(~s)
Frequency: The word is one of the 3000 most common words in English.
1.
A ~ is a regular series of sounds or movements.
He had no sense of ~ whatsoever...
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2.
A ~ is a regular pattern of changes, for example changes in your body, in the seasons, or in the tides.
Begin to listen to your own body ~s.
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