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Từ điển Oxford Learners Wordfinder Dictionary
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1. your basis for belief or disbelief; knowledge on which to base belief (Freq. 6) - the evidence that smoking causes lung cancer is very compelling • Syn: evidence • Derivationally related forms: evidential (for: evidence), evidentiary (for: evidence), evident (for: evidence), evidence (for: evidence) • Hypernyms: information • Hyponyms: probable cause, proof, cogent evidence, disproof, falsification, refutation, lead, track, trail, symptom, sign 2. the enclosed land around a house or other building (Freq. 5) - it was a small house with almost no yard • Syn: yard, curtilage • Hypernyms: field • Hyponyms: backyard, dooryard, front yard, garden, playground, side yard 3. a tract of land cleared for some special purposes (recreation or burial etc.) (Freq. 2) • Hypernyms: tract, piece of land, piece of ground, parcel of land, parcel 4. a justification for something existing or happening (Freq. 1) - he had no cause to complain - they had good reason to rejoice • Syn: cause, reason • Derivationally related forms: causal (for: cause), cause (for: cause) • Hypernyms: justification 5. dregs consisting of solid particles (especially of coffee) that form a residue - it is a Middle Eastern custom to read your future in your coffee grounds • Hypernyms: dregs, settlings • Hyponyms: coffee grounds
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