Word | Noun | Adjective | Verb | Adverb |
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straddle | Yes | No | Yes | No |
be | No | No | Yes | No |
straddle (noun) | be (noun) |
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the act of sitting or standing astride | |
the option to buy or sell a given stock (or stock index or commodity future) at a given price before a given date; consists of an equal number of put and call options | |
a gymnastic exercise performed with a leg on either side of the parallel bars | |
a noncommittal or equivocal position |
straddle (verb) | be (verb) |
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be noncommittal | spend or use time |
sit or stand astride of | work in a specific place, with a specific subject, or in a specific function |
range or extend over; occupy a certain area | have an existence, be extant |
have life, be alive | |
form or compose | |
have the quality of being; (copula, used with an adjective or a predicate noun) | |
occupy a certain position or area; be somewhere | |
be identical to; be someone or something | |
be identical or equivalent to | |
represent, as of a character on stage | |
be priced at | |
to remain unmolested, undisturbed, or uninterrupted -- used only in infinitive form |