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greeting
Noun
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A greeting is something you do or say when you meet someone.
He noticed Karelius, raised a hand in greeting, and dismounted to lead his horse through to the stables. A minute later he entered the bar, tapping frozen mud from his boots at the door-post. "Karelius, my dear fellow. Hope I'm not late."
select
Verb
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If you select something, you choose it.
Students follow a general course in their first year, and in the final year they select one of three specialist areas of study.
It wouldn't be too difficult to make the computer select for vague general features like, say, tall-thinness or short-fatness.
select
Adjective
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If something is select it is special in a good way—high quality.
His skill and efforts took him into the select group of men who have scored over 50 League goals for our club.
key
Noun
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A key is a small instrument, usually metal used to open locks.
I put my key in the lock and turned it.
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A key is a button used for typing.
Type your name and hit the ENTER key.
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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.
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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
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Something that is key, is an important or a main thing.
Accuracy is a key part of playing music.
key
Verb
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To key is to lock something with key, or like using a key.
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To key is to put locks on a building.
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The locksmith was called in to key the building for better security.
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To key is to enter information into a computer.
He keyed in all the data from the survey.