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standard
Adjective
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If something is standard, it is typical or usual.
The store sells standard American food.
standard
Noun
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A standard is a quality that is the minimum or usual.
percent correct is the standard for an A at our school.
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A standard is a military or ceremonial flag carried on a pole or hoisted on a rope.
mime
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noun
a performance using gestures and body movements without words
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noun
an actor who communicates entirely by gesture and facial expression
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verb
act out without words but with gestures and bodily movements only
The acting students mimed eating an apple
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verb
(= mimic)
imitate (a person or manner), especially for satirical effect
The actor mimicked the President very accurately
multipurpose
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adjective
having multiple uses
a multipurpose tool
Internet
Proper noun
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The Internet is a network of computers that are all connected to each other all over the world.
internet
Noun
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The Internet, the largest worldwide internet.
Wireless Internet connection is available throughout the hotel.
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An internet is any set of computer networks; an intranet.
mail
Noun
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Mail is the messages and packages that you send to other people.
There's no mail today because the post office is closed.
The new book arrived in the mail.
mail
Verb
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If you mail something, you send it through the post.
I mailed a birthday card to him last week.
extension
Noun
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The space that something occupies.
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Extension is the process of making something longer.
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An extension is the time or part of something that was added to make it longer.
She had extensions put in her hair and now she has long hair.
He couldn't pay in May so the bank gave him an extension until July.
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An extension is the operation of pulling the two ends of a broken bone to bring the broken pieces into the same straight line.
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Extension is the act of moving an arm, leg, finger, etc. so that it is straight.