takeoff

forms:
takeoff
takeoffs (plural)

glosses: The takeoff is when an airplane moves from the ground into the air.

text: Put on your seat belt to be ready for takeoff.


surrender

forms:
surrender (canonical)
surrenders (third-person singular)
surrendered (past)
surrendered (past participle)
surrendering (present participle)

pos: verb

glosses: When an army stops fighting and lets the other side win, we say that the army surrenders. Sometimes people wave a white flag to show that they are surrendering.

glosses: To submit to a person who has more power.

ipa: /səˈrɛndə/

verb

expansion: [POS TABLE]


surrender

forms:
surrender
surrenders (plural)

pos: noun


whereas

forms: whereas

pos: prep

glosses: You use whereas to show a contrast between two things or ideas.

text: Many kinds of roses have little or no scent, whereas others are well known for their beautiful smell.

text: School A has about 25 percent Asian students, whereas for school B the Asian students make up over 60 percent of the school population.

text: Whereas only about a third of local residents paid full rates in the past, now most adults will pay the charge.

ipa: /ʍɛːrˈæz/


enable

forms:
enable (canonical)
enables (third-person singular)
enabled (past)
enabled (past participle)
enabling (present participle)

etymology_text: en- + able

ety-prefix

en

able

expansion: en- + able

glosses: If you enable something or someone, you make make it able to do something or you help it.

text: The program enables users to share data, collaborate and automate tasks without writing any extra code.

text: Night or instrument flying enabled us to fly twenty-four hours a day and in poor weather.

text: The data will not enable the identification of individuals to take place.

text: This switch will enable the song-sharing function.

ipa: /ɪˈneɪbəl/

enabl

e


version

forms:
version
versions (plural)

glosses: A version is something that exists in different forms.

text: Tomorrow, IBM is launching OS/2 2.0, the new version of its OS/2 operating software for personal computers.

text: The North American version of the car will have a larger engine.

ipa: /ˈvɜː(r)ʒən/

hyphenation: ver‧sion


perspective

forms:
perspective
perspectives (plural)

glosses: A perspective is a way of looking at or thinking about something.

text: The British media give a completely different perspective from CNN.

text: He has to look at everything from an international perspective.

text: The book provides a fresh perspective on the lives of young airmen during the war.

glosses: Perspective is the ability to think about things in a reasonable way.

text: He's lost all perspective when it comes to this job.

glosses: Perspective is a way to show three dimensions in a two-dimensional image.


network

forms:
network
networks (plural)

etymology_text: net + work

compound

net

work

expansion: net + work

glosses: A network is a group of connections between a number of points.

text: Electronic systems control the busiest parts of the rail network.

text: This is the first national TV network that is 100% sports.

text: We conduct much of our overseas banking business through a network of some 3,500 worldwide branches.

text: You can connect to the Internet through a wireless local network system.

text: I don't have a good social network in my new job.

ipa: /nɛtwɜːk/

ipa: /nɛtwɝk/


network

forms:
network (canonical)
networks (third-person singular)
networked (past)
networked (past participle)
networking (present participle)

glosses: If you network, you make or use social connections, usually for business purposes.

text: I spent most of my time at the conferences networking with other sales people.


welfare

forms:
welfare
welfares (plural)

glosses: Someone's welfare is their health, safety, and other things the make them happy.

text: Children need to exercise each day, for both their physical and psychological welfare.

text: This group has tried to promote the welfare of old people throughout the United Kingdom.

text: It is clear that the issues the environment and animal welfare have become very important recently.

text: Few countries have the same level of social welfare that we have in Canada.

glosses: Welfare is money paid by the government to poor people.

text: The government is reviewing the welfare benefits which single parents receive.

text: He lost his job and his home and has had to go on welfare.

ipa: /ˈwɛlˌfɛə/

ipa: /ˈwɛlˌfɛɚ/

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


transition

forms:
transition
transitions (plural)

glosses: A transition is a change from one place or situation to another.

text: Diana has made the transition from girl to woman.

text: The transition from ice to water occurs at 0°C.

text: They want at least a five-year transition period.

enpr: trănzĭ'shən

ipa: /trænˈzɪʃən/

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


transition

forms:
transition (canonical)
transitions (third-person singular)
transitioned (past)
transitioned (past participle)
transitioning (present participle)

glosses: If something transitions, it changes from one place or situation to another.


amendment

forms:
amendment
amendments (plural)

etymology_text: amend + -ment

ety-suffix

amend

ment

expansion: amend + -ment

glosses: An amendment is an addition or change to a document; also the process of making this change.

text: This law can only be changed by constitutional amendment.

text: We are considering an amendment to the Water Bill which required compliance with EC rules by 1993.

text: He agreed to accept amendments to reduce the standard rate of income tax in his Finance Bill.

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

hyphenation: a‧mend‧ment


deep

forms:
deep (positive)
deeper (comparative)
deepest (superlative)

pos: adj

glosses: A hole or body of water is deep if it goes down a long way.

text: Do not dive into this swimming pool because it is not deep enough.

text: Some oil wells must be drilled deeper than others to reach the oil.

glosses: Something is deep if it is far below or inside.

text: The Earth's iron core is deep beneath its crust.

text: The Japanese style of poetry called haiku is simple on the surface, but it should also have a deeper emotional meaning.

text: In opera, the bass singer has the deepest voice.

glosses: With actions that make something smaller, we say deep to mean they make them much smaller.

text: This furniture store offers deep discounts on beds.

text: The new budget makes deep spending cuts in education.

glosses: An idea is called deep if it has an important meaning that is not easy to see.

text: A: 'I think you like heavy metal music because your parents don't approve of it.' B:'Wow, that's deep!'

enpr: dēp

ipa: /diːp/

adj

deep

deeper

deepest


reject

forms:
reject (canonical)
rejects (third-person singular)
rejected (past)
rejected (past participle)
rejecting (present participle)

glosses: If you reject an idea or belief, you decide that you do not believe it.

text: We reject the idea that English is somehow "better" than other languages.

text: The court rejected his arguments that he should be set free.

glosses: If you reject a person, you refuse to care for that person.

text: Often people who are infected with AIDS are rejected by family and friends.

glosses: If you reject an object, you refuse to take it or keep it.

text: Consumers have the right to reject problem goods and demand a refund.

enpr: rĭjĕktʹ

ipa: /rɪˈdʒɛkt/

hyphenation: re‧ject


reject

forms:
reject
rejects (plural)

glosses: A reject is something that has been rejected.

enpr: rēʹjĕkt

ipa: /ˈriːdʒɛkt/


clause

forms:
clause
clauses (plural)

glosses: A clause is a section in a contract or other legal document.

text: The author's contract contained a clause giving him creative control over the films.

glosses: A clause is a group of words that usually includes a subject and a predicate. In English, the subject usually comes before the predicate.

text: The last clause in the sentence is hard to understand without knowing some background.

ipa: /klɔːz/


predicate

forms:
predicate
predicates (plural)

glosses: A predicate is the head of a clause and says something about the subject.

ipa: /ˈprɛdɪkət/


predicate

forms:
predicate (canonical)
predicates (third-person singular)
predicated (past)
predicated (past participle)
predicating (present participle)

glosses: If you predicate something, you state or assert it.

glosses: If you predicate that something is true, you state that it is true.

text: The article predicates that the market collapse was caused by weakness of the dollar.

verb

predicat


prime

forms: prime (positive)

glosses: If something is prime, it is best, most important, most suitable, or in some way number one.

text: Canada is a prime example of a multicultural country.

text: He was the prime suspect in the murder investigation.

enpr: prīm

ipa: /praɪm/

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

sampa: /praIm/


prime

forms:
prime
primes (plural)

glosses: The prime is the best part of something.

text: He was killed at the prime of his life.

glosses: A prime is a number that can be evenly divided only by one and itself.

text: The first six primes are 2, 3, 5, 7, 11, and 13.

glosses: A prime is something that primes something else.


prime

forms:
prime (canonical)
primes (third-person singular)
primed (past)
primed (past participle)
priming (present participle)

glosses: If you prime something, you get it ready to do something.

text: The coach has primed them for the game.

glosses: to manipulate, in a subtle manner, people's decision-making by use of symbols, location, etc.

prim


objective

forms:
objective
objectives (plural)

glosses: An objective is something that you are trying to do.

text: The main objective of our visit was to climb Mount Kenya.

text: I share the objective of everyone in Britain who want our soldiers home.

text: Sometimes a team is more successful than an individual in achieving challenging objectives.

text: We plan to extend the network with the objective of connecting up 3 million more homes by 1990.

glosses: An objective is a place you want to get to.

hyphenation: ob‧jec‧tive


objective

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

glosses: If something is objective, it is based on facts and things we can see and touch without using people's feelings.

text: It is hard to find objective measures of artistic ability.

text: Newspapers try hard to publish objective stories.

glosses: If someone is objective, they are thinking about things logically based on facts.

text: Watching the play on TV can help an actor to be more objective about his performance.

adj

more: true


sustainable

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

etymology_text: sustain + -able

ety-suffix

sustain

expansion: sustain + -able

glosses: If something is sustainable, it can be continued for a long time, especially without using up resources.

text: The oil-based lifestyle of today is not sustainable.

text: The government is trying to balance sustainable development with economic growth.

ipa: /səˈsteɪnəbəl/

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


equivalent

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

glosses: If two things are equivalent, they are of equal value or acceptability.

text: Dolphins have very large brains, roughly equivalent to the size of a human brain.

ipa: /ɪˈkwɪvələnt/


equivalent

forms:
equivalent
equivalents (plural)

glosses: An equivalent is something of equal value of acceptability.

text: Living in Thailand costs the equivalent of just £10 per day.


liberal

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

glosses: If something is liberal, it allows for change, flexibility, and free thought.

text: The Church should take a more liberal view of sex.

text: Japanese schools are quite different from what you see in our more liberal education system.

text: Any attempt to put a liberal democracy in Iraq will fail.

glosses: If something is liberal, it has few limits.

text: He was quite liberal with his kindness.

enpr: lĭ'brəl

ipa: /ˈlɪbrəl/

enpr: lĭ'bərəl

ipa: /ˈlɪbərəl/


liberal

forms:
liberal
liberals (plural)

glosses: A liberal is a person who believes in liberal ideas.


notion

forms:
notion
notions (plural)

text: The film questions the standard notions of right and wrong.

text: We have to reject this strange notion that some languages are better than others.

text: I made my way home each night with at least some notion of hope.

ipa: /ˈnəʊʃən/

ipa: /ˈnoʊʃən/


substitution

forms:
substitution
substitutions (plural)

glosses: A substitution is the act of replacing one person or thing with another.

text: The accidental substitution of one medicine for another can be deadly.

text: They had no extra players, so were unable to make any substitutions.

ipa: /ˌsʌbstəˈtuʃən/

ipa: /ˌsʌbstɪˈtjuːʃən/

hyphenation: sub‧sti‧tu‧tion


generate

forms:
generate (canonical)
generates (third-person singular)
generated (past)
generated (past participle)
generating (present participle)

glosses: If you generate something, you create it.

text: On the hottest summer days, we are unable to generate enough electricity.

text: Apple is great at generating interest in their computers and other products.

text: They gave away 100 percent of the income generated by their songs.

hyphenation: gen‧er‧ate

verb

generat


revenue

forms:
revenue
revenues (plural)

glosses: Revenue is the money that a business receives for doing business, and government receives from taxes.

text: Higher oil prices should raise government revenue by 13%.

text: Individual taxpayers today provide a bigger share of our tax revenues than they did before.

text: The company earned 20% of its revenues from services such as consulting, software and management.

text: The City is happy because a new source of revenue has been located.

ipa: /ˈrɛvənjuː/

enpr: rĕvʹə-n(y)o͞oʹ

ipa: /ˈrɛvəˌn(j)u/

hyphenation: (UK): rev‧en‧ue; (US): rev‧e‧nue; rev‧enue


compound

forms:
compound
compounds (plural)

glosses: A compound is a material made of a number of other materials.

text: The new chemical compound has far less smell than the original substance.

text: There is a group of gases that do not easily form chemical compounds.

text: The new CD is a compound of North American rock music and Middle Eastern religious songs.

glosses: A compound is a group of buildings surrounded by a fence or wall.

ipa: /ˈkɒmpaʊnd/

enpr: kŏm'pound

ipa: /ˈkɑmpaʊnd/


compound

forms:
compound (canonical)
compounds (third-person singular)
compounded (past)
compounded (past participle)
compounding (present participle)

glosses: If something is compounded, it is added to.

text: Her troubles were now compounded by the rain.

glosses: If interest is compounded, it is paid on earlier interest payments.

text: Interest is compounded monthly.


evolution

forms:
evolution
evolutions (plural)

glosses: Evolution is the process of slow change. It is most used in biology to refer to the way living things change over long periods of time in order to adapt to their surroundings.

text: The theory of evolution is the basis of modern biology.

text: For the first time, the evolution of some bacteria has been observed.

text: Evolution is the reason animals and plants of today are different from those of long ago.

text: He believed that the evolution of society followed certain laws.

text: Creationists are people who deny that evolution is real, because it contradicts their religious beliefs, which are that God made everything.

glosses: An evolution is a change that happens over time.

text: Over the last ten years, there has been an evolution in the way we think about this disease.

ipa: /ˌiːvəˈluːʃ(ə)n/

enpr: ĕv'ə-lo͞oʹshən

ipa: /ˌɛvəˈluʃ(ə)n/

hyphenation: evo‧lu‧tion


eighteen

forms: eighteen

pos: det

glosses: ordinal eighteenth) Eighteen is the number that is after seventeen and before nineteen. It can also be written as 18.

text: Eighteen chickens sat on the roof.

raw_tags: next word stressed near the first syllable

ipa: /ˌeɪ(t)ˈtin/

raw_tags: next word stressed after the first syllable

ipa: /ˌeɪˈtiːn/


eighteen

forms:
eighteen
eighteens (plural)

text: Two nines is eighteen.

text: The eighteen were leaving the city.

text: You have to be eighteen to vote in some countries.


eleven

forms: eleven

glosses: ordinal eleventh) Eleven is the number that is after ten and before twelve. It can also be written as 11.

text: Eleven trees stood on the hill.


eleven

forms:
eleven
elevens (plural)

text: Eleven is a prime number.

text: Ocean's eleven are a group of thieves.

text: The girl looked young, no older than eleven.


fifteen

forms: fifteen

glosses: ordinal fifteenth) Fifteen is the number that is after fourteen and before sixteen. It can also be written as 15.

text: Fifteen ducks swim on the lake.

ipa: /fɪfˈtiːn/


fifteen

forms:
fifteen
fifteens (plural)

text: Five and ten makes fifteen.

text: The fifteen were leaving the city.

text: Paul is fifteen, but he looks older


ninety-nine

forms: ninety-nine

glosses: ordinal ninety-ninth) Ninety-nine (99) is the odd number that comes before one hundred.

text: Ninety-nine apples lay on the table.


ninety

forms: ninety

glosses: ordinal ninetieth) Ninety is an even number. In numerals, it is 90.

text: Ninety years ago, things were different.


ninety

forms:
ninety
nineties (plural)

text: Ninety is ten less than hundred and forty more than fifty.

text: My grandfather is ninety.

noun

ninety

nineties


nineteen

forms: nineteen

glosses: ordinal nineteenth) Nineteen is the number that is after eighteen and before twenty. It can also be written as 19.

text: Nineteen ducks swim on the lake.

ipa: /naɪnˈtiːn/

hyphenation: nine‧teen


nineteen

forms:
nineteen
nineteens (plural)

text: Nine and ten makes nineteen.

text: The nineteen are the fastest runners in their school.

text: Paul is nineteen, but he looks older


twelve

forms: twelve

glosses: ordinal twelfth) Twelve is the number that is after eleven and before thirteen. In numerals, it is 12.

text: Twelve eggs make a big omelette.

ipa: /twɛlv/


twelve

forms:
twelve
twelves (plural)

text: Two and ten makes twelve.

text: The twelve are never alone.

text: This girl is twelve.


sixty

forms: sixty

glosses: ordinal sixtieth) Sixty is the number that is after 59 and before 61.

text: There are sixty seconds in a minute and sixty minutes in an hour.

ipa: /ˈsɪkstɪ/

enpr: sĭksʹtē

ipa: /ˈsɪksti/

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

hyphenation: six‧ty


sixty

forms:
sixty
sixties (plural)

text: Sixty is ten less than seventy and ten more than fifty.

text: My father is sixty.

sixty

sixties


sixteen

forms: sixteen

glosses: ordinal sixteenth) Sixteen is the number that is after fifteen and before seventeen. It can also be written as 16.

text: Sixteen persons fit in this small bus.

ipa: /ˌsɪksˈtiːn/


sixteen

forms:
sixteen
sixteens (plural)

text: Six and ten makes sixteen.

text: These sixteen are very beautiful stones.

text: In some countries, you may vote when you are sixteen


seventeen

forms: seventeen

glosses: ordinal seventeenth) Seventeen is the number that is after sixteen and before eighteen. It can also be written as 17.

text: Seventeen birds sit on the roof.


seventeen

forms:
seventeen
seventeens (plural)

text: Seven and ten makes seventeen.

text: The seventeen were leaving the city.

text: In some countries, you may vote when you are seventeen


fourteen

forms: fourteen

glosses: ordinal fourteenth) Fourteen is the even number that is after thirteen and before fifteen. In numerals, it is 14.

text: Fourteen apples lie on the table.

ipa: /ˌfɔːˈtiːn/

ipa: /ˌfɔrtˈtin/


fourteen

forms:
fourteen
fourteens (plural)

text: Four and ten makes fourteen.

text: The fourteen are never alone.

text: This boy is fourteen.


discretion

forms:
discretion
discretions (plural)

glosses: Discretion is the ability and power to decide.

text: The judge made a mistake in exercising his discretion to end the trial early.

text: The money will be offered at the discretion of the Environmental Health Department.

glosses: Discretion is the ability to do something in a way that does not upset people.

glosses: Discretion is the ability to keep a secret.

ipa: /dɪˈskrɛʃən/


servant

forms:
servant
servants (plural)

etymology_text: serve + -ant

ety-suffix

serve

ant

expansion: serve + -ant

glosses: A servant is someone who works for a person or for a family, doing things like cooking and washing. Often the servant lives in the house where they work. A servant works for the same family all day.

text: This rich family has three servants working for them in their big house.

ipa: /ˈsɜːvənt/

ipa: /ˈsɝvənt/


serious

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

glosses: A problem or situation is serious if it is not funny or comical, but important.

text: This is a serious problem. We must do something.

glosses: A person is serious if the person is not laughing or joking, but saying what they mean.

text: I see. When you said the room was empty, you were serious!

text: The woman's face looked serious, so I knew she was saying something important.

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


sense

forms:
sense
senses (plural)

glosses: Sense is any basic ability or understanding.

text: She has a great sense of fashion.

text: She uses good sense when choosing her friends.

text: Why did you do that?! Where's your common sense?!

enpr: sĕns

ipa: /sɛns/

sampa: /sEns/

homophones: cents scents


sense

forms:
sense (canonical)
senses (third-person singular)
sensed (past)
sensed (past participle)
sensing (present participle)

glosses: Sense is the ability to understand a situation or emotions.

text: I sensed you were upset before you said anything.

text: I sense you don't want to be with me.

text: Do I sense a chance for success in your game plan?

verb

sens


seem

forms:
seem (canonical)
seems (third-person singular)
seemed (past)
seemed (past participle)
seeming (present participle)

glosses: The way something seems to be is the way you think it is when you look at it, hear about it, think about it, etc.

text: It seems unlikely that they will remember your name after meeting you once.

text: As odd as it may seem, the girl's best friend is an eighty year old man.

text: It was a terrible night, but somehow it doesn't seem so bad this morning.

text: It is still raining on him, but he doesn't seem to notice.

text: The bad smells did not seem to bother them.

text: The young man seemed to have forgotten all his promises.

text: They really seemed to be enjoying what they were doing.

text: The changes seem to suggest that the police have new information.

text: It seems to me that we ought to try again.

text: It seemed like forever, but I think it got there in about 12 to 15 minutes.

text: It seemed like a crazy idea; it had never been done before.

text: You seem like a very nice guy.

text: The very air he was breathing seemed as if it were on fire.

ipa: /siːm/


send

forms:
send (canonical)
sends (third-person singular)
sent (past)
sent (past participle)
sending (present participle)

glosses: To send something is to make the thing go somewhere without the person. A person sends a letter by putting it in a mailbox. A person can send another person somewhere by telling the person to go there.

text: She needed to send a letter to her mother to say she had arrived safely.

text: Could you send Roger into see me please?

ipa: /ˈsend/

audio: en-uk-to send.ogg

send

sends

sent

sent

sending


selection

forms:
selection
selections (plural)

glosses: A person makes a selection when a person chooses a smaller number of things from a larger group of things.

glosses: A selection of things is different things that have been chosen or that you can choose from.

text: The window of the store shows a selection of the things you can buy in the store.

glosses: Selection is a process where the best adapted life forms survive and the others die out.

text: Charles Darwin was a scientist who wrote about natural selection.

glosses: In Australia, a selection was an area of land which a farmer could choose to buy.

text: The first thing he had to do was clear the trees of his selection.

ipa: /səˈlɛkʃən/


seed

forms:
seed
seeds (plural)

glosses: A seed is a small round thing that can grow to be a plant, a flower or a tree.

text: She put the seeds into the ground in the garden so that food and flowers would grow.

enpr: sēd

ipa: /siːd/


seed

forms:
seed (canonical)
seeds (third-person singular)
seeded (past)
seeded (past participle)
seeding (present participle)

text: I'm going to seed the garden so vegetables grow there.

glosses: If a man seeds in a woman, he ejaculates inside her during sexual intercourse.


see

forms:
see (canonical)
sees (third-person singular)
saw (past)
seen (past participle)
seeing (present participle)

glosses: You see something when you look at it with your eyes.

text: She turned her head up and saw clouds in the sky.

text: I can't see the words in this book because the writing is too small and I don't have my glasses.

glosses: If you are seeing someone, you are dating them.

text: Me and Katie have been seeing each other for a few months.

ipa: /si/

audio: en-uk-to see.ogg

homophones: sea c

see

sees

saw

seen

seeing


see

forms:
see
sees (plural)

glosses: A diocese; a region of a church, generally headed by a bishop, an archbishop or a cardinal

glosses: The office of a bishop or archbishop or cardinal.

text: Venice is the see of a cardinal.

text: The Pope is the bishop of the see of Rome.


screw

forms:
screw
screws (plural)

glosses: A screw is a small metal thing for holding pieces of wood together. You turn it to move it in or out of the wood.

text: I need some screws to hold the shelf to the wall.

ipa: /skruː/


screw

forms:
screw (canonical)
screws (third-person singular)
screwed (past)
screwed (past participle)
screwing (present participle)

glosses: If you screw in a screw, you put it into a piece of wood by turning it.

text: I screwed the hinge into the door.

glosses: If you say, "screw this", you decide not to do it because you are frustrated.

text: Screw this, I will just sit here and do nothing all day.

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


scissors

forms:
scissor
scissors (plural)

glosses: A pair of scissors is a tool for cutting, with two parts like two knives that move. Scissors are usually used for cutting paper.

ipa: /ˈsɪzəz/

enpr: sĭzʹərz

ipa: /ˈsɪzɚz/

noun

scissor


scale

forms:
scale
scales (plural)

glosses: The scale of something is its size or level.

text: It's hard to understand the scale of the change.

glosses: A scale is a small machine for measuring (finding out) how much something weighs (how heavy the thing is.)

text: She stood on the scale and found out she weighed 150 pounds.

ipa: /skeɪl/

ipa: /skæɪl/

hyphenation: sc‧ale


scale

forms:
scale (canonical)
scales (third-person singular)
scaled (past)
scaled (past participle)
scaling (present participle)

glosses: If you scale something, then you climb up it.

verb

scal


round

forms: round

glosses: If x is round y, y is in the middle and x is on all sides.

text: Everyone stood round the fire to keep warm.

glosses: If you turn or look round, you are now facing the opposite direction.

text: She turned round to see what had made the noise.

ipa: /ˈraʊnd/

sampa: /"raUnd/


round

forms:
round (positive)
rounder (comparative)
roundest (superlative)

glosses: Something is round if it's like a circle or like part of a circle. It is curved, not straight.

adj

round

rounder

roundest


round

forms:
round (canonical)
rounds (third-person singular)
rounded (past)
rounded (past participle)
rounding (present participle)

glosses: If you round something, you make it round, like a circle or a sphere.

glosses: If you round a number, you approximate it with a less precise number.

text: You round 47.3 to 47. You round 47.6 to 48.


conflict

forms:
conflict
conflicts (plural)

glosses: A conflict is when two or more people or ideas don't agree.

text: People have tried to end the conflict, which has caused more than 100 deaths since February, but it hasn't worked.

text: Conflicts may occur in families when the parents have different values.

text: The two stories examine the conflict between good and evil.

text: There may be a conflict between wanting to give students a broad education and needing to teach the basics.

text: Sometimes a girl is in conflict with her culture or religion in how she wants to dress.

glosses: A conflict is when two things are trying to use the same resources at the same time.

text: I'm sorry I can't meet then. I've got a conflict with another meeting.

ipa: /ˈkɒnflɪkt/

sampa: /"kQnflIkt/

enpr: kŏn'flĭkt

ipa: /ˈkɑːnflɪkt/

sampa: /"kAnflIkt/

hyphenation: con‧flict


conflict

forms:
conflict (canonical)
conflicts (third-person singular)
conflicted (past)
conflicted (past participle)
conflicting (present participle)

glosses: If two goals, plans, meetings, etc. conflict, they both cannot be achieved, work or be true.

text: The goal of hiring more workers conflicts with the plan to cut costs.

text: Sorry, the meeting conflicts with my prior plans.

enpr: kənflĭkt'

ipa: /kənˈflɪkt/


entity

forms:
entity
entities (plural)

glosses: An entity is a whole thing, independent from other things, often an institution or something alive.

text: The idea of church and state as separate entities is quite new.

text: When you start a company, you create a new legal entity.

irrnoun

entities


orientation

forms:
orientation
orientations (plural)

etymology_text: orient + -ation

ety-suffix

orient

ation

expansion: orient + -ation

glosses: Someone's or something's orientation is the way they face, physically or psychologically.

text: As homosexuality becomes more accepted, sexual orientation becomes a more common topic.

text: An arrow is usually used to indicate the orientation of the map.

text: The program gives you complete control over the size and orientation of the letters on the page.

glosses: An orientation to something is when somebody is first introduced to a place or a machine.

text: Library orientation and instruction should be available when the user feels an interest or need.

text: A quick orientation to the software is available for new users.

ipa: /ˌɔriɛnˈteɪʃən/

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


rough

forms:
rough
roughs (plural)

ipa: /rʌf/


rough

forms:
rough (positive)
rougher (comparative)
roughest (superlative)

text: The wooden table felt rough until he rubbed it with sandpaper to make it smooth.

text: Stone roads are rough and make my bicycle go up and down.

text: I quickly drew a rough map to help him find the place.

text: Life can be rough sometimes.

adj

rough

rougher

roughest


rough

forms:
rough (canonical)
roughs (third-person singular)
roughed (past)
roughed (past participle)
roughing (present participle)

glosses: If you rough something, you create it in an approximate form.

text: Rough in the shape first, then polish the details.


root

forms:
root
roots (plural)

glosses: A root is a part of a tree or plant that is under the ground.

text: The tree was supported by strong roots.

glosses: A root is the important part or the beginning part of something.

text: Hatred is the root of all evil.

text: I've lived here so long that I have roots here.

text: The root of the word "being" is "be".

enpr: ro͞ot

ipa: /ruːt/


root

forms:
root (canonical)
roots (third-person singular)
rooted (past)
rooted (past participle)
rooting (present participle)

glosses: To root is to give or enable to something to develop roots; to fix or implant by or as if by roots

glosses: To root is to remove altogether by or as if by pulling out by the roots – usually used with out

text: The school authorities will root out the troublemakers.

text: Dandelions took root in my flowerbeds.

text: The love of money has its roots in greed.


roll

forms:
roll (canonical)
rolls (third-person singular)
rolled (past)
rolled (past participle)
rolling (present participle)

glosses: To roll is to move by turning over many times. Round things like balls can roll.

text: The snowball rolled down the hill faster and faster.

glosses: To roll something is to make it round by bending it around many times.

text: She rolled the newspaper into a long, thin rod.

ipa: /rəʊl/

enpr: rōl

ipa: /roʊl/

sampa: /roUl/


roll

forms:
roll
rolls (plural)

glosses: A roll is something round that was made by rolling.

text: The cloth in the store is in big rolls.

glosses: A roll is a bun: a small, round piece of bread.

text: I like jelly rolls!


rod

forms:
rod
rods (plural)

glosses: A rod is a long, thin round thing, usually made of metal.

text: They put rods on the window to keep people out.

ipa: /rɒd/

ipa: /rɑd/


pump

forms:
pump (canonical)
pumps (third-person singular)
pumped (past)
pumped (past participle)
pumping (present participle)

glosses: To make water or any other liquid move using a machine.

text: We pumped water from the river onto the field to help the plants grow.

text: The heart pumps blood through the body.

enpr: pŭmp

ipa: /pʌmp/

sampa: /pVmp/


pump

forms:
pump
pumps (plural)

glosses: A pump is a machine for making water move.

text: There was water on the floor of the house, so we had to buy a pump.

glosses: A pump is a machine that gives a liquid, often fuel.

text: Before a car journey, go to the gas station and fill up your tank at the pump.


consultation

forms:
consultation
consultations (plural)

glosses: Consultation is the process of getting advice or opinions from other people.

text: The city went through the planning process with very little public consultation.

text: The group announced the price per kilo of grapes after consultation with the growers.

text: Many consultations took place between the doctors before the decision was made.

ipa: /ˌkɒnsl̩ˈteɪʃən/

ipa: /ˌkɑnsl̩ˈteɪʃən/

hyphenation: con‧sul‧ta‧tion


transparent

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

glosses: Something that can be seen through is transparent.

text: The transparent window let much sun in.

glosses: Something that is easy to understand is transparent.

text: It was such a transparent lie that nobody believed him.

text: More transparent idioms are easier to learn than others.

ipa: /trænsˈpærənt/

ipa: /træn(t)sˈpærənt/

hyphenation: trans‧par‧ent


monitor

forms:
monitor
monitors (plural)

glosses: A monitor is part of a computer or other similar machine, and it looks like a TV.

text: The engineers stood around the monitor making suggesting about how the drawing could be improved.

glosses: A monitor is a person or group whose job is to watch for problems, changes, etc.

text: During the test, a monitor caught me copying off the guy sitting next to me.

glosses: A monitor is a speaker that helps musicians hear what they are playing or helps people listen to an area that they are interested in.

text: We put the baby to sleep, closed the door, and turned on the monitor in the kitchen.

ipa: /ˈmɒnɨtə/

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


monitor

forms:
monitor (canonical)
monitors (third-person singular)
monitored (past)
monitored (past participle)
monitoring (present participle)

glosses: If you monitor something, you watch or listen to it for problems, changes, etc.

text: The army was sent in to monitor the police.

text: Parents should monitor their children's computer use.


challenge

forms:
challenge
challenges (plural)

glosses: A challenge is something difficult that you want or have to do.

text: Many churches overseas are struggling to meet the AIDS challenge.

text: After 25 years in the same job, this move will allow me to take on new challenges.

glosses: A challenge is an offer to compete or fight.

text: The president issued a challenge to his critics to appear in a public debate.


challenge

forms:
challenge (canonical)
challenges (third-person singular)
challenged (past)
challenged (past participle)
challenging (present participle)

glosses: If you challenge somebody, you give them something very difficult to do.

text: The job challenges his computer skills.

glosses: If you challenge somebody, you offer to compete or fight.

text: He challenged me to a game of chess.

verb

challeng


fish

forms:
fish
fish or fishes (plural)

glosses: A fish is an animal that lives in the water and has scales and gills.

text: When I went fishing, I only caught two fish.

text: White wine goes well with fish.

ipa: /fɪʃ/

sampa: /fIS/

noun

fish

fish

fishes


fish

forms:
fish (canonical)
fishes (third-person singular)
fished (past)
fished (past participle)
fishing (present participle)

glosses: To fish means to catch fish, or to get other things that are in the water.

text: He fished the ball out of the river.

verb

es


rhythm

forms:
rhythm
rhythms (plural)

glosses: A rhythm is the part of music that drums do. It's the way music goes in time, without thinking about higher or lower notes.

text: A healthy heart beats with a steady rhythm.

text: She followed the rhythm of the music by tapping the floor with her foot.


reward

forms:
reward
rewards (plural)

glosses: A reward is something good that is given after an act.

text: He gave the dog a small thing to eat to reward it for sitting still.

text: I got extra money as a reward for working hard.

glosses: A reward is a prize that is given for doing certain things.

glosses: A reward is the result of an action, no matter if it is good or bad.

ipa: /rɪˈwɔːd/

ipa: /rɪˈwɔrd/


reward

forms:
reward (canonical)
rewards (third-person singular)
rewarded (past)
rewarded (past participle)
rewarding (present participle)

glosses: If you reward someone, you give something to them as a reward.

glosses: If you reward someone, you give a reward to or for.

text: Why did you reward the kid for not behaving?


responsible

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

glosses: If you are responsible for something, you did it or it happened because of something that you did.

text: Are you saying that he was responsible for the death of your wife?

text: The company was partly responsible for the success of the original product.

text: This diet is largely responsible for our fatter population.

text: it is unfair to hold one football coach responsible for the school's partying problems.

glosses: If you are responsible, you make good decisions and make sure that important things get done.

text: She will be a good leader for this organization because she is very responsible.

text: We need to come up with environmentally responsible energy sources.

text: Many products claim to be socially responsible, such as "fair trade" coffee.

glosses: If you are responsible for something, you are the person who must fix things that go wrong.

text: I'm responsible for looking after these three buildings.

text: Parents are responsible for their children.

text: He understands the need to be personally responsible for the changes.

ipa: /rɪˈspɑnsəbəl/


respect

forms:
respect (canonical)
respects (third-person singular)
respected (past)
respected (past participle)
respecting (present participle)

glosses: When someone respects another person that means they think the other person is worthy, responsible, strong or other good qualities.

text: I have great respect for him and I'm sure he'll do well in life.

glosses: Respect is to treat someone in a considerate, genuine and nice manner or to treat one thing or one person with highest regard.

text: He always respects my feelings.

glosses: When someone respects a thing or a person it means they follow rules and don't touch things they shouldn't touch.

text: Please respect things that belong to other people when you're in their house.

ipa: /rɪˈspɛkt/

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


respect

forms:
respect
respects (plural)

glosses: If you have respect for someone, that means you have high regard for them; you are considerate towards them.

text: I have great respect for all of my classmates.


relation

forms:
relation
relations (plural)

glosses: A relation is the way two things are towards each other or in comparison with each other.

text: This building looks too big in relation to the size of the houses on the street.

text: The children sitting in the boat were moving in relation to their parents who were sitting on the shore because the boat was going away from shore.

text: There is a relation between eating good food and being healthy.

text: I have an uncle, two aunts and three cousins but no other relations.

glosses: A relation is a statement of equality between two products of generators that are used when showing a group.

enpr: rĭ-lā'shən

ipa: /rɪˈleɪʃən/


regret

forms:
regret (canonical)
regrets (third-person singular)
regretted (past)
regretted (past participle)
regretting (present participle)

glosses: If you regret something that you have done, you feel sorry about it.

text: I really regret forgetting to buy him a birthday present.

text: He said he regretted the delay in delivery.

ipa: /rɪˈɡrɛt/

regret

t


regret

forms:
regret
regrets (plural)

glosses: Regret is the feeling of wishing something hadn't happened, especially something you did.

text: She left her job without any regrets.

text: The regret she felt about not helping would not go away.


establishment

forms:
establishment
establishments (plural)

etymology_text: establish + -ment

ety-suffix

establish

expansion: establish + -ment

glosses: The establishment of a country, an organization or a building is its creation, or coming to be.

text: The establishment of the United States of America took place in 1776.

text: The senator was proud of his establishment of animal rights in 1967.

glosses: Establishment is the state of being established.

text: 1987 was the fifth year of the company's establishment.

glosses: Something that is established. This can be a government, an organization, business or force.

text: Pedro's is a fine establishment that serves Spanish food.

glosses: The establishment is the ruling class in a society. A person using this word often thinks that the establishment does not want to change the way things are.

text: Janet does not like the establishment, she wants to change things.

ipa: /ɪˈstæblɪʃmənt/

hyphenation: estab‧lish‧ment


record

forms:
record
records (plural)

glosses: A record is something in writing to tell what happened.

text: Keep a record of the date and what you said every time you talk to that person.

glosses: A record is a big round black plastic thing with music or other sounds on it.

text: Now people don't use records any more -- they use cassettes or CDs.

ipa: /ˈrɛkɔːd/

enpr: rĕkʹərd

ipa: /ˈrɛkɚd/

hyphenation: rec‧ord; re‧cord


record

forms:
record (canonical)
records (third-person singular)
recorded (past)
recorded (past participle)
recording (present participle)

glosses: To make a written record about something.

text: She recorded everything she did in a little book.

glosses: To put music or other sounds onto a machine.

text: The singer recorded some songs on CDs to sell them.

ipa: /rɨˈkɔːd/

enpr: rĭ-kôrdʹ

ipa: /rɪˈkɔrd/


receipt

forms:
receipt
receipts (plural)

glosses: A receipt is a little piece of paper that records how much money someone paid.

text: Keep the receipt when you buy something at that store.

glosses: The receipt of something is the act or situation of receiving something.

ipa: /rɪsiːt/


reading

forms:
read (canonical)
reads (third-person singular)
read (past)
read (past participle)
reading (present participle)

enpr: rēd'ĭng

ipa: /ˈriːdɪŋ/

verb

read

reads

read

reading


reading

forms:
reading
readings (plural)

glosses: A reading is a spoken performance of something written.

text: The author was giving a reading of his new book.


read

glosses: Someone is reading when they are looking at a book or other writing and understanding what it says.

text: Have you read this book?

enpr: rēd

ipa: /riːd/

ipa: /rid/

sampa: /rid/

audio: en-uk-to read.ogg

enpr: rĕd

ipa: /rɛd/

sampa: /rEd/

read

reading


read

forms:
read
reads (plural)

text: That last book was a great read.

text: This is a great book. You should give it a read.


ray

forms:
ray
rays (plural)

glosses: A ray is a line of light or energy, coming out from where it starts.

text: Some rays of light from the sun shone between the leaves of the tree and lighted the top of his head.

glosses: A ray in math is a line that starts at one point and goes on forever in one direction.

text: Two rays that start at the same point make an angle.

glosses: A ray is a type of fish which lives on the bottom of the ocean.

enpr: rā

ipa: /reɪ/


rate

forms:
rate
rates (plural)

glosses: Speed. A rate is how fast something happens. Something can go at a fast rate or a slow rate.

text: The rate of water pouring out of the lake into the river is enough to make the lake empty in a year if it doesn't rain.

text: Her heart rate is 70 beats every minute.

text: If we keep writing pages at this rate we might have 2000 Simple English Wiktionary words by August 4.

enpr: rāt

ipa: /reɪt/


rate

forms:
rate (canonical)
rates (third-person singular)
rated (past)
rated (past participle)
rating (present participle)

glosses: Someone rates something when they decide how much its value is (how much it's worth).

text: I rate this book at six out of ten: it was not the best book.

rat


rail

forms:
rail
rails (plural)

glosses: A rail is a long and thin piece of metal.

glosses: A rail is a long and thin bar along a stairway or path for people to slide their hand along while they walk.

text: She put her hand on the railing beside the stairs so she wouldn't fall.

glosses: A rail is a surface where trains run on.

text: The railway stretches across the country.

ipa: /reɪɫ/

sampa: /reIl/


rail

forms:
rail (canonical)
rails (third-person singular)
railed (past)
railed (past participle)
railing (present participle)

glosses: If you rail someone, you sexually penetrate in a rough manner.


pull

forms:
pull (canonical)
pulls (third-person singular)
pulled (past)
pulled (past participle)
pulling (present participle)

glosses: Someone pulls something when they use their hands to move the thing closer to themselves.

text: Pull the handle if you want to open the door.

enpr: po͝ol

ipa: /pʊl/

sampa: /pUl/


public

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

glosses: Something is public if it is about or for all the people.

text: You can't tell me to go away. This is a public place.

ipa: /ˈpʰʌblɪk/

hyphenation: pub‧lic


public

forms:
public
publics (plural)

glosses: All of the people in a big place like a country.

text: I'm going to write this in the newspaper because the public needs to know it.

text: Getting Western publics to understand the nature of the war is hard enough.

text: The dress rehearsal was opened to the general public as well as celebrities.


protest

forms:
protest (canonical)
protests (third-person singular)
protested (past)
protested (past participle)
protesting (present participle)

glosses: Someone protests something when they say loudly or strongly that the thing is bad.

text: The people walked in the street holding signs to protest the war.

text: That's mine. I protest your taking it away.

ipa: /prəˈtɛst/

hyphenation: pro‧test; pro‧test


protest

forms:
protest
protests (plural)

text: There will be a protest in the street tomorrow.

enpr: prōʹtĕst


prose

forms:
prose
proses (plural)

glosses: Prose is words which are not poetry. They can be spoken or written, but they don't have rhythm or rhyme. Most of the time when people use words, it is prose.

text: The pictures in this book are good, but the prose is too hard to read.

ipa: /ˈprəʊz/

ipa: /ˈproʊz/


property

forms:
property
properties (plural)

glosses: Property is a thing or things that belong to someone; things that someone owns.

text: This house is now my property. I've finished paying for it.

glosses: A property is a quality that something has; a way that something is.

text: One good property of this coat is that it keeps rain out.

ipa: /ˈprɒpəti/

ipa: /ˈprɑpɚti/

hyphenation: prop‧er‧ty

noun

properties


produce

forms:
produce (canonical)
produces (third-person singular)
produced (past)
produced (past participle)
producing (present participle)

glosses: Someone or something produces something when they make it or create it or make it come out.

text: This tree produces a lot of fruit every year.

text: He produced the paper out of his bag.

glosses: If you produce a play, TV show, or movie, you are its main business manager.

glosses: If you produce a recording, you are in charge of its arrangement, recording, and mixing.

ipa: /prəˈdjuːs/

verb

produc

e


produce

forms: produce

glosses: Food from plants when they're being sold in a store.

text: There are carrots and apples in the produce part of the store.

ipa: /ˈprɒdjuːs/


private

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

glosses: Private is for only one person or a small number of people to see or know.

text: I don't want to tell you how much money I have; that's private.

text: Close the curtains so people can't look into our house, to make it private.

ipa: /ˈpraɪvət/


private

forms:
private
privates (plural)

glosses: A private is a soldier in the lowest rank of the army.

text: Put down your gun, private, and report to the general.


present

forms:
present
presents (plural)

glosses: A present is a gift; something that someone gives to someone else.

text: Here's a birthday present for you. I hope you like it.

glosses: The present is the time now at this moment.

text: Yesterday is the past, tomorrow is the future, and today is the present.

enpr: prĕ'zənt

poses: adjective noun

ipa: /ˈprɛzənt/


present

forms: present (positive)

glosses: Someone is present if the person is here, or the person is at the place someone is talking about.

text: Five men and two women were present when the meeting started.


present

forms:
present (canonical)
presents (third-person singular)
presented (past)
presented (past participle)
presenting (present participle)

glosses: When you present something, you show it or give it to someone.

enpr: prĭzĕnt'

ipa: /prɪˈzɛnt/

sampa: /prI"zEnt/


power

forms:
power
powers (plural)

glosses: Strength, energy, force, control. A quality that can make things happen.

text: His muscles have a lot of power.

text: The prime minister has power over the country.

text: Fight the power! (Meaning, "Fight authority!")

text: The city had no lights that night because there was no power.

glosses: Power is how fast something uses energy. That is, how much work it does in a certain time.

glosses: x to the power of y is equal to x multiplied by itself y times.

text: Two to the power of three is eight (2³=8).

glosses: A special ability that someone might have.

text: In comic books many heroes have amazing powers.

text: Television often shows witches as having magical powers.

glosses: A person or group of people with authority; that is a people who control things.

text: The mayor and the sheriff are the major powers in this town.

text: China and the United States are two of the main world powers.

text: I like the idea, but the powers that be will not allow it.

ipa: /paʊə/

ipa: /paʊɚ/


power

forms:
power (canonical)
powers (third-person singular)
powered (past)
powered (past participle)
powering (present participle)

glosses: To provide power for or give power to (a mechanical or electronic device).

text: This CD player is powered by batteries.


powder

forms:
powder
powders (plural)

glosses: Powder is the small parts that are made from any dry substance that is pounded, or ground into dust.

text: Flour is a powder.

text: When it's very cold, the snow is like powder.

glosses: A powder is an explosive mixture used in blasting.


powder

forms:
powder (canonical)
powders (third-person singular)
powdered (past)
powdered (past participle)
powdering (present participle)

glosses: If you powder something, you reduce something to small parts.

glosses: If you powder something, you put powder on it.


potato

forms:
potato
potatoes (plural)

glosses: A potato is a food that grows under the ground, which is round and white inside.

text: We usually eat meat and potatoes.

ipa: /pəˈteɪtəʊ/

enpr: pə-tāʹtō

ipa: /pəˈteɪtoʊ/

noun

potatoes


pot

forms:
pot
pots (plural)

glosses: A metal container for cooking. People can cook food by putting the food in a pot and putting the pot on a stove.

enpr: pŏt

ipa: /pɒt/

sampa: /pQt/


position

forms:
position
positions (plural)

glosses: The position of something is the place where the thing is.

text: The position of the table is two metres from the wall.

text: You're in my way. Please move to a different position.


position

forms:
position (canonical)
positions (third-person singular)
positioned (past)
positioned (past participle)
positioning (present participle)

glosses: If you position something somewhere, you put or move it there.

text: The players positioned themselves on the field.

glosses: If you position something in a situation, you make changes so that it can work in that situation.

text: The company is now well positioned to take advantage of popularity of online music.


porter

forms:
porter
porters (plural)

glosses: A porter is someone whose work is to carry things.

text: The porter will take your things up to your room for you.

ipa: /ˈpɔrtɚ/

ipa: /ˈpɔːtə/

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


transformation

forms:
transformation
transformations (plural)

glosses: A transformation is a change in the form or shape, often into something completely different.

text: She seems to have undergone a total physical transformation - her hair is cut short and she is over 20kg heavier.

text: We look forward to the transformation of the bedroom into a library and office.

text: This kind of transformation can only be done by magic.


presumption

forms:
presumption
presumptions (plural)

glosses: A presumption is a belief that something is true without knowing for sure.

text: The presumption that he is the father of his wife's children turned out to be wrong.

text: The strong presumption of guilt has changed to a stronger presumption of innocence.

glosses: Presumption is behaviour that is too friendly or too confident.


acknowledge

forms:
acknowledge (canonical)
acknowledges (third-person singular)
acknowledged (past)
acknowledged (past participle)
acknowledging (present participle)

glosses: If you acknowledge a fact or a situation, you accept or admit that it is true or that it exists.

text: The government yesterday acknowledged the need for more money.

text: I should be grateful if you would acknowledge receipt of this letter.

text: Britain's science is widely acknowledged to be in very bad shape.

text: He left the game in 1984, acknowledged as the best player in the world.

glosses: If you acknowledge something, you say publicly that it is good.

text: She isn't very good at acknowledging the work of her staff.

hyphenation: ac‧knowl‧edge

verb

acknowledg


utility

forms:
utility
utilities (plural)

glosses: Utilities are the basic services that come to your house, such as electricity, phone, and water.

text: The government is raising prices on drugs, beer and most public utilities.

glosses: A utility is a basic computer program that handles things like copying disks and setting up printers.

glosses: Something's utility is how useful it is.

text: The design was to maximise the utility of the book as a whole.

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

noun

utilities


diversity

forms:
diversity
diversities (plural)

glosses: Diversity is the property of having many different kinds of things or people.

text: Racial diversity is very low in Japan and very high in Toronto.

text: The discussion was wide-ranging, reflecting a diversity of views.

text: Doctors are finding a greater diversity in the kinds of infections they see.

ipa: /daɪˈvɜː(r)sɪti/

diversity

diversities


name

forms:
name
names (plural)

glosses: A name is what a person, place, or thing is called or how it is identified.

text: My name is Jack.

ipa: /ˈneɪm/

sampa: /"neIm/


name

forms:
name (canonical)
names (third-person singular)
named (past)
named (past participle)
naming (present participle)

glosses: To name is to give a name to someone, someplace, or something.

text: She named her cat Fluffy.

verb

nam


attached

forms:
attach (canonical)
attaches (third-person singular)
attached (past)
attached (past participle)
attaching (present participle)

glosses: The past tense and past participle of attach.

ipa: /əˈtæt͡ʃt/

hyphenation: at‧tached

attach


attached

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

glosses: To be attached to someone or something means to like someone or something very much.

text: Many young adults are still as attached to their parents as they were when they were small.

text: Marjorie was surprised at how attached Bill became to Lizzie, as if Lizzie were his daughter.

text: Farmers tend to be very attached to their land.


attach

glosses: If you attach x to y, you put x on y so that they will not come apart.

text: Warnings and instruction should be firmly attached to the container.

text: Attach the wire to the speaker with the red clip.

text: Look for spaces where the tire attaches to the rim.

glosses: If you are attached to an office, department, location, etc. you work for that part of the organisation.

glosses: If a quality such as importance is attached to something, people think the thing has that quality.

text: There was a great deal of importance attached to being well dressed.

glosses: If something is attached to something else, there is a strong connection between them.

text: The promise of more money for the school is attached to better results from the students?

text: There is also something called ground rent, which is attached to these apartments.

ipa: /əˈtæt͡ʃ/

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

hyphenation: at‧tach


tape

forms:
tape
tapes (plural)

glosses: Tape is a long thin material, often with glue on one side or used for recording.

text: We can fix the tear with some tape.

text: The reporters surrounded the president with their cameras, tape recorders and notebooks.

text: The band put three songs on tape.

text: The tape is peeling off my hockey stick.

ipa: /teɪ̯p/


tape

forms:
tape (canonical)
tapes (third-person singular)
taped (past)
taped (past participle)
taping (present participle)

glosses: If you tape music, a speaker, a TV program, etc., you record it on tape or film.

text: It is not known who taped the conversation or how.

text: I didn't want to stay up to watch the show, so I taped it so I could watch it tomorrow.

glosses: If you tape something, you put tape on it.

text: Can you tape this closed for me?

text: Her coach taped her knee before the game.

tap


bond

forms:
bond
bonds (plural)

glosses: A bond is a connection between two people because of love or friendship.

text: War can often build strong bonds between people who suffered or fought together.

glosses: A bond is a connection between two or more things, for example using glue.

text: The heat created a bond between the plastic and the metal.

glosses: A bond is a financial document promising to pay a certain amount of money. These are often bought and sold.

text: The new benchmark ten-year government bond yielded 6.3%.

text: Most large international banks have issued floating rate bonds as a source of medium-term funding.

text: It took her many years to break free of the bonds of guilt.

glosses: A bond is the force that holds atoms together.

ipa: /bɑnd/

ipa: /bɒnd/


bond

forms:
bond (canonical)
bonds (third-person singular)
bonded (past)
bonded (past participle)
bonding (present participle)

glosses: If you bond two things, you connect them, for example using glue.

text: The melting wax bonded to the table.

text: He bonded the wood to the plastic to make it look more natural.

text: The individual carbon atoms in a diamond are bonded together extremely strongly.

glosses: If you bond with someone, you form a special relationship.

text: Breastfeeding helps the baby bond with its mother.


edition

forms:
edition
editions (plural)

glosses: An edition of a book, computer program, etc. is a copy that has been or will be published with changes or in another form.

text: It was first published in 1857, with a second slightly amended edition in 1858.

text: The new paperback edition of the dictionary is coming out next week.

text: The author corrected it in later editions.

ipa: /ɪˈdɪʃən/

hyphenation: e‧di‧tion


cite

forms:
cite (canonical)
cites (third-person singular)
cited (past)
cited (past participle)
citing (present participle)

glosses: If you cite people or facts, you write or talk about them to support your point or show where you got your information.

text: Larkin (1979) cites cases of families who have moved out of regular homes into mobile homes or campers.

text: Two thirds of the people cited unemployment as the `main issue'.

glosses: If someone is cited by the police, they are ordered to appear before the court.

glosses: You might cite who you got words, ideas, or information from. This would tell other people where to look to see those people did say it.

text: He cites Deffenbacher (1985) as suggesting that many of the outcomes are negative.

enpr: sīt

ipa: /saɪt/

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

homophones: sight site

cit


federal

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

glosses: The federal government is the main country-wide government in a country where there are also state or provincial governments.

text: The federal government has said that it will not increase payments to the provinces.

text: While education is a federal issue in countries like Japan, it is more local in countries like Canada or the U.S.

text: Federal taxes will increase next year.

ipa: /ˈfɛdərəl/


ampersand

forms:
ampersand
ampersands (plural)

glosses: An ampersand is a symbol (&) that usually means "and".

text: Billy & Bobby went fishing near the pond. They caught tuna & bass.

ipa: /ˈæmpə(r)sænd/

audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Naomi Persephone Amethyst (NaomiAmethyst)-ampersand.wav


antique

forms:
antique
antiques (plural)

glosses: An antique is something that is old for its type.

text: This lamp is an antique, it is 200 years old.

ipa: /ænˈtiːk/


antique

forms: antique (positive)

glosses: If something is antique, it is older than most things similar to it.

text: He had his antique car refinished.


arbitrary

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

glosses: If a rule, decision, or act is arbitrary, there is no logical reason for it.

text: You are protected from arbitrary arrest by police.

ipa: /ˈɑːbɪtrəri/

ipa: /ˈɑːrbɪtrɛri/


case

forms:
case
cases (plural)

glosses: A case is a container to hold something.

text: He opened the case and pulled out his violin.

glosses: A case is a matter for police or in court.

text: The judge did not accept his case.

glosses: A case is the form of a noun showing how it is used in a sentence.

text: The word "he" is in the subject or nominative case.

text: That man is sure a hard case.

ipa: /keɪs/

sampa: /keIs/


case

forms:
case (canonical)
cases (third-person singular)
cased (past)
cased (past participle)
casing (present participle)

glosses: If a police officer cases a house, he or she watches it until something happens.

text: We were casing a house all night in Brooklyn.

cas


class

forms:
class
classes (plural)

text: The history class is interesting.

text: Class today will be about whole numbers.

text: The number of students attending class is increasing.

text: I'd better go. I've got a class to teach.

text: They are my best class because they are always here on time.

text: Class sizes are usually larger in high school.

text: You could tell by here clothes that she was a woman of class.

glosses: A class is a group of members with similar characteristics.

glosses: A class is a group of people in a society with similar jobs, education, history, and money.

text: They were both from the upper class and both knew the queen personally.

text: We treat everyone the same regardless of race, class, sex, or age.

text: The British class system doesn't work in Canada.

text: She bought a first-class ticket because she wanted to have the best quality.

glosses: An organism's class is its group: mammals, reptiles, insects, arachnids, etc.

glosses: A word's class is its syntactic group: noun, verb, adjective, adverb, etc.

text: Shall belongs to the class of words called "modal auxiliary verbs".

enpr: kläs

ipa: /klɑːs/

enpr: klăs

ipa: /klæs/

noun

class

classes


class

forms:
class (canonical)
classes (third-person singular)
classed (past)
classed (past participle)
classing (present participle)

glosses: If something is classed as a member of a group, it belongs to that group because of some characteristics shared by the group's members.

text: Although it looks like a motorcycle, it is officially classed as a car.


class

forms: class (positive)

text: Most high school coaches are class individuals, and they should get our thanks.


polish

forms:
polish (canonical)
polishes (third-person singular)
polished (past)
polished (past participle)
polishing (present participle)

glosses: Someone polishes something when they rub it with a cloth to make it smooth and shiny. Sometimes wax or a special liquid is used.

text: A wooden floor should be polished with floor wax.

text: Silver needs to be polished to make it shiny.

enpr: pŏ'lĭsh

ipa: /ˈpɒlɪʃ/

sampa: /"pQlIS/

enpr: pä'lĭsh

ipa: /ˈpɑlɪʃ/

sampa: /"pAlIS/

verb

polish


polish

forms:
polish
polishes (plural)

glosses: Polish is a special liquid used for polishing things.

text: I need to buy some polish for polishing my wooden table.

noun

polishes


pleasure

forms:
pleasure
pleasures (plural)

glosses: Pleasure is a nice feeling we have when we do something that's fun or that feels good.

text: Being at this party and seeing my friends again is a real pleasure.

ipa: /ˈplɛʒə/

enpr: plĕzhʹər

ipa: /ˈplɛʒɚ/

hyphenation: pleas‧ure


pleasure

forms:
pleasure (canonical)
pleasures (third-person singular)
pleasured (past)
pleasured (past participle)
pleasuring (present participle)

glosses: If you pleasure someone, you do something for someone to make them feel good.

verb

pleasur


please

pos: adv

glosses: We say "please" when we want to ask someone politely to do something.

text: Pass the salt, please.

ipa: /pliːz/


please

forms:
please (canonical)
pleases (third-person singular)
pleased (past)
pleased (past participle)
pleasing (present participle)

glosses: Someone pleases someone else when they do what that person likes or wants.

text: Giving her these flowers will please her.

pleas


plant

forms:
plant
plants (plural)

glosses: A plant is something that lives and grows in one place. Plants usually have green leaves and roots. Flowers and trees are plants. Plants and animals are the main kinds of life.

ipa: /plɑːnt/

ipa: /plænt/


plant

forms:
plant (canonical)
plants (third-person singular)
planted (past)
planted (past participle)
planting (present participle)

glosses: To put a seed or plant in soil for it to grow.

text: I planted some flowers last week and I hope they will grow and blossom.


pin

forms:
pin
pins (plural)

glosses: A pin is a small, sharp thing used for holding things together.

enpr: pĭn

ipa: /pɪn/

sampa: /pIn/


pin

forms:
pin (canonical)
pins (third-person singular)
pinned (past)
pinned (past participle)
pinning (present participle)

glosses: When you pin something, you are fastening it with a pin.

text: We should pin this poster to that wall.

text: She pinned the dress pattern to the fabric.

text: Joey pinned the tail on the donkey and won the prize.

glosses: If you pin someone, you force someone firmly onto the ground to prevent them from moving.

text: A term in wrestling meaning to force an opponent's shoulders to the mat and holding them there for three seconds.

pin

n


peace

forms: peace

glosses: Peace is the way a country is when there is no war.

text: The people lived in peace for thirty years.

glosses: Peace is when there is silence or quiet. There is no noise and nothing happening suddenly.

text: Will you please go away and leave me in peace?

enpr: pēs

ipa: /piːs/


payment

forms:
payment
payments (plural)

etymology_text: pay + -ment

ety-suffix

pay

ment

expansion: pay + -ment

glosses: A payment is some money that someone is giving to someone else when they're buying something.

text: I sent the things they wanted, but I haven't gotten the payment for them yet.

text: I usually use my credit card for payment.

text: Late payment of fees will end the contract.

enpr: pāʹmənt

ipa: /ˈpeɪmənt/

hyphenation: pay‧ment


point

forms:
point
points (plural)

glosses: A point is a position with no size, or a small dot.

text: These two lines meet at this point.

glosses: A point is the sharp end of a knife or other sharp thing.

text: He used the point of the knife to make a hole in the can.

glosses: The point of something is the reason or purpose for it.

text: The whole point of coming here was to plant this tree, so let's not go home without doing it.

glosses: A point is a dot between two numbers. To the dot's right, you find a decimal.

text: You need a point between the one and the zero.

ipa: /pɔɪnt/

sampa: /pOInt/


point

forms:
point (canonical)
points (third-person singular)
pointed (past)
pointed (past participle)
pointing (present participle)

glosses: To point at something is to hold one finger (or a stick, arrow or other long, thin thing) in the direction of the thing so that people will look at the thing.

text: He pointed her toward the gate.


point

forms: point

glosses: You use point to introduce decimals in a number that is not an integer.

text: The price has gone up by two point five percent (2.5%).


paste

forms:
paste
pastes (plural)

glosses: Paste is a thick liquid for sticking (attaching) things together. Paste is like glue, but glue is more liquid and paste is more solid.

text: He mixed flour and water to make a paste for sticking the paper together.

text: Tomato paste is good in sauce to put on rice or spaghetti.

ipa: /peɪst/


paste

forms:
paste (canonical)
pastes (third-person singular)
pasted (past)
pasted (past participle)
pasting (present participle)

glosses: If you paste something in a computer program, you cut or copy it from one place and put a copy of it somewhere else.

text: She pasted the pictures onto the wall.

verb

past


parcel

forms:
parcel
parcels (plural)

glosses: A package; a box wrapped in paper; a thing bigger than a letter that is sent in the mail.

text: On my birthday, I got a parcel in the mail.

glosses: A parcel of land is a piece of land that was part of a larger piece.

enpr: pärʹ-səl

ipa: /ˈpɑrsəl/

hyphenation: par‧cel


parcel

forms:
parcelled (past)
parcelled (past participle)
parcelling (present participle)
parcel (canonical)
parcels (third-person singular)
parceled (past)
parceled (past participle)
parceling (present participle)

glosses: If you parcel something out, you divide it into small parts to give to different people.

text: The set of books was parcelled out among the people who were there.

glosses: If you parcel something off, you divide it into small parts to be sold to different people.

glosses: If you parcel something up, you make it into a parcel by wrapping it up.

parcel

l


owner

forms:
owner
owners (plural)

etymology_text: own + -er

ety-suffix

own

er

expansion: own + -er

glosses: The owner of a thing is the person who owns the thing: who has the thing or who should have the thing. A thing belongs to its owner.

text: Who is the owner of this coat that was left on a chair?

text: You have to give it back to me. I'm the owner.

ipa: /ˈoʊnɚ/

ipa: /ˈəʊnə/

hyphenation: own‧er


oven

forms:
oven
ovens (plural)

glosses: An oven is for cooking food. It's hot and people put food inside it.

text: Leave the cake in the oven for thirty minutes.


ornament

forms:
ornament
ornaments (plural)

glosses: An ornament is something that is put onto something or someone just to look beautiful and for no other reason.

text: One ring on her finger was the only ornament she wore.

text: We put ornaments on the Christmas tree.

ipa: /ˈɔː(r)nəmənt/

enpr: ôrʹnə-mənt

ipa: /ˈɔrnəmənt/


ornament

forms:
ornament (canonical)
ornaments (third-person singular)
ornamented (past)
ornamented (past participle)
ornamenting (present participle)

glosses: If you ornament something, you decorate or add to it.

text: Let's ornament the tree with lights to make it more festive.


order

forms:
order
orders (plural)

glosses: Order is when things are where they should be.

text: I need to take some time to put my things in order.

glosses: The order of some things means which thing is first, which one is second, which one is last, etc.

text: The children will take turns in order of age.

glosses: An order is a group of religious people, such as monks or nuns, who follow certain rules.

text: St. Ignatius Loyola founded the Jesuit order in 1537.

ipa: /ˈɔːdə/

ipa: /ˈɔrdɚ/


order

forms:
order (canonical)
orders (third-person singular)
ordered (past)
ordered (past participle)
ordering (present participle)

glosses: To order something is to ask someone to sell it to you.

text: At the restaurant, she ordered chicken and potatoes.

glosses: To order someone to do something is to tell the person that they must do it.

text: The father ordered his children to be quiet.

glosses: To order things is to put them in a certain order.

text: We need to order them alphabetically.


other

forms: other (positive)

glosses: The other people or things, are those apart from the ones we have or were talking about.

text: No, don't put it on this table. Put it on the other table.

text: The people inside are OK, but the other people are getting wet.

text: He sat on the other side of the table.

text: There are many other kinds of problems.

text: Do you have any other questions?

text: There were some other cars at their house the other day.

ipa: /ˈaðə/

ipa: /ˈʌðə(r)/

enpr: ŭTH'ər

ipa: /ˈʌðɚ/


other

forms:
other
others (plural)

glosses: Others are those apart from the ones we have or were talking about.

text: Thanks for the books. I'll get the others tomorrow.

text: Wow, this is a lot. How many others are there?

text: We need this one and one other.


only

text: There are only three schools in this town.

text: You can get this only in Canada.

text: I'm only able to go on Monday.

text: He comes only once a year.

text: She only eats vegetables.

text: This is only what we got.

text: He's not only nice, but also good looking.

text: We will stop only to rest.

text: Things will only get worse.

text: Only call me if you have to.

ipa: /əʊnliː/

ipa: /oʊnli/

sampa: /oUnli/


only

forms: only (positive)

glosses: Just one or just a few; this and no other; no more than this.

text: She is the only woman doctor in this city.

text: These are the only coins I have.

glosses: An only child, son, girl, etc. has no brothers or sisters.


only

forms: only

glosses: You use only to introduce a fact that prevents a statement from being completely true.

text: They probably could do it, only you never let them try.


observation

forms:
observation
observations (plural)

etymology_text: observe + -ation

observe

ation

expansion: observe + -ation

glosses: Observation is the act of carefully seeing things that happen.

text: To learn, you must be good at observation.

glosses: An observation is something someone saw, heard etc.

text: In science, we record our observations so we can think about them later.

enpr: ŏb'zər-vāʹshən

ipa: /ˌɑbzɚˈveɪʃən/

ipa: /ˌɒbzəˈveɪʃ(ə)n/


note

forms:
note
notes (plural)

text: In this song, every word is on a different note.

glosses: A note is a short letter; something written on a small piece of paper.

text: If you go out, leave me a note to tell me where you went.

ipa: /nəʊt/

ipa: /noʊt/

sampa: /noUt/


note

forms:
note (canonical)
notes (third-person singular)
noted (past)
noted (past participle)
noting (present participle)

glosses: You note that something happened when you see that it happened and remember it.

text: I noted that you weren't wearing shoes.

verb

not


north

forms: north

glosses: North is the direction towards the top of the Earth, opposite to south; If you are looking north, the sun sets on your left.

text: Canada is the biggest country in North America.

glosses: North is the end of a magnet that points north.

glosses: The north is the area of land north of the speaker; Also the Arctic.

ipa: /nɔːθ/

ipa: /nɔrθ/

enpr: nôrth

ipa: /noːθ/


north

glosses: In the direction north; towards the north

text: The place you want is two miles north of here.

text: It's colder here because we're further north.


news

forms: news

glosses: News is information about things that happened a short time ago, especially on the radio, TV or in newspapers.

text: Did you hear the news that the war just ended?

text: Do you have any news about Paul's sickness?

enpr: n(y)o͞oz

ipa: /n(j)uːz/

noun

news


net

forms:
net
nets (plural)

glosses: A net is a thing made of ropes or string that lets small things through but keeps big things in.

text: I forgot my fishing net. What will we use to catch fish now?

text: The tennis player hit the ball into the net.

enpr: nĕt

ipa: /nɛt/


net

forms:
net (canonical)
nets (third-person singular)
netted (past)
netted (past participle)
netting (present participle)

glosses: To net something is to catch it in a net.

text: He netted a big fish.

verb

net


net

forms: net (positive)

glosses: A company's net income is its profits minus its expenses.


nerve

forms:
nerve
nerves (plural)

glosses: A nerve is a cell in the body that sends signals. The brain is made of nerves.

text: She can't feel anything with this arm, and can't move her arm, because the nerves were cut in an accident.

glosses: Nerve is confidence: a feeling of being able to do something.

text: He didn't have the nerve to ask her to dance.

text: You had a lot of nerve, saying that to me! Go away!

ipa: /nɝv/

ipa: /nɜːv/


needle

forms:
needle
needles (plural)

glosses: A needle is a small, long, thin sharp metal thing with a hole in it, used for sewing.

text: She used a needle and blue thread to fix the hole in the shirt.

glosses: A needle is a long, thing, sharp metal thing for putting drugs into a person through the skin.

text: The doctor used the needle to inject the medicine into the patient.


needle

forms:
needle (canonical)
needles (third-person singular)
needled (past)
needled (past participle)
needling (present participle)

text: Billy needled his sister incessantly about her pimples.

needl


compliment

forms:
compliment
compliments (plural)

glosses: A compliment is a few words of praise: saying that someone or something is good in some way.

text: William gave me a compliment and that made me feel good. He told me my hair was nice.

ipa: /ˈkɒmplɪmənt/

ipa: /ˈkɑmpləmənt/


compliment

forms:
compliment (canonical)
compliments (third-person singular)
complimented (past)
complimented (past participle)
complimenting (present participle)

text: She complimented him on his clothes because they looked good.


conjunction

forms:
conjunction
conjunctions (plural)

glosses: A conjunction is a word used to join words, phrases, clauses, or sentences.

text: The word or is a conjunction because it can join two words: Tell me if you see a red or blue car.

text: The word that can be used as a conjunction: I think that you are right.

ipa: /kənˈdʒʌŋkʃən/

hyphenation: con‧junc‧tion


conviction

forms:
conviction
convictions (plural)

glosses: A conviction is when a court finds a person guilty of doing a crime.

text: There was a conviction in his case, so he went to jail.

glosses: A conviction is a strong belief that you think is true.

text: Because of their strong conviction, I begin to feel that they may be right.

ipa: /kənˈvɪkʃən/


peaceful

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

etymology_text: peace + -ful

ety-suffix

peace

ful

expansion: peace + -ful

glosses: A place or person is peaceful when there is silence or quiet. There is no noise and nothing happening suddenly.

ipa: /'piːsfəl/


need

forms:
need (canonical)
needs (third-person singular)
needed (past)
needed (past participle)
needing (present participle)

glosses: If you need something, you want it and must have it.

text: Everyone needs food and water.

glosses: If you need to do something, it is very important for you to do it.

text: Sir, you need to leave now.

ipa: /niːd/

homophones: knead kneed


need

forms:
need (present)
needed (past)
needn't (negative)

glosses: If you need do something, you have to do it.

text: Need you do that all the time?

text: You needn't keep telling me. I heard you the first time.

need

needed

needn't


need

forms:
need
needs (plural)

glosses: If you have a need for something, you must have it; something necessary or required.

text: I've always tried to have few needs beyond food, clothing and shelter.


necessary

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

glosses: Something is necessary if people need it. It must happen or there will be a big problem.

text: It's necessary to stop when you see a red light.

ipa: /ˈnɛsəˌsɛri/

hyphenation: nec‧es‧sary


necessary

forms:
necessary
necessaries (plural)

noun

necessaries


natural

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

glosses: Something is natural if people didn't make it.

text: Animals, plants and rocks are natural things.

glosses: Something is natural if it's the way it usually is, without people changing it, or is a way that is not a surprise.

text: It's only natural for you to think that.

enpr: năchʹə-rəl

enpr: năchʹər-əl

hyphenation: nat‧u‧ral; natu‧ral


nail

forms:
nail
nails (plural)

glosses: A nail is a small, long, thin sharp metal thing for holding wood together. People put it into the wood by hitting it with a hammer.

text: I need some nails to fix the roof.

glosses: A nail is the thick, hard part at the ends of fingers and toes.

text: I broke the top off my finger nail and it was very painful.

ipa: /neɪl/


nail

forms:
nail (canonical)
nails (third-person singular)
nailed (past)
nailed (past participle)
nailing (present participle)

glosses: If you nail something to something else, you use a nail to join them.

text: He nailed the set of shelves onto the wall.

glosses: When someone gets an idea just right, we say they nailed it or "hit the nail on the head".

text: I think you've nailed the reason why this isn't working.


muscle

forms:
muscle
muscles (plural)

glosses: A muscle is a part of the body of a person or animal. It's a part that pulls to make parts of the body move.

text: He can lift heavy things because he has strong muscles.

enpr: mŭʹsəl


muscle

forms:
muscle (canonical)
muscles (third-person singular)
muscled (past)
muscled (past participle)
muscling (present participle)

glosses: To muscle is to use strength or muscles to do something.

text: He muscled his way into the room between the people who were trying to stop him.

verb

muscl


moon

forms:
moon
moons (plural)

glosses: The moon is the shining white and grey object in the sky at night. It appears to change shape from round (a full moon) to a crescent and back again. It's like a small planet that goes around the Earth.

text: I was able to see the road because there was a full moon that night.

glosses: A moon is a thing like a small planet that goes around another planet.

text: Galileo saw four moons of Jupiter: Callisto, Europa, Ganymede and Io.

ipa: /muːn/


moon

forms:
moon (canonical)
moons (third-person singular)
mooned (past)
mooned (past participle)
mooning (present participle)

glosses: If you moon someone, you show them your bare buttocks.

text: Someone in the car pulled down their pants and mooned us as they drove past.


monkey

forms:
monkey
monkeys (plural)

glosses: A monkey is a primate with a long tail that climbs trees.

text: We saw Vervet monkeys in the Zoo.

enpr: mŭngki

ipa: /ˈmʌŋki/

sampa: /"mVNki/

hyphenation: mon‧key


monkey

forms:
monkey (canonical)
monkeys (third-person singular)
monkeyed (past)
monkeyed (past participle)
monkeying (present participle)

glosses: If you monkey something, you make changes to it.

text: I foolishly monkeyed with the control panel and it ended up exploding.


minute

forms:
minute
minutes (plural)

glosses: A minute is a short time equal to sixty seconds. There are sixty minutes in one hour.

text: He ran the race in 1 minute and ten seconds.

text: Please wait a minute while I get my coat and then I will come with you.

enpr: mĭn'ĭt

ipa: /ˈmɪnɪt/

sampa: /"mInIt/

audio: en-uk-a minute.ogg


minute

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

text: The pictures appear similar, with only a few, minute differences.

enpr: mīnyo͞ot'

ipa: /maɪˈnjuːt/

ipa: /mɪ'nɪt/


mind

forms:
mind
minds (plural)

glosses: Someone's mind is the part of them that thinks.

text: In my mind I know I must go, but in my heart I want to stay here.

text: We will solve this problem. We have the best minds in the country working on it.

enpr: mīnd

ipa: /maɪnd/


mind

forms:
mind (canonical)
minds (third-person singular)
minded (past)
minded (past participle)
minding (present participle)

glosses: If you mind some action or thing, you feel negatively about it.

text: "Do you mind if I sit here?" "No, not at all"

text: "It's raining outside. You should take an umbrella" "It's OK, I don't mind the rain"

glosses: If you mind someone or something, you look after it.

text: "Could you mind the children while I go to the bathroom?"


military

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

glosses: If something is military, it is a characteristic of people in the armed forces.

text: Sick soldiers go to the military hospital.

glosses: If something is military, it is about armed forces such as the army, marines, navy, or air force.

glosses: If something is military, it has to do with war.

glosses: If something is military, it has to do with armies and ground troops.

hyphenation: mi‧li‧tary


military

forms:
military
militaries or military (plural)

glosses: The military is the United States armed forces in general.

text: It's not the job of the military to make policy.

noun

militaries

military


middle

forms:
middle
middles (plural)

glosses: The place that is between two things; the place that is halfway between two ends of something.

text: Cut the wood exactly in the middle to get two pieces of equal size.

text: The middle of the three books is the one you want.

ipa: /ˈmɪdəl/


memory

forms:
memory
memories (plural)

glosses: When someone remembers something, we call the thing they remember a memory.

text: I have very nice memories of the time when my children were young.

glosses: The part of the mind that remembers; the act of remembering.

text: When we get older, our memory isn't as good.

glosses: The part of a computer that holds information.

ipa: /ˈmɛm(ə)ri/

hyphenation: mem‧o‧ry; mem‧ory

memory

memories


meeting

forms:
meeting
meetings (plural)

glosses: A meeting is when a group of people come together to talk about something important.

text: The meeting will be in the green room after lunch. I hope you'll be there.

ipa: /ˈmiːtɪŋ/

ipa: /ˈmitɪŋ/


meeting

forms:
meet (canonical)
meets (third-person singular)
met (past)
met (past participle)
meeting (present participle)

meet

meets

met

met

meeting


married

forms: married (positive)

glosses: A man and a woman are married if they are husband and wife to each other. Usually when two people are married they live in the same house and they often have children. Two people have a special day to become married.

text: I don't need to meet more young men—I'm already married.

glosses: If two things are married they have been made into one thing.

text: Music and television are married in music videos.

ipa: /mæriːd/


married

forms:
marry (canonical)
marries (third-person singular)
married (past)
married (past participle)
marrying (present participle)

verb

marr

y


mark

forms:
mark
marks (plural)

glosses: A mark is a single line left by a pen or pencil, or any small bit of color that got onto something.

text: You have a mark on your shirt from that tomato sauce you were eating.

ipa: /mɑːk/

ipa: /mɑrk/

homophones: Mark marque


mark

forms:
mark (canonical)
marks (third-person singular)
marked (past)
marked (past participle)
marking (present participle)

glosses: If you mark something, you put a mark on it.

text: The big rock marked the side of the car a little when she drove too close to it.

text: I marked the boxes so we would know which ones are mine.

glosses: If you mark something, you notice it or pay attention to it.

text: Mark my words!


love

forms:
love (canonical)
loves (third-person singular)
loved (past)
loved (past participle)
loving (present participle)

glosses: When someone loves another person, they feel good about the person and want the person to be happy.

text: I love Colin.

text: Mothers love their children very deeply.

ipa: /lʌv/

sampa: /lVv/

lov

e


love

forms:
love
loves (plural)

glosses: The feeling of loving someone and caring for them.

text: Is my love for him a real love that will last a long time?

glosses: To love someone or something means to like someone or something very much.

text: I love the simple English Wikipedia.

glosses: A tennis player who has scored love has a score of zero.

text: (From a sports commentator) Fifteen-love!


loss

forms:
loss
losses (plural)

glosses: A loss happens when something goes where people can't find it. People don't know where the thing is or they don't have it any more.

text: The loss of my keys means I can't go into my house today.

glosses: Loss is when someone's loved one dies. When someone dies, they are no longer with you.

text: I loss both of my grandparents from old age.

glosses: A loss (shown as L) is charged to the pitcher of the losing team.

ipa: /lɒs/

ipa: /lɔs/

ipa: /lɑs/

noun

loss

losses


look

forms:
look (canonical)
looks (third-person singular)
looked (past)
looked (past participle)
looking (present participle)

glosses: Someone looks at something when they move their head or move their eyes so that they can see the thing.

text: Look at this picture! Isn't it beautiful?

glosses: The way that something looks is the way that it appears.

text: A new car looks very nice until it gets dirty.

text: That doughnut looks delicious.

ipa: /lʊk/

sampa: /lUk/

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


lock

forms:
lock
locks (plural)

glosses: A lock is a metal thing on a door (or on a window, drawer, etc.) that stops people from opening the door unless they have the right key to open it.

text: No one will take things from my house. I have a very strong lock on the door.

glosses: A lock is two or more gates (doors) in water to let boats move from lower water to higher water or the other way.

ipa: /lɒk/

ipa: /lɑːk/


lock

forms:
lock (canonical)
locks (third-person singular)
locked (past)
locked (past participle)
locking (present participle)

glosses: Someone locks a door when they close the lock with a key so that no one can come in.

text: Remember to lock the door when you leave the house.


living

forms:
live (canonical)
lives (third-person singular)
lived (past)
lived (past participle)
living (present participle)

ipa: /lɪvɪŋ/

verb

liv


living

forms:
living
livings (plural)

text: What do you do for a living?


living

forms: living (positive)

glosses: A living thing is a person, animal or plant that is not dead—it is still able to function and grow.

text: Living things grow and make more living things like themselves.


linen

forms:
linen
linens (plural)

glosses: Linen is a material that some cloth is made of. It comes from the flax plant, and in the past, bed sheets were often made from it, before cotton was used.

text: This shirt is made of linen.

glosses: Linens are something made from linen, especially bed sheets.

text: Would you like to change the linens on your bed?

ipa: /ˈlɪnɪn/


line

forms:
line
lines (plural)

glosses: A line is a mark that is long, straight and very thin.

text: She drew a line down the middle of the page to divide the page into two parts.

text: Put the buttons in a straight line on the front of the shirt.

glosses: A line is a row of people who are waiting for something in order; a queue.

text: You got here last, so you have to stand at the back of the line.

enpr: līn

ipa: /laɪn/

sampa: /laIn/


line

forms:
line (canonical)
lines (third-person singular)
lined (past)
lined (past participle)
lining (present participle)

glosses: Someone lines things up when they put them in a straight line or row.

glosses: Someone lines something up when they put it just in the right place or at the edge of something.

text: Line up the end of the piece of wood with the edge of the table.

glosses: Someone lines up when they start waiting in a line (queue) with other people.

text: Everyone line up here, please, and I'll help you one at a time.

glosses: Someone lines something when they mark it with one or more lines.

text: Please line the pitch before the match.

glosses: Someone lines something when they add an inside layer of material (liner) to it.

lin


lift

forms:
lift (canonical)
lifts (third-person singular)
lifted (past)
lifted (past participle)
lifting (present participle)

glosses: Someone lifts something when they use their hands to make the thing go up.

text: He lifted the little boy onto his shoulders.

text: She lifted the heavy box from the floor onto the table.

text: He is lifting some suitcases.

enpr: lĭft

ipa: /lɪft/


lift

forms:
lift
lifts (plural)

glosses: If you give someone a lift, you drive them somewhere, usually in your car.

glosses: A lift is a machine that lifts people up or down to different parts of a building.


level

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

glosses: Even, flat, straight, smooth, horizontal. Having all parts equally as high as all other parts.

text: This table is not level: things are rolling off it.

ipa: ˈlɛvəl


level

forms: level

glosses: If one thing is level with another, they are at the same height.

text: The bookshelf is level with the top of the door frame.


level

forms:
level
levels (plural)

glosses: A level is a place that is higher or lower than some other places.

text: The room you want is on the third level of this building.

glosses: A tool for finding out whether a surface is level.


level

forms:
leveled (past)
leveled (past participle)
leveling (present participle)
level (canonical)
levels (third-person singular)
levelled (past)
levelled (past participle)
levelling (present participle)

glosses:
:
 This short section needs someone to add to it.

level


laugh

forms:
laugh (canonical)
laughs (third-person singular)
laughed (past)
laughed (past participle)
laughing (present participle)

glosses: Someone laughs when they make a sound with their mouth because they think something is funny. It can sound like "ha ha", "ho ho", "hee hee", etc.

text: That was a really good joke. I've never laughed so hard!

ipa: /lɑːf/

enpr: lăf

ipa: /læf/


laugh

forms:
laugh
laughs (plural)

glosses: The sound of someone laughing, or the action of laughing.

text: We had lots of good laughs at the party.

text: I heard a laugh in the other room and went to see what they were laughing at.


last

forms: last (positive)

glosses: Happening or coming after all other similar things or people.

text: I was the last person to go there: when I went, the others were all already there.

text: My house is the last house at the end of the street.

text: At last, after twenty hours on the boat, they arrived at their destination.

enpr: läst

ipa: /lɑːst/

enpr: lăst

ipa: /læst/

audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Naomi Persephone Amethyst (NaomiAmethyst)-last.wav


last

forms:
last (canonical)
lasts (third-person singular)
lasted (past)
lasted (past participle)
lasting (present participle)

text: Summer seems to last longer each year.

glosses: To hold out, continue undefeated or entire.

text: I don't know how much longer we can last without reinforcements.


last

forms: last

glosses: Last week, month, year, etc. is the one that comes before this one.

text: I didn't see you last week.

text: I haven't seen him since the summer before last.


interest

forms:
interest
interests (plural)

glosses: An interest is when a person wants to know more about someone or something or likes someone or something or likes to do something.

text: She has a strong interest in art. She is going to go to an art school.

text: What are your interests?

glosses: An interest is when someone or something is important to a person, or if good things happening to the thing are good for the person.

text: Because I own a house on this street, I have an interest in keeping the street clean.

text: I'm doing this to look after my own interests.

glosses: When someone borrows money, they have to give back more money than they borrowed. The extra money they have to pay is called interest.

text: The bank gives me two percent interest per year on the money in my account.

ipa: /ˈɪntrɛst/

ipa: /ˈɪntərəst/

hyphenation: in‧ter‧est


interest

forms:
interest (canonical)
interests (third-person singular)
interested (past)
interested (past participle)
interesting (present participle)

glosses: If a person is interested, they are curious and want to find out about someone or something.

text: I am interested in researching flowers.

text: Does maths interest you?


limit

forms:
limit
limits (plural)

glosses: The limit is the edge of how far something can go. It can go up to the limit but no farther.

text: This fence is at the limit of my property.

text: The heater sets a limit to how cold it can be in the house; it can't get colder than that.

text: There is no limit to what we can do.

ipa: /ˈlɪmɪt/

sampa: /"lImIt/

hyphenation: li‧mit


limit

forms:
limit (canonical)
limits (third-person singular)
limited (past)
limited (past participle)
limiting (present participle)

text: The fence limits the cows from going out of the field.

glosses: If you limit someone, you reduce or take away their freedom.