used before a singular noun to mean one of a group, when it is not a particular one
From this reading First, it’s in New Jersey a short way from South Orange, where Mr. Edison, the great inventor, has his laboratory, and about twelve miles from New York City.
aboutprepositionUS /əˈbaʊt/
on the subject of; concerning
From this reading It happened out at sea about five hundred miles as wireless waves fly from Montclair.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading But perhaps you don’t know where Montclair is and maybe you don’t particularly care, but as it is my home town I must tell you about it.
surrounding, or on every side of, something
From this reading If you were a stranger going through the place you’d have been surprised to see the webs of wires strung around every other house in town and on first sight you might have taken them for telegraph or telephone lines, or as I once heard a man remark to my father, “They look like lines on which to hang the family wash.”
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading It happened out at sea about five hundred miles as wireless waves fly from Montclair.
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading It happened out at sea about five hundred miles as wireless waves fly from Montclair.
beenauxiliary verbUS /bɪn/
the past participle of “be”
From this reading If you were a stranger going through the place you’d have been surprised to see the webs of wires strung around every other house in town and on first sight you might have taken them for telegraph or telephone lines, or as I once heard a man remark to my father, “They look like lines on which to hang the family wash.”
used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
From this reading But perhaps you don’t know where Montclair is and maybe you don’t particularly care, but as it is my home town I must tell you about it.
the work of providing treatment for or attending to someone or something
From this reading But perhaps you don’t know where Montclair is and maybe you don’t particularly care, but as it is my home town I must tell you about it.
a large and densely populated urban area; may include several independent administrative districts
From this reading First, it’s in New Jersey a short way from South Orange, where Mr. Edison, the great inventor, has his laboratory, and about twelve miles from New York City.
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From this reading But perhaps you don’t know where Montclair is and maybe you don’t particularly care, but as it is my home town I must tell you about it.
EdisonnounUS /ˈedɪsən/
United States inventor; inventions included the phonograph and incandescent electric light and the microphone and the Kinetoscope (1847-1931)
From this reading First, it’s in New Jersey a short way from South Orange, where Mr. Edison, the great inventor, has his laboratory, and about twelve miles from New York City.
everydeterminerUS /ˈevəri/
all the members of a group, with none left out
From this reading If you were a stranger going through the place you’d have been surprised to see the webs of wires strung around every other house in town and on first sight you might have taken them for telegraph or telephone lines, or as I once heard a man remark to my father, “They look like lines on which to hang the family wash.”
a social unit living together
From this reading If you were a stranger going through the place you’d have been surprised to see the webs of wires strung around every other house in town and on first sight you might have taken them for telegraph or telephone lines, or as I once heard a man remark to my father, “They look like lines on which to hang the family wash.”
a male parent (also used as a term of address to your father)
From this reading If you were a stranger going through the place you’d have been surprised to see the webs of wires strung around every other house in town and on first sight you might have taken them for telegraph or telephone lines, or as I once heard a man remark to my father, “They look like lines on which to hang the family wash.”
favorablyadverbUS /ˈfeɪvərəbli/
showing approval
From this reading So you see it is pretty favorably located.
FirstadjectiveUS /fɜːrst/
preceding all others in time or space or degree
From this reading First, it’s in New Jersey a short way from South Orange, where Mr. Edison, the great inventor, has his laboratory, and about twelve miles from New York City.
the cardinal number that is the sum of four and one
From this reading It happened out at sea about five hundred miles as wireless waves fly from Montclair.
travel through the air; be airborne
From this reading It happened out at sea about five hundred miles as wireless waves fly from Montclair.
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading If you were a stranger going through the place you’d have been surprised to see the webs of wires strung around every other house in town and on first sight you might have taken them for telegraph or telephone lines, or as I once heard a man remark to my father, “They look like lines on which to hang the family wash.”
showing where something starts, or who sent it
From this reading It happened out at sea about five hundred miles as wireless waves fly from Montclair.
the act of departing
From this reading If you were a stranger going through the place you’d have been surprised to see the webs of wires strung around every other house in town and on first sight you might have taken them for telegraph or telephone lines, or as I once heard a man remark to my father, “They look like lines on which to hang the family wash.”
relatively large in size or number or extent; larger than others of its kind
From this reading First, it’s in New Jersey a short way from South Orange, where Mr. Edison, the great inventor, has his laboratory, and about twelve miles from New York City.
be suspended or hanging
From this reading If you were a stranger going through the place you’d have been surprised to see the webs of wires strung around every other house in town and on first sight you might have taken them for telegraph or telephone lines, or as I once heard a man remark to my father, “They look like lines on which to hang the family wash.”
past form of “happen” — come to pass
From this reading It happened out at sea about five hundred miles as wireless waves fly from Montclair.
hasauxiliary verbUS /hæz/
the form of “have” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading First, it’s in New Jersey a short way from South Orange, where Mr. Edison, the great inventor, has his laboratory, and about twelve miles from New York City.
haveauxiliary verbUS /hæv/
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading If you were a stranger going through the place you’d have been surprised to see the webs of wires strung around every other house in town and on first sight you might have taken them for telegraph or telephone lines, or as I once heard a man remark to my father, “They look like lines on which to hang the family wash.”
detected or perceived by the sense of hearing
From this reading If you were a stranger going through the place you’d have been surprised to see the webs of wires strung around every other house in town and on first sight you might have taken them for telegraph or telephone lines, or as I once heard a man remark to my father, “They look like lines on which to hang the family wash.”
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading First, it’s in New Jersey a short way from South Orange, where Mr. Edison, the great inventor, has his laboratory, and about twelve miles from New York City.
where you live at a particular time
From this reading But perhaps you don’t know where Montclair is and maybe you don’t particularly care, but as it is my home town I must tell you about it.
a dwelling that serves as living quarters for one or more families
From this reading If you were a stranger going through the place you’d have been surprised to see the webs of wires strung around every other house in town and on first sight you might have taken them for telegraph or telephone lines, or as I once heard a man remark to my father, “They look like lines on which to hang the family wash.”
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From this reading It happened out at sea about five hundred miles as wireless waves fly from Montclair.
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading But perhaps you don’t know where Montclair is and maybe you don’t particularly care, but as it is my home town I must tell you about it.
on condition that; in the event that
From this reading If you were a stranger going through the place you’d have been surprised to see the webs of wires strung around every other house in town and on first sight you might have taken them for telegraph or telephone lines, or as I once heard a man remark to my father, “They look like lines on which to hang the family wash.”
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading First, it’s in New Jersey a short way from South Orange, where Mr. Edison, the great inventor, has his laboratory, and about twelve miles from New York City.
inventornounUS /ˌɪnˈventər/
someone who is the first to think of or make something
From this reading First, it’s in New Jersey a short way from South Orange, where Mr. Edison, the great inventor, has his laboratory, and about twelve miles from New York City.
the form of “be” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading But perhaps you don’t know where Montclair is and maybe you don’t particularly care, but as it is my home town I must tell you about it.
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading It happened out at sea about five hundred miles as wireless waves fly from Montclair.
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From this reading First, it’s in New Jersey a short way from South Orange, where Mr. Edison, the great inventor, has his laboratory, and about twelve miles from New York City.
JerseynounUS /ˈdʒɜːrzi/
a Mid-Atlantic state on the Atlantic; one of the original 13 colonies
From this reading First, it’s in New Jersey a short way from South Orange, where Mr. Edison, the great inventor, has his laboratory, and about twelve miles from New York City.
be cognizant or aware of a fact or a specific piece of information; possess knowledge or information about
From this reading But perhaps you don’t know where Montclair is and maybe you don’t particularly care, but as it is my home town I must tell you about it.
laboratorynounUS /ˈlæbrətɔːri/
a workplace for the conduct of scientific research
From this reading First, it’s in New Jersey a short way from South Orange, where Mr. Edison, the great inventor, has his laboratory, and about twelve miles from New York City.
prefer or wish to do something
From this reading If you were a stranger going through the place you’d have been surprised to see the webs of wires strung around every other house in town and on first sight you might have taken them for telegraph or telephone lines, or as I once heard a man remark to my father, “They look like lines on which to hang the family wash.”
plural of “line” — a formation of people or things one beside another
From this reading If you were a stranger going through the place you’d have been surprised to see the webs of wires strung around every other house in town and on first sight you might have taken them for telegraph or telephone lines, or as I once heard a man remark to my father, “They look like lines on which to hang the family wash.”
locatedadjectiveUS /ˈloʊkeɪtəd/
situated in a particular spot or position
From this reading So you see it is pretty favorably located.
perceive with attention; direct one's gaze towards
From this reading If you were a stranger going through the place you’d have been surprised to see the webs of wires strung around every other house in town and on first sight you might have taken them for telegraph or telephone lines, or as I once heard a man remark to my father, “They look like lines on which to hang the family wash.”
an adult person who is male (as opposed to a woman)
From this reading If you were a stranger going through the place you’d have been surprised to see the webs of wires strung around every other house in town and on first sight you might have taken them for telegraph or telephone lines, or as I once heard a man remark to my father, “They look like lines on which to hang the family wash.”
by chance
From this reading But perhaps you don’t know where Montclair is and maybe you don’t particularly care, but as it is my home town I must tell you about it.
used to say something is possible but not certain
From this reading If you were a stranger going through the place you’d have been surprised to see the webs of wires strung around every other house in town and on first sight you might have taken them for telegraph or telephone lines, or as I once heard a man remark to my father, “They look like lines on which to hang the family wash.”
plural of “mile” — a unit of length equal to 1,760 yards or 5,280 feet; exactly 1609.344 meters
From this reading It happened out at sea about five hundred miles as wireless waves fly from Montclair.
Montclair
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From this reading It happened out at sea about five hundred miles as wireless waves fly from Montclair.
a form of address for a man
From this reading First, it’s in New Jersey a short way from South Orange, where Mr. Edison, the great inventor, has his laboratory, and about twelve miles from New York City.
used to say something is necessary, or almost certainly true
From this reading But perhaps you don’t know where Montclair is and maybe you don’t particularly care, but as it is my home town I must tell you about it.
belonging to the person speaking
From this reading But perhaps you don’t know where Montclair is and maybe you don’t particularly care, but as it is my home town I must tell you about it.
not of long duration; having just (or relatively recently) come into being or been made or acquired or discovered
From this reading First, it’s in New Jersey a short way from South Orange, where Mr. Edison, the great inventor, has his laboratory, and about twelve miles from New York City.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading If you were a stranger going through the place you’d have been surprised to see the webs of wires strung around every other house in town and on first sight you might have taken them for telegraph or telephone lines, or as I once heard a man remark to my father, “They look like lines on which to hang the family wash.”
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading If you were a stranger going through the place you’d have been surprised to see the webs of wires strung around every other house in town and on first sight you might have taken them for telegraph or telephone lines, or as I once heard a man remark to my father, “They look like lines on which to hang the family wash.”
on one occasion
From this reading If you were a stranger going through the place you’d have been surprised to see the webs of wires strung around every other house in town and on first sight you might have taken them for telegraph or telephone lines, or as I once heard a man remark to my father, “They look like lines on which to hang the family wash.”
used to join alternatives or possibilities
From this reading If you were a stranger going through the place you’d have been surprised to see the webs of wires strung around every other house in town and on first sight you might have taken them for telegraph or telephone lines, or as I once heard a man remark to my father, “They look like lines on which to hang the family wash.”
OrangenounUS /ˈɔːrəndʒ/
round yellow to orange fruit of any of several citrus trees
From this reading First, it’s in New Jersey a short way from South Orange, where Mr. Edison, the great inventor, has his laboratory, and about twelve miles from New York City.
not the same one or ones already mentioned or implied
From this reading If you were a stranger going through the place you’d have been surprised to see the webs of wires strung around every other house in town and on first sight you might have taken them for telegraph or telephone lines, or as I once heard a man remark to my father, “They look like lines on which to hang the family wash.”
not allowed to continue to bat or run
From this reading It happened out at sea about five hundred miles as wireless waves fly from Montclair.
to a distinctly greater extent or degree than is common
From this reading But perhaps you don’t know where Montclair is and maybe you don’t particularly care, but as it is my home town I must tell you about it.
by chance
From this reading But perhaps you don’t know where Montclair is and maybe you don’t particularly care, but as it is my home town I must tell you about it.
a point located with respect to surface features of some region
From this reading If you were a stranger going through the place you’d have been surprised to see the webs of wires strung around every other house in town and on first sight you might have taken them for telegraph or telephone lines, or as I once heard a man remark to my father, “They look like lines on which to hang the family wash.”
pleasing by delicacy or grace; not imposing
From this reading So you see it is pretty favorably located.
a statement that expresses a personal opinion or belief or adds information
From this reading If you were a stranger going through the place you’d have been surprised to see the webs of wires strung around every other house in town and on first sight you might have taken them for telegraph or telephone lines, or as I once heard a man remark to my father, “They look like lines on which to hang the family wash.”
a division of an ocean or a large body of salt water partially enclosed by land
From this reading It happened out at sea about five hundred miles as wireless waves fly from Montclair.
perceive by sight or have the power to perceive by sight
From this reading So you see it is pretty favorably located.
primarily temporal sense; indicating or being or seeming to be limited in duration
From this reading First, it’s in New Jersey a short way from South Orange, where Mr. Edison, the great inventor, has his laboratory, and about twelve miles from New York City.
an instance of visual perception
From this reading If you were a stranger going through the place you’d have been surprised to see the webs of wires strung around every other house in town and on first sight you might have taken them for telegraph or telephone lines, or as I once heard a man remark to my father, “They look like lines on which to hang the family wash.”
for that reason; with the result that
From this reading So you see it is pretty favorably located.
the region of the United States lying to the south of the Mason-Dixon line
From this reading First, it’s in New Jersey a short way from South Orange, where Mr. Edison, the great inventor, has his laboratory, and about twelve miles from New York City.
anyone who does not belong in the environment in which they are found
From this reading If you were a stranger going through the place you’d have been surprised to see the webs of wires strung around every other house in town and on first sight you might have taken them for telegraph or telephone lines, or as I once heard a man remark to my father, “They look like lines on which to hang the family wash.”
strungadjectiveUS /strʌŋ/
that is on a string
From this reading If you were a stranger going through the place you’d have been surprised to see the webs of wires strung around every other house in town and on first sight you might have taken them for telegraph or telephone lines, or as I once heard a man remark to my father, “They look like lines on which to hang the family wash.”
taken unawares or suddenly and feeling wonder or astonishment
From this reading If you were a stranger going through the place you’d have been surprised to see the webs of wires strung around every other house in town and on first sight you might have taken them for telegraph or telephone lines, or as I once heard a man remark to my father, “They look like lines on which to hang the family wash.”
takenadjectiveUS /ˈteɪkən/
understood in a certain way; made sense of
From this reading If you were a stranger going through the place you’d have been surprised to see the webs of wires strung around every other house in town and on first sight you might have taken them for telegraph or telephone lines, or as I once heard a man remark to my father, “They look like lines on which to hang the family wash.”
telegraphnounUS /ˈteləɡræf/
apparatus used to communicate at a distance over a wire (usually in Morse code)
From this reading If you were a stranger going through the place you’d have been surprised to see the webs of wires strung around every other house in town and on first sight you might have taken them for telegraph or telephone lines, or as I once heard a man remark to my father, “They look like lines on which to hang the family wash.”
telephonenounUS /ˈteləfoʊn/
electronic equipment that converts sound into electrical signals that can be transmitted over distances and then converts received signals back into sounds
From this reading If you were a stranger going through the place you’d have been surprised to see the webs of wires strung around every other house in town and on first sight you might have taken them for telegraph or telephone lines, or as I once heard a man remark to my father, “They look like lines on which to hang the family wash.”
express in words
From this reading But perhaps you don’t know where Montclair is and maybe you don’t particularly care, but as it is my home town I must tell you about it.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading First, it’s in New Jersey a short way from South Orange, where Mr. Edison, the great inventor, has his laboratory, and about twelve miles from New York City.
the people or things already mentioned, as the object
From this reading If you were a stranger going through the place you’d have been surprised to see the webs of wires strung around every other house in town and on first sight you might have taken them for telegraph or telephone lines, or as I once heard a man remark to my father, “They look like lines on which to hang the family wash.”
the people, animals, or things already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading If you were a stranger going through the place you’d have been surprised to see the webs of wires strung around every other house in town and on first sight you might have taken them for telegraph or telephone lines, or as I once heard a man remark to my father, “They look like lines on which to hang the family wash.”
from one end or side of something to the other
From this reading If you were a stranger going through the place you’d have been surprised to see the webs of wires strung around every other house in town and on first sight you might have taken them for telegraph or telephone lines, or as I once heard a man remark to my father, “They look like lines on which to hang the family wash.”
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading If you were a stranger going through the place you’d have been surprised to see the webs of wires strung around every other house in town and on first sight you might have taken them for telegraph or telephone lines, or as I once heard a man remark to my father, “They look like lines on which to hang the family wash.”
an urban area with a fixed boundary that is smaller than a city
From this reading But perhaps you don’t know where Montclair is and maybe you don’t particularly care, but as it is my home town I must tell you about it.
the cardinal number that is the sum of eleven and one
From this reading First, it’s in New Jersey a short way from South Orange, where Mr. Edison, the great inventor, has his laboratory, and about twelve miles from New York City.
washverbUS /wɑːʃ/
clean with some chemical process
From this reading If you were a stranger going through the place you’d have been surprised to see the webs of wires strung around every other house in town and on first sight you might have taken them for telegraph or telephone lines, or as I once heard a man remark to my father, “They look like lines on which to hang the family wash.”
plural of “wave” — one of a series of ridges that moves across the surface of a liquid (especially across a large body of water)
From this reading It happened out at sea about five hundred miles as wireless waves fly from Montclair.
how something is done or how it happens
From this reading First, it’s in New Jersey a short way from South Orange, where Mr. Edison, the great inventor, has his laboratory, and about twelve miles from New York City.
websnounUS /webz/
plural of “web” — an intricate network suggesting something that was formed by weaving or interweaving
From this reading If you were a stranger going through the place you’d have been surprised to see the webs of wires strung around every other house in town and on first sight you might have taken them for telegraph or telephone lines, or as I once heard a man remark to my father, “They look like lines on which to hang the family wash.”
wereauxiliary verbUS /wɜːr/
the past form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading If you were a stranger going through the place you’d have been surprised to see the webs of wires strung around every other house in town and on first sight you might have taken them for telegraph or telephone lines, or as I once heard a man remark to my father, “They look like lines on which to hang the family wash.”
in or at the place that
From this reading But perhaps you don’t know where Montclair is and maybe you don’t particularly care, but as it is my home town I must tell you about it.
used to introduce a clause giving more about a thing just mentioned
From this reading If you were a stranger going through the place you’d have been surprised to see the webs of wires strung around every other house in town and on first sight you might have taken them for telegraph or telephone lines, or as I once heard a man remark to my father, “They look like lines on which to hang the family wash.”
wirelessnounUS /ˈwaɪrlɪs/
medium for communication
From this reading It happened out at sea about five hundred miles as wireless waves fly from Montclair.
wiresnounUS /ˈwaɪərz/
plural of “wire” — ligament made of metal and used to fasten things or make cages or fences etc
From this reading If you were a stranger going through the place you’d have been surprised to see the webs of wires strung around every other house in town and on first sight you might have taken them for telegraph or telephone lines, or as I once heard a man remark to my father, “They look like lines on which to hang the family wash.”
the English royal house (a branch of the Plantagenet line) that reigned from 1461 to 1485; its emblem was a white rose
From this reading First, it’s in New Jersey a short way from South Orange, where Mr. Edison, the great inventor, has his laboratory, and about twelve miles from New York City.
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading But perhaps you don’t know where Montclair is and maybe you don’t particularly care, but as it is my home town I must tell you about it.
you'd
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From this reading If you were a stranger going through the place you’d have been surprised to see the webs of wires strung around every other house in town and on first sight you might have taken them for telegraph or telephone lines, or as I once heard a man remark to my father, “They look like lines on which to hang the family wash.”
