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    key
    [kiː]
    noun
    key (substantiv) · keys (substantiv flertall)
    1. a small piece of shaped metal with incisions cut to fit the wards of a particular lock, which is inserted into a lock and turned to open or close it:
      "there were two keys to the cupboard" · "a room key"
      • a shaped metal implement for operating a switch in the form of a lock, especially one operating the ignition of a motor vehicle:
        "Nat turned the key in the ignition"
      • an instrument for grasping and turning a screw, peg, or nut, especially one for winding a clock or turning a valve.
      • a pin, bolt, or wedge inserted into a hole or between parts so as to lock the parts together.
    2. each of several buttons on a panel for operating a computer, typewriter, or telephone:
      "press the ENTER key"
      • a lever depressed by the finger in playing an instrument such as the organ, piano, flute, or concertina:
        "a piece composed solely for the white keys on the piano"
      • a lever operating a mechanical device for making or breaking an electric circuit, for example in telegraphy.
    3. a thing that provides a means of achieving or understanding something:
      "discipline seems to be the key to her success"
      • an explanatory list of symbols used in a map, table, etc.
      • a set of answers to exercises or problems:
        "a key at the back of the book provides the answers"
      • a word or system for solving a cipher or code:
        "it took him some time to find the key, the connection between the code and the Odyssey"
      • the first move in the solution of a chess problem.
      • computing
        a field in a record which is used to identify that record uniquely.
    4. music
      a group of notes based on a particular note and comprising a scale, regarded as forming the tonal basis of a piece of music:
      "the key of E minor"
    5. the dry winged fruit of an ash, maple, or sycamore, typically growing in bunches; a samara.
    6. the part of a first coat of wall plaster that passes between the laths and so secures the rest.
      • the roughness of a surface, helping the adhesion of plaster or other material.
    7. basketball
      the keyhole-shaped area marked on the court near each basket:
      "he hit another jumper from the top of the key"
    verb
    key (verb) · keys (tredje person presens) · keyed (preteritum) · keyed (perfektum partisipp) · keying (presens partisipp)
    1. enter or operate on (data) by means of a computer keyboard or telephone keypad:
      "not everyone can key data quickly and accurately" · "she keyed in a series of commands" · "the information is then keyed into a computer" · "a hacker caused disruption after keying into a vital database"
    2. fasten (something) in position with a pin, wedge, or bolt:
      "the coils may be keyed into the slots by fibre wedges"
    3. roughen (a surface) to help the adhesion of plaster or other material:
      "a wooden float with nails driven through it is used to key the wall surface between coats"
    4. word (an advertisement in a periodical), typically by varying the form of the address given, so as to identify the publication generating particular responses:
      "one keys advertisements and measures returns"
    5. informal
      vandalize (a car) by scraping its paint with a key.
    6. NORTH AMERICAN
      informal
      be the crucial factor in achieving:
      "Ewing keyed a 73–35 advantage on the boards with twenty rebounds"
    Origin
    Old English cǣg, cǣge, of unknown origin.
    key
    [kiː]
    noun
    key (substantiv) · keys (substantiv flertall)
    1. a low-lying island or reef, especially in the Caribbean. Compare with cay.
    Origin
    late 17th century: from Spanish cayo ‘shoal, reef’, influenced by quay.
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  3. Cambridge Dictionary
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    KEY | English meaning - Cambridge Dictionary

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  4. Merriam Webster
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    Key Definition & Meaning - Merriam-Webster

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  6. Collins Dictionary
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    KEY definition and meaning | Collins English Dictionary

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  7. Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
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  8. Vocabulary.com
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  9. WordReference
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  10. Cambridge Dictionary
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  11. Your Dictionary
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  12. The Free Dictionary
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