--- title: C — The English dictionary with trees and pragmatics · page 46 description: The 1959 words of the English dictionary under C, every meaning for a pupil and every example with its dependency tree and pragmatics. --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/C/page/46/) [home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [corpora](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/) / [dictionaries](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/) / [English dictionary](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/) / C # C — The English dictionary · page 46 [A](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/A/) · [B](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/B/) · [C](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/C/) · [D](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/D/) · 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*Everyday, meaning 1:* Working together with others to make or do something.[↗](../../collaboration/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* A piece of work made by people working together.[↗](../../collaboration/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* (history, negative) Helping an enemy who has taken over your country, especially in a war.[↗](../../collaboration/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* Our class mural was a collaboration between all the pupils.[↗](../../collaboration/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · The project was made in collaboration with the local museum.[↗](../../collaboration/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · Good collaboration means listening to each other.[↗](../../collaboration/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · The two singers released a collaboration.[↗](../../collaboration/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · Scientists around the world worked in collaboration.[↗](../../collaboration/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · Collaboration helps us solve bigger problems.[↗](../../collaboration/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · In the war, collaboration with the enemy was punished.[↗](../../collaboration/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") · The best of Perrault's critics, Paul de St Victor and Andrew Lang among others, see in the book a marvellous collaboration of crabbed age and youth.[↗](../../collaboration/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") **collaborative** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* Done by people working together, not alone: «a collaborative project».[↗](../../collaborative/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* Good at working with others or liking to share work: «a collaborative team».[↗](../../collaborative/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* The mural was a collaborative project by the whole school.[↗](../../collaborative/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · Our class story was collaborative: everybody wrote one page.[↗](../../collaborative/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · Scientists say that most big discoveries are collaborative.[↗](../../collaborative/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · The coach praised the team for its collaborative spirit.[↗](../../collaborative/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · We use a collaborative document so we can all type at the same time.[↗](../../collaborative/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · Building the robot was a collaborative effort.[↗](../../collaborative/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") **collapse** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* To fall down or fall in suddenly, like a building, bridge or tent.[↗](../../collapse/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* For a person, to fall down because of illness or tiredness.[↗](../../collapse/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* To fold up into a smaller shape.[↗](../../collapse/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *e.g.* "a collapsing chair".[↗](../../collapse/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 4:* To fail suddenly.[↗](../../collapse/#m4 "tree and pragmatics") *e.g.* "The plan collapsed."[↗](../../collapse/#m4 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* The sandcastle collapsed when the wave hit it.[↗](../../collapse/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · The old barn collapsed in the storm.[↗](../../collapse/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · The runner collapsed at the finish line.[↗](../../collapse/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · Call 911, 999, 000 or 111 if someone collapses.[↗](../../collapse/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · Our tent collapsed in the wind.[↗](../../collapse/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · We collapsed with laughter at the joke.[↗](../../collapse/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · This umbrella collapses to fit in my bag.[↗](../../collapse/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") · The result was just what might have been expected: the whole Body soon began to fail, and the Members and all shared in the general collapse.[↗](../../collapse/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") **collapsible** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* Made so that it can be folded up or pushed down into a smaller shape when not being used (a collapsible chair, a collapsible water bottle).[↗](../../collapsible/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* Likely or able to fall down or fold in (a collapsible steering column that folds in a crash for safety).[↗](../../collapsible/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* We took collapsible chairs to the beach.[↗](../../collapsible/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · My collapsible water bottle fits in my pocket.[↗](../../collapsible/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · The collapsible table folds flat against the wall.[↗](../../collapsible/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · Grandma has a collapsible walking stick.[↗](../../collapsible/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · In DT we designed a collapsible bridge.[↗](../../collapsible/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · The car's steering wheel is collapsible to protect the driver.[↗](../../collapsible/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") **collar** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* A collar is the part of a shirt, coat or dress that goes round the neck.[↗](../../collar/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* A collar is a band of leather or other material put round an animal's neck, like a dog's collar.[↗](../../collar/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* A collar is any ring or band round something, like a metal collar round a pipe.[↗](../../collar/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 4:* To collar someone means to catch and hold them, or stop them to talk to them.[↗](../../collar/#m4 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* Fold your collar down neatly.[↗](../../collar/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · The dog's collar has his name and our phone number on it.[↗](../../collar/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · It was so cold that I turned up my coat collar.[↗](../../collar/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · The kitten wears a collar with a little bell.[↗](../../collar/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · Dad got hot under the collar when we were late.[↗](../../collar/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · The teacher collared me after class to talk about my project.[↗](../../collar/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · My school shirt has a white collar.[↗](../../collar/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") · The pigeon has a shiny green collar of feathers.[↗](../../collar/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") · He ran and held the man by the collar.[↗](../../collar/#x9 "tree and pragmatics") · By the great force of my disease is my garment disfigured; it bindeth me about as the collar of my coat.[↗](../../collar/#x10 "tree and pragmatics") (Writings JOB.30.18, JPS 1917)[↗](../../collar/#x10 "tree and pragmatics") · It is like the precious oil upon the head, coming down upon the beard; even Aaron's beard, that cometh down upon the collar of his garments; (Writings PSA.133.2, JPS 1917)[↗](../../collar/#x11 "tree and pragmatics") **collarbone** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* The collarbone is one of two long thin bones at the front of your body, running from the top of your chest to each shoulder.[↗](../../collarbone/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* You can feel your collarbone just below your neck.[↗](../../collarbone/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · He broke his collarbone when he fell off his bike.[↗](../../collarbone/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · The doctor put her arm in a sling for her collarbone.[↗](../../collarbone/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · Each person has two collarbones.[↗](../../collarbone/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · The scientific name for the collarbone is the clavicle.[↗](../../collarbone/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · The necklace rested on her collarbone.[↗](../../collarbone/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") **collate** — *In Jewish tradition, meaning 1:* To compare texts carefully to find the differences between them.[↗](../../collate/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* The edition which I now offer is fundamentally that of the ancient Hebrew codices translated into English, and collated with the Latin versions of Pistorius, Postellus, and Rittangelius.[↗](../../collate/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") (Sefer Yetzirah, Westcott 1893)[↗](../../collate/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") **collateral** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* (formal) Collateral is something valuable, like a house, that you promise to give to a bank if you cannot pay back a loan.[↗](../../collateral/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* Collateral damage means harm done by accident to people or things that were not the target, especially in war; also used for side harm in everyday talk.[↗](../../collateral/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* The farmer used his land as collateral for the loan.[↗](../../collateral/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · Without collateral, the bank would not lend him money.[↗](../../collateral/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · The bomb caused collateral damage to nearby houses.[↗](../../collateral/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · The vase was collateral damage when the ball hit the shelf.[↗](../../collateral/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · A bank may keep the collateral if the loan is not paid.[↗](../../collateral/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · The bike was offered as collateral for the money.[↗](../../collateral/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") **collation** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* A collation is a light meal, a snack set out for guests.[↗](../../collation/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* After the long walk we had a light collation of bread and cheese.[↗](../../collation/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · The guests were served a collation in the garden.[↗](../../collation/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · He ate nothing at the collation because he was too excited.[↗](../../collation/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") **colleague** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* A colleague is a person you work with, especially in a job or profession.[↗](../../colleague/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* Mum went out for lunch with her colleagues.[↗](../../colleague/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · My teacher asked a colleague to help.[↗](../../colleague/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · The doctor discussed the case with a colleague.[↗](../../colleague/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · Dad's colleague gave him a lift home.[↗](../../colleague/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · She is respected by all her colleagues.[↗](../../colleague/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · The new nurse met her colleagues on the ward.[↗](../../colleague/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · “I am sorry,” said the Owl, “to have to contradict the Crow, my famous friend and colleague.[↗](../../colleague/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") **collect** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* To collect is to gather things together into one place.[↗](../../collect/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* To collect things as a hobby is to keep many things of one kind, like stamps, shells or cards.[↗](../../collect/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* To collect someone is to go and pick them up.[↗](../../collect/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 4:* To collect money is to ask people for it and get it, like for a charity.[↗](../../collect/#m4 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* He collects 5 shells a day.[↗](../../collect/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · She collects stamps.[↗](../../collect/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · The class collected 300 cans.[↗](../../collect/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · How many does he collect in a week?[↗](../../collect/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · Dad collects me from school at 3 o'clock.[↗](../../collect/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · We collect rainwater in a barrel.[↗](../../collect/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · Please collect the pencils at the end of the lesson.[↗](../../collect/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") · They collect money for the animal shelter.[↗](../../collect/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") · Newell, who is collecting the English folk-tales that still remain current in New England.[↗](../../collect/#x9 "tree and pragmatics") · The Thirtieth Path is the Collecting Intelligence, and is so-called because Astrologers deduce from it the judgment of the Stars, and of the celestial signs, and the perfections of their science, according to the rules of their resolutions.[↗](../../collect/#x10 "tree and pragmatics") (Sefer Yetzirah, Westcott 1893)[↗](../../collect/#x10 "tree and pragmatics") · The Thirtieth Path is the Collecting Intelligence, and is so called because Astrologers deduce from it the judgment of the Stars, and of the celestial signs, and the perfections of their science, according to the rules of their revolutions.[↗](../../collect/#x11 "tree and pragmatics") (Sefer Yetzirah, Westcott 1887)[↗](../../collect/#x11 "tree and pragmatics") **collected** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* Collected is the past of collect: gathered together.[↗](../../collected/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* Collected stamps or cards are ones someone has kept as a hobby.[↗](../../collected/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* Collected can also mean calm and in control.[↗](../../collected/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* They collected 45 cans on Monday and 30 on Tuesday.[↗](../../collected/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · She collected 12 leaves.[↗](../../collected/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · How many stamps were collected in all?[↗](../../collected/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · He collected twice as many as Sam.[↗](../../collected/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · The teacher collected our tests.[↗](../../collected/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · We collected data on the weather for a week.[↗](../../collected/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · Dad collected us after the party.[↗](../../collected/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") · She stayed cool and collected in the storm.[↗](../../collected/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") · “Have you collected my tribute from Denmark?”[↗](../../collected/#x9 "tree and pragmatics") · The Talmuds were first collected into a concrete whole, and printed in Venice, 1520 a.d.[↗](../../collected/#x10 "tree and pragmatics") (Sefer Yetzirah, Westcott 1893)[↗](../../collected/#x10 "tree and pragmatics") · The Talmuds were first collected into a concrete whole, and printed in Venice, 1520 A.D.[↗](../../collected/#x11 "tree and pragmatics") (Sefer Yetzirah, Westcott 1893)[↗](../../collected/#x11 "tree and pragmatics") · Six extant Hebrew editions of the "Sepher Yetzirah' were collected and printed at Lemberg in 1680.[↗](../../collected/#x12 "tree and pragmatics") (Sefer Yetzirah, Westcott 1893)[↗](../../collected/#x12 "tree and pragmatics") **collection** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* A collection is a group of things a person gathers and keeps, like stamps or shells.[↗](../../collection/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* A collection is the act of collecting: «rubbish collection», «a collection for charity».[↗](../../collection/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* A collection is a group of stories, songs or art kept together, as in a museum.[↗](../../collection/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* Ed has 120 stamps in his collection.[↗](../../collection/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · He added 15 more shells to his collection.[↗](../../collection/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · She gave 20 cards from her collection to her friend.[↗](../../collection/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · His collection has 3 times as many as hers.[↗](../../collection/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · The museum has a big collection of dinosaur bones.[↗](../../collection/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · We had a collection for the animal shelter.[↗](../../collection/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · Rubbish collection is on Mondays.[↗](../../collection/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") · This book is a collection of fairy tales.[↗](../../collection/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") · Rivière's collection of Kabyle tales, and so on.[↗](../../collection/#x9 "tree and pragmatics") · The words of the wise are as goads, and as nails well fastened are those that are composed in collections; they are given from one shepherd.[↗](../../collection/#x10 "tree and pragmatics") (Writings ECC.12.11, JPS 1917)[↗](../../collection/#x10 "tree and pragmatics") **collective** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* (adjective) Done or shared by all members of a group together.[↗](../../collective/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* (noun) A group of people who work together and share what they make or own.[↗](../../collective/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* (grammar) A collective noun is a word for a group, like a flock of sheep, a team or a herd.[↗](../../collective/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* "Flock" is a collective noun for sheep.[↗](../../collective/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · It was a collective effort to clean the beach.[↗](../../collective/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · The class made a collective decision to raise money for the zoo.[↗](../../collective/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · A pride of lions is a collective noun.[↗](../../collective/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · The artists formed a collective and shared a studio.[↗](../../collective/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · We felt a collective sigh of relief when the test ended.[↗](../../collective/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · A murder of crows is a funny collective noun.[↗](../../collective/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") **collectively** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* Collectively means all together, as a group.[↗](../../collectively/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* Collectively means counting everyone or everything together.[↗](../../collectively/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* Collectively, the class raised £200 for charity.[↗](../../collectively/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · The three friends collectively own 24 books.[↗](../../collectively/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · We collectively decided to have pizza.[↗](../../collectively/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · (formal) Collectively, the members hold the majority.[↗](../../collectively/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · The students worked collectively on the mural.[↗](../../collectively/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · Collectively, the team ran 50 kilometres.[↗](../../collectively/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · There were three Giants, Briareus, Cottus, and Gyges, who each possessed a hundred hands and fifty heads, and were known collectively by the name of the Hecatoncheires, which signified hundred-handed.[↗](../../collectively/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") **collectivisation** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* (history) The forcing of farmers to give up their own land and animals and join big farms run by the state, as in the Soviet Union in the late 1920s and 1930s.[↗](../../collectivisation/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* More generally, putting things that belonged to separate people under shared or state ownership.[↗](../../collectivisation/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* Collectivisation took land away from millions of farmers.[↗](../../collectivisation/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · During collectivisation, families had to give their cows to the collective farm.[↗](../../collectivisation/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · Forced collectivisation helped cause the Holodomor famine in Ukraine.[↗](../../collectivisation/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · Our history book has a chapter on collectivisation in the Soviet Union.[↗](../../collectivisation/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · Many farmers who refused collectivisation were sent far away.[↗](../../collectivisation/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · Collectivisation was meant to grow more food, but harvests fell.[↗](../../collectivisation/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") **collector** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* A collector is a person who collects things of one kind as a hobby, such as stamps, coins, cards or shells.[↗](../../collector/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* A collector is a person whose job is to collect money or things, such as a tax collector, a ticket collector or a rubbish collector.[↗](../../collector/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* In science and technology, a collector is a part that gathers something, such as a solar collector that gathers heat from the sun.[↗](../../collector/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* My uncle is a stamp collector with over two thousand stamps.[↗](../../collector/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · The ticket collector checked our tickets on the train.[↗](../../collector/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · A collector paid a lot of money for the old toy car.[↗](../../collector/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · The rubbish collectors come every Tuesday morning.[↗](../../collector/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · This rare card is a real collector's item.[↗](../../collector/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · A solar collector on the roof warms the water.[↗](../../collector/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · The coin collector has 48 coins and buys 12 more.[↗](../../collector/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") · The lottery collector pressed me so hard that I thought I should crack.[↗](../../collector/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") **college** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* A place of education after school, where people study for qualifications or a trade.[↗](../../college/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* (US) University; going to college means studying for a degree.[↗](../../college/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* (UK, Ireland, Australia, NZ) A school for students after age 16, or the name of some secondary schools.[↗](../../college/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 4:* One of the parts that make up some universities, such as Oxford or Cambridge.[↗](../../college/#m4 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 5:* An organised group of professional people (the College of Surgeons).[↗](../../college/#m5 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* My sister is at college studying art.[↗](../../college/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · He wants to go to college to become a teacher.[↗](../../college/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · The college has 3000 students.[↗](../../college/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · She applied to three colleges.[↗](../../college/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · In the UK, many teenagers go to college after their exams at sixteen.[↗](../../college/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · The college library is open late.[↗](../../college/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · The merchant was a learned man, for his father had sent him to college, and he had passed his examination.[↗](../../college/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") · Published by the Dropsie College Philadelphia Pa.[↗](../../college/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") (Mordell, The Origin of Letters and Numerals according to Sefer Yetzirah (1914))[↗](../../college/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") **collide** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* To collide is to crash into something or someone while moving: «Two cars collided.».[↗](../../collide/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* If ideas, plans or people's opinions collide, they strongly disagree or clash.[↗](../../collide/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* Two players collided and fell over.[↗](../../collide/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · The car collided with a lamppost.[↗](../../collide/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · Look where you're going, or you'll collide with someone.[↗](../../collide/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · Billions of years ago, a big rock collided with the Earth.[↗](../../collide/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · The balls collided and rolled apart.[↗](../../collide/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · Her plans collided with her brother's.[↗](../../collide/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · Galaxies sometimes collide in space.[↗](../../collide/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") · Ride slowly on the path so you don't collide with walkers.[↗](../../collide/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") · The romp had ended with the appearance of Nana, and most unluckily Mr. Darling collided against her, covering his trousers with hairs.[↗](../../collide/#x9 "tree and pragmatics") [1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/C/) … [45](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/C/page/45/) **46** [47](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/C/page/47/) … 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