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a²	"A" has a meaning like "any." When you use "a" before a word, you are talking about any one of some group or kind of thing. When you say "a cat," it means any cat of all the cats in the world, or it means any cat of a group of cats. [2/3 definitions]
aardvark	a large mammal with a long snout, long ears, a long tail, and with long fur mostly around its legs. Aardvarks are active at night, when they use their powerful claws to dig open ant or termite nests. They catch their food with their long, sticky tongue. Aardvarks live in southern and central Africa. Although they are sometimes called anteaters, aardvarks are not closely related to any other kind of mammal.
abandon	When people abandon a place, they leave it because they have to. They are forced to give it up and go somewhere else. [1/3 definitions]
abbreviate	When you abbreviate something, you make it shorter. [2 definitions]
ability	When you have ability for a certain kind of thing, it means that you are good at it. Some words that have a similar meaning to "ability" are "skill" and "talent." [1/2 definitions]
able	When you are able to do something, it means that you can do it. If someone is able to walk, it means that they can walk. [1/2 definitions]
aboard	When you get aboard an airplane, boat, or train, it means that you get onto it to travel somewhere. [2 definitions]
abolish	When the government abolishes something, it stops it or gets rid of it.
abolition	When a government makes a law to completely end or get rid of something, it is called abolition. Abolition is the act of abolishing something, getting rid of it by passing a law against it. [1/2 definitions]
about	When you pay about five dollars, it means that you pay close to five dollars. It might be a little more or less than five dollars. [4/9 definitions]
about to	When you are about to do something, you are ready to do it and almost starting to do it. If you are about to take a bite of a sandwich, you are holding up the sandwich and your mouth is open.
above	When one thing is above another thing, it is higher than it. If a plane flies above the clouds, it means that the plane is flying higher than the clouds. [4 definitions]
abrupt	When something is abrupt, it happens without anybody expecting it, and it often happens very quickly. [2 definitions]
absence	When there is an absence of something, it means that there is none of it. If there is an absence of conversation between people, it means that no one is talking to anyone else. [1/3 definitions]
absent	When you are absent, you are away. You are not in the usual place.
absolute	When something is absolute, it is complete or pure. It is just itself and not mixed with anything else. [3/4 definitions]
absolutely	When something is absolutely right, it is exactly right. If something is absolutely beautiful, "beautiful" is the exact word to describe this thing, and there is nothing about this thing that isn't beautiful. [2 definitions]
absorb	When something absorbs another thing, it takes it into itself. It soaks it up. If something absorbs water or other liquid, it takes it into itself the way a towel or sponge does. [1/2 definitions]
abstract	When something is abstract, it doesn't have any physical form. Feelings and ideas are abstract things. They are things, but you can't see them or touch them or even smell them! They exist in people's minds only. [3 definitions]
abuse	When you abuse something, you use it in a way that is wrong or bad. If people abuse pills, for example, they take them in a different way from how the doctor tells them to take them. This can be dangerous. [2/4 definitions]
accelerate	When you accelerate something, you make it go faster. [2 definitions]

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