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...The letter, and the sound it represents....
...As subject: = they1....
...Before a noun denoting an individual object or notion, or denoting an individualized substance, quality, or state, and before a collective noun. Also: before a person's words treated as an individual instance...
...In expressions of time: in, on, by; = on8. Now chiefly with days of the week. Now English regional, Scottish, and Irish English....
...Indicating motion, direction, distance, or removal; = ofI. Cf. offa...
...= andI....
...Expressing invocation, surprise, or admiration; (also) used to gain attention. Obsolete....
...Prefixed to a proper name as a war cry....
...With verbs, implying motion onward or away from a position; hence (originally with verbs of motion) adding intensity....
...(No longer productive.) Expressing completeness; = y-23....
...(No longer productive.) Forming verbs, adverbs, and prepositions, originally with the senses ‘on’, ‘on to’....
...(No longer productive.) Forming compounds with nouns, verbs, and adjectives, originally with the senses ‘away’, ‘off’, ‘from’, ‘of’....
...(Not productive in English.) Forming verbs and adjectives (and their derivatives), expressing addition or increase, or bringing into a state....
...Forming nouns and adjectives, with the sense ‘without’; ‘not’; ‘-less’....
...Forming the scientific names of genera (or subgenera) of living organisms, as hosta, Maiasaura, Murraya...
...Forming the plural of nouns with singulars ending in -um or -on derived from Latin and Greek neuter nouns....
...gen. Chiefly colloquial. First-class, outstanding. Cf. A No. 1...
...The second half of an A level which is divided into two discrete components. Frequently attributive, esp. in A2 level....
...Application to person, designating an electronic messaging system or service in which automated messages are sent by an application (application3d) to a person. Also: designating such a message....
...A stream, a watercourse....
