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African
Noun
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An African person or thing comes from Africa.
African
Adjective
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Something or someone that is African comes from Africa.
Many African countries were colonised by the British.
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Something that is African is in a style typical of Africa.
centre
Noun
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The centre of something, is the place that is as far from its outside as possible.
The president and his problems continue to take centre stage in the news.
She placed a flowers at the center of the table and then hurried off.
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A centre is a building, area, or group of people with a particular purpose.
They have opened a large shopping centre in Taipei.
The team was staying at the US Olympic training centre.
Recently, Bahrain has become a major international banking centre.
Scientists at the Centre for Disease Control have found a new virus.
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The town centre is the place in the town where most of the shops are.
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In politics, the centre is the position that is not politically right or left.
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In sports, a centre is a player who plays in the middle of the field, usually an attacker.
centre
Verb
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If you centre something, you move it towards the centre.
for
Preposition
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shows that something belongs to something else, or has a specific function
This cake is for you.
This is a net for catching fish.
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For is used to show the reason for something
He was angry, for he had never been called such terrible names before.
for
Subordinator
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For introduces a clause with a subject and a to-infinitive
It's not good for you to be too relaxed.
technology
Noun
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Technology is the tools, equipment, and activities that come from scientific knowledge.
Modern technology such as computers, robots, and wireless communications, can reduce the cost of doing business. (can make the cost smaller.)
The 1800s saw a gradual development (growth in small steps) of new technologies in farming and transportation.
studies
noun
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academic field of study