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a
Determinative
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A is used when the following word could be any of a certain type.
Compare "A book I saw on the shelf" and "The book I gave you yesterday".
a
Noun
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A is the first letter of the alphabet.
The letter "a" comes before "b".
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In some schools, an A is a very high grade.
Ron got an A on his earth science test.
go
Verb
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To move; to move away from a place; to move farther from the person who is talking; to move from one place to another place.
I go to the seashore every summer.
Kathy goes to the seashore every summer, too.
I went to the seashore last year.
She's gone to the seashore.
I'm going to the seashore next year.
getter
noun
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One who gets.
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(object-oriented programming) A function used to retrieve the value of some property of an object, contrasted with the setter.
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(sciences) A material which is included in a vacuum system or device for removing gas by sorption.
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absorbing material
getter
verb
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to remove gas by sorption