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galaxy
Noun
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A galaxy is a large astronomical structure containing several billions of stars and other astronomical bodies, looking like a more or less regular spiral with a thick core and thinner edges.
The Milky Way is the galaxy where our Earth is located, it has about 200 billion stars.
The known universe contains billions of galaxies.
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The galaxy : the galaxy we live in, the Milky Way (very often employed with the definite article).
Some science-fiction writers imagine that mankind will one day settle an empire throughout the galaxy.
application
Noun
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An application is a request for something. Often it is a paper form that you have to fill out to ask for something.
She filled out her applications for college and hoped she would hear soon whether she was accepted to any schools.
I have to go to the bank today to fill out an application for a loan.
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An application is the way something is used.
The application of the new laws made things much more fair in the country.
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If something has an application, it can be used.
She liked studying Latin in college, but found that a degree in Latin had few applications in the real world.
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An application is a computer program.
He told me I would need a special application to make my new printer work with my old computer.
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Application is putting something onto something else, like a surface.
Kathleen was so light-skinned that she needed many applications of sunscreen each time she was at the beach to keep from getting sunburned.
The doctor said: "Application of this medicine to your cut will make it heal faster."
team
Noun
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A team is a group of people who play or work together on the same side.
She is a member of the coaching team which led Great Britain to victory over Australia at last year's games.
The operation was performed by a medical team led by Dr. Wood.
team
Verb
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If you team two people, groups, or things, you group them to work together.
Five of London's finest hairdressers have teamed together and will be opening their new salon.