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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.
rank
Noun
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A rank is the position of a person, place, thing, or idea in relation to others based on a shared property such as location, population, or quality.
Based on your test scores, you have a rank of 23.
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A rank is a level in an organization such as the military.
Private First Class (PFC) is the lowest rank in the Marines.
rank
Verb
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To rank is to give a rank to a person, place, thing or idea.
Please rank the following fruits from your favourite to your least favourite: pear, apple, watermelon, apple, orange.
rank
Adjective
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Something that is rank has a very strong, bad smell.
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Something that is rank is gross or disgusting.
mate
Noun
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A mate is someone you do something with.
Nils, my tent mate, was from the same elementary school in the city.
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; A mate is a friend, usually male.
I'm meeting my mates later, after work.
The two of them are best mates.
What can I do for you, mate?
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A mate is an animal's sexual partner.
The zoo has been having trouble getting a mate for the panda.
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A mate is a person's husband or wife.
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A mate is the other member of a matched pair of objects.
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A drink made from yerba mate.
mate
Verb
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In animals, to have sex.
The monkeys were going to mate.
The female shows she's ready to mate by showing her red bottom to the male.
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To match two things together.
That morning when they tried to mate her with our bull, she had no idea what to do.