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a
Determinative
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A is used when the following word could be any of a certain type.
Compare "A book I saw on the shelf" and "The book I gave you yesterday".
a
Noun
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A is the first letter of the alphabet.
The letter "a" comes before "b".
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In some schools, an A is a very high grade.
Ron got an A on his earth science test.
painted
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adjective
coated with paint
freshly painted lawn furniture
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adjective
lacking substance or vitality as if produced by painting
in public he wore a painted smile
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adjective
having makeup applied
brazen painted faces
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adjective
(= motley, particolored, piebald, pied)
having sections or patches colored differently and usually brightly
a jester dressed in motley
the painted desert
a particolored dress
a piebald horse
pied daisies
house
Noun
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A house is a building that one family lives in.
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House is a type of music.
house
Verb
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If you house someone or something, you give them a home.
The building houses a research centre and a school.
During the storm they were housed in the local school's gym.