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school
Noun
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A school is a place where you go to learn.
What grade are you in at school?
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A school is a group of fish.
start
Noun
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The beginning of something in place or time.
We went back to the start.
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A movement in reaction to surprise.
I surprised him and he gave a start.
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A surprise, often not pleasant.
She gave him quite a start.
start
Verb
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To begin; to do something for the first time.
They started the race in first place.
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To make a machine begin to work.
I will start the car.
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To move in surprise.
When I touched his arm, he started.
at
Preposition
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Used to describe where something is, or when saying something's position
I am at home.
Let's meet at the pub!
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The time at which something happened or will happen
Breakfast is at 9 o'clock.
At 5pm we went home.
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Indicating something's state
At half price!
Water boils at high temperatures.
at
Symbol
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The @ symbol, used to replace at
support@microsoft.com is an email address.
Apples @ £1.50 per kilogram.
eight
Determiner
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(ordinal eighth) The number eight is one more than seven and one less than nine.
Most people work about eight hours a day.
eight
Noun
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The number 8.
Four and four is eight.