English

forms: English

pos: name

glosses: English is a language spoken by around 800 million people. The main places where English is spoken include:

text: The United Kingdom and Ireland

text: The United States and Canada

text: India, Pakistan, Australia and all the other countries of the old British Empire.

enpr: ĭng'glĭsh

ipa: /ˈɪŋglɪʃ/

sampa: /"INglIS/

proper noun

expansion: [POS TABLE]


English

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

pos: adj

glosses: The English refers to the people who live in England.

text: The English don't care for people like that.

glosses: Something that is English is related to England, its people or its culture.

text: I prefer the English accent.

text: I am English.

adj

more: true


dictionary

forms:
dictionary
dictionaries (plural)

pos: noun

glosses: A dictionary is a book that tells you what words mean, and how to spell them. A lot of dictionaries will also tell you about etymology (where words come from) and pronunciation (how to speak them).

text: You are reading an online dictionary right now.

text: The words in a printed dictionary are in alphabetical order.

text: I looked up the dictionary to find the meaning of the word business.

ipa: /ˈdɪkʃən(ə)ri/

enpr: dĭk'shə-nĕr"ē

ipa: /ˈdɪkʃənˌɛri/

noun

dictionaries


encyclopedia

forms:
encyclopedia
encyclopedias or encyclopediae (plural)

glosses: An encyclopedia is a type of book that has information about various things. Often, an encyclopedia is a set of many books and can either be about a specific subject or a range of subjects.

text: Wikipedia is an online encyclopedia and is the world's largest.

text: I went to the library to find an encyclopedia on chemistry.

hyphenation: en‧cy‧clo‧pe‧di‧a

encyclopediae


a

pos: det

glosses: A is used when you don't expect your listener to identify which thing you mean.

text: Compare "A book I saw on the shelf" and "The book I gave you yesterday".

ipa: /eɪ/

ipa: /æɪ/


a

forms: A or a

text: The letter "a" comes before "b".

glosses: In some schools, an A is a very high grade.

text: Ron got an A on his earth science test.

letter

A


simple

forms:
simple (positive)
simpler (comparative)
simplest (superlative)

glosses: A simple task is easy to do and easy to understand.

text: Baking this cake is very simple as it only has 3 steps.

text: It's a simple book for learners to read and understand.

glosses: Something that is simple is basic and not complicated.

text: She was poor and only had a simple dress.

text: Their plan was very simple.

glosses: A simple person is not intelligent (we sometimes use this in a bad way)

text: He isn't a bad boy, he's just a little simple.

glosses: In grammar, the simple aspect is used when the speaker sees the situation as complete (compare progressive aspect).

text: "I run" is the present simple; "I'm running" is the present progressive.

ipa: /ˈsɪmpl/

hyphenation: sim‧ple

adj

simple

simpler

simplest


simple

forms:
simple
simples (plural)

glosses: A simple is a medicine that is prepared only from one plant.


simple

forms:
simple (canonical)
simples (third-person singular)
simpled (past)
simpled (past participle)
simpling (present participle)

pos: verb

glosses: When you simple things (especially herbs), you are trying to gather simples.

verb

simpl

e


word

forms:
word
words (plural)

glosses: Words are the smallest meaningful pieces of a language that can be used on their own.

text: Do you even understand the words I am saying?!

text: Class, if you are not sure on any word, be sure to check the dictionary.

text: Can I have a word with you, John?

text: Mr. Gambini, a word with you, please?

text: She gave him her word that she would pay him the money on Tuesday.

text: You have my word for it that the work will be finished before the weekend.

text: Send word to John that Mary is here.

text: The word is that Mary stole some money from John.

glosses: When Christians speak about the Bible, they sometimes call it the Word.

ipa: /wɜːd/

enpr: wûrd

ipa: /wɝd/


word

forms:
word (canonical)
words (third-person singular)
worded (past)
worded (past participle)
wording (present participle)

glosses: When you word something, you are trying to say or write it using certain words and to phrase it in a certain way.

text: The mayor's speech was carefully worded to avoid offending the angry protesters.


when

forms: when

pos: prep

text: "When did you start learning English?" – "Three years ago."

text: "When does the film start?" – "At seven o'clock."

text: When was the last time you went to your local library?

text: She phoned me when I was in the bath.

text: It was the year 1996 when I met John.

text: When I get up, I always drink a cup of coffee.

enpr: hwĕn

ipa: /ʍɛn/

sampa: /WEn/

enpr: wĕn

ipa: /wɛn/

sampa: /wEn/


belong

forms:
belong (canonical)
belongs (third-person singular)
belonged (past)
belonged (past participle)
belonging (present participle)

text: The umbrella belongs to John; it's his.

glosses: If someone belongs to something like a club, they are a member.

text: Mary belongs to Greenpeace.

text: What does it cost to belong to the library?

text: English belongs to the Indo-European language family.

glosses: If something belongs, it is in the right place.

text: That dog doesn't belong in the kitchen.

text: Where does this book belong?

text: I'm a simple girl; I don't belong in this rich house.

ipa: /bɪˈlɒŋ/

sampa: /bI"lQN/

enpr: bĭ-längʹ

ipa: /bɪˈlɑŋ/

sampa: /bI"lAN/


does

forms:
do (canonical)
do (present)
does (third-person singular)
did (past)
don't (present negative)
doesn't (third-person singular negative)
didn't (past negative)

text: Your answer does not help me.

enpr: dŭz

ipa: /ˈdʌz/

sampa: /ˈdVz/

ipa: /dəz/

do

does

did

done

doing


does

forms:
do (canonical)
does (third-person singular)
did (past)
done (past participle)
doing (present participle)

text: Who does the washing up? Daddy does.

text: Annie does her homework in the afternoon.


does

forms:
doe
does (plural)

glosses: The plural form of doe; more than one (kind of) doe. A female deer.

text: We saw three does at the zoo.

enpr: dōz

ipa: /dəʊz/

noun

doe


do

glosses: Do is an auxiliary verb. It is used in questions, negative statements, short answers, and for emphasis when there is no other auxiliary.

text: Questions

text: Short answer

text: Negative statements

text: Emphasis (do not use this too much)

glosses: We sometimes use do in place of a different verb, such as when we do not know what an activity is, or we do not want to say it again:

text: What is he doing?

text: Mary eats more than John does.

enpr: do͞o

ipa: /duː/

ipa: /dʉː/

audio: en-uk-to do.ogg

homophones: dew due


do

glosses: When you do something, you perform, complete or work on a task.

text: Mary is doing her homework.

text: We all did the cleaning together.

text: I've got a lot to do.

text: "What do you do?" - "I'm a baker."

text: "How did John do in the tennis match?" - "He lost."

text: "How is your leg doing?" - "Oh, it feels much better, thank you."

glosses: To write or draw something, usually in a short time

text: He did a picture of a tree.

text: He did an essay on Shakespeare.


do

forms:
do
dos (plural)

text: She came to work with a new do.

glosses: Correct actions. (almost always in plural and generally with "don'ts")

text: Willy will tell you all the dos and don'ts.


rainbow

forms:
rainbow
rainbows (plural)

glosses: A rainbow is an arch of colors in the sky that you can see in the rain when the sun is at your back.

text: Traditionally, the colors of the rainbow are red, orange, yellow, green, blue, indigo and violet, but in real life, it's actually a continuous spectrum.

enpr: rān'bō

ipa: /ˈreɪnboʊ/

ipa: /ˈreɪnbəʊ/


rainbow

forms: rainbow (positive)

glosses: When something is rainbow, it is made up of many colors.


rainbow

forms:
rainbow (canonical)
rainbows (third-person singular)
rainbowed (past)
rainbowed (past participle)
rainbowing (present participle)

glosses: When you rainbow something, you make it into something that has many colors, just like a rainbow.


is

forms:
be (canonical)
am, is, are (present)
was, were (past)
been (past participle)
being (present participle)

glosses: A form of the verb be when talking about someone or something else.

text: He is late for class.

text: Is it hot in here?

ipa: /ɪz/

sampa: /Iz/

be

am

is

are

was

were

been

being


be

glosses: This verb tells us that a thing is present, or in a place.

text: The book is on the table.

text: There was someone in the room.

text: Were you at the party?

text: The party was on Saturday.

text: The next meeting will be here.

glosses: Go somewhere; visit someone (only in the perfect tense).

text: I've never been to Disneyland.

text: The book is blue.

text: They were sad about losing the match.

text: John is 35 years old this year.

text: I'm fine.

text: He'd like to be a doctor.

text: The film was terrible!

text: The book is 5 euro.

text: Look, Mummy! I'm being a dog! Woof, woof!

glosses: We use a form of be and a gerund-participle to make progressive aspect.

text: He is sitting on the chair.

text: I've been waiting for half an hour.

text: They will be leaving on Tuesday.

ipa: /biː/

audio: en-uk-to be.ogg


am

glosses: A form of the verb be used about the person speaking

text: I am hungry. Is there any food around?

text: Am I right?

ipa: /ˈæm/

ipa: /əm/


am

forms:
am (positive)
Superlative–

pos: adv


are

glosses: A present-tense form of the verb be used about the person or people you are talking to.

text: Hello John, how are you?

text: Are you all hungry?

glosses: A present-tense form of the verb be used about more than one person.

text: We are all happy.

text: Are we there yet?

text: John and Mary are playing.

ipa: /ɑː/

ipa: /ɑr/

sampa: /Ar/


was

glosses: A form of the verb be used to talk about yourself, or another person in the past.

text: I was singing in the shower.

text: Who was that girl you were talking to?

enpr: wŏz

ipa: /wɒz/

sampa: /wQz/

enpr: wŭz

ipa: /wʌz/

sampa: /wVz/

enpr: wəz

ipa: /wəz/


were

glosses: A form of the verb be used about the person you are talking to.

text: Only you were doing it right.

glosses: A form of the verb be used about more than one person.

text: We were going home.

text: You all were staying late.

text: They were all playing in the band.

glosses: A form of the verb be used with the word if.

text: If I were rich, I would retire.

glosses: A form of the verb be used about things you wish for.

text: I wish it were the weekend.

ipa: /wɜː(r)/

enpr: wûr

ipa: /wɝ/

enpr: wər

ipa: /wɚ/


been

text: We have been to the Zoo.

text: We had been there before.

text: After one more trip, we will have been there five times.

ipa: /ˈbiːn/

ipa: /bin/

sampa: /bin/

ipa: /ˈbɪn/

sampa: /"bIn/

ipa: /bɪn/

sampa: /bIn/


being

text: Being happy is my favorite state.

text: I hope you are all being good.

ipa: /ˈbiːɪŋ/

hyphenation: be‧ing


being

forms:
being
beings (plural)

text: You are a human being.


being

forms: being

glosses: You use being to show the reason for something.

text: The mother is very happy, being that her son has become a college student.


doing

text: What are you doing?

text: Doing nothing can get you into trouble.

enpr: du'ing

ipa: /ˈduːɪŋ/


doing

forms:
doing
doings (plural)

glosses: A doing refers to something that someone has done, a deed.

text: This mess is your doing.


done

text: Who has done their homework?

text: What have you done?

ipa: /dʌn/

enpr: dŭn


done

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

glosses: When something is done, it is completed and finished.

text: The work is done.

glosses: When something is done, it is fully cooked.

text: How done do you like your steak to be?

text: When the potatoes are done we can eat.


did

text: Sally did her homework.

text: Who did this?

ipa: /dɪd/

sampa: /dId/


did

glosses: The past tense of do as an auxiliary verb.

text: Where did you go for your holiday?

text: She did not like the movie.


fiction

forms:
fiction
fictions (plural)

glosses: Fiction refers to things that were made up and are not true.

glosses: A story that is invented instead of being based on facts.

text: The events in that story did not happen so it is fiction.

enpr: fĭk′-shən

hyphenation: fic‧tion


morning

forms:
morning
mornings (plural)

text: It was cold when the Sun rose in the morning, but after lunch it became warm.

ipa: /ˈmɔːnɪŋ/

ipa: /ˈmɔrnɪŋ/

hyphenation: morn‧ing


morning

forms: morning

pos: intj

glosses: A clipping of good morning. Morning can be a greeting, similar to hello. Morning should only used in the morning.

text: Morning, Kath!


book

forms:
book
books (plural)

glosses: A book is a lot of paper joined together with writing and pictures printed on them for you to read or write in.

text: I borrow books from the library, and keep them in a bookcase.

glosses: A book is a group of stamps, matches, tickets, etc., held together inside a paper cover.

glosses: A company's books are its money records.

text: An outside accountant kept the books and signed the checks until he joined the company.

enpr: bo͝ok

ipa: /bʊk/

sampa: /bUk/


book

forms:
book (canonical)
books (third-person singular)
booked (past)
booked (past participle)
booking (present participle)

glosses: If you book something or someone, you reserve them for a certain time.

text: I want to book a hotel room for tomorrow night.

text: I can book tickets for the concert next week.

glosses: If you book someone, you officially put their name in police records for a crime.

text: The police booked him for driving too fast.


baby

forms:
baby
babies (plural)

glosses: A baby is a very young child, less than two years old, who has not yet learned how to speak.

text: I used to be a baby but now I am an adult.

text: A baby cat is called a kitten.

enpr: bā'bē

ipa: /ˈbeɪbi/

sampa: /"beIbi/

baby

babies


baby

forms:
baby (canonical)
babies (third-person singular)
babied (past)
babied (past participle)
babying (present participle)

glosses: If you baby someone, you treat them like a baby; you treat them gently and pamper them.

text: Mom, don't baby me - I can do it myself!

verb

bab

y


Antarctica

forms: Antarctica

glosses: Antarctica is the most southern continent on the Earth; it contains the South Pole.

text: Penguins live in Antarctica.

ipa: /ænˈtɑːktɪkə/

ipa: /ænˈtɑrktɪkə/


page

forms:
page
pages (plural)

glosses: A page is one side of a sheet of paper in a book, newspaper, etc.

text: The picture of the accident was on page one of the morning's paper.

glosses: A page is a sheet of paper in a book, newspaper, etc.

text: This book has one page missing.

glosses: A page is the part of a document that you can see at one time on a computer screen.

glosses: A web page is a computer document that can be accessed over the internet.

text: This site has some of the most visited pages on the web.

glosses: A page is a young person whose job is to help important people like knights, or members of parliament.

text: The pages passed out copies of the new law.

ipa: /peɪdʒ/

sampa: /peIdZ/


page

forms:
page (canonical)
pages (third-person singular)
paged (past)
paged (past participle)
paging (present participle)

glosses: If you page someone, make an announcement or send them a message asking them to contact you.

text: Paging Dr. Horvat! Please, contact the nursing station.

text: If you need me, just have them page me at the restaurant.

glosses: If you page forward, back, through, etc. something with pages, you move from one page to another.

text: I paged through the magazine, just looking at the pictures.

text: Use the mouse to page down to the next screen.

pag


duck

forms:
duck
ducks (plural)

glosses: A duck is a bird that swims and says "quack!". It has a flat bill and webbed feet.

text: We saw three ducks in the park lake.

text: Sound of ducks:

glosses: Duck refers to the meat that comes from a duck.

text: We just had duck for dinner.

glosses: In a game of cricket, if a person scores duck, they scored zero runs.

ipa: /dʌk/


duck

forms:
duck (canonical)
ducks (third-person singular)
ducked (past)
ducked (past participle)
ducking (present participle)

glosses: If you duck, you lower your head so that you do not get hit by something.

text: Remember to duck when the boat goes under the bridge.

glosses: When you duck a task, you avoid doing it.


bird

forms:
bird
birds (plural)

glosses: A bird is a warm-blooded animal that has feathers and wings and lays eggs. Most birds can fly.

text: A sparrow is a bird and so is a penguin, even though it cannot fly.

glosses: When you give someone the bird, you give a vulgar hand gesture where only the middle finger is up.

text: While I was driving along the highway, someone turned into my lane suddenly, nearly causing an accident. I immediately gave him the bird to show my anger.

enpr: bû(r)d

ipa: /bɜːd/

ipa: /bɝd/

audio: en-uk-a bird.ogg


bird

forms:
bird (canonical)
birds (third-person singular)
birded (past)
birded (past participle)
birding (present participle)

glosses: When you bird, you try to catch or shoot birds.

glosses: When you bird, you look for wild birds in their natural home and try to identify them.


language

forms:
language
languages (plural)

glosses: A language is all the words used by a group of people, and grammar (the rules for making them into sentences). People who speak the same language can understand each other; people speaking different languages cannot understand each other.

text: The English language has easy grammar but difficult spelling and pronunciation.

glosses: Language is the usage of words in a specific subject, the vocabulary of the subject.

text: This document is written in legal language, only lawyers can understand it.

text: There is a special chemistry language that you need to use when answering questions in the chemistry examinations.

glosses: Language is the special usage of words in a passage of text.

text: The language in this document is very offensive and biased.

glosses: A language refers to computer language, a group of code that tells a computer or machine what to do.

text: There are many programming languages out there, it really depends on what kind of software that you are trying to create.

glosses: Language is vulgarities and profanities.

text: Please mind your language! It is very rude to talk to people like that!

glosses: A language is a flat plate in or below the flue pipe of an organ, a languet.

enpr: lăngʹgwĭj

ipa: /ˈlæŋgwɪʤ/

sampa: /"l{NgwIdZ/


language

forms:
language (canonical)
languages (third-person singular)
languaged (past)
languaged (past participle)
languaging (present participle)

glosses: When you language with someone, you talk to the person using a language.

languag


paper

forms:
paper
papers (plural)

glosses: Paper is a material for writing and drawing on and is made from wood pulp.

text: A notebook is made of sheets of paper.

text: She made a paper airplane.

glosses: A paper is a newspaper, magazine, newsletter, etc. Something that is used to inform people about the news.

text: Is there anything interesting in today's paper?

text: The interview I had with the press was published in today's paper.

glosses: Paper is wallpaper, paper that is pasted onto a wall to decorate the place.

text: We've put up new paper in the dining room to make the place look prettier.

glosses: Paper is wrapping paper, paper used to wrap things such as presents.

text: The parcel was wrapped in brown paper.

glosses: A paper is a written document that reports scientific or academic research.

text: While in university, the professor had written many papers to publish his research in physics.

glosses: A paper is a written document. It is usually shorter than a book and is mainly written for the government.

text: The population white paper was published to explain the government's plan in managing the increase in the population.

glosses: Paper is the documents that a person carries when going to another country or crossing borders.

text: The corrupted officers took away his papers and was held in the airport for 48 hours.

ipa: /ˈpeɪpə/

ipa: /ˈpeɪpɚ/

hyphenation: pa‧per


paper

forms: paper (positive)

text: Supermarkets now use paper bags instead of plastic bags to save the environment.

glosses: When someone is paper, it means that the person is good in theory (on paper), but bad in practice or reality.

text: That person is a paper general. Even though he has received many awards, he has never fought a single war before.


paper

forms:
paper (canonical)
papers (third-person singular)
papered (past)
papered (past participle)
papering (present participle)

glosses: When you paper something, you hang paper (especially wallpaper) onto it.

text: I shall paper the dining room tomorrow.


cat

forms:
cat
cats (plural)

glosses: A cat is a domestic animal often kept as a pet; it has whiskers and likes to chase mice.

text: Our pet cat has just had kittens.

glosses: Cats refers to the family of many different wild animals that are related to the domestic cat.

text: Lions and tigers are big cats.

glosses: A cat refers to a person who is a prostitute.

glosses: The cat command, a Unix computer program used to read one or more files and output its contents.

enpr: kăt

ipa: /kæt/

ipa: /kat/

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

audio: en-uk-a cat.ogg


cat

forms:
cat (canonical)
cats (third-person singular)
catted (past)
catted (past participle)
catting (present participle)

glosses: If you cat an anchor, you lift it onto the cathead.

glosses: When you cat, you apply the cat command on a Unix computer.

cat

t


cat

forms: cat (positive)

glosses: When something is cat, it is terrible and not good.

text: The weather these few days has been cat, so we decided to cancel our outing to the beach.


kitten

forms:
kitten
kittens (plural)

text: Our cat has just had kittens.

text: The kitten is playing with its mother.

glosses: A kitten is a young rabbit, rat, squirrel, fox or badger.


kitten

forms:
kitten (canonical)
kittens (third-person singular)
kittened (past)
kittened (past participle)
kittening (present participle)

glosses: When a cat kittens, it gives birth to kittens.


and

forms: and

pos: conj

glosses: You use and to talk about two things at once.

text: I like singing and reading.

text: Mary and Jane went on a holiday together.

glosses: You use and when you are listing a few things and you are now on your last item of the list.

text: I like singing, reading, cycling and playing soccer.

text: I used to like this girl from my class as she is pretty, gentle and caring.

glosses: And is used when you are putting some sentences together.

text: She came into the store, shouted at the cashier, and left.

glosses: Used to show what happened after something else.

text: The alarm went off and I woke up.

glosses: And is used to join certain numbers together.

text: Two hundred and thirty-five people went missing after the earthquake.

enpr: ănd

ipa: /ænd/

enpr: ən(d)


why

forms:
why (positive)
Superlative–

text: Why did you say that?

text: Why did you try to steal money from this shop?

glosses: Used to talk about the reason for something.

text: I wonder why he did that.

glosses: Used to give more information about the reason for something.

text: Can you tell me the reason why he did that?

enpr: hwī

ipa: /ʍaɪ/

sampa: /WaI/

enpr: wī

ipa: /waɪ/

sampa: /waI/


why

forms: why

glosses: Used to show a person's surprise or impatience about something.

text: Why! Thank you for the present.


why

forms:
why
whys or whies (plural)

text: Whenever you begin to write an essay, please do not forget to talk about the who, the what, the when, the where, the why and the how.

glosses: (plural: whies) (UK) A why is a young cow or woman.

noun

why

whys

whies


the

forms: the

glosses: Used when your listener will know which one you mean.

text: Compare "I went into a room." and "I went into the kitchen."

glosses: Used with a stress, to show that the word following is special.

text: Are you the John Smith that I went to school with?

glosses: Used with an adjective that acts like a noun to mean all of the people or things concerned.

text: The poor need our help.

glosses: Used with superlatives forms of adjectives and adverbs.

text: You are the best.

glosses: The is used before a comparative to make a pair with another comparative, showing that as one changes, the other changes (the X-er, the Y-er).

text: The bigger, the better.

text: The more you read, the more you learn.

text: The sooner we start, the sooner we finish.

enpr: thē

ipa: /ðiː/

ipa: /ði/

sampa: /Di/

enpr: thə

ipa: /ðə/


an

glosses: An is used when you don't expect your listener to identify which thing you mean.

text: I just ate an apple.

text: It is indeed an honor to have met you today.

ipa: /æn/

ipa: /ən/


in

forms: in

glosses: Used to show that something is inside something else.

text: The cat is in the box.

glosses: Used to show that someone is at home, or is available.

text: Is John in?

text: The Doctor is now in.

glosses: Used to show movement towards the inside.

text: The rain came in through the window.

glosses: Used to introduce an explanation or clarification of the previous statement with a that clause.

text: Toronto is a little different, in that it's not quite as cold.

enpr: /ĭn/

ipa: /ɪn/

sampa: /In/


that

forms: that

glosses: Used to show which thing we are talking about; used with things that are not close to the speaker.

text: Give me that book, not this one.

text: Give me that, not this.

text: That dog is hungry.

enpr: thăt

ipa: /ðæt/


that

glosses: You use that to mark a clause as subordinate.

text: You said that you liked me.

text: Give me the book that I dropped.

text: That it won't work is clear.

text: Fool that she was, Mary didn't accept John's proposal.

ipa: en


i

forms: I or i

glosses: The ninth letter or the alphabet; previous H, next J. I is a vowel.

ipa: /aɪ/

sampa: /aI/

letter

I


he

pos: pron

glosses: A male person or animal without identifying or describing him. The person is normally identified or described earlier in the text or sentence.

text: The man with the beard played the trumpet. He didn't play very well.

text: William Shakespeare was an English writer, but he is long dead.

glosses: A person or animal that we do not know the gender of.

text: Kill that spider, before he gets away!.

enpr: hē

ipa: /hiː/


he

forms:
he
hes (plural)

glosses: He is the name of the fifth letter of many Semitic alphabets such as Phoenician, Aramaic, Hebrew, Syriac, Arabic and others.


she

glosses: A female person or animal without identifying or describing her. The person is normally identified or described earlier in the text or sentence.

text: The woman with the glasses played the trumpet. She didn't play very well.

text: Agatha Christie was an English writer, but she is now dead.

text: She is one of the largest ships you can ever find in this port.

text: I bought this car 5 years ago, but she is still working well.

ipa: /ʃiː/


she

forms:
she
shes (plural)

text: Alice is definitely a she.


free

forms:
free (positive)
freer (comparative)
freest (superlative)

glosses: If something is free, it does not cost money to buy.

text: This loaf of bread is free. It costs $0.

text: The government provides free healthcare for people who cannot afford it.

glosses: If something is free, it is able to go (move) anywhere easily.

text: A wild bird is free to go where it likes.

glosses: If someone or something is free, it is carefree; it does not have any responsibilities.

text: When she is not at work, she is free.

glosses: If something is free, it is not blocked.

text: The drain was free of anything blocking it.

glosses: If something or someone is free, it is not in use.

text: This chair does not have anyone sitting in it. It is free.

glosses: When something is free, it has no conditions or limitations to using or being in it.

text: This is a free country. You can have your own freedom of speech here.

ipa: /friː/

adj

free

freer

freest


free

forms:
free (canonical)
frees (third-person singular)
freed (past)
freed (past participle)
freeing (present participle)

glosses: If you free something or someone, you release it.

text: She frees the birds because they do not belong in a cage.

text: We officially free you from jail. You may go.

verb

frees

freed

freed

freeing


dog

forms:
dog
dogs (plural)

glosses: A dog is a domestic mammal, related to wolves and foxes, that is often kept as a pet.

text: My pet dog is called "Rover".

ipa: /dɒg/

sampa: /dQg/

ipa: /dɔg/

sampa: /dOg/

ipa: /dɑg/

sampa: /dAg/

ipa: [dɔ(ː)ɡ]


dog

forms:
dog (canonical)
dogs (third-person singular)
dogged (past)
dogged (past participle)
dogging (present participle)

glosses: If you dog someone, you follow them while being annoying.

glosses: If you dog something or someone, you follow them to try to catch them.

dog

g


puppy

forms:
puppy
puppies (plural)

text: My new puppy is so cute and playful.

ipa: /ˈpʌpi/

noun

puppy

puppies


grammar

forms:
grammar
grammars (plural)

glosses: Grammar is the rules about how to speak and write well in a language. Grammar includes syntax (what order to put words in), morphology (how to make different forms of a word) and conjugation (what form of a word to use).

enpr: gră'mər

hyphenation: gram‧mar


color

forms:
color
colors (plural)

glosses: The image caused by light in your eyes, due to light of various wavelengths hitting your retina.

text: My favorite color is blue.

glosses: The color of a person's skin, especially as an indicator of their race or ethnicity

enpr: /kŭlʹə/

ipa: /ˈkʌlə/

enpr: /kŭl'ər/

ipa: /ˈkʌlɚ/


color

forms:
color (canonical)
colors (third-person singular)
colored (past)
colored (past participle)
coloring (present participle)

text: Rose colored the drawing with a pencil.


b

forms: B or b

text: "b" comes after "a" but before "c"

glosses: In some schools, a B is a fairly high grade.

text: Charles got a B in his maths test.

ipa: /biː/

letter

B


ant

forms:
ant
ants (plural)

glosses: An ant is an insect that walks and goes in groups.

text: Don't step on those ants.

enpr: ănt

ipa: /ænt/


cow

forms:
cow
cows (plural)

glosses: A common farm animal, the female cattle.

text: Milk comes from cows.

glosses: The female of several other kinds of animal, such an elephant cow or a whale cow.

enpr: kou

ipa: /kaʊ/

sampa: /kaU/

audio: en-uk-a cow.ogg


arm

forms:
arm
arms (plural)

glosses: One of the upper limbs people have; arms start at the shoulder and go down to the wrist, sometimes the hand is included.

ipa: /ɑːm/

ipa: /ɑːrm/


arm

forms:
arm (canonical)
arms (third-person singular)
armed (past)
armed (past participle)
arming (present participle)

glosses: To give or sell weapons to a person, group, or country.

text: Our taxes pay to arm the military.

glosses: To get a tool or a weapon ready for action; to activate.

text: Remember to arm the alarm system.


automatic

forms: automatic (positive)

glosses: If something is automatic, it works by itself.

text: A washing machine is automatic.

ipa: /ˌɔːtəˈmætɪk/

ipa: /ˌɔtəˈmætɪk/


automatic

forms:
automatic
automatics (plural)

glosses: A car that changes the gear by itself is called an automatic.

text: The car is not manual shift, it is automatic.

glosses: A gun that continues to fire while the trigger is pressed is called an automatic.

text: That machine gun is an automatic.

ipa: /ˌɔːtəˈmætɪk/

ipa: /ˌɔtəˈmætɪk/


mountain

forms:
mountain
mountains (plural)

glosses: A natural rise of the Earth's surface having considerable mass

text: We visited that mountain last year. The scenery was beautiful.

hyphenation: moun‧tain


black

forms:
black
blacks (plural)

glosses: The darkest color; with no light; the color of the sky at night.

text: He stood away in the black of the night.

glosses: Blacks are people of a race with dark coloured skin.

text: There were many whites, some blacks and native Americans, and a few Asians.

glosses: If a company is in the black, it is making a profit. (opposite = in the red)

text: It took a year for the restaurant to get in the black.

enpr: blăk

ipa: /blæk/

sampa: /bl{k/


black

forms:
black (positive)
blacker (comparative)
blackest (superlative)

text: The black bunny was the color of night.

glosses: If someone is black, they belong to a race with dark-coloured skin.

text: It's still difficult for a black person to become a manager.

text: About 30 percent of Southfield's 80,000 citizens are black.

text: More and more universities are offering courses in black history.

text: The day the war started was a black day in history.

adj

black

blacker

blackest


black

forms:
black (canonical)
blacks (third-person singular)
blacked (past)
blacked (past participle)
blacking (present participle)

glosses: If you black something, you color it black.

text: He blacked his boots before the party.

text: They blacked out the windows so the light would not be seen outside.

text: A number of lines in the report were blacked out.

glosses: If you black out, you quit seeing and hearing anything around you and you fall down.

text: After his tenth beer, he blacked out and we couldn't wake him up.


air

forms:
air
airs (plural)

glosses: Air is a mixture of gases. It has no color or odor (smell)

text: We breathe air to live.

glosses: You put on airs when you act arrogantly.

text: The woman put on the airs in front of her friends.

enpr: â(r)

enpr: âr

ipa: /ɛr/

sampa: /Er/

homophones: Ayr ere err heir


air

forms:
air (canonical)
airs (third-person singular)
aired (past)
aired (past participle)
airing (present participle)

glosses: If you air something, you broadcast it, either over the radio, or on television.

text: Hurry! You'll miss the story about homeless children that is about to air on the local news!


blue

forms:
blue
blues (plural)

text: The sky was a deep blue above her and golden yellow beyond the village.

text: The wall was a mix of watery blues and greens.

enpr: blo͞o

ipa: /bluː/


blue

forms:
blue (positive)
bluer (comparative)
bluest (superlative)

text: He had blue eyes.

text: He was very blue that day.

text: It was a blue day at school when he failed the test.

glosses: If a film, story or joke is blue, it has sexual or pornographic content.

blue

bluer

bluest


red

forms:
red
reds (plural)

glosses: Red is a color of blood, a rose, an apple, and so on.

enpr: rĕd

ipa: /rɛd/

sampa: /rEd/


red

forms:
red (positive)
redder (comparative)
reddest (superlative)

red

redder

reddest


yellow

forms:
yellow
yellows (plural)

ipa: /ˈjɛləʊ/

enpr: yĕl'ō

ipa: /ˈjɛloʊ/

hyphenation: yel‧low


yellow

forms:
yellow (positive)
yellower (comparative)
yellowest (superlative)

text: The yellow car moves fast.

text: His yellow hair shines in the sun.

text: He wants to date her, but he does not ask because he is yellow.

yellow

yellower

yellowest


green

forms:
green
greens (plural)

enpr: grēn

ipa: /ɡriːn/

ipa: /ɡrin/


green

forms:
green (positive)
greener (comparative)
greenest (superlative)

text: The grass is green.

glosses: A fruit that is not ripe (ready to eat).

text: The banana was still green.

text: He was a new journalist and quite green.

text: She turned green when she saw my dress.

glosses: Something that protects the environment.

text: Saving that tree was a green thing to do.

green

greener

greenest


purple

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


orange

forms:
orange
oranges (plural)

glosses: One of the colors people can see. It is lighter than red but darker than yellow.

glosses: A fruit with a thick skin and a juicy inside.

ipa: /ˈɒrɪndʒ/

sampa: /"QrIndZ/

enpr: ôrʹənj

ipa: /ˈɔrəndʒ/


orange

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

text: The construction workers wear orange shirts so that drivers can easily see them.


brown

forms:
brown
browns (plural)

glosses: Brown is one of the colors people can see

ipa: /braʊn/


brown

forms:
brown (positive)
browner (comparative)
brownest (superlative)

brown

browner

brownest


brown

forms:
brown (canonical)
browns (third-person singular)
browned (past)
browned (past participle)
browning (present participle)

glosses: If you brown something, you cook it until it turns brown.

text: Brown the onions in a large frying pan.


white

forms:
white
whites (plural)

glosses: White is one of the colors people can see

glosses: The white or clear colored part inside an egg.

glosses: A person with fair (light)-colored skin. Usually this means people of the race that began in Europe, especially Northern Europe.

enpr: wīt

ipa: /waɪt/


white

forms:
white (positive)
whiter (comparative)
whitest (superlative)

glosses: Of a race with light skin or the race that began in Europe, especially northern Europe.

white

whiter

whitest


egg

forms:
egg
eggs (plural)

glosses: An egg is a common food that is ball-shaped and can have a baby animal inside, such as a chicken, a fish, a snake, etc.

text: I had a boiled egg for breakfast.

glosses: An egg is a cell in the female's body that can become a baby when it is joined by a male cell.

enpr: ĕg

ipa: /ɛɡ/

sampa: /Eg/


egg

forms:
egg (canonical)
eggs (third-person singular)
egged (past)
egged (past participle)
egging (present participle)

text: On Halloween, naughty children egg houses.


cry

forms:
cry (canonical)
cries (third-person singular)
cried (past)
cried (past participle)
crying (present participle)

glosses: To shed tears; to let water come from your eyes, usually while making a sound, usually when you feel sad.

text: He started to cry because he was so upset.

text: I cried when my brother died.

text: They cried for us to stop.

ipa: /kraɪ̯/

verb

cr


cry

forms:
cry
cries (plural)

text: She gave a little cry of fear.

text: He had a good cry.

noun

cry

cries


debt

forms:
debt
debts (plural)

glosses: An item or money which belongs to another, and which will be repaid (given back) in the future.

text: She must give the bank £100 to clear (remove) her debt.

glosses: If you are in debt, you owe money (normally to a bank).

ipa: /dɛt/

sampa: /dEt/


hour

forms:
hour
hours (plural)

text: There are 60 minutes in one hour.

text: There are 24 hours in one day.

enpr: ouə(r)

ipa: /aʊə(r)/

enpr: our

ipa: /aʊr/

sampa: /aUr/

audio: en-uk-an hour.ogg


fat

forms:
fat (positive)
fatter (comparative)
fattest (superlative)

glosses: If a person or animal is fat, it is big and heavy because it has too much fat.

text: I got really fat when I was in university because I ate every meal at McDonalds.

enpr: făt

ipa: /fæt/

adj

fat

fatter

fattest


fat

forms:
fat
fats (plural)

glosses: Fat is animal tissue with a high oil content.

text: Let's get the light cheese. It only has 15% fat. The regular cheese has 35%.


day

forms:
day
days (plural)

text: Period between midnight to next midnight.

enpr: dā

ipa: /deɪ/

sampa: /deI/

audio: en-uk-a day.ogg

audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Typheuss-day.wav


pink

forms:
pink
pinks (plural)

glosses: Pink is the color that you get when you mix red and white.

glosses: A pink is a type of plant that grows flowers. Pinks are related to carnations.

enpr: pĭngk

ipa: /pɪŋk/


pink

forms:
pink (positive)
pinker (comparative)
pinkest (superlative)

adjective

pink

pinker

pinkest


may

forms:
may (present)
might (past)
mayn't (negative)

glosses: To be allowed to; to have permission to do something

text: "May I sit here?" "Yes, go ahead. The seat is empty."

text: You may not smoke, this area is "no smoking".

glosses: If you say something may happen or may be true, you mean there is a chance that it is true.

text: He may be lying, but I'm not sure.

text: It may rain today.

enpr: mā

ipa: /meɪ̯/

sampa: /meI/

may

might

mayn't


year

forms:
year
years (plural)

glosses: A measure of the time taken for the earth to circle the sun - any 12 month period

text: There are 12 months in one year

text: There are 365 days in a year and 366 days in leap years.

glosses: The 12 month period between one January and the next. In the western world, years are numbered from the birth of Christ, starting at 1.

text: Simple English Wiktionary was started in the year 2005.

ipa: /jiə/

enpr: yîr

ipa: /jir/

sampa: /jir/

audio: en-uk-a year.ogg


month

forms:
month
months (plural)

glosses: A measure of time, approximately equal to the time taken for the moon to circle the earth.

text: There are between 28 and 31 days in one month.

text: There are 12 months in one year.

enpr: mŭnth

ipa: /mʌnθ/

audio: en-uk-a month.ogg


week

forms:
week
weeks (plural)

glosses: A week is a period of time that lasts seven days.

text: There are seven days in one week.

enpr: wēk

ipa: /wiːk/

audio: en-uk-a week.ogg


bitter

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

glosses: The taste of black coffee and many medicines is bitter. This is the taste of a chemical base.

text: Yuk! That tastes bitter.

glosses: A bitter person is angry for a long time.

text: She still feels bitter towards him because of something he did last year.

glosses: A bitter situation, it is very unpleasant and difficult to deal with.

text: There's a bitter wind.

ipa: /ˈbɪtə/

ipa: /ˈbɪtər/


bitter

forms:
bitter
bitters (plural)

text: "I'd like a pint of bitter please, barman."


taste

forms:
taste
tastes (plural)

glosses: Taste is the sense linked to the tongue, usually when eating food. The taste is how people can enjoy their food.

text: The main tastes are sweet, sour, salty and bitter.

text: Wow, these chicken wings taste really good, I want some more!.

glosses: Someone's taste, is the kind of food, books, clothing, etc. that they like.

text: She has great taste in clothes, but I don't understand her taste in men.

ipa: /teɪst/


taste

forms:
taste (canonical)
tastes (third-person singular)
tasted (past)
tasted (past participle)
tasting (present participle)

glosses: The way something tastes is the sense you get when you put it in your mouth.

text: This milk tastes strange. I think it's bad.

text: This meat tastes like chicken. What is it?

glosses: If you taste something, you put it in your mouth to see if you like it.

text: Here, taste this soup and tell me if it needs more salt.

verb

tast

e


pain

forms:
pain
pains (plural)

text: He was in pain, because his leg was broken.

text: He wouldn't go away and was a real pain.

ipa: /peɪn/


pain

forms:
pain (canonical)
pains (third-person singular)
pained (past)
pained (past participle)
paining (present participle)

text: It pains him to have to say goodbye.


responsibility

etymology_text: responsible + -ity

ety-suffix

responsible

ity

expansion: responsible + -ity

glosses: A responsibility is any action which somebody trusts or expects that another person will do. Responsibilities are normally given or taken.

text: He took that responsibility upon himself.

text: Looking after that pet is a big responsibility.

enpr: rĭ-spŏn'sə-bĭlʹĭ-tē

hyphenation: res‧pon‧si‧bi‧li‧ty

noun

responsibilities


it

glosses: Used to refer to an object that might have been described earlier in the text.

text: The house was very big. It had many rooms.

text: It is very hot today.

text: I'm staying in because it is raining.

glosses: Used to describe a situation in general.

text: I don't like it when people tell me to do something.

text: It is hard to find a job.

text: It wasn't easy knowing where the ball would go.

enpr: ĭt

ipa: /ɪt/

sampa: /It/

enpr: ət

ipa: /ət/


it

forms: IT

pos: abbrev

glosses: Information Technology, i.e. the use of computers.

initialism

IT


action

forms:
action
actions (plural)

glosses: An action is something that you do, or something that happens, especially with motion.

text: At 3 am, just west of the building, the plan was put into action.

text: There was a huge difference between my thoughts and my actions.

text: What they did was clearly wrong, but their actions were understandable.

text: The Health Authority is preparing to take legal action against the restaurants that fail to follow the regulations.


act

forms:
act (canonical)
acts (third-person singular)
acted (past)
acted (past participle)
acting (present participle)

glosses: If you act in some way, you do something that makes people think you are that way.

text: When he must do something, he acts quickly.

text: Don't do anything strange. Just act normal.

text: She acted the fool when she saw him.

glosses: If you act, you perform in a film or a play.

text: Daniel Radcliffe acts in the Harry Potter films.

ipa: /ækt/


act

forms:
act
acts (plural)

text: Going into the house on fire to help a child was a brave act.

text: The UK's Freedom of Information Act was passed in 2004. It lets people ask questions of the government.

glosses: An act is when you do something to make people believe something other than the truth.

text: Susan seems nice, but it's all an act.

glosses: An act is a part of a play, opera, ballet, musical, film, or other theatrical piece. An act is sometimes divided into scenes.

text: The curtain comes down at the end of each act.


advertisement

forms:
advertisement
advertisements (plural)

etymology_text: advertise + -ment

ety-suffix

advertise

ment

expansion: advertise + -ment

glosses: An advertisement is a public notice which advertises something; pictures and writing from a company which many people can see.

text: There was an advertisement for fruit on the wall. It had a big picture of an apple.

ipa: /ədˈvɜːtɪsmənt/

ipa: /ˌædvɚˈtaɪzmənt/


c

forms: C or c

text: "b" comes before "c"

glosses: In some schools, an C is the passing grade.

text: Albert only just passed the exam; he got a C.

ipa: /si/

homophones: see sea

letter

C


colour

forms:
colour
colours (plural)

glosses: The image caused by light in your eyes, due to light of various wavelengths hitting your retina.

text: My favorite colour is blue.

glosses: The colour of a person's skin, especially as an indicator of their race or ethnicity

enpr: /kŭlʹə/

ipa: /ˈkʌlə/

enpr: /kŭl'ər/

ipa: /ˈkʌlɚ/


colour

forms:
colour (canonical)
colours (third-person singular)
coloured (past)
coloured (past participle)
colouring (present participle)

text: Rose coloured the drawing with a pencil.


dry

forms:
dry (positive)
drier (comparative)
driest (superlative)

glosses: If something is dry, it has no water or liquid on it.

text: The Sahara desert is dry.

enpr: drī

ipa: /draɪ/

audio: EN-AU ck1 dry.ogg

adj

dry

drier

driest


dry

forms:
dry (canonical)
dries (third-person singular)
dried (past)
dried (past participle)
drying (present participle)

text: The clothes dried in the sun.

text: I dried myself after my bath.

verb

dr

y


dries

text: You can put on my robe while your shirt dries.

text: She dries her hair with a blowdryer because she doesn't like how her hair looks when she dries it with a towel.


any

forms: any

glosses: some or even the smallest amount or number

text: Do you want any coffee?

text: There aren't any pencils left, not even one.

text: Don't tell me. I don't want to hear any more about it.

text: Are you sure there's some here? I don't see any.

text: Slow down. I can't go any faster.

text: It doesn't look any different to me.

text: Please ask me. I can answer any question.

text: There was no problem of any kind.

text: I would say the same thing to any person.

text: Any information that you have would be helpful.

text: In any case, it doesn't really matter.

text: It doesn't matter. I'll take any that's left over.

sampa: /Eni/


d

forms: D or d

text: "c" comes before "d"

text: Liam did not pass this exam because he got a D.

letter

D


e

forms: E or e

glosses: E is the fifth letter of the alphabet, and is the most common vowel and letter used in the English language.

text: "d" comes before "e"

glosses: The constant e is a real number that has formula e= lim _(n→∞)(1+1/n)ⁿ, and is approximately 2.718281828.

ipa: /iː/

E


f

forms: F or f

text: "e" comes before "f"

glosses: In some schools, an F is a grade that shows that you have failed completely.

text: This student has not made any attempt in the exam; he only got an F.

F


g

forms: G or g

glosses: G is the seventh letter of the alphabet.

text: "f" comes before "g"

G


g

forms: g

pos: symbol

text: This can has 150g of corn.


h

forms: H or h

text: "g" comes before "h"

H


j

forms: J or j

text: "j" comes after "h" and before "k"

J


k

forms: K or k

glosses: The eleventh (11th) letter of the alphabet.

text: "k" comes after "j" and before "l"

K


l

forms: L or l

glosses: The twelfth (12th) letter of the alphabet.

text: "l" comes after "k" and before "m"

L


m

forms: M or m

glosses: The thirteenth (13th) letter of the alphabet.

text: "m" comes after "l" and before "n".

glosses: This is the Roman numeral for thousand (1,000). It may be written as M or m.

M


m

forms: m

text: The bank reported a profit of $50m this year.


n

forms: N or n

glosses: The fourteenth (14th) letter of the alphabet.

text: "n" comes after "m" and before "o"

ipa: /ɛn/

N


o

forms: O or o

glosses: The fifteenth (15th) letter of the alphabet. It is a vowel.

text: "o" comes after "n" and before "p"

ipa: /ˈəʊ/

ipa: /ˈoʊ/

homophones: oh owe

O


p

forms: P or p

glosses: The sixteenth (16th) letter of the alphabet.

text: "p" comes after "o" and before "q"

ipa: /piː/

homophones: pea pee

P


p

forms: p

text: Meet me at 4:30pm.

text: She wrote her homework in her notebook: "read p 60 – 80".

text: This quote is from Moby Dick by Herman Melville (p119).


q

forms: Q or q

glosses: The seventeenth (17th) letter of the alphabet. Most words with q have a u as the next letter, for example aqua.

text: "q" comes after "p" and before "r"

ipa: /kjuː/

homophones: cue queue

Q


r

forms: R or r

glosses: The eighteenth (18th) letter of the English alphabet.

text: "r" comes after "q" and before "s"

R


s

forms: S or s

glosses: The nineteenth (19th) letter of the alphabet.

text: "s" comes after "r" and before "t"

S


t

forms: T or t

glosses: The twentieth (20th) letter of the alphabet. It is the second most used letter, after e.

text: "t" comes after "s" and before "u"

ipa: /tiː/

T


v

forms: V or v

glosses: The twenty-second (22nd) letter of the alphabet.

text: "v" comes after "u" and before "w"

glosses: This is the Roman numeral for five (5). It can be written as V or v.

V


w

forms: W or w

glosses: The twenty-third (23rd) letter of the alphabet.

text: "w" comes after "v" and before "x"

ipa: /ˈdʌbljuː/

W


x

forms: X or x

glosses: X is the twenty-fourth (24th) letter of the alphabet.

text: "x" comes after "w" and before "y"

glosses: This is the Roman numeral for ten (10). It may be written as X or x.

ipa: /ɛks/

sampa: /Eks/

X


x

forms:
x (canonical)
xes (third-person singular)
xed (past)
xed (past participle)
xing (present participle)

glosses: to x (sth) means to write or draw a cross on something

verb

x

xes

xed

xed

xing


y

forms: Y or y

glosses: Y is the twenty-fifth (25th) letter of the alphabet.

text: "y" comes after "x" and before "z"

ipa: /'waɪ/

sampa: /"waI/

letter

Y


z

forms: Z or z

glosses: Z is the twenty-sixth (26th), and last letter of the alphabet.

text: "z" comes after "y"

ipa: /zɛd/

Z


vowel

forms:
vowel
vowels (plural)

glosses: A vowel is one of the letters a, e, i, o and u. All the other letters are consonants. Sometimes y is also considered to be a vowel.

glosses: A vowel is a sound in the middle of a syllable. It is louder and longer than consonant sounds.

text: English has more than 15 vowel sounds, but only five vowel letters!

text: Your mouth is more open when you say a vowel than when you say a consonant.

enpr: vouʹəl

enpr: voul


letter

forms:
letter
letters (plural)

glosses: A letter is a symbol which makes up part of a word.

text: The word fly has 3 letters: f, l and y.

text: I received a letter through the post.


arch

forms:
arch
arches (plural)

glosses: A semi-circle shape, like an inverted "U".

text: Robert drew an arch on the paper.

glosses: Any object having the shape of an arch, from stone bridges and doorways to bows.

text: They went through the arch into the church.

glosses: A part of the foot, on the bottom, which is shaped like an arch.

text: She stepped on a nail and hurt the arch of her foot.

enpr: ärch

ipa: /ɑrt͡ʃ/

ipa: /ɑːt͡ʃ/

noun

arch

arches


arch

forms:
arch (canonical)
arches (third-person singular)
arched (past)
arched (past participle)
arching (present participle)

text: The cat arched its back.

verb

es


arch

forms: arch-

pos: prefix

glosses: Arch added to the start of a word signifies it is important or the most important

text: An archbishop is a senior bishop.

text: Comic-book villains may be an arch-enemy.

prefix

arch-


bed

forms:
bed
beds (plural)

text: At night, I go to bed.

text: The fish was so far down in the water that it was touching the river's bed.

ipa: /bɛd/


bed

forms:
bed (canonical)
beds (third-person singular)
bedded (past)
bedded (past participle)
bedding (present participle)

text: By the next week, Josh had bedded Tina and Holly.

verb

bed

d


X-ray

forms:
X-ray
X-rays (plural)

glosses: X-rays are a type of invisible light beyond ultra-violet. They pass through skin and tissue, but not bone, making it useful in medicine. X-rays are a type of radiation.

text: When John broke his arm, he had an X-ray taken.

glosses: X-ray represents the letter X in the ICAO spelling alphabet.

ipa: /ˈɛks reɪ/

ipa: /ˈɛks ˌreɪ/


X-ray

forms:
X-ray (canonical)
X-rays (third-person singular)
X-rayed (past)
X-rayed (past participle)
X-raying (present participle)

glosses: To X-ray is to take a photograph of an X-ray

text: The doctor X-rayed the patient's leg


X-ray

forms: X-ray (positive)

glosses: Something that is X-ray is something to do with X-rays.

text: The airport had an X-ray scanner.


his

glosses: If you say something is his thing, you mean it belongs to a particular man or boy.

text: It is his book, not mine.

glosses: His is used, instead of the name of an object, to refer to something belonging to a man or boy.

text: It isn't my book, it is his.

ipa: /hɪz/

sampa: /hIz/


with

forms: with

glosses: With is used to show the other people or things present when something happened.

text: I went to school with my brother.

glosses: With is used to describe something added to something else.

text: The cat has a collar with a bell on it.

glosses: With is used to show what thing is used to do something.

text: He hit the nail with a hammer.

text: With the children so sick, we weren't able to get much work done.

ipa: /wɪð/

sampa: /wID/


for

forms: for

glosses: For is used to show that something belongs to something else, or has a specific function.

text: This cake is for you.

text: This is a net for catching fish.

glosses: For is used to show the reason for something.

text: He was angry, for he had never been called such terrible names before.

ipa: /fɔː/

enpr: fô

ipa: /fɔːr/

enpr: fôr

ipa: /fə/

ipa: /fɚ/

homophones: fore four


for

glosses: For is used to introduce the predicand of a to-infinitival clause.

text: It's not good for you to be too relaxed.


as

forms: as

glosses: A word that is used to compare two things that are equal.

text: As you know, we need more workers.

text: I baked the cake as my mother used to.

text: Nothing is the same as it used to be.

text: The room looks just as before.

text: The speech, as he remembered it, was very powerful.

text: The measures as taken by the government were effective.

text: The company might end up dragging its feet and leaving the matter unsettled, as it used to be.

glosses: A word that is used to show that two things happened at the same time.

text: Just as I went out, it started to rain.

text: We sleep as the world turns in darkness.

glosses: A word that is used to show why something happens.

text: As I couldn't understand French, I didn't watch the film.

glosses: A word that is used to express concession.

text: Interesting as it seems, I don't think I'll get it.

text: The house was reported as being in excellent condition.

text: The police do not regard him as being dangerous.

text: Several pupils were designated as having moderate or severe learning difficulties.

text: I always think of you as one of the family.

text: She rates his work as creative.

ipa: /æz/

ipa: /əz/


as

text: You are younger than I am, but nearly as tall.

text: This is not as good as it was last time.

text: It remained as much a chimera as ever.


had

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

glosses: The past tense and past participle of have.

text: We had a good time at the zoo.

text: But we have had better times in the park.

ipa: /hæd/

have

has

had

had

having


had

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)

having


you

glosses: Used instead of the name of the person being spoken to; it is a second-person pronoun.

text: You are my best friend.

text: Can I go to the shops with you?

text: You have to be at least 18 years old to see that film.

text: She has problems with her eyes, and can't see you properly.

enpr: yo͞o

ipa: /juː/

homophones: ewe u yew


you

forms: you

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

text: You guys can leave now.


ear

forms:
ear
ears (plural)

glosses: A part of the head (or face) used for hearing.

text: My rabbit has two big ears.

text: Your shouting hurts my ears!

ipa: /ɪə̯/

ipa: /ɪr/


gold

forms: gold

glosses: Gold is a metal, which can be used to make coins and rings. It costs a lot of money to buy. Its symbol is Au on the periodic table and its atomic number is 79.

text: I keep my gold in a safe.

text: This is a gold ring

ipa: /ɡəʊld/

enpr: gōld

ipa: /ɡoʊld/

noun

gold


absorption

forms:
absorption
absorptions (plural)

etymology_text: absorb + -tion

ety-suffix

absorb

tion

expansion: absorb + -tion

glosses: Absorption is taking in a gas or liquid through very small holes.

text: Good water absorption properties make sponges useful for soaking up water.

glosses: Absorption is the state of being completely occupied by something.

text: Sam's absorption in his book made him forget to eat dinner.

hyphenation: ab‧sorp‧tion


anesthetic

forms:
anesthetic
anesthetics (plural)

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

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

ipa: /ˌænəsˈθɛtɪk/

audio: en-US anesthetic.ogg


asset

forms:
asset
assets (plural)

glosses: A thing that has value. It may be worth money, but may just be useful.

text: One asset was his car and another was his house.

text: Jimmy's skills have been a real asset to the team.

ipa: /ˈæsɪt/

ipa: /ˈæsɛt/


drink

forms:
drink
drinks (plural)

glosses: A drink is a liquid that you take in through your mouth.

text: He served her a hot drink and some cake.

enpr: drĭngk

ipa: /drɪŋk/

sampa: /drINk/


drink

forms:
drink (canonical)
drinks (third-person singular)
drank (past)
drunk (past participle)
drinking (present participle)

glosses: If you drink something, usually a liquid, you take it in through your mouth.

text: I drink coffee in the morning.

drink

drinks

drank

drunk

drinking


information

forms:
information
informations (plural)

glosses: Information is facts, details, numbers, names, and other forms of knowledge.

text: The nurse can provide you with more information about healthy eating.

text: Computers make it easy to save and search for the information you need.

ipa: /ˌɪnfəˈmeɪʃən/

ipa: /ˌɪnfərˈmeɪʃən/

hyphenation: in‧for‧ma‧tion


liquid

forms:
liquid
liquids (plural)

glosses: A basic state of things that is similar to water. Not solid or gas.

text: She put the liquid in a glass.

enpr: /lɪk'wɪd/

ipa: /ˈlɪkwɪd/

sampa: /"lIkwId/

hyphenation: liq‧uid


liquid

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

glosses: A thing that is in the form of a liquid.

text: He added liquid nitrogen.


water

forms:
water
waters (plural)

glosses: Water is a clear liquid of the chemical compound H₂O that all living things need in order to live.

text: The dog drank the water from his dish

text: Can I please have a glass of water?

text: Your plant needs more water as it is about to die.

glosses: A water is a bottle or glass serving of water.

text: "I want to order two waters, waiter".

glosses: Water is one of the four basic elements.

glosses: Water is one of the five basic elements (see Wikipedia article on the Classical elements).

text: Right before the woman went into labor, her water broke.

ipa: /ˈwɔːtə/

enpr: wô'tə(r)

ipa: /ˈwɔːtɚ/


water

forms:
water (canonical)
waters (third-person singular)
watered (past)
watered (past participle)
watering (present participle)

glosses: If you water something, you add water to soil around plants.

text: He waters the plants.

glosses: If you water something, you give water to animals.

text: He waters the horses.

glosses: If something waters, it fills with water; it secretes water.

text: His eyes watered as he cut up the onion.


mammal

forms:
mammal
mammals (plural)

glosses: A mammal is one member of a large group of animals with warm blood, fur, and milk production abilities.

ipa: /ˈmæməl/

hyphenation: mam‧mal


ice

forms:
ice
ices (plural)

glosses: A gas or liquid, normally water, which has been frozen (made solid)

text: When water is cooled below 0°C, it freezes into ice.

text: Ice is the solid state of water.

ipa: /aɪs/


ice

forms:
ice (canonical)
ices (third-person singular)
iced (past)
iced (past participle)
icing (present participle)

glosses: If you ice something, you cool it by putting ice or something else very cold on it.

text: I iced my knee after I hurt it in soccer.

glosses: If you ice a cake, you cover with icing.

text: I iced this cake.

verb

ic


camera

forms:
camera
cameras (plural)

glosses: An object that takes pictures digitally or on film.

text: I took a picture of the mountain with my camera.

glosses: A machine that records or broadcasts moving pictures.

text: The shooting was caught on camera.

glosses: A Latin word meaning room and used in English only for rooms where laws are discussed

ipa: /ˈkæmərə/

hyphenation: ca‧me‧ra; cam‧era

noun

camera


tongue

forms:
tongue
tongues (plural)

glosses: The part of the body that tastes food. It is pink or red and is inside the mouth.

text: He spoke in his native tongue.

ipa: /tʌŋ/


tongue

forms:
tongue (canonical)
tongues (third-person singular)
tongued (past)
tongued (past participle)
tonguing (present participle)

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

verb

tongu


night

forms:
night
nights (plural)

text: During the day we usually go hiking in the mountain. Then at night, we come back to the hotel to get some sleep.

text: We woke up at night because of the thunder.

enpr: nīt

ipa: /naɪt/

sampa: /naIt/

homophones: nite knight


night

forms: night

glosses: A clipping of good night. It is a shorter way for people who get along well to say "good night".


sun

forms: sun

glosses: The sun is the star that can be seen during the day from the Earth. In the sky, it looks like a yellow circle.

text: The sun is very hot.

enpr: /sŭn/

ipa: /sʌn/

sampa: /sVn/


sun

forms:
sun
suns (plural)

glosses: A star, especially a star that is at the center of a solar system.

text: Scientists have found other suns with planets around them.


bee

forms:
bee
bees (plural)

glosses: A bee is a black and yellow striped insect with wings that makes honey. It has a stinger.

text: That bee is flying to the flower.

enpr: bē

ipa: /biː/

audio: en-uk-a bee.ogg


honey

forms:
honey
honeys (plural)

glosses: Honey is a sweet, thick liquid that is made by bees. It is usually golden or brown.

text: Add some honey to make it taste good.

text: Honey, I only love you.

text: We need to find some honeys.

glosses: Honey is a pale yellow to brownish-yellow color that looks like (the sweet substance) honey.

ipa: /'hʌni/

sampa: /"hVni/

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


reptile

forms:
reptile
reptiles (plural)

glosses: A reptile is a cold-blooded animal with scales (such as crocodiles or lizards).

text: A gecko is a type of reptile.

ipa: /rɪpˈtaɪl/

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


amphibian

forms:
amphibian
amphibians (plural)

glosses: An amphibian is an animal that lives on land and in water.

text: Frogs, toads, salamanders, newts, and gymnophiona are all examples of amphibians, since they can live on land and in the water.

enpr: ăm'fĭb"ĭ-ən

ipa: /ˈæmˌfɪbɪən/

hyphenation: am‧phib‧i‧an


apple

forms:
apple
apples (plural)

glosses: An apple is a sweet, red, yellow or green fruit.

text: I gave my teacher an apple.

text: I went to the Big Apple.

enpr: ăpʹəl

ipa: /ˈæpəl/


yes

glosses: A word that is used to agree or accept; to mean the same thing that the other person said.

text: Yes, I do eat fish.

glosses: A word used to not agree with a negative sentence or question.

text: You are not tall. Yes, I am tall.

text: You do not want it, do you? Yes, I do.

text: Isn't William your brother? Yes, he is my brother.

ipa: /jɛs/

sampa: /jEs/


yes

forms: yes

text: I won! Yes!


yes

forms:
yes
yeses (plural)

glosses: A yes is an answer that agrees or accepts.

text: She gave him a yes.

text: The vote count was six "yesses" and one "no."

noun

yes

yeses


yesterday

forms:
yesterday
yesterdays (plural)

text: Yesterday, I went to the store.

text: Victor chaired the meeting yesterday.

text: His clothes are like yesterday's fashion.

text: I met her yesterday morning.

text: He remembered all his yesterdays.

ipa: /ˈjestədeɪ/

ipa: /ˈjestərdeɪ/

hyphenation: yes‧ter‧day


young

forms:
young (positive)
younger (comparative)
youngest (superlative)

glosses: If you are young, you have not lived a long time.

text: She was only a young girl.

text: The young lion plays with his brothers and sisters.

text: He is very young.

text: They were friends from his young manhood.

enpr: yŭng

ipa: /jʌŋ/

sampa: /jVN/

adj

young

younger

youngest


young

forms:
young
young (plural)

text: The lion caught a gnu to feed its young.

text: The lion's young are curious.

noun

young


at

forms: at

glosses: Used to say where something is, or when saying something's position

text: I am at home.

text: Let's meet at the pub!

glosses: Used to say the time at which something happened or will happen

text: Breakfast is at 9 o'clock.

text: At 5pm we went home.

glosses: Used to direct attention towards a state, event, or detail

text: Look at how lucky we are.

text: At half price!

text: Water boils at high temperatures.

enpr: ăt

ipa: /æt/


at

forms: at sign

text: support@microsoft.com is an email address.

text: Apples @ £1.50 per kilogram.

symbol

at sign


o'clock

forms: o'clock

glosses: When saying a time, this means that it is zero minutes past the hour. O'clock is almost always given after the number of hours. It is short for of the clock.

text: "What time is it?" "It is 6 o'clock."

text: The train leaves at 2 o'clock in the afternoon.

ipa: /əˈklɒk/

ipa: /əˈklɑk/


pub

forms:
pub
pubs (plural)

glosses: A place which serves alcoholic and non-alcoholic drinks, and sometimes food. Pub is a short for public house, which is less commonly used.

text: We went to the pub for a beer.

ipa: /pʌb/

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


cloud

forms:
cloud
clouds (plural)

glosses: A cloud is a collection of condensed water vapor floating in the sky that sometimes makes rain.

text: Those dark storm clouds are quickly getting closer.

glosses: A cloud is a group or swarm of something.

text: The cloud of locusts flew closer to the corn.

enpr: kloud

ipa: /klaʊd/


cloud

forms:
cloud (canonical)
clouds (third-person singular)
clouded (past)
clouded (past participle)
clouding (present participle)

glosses: If something is clouded, it becomes foggy or gloomy; it becomes blocked from sight.

text: The sky clouded over.

glosses: If something is clouded, it becomes obscure.

text: Don't cloud the issue.


wiki

forms:
wiki
wikis (plural)

glosses: A wiki is a type of website where anyone can change the contents of pages.

text: Simple English Wiktionary is a type of wiki.

enpr: (wĭʹkē)


discuss

forms:
discuss (canonical)
discusses (third-person singular)
discussed (past)
discussed (past participle)
discussing (present participle)

text: They discussed the issue.

ipa: /dɪsˈkʌs/

verb

discuss


talk

forms:
talk (canonical)
talks (third-person singular)
talked (past)
talked (past participle)
talking (present participle)

glosses: to speak; any sound from a person's mouth.

text: He talks with him daily.

ipa: /tɔːk/

audio: en-uk-to talk.ogg


talk

forms:
talk
talks (plural)

text: I liked the talk he gave to the students.

text: His talk is meaningless.


web

forms:
web
webs (plural)

glosses: A web is a series of lines, ideas, or thoughts connected.

text: Her web of thoughts is complex.

text: The spider is spinning a very large web.

text: Simple English Wiktionary is my favorite place on the web.

ipa: /wɛb/


web

forms:
web (canonical)
webs (third-person singular)
webbed (past)
webbed (past participle)
webbing (present participle)

glosses: If you web something, you cover it with a web.

text: Spiders web their prey and then eat them.

web

b


IP address

forms:
IP address
IP addresses (plural)

glosses: An IP address is a number that is used to identify a computer. It is short for Internet Protocol address.

text: The IP address is 123.45.678.9.

noun

IP address

IP addresses


speak

forms:
speak (canonical)
speaks (third-person singular)
spoke (past)
spoken (past participle)
speaking (present participle)

text: He speaks with him daily.

enpr: /spēk/

ipa: /spiːk/

audio: en-uk-to speak.ogg

speak

speaks

spoke

spoken

speaking


sound

forms:
sound (positive)
sounder (comparative)
soundest (superlative)

ipa: /saʊnd/

adj

sound

sounder

soundest


sound

forms:
sound
sounds (plural)

glosses: any noise; something that can be heard by the ears.

text: There was a loud sound.


sound

forms:
sound (canonical)
sounds (third-person singular)
sounded (past)
sounded (past participle)
sounding (present participle)

glosses: If something sounds a particular way, you think it is that way when you hear or read about it.

text: The restaurant sounds great.


person

forms:
person
people (plural)

text: She is a very nice person.

glosses: In grammar, the system of person is related to who is involved in the conversation.

text: The pronoun I is first person, you is second person, and most other nouns are third person.

glosses: A person is an individual with a mind and rights.

text: The court is trying to decide if an elephant is a legal person.

ipa: /ˈpɜː(r)sən/

hyphenation: per‧son

noun

person

people


human

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

glosses: Human rights, life, nature, etc. belong or relate to people, not machines or animals.

text: Every person has human rights.

text: My dog doesn't like dog food, he likes to eat human food, such as meat, like us.

enpr: (h)yo͞oʹmən

hyphenation: hu‧man


human

forms:
human
humans (plural)

glosses: A human is a person; a member of the Homo sapiens species.

text: What effect are we humans having on the natural world?


species

forms:
species
species (plural)

glosses: A species is the most specific level in the scientific tree.

text: Humans belong to the species Homo sapiens.

ipa: /ˈspiːʃiːz/

ipa: /ˈspiːsiːz/

species


mouth

forms:
mouth
mouths (plural)

glosses: a part of the face used for eating and talking

text: He opened his mouth to speak.

enpr: mouth

ipa: /maʊθ/

ipa: /mʌʊθ/


mouth

forms:
mouth (canonical)
mouths (third-person singular)
mouthed (past)
mouthed (past participle)
mouthing (present participle)

glosses: To silently speak; to form words with your mouth without making a sound.

text: He mouthed the answers to her.

ipa: /maʊð/


daily

forms: daily (positive)

etymology_text: day + -ly

ety-suffix

day

ly

expansion: day + -ly

glosses: used to describe something done every day.

text: He kept a daily diary.

enpr: dāli

ipa: /ˈdeɪli/


daily

text: He showers daily.


lines

forms:
line
lines (plural)

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

ipa: /laɪnz/

noun

line


lines

forms:
line (canonical)
lines (third-person singular)
lined (past)
lined (past participle)
lining (present participle)

verb

lin

e


ideas

forms:
idea
ideas (plural)

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

text: I had two ideas that day.

text: He told me his ideas on conservation.

ipa: /aɪˈdɪəz/

noun

idea


quiet

forms:
quiet (positive)
quieter (comparative)
quietest (superlative)

glosses: Not loud; making no sound or making very little sound.

text: This young person is very quiet now because she is reading a book.

text: You should be quiet in a library or a movie theater.

ipa: /kwaɪət/

adj

quiet

quieter

quietest


quiet

forms:
quiet (canonical)
quiets (third-person singular)
quieted (past)
quieted (past participle)
quieting (present participle)

text: She quieted the cries of her baby.

text: The manager quieted their protest with a few words.

text: Her presence quiets his fears.


quiet

forms: quiet

text: You like the quiet.


kitchen

forms:
kitchen
kitchens (plural)

glosses: A kitchen is a room used for cooking food.

text: My mother made the dinner in the kitchen.

text: Bring me a kitchen knife.

ipa: /ˈkɪtʃən/

hyphenation: kitch‧en


island

forms:
island
islands (plural)

glosses: An island is a piece of ground that is completely surrounded by water.

text: The fisherman lived alone on a small island in James Bay.

glosses: An island of an object, person, or place, is one surrounded by things very different from itself.

text: An island of peace and silence in a noisy city.

ipa: /ˈaɪ̯lənd/

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

hyphenation: is‧land


God

forms: God

glosses: God is the single god of a religion and the maker of the earth and everything that exists.

text: In Hinduism, the followers believe in numerous gods. In Christianity, Judaism, and Islam, the followers believe in only one God.

text: The Bible says that God created the world in six days and rested the seventh day.

text: I love God and the Bible and I know he's real, because of everything and everyone that he created.

enpr: gŏd

ipa: /ɡɒd/

sampa: /gQd/

ipa: /ɡɑd/

sampa: /gAd/


God

glosses: "God" is used when a person is surprised. Some people do not like to use this phrase, as they think this is blasphemy (an insult to God).

text: Oh God, not that again!


alphabet

forms:
alphabet
alphabets (plural)

glosses: An alphabet is a list of the letters used to spell words by representing phonemes.

text: The first 3 letters of the alphabet are A, B and C.

hyphenation: al‧pha‧bet


earth

forms:
earth
earths (plural)

text: I planted some roses in this patch of earth.

glosses: Anything made up mostly of rock, sand or soil.

text: Here is some earth.

text: There is earth in this box.

glosses: Earth is the third planet from the sun, where we live.

text: The Earth is a planet.

text: He came from a different earth.

text: Earth is dry and hot.

ipa: /ɜːθ/

ipa: /ɝθ/


Earth

forms: Earth

glosses: The planet on which we live – the third planet of the Solar System.

text: The moon goes around the Earth.

ipa: /ɜː(r)θ/


May

forms:
May
Mays (plural)

glosses: May is the fifth (5th) month of the year.

text: There are 31 days in May.

text: May fell down and hurt her knee.

enpr: mā

ipa: /meɪ/

sampa: /meI/

proper noun

May

Mays


god

forms:
god
gods (plural)

glosses: The gods come from several powerful supernatural beings, according to some religions.

text: The Ancient Greeks believed in many gods. They had a god for thunder, a god for love, and many other gods.

glosses: When someone is called a god of something, then that person is very skillful and famous for one thing, as in a god of sport

text: Wayne Gretzky is sometimes called a god of ice hockey.


god

forms: god

glosses: Used when somebody is surprised or unhappy about something. Some people do not like to use this phrase, as they think this is blasphemy (an insult to God).

text: My god, not that again!


isn't

forms:
be (canonical)
am, is, are (present)
was, were (past)
been (past participle)
being (present participle)

text: He isn't my brother. He is my uncle.

text: It isn't raining; it's sunny.

ipa: /ɪzɨnt/

be

am

is


not

glosses: "Not" makes a phrase have the opposite meaning.

text: I was not there.

text: I am not fat!

glosses: The item before "not" is more correct or better than the item after "not".

text: I wanted tea, not coffee!

text: It's stupid, not funny.

ipa: /nɒt/

sampa: /nQt/

ipa: /nɑt/

sampa: /nAt/

homophones: knot naught nought


not

forms: not!

glosses: Used to indicate the sentence before is sarcastic or ironic. This means that the sentence has the opposite meaning.

text: I like doing lots of boring homework. Not!

interjection

not!


either

forms: either

text: I can write with either hand.

text: You can drink either tea or coffee.

text: They can be used either alone or in groups.

text: Few people liked it; most either ignored it or hated it.

text: The room has a door at either end.

text: People were walking on either side of the road.

text: I can't find either shoe. I have lost both shoes.

text: I have a blue coat and a green coat. Either will keep me warm.

text: There will still be problems in either of the following two cases.

enpr: ī′thə(r)


either

glosses: Used in negative statements to mean too or also.

text: I don't like him and I don't like her either.

text: I can't sing and I can't dance either.

text: No other country has any real friends either.


astronomer

forms:
astronomer
astronomers (plural)

etymology_text: astronomy + -er

ety-suffix

astronomy

er

expansion: astronomy + -er

glosses: An astronomer is a person who studies stars, galaxies and space; a person who studies astronomy.

text: The astronomer stayed up all night, but saw nothing because it was cloudy.

ipa: /əstrɒnəʊmə/


nothing

forms: nothing

etymology_text: no + thing

compound

no

thing

expansion: no + thing

text: I bought nothing in the shop, because it was closed.

glosses: Empty. An area has nothing in it if it has no objects in it.

text: An empty cup has nothing in it.

text: I looked for the book, but I could see nothing.

enpr: nŭth'ĭng

ipa: /ˈnʌθɪŋ/

sampa: /"nVTIN/


million

forms: million

glosses: ordinal millionth) The number 1,000,000.

text: In 2006, Canada had about 32.6 million people.

ipa: /ˈmɪljən/


million

forms:
million
millions (plural)

text: One thousand thousand is a million.

text: In the US, there are one thousand millions in a billion.

text: In the UK, there are one million millions in a billion.


alphabetical

forms: alphabetical (positive)

etymology_text: alphabet + -ical

ety-suffix

alphabet

ical

expansion: alphabet + -ical

glosses: In the order of the letters of the alphabet or related to the alphabet.

text: He made the list of names alphabetical.

ipa: /ˌælfəˈbɛdɪkəl/


adjective

forms:
adjective
adjectives (plural)

glosses: An adjective is a type of word which usually tells about the properties of people, things, and other nouns (e.g., new, small, red, & bad are adjectives). Usually it can be used before the noun or after a linking verb. It can usually be graded and described by adverbs.

text: He uses many adjectives in his stories to give us a clear picture.

text: Some combinations of adjective and noun are quite common.

hyphenation: ad‧jec‧tive


blues

forms:
blue
blues (plural)

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

text: Those two blues go well together.

text: I have the blues.

glosses: The blues is a type of music, created by African Americans.

text: He can play blues or jazz.

enpr: blo͞oz

ipa: /bluːz/

noun

blue


title: Main page

redirect: Main Page

pos: hard-redirect


foot

forms:
foot
feet (plural)

glosses: The lowest part of the leg, below the ankle; the part of the body used to stand on.

text: He hurt his foot playing football.

text: We meet at the foot of the hill.

glosses: A length of 12 inches; three feet is almost one meter. The foot is used mostly in the United States, but was common in Europe a long time ago.

text: There are about 30 centimeters in one foot.

text: My friend is six feet tall.

enpr: fo͝ot

ipa: /fʊt/

ipa: [fʊt̚]

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

foot

feet


foot

forms:
foot (canonical)
foots (third-person singular)
footed (past)
footed (past participle)
footing (present participle)

text: He foots it to work every day.


cyan

forms:
cyan
cyans (plural)

text: Cyan is my favorite color.

ipa: /ˈsaɪˌæn/

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


cyan

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

glosses: Something that is cyan is light blue in color.

text: She was wearing cyan boots.


violet

forms:
violet
violets (plural)

text: Violet is one of my favorite colors.

text: Maria sells violets.

ipa: /ˈvaɪlət/


violet

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

text: He wears a violet tie.


January

forms:
January
Januaries or Januarys (plural)

glosses: January is the first (1st) month in the year.

text: There are 31 days in January.

ipa: /ˈdʒænjʊəri/

enpr: jănʹyo͞o-ĕr'ē

ipa: /ˈdʒænjuˌɛri/

sampa: /"dZ{nju%Eri/

proper noun

January

Januaries

Januarys


February

forms:
February
Februaries or Februarys (plural)

glosses: The fourteenth (14th) month in the year.

text: There are 30 days in February.

ipa: /ˈfɛbrʊəri/

enpr: fĕbʹro͞o-ĕr'-ē

ipa: /ˈfɛbruˌɛri/

sampa: /"fEbru%Eri/

February

Februaries

Februarys


March

forms:
March
Marches (plural)

text: There are 31 days in March.

ipa: /mɑːtʃ/

enpr: märch

ipa: /mɑrtʃ/

sampa: /mArtS/

March

Marches


science

forms:
science
sciences (plural)

glosses: The study of finding how things work. Some kinds of science are mathematics, biology, physics and chemistry.

text: Biology is a kind of science.

ipa: /ˈsaɪəns/


science

forms: The sciences

glosses: The sciences are the group of science subjects. These are mathematics, biology, physics and chemistry.

The sciences


march

forms:
march
marches (plural)

glosses: A formal, rhythmic way of walking. A march is usually done by soldiers, bands and in ceremonies.

glosses: Any song in the genre of music written for marching (see Wikipedia's article on this type of music)

text: The march of time.

noun

marches


march

forms:
march (canonical)
marches (third-person singular)
marched (past)
marched (past participle)
marching (present participle)

glosses: To walk with long, regular strides, like a soldier does.

text: We saw the guards marching at Buckingham Palace.

glosses: To go to war; to make military advances.

verb

march

es


angry

forms:
angry (positive)
angrier (comparative)
angriest (superlative)

text: He embarrassed her, so she was angry.

text: He had an angry wound.

ipa: /ˈæŋgri/

adj

angry

angrier

angriest


danger

forms:
danger
dangers (plural)

glosses: A danger is something that can hurt or kill a person.

text: He was a danger to those around him. I am glad he was sent to jail.

glosses: When something is in danger, it is under threat and can be hurt or killed.

text: She is in danger of being buried by that avalanche.

ipa: /ˈdeɪndʒɚ/


umbrella

forms:
umbrella
umbrellas (plural)

glosses: An umbrella is a tool to keep you dry when it rains. You hold it over your head.

text: I use my umbrella when it rains.

glosses: An umbrella company is an organization that controls other organizations.

text: The store was under the company umbrella.

ipa: /ʌmˈbrɛlə(r)/


under

forms: under

glosses: In the same place as another thing, but lower.

text: They ate under the trees.

text: He was under the leader of the organization.

glosses: In the middle of a process; experiencing.

text: The idea is under the committee's judgement (judging).


unit

forms:
unit
units (plural)

glosses: One of a measure of something; the amount of something that is counted as "one".

text: Measure five units to the left.

text: $4 is the unit price.

text: A pound is a useful unit for thinking about amounts of butter.

text: I prefer metric units.

glosses: Item, used when no other word for something exists.

text: He set up the A/C unit.


secret

forms:
secret
secrets (plural)

text: Can you keep a secret?

ipa: /ˈsiːkrət/

hyphenation: se‧cret


secret

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

text: We found her secret diary.


key

forms:
key
keys (plural)

glosses: A key is a small instrument, usually metal used to open locks.

text: I put my key in the lock and turned it.

text: Type your name and hit the ENTER key.

glosses: A key is the part of a keyboard instrument you press with your fingers to play a sound.

text: The piano has a pattern of black and white keys.

glosses: The key in music is the tonal centre of a piece of music.

text: Mozart's Symphony No.40 is written in the key of G minor.

enpr: kē

ipa: /kiː/


key

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

glosses: Something that is key, is an important or a main thing.

text: Accuracy is a key part of playing music.


key

forms:
key (canonical)
keys (third-person singular)
keyed (past)
keyed (past participle)
keying (present participle)

glosses: To key is to lock something with key, or like using a key.

glosses: The locksmith was called in to key the building for better security.

glosses: To key is to enter information into a computer.

text: He keyed in all the data from the survey.


up

forms: up

text: The flag is up.

text: The balloon went up.

glosses: If a task or result is up to you, it means you are in charge of deciding or doing it.

text: The outcome of the game is up to the players.

text: It is up to you to choose the restaurant for dinner .

glosses: If you are up to something, you are doing or planning it.

text: What are you up to this evening?

text: We had better make sure he's not up to something stupid again.

text: She's always up to some kind of trouble.

text: It was an up day.

text: He is feeling up.

text: What’s up?

text: They act like something is up.

text: Something is up with him.

text: It is all up with them.

enpr: ŭp

ipa: /ʌp/

sampa: /Vp/

ipa: /ap/

sampa: /ap/


up

forms:
up
ups (plural)

text: Life has its ups and downs.


up

forms:
up (canonical)
ups (third-person singular)
upped (past)
upped (past participle)
upping (present participle)

text: We upped the dosage.

verb

up

p


sad

forms:
sad (positive)
sadder (comparative)
saddest (superlative)

glosses: When someone feels sad, they have a bad feeling because of a loss or other problem. They are not happy.

text: The sad girl cried.

glosses: When something is sad, it makes you feel unhappy.

text: It was a sad movie.

text: Death is a very sad thing.

ipa: /sæd/

adj

sad

sadder

saddest


jelly

forms:
jelly
jellies (plural)

glosses: Fruit juice mixed with sugar, then canned; especially grape.

text: I like jelly on my toast.

text: The children celebrated by eating bowls of jelly.

text: It turned into jelly.

ipa: /dʒɛli/

noun

jelly

jellies


use

forms:
use (canonical)
uses (third-person singular)
used (past)
used (past participle)
using (present participle)

text: I use oil to cook.

text: This hammer is used to hit the nails.

glosses: To treat as unimportant, abuse; used about people.

text: She only uses him to do the house chores.

enpr: yo͞oz

ipa: /juːz/

ipa: /juz/

sampa: /juz/

homophones: ewes yews

verb

us

e


use

forms:
use
uses (plural)

glosses: A way to apply something; an application.

text: They put it to good use.

text: This battery will last for 2000 uses.

enpr: yo͞os

ipa: /juːs/

ipa: /jus/

sampa: /jus/


violent

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

glosses: If someone is violent, they act physically to hurt people or break things.

text: Police said he had a history of violent behavior.

text: The violent wind took the roof off of the house.

ipa: /ˈvaɪ(ə)lənt/


judge

forms:
judge
judges (plural)

glosses: A judge is a person who decides or chooses.

text: The judge decides cases.

text: Samson was a judge of Israel.

enpr: jŭj

ipa: /d͡ʒʌd͡ʒ/


judge

forms:
judge (canonical)
judges (third-person singular)
judged (past)
judged (past participle)
judging (present participle)

text: He judged in favor of the defendant.

glosses: To evaluate (decide if something is good or bad).

text: They judged the beauty pageant.

text: I would judge that the lake holds a million gallons.

judg


voice

forms:
voice
voices (plural)

text: His voice was deep and clear.

text: She had a lot of voice in the company.

text: You spoke in a low voice so that they would not hear.

glosses: Tells if the subject does or receives the action.

text: That sentence is in passive voice.

ipa: /vɔɪs/


voice

forms:
voice (canonical)
voices (third-person singular)
voiced (past)
voiced (past participle)
voicing (present participle)

text: The president voiced her disagreement.

voic


view

forms:
view
views (plural)

text: He had a view of the fight.

text: My window has a great view of the ocean.

text: They had a narrow view on marriage.

ipa: /vjuː/


view

forms:
view (canonical)
views (third-person singular)
viewed (past)
viewed (past participle)
viewing (present participle)

text: I view your changes with suspicion.

text: He views movies for content.

text: They viewed the rescue from the street.


kettle

forms:
kettle
kettles (plural)

glosses: A container for boiling liquids or cooking food.

text: William cooked the beans in a kettle.

glosses: A container for boiling water for tea; a teakettle.

text: Stick the kettle on and we'll have a nice cup of tea.

glosses: The collective noun for a group of airborne hawks.

enpr: kĕt'(ə)l

ipa: /ˈketəl/


didn't

forms:
do (canonical)
do (present)
does (third-person singular)
did (past)
don't (present negative)
doesn't (third-person singular negative)
didn't (past negative)

text: He didn't help her.

text: You didn't tell me you're going on vacation next month. How exciting!

ipa: /ˈdɪd(ə)nt/

do

does

did


April

forms:
April
Aprils (plural)

glosses: April is the fourth (4th) month of the year.

text: There are 30 days in April.

enpr: āʹprəl

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

hyphenation: A‧pril

proper noun

April

Aprils


June

forms:
June
Junes (plural)

glosses: June is the sixth (6th) month of the year.

text: There are 30 days in June.

text: June went to school with David.

enpr: jo͞on

ipa: /d͡ʒuːn/

June

Junes


July

forms: July

text: There are 31 days in July.

enpr: jo͝o-līʹ

ipa: /d͡ʒʊˈlaɪ/

enpr: jə-līʹ

ipa: /d͡ʒəˈlaɪ/

hyphenation: Ju‧ly


August

forms: August

text: There are 31 days in August.

enpr: ôʹgəst

ipa: /ˈɔːgəst/


September

forms:
September
Septembers (plural)

glosses: September is the ninth month of the year.

text: There are 30 days in September.

ipa: /sɛpˈtɛmbə/

enpr: sĕp-tĕmʹbər

ipa: /sɛpˈtɛmbɚ/

September

Septembers


October

forms:
October
Octobers (plural)

text: There are 31 days in October.

ipa: /ɒkˈtəʊbə/

enpr: äk-tōʹbər

ipa: /ɑkˈtoʊbɚ/

October

Octobers


November

forms: November

glosses: November is the eleventh month of the year.

text: There are 30 days in November.

ipa: /nəʊˈvɛmbə/

enpr: nō-vĕmʹbər

ipa: /noʊˈvɛmbɚ/


December

forms: December

glosses: December is the twelfth month of the year.

text: There are 31 days in December.

ipa: /dɪˈsɛmbə/

enpr: dĭ-sĕmʹbər

ipa: /dɪˈsɛmbɚ/


Sunday

forms:
Sunday
Sundays (plural)

glosses: The first day of the week. The last day of the weekend, and for many Christians, the day of rest.

text: I will go out this Sunday.

enpr: sŭnʹdā

ipa: /ˈsʌndeɪ/

sampa: /"sVndeI/

enpr: sŭnʹdē

ipa: /ˈsʌndi/

sampa: /"sVndi/

hyphenation: Sun‧day

Sundays


Monday

forms:
Monday
Mondays (plural)

glosses: The second day of the week. The first day of the work week.

text: I hate Mondays.

ipa: /ˈmʌndeɪ/

hyphenation: Mon‧day

Mondays


Tuesday

forms:
Tuesday
Tuesdays (plural)

glosses: The third day of the week, the second day of the work week.

text: I have Tuesday night off.

ipa: /ˈtjuːzdeɪ/

ipa: /ˈtjuːzdɪ/

enpr: to͞ozʹdā

ipa: /ˈtuːzdeɪ/

hyphenation: Tues‧day

Tuesdays


Wednesday

forms:
Wednesday
Wednesdays (plural)

glosses: The fourth day of the week, third and middle day of the work week.

ipa: /ˈwɛdnzdeɪ/

sampa: /"wEdnzdeI/

ipa: /ˈwɛnzdeɪ/

sampa: /"wEnzdeI/

ipa: /ˈwɛdnzdi/

sampa: /"wEdnzdi/

ipa: /ˈwɛnzdi/

sampa: /"wEnzdi/

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

hyphenation: Wed‧nes‧day

Wednesdays


Thursday

forms:
Thursday
Thursdays (plural)

glosses: The fifth day of the week, fourth of the work week.

text: I will see a movie this Thursday.

ipa: /ˈθɝzdeɪ/

ipa: /ˈθɝzdi/

hyphenation: Thurs‧day

Thursdays


Friday

forms:
Friday
Fridays (plural)

glosses: The sixth day of the week, fifth and last of the secular and Christian work week, and the day of rest for Muslims. Friday afternoon is the beginning of the weekend.

text: We went to the mosque on Friday.

ipa: /'fraɪdeɪ/

hyphenation: Fri‧day

Fridays


Saturday

forms:
Saturday
Saturdays (plural)

glosses: The seventh and last day of the week, first day of the weekend, and for Jews and some Christians, the day of rest.

text: Tomorrow is Saturday.

ipa: /ˈsætədeɪ/

ipa: /ˈsætədi/

enpr: săʹtər-dā

ipa: /ˈsætɚdeɪ/

enpr: săʹtər-di

ipa: /ˈsætɚdi/

hyphenation: Sa‧tur‧day

Saturdays


Christianity

forms: Christianity

glosses: Christianity is a religion whose followers believe that Jesus was the son of God or an important prophet of God, or believe in Jesus' ideas about what is right or wrong.

text: He believes in Christianity.

ipa: /ˌkrɪstiˈænɪti/

ipa: /ˌkrɪstʃiˈænɪti/

sampa: /%krIstSi"{nIti/


Christian

forms:
Christian
Christians (plural)

glosses: A Christian is a person who believes in salvation from sin through Jesus of Nazareth, called Jesus Christ or Jesus the Christ.

text: He is a conservative Christian.

glosses: To some religions, a Christian is someone who has a certain spiritual way of being. This is said to be from being spiritually born with the help of Jesus Christ. This is someone who has been saved from sin.

text: The Baptist preacher said that most Baptists are not really Christians.

ipa: /ˈkrɪstʃən/


Christian

forms: Christian

text: Hans Christian Andersen is famous for writing books of fairy tales.


Christian

forms: Christian (positive)

glosses: If you are Christian then you are a Christian. (See noun above.)

text: Yes, she is Christian.

glosses: If something is Christian, it has to do with Christianity.

text: Being saved from sin by Christ is a Christian idea.

text: Christmas is a Christian holiday.

text: They went to a Christian church.

glosses: If something you do is Christian it something Christians are supposed to do.

text: The way you forgave them was very Christian.

text: It is not Christian to steal from people.


atheism

forms: atheism

glosses: Atheism is the belief that there is no God.

text: Most atheists say atheism is not a religion.

glosses: Atheism is lacking a belief that God exists.

text: He explained that his view on god was atheism because there was no evidence of god's existence.

ipa: /ˈeɪθiɪzəm/


mass noun

forms:
mass noun
mass nouns (plural)

glosses: A mass noun is a noun that refers to an amount, not an item.

text: "Water" is a mass noun, but "scissors" is not.


noun

forms:
noun
nouns (plural)

glosses: A noun is a kind of word that is usually the name of a person, place, thing, quality, or idea. In English, nouns can be the subject or object of a sentence. They can be singular or plural.

text: The words "cat", "home", "bread", "Sue" and "sunshine" are nouns.

ipa: /naʊn/

sampa: /naUn/


domestic

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

glosses: Domestic issues relate to issues inside one country, not affecting other countries.

text: He believes the public is ready for change in domestic and foreign policy.

glosses: Domestic issues related to the issues inside one home.

text: He does his domestic chores.

text: The level of domestic violence against women and children is very high.

glosses: Domestic animals are animals usually kept by humans.

text: Diseases from domestic animals will often kill wild animals.

ipa: /dəˈmɛstɪk/

hyphenation: do‧mes‧tic


desire

forms:
desire
desires (plural)

text: She has a desire to win.

text: Love is my desire.

enpr: dĭ-zīrʹ

ipa: /dɪˈzaɪə/

ipa: /dɪˈzaɪr/

hyphenation: de‧sire


desire

forms:
desire (canonical)
desires (third-person singular)
desired (past)
desired (past participle)
desiring (present participle)

glosses: To wish for something, to want something.

text: I desire your company.

verb

desir


or

forms: or

glosses: A word used to link two alternative choices.

text: Would you like tea or coffee?

enpr: ôr

ipa: /ɔr/

homophones: oar ore o'er


again

forms: again

text: They didn't understand the answer, so they asked again.

ipa: əˈgeɪn/


knife

forms:
knife
knives (plural)

text: He ate with his knife and fork.

text: He worked with a putty knife.

ipa: /naɪf/

audio: en-uk-a knife.ogg

noun

knife

knives


knife

forms:
knife (canonical)
knifes (third-person singular)
knifed (past)
knifed (past participle)
knifing (present participle)

glosses: If you knife someone, you stab someone with a knife; you make a hole in them.

text: The gang knifed him sixteen times.

verb

knif


A/C

forms: A/C

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

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

glosses: AC is also a short version of alternating current.


each

forms: each

text: Come here you two. I'll give each of you a toy.

text: More and more problems happened each year.

text: We have to treat each individual case differently.

text: They each have good points and bad points.

text: Sara looked at each of the three bedrooms.

text: The price is $6 each.

ipa: /iːʧ/