The syllable naming the second (supertonic) note of any major scale in solmization ancient Egyptian sun god with the head of a hawk; a universal creator; he merged with the god Amen as Amen-Ra to become the king of the gods a rare heavy polyvalent metallic element that resembles manganese chemically and is used in some alloys; is obtained as a by-product in refining molybdenum
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To a great degree or by a great distance; very much (`right smart' is regional in the United States); "way over budget"; "way off base"; "the other side of the hill is right smart steeper than the side we are on" a portion of something divided into shares; "the split the loot three ways" space for movement; "room to pass"; "make way for"; "hardly enough elbow room to turn around" a general category of things; used in the expression `in the way of'; "they didn't have much in the way of clothing" doing as one pleases or chooses; "if I had my way" the property of distance in general; "it's a long way to Moscow"; "he went a long ways" a line leading to a place or point; "he looked the other direction"; "didn't know the way home" any artifact consisting of a road or path affording passage from one place to another; "he said he was looking for the way out" a course of conduct; "the path of virtue"; "we went our separate ways"; "our paths in life led us apart"; "genius usually follows a revolutionary path" the condition of things generally; "that's the way it is"; "I felt the same way" a journey or passage; "they are on the way" how a result is obtained or an end is achieved; "a means of control"; "an example is the best agency of instruction"; "the true way to success" how something is done or how it happens; "her dignified manner"; "his rapid manner of talking"; "their nomadic mode of existence"; "in the characteristic New York style"; "a lonely way of life"; "in an abrasive fashion"
Be set at a disadvantage; "This author really suffers in translation" fail to perceive or to catch with the senses or the mind; "I missed that remark"; "She missed his point"; "We lost part of what he said" retreat fail to get or obtain; "I lost the opportunity to spend a year abroad" fail to make money in a business; make a loss or fail to profit; "I lost thousands of dollars on that bad investment!"; "The company turned a loss after the first year" allow to go out of sight; "The detective lost the man he was shadowing after he had to stop at a red light" miss from one's possessions; lose sight of; "I've lost my glasses again!" place (something) where one cannot find it again; "I misplaced my eyeglasses" suffer the loss of a person through death or removal; "She lost her husband in the war"; "The couple that wanted to adopt the child lost her when the biological parents claimed her" fail to win; "We lost the battle but we won the war" fail to keep or to maintain; cease to have, either physically or in an abstract sense; "She lost her purse when she left it unattended on her seat"
A state of extreme poverty or destitution; "their indigence appalled him"; "a general state of need exists among the homeless" the psychological feature that arouses an organism to action toward a desired goal; the reason for the action; that which gives purpose and direction to behavior; "we did not understand his motivation"; "he acted with the best of motives" anything that is necessary but lacking; "he had sufficient means to meet his simple needs"; "I tried to supply his wants" a condition requiring relief; "she satisfied his need for affection"; "God has no need of men to accomplish His work"; "there is a demand for jobs" have or feel a need for; "always needing friends and money" have need of; "This piano wants the attention of a competent tuner" require as useful, just, or proper; "It takes nerve to do what she did"; "success usually requires hard work"; "This job asks a lot of patience and skill"; "This position demands a lot of personal sacrifice"; "This dinner calls for a spectacular dessert"; "This intervention does not postulate a patient's consent"
Relatively much but unspecified in amount or extent; "we talked for some time"; "he was still some distance away" remarkable; "that was some party"; "she is some skier" relatively many but unspecified in number; "they were here for some weeks"; "we did not meet again for some years" quantifier; used with either mass nouns or plural count nouns to indicate an unspecified number or quantity; "have some milk"; "some roses were still blooming"; "having some friends over"; "some apples"; "some paper" (of quantities) imprecise but fairly close to correct; "lasted approximately an hour"; "in just about a minute"; "he's about 30 years old"; "I've had about all I can stand"; "we meet about once a month"; "some forty people came"; "weighs around a hundred pounds"; "roughly $3,000"; "holds 3 gallons, more or less"; "20 or so people were at the party"