1. v. (usually academic) To review materials already learned in order to make sure one does not forget them, usually in preparation for an examination.
Students are expected to start studying for final exams in March.
I need to study my biology notes.
2. v. (academic) To take a course or courses on a subject.
3. adj. (of a bone or body part) Fractured; having the bone in pieces.
My arm is broken!
the ground was littered with broken bones
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.
2. v. (transitive, intransitive) To crack or fracture (bone) under a physical strain.
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tea
1. n. The dried leaves or buds of the tea plant, Camellia sinensis.
Go to the supermarket and buy some tea.
2. n. The drink made by infusing these dried leaves or buds in hot water.
1. v. simple past tense and past participle of lead
lead
1. n. A heavy, pliable, inelastic metal element, having a bright, bluish color, but easily tarnished; both malleable and ductile, though with little tenacity. It is easily fusible, forms alloys with other m
2. n. A plummet or mass of lead attached to a line, used in sounding depth at sea or (dated) to estimate velocity in knots.
3. n. A thin strip of type metal, used to separate lines of type in printing.
4. n. (typography) Vertical space in advance of a row or between rows of text. Also known as leading.
1. v. simple past tense and past participle of force
2. adj. Obtained forcefully, not naturally.
Her forced smile was harder and harder to keep as her critical father kept on complaining about her.
3. adj. Opened or accessed using force.
force
1. n. Strength or energy of body or mind; active power; vigour; might; capacity of exercising an influence or producing an effect.
2. n. Power exerted against will or consent; compulsory power; violence; coercion.
3. n. Anything that is able to make a big change in a person or thing.
4. n. (physics) A physical quantity that denotes ability to push, pull, twist or accelerate a body which is measured in a unit dimensioned in mass × distance/time² (ML/T²): SI: newton (N); CGS: dyne (dyn)
1. n. A leader or head of a group of people, organisation, etc.
All firefighters report to the fire chief.
2. n. (heraldry) The top part of a shield or escutcheon; more specifically, an ordinary consisting of the upper part of the field cut off by a horizontal line, generally occupying the top third.
2. v. third-person singular present indicative of term
term
1. n. Any of the binding conditions or promises in a legal contract.
2. n. That which limits the extent of anything; limit; extremity; bound; boundary.
3. n. (geometry, archaic) A point, line, or superficies that limits.
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level
1. adj. The same height at all places; parallel to a flat ground.
This table isn't quite level; see how this marble rolls off it?
2. adj. At the same height as some reference; constructed as level with.
We tried to hang the pictures so that the bottom of the frames were level with the dark line in the wallpaper.
3. adj. Unvaried in frequency.
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countries
1. n. plural of country.
country
1. n. (chiefly British) An area of land; a district, region.
2. n. A set region of land having particular human occupation or agreed limits, especially inhabited by members of the same race, language speakers etc., or associated with a given person, occupation, speci
3. n. The territory of a nation, especially an independent nation state or formerly independent nation; a political entity asserting ultimate authority over a geographical area.
4. n. (usually preceded by “the”) A rural area, as opposed to a town or city; the countryside.
1. v. To incur a charge of; to require payment of a (specified) price.
This shirt cost $50, while this was cheaper at only $30.
It will cost you a lot of money to take a trip around the world.
2. v. To cause something to be lost; to cause the expenditure or relinquishment of.
Trying to rescue the man from the burning building cost them their lives.
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leading
1. v. present participle of lead
2. adj. Providing guidance or direction
Avoid leading questions if you really want the truth.
3. adj. Ranking first
He is a leading supplier of plumbing supplies in the county.
lead
1. n. A heavy, pliable, inelastic metal element, having a bright, bluish color, but easily tarnished; both malleable and ductile, though with little tenacity. It is easily fusible, forms alloys with other m
2. n. A plummet or mass of lead attached to a line, used in sounding depth at sea or (dated) to estimate velocity in knots.
3. n. A thin strip of type metal, used to separate lines of type in printing.
4. n. (typography) Vertical space in advance of a row or between rows of text. Also known as leading.
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dollars
1. n. plural of dollar
dollar
1. n. Official designation for currency in some parts of the world, including Canada, the United States, Australia, New Zealand, Hong Kong, and elsewhere. Its symbol is $.
2. n. (by extension) Money generally.
3. n. (colloquial) A quarter of a pound or one crown, historically minted as a coin of approximately the same size and composition as a then-contemporary dollar coin of the United States, and worth slightly
4. n. (attributive, historical) Imported from the United States, and paid for in U.S. dollars. (Note: distinguish "dollar wheat", North American farmers' slogan, meaning a market price of one dollar per bus
1. adv. (modifying a clause or predicate) Perhaps; indicates that the proposition may be true (is not certainly false) regardless of any facts or circumstances known to, stated by or implied by the speaker.
Possibly, they will make gains in the midterm elections.
It was possibly the costliest mistake in the organization's history.
This rare and possibly unique specimen must be conserved.
2. adv. (modifying a verb) In the realm of possibility; indicates that the action may successfully be performed (is not impossible) regardless of any facts or circumstances known to, stated by or implied by t
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