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definition
Noun
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A definition is an explanation of the meaning of a word.
The sentence before this one is a definition.
ESL students often check definitions in their dictionaries.
Can you give me a definition for "imprisonment"?
interval
Noun
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A distance in space or in time.
There is a ten-minute interval between classes.
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In music, an interval is the difference in pitch between two notes.
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In mathematics, an interval is a connected section of the real line.
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(mostly British) An intermission.
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In the game of cricket, either of the two breaks, at lunch and tea, between the three sessions of a day's play.