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united
Adjective
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I some things (two or more) are united they are together. These act as one thing. This is often used for people of groups of people.
We are united in our goals.
John as Sue were united in holy matrimony (marriage) last week.
We stand united against our enemies.
States
properNoun
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(historical, US) Those parts of the United States comprising states rather than territories.
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(Channel Islands) The parliament of either of the two Channel Islands countries: the States of Guernsey or the States of Jersey.
department
Noun
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A department is a part of a business, school, hospital or other institution that has a particular job.
The Department of Health is planning to build three new hospitals in the area.
It's often difficult to get the various government departments to work together.
He was in the Department of Law at the Keele University for nearly 20 years.
Professor Swallow, became Head of the English Department at Rummidge University.
The toy department is over there past
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A department is a part of a large store, which sells one kind of product.
You can find balls in the sporting goods department.
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Somebody's department is the things that they are good at or responsible for.
Sorry, I can't help you. That's not my department.
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.
interior
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noun
(= inside)
the region that is inside of something
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adjective
situated within or suitable for inside a building
an interior scene
interior decoration
an interior bathroom without windows
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adjective
inside and toward a center
interior regions of the earth
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adjective
(= upcountry)
of or coming from the middle of a region or country
upcountry districts
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adjective
(= inner, internal)
located inward; ; ; ,Jr
Beethoven's manuscript looks like a bloody record of a tremendous inner battle
— Leonard Bernstein
she thinks she has no soul, no interior life, but the truth is that she has no access to it
— David Denby
an internal sense of rightousness
— A.R.Gurney
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adjective
(= home, internal)
inside the country
the British Home Office has broader responsibilities than the United States Department of the Interior
the nation's internal politics
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noun
(= inside)
the inner or enclosed surface of something
Interior
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noun
(= Department of the Interior)
the United States federal department charged with conservation and the development of natural resources; created in 1849