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secretariat
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noun
an administrative unit responsible for maintaining records and other secretarial duties; especially for international organizations
Secretariat
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noun
thoroughbred that won the triple crown in 1973
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.
Basel
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noun
a city in northwestern Switzerland
convention
Noun
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A convention is a large meeting of a specific group or for a specific purpose.
There's a doctor's convention in town this week and all the hotels are full.
The garden show will be at the convention centre.
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A convention is an international agreement the controls how countries behave.
This action goes against the European Convention on Human Rights.
In my culture, a convention is to eat raw fish.
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A convention is a particular way of acting or a particular belief of a group of people.
By convention, people in North America drive on the right hand side of the road.
There are a set of conventions that every member must observe.