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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.
cost
Noun
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The cost of something is the price that a person pays for it.
What is the cost of the car?
cost
Verb
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When you say that a thing costs, you say that one must pay in order to buy it.
That diamond ring costs a great deal of money.
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One may say that an action costs a certain bad result.
It cost me my job when I broke the machine.
To commit a crime will cost you.
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When you estimate a cost or set a cost, you cost a thing.
The repair man costed the work to fix the car.
of
Preposition
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Made using.
It is a house of cards.
claim
Verb
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If you claim something, you say or write that it is true without proof.
It is easy to claim that a god exists, but impossible to prove.
He claims to be at home when the shooting happened.
He often falsely claimed to be the president of various businesses.
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If you claim something, you say or write that it belongs to you and often you take it.
Once you are over 65, there are a variety of government benefits that you can claim.
Al Qaeda claimed responsibility for the attack.
Nobody has yet claimed the money that was lost last week.
Passengers can claim their baggage at the bottom of the stairs.
The incident in Kenya has claimed the world's attention.
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If something claims a life, it kills people.
The disease has claimed seven people in Taipei so far this month.
claim
Noun
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A claim is something that you say or write without proof.
It is difficult to believe claims that the world is ending.
His claim to be the father is now being investigated.
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If you have a claim to something, you have the right, to own or do it.
The government is disputing their claim to the land.
The group has made a claim against the owner worth $1 million.
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A claim is something that you say you have the right to.
They have begun looking for gold on their claim in Western Alberta.