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580	problems
1. n. plural of problem
	problem
1. n. A difficulty that has to be resolved or dealt with.
2. n. A question to be answered, schoolwork exercise.
3. n. A puzzling circumstance.
4. adj. (of a person or an animal) Difficult to train or guide; unruly.
581	plan	©
1. n. A drawing showing technical details of a building, machine, etc., with unwanted details omitted, and often using symbols rather than detailed drawing to represent doors, valves, etc.
The plans for many important buildings were once publicly available.
2. n. A set of intended actions, usually mutually related, through which one expects to achieve a goal.
He didn't really have a plan; he had a goal and a habit of control.
3. n. A two-dimensional drawing of a building as seen from above with obscuring or irrelevant details such as roof removed, or of a floor of a building, revealing the internal layout; as distinct from the e
582	ten
1. num. (cardinal) The number occurring after nine and before eleven, represented in Arabic numerals (base ten) as 10, in binary (base two) as 1010, in hexadecimal (base sixteen) as A, and in Roman numerals a
2. n. The number following nine.
3. n. (cards) A card in a given suit with a value of ten.
4. n. A denomination of currency with a value of ten units.
5. n. (US, slang) A perfect specimen, (particularly) a physically attractive person.
584	parents	©
1. n. plural of parent
I like hanging out with my parents, but my friends think it's weird.
2. v. third-person singular present indicative of parent
	parent
1. n. One of the two persons from whom one is immediately biologically descended; a mother or father.
2. n. A surrogate mother
3. n. A third person who has provided DNA samples in an IVF procedure in order to alter faulty genetic material
4. n. A person who acts as a parent in rearing a child; a step-parent or adoptive parent.
5. n. (obsolete) A relative.
585	support	©
1. n. Something which supports. Often used attributively, as a complement or supplement to.
Don't move that beam! It's a support for the whole platform.
2. n. Financial or other help.
The government provides support to the arts in several ways.
3. n. Answers to questions and resolution of problems regarding something sold.
586	wonderful	©
1. adj. (now rare) Tending to excite wonder; surprising, extraordinary.
2. adj. Surprisingly excellent; very good or admirable, extremely impressive.
They served a wonderful six-course meal.
3. adv. (dialect) Exceedingly, to a great extent.
587	ground	©
1. n. The surface of the Earth, as opposed to the sky or water or underground.
2. n. Terrain.
3. n. Soil, earth.
The worm crawls through the ground.
The fox escaped from the hounds by going to ground.
	grind
1. v. To reduce to smaller pieces by crushing with lateral motion.
2. v. To shape with the force of friction.
3. v. (metalworking) To remove material by rubbing with an abrasive surface.
588	street
1. n. A paved part of road, usually in a village or a town.
Walk down the street.
2. n. A road as above but including the sidewalks (pavements) and buildings.
I live on the street down from Joyce Avenue.
3. n. The people who live in such a road, as a neighborhood.
589	report	©
1. v. (transitive, intransitive) To relate details of (an event or incident); to recount, describe (something).
2. v. To repeat (something one has heard), to retell; to pass on, convey (a message, information etc.).
3. v. (obsolete, reflexive) To take oneself (to someone or something) for guidance or support; to appeal.
4. v. Formally to notify someone of (particular intelligence, suspicions, illegality, misconduct etc.); to make notification to relevant authorities; to submit a formal report of.
For insurance reasons, I had to report the theft to the local police station.
590	break	©
1. v. (transitive, intransitive) To separate into two or more pieces, to fracture or crack, by a process that cannot easily be reversed for reassembly.
If the vase falls to the floor, it might break.
In order to tend to the accident victim, he will break the window of the car.
2. v. (transitive, intransitive) To crack or fracture (bone) under a physical strain.
His ribs broke under the weight of the rocks piled on his chest.
591	month	©
1. n. A period into which a year is divided, historically based on the phases of the moon.
July is my favourite month.
2. n. A period of 30 days, 31 days, or some alternation thereof.
We went on holiday for two months.
3. n. (obsolete, in the plural) A woman's period; menstrual discharge.
592	towards
1. prep. alternative form of toward
2. adv. In the direction of something (indicated by context).
3. adj. Near; at hand; in state of preparation; toward.
593	return	©
1. v. (intransitive) To come or go back (to a place or person).
Although the birds fly north for the summer, they return here in winter.
2. v. (intransitive) To go back in thought, narration, or argument.
To return to my story...
3. v. (intransitive, obsolete) To turn back, retreat.
594	none	©
1. pron. Not any of a given number or group.
None of those is a good example. None are even acceptable.
None of this meat tastes right.
2. pron. No one, nobody.
None of those people is my father.
595	minute	©
1. n. A unit of time equal to sixty seconds (one-sixtieth of an hour).
You have twenty minutes to complete the test.
2. n. (informal) A short but unspecified time period.
Wait a minute, I’m not ready yet!
3. n. A unit of angle equal to one-sixtieth of a degree.
596	certainly	©
1. adv. In a way which is certain; with certainty.
2. adv. Without doubt, surely.
The accident was certainly caused by human error.
That was certainly sweet of him.
You may certainly join us for dinner.
597	instead	©
1. adv. In the place of something (usually mentioned earlier); as a substitute or alternative.
I was going to go shopping, but I went dancing instead.
598	although	©
1. conj. Though, even though, in spite of or despite the fact that: introducing a clause that expresses a concession.
Although it was very muddy, the football game went on.
2. conj. But, except.
It was difficult, although not as difficult as we had expected.
599	window
1. n. An opening, usually covered by one or more panes of clear glass, to allow light and air from outside to enter a building or vehicle.
2. n. An opening, usually covered by glass, in a shop which allows people to view the shop and its products from outside; a shop window.
3. n. (architecture) The shutter, casement, sash with its fittings, or other framework, which closes a window opening.
4. n. A period of time when something is available.
launch window; window of opportunity; You have a two-hour window of clear weather to finish working on the lawn.
600	voice	©
1. n. Sound uttered by the mouth, especially by human beings in speech or song; sound thus uttered considered as possessing some special quality or character
The human voice is the oldest musical instrument in history.
She has a pleasant voice.
His low voice allowed hum to become a bass in the choir.
2. n. (phonetics) Sound made through vibration of the vocal cords; sonant, or intonated, utterance; tone; — distinguished from mere breath sound as heard in whispering and voiceless consonants.

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