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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.
wash
Verb
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When you wash something, you clean it with water.
I wash my car every day.
wash
Noun
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The act of washing.
He gave the dog a wash.
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The items for washing, before, after, or during the washing.
He threw his dirty clothes in the wash.
She brought the wash in from the clothesline.
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A failure.
The program was a complete wash.
His project is a wash.
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With up: to be washed up is to be completely discouraged and burnt out.
The Starcraft 2 servers were down and I was all washed up.