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association
Noun
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An association is a way that two things are similar, belong together, or are connected or related.
I don't see any association between what happened to you and what happened to me.
I suspect there is an association between the weather and the number who are sick.
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An association is a group of people who have a common goal or interest.
The NBA stands for the "National Basketball Association."
I have been a member of the American Psychological Association and the American Speech-Language-Hearing Association.
All the teachers were at an association meeting.
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Association is the when you associate (spend time with certain people).
I'm afraid your association with those wild people will get you in trouble.
of
Preposition
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Made using.
It is a house of cards.
Latin
Proper noun
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A language that people used in ancient Rome.
I don't know how to speak Latin.
Many English words come from Latin.
Latin
Adjective
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In the language of ancient Rome.
"Equus" is Latin for "horse."
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From South America or Central America. Also, a person whose ancestors come from Spain.
This is a Latin neighborhood, everyone here is from Mexico.
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Typical of people from South America or Central America.
I love Latin food and Latin music.
American
Noun
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A person from the United States of America.
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A person from North America or South America.
American
Adjective
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From the United States.
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From North or South America.
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In a style typical of the United States.
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In a style typical of the Americas (North and South America).
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.
Caribbean
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noun
an arm of the Atlantic Ocean between North and South America; the origin of the Gulf stream
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noun
region including the Caribbean Islands
economist
Noun
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An economist is an expert in economics, especially one who studies economic information and extracts higher-level information or proposes ideas
A University of Calgary economist expects the local oil industry to lose 13,000 jobs.