📖 A — The English dictionary · page 45

architect — Everyday, meaning 1: An architect is a person whose job is to design buildings and draw plans for how they should be built.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: The architect of something is the person who planned it or made it happen, as in «the architect of the peace deal».↗ Example: The architect drew plans for our new school library.↗ · An architect needs to be good at maths and drawing.↗ · She wants to be an architect when she grows up.↗ · The architect made a model of the bridge first.↗ · He was the architect of the team's surprise win.↗ · Landscape architects design parks and gardens.↗ · We visited a museum designed by a famous architect.↗ · Daedalus, a descendant of Erechtheus, was an Athenian architect, sculptor, and mechanician.↗

architecture — Everyday, meaning 1: Architecture is the art and work of designing buildings.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: Architecture is the style of buildings in a place or time, such as Gothic or Roman architecture.↗ Everyday, meaning 3: (computers) The architecture of a computer or program is the way its parts are planned and put together.↗ Example: She wants to study architecture and design houses.↗ · Gothic architecture has tall pointed windows.↗ · We looked at the architecture of our town on a walk.↗ · Sydney Opera House is famous modern architecture.↗ · Ancient Roman architecture used arches and domes.↗ · The computer's architecture lets it do many tasks at once.↗ · The architecture of the castle made it hard to attack.↗ · The architecture was imposing, and in the interior the rooms were handsome and furnished in the best possible taste.↗

archive — Everyday, meaning 1: An archive is a place where old records, papers and documents are kept safe for many years.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: An archive is also a collection of such records, or an online store of old pages and files.↗ Example: The old letters are kept in the archive.↗ · We found the map in the local archive.↗ · The book's pages are in an online archive.↗ · Source: Internet Sacred Text Archive, https://archive.sacred-texts.com/jud/yetzirah.htm .↗ (Sefer Yetzirah, Westcott 1887)↗ · New York, 1877↗ · license: Public Domain↗ · versionSource: https://archive.org/details/sketchoftalmudwo02kali (Sefer Yetzirah, Kalisch 1877)↗ · Contains Kalisch's pointed Hebrew text (his base text), English translation, preface, notes, glossary.↗ (sacred-texts site errata page not included; Hare's attribution notice kept as in etext.)↗ Source: Internet Sacred Text Archive, https://archive.sacred-texts.com/jud/sy/index.htm (etext by J. (Sefer Yetzirah, Kalisch 1877)↗

archives — Everyday, meaning 1: The archives are the old records and papers of a town, a country or a family, kept together in one place.↗ Example: The king's laws are kept in the royal archives.↗ · The old papers were found in the archives.↗ · The archives tell us about the old kings.↗ · Interested readers can check the 1562 Mantua edition for themselves through the digital archives of the National Library of Israel: nli.org.il/he/books/NNLALEPH990012793690205171/NLI.↗ (Sefer Yetzirah, Sefaria community translation)↗ · Then Darius the king made a decree, and search was made in the house of the archives, where the treasures were laid up, in Babylon.↗ (Writings EZR.6.1, JPS 1917)↗

archway — Everyday, meaning 1: An archway is a passage or doorway with a curved top, like an arch, which you walk or sail through.↗ Example: We walked through the archway into the garden.↗ · The boat sailed under the old stone archway.↗ · A dark archway led into the castle.↗

arctic — Everyday, meaning 1: The Arctic is the very cold area around the North Pole, including the Arctic Ocean and the northern parts of Canada, Alaska (USA), Greenland, Norway, Russia and other lands.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: Arctic (adjective) means from or about the Arctic.↗ Everyday, meaning 3: Arctic (informal) means extremely cold.↗ Example: Polar bears live in the Arctic.↗ · The Arctic Ocean is covered in ice for much of the year.↗ · The Arctic fox turns white in winter.↗ · Some Arctic summer days have sunlight at midnight.↗ · It's arctic outside — wear your coat!↗ · The Arctic tern flies from the Arctic to the Antarctic.↗ · For they saw at once that it was the great white Arctic moth.↗

ard — In Jewish tradition, meaning 1: A man's name in the Bible, used as a personal name and as the name of a family.↗ It is not an everyday English word.↗ Example: And the sons of Benjamin: Bela, and Becher, and Ashbel, Gera, and Naaman, Ehi, and Rosh, Muppim, and Huppim, and Ard.↗ (Torah GEN.46.21, JPS 1917)↗ · And the sons of Bela were Ard and Naaman; of Ard, the family of the Ardites; of Naaman, the family of the Naamites.↗ (Torah NUM.26.40, JPS 1917)↗

ardent — Everyday, meaning 1: Ardent means very eager, full of strong feeling, or keen about something.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: (old use) Ardent can also mean burning hot, glowing.↗ Example: She is an ardent reader of fairy tales.↗ · He had an ardent wish to see the sea.↗ · My ardent friend never misses football practice.↗

arduous — Everyday, meaning 1: Arduous means very hard and tiring, needing a lot of effort for a long time.↗ Example: The explorers made an arduous journey across the ice.↗ · Climbing the mountain was long and arduous.↗ · Building the railway was arduous work.↗ · After an arduous day, the farmer fell asleep at once.↗ · The pioneers' trek west was arduous and dangerous.↗ · Learning a new instrument can be arduous at first.↗ · So the wife was very anxious while she helped her husband get ready for the long journey, knowing what an arduous task lay before him.↗

area — Everyday, meaning 1: Area is how much flat space a shape covers; we measure it in squares, like square meters or square feet.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: An area is a part of a place, like a play area or a city area.↗ Everyday, meaning 3: An area is a subject or a field of study.↗ Example: The garden is 8 m long and 5 m wide.↗ What is its area?↗ · The area of the room is 120 square feet.↗ · Each tile covers an area of 4 square inches.↗ · Find the area of a square with sides of 6 cm.↗ · The park has a picnic area.↗ · Russia covers the largest area of any country.↗ · There is a quiet reading area in the library.↗ · We live in a rural area.↗ · Count the squares to find the area.↗ · Science is her favourite area of study.↗

arena — Everyday, meaning 1: An arena is a big building or space with seats all around, where people watch sports, concerts or shows.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: In ancient Rome, the arena was the sandy area where gladiators fought.↗ Everyday, meaning 3: An arena can also mean an area of activity where people compete, as in «the political arena».↗ Example: We saw a concert at the big arena.↗ · Gladiators fought in the arena of the Colosseum.↗ · The ice hockey arena was full of cheering fans.↗ · Thousands of people filled the arena.↗ · She entered the political arena when she became a mayor.↗ · The horse show was held in an indoor arena.↗

argent — Everyday, meaning 1: (heraldry) The colour silver or white on a coat of arms or shield.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: (old-fashioned, poetic) Silver, or silvery in colour: «the argent moon».↗ Everyday, meaning 3: (French) «Argent» in French means «silver» and also «money»; it is pronounced differently («ar-ZHAHN»).↗ Example: The knight's shield was argent with a red cross.↗ · In heraldry, argent means silver.↗ · The poet wrote of the argent light of the stars.↗ · Silver's symbol is Ag, from Latin argentum.↗ · Argentina was named after the Latin word for silver.↗ · In French, «argent» also means money.↗

argentine — Everyday, meaning 1: Argentine means from or to do with Argentina, a country in South America.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: An Argentine is a person from Argentina.↗ Everyday, meaning 3: (rare) argentine with a small «a» means silvery, like silver.↗ Everyday, meaning 4: (an argentine) An argentine is also a small silvery sea fish.↗ Example: Lionel Messi is an Argentine footballer.↗ · The Argentine flag is light blue and white with a sun.↗ · Argentine cowboys are called gauchos.↗ · Many Argentines speak Spanish.↗ · We tasted Argentine empanadas at the food fair.↗ · The tango comes from Argentine dance halls.↗

argon — Everyday, meaning 1: Argon is a gas with no colour, no smell and no taste that is found in small amounts in the air.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: Argon is a chemical element; it is a noble gas, which means it hardly ever reacts with other substances.↗ Example: Air is mostly nitrogen and oxygen, with a little argon.↗ · Argon is used inside some light bulbs.↗ · Argon has no colour and no smell.↗ · Welders use argon to protect hot metal from the air.↗ · Argon is a noble gas, like neon and helium.↗ · The symbol for argon is Ar.↗

argue — Everyday, meaning 1: To argue means to speak angrily with someone because you disagree.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: To argue means to give reasons why you think something is true or right.↗ Example: My brother and I argue about the remote.↗ · Don't argue; just share it.↗ · They argued about whose turn it was.↗ · She argued that school should start later.↗ · Argue your point with facts and reasons.↗ · They stopped arguing and made up.↗ · It's no use arguing with the referee.↗ · I tried to argue with him, but in vain.↗ · Meroz has argued that the SY envisions Wisdom [חָכְמָה Chochmah] as a co-participant with God in the Work of Creation.↗ (Sefer Yetzirah, Sefaria community translation)↗ · But what doth your arguing argue?↗ (Writings JOB.6.25, JPS 1917)↗ · Though He slay me, yet will I trust in Him; but I will argue my ways before Him.↗ (Writings JOB.13.15, JPS 1917)↗

arguer — Everyday, meaning 1: A person who argues, either one who quarrels a lot or one who gives reasons for an opinion.↗ Example: She's a fierce arguer in debate club.↗ · My brother is a terrible arguer — he just shouts.↗ · A good arguer listens first.↗ · The arguer gave three reasons.↗ · Both arguers shook hands afterwards.↗ · He's a born arguer.↗

argument — Everyday, meaning 1: An argument is an angry talk or quarrel between people who disagree.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: An argument is a reason or set of reasons given to show that something is right or true.↗ Example: My sister and I had an argument about the TV.↗ · They made up after the argument.↗ · Give a good argument for your opinion.↗ · What is the best argument for a longer break?↗ · An argument can be solved by talking calmly.↗ · Her argument was full of good facts.↗ · The argument got loud, so a teacher came over.↗ · There are arguments for and against school uniform.↗ · “But I like arguments,” said the Rocket.↗ · "Its form is simple and grave; there is nothing like a demonstration nor an argument; but it consists rather of a series of aphorisms, regularly grouped, and which have all the conciseness of the most ancient oracles."↗ (Sefer Yetzirah, Westcott 1893)↗ · Cantor's Itlnl/it-nintUclie Ihitriigt, Halle 1863, pagi?↗ 269), arguments have been advanced that the Indians invented this system, or at least taught it to the Arabs.↗ (Mordell, The Origin of Letters and Numerals according to Sefer Yetzirah (1914))↗ · I would order my cause before Him, and fill my mouth with arguments.↗ (Writings JOB.23.4, JPS 1917)↗ · How much less shall I answer Him, and choose out my arguments with Him?↗ (Writings JOB.9.14, JPS 1917)↗ · Yea, I am become as a man that heareth not, and in whose mouth are no arguments.↗ (Writings PSA.38.15, JPS 1917)↗

argumentative — Everyday, meaning 1: Argumentative describes someone who likes to argue and disagree, even about small things.↗ Example: He was so argumentative that he argued about everything.↗ · Don't be argumentative; just listen for once.↗ · The argumentative boy would not stop disagreeing with the teacher.↗

aria — Everyday, meaning 1: An aria is a song for one singer in an opera, usually long and full of feeling.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: An aria can also be a slow, tuneful piece of music like such a song.↗ Example: The singer's aria made the audience cry.↗ · Mozart wrote many famous arias.↗ · In the opera, the queen sings an angry aria.↗ · We listened to an aria in music class.↗ · An aria is sung by one person, not a choir.↗ · My big sister practises a short aria for her singing exam.↗

arid — Everyday, meaning 1: Arid land or weather is very dry, with very little rain, so few plants can grow.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: (figurative) Something arid can be dull and boring, with no life or interest in it.↗ Example: The camel is well suited to arid deserts.↗ · Much of central Australia is hot and arid.↗ · Arid land is hard to farm without watering it.↗ · Cactuses grow well in arid climates.↗ · The arid soil cracked in the heat.↗ · The lecture was so arid that half the class fell asleep.↗ · A semi-arid area gets a little more rain than a desert.↗ · From the soft rain and green turf of Gaeldom, we seek the garish sun and arid soil of the Hindoo.↗

aries — In Jewish tradition, meaning 1: The first sign of the zodiac, shown as a ram.↗ It is one of the twelve groups of stars (constellations).↗ Example: The twelve constellations in the world are: Aries, (Sefer Yetzirah, Kalisch 1877)↗ · God produced He, predominant in Speech, crowned, combined, and formed Aries in the world, Nisan in the year, and the right foot of man.↗ (Sefer Yetzirah, Westcott 1887)↗ · God produced He, predominant in Speech, crowned it, combined and formed with it Aries in the Universe, Nisan in the Year, and the right foot of Man.↗ (Sefer Yetzirah, Westcott 1893)↗

aright — Everyday, meaning 1: Aright means correctly or rightly, with no mistake.↗ Example: He guessed the answer aright.↗ · She thought she had not heard aright.↗ · If you add the numbers aright, you will get the right total.↗ · For He doth instruct him aright; his God doth teach him.↗ (Prophets ISA.28.26, JPS 1917)↗ · If thou set thy heart aright, and stretch out thy hands toward Him — (Writings JOB.11.13, JPS 1917)↗ · The tongue of the wise useth knowledge aright; but the mouth of fools poureth out foolishness.↗ (Writings PRO.15.2, JPS 1917)↗