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government
Noun
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A government is a group of people who make the laws and control a country or other place.
The local government announced a 5% cut in taxes.
of
Preposition
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Made using.
It is a house of cards.
the
Determiner
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Used, instead of a, to reference something specific, already known to exist.
Compare "I read a book." and "I read the book."
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Used with a stress, to show that the word following is special.
Are you the John Smith that I went to school with?
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Used with an adjective that acts like a noun to mean all of the people concerned
The poor are always with us.
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Used with superlatives forms of adjectives and adverbs.
You are the best.
Soviet
Proper noun
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A Soviet is an elected council in a communist country.
Soviet
Noun
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A Soviet is a citizen of the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics.
union
Noun
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A union is when many things are joined together.
The League of Nations was a union between many nations.
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A union may be the act of joining.
The union of these two companies was painless.
is the union of two lives.