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e
Noun
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E is the fifth letter of the alphabet, and is the most common vowel and letter used in the English language.
"d" comes before "e"
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The constant e is a real number that has formula math \mathrm{e}=\lim_{n \to \infty}\left(1+\frac{1}{n}\right)^{n}/math, and is approximately 2.718281828.
flat
Adjective
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If something is flat, it has a surface with no high places or low places.
There are a lot of mountains, and very little flat land for farming.
flat
Noun
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A flat is a rented room or rooms in a building with other flats.
Would you like to come back to my flat and watch TV?
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A flat makes a note one semitone lower than a natural: it is shown by the symbol ♭.
flat
Verb
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To make something flat.
major
Adjective
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A major change, problem, event, etc. is a big and important one.
We expected the change to cause a lot of problems, but in the end it wasn't as major as we had thought.
Tom Cruise had a major part in the movie. He directed it and acted in it as the main character.
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A major musical scale is the usual scale for music in western culture. The major scale starts two notes above the minor and more often sounds happy.
That music could be D minor or F major.
major
Noun
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A major is a subject area that is the main study of a student at a college or university.
My major is Speech-Language Pathology, which is about problems people may have with talking.
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A major is a military rank between captain and lieutenant-colonel.
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A major is a person of the legal age of majority.
major
Verb
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If you major in something, you concentrate on a single area of study as a student at a college or university.
My mother majored in English but I will major in psychology.