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Th
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noun
(= Thursday)
the fifth day of the week; the fourth working day
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noun
(= thorium)
a soft silvery-white tetravalent radioactive metallic element; isotope 232 is used as a power source in nuclear reactors; occurs in thorite and in monazite sands
sign
Noun
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A flat thing with a few words or pictures on it to tell people something.
I saw a stop sign, so I stopped the car.
sign
Verb
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When someone signs a piece of paper, they write their signature on it.
They signed a contract saying exactly who would do the work and how much money they would be paid.
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If a company signs someone, they hire them to work.
of
Preposition
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Made using.
It is a house of cards.
the
Determiner
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Used, instead of a, to reference something specific, already known to exist.
Compare "I read a book." and "I read the book."
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Used with a stress, to show that the word following is special.
Are you the John Smith that I went to school with?
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Used with an adjective that acts like a noun to mean all of the people concerned
The poor are always with us.
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Used with superlatives forms of adjectives and adverbs.
You are the best.
zodiac
Noun
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A belt-like area of the sky that the Sun, Moon, and the planets pass through; it extends about eight degrees north and south of the ecliptic, and is divided into 12 equal parts which are each named after a constellation.
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The 12 signs, or houses, of the zodiac. Each sign is named after one of the constellations in the zodiac.
My zodiac constellation is Gemini.
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A circle decorated with the signs of the zodiac.
My friend has a tattoo of a zodiac.