KEY


Meaning of KEY in English

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n.

device for turning the bolt of a door

1) to duplicate; make a ~

2) to insert; turn a ~

3) to fit, match a ~

4) a duplicate; master; skeleton ~

5) ~s dangle (on a chain)

6) a bunch of ~s

7) a ~ to (a ~ to a door)

solution

8) a ~ to (to hold the ~ to a mystery; a ~ to the exercises in a textbook)

system of notes

( mus. )

9) a high; low; major; minor ~

10) in a (certain) ~ (played in the ~ of C )

11) off ~

button on a ~board

12) to press, strike a ~

13) to jam a ~

14) to de-jam a ~

15) (on a typewriter) a backspace; dead; de-jammer; shift ~

16) (on a computer) a function, soft ~

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v. see ~ed

The Bbi combinatory dictionary of English, a guide to word combinations.      Комбинаторный словарь английского языка Bbi. Руководство по словосочетаниям.