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British
Adjective
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British people or things are those that come from Britain.
absolute
Noun
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An absolute is something that will always exist.
Death is considered to be an absolute.
absolute
Adjective
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If something is absolute, it is complete or total.
The light went out and he was in absolute darkness.
system
Noun
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A group of things that work together; a way of doing something.
This coloured paper is part of my system for keeping lists of people.
of
Preposition
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Made using.
It is a house of cards.
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.