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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.
order
Noun
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Order is when things are where they should be.
I need to take some time to put my things in order.
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The order of some things means which thing is first, which one is second, which one is last, etc.
The children will take turns in order of age.
order
Verb
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To order something is to ask someone to sell it to you.
At the restaurant, she ordered chicken and potatoes.
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To order someone to do something is to tell the person that they must do it.
The father ordered his children to be quiet.
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.