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Namibian

— adjective of or relating to Namibia or its people — noun a native or inhabitant of Namibia

black Noun

— The darkest color; with no light; the color of the sky at night. He stood alone in the black of the night. — Blacks are people of a race with dark coloured skin. There were many whites, some blacks and native Americans, and a few Asians. — If a company is in the black, it is making a profit. (opposite = in the red) It took a year for the restaurant to get in the black.

black Adjective

— colored black The black dog was the color of night. — If someone is black, they belong to a race with dark-coloured skin. It's still difficult for a black person to become a manager. About 30 percent of Southfield's 80,000 citizens are black. — About a race with dark-coloured skin. More and more universities are offering courses in black history. — Black coffee or tea has no milk in it. — If something is black, it is very bad. The day the war started was a black day in history.

black Verb

— If you black something, you color it black. He blacked his boots before the party. They blacked out the windows so the light would not be seen outside. A number of lines in the report were blacked out. — If you black out, you stop seeing and hearing everything around you and you fall down. After his tenth beer, he blacked out and we couldn't wake him up.

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student Noun

— A student person who is very interested in a subject. He's a student of the game and can answer any baseball question you ask.

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association Noun

— An association is a way that two things are similar, belong together, or are connected or related. I don't see any association between what happened to you and what happened to me. I suspect there is an association between the weather and the number who are sick. — An association is a group of people who have a common goal or interest. The NBA stands for the "National Basketball Association." I have been a member of the American Psychological Association and the American Speech-Language-Hearing Association. All the teachers were at an association meeting. — Association is the when you associate (spend time with certain people). I'm afraid your association with those wild people will get you in trouble.

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