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legality

/liːˈɡæləti/ /ləˈɡæləti/

Meanings
noun
Lawfulness.

Examples :

"The legality of the new school uniform policy is being debated by parents. "
law government politics state right society

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uniform noun

/ˈjuːnɪfɔːm/ /ˈjunəfɚm/

A distinctive outfit that serves to identify members of a group.

"The school students wore a uniform of navy blue shirts and khaki pants. "

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school noun

/skuːl/

(collective) A group of fish or a group of marine mammals such as porpoises, dolphins, or whales.

"The divers encountered a huge school of mackerel."

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new noun

/njʉː/ /n(j)u/ /njuː/

Things that are new.

"Out with the old, in with the new."

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being noun

/ˈbiːɪŋ/ /ˈbiŋ/

A living creature.

"The being in the classroom was quiet today. "

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of preposition

/ɔv/ /ɒv/ /ə/ /ʌv/

Expressing distance or motion.

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

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the adverb

/ði/ /ˈðiː/

With a comparative or with more and a verb phrase, establishes a correlation with one or more other such comparatives.

"It looks weaker and weaker, the more I think about it."

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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. "

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parents noun

/ˈpɛəɹənts/ /ˈpæɹənts/

One of the two persons from whom one is immediately biologically descended; a mother or father.

"Many students invite their parents to school events. "

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policy noun

/ˈpɒləsi/ /ˈpɑləsi/

A principle of behaviour, conduct etc. thought to be desirable or necessary, especially as formally expressed by a government or other authoritative body.

"The Communist Party has a policy of returning power to the workers."

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debated verb

/dɪˈbeɪtəd/

To participate in a debate; to dispute, argue, especially in a public arena.

""Debate me, coward!" snarled the completely normal intellectual."