a word with the same meaning as another word, e.g. awful, terrible, appalling and ghastly are...
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(also called a synoptic weather map) map showing a summary of the recorded weather at a given...
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(also called a synoptic chart) map showing a summary of the recorded weather at a given time
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the most common and most movable type of joint in the body of a mammal e.g. the elbow.
(word order) the way in which words are arranged in an order which makes sense.