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verify
Verb
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To verify something is to get evidence to show that it is true.
My receipts verified that I had always paid my telephone bills.
the
Determiner
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Used, instead of a, to reference something specific, already known to exist.
Compare "I read a book." and "I read the book."
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Used with a stress, to show that the word following is special.
Are you the John Smith that I went to school with?
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Used with an adjective that acts like a noun to mean all of the people concerned
The poor are always with us.
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Used with superlatives forms of adjectives and adverbs.
You are the best.
cash
Noun
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Cash is money in the form of bills and coins, rather than checks/cheques or credit cards.
The publisher supplied cash prizes and books for the winning essays written by fourth through sixth graders.
Payment is by cash, VISA, or MasterCard.
cash
Verb
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To exchange a check/cheque for money in the form of bills.
I need to stop at the back to cash my paycheck before we go out to dinner.