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defense
Noun
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Defense is the process of protecting.
The secretary of defense met with the president at the White House.
Airplanes attacked the Ministry of Defense in Tehran.
Clinton's lawyers will lay out his defense next week.
Police officers can only shoot in self defense or to protect another person's life.
When he was accused, his friends and even some people who have never met him rushed to his defense.
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In a court case, the defense is the person who was accused of a crime together with their lawyer.
His defense lawyers say that Honecker did not shoot the gun.
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The defense is the players who are supposed to stop the other team from scoring points.
I wasn't very satisfied with the play of our offense, but our defense played great.
meteorological
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adjective
(= meteoric)
of or pertaining to atmospheric phenomena, especially weather and weather conditions
meteorological factors
meteorological chart
meteoric (or meteorological) phenomena
satellite
Noun
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An object in orbit around another celestial object, such as the Moon orbiting the Earth.
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A man-made object orbiting a celestial body, especially one sending back information to Earth or one helping with GPS trilateration or television signals.
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A television which uses a satellite dish.
program
Verb
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When you program a computer, you use code to tell the computer what to do.
The student can program the computer to calculate all of his statistics.
All of the math students know how to program.
program
Noun
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A program is a number of steps that are followed to reach a goal or end.
His new exercise program gets more difficult every week.
Oxford College has an excellent English language program.
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A program is a guide to a dramatic or theatrical performance.
After he entered the theatre, he bought a copy of the program.
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A (television or radio) program is a broadcast.
Star Trek is her favourite program.
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A (computer) program is the code that tells a computer what to do.
Microsoft Word is one of the most popular programs in the world.
The new program has a lot of problems. My computer crashes every time I try to run it.