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  • 51key — /ki:/ adjective important ● a key factor ● key industries ● key personnel ● a key member of our management team ● She has a key post in the organisation. ● We don’t want to lose any key staff in the reorganisation. ▪▪▪ ‘…he gave up the finance… …

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  • 52key — /ki:/ noun the part of a computer or typewriter which you press with your fingers ● There are sixty four keys on the keyboard. ■ adjective important ● a key factor ● key industries ● key personnel ● a key member of our management team ● She has a …

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  • 53key in — [verb] type, enter, input, keyboard * * * key in (computing) To enter (data) by operating a keyboard • • • Main Entry: ↑key * * * ˌkey ˈin [transitive] [present tense I/you/we/they …

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  • 54Key — I Key   [engl.], Software: Schlüssel. II Key,  Hardware: Taste. III Key   [kɛj],    1) Adriaen Thomasz., flämischer Maler, * …

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  • 55key — {{11}}key (n.1) metal piece that works a lock, from O.E. cæg key, of unknown origin, with no certain cognates other than O.Fris. kei. Perhaps related to M.L.G. keie lance, spear on notion of tool to cleave with, from P.Gmc. *ki to cleaver, split… …

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  • 56key — key1 noun (plural keys) 1》 a small piece of shaped metal with incisions cut to fit the wards of a particular lock, which is inserted into the lock and rotated to open or close it or to operate a switch.     ↘an instrument for grasping and turning …

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  • 57Key — (as used in expressions) Fitzgerald, F(rancis) Scott (Key) Key West Key, David M(cKendree) Key, Francis Scott …

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  • 58Key — This interesting surname with variant spellings Kay, Kaye, Kayes, Keay, Keays, Keeys, Key, Keye, Keyes, Keys, Keyse, is derives from a number of different sources. Firstly, it may be an occupational name for a maker of keys or for someone who… …

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  • 59key in — phrasal verb [transitive] Word forms key in : present tense I/you/we/they key in he/she/it keys in present participle keying in past tense keyed in past participle keyed in same as key III I don t have time to key it all in …

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  • 60key —    1. An entry in the Microsoft Windows Registry that contains an element of configuration information. A key may also be empty and have no value set.    2. In encryption, a mechanism used to encode a message.    3. In a database system, a unique …

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