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n.
essay
1) to write an ~
2) ( BE ) a leading ~
3) an ~ about (she wrote an ~ about her research)
section
4) according to an ~ (according to ~ two of our constitution)
object
5) secondhand; toilet ~s
grammatical affix
6) to take an ~ (certain nouns always take the definite ~)
7) the definite; indefinite ~
II
v. ( BE ) ( d ; tr. ) ('to apprentice') to ~ to, with (to ~ smb. to a firm of solicitors)