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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.
Mensa
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noun
a faint constellation in the polar region of the southern hemisphere and containing part of the Large Magellanic Cloud
et
conjunction
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(obsolete, _, except in fixed phrases) and
toro
noun
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A traditional Japanese lantern.
toro
noun
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Rapanea salicina, a species of shrub or small tree native to New Zealand.
Toro
properNoun
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(US, slang) Oldsmobile Toronado