From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English:
verb
British English to mark a test, list of questions etc with a tick, in order to show that something is correct, to choose something etc SYN check American English
to draw a line under a word to show that it is important
to draw a circle around something
to write the information that is needed on a form SYN fill out
adjective
having no mistakes SYN right OPP incorrect
not correct, and not based on true facts OPP right
noun [countable]
if sth is a mistake, it's wrong. e.g Inglish. SYN error
something that has been done in the wrong way, or an opinion or statement that is incorrect
make sth right. e.g Inglish (wrong), English (right); tell sb what mistakes they are making.
'Paris is in France.’ That's true. 'Paris is in Italy.' That's false.
Small and little are the same (small = little). Small and big are different.
From Cambridge Dictionary:
to choose someone or something that is suitable for a particular person, activity, or purpose
if sth is missing, it is not there.
e.g. He comes Tokyo. (The word from is missing.)
something that is missing is not in its usual place, so that you cannot find it
put one thing over another thing
If you test yourself, you ask yourself questions to find what you know and understand, e.g. When I test myself on English verbs, I look at the verb, then say the meaning in my language.
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English:
a list of numbers, facts, or information arranged in rows across and down a page
a line of numbers or words written under each other that goes down a page
put things in the right place or position:
Put these words in order to make a sentence.
bed/l/early/to/went
I went to bed early.
TV is a short form of television.
A symbol is a sign or picture with a special meaning. e.g. = is a symbol that means equals OR
is the same as: 2+2=4.
is short for for example: fruit, e.g. apples and bananas.
is short for opposite: Big is the opposite of small.
is short for synonym (= a word that means the same as another): small SYN little.
You use etc. at the end of a list to show there are more things, but you don't want to say them all: We bought apples, oranges, bananas, etc. We can say etc. as 'etcetera' or and so on.
means informal. If a word is informal, you use it when you are speaking to friends or people you know well, but not in serious writing or important letters. OPP formal
is a short form of something.
is a short form of somebody/someone.
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