2006-08-22 12:40:03 · 8 answers · asked by mujrep 1 in Education & Reference ➔ Words & Wordplay
According to the Oxford English Dictionary (THE source!) # 1 with 464 definitions is the word "set".
Here's the rest of their top ten:
run - 396
go - 368
take - 343
stand -334
get - 289
turn - 288
put - 268
fall - 264
strike - 250
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2006-08-23 04:49:06 · answer #1 · answered by bruhaha 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
get an old dictionary (50-80years or older) The word "to" has 3-3 1/2 pages of different definitions of the word.
We most commonly use it as a transitive verb.
2006-08-22 19:47:20 · answer #2 · answered by Robert F 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Set
2006-08-22 19:46:38 · answer #3 · answered by Bethany 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
"is". a president of the most powerful country in the world, a harvard graduate, once asked what "is" means. That person would obviously be billy bob clinton.
2006-08-22 19:46:15 · answer #4 · answered by Alfred Y 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Could it be 'run'? I was looking up another word & noticed that there was like 40 different definitions for 'run'.
2006-08-22 19:48:35 · answer #5 · answered by scaredeycat 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
the
2006-08-26 15:00:14 · answer #6 · answered by lolipop 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Is
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2006-08-22 19:45:11 · answer #7 · answered by johnny j 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It has to be "Yes"
2006-08-26 07:12:12 · answer #8 · answered by ? 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋