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17 January
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What does what caused the leak mean?
What does what caused the leak mean?
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- English (US)
What is the source of the water or liquid seeping from pipes? or It could mean when you give someone some secret information, and your friend decides to tell another person, your friend then LEAKED the information. Hope it's clear.
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- Spanish (Spain)
@bonjour1776 are those the only meanings or only context u can use
- English (US)
@HDGD
So many contexts! Not enough time.
But you can use CORPRA to see various ways to use leaked or leak or leaky or leaking
https://www.english-corpora.org/coca/
For "current" slang, use urbandictionary.com
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- Spanish (Spain)
@bonjour1776 what about when someone wants to know the cause of the incident
- English (US)
@HDGD
So the source is different from cause.
So you say , Exactly what you wrote. What is the cause of leak. Leak is a noun in this sentence.
THE leak
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- Spanish (Spain)
@bonjour1776 can u explain urself different or in a better way I didn't get ur point in ur last comment
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