Summit 2B "Unit 9 - Lesson 4" Vocabulary

to describe

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to give details about someone or something to say what they are like

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He used metaphors to describe the power of nature in his poem.

She described her feelings of excitement before the big event.

Grammatical Information:

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social

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related to society and the lives of its citizens in general

demographic

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the statistical characteristics of a population, such as age, gender, and ethnicity

trend

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an overall way in which something is changing or developing

statistic

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a number or piece of data representing measurements or facts

rate

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the number of times something changes or happens during a specific period of time

current

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happening or existing in the present time

noncurrent

recent

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having happened, started, or been done only a short time ago

the present

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the period of time happening now, not before or after

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