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I
Pronoun
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The person who is speaking or writing
I am writing this, and you are reading it.
I
Noun
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The ninth letter or the alphabet; previous H, next J. I is a vowel.
I
Symbol
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A symbol meaning first, as in "George I" (which is said as "George the first").
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The symbol for iodine on the periodic table of elements.
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The symbol for electrical current.
I
Number
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This is the roman numeral for one (1). It may be written as I or i.
i
Noun
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The ninth letter or the alphabet; previous H, next J. I is a vowel.
download
Verb
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If you download something, you transfer it from a remote computer to the one you are using with an internet connection.
Mark is downloading a large file and has to be patient.
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If something is downloading, it is transferring from one computer to another using an internet connection.
"This huge file is downloading too slowly" Mark complained.
download
Noun
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A download is the act of downloading a file or the file that is downloaded.
Mark was very happy when the download finally completed.
it
Pronoun
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used to refer to an object without identifying or describing it; the object might have been described earlier in the text.
The house was very big. It had many rooms.
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used to describe the weather
It is very hot today.
I'm staying in because it is raining
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used to describe a situation in general
I don't like it when people tell me to do something.
It is hard to find a job.
it
Abbreviation
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It can be a short way of writing:
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# Italy or Italian
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# Information Technology, the use of computers
from
Preposition
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When something is from someone, the person gave or sent it.
I got a gift from my grandmother today.
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When someone is from a place, that's where they started.
I am Chinese. I come from Hunan province.
Sorry I'm late. I just came from school.
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You use from to talk about distances between thing in space or time.
Saturn is far from earth.
School is 5km from my home.
The year 2515 is a long time from now.
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.
Internet
Proper noun
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The Internet is a network of computers that are all connected to each other all over the world.
internet
Noun
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The Internet, the largest worldwide internet.
Wireless Internet connection is available throughout the hotel.
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An internet is any set of computer networks; an intranet.