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    【TED】Michael Green: What the Social Progress Index can reveal about your country (Michael Green: What the Social Progress Index can reveal about your country)

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    world

    US /wɜrld /

    UK /wɜ:ld/

    • Noun (Countable/Uncountable)
    • All the humans, events, activities on the earth
    • Political division due to some kind of similarity
    progress

    US /ˈprɑɡˌrɛs, -rəs, ˈproˌɡrɛs/

    UK /'prəʊɡres/

    • Verb (Transitive/Intransitive)
    • To move forward or toward a place or goal
    • To make progress; develop or improve.
    • Uncountable Noun
    • Act of moving forward
    • The process of improving or developing something over a period of time.
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    measure

    US /ˈmɛʒɚ/

    UK /ˈmeʒə(r)/

    • Noun (Countable/Uncountable)
    • Plan to achieve a desired result
    • Tool used to calculate the size of something
    • Transitive Verb
    • To determine the value or importance of something
    • To calculate size, weight or temperature of
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    social

    US /ˈsoʃəl/

    UK /ˈsəuʃəl/

    • Adjective
    • Involving activity with people, e.g. in free time
    • Living together and depending on each other
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