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arithmetic
Noun
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The kind of mathematics in which addition, subtraction, multiplication, and division are done on numbers.
My son is starting to do simple arithmetic like math2 + 2 = 4/math.
average
Adjective
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To be average is to be not one extreme or another.
In football, he is an average player.
average
Noun
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An average is a measure in the middle of several numbers.
The average size of a family in America is about two or three.
The average height of the boys in my class is five feet and three inches.
of
Preposition
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Made using.
It is a house of cards.
the
Determiner
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Used, instead of a, to reference something specific, already known to exist.
Compare "I read a book." and "I read the book."
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Used with a stress, to show that the word following is special.
Are you the John Smith that I went to school with?
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Used with an adjective that acts like a noun to mean all of the people concerned
The poor are always with us.
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Used with superlatives forms of adjectives and adverbs.
You are the best.
roughness
Noun
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The roughness of something is defined as how rough it is.
profile
Noun
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A profile is a short biographical description of a person.
Because it was known that the serial killer was a European adult male, the police used that profile to exclude all women, children, and racial minorities from their list of suspects.
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A profile is a picture of a person.
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A profile is the most visible parts of an object.
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A profile is a person's head, being viewed from the side.
profile
Verb
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If somebody like the police or government profiles a person, they make judgements about them based on identifiable characteristics.
Unfortunately, racial profiling causes problems for for Middle Eastern men when they fly.