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| in place of |
| 1. prep. instead of |
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| Analysis |
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| in |
| 1. prep. Used to indicate location, inclusion, or position within spatial, temporal or other limits. |
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| 2. prep. Contained by. |
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| The dog is in the kennel. |
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| 3. prep. Within. |
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| 4. prep. Surrounded by. |
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| place |
| 1. n. (physical) An area; somewhere within an area. |
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| 2. n. An open space, particularly a city square, market square, or courtyard. |
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| 3. n. A group of houses. |
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| They live at Westminster Place. |
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| 4. n. An inhabited area: a village, town, or city. |
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| of |
| 1. prep. Expressing distance or motion. |
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| 2. prep. (now obsolete, or dialectal) From (of distance, direction), "off". |
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| 3. prep. (obsolete except in phrases) Since, from (a given time, earlier state etc.). |
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| 4. prep. From, away from (a position, number, distance etc.). |
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| There are no shops within twenty miles of the cottage. |
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