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observance
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noun
(= observation)
the act of observing; taking a patient look
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noun
(= honoring)
conformity with law or custom or practice etc
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noun
(= notice)
the act of noticing or paying attention
he escaped the notice of the police
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noun
(= ceremony)
a formal event performed on a special occasion
a ceremony commemorating Pearl Harbor
of
Preposition
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Made using.
It is a house of cards.
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.
twenty
Determiner
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(ordinal twentieth) The number 20.
I was in university when I was twenty years old.
twenty
Noun
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A twenty is a 20 dollar bill.
I'd like my $50 as 1 twenty, 2 tens and 2 fives.
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"Twenty" is short for 10-20, meaning location.
Jason, what's your twenty?
fifth
Adjective
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The fifth thing is something that is number five (5) in order.
fifth
Noun
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A fifth of something is one of five equal parts of that thing.
Three is one fifth of fifteen.
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A fifth of an alcoholic drink is a bottle of it.
They drank a fifth of vodka last night.
anniversary
Noun
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a day that is a number of years since something happened
Today is our tenth wedding anniversary.
universal
Adjective
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If something is universal, then it is true for everyone or everything everywhere.
The laws of physics are universal.
Universal human rights must be supported by every country.
declaration
Noun
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A list of items for various legal purposes.
customs declaration
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When the captain of a batting side says an inning is closed.
human
Adjective
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Human rights, life, nature, etc. belong or relate to people, not machines or animals.
Every person has human rights.
My dog doesn't like dog food, he likes to eat human food, such as meat, like us.
human
Noun
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A human is a person; a member of the Homo sapiens species.
What effect are we humans having on the natural world?
right
Adjective
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When something is right, it is correct.
You did the right thing.
right
Noun
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When something is to the right of a location, it means the direction 90º clockwise.
He takes a right at the library.
She made a right turn on Oak Street.
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When you have the right for something, it means that it is an activity allowed by status.
You have the right to remain silent.
Administrators on Wiktionary have the right to block users from editing.
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An action that is moral.
Two wrongs don’t make a right.
right
Verb
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When you turn something right, you turn it the right-side-up.
He righted the boat.
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When you make something right, you correct it.
He tried to right a wrong.
right
Adverb
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In the direction 90º clockwise.
She turned right.