1.  Next after the second; coming after two others; -- the ordinal of three; as, the third hour in the day. Chaucer. [1913 Webster]

2.  Constituting or being one of three equal parts into which anything is divided; as, the third part of a day. [1913 Webster]

1.  The quotient of a unit divided by three; one of three equal parts into which anything is divided. [1913 Webster]

2.  The sixtieth part of a second of time. [1913 Webster]

3.  The third tone of the scale; the mediant. [1913 Webster]

4.  The third part of the estate of a deceased husband, which, by some local laws, the widow is entitled to enjoy during her life. [1913 Webster]

third, n. & adj.
--n.
1 the position in a sequence corresponding to that of the number 3 in the sequence 1-3.
2 something occupying this position.
3 each of three equal parts of a thing.
4 = third gear.
5 Mus. a an interval or chord spanning three consecutive notes in the diatonic scale (e.g. C to E). b a note separated from another by this interval.
6 a a place in the third class in an examination. b a person having this.
--adj. that is the third.

Idiom:
third-best adj. of third quality.
--n. a thing in this category. third class the third-best group or category, esp. of hotel and train accommodation. third-class adj.
1 belonging to or travelling by the third class.
2 of lower quality; inferior.
--adv. by the third class (travels third-class). third degree long and severe questioning esp. by police to obtain information or a confession. third-degree Med. denoting burns of the most severe kind, affecting lower layers of tissue. third eye
1 Hinduism & Buddhism the 'eye of insight' in the forehead of an image of a deity, esp. the god Siva.
2 the faculty of intuitive insight. third force a political group or party acting as a check on conflict between two opposing parties. third gear the third (and often next to highest) in a sequence of gears.
third man
1 a fielder positioned near the boundary behind the slips.
2 this position. third part each of three equal parts into which a thing is or might be divided.
third party
1 another party besides the two principals.
2 a bystander etc. third-party adj. (of insurance) covering damage or injury suffered by a person other than the insured.
third person
1 = third party.
2 Gram. see PERSON. third-rate inferior; very poor in quality. third reading a third presentation of a bill to a legislative assembly, in the UK to debate committee reports and in the US to consider it for the last time. Third Reich see REICH. Third World (usu. prec. by the) the developing countries of Asia, Africa, and Latin America.

Derivative:
thirdly adv.

Etymology:
OE third(d)a, thridda f. Gmc

N  triplication, triplicity, trebleness, trine, treble, triple, tern, ternary, triplicate, threefold, trilogistic, third, trinal, trine, three times, three fold, thrice, in the third place, thirdly, trebly.

N  trisection, tripartition, trichotomy, third, third part, trifid, trisected, tripartite, trichotomous, trisulcate, Triadelphous, triangular, tricuspid, tricapsular, tridental, tridentate, tridentiferous, trifoliate, trifurcate, trigonal, trigrammic, trigrammatic, tripetalous, tripodal, tripodic, triquetral, triquetrous.

N  concord, accord, harmony, symphony, homologue, agreement, sympathy, empathy, response, union, unison, unity, bonds of harmony, peace, unanimity, league, happy family, rapprochement, reunion, amity, alliance, entente cordiale, good understanding, conciliation, peacemaker, intercessor, mediator, concordant, congenial, agreeing, in accord, harmonious, united, cemented, banded together, allied, friendly, fraternal, conciliatory, at one with, of one mind, at peace, in still water, tranquil, with one voice, in concert with, hand in hand, on one's side, commune periculum concordiam parit, melody concord, melody, rhythm, measure, rhyme, pitch, timbre, intonation, tone, scale, gamut, diapason, diatonic chromatic scale, enharmonic scale, key, clef, chords, modulation, temperament, syncope, syncopation, preparation, suspension, resolution, staff, stave, line, space, brace, bar, rest, appoggiato, appoggiatura, acciaccatura, note, musical note, notes of a scale, sharp, flat, natural, high note, low note, interval, semitone, second, third, fourth, diatessaron, breve, semibreve, minim, crotchet, quaver, semiquaver, demisemiquaver, hemidemisemiquaver, sustained note, drone, burden, tonic, key note, leading note, fundamental note, supertonic, mediant, dominant, submediant, subdominant, octave, tetrachord, major key, minor key, major scale, minor scale, major mode, minor mode, passage, phrase, concord, harmony, emmeleia, unison, unisonance, chime, homophony, euphony, euphonism, tonality, consonance, consent, part, harmony, harmonics, thorough-bass, fundamental-bass, counterpoint, faburden, piece of music, composer, harmonist, contrapuntist (musician), harmonious, harmonical, in concord, in tune, in concert, unisonant, concentual, symphonizing, isotonic, homophonous, assonant, ariose, consonant, measured, rhythmical, diatonic, chromatic, enharmonic, melodious, musical, melic, tuneful, tunable, sweet, dulcet, canorous, mellow, mellifluous, soft, clear, clear as a bell, silvery, euphonious, euphonic, euphonical, symphonious, enchanting fine-toned, full-toned, silver-toned, harmoniously, in harmony, as one, the hidden soul of harmony.

kepler's third law, newton's third law, newton's third law of motion, third baron rayleigh, third base, third baseman, third battle of ypres, third class, third council of constantinople, third cranial nerve, third crusade, third deck, third degree, third dimension, third epistel of john, third estate, third eye, third eyelid, third gear, third house, third lateran council, third law of motion, third law of thermodynamics, third party, third period, third person, third power, third rail, third rate, third reich, third sacker, third stomach, third string, third tonsil, third trimester, third ventricle, third world

1.  law(n = noun.group) jurisprudence - the collection of rules imposed by authority; "civilization presupposes respect for the law"; "the great problem for jurisprudence to allow freedom while enforcing order"
is a kind of accumulation, aggregation, assemblage, collection
has parts: law
has particulars: administrative law, canon law, ecclesiastical law, civil law, case law, common law, precedent, international law, law of nations, law of the land, martial law, commercial law, law merchant, mercantile law, military law, law of moses, mosaic law, islamic law, sharia, sharia law, shariah, shariah law, statutory law, securities law, tax law

2.  law(n = noun.communication) - legal document setting forth rules governing a particular kind of activity; "there is a law against kidnapping"
is a kind of instrument, legal document, legal instrument, official document
is a part of jurisprudence, law
has particulars: anti-drug law, anti-racketeering law, racketeer influenced and corrupt organizations act, rico, rico act, antitrust law, antitrust legislation, statute of limitations, constitution, fundamental law, organic law, public law, blue law, blue sky law, gag law, homestead law, poor law, riot act, prohibition

3.  law(n = noun.cognition) natural law - a rule or body of rules of conduct inherent in human nature and essential to or binding upon human society;
is a kind of concept, conception, construct
has particulars: divine law, principle, sound law

4.  law(n = noun.cognition) law of nature - a generalization that describes recurring facts or events in nature; "the laws of thermodynamics"
is a kind of concept, conception, construct
is a part of theory
has particulars: all-or-none law, principle, rule, archimedes' principle, law of archimedes, avogadro's hypothesis, avogadro's law, bernoulli's law, law of large numbers, benford's law, bose-einstein statistics, boyle's law, mariotte's law, coulomb's law, dalton's law, dalton's law of partial pressures, law of partial pressures, distribution law, equilibrium law, law of chemical equilibrium, fechner's law, weber-fechner law, fermi-dirac statistics, charles's law, gay-lussac's law, law of volumes, henry's law, hooke's law, hubble's law, hubble law, kepler's law, kepler's law of planetary motion, kirchhoff's laws, law of averages, law of constant proportion, law of definite proportions, law of diminishing returns, law of effect, law of equivalent proportions, law of reciprocal proportions, law of gravitation, newton's law of gravitation, dalton's law, law of multiple proportions, law of mass action, law of thermodynamics, mendel's law, law of motion, newton's law, newton's law of motion, ohm's law, pascal's law, pascal's law of fluid pressures, exclusion principle, pauli exclusion principle, mendeleev's law, periodic law, planck's law, planck's radiation law, principle of relativity, power law, stevens' law, stevens' power law, weber's law

5.  law(n = noun.cognition) jurisprudence, legal philosophy - the branch of philosophy concerned with the law and the principles that lead courts to make the decisions they do;
is a kind of philosophy
has particulars: contract law, corporation law, matrimonial law, patent law

6.  law(n = noun.act) practice of law - the learned profession that is mastered by graduate study in a law school and that is responsible for the judicial system; "he studied law at Yale"
is a kind of learned profession
Derived form noun lawyer₁

7.  law(n = noun.group) constabulary, police, police force - the force of policemen and officers; "the law came looking for him"
is a kind of force, personnel, law enforcement agency
has particulars: european law enforcement organisation, europol, gendarmerie, gendarmery, mutawa, mutawa'een, mounties, rcmp, royal canadian mounted police, new scotland yard, scotland yard, secret police, schutzstaffel, ss, posse, posse comitatus

1.  In general, a rule of being or of conduct, established by an authority able to enforce its will; a controlling regulation; the mode or order according to which an agent or a power acts. [1913 Webster]
" A law may be universal or particular, written or unwritten, published or secret. From the nature of the highest laws a degree of permanency or stability is always implied; but the power which makes a law, or a superior power, may annul or change it." [1913 Webster]
"These are the statutes and judgments and laws, which the Lord made." [1913 Webster]
"The law of thy God, and the law of the King." [1913 Webster]
"As if they would confine the Interminable . . .
Who made our laws to bind us, not himself." [1913 Webster]
"His mind his kingdom, and his will his law." [1913 Webster]

2.  In morals: The will of God as the rule for the disposition and conduct of all responsible beings toward him and toward each other; a rule of living, conformable to righteousness; the rule of action as obligatory on the conscience or moral nature. [1913 Webster]

3.  The Jewish or Mosaic code, and that part of Scripture where it is written, in distinction from the gospel; hence, also, the Old Testament. [1913 Webster]
"What things soever the law saith, it saith to them who are under the law . . . But now the righteousness of God without the law is manifested, being witnessed by the law and the prophets." [1913 Webster]

4.  An organic rule, as a constitution or charter, establishing and defining the conditions of the existence of a state or other organized community. [1913 Webster]

5.  In philosophy and physics: A rule of being, operation, or change, so certain and constant that it is conceived of as imposed by the will of God or by some controlling authority; as, the law of gravitation; the laws of motion; the law heredity; the laws of thought; the laws of cause and effect; law of self-preservation. [1913 Webster]

6.  In mathematics: The rule according to which anything, as the change of value of a variable, or the value of the terms of a series, proceeds; mode or order of sequence. [1913 Webster]

7.  In arts, works, games, etc.: The rules of construction, or of procedure, conforming to the conditions of success; a principle, maxim; or usage; as, the laws of poetry, of architecture, of courtesy, or of whist. [1913 Webster]

8.  Collectively, the whole body of rules relating to one subject, or emanating from one source; -- including usually the writings pertaining to them, and judicial proceedings under them; as, divine law; English law; Roman law; the law of real property; insurance law. [1913 Webster]

9.  Legal science; jurisprudence; the principles of equity; applied justice. [1913 Webster]
"Reason is the life of the law; nay, the common law itself is nothing else but reason." [1913 Webster]
"Law is beneficence acting by rule." [1913 Webster]
"And sovereign Law, that state's collected will
O'er thrones and globes elate,
Sits empress, crowning good, repressing ill." [1913 Webster]

10.  Trial by the laws of the land; judicial remedy; litigation; as, to go law. [1913 Webster]
"When every case in law is right." [1913 Webster]
"He found law dear and left it cheap." [1913 Webster]

11.  An oath, as in the presence of a court. [1913 Webster]

   Same as Lawe, v. t. [1913 Webster]

   An exclamation of mild surprise. [1913 Webster]

law, n.
1 a a rule enacted or customary in a community and recognized as enjoining or prohibiting certain actions and enforced by the imposition of penalties. b a body of such rules (the law of the land; forbidden under Scots law).
2 the controlling influence of laws; a state of respect for laws (law and order).
3 laws collectively as a social system or subject of study (was reading law).
4 (with defining word) any of the specific branches or applications of law (commercial law; law of contract).
5 binding force or effect (their word is law).
6 (prec. by the) a the legal profession. b colloq. the police.
7 the statute and common law (opp. EQUITY).
8 (in pl.) jurisprudence.
9 a the judicial remedy; litigation. b the lawcourts as providing this (go to law).
10 a rule of action or procedure, e.g. in a game, social context, form of art, etc.
11 a regularity in natural occurrences, esp. as formulated or propounded in particular instances (the laws of nature; the law of gravity; Parkinson's law).
12 a divine commandments as expressed in the Bible or other sources. b (Law of Moses) the precepts of the Pentateuch.

Idiom:
at (or in) law according to the laws. be a law unto oneself do what one feels is right; disregard custom. go to law take legal action; make use of the lawcourts. law-abiding obedient to the laws. law-abidingness obedience to the laws. law agent (in Scotland) a solicitor. law centre Brit. an independent publicly-funded advisory service on legal matters. Law Lord a member of the House of Lords qualified to perform its legal work. law of diminishing returns see DIMINISH. law of nature = natural law. laws of war the limitations on belligerents' action recognized by civilized nations. law term a period appointed for the sitting of lawcourts. lay down the law be dogmatic or authoritarian. take the law into one's own hands redress a grievance by one's own means, esp. by force.

Etymology:
OE lagu f. ON lag something 'laid down' or fixed, rel. to LAY(1)

N  precept, direction, instruction, charge, prescript, prescription, recipe, receipt, golden rule, maxim, rule, canon, law, code, corpus juris, lex scripta, act, statute, rubric, stage direction, regulation, form, formula, formulary, technicality, canon law, norm, order.

N  conformity, conformance, observance, habituation, naturalization, conventionality, agreement, example, instance, specimen, sample, quotation, exemplification, illustration, case in point, object lesson, elucidation, standard, model, pattern, rule, nature, principle, law, order of things, normal state, natural state, ordinary state, model state, normal condition, natural condition, ordinary condition, model condition, standing dish, standing order, Procrustean law, law of the Medes and Persians, hard and fast rule, conformable to rule, regular, according to regulation, according to rule, according to Hoyle, according to Cocker, according to Gunter, en regle, selon les regles, well regulated, orderly, symmetric, conventional, of daily occurrence, of everyday occurrence, in the natural order of things, ordinary, common, habitual, usual, everyday, workaday, in the order of the day, naturalized, typical, normal, nominal, formal, canonical, orthodox, sound, strict, rigid, positive, uncompromising, Procrustean, secundum artem, shipshape, technical, exempIe, illustrative, in point, conformably, by rule, agreeably to, in conformity with, in accordance with, in keeping with, according to, consistently with, as usual, ad instar, instar omnium, more solito, more-majorum, for the sake of conformity, as a matter of course, of course, pro forma, for form's sake, by the card, invariably, for example, exempli gratia, e, g, inter alia, among other things, for instance, cela va sans dire, ex pede Herculem, noscitur a sociis, ne e quovis ligno Mercurius fiat, they are happy men whose natures sort with their v, The nail that sticks up hammered down, Tall poppy syndrome, Stick your neck out and it may get cut off.

N  permission, leave, allowance, sufferance, tolerance, toleration, liberty, law, license, concession, grace, indulgence, favor, dispensation, exemption, release, connivance, vouchsafement, authorization, warranty, accordance, admission, permit, warrant, brevet, precept, sanction, authority, firman, hukm, pass, passport, furlough, license, carte blanche, ticket of leave, grant, charter, patent, letters patent, permitting, permissive, indulgent, permitted, patent, chartered, permissible, allowable, lawful, legitimate, legal, legalized, licit, unforbid, unforbidden, unconditional, by leave, with leave, on leave, speciali gratia, under favor of, pace, ad libitum, by all means, yes, avec permissin, brevet d'invention.

N  legality, legitimacy, legitimateness, legislature, law, code, corpus juris, constitution, pandect, charter, enactment, statute, rule, canon, ordinance, institution, regulation, bylaw, byelaw, decree, ordonnance, standing order, plebiscite, legal process, form, formula, formality, rite, arm of the law, habeas corpus, fieri facias, jurisprudence, nomology, legislation, codification, equity, common law, lex, lex nonscripta, law of nations, droit des gens, international law, jus gentium, jus civile, civil law, canon law, crown law, criminal law, statute law, ecclesiastical law, administrative law, lex mercatoria, constitutionalism, constitutionality, justice, court, tribunal, judge, lawyer, attorney, legal counsel, legal, legitimate, according to law, vested, constitutional, chartered, legalized, lawful, statutable, statutory, legislatorial, legislative, regulatory, regulated, legally, in the eye of the law, de jure, ignorantia legis neminem excusat, ignorance of the law is no excuse, where law ends tyranny begins.

N  right, what ought to be, what should be, fitness, summum jus, justice, equity, equitableness, propriety, fair play, impartiality, measure for measure, give and take, lex talionis, Astraea, Nemesis, Themis, scales of justice, evenhanded justice, karma, suum cuique, clear stage, fair field and no favor, level playing field, morals, law, honor, virtue, right, good, just, reasonable, fit, equal, equable, equatable, evenhanded, fair, legitimate, justifiable, rightful, as it should be, as it ought to be, lawful deserved, rightly, +a bon droit, au bon droit, in justice, in equity, in reason, without distinction of persons, without regard to persons, without respect to persons, upon even terms, Int, all right!, fair's fair, Dieu et mon droit, in equal scale weighing delight and dole, justitia cuum cuique distribuit, justitiae soror incorrupta fides, justitia virtutem regina, thrice is he armed that hath his quarrel just.

action at law, administrative law, admiralty law, against the law, all-or-none law, anti-drug law, anti-racketeering law, antitrust law, avogadro's law, benford's law, bernard law montgomery, bernoulli's law, blue law, blue sky law, boltzmann distribution law, boyle's law, break the law, bye law, canon law, case law, charles's law, civil law, color of law, colour of law, commercial law, common law, conclusion of law, contract law, corporation law, coulomb's law, criminal law, dalton's law, dalton's law of partial pressures, distribution law, divine law, due process of law, ecclesiastical law, equality before the law, equilibrium law, european law enforcement organisation, fechner's law, federal job safety law, federal law enforcement training center, finding of law, first law of motion, first law of thermodynamics, fraud in law, frederick law olmsted, fundamental law, gag law, game law, gay-lussac's law, gestalt law of organization, gresham's law, grimm's law, harmonic law, henry's law, higher law, homestead law, hooke's law, hubble law, hubble's law, international law, international law enforcement agency, islamic law, joule's law, kepler's first law, kepler's law, kepler's law of planetary motion, kepler's second law, kepler's third law, law abiding, law agent, law degree, law enforcement, law enforcement agency, law firm, law merchant, law of action and reaction, law of archimedes, law of areas, law of averages, law of chemical equilibrium, law of closure, law of common fate, law of conservation of energy, law of conservation of mass, law of conservation of matter, law of constant proportion, law of continuation, law of definite proportions, law of diminishing returns, law of effect, law of equal areas, law of equivalent proportions, law of gravitation, law of independent assortment, law of large numbers, law of mass action, law of moses, law of motion, law of multiple proportions, law of nations, law of nature, law of parsimony, law of partial pressures, law of proximity, law of reciprocal proportions, law of segregation, law of similarity, law of the land, law of thermodynamics, law of volumes, law offender, law officer, law practice, law school, law student, lay down the law, le chatelier's law, lynch law, marconi's law, marine law, mariotte's law, maritime law, martial law, matrimonial law, matter of law, maxwell-boltzmann distribution law, mendel's law, mendeleev's law, mercantile law, military law, mosaic law, murphy's law, natural law, newton's first law, newton's first law of motion, newton's law, newton's law of gravitation, newton's law of motion, newton's second law, newton's second law of motion, newton's third law, newton's third law of motion, ohm's law, organic law, parkinson's law, parliamentary law, pascal's law, pascal's law of fluid pressures, patent law, periodic law, planck's law, planck's radiation law, poor law, power law, practice of law, public law, question of law, rejoicing in the law, rejoicing of the law, rejoicing over the law, roman law, rule of law, salic law, school of law, second law of motion, second law of thermodynamics, securities law, sharia law, shariah law, sir bernard law montgomery, sod's law, sound law, statute law, statutory law, stevens' law, stevens' power law, tax law, third law of motion, third law of thermodynamics, unwritten law, valued-policy law, van't hoff's law, verner's law, weber's law, weber-fechner law, zeroth law of thermodynamics

1.  In a general sense, from, or out from; proceeding from; belonging to; relating to; concerning; -- used in a variety of applications; as: [1913 Webster]
"That holy thing which shall be born of thee shall be called the Son of God." [1913 Webster]
"I have received of the Lord that which also I delivered unto you." [1913 Webster]

2.  Denoting that from which anything proceeds; indicating origin, source, descent, and the like; as, he is of a race of kings; he is of noble blood. [1913 Webster]

3.  Denoting possession or ownership, or the relation of subject to attribute; as, the apartment of the consul: the power of the king; a man of courage; the gate of heaven. [1913 Webster]

4.  Denoting the material of which anything is composed, or that which it contains; as, a throne of gold; a sword of steel; a wreath of mist; a cup of water. [1913 Webster]
"It is of the Lord's mercies that we are not consumed." [1913 Webster]
"It is a duty to communicate of those blessings we have received." [1913 Webster]

5.  Denoting part of an aggregate or whole; belonging to a number or quantity mentioned; out of; from amongst; as, of this little he had some to spare; some of the mines were unproductive; most of the company. [1913 Webster]
"For it was of the Lord to harden their hearts." [1913 Webster]

6.  Denoting that by which a person or thing is actuated or impelled; also, the source of a purpose or action; due to; as, they went of their own will; no body can move of itself; he did it of necessity. [1913 Webster]
"Knew you of this fair work?" [1913 Webster]

7.  Denoting reference to a thing; about; concerning; relating to; as, to boast of one's achievements; they talked of many things. [1913 Webster]

8.  Denoting nearness or distance, either in space or time; from; as, within a league of the town; within an hour of the appointed time. [1913 Webster]

9.  Denoting identity or equivalence; -- used with a name or appellation, and equivalent to the relation of apposition; as, the continent of America; the city of Rome; the Island of Cuba. [1913 Webster]
" The use of the word in this sense, as applied to persons, is nearly obsolete." [1913 Webster]
"And told to her of [by] some." [1913 Webster]
"He taught in their synagogues, being glorified of all." [1913 Webster]
"[Jesus] being forty days tempted of the devil." [1913 Webster]

10.  Denoting the agent, or person by whom, or thing by which, anything is, or is done; by. [1913 Webster]

11.  Denoting relation to place or time; belonging to, or connected with; as, men of Athens; the people of the Middle Ages; in the days of Herod. [1913 Webster]

12.  Denoting passage from one state to another; from. Milton. [1913 Webster]
" Of may be used in a subjective or an objective sense. “The love of God” may mean, our love for God, or God's love for us." [1913 Webster]
" From is the primary sense of this preposition; a sense retained in off, the same word differently written for distinction. But this radical sense disappears in most of its application; as, a man of genius; a man of rare endowments; a fossil of a red color, or of an hexagonal figure; he lost all hope of relief; an affair of the cabinet; he is a man of decayed fortune; what is the price of corn? In these and similar phrases, of denotes property or possession, or a relation of some sort involving connection. These applications, however all proceeded from the same primary sense. That which proceeds from, or is produced by, a person or thing, either has had, or still has, a close connection with the same; and hence the word was applied to cases of mere connection, not involving at all the idea of separation." [1913 Webster]
"Not be seen to wink of all the day." [1913 Webster]
"My custom always of the afternoon." [1913 Webster]
"Why, knows not Montague, that of itself
England is safe, if true within itself?" [1913 Webster]

13.  During; in the course of. [1913 Webster]

of, prep. connecting a noun (often a verbal noun) or pronoun with a preceding noun, adjective, adverb, or verb, expressing a wide range of relations broadly describable as follows:
1 origin, cause, or authorship (paintings of Turner; people of Rome; died of malnutrition).
2 the material or substance constituting or identifying a thing (a house of cards; was built of bricks).
3 belonging, connection, or possession (a thing of the past; articles of clothing; the head of the business; the tip of the iceberg).
4 identity or close relation (the city of Rome; a pound of apples; a fool of a man).
5 removal, separation, or privation (north of the city; got rid of them; robbed us of {pound}1000).
6 reference, direction, or respect (beware of the dog; suspected of lying; very good of you; short of money; the selling of goods).
7 objective relation (love of music; in search of peace).
8 partition, classification, or inclusion (no more of that; part of the story; a friend of mine; this sort of book; some of us will stay).
9 description, quality, or condition (the hour of prayer; a person of tact; a girl of ten; on the point of leaving).
10 US time in relation to the following hour (a quarter of three).

Idiom:
be of possess intrinsically; give rise to (is of great interest). of all designating the (nominally) least likely or expected example (you of all people!). of all the nerve (or cheek etc.) an exclamation of indignation at a person's impudence etc. of an evening (or morning etc.) colloq.
1 on most evenings (or mornings etc.).
2 at some time in the evenings (or mornings etc.). of late recently. of old formerly; long ago.

Etymology:
OE, unaccented form of {aelig}f, f. Gmc

N  relation, bearing, reference, connection, concern, cognation, correlation, analogy, similarity, affinity, homology, alliance, homogeneity, association, approximation, filiation, interest, relevancy, dependency, relationship, relative position, comparison, ratio, proportion, link, tie, bond of union, relative, correlative, cognate, relating to, relative to, in relation with, referable or referrible to, belonging to, appurtenant to, in common with, related, connected, implicated, associated, affiliated, allied to, en rapport, in touch with, approximative, approximating, proportional, proportionate, proportionable, allusive, comparable, in the same category, like, relevant, applicable, equiparant, relatively, pertinently, thereof, as to, as for, as respects, as regards, about, concerning, anent, relating to, as relates to, with relation, with reference to, with respect to, with regard to, in respect of, while speaking of, a propos of, in connection with, by the way, by the by, whereas, for as much as, in as much as, in point of, as far as, on the part of, on the score of, quoad hoc, pro re nata, under the head of, of, in the matter of, in re, thereby hangs a tale.

VB  aid, assist, help, succor, lend one's aid, come to the aid, of, contribute, subscribe to, bring aid, give aid, furnish aid, afford aid, supply aid, give a helping hand, stretch a hand, lend a helping hand, lend a hand, bear a helping hand, hold out a hand, hold out a helping hand, give one a life, give one a cast, give one a turn, take by the hand, take in tow, help a lame dog over a stile, lend wings to, relieve, rescue, set up, set agoing, set on one's legs, bear through, pull through, give new life to, be the making of, reinforce, reenforce, recruit, set forward, put forward, push forward, give a lift, give a shove, give an impulse to, promote, further, forward, advance expedite, speed, quicken, hasten, support, sustain, uphold, prop, hold up, bolster, cradle, nourish, nurture, nurse, dry nurse, suckle, put out to nurse, manure, cultivate, force, foster, cherish, foment, feed the flame, fan the flame, serve, do service to, tender to, pander to, administer to, subminister to, minister to, tend, attend, wait on, take care of, entertain, smooth the bed of death, oblige, accommodate, consult the wishes of, humor, cheer, encourage, second, stand by, back, back up, pay the piper, abet, work for, make interest for, stick up for, take up the cudgels for, take up the cause of, espouse the cause of, adopt the cause of, advocate, beat up for recruits, press into the service, squire, give moral support to, keep in countenance, countenance, patronize, lend oneself to, lend one's countenance to, smile upon, shine upon, favor, befriend, take in hand, enlist under the banners of, side with, be of use to, subserve, benefit, render a service, conduce.

N  contents, cargo, lading, freight, shipment, load, bale, burden, jag, cartload, shipload, cup of, basket of, of, inside, stuffing, ullage.

VB  be due, to, be the due, of, have right to, have title to, have claim to, be entitled to, have a claim upon, belong to, deserve, merit, be worthy of, richly deserve, demand, claim, call upon for, come upon for, appeal to for, revendicate, reclaim, exact, insist on, insist upon, challenge, take one's stand, make a point of, require, lay claim to, assert, assume, arrogate, make good, substantiate, vindicate a claim, vindicate a right, fit for, qualify for, make out a case, give a right, confer a right, entitle, authorize, sanctify, legalize, ordain, prescribe, allot, give every one his due, pay one's dues, have one's due, have one's rights, use a right, assert, enforce, put in force, lay under contribution.

N  evidence, facts, premises, data, praecognita, grounds, indication, criterion, testimony, testification, expert testimony, attestation, deposition, examination, admission, authority, warrant, credential, diploma, voucher, certificate, doquet, docket, testamur, record, document, pi ce justificative, deed, warranty, signature, seal, exhibit, material evidence, objective evidence, witness, indicator, hostile witness, eyewitness, earwitness, material witness, state's evidence, deponent, sponsor, cojuror, oral evidence, documentary evidence, hearsay evidence, external evidence, extrinsic evidence, internal evidence, intrinsic evidence, circumstantial evidence, cumulative evidence, ex parte evidence, presumptive evidence, collateral evidence, constructive evidence, proof, evidence in chief, secondary evidence, confirmation, corroboration, support, ratification, authentication, compurgation, wager of law, comprobation, citation, reference, legal research, literature search (experiment), showing, indicative, indicatory, deducible, grounded on, founded on, based on, corroborative, confirmatory, by inference, according to, witness, a fortiori, still more, still less, raison de plus, in corroboration, of, valeat quantum, under seal, under one's hand and seal, dictum de dicto, mise en evidence.

VB  indicate, be the sign, of, denote, betoken, argue, testify, bear the impress, of, connote, connotate, represent, stand for, typify, symbolize, put an indication, put a mark, note, mark, stamp, earmark, blaze, label, ticket, docket, dot, spot, score, dash, trace, chalk, print, imprint, impress, engrave, stereotype, make a sign, signalize, underscore, give a signal, hang out a signal, beckon, nod, wink, glance, leer, nudge, shrug, tip the wink, gesticulate, raise the finger, hold up the finger, raise the hand, hold up the hand, saw the air, suit the action to the word, wave a banner, unfurl a banner, hoist a banner, hang out a banner, wave the hand, wave a kerchief, give the cue, show one's colors, give an alarm, sound an alarm, beat the drum, sound the trumpets, raise a cry, sign, seal, attest, underline, call attention to, give notice, indicate, be the sign, of, denote, betoken, argue, testify, bear the impress, of, connote, connotate, represent, stand for, typify, symbolize, put an indication, put a mark, note, mark, stamp, earmark, blaze, label, ticket, docket, dot, spot, score, dash, trace, chalk, print, imprint, impress, engrave, stereotype, make a sign, signalize, underscore, give a signal, hang out a signal, beckon, nod, wink, glance, leer, nudge, shrug, tip the wink, gesticulate, raise the finger, hold up the finger, raise the hand, hold up the hand, saw the air, suit the action to the word, wave a banner, unfurl a banner, hoist a banner, hang out a banner, wave the hand, wave a kerchief, give the cue, show one's colors, give an alarm, sound an alarm, beat the drum, sound the trumpets, raise a cry, sign, seal, attest, underline, call attention to, give notice.

1.  motion(n = noun.communication) gesture - the use of movements (especially of the hands) to communicate familiar or prearranged signals;
is a kind of visual communication
has particulars: sign, gesticulation, beck, facial expression, facial gesture, flourish, high-five, previous question, shrug, wafture, wave, waving, v sign, nod, bow, bowing, obeisance, sign of the cross, curtsey, curtsy
Derived form verb motion₁

2.  motion(n = noun.event) movement - a natural event that involves a change in the position or location of something;
is a kind of happening, natural event, occurrence, occurrent
has particulars: crustal movement, tectonic movement, approach, approaching, passage, passing, deflection, deflexion, bend, bending, change of location, travel, undulation, wave, jitter, periodic motion, periodic movement, heave, backlash, rebound, recoil, repercussion, kick, recoil, seek, squeeze, wring, cam stroke, stroke, throw, turn, turning, twist, wrench, undulation, moving ridge, wave, wobble, commotion, whirl, brownian motion, brownian movement, pedesis

3.  motion(n = noun.act) motility, move, movement - a change of position that does not entail a change of location; "the reflex motion of his eyebrows revealed his surprise"; "movement is a sign of life"; "an impatient move of his hand"; "gastrointestinal motility"
is a kind of change
has particulars: abduction, adduction, agitation, body english, circumduction, disturbance, fetal movement, foetal movement, dart, flit, gesture, headshake, headshaking, inclination, inclining, eversion, everting, inversion, inversion, upending, jerk, jerking, jolt, saccade, kick, kicking, kneel, kneeling, lurch, pitch, pitching, eye movement, opening, prostration, reach, reaching, stretch, reciprocation, reclining, retraction, retroflection, retroflexion, rotary motion, rotation, closing, shutting, sitting, posing, sitting, snap, squat, squatting, sweep, toss, quiver, quivering, vibration, wave, flicker, flutter, waver, standing, span, straddle, stroke, squirm, wiggle, wriggle, eurhythmics, eurhythmy, eurythmics, eurythmy
Derived form verb move₃

4.  motion(n = noun.state) - a state of change; "they were in a state of steady motion"
is a kind of state
has particulars: palpitation, quiver, quivering, shakiness, shaking, trembling, vibration, perpetual motion, precession, flow, stream
Antonym: motionlessness
Derived form verb move₆

5.  motion(n = noun.communication) question - a formal proposal for action made to a deliberative assembly for discussion and vote; "he made a motion to adjourn"; "she called for the question"
is a kind of proposal

6.  motion(n = noun.act) move, movement - the act of changing location from one place to another; "police controlled the motion of the crowd"; "the movement of people from the farms to the cities"; "his move put him directly in my path"
is a kind of change
has particulars: approach, approaching, coming, advance, advancement, forward motion, onward motion, procession, progress, progression, locomotion, travel, lunge, lurch, travel, traveling, travelling, chase, following, pursual, pursuit, ascending, ascension, ascent, rise, descent, swing, swinging, vacillation, return, coast, glide, slide, slippage, flow, stream, crawl, hurrying, speed, speeding, displacement, translation, shift, shifting, haste, hurry, rush, rushing, maneuver, manoeuvre, play, migration
Derived forms adjective motional₁, verb move₁

7.  motion(n = noun.phenomenon) apparent motion, apparent movement, movement - an optical illusion of motion produced by viewing a rapid succession of still pictures of a moving object; "the cinema relies on apparent motion"; "the succession of flashing lights gave an illusion of movement"
is a kind of optical illusion

   motion(v = verb.communication) gesticulate, gesture - show, express or direct through movement; "He gestured his desire to leave"
is one way to communicate, intercommunicate
Derived form noun motion₁
Sample sentences: Somebody ----s; Somebody ----s to somebody

1.  The act, process, or state of changing place or position; movement; the passing of a body from one place or position to another, whether voluntary or involuntary; -- opposed to rest. [1913 Webster]
"Speaking or mute, all comeliness and grace
attends thee, and each word, each motion, forms." [1913 Webster]

2.  Power of, or capacity for, motion. [1913 Webster]
"Devoid of sense and motion." [1913 Webster]

3.  Direction of movement; course; tendency; as, the motion of the planets is from west to east. [1913 Webster]
"In our proper motion we ascend." [1913 Webster]

4.  Change in the relative position of the parts of anything; action of a machine with respect to the relative movement of its parts. [1913 Webster]
"This is the great wheel to which the clock owes its motion." [1913 Webster]

5.  Movement of the mind, desires, or passions; mental act, or impulse to any action; internal activity. [1913 Webster]
"Let a good man obey every good motion rising in his heart, knowing that every such motion proceeds from God." [1913 Webster]

6.  A proposal or suggestion looking to action or progress; esp., a formal proposal made in a deliberative assembly; as, a motion to adjourn. [1913 Webster]
"Yes, I agree, and thank you for your motion." [1913 Webster]

7.  An application made to a court or judge orally in open court. Its object is to obtain an order or rule directing some act to be done in favor of the applicant. Mozley & W. [1913 Webster]

8.  Change of pitch in successive sounds, whether in the same part or in groups of parts. [1913 Webster]
" Conjunct motion is that by single degrees of the scale. Contrary motion is that when parts move in opposite directions. Disjunct motion is motion by skips. Oblique motion is that when one part is stationary while another moves. Similar or direct motion is that when parts move in the same direction." [1913 Webster]
"The independent motions of different parts sounding together constitute counterpoint." [1913 Webster]

9.  A puppet show or puppet. [1913 Webster]
" Motion, in mechanics, may be simple or compound. Simple motions are: (a) straight translation, which, if of indefinite duration, must be reciprocating. (b) Simple rotation, which may be either continuous or reciprocating, and when reciprocating is called oscillating. (c) Helical, which, if of indefinite duration, must be reciprocating. Compound motion consists of combinations of any of the simple motions." [1913 Webster]
"What motion's this? the model of Nineveh?" [1913 Webster]

1.  To make a significant movement or gesture, as with the hand; as, to motion to one to take a seat. [1913 Webster]

2.  To make proposal; to offer plans. Shak. [1913 Webster]

1.  To direct or invite by a motion, as of the hand or head; as, to motion one to a seat. [1913 Webster]

2.  To propose; to move. [1913 Webster]
"I want friends to motion such a matter." [1913 Webster]

motion, n. & v.
--n.
1 the act or process of moving or of changing position.
2 a particular manner of moving the body in walking etc.
3 a change of posture.
4 a gesture.
5 a formal proposal put to a committee, legislature, etc.
6 Law an application for a rule or order of court.
7 a an evacuation of the bowels. b (in sing. or pl.) faeces.
8 a piece of moving mechanism.
--v. (often foll. by to + infin.) 1 tr. direct (a person) by a sign or gesture.
2 intr. (often foll. by to a person) make a gesture directing (motioned to me to leave).

Idiom:
go through the motions 1 make a pretence; do something perfunctorily or superficially.
2 simulate an action by gestures. in motion moving; not at rest. motion picture (often (with hyphen) attrib.) a film (see FILM n. 3) with the illusion of movement. put (or set) in motion set going or working.

Derivative:
motional adj. motionless adj.

Etymology:
ME f. OF f. L motio -onis (as MOVE)

N  plan, scheme, design, project, proposal, proposition, suggestion, resolution, motion, precaution, deep- laid plan, system, organization, germ, sketch, skeleton, outline, draught, draft, ebauche, brouillon, rough cast, rough draft, draught copy, copy, proof, revise, drawing, scheme, schematic, graphic, chart, flow chart (representation), forecast, program, programme, prospectus, carte du pays, card, bill, protocol, order of the day, list of agenda, bill of fare, base of operations, platform, plank, slate, ticket, role, policy, contrivance, invention, expedient, receipt, nostrum, artifice, device, pipelaying, stratagem, trick, alternative, loophole, shift, last shift, measure, step, stroke, stroke of policy, master stroke, trump card, court card, cheval de bataille, great gun, coup, coup d'etat, clever stroke, bold stroke, good move, good hit, good stroke, bright thought, bright idea, intrigue, cabal, plot, conspiracy, complot, machination, subplot, underplot, counterplot, schemer, schemist, schematist, strategist, machinator, projector, artist, promoter, designer, conspirator, intrigant, planned, strategic, strategical, planning, prepared, in course of preparation, under consideration, on the tapis, on the carpet, on the floor.

N  offer, proffer, presentation, tender, bid, overture, proposal, proposition, motion, invitation, candidature, offering, offering, offered, in the market, for sale, to let, disengaged, on hire.

N  request, requisition, claim, petition, suit, prayer, begging letter, round robin, motion, overture, application, canvass, address, appeal, apostrophe, imprecation, rogation, proposal, proposition, orison, incantation, mendicancy, asking, begging, postulation, solicitation, invitation, entreaty, importunity, supplication, instance, impetration, imploration, obsecration, obtestation, invocation, interpellation, requesting, precatory, suppliant, supplicant, supplicatory, postulant, obsecratory, importunate, clamorous, urgent, cap in hand, on one's knees, on one's bended knees, on one's marrowbones, prithee, do, please, pray, be so good as, be good enough, have the goodness, vouchsafe, will you, I pray thee, if you please, Int, for God's sake!, for heaven's sake!, for goodness' sake!, for mercy's sake!, Dieu vous garde, dirigenos Domine, would you be so kind as to.

N  motion, movement, move, going, unrest, stream, flow, flux, run, course, stir, evolution, kinematics, telekinesis, step, rate, pace, tread, stride, gait, port, footfall, cadence, carriage, velocity, angular velocity, clip, progress, locomotion, journey, voyage, transit, restlessness, mobility, movableness, motive power, laws of motion, mobilization, moving, in motion, transitional, motory, motive, shifting, movable, mobile, mercurial, unquiet, restless, nomadic, erratic, under way, on the move, on the wing, on the tramp, on the march, eppur si muove, es bildet ein Talent sich in der Stille, sich ein Charakter in dem Strom der Welt.

N  topic, subject of thought, material for thought, food for the mind, mental pabulum, subject, subject matter, matter, theme, noemata, topic, what it is about, thesis, text, business, affair, matter in hand, argument, motion, resolution, head, chapter, case, point, proposition, theorem, field of inquiry, moot point, problem, thought of, uppermost in the mind, in petto, under consideration, in question, in the mind, on foot, on the carpet, on the docket, on the tapis, relative to.

academy of motion picture arts and sciences, apparent motion, axial motion, brownian motion, first law of motion, forward motion, harmonic motion, in motion, kepler's law of planetary motion, law of motion, link motion, make a motion, motion picture, motion sickness, motion study, newton's first law of motion, newton's law of motion, newton's second law of motion, newton's third law of motion, onward motion, orbital motion, periodic motion, perpetual motion, perpetual motion machine, rotary motion, second law of motion, set in motion, simple harmonic motion, slow motion, third law of motion, time and motion study