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offset
Verb
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If mathx/math offsets mathy/math, the loss (because) of mathy/math is balanced by mathx/math.
The school will provide limited scholarships to offset the cost of tuition.
Increases in efficiency partially offset the increased costs.
The few problems are more than offset by the relatively large number of successes.
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If you offset mathx/math against mathy/math, you compare of contrast them.
All this solid colour is offset by the tiny yellow green flowers.
offset
Noun
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An offset is something that balances (the loss of) something else.
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(technical) A particular way of printing where the ink moves from surface A to B and then from B to the final C.
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The image produced by this kind of printing.
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An offset is the distance that something moves away from where it is supposed to be or where it was.
handle
Noun
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A handle is the part of an object that you hold with your hand when you want to use or move the object. Some examples of handles are: the shaft of a sword, the knob of a door, etc.
I grabbed the handle on the drawer and opened it.
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A handle is a nickname or pseudonym.
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A handle is a 10 fl oz (285 ml) glass of beer in the Northern Territory.
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A handle is a 1.75-liter (half-gallon) bottle of alcohol.
handle
Verb
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If you handle something, you touch it, you feel it with your hand.
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How you handle an object is how you use it.
You handle that gun pretty well.
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To give and take; to have something pass through your hands; to buy and sell
As a cashier, I handle money every day.
That store handles many different items.
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To deal with; to make a business of.
They that handle the law knew me not - Jeremiah, 2:8
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To treat; to use, well or ill.
How were you handled in prison?
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To manage; to control; to practice skill upon.
It won't be easy, but I think I can handle it.
square
Noun
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A form with 4 equal sides and 4 equal angles.
drive
Verb
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If you drive a car or other vehicle, you control its movements.
I've been learning how to drive a bus.
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If you drive somewhere, you go there by car.
The bus is too slow. Let's drive to school instead.
Mom, can you drive me to Cindy's house?
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If you drive someone or something, you make them move.
The dogs drove the cows into the field.
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If you drive someone to mathX/math, you make them do or feel mathX/math.
The death of her son drove her to drink.
drive
Noun
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A drive is a trip by car.
Let's go for a drive down to the lake.
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Drive is the feeling that you want or need to do something.
She has a strong drive to succeed.
If you're tired, it often affects your sex drive.
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A (disk) drive is part of a computer that reads and writes information to a disk.
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A drive is the short road outside a house to put a car on.
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A drive is a short strong effort to do something.
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Drive is the power that makes a vehicle move.
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In sports, a drive a ball that has been hit hard.
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A drive is when people direct a group of animals to move in a particular direction.
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A drive is kind of road.