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hopeless
Adjective
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If you are hopeless you do not have hope. You do not expect anything good to happen.
When I lost my job I became completely hopeless.
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If a situation (way things are) is hopeless, there is little chance that something good might happen. The situation can't be made better.
The sinking ship was hopeless, there was no way to repair it.
The people on the sinking ship found the situation hopeless, because land was too far to swim to.
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If you are hopeless, there is no chance you will change or learn.
Oh, you're hopeless! You keep expecting someone perfect to come through that door, but it will never happen.
record
Noun
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A record is something in writing to tell what happened.
Keep a record of the date and what you said every time you talk to that person.
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A record is a big round black plastic thing with music or other sounds on it.
Now people don't use records any more -- they use cassettes or CDs.
record
Verb
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To make a written record about something.
She recorded everything she did in a little book.
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To put music or other sounds onto a machine.
The singer recorded some songs on CDs to sell them.