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day
Noun
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A day is a measure of time.
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24 hours
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Seven days make one week
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The time between midnight and the following midnight (or between sunset and sunset in Jewish reckoning)
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The time between sunrise and sunset, when it is daylight
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The part of a day spent at work or school
He spent two days at work means that on two days he went to work; he did not spend 48 hours at work.
after
Preposition
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Later in time.
He came home after Jane did.
The doctor came after the patient had died.
the
Determiner
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Used, instead of a, to reference something specific, already known to exist.
Compare "I read a book." and "I read the book."
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Used with a stress, to show that the word following is special.
Are you the John Smith that I went to school with?
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Used with an adjective that acts like a noun to mean all of the people concerned
The poor are always with us.
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Used with superlatives forms of adjectives and adverbs.
You are the best.
fair
Adjective
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Something is fair when it seems right or is done for a good purpose.
A law is fair when good people are not hurt by it.
To pay every person the same for working on the same job is only fair.
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Those people who have light skin color are called fair.
He was fair skin, because he never went into the sun.
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If the weather is fair, it is good and it is not raining. If it is day, the sun can be seen.
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If dice are fair any number has an equal chance of coming up.
fair
Noun
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A fair is a special event where people come to have fun and learn something.
There are games and shows at the fair that is held every year.