Englishfor English speakers
deepening
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noun
a process of becoming deeper and more profound
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adjective
(= thickening)
accumulating and becoming more intense
the deepening gloom
felt a deepening love
the thickening dusk
of
Preposition
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Made using.
It is a house of cards.
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.
European
Noun
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A person from Europe.
European
Adjective
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From Europe.
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In a style that is typical of Europe, or based on Europe.
union
Noun
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A union is when many things are joined together.
The League of Nations was a union between many nations.
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A union may be the act of joining.
The union of these two companies was painless.
is the union of two lives.