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architecture
Noun
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Architecture is the art of planning, designing, and constructing buildings.
He studied classical architecture and design in Rome.
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The architecture of a building is the style in which it is designed and constructed.
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The architecture of something is its structure.
and
Conjunction
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You use and to talk about two things at once.
I like singing and reading.
Mary and Jane went on a holiday together.
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You use and when you are listing a few things and you are now on your last item of the list.
I like singing, reading, cycling and playing soccer.
I used to like this girl from my class as she is pretty, gentle and caring.
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And is used when you are putting two sentences together.
She came into the store, shouted at the cashier, and left.
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Used to show what happened after something else.
The alarm went off and I woke up.
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And is used to join certain numbers together.
Two hundred and thirty-five people went missing after the earthquake.
standards
noun
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Principles of conduct shaped by traditional morality, decency, and honor.
standards
adjective
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Pertaining to standards, concerned with standards, specific to standards.
unit
Noun
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One of a measure of something; the amount of something that is counted as "one".
Measure five units to the left.
$4 is the unit price.
A pound is a useful unit for thinking about amounts of butter.
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Form of measurement.
I prefer metric units.
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Item, used when no other word for something exists.
He set up the A/C unit.