past

forms:
past
pasts (plural)

text: In the past, many years ago, I was a good doctor.

text: Stuff in the past is a lot different than it is now.

enpr: päst

ipa: /pɑːst/


past

forms: past (positive)

pos: adj

text: The harvest is past. It finished in October.

adjective

expansion: [POS TABLE]


past

forms: past

pos: prep

text: I watched as he walked past the museum window from north to south.


political

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

etymology_text: politic + -al

ety-suffix

politic

al

expansion: politic + -al

glosses: Something is political if it is related to politics.

text: He supports the Democratic political party.

ipa: /pəˈlɪtɪkəl/

adj

more: true


prison

forms:
prison
prisons (plural)

pos: noun

text: Her brother is in prison.

text: He is in a prison of his own mind.

ipa: /ˈprɪzən/


punishment

forms:
punishment
punishments (plural)

etymology_text: punish + -ment

ety-suffix

punish

ment

expansion: punish + -ment

glosses: A punishment is a response to bad actions; it is used to try to stop another bad action.

text: Punishment is hard to accept.

text: His punishments were financial and verbal.

ipa: /ˈpʌnɪʃmənt/

hyphenation: pun‧ish‧ment


sand

forms:
sand
sands (plural)

glosses: Grains of rock that make beaches and deserts.

text: In the summer, Jane goes to the beach, lies on the sand and listens to the waves.

ipa: /sænd/


sand

forms:
sand (canonical)
sands (third-person singular)
sanded (past)
sanded (past participle)
sanding (present participle)

pos: verb

glosses: If you sand wood, you rub rough paper on it to make it smooth.

text: I sand the wood until it is nice and smooth.


seat

forms:
seat
seats (plural)

text: Pull up a seat and sit down.

glosses: The seat is a part of the clothes covering the buttocks.

text: The seat of your pants is muddy.

glosses: Seat is where something is, at the centre of things.

text: The town was the county seat, where the county council met.

text: Canberra is the seat of the Australian Government.

ipa: /siːt/


seat

forms:
seat (canonical)
seats (third-person singular)
seated (past)
seated (past participle)
seating (present participle)

text: Follow me. I will seat you near the stage.

text: I will pull out your chair to seat you.


size

forms:
size
sizes (plural)

text: These shirts come in four sizes: small, medium, large, and extra large.

ipa: /saɪz/


size

forms:
size (canonical)
sizes (third-person singular)
sized (past)
sized (past participle)
sizing (present participle)

text: They sized him for a new suit. His shoulders measured 25 inches across.

verb

siz

e


effect

forms:
effect
effects (plural)

glosses: An effect is something that is caused by something else.

text: His comments had a visible effect on those who heard it.

text: The effect of the change was small.

glosses: If a law, agreement, change, etc. takes effect, it officially begins.

text: The closing of the company takes effect at midnight.

text: The new rules have been in effect since January.

glosses: A sound effect is a way to make a sound for a performance artificially.

text: The used a lot of normal materials to create the sound effects for the show.

glosses: A special effect is a way to make an image for a performance artificially.

text: They didn't really cut his hand off, but the special effect made it look real.

ipa: /ɪˈfɛkt/

sampa: /I"fEkt/

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

hyphenation: ef‧fect


effect

forms:
effect (canonical)
effects (third-person singular)
effected (past)
effected (past participle)
effecting (present participle)

glosses: If you effect a change, you make it happen.

text: I will effect the change without your help.


impulse

forms:
impulse
impulses (plural)

text: The impulse to learn led me to study day and night.

text: Pushing an object gives it an impulse.

glosses: The effect (integral) of force over time.

text: The total impulse from the impact will depend on the kinetic energy of the bullet.

ipa: /ˈɪmpʌls/

hyphenation: im‧pulse


graduate

forms:
graduate (canonical)
graduates (third-person singular)
graduated (past)
graduated (past participle)
graduating (present participle)

glosses: If you graduate you get a degree or diploma from a school or university.

text: Tom graduated from Yale University in 2006.

glosses: If you graduate, you change to a new level of skill or activity.

text: After learning to do front flips, Sally graduated to learning back flips.

glosses: To arrange or divide into categories or groups

glosses: To divide into intervals, especially for use in measurement

ipa: /ˈgrædjueɪt/

sampa: /"gr{djueIt/

enpr: grăjʹo͞o-āt

ipa: /ˈgrædʒueɪt/

sampa: /"gr{dZueIt/

graduat


graduate

forms:
graduate
graduates (plural)

glosses: A graduate is someone who has graduated (usually from a school or university).

text: Tom is a graduate of Yale University.

glosses: A graduated container, such as a cylinder or beaker.

ipa: /ˈgrædjuət/

enpr: grăjʹo͞o-ĭt

ipa: /ˈgrædʒuɪt/

sampa: /"gr{dZuIt/


impartial

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

etymology_text: im- + partial

ety-prefix

im

partial

expansion: im- + partial

text: A good teacher must be impartial.

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


partial

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

glosses: A partial list, solution, payment etc. is just a part of the whole and not complete.

text: The dinner was only a partial success – everyone loved the dessert, but nobody liked the soup.

glosses: If you are partial to something, you like it.

text: I'm rather partial to a beer or two on Friday nights.

glosses: If you are partial, you treat people or things differently, unfairly preferring one to another.

text: The students accused the teacher of being partial in her grading.

ipa: /ˈpɑrʃəl/

ipa: /ˈpɑːʃəl/

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

hyphenation: par‧tial


shoulder

forms:
shoulder
shoulders (plural)

glosses: The part of the body where an arm attaches or joins.

glosses: The side of the road. It can be used to stop on in emergencies.

text: He stopped the car on the shoulder of the highway to change the flat tire.

ipa: /ˈʃəʊldə/

enpr: shōlʹdər

ipa: /ˈʃoʊldɚ/


shoulder

forms:
shoulder (canonical)
shoulders (third-person singular)
shouldered (past)
shouldered (past participle)
shouldering (present participle)

glosses: To push something or someone out of the way using one's shoulder.

text: He shouldered his way in through the crowd.

glosses: To carry some weight on one's shoulders, literally or figuratively.

text: The task was hard, but she shouldered it as best she could.


sequence

forms:
sequence
sequences (plural)

glosses: A sequence is a set of things in a specific order.

text: The sequence of feelings is: anger followed by sadness and finally calm.

text: We read through several lines in sequence, but I kept missing my turn.

text: Unless the data is sent in the correct sequence, it will not be usable.

text: I read the books out of sequence, so I got confused.

glosses: A sequence is a part of a movie or a story.

text: In this sequence, you'll hear him tell her what really happened.

ipa: /ˈsikwəns/


sequence

forms:
sequence (canonical)
sequences (third-person singular)
sequenced (past)
sequenced (past participle)
sequencing (present participle)

glosses:
:
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verb

sequenc


correspond

forms:
correspond (canonical)
corresponds (third-person singular)
corresponded (past)
corresponded (past participle)
corresponding (present participle)

glosses: If x corresponds to y, there is a close relationship between x and y.

text: The current situation in Sri Lanka corresponds closely to the situation in Thailand in 1982.

text: Check that this number corresponds with the one on the document.

glosses: If two people correspond, they write letters to each other.

text: She corresponded with him for three years before they finally met in 1917.

ipa: /ˌkɔrəˈspɑnd/

ipa: /ˌkɒrəˈspɒnd/


difficult

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

glosses: When something is difficult, it is not easy.

text: It'll be difficult to get him to change his mind; he's really stubborn.

text: It's more difficult to learn another language when you're older than when you're young.

text: The most difficult thing I've ever had to do was get over my fear of flying.

ipa: /ˈdɪfɪkəlt/

ipa: /ˈdɪfɪkʌlt/


dispute

forms:
dispute
disputes (plural)

glosses: A dispute is an argument or disagreement which continues over a period of time. A dispute may escalate into violence, or it may be a long verbal and legal struggle.

text: The taxi driver and the passenger had a dispute over the fee. (here the word argument might be used instead)

text: India and Pakistan have a dispute over Kasmir.

ipa: /dɪsˈpjuːt/


dispute

forms:
dispute (canonical)
disputes (third-person singular)
disputed (past)
disputed (past participle)
disputing (present participle)

glosses: To argue against something; to discuss or debate.

text: He disputed what she said, claiming she was lying

disput


exception

forms:
exception
exceptions (plural)

glosses: Something that is taken out from others; something said to be distinct or not included.

text: Almost every rule has its exceptions.

ipa: /əkˈsɛpʃən/


explanation

forms:
explanation
explanations (plural)

etymology_text: explain + -ation

ety-suffix

explain

ation

expansion: explain + -ation

glosses: An explanation is the words used to tell somebody how to do something or the reason for something.

text: The explanation was long and drawn-out.

glosses: An explanation is the cause of something.

text: The explanation for his bad mood was a lack of sleep.

ipa: /ˌɛkspləˈneɪʃən/

hyphenation: ex‧pla‧na‧tion


faith

forms:
faith
faiths (plural)

glosses: Faith is the belief that something is true without proof.

glosses: A faith is a system of religious belief.

text: Hinduism is a faith.

ipa: /feɪθ/


fragment

forms:
fragment
fragments (plural)

text: The glass broke into hundreds of fragments.

ipa: /ˈfræɡmənt/

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


fragment

forms:
fragment (canonical)
fragments (third-person singular)
fragmented (past)
fragmented (past participle)
fragmenting (present participle)

glosses: To break or cause to be broken into pieces

ipa: /fræɡˈmɛnt/

audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-fragment2.wav


revenge

forms:
revenge
revenges (plural)

glosses: Revenge is the act of hurting someone because they have hurt you.

ipa: /rəˈvɛnd͡ʒ/

ipa: /rəˈvendʒ/

hyphenation: re‧venge


revenge

forms:
revenge (canonical)
revenges (third-person singular)
revenged (past)
revenged (past participle)
revenging (present participle)

glosses: If you revenge yourself on someone, you hurt them because they have hurt you.

verb

reveng


comprehension

forms:
comprehension
comprehensions (plural)

glosses: Comprehension is the understanding of the meaning or importance of something.

text: Reading comprehension questions are often on tests in schools.

ipa: /kɒmprɪˈhɛnʃn̩/

ipa: /kɑmprɪˈhɛnʃn̩/


target

forms:
target
targets (plural)

glosses: A target is an area to shoot at. It is usually used for practice or to test the accuracy of a gun.

text: We didn't hit our sales targets this week.

ipa: /ˈtɑrɡɪt/

ipa: /tɑːɡɪt/

hyphenation: tar‧get


target

forms:
target (canonical)
targets (third-person singular)
targeted (past)
targeted (past participle)
targeting (present participle)

glosses: To target is to aim at something, usually with a gun.


front

forms:
front
fronts (plural)

glosses: The side of something that faces the direction it normally moves.

glosses: The side of a building with the building's main entrance.

glosses: In meteorology, the area where cold and warm air meet. When they meet it often causes rain to form.

glosses:
In military usage:
The direction of the enemy.

glosses:
In military usage:
An area where armies are fighting.

ipa: /frʌnt/


front

forms: front (positive)

text: When leaving the house, it is important to lock the front door.


front

forms:
front (canonical)
fronts (third-person singular)
fronted (past)
fronted (past participle)
fronting (present participle)

text: The singer Bono fronts the band U2.

glosses: To give something to someone before they can pay for it.

text: Since Tom did not have any money, Bill fronted him dinner and Tom paid him back the next day.


maximum

forms:
maximum
maximums (plural)

glosses: A maximum is the largest or highest value or amount.

text: The maximum number of people we can accept is 25.

text: They pay $50 a day up to a maximum of $300 per week.

ipa: /ˈmæksɪməm/

hyphenation: max‧i‧mum


circumstance

forms:
circumstance
circumstances (plural)

glosses: The circumstances surrounding an action or event includes all the information that helps you understand the action or event.

text: Though war is a terrible thing, it is necessary under certain circumstances.

text: Given the circumstances, I think we need to be flexible.

glosses: Circumstance is the events that affect you but that you cannot control.

text: We hadn't planned it, but we ended up together by circumstance.

ipa: /ˈsɜːkəmst(ə)ns/

hyphenation: cir‧cum‧stance


hollow

forms:
hollow (positive)
hollower (comparative)
hollowest (superlative)

glosses: If something has nothing inside of it, it is hollow.

text: The box is hollow.

glosses: If the inside of a tree or log has rotted away so the middle is empty, it is hollow.

text: The rabbit ran through the hollow log.

text: "He let out a hollow laugh"

adj

hollow

hollower

hollowest


hollow

forms:
hollow (canonical)
hollows (third-person singular)
hollowed (past)
hollowed (past participle)
hollowing (present participle)

glosses: If you hollow out something, you make a hole in it.


music

forms:
music
musics (plural)

glosses: Sounds that are played on musical instruments or sung with a certain rhythm and harmony, and forming melodies.

text: You cannot make any music with this trumpet, it is broken.

glosses: Written rules on how to play a piece of music, also called sheet music.

text: This book has the lyrics and the music to many children songs.

glosses: Anything that sounds nice or interesting.

text: The music of the wind reached his ear.

text: Your words are music to my ears.

enpr: myo͞oʹzĭk

ipa: /ˈmjuːzɪk/

ipa: /ˈmjuzɪk/

hyphenation: mu‧sic


considerable

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

glosses: A considerable amount, time, degree, etc. is a fairly large or important one.

text: He had given it a considerable amount of thought before deciding.

text: Many part-time farmers traveled considerable distances each day to their work.

text: The time needed to do it properly is considerable.

ipa: /kənˈsɪdərəbl/


corporate

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

glosses: Corporate finance, planning, management, etc. is related to business or a company.

text: We have accounts for both individual and corporate clients.

text: There is a big difference between local managers and corporate leaders.

text: There is a trend in large corporate structures to remove layers of management.


corporation

forms:
corporation
corporations (plural)

glosses: A corporation is a large company or a group of companies that work together.

text: The Canadian Broadcasting Corporation is Canada's national radio and TV broadcaster.

text: The funding will come from government, schools, individuals and corporations.

ipa: /'kɔːpoˈreɪʃn/


interaction

forms:
interaction
interactions (plural)

glosses: An interaction is when two or more things affect each other or work together.

text: Poor health can harm older people's participation in everyday life and social interaction.

text: It is necessary to understand the interactions between the plant and its surroundings.

text: She should have a lot of interaction with other students, or with the teacher.

ipa: /ˌɪntərˈækʃən/


contribution

forms:
contribution
contributions (plural)

etymology_text: contribute + -ion

ety-suffix

contribute

ion

expansion: contribute + -ion

glosses: A contribution is something that you give or add.

text: Technology to reduce pollution could make a significant contribution to the solution.

text: Some of his most important early contributions were his detailed descriptions and illustrations.

text: Their contribution in October has been revised down from £300million to the same level.

glosses: The money you give to someone, especially for a donation, is your contribution.

glosses: The amount of work you did on a project.

text: His contribution was very low. He did almost nothing.

ipa: /ˌkɑntrɪˈbjuʃən/

ipa: /ˌkɒntrɪˈbjuːʃən/

hyphenation: con‧tri‧bu‧tion


immigration

forms:
immigration
immigrations (plural)

glosses: Immigration is the movement of people or animals into an area, usually a country.

text: Immigration from the Caribbean makes up only 2 per cent of all immigrants.

text: The government wants to tighten immigration controls, but it does not want to be seen as anti-foreign.

text: In 1924 US legislation effectively placed a ban on Japanese immigration.

ipa: /ˌɪmɪˈɡreɪʃən/

ipa: /ɪmɪˈɡreɪʃn/

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

hyphenation: im‧mi‧gra‧tion


component

forms:
component
components (plural)

glosses: A component is one part that connects to other parts.

text: Some components may be cleaned by methods different to those used on the main body.

text: The main component of any budget will be the cost of staff.

text: The main components of the package are shown again in Fig 14.

text: Throughout the world, oxygen increasingly became a major component of the atmosphere.

text: The components of healthy diet are exercising, not just fasting and balancing nutrients in the meal.

ipa: /kʌmˈpoʊnənt/


constraint

forms:
constraint
constraints (plural)

text: Perhaps the main constraint is lack of money.

text: Financial constraints have forced hospitals to treat more patients more rapidly.

text: In the Middle East, there are often tight constraints on women's activities.

ipa: /kənˈstreɪnt/


emphasis

forms:
emphasis
emphases (plural)

glosses: Emphasis is the giving of particular attention or importance to something.

text: Microsoft has placed great emphasis on its Windows software programme.

text: He's a very kind man and always good to me,' she said with more emphasis.

ipa: /'ɛmfəsɪs/

noun

emphases


scheme

forms:
scheme
schemes (plural)

glosses: A scheme is a plan, sometimes a bad or dishonest one.

text: The new training scheme will be targeted at recent graduates.

text: Employees still participate in the company's pension scheme during the duration of their break.

text: The management had various schemes to control the workers.

text: The color scheme for the bedroom is blue and white.

ipa: /skiːm/


scheme

forms:
scheme (canonical)
schemes (third-person singular)
schemed (past)
schemed (past participle)
scheming (present participle)

glosses: If you scheme against someone, you make an evil plan against someone.

verb

schem


layer

forms:
layer
layers (plural)

glosses: A layer is a covering material or substance.

text: When we got up in the morning, everything was covered by a thin layer of snow.

text: The cream forms a germ-fighting layer over the skin.

text: How many layers of clothing do you have to wear in the winter?

text: The company is trying to reduce the number of management layers.

glosses: A layer is a person who lays something, (e.g., carpet, bricks, etc.).

ipa: /leɪə/


layer

forms:
layer (canonical)
layers (third-person singular)
layered (past)
layered (past participle)
layering (present participle)

glosses: If you layer something, you make layers.

text: Layer the pasta in an ovenproof dish with the tomatoes, bacon and peas, seasoning each layer.


volume

forms:
volume
volumes (plural)

glosses: The volume of sound or music is how loud it is.

text: Teens listening to their MP3 players at high volume can damage their hearing.

text: Hey! Turn down the volume. It's too loud.

glosses: The volume of something is the amount of it.

text: The traffic volume on Ontario highways jumped 12% last year.

text: The story usually experiences a high customer volume around Christmas.

glosses: The volume of a material or a container is the amount of space it takes.

text: The volume of water of a typical shower is about 43 litres.

text: Use of newer cars can reduce the volume of CO₂ produced.

glosses: A volume is a book, magazine, or other printed material, usually part of a series.

text: He has published a second volume of autobiography, in which he deals with his years as a student.

text: The research can be found in the most recent volume of The Canadian Journal of Language and Linguistics.

ipa: /vɒljuːm/


document

forms:
document
documents (plural)

glosses: A document is a written record, often official.

text: They stopped her at the airport and checked all her documents.

text: A number of Chinese documents from 1000 BCE were recently discovered.

text: On March 28, 1990, the government published a document listing the companies which it intended to privatize.

glosses: A document is a kind of computer text file.

text: Can you send me that document by e-mail or fax?

text: We should be able to edit your document using MS Word.

enpr: dŏ'kyo͝omənt

ipa: /ˈdɒkjʊmənt/

enpr: dä'kyo͝omənt

ipa: /ˈdɑkjʊmənt/


document

forms:
document (canonical)
documents (third-person singular)
documented (past)
documented (past participle)
documenting (present participle)

glosses: If you document something, you make a record of it, usually in writing.

text: It's important for newspaper reporters to be there to document the war.

text: We have documented number cases in which he has broken company policy.

enpr: dŏ'kyo͝omĕnt

ipa: /ˈdɒkjʊmɛnt/

enpr: dä'kyo͝omĕnt

ipa: /ˈdɑkjʊmɛnt/


register

forms:
register (canonical)
registers (third-person singular)
registered (past)
registered (past participle)
registering (present participle)

glosses: If you register someone or something, you put their name on a list.

text: I haven't registered for September classes yet.

text: Please take a moment to register your software with the company.

text: Our dog is registered with the city.

glosses: If you register a complaint, protest, etc. you make your opinion known formally.

glosses: If something doesn't register, you don't notice it.

text: I knew I had something else on, but I guess it just didn't register when I made the appointment.

glosses: If a measuring instrument registers a value, it shows that value.

text: The thermometer registered 42.5°.

text: The change was so small that it didn't register.

hyphenation: re‧gis‧ter


register

forms:
register
registers (plural)

glosses: A register is an official list of names.

text: On voting day, I found my name was not on the register and I couldn't vote.

text: The government is reviewing the national register of births, deaths, and marriages.

glosses: A register is a particular style of language used by a certain group of people or in certain situations.

text: Speeches are usually given in a very formal, almost written register.

glosses: A register is a particular range of notes.

text: The piano plays arpeggi in higher registers, accompanying the clarinet that plays the melody in full-blooded lower middle registers.

glosses: A cash register is a machine in a shop that calculates total payment and holds money.


core

forms:
core
cores (plural)

glosses: The core is the centre part of something.

text: I bit into the apple core and spit out the seeds.

text: The ideas in it still form the core of the government's economic plan.

text: A core group of fans follow the team to every game.

text: I was shaken to the core when I heard the terrible news.

ipa: /kɔː/

ipa: /kɔɚ/


core

forms:
core (canonical)
cores (third-person singular)
cored (past)
cored (past participle)
coring (present participle)

glosses: If you core something, you remove the centre from it.

text: lemon juice • 4 eating apples, peeled, halved and cored • 1 tbsp of...

cor


proof

forms:
proof
proofs (plural)

glosses: Proof is evidence which shows something is correct.

text: He has proof that he was not at the crime scene. A witness says that they were somewhere else.

glosses: A proof can show how a theorem is correct.

enpr: pro͞of

ipa: /pruːf/

ipa: /pruf/

ipa: /prʉːf/


cookie

forms:
cookie
cookies (plural)

glosses: A cookie is a small baked cake. It is usually round and flat. Cookies are sweet.

text: When I want to have something sweet, I'll usually eat a cookie.

glosses: A cookie is data that is put on and read from your computer by a website.

text: The website stored a cookie on my computer so I could keep playing my game from where I stopped.

enpr: ko͝ok'i

ipa: /ˈkʊki/

sampa: /"kUki/


salt

forms:
salt
salts (plural)

glosses: Salt is a strong-tasting white powder used to improve the flavor of food or to preserve it. Salt is made from sodium and chlorine (chemical formula: NaCl).

text: I added salt to my food.

ipa: /sɑlt/

ipa: /sɒlt/


salt

forms:
salt (canonical)
salts (third-person singular)
salted (past)
salted (past participle)
salting (present participle)

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

text: Please help me salt the fish for tonight's dinner.


chin

forms:
chin
chins (plural)

glosses: The chin is the lowest part of the face. It is the point of the jaw and the part of the face where beards grow.

text: My chin is below my mouth.

enpr: chĭn

ipa: /tʃɪn/

sampa: /tSIn/


digestion

forms:
digestion
digestions (plural)

glosses: Digestion is what happens to food once it is eaten. It changes the food into substances your body can use.

text: Eating fruits and vegetables is good for your digestion.

ipa: /daɪˈdʒɛstʃən/


glass

forms:
glass
glasses (plural)

glosses: Glass is a transparent solid and is usually clear. Windows and eyeglasses are made from it, as well as drinking glasses.

text: Through the window glass I could see the trees bend in the wind, but I was warm indoors.

glosses: A glass is a drinking cup with no handle.

text: As soon as I finished drinking, he filled up my glass again.

enpr: gläs

ipa: /ɡlɑːs/

enpr: glăs

ipa: /ɡlæs/

audio: en-uk-a glass.ogg

noun

glass

glasses


overall

forms: overall (positive)

glosses: An overall effect, strategy, picture, etc., is one that covers everything but may not go into detail.

text: The play has many Christian elements, but the overall effect is not necessarily Christian.

ipa: /ˈəʊvərɔːl/


overall

pos: adv

glosses: If you look at something overall, you look at the whole of it.

text: Despite losing a few games, the team achieved greater successes overall than in previous years.

text: Overall the book works well.

text: Fewer people came out locally, but there was an overall greater response at a national level.


overall

forms:
overall
overalls (plural)

glosses: An overall is a large, loose protective coat.

glosses: Overalls are pants with a front that comes up to your chest and straps over your shoulders.

glosses: Overalls are a loose protective trouser and shirt in one.


emerge

forms:
emerge (canonical)
emerges (third-person singular)
emerged (past)
emerged (past participle)
emerging (present participle)

glosses: If you emerge, you come out of something.

text: Black, who was wanted by police, emerged from hiding yesterday.

glosses: If a pattern or picture emerges, it becomes clear.

text: It was only many months afterwards that a complete picture began to emerge of what had happened.

text: Details of the operation to remove the boat people are now emerging.

ipa: /iˈmɝd͡ʒ/

ipa: /iˈmɜːd͡ʒ/

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

verb

emerg


regime

forms:
regime
regimes (plural)

glosses: A regime is a government, especially a bad or illegal one.

text: Washington ended rule by the Taliban and established a new client regime in Afghanistan.

text: Questions about how Jews had been treated under the Nazi regime troubled him after he had settled in Germany.

text: Under Labour's new tax regime, families will be worse off.

ipa: /rəˈʒiːm/

audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-regime1.wav

audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-regime2.wav

audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-regime3.wav


hence

forms: hence

text: You are the government and hence have responsibility for this mess.

text: We shall meet again two months hence.

ipa: /ˈhɛns/

sampa: /"hEns/


implementation

forms:
implementation
implementations (plural)

etymology_text: implement + -ation

ety-suffix

implement

expansion: implement + -ation

glosses: Implementation is the process or result of putting a plan into action.

text: Full implementation of the debt relief plans would remove up to US$6 billion from outstanding debt.

ipa: /ˌɪmpləmɛnˈteɪʃən/

ipa: /ˌɪmplɪmənˈteɪʃn/


implement

forms:
implement (canonical)
implements (third-person singular)
implemented (past)
implemented (past participle)
implementing (present participle)

glosses: If you implement a plan, you put it into action; you do it.

text: To reduce poverty, it is essential for the government to fully implement the new education policy.

ipa: /ˌɪmpləmˈent/


implement

forms:
implement
implements (plural)

glosses: An implement is a tool, usually a hand tool (e.g., a shovel).

text: The garage held all sorts of items – lamps, bicycle frames, farm and garden implements and dozens of other things.

ipa: /ˈɪmpləmənt/


rule

forms:
rule
rules (plural)

glosses: A rule is a statement that tells whether you might get spanked for master baiting in class. If something is right or wrong.

text: Peter picked up the football, which was against the rules, so the other team got a throw-in.

glosses: A king's rule is the time he controls the country.

text: The next king had a very short rule: only two years.

glosses: A rule is another name for a ruler, a measuring device.

ipa: /ruːl/


rule

forms:
rule (canonical)
rules (third-person singular)
ruled (past)
ruled (past participle)
ruling (present participle)

glosses: When someone rules, he or she is in charge, like a king or queen.

text: The king has ruled for 33 years.

verb

rul


light

forms:
light
lights (plural)

glosses: The energy that our eyes sense is light.

text: And dance by the light of the moon.—Buffalo Gals, American folksong

glosses: If someone talks about a light, he or she means something bright that can be seen.

text: The lights of the city shine all over the valley.

text: When you leave the room, turn off the light.

enpr: līt

ipa: /laɪt/

sampa: /laIt/


light

forms:
light (positive)
lighter (comparative)
lightest (superlative)

glosses: Something that is light in color is close to white.

text: The morning sky was very light.

glosses: Something that is light in weight does not weigh much.

text: I lifted her easily because she was so light.

glosses: Light may also mean that something is not serious.

text: The light bruise on my leg didn't hurt much.

text: I enjoy light comedy, where lots of funny things happen.

adj

light

lighter

lightest


light

forms:
lighted (past)
lighted (past participle)
light (canonical)
lights (third-person singular)
lit (past)
lit (past participle)
lighting (present participle)

glosses: If someone lights a fire, the fire starts to burn.

text: Let's light the wood in the fireplace.

text: The match lit and I could see around me.

glosses: Something that lights a place makes it less dark.

text: The moon lighted the forest path.

lights

lit

lit

lighting


wife

forms:
wife
wives (plural)

text: Bill just married his second wife.

ipa: /waɪf/

sampa: /waIf/

noun

wife

wives


village

forms:
village
villages (plural)

text: He lives in a village in the middle of nowhere.

ipa: /ˈvɪlədʒ/

hyphenation: vil‧lage


ever

forms:
ever (positive)
Superlative–

glosses: If I ask you if you have ever been to France, I am asking if you have been to France at any time in your life.

text: Have you ever met a king or queen?

text: I will love you forever and ever.

ipa: /ˈɛvə/

ipa: /ˈɛvɚ/


example

forms:
example
examples (plural)

glosses: If you give an example of something, you name one of that type of thing.

text: A baseball, a softball, a football, and a soccer ball are examples of balls.

glosses: An example is a model of what something else of the same type should be like.

text: Look at the example of a model airplane to see how your model airplane should be built.

ipa: /ɪɡˈzɑːmpl̩/

ipa: /ɪɡˈzæmpl̩/

ipa: /əɡˈzæmpl̩/

ipa: /ɘɡˈzɐːmpɯ/

hyphenation: ex‧am‧ple


experience

forms:
experience
experiences (plural)

glosses: An experience is an event that happens to you or that you are a part of.

text: The spelling bee was a horrible experience.

glosses: Experience is the amount of time you have been doing something (especially, a job).

text: He has ten years of experience in law.

ipa: /ɪksˈpɪriəns/

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

hyphenation: ex‧pe‧ri‧ence


experience

forms:
experience (canonical)
experiences (third-person singular)
experienced (past)
experienced (past participle)
experiencing (present participle)

glosses: If I experience something, it happens to me or I am involved in it.

text: We are experiencing technical difficulties.

text: We will never experience poverty because we are so rich.

verb

experienc


off

text: I got ready and by 7:00 I was off to school.

text: There's a nice restaurant just off the main road.

text: Bye, I'll be off now.

text: He was standing about 50 m off.

text: Your birthday's only a few days off now.

text: He pushed the book off the table, and it fell to the floor.

text: She took the hat off his head.

text: Keep your feet off the desk, please.

glosses: Out of a vehicle such as a train, bus, etc.

text: As the train stopped, he jumped off and ran to her.

glosses: If something that uses energy is off, it is not working.

text: It was dark in the room because the light was off.

text: He turned the TV off and went to bed.

glosses: If you are off, you do not have to go to work or to school.

text: I work evenings, but I have my afternoons off.

text: They've taken 30% off the price.

text: We cut off a few pieces.

glosses: If a plan, event, etc. is off, it will not happen.

text: Tonight's game is off because of the rain.

text: They've called off the meeting.

ipa: /ɒf/

sampa: /Qf/

ipa: /ɔf/

sampa: /Of/


off

forms: off

glosses: If you're off something, you don't like or want something you wanted before.

text: That article really put me off meat.

glosses: If you're off some medicine, you are not using it any more.

text: He's been off the pain killers for a few weeks.


off

forms: off (positive)

glosses: If food is off, it is not good to eat anymore.

text: The meat smells off.


off

forms:
off (canonical)
offs (third-person singular)
offed (past)
offed (past participle)
offing (present participle)

glosses: If a person offs someone, they kill him or her.

text: I heard they offed Jimmy by drowning.


office

forms:
office
offices (plural)

glosses: An office is a room or building where people sit at desks and work.

text: Her office is in the third door on the left side of the hall.

text: We're meeting at the office after work.

glosses: A position held by public election is an office.

text: They both decided to run for office.

text: He holds the office of senator.

ipa: /ˈɒfɪs/

ipa: /ˈɑfɪs/


out

forms: out

text: Polly opened the door and went out.

glosses: If something using electricity is out, it is turned off or the electricity is not flowing..

text: Turn the light out before you leave.

text: The power's out so nothing's working.

text: I'm trying to find which light went out.

text: Oh, no! The fire's gone out again.

glosses: Something that moves out moves from the inside to a place that is not inside.

text: He took the pen out of his pocket.

text: Please, close the door as you go out.

text: If you walk out that door, you can't come back.

text: The car stopped and out came two men.

text: We live out in the country.

text: He's about half an hour out of Toronto.

glosses: If someone is out, they are not in the place where someone is looking for them.

text: You can't see the doctor now. He is out.

text: We'll give out the books after everyone has arrived.

text: Don't throw that out. I'm still using it.

glosses: If something is out, you can look at or see it.

text: the sun is out

text: the flowers are out

glosses: If something comes out of something, it comes from it.

glosses: If something is out, it is available for sale.

glosses: If something is out, it is not in fashion.

glosses: If someone is out, they are not conscious.

glosses: If a you are out of something, you had it before but you've used or sold all of it.

glosses: If x is made out of y, y is the material that x is made of.

ipa: /aʊt/

sampa: /aUt/


out

forms:
out (canonical)
outs (third-person singular)
outed (past)
outed (past participle)
outing (present participle)

glosses: If you out somebody, you make public something they don't want others to know, especially that they are homosexual.

text: The media recently outed a conservative politician.

out


out

forms:
out
outs (plural)

glosses: If someone is prevented from scoring in baseball, they make an out.

text: There were two men on base and two outs.


make

forms:
make (canonical)
makes (third-person singular)
made (past)
made (past participle)
making (present participle)

text: He made pancakes by combining the ingredients and frying the mixture.

text: They made a petition to the governor.

text: Félix makes his bed every morning.

ipa: /ˈmeɪk/

sampa: /"meIk/

audio: en-uk-to make.ogg

make

makes

made

made

making


ass

forms:
ass
asses (plural)

text: Ox and ass before Him bow/And He is in the manger now....

glosses: Ass is another word for butt, referring to the buttocks or anus.

text: That girl has a nice ass.

glosses: If you call someone an ass, you are insulting him/her by comparing him/her to buttocks. Usually meaning that he/she is rude.

text: My boss is really mean. He is a real ass.

text: Don't be an ass. Be nice.

glosses: Ass is an extremely rude word for sexual intercourse.

glosses: An ass is a woman regarded as a sex object.

enpr: ăs

ipa: /æs/

enpr: äs

raw_tags: alternative Commonwealth pronunciation in sense of "stupid person" only

ipa: /ɑːs/

noun

ass

asses


whale

forms:
whale
whales (plural)

glosses: A whale is a large animal that lives in the ocean.

text: Some whales with teeth eat fish, but many whales don't have teeth.

text: Dolphins and small whales have also been hunted in the waters of the Caribbean for many years.

enpr: wāl

ipa: /weɪl/

sampa: /weIl/


whale

forms:
whale (canonical)
whales (third-person singular)
whaled (past)
whaled (past participle)
whaling (present participle)

glosses: If you whale on something, you beat it hard repeatedly.

verb

whal


cotton

forms:
cotton
cottons (plural)

glosses: Cotton is a plant that produces a soft fiber also called cotton. This fiber is used to make fabric.

text: My shirt is made of cotton.

hyphenation: cot‧ton


project

forms:
project
projects (plural)

glosses: A project is a complex job or assignment, often involving research or construction.

text: Shell is also working on projects to help find training and work experience for some of Brazil's 13 million street children.

text: The paper summarizes fifty research projects on the relationship between unemployment and crime.

text: She's a project manager with British construction company John Mowlem.

text: At college, I did this project on images of Black women in the media because it bothered me.

ipa: /ˈprɑdʒεk̚t/

ipa: /ˈprəʊʤεkt/

ipa: /ˈprɑʤεkt/


project

forms:
project (canonical)
projects (third-person singular)
projected (past)
projected (past participle)
projecting (present participle)

glosses: If you project, you plan for or estimate something in the future.

text: We have projected the loss of income forward for five years.

text: Projecting into the future, wondering what may or may not happen and being afraid of it, is a common danger.

glosses: If something projects out or beyond something else, it stands out.

text: During flight, the legs of this bird project beyond the tail.

glosses: If you project an image somewhere, you use light to make it appear there.

text: During the presentation, she projected various graphs on the screen behind her.

glosses: If you project an image, you try to give people a particular feeling about something.

text: The program will project a modern image of workers.

ipa: /prəˈʤεk̚t/

ipa: /prəˈʤεkt/


occupational

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

text: Their income is: state pension £83.25 occupational pension £45.20 Total £128.45.

text: The specialised language of certain occupational groups (for example, builders, doctors, lawyers, mechanics and scientists) is often unknown to other people.

text: This industry has some of the highest standards of occupational health and safety.


occupation

forms:
occupation
occupations (plural)

text: Nursing has been described as a skilled occupation rather than a profession.

glosses: An occupation is when a people, especially an army, take over and stay in a country, area, building, etc.

text: Everything he owned was taken during the German occupation of Paris in 1940.

text: The areas under occupation contained rich farm lands as well as the industrialized sectors of Russian Poland.

text: The house on the hill had no lights and no signs of occupation.

glosses: An occupation is a hobby or something else that you do to pass the time.

text: Her favorite occupation is reading.

ipa: /ɑkjʊˈpeɪʃən/

ipa: /ɒkjʊˈpeɪʃən/


civil

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

glosses: About the citizens of a country, especially as opposed to the government, army, police, religion, etc.

text: One of the most important civil rights is freedom of speech.

text: In the Civil War, the Red Army had blocked off the northern part of Ukraine from the hungry south.

text: The state is connected to civil society through aspects other than its role in administration

text: The government had run out of money to pay civil servants.

text: This comes under civil, rather than criminal, law.

text: The bridge would be one of the largest civil engineering projects in the country.

glosses: If someone is civil, they are polite but not friendly.

text: Mum had been civil to me since the fight but something had gone between us.

ipa: /ˈsɪvəl/


status

forms:
status
statuses (plural)

glosses: Your status is your level, role, or situation in a group or society.

text: Mike Hooper has retained his status as Liverpool's current No 1 goalkeeper.

text: With the change in employment status came changes in responsibilities and pay.

text: In many countries, the ability to speak English is a sign or high social status.

glosses: The status of something is its situation at a particular time.

text: What is the status of the repairs?

ipa: /ˈsteɪtəs/

noun

statuses


goal

forms:
goal
goals (plural)

glosses: A goal is something you want to do or be able to do.

text: I want to go to university and this will help me achieve that goal.

text: Scientists' ultimate goal is a theory of everything.

glosses: A goal is a place that you want to be or that you are moving towards.

text: Our goal is Paris.

glosses: A goal is the area where you want to put the ball in certain games such as soccer or hockey.

text: It's unclear whether the regular keeper will start in goal.

glosses: A goal is scored when the ball enters the goal.

text: They beat second-placed Cambridge 2-1 with Mutch scoring the winning goal in the 82nd minute.

ipa: /ɡoʊl/

sampa: /goUl/


hypothesis

forms:
hypothesis
hypotheses (plural)

glosses: A hypothesis is a guess about what will happen, usually in scientific experiments.

text: We will test the hypothesis that the change will have no effect.

text: The results of the experiment support the hypothesis.

text: This idea is purely a hypothesis. It has not been proven

ipa: /haɪˈpɒθɪsɪs/

hypothesis

hypotheses


professional

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

etymology_text: profession + -al

ety-suffix

profession

expansion: profession + -al

glosses: About a job such as doctor, lawyer, accountant, etc.

text: The group offers free professional advice on legal matters and housing.

text: The government has established a new professional body to regulate doctors.

glosses: If someone is professional, they do their job seriously and with much skill.

text: We employ friendly, professional staff who can offer the benefit of many years' experience.

glosses: If someone is professional, they are paid for their job, sport, art, etc.

text: After playing amateur tennis for years, he turned professional at the age of 25.

ipa: /prəˈfɛʃənəl/


professional

forms:
professional
professionals (plural)

glosses: A professional is a person who is paid for doing their job, sport, art, etc.

text: More and more the Olympics are allowing professionals to compete.

glosses: A professional is a person who does a job such as doctor, lawyer, accountant, etc.

text: Professionals often spend years and hundreds of thousands of dollars in school.

glosses: A professional is a person who is serious and skilled in their work.

text: You should get him to fix your car. He's a real professional.


series

forms:
series
series (plural)

glosses: A series of events, meetings, experiments, etc. is several of them that happen one after the other and are related.

text: Three weeks ago troops and helicopters launched a series of attacks on Kurds in the region.

text: There has been a series of changes at the newspaper that began with the new editor.

text: The school will be hosting a series of lectures relating to poverty.

glosses: A TV or Radio series is a number of programs usually with the same setting and characters.

glosses: A series is a sporting event in which many teams compete for a championship.

text: Tonight is the final game of the Stanley Cup series.

glosses: If something is connected in series, electricity passes through each point before going to the next point.

noun

series

series


internal

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

text: Doctors had to operate to stop the internal bleeding.

text: Grammar is mostly concerned with the internal structure of words and sentences.

text: The company has been weakened by ongoing internal conflict.

text: The police are conducting an internal investigation after officers shot two people.

text: They've painted the internal walls but left the outside as it was.


retain

forms:
retain (canonical)
retains (third-person singular)
retained (past)
retained (past participle)
retaining (present participle)

text: After the election, the government retained control of the lower house, but lost the upper house.

text: The company retains the right to change the price at any time.

text: They joined the group but still managed to retain their independence at the same time.

glosses: If you retain someone (usually a professional), you pay them to do a job.

text: Since being charged by police, Black has retained a lawyer.

text: With better wages abroad it is becoming increasingly difficult to retain employees.

ipa: /rɪˈteɪn/

hyphenation: re‧tain


sum

forms:
sum
sums (plural)

glosses: A sum is an amount of money, usually a large amount.

text: The company had been spending large sums on publicity and advertising.

text: It allows the corporation to pay its workers a lump sum of up to £37,000 on leaving.

glosses: The sum is the total of adding or subtracting several numbers or amounts.

text: The total output doesn't equal the sum of the inputs because the system is not 100% efficient.

text: The sum of the three numbers will always equal 10.

enpr: sŭm

ipa: /sʌm/


sum

forms:
sum (canonical)
sums (third-person singular)
summed (past)
summed (past participle)
summing (present participle)

glosses: If you sum up, you conclude or bring together the main points.

text: She sums up the situation by saying that the new family is never the same as the biological family.

verb

sum

m


mechanism

forms:
mechanism
mechanisms (plural)

text: This research should help us to understand the mechanisms of memory.

text: This agreement sets out detailed mechanisms for solving disagreement between the two countries.

text: These two features combine to create a new data retrieval mechanism.

glosses: A mechanism is one moving system within a larger, more complex machine or organism.

text: The body has a control mechanism to bring down blood-sugar level when it begins to reach unhealthy peaks.

ipa: /ˈmɛkənɪzm/


impose

forms:
impose (canonical)
imposes (third-person singular)
imposed (past)
imposed (past participle)
imposing (present participle)

glosses: If you impose something on someone, you force it on them, even if they don't want it.

text: Egypt has imposed travel restrictions which will make it harder to enter the country.

text: The law imposes a duty on all employers to provide safety training.

glosses: If you impose on someone, you ask or expect them to do something for you that is difficult or inconvenient.

text: Could we impose on you to explain that again more slowly?

text: I'd like to visit her, but I don't want to impose.

ipa: /ɪmˈpoʊz/

ipa: /ɪmˈpəʊz/

impos


despite

forms: despite

glosses: If x happens despite y, it is surprising that x happens because y usually stops it.

text: Despite their best efforts, the ministers have not been able to come to an agreement.

text: Despite all the problems, I think this project is a success.

text: We hope that there will soon be changes despite the fact that the leaders are still the same old people.

glosses: If you do something despite yourself, you didn't plan or want to do it.

text: She hated him, but when he spoke she laughed despite herself.

ipa: /dɪˈspaɪt/


parameter

forms:
parameter
parameters (plural)

text: The machine should run only within operational parameters; temperature, water flow, etc.

text: The federal government sets financial parameters within which local authorities will have to work.


approximate

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

glosses: An approximate number, length, time, etc. is close to the real one but may not be equal to it.

text: "How many people are on the team?" "I'm not sure, but I can give you an approximate number."

text: If we knew when he left here, it might help us identify the approximate time of death.


approximate

forms:
approximate (canonical)
approximates (third-person singular)
approximated (past)
approximated (past participle)
approximating (present participle)

glosses: be or become near a value, position, or characteristic.

text: Computers are getting better at approximating human speech.

text: Women's salaries in the company have approximated to male salaries.

approximat


principal

forms: principal (positive)

glosses: The principal thing is the main or most important one.

text: Canada's principal trading partner is the USA.

text: Presumably most of us work for the same principal reason – in order to live.

ipa: /ˈprɪnsɪpəl/

adj

principal


principal

forms:
principal
principals (plural)

glosses: In American English, a principal is the head of a school. (headmaster in British English)

glosses: The principal is the most important person in a business, or an artistic group such as a dancers.

glosses: Principal is the money that you borrow and must pay back. It does not include interest.


float

forms:
float
floats (plural)

glosses: Something which stays on or near the surface of water or another liquid.

glosses: A buoyant used to help balance in water or another liquid.

text: Attach the float and the weight to the fishing line, above the hook.

glosses: A nicely decorated vehicle, to show in a parade or pageant.

text: That float covered in roses is very pretty.

ipa: /floʊt/


float

forms:
float (canonical)
floats (third-person singular)
floated (past)
floated (past participle)
floating (present participle)

glosses: When you float, it means that your density is lower than the density of the liquid you are in, which makes you be at the surface of the liquid.

text: As I have a light body, I always float when I go swimming.


predict

forms:
predict (canonical)
predicts (third-person singular)
predicted (past)
predicted (past participle)
predicting (present participle)

glosses: If you predict something, you say that it will happen before anyone observes it.

text: It is still difficult to accurately predict the weather more than two days in advance.

text: As predicted by analysts, Toyota has increased the price of the Lexus LS400 by £3000 for 1993.

text: Darwin's theory predicts that animals will try to maximise the number of their children.

ipa: /prɪˈdɪkt/

hyphenation: pre‧dict


summary

forms:
summary
summaries (plural)

glosses: A summary is a short explanation of a longer idea, article, story, etc.

text: In this short time, I can provide only a summary of the work we have done.

text: So, in summary, our research shows that exercise is most efficient in the late afternoon.

text: Two things are clear from this very brief summary of the content of the Convention.

ipa: 'sʌmərɪ

irrnoun

summaries


summary

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

glosses: done quickly and without following standard procedures


undertake

forms:
undertake (canonical)
undertakes (third-person singular)
undertook (past)
undertaken (past participle)
undertaking (present participle)

etymology_text: under- + take

ety-prefix

under

take

expansion: under- + take

glosses: If you undertake something, you take responsibility for doing it and you start to do it.

text: He is in charge of this project and has undertaken this work largely single-handed since July.

text: After a common two years, some students undertake industrial or professional placement in their third year.

text: Britain has apparently undertaken to review its own aid to Vietnam.

ipa: /ʌndə'teɪk/

undertake

undertakes

undertook

undertaken

undertaking


cycle

forms:
cycle
cycles (plural)

glosses: A cycle is a number of regular things that happen again and again.

text: Right now we are in an upward-moving part of the business cycle.

text: Although women's monthly cycles vary in length from person to person, the average length is about 28 days.

text: Most car engines have a 4-part cycle.

glosses: A cycle is a short way of saying bicycle or motorcycle.

ipa: /ˈsaɪkəl/


cycle

forms:
cycle (canonical)
cycles (third-person singular)
cycled (past)
cycled (past participle)
cycling (present participle)

glosses: If you cycle somewhere, you go there by bicycle or motorcycle.

text: The rain was falling harder than ever as I cycled home down the Banbury Road.

text: It took me less than 7 minutes to cycle the whole trail.

glosses: If you cycle a machine, you run it through one cycle.

text: The test will cycle the computer through ten start ups.

verb

cycl

e


conference

forms:
conference
conferences (plural)

glosses: A conference is a large organised meeting to discuss a particular topic or area.

text: FMBRA will be holding a conference on diet, health, and the food industry on 19 March in Barcelona.

text: Some of the world's top scientists attended an important conference in 1983, to study the effects of nuclear weapons.

text: Contact the teacher or coach and ask for a private conference without your child's presence.

ipa: /ˈkɒnfərəns/

ipa: /ˈkɑːnfərəns/

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


attribute

forms:
attribute (canonical)
attributes (third-person singular)
attributed (past)
attributed (past participle)
attributing (present participle)

glosses: If you attribute x to y, you say that x is the creation or result of y.

text: He attributes his success to the love of his parents.

text: The famous phrase is usually attributed to Winston Churchill, though some believe he never actually said it.

ipa: /ˈætrɪbjuːt/

enpr: ă'trĭ-byo͞ot

ipa: /ˈætrɪbjut/

sampa: /"{trIbjut/

attribut


attribute

forms:
attribute
attributes (plural)

glosses: An attribute is a part, feature, or characteristic.

text: A good sense of humour is an essential attribute for a doctor to have.

ipa: /æˈtrɪbjuːt/

enpr: ă-trĭb'yo͞ot

ipa: /æˈtrɪbjut/

sampa: /{"trIbjut/


annual

forms: annual (positive)

glosses: If something is annual, it happens every year.

text: The 1992 Annual General Meeting was held at Bristol University, on Saturday April 11 and Sunday April 12.


annual

forms:
annual
annuals (plural)

glosses: An annual is a kind of plant that only lives for one year.


obvious

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

glosses: If something is obvious, it is easy to see it, think of it, or understand it.

text: It is obvious that you can't spend a lot of money and save at the same time.

text: For obvious reasons, the people of Hong Kong have long been reluctant to speak their minds.

text: Jason & Maria were always together, and it was obvious to family and friends that they would be married some day.

text: There's an obvious crack in the wall of the house.

ipa: /ɒbviːəs/


implication

forms:
implication
implications (plural)

etymology_text: implicate + -ion

ety-suffix

implicate

expansion: implicate + -ion

glosses: An implication is a result that may be expected or predicted.

text: This change has big implications for health planners and for those caring for people with AIDS.

text: It seems a very technical matter, but it is one with important practical implications.

text: She said all that, and the implications was that she didn't want to go.

glosses: An implication is a meaning that can be understood but is not given directly.

text: Even if you did not call me a liar, the implication is there.

text: When I say gold is a metal, I say by implication that gold must resemble any other metals.

glosses: An implication is when somebody appears to be involved in something, usually something bad or illegal.

text: The implication of Judge Lyman in the affair of Green and young Hammond has raised many questions.

ipa: /ˌɪmpləˈkeɪʃən/

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


apparent

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

glosses: If something is apparent, it is easy to see, realise or understand.

text: When she was nine, for no apparent reason, she began to dislike the classes.

text: They had found many useful ideas, some immediately apparent but others that took more time to think through.

glosses: appearing or seeming to be a certain way.

text: The difference was more apparent than real.

text: The government's apparent lack of concern for the poor is very upsetting.


commitment

forms:
commitment
commitments (plural)

etymology_text: commit + -ment

commit

ment

expansion: commit + -ment

glosses: A commitment is a formal promise or agreement.

text: Actually I can't come on Saturday, I have family commitments.

text: You don't have to make a firm commitment but we would like to know when you can probably start work.

text: Police management retain their commitment to improving community relations.

text: Both men have demonstrated their great commitment to Wales over the last nine months.

ipa: /kəˈmɪtmənt/

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

hyphenation: com‧mit‧ment


subsequent

forms: subsequent (positive)

text: When he came the first time, he was very quiet, but on subsequent visits, he was much more talkative.

text: The child began to walk early but subsequent development, such as speech, was unusually late.

ipa: /ˈsʌbsɪkwənt/


subsequent

forms: subsequent

glosses: If x is subsequent to y, x happens after y.

text: The government called a press conference subsequent to the agreement.

text: Subsequent to her appearance on TV she received many bookings.


vertical

forms:
vertical
verticals (plural)

glosses: A line that is upright is called a vertical.

text: Please draw a vertical that intersects the circle.

glosses: The fully upright position is the vertical.

text: The builder used a string to make sure the frame was on the vertical.

text: When the plane lands all seats should be on the vertical.

ipa: /ˈvɜːtɪkəl/

ipa: /ˈvɝtɪkəl/

hyphenation: ver‧ti‧cal


vertical

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

glosses: Something that is standing straight is vertical. In a vertical direction means straight up or down.

text: The radio mast was vertical on the horizon.

text: A vertical shaft went down to the mine.

text: Vertical stripes on a shirt make a person look thinner.


debate

forms:
debate
debates (plural)

glosses: A debate is an exchange of ideas looking at different sides of an issue.

text: We will explore this idea through an analysis of the public debate on marriage and divorce.

text: The government's spending programme is the subject of much heated debate.

ipa: /dɪˈbeɪt/


debate

forms:
debate (canonical)
debates (third-person singular)
debated (past)
debated (past participle)
debating (present participle)

glosses: If you debate something, you consider its positive and negative points, often by talking with other people in a formal situation such as government.

text: The AHA had in fact been debating the issue of the future of the hospital for some years.

text: Few subjects are more hotly debated in curriculum committees.

verb

debat


dimension

forms:
dimension
dimensions (plural)

glosses: A dimension is a part of a problem, issue, or situation.

text: We need to consider some of the dimensions of the likely future needs for health care among older people.

text: The baby has added a new dimension to our lives.

glosses: A dimension is a direction of measurement in space time, usually width, depth, and height.

text: The new viewer lets you examine the image in three dimensions.

text: The dimensions of the football pitch can actually vary quite considerably with the length being anywhere from 90 m to 120 m.

ipa: /daɪˈmɛnʃən/

ipa: /dɪˈmɛnʃən/


promote

forms:
promote (canonical)
promotes (third-person singular)
promoted (past)
promoted (past participle)
promoting (present participle)

glosses: If you promote someone or something, you help it to get bigger, higher, or more popular.

text: The environment provided by the school promotes the reading development of all students.

text: Remember too that sleepiness is promoted by a warm, quiet environment.

text:
She became assistant manager and was then promoted to general manager within two years.
Antonym: demote

text: She's on tour promoting sales of her new book.

ipa: /prəˈmoʊt/

ipa: /prəˈməʊt/

hyphenation: pro‧mote

promot


output

forms:
output
outputs (plural)

glosses: Output is what is produced by a worker, machine, computer, etc.

text: We have increased our total output from 4,500 to 7,500 barrels per day of oil.

text: Of course, any problems with the program will affect the output.

ipa: /ˈaʊtpʊt/

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


output

forms:
output (past)
output (past participle)
output (canonical)
outputs (third-person singular)
outputted (past)
outputted (past participle)
outputting (present participle)

glosses: If you output something, you produce it.

glosses: The past tense and past participle of output.

output

outputs

output

output

outputting

t


live

forms:
live (canonical)
lives (third-person singular)
lived (past)
lived (past participle)
living (present participle)

text: He's not expected to live for more than a few months.

text: I live at 256 Oak Avenue.

text: Her memory lives in that song.

enpr: lĭv

ipa: /lɪv/

sampa: /lIv/

liv


live

forms: live (positive)

text: The post office will not ship live animals.

glosses: A live firearm or explosive is able to cause harm.

text: The air force practices dropping live bombs on the uninhabited island.

glosses: Charged or energized with electricity, usually meaning that the item can cause an electric shock or electrocution if someone comes in contact with it.

text: Use caution when working near live wires.

glosses: A live bet is a bet that can be raised by the person betting.

text: Tommy's blind was live, so he was given the option to raise.

enpr: līv

ipa: /laɪv/

sampa: /laIv/


live

glosses: A live event is an event that happens in real time; direct.

text: The concert was broadcast live by radio.


result

forms:
result
results (plural)

glosses: The solution of a mathematical equation.

text: The result of 1 + 1 is 2.

glosses: The situation at the end of a process, its outcome.

text: The result of losing the presents was that everyone was sad.

text: The result of the race was that Peter won.

ipa: /rɪˈzʌlt/

hyphenation: re‧sult


result

forms:
result (canonical)
results (third-person singular)
resulted (past)
resulted (past participle)
resulting (present participle)

glosses: If x results in y, it leads to or causes y.

text: A lot of digging results in a deep hole.

glosses: If x results from y, it comes for or is caused by y.

text: A deep hole resulted from all the digging.


road

forms:
road
roads (plural)

glosses: A long and narrow piece of land between two places. Usually, cars drive on it, and it is often paved.

text: The taxi is parked on the side of the road.

text: The road between the two villages is made of sand.

glosses: The path which one takes to reach a certain place.

text: It is a long road to the top.

text: The road from Warsaw to Paris leads through half of Europe.

enpr: rōd

ipa: /rəʊd/

audio: en-uk-a road.ogg

homophones: Rhode rode rowed


access

forms:
access
accesses (plural)

glosses: If you have access to something, you can use it, look at it, enter it, etc.

text: As a student, you have access to all our facilities including the library and computers.

text: We will seek to provide greater access to personal records held by government.

enpr: ăkʹsĕs

sampa: /"{ksEs/

hyphenation: ac‧cess

noun

accesses


access

forms:
access (canonical)
accesses (third-person singular)
accessed (past)
accessed (past participle)
accessing (present participle)

glosses: If you access something, you get information from it, usually using a computer.

text: The product enables multiple systems to access a single database.

text: Users of PCs can access images from the photo CDs using any CD-ROM input device.

verb

access

es


boyfriend

forms:
boyfriend
boyfriends (plural)

glosses: Boyfriend normally describes a boy or a young man, who is in a love relationship with another person, when they aren't married yet.

text: I didn't have a boyfriend, and I thought that it was because I was too fat.

glosses: Boyfriend can also simply mean a friend who is male.

ipa: /ˈbɔɪˌfrɛnd/


code

forms:
code
codes (plural)

text: Children usually learn their parents' moral code.

text: Section 244(1) (a) of the Canadian Criminal Code defines assault.

glosses: A code is a way of storing or sending information, often secretly or in a way that is readable by computers.

text: Microsoft has also licensed Windows source code to companies such as Citrix Systems.

text: In World War II, mathematicians and scientists broke the enemy's secret code.

ipa: /kəʊd/

ipa: /koʊd/

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


code

forms:
code (canonical)
codes (third-person singular)
coded (past)
coded (past participle)
coding (present participle)

glosses: If something is coded, it is written or stored in a code.

text: The completed questionnaires were coded by two people.

text: The wide variety of proteins in the cells are all coded for by the genes in the nucleus.

cod


girlfriend

forms:
girlfriend
girlfriends (plural)

glosses: A girlfriend is a girl or young woman who is in a romantic relationship with another person.

text: Jeremy had been having trouble with his girlfriend.

text: Koo Stark, a former girlfriend of the Duke of York, was being kept in hospital last night.

glosses: A girlfriend can be any friend who is female.

ipa: /ˈɡɝlfrɛnd/

ipa: /ˈɡɜːlfrɛnd/

hyphenation: girl‧friend


phase

forms:
phase
phases (plural)

text: We will look at very basic ideas during the first phase of training.

text: As the war enters its final phase, the role of the UN will probably become more important.

text: Teenagers often go through a phase of being attracted to someone of the same sex.

glosses: If things are in phase, they are working, moving, or changing together.

enpr: fāz

ipa: /feɪz/


phase

forms:
phase (canonical)
phases (third-person singular)
phased (past)
phased (past participle)
phasing (present participle)

glosses: If you phase something in, you introduce it step by step.

text: Over the next few years, all farm support was slowly phased out.

phas


prior

forms: prior

glosses: If something happens prior to something else, it happens before it.

text: In this recipe, most of the work is actually done prior to cooking.

text: Prior to 1917 most people had lived on private farms.


prior

forms: prior (positive)

text: We learned that police had prior knowledge of the attack.

text: Few of these workers have any substantial prior experience in industry.


granted

forms: granted

glosses: You use granted to say that you accept that something is true, often before you adding contrasting information.

text: He's a good student and usually does well. Granted, he did fail that one test, but I think there were good reasons for that.

text: "You haven't been a very good father." "Granted."

glosses: You use granted that x, y to mean y is true because of x.

text: Granted that he has done nothing wrong, he should be set free.


granted

forms: granted (positive)

glosses: If you take something for granted, you believe it without really knowing or thinking about it.


granted

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

glosses: The past tense and past participle of grant.

grant


stress

forms:
stress
stresses (plural)

glosses: Stress is emotional pressure that makes you worry because things are not going well.

text: Death is a time of great stress for family and friends.

text: Plants under stress from lack of water or disease are the most likely to attract problem insects.

glosses: Stress is physical pressure that gradually can cause things to break

text: Sitting puts an unnatural stress on the back and shortens the neck.

glosses: Stress is extra attention or importance that you put on something.

text: Psychology has put a lot of stress on the childhood roots of adult problems.

glosses: Stress is extra loudness that you use in a word or in music.

text: Put more stress on the first syllable of the word.

ipa: /strɛs/

noun

stress

stresses


stress

forms:
stress (canonical)
stresses (third-person singular)
stressed (past)
stressed (past participle)
stressing (present participle)

glosses: If you stress something, you say that it is very important.

text: I have repeatedly stressed the importance of hard work, but luck is also helpful.

glosses: If you stress a word, part of a word, or a note in music, you make it louder than other words or notes.


resolution

forms:
resolution
resolutions (plural)

glosses: A resolution is a formal decision, often after a vote.

text: The U.S. may be willing to support a Security Council resolution backing the return of inspectors to Iraq.

glosses: Resolution is the amount of detail that you can see in an image.

text: This camera is cheaper, but, of course, the resolution is much lower.

glosses: A resolution is a solution to a disagreement or difficult situation.

text: The school holds classes in nonviolent conflict resolution.

glosses: A resolution is a personal decision (not) to do something.

text: My New Year's resolution was to quit smoking.

glosses: Resolution is the power to try even when things are difficult.

text: Her resolution to be honest never weakened.

ipa: /ˌrɛzəˈluːʃ(ə)n/

ipa: /ˌrɛzəˈl(j)uʃ(ə)n/

hyphenation: re‧so‧lu‧tion


adequate

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

glosses: If something is adequate, it is good enough.

text: It is very hard to provide a simple but adequate explanation.

text: She left her other job so that she could devote adequate time to the school.

text: A small knife is adequate for this purpose.

text: By 1922, the single school-room was no longer adequate to meet the needs of the town.

audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-adequate1.wav

hyphenation: ade‧quate


total

forms:
total
totals (plural)

glosses: A total is the final amount of something. It is a term used in math.


total

forms:
totaled (past)
totaled (past participle)
totaling (present participle)
total (canonical)
totals (third-person singular)
totalled (past)
totalled (past participle)
totalling (present participle)

glosses: If you total something, you add them up.

glosses: If something totals something, it adds up to that; it amounts to.

text: The total of your purchase comes to $53.

glosses: If you total something, you destroy it; you wreck it.

verb

total

l


total

forms: total (positive)

glosses: If something is total, it is complete; it is finished.

text: He is a total failure

text: The total book was very bad.


whole

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

glosses: Whole is used to describe every part of an object.

text: I ate the whole meal, leaving nothing left.

ipa: /həʊl/

ipa: /hoʊl/

sampa: /hoUl/


whole

forms:
whole
wholes (plural)

glosses: The whole of something means the entire part of it.

text: The whole of the Middle East is pretty messy at the moment.


half

forms:
half
halves (plural)

text: Sales were down from January to June but jumped in the second half of the year.

text: Half a year later, the baby was born.

text: A half minute after the game started, the rain began.

text: It took us an hour and a half to get the bike working again.

text: The city was about half the size of Vancouver.

text: More than half the money came from the government.

text: It's cost us three and a half thousand dollars.

text: We'll meet at half past two.

text: It's two and a half times as big as the old one.

text: The coach changed the goal keeper at half time.

text: The same car might cost about half as much again as in Britain.

text: These cookies are not half as good as the ones your mum makes.

text: The apples are half price today.

text: When I phoned, he was still half asleep.

text: The glass was half full.

text: Since the early 1980s the army's strength and budget have been cut in half .

text: The car was half on the road when it was hit.

glosses: A half is one part of a game that is divided into two parts.

text: At the end of the first half, Japan is leading Iran by two points.

text: He kicked the ball deep into New England's half.

glosses: A half is a player who plays in the middle part of the field in sports like football, rugby, etc.

ipa: /hɑːf/

ipa: /hæf/

noun

half

halves


veterinarian

forms:
veterinarian
veterinarians (plural)

glosses: A veterinarian (sometimes shortened to vet) is a doctor that treats animals.

text: The veterinarian treated the dog.

hyphenation: vet‧er‧i‧nar‧i‧an; ve‧terin‧nar‧i‧an


alter

forms:
alter (canonical)
alters (third-person singular)
altered (past)
altered (past participle)
altering (present participle)

glosses: If you alter something, you change it, usually in a small way.

text: The design can be easily altered by selecting new colours, materials, etc.

text: But not even a good cleaning would alter the fact that the room was dark and unfriendly.

text: Because he was so short, he always needed to have his pants altered to fit him.

hyphenation: al‧ter


stability

forms:
stability
stabilities (plural)

glosses: Stability is the property of being firm and constant.

text: Investors, especially foreign ones, want political stability to go with economic growth.

text: He may need handrails on either side for stability and safety.

text: People began to wonder and talk about the stability of the fairy-tale marriage.

ipa: /stəˈbɪlɪti/

hyphenation: sta‧bi‧li‧ty

irrnoun

stabilities


energy

forms:
energy
energies (plural)

glosses: Energy is the ability to do work: move, give off heat, give off light, etc.

text: Unlike coal or oil, atomic energy production creates little air pollution.

text: Higher electricity prices should help promote energy efficiency.

text: The amount of energy in 100 g or 100 ml of food is much higher for foods with a lot of sugar.

text: She's all full of energy and she can't sit still.

text: This problem has taken up most of her time and energy for over a year.

ipa: /ˈɛnəd͡ʒi/

ipa: /ˈɛnɚd͡ʒi/

noun

energy

energies


aware

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

glosses: If you are aware of something, you know about it.

text: I am fully aware of the need for security, and will make the necessary changes.

text: I'm quite aware of the fact that you're here. You don't have to keep reminding me.

ipa: /əˈwɛɚ/

ipa: /əˈwɛə/


providence

forms:
providence
providences (plural)

glosses: Providence is the careful management of resources.

text: His providence in saving for his old age is a good example for everyone.

glosses: Providence also means God's will, or a power that some people think to be controlling our lives and the things that happen to us.

ipa: /ˈprɒvɪdəns/


station

forms:
station
stations (plural)

glosses: A station is a place where many trains or buses stop and people buy tickets and get on.

glosses: A station is a place where a person stays in one place and works.

ipa: /ˈsteɪʃən/

audio: en-uk-a station.ogg


station

forms:
station (canonical)
stations (third-person singular)
stationed (past)
stationed (past participle)
stationing (present participle)

glosses: If you station someone, you place them to do a task.


society

forms:
society
societies (plural)

glosses: A society is a large number of people and the way they live, talking together, working with each other and making rules and ways to live. A society can be a town, country or more than one country together, with many people living the same ways.

glosses: A society is an organization or club that people can join.

societies


sort

forms:
sort (canonical)
sorts (third-person singular)
sorted (past)
sorted (past participle)
sorting (present participle)

glosses: To sort is to divide one group of things into smaller groups of things, so that the things in one smaller group are the same as each other in some way.

text: He sorted the apples, putting red apples in one basket and green apples in the other basket.

enpr: sôrt

ipa: /sɔːt/

ipa: /sort/

ipa: /soːt/

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


sort

forms:
sort
sorts (plural)

text: Red and green are two sorts of apple.


small

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

glosses: A small person or thing is not big. It doesn't have much size.

text: A mouse is a small animal. A baby mouse is very small.

ipa: /smɔːl/

ipa: /smɔl/

sampa: /smOl/

adj

small

smaller

smallest


slow

forms:
slow (positive)
slower (comparative)
slowest (superlative)

glosses: Something is slow if it takes a long time to move. It is not fast.

text: A snail is a very slow animal. It moves slowly.

glosses: If something is slow, it does not happen in a short time.

glosses: If someone is slow, it takes them a while to understand something.

ipa: /sləʊ/

ipa: /sloʊ/

sampa: /sloU/

adjective

slow

slower

slowest


slow

forms:
slow (canonical)
slows (third-person singular)
slowed (past)
slowed (past participle)
slowing (present participle)

glosses: If you slow someone or something, he, she, or it does not move as quickly as he, she, or it did before; you lower the speed of something.

glosses: If you slow, you do not progress as quickly as you did before.


slope

forms:
slope
slopes (plural)

text: We will have to climb up this slope to get to the top of the hill.

glosses: The slope of a line is how far up it goes divided by how far along it goes.

glosses: A slope is an extremely offensive word for an Asian.

ipa: /sloʊp/

ipa: /sləʊp/


slope

forms:
slope (canonical)
slopes (third-person singular)
sloped (past)
sloped (past participle)
sloping (present participle)

glosses: If something slopes, it goes either up or down.

text: The hill slopes down at this point.

verb

slop


slant

forms:
slant (canonical)
slants (third-person singular)
slanted (past)
slanted (past participle)
slanting (present participle)

glosses: A long thing is slanting when one end is higher up than the other end and also further along. To be on an angle or sloping.

text: The piece of wood is slanting from the ground up to the door so that a cart with wheels can roll up it.

ipa: /ˈslænt/


slant

forms:
slant
slants (plural)

glosses: A slant is the way a long thing is when one end is higher up and further along than the other end. The way a ramp is.


enforcement

forms: enforcement

etymology_text: enforce + -ment

ety-suffix

enforce

expansion: enforce + -ment

glosses: Enforcement is the act of making people follow a law, rule, or decision.

text: It is not a problem which can be solved by law enforcement alone.

text: There simply hasn't been enough enforcement of the rules during this tournament.

ipa: /ɛnˈfɔrsmənt/

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


slip

forms:
slip (canonical)
slips (third-person singular)
slipped (past)
slipped (past participle)
slipping (present participle)

glosses: When something slides, or moves a small distance while touching what it's on, we say it slips.

text: The hat slipped down until it covered her eyes.

glosses: When someone or something moves without wanting to move, we say it slips.

text: My foot slipped when I stepped on some ice, and I almost fell.

glosses: When someone moves quickly and quietly so that other people won't see them move, we say the person slips.

text: I slipped into the kitchen to start washing dishes while people were talking.

enpr: slĭp

ipa: /slɪp/

verb

slip

p


slip

forms:
slip
slips (plural)

glosses: A slip is a piece of clothing like a small white skirt, that a woman sometimes wears hidden under her skirt or dress.


draft

forms:
draft
drafts (plural)

glosses: A draft is a piece of writing which has been or may be edited.

text: In the first draft of the story the characters names are all different.

text: Check final drafts for misspellings, using a dictionary or computer spelling checker.

glosses: A draft is when the military or a sport team chooses its members.

text: Many Americans moved to Canada to avoid the draft during the war.

text: The Tigers' first choice in yesterday's draft was pitcher George Berlin.

glosses: Depth of water needed to float a ship; depth below the water line to the bottom of a vessel's hull. (UK spelling: draught)

text: The ship had a draft of 6 feet.

glosses: Draft is beer that is served from a large container called a keg. (UK spelling: draught)

glosses: A draft is a wind that blows inside a building. (UK spelling: draught)

text: Close the window! That cold draft is making me sneeze.

ipa: /drɑːft/

ipa: /dræft/


draft

forms:
draft (canonical)
drafts (third-person singular)
drafted (past)
drafted (past participle)
drafting (present participle)

glosses: If you draft a letter, memo, agreement, etc., you write one that has been or may be edited.

text: You should have the contract drafted by a lawyer.

glosses: If a state drafts someone, it chooses them to be in the military.

text: I was drafted when I was 20 and spent two years fighting in France.

glosses: If a team drafts someone, it chooses them to play on the team.


precise

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

glosses: If something is precise it is correct and exact.

text: Young children are often unable to give a precise definition for words they know very well.

text: The precise nature of the tax changes has not been decided.

glosses: If someone is precise they always act and speak very carefully.

ipa: /prɪˈsaɪs/

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

hyphenation: pre‧cise


sky

forms:
sky
skies (plural)

glosses: The sky is what you see when you look up when you're not inside. It's blue with clouds in it. At night it's black with stars in it.

text: The night sky was full of stars.

ipa: /skaɪ/

sampa: /skaI/

noun

sky

skies


pursue

forms:
pursue (canonical)
pursues (third-person singular)
pursued (past)
pursued (past participle)
pursuing (present participle)

glosses: If you pursue a job or hobby, you do it for a long time.

text: The band motivated her to pursue a career in music.

glosses: If you pursue someone or something, you try to reach, catch or get it.

ipa: /pəˈsjuː/

ipa: /pɚˈsu/

ipa: /pəˈʃu/

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

verb

pursu


symbolic

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

glosses: If something is symbolic, it has or is used as a symbol.

text: In many religions, the number 3 has a symbolic value.

text: The apology was purely symbolic and did nothing to change the situation.

text: It was dirty and dark in a way that was very symbolic of New York.

ipa: /sɪmˈbɒlɪk/

hyphenation: sym‧bo‧lic


marginal

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

glosses: If something is marginal, it is not very large, important or central.

text: But this discussion is marginal to the real issue.

glosses: (in finance) The marginal profit, tax rate, etc. is the percent earned or paid on one more unit of production or income.

text: Large scale economies tend to mean that the marginal cost of serving an additional customer is either zero or very small.

glosses: If something is marginal, it is low quality, almost unacceptable.

text: His writing is marginal at best. I don't think he'll pass.

glosses: If something is marginal, it is written in a margin.

text: I can't read the marginal notes.

ipa: /ˈmɑːdʒɪnl/

ipa: /ˈmɑːrdʒɪnl/

hyphenation: mar‧gin‧al


silk

forms:
silk
silks (plural)

glosses: A strong soft material that cloth is made of. A certain type of silk worms make it.

text: This shirt is made of silk.

enpr: sĭlk

ipa: /sɪlk/


sign

forms:
sign
signs (plural)

glosses: A flat thing with a few words or pictures on it to tell people something.

text: I saw a stop sign, so I stopped the car.

ipa: /saɪn/


sign

forms:
sign (canonical)
signs (third-person singular)
signed (past)
signed (past participle)
signing (present participle)

glosses: When someone signs a piece of paper, they write their signature on it.

text: They signed a contract saying exactly who would do the work and how much money they would be paid.

glosses: If a company signs someone, they hire them to work.


side

forms:
side
sides (plural)

text: A square has four sides.

glosses: A side is the left part or the right part of something.

text: This car has only one door on each side.

glosses: A side is an area next to or near something else.

text: The statue is on the east side of the school.

glosses: A side is one surface of a sheet of paper.

text: Please write on both sides of the paper.

glosses: A side is one possible way of looking at or thinking about a concept (usually positive or negative).

text: On the plus side, my car is fixed.

text: Try not to look at the down side of things.

glosses: A side is one team of players in a game.

text: Which side is winning?

glosses: A side is country or a group of countries fighting together in a war.

text: In the second world war, the Italians were on the side of the Germans.

glosses: (US) A side is a side dish of food that is not the main dish.

text: Do you want a side of french fries with your hamburger?

enpr: sīd

ipa: /saɪd/

sampa: /saId/


side

forms:
side (canonical)
sides (third-person singular)
sided (past)
sided (past participle)
siding (present participle)

glosses: (usually with "with") To side with someone is to be in an alliance with them.

text: Who will you side with, Bob or Rachel?

sid


capacity

forms:
capacity
capacities (plural)

glosses: The capacity of a container, room, etc. is how much it can hold.

text: The capacity of the bottle is 500 ml.

text: The capacity of the hard drive is 120 GB.

text: I'm sorry, this pool only has a capacity of 100 people and I can't let any more in.

text: If you fill it to capacity, you won't be able to carry it.

glosses: The capacity of someone or something to do something is the ability to do it.

text: I was impressed by his energy and capacity for hard work.

text: Since the head injury he has lost his capacity to learn new names.

glosses: The capacity of a factory or business is how much it can produce.

text: It will soon be necessary to increase capacity at our Toronto plant to meet Canadian demand for the product.

glosses: If someone does something in a particular capacity, they are doing it in that role.

text: I am not writing to you in my capacity as your doctor, but as a friend.

text: Sometimes I make decisions in my capacity as father that I don't like in my capacity as husband.

text: He's been hired in a temporary capacity.

ipa: /kəˈpæsɪti/

noun

capacities


exposure

forms:
exposure
exposures (plural)

glosses: If x has exposure to y, x is not hidden or protected from y.

text: Staying out of the sun between 11am and 3pm can reduce exposure by 60 per cent.

text: Prolonged exposure to cold and wet may increase the chance of disease.

text: As a child of a Canadian father and Japanese mother, he had exposure to many different viewpoints.

text: The exposure of his crimes was the end of his career.

text: She had multiple exposures to the gas before becoming ill.

text: The campers died of exposure after two weeks in the cold.

glosses: The exposure is the amount of time that a film is hit by light.

glosses: One exposure is one section of film that is hit by light at one time.

ipa: /ɪkˈspoʊʒɚ/


modify

forms:
modify (canonical)
modifies (third-person singular)
modified (past)
modified (past participle)
modifying (present participle)

glosses: If you modify something, you change it, often only in small ways, and often because you want to use it in a different situation.

text: Both penalties and rewards can be used to modify children's behaviour.

text: It is also possible to modify the original by adding or removing parts.

text: We found some new problems and modified the program accordingly.

glosses: If a word, phrase, or clause modifies another, it is an optional word, phrase, or clause that gives more information about the other.

text: The adjective "big" modifies the noun "bridge" in the expression "big bridge".

ipa: /ˈmɒdɪfaɪ/

ipa: /ˈmɑdɪfaɪ/

hyphenation: mod‧i‧fy

verb

modif

y


external

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

glosses: Something that is external is not on the inside.

text: Both internal and external stairs need to be modified to allow wheelchairs into the building.

text: There are many influences upon the child external to life in school.

text: I wondered if there were any external pressures that led your husband to make the change.

text: Other sources of external debt arise where non-residents purchase local bonds.


fundamental

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

glosses: If something is fundamental, it is basic and important.

text: The loss of her legs has caused her to undergo a fundamental change in how she looks at life.

text: Respect is fundamental to a strong education system.

text: There is no more fundamental question than "why are we here?"

ipa: /ˌfʌndəˈmɛntəl/

hyphenation: fun‧da‧men‧tal


fundamental

forms:
fundamental
fundamentals (plural)

glosses: The fundamentals of something, are the main ideas or parts that it is built on.


flash

forms:
flash
flashes (plural)

text: He used the flash on his camera.

text: The tall man disappeared in a flash.

ipa: /flæʃ/

noun

flash

flashes


flash

forms:
flash (canonical)
flashes (third-person singular)
flashed (past)
flashed (past participle)
flashing (present participle)

glosses: If something flashes, it shines brightly and suddenly.

text: The fountain flashed in the sunshine.

text: It rained hard. Lightning flashed and we heard thunder.

text: The light from the car flashed through the window into the house for a second when the car drove past.


flash

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

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


ratio

forms:
ratio
ratios (plural)

glosses: A ratio is the comparison in size or number between two things. It is written x:y and read x to y. It is the same as the fraction x/y.

text: The ratio of men's jobs to women's is 8 to 1.

text: But Germany now has one of the highest ratios of spending to GDP in the European Community.

text: The low student/teacher ratio makes this a great school.


shut

forms:
shut (canonical)
shuts (third-person singular)
shut (past)
shut (past participle)
shutting (present participle)

glosses: When someone moves a door so that people can't go through it, the person is shutting the door. When someone puts their lips together so that no air or food can go in or out of their mouth, the person is shutting their mouth.

text: The wind was too cold, so I shut the window.

ipa: /ʃʌt/

sampa: /SVt/

shut

shuts

shut

shut

shutting


shoe

forms:
shoe
shoes (plural)

glosses: Two shoes are two things that someone wears on their feet. Shoes have a hard, flat bottom.

ipa: /ʃuː/


shoe

forms:
shod (past participle)
shod (past)
shodden (past participle)
shoe (canonical)
shoes (third-person singular)
shoed (past)
shoed (past participle)
shoeing (present participle)

glosses: If you shoe, you put shoes on your feet. We usually use this verb as a past participle: We say say someone is shod if they have shoes on their feet.

text: He was dressed and shod, ready to go out.

glosses: If you shoe a horse, you put horseshoes on the horse.

glosses: To put protection on something so that it does not get worn down.

text: Let's shoe that cane before you get a splinter in your hand!

shoe

shoes

shod

shod

shoeing

shodden

verb

shoed

shoeing


shock

forms:
shock
shocks (plural)

glosses: A shock is the way it feels when a heavy thing suddenly hits another thing.

glosses: A shock is a sudden change that surprises people.

glosses: Shock is the way a person is when the person has lost some blood or has been hurt, and their heart is beating very fast and weakly.

glosses: A shock is a painful feeling that someone gets when electricity flows through their body.

glosses: A shock is a brief zap that someone gets after being in contact with static electricity.

ipa: /ʃɒk/


shock

forms:
shock (canonical)
shocks (third-person singular)
shocked (past)
shocked (past participle)
shocking (present participle)

glosses: Someone is shocked when they are surprised at something

text: He was shocked at how much she had changed since he had last met her.

glosses: If someone has been shocked, they got a painful feeling due to electricity flowing through their body.

glosses: If someone has been shocked, they have gotten a brief zap due to contact with static electricity.


shelf

forms:
shelf
shelves (plural)

glosses: A shelf is a flat thing that people can put books or other things on when they are not using them.

ipa: /ʃɛlf/

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

noun

shelf

shelves


shame

forms:
shame
shames (plural)

glosses: Someone feels shame when they know they did something wrong.

text: The boy felt shame and gave back the candy he had taken.

ipa: /ʃeɪm/


shame

forms:
shame (canonical)
shames (third-person singular)
shamed (past)
shamed (past participle)
shaming (present participle)

glosses: If you shame someone, you make them feel shame.

verb

sham

e


shake

forms:
shake (canonical)
shakes (third-person singular)
shook (past)
shaken (past participle)
shaking (present participle)

glosses: To shake is to move from side to side many times quickly.

text: She shook the bottle to mix the drink.

ipa: /'ʃeɪk/

shake

shakes

shook

shaken

shaking


shake

forms:
shake
shakes (plural)

text: They were known for their shakes.


shade

forms:
shade
shades (plural)

glosses: A shade is a shadow of a tree or another big thing that blocks some of the light and heat of the Sun.

text: She rested in the shade of the tree because she felt hot.

glosses: A shade is the slight difference between colors.

ipa: /ʃeɪd/


shade

forms:
shade (canonical)
shades (third-person singular)
shaded (past)
shaded (past participle)
shading (present participle)

glosses: If something is shaded, it is shielded from light.

text: The old tree shaded the animals from the sun.

glosses: If something is shading, it is approaching something slightly.

text: The grassland was green, shading towards brown in the drier areas.

glosses: If you shade something in a drawing, you darken it.

text: Mary started shading in the outlines of the house in her drawing.

shad


versus

forms: versus

glosses: When we say one thing versus another thing, it means the two things are on different sides, going in different directions, or against each other.

text: Tonight's game has Toronto versus Montreal.

text: A lot of people see America as poor versus rich versus a middle class.

text: It's a simple story of good versus evil.

text: The difference between students with high versus low levels of English is growing every year.

text: We had to talk about how much time I spent doing homework versus how much time I spent playing games.

text: What do you think of going to a movie versus to a restaurant?

ipa: /ˈvɜːsəs/

ipa: /ˈvɝsəs/

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


terminal

forms:
terminal
terminals (plural)

glosses: A terminal is the end of a train track or bus route. It is the station or the last stop.

text: The bus drove into the terminal and all the people got off.

glosses: A computer screen and keyboard, which are at the end of a wire joining them to a computer.

text: She sat at the computer terminal and typed some words.

glosses: A terminal is a building in an airport where passengers transfer to the facilities that allow them to board airplanes.

ipa: /ˈtərmɪnəl/

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


terminal

forms: terminal (positive)

glosses: The last. At the end, in time or in space. A terminal illness is a sickness that will make the person die.