step

forms:
step
steps (plural)

text: Take one step forward to win the game.

text: He took three steps toward home plate and was ruled out.

glosses: A step is one of several actions or processes taken to achieve a goal.

text: Heating the oven is one step needed to bake bread.

glosses: A step is a surface used to walk upwards. Most often there are several steps, one above the other.

text: One must walk up the steps to get to the top of the building.


steel

forms: steel

pos: noun

glosses: A very strong metal made of iron and other substances mixed together.

text: All my pots for cooking are made of steel.

enpr: stēl

ipa: /stiːl/

noun

steel

expansion: [POS TABLE]


stem

forms:
stem
stems (plural)

glosses: A stem is a long, thin thing joining parts of a plant.

text: Put the stems of the flowers in this cup of water.

glosses: A stem is a narrow part of certain man-made objects, such as a tobacco pipe, a spoon.

enpr: stĕm

ipa: /stɛm/


stem

forms:
stem (canonical)
stems (third-person singular)
stemmed (past)
stemmed (past participle)
stemming (present participle)

pos: verb

glosses: If you stem soemthing, you remove the stem from it.

text: to stem cherries; to stem tobacco leaves

glosses: If a problem stems from an action, it is caused by or originates from the action.

text: The current crisis stems from the short-sighted politics of the previous government.

verb

stem

m


steam

forms:
steam
steams (plural)

glosses: A substance like air, made of water that is very hot.

text: The food is hot -- I see steam coming from the pot.

ipa: /stiːm/


steam

forms:
steam (canonical)
steams (third-person singular)
steamed (past)
steamed (past participle)
steaming (present participle)


adverb

forms:
adverb
adverbs (plural)

glosses: An adverb is a kind of word that generally modifies verbs and other words (but not nouns); adverbs usually answer questions such as how?, why? and to what extent?.

text: In the clause "Jane ran quickly," "quickly" is an adverb because it tells you how Jane ran.

hyphenation: ad‧verb


statement

forms:
statement
statements (plural)

glosses: A statement is a claim someone makes that is true or false.

text: I don't agree with that statement.

ipa: /ˈsteɪtm(ə)nt/

ipa: /ˈsteɪtmənt/

hyphenation: state‧ment


stage

forms:
stage
stages (plural)

glosses: a high floor where some people perform while other people watch

text: The actors performed on the stage while the audience watched.

glosses: a vehicle, especially a horse-drawn coach, usually stagecoach

text: The stage arrived in Dodge City with Lola Montez on board.

text: We took a ride on the stagecoach at the amusement park.

text: The first stage in our trip to the moon will be the blast off.

text: Have you completed the first stage in your training?

ipa: stedʒ, steɪdʒ


stage

forms:
stage (canonical)
stages (third-person singular)
staged (past)
staged (past participle)
staging (present participle)

text: This producer stages shows around the world.

text: The producers will stage the new musical in New York, London, and Toronto.

text: The show was staged in Montreal before it opened in New York.

text: Producers are staging the show in several cities.

stag

e


stamp

forms:
stamp
stamps (plural)

glosses: A little coloured square of paper that someone sticks to a letter when they want to send the letter.

text: The stamp goes in the upper right part of the outside of the letter.

glosses: Any embossed sign or mark on a document.

text: Deeds to a house have excise duty stamps attached.

ipa: /stæmp/


stamp

forms:
stamp (canonical)
stamps (third-person singular)
stamped (past)
stamped (past participle)
stamping (present participle)

text: She stamped the sign of her company on the lower part of the letter.

glosses: To bring the heel of the foot sharply down on the floor.

text: She stamped her pretty little foot.

stamp


square

forms:
square
squares (plural)

glosses: A square (￭) is a form with 4 equal sides and 4 equal angles.

enpr: skwâr

ipa: /skwɛə(r)/

ipa: /skwɛɚ/


square

forms:
square (positive)
squarer (comparative)
squarest (superlative)

pos: adj

glosses: If something is square, it is shaped like a sqaure.

adj

square

squarer

squarest


square

forms:
square (canonical)
squares (third-person singular)
squared (past)
squared (past participle)
squaring (present participle)

glosses: If you square a number, you multiply it by itself. It is represented in math as x² where x is the number being squared.

text: 3 squared is 9, because 3 times 3 is 9.

verb

squar


spring

forms:
spring
springs (plural)

glosses: A spring is a twisted metal thing that can stretch and push.

glosses: Spring is the part of the year before summer; the part of the year when it is getting warmer.

glosses: A spring is a place where water comes up out of the ground.

enpr: /sprĭng/

ipa: /sprɪŋ/

sampa: /sprIN/


spring

forms:
spring (canonical)
springs (third-person singular)
sprang (past)
sprung (past participle)
springing (present participle)

glosses: If something springs, it jumps quickly and far.

spring

springs

sprang

sprung

springing


sponge

forms:
sponge
sponges (plural)

glosses: A sponge is a soft thing with many holes that can keep much water in it. (One that grows in water, or one that is made by people and used for washing things.)

text: Use the sponge to clean up the water.

enpr: spŭnj

ipa: /spʌnd͡ʒ/


sponge

forms:
sponge (canonical)
sponges (third-person singular)
sponged (past)
sponged (past participle)
sponging (present participle)

glosses: Sponge means to take advantage of someone's kindness

spong


statistics

forms:
statistic
statistics (plural)

glosses: Statistics are numbers about information.

text: New crime statistics show that the number of crimes is decreasing.

text: The government published new unemployment statistics for the month of June.

glosses: Statistics is the science of using and understanding those numbers.

text: To do research, it's important to understand simple statistics such as averages and standard deviations.

text: Statistics is a kind of mathematics.

ipa: /stəˈtɪstɪks/

noun

statistic


chest

forms:
chest
chests (plural)

glosses: A type of box with a lid that you can lock.

text: He put his things in the chest.

ipa: /t͡ʃɛst/

audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Back ache-chest.wav


statistic

text: New crime statistics that show the number of crimes is decreasing.

text: That statistic about the number of unemployment this month must be wrong.

ipa: /stəˈtɪstɪk/


patronising

forms:
patronising (positive)
more patronising (comparative)
most patronising (superlative)

glosses: If x is patronising towards y, x treats y as if y were less intelligent.

text: Often the tourist is hated for his patronising attitude towards the locals.

adj

more: true


patronising

forms:
patronise (canonical)
patronises (third-person singular)
patronised (past)
patronised (past participle)
patronising (present participle)

verb

patronis


patronizing

forms:
patronizing (positive)
more patronizing (comparative)
most patronizing (superlative)

glosses: If x is patronizing towards y, x treats y as if y were less intelligent.

text: Often the tourist is hated for his patronizing attitude towards the locals.


patronizing

forms:
patronize (canonical)
patronizes (third-person singular)
patronized (past)
patronized (past participle)
patronizing (present participle)

patroniz


treat

forms:
treat (canonical)
treats (third-person singular)
treated (past)
treated (past participle)
treating (present participle)

glosses: If you treat someone in a certain way, you act that way towards them.

text: I hate it when my teacher treats me like a child.

text: He always treated her badly. No wonder she left him!

glosses: If you treat an illness or injury, you do things to make it better.

text: The doctor couldn't treat my finger until he saw the X-ray.

text: After the accident 29 people were treated in hospital for minor injuries.

glosses: If you treat something, you put something on it or do something to it protect or clean it.

text: The woods was treated with chemicals before being made into paper.


treat

forms:
treat
treats (plural)

glosses: A treat is something nice that you don't get often.

text: The occasional trip to a swimming pool is a real treat for most families.

text: The children had a special treat of ice cream and cake.


space

forms:
space
spaces (plural)

glosses: Space is area or room with nothing in it or that can be used.

text: Make a space between the tables so people can walk there.

text: We moved to the country to enjoy the open spaces.

glosses: Space is the black place in the sky where stars are.

text: The sun and the moon are in outer space.

enpr: spās

ipa: /speɪs/

sampa: /speIs/


space

forms:
space (canonical)
spaces (third-person singular)
spaced (past)
spaced (past participle)
spacing (present participle)

glosses: If you space two or more things, you put them apart, not together.

text: When you attach the wood, make sure the screws are evenly spaced, about 30 cm apart.

glosses: If you space (out), you stop paying attention or thinking.

spac


song

forms:
song
songs (plural)

glosses: A song is some music with words in verse.

text: That song sounds beautiful.

ipa: /sɒŋg/

ipa: /sɑŋg/


meanwhile

forms:
meanwhile (positive)
Superlative–

pos: adv

glosses: You use meanwhile to introduce a new topic happening at the same time as the old topic.

text: Sutton Coldfield won 2-0 away at Chelmsford. Meanwhile, Hightown were 3-0 winners against Clifton.

text: International students are here only to study English. Meanwhile, many immigrant students must also work and take care of their families.

ipa: /ˈmiːnwaɪl/

audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-meanwhile.wav


meanwhile

forms: meanwhile

glosses: The meanwhile is the time between two things.

text: Police are checking his story. In the meanwhile, he remains in jail.


immediately

etymology_text: immediate + -ly

ety-suffix

immediate

ly

expansion: immediate + -ly

glosses: If you do something immediately, you do it with no time or space between.

text: One car went by, immediately followed by a second at high speed.

text: Young man, I want this room cleaned up right now--immediately! Do you understand me?

ipa: /ɪˈmiːdiətli/

hyphenation: im‧me‧di‧ate‧ly; im‧me‧diate‧ly


immediately

forms: immediately

pos: prep

text: Miss Mei-Ling will be arriving here at twelve forty-five. Let me know immediately she does.

text: Immediately I've done it I feel completely disgusted with myself.


meantime

forms: meantime

glosses: The meantime is the time between two things.

text: Police are checking his story. In the meantime, he remains in jail.

enpr: mēnʹtīm

ipa: /ˈmiːntaɪm/


fuck

forms:
fuck (canonical)
fucks (third-person singular)
fucked (past)
fucked (past participle)
fucking (present participle)

glosses: You say "fuck you" or "fuck that" to show that you are very angry or that you don't care.

text: Fuck you too, asshole.

text: Fuck that!

text: Look at that one. I'd like to fuck her.

glosses: If you say fuck off, you strongly want someone to leave you alone.

text: Fuck off, you!

glosses: If someone says they fuck with something, they mess with it. (Often someone says they "don't fuck with" something, which means they don't like or interact with it.)

text: I'm not going to fuck with the settings.

enpr: fŭk

ipa: /fʌk/

sampa: /fVk/


fuck

forms: fuck

pos: intj

glosses: You say fuck when you are very angry or surprised about something.

text: Fuck! That hurts. Be careful with that shit.


fuck

forms:
fuck
fucks (plural)

glosses: You use the fuck to emphasise what you are saying.

text: What the fuck do you think you're doing? Get the fuck out of my stuff.

text: Gimme that, you stupid little fuck.

text: I gave her flowers and we had a great fuck.

glosses: A fuck is a person that you have sex with.

text: Is she your current fuck?

glosses: If you don't give a fuck, you don't care.

text: Look, don't tell me about your fucking problems. I couldn't give a fuck.


entertainment

forms:
entertainment
entertainments (plural)

etymology_text: entertain + -ment

entertain

ment

expansion: entertain + -ment

glosses: Entertainment is things that you do, watch, read, or listen to for fun (e.g., movies, TV, music, games, etc.)

text: Stories provide entertainment, but they also can teach you things.

text: Most people in town go to the bar for entertainment.


classic

forms:
classic (positive)
more classic (comparative)
most classic (superlative)

text: Richard Branson is a classic example of success without schooling.

glosses: If something is classic, it has a long history and it is liked.

text: His clothes were a mixture of classic and modern styles.

audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-classic.wav


classic

forms:
classic
classics (plural)

glosses: A classic is a book, play, song, etc. that has a long history and is liked.

text: Every time a classic like that comes on the radio, I just have to stop and listen.

text: This book has become a classic of Canadian fiction.

glosses: The classics are the language and art from ancient Rome and Greece.

text: You've never read Homer? Schools don't teach the classics these days.


sink

forms:
sink (canonical)
sinks (third-person singular)
sank (past)
sunk (past participle)
sinking (present participle)

glosses: If something sinks, it goes down, usually into water.

text: During the storm, two ships sank.

text: When he heard the news of the accident, his heart sank.

text: Stock prices sank 10% on the news of the loss.

text: She sank her teeth into the meat.

ipa: /sɪŋk/

sink

sinks

sank

sunk

sinking


sink

forms:
sink
sinks (plural)

glosses: A sink is a container for water to wash things in, usually with a drain.

text: The kitchen sink was always full of dirty dishes.

glosses: A sink is a device that removes heat or energy.

text: (technical) A liquid heat sink was developed for cooling electronic circuit.


tube

forms:
tube
tubes (plural)

glosses: A tube is a long object with a hole from one end to the other. The ends may be closed or open.

text: The high pressure forces the water through the tube.

text: Toothpaste comes in a tube.

glosses: The Tube is the underground train system in London, England.

ipa: /tjuːb/

ipa: /tuːb/


tube

forms:
tube (canonical)
tubes (third-person singular)
tubed (past)
tubed (past participle)
tubing (present participle)

glosses: If you tube, you float on an inner tube.

text: We went white-water tubing on the Yukon River.

verb

tub


in a hurry

forms: in a hurry

pos: phrase

glosses: If you are in a hurry you are rushing or you don't have much time.

text: She ran down the steps in a hurry and dropped her books.


hurry

forms:
hurry (canonical)
hurries (third-person singular)
hurried (past)
hurried (past participle)
hurrying (present participle)

text: After the speech, he had to hurry out the door to the waiting car.

text: I woke up late and had to hurry through breakfast.

text: My mother urged me to hurry. "You'll be late", she cried, "If you don't hurry!

hurr

y


publish

forms:
publish (canonical)
publishes (third-person singular)
published (past)
published (past participle)
publishing (present participle)

glosses: If you publish a book, an article, a song, etc. you make it available for other people to buy, read, listen to, etc.

text: The study was published in the British Medial Journal.

text: She publishes a monthly magazine.

text: The government published the results on the Internet.

enpr: pŭb'lĭsh

ipa: /ˈpʌblɪʃ/

hyphenation: pub‧lish

publish

es


slightly

etymology_text: slight + -ly

ety-suffix

slight

expansion: slight + -ly

text: The two pictures look very similar, but they are slightly different.

text: Sales for June were slightly higher than last year at £5.2m against £5.08m.

ipa: /ˈslaɪtli/

hyphenation: slight‧ly


competition

forms:
competition
competitions (plural)

glosses: Competition is a situation or event in which people or groups try to succeed over each other.

text: With increasing international competition, companies are cutting costs to survive.

text: Brazil will play in this year's World Cup competition in Italy.

glosses: The competition is the individual or group that is trying to succeed against you.

text: Because the competition has lowered prices, we have to do the same.

text: The competition has been preparing for this game all year.

ipa: /ˌkɒmpəˈtɪʃən/

ipa: /ˌkɑːmpəˈtɪʃən/


outcome

forms:
outcome
outcomes (plural)

glosses: An outcome is the result of a situation or action.

text: The outcome of the race was different from what most people were expecting.

text: The most likely outcome of the war is a broken country with no leader.

ipa: /ˈaʊtkʌm/

audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-outcome.wav

hyphenation: out‧come


measure

forms:
measure (canonical)
measures (third-person singular)
measured (past)
measured (past participle)
measuring (present participle)

glosses: If you measure something, you calculate its size, mass, temperature, etc. using units like centimetres, kilograms, degrees, etc.

text: Before clocks, time was measured by the movement of the moon and the sun.

text: Ireland's smallest church measures 3.6 cm by 1.8 m.

ipa: /'mεʒə/

hyphenation: meas‧ure

verb

measur


measure

forms:
measure
measures (plural)

glosses: A measure is something that you do, usually to solve a problem.

text: The police are taking all necessary measures to guarantee the safety of people.

glosses: A measure of something is a way to judge or assess it.

glosses: A measure of something is an amount of it.


law

forms:
law
laws (plural)

glosses: Laws are the official rules of a government or organisation.

text: We have defined crime as behaviour which breaks the criminal law.

text: We believe that this law is wrong and we are not prepared to obey such a law.

text: The Kyoto treaty became law in 2005.

enpr: lô

ipa: /lɔː/


machine

forms:
machine
machines (plural)

glosses: A machine is a man-made object with moving parts.

text: I'm putting the clothes in the washing machine. Is there anything you want washed?

text: This new machine is the fastest computer I've ever had.

ipa: /məˈʃiːn/


machine

forms:
machine (canonical)
machines (third-person singular)
machined (past)
machined (past participle)
machining (present participle)

glosses: If you machine something you fasten or shape it with a machine.

machin


long

forms:
long (positive)
longer (comparative)
longest (superlative)

glosses: If something is long, it takes a lot of time.

text: At 3 hours and 24 minutes, it's a very long movie.

text: That was a long time ago, when I was a child.

text: How long is it until we have our trip?

text: He was often quiet for long periods of time.

glosses: If something is long, it has a large distance from end to end.

text: It belonged to a woman in her thirties with long brown hair.

text: The paper was about 20 cm long and 12 cm wide.

text: You can hear it across long distances.

text: She wore a long gray skirt with a black jacket.

ipa: /lɒŋ/

sampa: /lQN/

enpr: lông

ipa: /lɔːŋ/

enpr: läng

ipa: /lɑŋ/

sampa: /lAN/

adj

long

longer

longest


long

glosses: If something takes long, it takes a lot of time.

text: We had dinner together not so long ago.

text: I do not know how long I was standing there.

text: She left home long before I did.

text: I could not go on any longer.

text: Those days are so long gone.

text: This change is long overdue.


long

forms:
long (canonical)
longs (third-person singular)
longed (past)
longed (past participle)
longing (present participle)

glosses: If you long for something, you wish for or really want it.

text: Carol still longs for David to come back to her even though she knows he has a new wife.


south

forms: south

glosses: The direction opposite to north. For a person looking at the setting sun, the south is on their left hand.

text: The wind usually comes from the south.

ipa: /saʊθ/

sampa: /saUT/


south

glosses: One of the four compass directions: 180º from north. If you face south, the sun rises on your left.

text: Africa is South of Europe.


soft

forms:
soft (positive)
softer (comparative)
softest (superlative)

text: cotton is a soft cloth.

text: When metal is heated it gets soft.

enpr: sŏft

ipa: /sɒft/

enpr: sôft

ipa: /sɔft/

ipa: /sɑft/

soft

softer

softest


metal

forms:
metal
metals (plural)

glosses: Metal is a hard material, often shiny and easy to conduct electricity. Gold, silver, and steel are examples of metals.

text: We replaced out our wood door with a stronger metal one.

ipa: /ˈmɛtəl/

homophones: mettle medal meddle


different

forms:
different (positive)
more different (comparative)
most different (superlative)

etymology_text: differ + -ent

ety-suffix

differ

ent

expansion: differ + -ent

glosses: If two or more things are different, they are not like each other, not the same. The two things have two sizes, not both the same size; they have two shapes, they don't both have one shape; they each have a color, not just one color for both things; or they are not the like each other in some other way.

text: The day and night are quite different.

text: My brother's bike is different from mine.

ipa: /'dɪfərənt/


vehicle

forms:
vehicle
vehicles (plural)

glosses: A vehicle is something that moves people or things from one place to another, for example: cars, planes, boats, etc.

text: Bicycles and wheelchairs are allowed. All other vehicles must stay off the path.

hyphenation: ve‧hi‧cle


solid

forms:
solid (positive)
more solid (comparative)
most solid (superlative)

glosses: If something is solid, it is hard and keeps its shape.

text: When he went out in the morning, the water had frozen solid.

text: After it has cooled, the solid gold is moved to a safer place.

glosses: If something is solid x, its only material is x.

text: Copper mixed with silver made a much cheaper spoon than solid silver.

glosses: If something is solid, it has not spaces inside or between.

text: The traffic was a solid line of cars as far as you could see.

text: The wall looked solid, but when he knocked it made a hollow sound.

glosses: If something is solid, it is good and will not break or change easily.

text: Don't worry about the chair. It's solid as a rock.

text: The police had enough solid evidence to put him in jail.

enpr: sŏl'ĭd

ipa: /ˈsɑlɪd/

ipa: /ˈsɒlɪd/


solid

forms:
solid
solids (plural)

glosses: A solid is a material which keeps its shape. It is not a liquid (like water) or a gas (like air).


smooth

forms:
smooth (positive)
smoother (comparative)
smoothest (superlative)

glosses: Smooth feels pleasant and flat when you touch it; not rough.

text: He felt the smooth skin on her cheek.

glosses: A smooth liquid would have no lumps in it.

text: He mixed the flour and water until it was smooth.

ipa: /smuːð/

audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Back ache-smooth.wav

adj

smooth

smoother

smoothest


sock

forms:
sock
socks (plural)

glosses: Something made of cloth that covers a foot and is able to go inside a shoe.

text: These socks don't fit my feet.

ipa: /sɑk/

ipa: /sɒk/


sock

forms:
sock (canonical)
socks (third-person singular)
socked (past)
socked (past participle)
socking (present participle)

glosses: To hit someone or something very hard or violently.

text: Jack really socked that guy hard.

glosses: To deliver a hard hit to someone or something.

text: They may let you off the first time, but the second time they'll sock it to you—James Jones


smile

forms:
smile (canonical)
smiles (third-person singular)
smiled (past)
smiled (past participle)
smiling (present participle)

glosses: To put one's mouth in a form which shows that one is happy; to have the sides of one's mouth higher than the middle.

text: She smiled at me. I think she likes me!

ipa: /smaɪl/

sampa: /smaIl/

verb

smil


smile

forms:
smile
smiles (plural)

glosses: The act of smiling; the form of one's mouth when one is smiling.

text: A visit to the fair always brings a smile to my face.


hospital

forms:
hospital
hospitals (plural)

glosses: A building for sick people, with doctors and nurses.

text: Mary had an accident. She will be in hospital for a week.


thousand

forms: thousand

pos: det

text: Julius Caesar lived about two thousand years ago.

ipa: /ˈθaʊznd/

sampa: /"TaUznd/


thousand

forms:
thousand
thousands (plural)

text: Ten hundreds is a thousand.


hundred

forms: hundred

text: There are a hundred centimeters in a meter.

enpr: hŭnʹdrəd

ipa: /ˈhʌndrəd/

hyphenation: en‧hun‧dred


hundred

forms:
hundred
hundreds (plural)

text: Ten tens is a hundred.


ten

forms: ten

text: We have ten fingers and ten toes.

ipa: /tɛn/

sampa: /tEn/


ten

forms:
ten
tens (plural)

text: Two fives is ten.


two

forms: two

glosses: ordinal second) The number 2. Two means more than one and less than three.

text: We have two eyes and two ears.

enpr: to͞o

ipa: /tuː/

homophones: to too


two

forms:
two
twos (plural)

text: One and one is two.


three

forms: three

text: A triangle has three sides.

ipa: /θriː/


three

forms:
three
threes (plural)

text: One and two is three.


four

forms: four

glosses: ordinal fourth) The number 4. Four is one more than three and one less than five.

text: We have four fingers and one thumb on each hand.

enpr: fô

ipa: /fɔː/

enpr: fôr

ipa: /fɔːr/

ipa: /foʊr/


four

forms:
four
fours (plural)

text: Two and two is four.


six

forms: six

glosses: ordinal sixth) Six is the number that is after five and before seven. In numerals, it is 6.

text: Most people sleep from six to nine hours a night.

ipa: /ˈsɪks/

sampa: /"sIks/


six

forms:
six
sixes (plural)

text: Three and three is six.

noun

six

sixes


seven

forms: seven

text: There are seven days in one week.

ipa: /ˈsɛvən/


seven

forms:
seven
sevens (plural)

text: Three and four is seven.


eight

forms: eight

glosses: ordinal eighth) The number eight is one more than seven and one less than nine.

text: Most people work about eight hours a day.

enpr: āt

ipa: /eɪt/

sampa: /eIt/


eight

forms:
eight
eights (plural)

text: Four and four is eight.


nine

forms: nine

glosses: ordinal ninth) Nine is the number that is after eight and before ten. It can be written as 9.

text: Children study in school about nine months a year.

ipa: /ˈnaɪn/

sampa: /"naIn/


nine

forms:
nine
nines (plural)

text: Ten minus one is nine.


valid

forms:
valid (positive)
more valid (comparative)
most valid (superlative)

glosses: If something is valid, it is correct, appropriate, and acceptable.

text: I'm sorry sir, your driver's license is not valid.

text: I think we should listen to her. She makes a valid argument.

text: To log in, you need a valid password.

ipa: /ˈvælɪd/

audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-valid.wav


mistake

forms:
mistake
mistakes (plural)

glosses: A mistake is something that is done wrong or is incorrect.

text: I made a misteak in spelling 'grammar', g-r-a-m-m-E-r.

text: It's a mistake to think that everyone wants the same things.

text: There were only two mistakes on my test.

text: I wanted to phone Jose, but I phoned Petra by mistake.

ipa: /mɪs'teɪk/

sampa: /mIs"teIk/


mistake

forms:
mistake (canonical)
mistakes (third-person singular)
mistook (past)
mistaken (past participle)
mistaking (present participle)

glosses: If you mistake something, you think it is different from what it really is.

text: I mistook her voice for the voice of her sister.

text: I completely mistook your meaning. I thought you were talking about tomorrow.

mistake

mistakes

mistook

mistaken

mistaking


extreme

forms:
extreme (positive)
more extreme (comparative)
most extreme (superlative)

glosses: If something is extreme it is very different from normal.

text: This disease usually causes mild illness, but in extreme cases can cause death.

text: Few animals can live in the extreme cold of the far north.

ipa: /ɪkˈstriːm/


extreme

forms:
extreme
extremes (plural)

glosses: An extreme is a situation or idea taken to its limit, especially with two opposites.

text: When there is a crime, you have a range of choices. At one extreme you can do nothing. At the other extreme, you can kill the person.


smell

forms:
smelled (past)
smelled (past participle)
smell (canonical)
smells (third-person singular)
smelt (past)
smelt (past participle)
smelling (present participle)

glosses: If you smell something, you use the nose to sense it.

text: She put her nose near the flowers and breathed in to smell them.

text: She smelled the waste and felt sick.

glosses: If something smells, it gently put a substance that people can smell into the air.

text: The flowers smell very good.

text: The waste smells bad.

enpr: smĕl

ipa: /smɛl/

sampa: /smEl/

smell

smells

smelt

smelt

smelling


smell

forms:
smell
smells (plural)

glosses: The way a thing smells; the substance in the air that people can smell.

text: The smell of the flowers is very good.


trend

forms:
trend
trends (plural)

glosses: A trend is a general movement or change in one direction.

text: We expect the current upward trend in the use of our services to continue.

text: There seems to be a new trend towards longer, looser clothing.

ipa: /trɛnd/

audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-I learned some phrases-trend.wav


trend

forms:
trend (canonical)
trends (third-person singular)
trended (past)
trended (past participle)
trending (present participle)

glosses: If something trends in one direction, it generally moves or changes in that direction.

text: While most fuel prices are trending higher, natural gas prices should go down in 2006.


delay

forms:
delay
delays (plural)

text: Computer problems caused a long delay in the meeting.

text: Train A62 will be leaving in 15 minutes. We apologize for the delay.

ipa: /dɪˈleɪ/

ipa: /dəˈleɪ/

hyphenation: de‧lay


delay

forms:
delay (canonical)
delays (third-person singular)
delayed (past)
delayed (past participle)
delaying (present participle)

glosses: If you delay, you wait until a later time or cause something to be late.

text: We have decided to delay the changes to give people more time.

text: The train was delayed by mechanical problems.

text: We only have a few spots left, so don't delay.


solve

forms:
solve (canonical)
solves (third-person singular)
solved (past)
solved (past participle)
solving (present participle)

glosses: If you solve a problem, you fix it or deal with it.

text: "My kids always make a mess of my computer." "Well, you can easily solve the problem by not allowing them to use it."

glosses: If you solve a question, you find a correct answer.

text: In the equation 3x²+x-2=0 we can solve for x.

ipa: /sɒlv/

ipa: /sɑlv/

audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-solve.wav

verb

solv


silver

forms:
silver
silvers (plural)

glosses: A metal with a near white colour and high value and the symbol Ag.

text: He paid with a silver dollar.

text: Her hair turned silver as she got older.

text: Jenny had three coppers and one silver.

glosses: A utensil or piece of cutlery made with silver; silverware

text: Mom put out the good silver for Christmas.

enpr: sĭl'vər

hyphenation: sil‧ver


tradition

forms:
tradition
traditions (plural)

glosses: A tradition is something that has been done in the same way for a long time.

text: Despite a long tradition of education, there is still a lack of qualified teachers

text: They continue the tradition of winter football which started in the 1800s.

text: Tradition says that we need a drink before the speech.

enpr: trə-dishʹ(ə)n

ipa: /trəˈdɪʃən/


dominant

forms:
dominant (positive)
more dominant (comparative)
most dominant (superlative)

glosses: If something is dominant, it is larger, stronger, or more powerful than other things.

text: In society, the dominant class holds power by using the lower classes.

text: Microsoft is still dominant in operating systems and other software.

ipa: /ˈdɒmɪnənt/

ipa: /ˈdɑmənənt/

audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-dominant.wav


dominant

forms:
dominant
dominants (plural)

glosses: A dominant is the fifth note of a musical scale of eight notes.

text: In the C Major scale, the dominant is the G.


Christmas

forms: Christmas

pos: name

glosses: Christmas is a Christian holiday to celebrate the birth of Christ, usually on Dec. 25.

text: Santa put lots of presents under the Christmas tree.

text: I've got a week's holiday around Christmas time.

enpr: KRIS-məs


appreciate

forms:
appreciate (canonical)
appreciates (third-person singular)
appreciated (past)
appreciated (past participle)
appreciating (present participle)

glosses: If you appreciate something, you understand its value or its qualities

text: It's hard to appreciate how difficult the job is until you try it yourself.

glosses: If you appreciate something, you feel thankful for it.

text: Thanks so much for your help! I really appreciate the gift.

glosses: If something appreciates, its value increases.

text: It is amazing how much the value of my house has appreciated. Hopefully, it will continue to increase, as I am thinking of selling it in five to ten years.

ipa: /əˈpriːʃieɪt/

hyphenation: ap‧pre‧ci‧ate

appreciat


attitude

forms:
attitude
attitudes (plural)

glosses: Your attitude is your feelings and opinions, especially when your actions show how you feel.

text: He has a really bad attitude towards work.

text: A positive attitude can make life a lot easier.

glosses: The attitude of an aircraft is the orientation of it that is relative to the horizon or direction of motion.

ipa: /ˈætɪˌtjuːd/

ipa: /ˈætɪtud/


specify

forms:
specify (canonical)
specifies (third-person singular)
specified (past)
specified (past participle)
specifying (present participle)

glosses: If you specify something, you say exactly which one or how to do something.

text: The referee will restart play with a drop ball as specified in the law 2.

text: We're supposed to meet here on Tuesday, but we forgot to specify a time.

audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-I learned some phrases-specify.wav

hyphenation: spe‧ci‧fy

specif


socks

forms:
sock
socks (plural)

glosses: The plural form of sock; more than one (kind of) sock.

enpr: sŏks

ipa: /sɒks/

ipa: /sɑːks/

noun

sock


socks

forms:
sock (canonical)
socks (third-person singular)
socked (past)
socked (past participle)
socking (present participle)


stupid

forms:
stupider (comparative)
stupidest (superlative)
stupid (positive)
more stupid (comparative)
most stupid (superlative)

glosses: If something or someone is stupid, it shows a lack of clear thought.

text: I'm so angry. That was a stupid mistake.

text: Don't be stupid. Of course it's true.

ipa: /ˈst(j)uːpɪd/

adj

stupid

stupider

stupidest


smash

forms:
smash (canonical)
smashes (third-person singular)
smashed (past)
smashed (past participle)
smashing (present participle)

glosses: If you smash something, you break it into many small parts.

text: He used a hammer to smash the glass of the window.

ipa: /smæʃ/

verb

smash


smash

forms:
smash
smashes (plural)

glosses: A smash is a new and very successful book, movie, song, etc.

text: The loud smash made them feel fear, but it was only some plates falling.

noun

smashes


confused

forms:
confused (positive)
more confused (comparative)
most confused (superlative)

glosses: If a person or situation is confused, things are unclear or you do not understand.

text: The teacher tried to explain it, but now I feel more confused than before.

text: The book is terrible. It's full of bad writing and confused examples.

ipa: /kənˈfjuːzd/


confused

forms:
confuse (canonical)
confuses (third-person singular)
confused (past)
confused (past participle)
confusing (present participle)

glosses: The past tense and past participle of confuse.

text: You confused me when you said you're "dead tired".

verb

confus

e


fool

forms:
fool
fools (plural)

glosses: A fool is a person who does or thinks stupid things.

text: I made a fool of myself by forgetting her birthday.

text: Don't be a fool. You can't lift that. You'll hurt yourself.

ipa: /fuːl/

audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-fool.wav


fool

forms:
fool (canonical)
fools (third-person singular)
fooled (past)
fooled (past participle)
fooling (present participle)

glosses: If you fool someone, you make them believe something that is not true.

text: I was fooled by an e-mail into opening a computer virus.


instant

forms:
instant
instants (plural)

text: She looked at me and for an instant, I thought she was her mother.

glosses: Instant x is x that is ready, or happens, very quickly (in an instant).

text: I don't like instant coffee, but that's usually what I drink.

text: With his first book, he was an instant success.

ipa: /ˈɪnstənt/


instance

forms:
instance
instances (plural)

glosses: An instance of something is a time or situation when it happens.

text: In this particular instance, the computer was the problem, not the user.

text: There have been many instances of cheating that were not caught.

ipa: /ˈɪnstəns/


interference

forms:
interference
interferences (plural)

glosses: Interference is something, especially an action, that makes it difficult to achieve a goal.

text: The police were unable to arrest him because of government interference.

text: The manager should let his workers make these decisions without any interference at all.

text: Iran passes the ball without any interference from England.

ipa: /ˌɪntərˈfirɨns/

ipa: /ˌɪntəˈfirəns/


imply

forms:
imply (canonical)
implies (third-person singular)
implied (past)
implied (past participle)
implying (present participle)

glosses: If you imply something, you mean it, but you don't say it directly.

text: By saying I should exercise more, she implied that I'm fat.

text: What does it imply about him if he uses bad language all the time?

ipa: /ɪmˈplaɪ/

hyphenation: im‧ply

impl


shift

forms:
shift (canonical)
shifts (third-person singular)
shifted (past)
shifted (past participle)
shifting (present participle)

text: The talk about crime has to be shifted from causes to solutions.

text: The desert sands are constantly shifting.

text: Let's shift our seats so we can see the stage better.

ipa: /ʃɪft/

sampa: /SIft/


shift

forms:
shift
shifts (plural)

text: There has been a major shift in thinking about how to deal with this.

glosses: A shift is the time that workers start and finish work.

text: I'm working the night shift this week.

glosses: The shift key on a computer changes from small to big letters.


holy

forms:
holy (positive)
holier (comparative)
holiest (superlative)

glosses: If something is holy, it is very religious or good and important in a religion.

text: They believe the birthplace of their is holy land.

ipa: /ˈhoʊli/

sampa: /"hoUli/

homophones: holey wholly

adj

holy

holier

holiest


holy shit

forms: holy shit

glosses: You use holy shit when you are surprised.

text: Holy shit! That was a big explosion.

ipa: /ˌhəʊli ˈʃɪt/

ipa: /ˌhoʊli ˈʃɪt/

audio: en-au-holy shit.ogg


shit

forms:
shit (positive)
shitter (comparative)
shittest (superlative)

enpr: shĭt

ipa: /ʃɪt/

shit

shitter

shittest


shit

forms: shit

glosses: You use "shit" when you are surprised, afraid, or angry.

text: Shit! I forgot my keys in my car.


shit

forms:
shit
shits (plural)

glosses: Shit is waste that comes out of the anus.

text: The yard in front of their house was always covered with dog shit.

text: I drank that shit one time and was sick as hell.

glosses: Shit is stuff in general, physical things, actions, ideas, etc.

text: Stop that shit, it's bugging me.

text: Get your shit out of my room.


shit

forms:
shitted (past)
shitted (past participle)
shit (past)
shit (past participle)
shit (canonical)
shits (third-person singular)
shat (past)
shat (past participle)
shitting (present participle)

glosses: When you shit, you push feces out of your anus.

text: Your dog should stop shitting on my lawn!

verb

t

shits

shit

shit

shitting

shat

shat


a bit

forms: a bit

text: I like to put a bit of sugar in my coffee.

glosses: A bit can be used to mean some or slightly.

text: That hat is a bit small for him.

text: Could you move that up a bit?

ipa: /ə'bɪt/


frozen

forms:
frozen (positive)
more frozen (comparative)
most frozen (superlative)

text: Can you get some frozen peas out of the freezer?

text: I need some gloves. My hands are frozen.

glosses: If something is frozen it is solid and can't move.

ipa: /ˈfrəʊzən/


frozen

forms:
freeze (canonical)
freezes (third-person singular)
froze (past)
frozen (past participle)
freezing (present participle)

glosses: The past tense and past participle of freeze.

freeze

freezes

froze

frozen

freezing


stairs

forms:
stair
stairs (plural)

glosses: The plural form of stair; more than one (kind of) stair.

glosses: Stairs are steps to help you go to a different level; stairs can help you get up to another level or can help you get down to another level.

text: She climbed the stairs up to her bedroom.

text: The ball rolled down the stairs and into the basement.

ipa: /ˈstɛəz/

ipa: /ˈstɛrz/

noun

stair


bake

forms:
bake (canonical)
bakes (third-person singular)
baked (past)
baked (past participle)
baking (present participle)

glosses: If you bake something, you cook it with dry heat all around it, usually in an oven.

text: Bake the cake at 325 °F for 25 minutes.

ipa: /beɪk/

sampa: /beIk/

verb

bak


confuse

forms:
confuse (canonical)
confuses (third-person singular)
confused (past)
confused (past participle)
confusing (present participle)

glosses: If you confuse someone, they don't understand what you have said or done.

text: Instead of helping me to learn it, he just confused me more.

glosses: If you confuse some things, you mix them up in your mind.

text: Try not to confuse accept with except.

ipa: /kənˈfjuːz/

audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-confuse.wav


satisfied

forms:
satisfied (positive)
more satisfied (comparative)
most satisfied (superlative)

glosses: If you are satisfied, you feel happy that you have enough.

text: A satisfied customer will usually come back to your shop in the future.

text: I feel satisfied with the progress my students are making.

ipa: /ˈsætɪsfaɪd/

hyphenation: sat‧is‧fied


satisfied

forms:
satisfy (canonical)
satisfies (third-person singular)
satisfied (past)
satisfied (past participle)
satisfying (present participle)

glosses: The past tense and past participle of satisfy.

satisf

y


shower

forms:
shower
showers (plural)

glosses: A shower is a place with water spraying down to clean something.

text: I got up, went to the toilet, and jumped in the shower.

text: I usually have a shower before going to work.

text: Today, it will be cloudy with occasional showers.

enpr: shou'ər


shower

forms:
shower (canonical)
showers (third-person singular)
showered (past)
showered (past participle)
showering (present participle)

glosses: If you shower, you spray water on your body to clean yourself.

text: After his workout, he showered quickly and then got dressed.


tobacco

forms:
tobacco
tobaccos (plural)

glosses: Tobacco is a plant that is used to make cigarettes.

text: Tobacco advertising is illegal to help reduce smoking.


frightened

forms:
frighten (canonical)
frightens (third-person singular)
frightened (past)
frightened (past participle)
frightening (present participle)

glosses: The past tense and past participle of frighten.

text: The dog frightened the baby when it started to bark.

ipa: /ˈfraɪtn̩d/

hyphenation: frigh‧tened

frighten


frightened

forms:
frightened (positive)
more frightened (comparative)
most frightened (superlative)

glosses: If someone is frightened, they feel scared.

text: Most children are frightened of the dark.

text: I was frightened by a loud noise.

text: The frightened deer ran into the woods.


suspicion

forms:
suspicion
suspicions (plural)

glosses: A suspicion is a feeling that something, often bad, might be true.

text: She had a growing suspicion that he had forgotten to lock his door.

text: He was arrested on suspicion of murder.

text: Deep suspicion towards foreigners is sadly common here.


grave

forms:
grave (positive)
graver (comparative)
gravest (superlative)

glosses: If a problem or situation is grave, it is bad and serious.

text: She's in danger, Frank. Grave danger. Aren't you willing to do anything to help her?

glosses: If a person looks or acts grave, they look serious and worried.

text: He looked very grave indeed, and sat staring quiety at his table-full of papers.

glosses: A grave accent is the mark over the e shown here: è.

enpr: grāv

ipa: /ɡreɪv/

sampa: /greIv/

adj

grave

graver

gravest


grave

forms:
grave
graves (plural)

glosses: A grave is the place where a dead body is buried in the earth.

text: If your pet has died, you may be too upset to dig the grave.


translate

forms:
translate (canonical)
translates (third-person singular)
translated (past)
translated (past participle)
translating (present participle)

glosses: If you translate something from one language to another, you change the words and sentences into the other language.

text: It's not enough to translate word for word.

text: The book has sold over 20 million copies and been translated into over 60 languages.

glosses: If x translates into y, x causes or leads to y.

text: For a golfer, if you're not calm, that can translate into a bad shot.

glosses: If something translates, it applies or can be used in a new way or situation.

text: His experience as a police officer doesn't translate well to running a company.

ipa: /ˈtrænzleɪt/

audio: en-uk-to translate.ogg

hyphenation: trans‧late

verb

translat


combination

forms:
combination
combinations (plural)

glosses: A combination is an item or group made of different things or kinds of things.

text: Any combination of these factors increases the risk dramatically.

glosses: Combination is the process of putting two or more things together.

ipa: /kɒmbɪ'neɪʃən/


material

forms:
material
materials (plural)

glosses: Material is the things or ideas that are used in making or doing something.

text: The raw materials for the goods are mostly imported from Canada.

text: After the earthquake, it took a long time to rebuild because the building materials were often unavailable.

text: He spent a year researching and gathering material before writing the book.

ipa: /məˈtɪərɪəl/

hyphenation: ma‧te‧ri‧al


material

forms:
material (positive)
more material (comparative)
most material (superlative)

glosses: Material things are things in the real world, often money.

glosses: If something is material, it is big and important.

ipa: /məˈtɪərɪəl/


unique

forms:
unique (positive)
more unique (comparative)
most unique (superlative)

glosses: If something is unique, it is one of a kind; it is unmatched.

text: When the school for the deaf opened, it was unique in Europe.

text: Of course, the problem is not unique to this country.

glosses: If something is unique, it is rare or unusual.

text: Oh, thank you! What a unique gift!

text: Living in Japan was a unique experience.

ipa: /juːˈniːk/


suspect

forms:
suspect (canonical)
suspects (third-person singular)
suspected (past)
suspected (past participle)
suspecting (present participle)

glosses: If you suspect something, you feel that something, often bad, is probably true.

text: I suspect you've already erased the file, have you?

glosses: If you suspect someone or something, you don't trust them, or you think something is their fault.

text: The chemical is no longer used because it is suspected of causing cancer.

text: Hassan strongly suspected that he had something to do with Wolfgang Klein's death.

ipa: /səsˈpɛkt/


suspect

forms:
suspect
suspects (plural)

glosses: A suspect is a person or thing who you believe committed a crime or caused something.

text: He was the police's prime suspect in the crime.

enpr: sŭsʹpĕkt

poses: adjective noun


suspect

forms:
suspect (positive)
more suspect (comparative)
most suspect (superlative)

glosses: If something is suspect, it is untrue, or likely to cause problems.

text: Any claims to solve all the problems should be seen as deeply suspect.


mental

forms:
mental (positive)
more mental (comparative)
most mental (superlative)

glosses: Mental health, processes etc. is related to the mind and thinking.

text: The program helps people deal with drinking, depression and other mental health problems.

text: Some diseases can cause severe mental and physical damage to the unborn baby.

text: Manville made a mental note of the cab's licence number.

ipa: [ˈmɛɾ̃ɘl]

hyphenation: men‧tal


govern

forms:
govern (canonical)
governs (third-person singular)
governed (past)
governed (past participle)
governing (present participle)

glosses: If x governs y, x controls y through laws or other rules.

text: The country is currently governed by the army.

text: The market is governed by the same economic laws of supply and demand.

ipa: /ˈɡʌvɚn/

ipa: /ˈɡʌvən/

hyphenation: gov‧ern


hidden

forms:
hide (canonical)
hides (third-person singular)
hid (past)
hidden (past participle)
hiding (present participle)

glosses: If something is hidden, it is hard to see or find.

text: We are trying to make parents more aware of the hidden dangers of TV.

text: One of those islands, half hidden in the mist, was the Lake Isle of Innisfree.

enpr: hĭd'n

ipa: /ˈhɪd(ə)n/

hide

hides

hid

hidden

hiding


team

forms:
team
teams (plural)

glosses: A team is a group of people who play or work together on the same side.

text: She is a member of the coaching team which led Great Britain to victory over Australia at last year's games.

text: The operation was performed by a medical team led by Dr. Wood.


team

forms:
team (canonical)
teams (third-person singular)
teamed (past)
teamed (past participle)
teaming (present participle)

glosses: If you team two people, groups, or things, you group them to work together.

text: Five of London's finest hairdressers have teamed together and will be opening their new salon.


harm

forms:
harm
harms (plural)

glosses: Harm is the damage, injury or problems caused by something.

text: In the attack, he caused her serious bodily harm.

text: Please be careful, but luckily this time there was no harm done.

ipa: /hɑrm/

ipa: /hɑːm/


harm

forms:
harm (canonical)
harms (third-person singular)
harmed (past)
harmed (past participle)
harming (present participle)

glosses: If you harm something, you damage or injure it, or cause it problems.

text: Smoking during pregnancy can seriously harm your baby.


excuse

forms:
excuse (canonical)
excuses (third-person singular)
excused (past)
excused (past participle)
excusing (present participle)

glosses: You say, "excuse me" when you have done something rude,

glosses: You say, "excuse me" when you want to get someone's attention.

glosses: You say, "excuse me" when you want somebody to move.

glosses: You say, "excuse me" when you didn't hear somebody very well and you want them to repeat themselves.

glosses: If you excuse someone, you forgive them.

glosses: If you excuse someone, you allow them to avoid doing something.

enpr: ĭkskyo͞oz'

ipa: /ɪkˈskjuːz/

ipa: /ɪksˈkjuz/

sampa: /Eks"kjuz/

excus


excuse

forms:
excuse
excuses (plural)

glosses: An excuse is a reason for not doing something or for doing something bad.

text: There is no excuse for hitting your sister.

text: Do you have an excuse for being late?

enpr: ĭkskyo͞os'

ipa: /ɪkˈskjuːs/

ipa: /ɪksˈkjus/

sampa: /Eks"kjus/


reside

forms:
reside (canonical)
resides (third-person singular)
resided (past)
resided (past participle)
residing (present participle)

glosses: If something or someone resides somewhere, it lives there or is located there.

text: Real political power still resides with the militia leaders.

text: Miha Pogacnik was born in Slovenia but now resides in Germany and the USA.

ipa: /rɪˈzaɪd/

hyphenation: re‧side

resid


deduction

forms:
deduction
deductions (plural)

etymology_text: deduct + -ion or deduce + -tion

ety-suffix

deduct

ion

expansion: deduct + -ion

deduce

tion

expansion: deduce + -tion

glosses: Deduction is the process or result of thinking about information to find an answer or opinion.

text: A detective must uncover the murderer by logical deduction from facts.

glosses: Deduction is the amount or process of taking something away, usually money.

text: The average worker takes home about $500 per week after tax and other deductions.

ipa: /dɪˈdʌkʃən/


cure

forms:
cure (canonical)
cures (third-person singular)
cured (past)
cured (past participle)
curing (present participle)

glosses: If you cure something that is wrong, you fix or solve it.

text: Time and honest feedback usually cure the problem by teaching the poor leader a better way of achieving goals.

text: The treatment mostly cured her of the cancer.

glosses: If you cure a piece of meat, you preserve it by salting.

enpr: kyo͝or

ipa: /kjʊr/

ipa: /kjʊə(r)/

verb

cur


cure

forms:
cure
cures (plural)

glosses: A cure is something that will fix something that is wrong.

text: We still have no cure for the common cold.

text: I think I have a cure for the problem.


plenty

forms: plenty

glosses: Plenty of something is a lot of it; more than enough of it.

text: Don't give up straight away darling. You've still got plenty of time to go yet.

text: The new ideas give me plenty to think about.

text: I lost one, but I've still got plenty more teeth in my mouth.

text: Here! Take some more; there's plenty here.

ipa: /ˈplɛnti/

noun

plenty


sleep

forms:
sleep (canonical)
sleeps (third-person singular)
slept (past)
slept (past participle)
sleeping (present participle)

glosses: If you sleep, you rest quietly with eyes shut, usually in bed for many hours at night.

text: I need to sleep now because I'm tired.

glosses: If you sleep with someone, you have sex with them.

text: I haven't slept with my husband in like eight months.

enpr: slēp

ipa: /sliːp/

audio: en-uk-to sleep.ogg

sleep

sleeps

slept

slept

sleeping


sleep

forms:
sleep
sleeps (plural)

glosses: Sleep is the activity or time of resting quietly with eyes shut, usually in bed for many hours at night.


school

forms:
school
schools (plural)

glosses: A school is a place where you go to learn.

text: What grade are you in at school?


school

forms:
school (canonical)
schools (third-person singular)
schooled (past)
schooled (past participle)
schooling (present participle)

glosses: If you school someone, you teach them something.

glosses: If you school someone, you prove that you're better than them.


swallow

forms:
swallow (canonical)
swallows (third-person singular)
swallowed (past)
swallowed (past participle)
swallowing (present participle)

glosses: If you swallow something you make it go through your mouth into your body (down your esophagus to your stomach). We swallow food and drinks.

text: Young children put small toys in their mouths and sometimes swallow them.

ipa: /ˈswɒləʊ/


swallow

forms:
swallow
swallows (plural)

glosses: A swallow is the amount of food or liquid that goes down the throat at one time.

text: He took the aspirin with a single swallow of water.


accident

forms:
accident
accidents (plural)

glosses: Accident means something that happens without a plan; unintentionally; inadvertently.

text: I dropped the glass by accident and it broke.

text: Two people were hurt in a road traffic accident between a car and a motorcycle last night.


instruct

forms:
instruct (canonical)
instructs (third-person singular)
instructed (past)
instructed (past participle)
instructing (present participle)

glosses: If you instruct someone, you tell or teach them what to do or how to do something.

text: We were stopped on the road and instructed by the police to turn around and go back.

ipa: /ˌɪnˈstrʌkt/


manage

forms:
manage (canonical)
manages (third-person singular)
managed (past)
managed (past participle)
managing (present participle)

glosses: If you manage something, you organise and control it.

text: Other European countries manage their health services better than we do.

text: The other two teams were managed by their local area directors.

glosses: If you manage something, you are able to do it or deal with it successfully.

text: Even with the pain, somehow she managed a smile.

text: I don't know how they manage with so little money.

ipa: /ˈmænəʤ/

verb

manag


situation

forms:
situation
situations (plural)

glosses: A situation is the conditions at a time and place.

text: If you can stay calm, it will help you to handle difficult situations.

text: Can you describe the situation in Iraq during the war?

text: Under the new government, the political situation is changing rapidly.

enpr: sĭt-yo͞o-ā'shən

ipa: /sɪtjuːˈeɪʃən/


manager

forms:
manager
managers (plural)

glosses: A manager is someone who manages or organizes people or things together.

text: Ask the manager of this project. He knows what to do next.

glosses: A manager is a program that allows the user to control a part of the computer/software.

text: If a program is not responding, please use the task manager to end the program forcefully.

ipa: /ˈmænədʒɚ/


worry

forms:
worry (canonical)
worries (third-person singular)
worried (past)
worried (past participle)
worrying (present participle)

glosses: Worry means to feel troubled by, anxious, or uneasy about specific problems or the possibility of unpleasant things happening in the future.

text: While she cooked the food, she worried about her son who was writing an important test at school.

ipa: /ˈwʌri/

ipa: /ˈwɜːri/

worr


whisper

forms:
whisper (canonical)
whispers (third-person singular)
whispered (past)
whispered (past participle)
whispering (present participle)

glosses: When you whisper to someone, you talk very quietly; to talk with breath but no voice, with a quiet sound like the wind, so only people very near can hear what you say.

text: Some people at the back of the room were whispering secrets.

ipa: /ˈ(h)wɪspə/

ipa: /ˈ(h)wɪspɚ/


whisper

forms:
whisper
whispers (plural)

glosses: A whisper is an act of talking to someone very quietly.


warning

forms:
warn (canonical)
warns (third-person singular)
warned (past)
warned (past participle)
warning (present participle)

ipa: /ˈwɔrnɪŋ/

ipa: /ˈwɔːnɪŋ/

audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Back ache-warning.wav

hyphenation: warn‧ing

warn


warning

forms:
warning
warnings (plural)

glosses: Something that tells someone that there is danger.

text: Someone cried a warning that a train was coming, so everybody moved.


visual

forms:
visual (positive)
more visual (comparative)
most visual (superlative)

glosses: Visual things are those related to sight and seeing.

text: The visual part of the play was beautiful, but the voices were too quiet.

ipa: /ˈvɪʒʊəl/

ipa: /ˈvɪʒuəl/

audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-visual.wav


upset

forms:
upset
upsets (plural)

etymology_text: up- + set

ety-prefix

up

set

expansion: up- + set

text: My late arrival caused the professor considerable upset.

text: The Nimrods defeated the Blue Devils yesterday in a stunning upset.

enpr: ŭpʹsĕt

ipa: /ˈʌpsεt/

sampa: /"VpsEt/


upset

forms:
upset (positive)
more upset (comparative)
most upset (superlative)

glosses: Upset means to be very angry or sad; to be unhappy.

text: He was upset after someone said bad things to him very loudly.

glosses: Something is upset if it is in turned in the wrong direction like something that was dropped; turned in a direction with the bottom part up and the top part down.

text: When they played with a ball in the room, a cup was upset and all the milk went onto the floor.

enpr: ŭpsĕtʹ

poses: adjective verb

ipa: /ʌpˈsεt/

sampa: /Vp"sEt/


upset

forms:
upset (canonical)
upsets (third-person singular)
upset (past)
upset (past participle)
upsetting (present participle)

glosses: If someone upsets a person, they make that person angry, anxious, stressed, or sad; to make a person unhappy.

glosses: If a person upsets something, they disturb it, disrupt it, or change it to make it worse.

glosses: If a person upsets something, they tip it or turn it upside down.

upset

upsets

upset

upset

upsetting


worries

glosses: The third-person singular form of worry.

text: He worries too much.

ipa: /ˈwʌriz/


worries

forms:
worry
worries (plural)

glosses: The plural form of worry; more than one (kind of) worry.

text: No worries.

noun

worry

worries


thank

forms:
thank (canonical)
thanks (third-person singular)
thanked (past)
thanked (past participle)
thanking (present participle)

glosses: To say a good word after someone gives something to you or after someone does something good for you.

text: She thanked him very much for the beautiful food he cooked for her.

text: "I would like a drink, please." "Here is your drink." "Thank you."

ipa: /θæŋk/


thanks

forms: thanks

glosses: You say thanks when somebody has helped you or done something nice for you.

text: "Can I get the door for you?" "Thanks!"

ipa: /θæŋks/

sampa: /T{Nks/


thanks

forms:
thanks
thanks (plural)

glosses: Thanks are kind words and thoughts for people who did nice things for you.

text: A special thanks goes to my family.

text: Many thanks to everyone who helped me.

text: He is not going to get much thanks from them.

thanks

thanks


thanks

text: Thanks to your help, we were able to finish quickly.

text: We'll be late thanks to the snow.


thanks

glosses: The third-person singular form of thank.

verb

thank


tension

forms:
tension
tensions (plural)

text: No one said anything, but I could feel the tension in the room.

text: Tensions between the two countries have been rising.

text: There is too much tension in the rope. It might break.

enpr: tĕnʹ-shən

ipa: /ˈtɛnʃən/

audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-tension.wav

hyphenation: ten‧sion


theatre

forms:
theatre
theatres (plural)

glosses: A theatre is a building with a big room with a stage and places for many people to sit, so that people can watch a play with actors in it.

text: The Nutcracker is playing at the theatre tonight.

ipa: /ˈθi(ə)tɚ/

ipa: /ˈθiətə/


play

forms:
play (canonical)
plays (third-person singular)
played (past)
played (past participle)
playing (present participle)

text: Children like to play all day.

glosses: If you play a musical instrument, you make music using it.

text: He plays guitar in a rock and roll band.

enpr: plā

ipa: /pleɪ/

sampa: /pleI/


play

forms:
play
plays (plural)

glosses: Something a group of actors does, in a theatre, for people to watch.

text: The actors on the stage had clothes with bright colors.


theater

forms:
theater
theaters (plural)

glosses: A theater is a building with a big room with a stage and places for many people to sit, so that people can watch a play with actors in it.

text: We went to the theater to watch a play by Shakespeare.

glosses: A theater is a place where movies are shown.

text: We'll make it to the theater on time, there's twenty-nine minutes left before the movie starts.


telephone

forms:
telephone
telephones (plural)

glosses: A machine used to talk to someone who is far away.

text: I need to find a telephone so I can tell my mother where I am.

ipa: /ˈ tɛl.ɪˌfəʊn/

ipa: /ˈ tɛl.əˌfoʊn/

hyphenation: tel‧e‧phone


telephone

forms:
telephone (canonical)
telephones (third-person singular)
telephoned (past)
telephoned (past participle)
telephoning (present participle)

glosses: If you telephone someone, you use a telephone to talk to them.

text: I telephoned my friend yesterday.

telephon


woods

forms:
wood
woods (plural)

glosses: The plural form of wood; more than one (kind of) wood.

ipa: /wʊdz/

noun

wood


envelope

forms:
envelope
envelopes (plural)

glosses: An envelope is a paper cover that you put a letter in to send it.

text: She put the letter into the envelope, addressed it to Charles, and put a stamp on it.

glosses: An envelope is a covering that goes all the way around something.

text: Each virus has a special envelope of protein surrounding it.

ipa: /ˈɛnvələʊp/

ipa: /ˈɒnvələʊp/

enpr: ĕn'və-lōp

ipa: /ˈɛnvəlop/

enpr: ŏn'və-lōp

ipa: /ˈɒnvəlop/


recommended

forms:
recommend (canonical)
recommends (third-person singular)
recommended (past)
recommended (past participle)
recommending (present participle)

glosses: The past tense and past participle of recommend.

verb

recommend


recommended

forms:
recommended (positive)
more recommended (comparative)
most recommended (superlative)

glosses: If something is recommended, somebody says it's good or you should try it.

text: Her new book is highly recommended.


recommend

glosses: If you recommend something, you tell somebody that it is good or that they should try it.

text: The committee strongly recommended that the head teacher take the lead in defining the aims of the school.

ipa: /rɛkəˈmɛnd/

hyphenation: rec‧om‧mend


teeth

forms:
tooth
teeth (plural)

glosses: The plural form of tooth; more than one (kind of) tooth.

ipa: /tiːθ/

noun

tooth

teeth


symbol

forms:
symbol
symbols (plural)

glosses: A symbol is a letter or simple picture with a particular meaning.

text: Most language now use the same set of symbols to represent numbers.

text: These symbols represent the phone's various functions.

glosses: A symbol is a person or object that represents a group or idea.

text: These dead trees have become a symbol of pollution.

text: After a long, cold winter flowers are a symbol of hope for the new season.

ipa: /sɪmbəɫ/


equip

forms:
equip (canonical)
equips (third-person singular)
equipped (past)
equipped (past participle)
equipping (present participle)

glosses: If you equip a person or a place, you give them equipment.

text: We equipped the buses with blankets and pillows and high-tech stereo headphones and telephones.

glosses: If you equip someone with skills or knowledge, you teach it to them.

text: This program equips students with the skills they need to succeed in college.

ipa: /ɪˈkwɪp/

audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-equip.wav

verb

equip

p


mystery

forms:
mystery
mysteries (plural)

glosses: A mystery is a secret or hidden matter which can't be explained.

text: She never told me where the money was, and it remains a mystery to me even now.

text: She and her mystery man were seen outside her parents' home.

glosses: A mystery is a story about a puzzling event: short for mystery story.

text: The police investigation has failed to solve the murder mystery.

enpr: mĭsʹt(ə)rē

ipa: /ˈmɪst(ə)ri/

hyphenation: mys‧tery

noun

mystery

mysteries


ethnic

forms:
ethnic (positive)
more ethnic (comparative)
most ethnic (superlative)

glosses: An ethnic group is a group related by race, culture, and/or nationality.

text: The Irish are the largest, but least visible, ethnic minority in Britain.

text: The school has students from over 20 different ethnic backgrounds.

glosses: Characteristic of or belonging to a non-Western cultural tradition, as in ethnic food, costumes and jewelry.


compute

forms:
compute (canonical)
computes (third-person singular)
computed (past)
computed (past participle)
computing (present participle)

glosses: If you compute an answer, you calculate it or find it, usually using mathematics.

text: They computed the exact time of death using the blood.

text: The network is built on a distributed computing environment.

ipa: /kɒmpjuːt/

audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-compute.wav

hyphenation: com‧pute

verb

comput

e


self

forms:
self
selves (plural)

glosses: Your self is the type of person you are, particularly the way you usually act, look or feel.

text: He looked so happy compared to his usual down self that Walter wondered if something was wrong.

glosses: Someone's self is their personality or character that makes them individual.

text: As the baby grows older, it begins to develop a sense of self.

text: Please bring your wife and your good self.

ipa: /sɛlf/

noun

self

selves


self-

forms: self-

pos: prefix

glosses: by or related to the individual person or animal

text: I didn't like working for somebody, so now I'm self-employed.

text: If she played more sports, it would improve her self-esteem.


devil

forms:
devil
devils (plural)

glosses: A devil is an evil monster, god, or mythological being.

glosses: If you say someone is a poor devil, you mean a poor person.

enpr: dĕvʹəl

ipa: /ˈdɛvəl/


devil

forms: the Devil

glosses: The Devil is the enemy or God and all people. The devil is the leader or source of evil.

glosses: If someone is called the Devil it means they are a bad person. Usually this is used playfully and not seriously.

proper noun

the Devil


relax

forms:
relax (canonical)
relaxes (third-person singular)
relaxed (past)
relaxed (past participle)
relaxing (present participle)

glosses: If you relax, you stop working, worrying, etc., and you take a rest or have fun.

text: People come here to relax, have a beer, and talk with friends.

text: If you don't relax your shoulders, you'll have a sore neck.

glosses: If you relax a rule, you make it less strict.

text: The king relaxed the laws that the people protested against.

ipa: /rɪˈlæks/

verb

relax

es


collect

forms:
collect (canonical)
collects (third-person singular)
collected (past)
collected (past participle)
collecting (present participle)

glosses: If you collect some things, you bring them together as a group.

text: The study collected data from 562 mothers in the hospital.

text: The rain collected in a pool.

ipa: /kəˈlɛkt/

audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-collect.wav


motive

forms:
motive
motives (plural)

text: The man says he has no motive for killing his wife.

text: What are the motives behind this change?

ipa: /ˈməʊtɪv/

ipa: /ˈmoʊtɪv/


motivation

forms:
motivation
motivations (plural)

glosses: Someone's motivation is their feeling that they want to do something.

text: Students' motivation is falling because the lessons are not interesting.

text: There isn't a simple link between pay and employee motivation.

glosses: Your motivation is the reason you do something.

text: The main motivation behind the deal was money.

text: What was your motivation for leaving home?

ipa: /məʊtɪˈveɪʃ(ə)n/


screen

forms:
screen
screens (plural)

glosses: A screen is a flat surface for showing pictures, text or video.

text: The information appears on the computer screen almost right away.

text: I couldn't see the movie because the person in front of me was blocking the screen.

glosses: A screen is a flat surface between two areas, often letting something in but keeping something out.

text: The hole in the window screen let the bugs in.

text: There was a screen around my hospital bed.

enpr: skrēn

ipa: /skriːn/


screen

forms:
screen (canonical)
screens (third-person singular)
screened (past)
screened (past participle)
screening (present participle)

glosses: If you screen blood, people, information, etc., you find or block unwanted things.

text: They carefully screen the blood for viruses before giving it to hospitals.

text: He put on a hat to screen his eyes from the sun.

glosses: If you screen a movie, a TV show, etc., you put it on a screen.

text: They screened the new movie for the press last week.


honest

forms:
honest (positive)
more honest (comparative)
most honest (superlative)

glosses: If you are honest, you do not hide the truth; you don't lie, cheat, or steal.

text: My parents were quite honest with me about things to do with sex.

text: My father is a very straight, very honest man; everyone trusts him.

ipa: /ˈɒnɛst/

ipa: /ˈɑnɛst/


adapted

forms:
adapt (canonical)
adapts (third-person singular)
adapted (past)
adapted (past participle)
adapting (present participle)

glosses: The past tense and past participle of adapt.

ipa: /əˈdæptɪd/

hyphenation: adapt‧ed

adapt


adapt

glosses: If you adapt to changes, conditions, needs, etc., you change to fit them.

text: It was difficult to adapt to the changes, but I work much better now.

text: It's a special military vehicle adapted for use in the snow.

glosses: You can adapt book or other work to a movie, musical, or other form of entertainment.

text: Edgar Allan Poe's short story, "The Fall of the House of Usher", was adapted to a movie in 1960.

ipa: /ʌˈdæpt/


stats

forms: stats (plural)

text: New crime stats that show the number of crimes is decreasing.

text: The government published new unemployment stats for the month of June.

glosses: Stats is the science of using and understanding those numbers.

text: To do research, it's important to understand simple stats such as averages and standard deviations.

text: Stats is a kind of mathematics.

ipa: /stəˈts/


patient

forms:
patient (positive)
more patient (comparative)
most patient (superlative)

glosses: If someone is patient, they can wait without getting upset.

text: It's hard to be patient with people who don't listen to you.

text: I'm a patient man with a long memory; I can wait.

ipa: /ˈpeɪʃənt/

hyphenation: pa‧tient


patient

forms:
patient
patients (plural)

glosses: A patient is a person or animal under medical care.

text: Emergency room doctors treated over 200 patients today.

text: Patients with various illnesses were put on the diet.


lazy

forms:
lazy (positive)
lazier (comparative)
laziest (superlative)

glosses: If someone is lazy, they do not want to work or do anything difficult.

text: He went to a restaurant because he was too lazy to cook.

text: I had a lazy dog who just slept on the sofa all day.

glosses: A lazy day or time is a time for relaxing.

text: We finished school and looked forward to the lazy days of summer.

ipa: /ˈleɪzi/

adj

lazy

lazier

laziest


dramatic

forms:
dramatic (positive)
more dramatic (comparative)
most dramatic (superlative)

glosses: If something is dramatic, it is large and sudden.

text: The increase in foreign students has meant a dramatic change in the number of schools.

text: After the new teacher came, there was a dramatic increase in the test results.

glosses: If something is dramatic, it is connected with acting and theatre.

text: In a highly dramatic speech, he brought everyone to his side.

text: He studied dramatic arts in university.

ipa: /drəˈmætɪk/


desk

forms:
desk
desks (plural)

glosses: A desk is a table for studying and writing, usually with drawers.

text: The students sat at their desks quietly while the teacher walked around the room.

text: The phone on her desk buzzed; Gillian picked it up.

ipa: /dɛsk/


jumped

forms:
jump (canonical)
jumps (third-person singular)
jumped (past)
jumped (past participle)
jumping (present participle)

glosses: The past tense and past participle of jump.

text: I screamed when I jumped out of the airplane.

verb

jump


rub

forms:
rub (canonical)
rubs (third-person singular)
rubbed (past)
rubbed (past participle)
rubbing (present participle)

glosses: If you rub something, you move against it, often backward and forward.

text: The doctor was rubbing her hands to warm them.

text: The dog came and rubbed against his leg.

text: He rubbed the silver with a cloth until it shone.

enpr: rŭb

ipa: /rʌb/

rub

b


rub

forms:
rub
rubs (plural)

glosses: If you give somebody or something a rub, you rub them or massage them.

text: After the game, he gave me a great shoulder rub.

text: It'll come clean with a good rub.


recovery

forms:
recovery
recoveries (plural)

glosses: A recovery is the process of getting better after an illness or a problem.

text: She made a good recovery from a knee injury and may play this game.

text: The budget is critical to Hungary's hopes for economic recovery.

glosses: A recovery is the process of getting something back after it was lost or taken.

text: They hired a lawyer to help with the recovery of the money.

ipa: /rɪˈkʌvəri/

noun

recoveries


hole

forms:
hole
holes (plural)

glosses: A hole is an empty space in an object or material.

text: He fell into the water through a hole in the ice.

text: They dug a hole in the ground for the tree.

ipa: /həʊl/

enpr: hōl

ipa: /hoʊl/

sampa: /hoUl/


pretend

forms:
pretend (canonical)
pretends (third-person singular)
pretended (past)
pretended (past participle)
pretending (present participle)

glosses: If you pretend that something is true, you play that it is true but you know that it is not.

text: Cameron pretended not to see young Donald till he was close beside him.

text: I'll be quiet. Just pretend I'm not here.

ipa: /prɪˈtɛnd/

hyphenation: pre‧tend


pretend

forms: pretend (positive)

glosses: If something is pretend, it's not real but is used for play.

text: It's not a real monster. It's just pretend.

text: Let's have a pretend picnic.


convenience

forms:
convenience
conveniences (plural)

glosses: Convenience is the quality of being easy to get and use.

text: The shop has a free car park for the convenience of its guests.

text: We'll pick up some milk at the convenience store on the corner.

glosses: A convenience is something that saves time or work.

text: Out cottages have all the modern conveniences, including internet, A/C and a pool.

ipa: /kənˈviːnɪəns/

ipa: /kənˈvinjəns/

hyphenation: con‧ve‧nience


stolen

forms:
steal (canonical)
steals (third-person singular)
stole (past)
stolen (past participle)
stealing (present participle)

text: I've never stolen anything in my life.

ipa: /'stəʊlən/

steal

steals

stole

stolen

stealing


feeling

forms:
feeling
feelings (plural)

glosses: Your feelings are your emotions, thoughts, and opinions.

text: Many people have strong feelings about the war.

text: Charles had some difficulty in understanding her feelings.

glosses: A feeling is a signal that your body gives you, such as pain, heat, softness, etc.

text: The feeling of the sun on his face was relaxing.

text: Since the accident, he has no feeling in his fingers.

ipa: /ˈfiːlɪŋ/


feeling

forms:
feel (canonical)
feels (third-person singular)
felt (past)
felt (past participle)
feeling (present participle)

text: He felt the soft cloth with his hand.

text: She felt a pain in her hand.

glosses: To have an emotion. When you are happy, sad, or angry you are feeling.

text: I'm feeling very happy today.

text: They feel sad because their friend left.

verb

feel

feels

felt

feeling


purpose

forms:
purpose
purposes (plural)

glosses: A purpose is reason for doing something or for existing.

text: Coal is used for only three purposes: heating houses, generating electricity and making steel.

text: The main purpose of the visit was to see the new building.

ipa: /ˈpɝpəs/

ipa: /ˈpɜːpəs/

hyphenation: pur‧pose


purpose

forms:
purpose (canonical)
purposes (third-person singular)
purposed (past)
purposed (past participle)
purposing (present participle)

glosses: If you purpose to do something, you plan on doing it.

purpos


direction

forms:
direction
directions (plural)

etymology_text: direct + -ion

ety-suffix

direct

ion

expansion: direct + -ion

text: "Where is the post office?" "I think it's that direction."

text: Which direction is north?

text: We were walking up Queen St. when she suddenly turned and starting walking in the opposite direction.

glosses: Directions are steps that tell you what to do or how to do something.

text: Your doctors directions are to take two of these with water before eating.

text: The company is now under the direction of new owners.


reason

forms:
reason
reasons (plural)

glosses: A reason to do something is why you do it, or the cause of something.

text: The low price was the main reason for buying it.

text: I asked them about the reason why we should go.

text: The police are looking for the reason for the accident.

text: It's important to use reason to decide, not emotion.

ipa: /ˈriːzn/

hyphenation: rea‧son


reason

forms:
reason (canonical)
reasons (third-person singular)
reasoned (past)
reasoned (past participle)
reasoning (present participle)

glosses: If you reason, you think carefully about something.

glosses: (uncommon) If you reason someone, you persuade using reasoning.

text: I reasoned my friend into my religion.


swallowed

forms:
swallow (canonical)
swallows (third-person singular)
swallowed (past)
swallowed (past participle)
swallowing (present participle)

glosses: The past tense and past participle of swallow.

text: The boy did not always bite his food before he swallowed.

verb

swallow


disease

forms:
disease
diseases (plural)

glosses: If a person, animal, or plant is ill, it has a disease.

text: 1.4 million children suffer from heart disease in Pakistan.

text: There are many different germs which cause diseases.

ipa: /disiːz/


disease

forms:
disease (canonical)
diseases (third-person singular)
diseased (past)
diseased (past participle)
diseasing (present participle)

diseas


sour

forms:
sour (positive)
sourer (comparative)
sourest (superlative)

glosses: A sour taste is like the taste of an acid.

text: The old milk is bad: it tastes sour.

glosses: A sour person is mean to other people because they are unhappy.

text: He was a sour old man who wouldn't even say "hello" to anyone.

ipa: /ˈsaʊ(ə)r/

ipa: /ˈsaʊə/

adj

sour

sourer

sourest


signal

forms:
signal
signals (plural)

glosses: A picture, or a light, or a movement of a hand, or other thing that tells people to do something.

text: When I make this signal with my hand, everybody walk to the front of the room.

glosses: A picture, or a light, or a movement of a hand, or something else that lets someone recognize another person, a ship, an airplane or something else.

text: The sailor saw the signal on the other ship and so recognized it was the enemy.

enpr: sĭgʹnəl

ipa: /ˈsɪɡnəl/

hyphenation: sig‧nal


signal

forms:
signaled (past)
signaled (past participle)
signaling (present participle)
signal (canonical)
signals (third-person singular)
signalled (past)
signalled (past participle)
signalling (present participle)

glosses: When someone or something signals to someone, they use a signal to tell the person something.

text: The red light signals to the cars to stop.

verb

signal

l


attractive

forms:
attractive (positive)
more attractive (comparative)
most attractive (superlative)

glosses: If people or things are attractive, you like them because you think they are good, beautiful, etc.

text: People buy the make-up and stuff they see on television to make them appear more attractive.

text: I think that howard is a very attractive-looking man.

text: The offer was very attractive, but he couldn't agree.

ipa: /əˈtræktɪv/


worth

forms:
worth (positive)
more worth (comparative)
most worth (superlative)

glosses: If x is worth y, x has the value of y, usually in money.

text: The painting is worth over $1 million.

text: The house is worth $20000.

text: Excuse me, how much is this ring worth?

text: The car is fifteen years old and isn't worth much anymore.

glosses: If something is worth doing, or is worth it, there is value in doing it. It's not a waste of time.

text: It's not worth washing now 'cause it'll just get dirty again later.

text: This is important, so it's worth taking your time to get it right.

ipa: /wɜːθ/

ipa: /wɜːrθ/


worth

forms:
worth
worths (plural)

text: I just bought $8,000 worth of gold.

text: Its worth is dropping every day.


hair

forms:
hair
hairs (plural)

glosses: Hair is long, very thin, soft material that grows on people and animals.

text: She had never seen him with his hair cut short.

enpr: /hâr/

ipa: /heə/


severe

forms:
severe (positive)
severer (comparative)
severest (superlative)

text: He has a severe wound from dropping a big knife on his foot.

glosses: Someone who is severe gets angry easily or frequently punishes people; they are harsh or strict.

text: The teacher had a severe way of making the learners sit still.

ipa: /sɪˈvɪə/

adj

severe

severer

severest


search

forms:
search (canonical)
searches (third-person singular)
searched (past)
searched (past participle)
searching (present participle)

glosses: When someone searches for something, they don't know where it is and they look in many places to try to discover where it is.

text: I searched the whole room but I don't know where the book is.

ipa: /sɜːt͡ʃ/

ipa: /sɝt͡ʃ/

verb

search


search

forms:
search
searches (plural)

text: The search for the stolen jewelry was unsuccessful.

glosses: The act of searching, as in computers etc..

text: Search engines have made using the internet easier.

noun

searches


message

forms:
message
messages (plural)

glosses: A message is information that is sent between living things and is sent from one person to the other. There are some types of message, like phone message and subliminal message.

text: On his desk there was a message from Jack to call home.

text: Can you give Joan the message that I called?

ipa: /ˈmɛsɪd͡ʒ/

hyphenation: mes‧sage


message

forms:
message (canonical)
messages (third-person singular)
messaged (past)
messaged (past participle)
messaging (present participle)

glosses: If you message someone, you send them a note or letter or e-mail; you message them.

text: Can you please message me the directions?

verb

messag


concentration

forms:
concentration
concentrations (plural)

etymology_text: concentrate + -ation

ety-suffix

concentrate

ation

expansion: concentrate + -ation

glosses: A concentration is a large amount of something in one place or group.

text: The oil-sands in Alberta, Canada, contain high concentrations of oil.

text: The growing concentration of people in cities is causing new problems.

glosses: Concentration is the ability to focus your attention on something.

text: Runners mustn't worry or do anything else to break their concentration.

text: A clean desk in a quiet place will help students improve concentration.

text: The government's concentration should be on helping those in the greatest need.

glosses: The amount of solute in a solution; the concentration of a solution is measured in parts per million (ppm)

ipa: /ˌkɒnsənˈtreɪʃən/

ipa: /ˌkɑnsənˈtreɪʃən/


intelligence

forms:
intelligence
intelligences (plural)

glosses: Intelligence is the ability to think clearly and understand easily.

text: The school has special classes for student of low intelligence.

glosses: Intelligence is information that a government gets from its spies.

text: US intelligence indicates changes in North Korea's military.


link

forms:
link (canonical)
links (third-person singular)
linked (past)
linked (past participle)
linking (present participle)

glosses: If you link two or more things, you make a connection between them.

text: The Northern Ireland economy is closely linked to that of the rest of the United Kingdom.

text: A number of computers can be linked together to make a network.

ipa: /liŋk/


link

forms:
link
links (plural)

glosses: A link is a connection between two or more things.

text: It's easy to see a close link between studying and good grades.

text: The link between England and Europe is an old one.

glosses: A link is a word or picture on the Internet that you click to go to another page.


neck

forms:
neck
necks (plural)

glosses: The part of the body between the head and the torso.

ipa: /nɛk/

audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Back ache-neck.wav


competitive

forms:
competitive (positive)
more competitive (comparative)
most competitive (superlative)

glosses: If someone is competitive, they want very much to be the best at everything.

text: I don't enjoy working with her because she's so competitive.

glosses: If something is competitive, there is competition about it.

text: There is now a competitive market for telephone services because there are more choices of companies.

glosses: If someone or something is competitive, they have a good chance of winning or being chosen.

text: The shoe comes in sizes 6-11 and retails for the very competitive price of £34.99.

text: The right product and marketing mix can give the company a competitive advantage over its rivals.

ipa: /kəmˈpɛtɪtɪv/

audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-competitive.wav

hyphenation: com‧pet‧i‧tive


respond

forms:
respond (canonical)
responds (third-person singular)
responded (past)
responded (past participle)
responding (present participle)

glosses: If you respond to something or someone, you do something in reaction to it.

text: I try to respond to emails as soon as I get them.

text: We sent a message to them two weeks ago, but nobody has responded so far.

text: The police responded forcefully to the problems.

ipa: /rəˈspɒnd/

hyphenation: res‧pond


opposition

forms:
opposition
oppositions (plural)

glosses: Opposition to something, is an action or hope to stop it.

text: There was strong opposition to the change from parents.

glosses: The opposition is the person or group that you are competing against.

text: There was a series of meetings between the leaders of the Government and the opposition parties.

ipa: /ɒpəˈzɪʃən/


label

forms:
label
labels (plural)

glosses: A label is a small sign, usually on something, to tell you about it.

text: Please read the label before using the product.

text: There are washing instructions on the label.

glosses: A label is a brand (mainly for fashion and music companies).

text: Her favorite label is Gucci.

ipa: /ˈleɪbəl/

hyphenation: la‧bel


label

forms:
labelled (past)
labelled (past participle)
labelling (present participle)
label (canonical)
labels (third-person singular)
labeled (past)
labeled (past participle)
labeling (present participle)

glosses: If you label something, you write information on it or attach information to it.

text: Please be sure to label your bags before getting on the airplane.

text: He labelled the tree with its name and date.

glosses: If you label somebody or something as being some way, you categorize them that way.

text: After the way he acted, the other children labeled him as weird.

verb

label


grateful

forms:
grateful (positive)
more grateful (comparative)
most grateful (superlative)

etymology_text: grate + -ful

ety-suffix

grate

ful

expansion: grate + -ful

glosses: If you are grateful for or about something, you want to say, "thank you" because of it.

text: I'm very grateful for your kindness during this difficult time.

ipa: /ˈɡreɪtfəl/

hyphenation: grate‧ful


check

forms:
check (canonical)
checks (third-person singular)
checked (past)
checked (past participle)
checking (present participle)

glosses: If you check something, you look at it to see if there is a problem, or something new or different.

text: Hi, I heard some noises, so I'm just checking to see if you were O.K.

text: Can you check that the lights are off?

text: Please check your test before handing it to the teacher.

text: I just checked my e-mail and found 50 new messages.

text: He checked the mirror to see if the police car was still behind him.

glosses: If you check something out, you look at it because it might be interesting.

text: I found this great video online. Check it out.

text: When you're in Toronto, you should check out the CN tower.

glosses: If you check an answer, or choice, you make a check mark (✓) beside it.

text: If you want to get mail from us, check the box at the bottom of the page.

glosses: If you check out of a hotel, you pay your bill and leave.

text: I called the hotel, but they said you had already checked out.

glosses: If you check in to a hotel, you go to the front desk to tell them you've arrived and you get your key.

text: After we checked in, we went to our room and unpacked our bags.

glosses: If you check something, usually something bad, you stop it.

text: He put out his hands but could not check his fall.

text: Senegal, which acted early, was able to check the spread of the disease.

glosses: If you check your coat or bags, you give them to a worker to take care of.

text: Reid was traveling alone without any checked luggage.

text: You can check your luggage inside and show them your passport with your ticket.

enpr: chĕk

ipa: /t͡ʃɛk/

homophones: cheque Czech


check

forms:
check
checks (plural)

glosses: A check is a piece of paper that gives someone else the right to receive some money from your bank account. (Other spelling: cheque)

text: She wrote him a personal check for $250.

text: Could you please pay in cash instead of checks?

text: I found out about the problem when I tried to cash her bad checks.

glosses: A check is something you do to make sure that there is no problem.

text: The town must conduct regular checks on drinking water quality.

text: They did background checks on all the teachers before hiring them.

text: We stood in line at the airport for the extra security checks.

text: I want to get a quick check of the weather before going.

glosses: A reality check is an opportunity to think about reality and make sure your hopes and thoughts are reasonable.

text: I think this injury is a real reality check for him. He can't keep working like this.

glosses: If you keep something in check, you stop it from getting bigger or worse.

text: There aren't enough birds to keep the insects in check.

text: I had difficulty keeping my anger in check.

glosses: A check is something that controls or stops something else.

text: The company didn't have the right checks and balances, and that's why they lost all the money.

text: Waiter, can you bring us the check please?

text: Put a check next to today's date and sign here.

text: He finished it up and put a check mark in the box.

glosses: Check is a pattern of squares, especially on cloth.

text: Michael was a big man in a red wool check shirt.

glosses: A coat check is a place where you can give your coat, bags, etc. to a worker to take care of.

text: The lines were long at the coat check, so we put our jackets on the backs of our chairs.

glosses: In chess, check the position of the king where it can be directly attacked by the opponent's pieces but from which it may escape.

text: You can't move that piece because your king is in check.


puppies

forms:
puppy
puppies (plural)

glosses: The plural form of puppy; more than one (kind of) puppy.

text: I bought 5 puppies.

noun

puppy

puppies


leap year

forms:
leap year
leap years (plural)

glosses: A leap year is a year with 366 days in the most commonly used Gregorian calendar. Leap years happen every four years.

text: The Summer Olympics is held during a leap year.

glosses: A year with 13 months in certain lunisolar calendars


husband

forms:
husband
husbands (plural)

ipa: /ˈhʌzbənd/


husband

forms:
husband (canonical)
husbands (third-person singular)
husbanded (past)
husbanded (past participle)
husbanding (present participle)

glosses: If you are husbanding, you are managing resources carefully.

verb

husband


curtain

forms:
curtain
curtains (plural)

glosses: Curtains are pieces of cloth that hang in front of a window, door, or stage.

text: So I'll close the curtains and the room now will be quite dark.

text: We put all the lights on and draw the curtains when we're going to go out.

text: They got new curtains to match the carpet and the furniture.

glosses: A curtain is a substance, or group of items that blocks your view or blocks access.

text: The base of the rock is undercut, permitting walkers to pass behind the curtain of falling water.

text: Suddenly she came out through the last curtain of trees and found herself looking down over sunlit green field.

ipa: /ˈkɜːtn̩/

ipa: /ˈkɝtn̩/


curtain

forms:
curtain (canonical)
curtains (third-person singular)
curtained (past)
curtained (past participle)
curtaining (present participle)

glosses: If you curtain something off, you put a curtain around it.


revise

forms:
revise (canonical)
revises (third-person singular)
revised (past)
revised (past participle)
revising (present participle)

glosses: When someone revises a book, a writing or something they said, it means they change it (edit it) so that it says something a little different from what it said before.

text: He revised the book to have information from this year in it.

text: She revised what she said so that she was not saying something bad about him.

glosses: If someone revises, they study something again to prepare for a test.

text: I can't go out 'cause I have to revise for my A-levels.

ipa: /rɪˈvaɪz/

sampa: /r\I"vaIz/

revis


file

forms:
file
files (plural)

glosses: A file is a set of papers or records on a specific issue, person, etc.

text: The letter should be in the file on the Herzog problem.

glosses: A file is a set of information that can be opened, changed, and saved by a computer program.

text: My computer won't read the Word file you e-mailed me last night.

glosses: A file is a place to keep papers organised.

text: Can you put this receipt in the file?

glosses: A file is a tool with rough sides that you rub against something to make it smooth.

ipa: /faɪl/


file

forms:
file (canonical)
files (third-person singular)
filed (past)
filed (past participle)
filing (present participle)

glosses: If you file papers or documents, you put them away in an organised way in one place.

text: I filed the letter under "t" for taxes.

glosses: If you file a report or a story, you submit it to your employer or editor.

text: What time did you file that story about the car crash?

glosses: If you file a complaint, you make an official complaint.

glosses: If people file somewhere, they go there in a line.

glosses: If you file something, you rub it with a file to make it smooth.

text: She went to the store for a manicure, which involves filing and polishing the nails.

fil


low

forms:
low (positive)
lower (comparative)
lowest (superlative)

glosses: If cost, value, amount, sound, temperature, etc. is low, it is small.

text: My pay is very low, so it's hard to live here.

text: Poor people need low-cost apartments.

text: The temperature will go down over night and tomorrow it will be lower than it was today.

glosses: If something is low, it (or its top) is close to the ground.

text: The bridge is too low for the truck to go under it.

text: I bought a low-quality bag and it already has a hole in it.

glosses: If a sound is low, it is small in frequency or quiet.

text: On the piano, the left hand plays the low notes and the right hand plays the high notes.

glosses: If a person is feeling low, they are not happy.

ipa: /loʊ/

adjective

low

lower

lowest


conscious

forms:
conscious (positive)
more conscious (comparative)
most conscious (superlative)

glosses: If you are conscious of something, you notice or realize it.

text: Soon after I walked into the room, I became conscious of many eyes looking at me.

text: I was conscious of being rude, but I couldn't stop myself.

text: I'll make a conscious effort to be on time.

glosses: If a person or animal is conscious, it knows what's happening around it.

text: He fell and hit his head, but he is still conscious.

text: She was conscious during the operation.

enpr: kŏnʹshəs


harvest

forms:
harvest
harvests (plural)

glosses: Harvest is the time that you bring the crops in from the fields.

text: We had an early harvest this year because of all the sun.

glosses: Harvest is the act of bring the crops in from the fields.

text: Our grain harvest went really well this year.

glosses: A harvest is the crops that you bring in at the end of a growing season.

text: Western Canada has had the biggest wheat harvest in 20 years.

ipa: /ˈhaːvɪst/