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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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meaning of the word "have" in it is past form in context
The issue with the tense comes from the use of quotations marks where there should not be any, as this is a statement of his words rather than an exact quote.
Taney ruled that black people had for …
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What is the meaning of "to by"?
Something is wrong with that sentence. "To by companions" does not make sense. If this was something typed by another gamer, you cannot assume that the sentence is written correctly. Even native speak …
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The meaning of "as though we were boarding"
"Boarding" is a nautical term. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Naval_boarding
The phrase simply means that the sails were configured the way they would be for boarding.
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"run over to me", "run to me" and "run towards me"
"Run to me" and "run over to me" mean approximately the same thing. "Over" is redundant but emphasizes the direction of motion.
"Towards me" means "in my direction" but does not explicitly mean that …
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meaning of "do" as a substitute verb
"X will do" means "X is sufficient." The phrase can be used to imply that something is merely satisfactory.
A: Do you have a knife?
B: No, but I have this sharp stick.
A: That will do.
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Identify primary topic area from the list provided to which the abstract is best suited
Identify the primary topic area from the list provided to which the abstract is best suited.
You can break the sentence down like this:
A list of topics is provided.
One topic should be most re …
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How can you get your mood when you are tripping?
These are slang terms. Outside of the context of drug use, "tripping" usually means "overreacting" or sometimes just generally acting inappropriately, but not in a fun or wild sense. "Get your mood ri …
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Meaning of Smoke someone
The play on words does indeed derive from usual meaning of "to smoke purp", with "purp" being a type of cannabis. …
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What does this sentence mean? From a Film Review of Bohemian Rhapsody 2
It is a typo. The word should be "contradictions". The "A yet B" structure of the subsequent sentences makes that clear.
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What does "crushing" mean in the sentence?
"Crushing", or more often "crushing it", means something like "succeeding emphatically".
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says rather more than is strictly certain
It could also mean (as Mrt commented) that the quote has a deeper implied meaning than what the words literally express. …
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Difference between Seem and Look
He seems to be popular.
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He looks popular.
both mean that there is some impression that the person is popular. "Looks" is usually used when some visual information gave that impression, …
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Question when we shift one tense back in reported speech
When the facts have not changed between the time of the original speech and the time it is reported, then the choice of tense does not really matter. When the original statement is only in the recent …
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Why wasn't "have" used here? "Since then, things had been pretty tame."
I can't say for certain why an author chose certain words, but here it would seem that "things had been pretty tame" implies that eventually things stopped being tame at some point in the past. Perhap …
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What does "Gig gamification" and "divide" means in this sentence
A gig is a short-term job.
Gamefication is "the application of game-design elements and game principles in non-game contexts".
The digital divide is inequality in access to digital technology.
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