(in nouns, adjectives and adverbs) not without: Middle English: weak form of Old English ān one. ■ used before the names of days of the week to talk about one particular day: ■ used before sb's name to show that the speaker does not know the person: ■ used when talking about prices, quantities and rates ■ used instead of one before some numbers: ■ used in front of two nouns that are seen as a single unit: Is that a Monet (= a painting by Monet)? ■ used to show that sb/sth is a member of a group or profession: ■ used before uncountable nouns when these have an adjective in front of them, or phrase following them: She's a friend of my father's (= one of my father's friends). ■ used before countable or singular nouns referring to people or things that have not already been mentioned: U is a vowel but begins with / j / and so you say: a UN declaration. For example, F is a consonant, but begins with the sound / e / and so you say: When saying abbreviations like ‘FM' or ‘UN', use a or an according to how the first letter is said. The form a is used before consonant sounds and the form an before vowel sounds. ə NAmE strong form eɪ NAmE / (also an / ən NAmE strong form æn NAmE /) indefinite article ■ used (but not in the US) before numbers which show standard metric sizes of paper: ■ used in Britain before a number to refer to a particular important road: Including everything there is to know about sth: For me a car is just a means of getting from A to B. ■ A used to represent a person, for example in an imagined situation or to hide their identity: ■ A used to represent the first of two or more possibilities: He had straight A's (= nothing but A's) all through high school. ■ the highest mark / grade that a student can get for a piece of work or course of study: ■ A ( music) the 6th note in the scale of C major ■ the first letter of the English alphabet: Verb and noun senses 1 to 4late Middle English: perhaps related to the verb tag.noun sense 51960s: abbreviation. ■ to use the tab key when you are using a keyboard He has been tabbed by many people as a future champion. ■ ( especially NAmE) tab sb (as) sth to say that sb is suitable for a particular job or role or describe them in a particular way: It's not always possible to keep tabs on everyone's movements. ( informal) to watch sb/sth carefully in order to know what is happening so that you can control a particular situation: ■ ( informal) a small solid piece of an illegal drug: The tab for the meeting could be $3 000. ■ a bill for goods you receive but pay for later, especially for food or drinks in a restaurant or bar the price or cost of sth: Insert tab A into slot 1 (= for example to make a model, box, etc.). that sticks out from the edge of sth, and that is used to give information about it, or to hold it, fasten it, etc.: Died in Osprey, Manatee Co., Florida buried in Chicago.■ a small piece of paper, cloth, metal, etc. Moved to Sarasota, Sarasota Co., Florida, and created community art competitions, 1910. Moved to London and completed a tour of Europe, 1903–1905. National Commission to the Paris Exposition, 1900 declined the award of the French Legion of Honor, 1900. Appointed by President William McKinley as the only female member of the U.S. Communicated with EBW about Utah’s silk industry, 1893–1894. Delivered the opening and closing addresses at the Congress of Women in Chicago and met with EBW, May 1893. Addressed the Illinois House of Representatives and successfully attained appropriation to benefit the Elgin Insane Hospital and Northern Normal University, for support for the impoverished, and for the legalization of both parties of enslaved marriages, May 1891. Served as president of the Board of Lady Managers at the Chicago World’s Fair, 1891–1894. Patron of the Woman’s Trade Union League and Woman’s Temperance Union, in Chicago. Belonged to the Chicago Woman’s Club, which worked for reform, philanthropy, and education for women, 1888–1894. Member of the Chicago Society for Decorative Arts, 1878–1884, and the Chicago Fortnightly and Friday Literacy Clubs, 1888–1901. Married Potter Palmer, 28 July 1870, in Chicago two children. Daughter of Henry Hamilton Honoré and Eliza Jane Carr. Born in Louisville, Jefferson Co., Kentucky.
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