head

forms:
head (canonical)
heads (third-person singular)
headed (past)
headed (past participle)
heading (present participle)

text: Bill heads for the mall after work.


throat

forms:
throat
throats (plural)

pos: noun

glosses: Your throat is a tube inside your neck. It takes air from your mouth to your lungs.

text: My throat hurts from singing too much.

ipa: /ˈθrəʊt/

ipa: /ˈθroʊt/

sampa: /"TroUt/

noun

expansion: [POS TABLE]


these

forms: these

pos: det

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

text: I am going to take these sandwiches for my lunch.

text: These paintings around me are not to be touched.

text: These are the simple rules you have to follow.

text: I have always wanted to own books like these.

enpr: thēz

ipa: /ðiːz/

ipa: /ðiz/

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


those

forms: those

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

text: Those bolts go with these parts.

text: I don't want those oranges because they are too sour.

ipa: /ðəʊz/

ipa: /ðoʊz/

sampa: /DoUz/


no

forms:
no (positive)
Superlative–

pos: adv

glosses: Used to disagree or refuse; to say something different from what the other person said.

text: No, I do not fish.

text: No, I still have some things to do first.

glosses: Used to agree with the negative side of a negative question.

text: Isn't the door locked? No, the door is not locked. We can go in.

ipa: /nəʊ/

ipa: /noʊ̯/

sampa: /noU/


no

forms: no

text: There is no water left.

text: No hot dogs were sold yesterday.

glosses: Not any possibility or allowance of (doing something). You can't.

text: No smoking.

text: There's no stopping her once she gets going.

glosses: Not (a); not properly, not really; not fully.

text: My mother's no fool.

text: Working nine to five every day is no life.

text: He's no better off.


some

forms: some

glosses: Used to mean an amount or number of something when the amount or number is not exact or specific.

text: Would you like some grapes?

text: Every government is ill-disposed to the press, all or some of the time.

text: He had edited the paper for some years.

text: I've just met some man who said he knew you.

glosses: You use some before a number to say that it may be a little more or a little less.

text: Some 200 people attended the event.

ipa: /sʌm/

sampa: /sVm/

ipa: /sam/

sampa: /sam/


sufficient

forms: sufficient (positive)

pos: adj

glosses: If something is sufficient, it means there is enough or that it is good enough.

text: We now have a sufficient number of people to do the job.

text: The food supplies should be sufficient to last the winter.

text: The factory was shut down because if didn't meet the necessary and sufficient conditions for safety.

ipa: /səˈfɪʃənt/


sufficient

forms: sufficient

glosses: You use sufficient to identify the smallest amount needed.

text: Sufficient of us are against this idea that we should stop now.


what

pos: pron

glosses: What is used to ask for information about things.

text: What did you see?

text: What do you mean?

glosses: What is used to add a clause with more information.

text: I don't know what you mean.

text: I'll tell you what to do.

text: I'll see what I can do to help.

glosses: The thing(s) which: a small amount of something.

text: Take what you can find.

text: What you made was great.

text: I am what I am.

text: The city is not what it used to be.

text: They kept blaming him for what he had done.

ipa: /wɔt/

sampa: /wOt/

ipa: /ʍɒt/

sampa: /WQt/

ipa: /wʌt/

sampa: /wVt/


what

forms: what

glosses: What is used to ask about the member(s) of a group.

text: What book did you buy?

glosses: What is used to talk about the member(s) of a group.

text: What gifts you can give are appreciated.

text: What ideas he has to offer are likely to be half-baked.

text: I gave him what money I had.


what

forms: what (positive)

glosses: used to show that you feel strongly about something.

text: What a great book this is!

adjective

what


we

glosses: The person speaking and other people with him or her.

text: "Are you and Mia still going?" "No, we're finished."

text: We went to Paris together.

text: We ought to help.

text: Let's go. We need to talk to Mark.

text: We won our football game.

text: We need to think about other people more.

enpr: wē

ipa: /wiː/

ipa: /wi/

sampa: /wi/

homophones: wee Wii


we

forms: we

text: We Canadians don't act that way.


many

forms:
many
more (comparative)
most (superlative)

text: There are many people in China.

text: How many times have I walked down this street?

text: It was so many years ago that we first met.

text: There are not many people like him.

text: As many as 30 per cent of the population carries this disease.

text: In too many cases, people don't get the care they need.

text: A great many questions still have no answers.

text: Some are good, but not very many.

text: Many of our teachers come from other countries.

ipa: /ˈmɛni/

sampa: /"mEni/

determiner-comp

many

more

most


many

forms: many (positive)

glosses: You use many to indicate that you are talking about a large number of people or things.

text: The possibilities are many.


few

forms:
few
fewer (comparative)
fewest (superlative)

text: I found very few problems.

text: There are so few good books.

text: I can't believe how few people are here.

text: There are so many problems and few are easy.

ipa: /fjuː/

few

fewer

fewest


much

forms:
much
more (comparative)
most (superlative)

glosses: a lot of; a large amount of; a high degree

text: I don't have much money.

text: I don't like the cider very much.

text: I know how much he loves everybody in the house.

text: You're not much better than he is.

text: She was much more fun after a few drinks.

text: This is almost as much fun as last week.

text: We bought another one, but the cost was much greater.

text: I don't think it matters much what you study.

text: Thank you very much!

text: Much attention has been given to the question of where the money should go.

text: They arrived much sooner than we had expected.

text: He's very much the Englishman.

glosses: If someone or something is very much alive, interested, open, etc., they are indeed so, contrary to expectations.

text: I thought the window was closed, but it was very much open.

glosses: If something is pretty much impossible, useless, perfect, etc. it is roughly so.

text: Your hair looks pretty much perfect the way it is.

ipa: /mʌt͡ʃ/

sampa: /mVtS/

much


little

forms:
little (positive)
littler (comparative)
littlest (superlative)

glosses: If something is little, its size is not big.

text: I just ate a tiny little piece of the cake.

glosses: A little while, distance, etc. is not long.

text: Could you just wait a little while more?

text: Two little boys were fighting on the playground.

ipa: /'lɪtl̩/

sampa: /"lItl/

adj

little

littler

littlest


little

forms:
little
less (comparative)
least (superlative)

glosses: Little money, room, help, etc. is a small amount of it; not much.

text: They understood little or no French.

text: He was busy and had little time for children.

text: Try to spend as little of your money as possible.

text: We saw little of her after the first day.

text: Little is known about the problem.

text: The building was destroyed leaving little more than rock and glass.

text: She's a quiet person with little to say about these things.

text: This has little to do with him and a lot to do with you.

text: We saved what little was left.

determiner-comp

less

least


which

forms: which

glosses: You use which to ask for the selection of one or more members of some set.

text: There are a lot of new books this year. Which ones do you like?

text: Excuse me, which way is the toilet?

text: Which of the two wines is cheaper?

text: Which of the following cheeses are usually made from sheep's milk? A. pecorino B. vaccino C. provolone D. chevre.

glosses: You use which to add a clause to explain what thing you're talking about.

text: For several seconds he sat in silence, during which time the tea and sandwiches arrived.

text: I'm thinking of getting a new car, in which case I'd get a red one.

enpr: hwĭch

ipa: /ʍɪʧ/

sampa: /WItS/

enpr: wĭch

ipa: /wɪʧ/

sampa: /wItS/

homophones: wich witch


which

glosses: You use which to add a clause to give more information about the thing you're talking about.

text: We've met some problems which are very difficult to handle.

text: He walked by a door with a sign which reads: PRIVATE OFFICE.

text: He had to leave, which was very difficult.

text: We have to protect the environment in which we live.

text: She appears to actually like the man, which I find incredible.

text: No art can be properly understood apart from the culture of which it is a part.


neither

forms: neither

glosses: Not one or the other; not either; none of two things.

text: Neither definition seems correct.

text: Neither Sarah nor John is going to the concert on Saturday.

text: Fresia and Lydia sat on either side of the bed, but neither spoke.

text: Neither of his two kids wants to work for him.

text: He only has two friends, and neither one is interesting.

text: In the first game neither side scored.

text: Neither Darwin nor Huxley worked at Oxford.

text: This helps neither you nor me.

text: We are neither saying that it's wrong, nor are we saying you should try it.

ipa: /ˈnaɪðər/

ipa: /ˈnaɪðə(r)/

hyphenation: nei‧ther


neither

glosses: Neither is used to show that a something that is not true in one case is also not true in another case.

text: She didn't have one, and neither did I.

text: If you don't go, then neither will I.

text: "I can't touch it." "Neither can I."


him

glosses: he when used after a preposition or as the object of a verb.

text: Give it to him (after preposition)

text: She wrote him a letter (indirect object)

text: She treated him for a cold (direct object)

enpr: hĭm

ipa: /hɪm/

sampa: /hIm/


us

glosses: You use us to talk or write about yourself and other people together with you.

text: She said hello to us.

text: Can you tell us where it is?

text: We think this is important for all of us.

enpr: ŭs

ipa: /ʌs/

sampa: /Vs/

ipa: /əs/


us

forms: us

glosses: You use us to refer to yourself and other people together with you.

text: It's OK for you guys, but it's different for us women.


them

glosses: Other people; not you or the people you are talking to.

text: I saw my friends and said, "hi" to them.

text: I made a lot of things. This is one of them.

glosses: You use them to talk about one person, if you don't know who that person is.

text: If somebody comes, help them.

enpr: thĕm

ipa: /ðɛm/

sampa: /DEm/

enpr: thəm/

ipa: ðəm/


they

glosses: "They" is used to talk about two or more people, not you or the person you are speaking to.

text: I love Josie and Reg. They are nice people.

glosses: "They" is used to talk about two or more things.

text: Can you get the books for me? They're over there.

glosses: "They" is used to talk about one or more person when you don't know the sex or number.

text: If a person is fast, they can get there early.

glosses: "They" is used to talk about people in general.

text: When are they going to finish that new building?

text: They say you should drink eight glasses of water a day.

glosses: "They" is used to talk about a person that is not a man and not a woman.

text: I love Alex. They are my partner.

enpr: thā

ipa: /ðeɪ/

sampa: /DeI/


one

forms: one

text: We have one nose and one mouth.

enpr: wŭn

ipa: /wʌn/

sampa: /wVn/


one

forms:
one
ones (plural)

text: One is the smallest whole number.


one

glosses: One is a singular pronoun which means someone or people. It is used more often in formal writing.

text: It is easy to see the difference if one looks closely enough.


there

glosses: You use there to show that something exists.

text: There is a problem here.

ipa: /ðɛə/

ipa: /ðɛr/

sampa: /DEr/

homophones: their they're


there

forms: there

pos: prep

text: We left for Ottawa and arrived there at 7:00.


there

pos: intj

glosses:
:
 This short section needs someone to add to it.


each other

glosses: To one another; one to the other; showing that each of two or more things does something to the other.

text: All those people loved each other.

text: The two of them picked the bugs off each other.


one another

glosses: Each of a group of more than two people or things to the others.

text: The army recruits helped one another get through the first few difficult days.

audio: en-us-one another.ogg


whose

glosses: Whose is used to ask what person something belongs to.

text: Whose is this? There's no name on it.

text: Whose coat did you take?

glosses: Whose is used to join a relative clause about a person or thing.

text: Children whose parents smoke are more likely to smoke themselves.

text: This is a country whose language is dying.

text: The girl in the picture, whose name is Marion Russell, was from my home town.

ipa: /huːz/


who

glosses: You use who to add a clause to explain more about the person or people you're talking about.

text: They are good people who are working hard.

text: We saw Kim, who was in his car.

text: We asked everybody who was there.

text: It was you who lost the keys, not me.

glosses: You use who to ask about a person or people.

text: Who was on the phone?

text: Who's your new teacher?

text: Who did you meet today?

text: He told me who was there.

text: I'll ask who can help us.

ipa: /huː/

ipa: /hu/

sampa: /hu/


whom

text: Whom do you agree with?

text: I have a sister, whom I wrote to last week.

ipa: /huːm/


a little

forms: a little

text: We've only got a little time, so please be quick.

text: I need a little more room here.

text: You can do it with a little help from your friends.

text: He put a little water into the cup.

text: "Would you like some cake?" "Just a little, please."

text: Can we talk a little more?

text: You're walking a little too slowly.

text: I understand only a little of what you say.


enough

forms: enough

text: I've already had enough coffee today.

text: Do you think this is enough?

text: Is this good enough?

text: I'm not tall enough to reach it.

text: The noise was enough to wake her.

text: You should be bold and tell them that enough is enough.

ipa: /ɪ'nʌf/

sampa: /I"nVf/


another

forms: another

glosses: Another of something means that there is one more of it.

text: Is there another way to do this?

text: Mike and another man came to our house.

text: I can't do this now. Let's do it another time.

text: Another of the things you can't ask is "how old are you?"

text: I've got this shirt, and another just like it.

text: That's another one of those things I have to do.

text: Can I just sleep for another five minutes?

text: I've been very busy with one thing and another.

text: I'll do it one way or another.

text: And another thing: clean this up!

text: I hope we don't get another George Bush.

text: Oh no! Not another problem!

ipa: /əˈnʌðə/

ipa: /əˈnʌðɚ/


every

forms: every

text: I work every day from 6:00 to 9:30.

text: I believe every single word she says.

text: Our members are involved in almost every aspect of teaching.

text: The Earth goes around the sun once every year.

text: Every time I go to see him, like, he's happy.

text: Not every person can do this.

text: We get together every other week.

text: They're watching her every move.

text: There's every reason to believe that she will get better.

ipa: /ˈɛvri/

sampa: /"Evri/


whatever

forms: whatever

glosses: You use whatever when it doesn't matter which thing.

text: It's OK to take whatever bus comes first.

text: I'll take whatever help I can get.

glosses: You use whatever when there's a particular thing, but you can't remember what it was.

text: We took whatever bus came first, number 41 I think.

text: Whatever problem do you mean?

ipa: /ʍɒtˈɛvə/

ipa: /ʍɑtˈɛvɚ/

hyphenation: what‧ev‧er


whatever

text: Whatever you choose, you'll be happy.

text: Whatever you do will be OK.

text: We took whatever came first.

text: Whatever do you mean?

text: Whatever is that strange thing on your head?

text: Whatever happened?

glosses: You use whatever as a reply showing that you do not care.

text: "Would you like coffee, tea, or water?" "Whatever."


whichever

forms: whichever

glosses: You use whichever when it doesn't matter which thing.

text: Whichever colour you choose, you'll be happy.

text: It's OK to take whichever bus comes first.

text: Whichever of these two wins will take first prize.

text: "Would you like the blue or the green?" "Oh, whichever colour, it doesn't matter."

glosses: You use whichever when there's a particular thing, but you can't remember what it was.

text: We took whichever bus came first, number 41 I think.


whichever

text: Whichever you choose, you'll be happy.

text: It's OK to take whichever comes first.

text: "Would you like the blue or the green?" "Oh, whichever, it doesn't matter."

text: We took whichever came first, number 41 I think.


both

forms: both

glosses: When there are two things, both is the first thing and the second thing.

text: Jim took both the apple and the orange.

text: Both Anne and Jane agreed to eat the pear.

text: Give me one. You can't have both.

text: Both of my parents were from Canada.

text: They found problems at both the schools.

text: The room had windows at both ends.

text: Working in the city and living in the country, you get the best of both worlds.

text: There were cars coming from both directions.

enpr: bōth

ipa: /bəʊθ/

ipa: /boʊθ/

sampa: /boUT/


certain

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

glosses: If you are certain of something, you believe it to be true without doubt.

glosses: If something is certain, it will happen without doubt.

glosses: If you make certain of something, you check that it is true or correct.

ipa: /sɜːtn/

ipa: /sɝtn/

ipa: /ˈsɝtən/

adj

more: true


certain

forms: certain

glosses: Used to talk about groups or individuals without saying exactly which ones.

text: Certain problems can be solved with very simple maths.

text: Certain of the members did not agree.


several

forms: several

glosses: Several things is a small number of things. More than two, but not very many.

text: It rained for several days last week.

text: We changed several of them, but left others untouched.

ipa: /ˈsɛvrəl/


several

forms: several (positive)

glosses: Their several things is a number of their things.

text: They each went their several ways.


various

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

glosses: Various ways, types, kinds, etc. are many different ones.

text: I've made the dish a number of times in various ways. It's never the same.

text: What are the differences between the various types of bottled water?

ipa: /ˈvɛəriəs/

ipa: /ˈvɛriəs/


various

forms: various

glosses: You use various to identify more than one thing without saying exactly which ones.

text: Various books have been taken.

text: There are various ways to fix the problem.

text: You have broken various of the rules.


ugly

forms:
ugly (positive)
uglier (comparative)
ugliest (superlative)

glosses: If someone or something is ugly, it's not nice to look at.

text: Hughie had the same ugly face as his father and brother.

ipa: /ˈʌɡli/

ugly

uglier

ugliest


grass

forms:
grass
grasses (plural)

glosses: Grass is a green, leafy plant that often covers the ground.

text: We haven't got much rain, and the grass on the lawn is turning brown.

enpr: grăs

ipa: /grɑːs/

ipa: /græs/

sampa: /gr{s/

irrnoun

grasses


terrible

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

glosses: If something is terrible, it's very bad.

text: He said she was ugly. Wasn't that a terrible thing to say to anyone?

glosses: If something is terrible, it causes people to feel terror or fear.

text: The witch laid a terrible curse on him.

ipa: /ˈtɛrəbl/

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


goat

forms:
goat
goats (plural)

glosses: A goat is a mammal with horns, part of the sheep family.

text: The goat used to graze in the field.

ipa: /gəʊt/


wool

forms:
wool
wools (plural)

glosses: Wool is the hair of a sheep. We often use it to make clothes.

ipa: /wʊl/


rat

forms:
rat
rats (plural)

glosses: Rats are medium-sized rodents. They often live near people and eat garbage. Rats can carry diseases. They are also kept as pets and can be very tame.

text: I caught the rat that was eating our food.

enpr: /răt/

ipa: /ræt/

audio: en-uk-a rat.ogg


advertising

forms:
advertise (canonical)
advertises (third-person singular)
advertised (past)
advertised (past participle)
advertising (present participle)

pos: verb

ipa: /ˈædvə(r)ˌtaɪzɪŋ/

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

verb

advertis

e


advertising

forms: advertising

glosses: Advertising is the business or study of using newspapers, TV, etc. to sell products or inform people.

text: Coke has a new advertising campaign for a new drink.

text: There's too much advertising on radio.


asleep

forms: asleep (positive)

text: Please be quiet. The baby's asleep.

text: I had trouble falling asleep last night.

ipa: /əˈsliːp/


burst

forms:
burst (canonical)
bursts (third-person singular)
burst (past)
burst (past participle)
bursting (present participle)

glosses: If something bursts, it breaks open because of pressure from the inside.

text: I was driving west on the highway, when my front left tire burst.

text: When the bell rang, the school door burst open and the children came out running.

glosses: The past tense and past participle of burst.

ipa: /bɜːst/

ipa: /bɜrst/

burst

bursts

burst

burst

bursting


burst

forms:
burst
bursts (plural)

text: There was a burst of laughter from the audience when the clown slipped on the banana peel.

text: A burst of brilliant music greeted the newlyweds when they walked into the ball room.


improve

forms:
improve (canonical)
improves (third-person singular)
improved (past)
improved (past participle)
improving (present participle)

glosses: If something improves, it changes from bad to good.

text: The government is planning to improve the quality of rail service by adding new trains.

ipa: /ɪmˈpruːv/

improv


birth

forms:
birth
births (plural)

glosses: A birth is when a new baby comes out of its mother.

text: My mother gave birth to my brother at 12:00 on Dec. 31st.

text: The birth of the personal computer was in 1976.

enpr: bûth

ipa: /bɜːθ/

ipa: /bɜːð/

enpr: bûrth

ipa: /bɝθ/

ipa: /bɝð/

noun

birth


birth

forms:
birth (canonical)
births (third-person singular)
birthed (past)
birthed (past participle)
birthing (present participle)

glosses: If a woman births a child, she bears or give birth to a child.


boy

forms:
boy
boys (plural)

glosses: A boy is a male child or teenager; someone who is not a man yet.

text: He had a pretty wife and two little ones: a boy and a girl.

text: My oldest son was a Boy Scout in England.

text: The boys basketball team won five games in a row.

text: Two teenage boys died in the crash.

text: A 12-year-old boy stands at the window and watches two men outside.

text: "I am a grown man" "you are not a man, you are a little boy, you don't act like a man".

text: I told my mom I wanted a boy puppy, not a girl one.

ipa: /bɔɪ/

sampa: /bOI/


boy

forms: boy

glosses: You use boy when you are surprised about something.

text: Boy, that's a big dog.


repair

forms:
repair (canonical)
repairs (third-person singular)
repaired (past)
repaired (past participle)
repairing (present participle)

glosses: If something is broken or damaged and you repair it, it's not broken anymore.

text: And workmen were out repairing damage to the lights from last night's wind.

ipa: /rɪˈpɛə/

ipa: /rɪˈpɛɚ/


repair

forms:
repair
repairs (plural)

glosses: A repair is something you do to something to fix it.

text: Last night the car wouldn't start, so this morning I took it in for repairs.


management

forms:
management
managements (plural)

etymology_text: manage + -ment

ety-suffix

manage

ment

expansion: manage + -ment

glosses: Management is the act of watching and controlling a business or situation.

text: This building uses a computerized energy management systems to save electricity.

glosses: The management is/are the people who control a business.

text: Management have received a 5% pay raise, but workers are only getting 3.5%.

ipa: /ˈmænəʤmənt/


push

forms:
push (canonical)
pushes (third-person singular)
pushed (past)
pushed (past participle)
pushing (present participle)

glosses: If you push something, you touch it with a force away from your body.

text: You have to push that door quite hard before it will open.

text: If you push this button, the machine will stop.

enpr: po͝osh

ipa: pʊʃ

sampa: /pUS/

verb

push

es


push

forms:
push
pushes (plural)

glosses: A push is the act of touching something with a force away from your body.

text: My car won't move. Can you give me a push?

noun

pushes


aside

forms: aside

glosses: If you put something aside, you put it to the side, often because you want to use it later.

text: We put some money aside for the children's education.

text: The fans were pushed aside by police to let the band go through.

text: Aside from the wine, which was terrible, the dinner was excellent.

glosses: You use something aside to leave that thing out of the topic.

text: The lies aside, they're good workers.

ipa: /əˈsaɪd/


aside

forms:
aside
asides (plural)

glosses: An aside is something that you write or say that isn't part of your main idea.

text: And, just as an aside, I'd like to say that these ideas are not new...


arrange

forms:
arrange (canonical)
arranges (third-person singular)
arranged (past)
arranged (past participle)
arranging (present participle)

glosses: If you arrange something, you put it in order or you organise it.

text: We have arranged a meeting between the president of the company and the new owner.

text: I will arrange for a car to meet you at the airport.

ipa: /əˈreɪndʒ/

verb

arrang


collection

forms:
collection
collections (plural)

glosses: A collection is a group of things of the same type. They are usually special in some way.

text: He has one of the biggest collections of paintings by Van Gogh.

glosses: If you take a collection, you ask many people for money, for a particular reason.

text: The school took a collection for new books.

ipa: /kəˈlɛkʃən/


sister

forms:
sister
sisters (plural)

glosses: Your sister is the daughter of your mother and father, except yourself.

text: My parents have three children: me, my brother, and my sister.

text: The Sister said that I must rest more.

glosses: A sister of a thing is something that has a special or affectionate connection to it, specifically one that is non-hierarchical.

text: Wikipedia is a sister project of Wiktionary.

ipa: /ˈsɪstə/

enpr: sĭs'tər

ipa: /ˈsɪstɚ/


tooth

forms:
tooth
teeth (plural)

glosses: A tooth is a hard, white thing in your mouth. You use your teeth to chew food.

glosses: A tooth is a sharp point sticking out of something and forms a row of sharp objects for cutting.

glosses: A tooth is a rounded point on a gear that is used to transmit or receive force and motion to other gears.

ipa: /tuːθ/

noun

teeth


boat

forms:
boat
boats (plural)

glosses: A boat is a vehicle used to travel on water.

text: At the lake, the children learn about fishing and boat safety.

text: The waves rocked the boat back and forth.

text: I took the old man's hand, stepped down from the dock into the yellow boat.

text: We got wet on the boat ride.

text: We sailed the wooden boats by the side of the pool, the kids holding the strings.

text: He looked around and spotted the boat drifting away.

text: We left the hotel and quickly got aboard the boat.

enpr: bōt

ipa: /bəʊt/

ipa: /boʊt/

sampa: /boUt/


boat

forms:
boat (canonical)
boats (third-person singular)
boated (past)
boated (past participle)
boating (present participle)


ball

forms:
ball
balls (plural)

glosses: A ball is a round thing. People often use them to play games.

text: The croquet ball was hit through the wicket and the game was over.

text: A ball is hit with a racquet in tennis.

text: There is an inaugural ball following the swearing-in of the new President.

text: Cinderella lost her glass slipper at the Prince's ball.

text: John's balls ached because he hadn't had sex in two days.

text: John didn't have the balls to quit his job, divorce his wife, and start a new life in Tahiti.

enpr: bôl

ipa: /bɔːl/

ipa: /bɑl/


ball

forms:
ball (canonical)
balls (third-person singular)
balled (past)
balled (past participle)
balling (present participle)

glosses: If you ball something up, you make it into a ball shape.

text: Ball the cookie dough, wrap it in paper, then freeze it.


compare

forms:
compare (canonical)
compares (third-person singular)
compared (past)
compared (past participle)
comparing (present participle)

glosses: If you compare two things, you look at, talk about, or think about how they are the same and how they are different.

text: I compared all different kinds of computers before buying this one.

text: Compared to the sun, the moon is quite small.

ipa: /kəmˈpɛr/

verb

compar


clock

forms:
clock
clocks (plural)

glosses: A clock is an instrument that tells you what the time is. A small clock which you carry is called a watch.

glosses: If a clock is fast, it shows a time after the real time.

text: He was sleepy, and the clock said 11:32.

text: The digital clock on the wall tells her that it is almost six-thirty.

text: She'd never before been in a house which did not have a clock ticking somewhere.

text: He looked at the clock and then at his watch: The clock was nine minutes fast. He still had some time.

glosses: If a clock is slow, it shows a time before the real time.

glosses: If something goes around the clock, it goes for 24 hours without stop.

text: His family stayed at Scott's bedside around the clock.

text: The museum is open around the clock from May 26 at 12:01 a.m. through May 28 at 11:59 p.m.

ipa: /klɒk/

sampa: /klQk/

enpr: /kläk

ipa: /klɑk/

sampa: /klAk/


clock

forms:
clock (canonical)
clocks (third-person singular)
clocked (past)
clocked (past participle)
clocking (present participle)

glosses: If you clock something, you measure how long it takes or how fast it moves.

text: The police clocked the car at 137 km/h.

text: The drive took twenty-two minutes; he clocked it.

glosses: If something clocks a time or a speed, it takes that long or moves that fast.

text: The trip clocks in at about 12 hours.

text: He clocked 9.12 seconds, a new world record.

glosses: If you clock in or out at work, school, etc., you record the time they arrive or leave.

text: He clocked in at four a.m. for a twelve-hour shift.

glosses: If you clock up a number of things, you reach that total after some time.

text: Because I drive one hour to work, I'm clocking up a lot of miles.

glosses: If you clock someone, you hit them hard in the head.

text: He might take some time to wake up. He got clocked pretty good.


dirty

forms:
dirty (positive)
dirtier (comparative)
dirtiest (superlative)

etymology_text: dirt + -y

ety-suffix

dirt

y

expansion: dirt + -y

glosses: If something is dirty, it has dirt on it, or it is not clean.

text: After playing outside all day, her hands were all dirty.

text: You shouldn't say damn, shit, and other dirty words.

ipa: /ˈdɜːti/

ipa: /ˈdɝti/

adj

dirty

dirtier

dirtiest


cousin

forms:
cousin
cousins (plural)

glosses: Your cousin is the son or daughter of your aunt or uncle.

text: Every year at Christmas, I got to play with all my cousins at my grandma's house.


loose

forms:
loose (positive)
looser (comparative)
loosest (superlative)

glosses: If something is loose, it moves easily or may come away from what it is attached to.

text: His tooth is loose and will probably come out in a day or two.

glosses: If something is loose, it does not fit closely.

text: My pants are so loose that they keep falling down.

glosses: If a woman is has loose morals, she is sexually unrestrained.

text: a loose woman

enpr: /loo͞s/

ipa: /luːs/

loose

looser

loosest


noise

forms:
noise
noises (plural)

glosses: A noise is a sound, usually one that you don't want.

text: There's too much noise. I can't hear what she's saying.

enpr: noiz

ipa: /nɔɪz/


upper

forms:
upper (positive)
uppermost (superlative)

glosses: The upper thing is the one that is in a higher position.

text: The upper floors of the building are for offices and the lower floors for housing.

ipa: /ˈʌpə/

ipa: /ˈʌpɚ/

upper

uppermost


upper

forms:
upper
uppers (plural)

glosses: A drug that stimulates a body. Uppers give a person energy and lower hunger.

text: He takes uppers so that he can stay awake all night studying.


aunt

forms:
aunt
aunts (plural)

glosses: Your aunt is the sister of your mother or father.

text: After my parents died, we went to live with my aunt.

ipa: /ˈænt/

enpr: änt


cause

forms:
cause
causes (plural)

glosses: A cause is what leads to something happening.

text: The cause of the fire was lightning.

glosses: A cause is a goal, aim or principle that people support or fight for.

text: He is fighting for a just cause.

enpr: kôz

ipa: /kɔːz/

ipa: /kɔz/


cause

forms:
cause (canonical)
causes (third-person singular)
caused (past)
caused (past participle)
causing (present participle)

glosses: To cause something is to make it happen.

text: His careless driving caused the car accident.

verb

caus


cottage

forms:
cottage
cottages (plural)

glosses: A cottage is a small house, usually in the countryside.

text: When we were young, we spent the summers at a cottage on Canoe Lake.

ipa: /ˈkɒtɪd͡ʒ/

ipa: /ˈkɑtɪd͡ʒ/

hyphenation: cot‧tage


bone

forms:
bone
bones (plural)

glosses: Bones are the hard, white things inside your body. They give your body its shape.

text: How many bones did a dinosaur have?

ipa: /bəʊn/


bone

forms:
bone (canonical)
bones (third-person singular)
boned (past)
boned (past participle)
boning (present participle)

bon


circle

forms:
circle
circles (plural)

text: Please put your chairs in a circle.

text: The dog was running in circles.

enpr: sûrʹ-kəl

ipa: /ˈsɜrkəl/

hyphenation: cir‧cle


circle

forms:
circle (canonical)
circles (third-person singular)
circled (past)
circled (past participle)
circling (present participle)

glosses: To circle something is to move around it.

text: The earth circles the sun once a year.

text: Using your pencil, please circle the correct answer.

circl


now

forms: now

glosses: You use now when you want to say that something is true at this time. It is also used for things a short time in the future or a short time in the past.

text: I had many problems before, but I'm OK now.

text: What did you say just now?

text: The English teacher is at the library now.

glosses: You use now at the beginning of a sentence to get people's attention.

text: Now, I'd like to hear from other people too.

glosses: You use now to refer to the present time, often in contrast to a time in the past or the future.

text: Now is the time when we must all live as economically as possible.

text: Now is a good time to do it.

text: Mary should be home by now.

glosses: You use now to indicate that an event has occurred and as a result something else may or will happen.

text: I’m going to relax now the school year is over.

ipa: /nɑʊ/

sampa: /naU/


row

forms:
row
rows (plural)

glosses: A row of things is a line of them, usually going from side to side.

text: OK, students, can you please put your desks in five rows?

enpr: rō

ipa: /rəʊ/

ipa: /roʊ/

sampa: /roU/

homophones: rho roe

enpr: rou

ipa: /raʊ/


row

forms:
row (canonical)
rows (third-person singular)
rowed (past)
rowed (past participle)
rowing (present participle)

glosses: If you row a boat, you move the paddles (also called oars) in the water to move the boat.

text: Let's row our boat to the other side of the lake.


slave

forms:
slave
slaves (plural)

glosses: A slave is a person who is owned by a master and who works for that master, but receives no—or almost no—money.

enpr: slāv

ipa: /sleɪv/

sampa: /sleIv/


slave

forms:
slave (canonical)
slaves (third-person singular)
slaved (past)
slaved (past participle)
slaving (present participle)

text: I've been slaving in the kitchen all day cooking food for Christmas dinner.

slav


straw

forms:
straw
straws (plural)

glosses: Straw is dried grasses, such as wheat, without the seeds. Animals sleep on it, and people make hats and mats out of it.

glosses: A pale, yellowish-beige colour, like that of a dried straw.

glosses: A straw is a thin hollow tube that you drink through.

ipa: /strɔː/

ipa: /strɔ/

ipa: /strɑ/


uncle

forms:
uncle
uncles (plural)

glosses: Your uncle is the brother of your mother or father.

text: My father has a brother, Joe. Joe is my uncle.

text: My mother's brother, Jim, is another uncle.

ipa: /ˈʌŋkəl/


yard

forms:
yard
yards (plural)

text: The children went out to play in the yard.

glosses: A yard is an imperial measure of length. One yard is three feet or 91.44 centimeters.

text: A soccer field is 110 yards long.

ipa: /jɑːd/

enpr: yärd

ipa: /jɑːrd/


couple

forms:
couple
couples (plural)

glosses: A couple is two (2) things that go together.

text: Can you lend me a couple of dollars?

glosses: A couple is two people that love one another.

text: John and Susan make a nice couple, don't they?

ipa: /ˈkʌpəl/


couple

forms:
couple (canonical)
couples (third-person singular)
coupled (past)
coupled (past participle)
coupling (present participle)

glosses: If you couple two things, you join them together.

coupl


tree

forms:
tree
trees (plural)

text: I'm going to climb a tree.

glosses: A tree is a map or a diagram of ideas that looks like the plant.

text: My family tree shows how I am related to all my family members.

ipa: /triː/

enpr: trē

ipa: /tri/


tree

forms:
tree (canonical)
trees (third-person singular)
treed (past)
treed (past participle)
treeing (present participle)

glosses: (uncommon) If you tree something, you chase it up into a tree.

tree

trees

treed

treeing


library

forms:
library
libraries (plural)

glosses: A library is a place where books and other media are kept, usually on shelves. Most of the time, people are allowed to borrow these things.

text: I borrowed books at the public library today.

glosses: A library is a collection of books of other media. A person may call his/her collection of books a library.

text: The university's online classical music library is very large.

glosses: In computing, a library or standard library (STL) is a collection of code and functions that can be used for software development and to make computer programs.

ipa: UK [ˈlaɪbrəri]

sampa: UK /"laIbr@ri/

ipa: [ˈlaɪbrɛri]

sampa: /"laIbrEri/

noun

library

libraries


cardboard

forms:
cardboard
cardboards (plural)

glosses: Cardboard is a material like paper, but thicker and stiffer.

text: Cardboard is used to make boxes.

text: I put all my furniture in cardboard boxes to move it.

ipa: /ˈkɑːdbɔːd/

hyphenation: card‧board


sentence

forms:
sentence
sentences (plural)

glosses: In grammar, a sentence is a group of words that follow normal grammar rules, and that, in writing, begins with a capital letter and ends with a period '.', question mark '?', or exclamation mark '!'. Usually a sentence has a subject, verb, and object.

text: The first sentence in the Jewish holy book is, "In the beginning God created the heaven and the earth."

glosses: In law, a sentence is the punishment that a judge gives to a criminal.

text: He received a 15-year sentence for the murder of his friend.

ipa: /ˈsɛntəns/


sentence

forms:
sentence (canonical)
sentences (third-person singular)
sentenced (past)
sentenced (past participle)
sentencing (present participle)

glosses: If a judge sentences someone, they decide on a punishment for a crime.

text: He was sentenced to 15 years in jail for the murder of his friend.

verb

sentenc


place

forms:
place
places (plural)

glosses: A place is a point in space: a town, building, room, or even somewhere on a desk.

text: It's nice to see the whole family together in one place.

glosses: A place is an open space, courtyard, or marketplace.

glosses: A place is an area for someone to sit at.

text: We would like to sit at that table because it has three places open.

glosses: A place is a role or position; it is a station.

glosses: A place is the position in which you finish a competition in.

text: She finished the poker tournament in fifth place.

enpr: plās

ipa: /pleɪs/

sampa: /pleIs/

audio: en-uk-to place.ogg


place

forms:
place (canonical)
places (third-person singular)
placed (past)
placed (past participle)
placing (present participle)

glosses: If you place something somewhere, you put it in a certain spot.

glosses: If you place, you earn a given spot in a competition.

glosses: If you place something somewhere, you remember the last time you encountered it.

text: She placed the last time we met each other at.

plac


traditional

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

glosses: If something is traditional, it has been done in the same way for a long time.

text: I learned traditional Japanese cooking from my grandmother.

text: It is traditional to give gifts at Christmas time.

ipa: /trəˈdɪʃənəl/

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


nuclear

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

etymology_text: nucleus + -ar

ety-suffix

nucleus

ar

expansion: nucleus + -ar

glosses: Nuclear weapons, power, waste, etc. is produced by the collision of more than one nucleus, the central part of an atom.

text: Japan relies mainly on nuclear power (atomic energy) generation for its energy needs.

text: The US has more nuclear weapons than any other country. Many of them are called atomic bombs.

text: Most Canadians live in a nuclear family: the husband, wife, and children.

ipa: /ˈn(j)ukliɚ/


decade

forms:
decade
decades (plural)

text: The 1960s was a decade of great change in North America.

enpr: dəkād', dĕk'ād

ipa: /dəˈkeɪd/


previous

forms: previous (positive)

glosses: If something happened at a previous time, it happened before a particular time.

text: Last year, we lived in Seoul, but the previous year we were in Moscow.


previous

forms: previous

glosses: You use previous to refer to a time before something else.

text: The history of this site previous to the seventeenth century is unknown.

text: Four years previous, he had been sick for a month.


consist

forms:
consist (canonical)
consists (third-person singular)
consisted (past)
consisted (past participle)
consisting (present participle)

glosses: If A consists of B, then B is the thing or things that, together, make A.

text: His letter consisted of only three words.

text: Preparation for the party consisted of inviting guests, buying food, cleaning, and hoping that the weather would be nice.

enpr: kənsĭst'

ipa: /kənˈsɪst/


generation

forms:
generation
generations (plural)

etymology_text: generate + -ation

generate

ation

expansion: generate + -ation

glosses: A generation, is all the people or things of about the same age.

text: My father belonged to a generation of travellers who saw the world before there was a McDonalds on every corner.

text: Generation X

glosses: A generation is the average time between one when group of people were born and when their children were born, roughly 20–30 years.

text: During previous generations, travel was not so easy.

glosses: A class or type of objects usually developed from an earlier type.

text: A new generation of personal computers is about to hit the stores.

glosses: Generation is the creation of something, often electricity.

text: The increase in new power generation has not kept up with demand for electricity.

ipa: /ˌʤɛnəˈreɪʃən/

hyphenation: gen‧er‧ation


adult

forms:
adult
adults (plural)

glosses: An adult is a person who is of the legal age of majority.

text: At age 18 years, he became an adult, so he could move out without his parents' consent.

text: Adult usually means a person who is in a legal sense either age 18 years or older.

glosses: An adult is a human who is sexually, physically and/or mentally mature.

text: The Harry Potter series was read mostly by young adults.

text: A person may be physically mature and a biological adult by age 16 or so.

glosses: An adult is a sexually mature nonhuman animal.

text: Adult female cows feed milk to their offspring.

ipa: /əˈdʌlt/


partner

forms:
partner
partners (plural)

glosses: Partners are people, usually two, who are together for a particular purpose, such as for business, sports, or a romantic relationship.

text: My partner, Tom, looks after the administrative parts of the business.

ipa: /ˈpɑːtnə(r)/

ipa: /ˈpɑrtnɚ/

ipa: /ˈpɐːtnə/

ipa: /ˈpɐːtnɘ/

hyphenation: part‧ner


partner

forms:
partner (canonical)
partners (third-person singular)
partnered (past)
partnered (past participle)
partnering (present participle)

glosses: If you partner someone, you be their partner.


percent

forms:
percent
percent (plural)

glosses: You use percent show the number of parts out of a hundred. The symbol for percent is %.

text: The cost of gas has increased seven percent in the last month.

ipa: /pəˈsɛnt/

ipa: /pɚˈsɛnt/

noun

percent

percent


registration

forms:
registration
registrations (plural)

glosses: Registration is the process of registering something.

text: The soccer club has registration at the school this week.


remove

forms:
remove (canonical)
removes (third-person singular)
removed (past)
removed (past participle)
removing (present participle)

glosses: If you remove something, you take it out or away.

text: After he was shot, the doctor removed three bullets from his leg.

ipa: /rɪˈmuːv/

verb

remov


per cent

forms:
per cent
per cent (plural)

glosses: You use per cent show the number of parts out of one hundred. The symbol for per cent is %.

text: The cost of gas has increased seven per cent in the last month.

noun

per cent

per cent


child

forms:
child
children (plural)

glosses: A child is a young person, usually older than a baby but younger than a teenager.

text: The children were playing in the park.

text: Most three-year-old children speak very well.

text: Even as a child of six, I knew what hard work was.

text: Taking care of young children is difficult work.

text: This kind of teaching is useful for all children, not just those children with learning disabilities.

text: We need to do a better job of educating our children.

text: We're collecting food for needy children.

glosses: A child is the son or daughter of someone.

text: I am my mother's child in every way.

text: My eldest child is now a doctor.

text: I drove a motorcycle until my children were born.

glosses: A child of a particular time, situation, or idea is a person who is strongly influenced by it.

text: As a child of the 90s, I grew up with computers.

text: There isn't actually that much anger among children of divorce.

glosses: A child is the product or result of something.

text: This book is the child of an earlier generation of grammatical theory.

text: Anthropology is the child of Western colonialism.

text: The very idea of a garden is the child of water.

glosses: If a woman is with child, she is pregnant.

text: She told no one about the sex, even when she realized she was with child.

glosses: A child in a tree structure is piece of data, process or object with a role or position closer to the root.

enpr: chīld

ipa: /ʧaɪld/

sampa: /tSaIld/

children


error

forms:
error
errors (plural)

glosses: An error is something which is accidentally not correct.

text: The bank made an error and gave me too much money.

text: I keep getting errors on my computer program.

enpr: ĕr'ə(r)

ipa: /ˈɛrə(r)/

ipa: /ˈɛrɚ/

homophones: air ere heir


sibling

forms:
sibling
siblings (plural)

text: I think I know your sibling.

enpr: sĭbʹ-lĭng

ipa: /ˈsɪblɪŋ/

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

hyphenation: sib‧ling


shirt

forms:
shirt
shirts (plural)

glosses: A shirt is a piece of clothing you wear on the upper part of your body. Shirts are not very thick.

text: I need a new shirt to go with my new pants.

ipa: /ʃɜːt/

ipa: /ʃɝt/


eye

forms:
eye
eyes (plural)

glosses: Your eyes are the part of your head which you see with.

text: We saw the eyes of a big wolf.

glosses: An eye is a hole at the blunt end of a needle through which thread is passed.

ipa: /aɪ/

homophones: I aye


eye

forms:
eying (present participle)
eye (canonical)
eyes (third-person singular)
eyed (past)
eyed (past participle)
eyeing (present participle)

verb

ey

eye

eyes

eyed

eyeing


harmony

forms:
harmony
harmonies (plural)

glosses: Harmony is when two or more notes sound good at the same time.

glosses: In art, harmony is using colors which look good together.

glosses: A feeling of harmony means a feeling of close understanding with no conflict.

text: After a month walking in the countryside, I really felt in harmony with nature.

ipa: /ˈhɑrməni/

hyphenation: har‧mo‧ny

irrnoun

harmonies


blood

forms:
blood
bloods (plural)

glosses: Blood is a red liquid inside a person or animal's body that carries nutrients and oxygen to the other parts of the body.

text: I'm taking medication for high blood pressure.

text: These blood vessels bring oxygen to every part of your body.

text: He put his hand over the cut to stop the flow of blood.

text: Vitamin B12 helps maintain healthy red blood cells.

text: When you run, your heart works harder pumping blood up and down your body.

text: There was a knife lying by her body, covered in blood.

text: The police found six tiny drops of blood in the kitchen and in the garage.

glosses: The family that you were born in is your blood.

enpr: /blŭd/

ipa: /blʌd/

sampa: /blVd/


bucket

forms:
bucket
buckets (plural)

glosses: A bucket is a container used for carrying things like water or sand.

enpr: bûk'ĭt

ipa: /ˈbʌkɪt/

sampa: /'bVkIt/


coal

forms:
coal
coals (plural)

glosses: Coal is a fuel which comes from under the ground. It is black, or sometimes brown. People often burn it for heat.

ipa: /kəʊl/

ipa: /kɒʊl/


blade

forms:
blade
blades (plural)

glosses: A blade is something with a long, sharp edge. Things like knives, swords and razors have blades.

enpr: blād

ipa: /bleɪd/


blade

forms:
blade (canonical)
blades (third-person singular)
bladed (past)
bladed (past participle)
blading (present participle)

glosses: If a person blades, they skate on rollerblades.

glosses: If you blade someone, you stab them with a blade.

verb

blad

e


bag

forms:
bag
bags (plural)

glosses: Bags are containers made of soft material like paper, plastic or leather.

text: I put the garbage in a black plastic bag.

text: She took her tennis shoes out of her sports bag.

enpr: băg

ipa: /ˈbæɡ/

ipa: /ˈbæːɡ/

ipa: /ˈbɛɡ/

audio: EN-AU ck1 bag.ogg


bag

forms:
bag (canonical)
bags (third-person singular)
bagged (past)
bagged (past participle)
bagging (present participle)

glosses: When a person bags something, he catches or gets it.

text: I hope I bag me something good today from him.

glosses: When an animal is bagged, such as in hunting and fishing, the animal is killed or caught.

text: Last night on our hunting trip we bagged three deer.

glosses: Bagging objects means to put them into a bag.

text: The clerk bagged up the groceries as she took out her wallet.

bag

g


blow

forms:
blow (canonical)
blows (third-person singular)
blew (past)
blown (past participle)
blowing (present participle)

text: The wind is blowing and the trees are moving.

text: The wind blew the paper down the street.

text: His hat blew off.

text: I could see some grass where the snow had blown away.

text: Her gray hair blew across her face in the wind.

text: Last fall, a storm blew through this town tearing up trees.

glosses: If you blow, you push air out of your mouth or nose.

text: She blew her nose into a tissue.

text: He put his mouth in the water and blew bubbles for a few seconds.

text: He hopes to celebrate his 25th birthday by blowing out the candles.

glosses: If a horn, whistle, etc. blows, it makes a sound.

text: When the final whistle blew, Arsenal had won the game 2 -- 0.

text: The car blew up as it drove over the bomb.

glosses: If something blows you away, it surprises or impresses you.

text: We were blown away. We couldnt believe that a ten-year-old could do that.

text: I dropped the cake and she totally blew up on me.

text: Can you blow that picture up a bit more? I can't see it clearly.

glosses: If something is blown off, away, or out, apart, etc., it is damaged by an explosion or a bullet.

text: BANG! The shot blew off one of his fingers.

text: The truck he was driving was blown apart by a roadside bomb.

text: They put the guns to their heads and blew their brains out.

text: The blast had blown a hole in the wall.

glosses: If you blow something, you do not do it successfully.

text: I can't believe it. You almost had it, but you blew it.

glosses: If you blow money, you spend it, often without being careful.

glosses: If a piece of equipment blows, it stops working because there is an electrical problem.

glosses: If a tire blows, it gets a hole, letting out its air quickly.

text: His little joke had been blown out of proportion and he'd gotten in a lot of trouble.

text: The car blew a tire on the way to our campsite.

glosses: If something is blown out of proportion, it is exaggerated.

glosses: If you blow by something, you move past it very quickly.

glosses: If you blow someone, you perform oral sex on them.

ipa: /blɔʊ/

sampa: /'blOU/

blow

blows

blew

blown

blowing


blow

forms:
blow
blows (plural)

text: He spent two days in hospital after a serious blow to the head.

text: The thought struck like a blow to the chest.

text: The team was dealt a terrible blow when goalie Ryan Francis was killed.

text: The final blow came when his wife left.

text: To soften the blow, the government will send one-time payments to everyone involved.

text: The town suffered a severe blow when the car factory shut down.

text: He gave a quick blow on the whistle.


angle

forms:
angle
angles (plural)

glosses: When two straight lines come together, they make an angle.

text: A 90° angle is called a right angle.

ipa: /æŋgəl̩/


angle

forms:
angle (canonical)
angles (third-person singular)
angled (past)
angled (past participle)
angling (present participle)

glosses:
:
 This short section needs someone to add to it.

angl


collar

forms:
collar
collars (plural)

text: He put up his collar because of the cold wind.

glosses: A circular piece of fabric that is put around the neck of an animal.

text: The collar on the dog had a tag that allowed the workers at the animal shelter to identify the owner.


collar

forms:
collar (canonical)
collars (third-person singular)
collared (past)
collared (past participle)
collaring (present participle)

glosses: To put a collar on someone or something.

text: Collar and leash your dog.

text: The police collared the burglar last night.


hand

forms:
hand
hands (plural)

glosses: Your hands are the parts of your body at the end of your arms. A hand has four fingers and a thumb.

text: Mother, I'm afraid, please hold my hand.

glosses: Clock hands are pointed needles that show what time it is.

text: The long hand is pointing to the 4, which refers to how many hours have passed. The short hand is pointing to the 7, which refers to how many groups of 5 minutes have passed. The time is therefore 4:35.

glosses: A hand is a group of things that fit in your hand, like playing cards.

text: He had a good hand but he still lost. He is not good at poker.

ipa: /hænd/

sampa: /h{nd/


hand

forms:
hand (canonical)
hands (third-person singular)
handed (past)
handed (past participle)
handing (present participle)

glosses: If I hand you something, I give it to you.

text: Please hand me that tool. I can't reach it.


glove

forms:
glove
gloves (plural)

glosses: A glove is a piece of clothing you wear on your hand to keep your hands warm or safe.

text: Police officers often wear gloves when working in crime scenes to avoid destroying evidence.

text: John is wearing gloves today because it's -5°C.

enpr: glŭv

ipa: /ɡlʌv/


market

forms:
market
markets (plural)

glosses: A market is a place where many people come to buy and sell things.

text: It's time to take the cows to the market.

text: The market rose Tuesday on good results from the banking sector.

text: Cable stocks have lost an estimated market value of $ 6 to $ 8 billion.

glosses: A market is a group of people or businesses that might buy goods or services.

text: The government is trying to help farmers find a new market for their grain.

text: The financial and oil markets continued to react negatively to the news from the war.

glosses: A market is the total amount or value of a particular kind of goods or services bought or sold.

text: The company already has a 54-percent share of the commercial jet market.

ipa: /ˈmɑːkɪt/

ipa: /ˈmɑrkɪt/

sampa: /"mArkIt/


market

forms:
market (canonical)
markets (third-person singular)
marketed (past)
marketed (past participle)
marketing (present participle)

glosses: If you market something, you make it available for sale and you try to get people to buy it.

text: Manufacturers who spend millions to develop new drugs heavily market their products.


card

forms:
card
cards (plural)

glosses: A card is a small, often rectangular piece of paper or plastic, usually with information.

text: The police stopped me and asked to see my identity card.

text: "I don't have any money with me, can I pay with my credit card?"

text: The soccer player got a red card and left the game.

text: We spent the afternoon playing card games.

text: I think we sent them a Christmas card last year.

ipa: /kɑːd/

enpr: kärd

ipa: /kɑrd/

ipa: /kaːd/


card

forms:
card (canonical)
cards (third-person singular)
carded (past)
carded (past participle)
carding (present participle)

glosses: If you card someone, you check their ID cards, usually to see if they are old enough to enter a place or drink alcohol.

text: They have to card anybody who looks 30 or younger.


beautiful

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

etymology_text: beauty + -ful

ety-suffix

beauty

ful

expansion: beauty + -ful

glosses: If something is beautiful, it is very good to look at it.

text: Look at that beautiful bird!

text: This magazine always has a picture of a beautiful woman on the front.

enpr: byo͞oʹtĭ-fəl

ipa: /ˈbjuːtɪfəl/


horse

forms:
horse
horses (plural)

glosses: A horse is a hoofed mammal. It walks on four (4) legs. People often ride on horses.

text: The horse likes to eat oats.

enpr: hô(r)s

ipa: /hɔː(r)s/

audio: en-uk-a horse.ogg


feather

forms:
feather
feathers (plural)

glosses: Feathers are the things which cover birds.

text: The bird was covered in feathers.

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

hyphenation: feath‧er


decline

forms:
decline (canonical)
declines (third-person singular)
declined (past)
declined (past participle)
declining (present participle)

glosses: If something declines, it goes down in number, quality, slope, or value.

text: The Australian dollar has declined 3% against the Euro.

text: The number of students studying foreign languages continues to decline.

glosses: If someone declines an offer, they do not accept it.

text: We asked Josh to come with us to the restaurant, but he declined.

ipa: /dəˈklɑɪn/

hyphenation: de‧cline

verb

declin


decline

forms:
decline
declines (plural)

glosses: A decline happens when the number, quality, slope, or value of something goes down.

text: There has been a 3% decline in the Australian dollar against the Euro.

text: Every year we see a larger decline in the number of students studying foreign languages.

glosses: A decline is a hill or line that goes down.

text: The truck crashed after picking up too much speed on the decline.


conversation

forms:
conversation
conversations (plural)

etymology_text: converse + -ation

ety-suffix

converse

expansion: converse + -ation

glosses: A conversation is when two or more people are talking informally.

text: I had a really interesting conversation at work about how to improve things.

text: She is very good at making conversation with people she meets.

ipa: /ˌkɒnvəˈseɪʃən/

ipa: /ˌkɑnvɚˈseɪʃən/


plate

forms:
plate
plates (plural)

glosses: A plate is a hard flat thing, especially round ones that we put food on.

text: He ate everything on his plate.

text: The name plate on the door said, "Tanaka".

enpr: plāt

ipa: /pleɪt/

audio: en-uk-a plate.ogg


plate

forms:
plate (canonical)
plates (third-person singular)
plated (past)
plated (past participle)
plating (present participle)

glosses: If you plate food, you place the food on a plate.

glosses: If you plate A with B, you cover the surface of A with a thin coat of B.

text: This ring is plated with a thin layer of gold.

verb

plat


host

forms:
host
hosts (plural)

glosses: A host is a person or animal who makes a place for others and usually provides food and drink.

text: The host of the party was so busy, she didn't have time to eat.

text: Some insects lay their eggs in a living host, which is eaten when the eggs hatch.

ipa: /həʊst/

ipa: /hoʊst/


host

forms:
host (canonical)
hosts (third-person singular)
hosted (past)
hosted (past participle)
hosting (present participle)

glosses: If you host a party or event, you make a place for it and you help to organise it.

text: Germany hosted the 2006 World Cup of Soccer.


finger

forms:
finger
fingers (plural)

glosses: A finger is a long thin part of your hand that bends. Most people have four fingers and one thumb on each hand.

text: He only uses one finger on the keyboard.

enpr: fĭngʹ-gər

ipa: /ˈfɪŋɡɚ/

ipa: /ˈfɪŋɡə/

ipa: /ˈfɪŋər/

audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Nattes à chat-finger.wav

hyphenation: fin‧ger


finger

forms:
finger (canonical)
fingers (third-person singular)
fingered (past)
fingered (past participle)
fingering (present participle)

glosses: If you finger something, you touch with your fingers it to see what it feels like.

glosses: If you finger someone, you tell the police that the person did something wrong.

glosses: If you finger a female, you use your fingers to penetrate or sexually stimulate their vulva or vagina.


loud

forms:
loud (positive)
louder (comparative)
loudest (superlative)

glosses: If a sound is loud, you can hear it very easily. If it's very loud, it might hurt your ears.

text: Can you turn down the music, please? It's too loud.

glosses: If a person is loud, they talk too much or too loudly.

text: After he has a few beers he gets really loud.

glosses: If colours, clothes, or other things you see are loud, they have too many bright colours or patterns and they don't look good.

enpr: loud

ipa: /laʊd/

sampa: /laUd/

adj

loud

louder

loudest


invent

forms:
invent (canonical)
invents (third-person singular)
invented (past)
invented (past participle)
inventing (present participle)

glosses: If you invent something, you make or design a new kind of thing.

text: Thomas Edison invented the electric light bulb.

ipa: /ɪnˈvɛnt/


thumb

forms:
thumb
thumbs (plural)

glosses: A thumb is the part of your hand that looks like a short, fat finger. Most people have a thumb on each hand.

text: In many countries, pointing your thumb up means, "good".

glosses: A thumb or thumbnail is a small picture on a computer that you can click on to see a larger picture.

ipa: /θʌm/


thumb

forms:
thumb (canonical)
thumbs (third-person singular)
thumbed (past)
thumbed (past participle)
thumbing (present participle)

glosses: If someone thumbs something, they touch it with the thumb.

glosses: When someone thumbs, they are standing by a road waiting for someone to give them a ride.

text: I thumbed down a pickup truck to take me to San Antonio.


interrupt

forms:
interrupt (canonical)
interrupts (third-person singular)
interrupted (past)
interrupted (past participle)
interrupting (present participle)

glosses: If you interrupt someone, you stop them doing or saying one thing, and often ask them to do another.

text: Please, don't interrupt me when I'm thinking.

ipa: /ˌɪntəˈrʌpt/

ipa: /ˈɪntəˌrʌpt/

hyphenation: in‧ter‧rupt


interrupt

forms:
interrupt
interrupts (plural)

glosses:
:
 This short section needs someone to add to it.


exciting

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

glosses: If something is exciting, it makes you feel happy and very awake.

text: The first time I went on a plane, it was so exciting that I almost couldn't breathe.

text: Star Wars is the most exciting movie ever.

ipa: /ɪkˈsaɪtɪŋ/


exciting

forms:
excite (canonical)
excites (third-person singular)
excited (past)
excited (past participle)
exciting (present participle)

verb

excit


guest

forms:
guest
guests (plural)

glosses: A guest is a person who you welcome into your house, your office, etc.

text: There were over 200 guests at our wedding party.

text: All guests at the hotel receive a free breakfast in our restaurant.

enpr: gĕst

ipa: /gɛst/

sampa: /gEst/


shout

forms:
shout (canonical)
shouts (third-person singular)
shouted (past)
shouted (past participle)
shouting (present participle)

text: Don't shout! I can hear you fine.

text: This is a big classroom, so please shout your name and answer.

ipa: /ʃaʊt/


shout

forms:
shout
shouts (plural)

glosses: A shout is when somebody shouts one time.

text: His angry shouts and yelling woke me up.


lucky

forms:
lucky (positive)
luckier (comparative)
luckiest (superlative)

etymology_text: luck + -y

ety-suffix

luck

expansion: luck + -y

glosses: If you are lucky, you have a lot of luck.

text: After getting married and winning $1 million on the same day, Susan felt very lucky.

glosses: If something is lucky, it gives you luck.

text: Today I have three tests, so I'm wearing my lucky hat.

enpr: lŭkʹē

ipa: /ˈlʌki/

sampa: /"lVki/

adj

lucky

luckier

luckiest


luck

forms: luck

glosses: Someone who has good luck is someone who regularly has good things happen to them, almost as if by magic.

text: Many people believe the number 13 will bring you bad luck.

ipa: /lʌk/

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


luck

forms:
luck (canonical)
lucks (third-person singular)
lucked (past)
lucked (past participle)
lucking (present participle)

text: He lucked into a great job.


alive

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

glosses: If someone or something is alive, it is living or it continues to exist. If you are alive you have life.

text: The doctors tried to keep her alive, but she died an hour after arriving at the hospital.

ipa: /ʌˈlaɪv/


hungry

forms:
hungrier (comparative)
hungriest (superlative)
hungry (positive)
more hungry (comparative)
most hungry (superlative)

glosses: If you feel hungry, you want to eat something and your stomach feels empty.

text: There are too many poor children who are always hungry.

ipa: /ˈhʌŋɡɚ/

ipa: /ˈhʌŋɡə/

hungry

hungrier

hungriest


rude

forms:
rude (positive)
ruder (comparative)
rudest (superlative)

glosses: If someone is rude or does something rude, they act in a way that will likely upset people.

text: Don't interrupt me when I'm speaking. It's rude.

enpr: ro͞od

ipa: /ruːd/

rude

ruder

rudest


beg

forms:
beg (canonical)
begs (third-person singular)
begged (past)
begged (past participle)
begging (present participle)

glosses: If you beg someone for something or to do something, you ask them very strongly, but you are in a weak position.

text: He had a gun to my head. I begged him, "Please, don't shoot me."

ipa: /bɛg/

verb

beg


greet

forms:
greet (canonical)
greets (third-person singular)
greeted (past)
greeted (past participle)
greeting (present participle)

glosses: If you greet someone or something, you meet them and say, "hello" or welcome them somehow.

text: The tour guide greeted us when we arrived at the airport.


insult

forms:
insult (canonical)
insults (third-person singular)
insulted (past)
insulted (past participle)
insulting (present participle)

glosses: If you insult someone, you say or do something rude to them.

text: He insulted me by calling my country a dirty little city.

enpr: ĭnsŭlt'

ipa: /ɪnˈsʌlt/


insult

forms:
insult
insults (plural)

text: The protesters yelled insults at the police.

enpr: ĭn'sŭlt


hall

forms:
hall
halls (plural)

glosses: A hall is a large space with a roof and walls. It can be a kind of large building, or a room or part of a building. Most commonly, it is the area just inside the front door.

text: Please leave your boots in the front hall.

ipa: /hɔːl/


invite

forms:
invite (canonical)
invites (third-person singular)
invited (past)
invited (past participle)
inviting (present participle)

glosses: If you invite someone to something, you ask them to be there.

text: Rasheed invited me to his house on Friday, but I don't think I can go.

enpr: ĭnvīt'

ipa: /ɪnˈvaɪt/

invit


weapon

forms:
weapon
weapons (plural)

glosses: A weapon is a tool that you use in a fight, such as a knife, a gun, or a bomb.

text: "Lay down your weapons and put your hands in the air," yelled the police.

ipa: /wɛpən/

hyphenation: weap‧on


holiday

forms:
holiday
holidays (plural)

glosses: A holiday is a day when people don't go to work or school, often because there is a religious celebration.

text: In North America, Christmas is the biggest holiday of the year.

ipa: /ˈhɒlɪdeɪ/

ipa: /ˈhɑləˌdeɪ/

hyphenation: ho‧li‧day


holiday

forms:
holiday (canonical)
holidays (third-person singular)
holidayed (past)
holidayed (past participle)
holidaying (present participle)

glosses: If you holiday, you take a period of time away from work or study.


patience

forms: patience

glosses: If someone has patience, they can wait without feeling upset.

text: Andrew has so much patience with the children; I just get so angry with them.

ipa: /ˈpeɪʃəns/


afraid

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

glosses: To be afraid of someone or something means to be scared of someone or something; to have a fear of someone or something.

text: I'm afraid of snakes. I can't even go near them.

ipa: /əˈfreɪd/


tool

forms:
tool
tools (plural)

glosses: A tool is an object that you use to do a specific job, such as a hammer.

text: I used to fix my own car, but I sold all my tools.

glosses: A tool is a person being used by another person or organization.

text: He is such a tool. He should think for himself, instead of doing everything they tell him to do.

ipa: /tuːl/

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


tool

forms:
tool (canonical)
tools (third-person singular)
tooled (past)
tooled (past participle)
tooling (present participle)

glosses:
:
 This short section needs someone to add to it.


bite

forms:
bite (canonical)
bites (third-person singular)
bit (past)
bitten (past participle)
biting (present participle)

glosses: If a person or animal bites something, they put it between their teeth and squeeze.

text: I'm afraid of dogs. I think they'll bite me.

glosses: If an insect bites someone, it puts a substance into your skin.

enpr: bīt

ipa: /baɪt/

bite

bites

bit

bitten

biting


bite

forms:
bite
bites (plural)

glosses: One bite is the amount of food that can go in your mouth at one time.

glosses: An insect bite is the itchy mark on the skin of a person or animal where an insect has bitten them.


essential

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

glosses: If something is essential, it is impossible to succeed without it.

text: Oxygen is essential for life on earth.

glosses: If something is essential, it is very important.

text: Cooked rice, is the essential element of the Chinese meal prepared south of the Yangtze River.

glosses: The essential part, idea, or feature is the most basic one.

text: The essential nature of skiing is sliding on two skis, but the sport is much more than that.


time

forms:
time
times (plural)

text: "What time do you finish work?" "At four o'clock (4:00)."

text: I don't have time to talk to you right now. Can we do it later?

glosses: If you do something one time, you do it once.

enpr: tīm

ipa: /taɪm/

ipa: /tɑem/


time

forms:
time (canonical)
times (third-person singular)
timed (past)
timed (past participle)
timing (present participle)

glosses: If you time something, you measure how long it takes in seconds, minutes, hours, etc.

text: Take out your watch and time yourself during the test.

tim


mother

forms:
mother
mothers (plural)

glosses: A mother is the woman who is one of a person or animal's parents.

text: My mother read me a story and put me to bed every night when I was a child.

ipa: /ˈmʌðə/

ipa: /ˈmʌðɚ/


mother

forms:
mother (canonical)
mothers (third-person singular)
mothered (past)
mothered (past participle)
mothering (present participle)

glosses: If you mother someone, you take care of them as if you were their mother.


work

forms:
work (canonical)
works (third-person singular)
worked (past)
worked (past participle)
working (present participle)

glosses: If you work, you do a job, usually for money.

text: My father works at Microsoft.

text: I got to work at 7:30 each morning.

glosses: If you work you are doing something that needs effort.

text: I worked on my school paper all night long.

glosses: If somethings works it has done what it was supposed to do.

text: If my computer didn't work I couldn't type this.

text: I'm glad our plan worked.

glosses: How something works is how it does what it does.

text: I would like to know more about how cars work.

text: The rules here just do not work that way.

ipa: /wɜːk/

ipa: /wɝk/


work

forms:
work
works (plural)

glosses: Work is effort it takes to do something. That is, its what makes you tired when you do something hard.

text: Moving heavy logs takes a lot of work.

glosses: Work is force through a distance (force times distance). This is how much energy you used to move something.

glosses: A work is the product of something, the result of working on it. That is, its something someone has made.

text: The painting was a great work of art.

text: Shakespeare wrote many literary works.


move

forms:
move (canonical)
moves (third-person singular)
moved (past)
moved (past participle)
moving (present participle)

glosses: If you move, you go from one place to another.

text: Please stay in your seat until the plane stops moving.

glosses: If you move, you change the position of part of your body.

text: I was so afraid, I couldn't move.

glosses: If you move something, you change its position.

text: Can you move your chair so I can get by?

ipa: /muːv/

mov


move

forms:
move
moves (plural)

glosses: A move is something which is done to achieve a goal.

text: The move had not been expected.

glosses: is a change in your home or business to live or work somewhere else.

text: The move to the city was completed in a week.

glosses: A move, in a game such as chess, is when you put a piece in another place.

text: The move of the queen led to his loss.

text: I finished my turn. It's your move.


proud

forms:
proud (positive)
prouder (comparative)
proudest (superlative)

glosses: If you are proud of or about something you have done, you feel good about it.

text: I feel proud that we fought in the war, even if most people think we should have stayed home.

glosses: If you are proud of someone, you feel happy for them because they have done something well.

glosses: If you are proud of something you own, you think it is valuable and you are happy about it.

ipa: /praʊd/

adj

proud

prouder

proudest


zero

forms: zero

glosses: Zero is a count of nothing, the number before one. It is often written 0.

text: It's zero degrees.

glosses: Zero is also used with an uncountable noun.

text: I have zero food left.

enpr: zē'rō

hyphenation: ze‧ro


zero

forms:
zero
zeros or zeroes (plural)

glosses: The symbol for the number zero, that is "0."

text: The new job added a zero to my pay, from $20,000 to $200,000.

glosses: A person or thing that is worth nothing.

text: I'm not inviting him, he's total zero.

noun

zero

zeros

zeroes


zero

forms:
zero (canonical)
zeroes (third-person singular)
zeroed (past)
zeroed (past participle)
zeroing (present participle)

glosses: To zero is to make a small change to reset a piece of equipment.

text: I had to zero the counter on my tape player.

glosses: To zero in is to make small changes that bring you closer to something.

text: I was able to zero in on the source of bad smell in the shed.

verb

es


amusing

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

glosses: If something is amusing, it makes you laugh or it entertains you.

text: We had a very amusing afternoon playing with the kids, but we didn't get anything done.

ipa: /əˈmjuːzɪŋ/


amusing

forms:
amuse (canonical)
amuses (third-person singular)
amused (past)
amused (past participle)
amusing (present participle)

amus


annoyed

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

glosses: If someone is annoyed, they are a little angry.

text: When Graham broke the glass, I was really annoyed, but the face he made was so funny, I had to laugh.

ipa: /əˈnɔɪd/


annoyed

forms:
annoy (canonical)
annoys (third-person singular)
annoyed (past)
annoyed (past participle)
annoying (present participle)

glosses: The past tense and past participle of annoy.

annoy


excellent

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

glosses: If something is excellent, it is very, very good.

text: The tea we had with lunch was excellent. Where did you get it?

ipa: /ˈɛksələnt/


hello

forms: hello

glosses: You say, "hello" in greeting when you meet someone new or someone you know.

text: "Good morning, James!" "Hello, Jimbo! How are you?"

ipa: /həˈləʊ̯/

enpr: hĕ-lō'

ipa: /hɛˈloʊ̯/

sampa: /hE"loU/


joke

forms:
joke
jokes (plural)

glosses: If you tell a joke, you say something to make people laugh.

text: Trevor's joke about the boring lexicographer was too funny.

glosses: If something is a joke, it is not considered seriously.

text: Don't listen to Joseph. He's a joke. Nobody pays any attention to him.

ipa: /dʒəʊk/

ipa: /dʒoʊk/


joke

forms:
joke (canonical)
jokes (third-person singular)
joked (past)
joked (past participle)
joking (present participle)

glosses: When you joke about something, you say something funny that you don't really mean.

text: Everyone joked about how bad his tennis was.

text: I wasn't joking about burning my shoes.

text: Because I have a dog, I joke with my friends about their boring cats.

text: The coach joked that he would fire his whole team.

glosses: You say "you must be joking" when somebody tells you something that's very hard to believe.

text: "She's forty-three." "Forty-three?! You must be joking. She looks like she's sixteen."

jok


diverse

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

glosses: A diverse group of things is a group in which the things are very different from each other.

text: Toronto has one of the most culturally diverse populations in the world.

ipa: /daɪˈvɜːs/


contradiction

forms:
contradiction
contradictions (plural)

glosses: A contradiction is the act of contradicting.

text: He says that he was not there that night: that was a contradiction of his previous statement.

glosses: A contradiction is a statement which makes two (or more) claims which both cannot be true.

text: There is a contradiction in saying that she is a widow who never married.

ipa: /ˌkɒntrəˈdɪkʃən/

ipa: /ˌkɑːntrəˈdɪkʃən/


ignore

forms:
ignore (canonical)
ignores (third-person singular)
ignored (past)
ignored (past participle)
ignoring (present participle)

glosses: If you ignore someone or something, you don't listen to, look at, or pay attention to them.

text: He says he should be paid for fixing it, but he's ignoring the fact that it wasn't broken.

enpr: ĭgnôʹ

ipa: /ɪɡˈnɔː/

enpr: ĭgnôrʹ

ipa: /ɪɡˈnɔr/

hyphenation: ig‧nore

ignor


significant

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

glosses: If something is significant, it is important, or large, enough to pay attention to or to believe.

text: There was a significant drop in the price of gas today, causing drivers to line up at the pumps to fill up.

glosses: A significant look, movement, etc. is one that has a particular meaning.


expert

forms:
expert
experts (plural)

glosses: An expert is a person who knows more, or can do something better, than most people, usually because of special study or practice.

text: Zidane is an expert at penalty kicks.

text: The company has hired an expert in computer systems.

text: Today we heard an expert witness explain the details of the DNA analysis.

ipa: /ˈɛkspɚt/

ipa: /ˈɛkspət/


expert

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

glosses: An expert skier, teacher, player, etc. is very skillful or experienced.

text: She's an expert skier, one of the fastest and most beautiful on the hill.

text: My dog has become quite expert at opening doors.


media

forms:
media or medium
media (plural)

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

glosses: The (mass) media is/are the news sources and the people behind them.

text: The media have been too accepting of the government's arguments.

text: The Japanese media often ignores international news.

glosses: A medium is a way of communicating information or art.

text: We have to use music, pictures and other media to sell the product.

enpr: mē'diə

ipa: /ˈmiːdɪə/

enpr: mē'dēə

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

media

medium

media


communicate

forms:
communicate (canonical)
communicates (third-person singular)
communicated (past)
communicated (past participle)
communicating (present participle)

glosses: If you communicate an idea, you make someone else understand your idea, usually by using words.

text: Parents have to work hard to communicate better with their children.

ipa: /kəˈmjuːnɪkeɪt/

communicat


communication

forms:
communication
communications (plural)

glosses: Communication is the process of sending and receiving ideas between two or more people.

text: Teachers must regularly practice their communication skills to make sure students understand them easily.

glosses: Communications are the ways of sending and receiving information.

text: The army is setting up a new communications network to improve communication.

text: Each time he sent a communication to Bidault it was held up by d'Argenlieu.

ipa: /kʌˌmjunɪˈkeɪʃən/

hyphenation: co‧mmun‧i‧ca‧tion


classical

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

glosses: Classical ideas or styles are those that were very common at a time in the past and sometimes continue into the present.

text: Classical theories in physics can't explain certain observations, which has led scientists to come up with new theories.

ipa: /ˈklæsɪkl̩/

hyphenation: clas‧si‧cal


achieve

forms:
achieve (canonical)
achieves (third-person singular)
achieved (past)
achieved (past participle)
achieving (present participle)

glosses: If you achieve success or a goal, you have completed what you planned to do or have a good result.

text: She achieved a grade of 98% in her English class.

achiev


logic

forms: logic

glosses: Logic is a system of careful step by step thought or argument that tries to explain truth.

text: It wasn't easy to see the logic of her plan.

enpr: lŏj'ĭk

ipa: /ˈlɒdʒɪk/

sampa: /"lQdZIk/

ipa: /ˈlɑːdʒɪk/

hyphenation: log‧ic


contract

forms:
contract
contracts (plural)

glosses: A contract is a legal agreement to trade goods, services and/or property. It's usually written down.

text: If you would just sign this contract, the car will be yours.

text: In Japan, most worker's employment contracts last until the age of sixty.

text: My father's employment contract is for forty years.

text: You must look over the contract before you sign it.

enpr: kŏn'trăkt

ipa: /ˈkɒntrækt/

sampa: /"kQntr{kt/

ipa: /ˈkɑntrækt/

sampa: /"kAntr{kt/

audio: en-uk-contract (noun).ogg


contract

forms:
contract (canonical)
contracts (third-person singular)
contracted (past)
contracted (past participle)
contracting (present participle)

glosses: If something contracts, it gets smaller.

text: As the wood dries out, it contracts.

glosses: If you contract someone to do a job, you enter into a contract with them.

text: We've contracted a cleaning company to take care of the office.

text: When there's too much work, there are a number of small firms to which we will contract it out.

glosses: If you contract a disease, you become sick with it.

text: It's hard to understand why people risk contracting sexually transmitted diseases.

text: He contracted the flu.

enpr: kəntrăkt

ipa: /kənˈtrækt/

audio: en-uk-contract (verb).ogg


atheist

forms:
atheist
atheists (plural)

glosses: An atheist is a person who does not believe in a god or gods.

ipa: /ˈeɪθiɪst/


humanist

forms:
humanist
humanists (plural)

glosses: Humanists are people who believe in "doing good" for all people.

ipa: /ˈhjuːmənɪst/


environment

forms:
environment
environments (plural)

glosses: The environment is the natural world: forests, rivers, grasslands, oceans, etc.

text: We have to do more to protect the environment from pollution.

glosses: Your environment is the situation or area that you live, work, or spend time in, including the people, buildings, vehicles, etc.

text: When we moved to the city, we found ourselves in a comepletely new social environment.

text: This course will prepare students for a career in a software engineering environment in industry or research.

text: The learning environment can have a large effect on your grades.


export

forms:
export (canonical)
exports (third-person singular)
exported (past)
exported (past participle)
exporting (present participle)

glosses: If you export something, you send it out of the country, usually for business purposes.

text: Canada will export up to 450,000 barrels per day of crude oil to China.

text: The government is exporting its terrorist ideas to other countries in the area.

enpr: ĭkspôtʹ

ipa: /ɪksˈpɔːt/

enpr: ĭkspôrtʹ

ipa: /ɪksˈpɔrt/


export

forms:
export
exports (plural)

glosses: Export is the act or business of exporting things.

text: A shipment of computers is being loaded on the ship for export to Singapore.

glosses: An export is something that you send out of the country, usually for business purposes.

text: Bananas are Ecuador's largest export.

enpr: ĕksʹpôt

enpr: ĕksʹpôrt


source

forms:
source (canonical)
sources (third-person singular)
sourced (past)
sourced (past participle)
sourcing (present participle)

glosses: If you source something, then you obtain or receive it.

ipa: /sɔrs/

sampa: /sOr\s/

ipa: /soʊrs/

sampa: /soUr\s/

sourc


source

forms:
source
sources (plural)

glosses: The source of some material, an idea, a product, etc. is the place it came from originally.

text: XYZ company can't supply these parts anymore, so we need to find a new source.

text: Church sources said four people were injured and 100 to 200 were taken away by the police.

text: The paper comes primarily from British sources.

text: CO₂ is the main source of global warming.


assess

forms:
assess (canonical)
assesses (third-person singular)
assessed (past)
assessed (past participle)
assessing (present participle)

glosses: If you assess a person, idea, skill, process, etc., you judge or measure them.

text: In today's test, we will be assessing your ability to write clearly.

ipa: /əˈsɛs/

hyphenation: as‧sess

assess


policy

forms:
policy
policies (plural)

glosses: A policy is an official rule or idea that explain how to act in certain situations.

text: The government is suggesting a significant change in economic policy.

text: In at least one case there was a deliberate policy decision not to involve the police.

text: The policy at the movie theater said we should turn on phones off and be quiet, during the movie.

ipa: /ˈpɒləsi/

ipa: /ˈpɑləsi/

noun

policies


derive

forms:
derive (canonical)
derives (third-person singular)
derived (past)
derived (past participle)
deriving (present participle)

glosses: If X is derived from Y, X comes from Y in the way that one idea comes from another.

text: He derived a lot of pleasure from teaching.

text: Many current theories about learning are derived from Piaget's earlier theories.

ipa: /dəˈraɪvd/

ipa: /dɪˈraɪvd/

verb

deriv


factor

forms:
factor
factors (plural)

glosses: A factor is one of a number of things that causes a result.

text: The main factor in the success of our program is our excellent teachers.

glosses: The factor is a number that is multiplied with another to form a larger number.

text: 2 x 3 = 6; 2 and 3 are factors of 6.

hyphenation: fact‧or


factor

forms:
factor (canonical)
factors (third-person singular)
factored (past)
factored (past participle)
factoring (present participle)

glosses: If you factor a number, you find all of its factors.


procedure

forms:
procedure
procedures (plural)

glosses: A procedure is a particular way of doing something.

text: Because police did not follow procedure, the criminal was set free.

text: We have decided on new hiring procedures for employees.

ipa: /prəˈsiːd͡ʒə/

ipa: /prəˈsid͡ʒɚ/

hyphenation: pro‧ced‧ure


assessment

forms:
assessment
assessments (plural)

etymology_text: assess + -ment

ety-suffix

ment

expansion: assess + -ment

glosses: An assessment of a person, idea, skill, process, etc. is a judgement or measurement of them.

text: The results of your recent job assessment are excellent.

text: The buyers have to make their own assessment of the value.


assume

forms:
assume (canonical)
assumes (third-person singular)
assumed (past)
assumed (past participle)
assuming (present participle)

glosses: If you assume something, you think or believe something without having enough information to know that it's true.

text: Oh, hello. I assume you're the new student, are you?

text: If I saw a man dressed all in black, holding a gun, and walking toward me, I would assume that the man is really a dangerous guy and I would run away from him.

text: I saw your car in the garage, so I assumed you were at home.

glosses: If you assume a role of office, you take on a new position that has more power or responsibility.

ipa: /əˈsjuːm/

ipa: /əˈsuːm/

verb

assum


theory

forms:
theory
theories (plural)

glosses: A theory is an idea that tries to explain an observation.

text: The new information showed that his theory about growth was incorrect.

text: Nobody has disproved Einstein's theory of general relativity.

ipa: /ˈθɪəri/

ipa: /ˈθiːəri/

noun

theories


benefit

forms:
benefit
benefits (plural)

glosses: A benefit is something good that comes from something else.

text: It was her idea, but she received no benefit from the new program.

text: With the new job comes many new benefits, such as dental and medical insurance.

enpr: bĕn'əfĭt


benefit

forms:
benefited (past)
benefited (past participle)
benefiting (present participle)
benefit (canonical)
benefits (third-person singular)
benefitted (past)
benefitted (past participle)
benefitting (present participle)

glosses: If you benefit from something, you get something good from it.

text: My health has really benefited from all the exercise I'm getting.

verb

benefit

t


evidence

forms:
evidence
evidences (plural)

glosses: Evidence is facts or observations that support an idea.

text: The gun is evidence that professor Pickle killed Mr. Mustard.

text: If there is clear evidence for lying, he/she should be punished.

text: The police are still seeking evidence to find out who the murderer is.

glosses: In a courtroom, evidence refers to anything that is shown to the judge that is related to the case during a trial.

ipa: /ˈɛvɪdəns/


evidence

forms:
evidence (canonical)
evidences (third-person singular)
evidenced (past)
evidenced (past participle)
evidencing (present participle)

glosses: When you evidence something, you provide evidence or the truth of an event.

text: Something good must have happened to her, as evidenced by the smile on her face.

evidenc

e


thesaurus

forms:
thesaurus
thesauruses or thesauri (plural)

glosses: A thesaurus is a book which lists synonyms (different words which have the same meaning).

text: A thesaurus usually groups together synonymous words such as schadenfreude and epicaricacy together under a single heading.

ipa: /θɪˈsɔːrəs/

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

noun

thesaurus

thesauruses

thesauri


used to

forms: used to

pos: phrase

glosses: If something used to happen, it happened often in the past, but it does not happen now.

text: I remember when we used to stop by the beach every Sunday.

text: She started the exercise program, which we didn't use to have.

text: We don't go there anymore, but we used to.

glosses: If something used to be true, it was true for a long time in the past, but it is not true now.

text: They're bigger than they used to be.

text: How bad did it used to be?

audio: en-us-used to.ogg

audio: en-au-used to.ogg


used to

glosses: If someone is used to something, they know it and do not find it surprising or difficult anymore.

text: It's hard at first, but after a while you get used to it.

text: He isn't used to being around children.

text: We get so used to seeing this that we don't even notice anymore.


to

glosses: To has no meaning. It is used with a bare infinitival clause.

text: It's important for you to understand.

text: She told them to be quiet.

text: You want me to do it, but I don't have to.

text: To finish quickly, we must work fast.

text: To continue like this would be foolish.

text: I don't know how to get there.

text: He got the keys to open the door.

text: It's too small to see.

text: You are all to be here at 7:30 tomorrow morning. Do you understand?

text: He arrived only to find that everyone had gone home.

homophones: too two

ipa: /tuː/

ipa: /tu/

sampa: /tu/

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

ipa: /tə/

audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-to2.wav

ipa: /tʊ/

sampa: /tU/


to

forms: to

glosses: To shows where something goes, the goal of movement.

text: He went to her house.

text: The train returned to the station.

text: I went to bed but could not rest.

text: They went to school together and played in the same soccer team.

text: A squad car took him to hospital where he died.

text: Many people came to me with suggestions.

text: I wonder why you keep going to sea when you know it's dangerous.

glosses: To shows the receivers of an action or object.

text: The goods were sold to customers at the downtown store.

glosses: To shows the result of a change or process.

text: It switched from red to black.

text: They came to the conclusion that I'm better than nothing.

text: He fell on the play, but quickly got to his feet.

text: He was crushed to death underneath the truck.

text: Methods have been used to overcome these problems to some degree.

text: The class is from 1:35 to 3:25.

text: It's just another week to the end of classes.

text: Right now it's ten minutes to four.

glosses: To shows that one thing is touching another.

text: They stood back to back to see who was taller.

text: He attached the printer to the computer.

text: She was married to a Canadian man.

text: She was assistant to the general manager.

text: We don't owe anything to anyone.

text: To whom does it belong?

text: It's a benefit to the whole school.

text: What's the answer to this problem?

text: I can't remember the password to this account?

glosses: To shows a comparison between two things.

text: Girls outnumber boys two to one.

text: Older cars get fewer kilometers to a liter of gasoline.

text: Right now you can get one Canadian dollar to $1.05 US.

glosses: To shows your feeling or opinion about something.

text: It feels good to me.

text: To their surprise, she got up and left.

glosses: To shows a timing relationship, often with a music.

text: He likes to exercise to music.


aeroplane

forms:
aeroplane
aeroplanes (plural)

glosses: An aeroplane is a vehicle with wings that can fly.

text: Can we hurry. I have to catch an aeroplane to London.

audio: EN-AU ck1 aeroplane.ogg


online

forms: online

etymology_text: on + line

compound

on

line

expansion: on + line

glosses: If a system is online, it is connected (generally electronically) to a larger network.

text: I do a lot of shopping online, so I almost never have to leave the house.

glosses: If a machine is online, it is turned on and is ready to do work.

text: Since the printer is back online, you should be able to again print from it.

ipa: /'ɑnlaɪn/

ipa: /ɑnˈlaɪn/


writing

forms:
write (canonical)
writes (third-person singular)
wrote (past)
written (past participle)
writing (present participle)

text: I'm writing a new book.

enpr: rĭtʹĭng

ipa: /ˈraɪtɪŋ/

sampa: /"raItIN/

write

writes

wrote

written

writing


writing

forms:
writing
writings (plural)

glosses: A subject in school where you write stories and poems.

text: She is taking a class in creative writing.


above

forms: above

glosses: If A is above B, A is higher than or before B, but not touching B.

text: In a newspaper, the title of a story is usually above the story.

text: Only children aged 5 and above may enter.

text: That office is on the floor above.

text: Our blessings come from above.

text: The passage above is easy to understand.

glosses: The above comment, discussion, argument, etc. is one higher than or coming before something.

text: Please see the above discussion of the problem.

ipa: /əˈbʌv/


option

forms:
option
options (plural)

text: He has the option to go to university or join the army.

ipa: /ˈɒpʃən/

ipa: /ˈɑpʃən/


ordinary

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

glosses: If something is ordinary, it is normal and not special.

text: Today is an ordinary day, just like the last 256.

ipa: /ˈɔːdɪnəri/

ipa: /ˈɔrdɪnɛri/

hyphenation: or‧di‧na‧ry; or‧din‧ary


establish

forms:
establish (canonical)
establishes (third-person singular)
established (past)
established (past participle)
establishing (present participle)

glosses: If you establish something, you start it with the idea that it will last for a long time.

text: A good doctor will not only care for each of the patients but will also be able to establish a good relationship with them.

verb

establish