📖 A — The English dictionary · page 57

attorney — Everyday, meaning 1: (old use) a person trusted to act for someone else in law or business; today we would say a lawyer.↗ Example: The attorney came to the house with the papers.↗ · Neither the scrivener nor the attorney was sent for.↗ · The attorney counted the gold for the family.↗

attract — Everyday, meaning 1: To attract means to pull something towards itself: magnets attract iron.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: To attract means to make people or animals want to come near or pay attention: bright flowers attract bees.↗ Everyday, meaning 3: To attract someone can mean to make them like you or find you nice-looking.↗ Example: Magnets attract paper clips.↗ · The north pole of a magnet attracts the south pole of another.↗ · Bright flowers attract bees and butterflies.↗ · Sweet drinks attract wasps in summer.↗ · Wave your arms to attract the lifeguard's attention.↗ · The new playground attracts lots of children.↗ · The Earth's gravity attracts everything towards it.↗ · Leaving food out attracts ants.↗ · Two pictures, placed side by side, attracted a large number of spectators.↗

attraction — Everyday, meaning 1: A place or thing people want to visit or see: a tourist attraction.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: A feeling of liking someone or something, being drawn to them.↗ Everyday, meaning 3: (science) A force that pulls things together, like a magnet and iron, or gravity.↗ Example: The zoo is the town's biggest attraction.↗ · Opposite poles of magnets show attraction.↗ · The main attraction at the fair was the roller coaster.↗ · Gravity is the attraction between the Earth and the Moon.↗ · I don't understand the attraction of horror films.↗ · The castle is a popular tourist attraction.↗ · This colossal statue was 39 feet high, and was composed of ivory and gold; its majestic beauty formed the chief attraction of the temple.↗

attractive — Everyday, meaning 1: Attractive means pleasant to look at, good-looking or pretty.↗ e.g. "an attractive garden".↗ Everyday, meaning 2: Attractive means interesting or appealing, making you want it.↗ e.g. "an attractive offer".↗ Everyday, meaning 3: In science, an attractive force pulls things towards each other, like magnetism or gravity.↗ Example: The garden looks attractive with all its flowers.↗ · A half-price sale is an attractive offer.↗ · Opposite poles of magnets are attractive; they pull together.↗ · The idea of a day off was very attractive.↗ · The bright colours are attractive to bees.↗ · The new park is an attractive place for families.↗ · A fine coat is not always an indication of an attractive mind.↗

attributable — Everyday, meaning 1: (formal) If something is attributable to a cause, it is caused by it or can be said to come from it.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: (formal) If a saying or work is attributable to a person, that person said or made it.↗ Example: The flood was attributable to heavy rain.↗ · Half of the cost is attributable to transport.↗ · The rise in temperature is attributable to the heater.↗ · Most of the noise was attributable to the building work.↗ · The quote is attributable to a famous writer.↗ · What fraction of the damage is attributable to the storm?↗

attribute — Everyday, meaning 1: An attribute is a quality or feature that someone or something has.↗ e.g. "patience is a good attribute".↗ Everyday, meaning 2: (verb) To attribute something to a cause means to say it was caused by that.↗ e.g. "she attributes her success to hard work".↗ Everyday, meaning 3: (verb) To attribute a painting, book or saying to someone means to say they made it.↗ Everyday, meaning 4: In maths and computing, an attribute is a property you can sort by, such as colour, shape or size.↗ Everyday, meaning 5: In myths and art, an attribute is an object or animal that shows who a god or hero is, such as a trident for Poseidon.↗ Example: Sort the blocks by one attribute, such as colour.↗ · A triangle's attributes include three sides and three corners.↗ · Kindness is her best attribute.↗ · He attributes his good marks to reading every night.↗ · The poem is attributed to an unknown writer.↗ · The team's speed was their greatest attribute.↗ · Scientists attributed the floods to heavy rain.↗ · His usual attributes are the trident, horse, and dolphin.↗ · The Thirty-two Paths are the Ten Sephiruth and the Twenty-two letters, each supplying a type of divine power and attributes.↗ (Sefer Yetzirah, Westcott 1893)↗ · Heavens, The I Hebrew word Heshamaim HShMIM, has in it the element of Aesh, fire, and Mim, water ; and also Shem, name ; The Name is IHVH, attributed to the elements.↗ (Sefer Yetzirah, Westcott 1893)↗ · The supplemental paragraphs have been printed in modern form by Kalisch ; they identify the several letters of the Heptad more definitely with the planets, days of the week, human attributes and organs of the senses.↗ (Sefer Yetzirah, Westcott 1893)↗

attribution — Everyday, meaning 1: Saying who wrote, made, said or did something: giving credit.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: Saying what caused something: «the attribution of the flood to heavy rain».↗ Everyday, meaning 3: (formal) A quality that someone is thought to have.↗ Example: Always add an attribution when you use a photo from the internet.↗ · The quote had no attribution, so we didn't know who said it.↗ · The attribution of this painting to a famous artist is not certain.↗ · Our teacher showed us how to write an attribution under a picture.↗ · Copying words without attribution is called plagiarism.↗ · The museum changed the attribution after new tests.↗ · NOTICE OF ATTRIBUTION Scanned at sacred-texts.com, September 2005.↗ (Sefer Yetzirah, Kalisch 1877)↗ · These files may be used for any non-commercial purpose, provided this notice of attribution is left intact in all copies.↗ (Sefer Yetzirah, Kalisch 1877)↗ · Kalisch in the supplementary paragraphs gives a different attribution ; both are wrong, as an adept cultured clairvoyant could prove.↗ (Sefer Yetzirah, Westcott 1893)↗

au — Everyday, meaning 1: (French) «Au» means «to the», «at the» or «in the» before a masculine word: «au parc» is «to the park», «au revoir» is «goodbye».↗ Everyday, meaning 2: (science) «Au» is the chemical symbol for gold, from the Latin word «aurum».↗ Everyday, meaning 3: (abbreviation) «AU» is short for Australia (as in web addresses ending .au) and, in space science, for an astronomical unit, the distance from the Earth to the Sun. To an English ear French «au» sounds like «oh».↗ Example: «Au revoir!» means «goodbye!»↗ · «Je vais au parc» means «I'm going to the park».↗ · Our au pair comes from Spain and walks us to school.↗ · On the periodic table, Au stands for gold.↗ · A café au lait is coffee with milk.↗ · French «au» sounds like «oh».↗ · Australian websites often end in «.au».↗ · Geist ; verbannte sie mit sieben, goss sie aus mit den zwolf Gestimen.↗ **, "He drew them with water.↗ (Sefer Yetzirah, Westcott 1893)↗ · Zur Harmonic wird sie erst, wenn sie aus sich selbsi ztim Vielen wird."↗ (S. (Mordell, The Origin of Letters and Numerals according to Sefer Yetzirah (1914))↗ · "'Das luenfte Element ist also nicht aus der fuenfren mathematischen Figur geworden, da dasselbe als Urgrund ganz formlos ist.↗ (Mordell, The Origin of Letters and Numerals according to Sefer Yetzirah (1914))↗

aubergine — Everyday, meaning 1: (UK, Ireland) A vegetable with smooth, shiny, dark purple skin and soft white flesh; in the USA, Canada and Australia it is called eggplant.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: A dark purple colour.↗ Everyday, meaning 3: (rude, adult slang) a rude word grown-ups use; not for school.↗ Example: We roasted aubergine for dinner.↗ · Moussaka is made with aubergine.↗ · My nan grows aubergines in her greenhouse.↗ · Her coat was a lovely aubergine colour.↗ · In America they call it eggplant.↗ · Aubergine soaks up a lot of oil.↗

auburn — Everyday, meaning 1: Auburn means a reddish-brown colour, usually said of hair.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: As a noun, auburn is that reddish-brown colour itself.↗ Example: Her auburn hair shone in the sun.↗ · The fox had auburn fur.↗ · Auburn Mary came to the well at noon.↗

auction — Everyday, meaning 1: An auction is a public sale where things are sold to the person who offers the most money.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: To auction something (or auction it off) is to sell it at an auction.↗ Everyday, meaning 3: An online auction is one held on a website, where people bid until a set time ends.↗ Example: The painting was sold at auction.↗ · Our school held an auction to raise money for the library.↗ · Dad bid on a bike in an online auction.↗ · The farm was auctioned off.↗ · The highest bid wins the auction.↗ · «Going, going, gone!» shouted the auctioneer.↗ · At the auction, Ella bid 15 pounds and Tom bid 18; Tom won by 3 pounds.↗

audacious — Everyday, meaning 1: Audacious means bold and daring, ready to take big risks.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: (old use) Audacious can also mean rude or insolent, not showing respect.↗ Example: The audacious thief stole the king's horse.↗ · It was audacious to climb the tower in the storm.↗ · The young hero was brave and audacious.↗

audacity — Everyday, meaning 1: Audacity is boldness, daring to do something that other people would not dare to do.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: Audacity can also mean rudeness, a shocking lack of respect.↗ Example: She had the audacity to ask for more.↗ · I could not believe his audacity.↗ · It took audacity to challenge the giant.↗

audible — Everyday, meaning 1: Loud enough to be heard.↗ Example: Her voice was barely audible.↗ · The music was audible from the street.↗ · Dogs can hear sounds that are not audible to us.↗ · He gave an audible sigh.↗ · Speak loud enough to be audible at the back of the hall.↗ · The bell was clearly audible across the field.↗ · Scarcely had he spoken when the sound of voices was audible on the outer edge of the forest.↗

audibly — Everyday, meaning 1: In a way that can be heard; loud enough for people to hear it.↗ Example: He sighed audibly.↗ · She said his name so audibly that the whole room turned.↗ · The clock ticked audibly in the quiet hall.↗ · Twenty-two letters are formed by the voice, impressed on the air, and audibly uttered in five situations, in the throat, guttural sounds; in the palate, palatals; by the tongue, linguals; through the teeth, dentals; and by the lips, labial sounds.↗ (Sefer Yetzirah, Westcott 1887)↗

audience — Everyday, meaning 1: An audience is the group of people watching or listening to a show, film, talk or game.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: An audience is the people a book, programme or advert is meant for.↗ Example: The audience clapped at the end of the play.↗ · My parents were in the audience.↗ · Who is the audience for your letter?↗ · The audience laughed at the joke.↗ · This film is for a young audience.↗ · The singer waved to the audience.↗ · Be a good audience and sit quietly.↗ · The audience was huge.↗ · Before starting your performance, salute your audience!”↗ · Google Book Search helps readers discover the world's books while helping authors and publishers reach new audiences.↗ (Sefer Yetzirah, Westcott 1893)↗

audio — Everyday, meaning 1: Audio means sound, especially recorded or broadcast sound.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: As an adjective, audio means to do with sound, as in «an audio book», «audio equipment».↗ Everyday, meaning 3: In computing, audio is the sound part of a video or a file.↗ Example: The audio on the video was too quiet.↗ · I listen to audiobooks on long car trips.↗ · We recorded an audio file of our poem.↗ · The museum had an audio guide in five languages.↗ · Check that the audio cable is plugged in.↗ · The audio and the picture were out of sync.↗

audit — Everyday, meaning 1: An official check of a company's or organisation's money records to make sure they are correct and honest.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: Any careful check or survey: an energy audit of the school.↗ Everyday, meaning 3: (verb) To carry out such a check.↗ Everyday, meaning 4: (verb, US) To attend a college class without taking the exam.↗ Example: Our class did an energy audit and counted 12 lights left on.↗ · The company's accounts are audited every year.↗ · (formal) The audit ascertained that the totals were correct.↗ · The safety audit found a broken fire door.↗ · We did a litter audit of the playground.↗ · The auditor found a mistake in the sums.↗

audition — Everyday, meaning 1: noun A short performance to show whether you are good enough for a part in a play, a band, a choir or a show.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: verb To do such a performance, or to watch and judge people doing it.↗ Everyday, meaning 3: (science) The sense of hearing (formal).↗ Example: I have an audition for the school play on Friday.↗ · She auditioned for the part of Dorothy.↗ · Fifty children came to the choir auditions.↗ · My hands were shaking at the audition.↗ · The teachers auditioned everyone who wanted to sing a solo.↗ · He didn't get the part, but he'll audition again next year.↗

auditor — Everyday, meaning 1: A person whose job is to check the money records of a company or organisation carefully to make sure they are correct and honest.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: (US) A student who attends a class without taking it for marks.↗ Everyday, meaning 3: (old use) A listener to a speech or story.↗ Example: The auditor checked all the club's accounts.↗ · An auditor found a mistake in the totals.↗ · Auditors make sure no money is missing.↗ · The charity hired an independent auditor.↗ · The auditor asked to see the receipts.↗ · My aunt works as an auditor for a bank.↗ · By no means, my dear auditors.↗