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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.
southeast
Noun
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Southeast is a direction between south and east.
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The southeast is a place is the part that is to the south and east.
There were storm all across the southeast.
southeast
Preposition
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In the direction southeast; to the southeast.
It is about twenty miles southeast of Dayton.
Asian
Noun
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A person from Asia. Most often this means a person from east Asia.
Asian
Adjective
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From Asia.
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In a style typical of Asia, especially east Asia.
nation
Noun
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A nation is a country or a political entity.
Mexico is a nation of emigrants.
The Canadian government is working with the Mohawk nation.
youth
Noun
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The quality or state of being young.
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The part of life after childhood.
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A young person.
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Young people, as a group.
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.
scout
Noun
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A scout is someone who looks or searches for things.
Send out a scout to find the enemy.
scout
Verb
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If you scout, you search or look for information.
Scout the enemy camp so we know what they're up to.
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If you scout, you look for people who have talent and skill.
A man at the cricket game scouted the players to see who was good.
camp
Verb
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If you camp, you stay in a place, usually outside of the city for a short time.
I hope we can go camping in the mountains this summer.