you know what time it is?"; "the time is 10 o'clock"

time, fourth dimension

n. the fourth coordinate that is required (along with three spatial dimensions) to specify a physical event

A, ampere, amp

n. the basic unit of electric current adopted under the Systeme International d'Unites; "a typical household circuit carries 15 to 50 amps"

A, angstrom, angstrom unit

n. a metric unit of length equal to one ten billionth of a meter (or 0.0001 micron); used to specify wavelengths of electromagnetic radiation

A, vitamin A, axerophthol, antiophthalmic factor

n. any of several fat-soluble vitamins essential for normal vision; prevents night blindness or inflammation or dryness of the eyes

time, meter, metre

n. rhythm as given by division into parts of equal duration

time

v. regulate or set the time of; "time the clock"

time

v. assign a time for an activity or event; "The candidate carefully timed his appearance at the disaster scene"

time

v. set the speed, duration, or execution of; "we time the process to manufacture our cars very precisely"

time, clock

v. measure the time or duration of an event or action or the person who performs an action in a certain period of time; "he clocked the runners"

long, yearn, hanker

v. desire strongly or persistently

yen, pine, ache, languish, long, yearn

v. have a yen for

long

adv. for a certain time or period; "How long will you be away?"

much, very

adv. "He was much annoyed"

long, long since

adv. "This name has long since been forgotten"

right, mighty, very

adv. intensifier, as in "She was very gifted"; "He played very well"

right-down, very, positively

adv. "A regular right-down bad 'un": Charles Dickens"

forever, long

adv. "She took forever to write the paper"

very

adj. precisely as stated; "the very center of town"

long

adj. (prosody) used of vowels or syllables

actual, very

adj. taking place in reality; not pretended or imitated; "we saw the actual wedding on television"; "filmed the actual beating"

excess, long

adj. having or being more than normal or necessary:"long on brains"; "in long supply"

long, lengthy

adj. primarily spatial sense; of relatively great or greater than average spatial extension or extension as specified; "a long road"; "a long distance"; "contained many long words"; "ten miles long"

long, lengthy

adj. primarily temporal sense; being or indicating a relatively great or greater than average duration or passage of time or a duration as specified; "a long life"; "a long boring speech"; "a long time"; "a long friendship"; "a long game"; "long ago"; "an hour long"

identical, very, selfsame, one and the same

adj. being the exact same one; not any other:; "this is the identical room we stayed in before"; "the themes of his stories are one and the same"; "saw the selfsame quotation in two newspapers"; "on this very spot"; "the very thing he said yesterday"; "the very man I want to see"

date

n. the present; "they are up to date"; "we haven't heard from them to date"

period

n. a unit of geological time during which a system of rocks formed; "ganoid fishes swarmed during the earlier geological periods"

while

n. a period of indeterminate length (usually short) marked by some action or condition; "he was here for a little while"; "I need to rest for a piece"; "a spell of good weather"; "a patch of bad weather"

stretch, stint

n. an unbroken period of time during which you do something; "there were stretches of boredom"; "he did a stretch in the federal penitentiary"

while

n. a period of indeterminate length (usually short) marked by some action or condition; "he was here for a little while"; "I need to rest for a piece"; "a spell of good weather"; "a patch of bad weather"

leisure, leisure time

n. time available for ease and relaxation; "his job left him little leisure"

span

n. the complete duration of something; "the job was finished in the span of an hour"

chance, probability

n. a measure of how likely it is that some event will occur; a number expressing the ratio of favorable cases to the whole number of cases possible; "the probability that an unbiased coin will fall with the head up is 0.5"

yen, pine, ache, languish, long, yearn

v. have a yen for

long, yearn, hanker

v. desire strongly or persistently

lust, hunger, thirst, crave, starve

v. have a craving, appetite, or great desire for

mourn, feel sadness

v. feel sadness; "She is mourning her dead child"

lament, keen, express grief

v. express grief verbally; "we lamented the death of the child"

desire, want

v. feel or have a desire for; want strongly; "I want to go home now"; "I want my own room"

choose, see proper, see fit

v. see fit or proper to act in a certain way; decide to act in a certain way; "She chose not to attend classes and now she failed the exam"

prefer, like better

v. like better; value more highly; "Some people prefer camping to staying in hotels"; "We prefer sleeping outside"

concrete

adj. capable of being perceived by the senses; not abstract or imaginary; "concrete objects such as trees"

slow

adj. not moving quickly; taking a comparatively long time; "a slow walker"; "the slow lane of traffic"; "her steps were slow"; "he was slow in reacting to the news"; "slow but steady growth"

specifically

adv. in distinction from others; "a program specifically for teenagers"; "he is interested specifically in poisonous snakes"

real, really, truly, indeed, forsooth, in truth

adv. in accordance with truth or fact or reality; "she was now truly American"; "a genuinely open society"; "they don't really listen to us"

yearn over

v. have affection for

accurate

adj. conforming exactly or almost exactly to fact or to a standard or performing with total accuracy; "an accurate reproduction"; "the accounting was accurate"; "accurate measurements"; "an accurate scale"

dead, unerring

adj. unerringly accurate; "a dead shot"; "took dead aim"

fine, subtle

adj. minutely precise especially in differences in meaning; "a fine distinction"

hairsplitting, finespun

adj. developed in excessively fine detail; "finespun distinctions"

nice, meticulous, punctilious

adj. marked by precise accordance with details; "meticulous research"; "punctilious in his attention to rules of etiquette"

pinpoint

adj. meticulously precise; "pinpoint accuracy"

heavy, strong, accented

adj. used of syllables

emphatic, emphasized

adj. spoken with emphasis; "an emphatic word"

masculine

adj. (music or poetry) ending on an accented beat or syllable; "a masculine cadence"; "the masculine rhyme of `annoy, enjoy'"

factual, actual

adj. existing in act or fact; "rocks and trees...the actual world"; "actual heroism"; "the actual things that produced the emotion you experienced"

true, genuine, sincere

adj. worthy of the name: "genuine (or true) courage"; "a spirit which true men have always admired"; "a true (or real) friend"

historical

adj. having once lived or existed or taken place in the real world as distinct from being legendary; "the historical Jesus"; "doubt that a historical Camelot every existed"; "actual historical events"

proper

adj. marked by suitability or rightness or appropriateness; "proper medical treatment"; "proper manners"

veridical

adj. coinciding with reality; "perceptual error...has a surprising resemblance to veridical perception"- F.A.Olafson

generous

adj. more than adequate; "a generous portion"

good, full

adj. having the normally expected amount; "gives full measure"; "gives good measure"; "a good mile from here"

wide, wide-cut

adj. having ample fabric; "the current taste for wide trousers"; "a full skirt"

aforesaid, aforementioned, said

adj. being the one previously mentioned or spoken of; "works of all the aforementioned authors"; "said party has denied the charges"

short

n. an integer variable. In C, it has the value of two bytes and can be signed (-32K to +32K) or unsigned (64K)

short

adj. (primarily spatial sense) having little length or lacking in length; "short skirts"; "short hair"; "the board was a foot short"; "a short toss"

brief, mini

adj. (of clothing) very short; "an abbreviated swimsuit"; "a brief bikini"

short

adj. primarily temporal sense; indicating or being or seeming to be limited in duration; "a short life"; "a short flight"; "a short holiday"; "a short story"; "only a few short months"

brief, little

adj. of short duration or distance; "a brief stay in the country"; "in a little while"; "it's a little way away"

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