... project is to enhance the databaseof the Oxford Dictionary of English (a forthcomingnew edition of the 1998 New OxfordDictionary of English) so that it contains not only the original dictionary ... allow the dictionaryto be ex-ploited effectively as a resource for computationalapplications.The Oxford Dictionary of English (ODE) is ahigh-level dictionary intended for fluent English speakers ... typicality,125 OxfordDictionary of English: Current DevelopmentsJames McCracken Oxford University Pressmccrackj@oup.co.ukAbstractThis research note describes the early stages of a project to enhance...
... yWhen a word ends in a consonant + y, the y changes to ie before s.study studies lorry lorriesBefore most other endings, the y changes to i.study studied silly sillier lucky luckilyhappy ... stand-bys, lay-bys.PAGE 3792 We keep y before i.copy copying hurry hurryingNOTEWe change ie to y before ing.die dying lie lyingBut pay, lay and say have irregular ed-forms: paidAlso day ... fair-skinned people.One day the peoples of this world will live in peace.2 With some nouns we change f to v and add es/s.loaf loaves thief thieves life livesAlso: calves, halves, knives, leaves, shelves,...
... gerund /to- infinitive 121toast: uncountable 144(4b)todayindirect speech 267(2)with present perfect/past 65(5c)together with 244(3)tolerate with gerund 121(1), 131(5)tomatoes 290(2)tomorrow: ... 266(3) to school without the 168 to the + measurement 172(2)and towards 226(5)after verb 233(3c), 234(5b), 262(1d)weak form 55(1b) to- infinitivesummary 115 to do and for doing 132(5) to do and to ... letter 56(6c, 6g) to after adjective 236(3), 236(4)and at 225 (2b)clock time 195(1)in comment adverbial 215(3) to do and to doing 132(6)with give 10with infinitive 115replacing to- infinitive...
... adaptor complexes that link clathrin to thereceptors being taken into the cell in the coated vesicles, recognizinga motif of four amino acids (FRxY) in the cytoplasmic domain ofthe receptor.adaptive ... nucleicacid factors have been discovered. While their functions areincompletely understood, they are referred to by laboratoryshorthand abbreviations. These are well understood by theinvestigators who ... converted into aldosteroneby aldosterone synthase. Aldosterone exerts its effects through bind-ing to cytosolic receptors. The resulting complex is transferred to the nucleus, where it acts to stimulate...