row
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- noun
- /roʊ/
- The plants are arranged in a neat row along the garden path.
- arranged in rows
- a row of seats
- front row
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Examples
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Each treatment plot contained four crop rows and 56 cucumber plants.
Academic text (2015) -
Books stood piled on a table, with more in rows of shelves against one wall.
Fiction book (1990) -
On both sides of the field, there was a long row of very high trees.
Academic text (2008) -
And two people in a row responded, no.
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Welcome to the front row, madame.
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Families, children, all lined up in rows, up and down these streets.
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The path ended in a paved area, with a row of benches along one side.
Fiction book (1990) -
I had taken some shots of violins displayed in rows along a wall in a music shop.
Academic text (1999) -
There were three tall pines in a row on the riverbank, the middle one bigger.
Fiction book (1990) -
Every treatment consisted of 10 Mitscherlich pots, arranged in three rows, one behind the other.
Academic text (2013)
Synonyms
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A row of people or things standing one behind another
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A line of people standing side by side
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A horizontal layer of bricks or stones in a wall
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A straight line of bricks laid side by side in a wall
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A neat row of people or objects
Idioms
Compounds
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The first row of seats nearest the stage or screen that lets you see the action clearly
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Etymology
Row comes from an old English word rāw meaning 'line' or 'rank', so a row of stones or people is simply things placed side by side in a straight line.