button

forms:
button
buttons (plural)

glosses: A button is a round object that can be pushed through clothing so that the clothing stays on.

text: Sarah's sweater doesn't work anymore because the buttons popped off.

glosses: A button is a switch that is turned on by pressing it.

text: I pressed the button to turn on the television.

glosses: A button is a badge that can be worn of clothing and is put onto the clothing with a pin to hold it in place.

text: I have a "Vote for Bush" button.

glosses: If a poker player has the button, he is the last person to act on that hand.

ipa: /ˈbʌtən/

hyphenation: but‧ton


button

forms:
button (canonical)
buttons (third-person singular)
buttoned (past)
buttoned (past participle)
buttoning (present participle)

pos: verb

glosses: If you button something, you fasten it with a button.

text: Button up your coat!

verb

expansion: [POS TABLE]


kindergarten

forms:
kindergarten
kindergartens (plural)

pos: noun

glosses: Kindergarten is a place (or school) where young children learn (usually for five- and six-year-olds).

ipa: /ˈkɪndərˌɡɑːrt(ə)n/

ipa: /ˈkɪndəˌɡɑːt(ə)n/


five

forms: five

pos: det

text: We have five toes on each foot.

ipa: /faɪv/

sampa: /"faIv/


five

forms:
five
fives (plural)

text: Two plus three is five.


calm

forms:
calm (positive)
calmer (comparative)
calmest (superlative)

pos: adj

glosses: If a person, place or situation is calm, it is peaceful and quiet.

text: There's no wind and the lake is calm.

text: I was angry a minute ago, but now I am calm.

ipa: /kɑːm/

ipa: /kɑm/

adj

calm

calmer

calmest


calm

forms:
calm
calms (plural)

text: I felt a calm come over me.

text: The calm before a storm.


calm

forms:
calm (canonical)
calms (third-person singular)
calmed (past)
calmed (past participle)
calming (present participle)

text: He was yelling and running around but I calmed him.

text: The lake calmed after the storm.


population

forms:
population
populations (plural)

etymology_text: populate + -ion

ety-suffix

populate

ion

expansion: populate + -ion

glosses: The population of a place is the people or animals that live there.

text: The population of a city is higher than that of a town.

text: The growth of population on earth may lead to much hunger.

ipa: /pɒpjuːleɪʃən/


hunger

forms:
hunger
hungers (plural)

glosses: Hunger is the feeling when wanting food when your stomach is empty.

text: When I have hunger then I want to have some food.

text: He suffered from hunger and thirst.

text: Even after the war, people are dying of poverty and hunger.

ipa: /ˈhʌŋɡə/

ipa: /ˈhʌŋɡɚ/


usual

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

text: It is usual for me to read the newspaper in the morning.

ipa: /ˈjuːʒʊəl/

ipa: /ˈjuːʒuəl/

hyphenation: u‧su‧al

adj

more: true


site

forms:
site
sites (plural)

text: He was working on a building site in Alton when a concrete mixer rolled back and hit him.

enpr: sīt

ipa: /saɪt/

sampa: /saIt/

homophones: cite sight


site

forms:
site (canonical)
sites (third-person singular)
sited (past)
sited (past participle)
siting (present participle)

glosses: If something is sited somewhere, it was put or built there.

text: The house is sited on the corner of Portland Street and Langham Street.

verb

sit

e


anaesthetic

forms:
anaesthetic
anaesthetics (plural)

glosses: An anaesthetic is a gas that is used by a doctor or nurse to make a person feel no pain or to put a person to sleep.

text: They used an anaesthetic on him before performing the surgery.

ipa: /ˌænəsˈθɛtɪk/

audio: en-US anesthetic.ogg


sought

forms:
seek (canonical)
seeks (third-person singular)
sought (past)
sought (past participle)
seeking (present participle)

glosses: The past tense and past participle of seek.

text: When she ran into problems, Pam sought advice from an expert.

ipa: /sɔːt/

seek

seeks

sought

sought

seeking


commission

forms:
commission
commissions (plural)

glosses: A commission is a group of people who work together to research or manage something for a government.

text: She was recently appointed to head the European commission on climate change.

glosses: A commission is money that a salesperson receives for each sale.

text: You may have to pay commission to convert the dollars into local currency on your travels.

glosses: The official appointment of an officer in a nation's armed forces.

text: Brummell resigned his commission when his regiment was posted to Manchester.

glosses: A commission is a task to be undertaken.

text: My commission was only to deliver this message.

ipa: /kəˈmɪʃən/


commission

forms:
commission (canonical)
commissions (third-person singular)
commissioned (past)
commissioned (past participle)
commissioning (present participle)

glosses: If you commission someone to do or create something, you formally ask them to do it.

text: The report commissioned by the Department of Health in 1989, contains guidelines on how best to manage and organise waiting lists.


positive

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

glosses: If something is positive, it is good, happy, or wanted.

text: A balanced diet, exercise, and a positive attitude are all things that give you a sense of well being.

text: After using the new skin cream for four weeks, most women showed positive results, reporting that their skin felt smoother and softer and looked better.

text: The changes in the prices were all positive.

glosses: If you are positive about something, you are sure that you are not mistaken.

text: The guard at Euston was positive that on that particular day he had locked the door.

glosses: If a test result is positive, the test found what it was testing for.

text: I'm sorry, the HIV test is positive.

glosses: A positive electrical charge is one carried by a proton.

text: Attach the wire to the positive pole of the battery.

glosses: A positive number or value is more than zero.

text: A positive number multiplied by a negative number results in a negative.

text: The Kelvin scale of temperature is absolute since only positive temperatures are possible.

glosses: A positive symptom is one where something is there that should not be. Usually this is for schizophrenia.

text: His positive symptoms included hearing voices of people that were not there.

glosses: Based on something being there or being true, in some other way.

text: I tie-bleached my shirt to make a negative image, then tie-dyed it to add a positive image.

text: There were negative rules, telling us what not to do, as well as positive ones telling us what to do.

ipa: /ˈpɒzɪtɪv/


positive

forms:
positive
positives (plural)

glosses: A positive is a good thing or part of something.

text: It's been a bad week, but at least the sun is one positive.


by

forms: by

pos: prep

text: The mailbox is by the bus stop.

text: Be back by ten o'clock!

glosses: if something is done by somebody, it is done through their action

text: The matter was decided by the chairman.

text: The boat was swamped by the water.

text: He was protected by his body armour.

glosses: if something is created by somebody, they are the creator, author, etc.

text: There are many well-known plays by William Shakespeare.

text: I avoided the guards by moving only when they weren't looking.

text: I sorted the items by category.

glosses: with a change of. In this case, by shows how much something has changed.

text: Our stock is up by ten percent.

glosses: shows how slowly, or how quickly, someone does something (used in the form "X by X" or "by Xs")

text: We went through the book page by page.

text: We crawled forward by inches.

glosses: When measuring the width and depth of something, by is used between the lengths of the two sides.

text: The window is 45 cm by 60 cm.

glosses: If you multiply x by y, you multiply x × y.

text: Five multiplied by seven is 35.

glosses: If you divide x by y, you find how many ys are in x.

text: 35 divided by seven is five.

enpr: bī

ipa: /baɪ/

sampa: /baI/

homophones: bi buy bye


canvas

forms:
canvas
canvasses or canvases (plural)

glosses: A canvas is a type of hard, rough cloth used for making sails, tents, and painted on.

text: John prepared the canvas for the sail.

glosses: Canvas that is stretched out on a frame to be painted on.

text: A good artist chooses his or her own canvas.

glosses: Canvas is something that is a basis for a creative work.

text: The life in rural France served as a canvas for Ted F. Adams' Around the Tree.

ipa: /ˈkænvəs/

hyphenation: can‧vas

noun

canvas

canvasses

canvases


canvas

forms:
canvas (canonical)
canvases (third-person singular)
canvased (past)
canvased (past participle)
canvasing (present participle)

glosses: If you canvas something, you cover an area or object with canvas.

verb

es


canvasses

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

text: Many canvasses lined the wall.


canvasses

forms:
canvass (canonical)
canvasses (third-person singular)
canvassed (past)
canvassed (past participle)
canvassing (present participle)

glosses: The third-person singular form of canvass.

canvass


canvases

text: Many canvases lined the wall.


canvases

glosses: The third-person singular form of canvas.


care

forms:
care
cares (plural)

glosses: Care is the act of helping someone, especially sick people, the very young or the very old.

text: He decided not to seek health care from a hospitals.

text: We take the kids to child care during the week.

glosses: If you take care of someone, you watch them so that there is no trouble.

text: You're going to need someone to take care of you when you get older.

text: We'll be taking real good care of you. I promise.

glosses: If you take care of a problem, you fix it or arrange it.

text: Don's worry. Pearl and Edward will take care of things.

text: We go in, do our job, and take care of what we need to take care of.

glosses: You say "Take care!" when you are leaving somebody.

text: That's it. All right. Jim, good to see you. Take care.

glosses: You say "Take care!" when you want somebody to do something safely.

text: Go slowly and take care not to touch anything.

text: Care should be taken when holding eggs.

glosses: Care is the act of keeping something in a good condition.

text: I'm caring for the house while they're away.

glosses: A Care is a worry, concern, or something that you think about often.

text: I don't have a care in the world.

ipa: /kɛə/

ipa: /kɛr/

sampa: /kEr/


care

forms:
care (canonical)
cares (third-person singular)
cared (past)
cared (past participle)
caring (present participle)

glosses: If you don't care about something, you don't think about it often or have a concern for it; it doesn't matter.

text: I don't care what happens to my car.

glosses: If you care about something, you think it is important.

text: He only cares about his car.

text: Young children can learn to care for a pet.

car


regulation

forms:
regulation
regulations (plural)

etymology_text: regulate + -ion

ety-suffix

regulate

expansion: regulate + -ion

text: The company has recently imposed new safety rules and regulations to reduce accidents.

glosses: Regulation is the process of controlling something, usually with rules.

text: The government is reducing regulation of the airlines.

ipa: /ˌrɛɡjʊˈleɪʃən/

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

hyphenation: reg‧u‧la‧tion


regulation

forms: regulation (positive)

glosses: If something is regulation, it is made or done according to the rules.

text: This isn't a regulation soccer ball. It's too small.

ipa: /ˌrɛɡjʊˈleɪʃən/


carriage

forms:
carriage
carriages (plural)

glosses: A vehicle on wheels, usually pulled by a horse.

text: Jack Hampton rode on his carriage to the wedding.

text: Sarah said that she would be on the third carriage of the train.

text: His noble carriage made nobody suspect that he was a poor pauper.

ipa: /ˈkærɪdʒ/

hyphenation: car‧riage


cart

forms:
cart
carts (plural)

glosses: A small, open vehicle on wheels, pulled or pushed by a person or an animal and usually used for carrying things, not people.

text: Harry put his trunk in a cart and pushed it through the station.

glosses: A small motor vehicle like a car; a go cart.

text: Sophie squealed as she raced through the race course on the cart.

ipa: /kɑːt/

enpr: kärt

ipa: /kɑrt/


cart

forms:
cart (canonical)
carts (third-person singular)
carted (past)
carted (past participle)
carting (present participle)

glosses: If you cart something to somewhere, you move it there.


chalk

forms:
chalk
chalks (plural)

glosses: Chalk is a soft, white, powder-like limestone.

text: The men mine chalk in the hills near my house.

glosses: Chalk is a piece of chalk, or more usually, processed compressed chalk, that is used for drawing and for writing on a blackboard; teachers at school may use chalk to write on a blackboard.

text: John wrote his name on the blackboard with chalk.

text: There are many pieces of chalk on the floor.

text: The shop at the corner of the street sells many chalks.

enpr: chôk

ipa: /ʧɔːk/

ipa: /ʧɑk/

sampa: /tSAk/


chalk

forms:
chalk (canonical)
chalks (third-person singular)
chalked (past)
chalked (past participle)
chalking (present participle)

glosses: To put chalk on something, such as the tip of a billiards cue.

glosses: To write something using chalk; this is often done on a blackboard.

glosses: To use powdered chalk to put the lines on a sports field.


on

forms: on

glosses: positioned at the upper surface of, touching from above

text: The apple is on the table.

text: Tim was born on the 4th of July.

text: I turned the television on.

text: Shall we stop for lunch or shall we drive on?

text: I have a book on history.

text: There was a World Summit on the Information Society a few weeks ago.

text: I have no money on me at the moment.

text: I would like to eat the fruit on the trees.

text: He was arrested on suspicion of bribery.

text: I contacted Joanne on a hunch that she would know about it.

text: The stock price increased on news of a new product.

glosses: If something is on, it is active, functioning or operating.

text: The television is on.

text: The lights are on, so it is very bright.

enpr: ŏn

ipa: /ɒn/

sampa: /Qn/

ipa: /ɑn/

sampa: /An/


distinction

forms:
distinction
distinctions (plural)

glosses: A distinction is a difference that you have noticed or decided is important. Often used to separate things.

text: Before we discuss how you can develop your creative powers, we need to make a distinction between two different but related activities --; THINKING and LEARNING.

text: There is, in other words, no neat or clear distinction to be drawn between political equality and social and economic equality.

glosses: If something is done with distinction, it is done to a high level and other people recognise that.

text: We only wanted to take athletes of distinction; no one is going just for the trip.

ipa: /dɪˈstɪŋkʃən/


equation

forms:
equation
equations (plural)

glosses: An equation is a mathematical statement in which both sides are of equal value.

text: Find x, in the equation x+2y=3y.

text: Using equation (2.1) from above, we can now solve for x.

glosses: An equation is how everything works together to create a situation.

text: Money plays a big part in the political equation.

glosses: The equation of x with y, is the act of thinking about them as the same or as belonging together.

text: The equation of women with maids and cooks must stop.

enpr: ĭkwā'zhən

ipa: /ɪˈkweɪʒən/

enpr: ĭkwā'shən

ipa: /ɪˈkweɪʃən/


impact

forms:
impact
impacts (plural)

glosses: An impact is the act of one object hitting another.

text: In tests, the driver was unhurt, even in high-speed impacts.

text: Many buildings were destroyed as the plane exploded on impact.

glosses: The impact is the effect of an act, statement, change, etc.

text: The report noted that most teachers feel that IT has made little impact on formal education.

text: The environmental impact of such increases in efficiency, however, depends on how you generate the power.

enpr: imʹpăkt

ipa: /ˈɪmpækt/


impact

forms:
impact (canonical)
impacts (third-person singular)
impacted (past)
impacted (past participle)
impacting (present participle)

glosses: If something impacts you, it has an effect on you.

text: It is obvious how bad movies will impact on children.

glosses: If you impact something, you press (or pack) its together.

text: There is a special tool to impact the road when it is under construction so the base is solid.

enpr: im-păktʹ

ipa: /ɪmˈpækt/


appropriate

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

glosses: If something is appropriate, it matches the situation.

text: We suggest ways in which teachers may change their materials to make them more appropriate for bilingual students.

text: It is the job of management to look at the problems and take appropriate action.

enpr: əprō'priĭt

ipa: /əˈprəʊpriɪt/

ipa: /əˈproʊpriɪt/

hyphenation: ap‧pro‧pri‧ate


appropriate

forms:
appropriate (canonical)
appropriates (third-person singular)
appropriated (past)
appropriated (past participle)
appropriating (present participle)

glosses: If you appropriate something, you take it from somebody else and make it your own.

text: By the end of this year, the total funds appropriated will be nearly $600 billion.

ipa: /əˈprəʊprieɪt/

enpr: əprō'priāt

ipa: /əˈproʊprieɪt/

verb

appropriat


flow

forms:
flow (canonical)
flows (third-person singular)
flowed (past)
flowed (past participle)
flowing (present participle)

glosses: If something flows, it moves in a smooth and regular way.

text: The river flows gently to the sea.

enpr: flō

ipa: /fləʊ/

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

flow

flows

flowed

flowed

flowing


flow

forms:
flow
flows (plural)

glosses: A flow is a smooth regular movement of a liquid, gas, etc.

text: A major accident is blocking the flow of traffic on Yonge St., just north of Queen.


participation

forms:
participation
participations (plural)

glosses: Participation is the act of joining together with other people to do something.

text: After the injury, he was removed from active participation in the war.


survey

forms:
survey
surveys (plural)

glosses: A survey is a broad look at a topic or place.

text: Before looking for a job, he did a survey of the companies in the area.

glosses: A survey is a formal way to gather data by asking question of people: a questionnaire.

text: The Architects' Journal conducted a survey of its readers to find what were considered the best modern buildings in Britain.

text: The results of a recent survey by Lianhe Zaobao show that 70% of all respondents think that Singapore is an ideal place for retirement.

glosses: A land survey involves photographing and measuring the land to make a map of it.

text: Before building the train tunnel, extensive geological surveys were carried out on the British side of the Channel.

glosses: A survey paper/book is a general description of a topic, often introductory.

glosses: A survey is the act of reading a broad range of books and articles on a particular subject.

ipa: /ˈsɜːveɪ/

enpr: sûrʹvā

ipa: /ˈsɝveɪ/


survey

forms:
survey (canonical)
surveys (third-person singular)
surveyed (past)
surveyed (past participle)
surveying (present participle)

glosses: If you survey something, you look at it to try to see or understand the whole of it.

glosses: If you survey people about their thoughts or personal information, you ask a large number of people in a formal way, often using a questionnaire.

glosses: If you survey a place, you look at every part of it, often from a high spot.

glosses: If you survey books and articles, you read a large number on a particular topic.

ipa: /səˈveɪ/

enpr: sər-vāʹ

ipa: /sɚˈveɪ/


decision

forms:
decision
decisions (plural)

glosses: A decision is a sudden thought, with purpose, before someone does something. After a person makes a decision, the person has knowledge about a thing the person will do.

text: After much thought, the person made a decision to go to the meeting.

text: A person sees two roads. The person needs to go on one road or the other. The person makes a decision and goes on one of the roads.

glosses: A decision is the end of a process in a committee. After a committee makes a decision, a record in writing says the important thing.

text: After much discussion, the committee made an important decision about insurance.

ipa: /dɪˈsɪʒən/


beauty

forms:
beauty
beauties (plural)

glosses: Beauty is the quality of being nice to look at.

text: Beauty makes things attractive.

text: There is a beauty in the night sky that is hard to explain.

glosses: A beauty is something or someone that is good to look at.

text: She is a beauty.

ipa: /ˈbjuːti/

noun

beauty

beauties


chronology

forms:
chronology
chronologies (plural)

etymology_text: chrono- + -logy

glosses: Chronology is the science of finding out what events came in what order

text: Chronology can help historians find out why an old empire ended.

glosses: Chronology is text or graphics that show what events happened in what order

text: The chronology at the back of the book shows the Kings and Queens of England.

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

chronologies


potential

forms: potential (positive)

glosses: A potential customer, benefit, problem, etc. is one that might happen in the future.

text: Realistic goals can then be set to prevent potential problems from becoming actual ones.

text: To grow, a business must identify potential customers and their needs.

ipa: /pəˈtɛnʃəl/

hyphenation: po‧ten‧tial


potential

forms:
potential
potentials (plural)

glosses: If x has potential for y, then it might change toward y or cause y.

text: Technology has the potential for improvement as well as for harm.

glosses: If something has or shows potential, they will likely be very good in the future.

glosses: The potential is the difference in voltage between two points on an electrical circuit.


cultural

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

glosses: A cultural background, difference, identity etc. relates or belongs to a particular group of people.

text: Teachers should think about the cultural background of their students.

text: The difference between the cities are both cultural and economic.

glosses: Cultural things are related to art, music, books, etc.

text: The new art museum has become the cultural center of the town.

ipa: /ˈkʌlt͡ʃərəl/


wound

forms:
wound
wounds (plural)

glosses: A wound is a cut in skin with pain and blood, a burn, or other similar mark on someone's body.

text: I dropped a knife on my foot, but the wound was minor, so I didn't need to go to the hospital.

enpr: wo͞ond

poses:
noun
verb 1

ipa: /wuːnd/


wound

forms:
wound (canonical)
wounds (third-person singular)
wounded (past)
wounded (past participle)
wounding (present participle)

glosses: When you wound someone, you cause an injury (a wound) to the person.

text: The sharp blade wounded the man.


wound

forms:
wind (canonical)
winds (third-person singular)
wound (past)
wound (past participle)
winding (present participle)

glosses: The past tense and past participle of wind.

text: He wound the rope around the post.

ipa: /waʊnd/

sampa: /waUnd/

ipa: /wæwnd/

wind

winds

wound

wound

winding


wise

forms:
wise (positive)
wiser (comparative)
wisest (superlative)

glosses: A wise person has much knowledge and makes good decisions.

text: Say your question to the old woman, because she is wise and will tell you good ideas about things to do.

ipa: /waɪz/

adj

wise

wiser

wisest


wise

forms:
wise (canonical)
wises (third-person singular)
wised (past)
wised (past participle)
wising (present participle)

glosses: If you wise up, you get informed; you learn something.

verb

wis


wire

forms:
wire
wires (plural)

glosses: A wire is a long, thin metal thing, mostly for the purpose of making a connection from electric power to a machine.

text: A person cut the electric wire and all the machines in the building stopped.

ipa: /waɪə/


wire

forms:
wire (canonical)
wires (third-person singular)
wired (past)
wired (past participle)
wiring (present participle)

text: They wired up all the machines in the building.

wir


wing

forms:
wing
wings (plural)

glosses: A wing is the long flat part of a bird, insect or other flying thing. It is used to fly.

text: This bird can fly very high very quickly because the bird uses strong wings with many feathers.

text: He looked out the window of the plane and saw the sun shining on the wing.

glosses: A wing is part of a building, usually not the main part.

enpr: wĭng

ipa: /wɪŋ/

sampa: /wIN/


wing

forms:
wing (canonical)
wings (third-person singular)
winged (past)
winged (past participle)
winging (present participle)

glosses: If you wing it you do not have a plan—you are making up what you do while you do it.


wind

forms:
wind
winds (plural)

text: The wind blows so strongly now that a person's hair goes in the person's face.

enpr: wĭnd

ipa: /ˈwɪnd/

sampa: /wInd/


wind

glosses: If you wind something you wrap it around and make it tight.

text: You need to wind the string around the stick.

glosses: If you wind a clock or watch you tighten a spring inside it. This is done by turning knob. The spring powers the clock or watch as it unwinds (stops being tight).

glosses: If something winds it twists around in different directions.

text: The road winds for miles.

glosses: If something winds down, it runs out of power and gets slower. (Like a watch that is unwinding.)

glosses: How something winds up is how it becomes in the end or after something happens.

text: I wound up lost after I made the wrong turn.

enpr: wīnd

ipa: /waɪnd/

sampa: /waInd/

homophones: whined wined


wide

forms:
wide (positive)
wider (comparative)
widest (superlative)

glosses: If something is wide, it is long from one side to the other side.

text: This box is 30 cm long and 20 cm wide, but only 10 cm high.

text: It's a very wide river, but not very deep.

text: The road was built wide enough to fit four lanes of traffic.

text: He cast a wide net into the sea.

glosses: If there is a wide range, variety, or world, there is a lot of it.

text: The store offers a wide range of products.

text: He has traveled to wide and varied places.

text: The news received wide coverage across all media platforms.

text: There is a wide variety of choices available.

glosses: If you give something or someone a wide berth, you avoid them by a lot.

text: He gave the barking dog a wide berth.

ipa: /waɪd/

ipa: /wɑed/

adj

wide

wider

widest


wide

forms:
wide (positive)
wider (comparative)
Superlativewidest

pos: adv

glosses: If something is wide open, it is open to its full extent.

text: She opened her eyes wide in surprise.

text: The door was pushed wide open.

glosses: If you are wide awake, you are completely awake and alert, often when you would prefer to be asleep.

text: Despite the late hour, the children were wide awake and eager to open their presents.

text: After drinking three cups of coffee, I was wide awake all night.

glosses: If two things are wide apart, there is a lot of space between them.

text: "It was this big," she said, spreading her hands as wide apart as she could.

text: He was a big man with dark eyes placed wide apart.

text: He spread his arms wide to embrace her.


wide

forms: wide

glosses: If something goes wide of the target, it misses the target.

text: The soccer ball went wide of the goal.

text: Her first shot was wide, but the second struck his shoulder.

text: He put it wide of the mark.

glosses: If the ball or a player is/plays/goes wide, they are near the sides of the field or court.

text: He ran wide and got tackled near the sideline.


whistle

forms:
whistle
whistles (plural)

glosses: A whistle is a sound like music. A person makes a whistling sound by blowing air when the person's mouth is in a little circle.

text: The whistle of the wind in trees was low and sad.

glosses: A whistle is a little instrument made of wood, metal or other material. A person puts the instrument in the person's mouth and blows air to make a loud whistling sound.

text: When you are in danger, blow your whistle loudly and someone will run and help you.

ipa: /wɪsl̩/

sampa: /wIsl=/

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


whistle

forms:
whistle (canonical)
whistles (third-person singular)
whistled (past)
whistled (past participle)
whistling (present participle)

glosses: To whistle is to make a whistling sound with one's mouth.

text: A happy person is able to whistle and work at the same time.

verb

whistl


whip

forms:
whip
whips (plural)

glosses: A whip is a long, thin leather instrument. A person uses it, with very quick motion, to give pain. A person uses it on a horse or another person as punishment.

text: When the horse sees the whip in the person's hand, the horse gets scared and runs far away.

glosses: A whip is a member of a political party who is in charge of enforcing the party's policies in votes.

enpr: wĭp

ipa: /wɪp/

enpr: hwĭp

ipa: /ʍɪp/


whip

forms:
whip (canonical)
whips (third-person singular)
whipped (past)
whipped (past participle)
whipping (present participle)

glosses: If you whip something, you hit it with a whip.

text: Jockeys whip horses to make them go faster.

whip

p


while

forms: while

glosses: If x happens while y happens, they happen at the same time.

text: He fell asleep while sitting at his desk.

ipa: /ʍaɪl/

sampa: /WaIl/

ipa: /waɪl/

sampa: /waIl/


while

text: After a while I will stop working and cook food for us.


while

forms:
while (canonical)
whiles (third-person singular)
whiled (past)
whiled (past participle)
whiling (present participle)

glosses: If you while away the time, you spend it doing something not very productive.

text: On Sundays, I like to while away the hours by reading.

whil


freezing level

forms:
freezing level
freezing levels (plural)

glosses: The freezing level is the height where the air is 0 degrees Celsius (0 °C) or 32 degrees Fahrenheit (32 °F). Higher than the freezing level, the air is colder. Lower than the freezing level, the air is warmer.

text: Now the weather is colder and the freezing level is lower than it was in the summer.


snow level

forms:
snow level
snow levels (plural)

glosses: The snow level is like the freezing level. The snow level is a measure of how high up on a mountain snow or ice is able to be. Lower than the snow level, the mountain is warmer and no snow is there.

text: In the summer, the snow level is near the top of this mountain.


ventriloquist

forms:
ventriloquist
ventriloquists (plural)

glosses: A ventriloquist is a person who does a trick to make the person's voice seem to be coming from a different direction. The ventriloquist talks but does not move the mouth. People think the ventriloquist is not talking and they think a thing or an animal or a different person is talking.

text: People laughed when the ventriloquist made a shoe talk to a hat.


watch

forms:
watch
watches (plural)

glosses: A watch is a little clock on a person's arm near the person's hand, to measure time.

text: The person looks at his watch and has a thought that he is late.

glosses: A watch is the period of time on duty for crews who are working together.

ipa: /wɒtʃ/

ipa: /wɑːtʃ/

ipa: /wɔt͡ʃ/

noun

watches


watch

forms:
watch (canonical)
watches (third-person singular)
watched (past)
watched (past participle)
watching (present participle)

glosses: To watch is to look for a long time or to look at somebody doing something.

text: Yesterday I watched the person cook the food and now I know how to cook the food.

verb

watch


walk

forms:
walk (canonical)
walks (third-person singular)
walked (past)
walked (past participle)
walking (present participle)

glosses: If you walk, you go on foot, step by step. Walking is slower than running.

text: No train goes to that town, so people need to walk to go there.

glosses: If an object walks, it goes missing or is stolen.

glosses: If you walk, you travel some distance by walking.

text: I walk two miles to school every day.

glosses: If you walk someone, you go for a walk with them.

text: Please walk the dog.

text: Will you walk me home?

enpr: wôk

ipa: /wɔːk/


walk

forms:
walk
walks (plural)

glosses: A walk is what we do when we go on foot.

text: Are you taking the dog for a walk?

text: The walk to work gives me time to think.


through

forms: through

glosses: from one end or side of something to the other

text: The ink went through the paper and made the table wet.

text: The thief came in through the window.

text: She pushed the thread through the hole in the needle.

ipa: /θruː/

ipa: /θru/

sampa: /Tru/

homophones: thru threw


test

forms:
test
tests (plural)

glosses: A test is writing that many learners do in a room at the same time so that people are able to see how much knowledge the learners have.

text: I'm happy because I got a high mark on the test.

glosses: A test is something someone does to see if something works.

text: The person did a good test of the machine by pushing all the buttons and watching the machine.

ipa: /tɛst/

sampa: /tEst/

audio: en-uk-a test.ogg


test

forms:
test (canonical)
tests (third-person singular)
tested (past)
tested (past participle)
testing (present participle)

glosses: The action of testing; to try something out to see whether it works.

text: He tested the software many times.


tail

forms:
tail
tails (plural)

glosses: A tail is a long, thin part on the back end of an animal.

text: The dog wags his tail (moves his tail quickly from side to side) when he sees his friend.

enpr: tāl

ipa: /teɪl/


tail

forms:
tail (canonical)
tails (third-person singular)
tailed (past)
tailed (past participle)
tailing (present participle)

glosses: If you tail someone, you follow them without them noticing; you observe them.


headphone

forms:
headphone
headphones (plural)

etymology_text: head + phone

compound

head

phone

expansion: head + phone

glosses: A headphone is a very little machine near a person's ear that makes sound.

text: The music on the person's headphones was so loud that he didn't know I was talking to him.

ipa: /ˈhedfəʊn/

ipa: /ˈhedfoʊn/

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


stereophonic

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

glosses: Using two headphones with almost the same sound so the sound seems to be coming from a direction.

text: This stereophonic machine is very good! It seems as if the music is coming from this room!


spoon

forms:
spoon
spoons (plural)

glosses: A spoon is a little, long, thin, metal thing with a round end for putting food in one's mouth.

text: Put a knife, a fork and a spoon near the plate on the table.

ipa: /spuːn/

audio: en-uk-a spoon.ogg


spoon

forms:
spoon (canonical)
spoons (third-person singular)
spooned (past)
spooned (past participle)
spooning (present participle)

glosses: When two people spoon, they lie next to each other with one person's back against the other person's front, similar to the way two spoons are stacked together.


so

text: The box was so wide that the person was not able to take it through the door.

enpr: sō

ipa: /səʊ/

ipa: /soʊ/

sampa: /soU/

homophones: sew sow


so

forms: so

text: The gravestones were covered with moss, so that it was impossible to read the names on them.

text: The person locks the door so no one is able to come in and take things.

text: We help them so that they can get better.

text: He asked me to write the equations on the blackboard so he could see how they developed.


so

pos: conj

text: We had been on a boat like that before, so knew the general layout.

text: It was cheap, so it seemed like a deal.

text: Our son is at school near here, so that's another reason for not moving.


skirt

forms:
skirt
skirts (plural)

glosses: A skirt is a loose cloth that a woman uses to cover her legs; the lower part of a dress.

text: She has a blue skirt and a red shirt on.

enpr: skû(r)t

ipa: /skɜːt/

enpr: skûrt

ipa: /skɚt/


skirt

forms:
skirt (canonical)
skirts (third-person singular)
skirted (past)
skirted (past participle)
skirting (present participle)

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


room

forms:
room
rooms (plural)

glosses: A room is a place which is part of a building. Someone is able to see other people who are in the same room.

text: We need a long, wide room because many people will be at the meeting.

glosses: Room can mean some space; a place with nothing, only air.

text: I need room to be able to move my arms and not touch people.


room

forms:
room (canonical)
rooms (third-person singular)
roomed (past)
roomed (past participle)
rooming (present participle)

text: I roomed with Ryan all four years of college.


put

forms:
put (canonical)
puts (third-person singular)
put (past)
put (past participle)
putting (present participle)

glosses: When you put a thing someplace, you move a thing to a place.

text: I always put my books on the table when I get home from school.

glosses: The past tense and past participle of put.

text: The person stopped reading the book and put it on the table.

enpr: /poo͝t/

ipa: /pʊt/

sampa: /pUt/

audio: en-uk-to put.ogg

put

puts

put

put

putting


old

forms:
older (comparative)
oldest (superlative)
old (positive)
elder (comparative)
eldest (superlative)

glosses: If someone or something is old, they are not young; they have been in existence for a long time.

text: An old man has gray hair.

text: This old book was written a hundred years ago.

text: "Ashley, how old are you?" "I'm only 16 years old."

glosses: Your old school, boss, address, etc. is one that you no longer use or are no longer together with.

text: I didn't have many friends at my old school.

ipa: /əʊld/

enpr: ōld

ipa: /oʊld/

sampa: /oUld/

adj

old

older

oldest

elder

eldest


mass

forms:
mass
masses (plural)

glosses: A measure of how much material is in something.

text: The Earth has much more mass than the moon.

text: The spacesuit weighed 75 pounds on Earth but here in outer space it weighed nothing, although its mass was exactly the same.

text: A mass of dirty branches stopped the river.

glosses: A Christian ceremony in memory of the Last Supper.

text: He goes to mass every Sunday.

text: A mass of protesters gathered at city hall.

ipa: /mæs/

ipa: /mɑːs/

noun

mass

masses


like

forms:
like (canonical)
likes (third-person singular)
liked (past)
liked (past participle)
liking (present participle)

glosses: To like someone or something means to find someone or something pleasant, enjoyable, or interesting.

text: I like good food.

enpr: līk

ipa: /laɪ̯k/

sampa: /laIk/

audio: en-uk-to like.ogg

verb

lik

e


like

forms: like

text: Like in those days, things are changing.

text: My mother's eyes are green like mine.

text: We don’t get along like we used to.

text: It looks like it’s going to rain.


like

forms:
like
likes (plural)

glosses: A like is something that you think is good.

text: Our own likes and dislikes are shaped by what our parents liked.

glosses: At the end of a list of things, and the like means: and other similar things.

text: She's good at science, math, and the like.

glosses: You use the likes of someone to show that you don't think that person is a good person.

text: You shouldn't be hanging around with the likes of him.


like

pos: intj

glosses: You use like, when you are trying to think about the right words.

text: He's really, like you know, uh... difficult.

glosses: You use like when the information isn't exactly true.

text: We went there when we were like five years old.

glosses: You use like when you are trying to make something sound softer.

text: OK, like, why don't you try going there.

text: So, I'm like, "What do you mean." And he's like, "you know what I mean."


like

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

text: She's very like her mother.

text: Japan is becoming more like the U.S.

text: They were dressed in like manner.


hammer

forms:
hammer
hammers (plural)

glosses: A hammer is a heavy tool for pushing a nail into wood.

text: When you have only a hammer, all things seem like nails.

glosses: A hammer is a moving part of a gun that hits the firing pin to make the gun fire.

ipa: /ˈhæmə/

ipa: /ˈhæmɚ/


hammer

forms:
hammer (canonical)
hammers (third-person singular)
hammered (past)
hammered (past participle)
hammering (present participle)

glosses: If you hammer something, you push a nail into wood using a hammer.

text: He hammered so hard that the building moved a little.


get

forms:
got (past participle)
get (canonical)
gets (third-person singular)
got (past)
gotten (past participle)
getting (present participle)

text: The woman goes to the store and gets a new dress.

text: The problem got worse.

text: He got hit by a car.

ipa: /gɛt/

sampa: /gEt/

get

gets

got

got

getting

gotten


fornication

forms:
fornication
fornications (plural)

glosses: Fornication is sexual intercourse between two people who are not married.

enpr: fôr'nĭ-kā'shən

ipa: /ˌfɔrnɪˈkeɪʃən/

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


sexual intercourse

forms: sexual intercourse

pos: phrase

glosses: Sexual intercourse is an act done usually by a male and a female and usually to make babies.

text: Most men in our survey say they definitely would not have sexual intercourse with a new partner without using a condom.

audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Flame, not lame-sexual intercourse.wav


even

glosses: You use even to focus on the most surprising or unlikely case.

text: Even in peaceful countries, there are problems.

text: She felt a lot of pain walking even though she was only in her thirties.

text: They told us the manager isn't there, even though we can see her through the window.

text: Even if they don't know you, they will still talk to you.

text: I never liked chocolate, not even when I was young.

text: Even with Denver's slow start, they are likely to win.

text: Everyone walks to school here, even the teachers.

text: Not even the world's fastest runner can run that fast.

text: Even a quick look tells you there's a lot to learn.

text: Anyone with even basic Internet search skills can find you.

text: She didn't tell me about it and I expect she wasn't even aware of it.

text: This is not a small problem, and it will likely become even more important in the near future.

text: I just hope I don't get lost, and I'm not even really sure of my bus number.

text: The last few years have been difficult, but now she may face an even greater challenge.

text: It will be very difficult for him, even dangerous.

text: Our progress was not rewarded. In fact, it was not even mentioned.

text: I don't even know who you are.

text: It's so cheap, you don't even have to bring money.

text: He can't even go back and look for it.

text: We might even make some money if we work hard.

text: He won't lose his job, not even temporarily.

text: I hid it in the books where nobody would look. Even so, I worried about it all evening.


even

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

glosses: If things are even, the top or surface of each is as high as the others.

text: The top of the wall is even because the bricks are all the same size.

glosses: If a number is even, it can be divided into 2 equal parts.

text: 2, 4, 6 and 8 are even numbers. 1, 3, 5 and 7 are not even numbers; they are odd numbers.


even

forms:
even (canonical)
evens (third-person singular)
evened (past)
evened (past participle)
evening (present participle)

glosses: If you even something (out/up), you reduce the ups and downs; you make it smooth or equal.

text: India was leading 2-1, but Australia evened the score in the last minute.

text: The makeup evens out your skin tone without adding color.

glosses: If you even a problem out, you solve it.

text: I went down and evened it all out. Everyone's happy now.


dress

forms:
dress
dresses (plural)

glosses: A dress is a loose cloth covering a woman's body. The lower part is like a skirt. The top part is like a shirt.

text: She looked beautiful because she had a very nice dress.

text: Ball gowns and party frocks are dresses for special occasions.

enpr: drĕs

ipa: /drɛs/

irrnoun

dresses


dress

forms:
dress (canonical)
dresses (third-person singular)
dressed (past)
dressed (past participle)
dressing (present participle)

text: I dressed my little sister for school this morning.

text: I just need to dress and then we can go.

glosses: To prepare the surface of a material (usually stone or lumber).

text: That cut looks really bad. Here, let me dress it

glosses: To prepare food for cooking, especially by seasoning it.

verb

dress


cloth

forms:
cloth
cloths (plural)

glosses: Cloth is a thin, flat material, often made from cotton or polyester.

glosses: A cloth is a piece of cloth, usually for cleaning things.

text: The person used a wet cloth to wash the table.

enpr: klŏth

ipa: /klɒθ/

sampa: /klQT/


where

forms: where

text: Where do you live?

text: Where did the man go?

text: I wonder where they will take us to.

glosses: (In or to) the place or situation in which.

text: The room where the people cook the food is not cold.

text: Where I'm from, we don't eat much fish.

text: I'll go where you go.

text: Where people were concerned, his threshold of boredom was low.

text: This is where I live.

text: That's where you are wrong.

text: Stand over here where the light is good.

text: Sit where I can see you.

text: You'll be right here where you belong.

glosses: You use where to introduce a clause that contrasts with the other parts of the sentence.

text: Where Nixon was secretive and suspicious, Ford was relaxed, open and candid.

ipa: /ʍɛə(r)/

ipa: /wɛr/

sampa: /wEr\/

homophones: ware wear


wheel

forms:
wheel
wheels (plural)

glosses: A wheel is a round thing (circle) on a cart or carriage or train or other machine that moves. A cart has four wheels that touch the road and turn.

text: The cart needs a very smooth road because it has little wheels.

enpr: wēl

ipa: /wiːl/

homophones: weal we'll


wheel

forms:
wheel (canonical)
wheels (third-person singular)
wheeled (past)
wheeled (past participle)
wheeling (present participle)

glosses: If you wheel something somewhere, you transport it in or on a vehicle that has wheels.

text: The nurses wheeled her into the operating theatre.

glosses: If something is wheeling, it is travelling in circles.

text: The eagle wheeled and dived towards the ground to catch its prey.


way

forms:
way
ways (plural)

text: The committee made a good decision about which way to make the machine.

text: One way to cook food is to put it in an oven; another way is with a flame.

text: I do things my own way.

text: That way of thinking will not solve the problem.

text: Farming is a great way of life.

text: A car crash was the same way my dad died.

text: She dresses that way every day.

text: I started to see things in a different way.

glosses: A way is a path, a road, or a route; how you get to a certain place.

text: Do you know the way to the lunch room?

text: I was on my way to Paris when I got lost.

text: He went out of his way to bring me the coffee.

text: It's a long way from where I started.

text: Could you move your car out of my way?

enpr: wā

ipa: /weɪ/

sampa: /weI/

homophones: weigh wey way


way

text: I think that it's way too early to tell what the result will be.

text: We missed. In fact we were way way off.


wax

forms:
wax
waxes (plural)

glosses: Wax is a solid material made of animal fat.

text: A candle is made of wax and a thick thread and has a flame on top.

enpr: wăks

ipa: /wæks/

homophones: whacks wacks

noun

wax

waxes


wax

forms:
wax (canonical)
waxes (third-person singular)
waxed (past)
waxed (past participle)
waxing (present participle)

glosses: If you wax something, you put wax on it, for example, a car.

text: She waxed her car to make the paint shine brightly.

glosses: When something waxes, it means that it gets bigger and becomes more full.

text: As the moon changes from a new moon to a full moon, it is said to be waxing.

verb

es


wave

forms:
wave
waves (plural)

glosses: A wave is the motion of water up and down.

text: The wind blew strongly on the water and made high waves.

enpr: wāv

ipa: /weɪv/

sampa: /weIv/


wave

forms:
wave (canonical)
waves (third-person singular)
waved (past)
waved (past participle)
waving (present participle)

glosses: To move from side to side again and again.

text: When she saw her friend, she waved her hand so her friend would see her.

text: The flag waved in the wind.

wav


well

text: He washed the table very well, so now it is very clean.

text: I had the flu, but then I got well.

ipa: /wɛl/


well

forms: well

glosses: You use well to tell others that you're going to say something, that you're going to continue speaking, or that you're going to change the topic.

text: Well, I guess I'm leaving now.


well

forms:
well
wells (plural)

glosses: A hole in the ground for getting water or oil.

text: There was no river nearby, so they dug a well to get water.


well

forms:
well (canonical)
wells (third-person singular)
welled (past)
welled (past participle)
welling (present participle)

glosses: If a liquid, feeling, or idea wells up, it rises gradually to the surface.

text: The tears welled up in her eyes.

text: Blood welled in the cut.

text: She'd been trying so hard to contain the emotion welling up inside her.


transfer

forms:
transfer (canonical)
transfers (third-person singular)
transferred (past)
transferred (past participle)
transferring (present participle)

glosses: If you transfer (something), you move (it) to a different place.

text: After he became the top salesman he was transferred to the head office.

text: If you learn to be organized in the classroom, then you can transfer that skill to your career later on.

text: We dug up the tree and transferred it to the front of the house.

enpr: trănsfûrʹ

ipa: /trænsˈfɚ/

ipa: /trɑːnsˈfɜː/

hyphenation: trans‧fer

transfer

r


transfer

forms:
transfer
transfers (plural)

glosses: A transfer is the act of transferring something from one form to another.

text: International trades involve the transfer of currency from one country to another.

glosses: A transfer is the act of moving something from one location to another.

text: You will get a transfer at the third stop.

enpr: 'trănsfûr


cork

forms:
cork
corks (plural)

glosses: A cork is a small, round piece of wood which people put in the top of a bottle to close it.

text: I took the cork out of the wine bottle with a corkscrew.

glosses: Cork is a type of wood. It is quite soft and light. It is often used to make corks (sense 1).

ipa: /kɔrk/

ipa: /kɔːk/

audio: EN-AU ck1 cork.ogg


cork

forms:
cork (canonical)
corks (third-person singular)
corked (past)
corked (past participle)
corking (present participle)

glosses: If you cork a bottle, you seal it with a cork.

glosses: If you cork something, you blacken it with a burnt cork.


chance

forms:
chance
chances (plural)

text: We have the chance.

text: Poker is a game of chance.

glosses: How much something is likely to be true.

text: There is a 30% chance of rain tomorrow.

ipa: /tʃɑːns/

ipa: /tʃæns/


chance

forms:
chance (canonical)
chances (third-person singular)
chanced (past)
chanced (past participle)
chancing (present participle)

glosses: If you chance upon something, you discover it even though you were not looking for it.

glosses: If you chance something, you try it, even though it may not work.

chanc


banana

forms:
banana
bananas (plural)

glosses: A yellow colour, like the colour of a banana.

enpr: bə-nă'nə

ipa: /bəˈnænə/


select

forms:
select (canonical)
selects (third-person singular)
selected (past)
selected (past participle)
selecting (present participle)

text: Students follow a general course in their first year, and in the final year they select one of three specialist areas of study.

text: It wouldn't be too difficult to make the computer select for vague general features like, say, tall-thinness or short-fatness.

ipa: /sɪˈlɛkt/

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

hyphenation: se‧lect


select

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

glosses: If something is select it is special in a good way—high quality.

text: His skill and efforts took him into the select group of men who have scored over 50 League goals for our club.


accept

forms:
accept (canonical)
accepts (third-person singular)
accepted (past)
accepted (past participle)
accepting (present participle)

glosses: If you accept something, you take it when somebody gives it to you.

text: She accepted the award.

glosses: If you accept something, you believe it as true or valid.

text: I accept your plan.

ipa: /əkˈsept/

hyphenation: ac‧cept


credit

forms:
credit
credits (plural)

glosses: Credit is an agreement to buy something and pay later.

text: We bought the new dining room table on credit.

text: I only use my credit card when I know I'll have the money the next week.

text: He gave credit to local management and to the unions for the improvements at the factory.

text: The children here should take credit for a job well done.

glosses: A credit is a course or part of a course that you complete at college or university.

text: I just need five more credits to finish my degree.

glosses: A credit is record of money put in an account.

ipa: /krɛdɪt/


credit

forms:
credit (canonical)
credits (third-person singular)
credited (past)
credited (past participle)
crediting (present participle)

glosses: If you credit an account, you add money to it.

text: I called the bank about the mistake and they credited my account with the missing $50.

glosses: If you credit somebody with something, you say that they did it.

text: Most people have credited Churchill with this saying, but there is no proof that he actually said it.

glosses: If you credit something, you believe it.


perceive

forms:
perceive (canonical)
perceives (third-person singular)
perceived (past)
perceived (past participle)
perceiving (present participle)

glosses: If you perceive something, you notice it through one of your senses (you see it, touch it, smell it, hear it, or taste it); to be aware of something.

text: He was unable to perceive any difference at all in the room after the changes.

glosses: If you perceive something, you believe it or understand it.

text: Education is widely perceived as a powerful way to improve the quality of life.

ipa: /pəˈsiːv/

ipa: /pɚˈsiv/

hyphenation: per‧ceive

perceiv


focus

forms:
focus (canonical)
focuses (third-person singular)
focused (past)
focused (past participle)
focusing (present participle)

glosses: If you focus on something, you pay special attention to it.

text: A small company will probably focus its attention on each artist's project more than a major label.

text: Class, please focus on your assignment and stop talking.

glosses: If you focus a lens, you adjust it to make a clear picture.

text: Most digital cameras automatically focus on the object in the centre.

text: You know, without my glasses, my eyes just can't focus well enough to read.

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

focus


focus

forms:
focus
focuses (plural)

glosses: The focus is the main thing or person that people are paying attention to.

glosses: If your focus is on something, your attention is on it.

glosses: If something is in focus, the image is clear.

irrnoun

focuses


purchase

forms:
purchase (canonical)
purchases (third-person singular)
purchased (past)
purchased (past participle)
purchasing (present participle)

text: A licence needs to be purchased from the local authority and printing of tickets also adds to the costs.

text: JEB Fasteners purchased all the shares in the private company for just under $900,000.

ipa: /ˈpɝtʃəs/

ipa: /ˈpɜːtʃəs/

hyphenation: pur‧chase

verb

purchas


purchase

forms:
purchase
purchases (plural)

glosses: A purchase is something that you have bought.

text: Since the purchase of Columbia Pictures by Sony, the US has been very afraid of Japan.

text: With a building purchase price of £200,000, the total cost of the project would be £1 million.

glosses: A purchase is a strong hold on something.

text: He wasn't able to get a purchase on his bag before it was pulled away from him.


journal

forms:
journal
journals (plural)

glosses: A journal is a record of what is happening, usually written regularly (e.g., daily, weekly, monthly, etc.), often scientific.

text: They published their study in the British Medical Journal.

text: She wrote in her journal on New Year's Day 1922, "The weather is bad and I'm too tired to write today."

enpr: jûrʹ-nəl

ipa: /ˈdʒɜrnəl/

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

hyphenation: jour‧nal


journal

forms:
journal (canonical)
journals (third-person singular)
journaled (past)
journaled (past participle)
journaling (present participle)

glosses: If you journal, you regularly record what is happening, usually in writing.


administration

forms:
administration
administrations (plural)

glosses: Administration is the process of running and organising an organisation such as a business or government.

text: The mayor is responsible for the administration of the town.

text: He wanted to go into politics, so he studied public administration at university.

glosses: The administration are the people who run and organise an organisation such as a business or government.

text: In short, the administration does not actually know why it wants a space station.

text: The Bush administration has one of the worst records of any American government.

ipa: /ədˌmɪnəˈstreɪʃən/


organisation

forms:
organisation
organisations (plural)

etymology_text: organise + -ation

ety-suffix

organise

ation

expansion: organise + -ation

glosses: An organisation is a group of people with a particular purpose (e.g., companies, teams, clubs, churches, etc.)

text: The daycare is operated by a voluntary organisation of parents and teachers.

text: It is often difficult for women to join these organisations that have always been for men.

glosses: Organisation is the way that something is put together.

text: The organisation of the book is very difficult to understand.

text: The organisation of the event took three months.

ipa: /ˌɔrgənɪˈzeɪʃən/

hyphenation: or‧gan‧i‧sa‧tion


organization

forms:
organization
organizations (plural)

etymology_text: organize + -ation

organize

expansion: organize + -ation

glosses: An organization is a group of people with a particular purpose (e.g., teams, clubs, churches, etc.)

text: The daycare is operated by a voluntary organization of parents and teachers.

text: It is often difficult for women to join these organizations that have always been for men.

glosses: Organization is the way that something is put together.

text: The organization of the book is very difficult to understand.

text: The organization of the event took three months.

ipa: /ˌɔrgənɪˈzeɪʃən/

hyphenation: or‧gan‧i‧za‧tion


maintenance

forms:
maintenance
maintenances (plural)

etymology_text: maintain + -ance

maintain

ance

expansion: maintain + -ance

glosses: Maintenance is the process of regularly fixing things and keeping something in good shape.

text: After 8,000 km, you should take the car in for maintenance.

text: Wood houses can be a problem because they require regular maintenance.

ipa: /ˈmeɪntɪnəns/

ipa: /ˈmeɪntənəns/


design

forms:
design
designs (plural)

glosses: Design is how something looks and works.

text: Honda has a new engine in design.

text: The new ski design made them 4% faster than his old skis.

text: After graduating from Art & Design at university, he started his own fashion company.

ipa: /dɪˈzaɪn/

hyphenation: de‧sign


design

forms:
design (canonical)
designs (third-person singular)
designed (past)
designed (past participle)
designing (present participle)

glosses: If you design something, you plan and show how it will look and work.

text: The team was asked to design a new video game controller.


obtain

forms:
obtain (canonical)
obtains (third-person singular)
obtained (past)
obtained (past participle)
obtaining (present participle)

text: The newspaper was able to obtain the information from police.

text: After obtaining permission from the town, they built the new trail.

glosses: If something obtains, it is true or it exists.

text: His argument is therefore compatible only in cases where class difference does not obtain.

ipa: /əbˈteɪn/


restrict

forms:
restrict (canonical)
restricts (third-person singular)
restricted (past)
restricted (past participle)
restricting (present participle)

glosses: If you restrict something, you limit it.

text: This room is restricted to company employees. Other people may not enter.

text: This law restricts the freedom of businesses to set their own prices.

ipa: /rɪˈstrɪkt/

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


conduct

forms:
conduct (canonical)
conducts (third-person singular)
conducted (past)
conducted (past participle)
conducting (present participle)

glosses: If you conduct an activity or process, you do it or carry it out.

text: The war made it very difficult to conduct business.

text: The university makes sure that research is conducted properly.

glosses: If you conduct music, you stand in front of the musicians and show them how to sing or play.

glosses: The way you conduct yourself is the way you act or treat others.

text: I hope the children will be able to conduct themselve well at the party.

glosses: If something conducts energy, it lets the energy move through or along it.

text: Glass is a good insulator because it will not conduct electricity.

glosses: If you conduct somebody or a tour, you show people around a place.

text: Please conduct him to the waiting room.

enpr: kəndŭkt'

ipa: /kənˈdʌkt/


conduct

forms:
conduct
conducts (plural)

glosses: A person's conduct is the way they act or treat others.

text: Killing a person, for any reason, is a criminal act and such conduct must not be allowed.

text: This teacher clearly broke the school's rules for professional conduct.

ipa: /ˈkɒndʌkt/

sampa: /"kQndVkt/

enpr: kŏn'dŭkt

ipa: /ˈkɑndʌkt/

sampa: /"kAndVkt/


rush

forms:
rush (canonical)
rushes (third-person singular)
rushed (past)
rushed (past participle)
rushing (present participle)

text: After the accident, they rushed him to the hospital.

text: I woke up late and rushed through breakfast.

verb

rush


rush

forms:
rush
rushes (plural)

text: As the movie finished, there was a rush to the toilets.

text: A rush of air blew the papers off the desk.

text: I was in a rush and knocked the glass onto the floor.

noun

rushes


manufacture

forms:
manufacture (canonical)
manufactures (third-person singular)
manufactured (past)
manufactured (past participle)
manufacturing (present participle)

glosses: If you manufacture something, you make it, usually in a factory.

text: The goods were manufactured in China and shipped to Canada for sale.

ipa: /ˌmænjuˈfækt͡ʃɚ/

ipa: /ˌmanjʊˈfaktʃə/

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

hyphenation: man‧u‧fac‧ture

verb

manufactur


manufacture

forms: manufacture

glosses: Manufacture is the process of making something.

text: The company specializes in the manufacture of small industrial motors.


withdraw

forms:
withdraw (canonical)
withdraws (third-person singular)
withdrew (past)
withdrawn (past participle)
withdrawing (present participle)

glosses: If you withdraw (something) from somewhere, you take (it) out.

text: The conservatives have withdrawn support from the government.

text: He withdrew $50 from his bank account.

text: After the battle, the soldiers withdrew from the town.

ipa: /wɪðˈdrɔː/

hyphenation: with‧draw

withdraw

withdraws

withdrew

withdrawn

withdrawing


waste

forms:
waste (canonical)
wastes (third-person singular)
wasted (past)
wasted (past participle)
wasting (present participle)

glosses: To use something for no reason, or for bad reasons or only little reasons, and after it is used no one can use it again.

text: He wasted the food by making it dirty.

enpr: wāst

ipa: /weɪst/

sampa: /weIst/

wast


waste

forms:
waste
wastes (plural)

glosses: Things that are not useful; things that people want to take out of their house.


war

forms:
war
wars (plural)

glosses: War is when armies or countries fight against each other.

text: Those two countries are always at war.

ipa: /woʊr/


war

forms:
war (canonical)
wars (third-person singular)
warred (past)
warred (past participle)
warring (present participle)

glosses: If you war with someone or something, you fight or battle with them.

war


wall

forms:
wall
walls (plural)

glosses: One side of a house; a high, flat part of a building.

text: All four walls of the room are painted in blue.

text: There is a wall between the two gardens.

text: Peter fell from the wall.

ipa: /wɔːl/


twist

forms:
twist (canonical)
twists (third-person singular)
twisted (past)
twisted (past participle)
twisting (present participle)

glosses: If you twist something, you turn one part of it in one direction and another part in the other direction at the same time.

ipa: /twɪst/


turn

forms:
turn (canonical)
turns (third-person singular)
turned (past)
turned (past participle)
turning (present participle)

text: The car turned the corner and went north.

text: Walk down the street and turn left at the lights.

text: The dancers turned round and around.

glosses: If something turns a certain way, it becomes that way.

text: The sky turned dark and cloudy.

text: The game turned into a fight.

ipa: /tɜːn/

enpr: tûrn

ipa: /tɝn/


trouble

forms:
trouble
troubles (plural)

glosses: Difficult or bad things happening; problems.

enpr: trŭbʹəl

ipa: /ˈtrʌb(ə)l/

hyphenation: trou‧ble


trouble

forms:
trouble (canonical)
troubles (third-person singular)
troubled (past)
troubled (past participle)
troubling (present participle)

troubl


true

forms:
true (positive)
truer (comparative)
truest (superlative)

glosses: If something is true, it is correct or real, not imagined or made up.

text: She says she didn't take the money, but what she says is not true.

text: My wife is my one true love.

ipa: /truː/

ipa: /tru/

sampa: /tru/

adj

true

truer

truest


trick

forms:
trick (canonical)
tricks (third-person singular)
tricked (past)
tricked (past participle)
tricking (present participle)

glosses: To make someone think something that is not true.

text: He tricked her into thinking he had much money.

enpr: trĭk

ipa: /trɪk/

sampa: /trIk/


trick

forms:
trick
tricks (plural)

glosses: Something you do to fool (trick) someone.

text: I did a trick that the children thought was magic.

text: I know a few tricks with a computer.

text: I taught my dog several tricks, like shaking hands with me.

glosses: Something clever you do that might solve a problem.

text: I know just the trick for this.


expand

forms:
expand (canonical)
expands (third-person singular)
expanded (past)
expanded (past participle)
expanding (present participle)

glosses: If something expands, it becomes bigger.

text: The company is looking at expanding into new products.

text: The airline plans to expand its service into Ireland.

text: With rapidly expanding population in India, business is booming.

text: He later expanded on his initial statement, giving more details.

ipa: /ɛkˈspænd/

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


become

forms:
become (canonical)
becomes (third-person singular)
became (past)
become (past participle)
becoming (present participle)

glosses: If x becomes y, it changes into y or changes to be more y.

text: The boy has become a man.

text: After she explained the ideas, they became clear.

glosses: If something becomes someone, it suits them or looks good on them.

text: Nice hat! It really becomes you.

ipa: /bə'kʌm, bɪˈkʌm/

sampa: /b@"kVm, bI"kVm/

become

becomes

became

become

becoming


tray

forms:
tray
trays (plural)

glosses: A big plate for many people; a wide, long, flat thing that people put food on.

text: Take some food from the tray and put it on your plate.

text: Put the plates on the tray and move them to the other room.

enpr: trā

ipa: /treɪ/

sampa: /treI/


train

forms:
train
trains (plural)

glosses: A long vehicle with many cars that are joined together. A train runs on a track.

text: I took the train from Paris to Frankfurt.

ipa: /treɪn/

audio: en-uk-a train.ogg


train

forms:
train (canonical)
trains (third-person singular)
trained (past)
trained (past participle)
training (present participle)

glosses: If you train someone, you teach them a particular skill.

text: In school we had computer training and sex education.


sample

forms:
sample
samples (plural)

glosses: A sample is a small amount of something to try or test it.

text: The nurse took a small blood sample.

text: The data come from a study of a random sample of adult (aged 15 and over) deaths.

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


sample

forms:
sample (canonical)
samples (third-person singular)
sampled (past)
sampled (past participle)
sampling (present participle)

glosses: If you sample something, you try or test a small amount of it.

text: After sampling each of the wines, she bought the one she liked best.

verb

sampl


bottom

forms:
bottom
bottoms (plural)

glosses: The bottom of something is its lowest part.

text: Lucy took a pen and wrote her name at the bottom of the page.

text: He was wet from top to bottom.

text: it was wider at the top than the bottom.

text: Add wine to the pan and scrape up anything stuck to the pan bottom.

text: He stopped at the bottom of the stairs and looked back up.

text: I thought this ship was going to the bottom of the ocean.

text: I dropped it in the water and it quickly sank to the bottom.

text: She came downstairs and sat down on the bottom step.

glosses: If you are at the bottom, you are at the social lowest position.

text: Chicago still ranks near the bottom among major cities.

text: You don't have to wait until you've hit rock bottom to get help.

glosses: Your bottom is the round part between your legs and your back.

text: She ran into the tree and sat down hard on her bottom.

glosses: A bottom is the part of a set of clothing that you put your legs through.

text: Her pink top was perfect, but I didn't like how the bottom fit.

glosses: The bottom of an inning in baseball is its second half.

text: It's the bottom of the ninth inning and the score is tied.

ipa: /ˈbɒtəm/

ipa: /ˈbɑtəm/


bottom

forms:
bottom (canonical)
bottoms (third-person singular)
bottomed (past)
bottomed (past participle)
bottoming (present participle)

glosses: If something bottoms (out), it stops going down.

text: When do you think the housing problems are going to bottom out?

text: Home prices have yet to bottom out.


frequently

etymology_text: frequent + -ly

ety-suffix

frequent

ly

expansion: frequent + -ly

glosses: If you do something frequently, you do it often.

text: The library is frequently used by students.

text: I don't like the roads, but I have to drive frequently.


performance

forms:
performance
performances (plural)

etymology_text: perform + -ance

perform

expansion: perform + -ance

glosses: A performance is a show of acting or music.

text: We went to see a performance by local musicians last night.

text: The acting was good, but the noise made it difficult to enjoy the performance.

glosses: The performance of a person, machine, company, etc. is how well it does its job.

text: After a year of losing money, the company needs to improve performance.

text: This car is a high performance vehicle.

ipa: /pə'fɔːməns/


inside

forms: inside

text: He locked his keys inside his car.

text: Outside was cold, but he was warm inside the house.

text: I put my pen inside my bag.

text: Let's look inside here.

text: Don't stand out here. Come on inside.

ipa: /ˈɪnsaɪd/


inside

forms:
inside
insides (plural)

glosses: The inside of something is the part that you can't see or can't touch because other parts are around it.

text: The inside of my mouth hurts.

text: Outside, the building was dark and grey, but the inside was bright and beautiful.


trade

forms:
trade (canonical)
trades (third-person singular)
traded (past)
traded (past participle)
trading (present participle)

glosses: When two people trade, one gives something to the other and the other gives something to the first one. They make an exchange. Sometimes money is one of the things.

ipa: /treɪd/

sampa: /'treId/

verb

trad


trade

forms:
trade
trades (plural)

glosses: Trade is the buying and selling of goods.

text: Trade between Canada and the US is at its highest level in years.

text: I think I made a good trade.

glosses: A trade is a job that needs a special skill to do.

text: The carpenters trade involves making things from wood.

text: He went to trade school to become a plumber.


touch

forms:
touch (canonical)
touches (third-person singular)
touched (past)
touched (past participle)
touching (present participle)

glosses: If you touch something, you feel it with your hand.

text: Don't touch the oven -- it's hot and you will get a burn.

glosses: If you touch something, you move so near to it that there is no space between you and it.

enpr: tûch

ipa: /tʌʧ/

sampa: /tVtS/

touch


touch

forms:
touch
es (plural)

glosses: Touch is the act of feeling or coming into physical contact with something.

text: A gentle touch of the fabric told her it was silk.

glosses: Touch is ability to feel through the skin by physical contact.

text: After the accident, he lost his sense of touch.

glosses: A touch of something is a small amount of it.

text: There was a touch of sadness in his voice.


detective

forms:
detective
detectives (plural)

glosses: A detective is a person who tries to find information to help people or solve crimes, usually a non-patrol police officer.

text: He hired a private detective to find the missing art.

text: Police detectives were examining the house where the body was found.

ipa: /dɪˈtɛktɪv/

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


raw

forms:
raw (positive)
rawer (comparative)
rawest (superlative)

glosses: If something is raw, it has not been cooked, processed, prepared, etc.

text: You should wash your hands after touching raw meat.

text: Computers take the raw information and make it easier to understand.

glosses: When something is raw, it is in a natural state.

enpr: rô

ipa: /rɔː/

ipa: /rɔ/

adj

raw

rawer

rawest


top

forms:
top
tops (plural)

glosses: The highest part of something; the upper part; the part people can put things on.

text: The top of the table is flat.

glosses: A toy for children to play with. It is shaped like a funnel, and it spins on its narrowest point.

ipa: /tɒp/

ipa: /tɑp/


top

forms:
top (canonical)
tops (third-person singular)
topped (past)
topped (past participle)
topping (present participle)

glosses: If you top something, you add toppings or cover with it a top.

text: I like my ice cream topped with chocolate sauce.

glosses: If A tops B, A beats B by an amount or value.

verb

top

p


together

forms: together

glosses: Near; close; in the same place; not far; in a family or group.

text: I put all the books about food together on one shelf.

text: Together with everyone else, I'd like to thank you.

glosses: Putting parts of something into one thing. Organizing

text: He put together a meeting.

text: She put her computer back together herself.

ipa: /tʊˈgɛðɚ/

hyphenation: to‧geth‧er


together

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

glosses: If you say that someone is together, you mean he or she is well organized and focused.

text: I really admire how together she is.


police

forms: police (plural)

glosses: The police are the government force who enforce laws, prevent crime, stop and arrest criminals, regulate traffic, help maintain public order, and help with emergencies.

text: When we saw the man take the money, we called the police.

text: The police car stopped the truck that was driving too fast.

text: New Zealand Police took stolen guns, money, and cars, after searching a homes in the city of Auckland.

glosses: The police means the city government department that is concerned with enforcing laws and helping with emergencies.

text: The Police Department there replaced the previous system of having volunteers keep the city safe.

ipa: /pəˈliːs/


police

forms:
police (canonical)
polices (third-person singular)
policed (past)
policed (past participle)
policing (present participle)

glosses: If you police an area or activity, you watch it to make sure no laws are being broken.

text: There are fewer crimes in the countryside, but it's difficult to police such a big area.

polic


police officer

forms:
police officer
police officers (plural)

glosses: A police officer is an official person who stops criminals and helps people.

text: A young police officer was shot on patrol last night.

text: The police officer asked to see my driver's license.


toe

forms:
toe
toes (plural)

glosses: A toe is a little part of a foot, like a finger. A foot has 5 toes.

text: This shoe is too small -- it gives me pain in my toes.

ipa: /təʊ/

ipa: /toʊ/


tin

forms:
tin
tins (plural)

glosses: The kind of metal that cans are frequently made with. It is the chemical element Sn.

enpr: tĭn

ipa: /tɪn/


mail

forms: mail

glosses: Mail is the messages and packages that you send to other people.

text: There's no mail today because the post office is closed.

text: The new book arrived in the mail.

enpr: māl

ipa: /meɪl/


mail

forms:
mail (canonical)
mails (third-person singular)
mailed (past)
mailed (past participle)
mailing (present participle)

glosses: If you mail something, you send it through the post.

text: I mailed a birthday card to him last week.


depressed

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

glosses: If someone is depressed, they have the condition called depression - they are very sad and cannot imagine being happy in the future.

text: No one knows why it happened, but last year, Jay became depressed.

glosses: If someone is depressed, they are very sad and unhappy.

text: "I heard Katie lost the race." "Yes, she is a bit depressed about it."

glosses: If the economy is depressed, it is doing badly.

text: In 2008, the economy was severely depressed

glosses: If something that has many levels--like a surface, the ground, or something that moves up and down--is depressed, it is low.

text: The ground is depressed where the rock used to be.

text: The company was worried the depressed prices would make them loose money

ipa: /dəˈprɛst/

audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Persent101-depressed.wav


depressed

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

glosses: The past tense and past participle of depress.

depress


passenger

forms:
passenger
passengers (plural)

glosses: A passenger is a person who is riding a vehicle—not the driver.

text: The boat can carry 101 passengers at more than 80 km/h across waves 1.5 m high.

text: The driver was killed in the car accident, but the two passengers were unharmed.

text: Both passenger trains and freight trains use the same tracks.

ipa: /ˈpæsɪnd͡ʒɚ/

ipa: /ˈpæsɪnd͡ʒə/

hyphenation: pas‧sen‧ger


juice

forms:
juice
juices (plural)

glosses: Juice is the liquid that you get when you squeeze a fruit or vegetable.

text: I usually have orange juice and toast for breakfast.

ipa: /d͡ʒuːs/

ipa: /d͡ʒus/


juice

forms:
juice (canonical)
juices (third-person singular)
juiced (past)
juiced (past participle)
juicing (present participle)

glosses: If you juice a fruit or a vegetable, you get the juice out of it.

text: I had to juice five oranges just to get one glass of juice.

juic


explode

forms:
explode (canonical)
explodes (third-person singular)
exploded (past)
exploded (past participle)
exploding (present participle)

glosses: If something explodes, it breaks apart quickly and strongly, often with strong heat, sound, and light.

text: A bomb exploded in the market, killing five people.

text: She was so angry, she exploded.

ipa: /ɪkˈspləʊd/

ipa: /ɪkˈsploʊd/

hyphenation: ex‧plode

explod


tie

forms:
tie (canonical)
ties (third-person singular)
tied (past)
tied (past participle)
tying (present participle)

glosses: If you tie something, you attach it using string or rope.

text: I was six when I learned to tie up my shoes.

text: We tied the swing to the tree.

glosses: If two teams or players tie, they have the same score in a game.

text: Naples and Rome tied the game two all.

ipa: /taɪ/

tie

ties

tied

tying


tie

forms:
tie
ties (plural)

glosses: A tie is a piece of cloth that you wear around your neck as a decoration.

text: At work, you need to wear a suit and tie.


tight

forms:
tight (positive)
tighter (comparative)
tightest (superlative)

glosses: If x is tight, it fits closely and strongly to y.

text: The bandage on your finger should not be too tight or your finger may turn blue.

text: The police kept tight control during the speech.

glosses: If a string is tight its ends are as far apart as possible.

text: A tight rope is in a straight line.

enpr: tīt

ipa: /taɪt/

sampa: /taIt/

adj

tight

tighter

tightest


tight

glosses: If you close or tie something tight, you do it strongly or closely so that it won't change easily.

text: He closed the door tight behind them.

text: Hold on tight and I'll pull you up.


though

forms: though

glosses: You use though to introduce a fact which you regard as less important than the fact in the main clause.

text: Though he talked very loudly, she did not hear him.

text: She did not hear him, though he talked very loudly.

text: There was a real, though small, problem.

glosses: You use though to add a fact or an opinion that makes the previous statement less strong or less important.

text: Our team lost. It was a good game though.

text: He went to school in Paris. His French, though, isn’t very good.

ipa: /ðəʊ/

ipa: /ðoʊ/

sampa: /DoU/


thread

forms:
thread
threads (plural)

glosses: A thread is a long, very thin, soft material used to join or make cloth.

text: She pushed the thread through the hole in the needle.

text: There were loose threads at the bottom of his pants.

glosses: A thread is a group of messages from a discussion on an Internet forum.

glosses: A thread is a structure that allows a screw to be fastened.

ipa: /θrɛd/

sampa: /TrEd/


thread

forms:
thread (canonical)
threads (third-person singular)
threaded (past)
threaded (past participle)
threading (present participle)

glosses: If you thread something, then you make a string or thread out of it.


thin

forms:
thin (positive)
thinner (comparative)
thinnest (superlative)

glosses: If something is thin, there's a short distance from one side to the other.

text: I can hear the people in the other room because the wall is thin.

text: The man was very tall and thin as a stick.

glosses: If something is thin it doesn't have a lot of stuff in it.

text: The soup is too thin. It needs more flavour.

text: His hair is quite thin on top.

ipa: /'θɪn/

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

thin

thinner

thinnest


thin

forms:
thin (canonical)
thins (third-person singular)
thinned (past)
thinned (past participle)
thinning (present participle)

glosses: If something thins, there is less of it.

text: After the show, the crowd thinned out quickly and only a few people stayed.

text: My hair started thinning when I was 25.

verb

n


thick

forms:
thick (positive)
thicker (comparative)
thickest (superlative)

glosses: If something is thick, there is some distance from one side to the other.

text: He was a workman with big hands and thick fingers.

text: The tree was too thick to put his arms around.

text: The ice on the lake is about 40cm thick in the winter.

glosses: If something is thick it has a lot of stuff in it.

text: I am warm because I have a thick coat.

text: The dog has beautiful, thick hair.

text: The oil moved slowly because it was so thick.

glosses: If a liquid is thick, it can't flow very quickly.

enpr: thĭk

ipa: /θɪk/

sampa: /TIk/

adj

thick

thicker

thickest


then

forms: then

text: Then she was little. Now she is big.

text: The then president did a lot of developmental activities.

text: We will arrive before then.

text: I'm going to see you next month; by then you will have finished your thesis.

text: Your life since then must have seemed very ordinary.

text: First, I cook the food; then I eat it, and then I wash the plates.

text: If she is happy, then I'm happy too.

ipa: /ðɛn/

sampa: /DEn/

ipa: /ðen/


than

forms: than

glosses: Used to compare two things that are not equal.

text: The tree is higher than the house.

text: He is better than me.

text: It was much better than I'd expected.

enpr: thăn

ipa: /ðæn/

enpr: th(ə)n

ipa: /ðən/


star

forms:
star
stars (plural)

glosses: A star is a bright thing in the sky at night. The sun is also one of stars.

text: Stars seem little, but they are big and far away.

glosses: A star (★) is a shape with five or six sharp ends.

text: My teacher put a gold star on my test.

text: Brad Pitt is a popular star.

glosses: A star is an actor who has the lead role in a movie, television show, or play.

text: John Wayne is the star of many western movies.

text: A star next to your name on the guest list means you will receive an award.

ipa: /stɑː(r)/

enpr: stär

ipa: /stɑr/


star

forms:
star (canonical)
stars (third-person singular)
starred (past)
starred (past participle)
starring (present participle)

glosses: If you star in something, you are on of the main performers, usually in an entertainment program.

text: Brad Pitt will star in another movie next year.

text: Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie starred in "Mr. and Mrs. Smith".

glosses: If you star something, you mark it with a star or asterisk.

text: I starred question one because I got it correct.

verb

star


teach

forms:
teach (canonical)
teaches (third-person singular)
taught (past)
taught (past participle)
teaching (present participle)

glosses: To help someone learn something. To tell someone how to do something.

text: Most parents try to teach their children to be nice.

text: She taught in a high school for 25 years.

text: Mr. Smith teaches grade-five English and history.

sampa: /'titS/

ipa: /'tiʧ/

teach

teaches

taught

taught

teaching


teaching

forms:
teaching
teachings (plural)

glosses: Something taught by an important person in religion or philosophy.

text: Many people follow the teachings of Confucius.

text: We shouldn't forget Jesus' teachings.

text: Teaching has seen many changes over the years.

ipa: /ˈtiːt͡ʃɪŋ/


teaching

teaching


soap

forms:
soap
soaps (plural)

glosses: Soap is a solid or liquid that you use to wash things.

text: The soap slipped out of her hand in the shower.

text: We washed the dog with soap and water.

text: The soap bubbles filled the sink.

ipa: /soʊp/

ipa: /səʊp/


soap

forms:
soap (canonical)
soaps (third-person singular)
soaped (past)
soaped (past participle)
soaping (present participle)

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

text: I soaped her hair while my daughter splashed in the bath.


package

forms:
package
packages (plural)

glosses: A package is something in a box, usually to send in the mail.

text: Some packages arrived from the post office.

text: She came home from the shops with a lot of packages.

ipa: /ˈpækɪdʒ/

sampa: /"p{kIdZ/

hyphenation: pack‧age


package

forms:
package (canonical)
packages (third-person singular)
packaged (past)
packaged (past participle)
packaging (present participle)

glosses: If you package something, you put it in a box, usually to send it in the mail.

text: We packaged up the broken radio, and sent it back to the shop.

packag

e


furthermore

forms:
furthermore (positive)
Superlative–

glosses: You use furthermore to add more information to what was already said or written.

text: We believe that the project is possible. Furthermore, we believe that we can do it within a few months.


globe

forms:
globe
globes (plural)

glosses: A globe is a solid shaped like a ball, often with a map on it.

text: He spun the globe on his desk, looking for Japan.

text: People all around the globe love soccer.

ipa: /ɡləʊb/

ipa: /ɡloʊb/

ipa: /ɡloːb/

audio: EN-AU ck1 globe.ogg


tendency

forms:
tendency
tendencies (plural)

glosses: A tendency is an inclination of something to behave in a particular way or to go in a particular direction.

text: He has a tendency to talk too much.

text: There's a general tendency for males to be bigger than females.

ipa: /ˈtɛndənsi/

hyphenation: ten‧den‧cy

noun

tendency

tendencies


take

forms:
take (canonical)
takes (third-person singular)
took (past)
taken (past participle)
taking (present participle)

text: I took a walk with my dog. = I walked with my dog.

text: I'm going to take a rest. = I'm going to rest.

text: I go out after I take a shower. = I'll go out after I shower.

glosses: If you take something or someone, you bring them from one place to another.

text: I don't want this. Can you take it away, please?

text: My son was sick, so I took him to the doctor.

glosses: If x takes money, time, etc., you need to use that for x.

text: If we go to your house, it will take one hour.

text: That was fun, and it didn't take too much money.

enpr: tāk

ipa: /teɪk/

sampa: /teIk/

audio: en-uk-to take.ogg

take

takes

took

taken

taking


take

forms:
take
takes (plural)

glosses: A person's take is his view of something.

text: What is your take on that recent movie? Did you enjoy it?

glosses: A take is the reward or profit you get from doing something.

text: If help you with this task, I demand you give me part of your take.

glosses: A take is part of a performance which is recorded without a break.

text: The director was not happy with the first take, so we had to do it again.


false

forms:
false (positive)
falser (comparative)
falsest (superlative)

glosses: If something is false, it is not true or not real.

text: It is false that 2 + 2 = 5.

text: My grandfather takes out his false teeth at night.

ipa: /fɔːls/

ipa: /fɔls/

adj

false

falser

falsest


till

forms: till

glosses: In a period of time ending at a time someone says.

text: We will tell stories till it is time to sleep.

enpr: tĭl

ipa: /tɪl/

sampa: /tIl/


till

forms:
till (canonical)
tills (third-person singular)
tilled (past)
tilled (past participle)
tilling (present participle)


till

forms:
till
tills (plural)

glosses: A till is cash register; a machine which counts sales in shops and stores the money.

text: The till contained one hundred dollars at the end of the day


system

forms:
system
systems (plural)

glosses: A system is a group of things that work together; a way of doing something.

text: This coloured paper is part of my system for keeping lists of people.

enpr: sĭsʹtəm

ipa: /ˈsɪstəm/

hyphenation: sys‧tem


sweet

forms:
sweet (positive)
sweeter (comparative)
sweetest (superlative)

glosses: If something is sweet, it tastes like sugar or fruit.

text: This cake is very sweet. I think you put much sugar in it.

glosses: A sweet person or thing pleases or is nice.

text: Thank you! It's very sweet of you to give me this.

ipa: /swiːt/

sweet

sweeter

sweetest


sweet

forms:
sweet
sweets (plural)


sudden

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

glosses: Very quick; taking no time or almost no time, and being a surprise.

text: Not expecting the sudden change in the weather, he got rained on.

text: The car crash was very sudden.

ipa: /sʌdn/


surprise

forms:
surprise (canonical)
surprises (third-person singular)
surprised (past)
surprised (past participle)
surprising (present participle)

glosses: To do something that another person didn't think you were going to do.

text: You surprised me by coming here. I thought you were going to Jimmy's house.

ipa: /səˈpraɪz/

enpr: sərprīzʹ

ipa: /sɚˈpraɪz/

hyphenation: sur‧prise

verb

surpris


surprise

forms:
surprise
surprises (plural)

glosses: A thing that surprises someone, mostly something good.

text: The number of apples on the tree this year is a surprise.


support

forms:
support (canonical)
supports (third-person singular)
supported (past)
supported (past participle)
supporting (present participle)

glosses: To keep something up; to be a base for something.

text: The four legs are supporting the table.

glosses: To give someone food and other things the person needs.

text: She has money, so she can support her children.

ipa: /sʌˈpɔːt/

ipa: /sʌˈpoʊrt/


support

forms:
support
supports (plural)

glosses: Support is something that keeps something up.

text: The posts in the house help support the roof.


summer

forms:
summer
summers (plural)

glosses: The part of the year when the weather is hot.

text: There is no school in the summer.

ipa: /ˈsʌmə/

enpr: /sŭmʹər

ipa: /ˈsʌmɚ/

hyphenation: sum‧mer


suggestion

forms:
suggestion
suggestions (plural)

glosses: An idea for something to do, that someone says to another person. The other person is free to do the thing or not do the thing.

text: I have a suggestion for you: have more fruit and you will be healthier.

ipa: /səˈd͡ʒɛstʃən/

ipa: /səɡˈd͡ʒɛstʃən/

hyphenation: sug‧ges‧tion


substance

forms:
substance
substances (plural)

glosses: What a thing is made of; the essential or most important part of anything. Everything is made of substances.

text: Milk has water, sugar, fat and other substances in it.

ipa: /ˈsʌbstəns/


stretch

forms:
stretch (canonical)
stretches (third-person singular)
stretched (past)
stretched (past participle)
stretching (present participle)

glosses: To pull; to move one end of something as far as possible from the other end.

text: He was big and the shirt was little, but he was able to stretch it and use it.

text: The Alps stretch from France to Austria.

ipa: /strɛtʃ/

stretch

es


stretch

forms:
stretch
stretches (plural)

glosses: A stretch is when a person pulls something.

text: John was stuck in jail for a ten-year stretch.

glosses: A statement is a stretch when it is changed or exaggerated from the truth.

text: That is a stretch! I do not think you are being entirely truthful to me.

noun

stretches


street

forms:
street
streets (plural)

glosses: A road in a city with buildings on the sides and places where people can walk.

text: I saw a woman with a dog walking down the street.

enpr: strēt

ipa: /striːt/

audio: en-uk-a street.ogg


store

forms:
store
stores (plural)

glosses: A store is a building with many things in it, where people can exchange money for things.

text: He went to the store to get some milk.

enpr: stôr

ipa: /stɔr/

enpr: stô

ipa: /stɔː/


store

forms:
store (canonical)
stores (third-person singular)
stored (past)
stored (past participle)
storing (present participle)

glosses: To store something is to put something away, usually if it is not being used.

text: John stored his broken computer in his closet, to make room for his new computer.

verb

stor


stop

forms:
stop (canonical)
stops (third-person singular)
stopped (past)
stopped (past participle)
stopping (present participle)

text: He stopped after running 2 miles.

glosses: If you stop something or somebody, you prevent them from moving or doing something. You cause the person to cease moving or progressing.

text: The police tried to stop the criminal, but he was too fast.

glosses: If you stop doing something, you are not doing it anymore. You have ceased doing it.

text: I stopped playing video games and went back to working on my project.

glosses: If you stop, you come to the end of the time when one is doing something. You start doing a different thing or start doing nothing.

enpr: stŏp

ipa: /stɒp/

sampa: /stQp/

audio: en-uk-a stop.ogg

stop


stop

forms:
stop
stops (plural)

glosses: A stop is a place where buses, cars, taxis, or other vehicles halt to let passengers board or leave (get on or off).


stone

forms:
stone
stones (plural)

glosses: A stone is a hard, solid piece of earth.

text: I do not have a hammer but I will use a stone to hammer the nail.

ipa: /stəʊn/

ipa: /stoʊn/


stone

forms:
stone (canonical)
stones (third-person singular)
stoned (past)
stoned (past participle)
stoning (present participle)

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

ston


stocking

forms:
stocking
stockings (plural)

glosses: A piece of clothing made of thin cloth to cover the legs.

text: One of my stockings has a hole in it.

ipa: /ˈstɒkɪŋ/


stocking

forms:
stock (canonical)
stocks (third-person singular)
stocked (past)
stocked (past participle)
stocking (present participle)

stock


stitch

forms:
stitch
stitches (plural)

glosses: A stitch is a little circle of thread, used to join cloth together.

text: A stitch in time saves nine. (Fix a little hole in cloth with one stitch now, or the hole will be big and will need many stitches.)

ipa: /stɪt͡ʃ/

sampa: /stItS/

enpr: stĭch

irrnoun

stitches


stitch

forms:
stitch (canonical)
stitches (third-person singular)
stitched (past)
stitched (past participle)
stitching (present participle)

glosses: If you stitch something, you make stitches in it.

verb

stitch


still

text: No one has fixed the oven -- It is still broken.

ipa: /stɪl/

sampa: /stIl/


still

forms:
more still (comparative)
most still (superlative)
still (positive)
stiller (comparative)
stillest (superlative)

glosses: If something is still, it is not moving and resting in one place.

text: Sit still when you are in school.

adj

still

stiller

stillest


sticky

forms:
sticky (positive)
stickier (comparative)
stickiest (superlative)

etymology_text: stick + -y

ety-suffix

stick

y

expansion: stick + -y

glosses: Able to join to things; hard to wash off. When you touch a sticky thing, some of it goes on your finger. People are able to use a sticky material to join things together.

ipa: /ˈstɪki/

sticky

stickier

stickiest


step

forms:
step (canonical)
steps (third-person singular)
stepped (past)
stepped (past participle)
stepping (present participle)

text: When you walk, you step many times.

text: If you step on the ant, it will be dead.

ipa: /stɛp/

sampa: /stEp/

verb

step

p