1. Affecting or concerning all or most people, places, or things; widespread
not specialized or limited in range of subject, application, activity, etc.
(of a rule, principle, etc.) true for all or most cases
normal or usual
2. Considering or including the main features or elements of something, and disregarding exceptions; overall
3. [often in titles] chief or principal
I'd like to meet:
my meat
Music:
1. The art or science of combining vocal or instrumental sounds (or both) to produce beauty of form, harmony, and expression of emotion
the vocal or instrumental sound produced in this way
a sound perceived as pleasingly harmonious
2. The written or printed signs representing such sound
the score or scores of a musical composition or compositions
Movies:
Plural of 'movie'
A story or event recorded by a camera as a set of moving images and shown in a theater or on television; a motion picture
(the movies) a movie theater
motion pictures generally or the motion-picture industry
Television:
1. A system for transmitting visual images and sound that are reproduced on screens, chiefly used to broadcast programs for entertainment, information, and education
the activity, profession, or medium of broadcasting on television
television programs
2. A box-shaped device that receives television signals and reproduces them on a screen
Books:
Plural of 'book'
1. A written or printed work consisting of pages glued or sewn together along one side and bound in covers
a literary composition that is published or intended for publication as such a work
(the books) used to refer to studying
a main division of a classic literary work, an epic, or the Bible
the libretto of an opera or musical, or the script of a play
(the book)the local telephone directory
the Bible
a magazine
an imaginary record or list (often used to emphasize the thoroughness or comprehensiveness of someone’s actions or experiences)
2. A bound set of blank sheets for writing or keeping records in
a set of records or accounts
a bookmaker's record of bets accepted and money paid out
3. A set of tickets, stamps, matches, checks, samples of cloth, etc., bound together
the first six tricks taken by the declarer in a hand of bridge
Heroes:
Plural of 'hero'
A person, typically a man, who is admired or idealized for courage, outstanding achievements, or noble qualities
the chief male character in a book, play, or movie, who is typically identified with good qualities, and with whom the reader is expected to sympathize
(in mythology and folklore) a person of superhuman qualities and often semidivine origin, in particular one of those whose exploits and dealings with the gods were the subject of ancient Greek myths and legends
(also hero sandwich) another term for submarine sandwich
