the result or consequence of a situation, event, or action

a problem that gets in the way of a process or makes it worse

the unexpected start of something terrible, such as a disease or war

the way that our parents care for us or teach us to behave in our childhood

a piece of painted cloth that is hung at the back of a theater stage as part of the scenery

the cause or source of a person's ruin or failure

a feeling of disappointment or sadness due to something not meeting one's expectations or hopes

a situation in which people join together to fight against those in power

a complete or disappointing failure

an imaginary line that goes from the North Pole to the South Pole, which helps to measure how far east or west a place is on Earth

imaginary lines that run horizontally around the Earth, used to measure how far north or south a place is from the middle of the Earth

each of the two parallel and imaginary lines around the earth that is 23°26ʹ south or north of the equator

a point or location on the opposite side of the Earth, exactly opposite another point, often used to describe places that are directly across from each other on the globe

the biggest and deepest ocean in the world, stretching between Asia and the Americas, famous for its calmness and rich variety of sea life

a vast region that forms part of a continent, especially the part of Asia that includes India, Pakistan and Bangladesh