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clean
Adjective
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If something is clean, it is free from dirt
The kids came back from the washroom with clean hands and faces.
Did you wash these dishes? They don't look very clean.
To keep the air clean, smoking is not allowed.
I clear our breakfast and wipe the table clean with a wet rag.
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If a technology is clean, it doesn't produce much pollution.
We want to use wind as safe, clean, non-polluting energy.
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If something is clean, it is not bad.
There was a lot of pushing in their last game, but today's match was mostly clean.
No dirty jokes, please. Keep your language clean.
The police searched the car for drugs, but it was clean.
Her driving record was clean.
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A clean piece of paper, start, etc. has nothing from before: no writing, no history, etc.
Why don't you get a clean piece of paper and start over.
I wanted a clean start, so I moved to LA.
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If a something is clean, it is smooth, simple, and regular, without anything unwanted.
Your company website needs a clean design that makes it easy for consumers to understand what you're selling.
It's a clean cut, made with something sharp like a razor or a knife.
clean
Verb
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If you clean something, you take away the dirt and put everything in its place.
Tomo, will you clean up your room please. There are clothes all over the floor.
up
Preposition
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Toward the top or toward the sky.
The balloon went up.
up
Adjective
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In a high position.
The flag is up.
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.
It was an up day.
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optimistic.
He is feeling up.
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Put in trust, entrusted.
It is up to you.
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ing, occurring.
What’s up?
They act like something is up.
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.
Something is up with him.
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Planning, plotting mischief.
He is up to something.
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ed.
It is all up with them.
up
Noun
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State of being up, often with down.
Life has its ups and downs.
up
Verb
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Increase, increment.
We upped the dosage.
the
Determiner
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Used, instead of a, to reference something specific, already known to exist.
Compare "I read a book." and "I read the book."
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Used with a stress, to show that the word following is special.
Are you the John Smith that I went to school with?
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Used with an adjective that acts like a noun to mean all of the people concerned
The poor are always with us.
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Used with superlatives forms of adjectives and adverbs.
You are the best.
world
Noun
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The Earth.
Our world needs to be cared for.
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The .
I love you more than anybody else in the world.
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The setting of a group of people.
They were in their own world as they talked about trains nobody else knew about.
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A planet.
I wonder if there is life on other worlds.
campaign
Noun
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A campaign is a group of activities working towards a particular goal, often to elect a political candidate or in a war.
Angry TV viewers did launch a letter-writing campaign against CBS's decision to cancel the show.
The president is preparing for his re-election campaign.
For four months the government has waged a campaign to shut down the illegal drug operations.
The Shining Path waged a bloody campaign against the Peruvian government, killing more than 40,000 people.
campaign
Verb
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If you are campaigning, you are working in an organized way with a goal.