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Lowell

— noun United States poet (1874-1925) — noun United States educator and president of Harvard University (1856-1943) — noun United States astronomer whose studies of Mars led him to conclude that Mars was inhabited (1855-1916) — noun United States poet (1917-1977)

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observatory Noun

— An observatory is a building where people can observe things related to space, such as stars and planets.

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near Preposition

— With a small distance between; close. The end is near. She lives near me. The house is near the beach.

near Adjective

— Almost It was a near miss, but the car didn't hit us. — Close The nearest thing to me is my family. We'll be meeting again in the near future.

near Verb

— To come close to, approach. We neared the beach.

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earth Noun

— Some soil. I planted some roses in this patch of earth. — Anything made up mostly of rock, sand or soil. Here is some earth. There is earth in this box. — Earth is the third planet from the sun, where we live. The Earth is a planet. — A planet, especially one like Earth. He came from a different earth. — One of the four classical elements. Earth is dry and hot. — One of the five Taoist elements.

Earth Proper Noun

— The planet on which we live - the third planet of the Solar System. The moon goes around the Earth.

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object Noun

— An object is a thing that you can touch, but it is not alive. We don't know what killed him, but it was a smooth, heavy object. — The object of an action or plan is the goal or the reason for it. The object of soccer is to kick the ball into the other team's net. — In English grammar, the object of a sentence is a noun or noun phrase that usually comes after the verb. This noun is usually the thing that is receiving the action. In the sentence, "Yoko ate the bread.", bread is the object.

object Verb

— If you object to something, you don't agree with it. Most people will object to being asked to work too much.

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search Verb

— When someone searches for something, they don't know where it is and they look in many places to try to discover where it is. I searched the whole room but I don't know where the book is.

search Noun

— An attempt to find something. The search for the stolen jewelry was unsuccessful. — The act of searching, as in computers etc.. Search engines have made using the internet easier.

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