used before a singular noun to mean one of a group, when it is not a particular one
From this reading For a start, let us take, from a recent Pulitzer Prize-winner: "The Day's No Rounder Than Its Angles Are", and "Don't Look Now But Mary Is Everybody"; from another distinguished current volume, these: "The Trance", "Lost", "Meeting"; from another, "After This, Sea", "Lineman Calling", "Meaning Motion"; and from a fourth, "Terror", "Picnic Remembered", "Eidolon", and "Monologue at Midnight".
aboveprepositionUS /əˈbʌv/
higher than, or over, something
From this reading The modern titles cited above are evocative of a world with which, for the past century and a half, we have been growing increasingly familiar.
AfterprepositionUS /ˈæftər/
later than; following
From this reading For a start, let us take, from a recent Pulitzer Prize-winner: "The Day's No Rounder Than Its Angles Are", and "Don't Look Now But Mary Is Everybody"; from another distinguished current volume, these: "The Trance", "Lost", "Meeting"; from another, "After This, Sea", "Lineman Calling", "Meaning Motion"; and from a fourth, "Terror", "Picnic Remembered", "Eidolon", and "Monologue at Midnight".
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading For a start, let us take, from a recent Pulitzer Prize-winner: "The Day's No Rounder Than Its Angles Are", and "Don't Look Now But Mary Is Everybody"; from another distinguished current volume, these: "The Trance", "Lost", "Meeting"; from another, "After This, Sea", "Lineman Calling", "Meaning Motion"; and from a fourth, "Terror", "Picnic Remembered", "Eidolon", and "Monologue at Midnight".
AnglesnounUS /ˈæŋɡəlz/
plural of “angle” — the space between two lines or planes that intersect; the inclination of one line to another; measured in degrees or radians
From this reading For a start, let us take, from a recent Pulitzer Prize-winner: "The Day's No Rounder Than Its Angles Are", and "Don't Look Now But Mary Is Everybody"; from another distinguished current volume, these: "The Trance", "Lost", "Meeting"; from another, "After This, Sea", "Lineman Calling", "Meaning Motion"; and from a fourth, "Terror", "Picnic Remembered", "Eidolon", and "Monologue at Midnight".
one more of the same kind, or a different one
From this reading For a start, let us take, from a recent Pulitzer Prize-winner: "The Day's No Rounder Than Its Angles Are", and "Don't Look Now But Mary Is Everybody"; from another distinguished current volume, these: "The Trance", "Lost", "Meeting"; from another, "After This, Sea", "Lineman Calling", "Meaning Motion"; and from a fourth, "Terror", "Picnic Remembered", "Eidolon", and "Monologue at Midnight".
Areauxiliary verbUS /ɑːr/
the form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading For a start, let us take, from a recent Pulitzer Prize-winner: "The Day's No Rounder Than Its Angles Are", and "Don't Look Now But Mary Is Everybody"; from another distinguished current volume, these: "The Trance", "Lost", "Meeting"; from another, "After This, Sea", "Lineman Calling", "Meaning Motion"; and from a fourth, "Terror", "Picnic Remembered", "Eidolon", and "Monologue at Midnight".
assertionsnounUS /əˈsɜːrʃənz/
plural of “assertion” — a declaration that is made emphatically (as if no supporting evidence were necessary)
From this reading Here are individual assertions, suggestive of individual ways of looking at things; here are headings that signalize particular events in the authors' experience,--moments' monuments.
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading For a start, let us take, from a recent Pulitzer Prize-winner: "The Day's No Rounder Than Its Angles Are", and "Don't Look Now But Mary Is Everybody"; from another distinguished current volume, these: "The Trance", "Lost", "Meeting"; from another, "After This, Sea", "Lineman Calling", "Meaning Motion"; and from a fourth, "Terror", "Picnic Remembered", "Eidolon", and "Monologue at Midnight".
authorsnounUS /ˈɔːθərz/
plural of “author” — writes (books or stories or articles or the like) professionally (for pay)
From this reading Here are individual assertions, suggestive of individual ways of looking at things; here are headings that signalize particular events in the authors' experience,--moments' monuments.
barometricadjectiveUS /ˌbærəˈmetrɪk/
relating to atmospheric pressure or indicated by a barometer
From this reading Titles are not poems but they have a barometric function.
beenauxiliary verbUS /bɪn/
the past participle of “be”
From this reading The modern titles cited above are evocative of a world with which, for the past century and a half, we have been growing increasingly familiar.
next to; at the side of
From this reading Beside them, Johnson's title, "The Vanity of Human Wishes", looks very dogged and downright.
used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
From this reading For a start, let us take, from a recent Pulitzer Prize-winner: "The Day's No Rounder Than Its Angles Are", and "Don't Look Now But Mary Is Everybody"; from another distinguished current volume, these: "The Trance", "Lost", "Meeting"; from another, "After This, Sea", "Lineman Calling", "Meaning Motion"; and from a fourth, "Terror", "Picnic Remembered", "Eidolon", and "Monologue at Midnight".
the particular occupation for which you are trained
From this reading For a start, let us take, from a recent Pulitzer Prize-winner: "The Day's No Rounder Than Its Angles Are", and "Don't Look Now But Mary Is Everybody"; from another distinguished current volume, these: "The Trance", "Lost", "Meeting"; from another, "After This, Sea", "Lineman Calling", "Meaning Motion"; and from a fourth, "Terror", "Picnic Remembered", "Eidolon", and "Monologue at Midnight".
a period of 100 years
From this reading The modern titles cited above are evocative of a world with which, for the past century and a half, we have been growing increasingly familiar.
citedverbUS /ˈsaɪtəd/
past form of “cite” — make reference to
From this reading The modern titles cited above are evocative of a world with which, for the past century and a half, we have been growing increasingly familiar.
a flow of electricity through a conductor
From this reading For a start, let us take, from a recent Pulitzer Prize-winner: "The Day's No Rounder Than Its Angles Are", and "Don't Look Now But Mary Is Everybody"; from another distinguished current volume, these: "The Trance", "Lost", "Meeting"; from another, "After This, Sea", "Lineman Calling", "Meaning Motion"; and from a fourth, "Terror", "Picnic Remembered", "Eidolon", and "Monologue at Midnight".
Day'snounUS /deɪz/
possessive form of “day” — time for Earth to make a complete rotation on its axis
From this reading For a start, let us take, from a recent Pulitzer Prize-winner: "The Day's No Rounder Than Its Angles Are", and "Don't Look Now But Mary Is Everybody"; from another distinguished current volume, these: "The Trance", "Lost", "Meeting"; from another, "After This, Sea", "Lineman Calling", "Meaning Motion"; and from a fourth, "Terror", "Picnic Remembered", "Eidolon", and "Monologue at Midnight".
(used of persons) standing above others in character or attainment or reputation
From this reading For a start, let us take, from a recent Pulitzer Prize-winner: "The Day's No Rounder Than Its Angles Are", and "Don't Look Now But Mary Is Everybody"; from another distinguished current volume, these: "The Trance", "Lost", "Meeting"; from another, "After This, Sea", "Lineman Calling", "Meaning Motion"; and from a fourth, "Terror", "Picnic Remembered", "Eidolon", and "Monologue at Midnight".
doggedadjectiveUS /dɔːɡd/
stubbornly unyielding
From this reading Beside them, Johnson's title, "The Vanity of Human Wishes", looks very dogged and downright.
Don't
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From this reading For a start, let us take, from a recent Pulitzer Prize-winner: "The Day's No Rounder Than Its Angles Are", and "Don't Look Now But Mary Is Everybody"; from another distinguished current volume, these: "The Trance", "Lost", "Meeting"; from another, "After This, Sea", "Lineman Calling", "Meaning Motion"; and from a fourth, "Terror", "Picnic Remembered", "Eidolon", and "Monologue at Midnight".
downrightadverbUS /ˈdaʊnraɪt/
thoroughgoing
From this reading Beside them, Johnson's title, "The Vanity of Human Wishes", looks very dogged and downright.
Eidolon
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading For a start, let us take, from a recent Pulitzer Prize-winner: "The Day's No Rounder Than Its Angles Are", and "Don't Look Now But Mary Is Everybody"; from another distinguished current volume, these: "The Trance", "Lost", "Meeting"; from another, "After This, Sea", "Lineman Calling", "Meaning Motion"; and from a fourth, "Terror", "Picnic Remembered", "Eidolon", and "Monologue at Midnight".
plural of “event” — something that happens at a given place and time
From this reading Here are individual assertions, suggestive of individual ways of looking at things; here are headings that signalize particular events in the authors' experience,--moments' monuments.
every person
From this reading For a start, let us take, from a recent Pulitzer Prize-winner: "The Day's No Rounder Than Its Angles Are", and "Don't Look Now But Mary Is Everybody"; from another distinguished current volume, these: "The Trance", "Lost", "Meeting"; from another, "After This, Sea", "Lineman Calling", "Meaning Motion"; and from a fourth, "Terror", "Picnic Remembered", "Eidolon", and "Monologue at Midnight".
evocativeadjectiveUS /ɪˈvɑːkətɪv/
serving to bring to mind
From this reading The modern titles cited above are evocative of a world with which, for the past century and a half, we have been growing increasingly familiar.
undergo or live through a difficult experience
From this reading Here are individual assertions, suggestive of individual ways of looking at things; here are headings that signalize particular events in the authors' experience,--moments' monuments.
well known or easily recognized
From this reading The modern titles cited above are evocative of a world with which, for the past century and a half, we have been growing increasingly familiar.
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading For a start, let us take, from a recent Pulitzer Prize-winner: "The Day's No Rounder Than Its Angles Are", and "Don't Look Now But Mary Is Everybody"; from another distinguished current volume, these: "The Trance", "Lost", "Meeting"; from another, "After This, Sea", "Lineman Calling", "Meaning Motion"; and from a fourth, "Terror", "Picnic Remembered", "Eidolon", and "Monologue at Midnight".
following the third position; number four in a countable series
From this reading For a start, let us take, from a recent Pulitzer Prize-winner: "The Day's No Rounder Than Its Angles Are", and "Don't Look Now But Mary Is Everybody"; from another distinguished current volume, these: "The Trance", "Lost", "Meeting"; from another, "After This, Sea", "Lineman Calling", "Meaning Motion"; and from a fourth, "Terror", "Picnic Remembered", "Eidolon", and "Monologue at Midnight".
showing where something starts, or who sent it
From this reading For a start, let us take, from a recent Pulitzer Prize-winner: "The Day's No Rounder Than Its Angles Are", and "Don't Look Now But Mary Is Everybody"; from another distinguished current volume, these: "The Trance", "Lost", "Meeting"; from another, "After This, Sea", "Lineman Calling", "Meaning Motion"; and from a fourth, "Terror", "Picnic Remembered", "Eidolon", and "Monologue at Midnight".
functionnounUS /ˈfʌŋkʃən/
(mathematics) a mathematical relation such that each element of a given set (the domain of the function) is associated with an element of another set (the range of the function)
From this reading Titles are not poems but they have a barometric function.
(biology) the process of an individual organism growing organically; a purely biological unfolding of events involved in an organism changing gradually from a simple to a more complex level
From this reading The modern titles cited above are evocative of a world with which, for the past century and a half, we have been growing increasingly familiar.
consisting of one of two equivalent parts in value or quantity
From this reading The modern titles cited above are evocative of a world with which, for the past century and a half, we have been growing increasingly familiar.
haveauxiliary verbUS /hæv/
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading Titles are not poems but they have a barometric function.
headingsnounUS /ˈhedɪŋz/
plural of “heading” — a line of text serving to indicate what the passage below it is about
From this reading Here are individual assertions, suggestive of individual ways of looking at things; here are headings that signalize particular events in the authors' experience,--moments' monuments.
in or at this place; where the speaker or writer is
From this reading Here are individual assertions, suggestive of individual ways of looking at things; here are headings that signalize particular events in the authors' experience,--moments' monuments.
HumanadjectiveUS /ˈhjuːmən/
characteristic of humanity
From this reading Beside them, Johnson's title, "The Vanity of Human Wishes", looks very dogged and downright.
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading Here are individual assertions, suggestive of individual ways of looking at things; here are headings that signalize particular events in the authors' experience,--moments' monuments.
increasinglyadverbUS /ɪnˈkriːsɪŋli/
advancing in amount or intensity
From this reading The modern titles cited above are evocative of a world with which, for the past century and a half, we have been growing increasingly familiar.
being or characteristic of a single thing or person
From this reading Here are individual assertions, suggestive of individual ways of looking at things; here are headings that signalize particular events in the authors' experience,--moments' monuments.
the form of “be” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading For a start, let us take, from a recent Pulitzer Prize-winner: "The Day's No Rounder Than Its Angles Are", and "Don't Look Now But Mary Is Everybody"; from another distinguished current volume, these: "The Trance", "Lost", "Meeting"; from another, "After This, Sea", "Lineman Calling", "Meaning Motion"; and from a fourth, "Terror", "Picnic Remembered", "Eidolon", and "Monologue at Midnight".
belonging to the thing or animal already mentioned
From this reading For a start, let us take, from a recent Pulitzer Prize-winner: "The Day's No Rounder Than Its Angles Are", and "Don't Look Now But Mary Is Everybody"; from another distinguished current volume, these: "The Trance", "Lost", "Meeting"; from another, "After This, Sea", "Lineman Calling", "Meaning Motion"; and from a fourth, "Terror", "Picnic Remembered", "Eidolon", and "Monologue at Midnight".
Johnson'snounUS /ˈdʒɑːnsənz/
possessive form of “johnson” — English writer and lexicographer (1709-1784)
From this reading Beside them, Johnson's title, "The Vanity of Human Wishes", looks very dogged and downright.
letauxiliary verbUS /let/
used to make a suggestion or a command including the speaker
From this reading For a start, let us take, from a recent Pulitzer Prize-winner: "The Day's No Rounder Than Its Angles Are", and "Don't Look Now But Mary Is Everybody"; from another distinguished current volume, these: "The Trance", "Lost", "Meeting"; from another, "After This, Sea", "Lineman Calling", "Meaning Motion"; and from a fourth, "Terror", "Picnic Remembered", "Eidolon", and "Monologue at Midnight".
LinemannounUS /ˈlaɪnmən/
one of the players on the line of scrimmage
From this reading For a start, let us take, from a recent Pulitzer Prize-winner: "The Day's No Rounder Than Its Angles Are", and "Don't Look Now But Mary Is Everybody"; from another distinguished current volume, these: "The Trance", "Lost", "Meeting"; from another, "After This, Sea", "Lineman Calling", "Meaning Motion"; and from a fourth, "Terror", "Picnic Remembered", "Eidolon", and "Monologue at Midnight".
perceive with attention; direct one's gaze towards
From this reading For a start, let us take, from a recent Pulitzer Prize-winner: "The Day's No Rounder Than Its Angles Are", and "Don't Look Now But Mary Is Everybody"; from another distinguished current volume, these: "The Trance", "Lost", "Meeting"; from another, "After This, Sea", "Lineman Calling", "Meaning Motion"; and from a fourth, "Terror", "Picnic Remembered", "Eidolon", and "Monologue at Midnight".
the act of directing the eyes toward something and perceiving it visually
From this reading Here are individual assertions, suggestive of individual ways of looking at things; here are headings that signalize particular events in the authors' experience,--moments' monuments.
plural of “look” — the feelings expressed on a person's face
From this reading Beside them, Johnson's title, "The Vanity of Human Wishes", looks very dogged and downright.
no longer in your possession or control; unable to be found or recovered
From this reading For a start, let us take, from a recent Pulitzer Prize-winner: "The Day's No Rounder Than Its Angles Are", and "Don't Look Now But Mary Is Everybody"; from another distinguished current volume, these: "The Trance", "Lost", "Meeting"; from another, "After This, Sea", "Lineman Calling", "Meaning Motion"; and from a fourth, "Terror", "Picnic Remembered", "Eidolon", and "Monologue at Midnight".
the mother of Jesus; Christians refer to her as the Virgin Mary; she is especially honored by Roman Catholics
From this reading For a start, let us take, from a recent Pulitzer Prize-winner: "The Day's No Rounder Than Its Angles Are", and "Don't Look Now But Mary Is Everybody"; from another distinguished current volume, these: "The Trance", "Lost", "Meeting"; from another, "After This, Sea", "Lineman Calling", "Meaning Motion"; and from a fourth, "Terror", "Picnic Remembered", "Eidolon", and "Monologue at Midnight".
the message that is intended or expressed or signified
From this reading For a start, let us take, from a recent Pulitzer Prize-winner: "The Day's No Rounder Than Its Angles Are", and "Don't Look Now But Mary Is Everybody"; from another distinguished current volume, these: "The Trance", "Lost", "Meeting"; from another, "After This, Sea", "Lineman Calling", "Meaning Motion"; and from a fourth, "Terror", "Picnic Remembered", "Eidolon", and "Monologue at Midnight".
a formally arranged gathering
From this reading For a start, let us take, from a recent Pulitzer Prize-winner: "The Day's No Rounder Than Its Angles Are", and "Don't Look Now But Mary Is Everybody"; from another distinguished current volume, these: "The Trance", "Lost", "Meeting"; from another, "After This, Sea", "Lineman Calling", "Meaning Motion"; and from a fourth, "Terror", "Picnic Remembered", "Eidolon", and "Monologue at Midnight".
12 o'clock at night; the middle of the night
From this reading For a start, let us take, from a recent Pulitzer Prize-winner: "The Day's No Rounder Than Its Angles Are", and "Don't Look Now But Mary Is Everybody"; from another distinguished current volume, these: "The Trance", "Lost", "Meeting"; from another, "After This, Sea", "Lineman Calling", "Meaning Motion"; and from a fourth, "Terror", "Picnic Remembered", "Eidolon", and "Monologue at Midnight".
belonging to the modern era; since the Middle Ages
From this reading The modern titles cited above are evocative of a world with which, for the past century and a half, we have been growing increasingly familiar.
plural of “moment” — a particular point in time
From this reading Here are individual assertions, suggestive of individual ways of looking at things; here are headings that signalize particular events in the authors' experience,--moments' monuments.
MonologuenounUS /ˈmɑːnəlɔːɡ/
speech you make to yourself
From this reading For a start, let us take, from a recent Pulitzer Prize-winner: "The Day's No Rounder Than Its Angles Are", and "Don't Look Now But Mary Is Everybody"; from another distinguished current volume, these: "The Trance", "Lost", "Meeting"; from another, "After This, Sea", "Lineman Calling", "Meaning Motion"; and from a fourth, "Terror", "Picnic Remembered", "Eidolon", and "Monologue at Midnight".
monumentsnounUS /ˈmɑːnjəmənts/
plural of “monument” — a structure erected to commemorate persons or events
From this reading Here are individual assertions, suggestive of individual ways of looking at things; here are headings that signalize particular events in the authors' experience,--moments' monuments.
the use of movements (especially of the hands) to communicate familiar or prearranged signals
From this reading For a start, let us take, from a recent Pulitzer Prize-winner: "The Day's No Rounder Than Its Angles Are", and "Don't Look Now But Mary Is Everybody"; from another distinguished current volume, these: "The Trance", "Lost", "Meeting"; from another, "After This, Sea", "Lineman Calling", "Meaning Motion"; and from a fourth, "Terror", "Picnic Remembered", "Eidolon", and "Monologue at Midnight".
not any; not one
From this reading For a start, let us take, from a recent Pulitzer Prize-winner: "The Day's No Rounder Than Its Angles Are", and "Don't Look Now But Mary Is Everybody"; from another distinguished current volume, these: "The Trance", "Lost", "Meeting"; from another, "After This, Sea", "Lineman Calling", "Meaning Motion"; and from a fourth, "Terror", "Picnic Remembered", "Eidolon", and "Monologue at Midnight".
used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative
From this reading Titles are not poems but they have a barometric function.
in the historical present; at this point in the narration of a series of past events
From this reading For a start, let us take, from a recent Pulitzer Prize-winner: "The Day's No Rounder Than Its Angles Are", and "Don't Look Now But Mary Is Everybody"; from another distinguished current volume, these: "The Trance", "Lost", "Meeting"; from another, "After This, Sea", "Lineman Calling", "Meaning Motion"; and from a fourth, "Terror", "Picnic Remembered", "Eidolon", and "Monologue at Midnight".
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading Here are individual assertions, suggestive of individual ways of looking at things; here are headings that signalize particular events in the authors' experience,--moments' monuments.
unique or specific to a person or thing or category
From this reading Here are individual assertions, suggestive of individual ways of looking at things; here are headings that signalize particular events in the authors' experience,--moments' monuments.
the time that has elapsed
From this reading The modern titles cited above are evocative of a world with which, for the past century and a half, we have been growing increasingly familiar.
PicnicnounUS /ˈpɪknɪk/
a day devoted to an outdoor social gathering
From this reading For a start, let us take, from a recent Pulitzer Prize-winner: "The Day's No Rounder Than Its Angles Are", and "Don't Look Now But Mary Is Everybody"; from another distinguished current volume, these: "The Trance", "Lost", "Meeting"; from another, "After This, Sea", "Lineman Calling", "Meaning Motion"; and from a fourth, "Terror", "Picnic Remembered", "Eidolon", and "Monologue at Midnight".
poemsnounUS /ˈpoʊəmz/
plural of “poem” — a composition written in metrical feet forming rhythmical lines
From this reading Titles are not poems but they have a barometric function.
Prize-winner
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From this reading For a start, let us take, from a recent Pulitzer Prize-winner: "The Day's No Rounder Than Its Angles Are", and "Don't Look Now But Mary Is Everybody"; from another distinguished current volume, these: "The Trance", "Lost", "Meeting"; from another, "After This, Sea", "Lineman Calling", "Meaning Motion"; and from a fourth, "Terror", "Picnic Remembered", "Eidolon", and "Monologue at Midnight".
PulitzernounUS /ˈpʊlətsər/
United States newspaper publisher (born in Hungary) who established the Pulitzer prizes (1847-1911)
From this reading For a start, let us take, from a recent Pulitzer Prize-winner: "The Day's No Rounder Than Its Angles Are", and "Don't Look Now But Mary Is Everybody"; from another distinguished current volume, these: "The Trance", "Lost", "Meeting"; from another, "After This, Sea", "Lineman Calling", "Meaning Motion"; and from a fourth, "Terror", "Picnic Remembered", "Eidolon", and "Monologue at Midnight".
recentadjectiveUS /ˈriːsənt/
new
From this reading For a start, let us take, from a recent Pulitzer Prize-winner: "The Day's No Rounder Than Its Angles Are", and "Don't Look Now But Mary Is Everybody"; from another distinguished current volume, these: "The Trance", "Lost", "Meeting"; from another, "After This, Sea", "Lineman Calling", "Meaning Motion"; and from a fourth, "Terror", "Picnic Remembered", "Eidolon", and "Monologue at Midnight".
past form of “remember” — recall knowledge from memory; have a recollection
From this reading For a start, let us take, from a recent Pulitzer Prize-winner: "The Day's No Rounder Than Its Angles Are", and "Don't Look Now But Mary Is Everybody"; from another distinguished current volume, these: "The Trance", "Lost", "Meeting"; from another, "After This, Sea", "Lineman Calling", "Meaning Motion"; and from a fourth, "Terror", "Picnic Remembered", "Eidolon", and "Monologue at Midnight".
RoundernounUS /ˈraʊndər/
a dissolute person; usually a man who is morally unrestrained
From this reading For a start, let us take, from a recent Pulitzer Prize-winner: "The Day's No Rounder Than Its Angles Are", and "Don't Look Now But Mary Is Everybody"; from another distinguished current volume, these: "The Trance", "Lost", "Meeting"; from another, "After This, Sea", "Lineman Calling", "Meaning Motion"; and from a fourth, "Terror", "Picnic Remembered", "Eidolon", and "Monologue at Midnight".
a division of an ocean or a large body of salt water partially enclosed by land
From this reading For a start, let us take, from a recent Pulitzer Prize-winner: "The Day's No Rounder Than Its Angles Are", and "Don't Look Now But Mary Is Everybody"; from another distinguished current volume, these: "The Trance", "Lost", "Meeting"; from another, "After This, Sea", "Lineman Calling", "Meaning Motion"; and from a fourth, "Terror", "Picnic Remembered", "Eidolon", and "Monologue at Midnight".
signalizeverb
provide with traffic signals
From this reading Here are individual assertions, suggestive of individual ways of looking at things; here are headings that signalize particular events in the authors' experience,--moments' monuments.
take the first step or steps in carrying out an action
From this reading For a start, let us take, from a recent Pulitzer Prize-winner: "The Day's No Rounder Than Its Angles Are", and "Don't Look Now But Mary Is Everybody"; from another distinguished current volume, these: "The Trance", "Lost", "Meeting"; from another, "After This, Sea", "Lineman Calling", "Meaning Motion"; and from a fourth, "Terror", "Picnic Remembered", "Eidolon", and "Monologue at Midnight".
suggestiveadjectiveUS /səˈdʒestɪv/
tending to suggest or imply
From this reading Here are individual assertions, suggestive of individual ways of looking at things; here are headings that signalize particular events in the authors' experience,--moments' monuments.
carry out
From this reading For a start, let us take, from a recent Pulitzer Prize-winner: "The Day's No Rounder Than Its Angles Are", and "Don't Look Now But Mary Is Everybody"; from another distinguished current volume, these: "The Trance", "Lost", "Meeting"; from another, "After This, Sea", "Lineman Calling", "Meaning Motion"; and from a fourth, "Terror", "Picnic Remembered", "Eidolon", and "Monologue at Midnight".
an overwhelming feeling of fear and anxiety
From this reading For a start, let us take, from a recent Pulitzer Prize-winner: "The Day's No Rounder Than Its Angles Are", and "Don't Look Now But Mary Is Everybody"; from another distinguished current volume, these: "The Trance", "Lost", "Meeting"; from another, "After This, Sea", "Lineman Calling", "Meaning Motion"; and from a fourth, "Terror", "Picnic Remembered", "Eidolon", and "Monologue at Midnight".
used to introduce the second part of a comparison
From this reading For a start, let us take, from a recent Pulitzer Prize-winner: "The Day's No Rounder Than Its Angles Are", and "Don't Look Now But Mary Is Everybody"; from another distinguished current volume, these: "The Trance", "Lost", "Meeting"; from another, "After This, Sea", "Lineman Calling", "Meaning Motion"; and from a fourth, "Terror", "Picnic Remembered", "Eidolon", and "Monologue at Midnight".
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading Here are individual assertions, suggestive of individual ways of looking at things; here are headings that signalize particular events in the authors' experience,--moments' monuments.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading For a start, let us take, from a recent Pulitzer Prize-winner: "The Day's No Rounder Than Its Angles Are", and "Don't Look Now But Mary Is Everybody"; from another distinguished current volume, these: "The Trance", "Lost", "Meeting"; from another, "After This, Sea", "Lineman Calling", "Meaning Motion"; and from a fourth, "Terror", "Picnic Remembered", "Eidolon", and "Monologue at Midnight".
the people or things already mentioned, as the object
From this reading Beside them, Johnson's title, "The Vanity of Human Wishes", looks very dogged and downright.
the plural of “this”: the people or things near, or just mentioned
From this reading For a start, let us take, from a recent Pulitzer Prize-winner: "The Day's No Rounder Than Its Angles Are", and "Don't Look Now But Mary Is Everybody"; from another distinguished current volume, these: "The Trance", "Lost", "Meeting"; from another, "After This, Sea", "Lineman Calling", "Meaning Motion"; and from a fourth, "Terror", "Picnic Remembered", "Eidolon", and "Monologue at Midnight".
the people, animals, or things already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading Titles are not poems but they have a barometric function.
any movable possession (especially articles of clothing)
From this reading Here are individual assertions, suggestive of individual ways of looking at things; here are headings that signalize particular events in the authors' experience,--moments' monuments.
used for a person or thing that is near, or that has just been mentioned
From this reading For a start, let us take, from a recent Pulitzer Prize-winner: "The Day's No Rounder Than Its Angles Are", and "Don't Look Now But Mary Is Everybody"; from another distinguished current volume, these: "The Trance", "Lost", "Meeting"; from another, "After This, Sea", "Lineman Calling", "Meaning Motion"; and from a fourth, "Terror", "Picnic Remembered", "Eidolon", and "Monologue at Midnight".
a heading that names a statute or legislative bill; may give a brief summary of the matters it deals with
From this reading Beside them, Johnson's title, "The Vanity of Human Wishes", looks very dogged and downright.
TitlesnounUS /ˈtaɪtəlz/
plural of “title” — a heading that names a statute or legislative bill; may give a brief summary of the matters it deals with
From this reading Titles are not poems but they have a barometric function.
TrancenounUS /træns/
a psychological state induced by (or as if induced by) a magical incantation
From this reading For a start, let us take, from a recent Pulitzer Prize-winner: "The Day's No Rounder Than Its Angles Are", and "Don't Look Now But Mary Is Everybody"; from another distinguished current volume, these: "The Trance", "Lost", "Meeting"; from another, "After This, Sea", "Lineman Calling", "Meaning Motion"; and from a fourth, "Terror", "Picnic Remembered", "Eidolon", and "Monologue at Midnight".
the speaker and others, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading For a start, let us take, from a recent Pulitzer Prize-winner: "The Day's No Rounder Than Its Angles Are", and "Don't Look Now But Mary Is Everybody"; from another distinguished current volume, these: "The Trance", "Lost", "Meeting"; from another, "After This, Sea", "Lineman Calling", "Meaning Motion"; and from a fourth, "Terror", "Picnic Remembered", "Eidolon", and "Monologue at Midnight".
feelings of excessive pride
From this reading Beside them, Johnson's title, "The Vanity of Human Wishes", looks very dogged and downright.
precisely as stated
From this reading Beside them, Johnson's title, "The Vanity of Human Wishes", looks very dogged and downright.
the amount of 3-dimensional space occupied by an object
From this reading For a start, let us take, from a recent Pulitzer Prize-winner: "The Day's No Rounder Than Its Angles Are", and "Don't Look Now But Mary Is Everybody"; from another distinguished current volume, these: "The Trance", "Lost", "Meeting"; from another, "After This, Sea", "Lineman Calling", "Meaning Motion"; and from a fourth, "Terror", "Picnic Remembered", "Eidolon", and "Monologue at Midnight".
structure consisting of a sloping way down to the water from the place where ships are built or repaired
From this reading Here are individual assertions, suggestive of individual ways of looking at things; here are headings that signalize particular events in the authors' experience,--moments' monuments.
the speaker together with one or more other people
From this reading The modern titles cited above are evocative of a world with which, for the past century and a half, we have been growing increasingly familiar.
used to introduce a clause giving more about a thing just mentioned
From this reading The modern titles cited above are evocative of a world with which, for the past century and a half, we have been growing increasingly familiar.
plural of “wish” — a specific feeling of desire
From this reading Beside them, Johnson's title, "The Vanity of Human Wishes", looks very dogged and downright.
in the company of; together with
From this reading The modern titles cited above are evocative of a world with which, for the past century and a half, we have been growing increasingly familiar.
everything that exists anywhere
From this reading The modern titles cited above are evocative of a world with which, for the past century and a half, we have been growing increasingly familiar.
