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inside
Preposition
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If mathx/math is or moves inside mathy/math, it is in mathy/math.
He locked his keys inside his car.
Outside was cold, but he was warm inside the house.
I put my pen inside my bag.
Let's look inside here.
Don't stand out here. Come on inside.
inside
Noun
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The inside of something is the part that you can't see or can't touch because other parts are around it.
The inside of my mouth hurts.
Outside, the building was dark and grey, but the inside was bright and beautiful.
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.
capital
Noun
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A capital is the most important city of a country. The government of the country is usually located there.
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The (field) capital is the most important city in that particular field.
Hollywood is the film capital, New York the theater capital, Las Vegas the gambling capital.
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A person's capital is all his money and wealth.
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A capital forms the topmost member of a column or pilaster. It broadens the area of the column's supporting surface.
capital
Adjective
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A capital object or idea is something that is very important.
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very good.
That is a capital idea!
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Involving punishment by death.
Not all felonies are capital crimes.
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One begins a sentence with a capital letter.