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Synonyms for key:


adj. essential, important

basic
crucial
decisive
fundamental
indispensable
leading
main
major
pivotal
primary
principal
vital
chief
material

noun item that unlocks

latchkey
opener
passkey
screw
skeleton

noun answer, solution

blueprint
clue
code
core
guide
indicator
means
passport
password
sign
ticket
brand
cipher
crux
cue
earmark
explanation
fulcrum
hinge
index
interpretation
lead
lever
marker
nexus
nucleus
pivot
pointer
root
symptom
translation

Examples of uses:

key to the poolhouse, key to the main house, key to the garage.
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Corpus name: OpenSubtitles2018. License: not specified. References: http://opus.nlpl.eu/OpenSubtitles2018.php, http://stp.lingfil.uu.se/~joerg/paper/opensubs2016.pdf
At the first step. It isn't my key, it's my neighbor's key from his motorcycle.
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Corpus name: OpenSubtitles2018. License: not specified. References: http://opus.nlpl.eu/OpenSubtitles2018.php, http://stp.lingfil.uu.se/~joerg/paper/opensubs2016.pdf
But the key turned to be Maximen's naighbour's key.
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Corpus name: OpenSubtitles2018. License: not specified. References: http://opus.nlpl.eu/OpenSubtitles2018.php, http://stp.lingfil.uu.se/~joerg/paper/opensubs2016.pdf
If a key turns in a lock, and no one asked for the key or even wanted it, does it make a sound?
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Corpus name: OpenSubtitles2018. License: not specified. References: http://opus.nlpl.eu/OpenSubtitles2018.php, http://stp.lingfil.uu.se/~joerg/paper/opensubs2016.pdf
You need a key for the lift and you only get a key with promotion.
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Corpus name: OpenSubtitles2018. License: not specified. References: http://opus.nlpl.eu/OpenSubtitles2018.php, http://stp.lingfil.uu.se/~joerg/paper/opensubs2016.pdf
Go home, taking the key with you, and put the key in your mailbox.
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Corpus name: OpenSubtitles2018. License: not specified. References: http://opus.nlpl.eu/OpenSubtitles2018.php, http://stp.lingfil.uu.se/~joerg/paper/opensubs2016.pdf
Well, the key turned out to be Maximin's neighbor's key, but the button...
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Corpus name: OpenSubtitles2018. License: not specified. References: http://opus.nlpl.eu/OpenSubtitles2018.php, http://stp.lingfil.uu.se/~joerg/paper/opensubs2016.pdf
Now, I gotta find a good place to hide this key because if somebody finds this, they hold the key to all my possessions.
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Corpus name: OpenSubtitles2018. License: not specified. References: http://opus.nlpl.eu/OpenSubtitles2018.php, http://stp.lingfil.uu.se/~joerg/paper/opensubs2016.pdf
This key resembles your bedroom key. I happen to know it is kept in your mother's room on the mantelpiece, tied with a blue ribbon.
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Corpus name: OpenSubtitles2018. License: not specified. References: http://opus.nlpl.eu/OpenSubtitles2018.php, http://stp.lingfil.uu.se/~joerg/paper/opensubs2016.pdf
Oh, I found the key all right. Only it's the wrong key!
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Corpus name: OpenSubtitles2018. License: not specified. References: http://opus.nlpl.eu/OpenSubtitles2018.php, http://stp.lingfil.uu.se/~joerg/paper/opensubs2016.pdf

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