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a'

  [ah, aw]
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–adjective
Scot. all: for a' that.
Also, a.
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A.

 
1. Absolute.
2. Academy.
3. acre; acres.
4. America.
5. American.
6. angstrom.
7. year. Origin:
< L annō, abl. of annus
8. answer.
9. before. Origin:
< L ante
10. April.
11. Artillery.

a.

 
1. about.
2. acre; acres.
3. active.
4. adjective.
5. alto.
6. ampere; amperes.
7. year. Origin:
< L annō, abl. of annus
8. anonymous.
9. answer.
10. before. Origin:
< L ante
11. are; ares.
12. Baseball. assist; assists.

Bron⋅zi⋅no

  [brawn-dzee-naw]
–noun
A⋅gno⋅lo (di Co⋅si⋅mo di Ma⋅ria⋅no)  [ah-nyaw-law dee kaw-zee-maw dee mah-ryah-naw] , 1502–72, Italian painter.

Young

  [yuhng]
–noun
1. Andrew (Jackson, Jr.), born 1932, U.S. clergyman, civil-rights leader, politician, and diplomat: mayor of Atlanta, Georgia, since 1981.
2. Art(hur Henry), 1866–1944, U.S. cartoonist and author.
3. Brigham, 1801–77, U.S. leader of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.
4. Charles, 1864–1922, U.S. army colonel: highest-ranking black officer in World War I.
5. Denton T. (Cy), 1867–1955, U.S. baseball player.
6. Edward, 1683–1765, English poet.
7. Ella, 1867–1956, Irish poet and mythologist in the U.S.
8. Lester Willis (“Pres”; “Prez”), 1909–59, U.S. jazz tenor saxophonist.
9. Owen D., 1874–1962, U.S. lawyer, industrialist, government administrator, and financier.
10. Stark, 1881–1963, U.S. drama critic, novelist, and playwright.
11. Thomas, 1773–1829, English physician, physicist, mathematician, and Egyptologist.
12. Whitney M., Jr., 1921–71, U.S. social worker and educator: executive director of the National Urban League 1961–71.
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a.  
abbr.  

  1. acre

  2. adjective

  3. Latin anno (in the year)

  4. Latin annus (year)

  5. anode

  6. answer

  7. Latin ante (before)

  8. anterior

a·cre   (ā'kər)   
n.  

  1. Abbr. a. or ac. A unit of area in the U.S. Customary System, used in land and sea floor measurement and equal to 160 square rods, 4,840 square yards, or 43,560 square feet. See Table at measurement.

  2. acres Property in the form of land; estate.

  3. A wide expanse, as of land or other matter. Often used in the plural: "Everything was streaky pink marble and acres of textureless carpeting" (Anne Tyler).

  4. Archaic A field or plot of arable land.


[Middle English aker, field, acre, from Old English æcer; see agro- in Indo-European roots.]
ad·jec·tive   (āj'ĭk-tĭv)   
n.   Abbr. a. or adj.

  1. The part of speech that modifies a noun or other substantive by limiting, qualifying, or specifying and distinguished in English morphologically by one of several suffixes, such as -able, -ous, -er, and -est, or syntactically by position directly preceding a noun or nominal phrase.

  2. Any of the words belonging to this part of speech, such as white in the phrase a white house.

adj.  

  1. Adjectival: an adjective clause.

  2. Law Prescriptive; remedial: adjective law.

  3. Not standing alone; derivative or dependent.


[Middle English, from Old French adjectif, from Late Latin adiectīvus, from adiectus, past participle of adicere, to add to : ad-, ad- + iacere, to throw; see yē- in Indo-European roots.]
ad'jec·tive·ly adv.
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Word Origin & History

young  (adj.)
O.E. geong "youthful, young," from P.Gmc. *jungas (cf. O.S., O.Fris. jung, O.N. ungr, M.Du. jonc, Du. jong, O.H.G., Ger. jung, Goth. juggs), from PIE *juwngkos, from PIE base *yeu- "vital force, youthful vigor" (cf. Skt. yuva "young," L. juvenis "young," Lith. jaunas, O.C.S. junu, Rus. junyj "young," O.Ir. oac, Welsh ieuanc "young"). The noun meaning "young animals collectively, offspring" is first attested 1484. Youngster is first attested 1589 (earlier was youngling, from O.E. geongling). From c.1830-1850, Young France, Young Italy, etc., loosely applied to "republican agitators" in various monarchies; also, esp. in Young England, Young America, used generally for "typical young person of the nation." For Young Turk, see Turk.
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Medical Dictionary

Main Entry: young
Pronunciation: 'y&[ng]
Function: noun
Inflected Form: plural young
1 : immature offspring especially oflower animals
2 : a single recently born or hatched animal —with young : PREGNANT—used of a female animal
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Medical Dictionary

Young , Thomas. 1773-1829.

British physician and physicist who in 1801 postulated the three-color theory of color vision. Young also discovered (1801) astigmatism and described accommodation.

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Abbreviations & Acronyms
a.

  1. acre

  2. adjective

  3. Latin anno (in the year)

  4. Latin annus (year)

  5. anode

  6. answer

  7. Latin ante (before)

  8. anterior

  9. artery

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