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white

US /waɪt/

adjective Foundation · A2 Đời sống hằng ngày

Definition

being of the achromatic color of maximum lightness; having little or no hue owing to reflection of almost all incident light

Tested in TOEIC business and workplace contexts.

Examples

The walls of the new office are painted white and light gray.

Word Family

NounNoun
white gốc whiteness
VerbVerb
white gốc
AdjectiveAdj
white gốc
AdverbAdv
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Collocations

  • Easy wear a white shirt
    to have on one's body as clothing or accessory regarding a white shirt
  • Medium print on plain white paper
    to print on plain white paper, meaning to put into print
  • Hard white collar crime investigated by federal agents
    to white collar crime investigated by federal agents, meaning to turn white
  • Very Hard bleed the state treasury white through systemic graft
    to bleed the state treasury white through systemic graft, meaning to lose blood from one's body

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