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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.
temperature
Noun
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The temperature of something is how hot or cold it is.
Today's temperature is 25°C.
is
Verb
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A form of the verb be when talking about someone or something else.
He is late for class.
Is it hot in here?
below
Preposition
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At a lower position
zero
Determiner
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Zero is a count of nothing. It is often written 0.
One minus one is zero (1 - 1 = 0).
zero
Noun
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The symbol for the number zero, that is "0."
The new job added a zero to my pay, from $20,000 to $200,000.
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A person or thing that is worth nothing.
I'm not inviting him, he's total zero.
zero
Verb
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To zero is to make a small change to reset a piece of equipment.
I had to zero the counter on my tape player.
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To zero in is to make small changes that bring you closer to something.
I was able to zero in on the source of bad smell in the shed.