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Ogden

[ awg-duhn, og- ]
/ ˈɔg dən, ˈɒg- /
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noun
Charles Kay, 1889–1957, British psychologist and linguist, inventor of Basic English.
a city in N Utah.
a male given name.
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Ogden
/ (ˈɒɡdən) /

noun
C (harles) K (ay). 1889–1957, English linguist, who, with I. A. Richards, devised Basic English
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