air
/eə/
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Translation
The mix of gases all around us that we breathe and cannot see.
Word origin
From Greek aer, meaning the lower sky, which reached English through Latin and Old French.
- Origin
- Greek
- Root
- aer
Examples
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"Air" means the gases all around us that we breathe.
fresh .
Here "air" means clean air from outside.
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"Air" here means the open space above the ground.
Air is the mix of gases all around us. We cannot see it, but we breathe it in and out to stay alive. It also fills the open space above the ground, where birds and planes fly.
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