used before a singular noun to mean one of a group, when it is not a particular one
From this reading Six months of retirement, she considered, were a very handsome acknowledgment of all her husband's love and kindness.
acknowledgmentnounUS /ækˈnɑːlɪdʒmənt/
the state or quality of being recognized or acknowledged
From this reading Six months of retirement, she considered, were a very handsome acknowledgment of all her husband's love and kindness.
a feeling of delighted approval and liking
From this reading People had expressed their admiration of her devotion to his memory.
a person or thing that is a resource that helps make something easier or possible to do
From this reading WILL FATE AID PAULINE?
(quantifier) used with either mass or count nouns to indicate the whole number or amount of or every one of a class
From this reading Six months of retirement, she considered, were a very handsome acknowledgment of all her husband's love and kindness.
prior to a specified or implied time
From this reading Six months had passed since Sir Oswald's death, and his widow had already put away her cap and heavy weeds.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading Six months had passed since Sir Oswald's death, and his widow had already put away her cap and heavy weeds.
from a particular thing or place or position (“forth” is obsolete)
From this reading Six months had passed since Sir Oswald's death, and his widow had already put away her cap and heavy weeds.
a tight-fitting headdress
From this reading Six months had passed since Sir Oswald's death, and his widow had already put away her cap and heavy weeds.
carefully weighed
From this reading Six months of retirement, she considered, were a very handsome acknowledgment of all her husband's love and kindness.
the event of dying or departure from life
From this reading Six months had passed since Sir Oswald's death, and his widow had already put away her cap and heavy weeds.
feelings of ardent love
From this reading People had expressed their admiration of her devotion to his memory.
all things; all of a situation
From this reading She was in a state of serene and perfect self-content--everything had gone well with her.
communicated in words
From this reading People had expressed their admiration of her devotion to his memory.
an event (or a course of events) that will inevitably happen in the future
From this reading WILL FATE AID PAULINE?
destroyed or killed
From this reading She was in a state of serene and perfect self-content--everything had gone well with her.
hadauxiliary verbUS /hæd/
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading Six months had passed since Sir Oswald's death, and his widow had already put away her cap and heavy weeds.
pleasing in appearance especially by reason of conformity to ideals of form and proportion
From this reading Six months of retirement, she considered, were a very handsome acknowledgment of all her husband's love and kindness.
of comparatively great physical weight or density
From this reading Six months had passed since Sir Oswald's death, and his widow had already put away her cap and heavy weeds.
belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned
From this reading Six months had passed since Sir Oswald's death, and his widow had already put away her cap and heavy weeds.
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading Six months had passed since Sir Oswald's death, and his widow had already put away her cap and heavy weeds.
husband'snounUS /ˈhʌzbəndz/
possessive form of “husband” — a married man; a woman's partner in marriage
From this reading Six months of retirement, she considered, were a very handsome acknowledgment of all her husband's love and kindness.
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading She was in a state of serene and perfect self-content--everything had gone well with her.
the quality of being warmhearted and considerate and humane and sympathetic
From this reading Six months of retirement, she considered, were a very handsome acknowledgment of all her husband's love and kindness.
a strong positive emotion of regard and affection
From this reading Six months of retirement, she considered, were a very handsome acknowledgment of all her husband's love and kindness.
The faculty by which the mind stores and remembers information and knowledge.
From this reading People had expressed their admiration of her devotion to his memory.
plural of “month” — one of the twelve divisions of the calendar year
From this reading Six months had passed since Sir Oswald's death, and his widow had already put away her cap and heavy weeds.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading Six months of retirement, she considered, were a very handsome acknowledgment of all her husband's love and kindness.
Oswald'snounUS /ˈɔːzwɔːldz/
possessive form of “oswald” — United States assassin of President John F. Kennedy (1939-1963)
From this reading Six months had passed since Sir Oswald's death, and his widow had already put away her cap and heavy weeds.
past form of “pass” — go across or through
From this reading Six months had passed since Sir Oswald's death, and his widow had already put away her cap and heavy weeds.
PAULINEadjectiveUS /pɔːˈliːn/
relating to Paul the Apostle or his doctrines
From this reading WILL FATE AID PAULINE?
(plural) any group of human beings (men or women or children) collectively
From this reading People had expressed their admiration of her devotion to his memory.
being complete of its kind and without defect or blemish
From this reading She was in a state of serene and perfect self-content--everything had gone well with her.
put into a certain place or abstract location
From this reading Six months had passed since Sir Oswald's death, and his widow had already put away her cap and heavy weeds.
retirementnounUS /riˈtaɪərmənt/
the state of being retired from one's business or occupation
From this reading Six months of retirement, she considered, were a very handsome acknowledgment of all her husband's love and kindness.
self-content
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From this reading She was in a state of serene and perfect self-content--everything had gone well with her.
sereneadjectiveUS /sərˈiːn/
not agitated; without losing self-possession
From this reading She was in a state of serene and perfect self-content--everything had gone well with her.
a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading Six months of retirement, she considered, were a very handsome acknowledgment of all her husband's love and kindness.
sinceprepositionUS /sɪns/
from a time in the past until now
From this reading Six months had passed since Sir Oswald's death, and his widow had already put away her cap and heavy weeds.
term of address for a man
From this reading Six months had passed since Sir Oswald's death, and his widow had already put away her cap and heavy weeds.
the cardinal number that is the sum of five and one
From this reading Six months had passed since Sir Oswald's death, and his widow had already put away her cap and heavy weeds.
the territory occupied by one of the constituent administrative districts of a nation
From this reading She was in a state of serene and perfect self-content--everything had gone well with her.
belonging to the people or things already mentioned
From this reading People had expressed their admiration of her devotion to his memory.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading People had expressed their admiration of her devotion to his memory.
precisely as stated
From this reading Six months of retirement, she considered, were a very handsome acknowledgment of all her husband's love and kindness.
wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading She was in a state of serene and perfect self-content--everything had gone well with her.
weedsnounUS /wiːdz/
a black garment (dress) worn by a widow as a sign of mourning
From this reading Six months had passed since Sir Oswald's death, and his widow had already put away her cap and heavy weeds.
(often used as a combining form) in a good or proper or satisfactory manner or to a high standard (“good” is a nonstandard dialectal variant for “well”)
From this reading She was in a state of serene and perfect self-content--everything had gone well with her.
wereauxiliary verbUS /wɜːr/
the past form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading Six months of retirement, she considered, were a very handsome acknowledgment of all her husband's love and kindness.
a woman whose husband is dead especially one who has not remarried
From this reading Six months had passed since Sir Oswald's death, and his widow had already put away her cap and heavy weeds.
used to talk about the future, or about willingness
From this reading WILL FATE AID PAULINE?
in the company of; together with
From this reading She was in a state of serene and perfect self-content--everything had gone well with her.
