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place
Noun
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A place is a point in space: a town, building, room, or even somewhere on a desk.
It's nice to see the whole family together in one place.
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A place is an open space, courtyard, or marketplace.
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A place is a group of houses.
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A place is an area of land.
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A place is someones' frame of mind.
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A place is an area for someone to sit at.
We would like to sit at that table because it has three places open.
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A place is a role or position; it is a station.
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A place is the position in which you finish a competition in.
She finished the poker tournament in fifth place.
place
Verb
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If you place something somewhere, you put it in a certain spot.
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If you place, you earn a given spot in a competition.
She finished the poker tournament in fifth place.
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If you place something somewhere, you remember the last time you encountered it.
She placed the last time we met each other at.
all
Determinative
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All of something is 100% of it, or the entire amount.
Well you could stay in bed all day on Friday. And I could take the kids to school.
You know, you can't see all of the moon.
"There was a problem." "Yes, I know all about it."
No! You did it all wrong.
Can you tell me all this tomorrow?
I think we all know we have to change.
The shirt is almost all white.
Is that all you can do?
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All of some things is 100% of them, or every one.
And then you can go and tell all your friends about it.
We have over two hundred men, but not all of them had the problem.
all
Noun
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If you give your all, you give 100% of your energy, attention, etc.
eggs
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noun
(= egg)
oval reproductive body of a fowl (especially a hen) used as food
in
Preposition
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Used to show that something is inside something else.
The cat is in the box.
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Used to show that someone is at home, or is available.
Is John in?
The Doctor is now in.
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Used to show movement towards the inside.
The rain came in through the window.
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.
basket
Noun
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A basket is something like a bucket but with many holes like a net, made of soft sticks or grass or other long, thin material. People put things in the basket.
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A basket is a net on a metal circle used in playing basketball.
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A basket is a container that is used to hold items that you are wanting to purchase in a store.
She put the soup that she took off the shelf in the store into the basket.