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meg

/mɛɡ/

Meanings
noun
Any unit having the SI prefix mega-.

Examples :

"The megabyte file took a long time to download. "
number unit technology computing

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Illustration prefix

prefix noun

/ˈpriːfɪks/ /priːˈfɪks/

Something placed before another

"The area code is a phone number's prefix. "

Illustration time

time noun

/tɑem/ /taɪm/

The inevitable progression into the future with the passing of present and past events.

"Time stops for nobody.   the ebb and flow of time"

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long noun

/ˈlɔːŋ/ /ˈlɑŋ/ /ˈlɒŋ/ /ˈlɔŋ/

A long vowel.

"The "o" in "boat" is a long vowel sound. "

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having verb

/ˈhævɪŋ/

To possess, own.

"I have a house and a car."

Illustration any

any adverb

/ˈæni/ /ˈɛni/

To even the slightest extent, at all.

"I will not remain here any longer."

Illustration the

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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file noun

/faɪl/

A collection of papers collated and archived together.

"The teacher asked students to file their essays in the designated folder. "

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unit noun

/ˈjuː.nɪt/

A particular, minute unit of mass, defined differently for different substances, but so that varying substances of the same general type have the property that one international unit of the one has the same effect on the human body as one international unit of the other.

"The doctor prescribed a specific unit of vitamin D for the patient's bone health. "

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took verb

/tuːk/

To get into one's hands, possession or control, with or without force.

"My sister took the last apple from the bowl. "

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mega adjective

/ˈmɛɡə/

Very large.

"The new shopping mall is a mega project with hundreds of stores. "

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megabyte noun

/ˈmɛɡəˌbaɪt/

One million (106) bytes.

"The photo I took of the sunset was a large file, about one megabyte in size. "

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download noun

/ˈdaʊnˌləʊd/ /ˌdaʊnˈləʊd/ /ˈdaʊnˌloʊd/

A file transfer to the local computer.

"The download took longer than I expected."