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Doe

Noun CEFR C1 Standard
dəʊ

Definitions

  1. Initialism of Design Of Experiments.
  2. Initialism of Dictionary of Old English.
  3. A surname of English origin.
  4. A female deer; also used of similar animals such as antelope (less commonly a goat, as nanny is also used).
  5. A female fallow deer.
  6. Initialism of Department of Energy.
  7. A female rabbit or hare.
  8. A female squirrel.
  9. Initialism of Department of Education.
  10. A female kangaroo.

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Examples

“A doe from round a spruce stood looking at them Across the wall, as near the wall as they. She saw⟳ them in their field, they her in hers.”
“The city recently carried out a deer census, determining there are 313 stags (males), 798 does (females) and 214 fawns (babies) in Nara Park⟳.”
“The DOE and EPA have⟳ tried to keep⟳ everyone happy with the final rules.”
““As a result⟳, OCR found that the district’s pattern of inconsistent responses to reports it received of sexual harassment – infrequently responding under Title IX or not responding at all – rose to the level that the district’s response to some families’ sexual harassment reports was deliberately indifferent to students’ civil rights,” a news release⟳ from DOE reads.”
“In the amended complaint, Carter is accused of raping the then-13-year-old Jane Doe at an afterparty for the MTV Video Music Awards in the year 2000.”

CEFR level

C1
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This word is part of the CEFR C1 vocabulary — advanced level.
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