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Say, Heavenly Muse, shall not thy sacred vein 15

Afford a present to the Infant God?

Hast thou no verse, no hymn, or solemn strain,

To welcome him to this his new abode,

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adjective

Able to be tolerated or allowed; satisfactory or suitable for a particular purpose or situation.

The teacher said that a score of 70% or higher was acceptable for passing the test.

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Dictionary Entry

differences

Part of SpeechnounPronunciation/ˈdɪfɹənsɪz/Used In Literature ↓

The quality of being different.

In a Sentence

You need to learn to be more tolerant of difference.

Origin

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Common Phrases

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Poetry examples for differences

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movements in the arts, and has already become a household word.

Differences of taste and judgment, however, have arisen among the

contributors to that book; growing tendencies are forcing them along

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to think of Corbière a little as one thinks of Goya, without Goya's

Spanish, with infinite differences, but with a macabre intensity, and a

modernity that we have not yet surpassed. There are possible grounds for

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movements in the arts, and has already become a household word.

Differences of taste and judgment, however, have arisen among the

contributors to that book; growing tendencies are forcing them along

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reading ability in mathematics, (3) attitude toward mathematics, and

(4) overall course achievement. The differences which were analyzed

and found to be significant included: (1) the post-test measure of

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