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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.
numbers
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noun
(= numbers pool)
an illegal daily lottery
Numbers
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noun
the fourth book of the Old Testament; contains a record of the number of Israelites who followed Moses out of Egypt
of
Preposition
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Made using.
It is a house of cards.
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.
monthly
Adverb
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If something is monthly, then it happens or comes once in a month.
This magazine is monthly.
monthly
Noun
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A monthly is a magazine that is published every month.