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one
Determinative
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(ordinal first) The number 1.
We have one nose and one mouth.
one
Noun
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The number 1.
One is the smallest whole number.
one
Pronoun
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One is a singular pronoun which means "someone" or "people". It is used more often in formal writing.
It is easy to see the difference if one looks closely enough.
period
Noun
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A period is a length of time.
There was a short period when my computer stopped working.
During the first period, Germany scored two goals.
The dinosaurs lived from late in the Triassic period (about 225 million years ago) until the end of the Cretaceous (about 65 million years ago).
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A period is the dot that marks the end of most sentences in English. This -> . is a period.
Should I use an exclamation mark or a period at the end of this sentence?
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A woman's period is the time each month when she passes blood.
I have missed two periods now. I think I must be pregnant.
period
Interjection
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And nothing else; and nothing less; used for emphasis.
When I say "eat your dinner," it means "eat your dinner", period!
model
Noun
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A model is a something that is made to look or act like something else, usually being smaller or simpler than the original.
Mathematical models can greatly help researchers understand the behavior of real systems.
The company builds and sells detailed 3-D models of the human body.
Scientists have developed a theoretical model of the planet's interior that describes one possibility.
A few years ago, the best climate models predicted that there would soon be an ice-free Arctic during the summer.
There is a good fit between the four-factor model and the data in this study.
His father had been a small man with a kind face and large hands who helped him build model airplanes and rockets.
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A model is an example of something, a goal, or a way to do something.
Both men and women who had public athletic role models during childhood were more likely to play sports at a higher level.
Each university used a variety of different instructional models.
It was a model company, combining high profits, happy workers, and clean, efficient production methods.
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A model is a person who puts on clothes, glasses, jewelery, etc. to show them at shows and in photographs or who poses for paintings or sculptures.
High-fashion runway models are typically 5 foot 10 inches or taller.
He develops his paintings without models being present in the studio.
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A model is a kind or design of car or other machine.
The wireless phone will be installed in future models from GM, Toyota and Honda.
model
Verb
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If you model clothes, jewelery, etc., you wear them to show them at shows and in photographs.
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If you model an action, you show how it is done.
Parents should model the behavior they want without forcing or controlling the child.
All music teachers can model good and poor tone quality.
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If you model mathx/math on mathy/math, you try to make mathx/math like mathy/math.
There's a youth baseball field modeled after Fenway Park in the old Memorial Stadium.
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If you model something, you make a smaller, simpler copy of it.
He's trying to model the human thought process on the computer.