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philosophical
Adjective
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Of or related to philosophy.
transactions
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noun
(= minutes)
a written account of what transpired at a meeting
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.
royal
Adjective
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To be royal means that someone is of a monarch or their family.
royal
Noun
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A royal is someone of noble birth or a member of a royal family.
society
Noun
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A society is a large number of people and the way they live, talking together, working with each other and making rules and ways to live. A society can be a town, country or more than one country together, with many people living the same ways.
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A society is an organization or club that people can join.