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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 fresh pair of eyesphraseB2Somebody new looking at a problem you have stared at too long.
  • 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 slippery slopephraseB2A small wrong step that leads to much worse ones.
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  • a stone's throw awayphraseB2Very close by indeed.
  • a taste of their own medicinephraseB2Treatment as unpleasant as what they gave others.
  • abandon/əˈbæn.dən/verbB24 meaningsTo leave a person, place or thing permanently, especially one that needs you.
  • abbey/ˈæbi/nounB22 meaningsThe buildings where a community of monks or nuns live under an abbot or abbess.
  • abdomen/ˈæb.də.mən/nounB2The belly area of the body.
  • abdominal/æbˈdɒm.ə.nl̩/adjectiveB2To do with the belly.
  • abduction/əbˈdʌk.ʃn̩/nounC22 meaningsReasoning to the best available explanation.
  • abide/əˈbaɪd/verbB22 meaningsTo put up with something.
  • abominable/əˈbɑm.ə.nə.bl̩/adjectiveB2Causing disgust and hatred.
  • about timephraseB2Said when something overdue finally happens.
  • abrupt/əˈbɹʌpt/adjectiveB2+2 meaningsSudden and unexpected.
  • absence/ˈæb.s(ə)n̩s/nounB2The state of not being there.
  • absent/ˈæb.sn̩t/adjectiveB24 meaningsNot in the place where you are expected to be.
  • absent-minded/ˌæb.sn̩tˈmaɪn.dɪd/adjectiveB2Forgetful because your thoughts are elsewhere.
  • absently/ˈæb.sn̩t.li/adverbB2Without paying attention to what you are doing.
  • absorb/əbˈzɔːb/verbB22 meaningsTo soak something up.
  • absorbed/æbˈsɔɹbd/adjectiveB22 meaningsSo caught up in something that nothing else registers.
  • absorbing/əbˈzɔː.bɪŋ/adjectiveB2So interesting that you lose track of time.
  • abstract/ˈæbˌstɹækt/adjectiveB24 meaningsExisting as an idea rather than as a thing you can touch.
  • absurd/əbˈsɜːd/adjectiveB2So unreasonable it is almost funny.
  • abuse/əˈbjuːs/nounB22 meaningsCruel or violent treatment of a person.
  • abusive/əˈbjuː.sɪv/adjectiveB2Cruel or insulting in the way it treats somebody.
  • academy/əˈkæd.ə.mi/nounB2A school for a special subject, or a learned society.
  • accent/ˈak.sənt/nounB12 meaningsThe way people from one place pronounce their words.
  • acceptable/əkˈsɛp.tə.bəl/adjectiveB22 meaningsGood enough to be agreed to or allowed.
  • acceptance/əkˈsɛp.təns/nounB22 meaningsThe act of agreeing to receive or take something.
  • accessible roomnounB2A room designed for a guest who uses a wheelchair.
  • accessory/əkˈsɛs.(ə.)ɹi/nounB22 meaningsA small additional item that complements something else.
  • accommodate/əˈkɒməˌdeɪt/verbB22 meaningsTo have room for somebody or something.
  • accompany/əˈkʌm.pə.ni/verbB23 meaningsTo go somewhere with someone.
  • accomplice/əˈkɒm.plɪs/nounB2Somebody who helps another commit a crime.
  • accomplish/əˈkʌm.plɪʃ/verbB2To finish something successfully.
  • accord/əˈkɔːd/nounB23 meaningsA formal agreement between two sides who were in dispute.
  • accordion keysnounB2The buttons pressed while squeezing a bellows instrument.
  • account/əˈkaʊnt/nounB13 meaningsA personal record with a bank, a website or a service.
  • account for/əˈkaʊnt foɹ/phraseB22 meaningsTo explain the cause or reason for something.
  • accountability/əˌkaʊn.təˈbɪl.ə.ti/nounB22 meaningsThe duty to explain your actions to others and to accept the consequences of them.
  • accountant/əˈkaʊn.tənt/nounB2A person whose job is keeping, checking and reporting on financial records.
  • accuracy/ˈak.jʊ.ɹə.si/nounB2Freedom from error.
  • accurate/ˈak.jʊ.ɹɪt/adjectiveB23 meaningsExactly right, with no errors of detail.
  • accuse/əˈkjuːz/verbB2To say openly that somebody has done wrong.
  • achieve/əˈt͡ʃiːv/verbB2To succeed in reaching a goal after real effort.
  • acid/ˈæsɪd/nounB22 meaningsA sour substance that turns litmus red.
  • acid rainnounB2Rain made sour by pollution, which kills trees.
  • acknowledge/əkˈnɒl.ɪd͡ʒ/verbB23 meaningsTo admit openly that something is true.
  • acorn cupnounB2The rough little cup an oak seed sits in.
  • acquire/əˈkwaɪɚ/verbB23 meaningsTo come to own or possess something.
  • acquired/əˈkwaɪɹd/adjectiveB22 meaningsGained or developed rather than possessed from birth.
  • acrobat/ˈæk.ɹə.bæt/nounB2An entertainer who performs feats of balance and agility.
  • action pointnounB2A task assigned to somebody during a meeting.
  • actions speak louder than words/ˈak.ʃənz spiːk ˈlaʊ̯d.ə ˌðan wɜːdz/<q:contemporary>phraseB2The saying: what people do proves more than what they say.
  • activate/ˈæktɪˌveɪt/verbB22 meaningsTo bring something into use that was waiting.
  • acute anglenounB2An angle smaller than a square corner.
  • adapt/əˈdæpt/verbB22 meaningsTo change yourself to fit new conditions.