definition

forms:
definition
definitions (plural)

glosses: A definition is an explanation of the meaning of a word.

text: The sentence before this one is a definition.

text: ESL students often check definitions in their dictionaries.

text: Can you give me a definition for "imprisonment"?

ipa: /ˌdɛfɪˈnɪʃən/


relaxed

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

pos: adj

glosses: If someone is relaxed, they feel calm, they are not worried, and their muscles are not tight.

text: I feel most relaxed when I'm fishing.

text: I really enjoy talking to her. She's always so relaxed and she has time to listen.

ipa: /rɪˈlækst/

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

adj

more: true

expansion: [POS TABLE]


relaxed

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

pos: verb

glosses: The past tense and past participle of relax.

verb

relax

es


style

forms:
style
styles (plural)

pos: noun

glosses: A style is a specific look, design, or way of dressing or acting.

text: I don't understand why the styles in fashion magazines are always changing.

text: We have a new manager, but her style is much more friendly than the old guy.

glosses: A style is a traditional or legal term referring to a person who holds a title or post.

text: He styled himself the Count of Monte Cristo.

enpr: stīl

ipa: /staɪl/


style

forms:
style (canonical)
styles (third-person singular)
styled (past)
styled (past participle)
styling (present participle)

glosses: If you style something, you design and make it appear in a certain way.

styl

e


require

forms:
require (canonical)
requires (third-person singular)
required (past)
required (past participle)
requiring (present participle)

text: The job requires high level of math skills.

text: The new system will make the information available where it is required.

glosses: If you are required to do something, you have to do it.

text: All men over the age of 21 are required to report to the army for service.

ipa: /rɪˈkwaɪə/

ipa: /rɪˈkwaɪr/

hyphenation: re‧quire

requir


structure

forms:
structure
structures (plural)

glosses: The structure of something is the way that it is put together.

text: The structure of her writing makes it very easy to understand.

text: The social structure of a class is often very complex.

glosses: A structure is something that has been built or put together, especially something big, such as a building.

text: The CN tower is the tallest structure in Toronto.

ipa: /ˈstrʌktʃə(r)/

ipa: /ˈstrʌktʃɚ/

hyphenation: struc‧ture


structure

forms:
structure (canonical)
structures (third-person singular)
structured (past)
structured (past participle)
structuring (present participle)

glosses: If you structure something in a particular way, you organise or build it that way.

text: Prepare a list of questions to structure the interview.

structur


technology

forms:
technology
technologies (plural)

glosses: Technology is the tools, equipment, and activities that come from scientific knowledge.

text: Modern technology such as computers, robots, and wireless communications, can reduce the cost of doing business. (can make the cost smaller.)

text: The 1800s saw a gradual development (growth in small steps) of new technologies in farming and transportation.

ipa: /tɛkˈnɒlədʒi/

ipa: /tɛkˈnɑlədʒi/

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

hyphenation: tech‧nol‧o‧gy

noun

technologies


doctor

forms:
doctor
doctors (plural)

glosses: A person who helps people who are sick, and looks after their health.

glosses: A person who can work very well about a particular thing and is given the title Doctor by a university, for example a doctor in psychology could be called Doctor John Smith.

ipa: /ˈdɒktə/

hyphenation: doc‧tor


doctor

forms:
doctor (canonical)
doctors (third-person singular)
doctored (past)
doctored (past participle)
doctoring (present participle)

glosses: If you doctor someone, you act as a medical doctor towards them.

glosses: If you doctor something or someone, you change them.


grade

forms:
grade
grades (plural)

glosses: A grade is a letter or number that you use to show how good something is. Usually, teachers use it to show how good a student's test or assignment is.

text: He got 97% on his test. It was the top grade in the class.

text: Our restaurant uses only the highest grade of meat.

glosses: In North American English, a grade is the school year.

text: Most Canadian children start grade one when they are six years old and finish grade 12 when they are 18.

ipa: /ɡreɪd/

homophones: grayed greyed


grade

forms:
grade (canonical)
grades (third-person singular)
graded (past)
graded (past participle)
grading (present participle)

glosses: If you grade something, you judge how good it is.

text: After the final exam, the teacher spent the whole weekend grading papers.

text: My friends goes to the farm to grade animals that are going to be sold.

verb

grad


resource

forms:
resource
resources (plural)

etymology_text: re- + source(verb)

ety-prefix

re

source

expansion: re- + source

glosses: A resource is something that is available and useful.

text: We don't have enough time and resources to finish the job.

text: Canada has fewer natural resources, including trees, fish, and oil, than it did in the past.

ipa: /rɪˈzɔɚs/

ipa: /ˈrisɔɚs/

hyphenation: re‧source


resource

forms:
resource (canonical)
resources (third-person singular)
resourced (past)
resourced (past participle)
resourcing (present participle)

glosses: If you resource something, you source it again.

verb

resourc


migration

forms:
migration
migrations (plural)

glosses: A migration is a large movement, usually of people or animals, to a new living place.

text: Every fall, the birds begin their migration from the cold northern areas to the southern regions where they will spend the winter.

ipa: /maɪgˈreɪʃǝn/

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

hyphenation: mi‧gra‧tion


transport

forms:
transport
transports (plural)

glosses: Transport refers to how things are moved, or a system of transportation.

text: I prefer my own means of transport.

glosses: A transport is a vehicle or vessel used to move things or people.

text: On Tatooine, C-3PO thought he saw a transport in the distance.

ipa: /ˈtrænzpɔːt/


transport

forms:
transport (canonical)
transports (third-person singular)
transported (past)
transported (past participle)
transporting (present participle)

glosses: If you transport something, you carry it from one place to another, usually on a truck, boat, or other large vehicle.

text: One of the most important parts of doing business is transporting your materials from the factory to the shop.

ipa: /trænzˈpɔːt/


transportation

forms: transportation

etymology_text: transport + -ation

ety-suffix

transport

ation

expansion: transport + -ation

glosses: Transportation is the system or vehicles used to move people or things from one place to another.

text: In most of Canada, the main form of transportation is the family car.

text: The public transportation system in Tokyo is a mixture of busses and above- and below-ground trains.

text: The company is trying to reduce transportation costs by sending more goods by boat rather than airplane.

ipa: /trænspɔːˈteɪʃən/

ipa: /trænspɚˈteɪʃən/

hyphenation: trans‧por‧ta‧tion


community

forms:
community
communities (plural)

glosses: A community is a group of people living in the same area and having a similar background or similar interests.

text: Most Libyan policemen were members of the community where they worked.

text: Within the business community, most people believe that taxes are too high.

ipa: /k(ə)ˈmjunəti/

hyphenation: com‧mu‧nity

irrnoun

communities


vary

forms:
vary (canonical)
varies (third-person singular)
varied (past)
varied (past participle)
varying (present participle)

glosses: If something varies, it is not always the same.

text: The summer temperature in Toronto can vary from 12 degrees at night to over 30 degrees during the day.

text: "Do you enjoy your job?" "You know, it varies. Some days are good..."

text: Teachers sometimes need to vary the order and manner in which things are taught and learnt.

ipa: /ˈvɛəri/

verb

var

y


equipment

forms: equipment

etymology_text: equip + -ment

ety-suffix

equip

ment

expansion: equip + -ment

glosses: Your equipment is the things that you use to do a job or sport.

text: Soccer is a popular game because you need very little equipment to play--just a ball and an open space.

text: The soldiers had to carry all their equipment on their backs.

text: The computer equipment was old and often broke down.

ipa: /ɪ'kwɪpmənt/


create

forms:
create (canonical)
creates (third-person singular)
created (past)
created (past participle)
creating (present participle)

glosses: If you create something, you make or invent it. Usually, it's something that nobody has made before.

text: Wiktionary editors create Wiktionary entries.

text: Initially, the company will create 200 new jobs, rising to 520 over the next few years.

text: A lot of problems have been created by the new government.

ipa: /kriːeɪt/

hyphenation: cre‧ate

verb

creat


legal

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

glosses: If an activity is legal it does not break any laws.

text: In Canada, it is perfectly legal for a woman to walk down the street with no shirt on.

glosses: A legal problem, action, fee, etc. is related to the law or lawyers.

text: After losing the court case, he had to pay over $30,000 in legal fees.

text: The government brought legal action against three cigarette makers.

ipa: /liːɡl/


job

forms:
job
jobs (plural)

glosses: A job is an activity that you do, usually, regularly and for pay.

text: She got a good job as a manager in a book store.

text: She does the same job as George, and she does it faster and better.

text: Son, come here. I have a job for you before you start watching TV.

glosses: A job is a task that a computer performs.

glosses: A job is a plastic surgery that is done on someone. Usually used with another word to form a noun.

text: John just had a nose job.

enpr: jŏb

ipa: /dʒɒb/

sampa: /dZQb/


finally

pos: adv

etymology_text: final + -ly

ety-suffix

final

ly

expansion: final + -ly

glosses: If something finally happens, it means there was a long wait before it happened.

text: I finally finished university. Now, I can start my real life.

glosses: Finally is used, often at the beginning of a sentence, to show that this is the last thing or idea.

text: First, I think that we should use less. Second, I think we should reuse the things that we have. And, finally, I think we should recycle more.

ipa: /ˈfaɪnəli/


technical

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

glosses: Technical problems, writing, or skills, are related to special knowledge that most people don't have.

text: Doctors use a lot of technical vocabulary. I wish they would explain things more easily.

text: Our computers had some kind of technical problem, so we had to call somebody to come and fix it.

text: A prima ballerina must have great technical knowledge of dance movement.


aid

forms:
aid
aids (plural)

glosses: Aid is the help that is given to people, usually by a government or institution.

text: After the flood the UN sent $500 million of aid in the form of food, water, tents, and medical supplies.

glosses: An aid is a person or thing that helps you do an activity.

text: The president's aid spoke to the newspapers today.

text: I can't see, but I have a number of aids, such as a cane, a dog, and a talking computer, that make my life easier.

ipa: /eɪl/


aid

forms:
aid (canonical)
aids (third-person singular)
aided (past)
aided (past participle)
aiding (present participle)


formally

etymology_text: formal + -ly

formal

expansion: formal + -ly

glosses: If you do something formally, you do it in a formal way.

text: They expect you to formally behave yourself. If not, I doubt you will get the job.

ipa: /ˈfɔrməli/

ipa: /ˈfɔːməli/

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


grant

forms:
grant (canonical)
grants (third-person singular)
granted (past)
granted (past participle)
granting (present participle)

glosses: If you grant something to something, you give it to them, usually formally.

text: The school has granted us permission to use a classroom in the evenings.

glosses: If you grant something, you accept that it is true.

text: Yes, I'll grant you that the data is old, but I still think it's useful.

ipa: /grɑːnt/

ipa: /grænt/

sampa: /gr\{nt/


grant

forms:
grant
grants (plural)

glosses: A grant is something, usually money, that is given to someone, usually by a government or institution.

text: The professor received a research grant to study weather changes.

text: I got a $2,000 government grant to help me go to school.


milk

forms:
milk
milks (plural)

glosses: Milk is a white liquid some animals make for their babies to drink. People often drink cow's milk.

text: The boy had some fresh goat milk.

ipa: /mɪɫk/


milk

forms:
milk (canonical)
milks (third-person singular)
milked (past)
milked (past participle)
milking (present participle)

glosses: If you milk an animal like a cow or a goat, you take the milk out of it.


warm

forms:
warm (positive)
warmer (comparative)
warmest (superlative)

glosses: If something is warm, it is a nice temperature between cool and hot.

text: It's good to come into a nice warm house on a winter's day.

text: She washed her face in the warm water.

ipa: /wɔːm/

ipa: /wɔːrm/

adj

warm

warmer

warmest


warm

forms:
warm (canonical)
warms (third-person singular)
warmed (past)
warmed (past participle)
warming (present participle)

glosses: If you warm something, you increase the temperature.

text: At 7:30, the sun came up and warmed them a little.

text: Oh, the coffee's cold. Can you warm it up for me?


during

forms: during

pos: prep

glosses: If you do something during something else, you do it at the same time.

text: He often reads during dinner.

text: I'm always tired because I work during the night.

ipa: /ˈdjʊərɪŋ/

ipa: /ˈdʊərɪŋ/


cool

forms:
cool (positive)
cooler (comparative)
coolest (superlative)

glosses: If something is cool, its temperature is between warm and cold.

text: It's hard to keep the house nice and cool on a hot summer's day.

text: The air was cool, so he put on his jacket.

glosses: If you say something is cool you mean it is good and you like it.

text: That's a really cool cell phone! Where did you get it?

text: Wow, your computer looks cool!

glosses: Someone who is cool is admired by others, someone of notably high social status.

text: Jeffrey is the coolest guy in town.

enpr: ko͞ol

ipa: /kuːl/

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

cool

cooler

coolest


cool

forms:
cool (canonical)
cools (third-person singular)
cooled (past)
cooled (past participle)
cooling (present participle)

glosses: If you cool something, you decrease the temperature.

text: Blow on the coffee to cool it off.

glosses: If something cools, its temperature decreases.

text: The soup was too hot, so he waited for it to cool a little.


health

forms: health

etymology_text: heal + -th

ety-suffix

heal

th

expansion: heal + -th

glosses: If you talk about the health of a person or animal, you are talking about whether they are sick or not.

text: The doctors believe that the disease will not be a serious danger to public health.

text: Before you start exercising, you should be in good health.

glosses: If you have health you are not sick (do not have disease) and are not hurt.

enpr: hĕlth

ipa: /hɛlθ/


temperature

forms:
temperature
temperatures (plural)

glosses: The temperature of something is how hot or cold it is.

text: Today's temperature is 25°C.

ipa: /ˈtɛmp(ə)rətʃə(r)/

hyphenation: tem‧per‧a‧ture


ocean

forms:
ocean
oceans (plural)

text: My great grandfather came across the Atlantic ocean from Scotland to Canada in 1882 on a sailing ship.

text: She stood on a beach in Japan and looked east at the sun coming up over the Pacific ocean.


damage

forms:
damage
damages (plural)

glosses: If something has damage, it’s broken or hurt.

glosses: If A owes damages to B, A has to pay money because A hurt B or B's property.

text: The reason his car hit another car was that he did something wrong, so he had to pay damages to the owner of the other car.

ipa: /ˈdæmədʒ/

hyphenation: dam‧age


damage

forms:
damage (canonical)
damages (third-person singular)
damaged (past)
damaged (past participle)
damaging (present participle)

glosses: If you damage something, you break or hurt it.

text: All those cigarettes have damaged her health.

text: The factory has caused significant damage to the local environment.

verb

damag


flood

forms:
flood
floods (plural)

glosses: A flood happens when there has been a lot of rain in a short time and the water covers the ground.

text: The storm brought heavy rains, and the resulting flood caused $14 million in damage to crops.

enpr: flŭd

ipa: /flʌd/


flood

forms:
flood (canonical)
floods (third-person singular)
flooded (past)
flooded (past participle)
flooding (present participle)

glosses: If a place is flooded, the water covers the ground and often causes a lot of damage.

text: In 2005, a hurricane brought so much rain that much of Louisiana was flooded, killing many people, and destroying large parts of the city.

text: The market has been flooded with boy band recordings.

text: Stop flooding the editorial office with your complaints.


storm

forms:
storm
storms (plural)

glosses: A storm is bad weather with high winds that disturbs the atmosphere.

text: Small boats should stay off the water tonight because we are expecting a storm.

ipa: /stɔːm/

ipa: /stɔrm/


storm

forms:
storm (canonical)
storms (third-person singular)
stormed (past)
stormed (past participle)
storming (present participle)

glosses: If you storm, you move fast and noisily like a storm, usually when angered.

glosses: If you storm a building or other fortification, you assault it with military troops.

text: The sergeant and his platoon stormed the stronghold of the most wanted terrorist.


slowly

etymology_text: slow + -ly

ety-suffix

slow

expansion: slow + -ly

glosses: When something moves slowly or does something slowly, it takes a very long time to do it.

text: She was very tired, and walked slowly up the stairs to bed.

text: He moved slowly, hoping that the bird wouldn't notice him.

ipa: /ˈsləʊli/

ipa: /ˈsloʊli/

sampa: /"sloUli/


probably

etymology_text: probable + -ly

probable

expansion: probable + -ly

glosses: If something is probably true, or will probably happen, it means there is a high chance of it.

text: I'm not sure what I'm doing tonight, but I'll probably stay home and study.

text: "Is Ed here?" "Uh... he usually leaves at 4:00, so he's probably gone, but I'll go and have a look."

ipa: /ˈprɒbəbli/

ipa: /ˈprɑbəbli/


subject

forms:
subject
subjects (plural)

glosses: A subject is a branch of knowledge in school, college or university, such as English, math, science, and history.

text: The subject of the class is English literature.

glosses: In English grammar, the subject of a sentence is usually a noun that comes before the verb. This noun is usually the thing that is doing the action, and it is usually the topic of the sentence.

text: In the sentence, "Tom gave the box to Wilma", Tom is the subject.

glosses: A subject is a person who is governed by a king, queen, emperor, etc.

enpr: sŭbʹjĕkt

sampa: /"sVbdZEkt/


subject

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

glosses: If someone or something is subject to something, they are likely to be affected by it or experience it.

text: Home prices are even more subject to change than gas prices.


subject

forms:
subject (canonical)
subjects (third-person singular)
subjected (past)
subjected (past participle)
subjecting (present participle)

text: They were subjected to intense labor.

enpr: səb-jĕktʹ

ipa: /səbˈdʒɛkt/


her

pos: pron

glosses: You use her instead of the name of a person, to talk about a woman or girl. (used in the object position, never as a subject)

text: This is Susan's book. Give it to her.

glosses: If you say something is her thing, you mean it belongs to a particular woman or girl.

text: It is her book, not mine,

ipa: /hɜː/

ipa: /hɝ/


object

forms:
object
objects (plural)

glosses: An object is a thing that you can touch, but it is not alive.

text: We don't know what killed him, but it was a smooth, heavy object.

glosses: The object of an action or plan is the goal or the reason for it.

text: The object of soccer is to kick the ball into the other team's net.

glosses: The object is a type of complement in a verb phrase or preposition phrase with the form of a noun phrase.

text: In the sentence Yoko ate the bread, the bread is the object.

enpr: ŏb'jĕkt

ipa: /ˈɒbdʒekt/

sampa: /"QbdZekt/

hyphenation: ob‧ject


object

forms:
object (canonical)
objects (third-person singular)
objected (past)
objected (past participle)
objecting (present participle)

glosses: If you object to something, you don't agree with it.

text: Most people will object to being asked to work too much.

enpr: əb-jĕkt'

ipa: /əbˈdʒekt/


suddenly

etymology_text: sudden + -ly

sudden

expansion: sudden + -ly

glosses: If something happens suddenly, it happens very quickly when you don't expect it to happen.

text: My son had been sitting in the chair beside me. Then, suddenly, I realised he was gone.

ipa: /ˈsʌdn̩li/


lung

forms:
lung
lungs (plural)

glosses: Your lungs are part of your body that is inside your chest. Your lungs allow you to breathe.

text: Smoking for many years had damaged his lungs.

enpr: lŭng

ipa: /ˈlʌŋ/


tired

forms:
more tired (comparative)
most tired (superlative)
tired (positive)
tireder (comparative)
tiredest (superlative)

glosses: If you feel tired, you have no energy and you need a rest.

text: After walking for 15 km, I was so tired, that I couldn't take another step.

ipa: /taɪə(r)d/

adj

tired

tireder

tiredest


tired

forms:
tire (canonical)
tires (third-person singular)
tired (past)
tired (past participle)
tiring (present participle)

glosses: The past tense and past participle of tire.

verb

tir


electric

forms: electric (positive)

glosses: If something is electric, it uses electricity.

text: My grandmother wrote her letters on a typewriter; my mother used an electric typewriter, and I use a computer.

text: We bought a new gas stove. It's much faster than our old electric one.

ipa: /ɪˈlɛktrɪk/

sampa: /I"lEktrIk/

hyphenation: e‧lec‧tric


balance

forms:
balance
balances (plural)

glosses: If something is in balance, it has equal amounts all around.

text: She was walking on a thin line, but lost her balance and fell down.

text: This plan has a good balance of new and old ideas.

glosses: The balance in your bank account is the amount of money you have in the account.

glosses: A type of scale where there are two parts.

ipa: /ˈbæləns/

hyphenation: bal‧ance


balance

forms:
balance (canonical)
balances (third-person singular)
balanced (past)
balanced (past participle)
balancing (present participle)

glosses: If you balance something, you make it have equal amounts all around.

text: The bird balanced easily on the wire for a few moments before flying off.

text: A good manager has to balance the costs and benefits of doing business.

balanc


wet

forms:
wet (positive)
wetter (comparative)
wettest (superlative)

glosses: If something is wet it has some water or other liquid on it.

text: I got completely wet in the rain.

text: I don't want to use this towel. It's already wet.

glosses: If a female is wet, she is sexually aroused and the vulva is moistened with vaginal secretions.

enpr: wĕt

ipa: /wɛt/

sampa: /wEt/

adj

wet

wetter

wettest


wet

forms:
wet (canonical)
wets (third-person singular)
wetted (past)
wetted (past participle)
wetting (present participle)

glosses: If you wet something, you put water or some other liquid on it.

text: Please try not to wet the bathroom floor when you have a shower.

verb

t


prefer

forms:
prefer (canonical)
prefers (third-person singular)
preferred (past)
preferred (past participle)
preferring (present participle)

glosses: If you prefer something, you like it more than another thing.

text: Sometimes I eat in restaurants, but I prefer to cook.

text: I generally prefer coffee to tea. I just can't enjoy tea.

ipa: /prɪˈfɝ/

ipa: /prɪˈfɜː/

prefer

r


typical

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

glosses: If something is typical, it is normal, and not special. It's what you would expect.

text: This rain isn't typical. We almost never get rain at this time of year.

text: These problems are just another typical example of how politicians only care about themselves.

ipa: /ˈtɪpɪkl̩/

hyphenation: typ‧i‧cal


brain

forms:
brain
brains (plural)

glosses: Your brain is the part of your body that is inside your head.

text: The brain is the part of the body that thinks and controls the rest of the body through the nervous system.

text: He has serious brain damage from falling off of his bicycle and hitting his head.

enpr: brān

ipa: /breɪn/

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


sick

forms:
sick (positive)
sicker (comparative)
sickest (superlative)

glosses: If a person, animal, or plant is sick, it has a disease and is not healthy.

text: I'm sorry, I'm too sick to go to work today.

text: If you're sick, you should go and see a doctor.

glosses: A way of saying something is bad. (Could mean one or both of the following.)

glosses: If something is sick it makes you feel like vomiting. Usually this is not literal, but just means very bad.

text: Oh sick! There is dog shit all over everything.

glosses: Sick can mean similar to person who is mentally ill (crazy), as an insult. This can also mean something bad that a crazy person might do.

text: Killing children is just plain sick.

text: That guy is really sick in the head.

glosses: You say this about something that is cool. That is, something you like or see as very good.

text: That song is sick!

enpr: sĭk

ipa: /sɪk/

sampa: /sIk/

adj

sick

sicker

sickest


feet

forms:
foot
feet (plural)

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

text: Please take your shoes and socks off of your feet.

text: My feet hurt from walking all day.

text: My friend is six feet tall.

enpr: fēt

ipa: /fiːt/

noun

foot

feet


worse

forms:
bad (positive)
worse (comparative)
worst (superlative)

text: It is worse to lie to hide something than it is to lie to protect someone.

text: The weather this winter is worse than last year.

ipa: /wɜːs/

ipa: /wɝs/

adjective

bad

worse

worst


park

forms:
park
parks (plural)

glosses: A park is an outdoor area where people can relax and play.

text: We sat under the trees and had lunch in Central Park.

text: Algonquin Provincial Park is the oldest, largest park in Ontario, covering about 7,725 square kilometres.

text: I'm going to take the kids to the park to play on the swings.

enpr: pärk

ipa: /pɑrk/

ipa: [pɑːk]

ipa: [pɑrk]

ipa: [paːk]

ipa: [pɐːk]


park

forms:
park (canonical)
parks (third-person singular)
parked (past)
parked (past participle)
parking (present participle)

glosses: If you park a car or other vehicle, you drive it to a place and let it stand there.

text: She never parks her car under a tree.


breath

forms:
breath
breaths (plural)

glosses: Your breath is the air that you move into and out of your lungs.

text: After running for just a minute, his breath was coming quickly.

glosses: A breath is the air that you move into and out of your lungs one time.

text: Take a big breath and put your face in the water.

enpr: brĕth

ipa: /breθ/

sampa: /breT/


global

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

glosses: If something is global it includes the whole world.

text: The weather is changing, and this is not just in one or two places. The change is global.

text: The Olympics and the world cup of soccer are the two largest global sporting events.

ipa: /ˈgləʊbəl/

enpr: glō'bəl

ipa: /ˈgloʊbəl/

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


period

forms:
period
periods (plural)

text: There was a short period when my computer stopped working.

text: During the first period, Germany scored two goals.

text: The dinosaurs lived from late in the Triassic period (about 225 million years ago) until the end of the Cretaceous (about 65 million years ago).

glosses: A period is the dot that marks the end of most sentences in English. This -> . is a period.

text: Should I use an exclamation mark or a period at the end of this sentence?

glosses: A woman's period is the time each month when she passes blood.

text: I have missed two periods now. I think I must be pregnant.

ipa: /ˈpɪərɪəd/


period

forms: period

pos: intj

glosses: And nothing else; and nothing less; used for emphasis.

text: When I say "eat your dinner," it means "eat your dinner", period!


region

forms:
region
regions (plural)

glosses: A region is an area of land or of the body.

text: The fishing problems have been happening only in the Atlantic coast region.

text: The southern regions of Japan are warm and tropical.

text: If we do an operation in this region of the brain, you may lose your ability to speak.

glosses: A region is any connected part of a space or surface. This definition is useful in geometry.

text: In Euclidean space, a convex set is a region which has a geometric definition.

enpr: rēj′ən

ipa: /riːʤn̩/


area

forms:
area
areas (plural)

text: This is the business area of town.

text: We have chosen a large forest area for the new park.

glosses: An area of study is a special subject, such as mathematics, grammar, music, or biology.

text: Economics is quite interesting, but my area is more related to politics.

glosses: The area of a surface, is the size of the surface.

text: The length is 10 cm and the width is 5 cm, so the area is 50 cm².

enpr: âʼrĭ-ə

enpr: ârʼē-ə


men

forms:
man
men (plural)

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

ipa: /mɛn/

sampa: /mEn/

noun

man

men


contrast

forms:
contrast
contrasts (plural)

glosses: Contrasts are the differences you find when you compare something or someone.

text: When comparing English and Japanese, there are many contrasts but also a large number of similarities.

text: Married life is a sharp contrast to the life of a single person.

ipa: /ˈkɒntrɑːst/

enpr: kŏn'trăst

ipa: /ˈkɑnt(ʃ)ræst/


contrast

forms:
contrast (canonical)
contrasts (third-person singular)
contrasted (past)
contrasted (past participle)
contrasting (present participle)

glosses: If you contrast two things, you look for or explain the differences between them.

text: It's difficult not to contrast the good things he says with the terrible way he acts.

ipa: /kənˈtrɑːst/

enpr: kəntrăst'

ipa: /kənˈt(ʃ)ræst/


research

forms:
research
researches (plural)

glosses: Research is the process or result of trying to find an answer by reading, interviewing, watching, or doing experiments.

text: The last 10 years has provided a huge amount of research into a cure for cancer.

text: We've been conducting research into the reason for the changes in these fish.

ipa: /rɪˈsɜːtʃ/

research

researches


research

forms:
research (canonical)
researches (third-person singular)
researched (past)
researched (past participle)
researching (present participle)

glosses: If you research a question, you try to find an answer, usually by reading a lot about it, or by doing experiments.

text: I have to research the history of King Henry II for my English class.

verb

es


depression

forms:
depression
depressions (plural)

glosses: If someone has depression, they have a condition which makes them very sad and makes it very hard for them to imagine being happy later.

text: After Suzie's dog passed away, she fell into a depression for six months.

glosses: A depression is when a person's feelings are very sad and unhappy.

text: John had a small depression after he lost the tennis match, but in two weeks he was back to normal.

glosses: A depression is a low point on a surface.

text: There was a small depression in the ground where the rock had been.

glosses: A depression is when the economy slows down by a lot.

text: The business community is worried that the oil problems could lead to a depression.

ipa: /dɪˈprɛʃən/


affect

forms:
affect (canonical)
affects (third-person singular)
affected (past)
affected (past participle)
affecting (present participle)

glosses: If x affects y, then x causes a change in y.

text: The movement of the soccer ball was affected by the wind.

text: Sigmund Freud's ideas were affected by the writings of Frederick Nietzsche.

text: How do you think the new government will affect the economy?

glosses: If you affect a way of speaking, walking, dressing, etc., you pretend that it is your normal way, often to impress people.

text: "No, ma'm," Robert said, affecting a southern accent.

enpr: əfĕkt'

ipa: /ə'fɛkt/


affect

forms:
affect
affects (plural)

glosses: Your affect is the emotion or feeling you have in response to an idea, object, etc.

text: Actors need to bring out the affect of the scene.

glosses: Affect is emotion or emotional response.

text: When teaching, we need to consider both ideas and affect.


physical

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

glosses: A physical thing or activity is related to the body, or something you can touch.

text: The war didn't leave him with any physical injuries, but his mind was badly damaged.

text: When we look at where someone lives, we have to look at the physical environment (e.g., the amount of green space, transportation, house size, etc.) as well as the social environment.

ipa: /ˈfɪzɪkəl/


major

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

glosses: A major change, problem, event, etc. is a big and important one.

text: We expected the change to cause a lot of problems, but in the end it wasn't as major as we had thought.

text: Tom Cruise had a major part in the movie. He directed it and acted in it as the main character.

glosses: A major musical scale is the usual scale for music in western culture. The major scale starts two notes above the minor and more often sounds happy.

text: That music could be D minor or F major.

ipa: /ˈmeɪʤɚ/

hyphenation: ma‧jor


major

forms:
major
majors (plural)

glosses: A major is a subject area that is the main study of a student at a college or university.

text: My major is Speech-Language Pathology, which is about problems people may have with talking.

glosses: A major is a military rank between captain and lieutenant-colonel.

glosses: A major is a person of the legal age of majority.


major

forms:
major (canonical)
majors (third-person singular)
majored (past)
majored (past participle)
majoring (present participle)

glosses: If you major in something, you concentrate on a single area of study as a student at a college or university.

text: My mother majored in English but I will major in psychology.


crush

forms:
crush (canonical)
crushes (third-person singular)
crushed (past)
crushed (past participle)
crushing (present participle)

text: I will crush the spider with a book.

ipa: /krʌʃ/

audio: EN-AU ck1 crush.ogg

crush


crush

forms:
crush
crushes (plural)

glosses: If you have a crush on someone, you like them and want to date them. This could be because you think they are attractive.

text: I've got a crush on Joey, but you can't tell anyone.

glosses: The person you have a crush on is called a crush.

text: Cindy was my boyhood crush.

irrnoun

crushes


me

glosses: You use me instead of your name, to refer to yourself.

text: This is my book. It belongs to me.

enpr: mē

ipa: /miː/


response

forms:
response
responses (plural)

glosses: A response is some words or actions that happen as a reaction to something else.

text: We sent a message to them two weeks ago, but there has been no response so far.

text: The police response to these problems has been slow and weak.

text: In psychology, a response is a behavior which occurs after a stimulus.

ipa: /rɪˈspɒns/


contact

forms:
contact
contacts (plural)

glosses: When x makes or has contact with y, they touch each other physically.

text: The trains in Tokyo are so crowded that everyone has to stand in close contact to everyone else.

text: He wore dark glasses so that he wouldn't have to make eye contact with anyone.

text: "Did you tell Chris about lunch today?" "No, I wasn't able to get in contact with him."

ipa: /ˈkɑntækt/

ipa: /ˈkɒntækt/


contact

forms:
contact (canonical)
contacts (third-person singular)
contacted (past)
contacted (past participle)
contacting (present participle)

glosses: If A contacts B, A telephones B or writes a letter or e-mail to B.

text: If I can help further please do not hesitate to contact me at 012-345-6789.


meal

forms:
meal
meals (plural)

glosses: A meal is the food you eat at regular times of the day. Breakfast, lunch, supper and dinner, are meals.

text: Thanks for dinner! I haven't had a good Italian meal like that for a long time.

glosses: The edible part of certain grains; it is often used to feed animals.

ipa: /miːl/

audio: en-uk-a meal.ogg


meat

forms:
meat
meats (plural)

glosses: Meat is the muscle of animals that we eat. Beef, chicken, and pork are kinds of meat.

text: I am a vegetarian. I don't eat meat, only fruits, grains, and vegetables.

text: You should cook the meat at 135 to 140°C.

enpr: mēt

ipa: /miːt/

homophones: meet mete


dish

forms:
dish
dishes (plural)

glosses: Dishes are the flat round holder for food that we usually put on the table and eat off of.

text: There was a crash when the waiter dropped his tray of dishes on the floor.

glosses: A dish is a particular kind of cooked or prepared food.

text: Last night she made a wonderful Indian dish that I had never eaten before.

ipa: /dɪʃ/

dishes


dish

forms:
dish (canonical)
dishes (third-person singular)
dished (past)
dished (past participle)
dishing (present participle)

glosses: To dish is to gossip about something or somebody.

verb

dish


chicken

forms:
chicken
chickens (plural)

glosses: A chicken is a bird that farmers raise for meat and eggs.

text: My father went out back, caught a chicken, cut off its head, and cleaned it for dinner.

text: They make a very tasty fried chicken dish here that comes with vegetables and potatoes.

sampa: /"tSIkIn/

audio: en-uk-a chicken.ogg


chicken

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

glosses: Someone who is afraid to do something is chicken.

text: You won't jump your bike because you're chicken.


restaurant

forms:
restaurant
restaurants (plural)

glosses: A restaurant is a place where you can buy and eat food and drinks.

text: My wife and I went out to a small French restaurant in Toronto for dinner.

ipa: /rɛstərɒnt/

audio: en-uk-a restaurant.ogg

hyphenation: res‧tau‧rant


fry

forms:
fry (canonical)
fries (third-person singular)
fried (past)
fried (past participle)
frying (present participle)

glosses: If you fry something, you cook it in a pan on a stove with hot oil.

text: Do you think we should fry the eggs or boil them?

enpr: frī

ipa: /fraɪ/

sampa: /fraI/

fr


fry

forms:
fry
fries (plural)

text: Pass me a fry, I want to see if they taste good.

noun

fry

fries


fried

glosses: The past tense and past participle of fry.

text: I fried some chicken last night for dinner.

verb

y


fried

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

glosses: Fried food is food that has been cooked in a pan with hot oil.

text: I don't like fried chicken. It's too oily.


habit

forms:
habit
habits (plural)

glosses: A habit is something that you do regularly.

text: John, don't bite your fingernails. It's a bad habit.

text: Marjorie has a habit of buying Christmas presents early, hiding them away like a squirrel, and then forgetting all about them.

glosses: A habit is what people in certain jobs wear, generally religious jobs. These people can be recognized by their habits.

text: The monk's habit was black.

glosses: A habit is the form of growth of a plant or, sometimes, an animal.

text: Some corals grow with a branching habit.

ipa: /ˈhæbɪt/

sampa: /"h{bIt/


mineral

forms:
mineral
minerals (plural)

glosses: A mineral is a substance in the earth such as calcium, salt, iron, etc.

text: The rocks in this area are rich in minerals.

text: Eating nuts will help your body get the minerals it needs.


convenient

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

glosses: If something is convenient, you can get it or use it quickly and easily.

text: Living here is so convenient. There's a supermarket right across the street, and a train station just a 2 minute walk away.

text: It's more convenient to drive than it is to walk.

text: This is the most convenient route to take.

ipa: /kənˈviːniənt/

ipa: /kənˈvinjənt/

hyphenation: con‧ve‧nient


quickly

etymology_text: quick + -ly

ety-suffix

quick

expansion: quick + -ly

glosses: If you do something quickly or something happens quickly, it happens in a very short time.

text: Please close the door quickly. You'll let the cat out.

text: I hope the train gets here quickly. I'm late already.

ipa: /ˈkwɪkli/

hyphenation: quick‧ly


sauce

forms:
sauce
sauces (plural)

glosses: A sauce is a thick liquid that you put on food to give it a special taste.

text: I put the chicken in a special sauce for two hours before I cook it.

ipa: /sɔːs/

ipa: /sɔs/


dinner

forms:
dinner
dinners (plural)

glosses: Dinner is the largest meal of the day, usually eaten in the evening.

text: I'm sorry, I'll be late tonight, so I won't be home for dinner.

text: We had fish with rice and fried vegetables for dinner last night.

ipa: /ˈdɪnə/

enpr: dĭnʹər

ipa: /ˈdɪnɚ/


rice

forms:
rice
rices (plural)

glosses: Rice is a white or brown grain that people boil and eat.

text: In many Asian countries, including Japan, China, and Thailand, they eat rice with almost every meal.

ipa: /raɪs/


fruit

forms:
fruit
fruits (plural)

glosses: The fruit is the part of a plant or tree that holds the seeds. It's usually sweet and good to eat.

text: Most people don't eat enough fruit and vegetables.

text: Apples, oranges, and bananas are the most common fruits in most supermarkets.

enpr: fro͞ot

ipa: /fruːt/


cheese

forms:
cheese
cheeses (plural)

glosses: Cheese is a food that is made by mixing bacteria with milk and aging it.

text: I often eat cheese with bread and grapes.

enpr: chēz

ipa: /t͡ʃiːz/

ipa: /t͡ʃiz/


grain

forms:
grain
grains (plural)

glosses: A grain is a seed that people eat, such as wheat, rice, corn, etc.

text: Most North Americans get their grains from bread and pasta.

glosses: A grain is any very small piece of something, such as sand, salt, sugar, etc.

text: One grain of salt is almost too small to see.

ipa: /greɪn/


wait

forms:
wait (canonical)
waits (third-person singular)
waited (past)
waited (past participle)
waiting (present participle)

glosses: If you wait for someone or something, you do something (or nothing) until something else happens.

text: I waited for you for twenty minutes. Where were you?

text: The fans waited patiently for their idol to arrive.

glosses: To wait is to take orders and serve food at the tables in cafes and restaurants.

text: Her job at the cafe was to wait at the tables.

ipa: /weɪt/

audio: en-uk-to wait.ogg


plural

forms: plural (positive)

glosses: If a noun is plural in English grammar, it refers to other than one thing.

text: If I say, "one cat", that's singular, but if I say, "a lot of cats", that's plural.

glosses: A plural person is someone with dissociative identity disorder.

ipa: /ˈplʊrəl/

hyphenation: plu‧ral


plural

forms:
plural
plurals (plural)

glosses: The form of a word that normally refers to other than one thing.

text: The plural of the word "dog" is "dogs."


singular

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

glosses: If a noun is singular in English grammar, it usually refers to only one thing.

glosses: If something is singular, then it is unique.

text: The singular appearance of the man caught his attention.

ipa: /ˈsɪŋɡjəlɚ/

ipa: /ˈsɪŋɡjʊlə/

hyphenation: sin‧gu‧lar


lungs

forms:
lung
lungs (plural)

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

text: Smoking for many years had damaged his lungs.

noun

lung


sex

forms:
sex
sexes (plural)

glosses: Sex is an act done by a male and a female (in this case there is sometimes an intent to make babies) or with just two men or women.

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

glosses: A person or animal's sex is male, female, or both.

text: She had not had any male friends during her early life and now found it difficult to talk to members of the opposite sex.

enpr: sĕks

ipa: /sɛks/

sampa: /sEks/

sex

sexes


butter

forms:
butter
butters (plural)

glosses: Butter is a firm yellow substance that is made from milk spread on bread or used in cooking.

text: Please pass the butter.

text: Melt some butter in a fry pan, and then add the eggs.

text: If you keep the butter in the fridge, it's too hard to put on bread.

glosses: A bread and butter issue, is a basic and important one.

text: If we want to win this election, we need to focus on bread and butter issues like jobs.

glosses: Your bread and butter is the work that you do most and that earns you the most money.

text: Fixing shoes used to be our bread and butter, but today, nobody gets their shoes fixed.

ipa: /ˈbʌtə/

enpr: bŭtʹər


butter

forms:
butter (canonical)
butters (third-person singular)
buttered (past)
buttered (past participle)
buttering (present participle)

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

text: Would you like me to butter your toast for you?


wolf

forms:
wolf
wolves (plural)

glosses: A wolf is a wild animal, similar to a dog.

enpr: wo͝olf

ipa: /ˈwʊlf/

audio: en-uk-a wolf.ogg

wolf

wolves


chain

forms:
chain
chains (plural)

glosses: A chain is a series of round pieces of material joined together to make a line.

text: He got her a gold chain necklace for her birthday.

text: This led to an unfortunate chain of events.

glosses: A chain of stores is a group of stores that all have the same name, such as McDonald's restaurants or GAP clothing stores.


chain

forms:
chain (canonical)
chains (third-person singular)
chained (past)
chained (past participle)
chaining (present participle)

glosses: If you chain things together, you connect them in a line.

glosses: If you chain A to B, you connect A to B with a chain.

text: The dog was chained to the tree.


amusement

forms:
amusement
amusements (plural)

etymology_text: amuse + -ment

ety-suffix

amuse

ment

expansion: amuse + -ment

glosses: Amusement is the feeling you have when something is fun or funny or makes you laugh.

glosses: An amusement is something that gets your attention and that you like; something like playing; something that is good but not useful.

text: Movies, video games and toys are amusements.

text: An amusement park has games, special food, and rides like a roller coaster and a merry-go-round.

text: Movie theaters, arcade and restaurants are good places for amusement.

ipa: /əˈmjuzmənt/


attraction

forms:
attraction
attractions (plural)

glosses: An attraction is a force that pulls two things together.

text: Magnets have an attraction to metal.

text: I feel a strong attraction to my husband.

text: I don't understand your attraction to rough men.

glosses: An attraction is a popular feature at an event or site.

text: Elephants and lions are major attractions at many zoos.

text: Country western singer Vince Gill was a big attraction at the State Fair.

text: The Alamo is a tourist attraction in Texas.

glosses: Something that causes interest, pleasure, or liking for someone are something.

text: she has romantic ideas about sexual attraction

ipa: /əˈtrækʃən/


offer

forms:
offer
offers (plural)

glosses: An offer is when you say you will do something or give something.

text: He wanted to buy my car, so he made me an offer of $5000.

ipa: /ˈɒfə(r)/

ipa: /ˈɑːfɚ/


offer

forms:
offer (canonical)
offers (third-person singular)
offered (past)
offered (past participle)
offering (present participle)

glosses: If I offer something to you, that means I will give it to you if you want.

glosses: If I offer to do something for you, that means I will do it for you if you want.


pencil

forms:
pencil
pencils (plural)

glosses: A pencil is used for writing on paper. It is made of wood, and has a pencil "lead" that goes through the middle.

ipa: /pɛnsəl/


wood

forms:
wood
woods (plural)

glosses: Wood is what trees are made of. People use wood to build things like houses and furniture.

enpr: wo͝od

ipa: /wʊd/


house

forms:
house
houses (plural)

glosses: A house is a building that one family lives in.

text: The president lives in a house in Washington, called The White House.

ipa: /haʊs/


house

forms:
house (canonical)
houses (third-person singular)
housed (past)
housed (past participle)
housing (present participle)

glosses: If you house someone or something, you give them a home.

text: The building houses a research centre and a school.

text: During the storm they were housed in the local school's gym.

ipa: /haʊz/

verb

hous

e


authority

forms:
authority
authorities (plural)

glosses: To have authority means to have the power to make a decision.

text: This judge has the authority to throw you in jail.

glosses: If you are an authority on something, many people think you know very, very much about it.

text: The Pope is the highest authority in the Catholic church.

ipa: /ɔːˈθɒrəti/

ipa: /əˈθɑrəti/

noun

authorities


group

forms:
group
groups (plural)

glosses: When more than 2 things or people are together, they make a group.

text: A group of people went into the building.

ipa: /gruːp/


group

forms:
group (canonical)
groups (third-person singular)
grouped (past)
grouped (past participle)
grouping (present participle)

glosses: To put people or things together to make a group.


apparatus

forms:
apparatus
apparatuses (plural)

glosses: A system of things to do to get to a goal.

apparatuses


complex

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

glosses: If something is complex, it has lots of parts or pieces, or is difficult to understand.

text: He has constructed a complex computer system to send translated messages between humans and dolphins.

text: A complex problem that we face today is poverty, especially in Africa.

enpr: kəmplĕks'

ipa: /kəmˈplɛks/


complex

forms:
complex
complexes (plural)

glosses: A group of buildings with a common purpose, such as a university or military base.

glosses: A psychologically-based dislike or fear of a particular thing.

text: Jim has a complex about working for a woman boss.

glosses: A thunderstorm that forms when two storm fronts collide.

glosses: A structure with a central atom or molecule that has a weak connection to atoms or molecules around it.

enpr: kŏm'plĕks

ipa: /ˈkɒmplɛks/

sampa: /"kQmplEks/

ipa: /ˈkɑmplɛks/

sampa: /"kAmplEks/

irrnoun

complexes


cream

forms:
cream
creams (plural)

text: Would you like some cream in your coffee?

glosses: The cream of something is only the best thing, or person.

text: He's the cream of the tennis world.

glosses: A cream is a smooth oily substance that people put on their skin to make it soft or as a medicine.

text: You should clean the cut and put this cream on it three times a day.

ipa: /kriːm/


cream

forms:
cream (canonical)
creams (third-person singular)
creamed (past)
creamed (past participle)
creaming (present participle)

glosses: To cream something is to puree or blend it into a liquid.

glosses: To cream something is to make it turn into a cream-like color.

text: The final score was 11-2, we creamed them!


customer

forms:
customer
customers (plural)

glosses: A customer is a person who pays money for goods or services.

text: The restaurant had to close because there weren't enough customers.

ipa: /ˈkʌstəmə/

ipa: /ˈkʌstəmɚ/

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


opposite

forms: opposite

glosses: If A is opposite B, they are facing each other.

text: The bank is just opposite this hotel, right across the street there.

ipa: /ˈɒpəzɪt/

ipa: /ˈɑpəzɪt/


opposite

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

glosses: If two things are opposite, they are the same kind but completely different from each other.

text: "Go left. No, right!" "Do you want me to go left or right? I mean, they're opposite directions, aren't they?"

text: I don't think we can work together. We're too opposite.

text: Black is the opposite of white. "Yes" is the opposite of "no". Day is the opposite of night.


opposite

forms:
opposite
opposites (plural)

glosses: The opposite of something is something else of the same kind but completely different.

text: My kids always do the exact opposite of what I tell them.

text: The word dust is its own opposite, meaning both put on and take off dust.


bean

forms:
bean
beans (plural)

glosses: Beans are the seeds of one family of plants that people often cook and eat.

text: Put the dried beans in water overnight. They should be soft and ready to cook in the morning.

glosses: A bean-like seed of some other plants, especially coffee.

text: Although the beans from a single coffee may be sold unblended, in many cases, after roasting, beans from several different origins are combined to balance flavor

enpr: bēn

ipa: /biːn/


weight

forms:
weight
weights (plural)

glosses: The weight of something is how heavy it is.

text: She's put on a lot of weight since she went to university.

text: I'm exercising to try to lose some weight.

glosses: A weight is a heavy thing that you use to keep something down or that people lift to become stronger.

text: Can you put a weight on that paper so that it doesn't blow away?

ipa: /weɪt/


weight

forms:
weight (canonical)
weights (third-person singular)
weighted (past)
weighted (past participle)
weighting (present participle)

glosses: When you weight something, you add weight to it.

text: To get your fishing line down to the bottom of the lake, you must weight it.


freeze

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

glosses: If you freeze something, you cool it until it becomes solid.

text: Water freezes at 0°C.

text: The chicken will go bad soon. We should freeze it and then we can cook it next week.

text: I was freezing because I had forgotten my coat.

ipa: /ˈfriːz/

freeze

freezes

froze

frozen

freezing


freeze

forms:
freeze
freezes (plural)

glosses: A freeze is a time when the temperature is cold.

glosses: A freeze is when the usual way things are done is stopped.


coffee

forms:
coffee
coffees (plural)

glosses: Coffee is a dark brown drink that is very popular around the world.

text: Would you like a cup coffee or tea?

text: "Milk or cream?" "No, thank you. I like my coffee black."

glosses: Coffee is the beans or bean powder used to make coffee.

text: Can you pick up a tin of ground coffee at the shop?

hyphenation: cof‧fee


clean

forms:
clean (positive)
cleaner (comparative)
cleanest (superlative)

glosses: If something is clean, it is free from dirt

text: The kids came back from the washroom with clean hands and faces.

text: Did you wash these dishes? They don't look very clean.

text: To keep the air clean, smoking is not allowed.

text: I clear our breakfast and wipe the table clean with a wet rag.

glosses: If a technology is clean, it doesn't produce much pollution.

text: We want to use wind as safe, clean, non-polluting energy.

text: There was a lot of pushing in their last game, but today's match was mostly clean.

text: No dirty jokes, please. Keep your language clean.

text: The police searched the car for drugs, but it was clean.

text: Her driving record was clean.

glosses: A clean piece of paper, start, etc. has nothing from before: no writing, no history, etc.

text: Why don't you get a clean piece of paper and start over.

text: I wanted a clean start, so I moved to LA.

glosses: If a something is clean, it is smooth, simple, and regular, without anything unwanted.

text: Your company website needs a clean design that makes it easy for consumers to understand what you're selling.

text: It's a clean cut, made with something sharp like a razor or a knife.

enpr: klēn

ipa: /kliːn/

adj

clean

cleaner

cleanest


clean

forms:
clean (canonical)
cleans (third-person singular)
cleaned (past)
cleaned (past participle)
cleaning (present participle)

glosses: If you clean something, you take away the dirt and put everything in its place.

text: Tomo, will you clean up your room please. There are clothes all over the floor.


medicine

forms:
medicine
medicines (plural)

glosses: Medicine is something you put into or on your body when you are sick to make yourself healthy.

text: After I got out of the hospital, I went to the drug store and bought medicine for my ear problem.

text: The school of medicine at the University of Western Ontario has produced some of the country's best doctors.

text: Many doctors go to Canada but find that they can't practice medicine there.

enpr: ˈmed-sən

ipa: /ˈmɛdsən/

enpr: ˈme-də-sən

ipa: /ˈmɛdəsɪn/

hyphenation: me‧di‧cine


universal

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

glosses: If something is universal, then it is true for everyone or everything everywhere.

text: The laws of physics are universal.

text: Universal human rights must be supported by every country.

ipa: /ˌjuːnɪˈvɜːsl/

ipa: /ˌjuːnɪˈvɜːrsl/

hyphenation: uni‧ver‧sal


decrease

forms:
decrease (canonical)
decreases (third-person singular)
decreased (past)
decreased (past participle)
decreasing (present participle)

glosses: If something decreases, it goes down in number or value.

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

text: The government has decreased the amount of money it gives to schools.

enpr: dĭkrēs'

ipa: /dɪˈkriːs/

hyphenation: de‧crease

verb

decreas


decrease

forms:
decrease
decreases (plural)

glosses: A decrease happens when the number or value of something goes down.

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

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

enpr: dē'krēs

ipa: /ˈdiːkriːs/


lunch

forms:
lunch
lunches (plural)

glosses: Lunch is the meal that we eat in the middle of the day.

text: Shall we have sandwiches for lunch?

text: "Is it lunch time yet?" "No, it's only 10:30."

ipa: /lʌnʧ/

noun

lunches


lunch

forms:
lunch (canonical)
lunches (third-person singular)
lunched (past)
lunched (past participle)
lunching (present participle)

text: Most people lunch around noon time.

verb

lunch


treatment

forms:
treatment
treatments (plural)

etymology_text: treat + -ment

ety-suffix

treat

expansion: treat + -ment

glosses: A treatment is an action, usually by a doctor, to make somebody healthy.

text: He has had treatments every day since he hurt his neck.

text: My sister is undergoing treatment for breast cancer.

glosses: The treatment that you give someone or something is the way that you act toward it.

text: The treatment that I have received since beginning this job has been terrible. My boss yells at me every day and nobody is friendly at all.

ipa: /ˈtriːtmənt/

hyphenation: treat‧ment


nut

forms:
nut
nuts (plural)

glosses: A nut is a kind of seed that usually grows on trees inside a hard shell and that people often eat.

text: Nuts are a good source of protein.

glosses: A metal ring that is screwed onto a bolt (thick screw).

enpr: nŭt

ipa: /nʌt/

sampa: /nVt/


nut

forms:
nut (canonical)
nuts (third-person singular)
nutted (past)
nutted (past participle)
nutting (present participle)

verb

nut

nuts

nutted

nutting


exactly

etymology_text: exact + -ly

ety-suffix

exact

ly

expansion: exact + -ly

glosses: You use exactly when you want to say that something is 100% true, not just close.

text: The movie will start at exactly 7:02 PM.

text: That is exactly the same picture that I was thinking of.

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

text: "We can't stay here. It's too cold." "Exactly!"

ipa: /ɪɡˈzæk(t)li/


cheap

forms:
cheap (positive)
cheaper (comparative)
cheapest (superlative)

glosses: If something is cheap, it costs very little money.

text: "I bought this for $37 last week, but today I saw it in the store for only $22." "Wow! That's cheap."

glosses: If something is cheap, it is low in quality.

text: I don't like that jacket. It looks too cheap. Is it plastic?

ipa: /t͡ʃip/

enpr: chēp

ipa: /t͡ʃiːp/

adj

cheap

cheaper

cheapest


alike

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

glosses: If some things are alike, they are almost the same in some way.

text: My mother and I are very much alike.

ipa: /əˈlaɪk/


alike

forms:
alike (positive)
more alike (comparative)
Superlativemost alike

glosses: If some things act alike, they act in almost the same way.

text: All the men in the office dress alike.

glosses: You use alike to show that what you say is true of both groups or individuals.

text: Teachers and students alike have to work harder to improve this school.


pig

forms:
pig
pigs (plural)

text: On this farm, we have over 200 pigs, but no cows or horses.

glosses: If you call someone a pig you mean that they eat too much, are not clean, or are not a nice person.

text: My sister is such a pig. We bought a bag of sweets and she ate them all in one day.

ipa: /pɪg/


snake

forms:
snake
snakes (plural)

glosses: A snake is a long, thin reptile with no legs.

text: Some snakes will attack people, but most will try to hide or run away.

glosses: A snake is a dishonest, treacherous person.

text: Chuck is a snake to do a low thing like that.

glosses: A snake is a tool used to unclog plumbing.

enpr: snāk

ipa: /sneɪk/

sampa: /sneIK/


snake

forms:
snake (canonical)
snakes (third-person singular)
snaked (past)
snaked (past participle)
snaking (present participle)

glosses: If you snake, you move in a winding path.

text: The river snakes through the valley.

glosses: If you snake, you clean or unclog a clog using a plumbing snake.

verb

snak


soup

forms:
soup
soups (plural)

glosses: Soup is a food usually made by boiling meat and vegetables in water to give the water flavour.

text: Would you like soup or a salad before your meal?

text: You can try our wide variety of soups.

ipa: /suːp/


tea

forms:
tea
teas (plural)

glosses: Tea is a light brown or green drink that is very popular around the world.

text: Would you like coffee or tea?

enpr: tē

ipa: /tiː/

homophones: T tee


breakfast

forms:
breakfast
breakfasts (plural)

etymology_text: break + fast

compound

break

fast

expansion: break + fast

glosses: Breakfast is the first meal that we eat in the morning.

text: I'm late for school. I don't have time for breakfast today.

text: "What time do you usually eat breakfast?" "Oh, I don't know, usually about 6:30."

ipa: /ˈbrɛkfəst/

hyphenation: break‧fast


item

forms:
item
items (plural)

glosses: An item is a particular thing that is separate from other things.

text: The first item to discuss at today's meeting is the noise from the new road.

text: There are a number of items here that belonged to your father.

ipa: /ˈaɪtəm/

ipa: [ˈaɪ̯ɾəm]


for instance

forms: for instance

pos: phrase

glosses: You say, for instance when you plan to give an example of something.

text: When the United States doesn't like what a country is doing, it sends in its army. For instance, Vietnam was a problem, America started a war.


element

forms:
element
elements (plural)

glosses: An element is one part of something bigger, such as a plan, an engine, or a business.

text: He's the best salesman on our team, but he's only one element in our success.

glosses: An element is one basic kind of substance, such as iron (Fe), oxygen (O), or sodium (Na).

text: Water is made up of two elements: Hydrogen and Oxygen.

enpr: ĕl'ĭmənt

ipa: /ˈɛlɪmənt/

hyphenation: el‧e‧ment


identical

forms: identical (positive)

glosses: If two ore more things are identical, they are exactly the same.

text: The teachers teach from identical textbooks, but the ways they teach are quite different.

ipa: /ɪˈdɛntɪkl̩/

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

hyphenation: i‧den‧ti‧cal


category

forms:
category
categories (plural)

glosses: A category is a group of people or things that are the same in some way.

text: The music business tries to put music into various categories, such as rock, pop, jazz, etc.

ipa: /ˈkætəˌgori/

noun

categories


chemical

forms:
chemical
chemicals (plural)

glosses: A chemical is a basic substance that is used in or produced by mixing elements or other chemicals.

text: When you burn plastics, you put dangerous chemicals into the air.

text: The chemical industry in China is producing more and more useful paints, glues, and other products.

enpr: kĕm'ĭk-əl

ipa: /ˈkemɪkəl/

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


chemical

forms: chemical (positive)

text: This test can detect small changes in the chemical composition of water.


topic

forms:
topic
topics (plural)

glosses: A topic is a general idea that someone is speaking (reading, thinking, etc.) about at a specific time.

text: We were talking about my problems. Don't change the topic.

text: Our library has books on a wide range of topics.

text: When you're writing for school, it's important to stay on topic, and not start talking about other things.

ipa: /ˈtɒpɪk/

ipa: /ˈtɑpɪk/

hyphenation: top‧ic


smoke

forms:
smoke
smokes (plural)

glosses: Smoke is the gray or black substance that goes up into the air when something burns.

text: The smoke from that factory is making me sick.

enpr: smōk

ipa: /sməʊk/

ipa: /smoʊk/

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


smoke

forms:
smoke (canonical)
smokes (third-person singular)
smoked (past)
smoked (past participle)
smoking (present participle)

glosses: If somebody is smoking, they are breathing in smoke, usually from a cigarette.

text: Excuse me, you can't smoke in the restaurant.

glosses: If something is smoking, it is making smoke.

text: The fire's still smoking. You'd better put some more water on it.

verb

smok


tour

forms:
tour
tours (plural)

glosses: A tour is a planned walk, bus trip, or flight, to look at a particular place.

text: Last year we took a wonderful tour to Rome.

ipa: /tɔː(r)/


tour

forms:
tour (canonical)
tours (third-person singular)
toured (past)
toured (past participle)
touring (present participle)

glosses: If you tour a place, you go around it to look at it, often with a guide.

text: The president gave a short tour around the new factory.

text: The opera company was touring Europe and Africa.

text: The Grammy winner toured several cities on the East Coast last year.

text: Many country western singers tour during the summer months.


complain

forms:
complain (canonical)
complains (third-person singular)
complained (past)
complained (past participle)
complaining (present participle)

glosses: If you complain about someone or something, you say or write that you are not happy about it.

text: We complained to the manager about the service after waiting one hour for our food.

ipa: /kəmˈpleɪn/


will

forms:
will (present)
would (past)
won't (negative)

glosses: You use will to say that you strongly expect something to happen in the future.

text: Don't worry. The sun will come up again tomorrow.

glosses: If you will do something, you make a plan to do it.

text: I will go to the store.

ipa: /wɪl/

sampa: /wIl/

will

would

won't


will

forms:
will (canonical)
wills (third-person singular)
willed (past)
willed (past participle)
willing (present participle)

glosses: If you will something to happen, you wish for it to happen.

glosses: If you will something to someone, you write down your plan to give it to them after your death.

text: He willed his coin collection to his son.


will

forms:
will
wills (plural)

glosses: A will is a statement about what you want to happen after you die.

glosses: Will is the ability to push through difficulties.

text: His will states that the house will be inherited by his oldest son after his death.


must

forms:
must (present)
mustn't (negative)

glosses: Must is usually used to tell someone they have no choice about doing something because it is important or because of a rule or law.

text: She must get her medicine soon or she will die.

glosses: If you say something must be true, you say you have come to believe that it is true.

text: I must have left my phone at the restaurant.

text: She must not have the note if you've got it.

ipa: /mʌst/

sampa: /mVst/

ipa: /məs(t)/

must

mustn't


shall

forms:
shall (present)
should (past)
shan't (negative)

glosses: Shall is usually used to make a suggestion about your own actions.

text: Shall I get that for you?

text: Shall we go?

text: Where shall I put the plates?

glosses: Shall is used like will to make a promise.

text: We shall send your order immediately.

ipa: /ˈʃæl/

ipa: /ʃəl/

shall

should

shan't


should

forms:
shall (present)
should (past)
shouldn't (negative)

glosses: You use should to say that it is a good idea to do something.

text: If you have a test, you should be studying.

text: Who should we call to fix this?

ipa: /ʃʊd/

sampa: /SUd/

audio: en-US should (stressed).ogg

audio: en-US should (unstressed).ogg

shouldn't

'd


seldom

glosses: If you seldom do something, you almost never do it.

text: "How often did you meet?" "Well, we saw her quite often, but we seldom saw her husband. In fact, I'm not even sure what he looks like."

ipa: /'seldəm/


motion

forms:
motion
motions (plural)

glosses: A motion is a movement, often not a big movement.

text: She made a small motion with her hand to get his attention.

text: The light turned green and he put the car into motion.

ipa: /ˈməʊʃən/

ipa: /ˈmoʊʃən/


motion

forms:
motion (canonical)
motions (third-person singular)
motioned (past)
motioned (past participle)
motioning (present participle)

glosses: If you motion a person, you direct or command them with a movement.


tall

forms:
tall (positive)
taller (comparative)
tallest (superlative)

glosses: If something is tall, there is a long distance from the bottom to the top.

text: The man was so tall that he hit his head coming in the door.

text: There are too many tall buildings in Toronto.

ipa: /tɔːl/

ipa: /tɔl/

adj

tall

taller

tallest


wine

forms:
wine
wines (plural)

glosses: Wine is an alcoholic drink made from grapes or other fruit.

text: I don't drink wine very often. Usually I prefer beer.

enpr: wīn

ipa: /waɪn/

sampa: /waIn/


wine

forms:
wine (canonical)
wines (third-person singular)
wined (past)
wined (past participle)
wining (present participle)

glosses: If you wine and dine someone, you entertain them with dinner and wine.

verb

win


corner

forms:
corner
corners (plural)

glosses: A corner is the place where two lines or edges meet.

text: They live on the corner of Main Street and Dundas.

text: Just put it on the table in the corner of the room.

ipa: /ˈkɔrnɚ/

ipa: /ˈkɔːnə(r)/

hyphenation: cor‧ner


corner

forms:
corner (canonical)
corners (third-person singular)
cornered (past)
cornered (past participle)
cornering (present participle)

glosses: To corner someone is to get someone into a place where he or she cannot leave.

text: Jessy cornered him in the supply room and wouldn't let him leave.

text: The car really corners well. Turns are easy for it.


hotel

forms:
hotel
hotels (plural)

glosses: A hotel is a place where people pay to stay in a room overnight, usually for only a few days.

text: We fly to Taipei and stay at the Hilton hotel for three days and two nights.

ipa: /həʊˈtɛl/


map

forms:
map
maps (plural)

glosses: A map is an image of a place, usually with place names written in.

text: I think we're lost. Do you have a map?

text: I've got a good street map of London.

ipa: /mæp/

audio: en-uk-a map.ogg


map

forms:
map (canonical)
maps (third-person singular)
mapped (past)
mapped (past participle)
mapping (present participle)

glosses: If you map something, you create a visual representation of it.

text: John mapped out his idea so that his friends could understand it.

map

p


straight

glosses: If something goes straight, it continues to move in one direction without turning.

text: No not that road. Just keep driving straight.

ipa: /streɪt/

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


straight

forms:
straight (positive)
straighter (comparative)
straightest (superlative)

glosses: If something is straight, it does not bend, or turn. It continues in one direction.

text: He had had too much to drink and couldn't walk in a straight line.

glosses: Someone who is straight is heterosexual; being attracted to those of the opposite sex.

adj

straight

straighter

straightest


straight

forms:
straight
straights (plural)

glosses: In the card game of poker, a straight hand has five sequential cards.

text: A 5, 6, 7, 8, and 9 is considered a straight hand.


empty

forms:
empty (positive)
emptier (comparative)
emptiest (superlative)

glosses: If something is empty, it has nothing inside it.

text: Hey! You finished my beer. It's empty.

ipa: /ɛmptiː/

hyphenation: emp‧ty

empty

emptier

emptiest


empty

forms:
empty (canonical)
empties (third-person singular)
emptied (past)
emptied (past participle)
emptying (present participle)

glosses: If you empty something, you remove everything in that item.

text: I will empty the bins.

verb

empt

y


rare

forms:
rare (positive)
rarer (comparative)
rarest (superlative)

glosses: If something is rare, you seldom see it or there are only a few.

text: It's rare to have snow in June.

text: The vory-billed woodpecker is a very rare bird, and has only been seen by a few people.

glosses: If a meat is cooked rare, it is cooked very lightly so that the meat is still red when it is done.

ipa: /rɛə/

adj

rare

rarer

rarest


confusion

forms:
confusion
confusions (plural)

etymology_text: confuse + -ion

ety-suffix

confuse

ion

expansion: confuse + -ion

glosses: Confusion is a feeling you get when things are unclear or you don't understand.

text: The snow storm caused great confusion at the airport where many planes were unable to take off or land.

text: The confusion in the last act of "The Marriage of Figaro" usually makes the audience laugh.

ipa: /kənˈfjuːʒən/


violence

forms:
violence
violences (plural)

glosses: Violence is an action done to hurt somebody or something.

text: I don't watch boxing, because I don't like all the fighting and violence.

ipa: /ˈvaɪ(ə)ləns/


murder

forms:
murder
murders (plural)

glosses: Murder is when one person plans to hurt or kill somebody and they kill somebody.

text: Police are looking into two murders at a club in Brazzaville last night.

text: A woman who lived in 1982 was walking into the woods, and was murdered by a man, who was into the woods, also, and her body was never found, so her family just had a memorial.

ipa: /ˈmɜːdə/

ipa: /ˈmɝdɚ/


murder

forms:
murder (canonical)
murders (third-person singular)
murdered (past)
murdered (past participle)
murdering (present participle)

text: He murdered two people in the bar.


guess

forms:
guess (canonical)
guesses (third-person singular)
guessed (past)
guessed (past participle)
guessing (present participle)

glosses: If you guess at something, you try to imagine what it might be, but you don't know the answer.

text: "What happened? Why has play stopped?" "I don't know. I guess a player's hurt, maybe."

enpr: gĕs

ipa: /ɡɛs/

verb

guess

es


guess

forms:
guess
guesses (plural)

glosses: A guess is an answer that you give when you don't know the real answer.

text: "Wow, what a great car! How much do you think it costs?" "My guess is around $80,000."

noun

guesses


plane

forms:
plane
planes (plural)

glosses: A plane is a vehicle with wings that flies.

text: Can we hurry? I have to catch a plane to Miami.

glosses: A plane is a surface that goes out in all directions indefinitely.

ipa: /pleɪn/

audio: en-uk-a plane.ogg


plane

forms:
plane (canonical)
planes (third-person singular)
planed (past)
planed (past participle)
planing (present participle)

glosses: If you plane a piece of wood, you smooth it with a plane.

verb

plan

e


airplane

forms:
airplane
airplanes (plural)

glosses: An airplane is a vehicle with wings that can fly.

text: Can we hurry? I have to catch an airplane to Miami.

ipa: /ˈɛəpleɪn/

ipa: /ˈɛərˌpleɪ̯n/


block

forms:
block
blocks (plural)

glosses: A block is a hard piece of material, usually with six smooth sides.

text: When I was young, I liked building things with wooden blocks.

glosses: A city block is the distance from one road to the next.

text: We have to walk about three blocks to the restaurant.

glosses: In computers, a block is a restriction that prevents access to something.

text: I could not start a page on Wikipedia because of a block.

ipa: /blɒk/

sampa: /blQk/


block

forms:
block (canonical)
blocks (third-person singular)
blocked (past)
blocked (past participle)
blocking (present participle)

glosses: If X is blocking Y, then Y can't go past X.

text: The water in the bath won't go down. There's something blocking the drain.

text: The road was blocked by police.

text: Excuse me! You're blocking my view. I can't see.


hit

forms:
hit (canonical)
hits (third-person singular)
hit (past)
hit (past participle)
hitting (present participle)

glosses: If you hit someone or something, then you touch them hard and fast.

text: The bully got suspended for hitting the boy in the face.

text: The red car was turning when the blue car hit it.

glosses: The past tense and past participle of hit.

glosses: If you hit on someone, you flirt with them.

text: I'm just gonna be hitting on chicks tonight

enpr: hĭt

ipa: /hɪt/

sampa: /hIt/

hit

hits

hit

hit

hitting


hit

forms:
hit
hits (plural)

text: The hit almost knocked me out.

glosses: A great success, especially in the entertainment industry.

text: His new musical comedy was a hit with audiences and critics.

text: He had so many hits last year that he was elected to the Musical Comedy Hall of Fame.


offender

forms:
offender
offenders (plural)

etymology_text: offend + -er

word parts

offend

-er

expansion: offend + -er

glosses: An offender is someone or something that does something wrong, usually someone who breaks the law.

text: The boy who took the car is a young offender, so we can't use his real name.


offense

forms:
offense
offenses (plural)

glosses: An offense is an action that breaks the law.

text: Murder is a serious criminal offense.

glosses: When you give offense to someone, you do something that they don't like.

text: I didn't mean to give offense, but I didn't know that you don't do that in China.

glosses: The offense is the person or team who is attacking.

text: For the first time in the game, Arsenal goes on the offense.

ipa: /əˈfɛns/

hyphenation: of‧fense

noun

expansion: [POS TABLE]


sorry

forms:
sorry (positive)
sorrier (comparative)
sorriest (superlative)

glosses: You say "I'm sorry" when you have done something wrong and you feel bad.

text: I'm sorry that I lost your jacket last night.

ipa: /ˈsɔːri/

ipa: /ˈsɒri/

ipa: /ˈsɑːri/

adj

sorry

sorrier

sorriest


my

text: Is this my book, or is it yours?

enpr: mī

ipa: /maɪ̯/

sampa: /maI/


your

glosses: Your things are things which belong to you.

text: Can I eat some of your ice-cream please?

ipa: /jɔː(r)/

enpr: yôr

ipa: /joʊr/

audio: en-us-your unstressed.ogg

homophones: yore you're


its

glosses: Its thing is the thing that belongs to it.

text: We bought the old car and fixed up its engine.

text: The moon doesn't make its own light.

text: "Where's the coffee?" "It's on its way.

ipa: /ɪts/

sampa: /Its/


our

glosses: Our things are things that belong to us.

text: We've come in our new car.

text: Our daughter got a new job.

enpr: ou(ə)

enpr: ouə(r)

ipa: /aʊə(r)/

enpr: our

ipa: /aʊr/

sampa: /aUr/

enpr: ar

ipa: /ɑr/

sampa: /Ar/


their

glosses: If something belongs to them it is their thing.

text: That's not their car, it's ours.

ipa: /ðɛɚ/

ipa: /ðɛə(r)/

homophones: there they're


mine

text: Give that back to me! It's mine!

enpr: mīn

ipa: /maɪn/


mine

forms:
mine
mines (plural)

glosses: A mine is a large hole in the ground from which rocks and minerals are taken.

glosses: A mine is a device that explodes when it is touched, or when a ship, vehicle, or person comes close to it.


mine

forms:
mine (canonical)
mines (third-person singular)
mined (past)
mined (past participle)
mining (present participle)

glosses: If you mine rocks or minerals, you dig them out of the ground.

glosses: If you mine an area, you dig a mine there.

glosses: If you mine an area, you put exploding mines there.

text: The soldiers mined the field to help kill their enemies.

verb

min


yours

glosses: If something is yours, it belongs to you.

text: Excuse me, is this yours? I found it on the desk.

ipa: /jɔː(r)z/

enpr: yôrz

ipa: /jɔːrz/


hers

glosses: If something is hers, it belongs to her.

text: Please give this to Susan. It's hers.

ipa: /ˈhɜːz/

ipa: /ˈhɝz/


ours

glosses: If something is ours it belongs to us; the possessive case of we, used without a following noun.

text: This land has been ours for years.

text: Is this bag yours or ours?

ipa: /ˈaʊɚz/

ipa: /ˈaʊəz/


theirs

glosses: If something is theirs, it belongs to them.

text: This book isn't mine, it's theirs.

text: "Whose laptop is this?" "It's theirs."


myself

etymology_text: my + -self

ety-suffix

my

self

expansion: my + -self

glosses: You use myself when you are the doer and the receiver of an action.

text: I taught myself.

glosses: If you do something by yourself, you do it without any help or alone.

text: I taught him myself.

glosses: You use myself to emphasize that it is you and not somebody else.

text: I know a lot of people love coffee, but I myself don't really like it.

ipa: /maɪˈsɛɫf/

sampa: /maI"sElf/


yourself

etymology_text: your + -self

your

expansion: your + -self

glosses: You use yourself when the person doing an action and receiving an action are both you.

text: Be careful. You'll hurt yourself.

text: Are you happy with yourself.

text: I heard you got yourself a new pet.

text: Don't pretend you don't know. You yourself have seen these kinds of problems.

glosses: If you do something by yourself, you do it alone.

text: That's beautiful, son. Did you make it by yourself?

glosses: If you don't feel yourself, you are different from usual, because you are sick, scared, stressed, etc.

ipa: /jɔːˈself/

hyphenation: your‧self


himself

etymology_text: him + -self

him

expansion: him + -self

glosses: Third person masculine singular reflexive pronoun.

text: He went by himself to the store.

ipa: /hɪmˈsɛlf/

sampa: /hIm"sElf/

hyphenation: him‧self


herself

etymology_text: her + -self

her

expansion: her + -self

glosses: Third person singular feminine reflexive pronoun

text: She went by herself to the store.

ipa: /hɜːˈsɛlf/

ipa: /hɝˈsɛlf/

hyphenation: her‧self


itself

etymology_text: it + -self

it

expansion: it + -self

glosses: Third person neutral singular reflexive pronoun.

text: No person did a thing, but the car started all by itself.

ipa: /ɪtˈsɛlf/

hyphenation: it‧self


ourselves

glosses: The reflexive case of we, the first-person plural personal pronoun.

glosses: us (referring to us, when we have already been mentioned)

text: We should keep this for ourselves.

text: We did it ourselves.

ipa: /aʊəˈsɛlvz/

ipa: /aʊɚˈsɛlvz/


themselves

glosses: You use themselves when the people doing an action and the people receiving an action are the same people, but they are not you or the person you're talking to.

text: They've hurt themselves.

text: They're very happy with themselves.

text: They've got themselves a new pet.

glosses: Use for emphasis, when talking about more than one person or about one person when you don't know who that person is.

text: The classes are as different as the students themselves.

glosses: If somebody or some people do something by themselves, they do it alone.

text: The children earned $500 by themselves. I didn't help.

glosses: If somebody or some people don't feel themselves, they are different from usual, because they are sick, scared, stressed, etc.

ipa: /ðɛmˈsɛlvz/

sampa: /DEm"sElvz/


part

forms:
part
parts (plural)

glosses: A part of something is one piece of it or a small amount of it.

text: As a part of this team, you need to come to practice regularly.

text: Part of the page was gone, so I couldn't read it.

text: I don't have the right part to fix your computer, but we've ordered it.

ipa: /pɑːt/

enpr: pärt

ipa: /pɑrt/

ipa: /pɐːt/


part

forms:
part (canonical)
parts (third-person singular)
parted (past)
parted (past participle)
parting (present participle)

glosses: If A and B part, they were together and now they are not.

text: My wife and I parted after our son died.

text: We didn't want to part with the house, but we had to sell it.

text: He parted the leaves and looked up at the bird.


body

forms:
body
bodies (plural)

glosses: A body is the main part of a person, animal, physical object, or organisation.

text: After falling out of the tree, his arm was broken and his body hurt all over.

text: The governing body of the UN meets in Geneva.

text: The police found her body after she had been missing for three days.

text: The senate is an important legislative body in the United States.

glosses: A body of something is a lot on it together in one place.

text: Lake Michigan is a large body of water.

glosses: A body is a thing that all moves together.

text: The moon is a body in orbit around Earth.

ipa: /ˈbɒdi/

sampa: /"bQdi/

ipa: /ˈbɑdi/

sampa: /"bAdi/

hyphenation: bod‧y

noun

body

bodies


animal

forms:
animal
animals (plural)

glosses: An animal is any living thing that can move. People are not animals, but are said to be animals, under the scientific definition. .

text: Dogs, elephants, and horses are all animals.

enpr: ăn'əməl

ipa: /ˈænəməl/

audio: en-uk-an animal.ogg


ticket

forms:
ticket
tickets (plural)

glosses: A ticket is a piece of paper that allows you to enter a train, airplane, show, etc.

text: I bought my ticket to Mexico last week, but now I can't find it.

glosses: A ticket is a piece of paper that shows that you have parked your car in the wrong place or committed some other driving offence.

text: The policeman gave me a ticket for going 125 km/h.

ipa: /ˈtɪkɪt/


ticket

forms:
ticket (canonical)
tickets (third-person singular)
ticketed (past)
ticketed (past participle)
ticketing (present participle)

glosses: If you ticket someone, then you give someone a ticket for breaking a law.

text: The officer ticketed the driver after he drove through a red light.


belt

forms:
belt
belts (plural)

glosses: A belt is a piece of clothing worn around a person's waist. They can be used to hold up trousers or skirts, or for carrying things in pockets, such as on a utility belt.

text: I think I've put on weight. My belt is too tight.

glosses: A belt is used to hold people down for safety, such as a seat belt

ipa: /bεlt/


belt

forms:
belt (canonical)
belts (third-person singular)
belted (past)
belted (past participle)
belting (present participle)

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


third

forms: third (positive)

glosses: The third thing is the one that is number three (3) in order.

text: I have two older brothers. I'm the third child.

enpr: thû(r)d

ipa: /θɜː(r)d/

enpr: thûrd

ipa: /θɝd/


third

forms:
third
thirds (plural)

glosses: A third of something is one of three equal parts of that thing.

text: Four is one third of twelve.


flower

forms:
flower
flowers (plural)

glosses: A flower is part of a plant. Flowers are often very pretty. Plants make them so that they can make new seeds.

text: The flower of the plant is starting to wilt.

text: She was in the flower of her life.

text: Cherry blossoms are in flower this week.

text: The rose is my favorite flower.

ipa: /ˈflaʊə/

ipa: /ˈflaʊɚ/


flower

forms:
flower (canonical)
flowers (third-person singular)
flowered (past)
flowered (past participle)
flowering (present participle)

glosses: When something flowers, it starts to bloom.

text: Cherry blossoms are going to flower this week.


engine

forms:
engine
engines (plural)

glosses: An engine is the part of a machine which gives it power.

ipa: /ˈɛnd͡ʒɪn/

ipa: /ˈend͡ʒɪn/

ipa: /ˈend͡ʒɘn/

hyphenation: en‧gine


fire

forms:
fire
fires (plural)

glosses: A chemical reaction that makes heat and flames or smoldering.

glosses: Something that has made or can make this chemical reaction, such as a campfire.

text: We sat around the fire singing songs and telling stories.

glosses: The, often accidental, occurrence of fire in a certain place which leads to its full or partial destruction.

text: There was a fire at the church last night and the whole place burned down.

enpr: fīə(r)

ipa: /faɪə(r)/

enpr: fīr

ipa: /faɪɚ/


fire

forms:
fire (canonical)
fires (third-person singular)
fired (past)
fired (past participle)
firing (present participle)

glosses: If an employee is fired, their employment is ended because of something they did.

text: She should fire the guy who stole that stuff.

text: He got fired from his job.

glosses: If you fire a gun, cannon or a similar weapon, you shoot it.

text: We will fire our guns at the enemy.

text: Don't fire until you see the whites of their eyes.

verb

fir


winter

forms:
winter
winters (plural)

glosses: Winter is the coldest season of the year. In northern countries, December, January and February are winter months.

text: We like to go to Mexico in the winter.

ipa: /'wɪntə/

enpr: wĭnʹtər

ipa: /'wɪntɚ/


camp

forms:
camp
camps (plural)

glosses: A camp is a place, usually outside of cities, where people stay for a short time.

text: I don't think I can walk anymore today. Let's set up camp for the night.

ipa: /kæmp/


camp

forms:
camp (canonical)
camps (third-person singular)
camped (past)
camped (past participle)
camping (present participle)

glosses: If you camp, you stay in a place, usually outside of the city for a short time.

text: I hope we can go camping in the mountains this summer.


flat

forms:
flat (positive)
flatter (comparative)
flattest (superlative)

glosses: If something is flat, it has a surface with no high places or low places.

text: There are a lot of mountains, and very little flat land for farming.

enpr: flăt

ipa: /flæt/

sampa: /fl{t/

adj

flat

flatter

flattest


flat

forms:
flat
flats (plural)

glosses: A flat is a rented room or rooms in a building with other flats.

text: Would you like to come back to my flat and watch TV?

glosses: A flat makes a note one semitone lower than a natural: it is shown by the symbol ♭.


flat

forms:
flat (canonical)
flats (third-person singular)
flatted (past)
flatted (past participle)
flatting (present participle)

verb

t


hat

forms:
hat
hats (plural)

glosses: A hat is a piece of clothing that you wear on your head.

text: A poke bonnet is an old-fashioned woman's hat that covers the hair and shades the face with a rim.

text: Please take off your hat when you enter the church.

text: Men remove their hats when entering a church.

text: Women's hats are sold in a special store called a milliner's shop or a millinery.

text: Men's hats are sold in a special store called a haberdashery.

ipa: /hæt/

ipa: [hat]


sheep

forms:
sheep
sheep (plural)

glosses: A sheep is an animal that people keep on farms and eat for food.

text: My grandfather has a sheep farm and we get all our wool there.

glosses: A sheep is a person who follows orders blindly and cannot think for themself.

enpr: shēp

ipa: /ʃiːp/

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

audio: en-uk-a sheep.ogg

noun

sheep

sheep


resident

forms:
resident
residents (plural)

glosses: A resident is somebody who lives in a particular area.

text: The local residents like the tourism because it creates more jobs for them.

glosses: A resident is a doctor who is still training, and who works in a hospital.

ipa: /ˈrɛzɪd(ə)nt/

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


resident

forms: resident (positive)

glosses: If you are resident somewhere, you live or work there.

text: If you are not resident in the town, you may not use the town pool.

text: The resident population at the school has grown each year, and now most of our students live here.

text: I am a resident of Thailand.


illustrate

forms:
illustrate (canonical)
illustrates (third-person singular)
illustrated (past)
illustrated (past participle)
illustrating (present participle)

glosses: If you illustrate something, you draw a picture of it, or you explain it.

text: "I'm sorry, can you explain again?" "OK, let me illustrate with an example."

text: This graph illustrates the change in price.

glosses: If you illustrate a book, magazine, poster, etc., you put pictures in it.

text: Have you tried reading these illustrated books for adults?

verb

illustrat


location

forms:
location
locations (plural)

text: When you're opening a new business, the choice of location is very important.

glosses: A site outside of a studio used for shooting all or part of a movie or television show.

text: The show was filmed on location in Hawaii.

ipa: /loʊˈkeɪʃən/

ipa: /ləʊˈkeɪʃən/


licence

forms:
licence
licences (plural)

glosses: A licence is an official piece of paper that allows you to do something, such as drive, open a business, etc.

text: I got my driver's licence when I was 16 years old.

ipa: /ˈlaɪsəns/

hyphenation: li‧cence


licence

forms:
licence (canonical)
licences (third-person singular)
licenced (past)
licenced (past participle)
licencing (present participle)

glosses: Another spelling of license, usually thought to be wrong. The verb form should normally be spelt as license.

licenc


license

forms:
license
licenses (plural)

glosses: A license is an official piece of paper that allows you to do something, such as drive, open a business, etc.

text: I got my driver's license when I was 16 years old.

hyphenation: li‧cense


license

forms:
license (canonical)
licenses (third-person singular)
licensed (past)
licensed (past participle)
licensing (present participle)

glosses: The act of giving a formal (usually written) authorization.

text: It was decided to license Wikipedia under the GFDL.

text: I am licensed to practice law in this state.

licens


parent

forms:
parent
parents (plural)

glosses: The parents of a person or animal are its father and mother.

text: Children may only enter the pool with a parent or guardian.

ipa: /ˈpærənt/


parent

forms:
parent (canonical)
parents (third-person singular)
parented (past)
parented (past participle)
parenting (present participle)


century

forms:
century
centuries (plural)

text: My great grandfather came to Canada over a century ago.

text: The telephone was invented in the 19th century.

text: Centuries passed before the slaves were freed.

ipa: /ˈsɛnt͡ʃʊri/

ipa: /ˈsɛn(t)ʃ(ə)ri/

hyphenation: cen‧tu‧ry; cent‧ury

irrnoun

centuries


widow

forms:
widow
widows (plural)

glosses: A widow is a woman whose husband has died.

text: The government supports the widows of dead soldiers.

hyphenation: wid‧ow


rent

forms:
rent
rents (plural)

glosses: Rent is the money you pay to borrow and use something, usually an apartment.

text: Have we paid this month's rent yet?

enpr: rĕnt

ipa: /rɛnt/

sampa: /rEnt/


rent

forms:
rent (canonical)
rents (third-person singular)
rented (past)
rented (past participle)
renting (present participle)

glosses: If you rent something, you pay money to use something for a limited time, usually for a house or apartment.

text: I'm in Texas next week, so I'll have to rent a car.

text: The room was rented out last week.


roof

forms:
roof
roofs or rooves (plural)

text: My five brothers, two sisters and seven cousins all live together under one roof.

ipa: /ruːf/

noun

rooves


roof

forms:
roof (canonical)
roofs (third-person singular)
roofed (past)
roofed (past participle)
roofing (present participle)

glosses: If you roof something, then you are putting a roof onto a building.

text: My father had to roof our house because it needed a roof.


grand

forms:
grand (positive)
grander (comparative)
grandest (superlative)

glosses: If something is grand, it's large and impressive.

text: As she got out of the car, she saw that the house was very grand.

ipa: /ɡrænd/

adj

grand

grander

grandest


bottle

forms:
bottle
bottles (plural)

glosses: A bottle is a container, usually made of glass that holds liquid and has a cap or stopper.

text: He drank cold water from a plastic bottle.

text: She brought two bottles of wine to the party.

text: We collected the empty beer bottles and took them back to the shop.

text: I filled up the bottle with water.

text: She cracked open four bottles and poured glasses for each of them.

text: The floor under the Rock was covered with trash: broken bottles, food wrappers, and ripped clothing.

text: The bottle had a long, thin neck.

ipa: /ˈbɑɾ(ə)l/

ipa: /ˈbɒtəl/

enpr: bŏtʹəl

ipa: /ˈbɑtəl/

audio: en-uk-a bottle.ogg


bottle

forms:
bottle (canonical)
bottles (third-person singular)
bottled (past)
bottled (past participle)
bottling (present participle)

glosses: If you bottle your feelings up, you keep them inside and don't let them show.

text: You can tell he is still angry, but he's keeping it bottled up.

glosses: If you bottle somebody or something up, you keep them in a very small space, often under pressure.

text: We were bottled up in that plane for 32 hours.

glosses: If you bottle something, you put it in a bottle.

text: This plant bottles a lot of spring water every day.

verb

bottl


head

forms:
head
heads (plural)

glosses: The head is the highest and most important part of the body.

text: He put his head on the desk and fell asleep.

text: After a series of problems, the head of the company left.

glosses: The bathroom on a ship is called the head.

glosses: The head is the function of the most important element in a phrase.

glosses: To give a person head is to give them fellatio.

enpr: hĕd

ipa: /hɛd/

sampa: /hEd/