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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.
piece
Noun
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A piece is a part of something that can be or has been separated from it.
The man cut a piece of meat and a piece of cake for dinner.
I own a piece of land in the country.
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A piece is one example of a class or set of things.
He put a piece of wood on the fire.
Can I have a piece of paper to write on?
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A piece is something that is made by an artist.
The piece of music was beautiful.
I thought his earlier pieces were more creative than his more recent stuff.
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In board games, a piece is an object that can be moved to mark your position.
There are six types of chess pieces in the game of chess: the pawn, the knight, the bishop, the rook, the queen, and the king.
piece
Verb
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If you piece something together, you use bring together enough information to understand something.
They gathered enough information to piece together the family history.
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If you piece something together, you put the pieces together.
The scientists moved their shop to an empty parking lot to piece together all the bones.
in
Preposition
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Used to show that something is inside something else.
The cat is in the box.
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Used to show that someone is at home, or is available.
Is John in?
The Doctor is now in.
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Used to show movement towards the inside.
The rain came in through the window.
g
Noun
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G is the seventh letter of the alphabet.
"f" comes before "g"
g
Symbol
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g is the symbol for gram.
This can has 150g of corn.
major
Adjective
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A major change, problem, event, etc. is a big and important one.
We expected the change to cause a lot of problems, but in the end it wasn't as major as we had thought.
Tom Cruise had a major part in the movie. He directed it and acted in it as the main character.
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A major musical scale is the usual scale for music in western culture. The major scale starts two notes above the minor and more often sounds happy.
That music could be D minor or F major.
major
Noun
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A major is a subject area that is the main study of a student at a college or university.
My major is Speech-Language Pathology, which is about problems people may have with talking.
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A major is a military rank between captain and lieutenant-colonel.
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A major is a person of the legal age of majority.
major
Verb
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If you major in something, you concentrate on a single area of study as a student at a college or university.
My mother majored in English but I will major in psychology.