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EXAMPLES

Here are some examples of the kinds of definitions you’ll find on this page.

an abbreviation that forms a new word, made up of the first letters of a name, e.g. AIDS...

act
Subject:

a law passed by parliament.

events that take place in a story, either in literature or film. Action describes what...

Subject:

a list of activities and tasks that need to be completed, who is responsible for them, and what...

a temporary unstable high energy composition of atoms representing a transition step between the...

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