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c
Noun
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C is the third letter of the alphabet.
"b" comes before "c"
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In some schools, an C is the passing grade.
Albert only just passed the exam; he got a C.
type
Noun
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A type is one thing or a group of things that are all members of a larger group because of some similarity.
I use the same type of camera at work.
It's very hard to see the differences between the two types of bird.
This type of snake is not dangerous to people.
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A type is a person who is like people from a particular group who are all similar in some way.
He's not the usually football type.
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Type is letters that have been printed by a machine.
The type in this book is too small to read.
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Type is the blocks of metal with raised letters used to print text.
With Gutenberg's movable type printing, books could be made using less money.
type
Verb
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If you type something, you write it using a keyboard.
I typed up the letter very quickly, so I hope there are no mistakes.
Please, type in your user name and password.
I don't want handwriting. Please, type it.
I can't type with all my fingers.
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If you type something, you put it into a particular group because of some group similarity.
The Red Cross collects the blood and the technicians in the hospitals cross and type it.
frame
Noun
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The parts of a building that are strong and that hold the other parts up.
Now that the frame is done, we can start on the walls.
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The strong parts (bones) of a person's body.
His starved flesh hung on his frame.
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Something, often made of wood, around the outside of a picture.
The painting was in a beautifully carved frame.
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The outer part of a stamp's image, usually decorated.
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A part of a strip of photographic film, the size of one image.
A film projector shows many frames in a single second.
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A way of understanding, a point of view.
In this frame, it's easy to ask the question that the investigators missed.
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A game of snooker, from break-off until all the balls have been potted.
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A chunk of data sent over the wires of a network.
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In bowling, a set of balls whose results are added for scoring.
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A division of time on a multimedia timeline, such as 1/30th of a second.
frame
Verb
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People frame a building when they put together the strong parts while they're building or constructing it.
Once we finish framing the house, we'll hang tin on the roof.
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Someone frames a picture such as a painting or photograph when they add a decorative border.
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Someone who is taking a picture with a camera frames something when they carefully put it inside the edges of the picture in a nice way.
The director frames the fishing scene very well.
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To put together words to make a point of view (way of thinking) for understanding or interpretation.
How would you frame your accomplishments?
The way the opposition has framed the argument makes it hard for us to win.
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Someone frames someone else of a crime such as murder that they didn't do when they make things seem as if the person did the crime.
He put the gun in her car to try to frame her.
shears
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noun
large scissors with strong blades