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EXAMPLES

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

a shortened form of a word, e.g. Mr for Mister, st for street, Prof. ...

a noun that names an idea, concept or quality, e.g. love, justice, fear...

a style of writing and speaking that is used by academics, e.g. As scholars of the New...

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

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

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