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solidarity
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noun
a union of interests or purposes or sympathies among members of a group
committee
Noun
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A group of people that come together to do something or decide something.
He is on the administrative committee. They decide how to administer the school.
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.
German
Proper noun
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German is the language in Germany.
German
Noun
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A German is a person who comes from Germany.
German
Adjective
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Something or someone that is German comes from Germany.
My friend Dagmar is German.
I bought a German car last year.
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Some people call themselves German because their family came from Germany, even if they have never been to Germany.
Mr. Schwartz is German, his grandmother came to the U.S. from Germany.
democratic
Adjective
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Something that is democratic is based on or relates to democracy, where the people choose the government.
The United States is a democratic country, since the citizens choose the leaders in government.
republic
Noun
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A republic is a country that has leaders elected that are by the people.
Many have pointed out that the United States is a republic, not a pure democracy.