--- title: D — The English dictionary with trees and pragmatics · page 9 description: The 1197 words of the English dictionary under D, 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/D/page/9/) [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/) / D # D — The English dictionary · page 9 [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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meaning 1:* Declared is the past form of «declare»: said clearly, firmly or officially.[↗](../../declared/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* As an adjective, declared means stated publicly, openly (a declared aim, a declared winner).[↗](../../declared/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* She was declared the winner of the spelling bee.[↗](../../declared/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · The king declared war on his neighbour.[↗](../../declared/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · The new bridge was declared open.[↗](../../declared/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · «That's mine!» he declared.[↗](../../declared/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · The doctor declared him fit to play.[↗](../../declared/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · Their declared aim was to plant a thousand trees.[↗](../../declared/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · The game was declared a draw.[↗](../../declared/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") · “I do not understand this,” Finnian declared roundly.[↗](../../declared/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") · And Moses declared unto the children of Israel the appointed seasons of the LORD.[↗](../../declared/#x9 "tree and pragmatics") (Torah LEV.23.44, JPS 1917)[↗](../../declared/#x9 "tree and pragmatics") · And they put him in ward, because it had not been declared what should be done to him.[↗](../../declared/#x10 "tree and pragmatics") (Torah NUM.15.34, JPS 1917)[↗](../../declared/#x10 "tree and pragmatics") · And they put him in ward, that it might be declared unto them at the mouth of the LORD.[↗](../../declared/#x11 "tree and pragmatics") (Torah LEV.24.12, JPS 1917)[↗](../../declared/#x11 "tree and pragmatics") · The heavens declared His righteousness, and all the peoples saw His glory.[↗](../../declared/#x12 "tree and pragmatics") (Writings PSA.97.6, JPS 1917)[↗](../../declared/#x12 "tree and pragmatics") · Shall Thy mercy be declared in the grave? or Thy faithfulness in destruction?[↗](../../declared/#x13 "tree and pragmatics") (Writings PSA.88.12, JPS 1917)[↗](../../declared/#x13 "tree and pragmatics") · Assemble yourselves, all ye, and hear; which among them hath declared these things?[↗](../../declared/#x14 "tree and pragmatics") (Prophets ISA.48.14, JPS 1917)[↗](../../declared/#x14 "tree and pragmatics") **decline** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* To decline is to say no politely to an offer or invitation.[↗](../../decline/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* To decline is to become smaller, fewer or worse.[↗](../../decline/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* A decline is a fall in amount, number or quality.[↗](../../decline/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* She politely declined the offer of a second cake.[↗](../../decline/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · The number of hedgehogs has declined.[↗](../../decline/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · The graph shows a decline in sales after March.[↗](../../decline/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · Grandpa's health declined over the winter.[↗](../../decline/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · He declined to answer the question.[↗](../../decline/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · The town fell into decline when the factory shut.[↗](../../decline/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · Thank you, but I must decline.[↗](../../decline/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") · The Soldier drank, but only moderately, and declined to drink any more.[↗](../../decline/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") · Our heart is not turned back, neither have our steps declined from Thy path; (Writings PSA.44.19, JPS 1917)[↗](../../decline/#x9 "tree and pragmatics") · Get wisdom, get understanding; forget not, neither decline from the words of my mouth; (Writings PRO.4.5, JPS 1917)[↗](../../decline/#x10 "tree and pragmatics") · Let not thy heart decline to her ways, go not astray in her paths.[↗](../../decline/#x11 "tree and pragmatics") (Writings PRO.7.25, JPS 1917)[↗](../../decline/#x11 "tree and pragmatics") **declivity** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* A declivity is a slope going down, a downward slant of the ground, such as a hill or a bank.[↗](../../declivity/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* They climbed down the steep declivity to the lake.[↗](../../declivity/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · The road ran along the declivity.[↗](../../declivity/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · The sheep ran down the declivity.[↗](../../declivity/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") **decode** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* To decode a secret message or code is to change it back into normal words so you can understand it.[↗](../../decode/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* In reading, to decode a word is to work it out by turning letters into their sounds and blending them.[↗](../../decode/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* To decode something is to understand a hidden meaning, like a strange look or difficult instructions.[↗](../../decode/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 4:* In computing, to decode is to change data back into sound, pictures or text.[↗](../../decode/#m4 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* Use the key to decode the secret message.[↗](../../decode/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · Young readers decode words by sounding them out.[↗](../../decode/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · Alan Turing's team helped decode enemy messages.[↗](../../decode/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · If A = 1 and B = 2, decode 3-1-20.[↗](../../decode/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · I could not decode my brother's messy handwriting.[↗](../../decode/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · The TV decodes the signal into pictures.[↗](../../decode/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · Can you decode what Mum's look meant?[↗](../../decode/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") **decoding** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* Decoding means turning a secret code or message back into normal words so it can be read.[↗](../../decoding/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* In reading, decoding is sounding out letters to work out what a written word says.[↗](../../decoding/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* In computing, decoding means changing data from one form into one people or machines can use, like turning a file into a video.[↗](../../decoding/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* Decoding new words gets easier with practice.[↗](../../decoding/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · The spies were decoding the secret message all night.[↗](../../decoding/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · Alan Turing's team worked on decoding enemy codes.[↗](../../decoding/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · We used a key to decoding the pirate's map.[↗](../../decoding/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · My little brother is good at decoding but slower at understanding.[↗](../../decoding/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · The computer is decoding the video so it can play.[↗](../../decoding/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · Decoding the number puzzle took us twenty minutes.[↗](../../decoding/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") **decompose** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* To rot or break down slowly, as dead plants and animals do, with help from bacteria, fungi and small creatures.[↗](../../decompose/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* (science) To break a substance into simpler parts or chemicals.[↗](../../decompose/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* (maths) To break a number or shape into smaller parts to make it easier to work with, such as 47 = 40 + 7.[↗](../../decompose/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* Leaves decompose and turn into soil.[↗](../../decompose/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · Fungi help dead logs decompose.[↗](../../decompose/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · A banana peel decomposes faster than a plastic bag.[↗](../../decompose/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · Decompose 58 into 50 and 8 to add it more easily.[↗](../../decompose/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · Plastic can take hundreds of years to decompose.[↗](../../decompose/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · Heat can decompose some chemicals into gases.[↗](../../decompose/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · We watched apples decompose in jars for our experiment.[↗](../../decompose/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") **decomposition** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* (science) The natural breaking down of dead plants and animals into simpler things, by bacteria, fungi and worms; rotting.[↗](../../decomposition/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* (maths) Breaking a number or shape into smaller parts (partitioning).[↗](../../decomposition/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* (science) The breaking of a substance into simpler substances by a chemical reaction.[↗](../../decomposition/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* Fallen leaves turn into soil by decomposition.[↗](../../decomposition/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · Worms and fungi help decomposition.[↗](../../decomposition/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · Decomposition is faster when it is warm and damp.[↗](../../decomposition/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · Use decomposition: 36 = 30 + 6.[↗](../../decomposition/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · We used decomposition to find the area of the L-shape.[↗](../../decomposition/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · Heating some rocks causes thermal decomposition.[↗](../../decomposition/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") **decorate** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* To make something look nicer by adding pretty things: decorate the cake with icing.[↗](../../decorate/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* To paint walls or put up wallpaper in a room (mainly UK, Ireland, Australia, NZ).[↗](../../decorate/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* To give someone a medal or honour: the soldier was decorated for bravery.[↗](../../decorate/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* We decorated the classroom for the party.[↗](../../decorate/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · Decorate your cake with sprinkles.[↗](../../decorate/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · Dad is decorating my bedroom this weekend.[↗](../../decorate/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · The firefighter was decorated for saving the children.[↗](../../decorate/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · We decorated eggs with bright paints.[↗](../../decorate/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · One tin of paint covers 12 square metres, so a wall of 36 square metres needs 3 tins to decorate.[↗](../../decorate/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · The palace was elegantly decorated for the occasion.[↗](../../decorate/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") **decoration** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* Something added to make a thing or place look pretty or special, like balloons, tinsel or ornaments.[↗](../../decoration/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* The act of decorating.[↗](../../decoration/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* A medal given as an honour.[↗](../../decoration/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* We put up the decorations for the party.[↗](../../decoration/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · I made a paper chain decoration.[↗](../../decoration/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · The cake has a decoration of chocolate stars.[↗](../../decoration/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · Take the decorations down after the holidays.[↗](../../decoration/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · Keep paper decorations away from candles.[↗](../../decoration/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · The soldier received a decoration for bravery.[↗](../../decoration/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · I looked in, and saw the quaint decorations within.[↗](../../decoration/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") **decorative** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* Decorative means used to make something look pretty or attractive, rather than to be useful.[↗](../../decorative/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* Decorative can also describe someone or something that looks nice but does little work.[↗](../../decorative/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* We drew a decorative border around our poems.[↗](../../decorative/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · The plates on Nan's wall are only decorative, not for eating off.[↗](../../decorative/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · Christmas lights are decorative and cheerful.[↗](../../decorative/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · The cake had decorative icing flowers on top.[↗](../../decorative/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · The old fireplace is decorative and never used.[↗](../../decorative/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · Celtic knots are a famous decorative pattern.[↗](../../decorative/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · The sword on the wall was purely decorative and very blunt.[↗](../../decorative/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") **decorator** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* (UK) A person whose job is painting and wallpapering rooms and houses.[↗](../../decorator/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* Someone who decorates things, like a cake decorator or interior decorator.[↗](../../decorator/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* (computing) A special code feature that adds behaviour to a function (in languages like Python).[↗](../../decorator/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* We hired a decorator to paint the living room.[↗](../../decorator/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · The painter and decorator wallpapered my bedroom.[↗](../../decorator/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · She works as a cake decorator.[↗](../../decorator/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · Interior decorators choose furniture and colours.[↗](../../decorator/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · The decorator covered the floor with sheets.[↗](../../decorator/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · Christmas decorators hung lights everywhere.[↗](../../decorator/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") **decoy** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* A decoy is a person or thing used to trick someone and lead them away or into a trap.[↗](../../decoy/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* A decoy is a model of a bird, such as a wooden duck, used by hunters to attract real birds.[↗](../../decoy/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* To decoy someone is to trick them in this way.[↗](../../decoy/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* The duck decoy floated on the pond.[↗](../../decoy/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · The army used inflatable tanks as decoys.[↗](../../decoy/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · One friend acted as a decoy while the others hid the present.[↗](../../decoy/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · The mother bird pretended to be hurt as a decoy.[↗](../../decoy/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · The striker made a decoy run to draw the defender.[↗](../../decoy/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · The spy was decoyed into a trap.[↗](../../decoy/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · The bird-trap was quite empty, as he had caught nothing, and he had to kill a pied Partridge, which he had tamed for a decoy.[↗](../../decoy/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") **decrease** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* To decrease is to become smaller or fewer in size, number or amount.[↗](../../decrease/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* To decrease something is to make it smaller or less.[↗](../../decrease/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* A decrease is a fall in amount or number.[↗](../../decrease/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* Decrease 20 by 5 and you get 15.[↗](../../decrease/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · The temperature decreased at night.[↗](../../decrease/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · The number of bees has decreased.[↗](../../decrease/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · There was a decrease in the price of apples.[↗](../../decrease/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · Slow down to decrease your speed.[↗](../../decrease/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · The graph shows a steady decrease.[↗](../../decrease/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · Sales decreased by half.[↗](../../decrease/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") · As the warmth increased, the Snow Man decreased.[↗](../../decrease/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") · And the waters returned from off the earth continually; and after the end of a hundred and fifty days the waters decreased.[↗](../../decrease/#x9 "tree and pragmatics") (Torah GEN.8.3, JPS 1917)[↗](../../decrease/#x9 "tree and pragmatics") · And the waters decreased continually until the tenth month; in the tenth month, on the first day of the month, were the tops of the mountains seen.[↗](../../decrease/#x10 "tree and pragmatics") (Torah GEN.8.5, JPS 1917)[↗](../../decrease/#x10 "tree and pragmatics") · whole number of things, we multiply at each step by a number decreased by a unit " (Mordell, The Origin of Letters and Numerals according to Sefer Yetzirah (1914))[↗](../../decrease/#x11 "tree and pragmatics") · He blesseth them also, so that they are multiplied greatly, and suffereth not their cattle to decrease.[↗](../../decrease/#x12 "tree and pragmatics") (Writings PSA.107.38, JPS 1917)[↗](../../decrease/#x12 "tree and pragmatics") **decree** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* A decree is an official order given by a ruler, a government or a court.[↗](../../decree/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* To decree something is to order it officially.[↗](../../decree/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* (Bible) In the Bible, Caesar Augustus sent out a decree that everyone must be counted, which is why Mary and Joseph went to Bethlehem.[↗](../../decree/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 4:* (law) A decree can be a court's decision, as in a divorce decree.[↗](../../decree/#m4 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* The king issued a decree that all dogs must wear bells.[↗](../../decree/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · By royal decree, the day was a holiday.[↗](../../decree/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · «In those days a decree went out from Caesar Augustus,» the reader began.[↗](../../decree/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · The emperor decreed that a new road should be built.[↗](../../decree/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · The court gave its final decree on the divorce.[↗](../../decree/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · Mum decreed that there would be no screens at dinner.[↗](../../decree/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") (humorous)[↗](../../decree/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · So he had put forth a decree that whosoever should be able to make her laugh should marry her.[↗](../../decree/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") · By me kings reign, and princes decree justice.[↗](../../decree/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") (Writings PRO.8.15, JPS 1917)[↗](../../decree/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") · And prescribed for it My decree, and set bars and doors, (Writings JOB.38.10, JPS 1917)[↗](../../decree/#x9 "tree and pragmatics") · I Darius have made a decree; let it be done with all diligence.'[↗](../../decree/#x10 "tree and pragmatics") (Writings EZR.6.12, JPS 1917)[↗](../../decree/#x10 "tree and pragmatics") **decreed** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* If a ruler or government decreed something, they gave an official order.[↗](../../decreed/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* (Bible, old) Something decreed is fixed and must happen.[↗](../../decreed/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* The king decreed a holiday for all.[↗](../../decreed/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · Caesar Augustus decreed that everyone must be counted.[↗](../../decreed/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · The council decreed that dogs must be on leads.[↗](../../decreed/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · It was decreed that no one could leave.[↗](../../decreed/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · The queen decreed a feast.[↗](../../decreed/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · The emperor decreed that the bridge be built.[↗](../../decreed/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · So the King had decreed that whoever should succeed in making her laugh should marry her.[↗](../../decreed/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") · Lest they drink, and forget that which is decreed, and pervert the justice due to any that is afflicted.[↗](../../decreed/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") (Writings PRO.31.5, JPS 1917)[↗](../../decreed/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") · After these things, when the wrath of king Ahasuerus was assuaged, he remembered Vashti, and what she had done, and what was decreed against her.[↗](../../decreed/#x9 "tree and pragmatics") (Writings EST.2.1, JPS 1917)[↗](../../decreed/#x9 "tree and pragmatics") · And I decreed, and search hath been made, and it is found that this city of old time hath made insurrection against kings, and that rebellion and sedition have been made therein.[↗](../../decreed/#x10 "tree and pragmatics") (Writings EZR.4.19, JPS 1917)[↗](../../decreed/#x10 "tree and pragmatics") **decrepit** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* Decrepit means old, weak and worn out, often from age or hard use.[↗](../../decrepit/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* Decrepit can describe a building that is falling apart from neglect.[↗](../../decrepit/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* The decrepit old fisherman could hardly walk to the shore.[↗](../../decrepit/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · The decrepit cottage had holes in its roof.[↗](../../decrepit/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · The toy car was so decrepit that its wheels fell off.[↗](../../decrepit/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") **ded** — *In Jewish tradition, meaning 1:* A broken piece of the word "intended," split by a line break in old printing.[↗](../../ded/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") It is not a word on its own.[↗](../../ded/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* Although it was inten- ded as a commentary on Sefer Yetzirah I, its author had no con- ception whatever of what the original Sefer Y'etzirah was.[↗](../../ded/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") (Mordell, The Origin of Letters and Numerals according to Sefer Yetzirah (1914))[↗](../../ded/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") **dedicate** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* To dedicate something is to give it to a person or purpose, often out of love or respect.[↗](../../dedicate/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* (old use) To dedicate a book is to write someone's name at the front to honour them.[↗](../../dedicate/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* To dedicate yourself is to promise to give your time and effort to something.[↗](../../dedicate/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* She dedicated her picture to her grandmother.[↗](../../dedicate/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · The author dedicated the book to her teacher.[↗](../../dedicate/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · He dedicated his whole summer to learning the piano.[↗](../../dedicate/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · Out of the spoil won in battles did they dedicate to repair the house of the LORD.[↗](../../dedicate/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") (Writings 1CH.26.27, JPS 1917)[↗](../../dedicate/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · These also did king David dedicate unto the LORD, with the silver and gold that he dedicated of all the nations which he subdued: (Prophets 2SA.8.11, JPS 1917)[↗](../../dedicate/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") [1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/D/) … [8](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/D/page/8/) **9** [10](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/D/page/10/) … [62](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/D/page/62/) - ← previous: [page 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