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back
Preposition
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Toward the rear.
He went back behind the stands.
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To a place again.
I didn't like it, so I sent it back.
He went back to the same house.
They came back again.
back
Noun
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The back is the rear part of something; it is the part in the other direction from the front.
I went to the back of the house.
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The back is the rear part of the human body.
He had a scar on his back.
back
Verb
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If you back something, you support it.
The Republicans backed the bill.
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If you back up, you move backward.
He put the car in gear and backed right into the garage door.
dead
Adjective
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Not alive.
My brother is dead. His funeral was last week.
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Without power.
The problem is a dead battery.
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Without feeling, numb.
My arm is dead. I cannot feel it.
dead
Adverb
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Exactly, completely.
He thinks you are a woman, but you are a man. He is dead wrong.
centre
Noun
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The centre of something, is the place that is as far from its outside as possible.
The president and his problems continue to take centre stage in the news.
She placed a flowers at the center of the table and then hurried off.
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A centre is a building, area, or group of people with a particular purpose.
They have opened a large shopping centre in Taipei.
The team was staying at the US Olympic training centre.
Recently, Bahrain has become a major international banking centre.
Scientists at the Centre for Disease Control have found a new virus.
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The town centre is the place in the town where most of the shops are.
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In politics, the centre is the position that is not politically right or left.
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In sports, a centre is a player who plays in the middle of the field, usually an attacker.
centre
Verb
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If you centre something, you move it towards the centre.