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second
Adjective
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The second thing is the one that is number two (2) in order.
I only have one older brothers and one younger brother. I'm the second child.
second
Noun
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A second is 1/60 of a minute. Sixty seconds is one minute.
The winner won the race by five seconds.
second
Verb
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If you second a nomination, you support it and it will be voted.
So moved. Do we have a second?
class
Noun
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A class is a time for learning.
The history class is interesting.
Class today will be about whole numbers.
The number of students attending class is increasing.
I'd better go. I've got a class to teach.
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A class is a group of students.
They are my best class because they are always here on time.
Class sizes are usually larger in high school.
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Class is a good style or attitude.
You could tell by here clothes that she was a woman of class.
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A class is a group of members with similar characteristics.
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A class is a group of people in a society with similar jobs, education, history, and money.
They were both from the upper class and both knew the queen personally.
We treat everyone the same regardless of race, class, sex, or age.
The British class system doesn't work in Canada.
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Something's class is how good it is.
She bought a first-class ticket because she wanted to have the best quality.
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An organism's class is its group: mammals, reptiles, insects, arachnids, etc.
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A word's class is its syntactic group: noun, verb, adjective, adverb, etc.
Shall belongs to the class of words called "modal auxiliary verbs".
class
Verb
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If something is classed as a member of a group, it belongs to that group because of some characteristics shared by the group's members.
Although it looks like a motorcycle, it is officially classed as a car.
class
Adjective
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A class act is high quality .
Most high school coaches are class individuals, and they should get our thanks.
rate
Noun
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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
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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.