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1. A, n. View full entry OE
...The letter, and the sound it represents....
2. absolute, adj. (and adv.) and n. View full entry c1400
...Grammar....
3. accent, n. View full entry OE
...Any of a set of marks originally used with a letter to indicate the nature and position of the spoken accent, later of stress, in a written word; (also) any of these...
4. accent, v. View full entry 1530
...intr. To place the accent or stress in a word or musical phrase; to mark a rhythm or beat. Usu. with adverb or adverbial phrase. In later use chiefly U.S....
5. accommodation, n. View full entry 1566
...Adaptation; the process of being adapted....
6. acronym, n. View full entry 1940
...A group of initial letters used as an abbreviation for a name or expression, each letter or part being pronounced separately; an initialism (such as ATM, TLS)....
7. action, n. View full entry a1393
...Something done or performed, a deed, an act; (in pl.) habitual or ordinary deeds, conduct....
8. active, adj. and n. View full entry 1340
...Of a way or style of life: characterized by outward action rather than inward contemplation or speculation; practical. Esp. in active life, and chiefly in religious contexts. Opposed to ...
9. adjacency, n. View full entry 1640
...The fact, quality, or state of being adjacent; contiguity....
10. adjunct, adj. and n. View full entry 1516
...Associated, connected; joined, added; subordinate, supplementary....
11. adopt, v. View full entry c1429
...trans....
12. affiliation, n. View full entry 1623
...The adoption of a child; spec. (in ancient Gaul) the adoption of a male heir by a person of high rank. Obs.rare....
13. affinity, n. View full entry a1325
...Relationship by marriage (as distinguished from relationship by blood); kinship between people or families that results from marriage; (also in early use) †ties between families or their members that result from a...
14. affirm, v. View full entry a1382
...trans. To assert (something) strongly; to state as a fact....
15. affirmation, n. View full entry c1419
...The action of confirming something established; confirmation, corroboration, support; spec. ratification of a law, etc.; the upholding of a legal decision. Also: an instance of this....
16. affirmative, adj., n., and int. View full entry c1449
...Asserting that a fact is as stated or perceived; declaring what exists; expressing a positive response....
17. African-American, n. and adj. View full entry 1835
...An American (esp. a North American) of African origin; a black American. Cf. Afro-American...
18. agency, n. View full entry 1600
...The process of acting as an agent (agent2); the position, role, or function of an agent, deputy, or representative; an instance of this. Now somewhat rare....
19. agent, n.1 and adj. View full entry a1500
...A person who or thing which acts upon someone or something; one who or that which exerts power; the doer of an action. Sometimes contrasted with the patient (instrument...
20. and, conj.1, adv., and n.1 View full entry eOE
...Simply connective....
