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All four types of message listed in Table 1 are permitted, although decorum and cocktail tradition require holding the commands to a minimum, while exclamations having complimentary intonations are more than customarily encouraged.
four
{ "name": "four", "sense_definitions_list": [ "the cardinal number that is the sum of three and one", "a playing card or domino or die whose upward face shows four pips", "being one more than three" ] }
[ "being one more than three" ]
[ "four%5:00:00:cardinal:00" ]
All four types of message listed in Table 1 are permitted, although decorum and cocktail tradition require holding the commands to a minimum, while exclamations having complimentary intonations are more than customarily encouraged.
types
{ "name": "type", "sense_definitions_list": [ "a subdivision of a particular kind of thing", "a person of a specified kind (usually with many eccentricities)", "(biology) the taxonomic group whose characteristics are used to define the next higher taxon", "printed characters", "all of the tokens...
[ "a subdivision of a particular kind of thing" ]
[ "type%1:09:00::" ]
All four types of message listed in Table 1 are permitted, although decorum and cocktail tradition require holding the commands to a minimum, while exclamations having complimentary intonations are more than customarily encouraged.
message
{ "name": "message", "sense_definitions_list": [ "a communication (usually brief) that is written or spoken or signaled", "what a communication that is about something is about", "send a message to", "send as a message", "send a message" ] }
[ "what a communication that is about something is about" ]
[ "message%1:10:00::" ]
All four types of message listed in Table 1 are permitted, although decorum and cocktail tradition require holding the commands to a minimum, while exclamations having complimentary intonations are more than customarily encouraged.
listed
{ "name": "list", "sense_definitions_list": [ "a database containing an ordered array of items (names or topics)", "the property possessed by a line or surface that departs from the vertical", "give or make a list of; name individually; give the names of", "include in a list", "cause to lean to ...
[ "give or make a list of; name individually; give the names of" ]
[ "list%2:32:00::" ]
All four types of message listed in Table 1 are permitted, although decorum and cocktail tradition require holding the commands to a minimum, while exclamations having complimentary intonations are more than customarily encouraged.
Table
{ "name": "table", "sense_definitions_list": [ "a set of data arranged in rows and columns", "a piece of furniture having a smooth flat top that is usually supported by one or more vertical legs", "a piece of furniture with tableware for a meal laid out on it", "flat tableland with steep edges", ...
[ "a set of data arranged in rows and columns" ]
[ "table%1:14:00::" ]
All four types of message listed in Table 1 are permitted, although decorum and cocktail tradition require holding the commands to a minimum, while exclamations having complimentary intonations are more than customarily encouraged.
permitted
{ "name": "permit", "sense_definitions_list": [ "a legal document giving official permission to do something", "the act of giving a formal (usually written) authorization", "large game fish; found in waters of the West Indies", "consent to, give permission", "make it possible through a specific ...
[ "consent to, give permission" ]
[ "permit%2:32:00::" ]
All four types of message listed in Table 1 are permitted, although decorum and cocktail tradition require holding the commands to a minimum, while exclamations having complimentary intonations are more than customarily encouraged.
decorum
{ "name": "decorum", "sense_definitions_list": [ "propriety in manners and conduct" ] }
[ "propriety in manners and conduct" ]
[ "decorum%1:07:00::" ]
All four types of message listed in Table 1 are permitted, although decorum and cocktail tradition require holding the commands to a minimum, while exclamations having complimentary intonations are more than customarily encouraged.
cocktail
{ "name": "cocktail_party", "sense_definitions_list": [ "an afternoon party at which cocktails are served" ] }
[ "an afternoon party at which cocktails are served" ]
[ "cocktail_party%1:11:00::" ]
All four types of message listed in Table 1 are permitted, although decorum and cocktail tradition require holding the commands to a minimum, while exclamations having complimentary intonations are more than customarily encouraged.
tradition
{ "name": "tradition", "sense_definitions_list": [ "an inherited pattern of thought or action", "a specific practice of long standing" ] }
[ "a specific practice of long standing" ]
[ "tradition%1:09:02::" ]
All four types of message listed in Table 1 are permitted, although decorum and cocktail tradition require holding the commands to a minimum, while exclamations having complimentary intonations are more than customarily encouraged.
require
{ "name": "require", "sense_definitions_list": [ "require as useful, just, or proper", "consider obligatory; request and expect", "make someone do something", "have need of" ] }
[ "require as useful, just, or proper" ]
[ "require%2:42:00::" ]
All four types of message listed in Table 1 are permitted, although decorum and cocktail tradition require holding the commands to a minimum, while exclamations having complimentary intonations are more than customarily encouraged.
holding
{ "name": "hold", "sense_definitions_list": [ "the act of grasping", "understanding of the nature or meaning or quality or magnitude of something", "power by which something or someone is affected or dominated", "time during which some action is awaited", "a state of being confined (usually for ...
[ "keep in a certain state, position, or activity; e.g.," ]
[ "hold%2:42:00::" ]
All four types of message listed in Table 1 are permitted, although decorum and cocktail tradition require holding the commands to a minimum, while exclamations having complimentary intonations are more than customarily encouraged.
commands
{ "name": "command", "sense_definitions_list": [ "an authoritative direction or instruction to do something", "a military unit or region under the control of a single officer", "the power or authority to command", "availability for use", "a position of highest authority", "great skillfulness...
[ "an authoritative direction or instruction to do something" ]
[ "command%1:10:00::" ]
All four types of message listed in Table 1 are permitted, although decorum and cocktail tradition require holding the commands to a minimum, while exclamations having complimentary intonations are more than customarily encouraged.
minimum
{ "name": "minimum", "sense_definitions_list": [ "the smallest possible quantity", "the point on a curve where the tangent changes from negative on the left to positive on the right", "the least possible" ] }
[ "the smallest possible quantity" ]
[ "minimum%1:23:00::" ]
All four types of message listed in Table 1 are permitted, although decorum and cocktail tradition require holding the commands to a minimum, while exclamations having complimentary intonations are more than customarily encouraged.
exclamations
{ "name": "exclamation", "sense_definitions_list": [ "an abrupt excited utterance", "a loud complaint or protest or reproach", "an exclamatory rhetorical device" ] }
[ "an abrupt excited utterance" ]
[ "exclamation%1:10:00::" ]
All four types of message listed in Table 1 are permitted, although decorum and cocktail tradition require holding the commands to a minimum, while exclamations having complimentary intonations are more than customarily encouraged.
having
{ "name": "have", "sense_definitions_list": [ "a person who possesses great material wealth", "have or possess, either in a concrete or an abstract sense", "have as a feature", "go through (mental or physical states or experiences)", "have ownership or possession of", "cause to move; cause t...
[ "have as a feature" ]
[ "have%2:42:00::" ]
All four types of message listed in Table 1 are permitted, although decorum and cocktail tradition require holding the commands to a minimum, while exclamations having complimentary intonations are more than customarily encouraged.
complimentary
{ "name": "complimentary", "sense_definitions_list": [ "conveying or resembling a compliment", "costing nothing" ] }
[ "conveying or resembling a compliment" ]
[ "complimentary%3:00:00::" ]
All four types of message listed in Table 1 are permitted, although decorum and cocktail tradition require holding the commands to a minimum, while exclamations having complimentary intonations are more than customarily encouraged.
intonations
{ "name": "intonation", "sense_definitions_list": [ "rise and fall of the voice pitch", "singing by a soloist of the opening piece of plainsong", "the act of singing in a monotonous tone", "the production of musical tones (by voice or instrument); especially the exactitude of the pitch relations" ...
[ "rise and fall of the voice pitch" ]
[ "intonation%1:10:00::" ]
All four types of message listed in Table 1 are permitted, although decorum and cocktail tradition require holding the commands to a minimum, while exclamations having complimentary intonations are more than customarily encouraged.
customarily
{ "name": "customarily", "sense_definitions_list": [ "by custom; according to common practice" ] }
[ "by custom; according to common practice" ]
[ "customarily%4:02:00::" ]
All four types of message listed in Table 1 are permitted, although decorum and cocktail tradition require holding the commands to a minimum, while exclamations having complimentary intonations are more than customarily encouraged.
encouraged
{ "name": "encourage", "sense_definitions_list": [ "contribute to the progress or growth of", "inspire with confidence; give hope or courage to", "spur on" ] }
[ "contribute to the progress or growth of" ]
[ "encourage%2:41:00::" ]
The completeness of the connections provide that, for N people, there are * * f lines of communication between the pairs, which can become a large number ( 1225 ) for a party of fifty guests.
completeness
{ "name": "completeness", "sense_definitions_list": [ "the state of being complete and entire; having everything that is needed", "(logic) an attribute of a logical system that is so constituted that a contradiction arises if any proposition is introduced that cannot be derived from the axioms of the system...
[ "the state of being complete and entire; having everything that is needed" ]
[ "completeness%1:26:00::" ]
The completeness of the connections provide that, for N people, there are * * f lines of communication between the pairs, which can become a large number ( 1225 ) for a party of fifty guests.
connections
{ "name": "connection", "sense_definitions_list": [ "a relation between things or events (as in the case of one causing the other or sharing features with it)", "the state of being connected", "an instrumentality that connects", "(usually plural) a person who is influential and to whom you are conne...
[ "an instrumentality that connects", "the state of being connected" ]
[ "connection%1:06:00::", "connection%1:26:00::" ]
The completeness of the connections provide that, for N people, there are * * f lines of communication between the pairs, which can become a large number ( 1225 ) for a party of fifty guests.
provide
{ "name": "provide", "sense_definitions_list": [ "give something useful or necessary to", "give what is desired or needed, especially support, food or sustenance", "determine (what is to happen in certain contingencies), especially by including a proviso condition or stipulation", "mount or put up",...
[ "determine (what is to happen in certain contingencies), especially by including a proviso condition or stipulation" ]
[ "provide%2:32:00::" ]
The completeness of the connections provide that, for N people, there are * * f lines of communication between the pairs, which can become a large number ( 1225 ) for a party of fifty guests.
people
{ "name": "people", "sense_definitions_list": [ "(plural) any group of human beings (men or women or children) collectively", "the body of citizens of a state or country", "members of a family line", "the common people generally", "fill with people", "furnish with people" ] }
[ "(plural) any group of human beings (men or women or children) collectively" ]
[ "people%1:14:00::" ]
The completeness of the connections provide that, for N people, there are * * f lines of communication between the pairs, which can become a large number ( 1225 ) for a party of fifty guests.
are
{ "name": "be", "sense_definitions_list": [ "a light strong brittle grey toxic bivalent metallic element", "have the quality of being; (copula, used with an adjective or a predicate noun)", "be identical to; be someone or something", "occupy a certain position or area; be somewhere", "have an ex...
[ "have an existence, be extant" ]
[ "be%2:42:00::" ]
The completeness of the connections provide that, for N people, there are * * f lines of communication between the pairs, which can become a large number ( 1225 ) for a party of fifty guests.
lines
{ "name": "line", "sense_definitions_list": [ "a formation of people or things one beside another", "a mark that is long relative to its width", "a formation of people or things one behind another", "a length (straight or curved) without breadth or thickness; the trace of a moving point", "text ...
[ "a spatial location defined by a real or imaginary unidimensional extent" ]
[ "line%1:15:00::" ]
The completeness of the connections provide that, for N people, there are * * f lines of communication between the pairs, which can become a large number ( 1225 ) for a party of fifty guests.
communication
{ "name": "communication", "sense_definitions_list": [ "the activity of communicating; the activity of conveying information", "something that is communicated by or to or between people or groups", "a connection allowing access between persons or places" ] }
[ "a connection allowing access between persons or places" ]
[ "communication%1:24:00::" ]
The completeness of the connections provide that, for N people, there are * * f lines of communication between the pairs, which can become a large number ( 1225 ) for a party of fifty guests.
pairs
{ "name": "pair", "sense_definitions_list": [ "a set of two similar things considered as a unit", "two items of the same kind", "two people considered as a unit", "a poker hand with 2 cards of the same value", "form a pair or pairs", "bring two objects, ideas, or people together", "occur...
[ "two items of the same kind" ]
[ "pair%1:23:00::" ]
The completeness of the connections provide that, for N people, there are * * f lines of communication between the pairs, which can become a large number ( 1225 ) for a party of fifty guests.
become
{ "name": "become", "sense_definitions_list": [ "enter or assume a certain state or condition", "undergo a change or development", "come into existence", "enhance the appearance of" ] }
[ "undergo a change or development" ]
[ "become%2:42:01::" ]
The completeness of the connections provide that, for N people, there are * * f lines of communication between the pairs, which can become a large number ( 1225 ) for a party of fifty guests.
large number
{ "name": "large_number", "sense_definitions_list": [ "a large indefinite number" ] }
[ "a large indefinite number" ]
[ "large_number%1:23:00::" ]
The completeness of the connections provide that, for N people, there are * * f lines of communication between the pairs, which can become a large number ( 1225 ) for a party of fifty guests.
party
{ "name": "party", "sense_definitions_list": [ "an organization to gain political power", "a group of people gathered together for pleasure", "a band of people associated temporarily in some activity", "an occasion on which people can assemble for social interaction and entertainment", "a person...
[ "a group of people gathered together for pleasure" ]
[ "party%1:14:00::" ]
The completeness of the connections provide that, for N people, there are * * f lines of communication between the pairs, which can become a large number ( 1225 ) for a party of fifty guests.
fifty
{ "name": "fifty", "sense_definitions_list": [ "the cardinal number that is the product of ten and five", "a United States bill worth 50 dollars", "being ten more than forty" ] }
[ "being ten more than forty" ]
[ "fifty%5:00:00:cardinal:00" ]
The completeness of the connections provide that, for N people, there are * * f lines of communication between the pairs, which can become a large number ( 1225 ) for a party of fifty guests.
guests
{ "name": "guest", "sense_definitions_list": [ "a visitor to whom hospitality is extended", "United States journalist (born in England) noted for his syndicated homey verse (1881-1959)", "a customer of a hotel or restaurant etc.", "(computer science) any computer that is hooked up to a computer netw...
[ "a visitor to whom hospitality is extended" ]
[ "guest%1:18:00::" ]
Looking at the diagram, we see that * * f connection lines come in to each member.
Looking
{ "name": "look", "sense_definitions_list": [ "the feelings expressed on a person's face", "the act of directing the eyes toward something and perceiving it visually", "physical appearance", "the general atmosphere of a place or situation and the effect that it has on people", "perceive with att...
[ "perceive with attention; direct one's gaze towards" ]
[ "look%2:39:00::" ]
Looking at the diagram, we see that * * f connection lines come in to each member.
diagram
{ "name": "diagram", "sense_definitions_list": [ "a drawing intended to explain how something works; a drawing showing the relation between the parts", "make a schematic or technical drawing of that shows interactions among variables or how something is constructed" ] }
[ "a drawing intended to explain how something works; a drawing showing the relation between the parts" ]
[ "diagram%1:06:00::" ]
Looking at the diagram, we see that * * f connection lines come in to each member.
see
{ "name": "see", "sense_definitions_list": [ "the seat within a bishop's diocese where his cathedral is located", "perceive by sight or have the power to perceive by sight", "perceive (an idea or situation) mentally", "perceive or be contemporaneous with", "imagine; conceive of; see in one's min...
[ "perceive or be contemporaneous with" ]
[ "see%2:39:02::" ]
Looking at the diagram, we see that * * f connection lines come in to each member.
connection
{ "name": "connection", "sense_definitions_list": [ "a relation between things or events (as in the case of one causing the other or sharing features with it)", "the state of being connected", "an instrumentality that connects", "(usually plural) a person who is influential and to whom you are conne...
[ "an instrumentality that connects", "the state of being connected" ]
[ "connection%1:06:00::", "connection%1:26:00::" ]
Looking at the diagram, we see that * * f connection lines come in to each member.
lines
{ "name": "line", "sense_definitions_list": [ "a formation of people or things one beside another", "a mark that is long relative to its width", "a formation of people or things one behind another", "a length (straight or curved) without breadth or thickness; the trace of a moving point", "text ...
[ "a spatial location defined by a real or imaginary unidimensional extent" ]
[ "line%1:15:00::" ]
Looking at the diagram, we see that * * f connection lines come in to each member.
come
{ "name": "come", "sense_definitions_list": [ "the thick white fluid containing spermatozoa that is ejaculated by the male genital tract", "move toward, travel toward something or somebody or approach something or somebody", "reach a destination; arrive by movement or progress", "come to pass; arriv...
[ "extend or reach" ]
[ "come%2:42:03::" ]
Looking at the diagram, we see that * * f connection lines come in to each member.
member
{ "name": "member", "sense_definitions_list": [ "one of the persons who compose a social group (especially individuals who have joined and participate in a group organization)", "anything that belongs to a set or class", "an external body part that projects from the body", "an organization that is a...
[ "one of the persons who compose a social group (especially individuals who have joined and participate in a group organization)" ]
[ "member%1:18:00::" ]
Thus the cocktail party would appear to be the ideal system, but there is one weakness.
Thus
{ "name": "thus", "sense_definitions_list": [ "an aromatic gum resin obtained from various Arabian or East African trees; formerly valued for worship and for embalming and fumigation", "(used to introduce a logical conclusion) from that fact or reason or as a result", "in the way indicated; ; ; (`thusly...
[ "(used to introduce a logical conclusion) from that fact or reason or as a result" ]
[ "thus%4:02:00::" ]
Thus the cocktail party would appear to be the ideal system, but there is one weakness.
cocktail party
{ "name": "cocktail_party", "sense_definitions_list": [ "an afternoon party at which cocktails are served" ] }
[ "an afternoon party at which cocktails are served" ]
[ "cocktail_party%1:11:00::" ]
Thus the cocktail party would appear to be the ideal system, but there is one weakness.
appear
{ "name": "appear", "sense_definitions_list": [ "give a certain impression or have a certain outward aspect", "come into sight or view", "be issued or published", "seem to be true, probable, or apparent", "come into being or existence, or appear on the scene", "appear as a character on stage...
[ "give a certain impression or have a certain outward aspect" ]
[ "appear%2:39:00::" ]
Thus the cocktail party would appear to be the ideal system, but there is one weakness.
be
{ "name": "be", "sense_definitions_list": [ "a light strong brittle grey toxic bivalent metallic element", "have the quality of being; (copula, used with an adjective or a predicate noun)", "be identical to; be someone or something", "occupy a certain position or area; be somewhere", "have an ex...
[ "be identical to; be someone or something" ]
[ "be%2:42:06::" ]
Thus the cocktail party would appear to be the ideal system, but there is one weakness.
ideal
{ "name": "ideal", "sense_definitions_list": [ "the idea of something that is perfect; something that one hopes to attain", "model of excellence or perfection of a kind; one having no equal", "conforming to an ultimate standard of perfection or excellence; embodying an ideal", "constituting or exist...
[ "conforming to an ultimate standard of perfection or excellence; embodying an ideal" ]
[ "ideal%5:00:00:perfect:00" ]
Thus the cocktail party would appear to be the ideal system, but there is one weakness.
system
{ "name": "system", "sense_definitions_list": [ "instrumentality that combines interrelated interacting artifacts designed to work as a coherent entity", "a group of independent but interrelated elements comprising a unified whole", "(physical chemistry) a sample of matter in which substances in differe...
[ "instrumentality that combines interrelated interacting artifacts designed to work as a coherent entity" ]
[ "system%1:06:00::" ]
Thus the cocktail party would appear to be the ideal system, but there is one weakness.
is
{ "name": "be", "sense_definitions_list": [ "a light strong brittle grey toxic bivalent metallic element", "have the quality of being; (copula, used with an adjective or a predicate noun)", "be identical to; be someone or something", "occupy a certain position or area; be somewhere", "have an ex...
[ "have an existence, be extant" ]
[ "be%2:42:00::" ]
Thus the cocktail party would appear to be the ideal system, but there is one weakness.
one
{ "name": "one", "sense_definitions_list": [ "the smallest whole number or a numeral representing this number", "a single person or thing", "used of a single unit or thing; not two or more", "having the indivisible character of a unit", "of the same kind or quality", "used informally as an i...
[ "used of a single unit or thing; not two or more" ]
[ "one%5:00:00:cardinal:00" ]
Thus the cocktail party would appear to be the ideal system, but there is one weakness.
weakness
{ "name": "weakness", "sense_definitions_list": [ "a flaw or weak point", "powerlessness revealed by an inability to act", "the property of lacking physical or mental strength; liability to failure under pressure or stress or strain", "the condition of being financially weak", "a penchant for so...
[ "a flaw or weak point" ]
[ "weakness%1:26:00::" ]
In spite of the dreams of the host for oneness in the group, the * * f incoming messages for each guest overload his receiving system beyond comprehension if N exceeds about six.
dreams
{ "name": "dream", "sense_definitions_list": [ "a series of mental images and emotions occurring during sleep", "imaginative thoughts indulged in while awake", "a cherished desire", "a fantastic but vain hope (from fantasies induced by the opium pipe)", "a state of mind characterized by abstract...
[ "imaginative thoughts indulged in while awake", "a cherished desire" ]
[ "dream%1:09:02::", "dream%1:12:00::" ]
In spite of the dreams of the host for oneness in the group, the * * f incoming messages for each guest overload his receiving system beyond comprehension if N exceeds about six.
host
{ "name": "host", "sense_definitions_list": [ "a person who invites guests to a social event (such as a party in his or her own home) and who is responsible for them while they are there", "a vast multitude", "an animal or plant that nourishes and supports a parasite; it does not benefit and is often ha...
[ "a person who invites guests to a social event (such as a party in his or her own home) and who is responsible for them while they are there" ]
[ "host%1:18:02::" ]
In spite of the dreams of the host for oneness in the group, the * * f incoming messages for each guest overload his receiving system beyond comprehension if N exceeds about six.
oneness
{ "name": "oneness", "sense_definitions_list": [ "the quality of being united into one" ] }
[ "the quality of being united into one" ]
[ "oneness%1:07:00::" ]
In spite of the dreams of the host for oneness in the group, the * * f incoming messages for each guest overload his receiving system beyond comprehension if N exceeds about six.
group
{ "name": "group", "sense_definitions_list": [ "any number of entities (members) considered as a unit", "(chemistry) two or more atoms bound together as a single unit and forming part of a molecule", "a set that is closed, associative, has an identity element and every element has an inverse", "arra...
[ "any number of entities (members) considered as a unit" ]
[ "group%1:03:00::" ]
In spite of the dreams of the host for oneness in the group, the * * f incoming messages for each guest overload his receiving system beyond comprehension if N exceeds about six.
incoming
{ "name": "incoming", "sense_definitions_list": [ "the act of entering", "arriving at a place or position", "entering upon a position of office vacated by another" ] }
[ "arriving at a place or position" ]
[ "incoming%3:00:00::" ]
In spite of the dreams of the host for oneness in the group, the * * f incoming messages for each guest overload his receiving system beyond comprehension if N exceeds about six.
messages
{ "name": "message", "sense_definitions_list": [ "a communication (usually brief) that is written or spoken or signaled", "what a communication that is about something is about", "send a message to", "send as a message", "send a message" ] }
[ "what a communication that is about something is about" ]
[ "message%1:10:00::" ]
In spite of the dreams of the host for oneness in the group, the * * f incoming messages for each guest overload his receiving system beyond comprehension if N exceeds about six.
guest
{ "name": "guest", "sense_definitions_list": [ "a visitor to whom hospitality is extended", "United States journalist (born in England) noted for his syndicated homey verse (1881-1959)", "a customer of a hotel or restaurant etc.", "(computer science) any computer that is hooked up to a computer netw...
[ "a visitor to whom hospitality is extended" ]
[ "guest%1:18:00::" ]
In spite of the dreams of the host for oneness in the group, the * * f incoming messages for each guest overload his receiving system beyond comprehension if N exceeds about six.
overload
{ "name": "overload", "sense_definitions_list": [ "an electrical load that exceeds the available electrical power", "an excessive burden", "become overloaded", "fill to excess so that function is impaired", "place too much a load on" ] }
[ "fill to excess so that function is impaired" ]
[ "overload%2:30:00::" ]
In spite of the dreams of the host for oneness in the group, the * * f incoming messages for each guest overload his receiving system beyond comprehension if N exceeds about six.
receiving system
{ "name": "receiving_system", "sense_definitions_list": [ "set that receives radio or tv signals" ] }
[ "set that receives radio or tv signals" ]
[ "receiving_system%1:06:00::" ]
In spite of the dreams of the host for oneness in the group, the * * f incoming messages for each guest overload his receiving system beyond comprehension if N exceeds about six.
comprehension
{ "name": "comprehension", "sense_definitions_list": [ "an ability to understand the meaning or importance of something (or the knowledge acquired as a result)", "the relation of comprising something" ] }
[ "an ability to understand the meaning or importance of something (or the knowledge acquired as a result)" ]
[ "comprehension%1:09:00::" ]
In spite of the dreams of the host for oneness in the group, the * * f incoming messages for each guest overload his receiving system beyond comprehension if N exceeds about six.
exceeds
{ "name": "exceed", "sense_definitions_list": [ "be greater in scope or size than some standard", "be superior or better than some standard", "be or do something to a greater degree" ] }
[ "be greater in scope or size than some standard" ]
[ "exceed%2:42:01::" ]
In spite of the dreams of the host for oneness in the group, the * * f incoming messages for each guest overload his receiving system beyond comprehension if N exceeds about six.
six
{ "name": "six", "sense_definitions_list": [ "the cardinal number that is the sum of five and one", "a playing card or domino or die whose upward face shows six pips", "denoting a quantity consisting of six items or units" ] }
[ "denoting a quantity consisting of six items or units" ]
[ "six%5:00:00:cardinal:00" ]
The crowd consequently breaks up into temporary groups ranging in size from two to six, with a half-life for the cluster ranging from three to twenty minutes.
crowd
{ "name": "crowd", "sense_definitions_list": [ "a large number of things or people considered together", "an informal body of friends", "cause to herd, drive, or crowd together", "fill or occupy to the point of overflowing", "to gather together in large numbers", "approach a certain age or s...
[ "a large number of things or people considered together" ]
[ "crowd%1:14:00::" ]
The crowd consequently breaks up into temporary groups ranging in size from two to six, with a half-life for the cluster ranging from three to twenty minutes.
consequently
{ "name": "consequently", "sense_definitions_list": [ "(sentence connectors) because of the reason given", "as a consequence" ] }
[ "as a consequence" ]
[ "consequently%4:02:01::" ]
The crowd consequently breaks up into temporary groups ranging in size from two to six, with a half-life for the cluster ranging from three to twenty minutes.
breaks up
{ "name": "break_up", "sense_definitions_list": [ "to cause to separate and go in different directions", "discontinue an association or relation; go different ways", "come apart", "break violently or noisily; smash", "make a break in", "cause to go into a solution", "suffer a nervous bre...
[ "to cause to separate and go in different directions", "discontinue an association or relation; go different ways" ]
[ "break_up%2:38:01::", "break_up%2:41:00::" ]
The crowd consequently breaks up into temporary groups ranging in size from two to six, with a half-life for the cluster ranging from three to twenty minutes.
temporary
{ "name": "temporary", "sense_definitions_list": [ "a worker (especially in an office) hired on a temporary basis", "not permanent; not lasting; - James Thurber", "lacking continuity or regularity" ] }
[ "not permanent; not lasting; - James Thurber" ]
[ "temporary%3:00:00::" ]
The crowd consequently breaks up into temporary groups ranging in size from two to six, with a half-life for the cluster ranging from three to twenty minutes.
groups
{ "name": "group", "sense_definitions_list": [ "any number of entities (members) considered as a unit", "(chemistry) two or more atoms bound together as a single unit and forming part of a molecule", "a set that is closed, associative, has an identity element and every element has an inverse", "arra...
[ "any number of entities (members) considered as a unit" ]
[ "group%1:03:00::" ]
The crowd consequently breaks up into temporary groups ranging in size from two to six, with a half-life for the cluster ranging from three to twenty minutes.
ranging
{ "name": "range", "sense_definitions_list": [ "an area in which something acts or operates or has power or control:", "the limits within which something can be effective", "a large tract of grassy open land on which livestock can graze", "a series of hills or mountains", "a place for shooting (...
[ "change or be different within limits" ]
[ "range%2:42:01::" ]
The crowd consequently breaks up into temporary groups ranging in size from two to six, with a half-life for the cluster ranging from three to twenty minutes.
size
{ "name": "size", "sense_definitions_list": [ "the physical magnitude of something (how big it is)", "the property resulting from being one of a series of graduated measurements (as of clothing)", "any glutinous material used to fill pores in surfaces or to stiffen fabrics", "the actual state of aff...
[ "the physical magnitude of something (how big it is)" ]
[ "size%1:07:00::" ]
The crowd consequently breaks up into temporary groups ranging in size from two to six, with a half-life for the cluster ranging from three to twenty minutes.
two
{ "name": "two", "sense_definitions_list": [ "the cardinal number that is the sum of one and one or a numeral representing this number", "one of the four playing cards in a deck that have two spots", "being one more than one" ] }
[ "the cardinal number that is the sum of one and one or a numeral representing this number" ]
[ "two%1:23:00::" ]
The crowd consequently breaks up into temporary groups ranging in size from two to six, with a half-life for the cluster ranging from three to twenty minutes.
six
{ "name": "six", "sense_definitions_list": [ "the cardinal number that is the sum of five and one", "a playing card or domino or die whose upward face shows six pips", "denoting a quantity consisting of six items or units" ] }
[ "the cardinal number that is the sum of five and one" ]
[ "six%1:23:00::" ]
The crowd consequently breaks up into temporary groups ranging in size from two to six, with a half-life for the cluster ranging from three to twenty minutes.
half-life
{ "name": "half_life", "sense_definitions_list": [ "the time required for something to fall to half its initial value (in particular, the time for half the atoms in a radioactive substance to disintegrate)" ] }
[ "the time required for something to fall to half its initial value (in particular, the time for half the atoms in a radioactive substance to disintegrate)" ]
[ "half_life%1:28:00::" ]
The crowd consequently breaks up into temporary groups ranging in size from two to six, with a half-life for the cluster ranging from three to twenty minutes.
cluster
{ "name": "cluster", "sense_definitions_list": [ "a grouping of a number of similar things", "come together as in a cluster or flock", "gather or cause to gather into a cluster" ] }
[ "a grouping of a number of similar things" ]
[ "cluster%1:14:00::" ]
The crowd consequently breaks up into temporary groups ranging in size from two to six, with a half-life for the cluster ranging from three to twenty minutes.
ranging
{ "name": "range", "sense_definitions_list": [ "an area in which something acts or operates or has power or control:", "the limits within which something can be effective", "a large tract of grassy open land on which livestock can graze", "a series of hills or mountains", "a place for shooting (...
[ "change or be different within limits" ]
[ "range%2:42:01::" ]
The crowd consequently breaks up into temporary groups ranging in size from two to six, with a half-life for the cluster ranging from three to twenty minutes.
three
{ "name": "three", "sense_definitions_list": [ "the cardinal number that is the sum of one and one and one", "one of four playing cards in a deck having three pips", "being one more than two" ] }
[ "being one more than two" ]
[ "three%5:00:00:cardinal:00" ]
The crowd consequently breaks up into temporary groups ranging in size from two to six, with a half-life for the cluster ranging from three to twenty minutes.
twenty
{ "name": "twenty", "sense_definitions_list": [ "the cardinal number that is the sum of nineteen and one", "a United States bill worth 20 dollars", "denoting a quantity consisting of 20 items or units" ] }
[ "denoting a quantity consisting of 20 items or units" ]
[ "twenty%5:00:00:cardinal:00" ]
The crowd consequently breaks up into temporary groups ranging in size from two to six, with a half-life for the cluster ranging from three to twenty minutes.
minutes
{ "name": "minute", "sense_definitions_list": [ "a unit of time equal to 60 seconds or 1/60th of an hour", "an indefinitely short time", "a particular point in time", "a unit of angular distance equal to a 60th of a degree", "a short note", "distance measured by the time taken to cover it", ...
[ "a unit of time equal to 60 seconds or 1/60th of an hour" ]
[ "minute%1:28:00::" ]
For the occasion on which everyone already knows everyone else and the host wishes them to meet one or a few honored newcomers, then the `` open house '' system is advantageous because the honored guests are fixed connective points and the drifting guests make and break connections at the door.
occasion
{ "name": "occasion", "sense_definitions_list": [ "an event that occurs at a critical time", "a vaguely specified social event", "reason", "the time of a particular event", "an opportunity to do something", "give occasion to" ] }
[ "a vaguely specified social event" ]
[ "occasion%1:11:01::" ]
For the occasion on which everyone already knows everyone else and the host wishes them to meet one or a few honored newcomers, then the `` open house '' system is advantageous because the honored guests are fixed connective points and the drifting guests make and break connections at the door.
already
{ "name": "already", "sense_definitions_list": [ "prior to a specified or implied time" ] }
[ "prior to a specified or implied time" ]
[ "already%4:02:00::" ]
For the occasion on which everyone already knows everyone else and the host wishes them to meet one or a few honored newcomers, then the `` open house '' system is advantageous because the honored guests are fixed connective points and the drifting guests make and break connections at the door.
knows
{ "name": "know", "sense_definitions_list": [ "the fact of being aware of information that is known to few people", "be cognizant or aware of a fact or a specific piece of information; possess knowledge or information about", "know how to do or perform something", "be aware of the truth of something...
[ "be familiar or acquainted with a person or an object" ]
[ "know%2:31:00::" ]
For the occasion on which everyone already knows everyone else and the host wishes them to meet one or a few honored newcomers, then the `` open house '' system is advantageous because the honored guests are fixed connective points and the drifting guests make and break connections at the door.
host
{ "name": "host", "sense_definitions_list": [ "a person who invites guests to a social event (such as a party in his or her own home) and who is responsible for them while they are there", "a vast multitude", "an animal or plant that nourishes and supports a parasite; it does not benefit and is often ha...
[ "a person who invites guests to a social event (such as a party in his or her own home) and who is responsible for them while they are there" ]
[ "host%1:18:02::" ]
For the occasion on which everyone already knows everyone else and the host wishes them to meet one or a few honored newcomers, then the `` open house '' system is advantageous because the honored guests are fixed connective points and the drifting guests make and break connections at the door.
wishes
{ "name": "wish", "sense_definitions_list": [ "a specific feeling of desire", "an expression of some desire or inclination", "(usually plural) a polite expression of desire for someone's welfare", "the particular preference that you have", "hope for; have a wish", "prefer or wish to do somet...
[ "prefer or wish to do something", "hope for; have a wish" ]
[ "wish%2:37:02::", "wish%2:37:00::" ]
For the occasion on which everyone already knows everyone else and the host wishes them to meet one or a few honored newcomers, then the `` open house '' system is advantageous because the honored guests are fixed connective points and the drifting guests make and break connections at the door.
meet
{ "name": "meet", "sense_definitions_list": [ "a meeting at which a number of athletic contests are held", "come together", "get together socially or for a specific purpose", "be adjacent or come together", "fill or meet a want or need", "satisfy a condition or restriction", "satisfy or ...
[ "get to know; get acquainted with" ]
[ "meet%2:41:03::" ]
For the occasion on which everyone already knows everyone else and the host wishes them to meet one or a few honored newcomers, then the `` open house '' system is advantageous because the honored guests are fixed connective points and the drifting guests make and break connections at the door.
one
{ "name": "one", "sense_definitions_list": [ "the smallest whole number or a numeral representing this number", "a single person or thing", "used of a single unit or thing; not two or more", "having the indivisible character of a unit", "of the same kind or quality", "used informally as an i...
[ "used of a single unit or thing; not two or more" ]
[ "one%5:00:00:cardinal:00" ]
For the occasion on which everyone already knows everyone else and the host wishes them to meet one or a few honored newcomers, then the `` open house '' system is advantageous because the honored guests are fixed connective points and the drifting guests make and break connections at the door.
a few
{ "name": "a_few", "sense_definitions_list": [ "more than one but indefinitely small in number" ] }
[ "more than one but indefinitely small in number" ]
[ "a_few%5:00:00:few:00" ]
For the occasion on which everyone already knows everyone else and the host wishes them to meet one or a few honored newcomers, then the `` open house '' system is advantageous because the honored guests are fixed connective points and the drifting guests make and break connections at the door.
honored
{ "name": "honored", "sense_definitions_list": [ "bestow honor or rewards upon", "show respect towards", "accept as pay", "having an illustrious reputation; respected" ] }
[ "having an illustrious reputation; respected" ]
[ "honored%5:00:00:reputable:00" ]
For the occasion on which everyone already knows everyone else and the host wishes them to meet one or a few honored newcomers, then the `` open house '' system is advantageous because the honored guests are fixed connective points and the drifting guests make and break connections at the door.
newcomers
{ "name": "newcomer", "sense_definitions_list": [ "any new participant in some activity", "a recent arrival" ] }
[ "a recent arrival" ]
[ "newcomer%1:18:01::" ]
For the occasion on which everyone already knows everyone else and the host wishes them to meet one or a few honored newcomers, then the `` open house '' system is advantageous because the honored guests are fixed connective points and the drifting guests make and break connections at the door.
then
{ "name": "then", "sense_definitions_list": [ "that time; that moment", "at a specific prior time", "subsequently or soon afterward (often used as sentence connectors)", "in that case or as a consequence", "at that time" ] }
[ "in that case or as a consequence" ]
[ "then%4:02:02::" ]
For the occasion on which everyone already knows everyone else and the host wishes them to meet one or a few honored newcomers, then the `` open house '' system is advantageous because the honored guests are fixed connective points and the drifting guests make and break connections at the door.
open house
{ "name": "open_house", "sense_definitions_list": [ "an informal party of people with hospitality for all comers" ] }
[ "an informal party of people with hospitality for all comers" ]
[ "open_house%1:14:00::" ]
For the occasion on which everyone already knows everyone else and the host wishes them to meet one or a few honored newcomers, then the `` open house '' system is advantageous because the honored guests are fixed connective points and the drifting guests make and break connections at the door.
system
{ "name": "system", "sense_definitions_list": [ "instrumentality that combines interrelated interacting artifacts designed to work as a coherent entity", "a group of independent but interrelated elements comprising a unified whole", "(physical chemistry) a sample of matter in which substances in differe...
[ "instrumentality that combines interrelated interacting artifacts designed to work as a coherent entity" ]
[ "system%1:06:00::" ]
For the occasion on which everyone already knows everyone else and the host wishes them to meet one or a few honored newcomers, then the `` open house '' system is advantageous because the honored guests are fixed connective points and the drifting guests make and break connections at the door.
is
{ "name": "be", "sense_definitions_list": [ "a light strong brittle grey toxic bivalent metallic element", "have the quality of being; (copula, used with an adjective or a predicate noun)", "be identical to; be someone or something", "occupy a certain position or area; be somewhere", "have an ex...
[ "have the quality of being; (copula, used with an adjective or a predicate noun)" ]
[ "be%2:42:03::" ]
For the occasion on which everyone already knows everyone else and the host wishes them to meet one or a few honored newcomers, then the `` open house '' system is advantageous because the honored guests are fixed connective points and the drifting guests make and break connections at the door.
advantageous
{ "name": "advantageous", "sense_definitions_list": [ "giving an advantage", "appropriate for achieving a particular end; implies a lack of concern for fairness" ] }
[ "giving an advantage" ]
[ "advantageous%3:00:00::" ]
For the occasion on which everyone already knows everyone else and the host wishes them to meet one or a few honored newcomers, then the `` open house '' system is advantageous because the honored guests are fixed connective points and the drifting guests make and break connections at the door.
honored
{ "name": "honored", "sense_definitions_list": [ "bestow honor or rewards upon", "show respect towards", "accept as pay", "having an illustrious reputation; respected" ] }
[ "having an illustrious reputation; respected" ]
[ "honored%5:00:00:reputable:00" ]
For the occasion on which everyone already knows everyone else and the host wishes them to meet one or a few honored newcomers, then the `` open house '' system is advantageous because the honored guests are fixed connective points and the drifting guests make and break connections at the door.
guests
{ "name": "guest", "sense_definitions_list": [ "a visitor to whom hospitality is extended", "United States journalist (born in England) noted for his syndicated homey verse (1881-1959)", "a customer of a hotel or restaurant etc.", "(computer science) any computer that is hooked up to a computer netw...
[ "a visitor to whom hospitality is extended" ]
[ "guest%1:18:00::" ]
For the occasion on which everyone already knows everyone else and the host wishes them to meet one or a few honored newcomers, then the `` open house '' system is advantageous because the honored guests are fixed connective points and the drifting guests make and break connections at the door.
are
{ "name": "be", "sense_definitions_list": [ "a light strong brittle grey toxic bivalent metallic element", "have the quality of being; (copula, used with an adjective or a predicate noun)", "be identical to; be someone or something", "occupy a certain position or area; be somewhere", "have an ex...
[ "have the quality of being; (copula, used with an adjective or a predicate noun)" ]
[ "be%2:42:03::" ]
For the occasion on which everyone already knows everyone else and the host wishes them to meet one or a few honored newcomers, then the `` open house '' system is advantageous because the honored guests are fixed connective points and the drifting guests make and break connections at the door.
fixed
{ "name": "fixed", "sense_definitions_list": [ "restore by replacing a part or putting together what is torn or broken", "cause to be firmly attached", "decide upon or fix definitely", "prepare for eating by applying heat", "take vengeance on or get even", "set or place definitely", "kil...
[ "(of a number) having a fixed and unchanging value" ]
[ "fixed%5:00:00:determinate:01" ]
For the occasion on which everyone already knows everyone else and the host wishes them to meet one or a few honored newcomers, then the `` open house '' system is advantageous because the honored guests are fixed connective points and the drifting guests make and break connections at the door.
connective
{ "name": "connective", "sense_definitions_list": [ "an uninflected function word that serves to conjoin words or phrases or clauses or sentences", "an instrumentality that connects", "connecting or tending to connect" ] }
[ "connecting or tending to connect" ]
[ "connective%5:00:00:conjunctive:00" ]
For the occasion on which everyone already knows everyone else and the host wishes them to meet one or a few honored newcomers, then the `` open house '' system is advantageous because the honored guests are fixed connective points and the drifting guests make and break connections at the door.
points
{ "name": "point", "sense_definitions_list": [ "a geometric element that has position but no extension", "the precise location of something; a spatially limited location", "a brief version of the essential meaning of something", "an isolated fact that is considered separately from the whole", "a...
[ "the precise location of something; a spatially limited location" ]
[ "point%1:15:00::" ]
For the occasion on which everyone already knows everyone else and the host wishes them to meet one or a few honored newcomers, then the `` open house '' system is advantageous because the honored guests are fixed connective points and the drifting guests make and break connections at the door.
guests
{ "name": "guest", "sense_definitions_list": [ "a visitor to whom hospitality is extended", "United States journalist (born in England) noted for his syndicated homey verse (1881-1959)", "a customer of a hotel or restaurant etc.", "(computer science) any computer that is hooked up to a computer netw...
[ "a visitor to whom hospitality is extended" ]
[ "guest%1:18:00::" ]
For the occasion on which everyone already knows everyone else and the host wishes them to meet one or a few honored newcomers, then the `` open house '' system is advantageous because the honored guests are fixed connective points and the drifting guests make and break connections at the door.
make
{ "name": "make", "sense_definitions_list": [ "a recognizable kind", "the act of mixing cards haphazardly", "engage in", "give certain properties to something", "make or cause to be or to become", "cause to do; cause to act in a specified manner", "give rise to; cause to happen or occur,...
[ "engage in" ]
[ "make%2:41:00::" ]
For the occasion on which everyone already knows everyone else and the host wishes them to meet one or a few honored newcomers, then the `` open house '' system is advantageous because the honored guests are fixed connective points and the drifting guests make and break connections at the door.
break
{ "name": "break", "sense_definitions_list": [ "some abrupt occurrence that interrupts an ongoing activity", "an unexpected piece of good luck", "(geology) a crack in the earth's crust resulting from the displacement of one side with respect to the other", "a personal or social separation (as betwee...
[ "interrupt a continued activity", "prevent completion" ]
[ "break%2:41:01::", "break%2:30:02::" ]
For the occasion on which everyone already knows everyone else and the host wishes them to meet one or a few honored newcomers, then the `` open house '' system is advantageous because the honored guests are fixed connective points and the drifting guests make and break connections at the door.
connections
{ "name": "connection", "sense_definitions_list": [ "a relation between things or events (as in the case of one causing the other or sharing features with it)", "the state of being connected", "an instrumentality that connects", "(usually plural) a person who is influential and to whom you are conne...
[ "a relation between things or events (as in the case of one causing the other or sharing features with it)" ]
[ "connection%1:24:00::" ]