http://www.bing.com:80/search?q=Predefined+Functions+in+ProgrammingSearch resultshttp://www.bing.com:80/s/a/rsslogo.gifhttp://www.bing.com:80/search?q=Predefined+Functions+in+ProgrammingCopyright © 2026 Microsoft. All rights reserved. These XML results may not be used, reproduced or transmitted in any manner or for any purpose other than rendering Bing results within an RSS aggregator for your personal, non-commercial use. Any other use of these results requires express written permission from Microsoft Corporation. By accessing this web page or using these results in any manner whatsoever, you agree to be bound by the foregoing restrictions.https://ell.stackexchange.com/questions/4827/predefined-or-pre-definedWhich of the following is the correct usage of the word, and why? The user can use pre-defined lists. The user can use predefined lists.Wed, 15 Apr 2026 02:46:00 GMThttps://ell.stackexchange.com/questions/325845/what-do-you-call-those-round-checkboxesThe thing a blue arrow points at is called a "checkbox", right? What do you call the round elements, the ones that look like bullet points?Wed, 15 Apr 2026 13:30:00 GMThttps://ell.stackexchange.com/questions/243137/what-are-the-terms-for-these-types-of-linesJust to add to the answers: just "a line" would be fine for a solid line outside of the context of non-solid lines (most people would assume you're talking about a solid line if you say, for example, "draw a line"). You should probably add "solid" if there are non-solid lines you could be referring to as well (if you're, for example, talking about a specific line in a set of lines, like in the ...Tue, 14 Apr 2026 14:00:00 GMThttps://ell.stackexchange.com/questions/351878/would-you-use-youngsters-to-refer-to-young-people-in-a-data-reportI might use 'youngsters' to refer to the younger of two predefined groups. But only if scientific rigour isn't required. And if I'm contrasting three or four groups, I'd use a more specific term.Mon, 30 Mar 2026 00:13:00 GMThttps://ell.stackexchange.com/questions/239363/is-complete-list-idiomaticIn other contexts, "full" and "complete" mean different things. "Full" is normally used when speaking about something with a predefined capacity, for example, a jug could be full of liquid, but it does not contain all the liquid in the world. A "list" does not have a defined capacity - it is either complete, or not. So, in the context of a list, "full" and "complete" are really synonymous ...Wed, 15 Apr 2026 14:34:00 GMThttps://ell.stackexchange.com/questions/121114/what-does-play-stealing-mean-in-this-contextIn sports a play is a predetermined set of steps the player will perform, e.g. running left, then running right, in that way each player will know before had what all the other players will be doing during the "play". In your usage, the "play" are the steps a company takes to perform a turnaround, it may be lower prices, firing staff, reducing opening hours. "Play stealing" is simply the ...Sun, 29 Mar 2026 19:19:00 GMThttps://ell.stackexchange.com/questions/346416/you-will-be-the-president-himself-the-noun-president-is-not-someone-but-sThe gender of "you" is not predefined, it could be a man (he), woman (she), intersex or gender fluid (they or it if that is someone's preferred pronoun). The CGEL example above is highly unusual inasmuch as the pronoun "you" appears to conflict with the noun phrase "the president himself".Fri, 10 Apr 2026 20:02:00 GMThttps://ell.stackexchange.com/questions/179049/by-as-much-as-numberThe as much as X construction is more or less equivalent to up to X, but imho that second alternative has slightly stronger implications the it won't be higher than X. That's simply because the phrasing suggests a predefined limit that perhaps can't be exceeded for some unspecified reason, whereas in the first version the value of X is usually just "the highest value the speaker thinks could ...Mon, 06 Apr 2026 07:28:00 GMThttps://ell.stackexchange.com/questions/40401/what-does-on-the-fly-mean-in-generate-code-on-the-flyIn relation to computer technology, "on the fly" describes activities that develop or occur dynamically rather than as the result of something that is statically predefined.Thu, 09 Apr 2026 08:29:00 GMThttps://ell.stackexchange.com/questions/368473/what-does-my-left-a-cheek-meanI stumbled upon a YouTube video on language learning, describing why it ‘sucks’. At 05:16 the speaker uses an expression I have never heard: "my left ass cheek". Only Urban Dictionary see...Sun, 29 Mar 2026 04:03:00 GMT