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19,295 words · meanings, pronunciation and origins · ranked by use

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  • a and enounB2The hospital department for sudden serious cases.
  • a b testnounB2Showing two versions to see which performs better.
  • a ballpark figurephraseC1A rough guess at a number, close enough to work with.
  • a blessing in disguisephraseC1Bad luck that secretly turns out to be good.
  • a can of wormsphraseC1A problem that spills into endless new problems once opened.
  • a cappella/ˌæ.kəˈpɛl.ə/adjectiveC1Sung with no instruments at all.
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  • a drop in the oceanphraseC1An amount far too small to make any difference.
  • a fresh pair of eyesphraseB2Somebody new looking at a problem you have stared at too long.
  • a hard nut to crackphraseC1A problem or a person that is very difficult to deal with.
  • a home from homephraseB2A place where you feel as comfortable as in your own house.
  • a la carteadjectiveB2Chosen dish by dish, each with its own price.
  • a leopard cannot change its spotsphraseC1People do not really alter their nature.
  • a piece of my mindphraseC1An angry telling-off you give someone who deserves it.
  • a piece of the piephraseC1Your fair share of the money or benefits.
  • a sight for sore eyesphraseC1Somebody or something you are very glad to see.
  • a slippery slopephraseB2A small wrong step that leads to much worse ones.
  • a stitch in time saves ninephraseC1Deal with a small problem now and avoid a big one later.
  • a stone's throw awayphraseB2Very close by indeed.
  • a taste of their own medicinephraseB2Treatment as unpleasant as what they gave others.
  • a tidy sumphraseC1A considerably larger amount of money than expected.
  • aback/əˈbæk/adverbB2+Backwards, in the phrase taken aback.
  • abandon/əˈbæn.dən/verbB24 meaningsTo leave a person, place or thing permanently, especially one that needs you.
  • abandonment/əˈbæn.d(ə)n.m(ə)nt/nounB2+2 meaningsLeaving somebody or something for good.
  • abase/əˈbeɪs/verbC2To humble somebody, or to lower yourself.
  • abashed/əˈbæʃt/adjectiveC2Embarrassed and put out of countenance.
  • abate/əˈbeɪt/verbC1To become less fierce.
  • abattoir/ˈæb.əˌtwɑː(ɹ)/nounC1A building where animals are killed for meat.
  • abbey/ˈæbi/nounB22 meaningsThe buildings where a community of monks or nuns live under an abbot or abbess.
  • abbreviation/əˌbɹiː.viˈeɪ.ʃən/nounB1+A shortened form of a word.
  • abdicate/ˈæb.dɪˌkeɪt/verbC1To give up a throne.
  • abdomen/ˈæb.də.mən/nounB2The belly area of the body.
  • abdomen segmentnounC1One ring of the rear section of an insect's body.
  • abdominal/æbˈdɒm.ə.nl̩/adjectiveB2To do with the belly.
  • abduction/əbˈdʌk.ʃn̩/nounC22 meaningsReasoning to the best available explanation.
  • abed/əˈbɛd/adverbC2In bed, in old or literary use.
  • aberration/ˌæb.əˈɹeɪ.ʃn̩/nounC2A departure from what is normal, usually a brief one.
  • abet/əˈbɛt/verbC1To help somebody do something wrong.
  • abeyance/əˈbeɪ.ən(t)s/nounC2A state of being suspended for the time being.
  • abhor/əbˈhɔː/verbC2To hate something deeply.
  • abhorrent/æbˈ(h)ɒɹənt/adjectiveC2Utterly detestable to your moral sense.
  • abide/əˈbaɪd/verbB22 meaningsTo put up with something.
  • abiding/əˈbaɪ.dɪŋ/adjectiveC1Lasting for a very long time.
  • ability/əˈbɪl.ə.ti/nounA2+What somebody is able to do.
  • abject/ˈæbd͡ʒɛkt/adjectiveC2As wretched or as complete a failure as could be.
  • abjure/əbˈd͡ʒʊə(ɹ)/verbC2To give up a belief or a claim by solemn promise.
  • abnormal/ˌæbˈnɔː.məl/adjectiveB1+Different from what is usual, in a worrying way.
  • abnormality/ˌæbnɔːˈmælɪtɪ/nounB2+A physical defect or irregular feature in a body, a scan, or a reading that a doctor would flag as needing attention.
  • abnormally/æbˈnɔɹ.mə.li/adverbB2+In a way that departs worryingly from the usual.
  • aboard/əˈbɔːd/adverbB1On or onto a ship, a plane or a train.
  • abode/əˈbəʊd/nounC1The place where somebody lives.
  • abolish/əˈbɒl.ɪʃ/verbC1To officially end a law or practice forever.
  • abolition/ˌæb.əˈlɪʃ.ən/nounC12 meaningsThe formal ending of a law, a custom, or an institution.
  • abominable/əˈbɑm.ə.nə.bl̩/adjectiveB2Causing disgust and hatred.
  • abomination/əˌbɒ.mɪˈneɪ.ʃən/nounC1Something that causes disgust and hatred.
  • abortion/əˈbɔɹ.ʃn̩/nounB2+The deliberate ending of a pregnancy.
  • abound/əˈbaʊnd/verbC1To be present in very great numbers.
  • about timephraseB2Said when something overdue finally happens.
  • above/əˈbʌv/prepositionA13 meaningsIn a higher position than something.
  • abrasion/əˈbɹeɪ.ʒən/nounC1Wearing away by rubbing.
  • abrasive/əˈbɹeɪ.sɪv/adjectiveC12 meaningsRough enough to scrape.