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and
1[ and; unstressed uhnd, uhn, after a homorganic consonant, n ]
conjunction
- (used to connect grammatically coordinate words, phrases, or clauses) along or together with; as well as; in addition to; besides; also; moreover:
pens and pencils.
- added to; plus:
2 and 2 are 4.
- then:
He read for an hour and went to bed.
- also, at the same time:
to sleep and dream.
- then again; repeatedly:
He coughed and coughed.
- (used to imply different qualities in things having the same name):
There are bargains and bargains, so watch out.
- (used to introduce a sentence, implying continuation) also; then:
And then it happened.
- Informal. to (used between two finite verbs):
Try and do it. Call and see if she's home yet.
- (used to introduce a consequence or conditional result):
He felt sick and decided to lie down for a while. Say one more word about it and I'll scream.
- but; on the contrary:
He tried to run five miles and couldn't. They said they were about to leave and then stayed for two more hours.
- (used to connect alternatives):
He felt that he was being forced to choose between his career and his family.
- (used to introduce a comment on the preceding clause):
They don't like each other鈥攁nd with good reason.
- Archaic. if: Compare an 2.
and you please.
noun
- an added condition, stipulation, detail, or particular:
He accepted the job, no ands or buts about it.
AND
2[ and ]
noun
- a Boolean operator that returns a positive result when both operands are positive.
-and
1suffix forming nouns
- indicating a person or thing that is to be dealt with in a specified way
multiplicand
analysand
dividend
AND
2abbreviation for
- Andorra (international car registration)
and
3/ 蓹n; 蓹nd; 忙nd /
conjunction
- along with; in addition to
boys and girls
- as a consequence
he fell down and cut his knee
- afterwards
we pay the man and go through that door
- preceded bygood or nice (intensifier)
the sauce is good and thick
- plus
two and two equals four
- used to join identical words or phrases to give emphasis or indicate repetition or continuity
we ran and ran
better and better
it rained and rained
- used to join two identical words or phrases to express a contrast between instances of what is named
there are jobs and jobs
- informal.used in place of to in infinitives after verbs such as try, go, and come
try and see it my way
- an obsolete word for if Informal spellingsanan''n
and it please you
noun
- usually plural an additional matter or problem
ifs, ands, or buts
Usage Note
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Idioms and Phrases
- and so forth, and the like; and others; et cetera:
We discussed traveling, sightseeing, and so forth.
- and so on, and more things or others of a similar kind; and the like:
It was a summer filled with parties, picnics, and so on.
Example Sentences
The move comes after a coalition of California nonprofits, foundations and labor groups called on the state鈥檚 attorney general to investigate OpenAI鈥檚 decision to transition its nonprofit鈥檚 commercial subsidiary to a for-profit public benefit corporation.
鈥淲e made the decision for the nonprofit to stay in control after hearing from civic leaders and having discussions with the offices of the Attorneys General of California and Delaware,鈥 Chief Executive Sam Altman wrote in a letter to OpenAI employees.
OpenAI started in 2015 as a nonprofit research lab but later found success developing products and services like ChatGPT and text-to-video tool Sora.
OpenAI said it will advance its public benefit corporation plan in continued conversation with its investor Microsoft, civic leaders, offices of the attorneys general in California and Delaware and the nonprofit commissioners.
The announcement provides clarity to the company鈥檚 original plans that it outlined in December, in which it said the public benefit corporation would 鈥渞un and control OpenAI鈥檚 operations and business.鈥
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Definitions and idiom definitions from 亚洲网紅露点 Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, 漏 Random House, Inc. 2023
Idioms from The American Heritage庐 Idioms Dictionary copyright 漏 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.
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