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This tag is for questions about the meaning of a word, which a dictionary cannot answer. If the question is about the meaning of a word that can't be understood outside its phrase or sentence, the "meaning-in-context" tag should be also used; for the meaning of a phrase, use the "phrase-meaning" tag instead. Your question should normally include the dictionary definition of the word, and explain how the dictionary does not answer your question.
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sheer dipping bliss -- meaning?
To in this context is not identifying the next word as an infinitive. To is used to describe a range of some sort - the word or phrase after "to" being the "upper limit" of the range.
Everyone took …
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meaning of "should this be the case"?
Should X be the case, [then] Y generally means if X happens or becomes/is discovered true, Y.
Usually the "then" is understood and not written/spoken unless emphasis is needed.
Y will often be a direc …
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what does "not many" equal?
As far as the precise number meant by "not many," it's not definite. It heavily depends on the context, and is often used when the speaker/writer does not know precisely him/herself, or wishes to hid …
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What does "not...differently from" mean?
The chiming repeater does not X differently from the minute repeater
The sentence is saying the chiming repeater and the minute repeater each do X in the same way, where X is:
signal the minutes an …
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Meaning of 'I will have you know'
A meaning of have is to compel, be obligated to do/make, or force.
I have to go to school.
I have to know this to pass the exam. … So "I will have you know" is meaning "I am obligated to make you know." …
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Difference between "commonly" and "quite commonly"
Quite is equivalent to very, which is a modifier that intensifies (in the sense of answering "how much" or "how strong") its base word.
Alice is strange, she wears an unusual hair style.
Bob is quite …
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Access applications are widespread in the enterprise -- what is meant by "enterprise" in thi...
Typically it means people don't use it in the home or for personal use, but in a business or business-like environment.
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what does the "a cap of" mean in following paragraph?
To cap means to prevent from going higher than or to be unable to go higher than.
Thus, cap as a noun can mean an upper limit. It's often used to mean a "hard" or absolute upper limit. Usually anyt …
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Is suddenness an important part of "spurt"?
"Spurt" means a liquid in an enclosed vessel or body ejecting (through its inherent pressure of being in an compressed or enclosed space) outward due to it being set free, either by the vessel being o …
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he was coaxed a safe distance away -- meaning?
To coax means to successfully entice to move, the immediate image that comes to mind as an example is trying to get a scared dog or cat that doesn't know you to come to you by saying "come here" in a …
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What's the meaning of' draw face tight'?
To draw can mean to pull back something with tension, particularly when talking about a bow and arrow.
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discerning between "creation" and "creating"
Creation is a noun meaning something that has been created - it would be the object that has been created. …
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The meaning of 'permanent mate'
Consider that another meaning of mate is to form a pair (e.g. I mated the pair of socks), and this is sort of what is implied, that two people are together because they are a match. …
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What does “dead-on” mean here?
Dead on a target means facing or aiming precisely at that target, or precisely centered at that target.
ELU has a post about its etymology.
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