twenty

forms: twenty

text: I was in university when I was twenty years old.

ipa: /twɛniː/

ipa: /twɛntiː/


twenty

forms:
twenty
twenties (plural)

pos: noun

text: I'd like my $50 as 1 twenty, 2 tens and 2 fives.

glosses: "Twenty" is short for 10-20, meaning location.

text: Jason, what's your twenty?

noun

twenty

twenties

expansion: [POS TABLE]


thirty

forms: thirty

pos: det

text: I had my first child when I was thirty years old.

ipa: /ˈθɜːti/

enpr: thŭr′tē

ipa: /ˈθɝti/

ipa: [ˈθɝɾi]


thirty

forms:
thirty
thirties (plural)

text: Three tens is thirty.

thirty

thirties


scope

forms:
scope
scopes (plural)

glosses: The scope of a book, a law, a duty, etc. is how much is included or how far it can go.

text: The small budget has limited the scope of the research.

text: There are plans to expand the scope of the department's activities.

text: This kind of art allows the greatest scope for individual expression.

text: It is not within the scope of this book to talk about them all.

glosses: A scope is an instrument for looking at things, e.g., a telescope or a microscope.

ipa: /ˈskəʊp/

ipa: /ˈskoʊp/

sampa: /"skoUp/


scope

forms:
scope (canonical)
scopes (third-person singular)
scoped (past)
scoped (past participle)
scoping (present participle)

pos: verb

glosses: If you scope something (out), you look at it carefully.

text: I scoped out the place last week. It seems nice.

verb

scop

e


enhance

forms:
enhance (canonical)
enhances (third-person singular)
enhanced (past)
enhanced (past participle)
enhancing (present participle)

glosses: If you enhance something, you make it bigger or better.

text: He can greatly enhance his reputation by winning tonight.

text: Our aim is to enhance the quality of life for the British people.

ipa: /ɪnˈhɑːns/

ipa: /ɪnˈhæns/

sampa: /In"h{ns/

enhanc


control

forms:
control
controls (plural)

glosses: If you have control over someone or something, you can make it do what you want.

text: He should try to take control and tell the other handlers what to do.

text: Driving in the rain, he had lost control on the wet surface and spun off the road.

text: The country fell under the direct control of the army.

text: They are trying to keep tighter control over spending.

text: The government will demand improved pollution control systems for all factories.

text: Most companies devote some resources to quality control and product testing.

text: Unless birth control methods are used, sooner or later the woman is likely to get pregnant.

text: The continuing Soviet desire for arms control led to a SALT II treaty.

text: The brain's control systems tend to decline with age so that, for instance, our balance gets less good.

text: The experimental group took the medicine while the control group took a sugar pill.

text: Suddenly the airplane went out of control and started diving.

glosses: A control is a button, switch, dial, etc. that lets you make a machine do what you want.

text: If you turn off your TV with the remote control, it continues to use a quarter of normal power.

text: She touched the volume control and the sound dropped.

ipa: /kənˈtrəʊl/

ipa: /kənˈt(ʃ)roʊl/


control

forms:
control (canonical)
controls (third-person singular)
controlled (past)
controlled (past participle)
controlling (present participle)

glosses: If you control something, you make it do what you want.

text: Too many people are overweight because they can't control their eating behaviour.

text: The company is controlled by a New York businessman.

glosses: If you control something, you do not let its numbers or size grow too much.

text: The new plan should control inflation.

control

l


high

forms:
high (positive)
higher (comparative)
highest (superlative)

pos: adj

glosses: If something is high, it is a long way up.

text: The airplane flew very high.

glosses: If something is high, its top is a long way up.

text: That is the highest mountain near here.

glosses: If something is high, it is very good. It might be better or more important than other things. This can often means someone has more power.

text: The Supreme Court is the highest court in America.

text: Brian Boru was called the high king of Ireland.

text: Meeting my girlfriend was the high point of my year.

glosses: If someone is high, that person's mind is affected by drugs.

text: John was high from marijuana last night.

enpr: hī

ipa: /haɪ/

homophones: hi hie

adj

high

higher

highest


lead

forms:
lead
leads (plural)

glosses: A lead is a wire or strap attached to something.

text: The dog can't go far because it's on a short lead.

text: Attach this lead to one end of the battery.

glosses: Lead is a very heavy gray metal. It's a chemical symbol is Pb.

text: This box is so heavy, it feels as if it's full of lead.


lead

forms:
lead (canonical)
leads (third-person singular)
led (past)
led (past participle)
leading (present participle)

glosses: Someone is leading other people if the person is going first and the other people are following or coming after.

text: Please lead us to the house, because you know how to go there.

glosses: Showing or telling other people what to do.

text: He moves that little stick in the air to lead the people making music.

enpr: lēd

ipa: /liːd/

lead

leads

led

led

leading


hadith

forms:
hadith
hadiths (plural)

glosses: A written record of a saying or action of the Prophet Muhammad. Used as a basis for conduct in Islamic practices.

ipa: [həˈdiːθ]

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


insurance

forms:
insurance
insurances (plural)

glosses: Insurance is an agreement where someone pays a small amount of money, and if something bad happens, they get money to help them.

text: I have fire insurance for my house.

hyphenation: in‧sur‧ance


instrument

forms:
instrument
instruments (plural)

glosses: An instrument is any thing people hold in their hand and use to do something.

text: A hammer is a heavy instrument.

glosses: An instrument is something used to play music.

text: I enjoy playing music, my favorite instrument is the guitar.

ipa: /ˈɪnstrʌmənt/

hyphenation: in‧stru‧ment


increase

forms:
increase (canonical)
increases (third-person singular)
increased (past)
increased (past participle)
increasing (present participle)

text: The amount of money in my bank account is increasing.

enpr: ĭnkrēs’

ipa: /ɪnˈkriːs/

hyphenation: in‧crease

verb

increas


increase

forms:
increase
increases (plural)

text: There was an increase in movie releases last year.

enpr: ĭn'krēs

ipa: /ˈɪnkriːs/


industry

forms:
industry
industries (plural)

glosses: An industry is a kind of work that makes things.

text: Many people in this country have jobs in the clothing industry.

glosses: Industry is the quality of working hard, trying hard and doing it well.

text: Because of her industry, she made a lot of money.

ipa: /ˈɪndəstri/

hyphenation: in‧dus‧try

noun

industries


humor

forms:
humor
humors (plural)

glosses: Humor is ideas that make people laugh: jokes, funny things.

text: I like the stories she tells because they're full of humor.


humor

forms:
humor (canonical)
humors (third-person singular)
humored (past)
humored (past participle)
humoring (present participle)

glosses:
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how

pos: adv

glosses: The word how is used to ask about the way something happens or the way people do things.

text: How will we ever solve this problem?

glosses: The word how is used to tell about the way something happens or the way people do things.

text: I know how we can solve this problem.

text: This is how to make this machine work.

glosses: The word how is used to show that you feel strongly about something.

text: How old he looks!

ipa: /haʊ/

sampa: /haU/


how

forms: how (positive)

glosses: You use how to ask if something was good or bad, or what qualities it has.

text: How was the movie?

text: How are you feeling?


how

forms: how

pos: conj

glosses: You use how to tell that something happens, is done, or is true.

text: She told him how it wasn't fun anymore.


horn

forms:
horn
horns (plural)

glosses: A horn is a long, sharp thing that grows on the head of some animals such as goats and sheep.

text: The goat used its horn to break the fence.

text: They used a cow's horn as a cup to drink out of.

glosses: A horn is a musical instrument that you blow and usually made of metal.

enpr: hôn

ipa: /hɔːn/

enpr: hôrn

ipa: /hɔːrn/


hope

forms:
hope (canonical)
hopes (third-person singular)
hoped (past)
hoped (past participle)
hoping (present participle)

glosses: When someone hopes that something will happen, it means that they want it to happen and they think it may happen.

text: We hope that more women will decide to join the course.

text: It was hoped that the job would be filled by a local person.

enpr: /hōp

ipa: /həʊp/

ipa: /hɔʊp/

sampa: /hoUp/

verb

hop


hope

forms:
hope
hopes (plural)

glosses: A hope is the idea in someone's mind when they're hoping for something.

text: All of my hopes came true!


hook

forms:
hook
hooks (plural)

glosses: A hook is a curved, sharp thing, usually made of metal and often small. Someone can put the hook through a hole in something to grip it so that they can pull the thing.

enpr: ho͝ok

ipa: /hʊk/


hook

forms:
hook (canonical)
hooks (third-person singular)
hooked (past)
hooked (past participle)
hooking (present participle)

glosses: If you are hooking something, you are attaching it to a hook.

text: Hook the bag here, and the conveyor will carry it away.


history

forms:
history
histories (plural)

text: China has many old books about its history.

text: The restaurant is close to the city's history and art museums.

glosses: History is the study of what happened in the past.

text: He is a professor of history.

glosses: If somebody or something makes history, they do something very important that will not be forgotten.

text: She made history by becoming Africa's first elected female president.

glosses: If somebody or something goes down in history, they are remembered by people because they were very important or well known.

text: She'll go down in history as one of our greatest writers.

glosses: A history is a book recording things that have happened.

text: He was reading a history of Ancient Rome.

glosses: If somebody or something has a history of something, it's very common for them.

text: She has a history of cheating on tests.

glosses: If you say something is history, you mean it's finished, over, dead, or not important any more.

text: OK, that game's history.

glosses: If you say the rest is history, you mean you don't have to tell about because everyone already knows.

text: They just happened to run into each other at the right time, and the rest is history.

enpr: hĭsʹt(ə)rē

ipa: /ˈhɪst(ə)ri/

hyphenation: his‧to‧ry; hist‧ory

noun

histories


help

forms:
help (canonical)
helps (third-person singular)
helped (past)
helped (past participle)
helping (present participle)

glosses: If you help another person do something, you do things to make it easier for them to do the thing, or you do part of it for them.

text: Will you please help me wash the dishes?

glosses: If you can't help doing something or can't help but do it, you cannot avoid it. You do it even without wanting or planning to.

text: When I look at the class, I can not help feeling that something has gone wrong.

text: They agreed that it was good, but I can't help wondering, "good for who?"

enpr: hĕlp

ipa: /hɛlp/

sampa: /hElp/

audio: en-uk-to help.ogg


help

forms:
help
helps (plural)

text: Will you please give me some help? This is hard for just one person to do.

glosses: The help is people who work in a home cooking, cleaning, etc.

text: The help arrives as 9 o' clock.


healthy

forms:
healthy (positive)
healthier (comparative)
healthiest (superlative)

etymology_text: health + -y

ety-suffix

health

y

expansion: health + -y

glosses: A healthy person is someone who is not sick. They are strong and will probably live a long time.

text: I need three young, healthy people to help me.

text: She gets sick frequently. She's never very healthy.

text: Healthy food is full of vitamins and minerals.

adj

healthy

healthier

healthiest


harbor

forms:
harbor
harbors (plural)

glosses: A harbor is some water in a curve of land where it's safe for boats because there are no big waves.

text: A ship in the harbor is safe -- but that is not what ships are for.

ipa: /ˈhɑrbər/


harbor

forms:
harbor (canonical)
harbors (third-person singular)
harbored (past)
harbored (past participle)
harboring (present participle)

glosses: To provide a harbor or safe place for something or someone.

text: The old docks once harbored all kinds of ships, but they have been closed for years now.

text: The ships harbor in the bay during the winter months.

text: Sam has harbored resentment against Joe since Joe got the job they both applied for.


drop

forms:
drop
drops (plural)

glosses: A drop is a very small amount of a liquid.

text: A drop of water weighs 0.1 grams.

text: There was a drop in the prices last week.

enpr: drŏp

ipa: /drɒp/

sampa: /drQp/

ipa: /drɑp/

sampa: /drAp/


drop

forms:
drop (canonical)
drops (third-person singular)
dropped (past)
dropped (past participle)
dropping (present participle)

text: He dropped from the roof when he was running.

verb

drop

p


heat

forms:
heat
heats (plural)

glosses: Heat is a kind of energy. It is the quality things have when they are warm or hot.

text: This is a good coat. It keeps the heat in.

text: The heat from the sun is making me feel hot and tired.


heat

forms:
heat (canonical)
heats (third-person singular)
heated (past)
heated (past participle)
heating (present participle)

text: I just need to heat up the food and then we can eat.


gun

forms:
gun
guns (plural)

glosses: A gun is a weapon that sends bullets through its metal tube.

text: John F. Kennedy was shot by a gun.

enpr: gŭn

ipa: /ɡʌn/

sampa: /gVn/


gun

forms:
gun (canonical)
guns (third-person singular)
gunned (past)
gunned (past participle)
gunning (present participle)

glosses: To make an engine work fast by opening its throttle.

text: I gunned the engine and passed his car.

glosses: If someone is gunned down, they are shot by something, usually a gun.

text: He was gunned down by a hitman.

gun

n


garden

forms:
garden
gardens (plural)

glosses: A garden is a place where flowers and other plants grow where people want them to. Frequently it is a small place with a wall around it, near a house. It may have rocks and other things in it to look beautiful.

text: She spends a lot of time taking care of the flowers in her garden.

ipa: /ˈɡɑːdən/

enpr: gärʹdən

ipa: /ˈɡɑːrdən/

hyphenation: gar‧den


garden

forms:
garden (canonical)
gardens (third-person singular)
gardened (past)
gardened (past participle)
gardening (present participle)

glosses: If you garden, you work in a garden, especially your own garden around your house.

text: He joined his mother when she gardened and talked to her flowers.


from

forms: from

pos: prep

glosses: When something is from someone, the person gave or sent it.

text: I got a gift from my grandmother today.

glosses: When someone is from a place, that's where they started.

text: I am Chinese. I come from Hunan province.

text: Sorry I'm late. I just came from school.

glosses: You use from to talk about distances between thing in space or time.

text: Saturn is far from earth.

text: School is 5km from my home.

text: The year 2515 is a long time from now.

ipa: /frɒm/

enpr: frŭm

ipa: /frʌm/

enpr: frəm

ipa: /frəm/

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


existence

forms:
existence
existences (plural)

glosses: The existence of a thing is the quality of being real, of being in the world, of just being.

text: Do you believe in the existence of God?

text: The existence of a mark on my shirt is the reason I didn't go to the party.

ipa: /ɛɡˈzɪstɛnts/


general

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

glosses: Usual; about most things. An idea is a general idea if it's about many things or about most things, not just about one specific thing.

text: First I will talk about general problems of farming, and then I will talk about the specific problems of wheat farming.

text: In general, I enjoy pizza.

glosses: General is approximate, not exact; maybe a little different; close but maybe not the same.

ipa: /ˈd͡ʒɛnrəl/

ipa: /ˈd͡ʒɛnərəl/

hyphenation: gene‧ral; gen‧er‧al

adj

more: true


general

forms:
general
generals (plural)

text: The president told the general to bring the army home.

ipa: /ˈd͡ʒɛnərəl/


give

forms:
give (canonical)
gives (third-person singular)
gave (past)
given (past participle)
giving (present participle)

glosses: If you give something to someone else, you had the thing and you let the other person have it. Maybe you use your hands to put the thing in the other person's hands. Usually after that, the thing is the other person's thing.

text: Give me that book, please; I want to read it.

text: My mother gave me this stone when I was young.

glosses: If you give a speech, you talk to a group of people.

ipa: /gɪv/

sampa: /gIv/

audio: en-uk-to give.ogg

give

gives

gave

given

giving


come

forms:
come (canonical)
comes (third-person singular)
came (past)
come (past participle)
coming (present participle)

glosses: To move towards a place or into a place; to move to the place where the person who is talking is.

text: Come to my house and I will give you something to eat.

text: Come here to me.

text: Twenty people came to the party.

text: He came here, but he went away again before you came here.

enpr: kŭm

ipa: /kʌm/

audio: en-uk-to come.ogg

come

comes

came

come

coming


come

forms: come

text: We'll talk again come January.


come

text: (also spelled cum)


go

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

glosses: If you go, you move in space, especially to or through a place.

text: I go to the seashore every summer.

text: Kathy goes to the seashore every summer, too.

text: I went to the seashore last year.

text: She's gone to the seashore.

text: I'm going to the seashore next year.

glosses: If you go, you move in time, often in your mind.

text: You have to go back to 1911 to find a wetter day.

text: Marty McFly jumped in the time machine and went to 1965.

glosses: If you go, you move on the computer, the internet, or in the memory.

text: Then go to the C: drive.

text: His mind went to the last time he saw her.

glosses: If you go, you move a certain distance or a certain way.

text: We've gone 10 kilometers today.

text: Sandra is going in circles.

text: Please don't go.

text: People have been coming and going all day.

glosses: If you go bad, wild, blind, etc., you become like that.

text: Jim went blind.

enpr: gō

ipa: /gəʊ/

ipa: /goʊ/

sampa: /goU/

audio: en-uk-to go.ogg

go

goes

went

gone

going


clear

forms:
clear (positive)
clearer (comparative)
clearest (superlative)

glosses: A clear idea is an idea that is easy to understand.

text: OK, so you need the key. I see. That's clear now.

text: Now it's clear as a bell to me why you want to stay here.

glosses: If it is clear that something is a certain way, there can be no mistake about it.

text: The women made it clear that they were doing this only because they wanted to.

text: It soon became perfectly clear that he was not going to get better.

text: It's clear from looking at you that you couldn't lift it; you're too small.

text: This is a clear example of an idea that works.

glosses: If you are clear about something, you understand it well.

text: Mike, I want to be clear about what you said, so can you tell me again.

text: I'm sorry, but I'm not clear about what I'm supposed to do.

glosses: If you are clear about something, you make it easy for people to understand you.

text: The coach had been very clear about what he wanted them to do.

text: They haven't been so clear about how much water is in there.

glosses: If your head or your thinking is clear, then you can think well.

text: After his coffee and a quick walk, his head felt clear.

text: On Monday, he looked confused and didn't say much, but the next day, his thinking seemed more clear.

glosses: If something is clear, people can see through it.

text: The window is made of clear glass.

text: The water wasn't clear enough to see the bottom.

glosses: If something is clear, it has nothing that gets in your way.

text: I try to drive to work only when the roads are clear.

text: It's supposed to be clear and sunny today.

text: That table's not clear yet. Can you get the stuff off it?

text: The skies were clear of clouds.

glosses: If something is clear, it is easy to see or hear.

text: The picture wasn't clear enough to see whose face it was.

text: At first, the radio was noisy, but we moved and then we got clear, rich sound.

glosses: If your skin is clear, it has no spots on it.

text: Her deep honey skin was clear except for the small mark on her left cheek.

glosses: If your eyes are clear, they are healthy, bright, and lively.

text: His eyes were sharp and clear, and full of fun.

text: These are priced so high that the manufacturers pocket $8,000 clear profit per $30,000 unit.

glosses: If you have a clear conscience or your conscience is clear, you do not feel guilty.

text: I sleep perfectly at night. I have a clear conscience. I don't have blood on my hands.

ipa: /klɪə/

ipa: /klɪɚ/

clear

clearer

clearest


clear

forms:
clear (canonical)
clears (third-person singular)
cleared (past)
cleared (past participle)
clearing (present participle)

glosses: If you clear something, you move or remove things that you don't want there.

text: You clear the table and I'll get coffee ready.

text: We'll have to clear out the garage to make room for the new car.

text: My grandparents cleared this land so that we could live and farm here.

text: I worked for ten minutes to clear a path in the snow from the door to the road.

text: About 13 million hectares of forest were cleared each year.

text: After the fire, it took some time for the air to clear.

text: Above her, the black sky cleared, until she could see the thousands of stars all across it.

text: The window fogged and cleared as she breathed on it.

glosses: If something clears, it goes away, leaving the place it was clear.

text: After the fire, it took some time for the smoke to clear.

text: He couldn't see well as car drove up the dirt road, but after the dust had cleared, he could see it was his father.

glosses: If you clear your throat, you cough lightly to make speaking easier.

text: Tears filled her eyes again, and she cleared her throat. "As soon as I can, I'll get on a plane and meet you."

glosses: If you clear the air, or if the air clears, you talk about a problem so that nobody has doubts or bad feelings.

text: I think it's important for me to tell you what has happened and clear the air about this matter.

glosses: If you clear somebody to do something, you give them permission.

text: His personal plane had been cleared to land at the airport.

glosses: If your head, mind, thinking, etc. clears then you become able to think well.

text: The coffee helped to clear her head, and she sat down to think.

glosses: If you clear something, you get over it without touching it or without a problem.

text: The bike got air and cleared the water by a meter.

glosses: If you clear somebody of something bad you show that they did not do it.

text: After clearing him of any wrongdoing, the police set him free.

glosses: If you clear a hurdle, you solve one of a number of problems.

text: The case has many more hurdles to clear before it can go to trial.

text: The winner had to clear plenty of hurdles before beating Clement.

glosses: After the dust clears is some time later, when there is no more trouble or confusion.

text: It took a few weeks, but after the dust had cleared, and everybody had gone home, he realized he had enjoyed it.

glosses: If a cheque clears, then the money is ready to be used.

glosses: If you clear a certain amount of money, you make that as profit (after expenses).

glosses: If you clear the ball or puck, you move it away from your own goal.


clear

forms: clear

glosses: Out of, away from, especially too far away to be noticed or caught.

text: After a short walk, we were clear of the town.

text: The fish was so heavy that he couldn't get it clear of the water.

text: After their fight, he steered clear of her for a week.

text: It was so crowded that they had to fight their way out and clear of the people.

text: So far, the company has stayed clear of trouble.

text: Two more wins would put them clear of the Giants.

text: Just clear of the school yard, students were smoking.


clear

text: You could see clear across the water, all the way to the church 60 km away on the other side.


cover

forms:
cover (canonical)
covers (third-person singular)
covered (past)
covered (past participle)
covering (present participle)

glosses: Something that is covering another thing is on top of (or over) the other thing in a way that stops people from seeing it.

text: I cover myself in two blankets at night to stay warm.

text: Remember to cover the pot with a lid while you're cooking something.

ipa: /ˈkʌvɚ/

ipa: /ˈkʌvə/


cover

forms:
cover
covers (plural)

glosses: A cover is something that usually covers something else.

text: The cover of the book has a picture on it under the name of the book.


crack

forms:
crack (canonical)
cracks (third-person singular)
cracked (past)
cracked (past participle)
cracking (present participle)

glosses: When something cracks it breaks along a line, maybe not a straight line. It might break into two pieces, or it might break but the two pieces are still attached.

text: She cracked an egg and put the inside of the egg into a bowl.

ipa: /kræk/


crack

forms:
crack
cracks (plural)

glosses: A crack is the line where something is breaking.

text: There is a crack from the edge of this plate to the middle. It will break soon.

glosses: A loud sound like the sound of something breaking.

text: It was raining, and she saw a flash of lightning and heard the crack of thunder.

glosses: A strong, fairly cheap form of cocaine; crack often comes in the form of a rock and it is usually smoked in a crack-pipe.

text: "I wouldn't use it, if I was going to use it I can afford real cocaine. Crack is wack." - Whitney Houston


grip

forms:
grip (canonical)
grips (third-person singular)
gripped (past)
gripped (past participle)
gripping (present participle)

glosses: Someone grips a thing by holding it tightly in their hand.

text: He gripped the rope and pulled.

enpr: grĭp

ipa: /ɡrɪp/

sampa: /grIp/

verb

grip


grip

forms:
grip
grips (plural)

text: It's good to have a firm grip when shaking hands.

text: The ball will move differently depending on the grip used when throwing it.

text: There are several good grips on the northern face of this rock.


bassist

forms:
bassist
bassists (plural)

etymology_text: bass + -ist

ety-suffix

bass

ist

expansion: bass + -ist

glosses: A bassist is someone who plays a bass instrument or sings bass.

text: The bassist sat his guitar down.


nobody

forms: nobody

text: Nobody would do something like that.

text: Almost nobody lives on Greenland.


nobody

forms:
nobody
nobodies (plural)

glosses: A nobody is a person who is not important.

text: Bob called Alice a nobody.

text: Don't worry. People won't listen to him. He's a nobody.

irrnoun

nobodies


humour

forms:
humour
humours (plural)

glosses: Humour is ideas that make people laugh: jokes, funny things.

text: I like the stories she tells because they're full of humour.


humour

forms:
humour (canonical)
humours (third-person singular)
humoured (past)
humoured (past participle)
humouring (present participle)

glosses: To humour someone is to agree with them only to make the them happy.


harbour

forms:
harbour
harbours (plural)

glosses: A harbour is some water in a curve of land where it's safe for boats because there are no big waves.

text: A ship in the harbour is safe -- but that is not what ships are for.

ipa: /ˈhɑrbər/


harbour

forms:
harbour (canonical)
harbours (third-person singular)
harboured (past)
harboured (past participle)
harbouring (present participle)

glosses: To provide a harbour or safe place for something or someone.

text: The old docks once harboured all kinds of ships, but they have been closed for years now.

text: The ships harbour in the bay during the winter months.

text: Sam has harboured resentment against Joe since Joe got the job they both applied for.


incorporate

forms:
incorporate (canonical)
incorporates (third-person singular)
incorporated (past)
incorporated (past participle)
incorporating (present participle)

text: All the Wilsons ladies' clubs incorporate features designed to help women players improve and enjoy their game.

text: The systems would try to incorporate some of the ideas of Hayes and others.

glosses: If you incorporate x into y, you make x part of y.

text: Please incorporate these changes into the final book.

glosses: An incorporated company is a corporation. Often written Inc. as part of a company name.

text: We were a partnership for many years, but we incorporated last year.

text: Mona Doyle was hired as president of Consumer Network Inc.

enpr: ĭnkôr'pərāt

ipa: /ɪŋˈkɔrpɚeɪt/

ipa: /ɪŋˈkɔrpɚe(ɪ)t/

hyphenation: in‧cor‧po‧rate

verb

incorporat


given

forms:
give (canonical)
gives (third-person singular)
gave (past)
given (past participle)
giving (present participle)

text: On any given day, you're likely to see her there.

ipa: /'gɪvən/


given

forms: given

glosses: Given x means if x is true, happened, exists, etc.

text: Given our current problems, I don't think we can spend any more.

text: Given a number, we can find another number that is bigger.

glosses: Given that-clause means in consideration of the fact that-clause.

text: Given that they are inexperienced, they've done a good job.


given

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

glosses: If someone is given to doing something, they do it regularly.

text: My father's given to making long speeches about when he was a boy.

glosses: If someone is given to something, they wear, use, or do it often.

text: When she got older, she was given to elegant clothes and long speeches.


given

forms:
given
givens (plural)

glosses: A given is something that you accept as true.

text: We need to make a decision about where we will live after this, but selling this house is a given.


subsidiary

forms:
subsidiary
subsidiaries (plural)

glosses: A subsidiary is a company that is owned by a larger company. {[ant|parent}}

text: This company owns three subsidiaries that make different kinds of machines.

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

noun

subsidiaries


subsidiary

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

glosses: If something is subsidiary, it is connected, but lower in importance, rank, or level, etc.

text: Surprisingly, the subsidiary company became more successful than the parent company.

text: At some point work became subsidiary to music for her.


input

forms:
input
inputs (plural)

glosses: The input is the information that is put into something.

text: Everyone who is affected should have a chance to provide input.

text: You can put a mask over your eyes and plugs in your ears, but it's impossible to block out all sensory input.

text: The input to the amplifier should be digital.

text: Teachers should welcome input from their students.

text: It is important to avoid errors during data input.

ipa: /'ɪnpʊt/

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

hyphenation: in‧put


input

forms:
inputted (past)
inputted (past participle)
input (canonical)
inputs (third-person singular)
input (past)
input (past participle)
inputting (present participle)

glosses: If you input something (often into a computer) you put it in.

text: If the text has been correctly input to the computer, there should be no problems.

glosses: The past tense and past participle of input.

verb

input

t

inputs

input

input

inputting


abstract

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

glosses: If something is abstract, you cannot touch it, and it is difficult to imagine or think about.

text: A lot of abstract painting uses harsh shapes and most people do not like it.

text: More abstract ideas like "democracy" are not possible for animals.

text: Houses and books are things you can touch. Honesty, patience and courage are abstract.

glosses: If something is abstract, it is general.

glosses: If something is abstract, it is thought of as apart from any other use with an object; it is removed from it; it is separate or abstracted.

glosses: If something is abstract, it is not practical or realistic; it is not concrete; it is theoretical; it is vague.

glosses: If something is abstract, it does not have all of the facts; it is not factual.

ipa: /ˌæbˈstrækt/

ipa: /ˈæbˌstrækt/

hyphenation: ab‧stract


abstract

forms:
abstract
abstracts (plural)

glosses: An abstract is a short text that tells you the main ideas of a longer text, especially of scientific papers; it is a summary of something longer.

text: The abstract of Isaac Newton's laws of gravity may be no more than 150 words.

glosses: An abstract is an abstraction; it is an abstract word.

glosses: An abstract is a piece of art that is made in the abstract fashion of art.

glosses: An abstract is a powdered solid extract of a vegetable that is then mixed with the sugar of milk.


abstract

forms:
abstract (canonical)
abstracts (third-person singular)
abstracted (past)
abstracted (past participle)
abstracting (present participle)

glosses: If you abstract something, you summarize it; you abridge it.

glosses: If you abstract something, you separate it; you remove it.

glosses: If you abstract something, you withdraw it.

glosses: If you abstract something, you make abstractions of it in art.

glosses: If you abstract something, you take it away from someone without permission; you steal it.

glosses: If you abstract something, you think about it separate from everything else; you consider it abstractly.

glosses: If you abstract something, you go through the process or abstraction.


capable

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

glosses: If someone or something is capable of something, they can do it.

text: This system is capable of providing food for about 400 people.

text: I'm quite capable of looking after myself and I don't need you to tell me how.

glosses: If someone is capable, they can do a particular thing well.

text: I'm confident I can leave everything in your capable hands.

text: I may be young but I can assure you I'm quite capable.

ipa: /ˈkeɪpəbl̩/

hyphenation: ca‧pa‧ble


learning

forms:
learn (canonical)
learns (third-person singular)
learned (past)
learned (past participle)
learning (present participle)

glosses: Someone is learning ideas if they didn't know the ideas before and they are starting to know them.

text: I'm learning to speak French by reading lots of French books.

ipa: /ˈlɝnɪŋ/

ipa: /ˈlɜːnɪŋ/

learn


learning

forms: learning

glosses: Learning is the action of someone learning something.

text: Lots of learning happens at school. That's what school is for.

noun

learning


have

forms:
have (canonical)
has (third-person singular)
had (past)
had (past participle)
having (present participle)

glosses: Someone has something if the thing is in their hands. The person is holding or gripping it.

text: Do you have a spoon, or do you need me to give you one so you can eat the soup?

glosses: If you have to do something, you must do it.

text: I have to go.

text: John had to pay a fine.

glosses: Someone has something if the thing is that person's thing: the person owns it; it belongs to the person.

text: The rich family has a big house.

glosses: If you have you hold something in the mind.

text: I have a doubt about him.

text: We have lunch at 13:00.

glosses: You use have to say that you suffer from something or to tell the experience.

text: I have a defective vision. (I don't see well.)

text: He had a wonderful time with his friends.

ipa: /hæv/

ipa: /həv/

ipa: /hæf/

audio: en-uk-to have.ogg

have

has

had

had

having


have

forms:
have (canonical)
have (present)
has (third-person singular)
had (past)
having (present participle)
haven't (present negative)
hasn't (third-person singular negative)
hadn't (past negative)

text: I have closed the window. (Also: I've closed the window.)

text: I had already eaten before. (Also: I'd already eaten before.)

having


gal

forms:
gal
gals (plural)

ipa: /ɡæl/

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


gal

forms: gal

pos: abbrev

glosses: Gal is an abbreviation for gallon, which is a unit of measurement for volume.


save

forms:
save (canonical)
saves (third-person singular)
saved (past)
saved (past participle)
saving (present participle)

glosses: If you save something, you keep it; you do not give it or toss it away.

text: Please save that book for me.

glosses: If you save someone, you keep them safe or help them survive.

text: You saved my life.

glosses: If you save information, you put it on a disk or into some kind of long-term memory.

text: He saved the resumé on the floppy disk.

enpr: sāv

ipa: /seɪv/

sampa: /seIv/

verb

sav

e


save

forms:
save
saves (plural)

glosses: A save is when something was saved. This term is used in sports.

text: Due to a great save at the end, the game ended 0:0.


save

forms: save

glosses: All of x save y describes only that part of x that is not y.

text: The night air was still and silent save for the voice of a female dispatcher over his police radio.

text: All my cats are white, save one.

text: We know little of her background, save that she was born in Mississauga.


sell

forms:
sell (canonical)
sells (third-person singular)
sold (past)
sold (past participle)
selling (present participle)

glosses: When you sell something to someone, you give something to someone and the person will give you money for it.

text: I sell good shoes for a small amount money.

ipa: /sɛl/

homophones: cel cell

sell

sells

sold

sold

selling


someone

forms: someone

text: I heard someone at the door.

text: You should ask someone who knows more about it.

text: I'm hoping to meet someone special at the dance.

ipa: /ˈsʌmwʌn/

hyphenation: some‧one


understand

forms:
understand (canonical)
understands (third-person singular)
understood (past)
understood (past participle)
understanding (present participle)

glosses: To hear and then fully know what was said, know enough to do it. To know the meaning of something.

text: He understood what I said to him.

text: She didn't understand. She thought I meant the meeting was today.

enpr: ŭn(′)dər-stănd'

ipa: /(ˌ)ʌndəˈstænd/

enpr: ŭn′dər-stănd'

ipa: /ˌʌndɚˈstænd/

audio: en-uk-to understand.ogg

hyphenation: un‧der‧stand

understand

understands

understood

understood

understanding


comb

forms:
comb
combs (plural)

glosses: A person moves a comb through their hair many times to make their hair look nice.

text: Joe always had a comb in his pocket.

enpr: kōm

ipa: /kəʊm/

ipa: /koʊm/


comb

forms:
comb (canonical)
combs (third-person singular)
combed (past)
combed (past participle)
combing (present participle)

text: I washed and combed my hair.

text: The police combed the forest for the person but didn't find him.


full

forms:
full (positive)
fuller (comparative)
fullest (superlative)

glosses: A container is full of things if there are many of the things in the container and no more can go in.

text: The cup is full of water. If you try to put more water in, the water will fall onto the table.

text: My life is full of problems.

glosses: A full moon is when the moon is a round circle because the sun is shining on the side we can see.

text: I can see the road, because there's a full moon tonight.

glosses: A person is full when they are satisfied, usually with food.

text: The meal was so large that I was full all day.

glosses: Something is full when it is total and completed, does not need any additions

enpr: fo͝ol

ipa: /fʊl/

sampa: /fUl/

adj

full

fuller

fullest


destruction

forms:
destruction
destructions (plural)

etymology_text: destruct + -ion

ety-suffix

destruct

ion

expansion: destruct + -ion

glosses: The destruction of a thing is the act of breaking the thing; the end of existence of the thing. Before the destruction, the thing is there. After the destruction, there is no thing any more.

text: The destruction of the house was necessary because the walls were not strong and people were not safe from falling bricks.

text: The earthquake caused a lot of destruction.

ipa: /ˌdɪsˈtrʌkʃən/

hyphenation: de‧struc‧tion


precede

forms:
precede (canonical)
precedes (third-person singular)
preceded (past)
preceded (past participle)
preceding (present participle)

text: A precedes B in the alphabet.

text: More change has happened in the last 20 years than in the preceding 100.

text: Each of the above exercises should be immediately preceded by taking a deep breath.

ipa: /prəˈsɪid/

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

verb

preced


display

forms:
display
displays (plural)

glosses: A display is an exhibition, an arrangement, or a show.

text: Mom thought the department store's display of lingerie was indecent.

text: Little Jimmie toppled the display of model airplanes.

text: The ceramic, wood, and fabric art displays are very attractive.

text: Too many displays will confuse our customers.

text: The output is visible on the display.

enpr: dĭsplā'

ipa: /dɪsˈpleɪ/

sampa: /dIs"pleI/


display

forms:
display (canonical)
displays (third-person singular)
displayed (past)
displayed (past participle)
displaying (present participle)

glosses: If you display something, you arrange it so that people can see it. Display means to exhibit, or to show.

text: The players will display their best skills at tonight's game.


friend

forms:
friend
friends (plural)

glosses: Two people are friends of each other if they like being together and they like helping each other, but are not related.

text: I only have three close friends.

text: She's been a friend of mine for many years.

text: Some friends are coming to our house for dinner tonight.

text: I stayed awake until the middle of the night talking with some friends.

text: Our house burned down, but some friends helped us build a new one.

ipa: /frɛnd/

sampa: /frEnd/


cushion

forms:
cushion
cushions (plural)

glosses: A cushion is a pillow; a soft item that people can sit on or put their head on when they lie down.

text: Here's a bed with sheets, a cushion and a blanket.

text: Here's a soft chair with two cushions to make it even softer.

ipa: /ˈkʊʃən/


cushion

forms:
cushion (canonical)
cushions (third-person singular)
cushioned (past)
cushioned (past participle)
cushioning (present participle)

glosses: To stop one item from making hard contact with another item.

text: Mats were laid down to cushion the gymnast's fall.


favourite

forms: favourite (positive)

glosses: My favourite brand is the brand I like most.

text: Ford is my favourite brand of truck.

audio: EN-AU ck1 favourite.ogg


favourite

forms:
favourite
favourites (plural)

glosses: A favourite is a thing or person that someone likes the most. It is a thing that someone prefers, or likes more than any other.

text: Chocolate ice cream is my favourite.

glosses: When kings and other royalty have favourites, these are people they trust.

text: He was a favourite of the king.


express

forms:
express (canonical)
expresses (third-person singular)
expressed (past)
expressed (past participle)
expressing (present participle)

glosses: If you express yourself, you say something about how you feel.

text: Sam expressed his feelings.

ipa: /ɪkˈsprɛs/

express

es


express

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

text: To mail the letter, Anna used the express service.


incentive

forms:
incentive
incentives (plural)

glosses: An incentive is something that makes you feel like you want to do something.

text: Companies should give their workers financial incentives to take the bus to work.

text: The government is cutting taxes to provide incentives for investment.

text: Doctors have a lot of incentive to see many patients and little incentive to spend much time with each one.

ipa: /ɪnˈsɛntɪv/

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

hyphenation: in‧cen‧tive


comparison

forms:
comparison
comparisons (plural)

glosses: When someone makes a comparison between two things, the person thinks about how the two things are the same and how they are different, which one is bigger etc.

text: I need to make some comparisons between different houses before I make a decision about which house to buy.

text: A careful comparison will show that this cup has a little more water than the other cup.

ipa: /kəmˈpɛrɪsən/

ipa: /kəmˈpærɪsən/


inhibition

forms:
inhibition
inhibitions (plural)

glosses: An inhibition is a feeling that makes you want to avoid (stay away from) something.

text: He threw off his inhibitions and went dancing.

text: Alcohol can take away inhibition.

text: When the cat was absent, the mouse showed no such inhibition.

text: She stays home all day—she has a lot of inhibitions.

text: I feel an inhibition about going onto an airplane.

glosses: Inhibition is the act of stopping or reducing a process, especially a natural or chemical process.

text: When there is no sugar, there is inhibition of cell growth.


curve

forms:
curve
curves (plural)

glosses: A curve is a line that is not straight. It is like part of a circle. It starts in one direction and turns.

text: The edge of the flower petal is a beautiful curve.

ipa: /kɜːv/

ipa: /kɝv/


curve

forms:
curve (canonical)
curves (third-person singular)
curved (past)
curved (past participle)
curving (present participle)

text: The car curved around the corner.

text: This piece of wood is not good. It is curved.

curv


copper

forms:
copper
coppers (plural)

glosses: Copper is a metal that is a red-brown colour. Sometimes coins of small value are made from copper. The symbol for copper is Cu with an atomic number of 29.

text: Water comes into our house through copper pipes.

glosses: A copper is a penny, a coin of small value made of copper.

text: Could you give me a copper? I have almost enough money to buy that thing.

text: The copper arrested him for stealing.

enpr: kŏ'pə

enpr: kä'pər

audio: EN-AU ck1 copper.ogg

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

hyphenation: cop‧per


copper

forms: copper (positive)

text: The copper statue has turned green.

glosses: Having the reddish-brown colour/color of copper

text: The copper couch will look really nice with that wallpaper.


floor

forms:
floor
floors (plural)

glosses: The floor is the flat part at the bottom of a room. People stand on the floor.

text: Don't drop your milk on the floor.

text: The children are sitting on the floor to play.

text: To get to room 302 you have to go up three floors.

enpr: flô

ipa: /flɔː/


floor

forms:
floor (canonical)
floors (third-person singular)
floored (past)
floored (past participle)
flooring (present participle)

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


trace

forms:
trace
traces (plural)

glosses: A trace of something is a very small amount, almost too small to find.

text: We've found traces of an earlier painting underneath this one.

text: No trace of the original material remains.

text: The last trace of cloud had disappeared from the sky.

text: He said it without a trace of sadness.

text: The fact that each coin has different trace elements provides clear evidence that they were made at different places.

glosses: A trace is a line on a paper drawn by a machine that shows the ups and downs of something.

text: The trace shows a very irregular heartbeat.

glosses: A trace is a path that tells you where something came from.

text: We've got a trace on the call.

text: The fox was able to follow the trace the rabbit left on the ground.

ipa: /treɪs/


trace

forms:
trace (canonical)
traces (third-person singular)
traced (past)
traced (past participle)
tracing (present participle)

glosses: If you trace something, you follow information to find where it came from or where it went.

text: Also, both the church and the farm can trace their origins back to the 1500s.

text: The police soon traced the couple's movements and found they had made a number of telephone calls to Paris.

text: The disease has been traced back to some bad eggs.

text: He traced a line in the sand.

glosses: If you trace a picture or a shape, you draw it by putting a piece of paper over it and drawing what you see underneath.

text: She traced the Chinese characters carefully, the way you do before you learn to read.

trac


exchange

forms:
exchange (canonical)
exchanges (third-person singular)
exchanged (past)
exchanged (past participle)
exchanging (present participle)

glosses: An exchange is when a person or a group of people trade an item or service with another person or group of people.

text: The children can exchange toys so that each child has a new toy to play with.

ipa: /ɛksʧeɪndʒ/

exchang


exchange

forms:
exchange
exchanges (plural)

text: I did well in that exchange. Now I have three good new books, and I only paid a little money.


distance

forms:
distance
distances (plural)

glosses: The distance between two things is how far apart they are. A short distance means they're close to each other, and a long distance means they're far apart.

text: The distance from the Earth to the Sun is 93 million miles.

text: The distance from my house to the store is 2 kilometres.

text: The two girls were sitting a short distance apart, so they could hear each other whisper.

ipa: /ˈdɪstəns/

hyphenation: dis‧tance


distance

forms:
distance (canonical)
distances (third-person singular)
distanced (past)
distanced (past participle)
distancing (present participle)

glosses: If you distance yourself from someone, you move away from something or someone.

distanc


flight

forms:
flight
flights (plural)

glosses: Flight is the act of flying: moving through the air using wings.

text: Birds have had flight for millions of years.

text: The flight of the bird was beautiful.

text: The flight to Boston leaves soon.

text: This flight is going to New York.

glosses: Flight is the act of running away and hiding.

text: The flight of the man just after the crime made the police think he was guilty.

enpr: flīt

ipa: /flaɪt/


flame

forms:
flame
flames (plural)

text: We saw the flames burning the house.

text: The firefighter's hat is as bright as a flame.

glosses: A flame is a lover that only lasts for a short time.

text: He brought his flame to yesterday's party.

glosses: A flame is a strong comment on the internet to insult (hurt) someone else, making them angry.

text: Today, someone in our forum started posting very mean flames.

text: I posted that someone's idea was a bad idea, and I got a lot of flames for that.

enpr: flām

ipa: /fleɪm/

sampa: /fleIm/


flame

forms:
flame (canonical)
flames (third-person singular)
flamed (past)
flamed (past participle)
flaming (present participle)

text: The pot in the kitchen started to flame when it was left to cook for too long.

glosses: To write an insulting (hurtful) message on the internet to make people angry.

text: My school peer started flaming in my email.

text: Everybody in the newsgroup flamed me for saying that.

flam


fear

forms:
fear
fears (plural)

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

text: He was struck with fear when he thought he saw a ghost.

text: She has a fear of spiders.

glosses: Fear is the chance that something might happen.

text: There's no fear of her being on time. She's always late.

glosses: Fear is a feeling of very high respect, usually towards a god.

text: Christians who worship in churches have a fear of God.

ipa: /fiə/

ipa: /fɪə/

ipa: /fɪr/

sampa: /fir/


fear

forms:
fear (canonical)
fears (third-person singular)
feared (past)
feared (past participle)
fearing (present participle)

glosses: If you fear something, you are afraid of it.

text: I fear the worst will happen.

text: She feared for his safety.

glosses: You say you fear something when you're giving someone bad news.

text: I fear that I am last on Earth.

glosses: If you fear something, usually a god, you show great respect towards it.

text: Christians in churches fear God.


foolish

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

etymology_text: fool + -ish

ety-suffix

fool

ish

expansion: fool + -ish

glosses: Unwise. A person who is foolish does not have good sense or judgement. They do things without thinking carefully; they do things that are bad ideas.

text: The person who saw and copied my homework today is being foolish.

glosses: Foolish means someone who is usually foolish. They have the characteristic (quality) of being foolish.

text: Being foolish once in a while does not make a person a foolish one.

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


fall

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

glosses: When something or someone falls, it moves down quickly down through the air because nothing is holding it. It moves to a lower position because of gravity.

text: The apple fell from the tree.

text: The bridge is falling down.

text: He tripped on a banana peel and fell down, hurting his leg.

glosses: When someone falls, they can mean coming down to the ground on purpose, lying with the face down.

text: He fell to the floor and begged for mercy.

glosses: Falling is when someone or something has been defeated.

text: The Romans fell to the Goths in 410 AD.

enpr: fôl

ipa: /fɔːl/

ipa: /fɔl/

fall

falls

fell

fallen

falling


fall

forms:
fall
falls (plural)

glosses: Fall is the name for autumn used only in North America, named after the falling of leaves during the season. It is the season when the weather is getting colder, after summer and before winter.

text: These plants are growing big and they will be ready to eat in the fall.

glosses: A fall or falls or waterfall is a part of a river where water is falling.

text: We went to the falls to eat lunch outside and watch the water falling.

glosses: A fall is when people suffered a loss of greatness or status, such as the fall of Rome.


fan

forms:
fan
fans (plural)

glosses: A fan is a thing that moves air to help people stay cool; either a small paper thing a person holds in their hand, or a machine with a part that turns fast to push the air.

text: She held the fan in front of her face so people wouldn't see her smile.

text: Turn on the fan! It's hot here!

glosses: A fan is a person who supports another person or team.

text: John is a fan of that soccer club.

text: When he kicked the ball into the goal, all his fans cheered loudly.

ipa: /fæn/

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


fan

forms:
fan (canonical)
fans (third-person singular)
fanned (past)
fanned (past participle)
fanning (present participle)

glosses: To blow air on something, often with a fan.

text: We had to fan ourselves with our programs because it was so hot and crowded in the auditorium.

text: We enjoyed standing at the edge of the cliff, being fanned by the wind.

glosses: usually to fan out) To move or spread in many directions from one point, similar to the shape of a hand-held fan.

verb

fan

n


fold

forms:
fold (canonical)
folds (third-person singular)
folded (past)
folded (past participle)
folding (present participle)

glosses: If you fold something thin such as paper, you bend it so it touches itself.

text: A type of art where paper is folded to make different models is called origami.

text: She folded the letter and put it into the envelope to mail it.

glosses: In poker, if you fold, you stop betting and withdraw.

text: After three people folded, there were only two people left in the game, betting against each other.

glosses: If you fold on ingredient into another, you stir it gently and carefully with a folding action.

text: Fold the egg whites into the batter.

ipa: /ˈfəʊld/

enpr: fōld

ipa: /foʊld/


fold

forms:
fold
folds (plural)

text: There was a fold down the middle of the paper.

glosses: A fold is a small place with a fence around it where people keep sheep.

text: After the sheep eat grass all day in the fields, they come home to the fold where it's safe for the night.


form

forms:
form
forms (plural)

glosses: Form is the shape or structure of a person or a thing.

glosses: A thing that makes shapes to other things, as in a mold.

glosses: A form is a blank document which is to be filled in by a person.

text: To join with the club, please fill in this application form.

ipa: /fɔːm/

ipa: /fɔrm/

sampa: /fOr\m/


form

forms:
form (canonical)
forms (third-person singular)
formed (past)
formed (past participle)
forming (present participle)

glosses: If you form something, you give it shape or structure.


delicate

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

glosses: A delicate thing is something that can break easily. It is usually beautiful but people need to be careful if they touch it.

text: Flower petals are delicate.

text: I don't want a child to hold my delicate glasses.

text: The things in this box are delicate. Please don't drop them.

ipa: /ˈdɛlɪkət/


detail

forms:
detail
details (plural)

glosses: A detail is a small part of something that is not as important as the whole thing.

text: I've written a book, but I still need to change some details in it.

text: Writing your name at the top of the page is a small detail, but it's important.

text: This is a very clear picture. You can see every detail.

text: He's on floor-cleaning detail today.

ipa: /ˈdiːˌteɪl/

ipa: /ˈdiˌteɪl/

hyphenation: de‧tail


detail

forms:
detail (canonical)
details (third-person singular)
detailed (past)
detailed (past participle)
detailing (present participle)

glosses: When someone details something, they tell all the details about it, or record the details.

text: Would you please detail this project for me?


fight

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

glosses: When two people fight against each other, they hit each other and try to hurt each other.

text: Two children were fighting over a toy, and one child got hurt and started to cry.

glosses: When two people fight against each other, they want different things and they try to get what they want. They might yell, or they might just try hard.

text: When that husband and wife fight with each other, they don't hit. They just yell at each other.

text: I'm fighting to get more money for the work I do.

enpr: fīt

ipa: /faɪt/

sampa: /faIt/

fight

fights

fought

fought

fighting


fight

forms:
fight
fights (plural)

text: There was a fight in the bar last night and three people had to go to the hospital.


frequent

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

glosses: An event is frequent if it happens many times in a short time.

text: Broken toys is the most frequent reason children ask for help here.

text: Seeing a lion is not a frequent event around here.

ipa: /friːkwən̩t/


frequent

forms:
frequent (canonical)
frequents (third-person singular)
frequented (past)
frequented (past participle)
frequenting (present participle)

glosses: Someone frequents a place if they go there regularly.

text: I frequent some of the restaurants on this street.

ipa: /friːkwɛn̩t/


incidence

forms:
incidence
incidences (plural)

glosses: The incidence of something is how often it happens.

text: Regular blood pressure checks would reduce the incidence of heart disease and sudden heart attacks.

text: There is a surprisingly high incidence of theft in book stores.

hyphenation: in‧ci‧dence


hearing

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

glosses: If you hear something, you use your ears to get a sound from it.

text: Are you hearing the music clearly enough, or must I make it louder?

hyphenation: hear‧ing

hear

hears

heard

heard

hearing


hearing

forms:
hearing
hearings (plural)

glosses: The act of hearing or the quality of being able to hear.

text: I'm worried about my son's hearing -- maybe his ears were hurt by music that was too loud.

text: Hearing is necessary to be a sign language interpreter.

glosses: A trial in a court of law or another kind of event where a group listens to people and makes a formal decision.

text: Next week I have an immigration hearing to decide whether I can stay in this country.


fowl

forms:
fowl
fowls (plural)

glosses: A fowl is a bird: an animal with feathers that can fly, especially a kind that people eat.

text: This farmer keeps sheep and two kinds of fowl: chickens and ducks.

enpr: foul

ipa: /faʊl/

sampa: /faUl/


feeble

forms:
feeble (positive)
feebler (comparative)
feeblest (superlative)

text: The old man is feeble.

text: I was very feeble that day because I was sick.

text: That's a feeble excuse.

text: Don't listen to her; she's feeble-minded.

ipa: /ˈfiːbəl/

hyphenation: fee‧ble

adj

feeble

feebler

feeblest


parenthesis

forms:
parenthesis
parentheses (plural)

glosses: A parenthesis is a symbol that looks like ( or ). A person may see parentheses when reading books. Most of the time, they are not used to tell the main story, but gives the reader extra information so they can understand.

text: Billy and Bob wrote their papers (Billy wrote about karate, and Bob wrote about dogs).

text: *The quote inside the parentheses, "Billy wrote about karate, and Bob wrote about dogs", is put inside parentheses because it would be a run-on sentence if there were no parentheses.

text: *You can also use commas as parentheses, but you need to write the sentence differently.

ipa: /pəˈrɛnθəsɪs/

noun

parenthesis

parentheses


massacre

forms:
massacre
massacres (plural)

glosses: A massacre is when many people are killed. This is especially true when those killed appear to be innocent civilians not linked to the war in progress. Very often, the term is also applied if the killings were done in a brutal way.

text: Many people were killed in the My Lai Massacre during the Vietnam War.


massacre

forms:
massacre (canonical)
massacres (third-person singular)
massacred (past)
massacred (past participle)
massacring (present participle)

glosses: To kill many innocent people without much resistance; to slaughter people.

verb

massacr


elastic

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

glosses: Something is elastic if it can stretch or bend and go back to the way it was.

text: She held the papers together by putting an elastic (rubber) band around them.

text: A metal spring is elastic: it gives back the energy that was put into it when it was pushed.


cooperative

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

glosses: In a cooperative effort, project, etc., a number of people work together to do something.

text: Development of the machine became a cooperative effort between university and industry in the UK.

glosses: If someone is cooperative, they listen and try to help or work with you.

text: He was very hard to work with, but recently has become much more cooperative.


cooperative

forms:
cooperative
cooperatives (plural)

glosses: A cooperative is a type of business that is owned by the people working there or by its customers.

text: Mountain Equipment Co-op (MEC), a retail co-operative, is Canada's largest supplier of outdoor equipment and has more than two million members.


reveal

forms:
reveal (canonical)
reveals (third-person singular)
revealed (past)
revealed (past participle)
revealing (present participle)

glosses: If you reveal something, it was hidden and you show it or make it known.

text: A new study reveals that car makers have made little or no gains in fuel economy.

text: It was revealed yesterday that the president has decided to step down.

ipa: /rəˈviːl/

hyphenation: re‧veal


index

forms:
index
indexes or indices (plural)

glosses: An index is an alphabetical (A to Z) list, usually at the back of a book, where you can find the pages in a book that talk about particular things or words.

text: Look in the index to see where they talk about Chomsky.

glosses: An index shows the level of prices, wages, etc. so you can compare them with those of an earlier date.

text: On Wall Street, the Dow Jones index closed 10 points up at 2,731.23.

ipa: /ˈɪndɛks/

noun

index

indexes

indices


index

forms:
index (canonical)
indexes (third-person singular)
indexed (past)
indexed (past participle)
indexing (present participle)

glosses: If you index something, you make an index (guide) for it.

glosses: If you index something to a certain price level, you make it go up or down with that level.


discrimination

forms:
discrimination
discriminations (plural)

glosses: Discrimination is the act of treating someone unfairly just because of their skin colour, religion, sex, etc.

text: Even in 2007, there's still too much sex discrimination at the higher levels of big business.

glosses: Discrimination is the ability to notice differences.

text: At this small size, discrimination is very difficult.

glosses: Discrimination is the ability to recognise high levels of quality.

text: The clothes were chosen by someone with discrimination.

ipa: /dɪskrɪmɪˈneɪʃən/


overseas

forms: overseas

etymology_text: over- + seas

ety-prefix

over

seas

expansion: over- + seas

glosses: If something is overseas, it is in a different country, usually across the ocean.

text: After university she went overseas to teach.

glosses: The overseas markets, students, etc. are in or from a different country, usually across an ocean.

text: Wang is an overseas student from China.

text: Canada needs to do more for overseas development, especially in Africa.

text: With the college taking in more overseas students, more attention is being put on language issues.

ipa: /ˌəʊvəˈsiːz/

ipa: /ˌoʊvɚˈsiːz/

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


foul

forms:
foul
fouls (plural)

glosses: Something that goes against the rules in a sport.

text: After a bad foul, a soccer player has to leave the game


foul

forms:
foul (positive)
fouler (comparative)
foulest (superlative)

text: We left the meat too many days, and now it is foul and we can't eat it.

text: There's a foul smell in the bathroom.

adj

foul

fouler

foulest


event

forms:
event
events (plural)

text: The event of her walking into the room happened before the event of the book falling off the table, so she saw it fall.

text: In the event that the machine breaks, read this to know what to do.

glosses: An event is when many people come together at a time they choose for a reason or for fun.

text: At the event tomorrow we're going to have balloons and music.

ipa: /ɪˈvɛnt/

sampa: /I"vEnt/


drain

forms:
drain
drains (plural)

glosses: A drain is a hole, sometimes in the bottom of a basin, to let water flow out, and a pipe attached to the hole.

text: After you wash, you should drain the water from the bath.

ipa: /dreɪn/

ipa: /dʒreɪn/

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


drain

forms:
drain (canonical)
drains (third-person singular)
drained (past)
drained (past participle)
draining (present participle)

glosses: Someone drains something when they take the water or other liquid out of it.

text: She drained her cup in one gulp.

text: The workers drained the wet land to make it a dry place to build houses.


drawer

forms:
drawer
drawers (plural)

etymology_text: draw + -er

ety-suffix

draw

er

expansion: draw + -er

glosses: A drawer is a box made of wood that is part of a piece of furniture (such as a desk); drawers can slide in and out so that people can put things into them.

text: I keep my socks in the top drawer of the chest.

text: Did you draw this picture? Wow, you're a really good drawer.

glosses: A person who writes a bank draft, check, or promissory note.

text: We'll have to have a drawer draw up the promissory note.


company

forms:
company
companies (plural)

glosses: A company is an organization for doing work for money.

text: He works for a big company.

text: I own this company, so it's a problem for me if people don't buy what we make.

glosses: Company is people who are visiting other people; people who are in other peoples' house so that they can talk to the other people, or people who are walking with other people or being somewhere with other people.

text: I can't talk to you on the phone right now, because I have company. (people in the house.)

glosses: When someone keeps someone else company, they stay with the person.

text: Will you keep me company while I go to mail this letter?

glosses: A company' is a unit of an army, it usually consists of two or three platoons to form a battalion.

ipa: /'kʌmpəni/

irrnoun

companies


force

forms:
force
forces (plural)

glosses: A force is the act of a thing pushing on another thing, or how strongly it pushes.

text: The force of the hammer hitting the nail pushes the nail into the wood.

text: In science, energy is force times distance.

text: He pushed his shoulder against the door with great force, but was not able to open the locked door.

glosses: A group that aims to attack, control, or constrain.

text: police force

ipa: /fɔːs/

ipa: /fɔrs/


force

forms:
force (canonical)
forces (third-person singular)
forced (past)
forced (past participle)
forcing (present participle)

glosses: Someone forces something to happen when they make it happen.

text: He forced his way into the room.

text: The large size of our family forced me to buy a bigger house.

verb

forc

e


cruel

forms:
crueller (comparative)
cruellest (superlative)
cruel (positive)
crueler (comparative)
cruelest (superlative)

glosses: Someone who is cruel is mean. They hurt other people and don't care, or they like hurting other people.

text: The cruel guard pushed the prisoners so hard that some of them fell down.

glosses: An action is cruel if only cruel people would do it.

text: It's cruel to make children work 10 hours a day.

enpr: /kro͝əl/

ipa: /krʊəɫ/

adj

cruel

crueller

cruellest

crueler

cruelest


miner

forms:
miner
miners (plural)

glosses: A miner is a person who works in a mine. They go into a deep tunnel in the earth to get diamonds, coal, silver, gold or other minerals.

text: It was difficult for the miners to come out of the mine after some rocks fell in the tunnel.

ipa: /maɪnə/


minus

forms: minus

glosses: You use x minus y to show that y is taken away from x.

text: Five minus three is two. (5-3=2)

text: The TV is $299 minus a 10% discount.

text: The margin of error is plus or minus one per cent.

enpr: mīn-əs

ipa: /ˈmaɪnəs/


minus

forms:
minus
minuses (plural)

glosses: A minus sign, negative sign, or minus is the symbol "－". It is used in more than one situation:

text: before a number, to indicate that it is a negative number.

text: in a math problem 3-1=2 to indicate subtraction.

glosses: A minus is a problem or some negative aspect.

text: He's nice, but the way he dresses is a real minus.

noun

minus

minuses


nephew

forms:
nephew
nephews (plural)

glosses: A nephew is the male child of someone's sister or brother, and is a part of their extended family.

text: My sister just had a baby boy. He is my nephew.

sampa: /nEvju/

sampa: /nEfju/


justice

forms:
justice
justices (plural)

glosses: Justice is the morally fair and right state of everything. To have justice as a person's character trait means that they are just and treat everyone the same, or how they would like to be treated.

text: Making fun of someone or not letting them do something others can do because of the way someone looks, where they come from, their religion, or other things that are not wrong and a part of a person naturally or by birth is not just.


explicit

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

glosses: If something is explicit, it is clearly said or shown, not hidden or just suggested.

text: It is very important that the company write an explicit statement of workers' responsibilities.

text: Sometimes it helps to be more explicit when speaking to children.

text: The problem is made explicit in the letter sent last July.

enpr: ĭk-splĭsʹĭt


aggregate

forms:
aggregate
aggregates (plural)

glosses: The aggregate is the number or amount when everything is put together.

text: Although demand was up in certain areas, aggregate demand was down.

text: When each day's time is put together, he's been running for an aggregate of over 762 hours.

glosses: Aggregate is the small stones that are used to make concrete.

enpr: ă'grĭgət

ipa: /ˈæɡrɪɡət/


aggregate

forms:
aggregate (canonical)
aggregates (third-person singular)
aggregated (past)
aggregated (past participle)
aggregating (present participle)

glosses: If you aggregate something, you put or bring it together.

text: You shouldn't aggregate the various costs. Look at them individually.

text: The students' income should be aggregated with the parents'.

enpr: ă'grĭgāt

ipa: /ˈæɡrɪɡeɪt/

sampa: /"{grIgeIt/

verb

aggregat


flag

forms:
flag
flags (plural)

glosses: A flag is a piece of cloth, usually marked with a colourful symbol or sign.

glosses: A flag flown by a ship is to show the presence on board of the admiral (the leader of a group of ships); the admiral himself; or his flagship.

glosses: The use of a flag, especially to show the start of a race or other event.

text: Be ready to start running immediately at the flag.

glosses: On a computer, a flag is a variable or place in the computer's memory that keeps a true-or-false, yes-or-no value, usually either recording the fact that a certain event has happened or asking for a certain action to happen if it's an action that doesn't always happen.

glosses: In a command line interface (a place on a computer screen for people to type commands for a computer to do), a sign telling the computer to do something it does only sometimes, or a sign changing in some other way the action of the command being typed.

ipa: /flæɡ/


flag

forms:
flag (canonical)
flags (third-person singular)
flagged (past)
flagged (past participle)
flagging (present participle)

glosses: If you mark with a flag, it shows the importance of something.

glosses: (often with down) To signal to, especially to stop a car that's driving past, etc.

text: Please flag a taxi down for me.

glosses: When a person flags, the person becomes weak, tired or feeble.

text: His strength flagged toward the end of the race.

glosses: To signal or mark something that happened.

text: The compiler flagged three errors.

glosses: To set the value of a variable in a computer program to true.

text: Flag the debug option before running the program.

flag

g


gender

forms:
gender
genders (plural)

glosses: A living thing's gender is its sex: male (man, boy), female (woman, girl), both, or neither.

text: There are gender differences in everything from physical size to play style.

text: The effects vary considerably according to such factors as class, race and gender.

glosses: Gender is a way of grouping nouns in some languages, for example: masculine, feminine & neuter.

text: In French, the gender affects everything from the choice of le or la to the adjective endings.

glosses: Someone's gender is whether they behave like a boy or girl. This is called masculine or feminine, and not the same as male or female.

text: His gender was not traditional, he was a very feminine boy.

glosses: The gender of a cord, cable, or plug tells how it connects. If it has a hole (a socket) that can be plugged into, it is female. If it plugs into a hole, it is male.

text: The microphone was the wrong gender for the computer's sound card.

ipa: /ʤɛndə/

ipa: /ʤɛndɚ/

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

hyphenation: gen‧der


underlie

forms:
underlie (canonical)
underlies (third-person singular)
underlay (past)
underlain (past participle)
underlying (present participle)

etymology_text: under- + lie

ety-prefix

under

lie

expansion: under- + lie

glosses: If x underlies y, x causes y; x is the reason for y.

text: Poor education underlies much of the crime and violence in our society.

glosses: If x underlies y, x is the basis for y or the most important part of y.

text: The basic principle underlying the argument is that we can know what each of the parts is.

ipa: /ʌndər'laɪ/

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

underlie

underlies

underlay

underlain

underlying


brief

forms:
brief (positive)
briefer (comparative)
briefest (superlative)

glosses: If something is brief, it is for a short time.

text: Today there will be brief periods of rain.

text: Today's meeting should be very brief.

text: The ceremony included a brief speech by the president.

text: She arrived when she was 13 months old and, except for one brief period, she never left.

text: During the brief interview I was asked why I wanted to work for UPS.

glosses: If a piece of clothing such as shorts or a skirt is brief, it is short.

text: One of them was naked, the other wore only a pair of brief shorts.

enpr: brēf

ipa: /briːf/

adj

brief

briefer

briefest


brief

forms:
brief
briefs (plural)

glosses: A brief is a short piece of writing or a short talk.

text: They've been asked to file briefs, stating why they think the case should not be heard.

text: My father was at work, reading through a pile of legal briefs.

text: Could you tell whether he was wearing briefs or boxers under his trousers?

glosses: You use in brief to show that you will speak or write in a short way.

text: In brief, the results suggest that coffee is not harmful in small amounts.


brief

forms:
brief (canonical)
briefs (third-person singular)
briefed (past)
briefed (past participle)
briefing (present participle)

glosses: If you brief someone, you tell them the most important information about something.

text: Army General David Petraeus briefed the president on the progress of the plan.


dear

forms:
dear (positive)
dearer (comparative)
dearest (superlative)

glosses: Dear is something that is precious or greatly valued to someone. They love the thing or the person.

text: My large stamp collection is very dear to me.

text: Dear George, Thank you for your letter of August 1.

glosses: Dear is something very expensive. It has a higher price; costs a lot of money.

text: That diamond ring is too dear -- we can't buy it.

ipa: /dɪə/

ipa: /dɪr/

sampa: /dIr/

dear

dearer

dearest


dear

forms:
dear
dears (plural)

text: My cousin is my dear because she gives me flowers very often.


domain

forms:
domain
domains (plural)

glosses: A domain is a field or area of knowledge or skill, or of where a rule is in force.

text: The question of whether there is a god or not is not within the domain of science.

text: The copyright is expired and the book is now in the public domain.

glosses: A domain is a large area owned by a person or controlled by a government.

text: The Royal Domain of Drottningholm stands on an island in Lake Mälar in a suburb of Stockholm.

glosses: A domain (name) is a group of internet addresses or URLs that share the same last section (e.g., http://simple.wiktionary.org/wiki/domain is in the wiktionary.org domain.)

text: If you want to set up a web site, the first step is probably to register a domain name such as amazon.com or google.com.

ipa: /dəʊˈmeɪn/

ipa: /doʊˈmeɪn/

sampa: /doU"meIn/


sacrifice

forms:
sacrifice
sacrifices (plural)

glosses: A sacrifice is something that a person gives up in order to help him or somebody else. A person who makes a sacrifice for a friend will do something that he might not want to do in order to help his friend.

glosses: A sacrifice is an offer given as a gift to a god.

text: People in the Old Testament offered a lamb as a sacrifice to God for forgiveness.

ipa: /ˈsækrɪfaɪs/

hyphenation: sac‧ri‧fice


sacrifice

forms:
sacrifice (canonical)
sacrifices (third-person singular)
sacrificed (past)
sacrificed (past participle)
sacrificing (present participle)

glosses: If you sacrifice someone or something, you give them up for other things.

verb

sacrific


rational

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

glosses: If something is rational, it makes sense and is based on reason.

text: Driving without a seatbelt is simply not rational.

text: Use of clean fuels is a healthier and more rational approach to meeting our energy needs.

text: Science is more linear, logical and rational than art.

text: I don't know what happened, but I'm sure there's a perfectly rational explanation.

glosses: If someone is rational, they are calm and not emotional.

text: It's often difficult to remain rational when people are telling you you're terrible.

enpr: ră'sh(ə)nəl

ipa: /ˈræʃ(ə)nəl/


coat

forms:
coat
coats (plural)

glosses: An outer piece of clothing that covers the upper part of the body and the arms.

text: The woman wore a fur coat.

text: It's cold today, so you need to wear a coat when you go outside.

text: He applied a thin coat of paint to the wood.

text: The bear's coat was thick for the winter.

glosses: Around the mast or bowsprit of a ship, some canvas painted with thick tar to keep water from running down the sides into the hold (now made of rubber).

ipa: /koʊt/

ipa: /kəʊt/


coat

forms:
coat (canonical)
coats (third-person singular)
coated (past)
coated (past participle)
coating (present participle)

glosses: To cover with a coat (2) of some material

text: A person can buy coated frying pans, which are much easier to wash up than normal ones.

text: Thick paint coated the wall.


frame

forms:
frame
frames (plural)

glosses: The parts of a building that are strong and that hold the other parts up.

text: Now that the frame is done, we can start on the walls.

glosses: The strong parts (bones) of a person's body.

text: His starved flesh hung on his frame.

glosses: Something, often made of wood, around the outside of a picture.

text: The painting was in a beautifully carved frame.

glosses: The outer part of a stamp's image, usually decorated.

glosses: A part of a strip of photographic film, the size of one image.

text: A film projector shows many frames in a single second.

glosses: A way of understanding, a point of view.

text: In this frame, it's easy to ask the question that the investigators missed.

glosses: A game of snooker, from break-off until all the balls have been potted.

glosses: A chunk of data sent over the wires of a network.

glosses: In bowling, a set of balls whose results are added for scoring.

glosses: A division of time on a multimedia timeline, such as 1/30th of a second.

ipa: /freɪm/


frame

forms:
frame (canonical)
frames (third-person singular)
framed (past)
framed (past participle)
framing (present participle)

glosses: People frame a building when they put together the strong parts while they're building or constructing it.

text: Once we finish framing the house, we'll hang tin on the roof.

glosses: Someone frames a picture such as a painting or photograph when they add a decorative border.

glosses: Someone who is taking a picture with a camera frames something when they carefully put it inside the edges of the picture in a nice way.

text: The director frames the fishing scene very well.

glosses: To put together words to make a point of view (way of thinking) for understanding or interpretation.

text: How would you frame your accomplishments?

text: The way the opposition has framed the argument makes it hard for us to win.

glosses: Someone frames someone else of a crime such as murder that they didn't do when they make things seem as if the person did the crime.

text: He put the gun in her car to try to frame her.

fram


condition

forms:
condition
conditions (plural)

glosses: A condition is a logical clause or phrase that a conditional statement uses. The phrase can either be true or false.

text: The doctor will check my condition.

glosses: A problem, especially a medical problem.

text: I told the doctor about my heart condition. My heart is very weak.

glosses: The state of something, meaning how much wear it has.

text: The tires were flat, the windows were broken, and the paint was peeling. The car was in poor condition.

glosses: A condition is something that must be true, happen, or exist before something else can.

ipa: /kɒndiʃən/

hyphenation: con‧di‧tion


condition

forms:
condition (canonical)
conditions (third-person singular)
conditioned (past)
conditioned (past participle)
conditioning (present participle)

glosses: To become accustomed to changes in the environment.

text: I became conditioned to the weather in San Diego.

glosses: To subject to different conditions, especially as an exercise.

text: They were conditioning their shins in their karate class.


kidney

forms:
kidney
kidneys (plural)

glosses: Kidney is an organ that is part of the human body. It cleans the blood and makes urine (pee) which is the dirty water that needs to leave the body.

text: Our kidneys are very important organs in our body.

text: When you drink more water, your kidneys can clean the blood better and make more urine.

glosses: The organ that does the same thing in the body of other animals.

ipa: /ˈkɪdni/

sampa: /"kIdni/


division

forms:
division
divisions (plural)

glosses: Division is the act of dividing a whole thing into parts.

text: The division of the pie by the children happened with very little fighting.

glosses: Division is the process or calculation of dividing a number by another number.

text: I've got ten divisions to do for my homework.

glosses: Divisions are the parts of something after division.

text: There are four divisions (or sections) in a classical pas de deux.

glosses: A division is a large military unit (group of soldiers)

glosses: A division is a section of a large company.

text: This division of GenericTech specializes in the manufacturing of routers.

glosses: When scientists are grouping kinds of animals, a division is a kind of group (Latin divisio) below kingdom and above class.

text: Magnolias belong to the division Magnoliophyta.

glosses: A division is a difference of viewpoint between two sides of an argument.

text: There is a division in the Senate between politicians who support abortions and politicians who do not.

glosses: A division is a piece of music (melody), played with musical instruments, in the 17th and 18th centuries based on another piece.

glosses: A division is a set of pipes in a pipe organ.

glosses: A division is a concept where a common group of debtors (people who owe money) are only responsible for part of the total debt.

ipa: /dɪˈvɪʒən/


close

forms:
close (canonical)
closes (third-person singular)
closed (past)
closed (past participle)
closing (present participle)

glosses: If you close something, you change it from being open to not open.

text: She watched TV for a while, and then closed her eyes.

text: He left the room and softly closed the door behind him.

text: He opened his mouth and closed it again without saying anything.

glosses: If something closes, it goes out of business for a short time or permanently.

text: The supermarket closes at 5 o'clock on Saturday.

text: Sadly, we have decided to close the shop.

glosses: If the distance or time between two different things closes, they get closer together.

text: The government will use the $15 million to close a budget gap.

text: With only three games left in the season, Milan is closing in on Hamburg.

text: The storm was closing in, and she wanted to get home.

text: The book closes with the man alone in the house where he started.

text: I'd like to close this talk by asking for your help.

glosses: If a stock, bond, or currency closes at a certain price, it is at the price at the end of the trading day.

text: The EAP Emerging Growth Fund lost half a dollar, closing at just over $38.

text: Again today, cigarette company stocks closed up.

glosses: If you close a deal/sale/contract, both people make a final agreement.

text: It took five months, many phone calls, and an extra $89,000 to close the deal.

glosses: If you close up, you stop talking about something.

text: Every time I asked about the cost everybody would close right up.

enpr: klōz

ipa: /kloʊz/

sampa: /kloUz/

ipa: /kləʊz/

clos


close

glosses: When two things are close, they are near each other; the distance or time between them is small.

text: The bank is close to the store.

text: I walk to my university because it is very close.

text: It's close to nine o'clock.

text: Closer to the end, I'll come and get you.

text: Put it close to the door.

text: She left an hour ago, and he was very close behind.

text: I like to keep my phone close at hand so I can get it quickly.

text: They stood close together.


close

forms:
close (positive)
closer (comparative)
closest (superlative)

glosses: If two people are close, they have a good relationship, like friends, family or lovers.

text: She was quite close to her dad before he died.

glosses: If a game or contest is close, you can't easily see which side is better.

text: The race has been very close up until now.

glosses: If two things are close, they are similar.

text: This is the closest thing I could find to that colour.

glosses: Close range/contact/ties etc. is near, not far.

text: They tell us the gun was fired at close range.

text: Most Norwegians live in close contact with the wilderness, the sea, the mountains, or the forests.

glosses: A close look, watch, or eye means careful attention.

text: Keep a close eye on the money.

glosses: In a close game/race/competition, etc., the difference between the scores/times/abilities, etc is small.

text: One or two points can win or lose a close race .

text: The winner earned 13.8 percent of the vote, but she was a close second (13.5 percent).

glosses: If something was close, something bad/dangerous/embarrassing, etc. almost happened.

text: Wow, that was close. She almost saw us.

text: Thirty years ago this week, our country had a very close call.

adj

close

closer

closest


close

forms:
close
closes (plural)

text: I will be surprised if the company is still running by close of business tomorrow.

text: The book was written around the close of the 14th century.

text: As our first week came to a close, we were getting very tired.


fixed

forms:
fix (canonical)
fixes (third-person singular)
fixed (past)
fixed (past participle)
fixing (present participle)

glosses: The past tense and past participle of fix.

text: The mechanic fixed my car.

text: The mother fixed the broken toy.

text: The meeting of Congress is fixed on January 3.

text: The mechanic has fixed all of the problems.

glosses: Something is fixed if it didn't work before, but now it works or has been repaired.

text: Is your car fixed yet?

glosses: If an animal has been fixed, it had an operation to stop it from having babies.

text: After a male cat is fixed, it doesn't fight with other cats as much.

glosses: If a game, contest, or election is fixed, somebody unfairly controls what will happen before it is over.

text: Don't go to that casino, the roulette wheel is fixed.

text: When we find out who squealed on our roulette wheel, they're going to get fixed.

text: Don't go into my room, or I'll fix you!

text: Don't worry about it, we're fixed with the cops.

ipa: /fɪkst/

verb

fix

es


fixed

forms: fixed (positive)

glosses: Not changing, not able to be changed, staying the same.

text: fixed assets

text: fixed cost


degree

forms:
degree
degrees (plural)

glosses: We measure an angle using degrees. All the way around a circle is 360 degrees. Often, ° is written instead of "degrees".

text: A right-angled triangle has an angle of 90 degrees.

glosses: We measure how hot or how cold it is (temperature) using degrees on a scale, such as Celsius or Fahrenheit.

text: It's going to be 35 degrees Celsius today.

glosses: The amount that an object has of a certain quality.

text: To what degree do the two accounts of the accident agree?

glosses: Any units used to measure specific gravity, bitterness, darkness, etc. in manufacturing commodities.

glosses: An award (usually better than a diploma but not as good as a doctorate) given by a university or, in some countries, a college

text: After four years at university, she got her degree.

glosses: The number of edges that a vertex is part of.

text: The corner of a cube is of degree 3, but the corners of an eight-sided solid have degree 4.

enpr: dĭgrē'

ipa: /dɪˈɡriː/

sampa: /dI"gri/

hyphenation: de‧gree


growth

forms:
growth
growths (plural)

etymology_text: grow + -th

ety-suffix

grow

th

expansion: grow + -th

glosses: The act of growing (getting bigger); an increase in size, number, value, or strength.

text: I'm pleased with the growth in value of our house in the years after we bought it.

glosses: Something that grows or has grown; a mass that is not normal, such as a tumor.

text: There was a healthy growth of bushes near the house.

text: He died of a growth in his brain.

ipa: /ɡroʊθ/

ipa: /ɡrəʊθ/


disgust

forms:
disgust
disgusts (plural)

glosses: A strong dislike someone feels for something. Disgust is an emotion. People feel it, for example, when they find something dirty or not fit to eat.

text: With an air of disgust, she stormed out of the room.

text: When she saw the meat that was ten days old, she felt a strong disgust.

enpr: dĭs-kŭst'

ipa: /dɪsˈgʌst/

sampa: /dIs"kVst/


disgust

forms:
disgust (canonical)
disgusts (third-person singular)
disgusted (past)
disgusted (past participle)
disgusting (present participle)

glosses: To cause a strong dislike for something.

text: It disgusts me, to see her chew with her mouth open.


dependent

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

etymology_text: depend + -ent

depend

ent

expansion: depend + -ent

glosses: If you are dependent on something, you need it or rely on it.

text: Ocean divers are dependent on their oxygen masks for air.

ipa: /dɪˈpɛndənt/


dependent

forms:
dependent
dependents (plural)

glosses: A dependent is a person who relies on another person for support.

text: With two children and an ailing mother, she had three dependents in all ... (In British English, this meaning is spelt dependant.)

glosses: A dependent is an element in a phrase or clause that is not the head.


driving

forms:
drive (canonical)
drives (third-person singular)
drove (past)
driven (past participle)
driving (present participle)

text: The man driving the truck went to the run-down weigh station.

text: In the European Union, driving on the right side of the road is normal.

glosses: If something is driving, it is moving quickly and strongly.

text: The driving wind blew the rain sideways.

enpr: drīʹvĭng

ipa: /ˈdraɪvɪŋ/

drive

drives

drove

driven

driving


guide

forms:
guide
guides (plural)

glosses: a document or book that offers information or instruction; guidebook.

glosses: any marking or object that catches a person's attention for quick reference.

glosses: a device that guides part of a machine, or guides motion or action.

glosses: a spirit thought to speak through a medium.

glosses: a member of a group marching in formation who sets the pattern of movement for the rest.

ipa: /gaɪd/


guide

forms:
guide (canonical)
guides (third-person singular)
guided (past)
guided (past participle)
guiding (present participle)

glosses: to serve as a guide for someone or something.

glosses: to use control or influence over someone or something.

verb

guid


development

forms:
development
developments (plural)

etymology_text: develop + -ment

ety-suffix

develop

ment

expansion: develop + -ment

text: The development of this story has been slow.

text: The organism has reached an important part in its development.

text: Our news team brings you the latest developments.

text: Our development department has created three new adhesives this year.

glosses: The active placement of the pieces, or the process of doing it

text: White's development is good, but black's has been hampered by the pawn on e5.

ipa: /dəˈvɛləpmənt/

hyphenation: de‧ve‧lop‧ment


minimum

forms:
minimum
minimums or minima (plural)

glosses: The minimum is the lowest number, size, amount, etc. that exists, that is allowed, or that is possible.

text: Try to keep drinking to a minimum at school.

text: A minimum of three workers is needed to do the job.

hyphenation: min‧imum

noun

minima


interval

forms:
interval
intervals (plural)

text: There is a ten-minute interval between classes.

glosses: In music, an interval is the difference in pitch between two notes.

glosses: In mathematics, an interval is a connected section of the real line.

glosses: In the game of cricket, either of the two breaks, at lunch and tea, between the three sessions of a day's play.

ipa: /ˈɪntɚvəl/

ipa: /ˈɪntəvəl/

hyphenation: in‧ter‧val


rigid

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

text: It's possible to use flexible materials to form a rigid structure.

ipa: /ˈrɪʤɪd/

sampa: /"rIdZId/


flexibility

forms:
flexibility
flexibilities (plural)

etymology_text: flexible + -ity

ety-suffix

flexible

ity

expansion: flexible + -ity

glosses: Flexibility is the quality of being able to give yourself a blowjob.

text: Current technology allows for greater flexibility in how we do our jobs.

ipa: /ˌflɛksɪˈbɪlɪti/

irrnoun

flexibilities


author

forms:
author
authors (plural)

glosses: An author is the creator of a work; a writer.

text: I am the author of this article. I was the one who wrote it.

ipa: /ˈɔːθə/

ipa: /ˈɔːθɚ/


author

forms:
author (canonical)
authors (third-person singular)
authored (past)
authored (past participle)
authoring (present participle)

glosses: If you author something, you create a work as its author.

text: Did you read that article that John authored? It was poorly written.