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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.
cost
Noun
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The cost of something is the price that a person pays for it.
What is the cost of the car?
cost
Verb
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When you say that a thing costs, you say that one must pay in order to buy it.
That diamond ring costs a great deal of money.
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One may say that an action costs a certain bad result.
It cost me my job when I broke the machine.
To commit a crime will cost you.
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When you estimate a cost or set a cost, you cost a thing.
The repair man costed the work to fix the car.
card
Noun
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A card is a small, often rectangular piece of paper or plastic, usually with information.
The police stopped me and asked to see my identity card.
"I don't have any money with me, can I pay with my credit card?"
The soccer player got a red card and left the game.
We spent the afternoon playing card games.
I think we sent them a Christmas card last year.
card
Verb
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If you card someone, you check their ID cards, usually to see if they are old enough to enter a place or drink alcohol.
They have to card anybody who looks 30 or younger.