used before a singular noun to mean one of a group, when it is not a particular one
From this reading The slow but steady progress in America toward a sense of beauty is due more to the architects than to any one class of people.
in addition
From this reading I have heard a prominent architect declare the Woolworth Building, built by Cass Gilbert, to be the most beautiful example of the Gothic ever done in America, and yet it is also a good business building.
North American republic containing 50 states - 48 conterminous states in North America plus Alaska in northwest North America and the Hawaiian Islands in the Pacific Ocean; achieved independence in 1776
From this reading The slow but steady progress in America toward a sense of beauty is due more to the architects than to any one class of people.
the form of “a” used before a word that begins with a vowel sound
From this reading The definition that an “architect is a business man with a slight artistic leaning,” is not such a bad one, and the combination of the two qualities has proved most happy in many cases.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading The definition that an “architect is a business man with a slight artistic leaning,” is not such a bad one, and the combination of the two qualities has proved most happy in many cases.
one or some or every or all without specification
From this reading The slow but steady progress in America toward a sense of beauty is due more to the architects than to any one class of people.
architectnounUS /ˈɑːrkətekt/
someone who creates plans to be used in making something (such as buildings)
From this reading The definition that an “architect is a business man with a slight artistic leaning,” is not such a bad one, and the combination of the two qualities has proved most happy in many cases.
architectsnounUS /ˈɑːrkətekts/
plural of “architect” — someone who creates plans to be used in making something (such as buildings)
From this reading The slow but steady progress in America toward a sense of beauty is due more to the architects than to any one class of people.
architecturenounUS /ˈɑːrkətektʃər/
an architectural product or work
From this reading This shows that any type of architecture can be made practical.
artisticadjectiveUS /ɑːrˈtɪstɪk/
relating to or characteristic of art or artists
From this reading The definition that an “architect is a business man with a slight artistic leaning,” is not such a bad one, and the combination of the two qualities has proved most happy in many cases.
artsnounUS /ɑːrts/
studies intended to provide general knowledge and intellectual skills (rather than occupational or professional skills)
From this reading I think we must grant some of them more than a _leaning_ toward the arts, though, and give them credit for a certain “taste” developed in our country during the last part of the last century.
having undesirable or negative qualities
From this reading The definition that an “architect is a business man with a slight artistic leaning,” is not such a bad one, and the combination of the two qualities has proved most happy in many cases.
used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses
From this reading I have heard a prominent architect declare the Woolworth Building, built by Cass Gilbert, to be the most beautiful example of the Gothic ever done in America, and yet it is also a good business building.
delighting the senses or exciting intellectual or emotional admiration
From this reading I have heard a prominent architect declare the Woolworth Building, built by Cass Gilbert, to be the most beautiful example of the Gothic ever done in America, and yet it is also a good business building.
the qualities that give pleasure to the senses
From this reading The slow but steady progress in America toward a sense of beauty is due more to the architects than to any one class of people.
a structure that has a roof and walls and stands more or less permanently in one place
From this reading I have heard a prominent architect declare the Woolworth Building, built by Cass Gilbert, to be the most beautiful example of the Gothic ever done in America, and yet it is also a good business building.
(used of soaps or cleaning agents) having a substance (an abrasive or filler) added to increase effectiveness
From this reading I have heard a prominent architect declare the Woolworth Building, built by Cass Gilbert, to be the most beautiful example of the Gothic ever done in America, and yet it is also a good business building.
a commercial or industrial enterprise and the people who constitute it
From this reading The definition that an “architect is a business man with a slight artistic leaning,” is not such a bad one, and the combination of the two qualities has proved most happy in many cases.
used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
From this reading The slow but steady progress in America toward a sense of beauty is due more to the architects than to any one class of people.
showing who or what does the action
From this reading I have heard a prominent architect declare the Woolworth Building, built by Cass Gilbert, to be the most beautiful example of the Gothic ever done in America, and yet it is also a good business building.
to be able to, or to be allowed to
From this reading This shows that any type of architecture can be made practical.
plural of “case” — an occurrence of something
From this reading The definition that an “architect is a business man with a slight artistic leaning,” is not such a bad one, and the combination of the two qualities has proved most happy in many cases.
Cass
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From this reading I have heard a prominent architect declare the Woolworth Building, built by Cass Gilbert, to be the most beautiful example of the Gothic ever done in America, and yet it is also a good business building.
a period of 100 years
From this reading I think we must grant some of them more than a _leaning_ toward the arts, though, and give them credit for a certain “taste” developed in our country during the last part of the last century.
definite but not specified or identified
From this reading I think we must grant some of them more than a _leaning_ toward the arts, though, and give them credit for a certain “taste” developed in our country during the last part of the last century.
a collection of things sharing a common attribute
From this reading The slow but steady progress in America toward a sense of beauty is due more to the architects than to any one class of people.
combinationnounUS /ˌkɑːmbəˈneɪʃən/
a collection of things that have been combined; an assemblage of separate parts or qualities
From this reading The definition that an “architect is a business man with a slight artistic leaning,” is not such a bad one, and the combination of the two qualities has proved most happy in many cases.
a politically organized body of people under a single government
From this reading I think we must grant some of them more than a _leaning_ toward the arts, though, and give them credit for a certain “taste” developed in our country during the last part of the last century.
approval
From this reading I think we must grant some of them more than a _leaning_ toward the arts, though, and give them credit for a certain “taste” developed in our country during the last part of the last century.
declareverbUS /dɪˈkler/
state emphatically and authoritatively
From this reading I have heard a prominent architect declare the Woolworth Building, built by Cass Gilbert, to be the most beautiful example of the Gothic ever done in America, and yet it is also a good business building.
definitionnounUS /ˌdefəˈnɪʃən/
a concise explanation of the meaning of a word or phrase or symbol
From this reading The definition that an “architect is a business man with a slight artistic leaning,” is not such a bad one, and the combination of the two qualities has proved most happy in many cases.
developedadjectiveUS /dɪˈveləpt/
being changed over time so as to be e.g. stronger or more complete or more useful
From this reading I think we must grant some of them more than a _leaning_ toward the arts, though, and give them credit for a certain “taste” developed in our country during the last part of the last century.
having finished or arrived at completion
From this reading I have heard a prominent architect declare the Woolworth Building, built by Cass Gilbert, to be the most beautiful example of the Gothic ever done in America, and yet it is also a good business building.
owed and payable immediately or on demand
From this reading The slow but steady progress in America toward a sense of beauty is due more to the architects than to any one class of people.
all through a period, or at some point within it
From this reading I think we must grant some of them more than a _leaning_ toward the arts, though, and give them credit for a certain “taste” developed in our country during the last part of the last century.
at any time
From this reading I have heard a prominent architect declare the Woolworth Building, built by Cass Gilbert, to be the most beautiful example of the Gothic ever done in America, and yet it is also a good business building.
an item of information that is typical of a class or group
From this reading I have heard a prominent architect declare the Woolworth Building, built by Cass Gilbert, to be the most beautiful example of the Gothic ever done in America, and yet it is also a good business building.
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading I think we must grant some of them more than a _leaning_ toward the arts, though, and give them credit for a certain “taste” developed in our country during the last part of the last century.
GilbertnounUS /ˈɡɪlbərt/
a unit of magnetomotive force equal to 0.7958 ampere-turns
From this reading I have heard a prominent architect declare the Woolworth Building, built by Cass Gilbert, to be the most beautiful example of the Gothic ever done in America, and yet it is also a good business building.
cause to have, in the abstract sense or physical sense
From this reading I think we must grant some of them more than a _leaning_ toward the arts, though, and give them credit for a certain “taste” developed in our country during the last part of the last century.
having desirable or positive qualities especially those suitable for a thing specified
From this reading I have heard a prominent architect declare the Woolworth Building, built by Cass Gilbert, to be the most beautiful example of the Gothic ever done in America, and yet it is also a good business building.
GothicadjectiveUS /ˈɡɑːθɪk/
characteristic of the style of type commonly used for printing German
From this reading I have heard a prominent architect declare the Woolworth Building, built by Cass Gilbert, to be the most beautiful example of the Gothic ever done in America, and yet it is also a good business building.
let have
From this reading I think we must grant some of them more than a _leaning_ toward the arts, though, and give them credit for a certain “taste” developed in our country during the last part of the last century.
enjoying or showing or marked by joy or pleasure
From this reading The definition that an “architect is a business man with a slight artistic leaning,” is not such a bad one, and the combination of the two qualities has proved most happy in many cases.
hasauxiliary verbUS /hæz/
the form of “have” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading The definition that an “architect is a business man with a slight artistic leaning,” is not such a bad one, and the combination of the two qualities has proved most happy in many cases.
haveauxiliary verbUS /hæv/
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading I have heard a prominent architect declare the Woolworth Building, built by Cass Gilbert, to be the most beautiful example of the Gothic ever done in America, and yet it is also a good business building.
detected or perceived by the sense of hearing
From this reading I have heard a prominent architect declare the Woolworth Building, built by Cass Gilbert, to be the most beautiful example of the Gothic ever done in America, and yet it is also a good business building.
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading I think we must grant some of them more than a _leaning_ toward the arts, though, and give them credit for a certain “taste” developed in our country during the last part of the last century.
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading The slow but steady progress in America toward a sense of beauty is due more to the architects than to any one class of people.
the form of “be” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading The slow but steady progress in America toward a sense of beauty is due more to the architects than to any one class of people.
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading I have heard a prominent architect declare the Woolworth Building, built by Cass Gilbert, to be the most beautiful example of the Gothic ever done in America, and yet it is also a good business building.
immediately past
From this reading I think we must grant some of them more than a _leaning_ toward the arts, though, and give them credit for a certain “taste” developed in our country during the last part of the last century.
departing or being caused to depart from the true vertical or horizontal
From this reading The definition that an “architect is a business man with a slight artistic leaning,” is not such a bad one, and the combination of the two qualities has proved most happy in many cases.
produced by a manufacturing process
From this reading This shows that any type of architecture can be made practical.
an adult person who is male (as opposed to a woman)
From this reading The definition that an “architect is a business man with a slight artistic leaning,” is not such a bad one, and the combination of the two qualities has proved most happy in many cases.
a quantifier that can be used with count nouns and is often preceded by “as” or “too” or “so” or “that”; amounting to a large but indefinite number
From this reading The definition that an “architect is a business man with a slight artistic leaning,” is not such a bad one, and the combination of the two qualities has proved most happy in many cases.
(comparative of “much” used with mass nouns) a quantifier meaning greater in size or amount or extent or degree
From this reading The slow but steady progress in America toward a sense of beauty is due more to the architects than to any one class of people.
used to form the superlative
From this reading The definition that an “architect is a business man with a slight artistic leaning,” is not such a bad one, and the combination of the two qualities has proved most happy in many cases.
used to say something is necessary, or almost certainly true
From this reading I think we must grant some of them more than a _leaning_ toward the arts, though, and give them credit for a certain “taste” developed in our country during the last part of the last century.
used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative
From this reading The definition that an “architect is a business man with a slight artistic leaning,” is not such a bad one, and the combination of the two qualities has proved most happy in many cases.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading The slow but steady progress in America toward a sense of beauty is due more to the architects than to any one class of people.
used to mean any person in general, including the speaker
From this reading The slow but steady progress in America toward a sense of beauty is due more to the architects than to any one class of people.
belonging to the speaker and others
From this reading I think we must grant some of them more than a _leaning_ toward the arts, though, and give them credit for a certain “taste” developed in our country during the last part of the last century.
something determined in relation to something that includes it
From this reading I think we must grant some of them more than a _leaning_ toward the arts, though, and give them credit for a certain “taste” developed in our country during the last part of the last century.
(plural) any group of human beings (men or women or children) collectively
From this reading The slow but steady progress in America toward a sense of beauty is due more to the architects than to any one class of people.
concerned with actual use or practice
From this reading This shows that any type of architecture can be made practical.
gradual improvement or growth or development
From this reading The slow but steady progress in America toward a sense of beauty is due more to the architects than to any one class of people.
prominentadjectiveUS /ˈprɑːmənənt/
having a quality that thrusts itself into attention
From this reading I have heard a prominent architect declare the Woolworth Building, built by Cass Gilbert, to be the most beautiful example of the Gothic ever done in America, and yet it is also a good business building.
established beyond doubt
From this reading The definition that an “architect is a business man with a slight artistic leaning,” is not such a bad one, and the combination of the two qualities has proved most happy in many cases.
plural of “quality” — an essential and distinguishing attribute of something or someone
From this reading The definition that an “architect is a business man with a slight artistic leaning,” is not such a bad one, and the combination of the two qualities has proved most happy in many cases.
a general conscious awareness
From this reading The slow but steady progress in America toward a sense of beauty is due more to the architects than to any one class of people.
plural of “show” — the act of publicly exhibiting or entertaining
From this reading This shows that any type of architecture can be made practical.
a deliberate discourteous act (usually as an expression of anger or disapproval)
From this reading The definition that an “architect is a business man with a slight artistic leaning,” is not such a bad one, and the combination of the two qualities has proved most happy in many cases.
not moving quickly; taking a comparatively long time
From this reading The slow but steady progress in America toward a sense of beauty is due more to the architects than to any one class of people.
(quantifier) used with either mass nouns or plural count nouns to indicate an unspecified number or quantity
From this reading I think we must grant some of them more than a _leaning_ toward the arts, though, and give them credit for a certain “taste” developed in our country during the last part of the last century.
make steady
From this reading The slow but steady progress in America toward a sense of beauty is due more to the architects than to any one class of people.
of the kind already mentioned
From this reading The definition that an “architect is a business man with a slight artistic leaning,” is not such a bad one, and the combination of the two qualities has proved most happy in many cases.
To perceive flavor through the mouth.
From this reading I think we must grant some of them more than a _leaning_ toward the arts, though, and give them credit for a certain “taste” developed in our country during the last part of the last century.
used to introduce the second part of a comparison
From this reading The slow but steady progress in America toward a sense of beauty is due more to the architects than to any one class of people.
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading The definition that an “architect is a business man with a slight artistic leaning,” is not such a bad one, and the combination of the two qualities has proved most happy in many cases.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading The slow but steady progress in America toward a sense of beauty is due more to the architects than to any one class of people.
the people or things already mentioned, as the object
From this reading I think we must grant some of them more than a _leaning_ toward the arts, though, and give them credit for a certain “taste” developed in our country during the last part of the last century.
judge or regard; look upon; judge
From this reading I think we must grant some of them more than a _leaning_ toward the arts, though, and give them credit for a certain “taste” developed in our country during the last part of the last century.
used for a person or thing that is near, or that has just been mentioned
From this reading This shows that any type of architecture can be made practical.
in spite of the fact that
From this reading I think we must grant some of them more than a _leaning_ toward the arts, though, and give them credit for a certain “taste” developed in our country during the last part of the last century.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading The slow but steady progress in America toward a sense of beauty is due more to the architects than to any one class of people.
towardprepositionUS /təˈwɔːrd/
in the direction of
From this reading The slow but steady progress in America toward a sense of beauty is due more to the architects than to any one class of people.
the cardinal number that is the sum of one and one or a numeral representing this number
From this reading The definition that an “architect is a business man with a slight artistic leaning,” is not such a bad one, and the combination of the two qualities has proved most happy in many cases.
a subdivision of a particular kind of thing
From this reading This shows that any type of architecture can be made practical.
the speaker together with one or more other people
From this reading I think we must grant some of them more than a _leaning_ toward the arts, though, and give them credit for a certain “taste” developed in our country during the last part of the last century.
in the company of; together with
From this reading The definition that an “architect is a business man with a slight artistic leaning,” is not such a bad one, and the combination of the two qualities has proved most happy in many cases.
WoolworthnounUS /ˈwʊlwɜːrθ/
United States businessman who opened a shop in 1879 selling low-priced goods and built it into a national chain of stores (1852-1919)
From this reading I have heard a prominent architect declare the Woolworth Building, built by Cass Gilbert, to be the most beautiful example of the Gothic ever done in America, and yet it is also a good business building.
but in spite of that
From this reading I have heard a prominent architect declare the Woolworth Building, built by Cass Gilbert, to be the most beautiful example of the Gothic ever done in America, and yet it is also a good business building.
