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federal
Adjective
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The federal government is the main country-wide government in a country where there are also state or provincial governments.
The federal government has said that it will not increase payments to the provinces.
While education is a federal issue in countries like Japan, it is more local in countries like Canada or the U.S.
Federal taxes will increase next year.
subject
Noun
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A subject is a branch of knowledge in school, college or university, such as English, math, science, and history.
The subject of the class is English literature.
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In English grammar, the subject of a sentence is usually a noun that comes before the verb. This noun is usually the thing that is doing the action, and it is usually the topic of the sentence.
In the sentence, "Tom gave the box to Wilma", Tom is the subject.
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A subject is a person who is governed by a king, queen, emperor, etc.
subject
Adjective
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If someone or something is subject to something, they are likely to be affected by it or experience it.
Home prices are even more subject to change than gas prices.
subject
Verb
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To make someone do something unpleasant
They were subjected to intense labor.
of
Preposition
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Made using.
It is a house of cards.
Russia
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noun
a former communist country in eastern Europe and northern Asia; established in 1922; included Russia and 14 other soviet socialist republics (Ukraine and Byelorussia and others); officially dissolved 31 December 1991
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noun
a former empire in eastern Europe and northern Asia created in the 14th century with Moscow as the capital; powerful in the 17th and 18th centuries under Peter the Great and Catherine the Great when Saint Petersburg was the capital; overthrown by revolution in 1917
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noun
(= Soviet Russia)
formerly the largest Soviet Socialist Republic in the USSR occupying eastern Europe and northern Asia
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noun
a federation in northeastern Europe and northern Asia; formerly Soviet Russia; since 1991 an independent state