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climate
Noun
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The weather conditions of a place.
The desert is a very hot climate to be in.
change
Verb
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If you change something, you make it different than before.
Ellen changed the sentence so that it was correct.
change
Noun
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A change is when something becomes different.
The building plan required some small changes.
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When you get change for a bill, you get smaller bills or coins that equal the amount of the original bill. For example, if you get change for a $5 bill, you may get five $1 bills or you may get four $1 bills and coins that add up to $1 or you may get some other combination of bills and coins.
Can I get change for this $100 bill please?
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A change is a replacement.
I brought a change of clothes, just in case.
detection
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noun
the perception that something has occurred or some state exists
early detection can often lead to a cure
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noun
(= catching)
the act of detecting something; catching sight of something
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noun
a police investigation to determine the perpetrator
detection is hard on the feet
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noun
the detection that a signal is being received
project
Noun
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A project is a complex job or assignment, often involving research or construction.
Shell is also working on projects to help find training and work experience for some of Brazil's 13 million street children.
The paper summarizes fifty research projects on the relationship between unemployment and crime.
She's a project manager with British construction company John Mowlem.
At college, I did this project on images of Black women in the media because it bothered me.
project
Verb
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If you project, you plan for or estimate something in the future.
We have projected the loss of income forward for five years.
Projecting into the future, wondering what may or may not happen and being afraid of it, is a common danger.
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If something projects out or beyond something else, it stands out.
During flight, the legs of this bird project beyond the tail.
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If you project an image somewhere, you use light to make it appear there.
During the presentation, she projected various graphs on the screen behind her.
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If you project an image, you try to give people a particular feeling about something.
The program will project a modern image of workers.