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annual
Adjective
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If something is annual, it happens every year.
The 1992 Annual General Meeting will be held at Bristol University, on Saturday April 11 and Sunday April 12.
annual
Noun
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An annual is a kind of plant that only lives for one year.
depletion
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noun
the act of decreasing something markedly
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noun
the state of being depleted
rate
Noun
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Speed. A rate is how fast something happens. Something can go at a fast rate or a slow rate.
The rate of water pouring out of the lake into the river is enough to make the lake empty in a year if it doesn't rain.
Her heart rate is 70 beats every minute.
If we keep writing pages at this rate we might have 2000 Simple English Wiktionary words by August 4.
rate
Verb
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Someone rates something when they decide how much its value is (how much it's worth).
I rate this book at six out of ten: it was not the best book.