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AD
Abbreviation
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AD is short for the Latin words anno Domini, which means in the year of our Lord. You use AD to refer to a date after the year in which Jesus Christ is believed to have been born.
The Romans started building the Colosseum in 70 AD.
ad
Noun
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A short way of saying advertisement.
I saw an ad in the newspaper for a job at the factory.
standing
Adjective
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A standing committee, order, etc. is one that is permanent.
committee
Noun
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A group of people that come together to do something or decide something.
He is on the administrative committee. They decide how to administer the school.
of
Preposition
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Made using.
It is a house of cards.
heads
interjection
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warning
heads
noun
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(nautical) That part of older sailing ships forward of the forecastle and around the beak, used by the crew as their lavatory; still used as the word for toilets on a ship.
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The side of a coin that bears the picture of the head of state or similar.
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(Irish, legal) Draft scheme of a bill before it is formally introduced to a parliament.
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side of coin
heads
noun
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(slang) High-grade marijuana.
state
Noun
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A state is a condition or a situation.
I am worried about her. She is in a constant state of depression.
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Any sovereign nation (nation that rules itself) is a state.
The United States is a country with many sovereign nations united with each other.
state
Verb
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To state something is to say it as a fact.
He stated that he hasn't slept in 2 days.
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To state something is to let it be known.
Please state your name and place of business.
on
Preposition
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positioned at the upper surface of, touching from above
The apple is on the table.
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at the date of
Tim was born on the 4th of July.
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along, forwards (continuing an action)
drive on, rock on
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about, dealing with the subject of
I have a book on history.
There was a World Summit on the Information Society a few weeks ago.
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touching; hanging from
I have no money on me at the moment.
I would like to eat the fruit on the trees.
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because of, due to
He was arrested on suspicion of bribery.
I contacted Joanne on a hunch that she would know about it.
The stock price increased on news of a new product.
on
Adjective
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If something is on, it is active, functioning or operating.
The television is on.
The lights are on, so it is very bright.
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.
question
Noun
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Something someone says to have someone else say an answer.
The question is: "How much money do we have?"
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A trouble or thing to talk about.
It was a question of right and wrong.
question
Verb
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To say questions to someone; to ask someone questions.
She questioned him fully.
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To have an idea that something may be true or may not be true.
They questioned whether he was right .
southern
Adjective
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A southern place, accent, person, etc. is in, from, or about the south.
The money helps everyone from a grocer in southern Lebanon to a farmer in Tajikistan.
My grandmother moved to southern California to live with my aunt.
Her soft, southern accent reminded him of warm summer nights.
Recently, elephants have done well in southern Africa.
She remembered a summer afternoon swimming off the family compound at the southern tip of Taiwan.
Each year, millions of Mexicans cross that southern border from Mexico into the United States.
Dire Dawa is located on the southern edge of the Rift Valley at the foot of the Harrar Mountains.
Jupiter lies fairly low in the southern sky after dusk.
Africa
Proper noun
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Africa is the continent that is south of Europe, east of the Atlantic Ocean, west of the Indian Ocean and north of Antarctica.
Africa is the world's second-largest and second most-populous continent, after Asia.