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senior
Adjective
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A senior person has a higher social position.
She's a senior vice-president with the company.
Mr. Bush spoke after three days of briefings with senior advisers and military commanders.
Joining us is NPR's senior Washington editor Ron Elving.
Junior officers look around at the senior leadership and say,' Are these people I admire.
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A senior citizen is somebody who is older, usually over the age of 65.
By 2030, one in five Americans will be a senior citizen.
Senior PGA golfer Jack Nicklaus believes in the positive possibilities in golf for young people.
We've been trying to locate the group in a convenient, nonmedical setting (for example, church, senior center, or restaurant).
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Senior high school is usually for grades 10-12 (ages, 15-18).
I studied the works of many classical writers in junior high school and senior high school.
senior
Noun
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A senior is a student in their last year of high school, college, or university.
He's also attended his senior prom and heads off to college this fall.
They met when she was a junior and he a senior.
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A senior is someone who has a higher social position.
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A senior is somebody who is older, usually over the age of 65.
gender
Noun
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A living thing's gender is its sex: male (man, boy), female (woman, girl), both, or neither.
There are gender differences in everything from physical size to play style.
The effects vary considerably according to such factors as class, race and gender.
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Gender is a way of grouping nouns in some languages, for example: masculine, feminine &; neuter.
In French, the gender affects everything from the choice of le or la to the adjective endings.
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Someone's gender is whether they behave like a boy or girl. This is called masculine or feminine, and not the same as male or female.
His gender was not traditional, he was a very feminine boy.
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The gender of a cord, cable, or plug tells how it connects. If it has a hole (a socket) that can be plugged into, it is female. If it plugs into a hole, it is male.
The microphone was the wrong gender for the computer's sound card.
affairs
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noun
matters of personal concern
get his affairs in order
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noun
transactions of professional or public interest
news of current affairs
great affairs of state
officer
Noun
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An officer is a person in an army who has much authority. A general and a captain are two types of officers.
A soldier must obey his commanding officer.
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An officer is a policeman, often called a "police officer." (Note, "officer" is often better than "policeman" because the officer could be a woman or a man.)
Officer, can you help me, I've been robbed.
The thief was taken to jail by the officers.
He was arrested for hitting an officer.
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An officer is someone who holds office (meaning, has authority).
The judge is an important officer of the court.
She is the chief executive officer, or CEO, for our company.