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October
Proper noun
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October is the tenth month of the year.
There are 31 days in October.
revolution
Noun
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A revolution is a sudden significant change.
The Industrial Revolution began when machines were able to make things quicker and cheaper than people.
In the 1960s, you had the women's revolution, the sexual revolution, and all sorts of change.
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A revolution is a war against the government by the country's own people.
There was a revolution in France in 1789.
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When a wheel turns around once it has made a revolution; going in a circle; turning; revolving.
The hour hand on the clock makes one revolution in twelve hours.
island
Noun
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An island is a piece of ground that is completely surrounded by water.
The fisherman lived alone on a small island in James Bay.
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An island of an object, person, or place, is one surrounded by things very different from itself.
An island of peace and silence in a noisy city.