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normalize

— verb (= normalise) become normal or return to its normal state Let us hope that relations with this country will normalize soon — verb (= normalise) make normal or cause to conform to a norm or standard normalize relations with China normalize the temperature normalize the spelling — verb (= temper) bring to a desired consistency, texture, or hardness by a process of gradually heating and cooling temper glass

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internal Adjective

— within or inside Doctors had to operate to stop the internal bleeding. Grammar is mostly concerned with the internal structure of words and sentences. The company has been weakened by ongoing internal conflict. The police are conducting an internal investigation after officers shot two people. They've painted the internal walls but left the outside as it was.

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rate Noun

— Speed. A rate is how fast something happens. Something can go at a fast rate or a slow rate. The rate of water pouring out of the lake into the river is enough to make the lake empty in a year if it doesn't rain. Her heart rate is 70 beats every minute. If we keep writing pages at this rate we might have 2000 Simple English Wiktionary words by August 4.

rate Verb

— Someone rates something when they decide how much its value is (how much it's worth). I rate this book at six out of ten: it was not the best book.

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of Preposition

— Made using. It is a house of cards.

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return Verb

— When you return something, you give/put it back. He returned the lawnmower back to John. — When you return to something or somewhere, you go/come back to it. He returned to China after his trip to Germany. The main theme of the symphony's first movement returns in the last movement. I've just returned from class, but I'll be leaving again soon. — If a feeling, problem, thought, etc. returns, it comes back. I thought I was better, but the pain in my back has returned. — If you return to an activity, you start it again. — If you return an act, you do the same act to the person who did it first. She turned her eyes towards him and he returned her her look. — If you return a ball in sports, you hit it back to the other player. He was unable to return serves all through the match. — If you return a profit or loss in business, you make it. — If you return something to a particular state, you make it that way again. We need to return the earth to a more healthy state.

return Noun

— Somebody's return is when they come back. They've planned a celebration for my return home. — Something's return is when it is given back. — A return is something that was bought but has to be taken back to the store, usually because it is broken. This store does not allow returns unless the customer has a receipt. — The return of something to a particular state is the change back to that state. — Someone's return to an activity is their restarting of the activity. — The return on money is the amount or percent of profit earned on it. — If you do something in return for something else, you do it to thank or pay back somebody; you make things balanced again. — The return of a feeling, problem, thought, etc. is when it comes back. — Return is a key on a computer keyboard that puts the cursor back at the beginning of a line. — A return is a form that you send to the government telling it about your income, your household, etc. — The returns in an election are the number of votes. — A return is a ticket that takes you where you want to go and back home again.

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