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1HEAPS, ABRAHAM ALBERT — (1885–1954), Canadian Labour leader, politician. Heaps was born in Leeds, England and attended school until 13, when he went to work to help support his family. He apprenticed as an upholsterer, and opened his own workshop and managed a large… …
2heaps — • There was heaps of time Mary Wesley, 1983 represents the normal colloquial idiom when the word following heaps of is a singular or mass noun (and the same is true of loads of, lots of, masses of, and similar expressions). But when the following …
3heaps — n. a large quantity. See {heap}, senses 2 and 3; as, he made heaps of money in the stock market. Syn: tons, dozens, lots, piles, scores, stacks, loads, rafts, slews, wads, oodles, gobs, scads, lashings. [WordNet 1.5] …
4heaps better — heaps ˈbetter, ˈmore, ˈolder, etc. idiom (BrE, informal) a lot better, etc • Help yourself there s heaps more. • He looks heaps better than when I last saw him …
5heaps more — heaps ˈbetter, ˈmore, ˈolder, etc. idiom (BrE, informal) a lot better, etc • Help yourself there s heaps more. • He looks heaps better than when I last saw him …
6heaps older — heaps ˈbetter, ˈmore, ˈolder, etc. idiom (BrE, informal) a lot better, etc • Help yourself there s heaps more. • He looks heaps better than when I last saw him …
7heaps of something — or a heap of something informal a lot of something It s going to be heaps of fun …
8heaps of something — a heap of something informal phrase a lot of something It’s going to be heaps of fun. Thesaurus: large quantities or amountssynonym large amounts or quantities of a specific kindhyponym Main entry …
9heaps — I Australian Slang 1. a lot: Thanks heaps , (S)he earned heaps of money ; 2. extremely: I will be heaps grateful ; heaps curious ; heaps barro II Kiwi (New Zealand Slang) general expression to mean a lot, as in miss you heaps , or try hard; give… …
10Heaps' law — In linguistics, Heaps law is an empirical law which describes the portion of a vocabulary which is represented by an instance document (or set of instance documents) consisting of words chosen from the vocabulary. This can be formulated as: V… …