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life
Noun
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Life is what makes a person, animal or plant grow and function.
s want to learn if there is life on other planets.
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Life is the time when people, animals or plants grow and exist before they die. Your life is the time that you live.
The life of an ant is not as long as the life of a human.
The lives of great men and women are very interesting.
He never left his home town in his life.
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The state of something being in existence.
We brought the company back to life, after it had be closed for 5 years.
cycle
Noun
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A cycle is a number of regular things that happen again and again.
Right now we are in an upward-moving part of the business cycle.
Although women's monthly cycles vary in length from person to person, the average length is about 28 days.
Most car engines have a 4-part cycle.
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A cycle is a short way of saying bicycle or motorcycle.
cycle
Verb
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If you cycle somewhere, you go there by bicycle or motorcycle.
The rain was falling harder than ever as I cycled home down the Banbury Road.
It took me less than 7 minutes to cycle the whole trail.
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If you cycle a machine, you run it through one cycle.
The test will cycle the computer through ten start ups.
impact
Noun
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An impact is the act of one object hitting another.
In tests, the driver was unhurt, even in high-speed impacts.
Many buildings were destroyed as the plane exploded on impact.
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The impact is the effect of an act, statement, change, etc.
The report noted that most teachers feel that IT has made little impact on formal education.
The environmental impact of such increases in efficiency, however, depends on how you generate the power.
impact
Verb
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If something impacts you, it has an effect on you.
It is obvious how bad movies will impact on children.
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If you impact something, you press (or pack) its together.
There is a special tool to impact the road when it is under construction so the base is solid.
category
Noun
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A category is a group of people or things that are the same in some way.
The music business tries to put music into various categories, such as rock, pop, jazz, etc.
indicator
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noun
(= index)
a number or ratio (a value on a scale of measurement) derived from a series of observed facts; can reveal relative changes as a function of time
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noun
a signal for attracting attention
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noun
a device for showing the operating condition of some system
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noun
(chemistry) a substance that changes color to indicate the presence of some ion or substance; can be used to indicate the completion of a chemical reaction or (in medicine) to test for a particular reaction