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

n. the way something is with respect to its main attributes; "the current state of knowledge"; "his state of health"; "in a weak financial state"

n. the group of people comprising the government of a sovereign state; "the state has lowered its income tax"

n. a major subdivision in a country

n. the option to sell a given stock (or stock index or commodity future) at a given price before a given date

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

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

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

n. the federal department in the United States that sets and maintains foreign policies; "the Department of State was created in 1789"

v. cause to be in a certain state; cause to be in a certain relation; "That song put me in awful good humor"

v. to hit a golf ball on the putting surface with a putter

v. attribute or give; "She put too much emphasis on her the last statement"; "He put all his efforts into this job"; "The teacher put an interesting twist to the interpretation of the story"

v. indicate through a symbol, formula, etc.; "Can you express this distance in kilometers?"

v. arrange thoughts, ideas, temporal events; "arrange my schedule"; "set up one's life"; "I put these memories with those of bygone times"

v. make an investment; "Put money into bonds"

v. put before; "I submit to you that the accused is guilty"

v. express in words; "He said that he wanted to marry her"; "tell me what is bothering you"; "state your opinion"; "state your name"

v. formulate in a particular style or language; "I wouldn't put it that way"; "She cast her request in very polite language"

v. put into a certain place or abstract location; "Put your things here"; "Set the tray down"; "Set the dogs on the scent of the missing children"; "Place emphasis on a certain point"

adj. limited to the thing specified; "the city proper"; "his claim is connected with the deed proper"

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

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

adj. in the service of the community or nation: "state security"

adj. observing conventional sexual mores in speech or behavior or dress; "a modest neckline in her dress"; "though one of her shoulder straps had slipped down, she was perfectly decent by current standards"

adj. supported and operated by the government of a state; "a state university"

adj. appropriate for a condition or purpose or occasion or a person's character, needs; "everything in its proper place"; "the right man for the job"; "she is not suitable for the position"; "he is not a suitable husband for her"

n. a situation from which extrication is difficult especially an unpleasant or trying one; "finds himself in a most awkward predicament"; "the woeful plight of homeless people"

n. state of uncertainty or perplexity especially as requiring a choice between equally unfavorable options

n. a state of high honor; "he valued glory above life itself"

n. high status importance owing to marked superiority; "a scholar of great eminence"

n. a condition that accompanies or influences some event or activity

n. a public disturbance; "the police investigated an incident at the bus station"

n. an instance of something occurring; "a disease of frequent occurrence"; "the occurrence (or presence) of life on other planets"

n. a complex mental state involving beliefs and feelings and values and dispositions to act in certain ways; "he had the attitude that work was fun"

n. the prevailing psychological state; "the climate of opinion"; "the national mood had changed radically since the last election"

n. a state of individual psychological well-being based upon a sense of confidence and usefulness and purpose

v. put into words or an expression; "He formulated his concerns to the board of trustees"

v. formulate in a particular style or language; "I wouldn't put it that way"; "She cast her request in very polite language"

v. bring order and organization to; "Can you help me organize my files?"

v. arrange or order by classes or categories; "How would you classify these pottery shards--are they prehistoric?"

v. provide; "The city has to put up half the required amount"

v. give to a charity or good cause; "I donated blood to the Red Cross for the victims of the earthquake"; "donate money to the orphanage"; "She donates to her favorite charity every month"

v. take temporary possession of as a security, by legal authority; "The FBI seized the drugs"; "The customs agents impounded the illegal shipment"; "The police confiscated the stolen artwork"

v. give out or allot; "We were assigned new uniforms"

v. cause to be admitted; of persons to an institution; "After the second episode, she had to be committed"; "he was committed to prison"

v. administer or bestow, as in small portions; "administer critical remarks to everyone present"; "dole out some money"; "shell out pocket money for the children"; "deal a blow to someone"

v. obtain or provide money for; "Can we finance the addition to our home?"

v. convert (short-term floating debt) into long-term debt that bears fixed interest and is represented by bonds

v. transfer possession of something concrete or abstract to somebody; "I gave her my money"; "can you give me lessons?"; "She gave the children lots of love and tender loving care"

v. give over; surrender or relinquish to the physical control of another

v. present for acceptance or rejection; "She offered us all a cold drink"

v. hand over formally

v. furnish money for; "The government funds basic research in many areas"

v. bring up a topic for discussion

v. furnish with a preface or introduction; "She always precedes her lectures with a joke"; "He prefaced his lecture with a critical remark about the institution"

v. bring forward and present to the mind; "We presented the arguments to him"; "We cannot represent this knowledge to our formal reason"

v. admit openly and bluntly; make no bones about

v. state or announce; "`I am not a Communist,' he exclaimed"; "The King will proclaim an amnesty"

v. to declare or affirm solemnly and formally as true; "Before God I swear I am innocent"

v. lay claim to; as of an idea; "She took credit for the whole idea"

v. assert or affirm strongly; state to be true or existing; "He claimed that he killed the burglar"

v. represent by making a drawing of, as with a pencil, chalk, etc. on a surface; "She drew an elephant"; "Draw me a horse"

v. make clear and (more) comprehensible; "clarify the mystery surrounding her death"

v. add details, as to an account or idea; clarify the meaning of and discourse in a learned way, usually in writing; "She elaborated on the main ideas in her dissertation"

v. accept as true; take to be true; "I believed his report"; "We didn't believe his stories from the War"; "She believes in spirits"

v. provide commentary for a film, for example

v. narrate or give a detailed account of; "Tell what happened"; "The father told a story to his child"

v. confess one's faith in, or allegiance to; "The terrorists professed allegiance to the Muslim faith"; "he professes to be a Communist"

v. pronounce judgment on; "They labeled him unfit to work here"

v. give an account of; "The witness related the events"

v. have or establish a relationship to; "She relates well to her peers"

v. give information

v. make known to the authorities; "One student reported the other to the principal"

v. throw or toss with a light motion; "flip me the beachball"; "toss me newspaper"

v. throw or cast away; "Put away your worries"

v. get rid of; "he shed his image as a pushy boss"; "shed your clothes"

v. throw forcefully

v. put or send forth; "She threw the flashlight beam into the corner"; "The setting sun threw long shadows"; "cast a spell"; "cast a warm light"

v. give expression to; "She showed her disappointment"

v. indicate through a symbol, formula, etc.; "Can you express this distance in kilometers?"

v. put or send forth; "She threw the flashlight beam into the corner"; "The setting sun threw long shadows"; "cast a spell"; "cast a warm light"

v. come up with (an idea, plan, explanation, theory, or principle) after a mental effort; "excogitate a way to measure the speed of light"

v. arrange according to a system or reduce to a system; "systematize our scientific knowledge"

v. lift or elevate

v. move or cause to move in a specified way, direction, or position; "The vessel hove into sight"

v. engage or hire for work; "They hired two new secretaries in the department"; "How many people has she employed?"

v. get on the back of; "mount a horse"

v. fake or falsify; "Fudge the figures"; "cook the books"; "falsify the data"

v. ask (someone) to marry you; "he popped the question on Sunday night"; "she proposed marriage to the man she had known for only two months"; "The old bachelor finally declared himself to the young woman"

v. refer for judgment or consideration; "She submitted a proposal to the agency"

v. hand over formally

v. make a proposal, declare a plan for something

v. present for acceptance or rejection; "She offered us all a cold drink"

v. perform (a play), especially on a stage; "we are going to stage `Othello'"

v. plan for an activity or event; "I've scheduled a concert next week"

v. put into service; make work or employ (something) for a particular purpose or for its inherent or natural purpose; "use your head!"; "we only use Spanish at home"; "I can't use this tool"; "Apply a magnetic field here"; "This thinking was applied to many projects"; "How do you utilize this tool?"; "I apply this rule to get good results"; "use the plastic bags to store the food"; "He doesn't know how to use a computer"

v. put into commission; equip for service; of ships

v. enter into a contractual arrangement

v. hire for work or assistance; "engage aid, help, services, or support"

v. hold under a lease or rental agreement; of goods and services

adj. sharply exact or accurate or delimited; "a precise mind"; "specified a precise amount"; "arrived at the precise moment"

adj. adhering to ethical and moral principles; "it seems ethical and right"; "followed the only honorable course of action"; "had the moral courage to stand alone"

adj. conforming to accepted standards of social or professional behavior; "an ethical lawyer"; "ethical medical practice"; "an ethical problem"; "had no ethical objection to drinking"; "Ours is a world of nuclear giants and ethical infants"- Omar N. Bradley

adj. morally admirable

adj. worthy of high praise; "applaudable efforts to save the environment"; "a commendable sense of purpose"; "laudable motives of improving housing conditions"; "a significant and praiseworthy increase in computer intelligence"

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"

adj. (of ideas, images, representations, expressions) characterized by perfect conformity to fact or truth ; strictly correct; "a precise image"; "a precise measurement"

adj. of an appropriate or pertinent nature

adj. characterized by dignity and propriety

adj. being of striking appropriateness and pertinence; "the successful copywriter is a master of apposite and evocative verbal images"; "an apt reply"

adj. appropriate for a condition or purpose or occasion or a person's character, needs; "everything in its proper place"; "the right man for the job"; "she is not suitable for the position"; "he is not a suitable husband for her"

adj. meeting adequate standards for a purpose; "a fit subject for discussion"; "it is fit and proper that you be there"; "water fit to drink"; "fit for duty"; "do as you see fit to"

adj. having desirable or positive qualities especially those suitable for a thing specified; "good news from the hospital"; "a good report card"; "when she was good she was very very good"; "a good knife is one good for cutting"; "this stump will make a good picnic table"; "a good check"; "a good joke"; "a good exterior paint"; "a good secretary"; "a good dress for the office"

adj. deserving reward or praise; "a lifetime of meritorious service"; "meritorious conduct"

adj. concerned with work or important matters rather than play or trivialities; "a serious student of history"; "a serious attempt to learn to ski"; "gave me a serious look"; "a serious young man"; "are you serious or joking?"; "Don't be so serious!"

adj. not subject to change or variation especially in behavior; "a steady beat"; "a steady job"; "a steady breeze"; "a steady increase"; "a good steady ballplayer"

adj. serving to promote your interest; "was merciful only when mercy was expedient"

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

adj. fit to be seen; "presentable clothes"

adj. meeting requirements; "the step makes a satisfactory seat"

adj. worthy of being chosen especially as a spouse; "the parents found the girl suitable for their son"

adj. not rude; marked by satisfactory (or especially minimal) adherence to social usages and sufficient but not noteworthy consideration for others; "even if he didn't like them he should have been civil"- W.S. Maugham

adj. characterized by proper behavior or conventional conduct; worthy of respect; "a respectable woman"

adj. not disposed to cheat or defraud; not deceptive or fraudulent; "honest lawyers"; "honest reporting"; "an honest wage"; "honest weight"

adj. worthy of trust or belief; "a trustworthy report"; "an experienced and trustworthy traveling companion"

adj. socially or conventionally correct; refined or virtuous; "from a decent family"; "a nice girl"

adj. morally excellent

adj. serving to promote your interest; "was merciful only when mercy was expedient"

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

adj. appropriate for a condition or purpose or occasion or a person's character, needs; "everything in its proper place"; "the right man for the job"; "she is not suitable for the position"; "he is not a suitable husband for her"

adj. of an appropriate or pertinent nature

adj. being of striking appropriateness and pertinence; "the successful copywriter is a master of apposite and evocative verbal images"; "an apt reply"

adj. in harmony with the spirit of particular persons or occasion; "We have come to dedicate a portion of that field...It is altogether fitting and proper that we should do this"

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

adj. meeting adequate standards for a purpose; "a fit subject for discussion"; "it is fit and proper that you be there"; "water fit to drink"; "fit for duty"; "do as you see fit to"

adj. according with custom or propriety; "her becoming modesty"; "comely behavior"; "it is not comme il faut for a gentleman to be constantly asking for money"; "a decent burial"; "seemly behavior"

adj. pleasing by delicacy or grace; not imposing; "pretty girl"; "pretty song"; "pretty room"

adj. in accord with accepted standards of usage or procedure; "what's the right word for this?"; "the right way to open oysters"

adj. serving to promote your interest; "was merciful only when mercy was expedient"

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

adj. exhibiting an agreeably appropriate manner or style; "a felicitous speaker"

v. cause to feel embarrassment; "The constant attention of the young man confused her"

v. reduce in worth or character, usually verbally; "She tends to put down younger women colleagues"; "His critics took him down after the lecture"

v. take away the enthusiasm of

v. deprive of the oxygen necessary for combustion; "smother fires"

v. connect by telephone; "the operator put a call through to Rio"

v. preserve in a can or tin; "tinned foods are not very tasty"

v. follow through with

v. put out, as of fires, flames, or lights; "Too big to be extinguished at once, the forest fires at best could be contained"; "quench the flames"; "snuff out the candles"

v. set at

v. lay on

v. leave or unload, especially of passengers or cargo;

v. arrange the outcome of by means of deceit; "rig an election"

v. take or catch as if in a snare or trap; "I was set up!"; "The innocent man was framed by the police"

v. go ashore; "The passengers disembarked at Southampton"

v. create by putting components or members together; "She pieced a quilt"; "He tacked together some verses"; "They set up a committee"

v. construct, build, or erect; "Raise a barn"

v. cause to come to the ground; "the pilot managed to land the airplane safely"

v. lock up or confine, in or as in a jail; "The suspects were imprisoned without trial"; "the murderer was incarcerated for the rest of his life"

v. put together out of existing material; "compile a list"

v. apply to a surface; "She applied paint to the back of the house"; "Put on make-up!"

v. put up; "post a sign"; "post a warning at the dump"

v. to join or unite the pieces of; "patch the skirt"

v. transmit information ; "Please communicate this message to all employees"; "pass along the good news"

adj. for or concerned with one specific purpose; "a coordinated policy instead of ad hoc decisions"

adj. directed toward a specific object; "particularized thinking as distinct from stereotyped sloganeering"

adj. having a specific function or scope; "a special (or specific) role in the mission"

adj. unique or specific to a person or thing or category; "the particular demands of the job"; "has a particular preference for Chinese art"; "a peculiar bond of sympathy between them"; "an expression peculiar to Canadians"; "rights peculiar to the rich"; "the special features of a computer"; "my own special chair"

adj. separate and distinct from others of the same group or category; "interested in one particular artist"; "a man who wishes to make a particular woman fall in love with him"

adj. highly unusual or rare but not the single instance; "spoke with a unique accent"; "had unique ability in raising funds"; "a frankness unique in literature"; "a unique dining experience"

adj. suitable for a particular person or place or condition etc; "a book not appropriate for children"; "a funeral conducted the appropriate solemnity"; "it seems that an apology is appropriate"

adj. free from error; especially conforming to fact or truth; "the correct answer"; "the correct version"; "the right answer"; "took the right road"; "the right decision"

adj. conforming to conventions of sexual behavior; "speech in this circle, if not always decent, never became lewd"- George Santayana

adj. characterized by propriety and dignity and good taste in manners and conduct; "the tete-a-tete was decorous in the extreme"

adj. in conformance with justice or law or morality; "do the right thing and confess"

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

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

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

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"

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

adj. of great interest to the public; "a person in the public eye"

adj. owned or maintained for the public by the national government; "national parks"

adj. open to or in view of all; "an open protest"; "an open letter to the editor"

adj. having some of the features of public institution

adj. supported and operated by the government of a state; "a state university"

adj. accessible to all

adj. affectedly modest or shy especially in a playful or provocative way

adj. extremely modest or shy; "cheerfully bearing reproaches but shamefaced at praise"- H.O.Taylor

adj. of great interest to the public; "a person in the public eye"

adj. owned or maintained for the public by the national government; "national parks"

adj. open to or in view of all; "an open protest"; "an open letter to the editor"

adj. having some of the features of public institution

adj. in the service of the community or nation: "state security"

adj. accessible to all

adj. appropriate to; "behavior befitting a father"

adj. suitable to or expected in the circumstances; "all due respect"; "due cause to honor them"; "a long due promotion"; "in due course"; "due esteem"; " exercising due care"

adj. marked by system; in good order; "everything is in order"; "his books are always just so"; "things must be exactly so"

adj. exactly suited to the occasion; "a pat reply"

n. the option to buy a given stock (or stock index or commodity future) at a given price before a given date

v. reduce or dispose of; cease to hold (an investment); "The company decided to divest"; "the board of trustees divested $20 million in real estate property"; "There was pressure on the university to disinvest in South Africa"

v. remove (a commodity) from (a supply source); "She drew $2,000 from the account"; "The doctors drew medical supplies from the hospital's emergency bank"

v. destroy the arrangement or order of; "My son disarranged the papers on my desk"

v. keep away from others; "He sequestered himself in his study to write a book"

v. take and lift upward

v. give a passenger or a hitchhiker a lift; "We picked up a hitchhiker on the highway"

adj. not suitable or right or appropriate; "slightly improper to dine alone with a married man"; "improper medication"

adj. not in accord with established usage or procedure; "the wrong medicine"; "the wrong way to shuck clams"

adj. not suitable for a particular occasion etc; "noise seems inappropriate at a time of sadness"; "inappropriate shoes for a walk on the beach"; "put inappropriate pressure on them"

adj. not in keeping with accepted standards of what is right or proper in polite society; "was buried with indecent haste"; "indecorous behavior"; "language unbecoming to a lady"; "unseemly to use profanity"; "moved to curb their untoward ribaldry"

adj. offensive to good taste especially in sexual matters; "an earthy but not indecent story"; "an indecent gesture"

adj. contrary to conscience or morality or law; "it is wrong for the rich to take advantage of the poor"; "cheating is wrong"; "it is wrong to lie"

adj. not correct; not in conformity with fact or truth; "an incorrect calculation"; "the report in the paper is wrong"; "your information is wrong"; "the clock showed the wrong time"; "found themselves on the wrong road"; "based on the wrong assumptions"

adj. not in accord with established usage or procedure; "the wrong medicine"; "the wrong way to shuck clams"

adj. lacking social polish; "too gauche to leave the room when the conversation became intimate"; "their excellent manners always made me feel gauche"

adj. offending against sexual mores in conduct or appearance

adj. not suitable for a particular occasion etc; "noise seems inappropriate at a time of sadness"; "inappropriate shoes for a walk on the beach"; "put inappropriate pressure on them"