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  2. Synonym - Wikipedia

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    Synonym list in cuneiform on a clay tablet, Neo-Assyrian period [1] A synonym is a word, morpheme, or phrase that means precisely or nearly the same as another word, morpheme, or phrase in a given language. [2] For example, in the English language, the words begin, start, commence, and initiate are all synonyms of one another: they are ...

  3. Converse (semantics) - Wikipedia

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    In linguistics, converses or relational antonyms are pairs of words that refer to a relationship from opposite points of view, such as parent/child or borrow/lend. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] The relationship between such words is called a converse relation . [ 2 ]

  4. Abeka - Wikipedia

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    Some Abeka textbooks have been criticized by educators as lacking academic rigor and taking contrary or reactive positions toward their subject matter. Experts from the University of Florida and University of Central Florida in 2018 criticized the content of Abeka textbooks as being markedly more simple and less challenging than the content of comparable textbooks used in public education.

  5. Anchoring effect - Wikipedia

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    As for the question of setting the first or second anchor, the party setting the second anchor has the advantage in that the counter-anchor determines the point midway between both anchors. [67] Due to a possible lack of knowledge the party setting the first anchor can also set it too low, i.e. against their own interests.

  6. Glossary of British terms not widely used in the United States

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    Also compound nouns semiquaver (US: sixteenth note), demisemiquaver (US: thirty-second note), hemidemisemiquaver (US: sixty-fourth note); see note value. Also a variety of snack food potato crisp/chip. queue A sequence or line of people (maybe in vehicles or whatever) awaiting their turn for a service or activity (similar to US line). quid

  7. Part of speech - Wikipedia

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    The ancient work on the grammar of the Tamil language, Tolkāppiyam, argued to have been written around 2nd century CE, [8] classifies Tamil words as peyar (பெயர்; noun), vinai (வினை; verb), idai (part of speech which modifies the relationships between verbs and nouns), and uri (word that further qualifies a noun or verb). [9]

  8. A New English Dictionary - Wikipedia

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  9. James while John had had had had had had had had had had had ...

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    The sentence can be given as a grammatical puzzle [7] [8] [9] or an item on a test, [1] [2] for which one must find the proper punctuation to give it meaning. Hans Reichenbach used a similar sentence ("John where Jack had...") in his 1947 book Elements of Symbolic Logic as an exercise for the reader, to illustrate the different levels of language, namely object language and metalanguage.