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fade Verb

— When something fades, it slowly disappears. The mysterious figure slowly faded into the darkness.

out Preposition

— Something that is out is not in. Polly opened the door and went out. — If something using electricity is out, it is turned off or the electricity is not flowing.. Turn the light out before you leave. The power's out so nothing's working. I'm trying to find which light went out. Oh, no! The fire's gone out again. — Something that moves out moves from the inside to a place that is not inside. He took the pen out of his pocket. Please, close the door as you go out. If you walk out that door, you can't come back. The car stopped and out came two men. — far away We live out in the country. He's about half an hour out of Toronto. — If someone is out, they are not in the place where someone is looking for them. You can't see the doctor now. He is out. — to a number of people We'll give out the books after everyone has arrived. — away Don't throw that out. I'm still using it. — If something is out, you can look at or see it. the sun is out the flowers are out — If something comes out of something, it comes from it. — If something is out, it is available for sale. — If something is out, it is not in fashion. — If someone is out, they are not conscious. — If a you are out of something, you had it before but you've used or sold all of it. — If mathx/math is made out of mathy/math, mathy/math is the material that mathx/math is made of.

out Noun

— If someone is prevented from scoring in baseball, they make an out. There were two men on base and two outs. — A way to escape is an out.

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key Noun

— A key is a small instrument, usually metal used to open locks. I put my key in the lock and turned it. — A key is a button used for typing. Type your name and hit the ENTER key. — A key is the part of a keyboard instrument you press with your fingers to play a sound. The piano has a pattern of black and white keys. — The key in music is the tonal centre of a piece of music. Mozart's Symphony No.40 is written in the key of G minor.

key Adjective

— Something that is key, is an important or a main thing. Accuracy is a key part of playing music.

key Verb

— To key is to lock something with key, or like using a key. — To key is to put locks on a building. — The locksmith was called in to key the building for better security. — To key is to enter information into a computer. He keyed in all the data from the survey.