submerge

forms:
submerge (canonical)
submerges (third-person singular)
submerged (past)
submerged (past participle)
submerging (present participle)

glosses: Someone submerges something when they make the thing sink; they make it go down into water so that the water is covering it.

text: He submerged his arm in the lake to try to clean the mud off it.

glosses: Something submerges when it sinks; it goes down into the water so that the water is covering it.

text: The boat submerged completely, but then part of it came back up out of the water.

ipa: /sʌbˈmɜːdʒ/

ipa: /sʌbˈmɝdʒ/

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

verb

submerg


identity

forms:
identity
identities (plural)

pos: noun

glosses: Your identity is your name, your personality, and the things that make you different from other people.

text: Before I can give you money from your bank account, you have to prove your identity.

text: I don't know the identity of the person who walked past while I was looking the other way.

glosses: The way an organisation shows itself to the public

ipa: /aɪˈdɛntəti/

audio: EN-AU ck1 identity.ogg

noun

identity

identities

expansion: [POS TABLE]


microeconomics

forms: microeconomics

etymology_text: micro- + economics

ety-prefix

micro

economics

expansion: micro- + economics

glosses: Microeconomics is the study of the economic behaviour of small economic groups like firms and families.


destroy

forms:
destroy (canonical)
destroys (third-person singular)
destroyed (past)
destroyed (past participle)
destroying (present participle)

pos: verb

glosses: If a person destroys something, they break it or make it not exist anymore.

text: The house was destroyed by the bomb.

glosses: If someone destroys a person, they hurt that person badly or cause that person much trouble.

text: Mary was destroyed by her failiure to get into college.

text: The other kids destroyed him with cruel lies.

ipa: /dɪˈstrɔɪ/

hyphenation: de‧stroy


gone

forms:
go (canonical)
goes (third-person singular)
went (past)
gone (past participle)
going (present participle)

enpr: gŏn

ipa: /gɒn/

sampa: /gQn/

ipa: /gɑn/

sampa: /gAn/

go

goes

went

gone

going


gone

forms: gone (positive)

pos: adj

glosses: Not there any more, because it has moved or because it does not exist anymore.


gone

forms:
gone
gones (plural)

text: Katie: "Doctor, is he okay?."

text: The doctor: "I'm sorry, he's gone".

text: Katie: "Oh, God no, please don't tell me my father's gone! (crying)."


depress

forms:
depress (canonical)
depresses (third-person singular)
depressed (past)
depressed (past participle)
depressing (present participle)

glosses: If you depress something, you push or hold it down.

text: He depressed the button with his finger.

glosses: If something is depressed it is being made low.

text: The prices were depressed by too much being available.

glosses: If something depresses you, it makes you very sad.

text: Sad songs always depress me.

ipa: /dəˈprɛs/

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

verb

depress

es


lower

forms:
low (positive)
lower (comparative)
lowest (superlative)

text: New Orleans is lower than Denver.

ipa: /ˈləʊə/

ipa: /ˈloʊɚ/

adj

low

lower

lowest


lower

forms:
lower (canonical)
lowers (third-person singular)
lowered (past)
lowered (past participle)
lowering (present participle)

glosses: If you lower something, you move it down.

text: The man was lowered into the hole on a rope, so he could save the child.


depressing

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

glosses: If something is depressing it makes you sad.

text: I find news about problems in the world depressing.

ipa: /dɪˈprɛsɪŋ(ɡ)/

ipa: /dɪˈprɛsɪŋ/

more: true


depressing

glosses: The present participle of depress. If you are depressing something, you are making it lower.


destroyer

forms:
destroyer
destroyers (plural)

etymology_text: destroy + -er

ety-suffix

destroy

er

expansion: destroy + -er

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

hyphenation: des‧troy‧er


destructive

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

glosses: If something (or someone) is destructive it destroys; it causes destruction.

ipa: /dɪˈstrʌktɪv/

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


weird

forms:
weird (positive)
weirder (comparative)
weirdest (superlative)

glosses: Very strange or unusual. Very different from others of its kind or what is expected. Something that is weird is not at all normal.

text: People laughed at the boy because he was weird.

text: Eating fish with chocolate syrup is so weird.

text: The strange man scared them because he looked weird.

ipa: /wɪəd/

ipa: /wiɚd/

adj

weird

weirder

weirdest


destruct

forms:
destruct (canonical)
destructs (third-person singular)
destructed (past)
destructed (past participle)
destructing (present participle)

glosses: If something destructs it destroys itself. Usually we say self-destruct instead.

text: The weapon was made to self-destruct if stolen.

ipa: /dɪˈstrʌkt/


self-destruct

forms:
self-destruct (canonical)
self-destructs (third-person singular)
self-destructed (past)
self-destructed (past participle)
self-destructing (present participle)

etymology_text: self- + destruct

ety-prefix

self

destruct

expansion: self- + destruct

glosses: Self-destruct means to destroy oneself or itself.


algebra

forms: algebra

glosses: Algebra is a kind of mathematics where a letter (called a variable) can replace a number that is not known.

text: Using algebra, we can define a line with the formula y=x+3

noun

algebra


heaven

forms: heaven

pos: name

glosses: In some religions and myths, heaven is a place where you may go after you die. Heaven is usually seen as a happy place where good people are rewarded.

text: I miss my grandmother, but I know she's with God in heaven.

enpr: hĕv'ən

ipa: /ˈhɛvən/

hyphenation: hea‧ven


heaven

forms:
heaven
heavens (plural)

text: I looked up to the heavens in delight.

text: The planets make their way through the heavens.

glosses: Much happiness, or a cause of much happiness.

text: He's been in heaven ever since we told him.

text: Our marriage has been pure heaven.


alcohol

forms:
alcohol
alcohols (plural)

glosses: Alcohol is the chemical in some drinks that makes you drunk (intoxicated).

text: Beer, wine, and whiskey all have alcohol in them.

glosses: Another chemical similar to the one that makes you drunk.

text: The scientist used an alcohol to fuel the burner.


arithmetic

forms: arithmetic

glosses: The kind of mathematics in which addition, subtraction, multiplication, and division are done on numbers.

text: My son is starting to do simple arithmetic like 2+2=4.

enpr: ərĭth'mətĭk

ipa: /əˈrɪθmətɪk/

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

hyphenation: arith‧met‧ic


magnification

forms:
magnification
magnifications (plural)

glosses: Magnification is the act or result of making something look bigger.

text: The magnification of this small bug can help us see hidden details.

text: Things are easier to see at higher magnifications.

ipa: /ˌmæɡnɪfɪˈkeɪʃən/


enjoy

forms:
enjoy (canonical)
enjoys (third-person singular)
enjoyed (past)
enjoyed (past participle)
enjoying (present participle)

glosses: If you enjoy something, it gives you joy, happiness and pleasure.

text: We enjoy dancing. When we dance, we feel happy and good.

ipa: /ɛnˈdʒɔɪ/

hyphenation: en‧joy


tapioca

forms: tapioca

glosses: The dried root of this plant that has been crushed. Tapioca is used to make pudding and pie filling; it makes them thick.

text: I love tapioca pudding, it's my favorite.

ipa: /tæpiˈoʊkə/

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

tapioca


expense

forms:
expense
expenses (plural)

glosses: An expense is something for which you spend money.

text: Food is a huge expense for many people around the world.

glosses: An expense is an amount of money that you spend.

text: If your income is less than your expenses, you have a serious problem.

text: The company paid all of his expenses when he was in Shanghai.

text: The building was repaired at great expense.

glosses: If you do x at the expense of y, x hurts y because it makes y have less money, less time, less social status, etc.

text: She often makes jokes at her own expense.

text: We have to decide whether safety at the expense of freedom is worth the cost.

ipa: /ɪkˈspɛns/

hyphenation: ex‧pense


jazz

forms: jazz

glosses: Jazz is a kind of music invented by African Americans. It usually has a strong rhythm and is often played with horns.

text: Duke Ellington and Glenn Miller were famous for playing jazz.

glosses: A group of ideas you do not want to think about.

text: Yes, I've heard about the health risks and all that jazz.

text: Stop talking jazz.

enpr: jăz

ipa: /d͡ʒæz/

jazz


marry

forms:
marry (canonical)
marries (third-person singular)
married (past)
married (past participle)
marrying (present participle)

glosses: When two people marry they become husband and wife; that is, they become married. In many countries this is a legal agreement. In some cultures marrying is a part of the religion. Marrying is often done with a wedding (a special day for those people to marry).

text: I cannot believe he married her when there are nicer girls out there.

glosses: If you marry two things, you connect them or make them into one thing.

text: I have two different ideas I would like to marry together.

text: Music videos married music to television.

ipa: /ˈmærɪ/

enpr: mărʹē

homophones: Mary merry

verb

marr

y


marriage

forms:
marriage
marriages (plural)

glosses: The life two people have together while they are married.

text: The marriage seemed good until he left her.

glosses: When two people of becoming married; a wedding.

glosses: Two different things that have been made into one thing.

text: Music videos are a marriage of music and television.

ipa: /ˈmærɪdʒ/

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


wedding

forms:
wedding
weddings (plural)

glosses: A wedding is a special time when two people marry each other.

text: The wedding was very beautiful.

glosses: Two different things things that have been made into one thing.

text: Music videos are a wedding of music and television.

ipa: /ˈwɛdɪŋ/

hyphenation: wed‧ding


wedding

forms:
wed (canonical)
weds (third-person singular)
wedded (past)
wedded (past participle)
wedding (present participle)

wed

d


wed

forms:
wed (past)
wed (past participle)
wed (canonical)
weds (third-person singular)
wedded (past)
wedded (past participle)
wedding (present participle)

glosses: When people wed they become married. Wed is an old word, most people say marry now.

text: I'd love to be wed, but I cannot find a girl to marry me.

glosses: When two things are wed they are made into one thing.

text: Music videos wed music to television.

glosses: The past tense and past participle of wed.

enpr: wĕdʹ

ipa: /'wεd/

sampa: /"wEd/

weds

wed

wed

wedding


wed

forms: Wed

pos: abbrev

glosses: Short for Wednesday, used only in writing.

text: Wed, January 13, at 5:00 pm

abbreviation

Wed


explain

forms:
explain (canonical)
explains (third-person singular)
explained (past)
explained (past participle)
explaining (present participle)

glosses: If you explain something, you talk about it so that somebody can understand it.

text: Can you explain the difference between the two?

text: He explained the difference between the two.

text: Explaining my thoughts on the topic was useless.

ipa: /ɛkˈspleɪn/


non

forms: non

pos: prefix

glosses: non or non- means the same as not, but makes not part of the word it changes. When you add non- to a word it makes that word mean the opposite.

text: That drink is non-alcoholic, it has no alcohol in it.

text: He is a non-believer; he does not believe at all.

ipa: /ˈnɒn/

ipa: /ˈnɑn/

prefix

non


thou

pos: pron

glosses: Another word for you; thou is an old word, and people do not use it much anymore. Often when thou is used it is with other old words.

text: What hast thou done? (i.e. What have you done?)

ipa: /ðaʊ/

sampa: /DaU/


thou

forms: thou

pos: det

glosses: Used before a word that means the person or people someone is talking to.

text: Blow, blow, thou winter wind, thou art not so unkind as man's ingratitude.


pressure

forms:
pressure
pressures (plural)

glosses: In science, pressure is force applied over an area.

text: It hurt when the doctor put pressure on her cut foot.

text: He accidentally put too much air in his flat tire. The air put so much pressure on the tire that it exploded.

glosses: If a person is under pressure, they feel stressed.

text: She has been under a lot of pressure lately because of her final exams. If she fails them, she will not graduate.

enpr: prĕshʹ-ə(r)

ipa: /ˈprɛʃə(r)/

hyphenation: pres‧sure


pressure

forms:
pressure (canonical)
pressures (third-person singular)
pressured (past)
pressured (past participle)
pressuring (present participle)

glosses: When you pressure someone, you try to make them do something, especially something they do not want to do.

text: Her friends tried to pressure her into smoking, even after Maya kept saying "no."

text: His parents tried to pressure him into becoming a lawyer, but Jamal knew he wanted to be a doctor.

verb

pressur

e


quiz

forms:
quiz
quizzes (plural)

glosses: A small group of questions asked together. Often a quiz is like a small test at school.

text: I thought we were going to have a test, but it was only a short quiz.

glosses: A quiz is a game where a person asks questions to other people.

ipa: /kwɪz/

sampa: /kwIz/

noun

quiz

quizzes


quiz

forms:
quiz (canonical)
quizzes (third-person singular)
quizzed (past)
quizzed (past participle)
quizzing (present participle)

glosses: To give someone a quiz, often a written quiz on paper.

text: The teacher quizzed him on biology.

verb

quizzed

quizzing


soul

forms:
soul
souls (plural)

glosses: A part of you that cannot be seen or touched. Souls are prominent in some religions and myths.

text: He went to church hoping to save his soul.

text: Ghosts are said to be souls of people who have died.

text: There is a pain deep in my soul.

text: I love his music because it is full of soul.

glosses: A kind of music. Soul is usually sung and is often by African Americans.

text: She was the greatest soul singer of her time.

enpr: sōl

ipa: /səʊl/

ipa: /soʊl/

sampa: /soUl/

homophones: Seoul sole


ghost

forms:
ghost
ghosts (plural)

glosses: A ghost is the soul of a dead person that shows up after death.

text: The house was haunted by the ghost of the little boy who used to live here.

glosses: A ghost is any faint thing that looks like a shadow.

text: Tom was scared of a ghost.

ipa: /gəʊst/

ipa: /goʊst/

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


Mary

forms: Mary

text: We named our daughter Mary.

text: This is my friend, Mary.

glosses: Mary is the Virgin Mary, the mother of Jesus.

text: Some people claim to have seen Mary appear to them.

enpr: mârʹē

audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-John.d.new77-Mary.wav

homophones: marry merry


merry

forms:
merry (positive)
merrier (comparative)
merriest (superlative)

text: We were all feeling very merry that night.

glosses: If something is merry it makes people happy.

text: I am wishing you a merry Christmas!

text: His family will be going back to merry old England soon.

ipa: /ˈmɛri/

ipa: /ˈmeri/

enpr: mĕrʹē

homophones: Mary marry

hyphenation: mer‧ry

adj

merry

merrier

merriest


sole

forms: sole (positive)

homophones: Seoul soul

sole


sole

forms:
sole
soles (plural)


Seoul

forms: Seoul

homophones: soul sole


automobile

forms:
automobile
automobiles (plural)

glosses: An automobile is a vehicle with four wheels and an engine or motor, made for people to ride in.

text: The American automobile industry creates a lot of jobs.


plain

forms:
plain (positive)
plainer (comparative)
plainest (superlative)

glosses: If something is plain, it is clear and easy to see or understand.

text: The plain and simple truth was that it was John's fault.

glosses: If something is plain, it is simple and undecorated.

text: This dress is too plain. There is nothing interesting about it at all.

glosses: If someone or something is plain, they are not beautiful or pretty.

enpr: plān

ipa: /pl̩eɪn/

plain

plainer

plainest


plain

forms:
plain
plains (plural)

glosses: A place with flat ground, often covered in grass.

text: Many animals live on the plains of Africa.


geometry

forms:
geometry
geometries (plural)

glosses: A kind of mathematics that is about shapes and spaces.

text: Using geometry we can find out the area of a circle.

ipa: /dʒiːɒmətriː/

irrnoun

geometries


pretty

pos: adv

glosses: You use pretty before an adjective or adverb to mean "more than a little".

text: She was pretty sure that he'd say yes.

glosses: You use pretty before an adjective or adverb to mean "very".

text: That sounds like a pretty good idea.


pretty

forms:
pretty (positive)
prettier (comparative)
prettiest (superlative)

glosses: If something is pretty, people like to look at it.

text: Those flowers are so pretty.

text: I want to have a pretty painting in my house.

text: My girlfriend is very pretty.

adj

pretty

prettier

prettiest


calf

forms:
calf
calves (plural)

glosses: A calf is a young cow or the young of certain other large mammals.

text: The cow gave birth to a calf today.

glosses: The back of the leg below the knee is called the calf.

text: The muscle in my calf hurt after I ran for two hours.

ipa: /kɑːf/

noun

calf

calves


coin

forms:
coin
coins (plural)

text: The United States makes several different coins including the penny, nickel, dime, and quarter.

ipa: /kɔɪn/

sampa: /kOIn/


coin

forms:
coin (canonical)
coins (third-person singular)
coined (past)
coined (past participle)
coining (present participle)

glosses: When you invent a new word or phrase, you coin the word or phrase.

text: The host of a radio show coined the phrase "rock and roll" for music of the 1950s.


begins

forms:
begin (canonical)
begins (third-person singular)
began (past)
begun (past participle)
beginning (present participle)

glosses: The third-person singular form of begin.

ipa: /bɪˈɡɪnz/

begin

begins

began

begun

beginning


sisters

forms:
sister
sisters (plural)

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

sister


amounts

forms:
amount
amounts (plural)

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

ipa: /əˈmaʊnts/

amount


amounts

forms:
amount (canonical)
amounts (third-person singular)
amounted (past)
amounted (past participle)
amounting (present participle)

glosses: The third-person singular form of amount.


amounted

glosses: The past tense and past participle of amount.

ipa: /əˈmaʊntɪd/


amounting

ipa: /əˈmaʊntɪŋ/


euro

forms:
euro
euro or euros (plural)

glosses: Official name of the money used in 15 countries of Europe.

ipa: /ˈjuərəʊ/

euro

euro

euros


comparative

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

glosses: You use comparative to show that something is not great but is better than something else.

text: They lived in the comparative comfort of her uncle's house.

glosses: You use comparative to show that someone or something is not quite a beginner, etc., but almost the same as one.

text: The absent father was a comparative stranger to the son.

glosses: Comparative study is a form of study that looks at how things are alike and different.

text: The study of how the anatomy of animals are alike and different is called comparative anatomy.

hyphenation: com‧par‧a‧tive


comparative

forms:
comparative
comparatives (plural)

glosses: A comparative is a form of a comparable adjective. You use it to show that something is "more big", "more good", etc.

text: For example:

text: Big is a comparable adjective and bigger is the comparative.

text: Intelligent is a comparable adjective. Its comparative is more intelligent.

text: My students always forget the -er in comparatives.


figure

forms:
figure
figures (plural)

glosses: Figures are numbers showing the value or amount of something.

text: The sales figures from the spring were down from last year.

text: According to the official figures, unemployment levels are about 6 per cent.

text: You only have to look at the figures for fire deaths in hotels to see this is not a problem.

glosses: A figure is a person, often a well-known person.

text: They have published articles about many leading figures including John Reed, J.A. Hobson, Tom Mann, and Daniel de Leon.

text: The figure of Margaret Thatcher towers over the Falklands War.

glosses: A figure is a person, especially the person's shape.

text: She did not see the figure standing in the shadows of the kitchen doorway.

text: Across the river is the figure of Lenin on top of an armored car carved of stone.

text: Her girlish figure had disappeared as she aged, sat more, and ate more.

text: The most popular boy's toy ever is the G.I. Joe action figure.

text: He looked down at the wet figures of the boy and dog.

glosses: A figure is a picture in a textbook or scientific journal. (Often written fig.)

ipa: /ˈfɪgjɚ/

ipa: /ˈfɪgə/

ipa: /ˈfɪɡɚ/

hyphenation: fig‧ure


figure

forms:
figure (canonical)
figures (third-person singular)
figured (past)
figured (past participle)
figuring (present participle)

glosses: If x figures in something that happens, x is part of that happening.

text: The weather figured prominently in their plans.

text: The fact that he wouldn't be there didn't figure among her worries.

glosses: If you figure that something is true, you think that it is true.

text: Few people figured that he would win.

glosses: If you figure something out, you think about it until you understand it.

text: He figured out that she was speaking Italian.

verb

figur


sisterhood

forms:
sisterhood
sisterhoods (plural)

etymology_text: sister + -hood

ety-suffix

hood

expansion: sister + -hood

glosses: Sisterhood is the relationship between sisters.

glosses: Sisterhood is the relationship between all women. All women on earth and living are considered "sisters".

glosses: A sisterhood is a group of sisters, especially women who agree to live or work together for religious purposes.

audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Wodencafe-sisterhood.wav

hyphenation: sis‧ter‧hood


clothing

forms:
clothing
clothings (plural)

glosses: When you speak of clothes in general, you speak of clothing.

text: Shoes, shirts, and trousers are types of clothing.

text: You need to wear warm clothing in the winter.

ipa: /ˈkloʊðɪŋ/

ipa: /ˈkləʊðɪŋ/


clothing

forms:
clothed (past)
clothed (past participle)
clothe (canonical)
clothes (third-person singular)
clad (past)
clad (past participle)
clothing (present participle)

text: Clothing the poor is a goal for many societies.

verb

cloth

clothe

clothes

clad

clothing


pattern

forms:
pattern
patterns (plural)

glosses: A pattern is a design that uses the same set of elements many times in the same order.

text: The table cloth had a simple pattern of red and white squares.

glosses: The combined qualities and activities for an individual or a group of people describes a pattern.

text: The people of Spain have a pattern of resting in the afternoon and eating dinner late at night.

ipa: /ˈpat(ə)n/

ipa: /ˈpætərn/

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


pattern

forms:
pattern (canonical)
patterns (third-person singular)
patterned (past)
patterned (past participle)
patterning (present participle)

glosses: When you pattern something, you make it using a pattern.

text: Much of crime fiction is patterned from true police stories.


provide

forms:
provide (canonical)
provides (third-person singular)
provided (past)
provided (past participle)
providing (present participle)

glosses: When you provide something, you make it available.

text: The restaurant provided food for the party.

glosses: Something is provided when an agreement or legal process requires it.

text: Laws provide punishment for crimes.

glosses: When you provide, you give means of support.

text: Parents try to provide for their children.

ipa: /prəˈvaɪd/

provid


pleasant

forms:
more pleasant (comparative)
most pleasant (superlative)
pleasant (positive)
pleasanter (comparative)
pleasantest (superlative)

glosses: If something is pleasant, it is enjoyable or agreeable.

text: When it rains in the summer, it is a pleasant event.

glosses: A pleasant person is one who is socially acceptable or polite.

text: The man was pleasant with his smile and quiet laugh.

ipa: /'plεzənt/

adj

pleasant

pleasanter

pleasantest


speech

forms:
speech
speeches (plural)

glosses: When we have speech, we have the ability to speak.

text: Speech is a special human ability.

glosses: When we give a speech, we speak to a group of people.

text: The valedictorian gave a speech to all of the students in his school.

ipa: /ˈspiːtʃ/

noun

speech

speeches


fill

forms:
fill (canonical)
fills (third-person singular)
filled (past)
filled (past participle)
filling (present participle)

glosses: If you fill something, you put something in it until there is no space left.

text: She added some games to fill the gap in the schedule.

text: His eyes filled with tears as he watched her walk away.

text: She filled the car up with gas.

text: He's so mean, he just fills me with anger every time I think of him.

text: Suddenly, the screen was filled with light.

text: I fill up the dog's new dish to the top and stick it on the floor.

text: Instead of eating a good dinner she just fills up on bread.

glosses: If you fill in something, you give the missing information, especially personal information on a form.

text: She gave me another form to fill in for housing benefit.

text: When I got back, she filled me in on what had been happening.

glosses: If you fill out, your body reaches its adult shape, especially women's breasts and men's shoulders.

enpr: fĭl

ipa: /fɪl/


fill

forms:
fill
fills (plural)

glosses: The full amount of food or drink that a person can eat or drink.

text: Don't feed him any more, he's had his fill.

text: I've had my fill of alcohol for tonight.

glosses: Fill is extra material, often of low quality, used to give something more volume.

text: They used the rocks as fill under the new house.


pass

forms:
pass (canonical)
passes (third-person singular)
passed (past)
passed (past participle)
passing (present participle)

glosses: If you pass something, it was ahead of you and you move so that it is now behind you.

text: Please, step to the right and let faster people pass on your left.

text: She was so close to the road that she could feel the wind from passing cars.

text: He looked in as he passed the window.

text: We passed through the tunnel and were back out into the light.

text: She passed her hand across her face.

text: He passed the belt through the loops in his pants.

text: Did you see two people pass this way, a man and a woman, walking north?

glosses: If a bill, law, motion, etc. passes, it is accepted, usually after a vote.

text: The House passed a law that makes it a crime to have sex with anyone under age 16.

glosses: If you pass a test, exam, etc., you get a score that is good enough, often over 50%.

text: You passed the test. In fact, you got 7 out of 10 correct.

glosses: If time passes, it moves from future to past.

text: I'm bored here. The only thing that helps me pass the time is your letters.

text: They passed the night in a hotel just outside town.

glosses: If a road, river, railway, etc. passes a place, it continues from one side of the place to the other side.

text: They are building a 150-kilometer road that passes through Yasuni Park.

text: The road from Karachi to Gadani passes the route once taken by Alexander the Great.

glosses: If you pass something to someone, you give it to them, usually by hand.

text: Could you pass me the salt, please?

text: The book passed from hand to hand.

text: I passed your name on to my manager.

text: She passed the information on to the police.

text: What has passed today must remain a secret.

glosses: If you pass a ball, puck, etc. you throw, kick, or hit it to another member of your team.

text: He passed to Lafleur, who put the ball in for the goal.

ipa: /pɑːs/

ipa: /pæs/

verb

pass

es


pass

forms:
pass
passes (plural)

glosses: A pass is a piece of paper, plastic, etc. that allows somebody to enter a building, vehicle, or area.

text: We have a season's pass for the ski hill.

glosses: A pass is a score on a test, exam, etc. that is good enough, often over 50%. Also a person or paper that gets this score.

text: On the last test there were only five passes; everyone else failed.

text: We have one of the highest pass rates for the exam in the state!

glosses: A pass is a throw, kick, hit, etc. of a ball, puck, etc. to another member of your team.

text: Robert's pass in front of the net is blocked by the goalie.

glosses: A pass is a place in a mountain that is easy to travel.

text: The mountain pass was blocked, which made it difficult to get across.

glosses: A pass is one case of a repeated action or process.

text: We caught some new mistakes on the third pass.

noun

passes


product

forms:
product
products (plural)

glosses: A product is an item that can be bought.

text: That store sells many different products.

glosses: The product is the end result of a process, such as someone's efforts or of a certain situation.

text: Skill is the product of hours of practice; His reaction was the product of hunger and fatigue.

glosses: A product is the number you get when you multiply two other numbers.

text: The product of 2 and 3 is 6.

glosses: A product is a chemical substance that is made as a result of a chemical reaction.

ipa: /ˈprɑːˌdʌkt/

hyphenation: prod‧uct


prevent

forms:
prevent (canonical)
prevents (third-person singular)
prevented (past)
prevented (past participle)
preventing (present participle)

glosses: When you prevent something, you stop it from happening.

text: To prevent accidents, you must do everything with care.

text: No one can prevent us from going.

enpr: /prə-věnt'/

ipa: /prəˈvɛnt/

hyphenation: pre‧vent


creation

forms:
creation
creations (plural)

text: The creation of a house takes time.

glosses: A creation is something that is created.

text: The new dress was a great creation of beauty.

glosses: The time at beginning of the world and when God created everything is called creation.

text: The Bible says that the creation took six days and God rested on the seventh.

glosses: The whole world is the creation in many religious traditions.

text: The Bible says that God made all of the creation in six days.

ipa: /kriːˈeɪʃən/

ipa: [kriːˈʲeɪʃɘn]

hyphenation: cre‧ation


modern

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

glosses: If something is modern, it happened in current times.

text: The new house has all modern conveniences.

glosses: Some new styles or forms of art and fiction writing are called modern.

text: Much modern art looks odd to many people.

ipa: /ˈmɒd(ə)n/

ipa: /ˈmɑdɚn/


redundant

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

glosses: Repeating oneself or using extra words; saying the same thing again in a slightly different way.

glosses: Being dismissed from a job because you are no longer needed.

hyphenation: re‧dun‧dant


particular

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

glosses: A particular thing is the one that you mean and not any other.

text: Usually it is not allowed, but in this particular case, it's OK.

text: I don't see any way to solve this particular problem.

glosses: A particular thing is a special or great one.

text: She took no particular interest in what they were saying.

glosses: If somebody is particular, they will accept only the best or only things that they like.

ipa: /pɜrˈtɪkjəlɜr/

hyphenation: par‧tic‧u‧lar


particular

forms:
particular
particulars (plural)

glosses: If you talk about something in particular, you mean that more than other; especially.

text: It's true of many small cars, but the Honda in particular.

text: In particular, I'd like you to think about the first problem.

glosses: The particulars are the detailed information.

text: The two stories are quite similar, though they differ in some particulars.

text: We've spent a good deal of time considering the particulars of the situation.


finance

forms:
finance
finances (plural)

glosses: Finance is activities related to banking and money, especially by government.

text: The minister of finance announced that taxes would increase by 1% in May.

glosses: Your finances is the money that you have.

text: She had managed to raise sufficient finances to enable her and her family to travel to Australia.

text: The company's finances seem to be in good shape.

enpr: /fīnăns/

ipa: /ˈfaɪnæns/

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

hyphenation: fi‧nance


finance

forms:
finance (canonical)
finances (third-person singular)
financed (past)
financed (past participle)
financing (present participle)

glosses: If you finance something, you provide money for it.

text: The soccer team was partly financed by a local business.

text: The bank is financing our car loan.

verb

financ


finish

forms:
finish (canonical)
finishes (third-person singular)
finished (past)
finished (past participle)
finishing (present participle)

glosses: If something finishes, it stops and doesn't start again; it comes to the end.

text: I finish work at 4:30 and I get home at 5:00.

text: In June of 1992 I had just finished university and I was looking for a job.

text: She finished off her homework and put it away.

text: Finish up your lunch quickly, please.

glosses: If something finishes somebody off, it uses all their energy or it kills them.

text: That last run around the track completely finished me off.

glosses: If you finish something up, you use the last of it.

text: I finished up the milk this morning. There's none left.

glosses: If you are finished with something, you don't need it anymore.

glosses: If you finish the surface of something, especially wood, you make it smooth and ready to use.

enpr: fĭn'ĭsh

ipa: /ˈfɪnɪʃ/

sampa: /"fInIS/

audio: en-uk-to finish.ogg

finish


finish

forms:
finish
finishes (plural)

glosses: The finish is the last part or end of something.

text: As the runners come to the finish, they are side by side.

text: It was a good day from start to finish.

glosses: The finish is the way a surface looks after it has been made smooth and ready to use.

text: The oil gives the wood a smooth, deep finish.

noun

finishes


fought

forms:
fight (canonical)
fights (third-person singular)
fought (past)
fought (past participle)
fighting (present participle)

glosses: The past tense and past participle of fight.

ipa: /fɔːt/

ipa: /fɔt/

fight

fights

fought

fought

fighting


fell

forms:
fall (canonical)
falls (third-person singular)
fell (past)
fallen (past participle)
falling (present participle)

text: The boy fell out of the tree and broke his arm.

ipa: /fɛl/

sampa: /fEl/

fall

falls

fell

fallen

falling


fell

forms:
fell (canonical)
fells (third-person singular)
felled (past)
felled (past participle)
felling (present participle)

glosses: If you fell something, you make it fall.

text: He felled the tree by chopping it down with an axe.


imagine

forms:
imagine (canonical)
imagines (third-person singular)
imagined (past)
imagined (past participle)
imagining (present participle)

glosses: If you imagine something, you make a picture of it in your head.

text: Imagine that you're sitting at a table with all the food you can eat.

text: I imagined myself fighting a monster.

text: I imagined myself in a forest while an animal was chasing after me.

text: I felt creepy when I imagined a spider crawling on me.

text: It feels fun to imagine myself in the 50s and 90s, I wasn't even born in those decades.

glosses: If you imagine something, you think or believe it without knowing.

text: I imagine everybody will be there.

text: Maybe you just imagined that the phone rang.

ipa: /ɪˈmæd͡ʒ.ɪn/

hyphenation: imag‧ine

verb

imagin

e


score

forms:
score
scores (plural)

glosses: The numbers used to tell who is winning in a sport or game.

text: The final score for the ball game was 30 to 17.

glosses: A copy of written music, usually for an orchestra. Usually, this means all the written music for all the players for a piece of music.

text: I have the whole score for the Brandenburg Concertos.

text: You must earn a score of at least 70 to pass the test.

glosses: The number 20. This is an old meaning; people don't use score for this much any more.

text: Four score and seven years ago.

enpr: skô

ipa: /skɔː/

enpr: skôr

ipa: /skoʊr/

ipa: /skɔːr/


score

forms:
score (canonical)
scores (third-person singular)
scored (past)
scored (past participle)
scoring (present participle)

glosses: To gain points in a game, so that your score is increased.

text: The basketball player just scored three points!

glosses: To get a certain result on a text or quiz.

text: I scored a 95 on the test!

text: I scored some tickets to the game tonight.

text: If you score the paper first, gently using a knife along the edge of a ruler, then you'll be able to fold it neatly and straight.

scor


ought

forms:
must (present)
ought (past)
oughtn't (negative)

glosses: If you ought to do something, doing it is better than not doing it.

text: I think perhaps we ought to help her.

text: It's dangerous and there ought not to be any children close by.

text: We really ought to go a bit early because of the snow.

text: What time ought the school to open?

text: I suppose I ought to write her an e-mail.

glosses: If something ought to be true, you have reason to believe it, but you don't know, or it is not true.

text: He ought to be here by now.

text: You ought to be able to finish that in an hour.

ipa: /ɔːt/

ipa: /ɔt/

must

ought

oughtn't


raise

forms:
raise (canonical)
raises (third-person singular)
raised (past)
raised (past participle)
raising (present participle)

glosses: If you raise something you make it higher; that is you move it up.

text: I need to raise the car off the ground to fix it from below.

text: Raise your hand if you know the answer.

glosses: If you raise children or animals, you care for them until they have grown up (become adults).

text: I raised the children after their mother died.

text: I raised my dog from a puppy.

glosses: If you raise food (plants or animals) you grow it on a farm. This is also used for plants that are not food, like cotton or tobacco.

text: My grandfather raised corn and chickens.

glosses: If you raise a number, you make it bigger.

glosses: If you raise an idea you start talking about it.

text: Why did you have to raise the issue of abortion?

glosses: If you raise somebody in gambling, you make a bigger bet.

glosses: If someone raises the dead they make dead people alive again.

text: Jesus is said to have raised the dead.

enpr: rāz

ipa: /reɪz/

homophones: rase rays raze

rais


raise

forms:
raise
raises (plural)

text: I have worked here long enough I should get a raise.

glosses: In gambling, a raise is an increased bet.


heard

forms:
hear (canonical)
hears (third-person singular)
heard (past)
heard (past participle)
hearing (present participle)

glosses: The past tense and past participle of hear.

ipa: /'hɜːd/

ipa: /'hɝd/

hear

hears

heard

heard

hearing


built

forms:
build (canonical)
builds (third-person singular)
built (past)
built (past participle)
building (present participle)

glosses: The past tense and past participle of build.

ipa: /'bɪlt/

build

builds

built

built

building


lay

forms:
lay (canonical)
lays (third-person singular)
laid (past)
laid (past participle)
laying (present participle)

glosses: When you lay something, you place it down flat.

text: Sally carefully laid out her clothing on the bed.

glosses: When an animal lays an egg, it makes and places it outside its body.

enpr: lā

ipa: /leɪ/

sampa: /leI/

lay

lays

laid

laid

laying


lay

forms:
lay
lays (plural)

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


birthday

forms:
birthday
birthdays (plural)

text: They will need your birthday on the application.

text: My birthday is September 14, 1972.

glosses: The same day of the year you were born, happening every year. Often there is a party for a person's birthday.

text: My birthday is September 14.

text: We celebrated my birthday a week late this year.


bedroom

forms:
bedroom
bedrooms (plural)

glosses: A room in a house that is used for sleeping. This is where the bed is kept.

text: I hate camping. I wish I was back in my bedroom, sleeping in my own bed.

ipa: /ˈbɛdˌrum/


xylophone

forms:
xylophone
xylophones (plural)

glosses: A xylophone is a musical instrument made from wooden bars in a row. The bars are hit with sticks or mallets to make music.

enpr: zīʹlə-fōn'

hyphenation: xy‧lo‧phone


industrialise

forms:
industrialise (canonical)
industrialises (third-person singular)
industrialised (past)
industrialised (past participle)
industrialising (present participle)

glosses: If a place or business industrialises, it adds factories and machines to do work that was previously done by hand or not done at all.

text: France was slow to industrialise for most of the Third Republic (1870–1940).

text: Farms are getting bigger as farming is beginning to industrialise.

ipa: /ɪnˈdʌstriəlaɪz/

hyphenation: in‧dus‧tri‧al‧ise

industrialis


industrialize

forms:
industrialize (canonical)
industrializes (third-person singular)
industrialized (past)
industrialized (past participle)
industrializing (present participle)

glosses: If a place or business industrializes, it adds factories and machines to do work that was previously done by hand or not done at all.

text: France was slow to industrialize for most of the Third Republic (1870–1940).

text: Farms are getting bigger as farming is beginning to industrialize.

hyphenation: in‧dus‧tri‧al‧ize

industrializ


musical instrument

forms:
musical instrument
musical instruments (plural)

glosses: A musical instrument is a tool for making music.

text: My cousin can play many musical instruments.

text: Guitars, drums, and horns are all musical instruments.


indeed

forms:
indeed (positive)
Superlative–

glosses: You use indeed to make your words stronger.

text: OK David, thanks very much indeed for your time.

text: We are very fortunate indeed to have such beautiful weather.

text: "Have you finished?" "Oh, yes, yes indeed."

glosses: You use indeed to add surprising information.

text: Often we didn't know their phone numbers. Nor indeed did many of them even have phones.

ipa: /ɪnˈdiːd/


inform

forms:
inform (canonical)
informs (third-person singular)
informed (past)
informed (past participle)
informing (present participle)

glosses: If you inform someone of something, you give them knowledge about it.

text: Unfortunately, they did not fully inform the public of the problem.

glosses: If something informs your opinion, decision, etc., it helps you come to it.

text: Our decision was informed by a good deal of research.

ipa: /ɪnˈfɔrm/

ipa: /ɪnˈfɔːm/

hyphenation: in‧form


typing

forms:
type (canonical)
types (third-person singular)
typed (past)
typed (past participle)
typing (present participle)

text: He is typing his message on the computer.

typ


farming

forms:
farm (canonical)
farms (third-person singular)
farmed (past)
farmed (past participle)
farming (present participle)

text: My grandfather has been farming his land for many years.

ipa: /ˈfɑrmɪŋ/

ipa: /ˈfɑːmɪŋ/

hyphenation: farm‧ing

farm


specified

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

glosses: The past tense and past participle of specify.

text: All of the directions to the party were specified in detail.

specif

y


smallest

forms:
small (positive)
smaller (comparative)
smallest (superlative)

glosses: The superlative form of small; most small.

glosses: The smallest thing is the most small thing.

text: When the smallest thing gets in your eye, it can hurt very much.

ipa: /ˈsmɔːlɪst/

hyphenation: small‧est

adj

small

smaller

smallest


insure

forms:
insure (canonical)
insures (third-person singular)
insured (past)
insured (past participle)
insuring (present participle)

glosses: If you insure something, you pay money so that if something bad happens to it, you will get more money.

text: We will insure your home against damage caused by fire.

text: The car was only insured for $10,000.

glosses: Insure is a less common spelling of ensure.

ipa: /ɪnˈʃʊə/

ipa: /ɪnˈʃʊɚ/

verb

insur


title: x ray

redirect: X-ray

pos: hard-redirect


goods

forms:
good
goods (plural)

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

text: The big company sells both goods and services.

ipa: /ɡʊdz/

noun

good


worn

forms:
wear (canonical)
wears (third-person singular)
wore (past)
worn (past participle)
wearing (present participle)

text: It's a shame that this dress was only worn before it was ruined.

text: The school demands that the uniform is worn every day.

ipa: /wɔrn/

ipa: /wɔːn/

wear

wears

wore

worn

wearing


invest

forms:
invest (canonical)
invests (third-person singular)
invested (past)
invested (past participle)
investing (present participle)

glosses: If you invest your money, you use your money to make more money.

text: IBM may invest new money in the company.

text: If you invested heavily in Internet companies in the 90s, you made a lot of money.

glosses: If you invest in something, you spend time or money to make it better.

text: The province has invested $20 million to improve transportation in cities.

text: She invested all her spare time to make her small business succeed.

glosses: If you invest someone with a power, you give it to them.

glosses: If something invests someone with a quality, it makes them appear to have that quality.

text: His white hair invested him with a sense of intelligence.

ipa: /ɪnˈvɛst/

hyphenation: in‧vest


banzai

forms: banzai

pos: intj

text: The soldier cried banzai as he attacked his enemy.

ipa: /bɑːnˈzaɪ/


bateau

forms:
bateau
bateaux (plural)

glosses: A bateau is a light river boat with a flat bottom.

text: The guide used a bateau to get us across the river.

ipa: /bæˈtoʊ/

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

bateau

bateaux


barrack

forms:
barrack
barracks (plural)

glosses: A barrack is a building for soldiers to live and sleep in. The building is more commonly called barracks. A barrack used to mean "a temporary hut", but now is usually used for permanent buildings.

audio: EN-AU ck1 barrack.ogg


barrack

forms:
barrack (canonical)
barracks (third-person singular)
barracked (past)
barracked (past participle)
barracking (present participle)

text: The soldier was barracked during his stay at basic training.

text: My opponent barracked me during our match.


assumption

forms:
assumption
assumptions (plural)

glosses: An assumption is a guess or belief about something without having enough information to know if it is true. In maths or science: something assumed to be true in order to build an argument or calculation.

text: You shouldn't make the assumption that guns are only a problem in big cities.

text: To calculate the age of a rock we make the assumption that the rate of radioactive decay is constant.


bible

forms:
bible
bibles (plural)

glosses: A bible is any book that is considered an authority in a particular subject.

text: The Blue Book is the bible for the value of used automobiles.

ipa: /'baɪbəl/


Bible

forms:
Bible
Bibles (plural)

glosses: The Bible is name of the holy text of Christians consisting of a collection of writings of both Jews, called the Old Testament, and Christians, called the New Testament. (This is always spelled with capital B).

text: The Bible tells stories of God, Jesus Christ, and good and bad people.

glosses: The holy writings of the Jewish tradition, called the Old Testament, are called The Bible. (This is always spelled with capital B).

text: The Jewish Bible has very old stories about the Jews.

glosses: A Bible or Bibles refer to copies of The Bible. This is always spelled with capital B).

text: The book store sells many Bibles.

glosses: A book that is like the Bible but may be about another religion or is not religious. Often, this means a book that tells everything you need to know about something. Sometime this is used in a title to make a book sound very good.

text: The Koran is the Muslim Bible.

text: Anton LaVey wrote a book called "The Satanic Bible," for his new religion called Satanism.

text: We need a history Bible to help us pass our class.

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

proper noun

Bible

Bibles


involve

forms:
involve (canonical)
involves (third-person singular)
involved (past)
involved (past participle)
involving (present participle)

glosses: If an activity involves something, then that thing is used in or is part of the activity.

text: The job involves the use of special computer software.

text: The process involves both thinking and writing about the changes.

text: The attack also involved fighters from a variety of countries.

ipa: /ɪnˈvɒlv/

ipa: /ɪnˈvɑlv/

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

hyphenation: in‧volve

verb

involv


fever

forms:
fever
fevers (plural)

glosses: A fever is when you are hot because you are sick and your temperature will be higher than normal.

text: I took some medicine to lower my fever.

text: Our son had a fever of 102 degrees Fahrenheit (39 Celsius).

ipa: /ˈfiːvə/

ipa: /ˈfiːvɚ/


AC

forms: AC

glosses: AC is a short version of "alternating current" (a kind of electricity).

text: The lamp uses AC.

glosses: AC is a short version of "air conditioning" (cooling).

text: He turned on the AC to help cool the room.


likely

forms:
likelier (comparative)
likeliest (superlative)
likely (positive)
more likely (comparative)
most likely (superlative)

etymology_text: like + -ly

ety-suffix

like

ly

expansion: like + -ly

glosses: If something is likely, it is probably true or will probably happen.

text: It seems likely that he will miss the meeting.

text: The most likely explanation is that there was a simple mistake.

text: People from that area are more likely to be short.

ipa: /ˈlaɪkli/

adj

likely

likelier

likeliest


likely

glosses: You use likely to say that you think something is true or will happen.

text: Likely, over the next few years, more changes will happen.

text: It wouldn't likely have been very useful.

text: Police have made good progress in their investigation but would not likely make any arrests within a week.


drum

forms:
drum
drums (plural)

glosses: A drum is a musical instrument with a skin that you hit to make music.

text: My cousin plays drums.

text: They were keeping garbage in an old oil drum.

ipa: /'drʌm/


drum

forms:
drum (canonical)
drums (third-person singular)
drummed (past)
drummed (past participle)
drumming (present participle)

glosses: If you are drumming you are making music with a drum or drums.

text: I saw him drumming with the band.

glosses: If you are drumming, you are hitting or tapping something like it was a drum.

text: Sometimes I drum on my desk with my fingers.

text: Sometimes I drum my fingers on my desk. (same meaning as above)

verb

drum

m


title: druming

redirect: drumming


acceptable

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

etymology_text: accept + -able

ety-suffix

accept

able

expansion: accept + -able

glosses: When something is acceptable it is capable of being accepted or is worth being accepted.

text: You ideas are acceptable to the group.

text: The quality of the work ranged from excellent to acceptable.

glosses: When something is welcome or pleasing, it is acceptable.

text: Any kind words for my work are acceptable.


drumming

forms: drumming

text: We could hear the drumming from far away.

glosses: Drumming is the act of hitting a drum to make music.

ipa: /'drʌmɪŋ/

noun

drumming


completely

etymology_text: complete + -ly

ety-suffix

complete

expansion: complete + -ly

glosses: When something is completely some quality, it is absolutely that quality, in every way.

text: The man was completely honest in his business.

text: This is completely different from what people might believe.

text: The discovery has given us a completely new way of looking at thing.

ipa: /kəmˈpliːtli/

hyphenation: com‧plete‧ly


flexible

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

glosses: When something is flexible, it can bend.

text: The thin wood stick was so flexible that it would bend but not break.

glosses: By extension, the word is used as a metaphor. For example, when a person or thing is flexible, they can change.

text: Jim was very flexible and enjoyed every new experience when he travelled.

text: I think we can make working hours much more flexible.

text: They used to treat everyone the same but now take a more flexible approach.


successful

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

etymology_text: success + -ful

success

ful

expansion: success + -ful

glosses: If you are successful, you are effective at something.

text: The successful business man knows how to get money for his work.

glosses: If you have done something right, you are successful.

text: The cook was successful when she made the best pepperoni pizza in town.

ipa: /səkˈsɛsfl̩/


quit

forms:
quit (past)
quit (past participle)
quit (canonical)
quits (third-person singular)
quitted (past)
quitted (past participle)
quitting (present participle)

glosses: If you quit something, you stop doing it; that is, you do not do it any more.

text: It was very hard to quit smoking.

text: Please quit bothering me!

text: I'll need to quit typing meanings soon.

text: He always quits working too early.

glosses: If you quit a job, it means you are not going to work anymore. After you quit, you will no longer have that job.

text: I'm quitting my job now!

glosses: The past tense and past participle of quit.

enpr: /kwĭt/

ipa: /kwɪt/

sampa: /kwIt/

quit

quits

quit

quit

quitting

verb

t


permission

forms:
permission
permissions (plural)

glosses: If you have permission to do something, then the person who has authority over you or over that thing allows you to do it.

text: My father gave me permission to go to the city.

enpr: pərmĭ'shən

ipa: /pəˈmɪʃən/

ipa: /pɚˈmɪʃən/

hyphenation: per‧mis‧sion


listen

forms:
listen (canonical)
listens (third-person singular)
listened (past)
listened (past participle)
listening (present participle)

glosses: If you listen to something, you try to hear and understand it.

text: Shhh! Listen! Did you hear that?

text: She listened carefully to what he said, but it was hard to understand.

text: OK, listen up. Here's what we'll do...

glosses: If you listen to someone, you agree with them, believe them, or do what they tell you.

text: Don't listen to him. He doesn't know what he's talking about.

text: If you listen to your mother, you won't go wrong.

enpr: lĭs'ən

audio: en-uk-to listen.ogg

hyphenation: lis‧ten


listen

forms:
listen
listens (plural)

glosses: If you give something a listen, you try to hear and understand it.

text: Do you want to have a listen to this new band?


load

forms:
load
loads (plural)

glosses: A load is something carried, often something heavy.

text: The truck arrived with a load of dog food.

text: You've got quite a load. Let me help you carry it.

text: The ship won't leave until it has a full load of oil.

glosses: Loads/a load of something is a lot of it.

text: We've had a load of problems ever since we got the new stuff.

text: It costs loads of money.

text: We hired another person to spread the load a bit more.

text: Teachers are asking for a lower teaching load.

glosses: Load is the amount electrical power produced.

ipa: /loʊd/

ipa: /ləʊd/


load

forms:
load (canonical)
loads (third-person singular)
loaded (past)
loaded (past participle)
loading (present participle)

glosses: If you load x on y, you put x on y to be carried. Usually there is a lot of x, and/or it is heavy.

text: We loaded the boxes on the truck and set off for Vancouver.

text: After loading up the horses, we got on and headed north.

text: The waiter loaded all the food onto a tray and carried it out.

glosses: If you load a machine, you put in supplies that the machine uses.

text: He loaded the gun, brought it up, and shot the deer in one continuous motion.

text: All the software has been loaded onto the computer.


lord

forms:
lord
lords (plural)

glosses: The Lord is a Judeo-Christian title for God.

text: Please join me in the Lord's prayer.

glosses: A lord is a person who has authority over others; a ruler.

glosses: A Lord is a title given by a king or queen.

text: The royals are sailing with friends Lord and Lady Romsey and their two children.

text: The lords of the house will arrive later.

glosses: Lord is a title of respect used with mayors, judges, etc.

text: The lord mayor will be giving a speech at 12:30.

ipa: /lɔːd/

ipa: /lɔrd/

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


lord

forms:
lord (canonical)
lords (third-person singular)
lorded (past)
lorded (past participle)
lording (present participle)


physics

forms: physics

glosses: Physics is the kind of science that is about how the world and universe work. Usually, physics is about things like movement, heat, light, sound, and electricity.


behave

forms:
behave (canonical)
behaves (third-person singular)
behaved (past)
behaved (past participle)
behaving (present participle)

glosses: How you behave is what you do or how you act.

text: Why do you behave like that.

glosses: How something behaves is what it usually does.

text: We want to know how fire behaves in space.

text: I wish the children would behave.

text: If you behave I will give you a reward.

ipa: /bɪˈheɪv/

hyphenation: be‧have

behav

e


proxy

forms:
proxy
proxies (plural)

glosses: A proxy is something or someone that acts in place of another.

noun

proxy

proxies


proxy

forms: proxy (positive)

glosses: A "proxy x" is an x that is being used as a proxy.

text: He used a proxy computer for the operation.


proxy

forms:
proxy (canonical)
proxies (third-person singular)
proxied (past)
proxied (past participle)
proxying (present participle)

verb

prox


corn

forms:
corn
corns (plural)

glosses: Corn is a kind of grain, usually with large yellow seeds, that is often eaten (also called maize).

text: We will be eating corn tomorrow.

text: We planted some corn in our garden last year.

text: We put several barley corns into the soup.

ipa: /kɔːn/

ipa: /kɔrn/


maize

forms: maize

glosses: Maize is a kind of grain, usually with large yellow seeds, that is often eaten (also called corn).

text: We will be eating maize tomorrow.

text: We planted some maize in out garden last year.

ipa: /meɪz/

sampa: /meIz/


flour

forms: flour

glosses: Flour is grain (or other plants parts) that has been crushed.

ipa: /ˈflaʊə/

ipa: /ˈflaʊɚ/

noun

flour


undead

forms: undead (positive)

etymology_text: un- + bold

ety-prefix

un

bold

expansion: un- + bold

glosses: If someone is undead they are not dead or alive, or they are both dead and alive.

text: Ghosts, zombies, and vampires are undead.

text: We watched a movie about the undead.

ipa: /ʌnˈdɛd/

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


zombie

forms:
zombie
zombies (plural)

glosses: A zombie is type of fictional creature. It is a dead body that has been brought back to life. Usually a zombie moves slowly, growls, and will want to eat people's brains.

glosses: Someone who looks very tired and messy may be called a zombie. It is equivalent to saying someone "looks like a corpse".

ipa: /ˈzɒmbi/

enpr: zŏmʹbē

ipa: /ˈzɑmbi/

hyphenation: zom‧bie


vampire

forms:
vampire
vampires (plural)

glosses: A mythical person who is dead but acts alive and drinks blood.

glosses: A person who has a disease called vampirism. People who have this disease are sensitive to light, have a desire for blood, and can see well at night.

glosses: A person who seems to take your energy; that is, they make you tired.

glosses: Someone or something that drains (takes away) something.

ipa: /ˈvæmpaɪə/


wheat

forms:
wheat
wheats (plural)

glosses: A kind of grain that is used to make flour for bread.

text: Farmers have grown wheat for thousands of years.

text: We grow two wheats here, hard wheat and soft wheat.

glosses: A light brown color, like that of wheat.

ipa: /wiːt/


cigarette

forms:
cigarette
cigarettes (plural)

glosses: A cigarette is tobacco that has been rolled in paper for smoking.

text: He went outside and lit a cigarette.

text: Many people smoke cigarettes.

hyphenation: cig‧a‧rette


maybe

glosses: If you say that maybe something will happen or that maybe it is true, you mean there is a chance of those things.

text: Maybe someday I'll learn how to drive.

text: Yeah. I thought, you know, maybe if I tried again, it might work.

glosses: You use maybe when you are not sure about something.

text: Maybe you ought to look at this again.

text: There are, uh, maybe twenty or twenty two people in the group.

text: "Is that the right answer?" "No, maybe not."

text: It's good, maybe even great.

enpr: mā'bē

ipa: /ˈmeɪbi/


matter

forms:
matter
matters (plural)

glosses: A matter is something that you can talk about or do something about a topic or a situation.

text: Government must make these changes as a matter of urgency.

text: We can discuss the matter more fully at the meeting.

text: Whether our people should be in the country or not is matter for debate.

text: At the meeting we will have time to talk about new matters arising.

text: They decided on a number of matters related to housing.

text: Try not to do anything to make matters worse.

text: As a matter of principle, we should try to help poor people.

text: It is not a simple matter to stop using gasoline.

text: Care Assistants help them with such matters as toileting, dressing, washing and so on.

text: The truth of the matter is that we do not know how to do it.

text: The questions about the new president are a matter of public concern.

text: Cheating on a test is a serious matter.

glosses: Matter is the stuff that everything is made of.

text: Cities are trying to separate organic matter and other garbage.

text: Scientists now think that there is some kind of "dark matter" in space.

glosses: You use, "as a matter of fact" to add information that may be surprising.

text: "Have you met anyone interesting over there?" "As a matter of fact, I met a whole bunch of people just this afternoon.

glosses: You use "what's the matter" to ask somebody why they are unhappy, or why there is a problem.

glosses: You use "for that matter" when you have just thought about something that you are comparing to something else.

text: He wasn't very nice today. For that matter, he's never nice.

glosses: If something is only a matter of time, it may not happen now, but it will happen after some time.

text: It's only a matter of days now before I start the new job.

glosses: You use "no matter what" to say that even if other things change, a particular thing will not change.

text: I'll be there no matter what. I promise.

ipa: /ˈmætə/

ipa: /ˈmætɚ/

hyphenation: mat‧ter


matter

forms:
matter (canonical)
matters (third-person singular)
mattered (past)
mattered (past participle)
mattering (present participle)

glosses: If something doesn't matter, it is not important.

text: "Should I put it up there?" "Oh, it doesn't matter. Put it anywhere."

text: Anyone can play. It doesn't matter if you're seven or 70.

text: It doesn't matter what you do as long as it's fun.

text: Many people don't like me, but that doesn't really matter to me.

text: This should help a lot of people and that's what matters.

text: "Sorry about that!" "Oh, it doesn't matter."

text: It's not your money, so what does it matter?


mile

forms:
mile
miles (plural)

glosses: A mile is a measurement of distance. It is equal to 1.609 km (5280 feet, or 1760 yards).

text: It's about a mile and a half to the school.

text: She was driving at speeds over 80 miles an hour.

glosses: For ships and airplanes a nautical mile is equal to 1.853 km (6080.20 feet).

glosses: You use miles to talk about a long distance.

text: We're miles from home and we have no food or radio.

ipa: /maɪl/


kilometer

forms:
kilometer
kilometers (plural)

glosses: A kilometer is a measurement of distance. It is 1,000 meters (3,280.8 feet or 0.621 miles).

text: Four times around the track is one kilometer.

ipa: /kɪləmiɾɚ/


shelves

forms:
shelf
shelves (plural)

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

noun

shelf

shelves


mister

forms:
mister
misters (plural)

glosses: You use mister before a man's name, usually the last name or the full name.

text: Mister Brakel, the doctor will see you now.

text: This is Mr. Terry McGinty.

glosses: You call a man mister when you don't know his name.

text: Excuse me, mister, I think you dropped this.

glosses: You use mister before a man's title for certain titles, such as justice, mayor, president, etc.

text: Yes, we can do that Mr. Mayor.

ipa: ˈmistər


Mr

forms: Mr

glosses: Mr is a shortened form of mister. You use Mr before a man's name, usually the last name or the full name.

text: Mr Brakel, the doctor will see you now.

text: This is Mr Terry McGinty.

glosses: You use Mr before a man's title for certain titles, such as justice, mayor, president, etc.

text: Yes, we can do that Mr Mayor.


Mr.

forms: Mr.

glosses: Mr. is a shortened form of mister. You use Mr. before a man's name, usually the last name or the full name.

text: Mr. Brakel, the doctor will see you now.

text: This is Mr. Terry McGinty.

glosses: You use Mr. before a man's title for certain titles, such as justice, mayor, president, etc.

text: Yes, we can do that Mr. Mayor.


miss

forms:
miss (canonical)
misses (third-person singular)
missed (past)
missed (past participle)
missing (present participle)

glosses: If you miss something, you don't hit it.

text: I missed the target.

glosses: If you miss someone or something when they are gone or away, you wish they were there with you.

text: I miss you so much. When are you coming home?

glosses: If you miss an event, you aren't able to go.

text: I'm going to have to miss the party because I can't find a babysitter.

glosses: If you miss something, you aren't able to get on it in time.

text: I'm sorry I'm late; I missed the bus.

text: You better hurry or we're going to miss the train!

glosses: If you miss something, you don't understand it.

text: You're missing the point of what I'm saying.

ipa: /mɪs/

verb

miss

es


miss

forms:
miss
misses (plural)

glosses: You use miss before an unmarried woman's name, usually the last name or the full name.

text: Miss Brakel, the doctor will see you now.

text: This is Miss June Hagerty.

glosses: You call a young woman miss when you don't know her name.

text: Excuse me, miss, I think you dropped this.

noun

misses


Mrs

forms: Mrs

glosses: Mrs is a shortened form of mistress. You use Mrs before a married woman's name, usually the last name or the full name.

text: Mrs Brakel, the doctor will see you now.

text: This is Mrs June Hagerty.

glosses: You call a woman Mrs when you don't know her name.

text: Excuse me, Mrs, I think you dropped this.


mention

forms:
mention (canonical)
mentions (third-person singular)
mentioned (past)
mentioned (past participle)
mentioning (present participle)

glosses: If you mention something, you say it or talk about it, but only very briefly.

text: Father Poole became very excited when I mentioned your name.

text: As I have already mentioned, I had never tried skiing before.

text: The problem is not mentioned in any of the books.

text: He mentioned that she would probably be there.

text: Did you mention the changes to Susan?

text: Now that you mention it, I do have another key under the mat.

text: "Thank you for your help!" "Oh, don't mention it. It was nothing."

ipa: /ˈmɛnʃən/

hyphenation: men‧tion


mention

forms:
mention
mentions (plural)

glosses: A mention of something, is when somebody mentions it.

text: Kavanagh's book makes no mention of Katherine's name.

text: The economy received only the briefest of mentions in the speech.


minister

forms:
minister
ministers (plural)

glosses: A minister is a politician who is in charge of a part of the government.

text: The Minister of Defense has said that the army will remain in the city for at least two more weeks.

glosses: A minister is a person who acts officially in a Christian church.

text: The minister who performed our wedding ceremony was a great speaker.

ipa: /ˈmɪnɨstɚ/

ipa: /ˈmɪnɪstə/

hyphenation: min‧is‧ter


minister

forms:
minister (canonical)
ministers (third-person singular)
ministered (past)
ministered (past participle)
ministering (present participle)

glosses: If you minister, you give help, especially through your words or by nursing.

text: To minister, a church must be sensitive to what is hurting its community.

text: Mother Theresa spent her life ministering to the sick and poor in India.


relative clause

forms:
relative clause
relative clauses (plural)

glosses: A relative clause is a kind of subordinate clause; it usually modifies a noun.

text: In the sentence I caught the dog that bit you, the relative clause that bit you modifies the noun dog.


moment

forms:
moment
moments (plural)

glosses: A moment is a very short time. It is not an exact measurement.

text: Geraldine sat on the bed and thought for a moment.

text: He jumped out of the way at the last moment.

text: Don't worry. I'll be back in a moment.

text: I'm sorry. She's on the phone at the moment. Can I ask who's calling?

text: Just a moment, please, Sam. I'm talking to your sister.

text: It was a lie, but one of no great moment.

ipa: /'məʊmənt/

ipa: /'moʊmənt/


ere

forms: ere

pos: prep

ipa: /ɛə/

ipa: /ɛər/

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

homophones: air aire Ayr err heir


okay

glosses: You use okay to show that you agree with something.

text: "I'll be late tonight, mom." "Okay dear!"

text: "You don't have to come tomorrow." "Okay, I'll see you next week then."

glosses: You use okay to check if someone agrees with you.

text: I'm leaving now, okay?

glosses: You use okay to show that you are changing topic.

text: Does anybody have questions? No? Okay, let's look at the homework then.

ipa: /ˌəʊˈkeɪ/

ipa: /ˌoʊˈkeɪ/


okay

forms: okay (positive)

glosses: If someone is okay, they are fine or not hurt.

text: Oh, sorry! Are you okay? Let me help you.

text: Thanks, I'm feeling okay now.

glosses: If something is okay, it is good enough, fine, or not bad.

text: "Do you like this?" "It's okay, I guess. Do you have anything nicer?"

text: "Is it okay if I do it tomorrow?" "Yeah, it's okay with me.

text: "How was your day?" "Oh, it was okay--nothing special."

text: He's an okay guy.


okay

forms:
okay (canonical)
okays (third-person singular)
okayed (past)
okayed (past participle)
okaying (present participle)

text: The manager has to okay it before I can let you in.

glosses: If you okay something with somebody, you ask them to approve it.

text: Did you okay this with your dad?


okay

forms:
okay
okays (plural)

glosses: If you give something your okay, you approve it.

text: We got the okay to go ahead.


OK

forms:
OK (positive)
Superlative–

glosses: You use OK to show that you agree with something.

text: "I'll be late tonight, mom." "OK, dear!"

text: "You don't have to come tomorrow." "OK, I'll see you next week then."

glosses: You use OK to check if someone agrees with you.

text: I'm leaving now, OK?

glosses: You use OK to show that you are changing topic.

text: Does anybody have questions? No? OK, let's look at the homework then.


OK

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

glosses: If someone is OK, they are fine or not hurt.

text: Oh, sorry! Are you OK? Let me help you.

text: Thanks, I'm feeling OK now.

glosses: If something is OK, it is good enough, fine, or not bad.

text: "Do you like this?" "It's OK, I guess. Do you have anything nicer?"

text: "Is it OK if I do it tomorrow?" "Yeah, it's OK with me.

text: "How was your day?" "Oh, it was OK--nothing special."

text: He's an OK guy.


OK

forms:
OK (canonical)
OK's (third-person singular)
OK'd (past)
OK'd (past participle)
OK'ing (present participle)

text: The manager has to OK it before I can let you in.

glosses: If you OK something with somebody, you ask them to approve it.

text: Did you OK this with your dad?

verb

OK

OK's

OK'd

OK'ing


OK

forms:
OK
OK's (plural)

glosses: If you give something your OK, you approve it.

text: We got the OK to go ahead.


donation

forms:
donation
donations (plural)

glosses: A donation is a gift of money or something useful to a person or organization.

text: Your donation was greatly appreciated. Be sure to donate canned goods to the shelter again next year.

ipa: /dəʊˈneɪʃən/


operate

forms:
operate (canonical)
operates (third-person singular)
operated (past)
operated (past participle)
operating (present participle)

glosses: If you operate a machine, you control it.

text: Everyone on board is able to operate the ship.

text: Does the device operate independently or does it need to connect to other devices?

glosses: If organizations or people operate, they work or do business.

text: The business will continue to operate under the same name.

text: The school operates a system for selling used textbooks.

text: It's really hard to operate with the kids running around.

glosses: If a doctor operates, he cuts into a client's body to fix it.

ipa: /ˈɒpəreɪt/

ipa: /ˈɑpəreɪt/

hyphenation: op‧er‧ate

operat


opportunity

forms:
opportunity
opportunities (plural)

glosses: An opportunity is a time, place, or situation in which something can happen, usually something good.

text: Sleep provides an opportunity for the body to repair itself.

text: The sun was warm, so I took the opportunity for a long walk in the park.

text: Fans will have the opportunity to see the top players on Monday.

text: Today, anyone can come for free, so don't miss this great opportunity.

text: This is a workplace that provides equal opportunity for all.

text: In the poor economy, there are decreasing employment opportunities.

enpr: ä'pər-to͞oʹnə-tē

ipa: /ˌɑpɚˈtunəti/

noun

opportunities


secure

forms:
securer (comparative)
securest (superlative)
secure (positive)
more secure (comparative)
most secure (superlative)

glosses: When something is secure, it is firmly held in place and probably will not fall.

text: Mike's bicycle is very secure on the bike rack.

glosses: When a person is secure, they are not afraid of anything and are in a good emotional state.

ipa: /səˈkjʊə(r)/

ipa: /səˈkjʊr/

hyphenation: se‧cure

adj

secure

securer

securest


secure

forms:
secure (canonical)
secures (third-person singular)
secured (past)
secured (past participle)
securing (present participle)

glosses: If you secure something, you make it secure in one of the ways listed above.

verb

secur


securities

forms:
security
securities (plural)

glosses: Securities are financial documents, like stocks, bonds and notes.

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

noun

security

securities


securely

etymology_text: secure + -ly

ety-suffix

ly

expansion: secure + -ly

text: Mike placed his bicycle securely on the rack, ensuring that it would not fall.

ipa: /səˈkjʊrli/

ipa: /səˈkjʊəli/

hyphenation: se‧cure‧ly


urban

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

glosses: If something is urban, it is related to cities.

text: an urban neighborhood or region

ipa: /ˈɜːrbən/

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


oppose

forms:
oppose (canonical)
opposes (third-person singular)
opposed (past)
opposed (past participle)
opposing (present participle)

glosses: If you oppose something, you try to stop it or fight against it.

text: We would strongly oppose any changes.

text: Do you favor or oppose more taxes?

text: The opposing team just scored again.

ipa: /əˈpəʊz/

ipa: /əˈpoʊz/

hyphenation: op‧pose

verb

oppos


everyday

forms: everyday (positive)

etymology_text: every + day

compound

every

day

expansion: every + day

glosses: something that is done a lot or happens a lot; something that is ordinary

text: These are my everyday clothes.

ipa: /ˈɛvriˌdeɪ/

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


mundane

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

text: My life is very mundane. I wish it was more exciting.

ipa: /mʌnˈdeɪn/

hyphenation: mun‧dane


protect

forms:
protect (canonical)
protects (third-person singular)
protected (past)
protected (past participle)
protecting (present participle)

glosses: If you protect something or someone, you keep it safe; you stop it from being harmed.

text: The knight protected the castle.

ipa: /prəˈtɛkt/


original

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

etymology_text: origin + -al

ety-suffix

origin

al

expansion: origin + -al

glosses: The original person or thing, happened or existed before others of its kind.

text: The book has been translated from the original Russian version.

text: The police were able to return to the goods to the original owners.

glosses: If something is original, it is new and creative.

text: Mendelssohn's C minor Trio is a highly original work.

glosses: If you are original, you are creative and different from other people.

text: He's one of Canada's most original thinkers.

ipa: /əˈrɪʤənl/


original

forms:
original
originals (plural)

glosses: An original is a piece of writing or a work of art that is not a copy.

text: I'll give you a copy and we'll keep the original here.


mythic

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

etymology_text: myth + -ic

myth

ic

expansion: myth + -ic

glosses: If something is mythic it is from a myth (a story about gods).

text: There are many mythic stories about the Norse god Thor.

glosses: If something is mythic it is not real or not true; that is, it is like something from an fictional story or old myth.

text: A dragon is a mythic animal.

text: A mythic way to kill bees is with alcohol but it does not really work

glosses: If something is mythic or of mythic proportions it is very great or amazing.

text: His skill with the baseball bat was mythic.

text: His team had a win of mythic proportions.

enpr: mĭth'ĭk

ipa: /ˈmɪθɪk/

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


mythical

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

etymology_text: myth + -ical

ical

expansion: myth + -ical

glosses: If something is mythical it is from a myth (a story about gods).

text: There are many mythical stories about the Norse god Thor.

glosses: If something is mythical it is not real or not true; that is, it is like something from a fictional story or old myth.

text: A dragon is a mythical animal.

text: A mythical way to kill bees is with alcohol but it does not really work

glosses: If something is mythical or of mythical proportions it is very great or amazing.

text: His skill with the baseball bat was mythical.

text: His team had a win of mythical proportions.

enpr: mĭth'ĭkəl

ipa: /ˈmɪθɪkəl/

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


myth

forms:
myth
myths (plural)

glosses: A myth is a story about gods and great heroes. Usually these gods are seen as very human, but with great power. The word myth is usually used for stories from old religions that few people believe any more.

text: There are many myths about the Norse god Thor.

glosses: A myth is something many people believe but that is not true.

text: It is only a myth that people use only 10% of their brains.

enpr: mĭth

ipa: /mɪθ/


mythology

forms:
mythology
mythologies (plural)

glosses: Mythology is the study of stories about gods. Such stories are called myths.

glosses: A mythology is all the myths from a certain religion.

glosses: A mythology is all the background stories from a fictional world.

text: Tolkien invented an complex mythology for Middle Earth.

text: The mythology behind Superman is really very deep.

enpr: mĭthôlôjē

ipa: /mɪˈθɒləʤi/

ipa: /mɪˈθɑːləʤi/

noun

mythology

mythologies


perhaps

glosses: If you say that perhaps something will happen or that perhaps it is true, you mean it may happen or be true.

text: Perhaps someday I'll learn how to drive.

text: If I tried again, perhaps it might work.

glosses: You use perhaps when you are not sure about something.

text: We shouldn't do it, we don't want to do it, and perhaps most importantly, we don't have the money to do it.

text: Nokia is perhaps Finland's best-known company.

ipa: /pəˈhæps/

ipa: /pɚˈhæps/


union

forms:
union
unions (plural)

glosses: A union is when many things are joined together.

text: The League of Nations was a union between many nations.

text: The union of these two companies was painless.

text: Marriage is the union of two lives.

ipa: /juːŋjən/


otherwise

glosses: You use otherwise to connect two clauses where the second clause shows the bad thing that would happen if the first clause doesn't happen.

text: You need the proper license. Otherwise you can't do business.

glosses: You use otherwise to connect two clauses where the second clause shows what would have happened if the first clause hadn't happened.

text: I missed the bus. Otherwise, I would have been here earlier.

glosses: If you think or say otherwise, you don't agree.

text: She says we should put him in piano lessons, but I think otherwise.

text: She has some cuts, but is otherwise fine.

text: He just had to wash the dishes. Otherwise, everything was done.

ipa: /ˈʌð.əˌwaɪz/

ipa: /ˈʌð.ɚˌwaɪz/


pack

forms:
pack (canonical)
packs (third-person singular)
packed (past)
packed (past participle)
packing (present participle)

glosses: When you pack something, you put it in a container to carry with you.

text: Did you pack your swimming suit?

glosses: When you pack a container, you put things in it to carry with you.

text: The students have all packed their bags and left for the summer.

text: It's time to pack up and go.

glosses: If you pack a place or a container with something (or pack something in a place or container), you put a lot inside.

text: The hall was packed with visitors.

glosses: If you pack something like snow or earth, you press it to make it take up less space.

text: All the runners had packed the earth hard.

glosses: If you pack a gun, you carry it with you.

glosses: If you pack something away, you put it away in a container.

ipa: /pæk/


pack

forms:
pack
packs (plural)

glosses: A pack is a container that things are sold in.

text: Cigarettes were selling for over $10 a pack.

glosses: A pack is a bag used to carry things, usually on your back.

text: My spare clothes are in my pack.

glosses: A pack of cards is a set of 52 playing cards.

glosses: A pack is a group of animals, usually that hunt together.

glosses: A pack of people is a group, usually not a nice group.

glosses: A pack of lies is something that is completely untrue.

glosses: An ice pack is something cold that you put on an injury.


pardon

forms: pardon

glosses: You use pardon to show that you didn't hear or understand someone.

text: "Could you close the door, please?" "Pardon!" "Close the door, please."

glosses: You use pardon when you have made a rude sound like a burp.

ipa: /ˈpɑrdən/


pardon

forms:
pardon (canonical)
pardons (third-person singular)
pardoned (past)
pardoned (past participle)
pardoning (present participle)

glosses: If a government pardons somebody who is guilty of a crime, it allows them to live as though they had not committed the crime.

text: The Ethiopian government has pardoned twenty five prisoners who were found guilty in connection to the unrest that rocked the nation.

glosses: When you pardon someone, you forgive them.

text: I hope he'll pardon me for what I did to him.


pardon

forms:
pardon
pardons (plural)

glosses: You say pardon me or I beg your pardon when you didn't hear someone, when you accidentally touch someone, when you want someone's attention, or when you'd like someone to move.

glosses: A pardon is given when someone is forgiven.

text: The soldier was given a pardon for all the acts he had committed while fighting in the war.


pence

forms:
penny
pence (plural)

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

text: These apples are twenty pence each.

ipa: /pɛns/

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

penny

pence


pension

forms:
pension
pensions (plural)

glosses: A pension is money paid regularly by a government or company to someone who has stopped working, usually because of age or illness.

text: When her pension ran out, she had to sell her house and move in with her daughter.

text: He regularly puts money into a retirement pension plan.

text: The employees do not like how the company is investing their retirement pension funds.

text: I stayed at a pension during my trip to London.

glosses: A pension is what you pay for living in someone else's house or for staying at a small hotel.

text: Did you remember to pay the landlady the pension?

enpr: pĕn'shən

ipa: /ˈpɛnʃən/

hyphenation: pen‧sion


pension

forms:
pension (canonical)
pensions (third-person singular)
pensioned (past)
pensioned (past participle)
pensioning (present participle)

glosses: If a company pensions a person, they force them to retire on a unpension.


pick

forms:
pick (canonical)
picks (third-person singular)
picked (past)
picked (past participle)
picking (present participle)

text: I have picked the best people to work on this job.

text: This was picked as the best new toy of the year.

text: She picked up the glass and put it down again.

text: Pick your clothes up off the floor!

text: The baby's crying. Can you pick him up?

glosses: If you pick up the phone, you answer it.

glosses: If you pick something up from somewhere, you go and get it.

text: Mom, can you pick me up from Austin's at 8:00?

text: I'll go an pick up a pizza.

glosses: If you try to pick up someone you have just met, you talk to them because you want to have sex with them.

glosses: If you pick fruit, flowers, etc., you take them off the plant.

text: We spent the morning picking apples in the forest.

text: Please help me pick up the books that I've dropped.

glosses: If you pick something from somewhere, you take it out of or away from that place.

text: After dinner he picked the rice out of the children's hair.

glosses: If you pick a musical instrument such as a guitar, you play it by pulling its strings and letting them go.

glosses: If you pick at something, you touch it many times without doing anything.

text: He was too sick to eat and just picked at his food.

text: She picked nervously at her dress.

glosses: If you pick on someone, you are not nice to them in particular.

text: He was picked on by his brothers for his small size.

ipa: /pɪk/

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


pick

forms:
pick
picks (plural)

text: His pick for Man of the Year was John Smith.

text: You have your pick of the rooms. Which one do you want?

text: He dug that hole using a pick.

glosses: A pick is something used to play a guitar with.

text: He forgot his guitar pick.


politic

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

glosses: Actions or words that are politic are carefully chosen not to upset people.

text: The senator gave a very politic reply.

ipa: /ˈpɒlətɪk/

ipa: /ˈpɑlətɪk/


press

forms:
press
presses (plural)

glosses: The press are the people and organisations that report the news.

text: The president gave an interview with members of the press.

text: The company put out a press release about the new equipment.

glosses: The press is the news as it is reported.

text: The next day, the fire was all over the press.

text: The book was published by University of California Press.

glosses: A press is a machine that prints books, newspapers, etc.

text: Stop the presses! We've got a new story.

glosses: A press is a machine that pushes down on something to make it flat or to push out the water or juice.

glosses: A press is a time when you push something.

text: She gave the button a quick press.

ipa: /prɛs/

presses


press

forms:
press (canonical)
presses (third-person singular)
pressed (past)
pressed (past participle)
pressing (present participle)

glosses: If you press something, you push it against something.

text: She pressed her nose against the window.

text: Please, press a button.

text: He found the cut and pressed down firmly to stop the blood.

glosses: If you press clothes, you use an iron to make them flat.

glosses: If you press someone to do something, you ask them strongly or many times.

text: When she pressed him for an answer, he hung up the phone.

text: The group has been pressing for new laws to reduce pollution.

glosses: If you press on or forward, you keep going even though it's difficult.

glosses: If you press a weight, you exercise by moving the weight up and away from your body.

glosses: If you press a CD or record, you make a physical copy of it.

verb

press


proceed

forms:
proceed (canonical)
proceeds (third-person singular)
proceeded (past)
proceeded (past participle)
proceeding (present participle)

glosses: When you proceed, you go forward with something.

text: The reporter proceeded with the interview.

text: They proceeded down the road.

text: After finding the money, he proceeded to put it in his pocket.

ipa: /prəˈsiːd/

hyphenation: pro‧ceed


proceed

forms: proceed (plural)

glosses: (formal) The proceeds of some individual project or sale are the money earned from doing it.

text: We sold the house and bought a small apartment with the proceeds.

text: The proceeds of tonight's show will go to charity.


proper

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

glosses: The proper way, place, use, etc. is the right one.

text: What is the proper way to write a letter?

glosses: If something is proper, it is polite or acceptable.

text: It's not proper for you to live alone like this.

text: She was a very proper young lady.

text: Why don't you get a proper job at a good company?

glosses: The x proper is the main or important part of x, not the parts near it.

text: We stayed in a village and only went into the city proper during the day.

enpr: präpʹər


propose

forms:
propose (canonical)
proposes (third-person singular)
proposed (past)
proposed (past participle)
proposing (present participle)

glosses: When you propose something, you say that it should be done or chosen, usually in a formal situation.

text: She proposed that we should see a film.

text: We have proposed that a new group be set up to answer this question.

text: "I'm going to propose real cuts in taxes," said the President.

text: Clinton now proposes doing almost exactly the opposite.

glosses: When you propose a new theory or idea, you say that you believe it to be better than old ideas.

text: I would like to propose that the problems we have had are actually not because of money.

glosses: When you propose to do something, you plan or intend to do it.

text: What does he propose to do in the future?

glosses: If you propose to somebody, you ask them to marry you.

text: He proposed to his girlfriend outside her house.

glosses: If you propose a toast, you celebrate somebody by raising a glass and drinking.

text: I'd like to propose a toast to our new manager.

ipa: /prəˈpəʊz/

ipa: /prəˈpoʊz/

propos

e


rather

glosses: If something is rather large, different, difficult, etc., it is quite that way.

text: I saw something rather unusual this morning.

glosses: When you would rather do something, you want to do it more than something else.

text: I would rather see a film (than stay home).

text: He went rather than stay behind and be alone.

glosses: You use or rather to change what you have just said.

text: I went there, or rather I had planned to go there, last week.

enpr: rä′thə(r)

enpr: răth′ər

enpr: rä’thə

hyphenation: rath‧er


rather

forms: rather

glosses: You use rather to show that you agree strongly.

text: "Did you like the movie?" "Rather!"


realize

forms:
realize (canonical)
realizes (third-person singular)
realized (past)
realized (past participle)
realizing (present participle)

etymology_text: real + -ize

ety-suffix

real

ize

expansion: real + -ize

glosses: If you realize something, you become aware of it.

text: John just realized that he had left his umbrella at home.

text: It took me some time to realize it was you.

text: Do you realize what you've done?

glosses: If something is realized, it is made real.

text: My dreams of starting my own company have been realized.

hyphenation: re‧al‧ize

realiz


really

glosses: When something is really a certain way, its very or very much that way.

text: I really want to see a film.

text: I'm really hungry now.

text: You did a really good job on that.

text: Thank you for coming and helping me this morning. I really appreciate it.

text: I don't really like Japanese food.

glosses: If something really exists or really happens, it does exist or happen.

text: Are you really going to the show?

text: Yes, I really will be there.

ipa: /ˈrɪəli/


really

forms: really

glosses: You can say "really?" when you are surprised.

text: "He won yesterday." "Really?"

glosses: You can say "really" when you agree with something.

text: "That girl talks about herself way too much." "Really. She's a nightmare."


recent

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

glosses: Something that is recent has happened a short while ago.

text: Has there been any recent news on the dispute?

text: In recent weeks, we have seen a big jump in the price of gas.

text: These changes are quite recent.

enpr: rē'sənt

ipa: /ˈriːsənt/

hyphenation: re‧cent


reckon

forms:
reckon (canonical)
reckons (third-person singular)
reckoned (past)
reckoned (past participle)
reckoning (present participle)

glosses: If you reckon that something is true, you think that it is true.

text: What do you reckon we should do?

text: I reckon that he didn't know anything about it.

text: He's reckoned to be quite a good teacher.

glosses: If you reckon a number, cost, etc., you guess or calculate the value.

text: I reckon the cost at about $23,000.

text: Reckoning from the map, Lexington to the headwaters of the Pedlar and back is forty-two miles.

glosses: If you reckon on something, you expect it.

text: Oh dear, we didn't reckon on so many people.

glosses: If you reckon with somebody or something powerful or difficult person, you deal with them.

text: In today's race, the Ethiopians will be a force to be reckoned with.

ipa: /ˈrɛkən/


recognize

forms:
recognize (canonical)
recognizes (third-person singular)
recognized (past)
recognized (past participle)
recognizing (present participle)

glosses: If you recognize something, you realize what it is.

text: I don't recognize him. Is he a friend of yours?

glosses: If something is recognized, it is accepted.

text: You have to recognize that you can't be right all the time.

text: The government refused to recognize his passport.

text: He's generally recognized as the person who made the first radio.

glosses: If something is recognized, it is given an award.

text: John was recognized for his achievements as a scientist.

ipa: /ˈrɛkəgnaɪz/

hyphenation: re‧cog‧nize

verb

recogniz


reduce

forms:
reduce (canonical)
reduces (third-person singular)
reduced (past)
reduced (past participle)
reducing (present participle)

glosses: If something is reduced, it has been brought down or made smaller.

text: The new computer system should reduce the number of problems.

text: This image is too large, could you please reduce the size?

text: Eating well will reduce the risk of heart disease.

text: Our time in the country was reduced to just a few days.

text: Taxes have been reduced by 24 percent.

glosses: If you reduce a liquid, you boil it to make it thicker.

ipa: /rɪˈdjuːs/

ipa: /rɪˈduːs/

reduc


refer

forms:
refer (canonical)
refers (third-person singular)
referred (past)
referred (past participle)
referring (present participle)

glosses: If you refer to something, you talk or write about it, usually in passing.

text: The teacher referred to some research, but I didn't know what he meant.

text: The media refers to the war as "the troubles".

text: He referred to her only by her first name.

glosses: If you refer to a book or other source of information, you check it.

text: You should refer to the dictionary to find the meaning.

text: The numbers refer to last year's sales.

glosses: If you refer x to y, you send x to y for help or to be dealt with.

text: He referred me to the science department.

enpr: rī-fû

ipa: /rɪˈfɜː/

enpr: rī-fûr

ipa: /rɪˈfɝ/

hyphenation: re‧fer

refer

r


regard

forms:
regard
regards (plural)

glosses: If you have regard for something, you respect it.

text: He has a high regard for his teacher.

text: These people have no regard for other people's feelings.

glosses: Regard is how something is though about or looked at.

text: We do disagree, but only in regard to how much the government is spending.

text: What has he said with regard to taxes?

text: He's made a lot of money and is certainly a success in that regard.

glosses: You use Regards as a closing in a formal letter.

glosses: You ask somebody to give somebody else your regards as a formal way to show your concern for and interest in these people.

ipa: /rɪˈgɑːd/

ipa: /rɪˈgɑrd/


regard

forms:
regard (canonical)
regards (third-person singular)
regarded (past)
regarded (past participle)
regarding (present participle)

glosses: If you regard something, you think about it.

text: How do you regard his actions?

text: She's widely regarded as the best tennis player in history.

glosses: When you regard something, you look at it.

text: She regarded him with a smile.