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decreed

/dɪˈkriːd/ /diˈkriːd/

Meanings
verb
To command by a decree.

Examples :

"A court decrees a restoration of property."
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Illustration decree

decree noun

/dɪˈkɹiː/

An edict or law.

"The principal issued a decree that all students must wear uniforms. "

Illustration of

of preposition

/ɔv/ /ɒv/ /ə/ /ʌv/

Expressing distance or motion.

"The school is located five miles of the town center. "

Illustration restoration

restoration noun

/ɹɛstəˈɹeɪʃən/

The process of bringing an object back to its original state; the process of restoring something.

"The restoration of this medieval church involved undoing all the Victorian modifications."

Illustration to

to adverb

/tʉː/ /tuː/ /tu/

Toward a closed, touching or engaging position.

"Please push the door to."

Illustration court

court noun

/kɔːt/ /kɔɹt/

An enclosed space; a courtyard; an uncovered area shut in by the walls of a building, or by different buildings; also, a space opening from a street and nearly surrounded by houses; a blind alley.

"The girls were playing in the court."

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by noun

/baɪ/

A flying insect, of the clade Anthophila within the hymenopteran superfamily Apoidea, known for its organised societies (though only a minority have them), for collecting pollen and (in some species) producing wax and honey.

"The bee diligently collected pollen from the flowers. "

Illustration a

a noun

/æɪ/ /eɪ/ /ə/ /ɔ/

The name of the Latin script letter A/a.

"My teacher wrote the letter "a" on the board to demonstrate its shape. "

Illustration command

command noun

/kəˈmɑːnd/ /kəˈmænd/

An order to do something.

"I was given a command to cease shooting."

Illustration property

property noun

/ˈpɹɒp.ət.i/ /ˈpɹɑp.ɚt.i/

Something that is owned.

"Important types of property include real property (land), personal property (other physical possessions), and intellectual property (rights over artistic creations, inventions, etc.)."

Illustration decrees

decrees noun

/dɪˈkriːz/ /ˈdiːkriːz/

An edict or law.

"The principal announced new school decrees about cell phone use during class. "