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

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  • adulteressnounC1A married woman who is unfaithful.
  • advantageous/ˌædvənˈteɪd͡ʒ(i)əs/adjectiveC1Putting you in a better position than before.
  • adversary/ˈæd.və.sɛɹi/nounC1An opponent in a contest, dispute or conflict.
  • adverse/ˈæd.və(ɹ)s/adjectiveC1Working against you.
  • advertisement/ədˈvɜːtɪsmənt/nounB1+2 meaningsA public notice or message promoting a product or service.
  • advisory/ədˈvaɪzəɹi/
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adjectiveC1
Giving advice rather than orders.
  • advocacy/ˈæd.və.kə.si/nounC1Speaking up on behalf of somebody who needs support.
  • advocate/ˈæd.və.kət/verbC12 meaningsTo argue publicly in favour of a cause.
  • aesthetic/iːsˈθɛ.tɪk/adjectiveC12 meaningsConcerning beauty and how things look.
  • aestheticallyadverbC1In terms of beauty and how something looks.
  • affable/ˈæf.ə.bəl/adjectiveC1Easy and pleasant to talk to.
  • affect/əˈfɛkt/verbB12 meaningsTo make a difference to something.
  • affidavit/ˌæfɪˈdeɪvɪt/nounC1A written statement sworn to be true.
  • affiliate/əˈfɪl.i.ət/nounC12 meaningsA local station carrying a national network's shows.
  • affiliation/əˌfɪliˈeɪʃən/nounC1The connection somebody has with an organisation.
  • affinity/əˈfɪnɪti/nounC1A natural liking or a close likeness.
  • affirm/əˈfɝm/verbB2+2 meaningsTo state firmly that something is true.
  • affirmation/æfɝˈmeɪʃn/nounB2+2 meaningsA positive statement repeated to yourself.
  • affliction/əˈflɪk.ʃən/nounC1Something that causes lasting pain or trouble.
  • affluent/ˈæf.lu.ənt/adjectiveC1Having plenty of money.
  • affront/əˈfɹʌnt/nounC1An open insult to somebody's dignity.
  • afoot/əˈfʊt/adjectiveC1Happening or being planned.
  • afoul/əˈfaʊl/adverbC1Into conflict or entanglement with something.
  • afterlife/ˈɑːftəˌlaɪf/nounB22 meaningsLife believed to continue after death.
  • aftermath/ˈæf.tɚˌmæθ/nounC1The period and conditions that follow a disaster.
  • agate/ˈæɡ.ɪt/nounC1A banded stone with rings of colour through it.
  • agency/ˈeɪ.d͡ʒən.si/nounB22 meaningsA business acting for others.
  • aggregate/ˈæɡ.ɹɪ.ɡət/verbC14 meaningsTo gather separate items or figures together into one whole or one total.
  • aggrievedadjectiveC1Feeling that you have been treated unfairly.
  • agility/əˈd͡ʒɪl.ɪ.ti/nounC12 meaningsThe ability to move quickly and change direction easily.
  • agitation/ædʒ.ɪˈteɪ.ʃən/nounC12 meaningsA state of anxious restlessness.
  • aglow/əˈɡloʊ/adjectiveC1Shining with a warm soft light.
  • agnostic/aɡˈnɒstɪk/nounC12 meaningsA person who thinks it cannot be known whether a god exists.
  • agoniseverbC1To worry at a decision for far too long.
  • agony auntnounC1The columnist who answers readers' personal problems.
  • agree/əˈɡɹiː/verbA15 meaningsTo have the same opinion as someone, and say so.
  • agricultural/ˌæɡ.ɹɪˈkʌl.tjʊə.ɹəl/adjectiveC1To do with farming.
  • aide/eɪd/nounC1An assistant to somebody important.
  • aimless/ˈeɪm.ləs/adjectiveC1Without purpose or direction.
  • aimlessly/ˈeɪmləsli/adverbC1Without any purpose or direction.
  • air pocketnounC1A sudden drop caused by a change in the air.
  • airbrushverbC1To smooth a picture until the flaws vanish.
  • airtimenounC1The minutes a subject is given on radio or television.
  • airy/ˈɛə.ɹi/adjectiveB2+2 meaningsFull of fresh air and light.
  • alabaster/ˈæl.əˌbɑːs.tə/nounC1A smooth white stone soft enough to carve.
  • albeit/ɔːlˈbiː.ɪt/prepositionC1Although; even if.
  • alchemy/ˈælkəmi/nounC12 meaningsThe old art of trying to turn base metal into gold.
  • alcove/ˈæl.kəʊv/nounC1A small recess set back into a wall.
  • alder/ˈɔːldə/nounC1A tree that grows in wet ground.
  • alderman/ˈɔːldəmən/nounC1A senior member of a town council.
  • alehousenounC1A house where beer is sold and drunk.
  • alibi witnessnounC1Someone who swears the accused was somewhere else.
  • alienate/ˈeɪ.li.ə.neɪt/verbC1To turn somebody who was friendly into a stranger.
  • alienation/ˌeɪli.əˈneɪʃən/nounC12 meaningsThe feeling of being cut off from those around you.
  • alight/əˈlaɪt/adjectiveC13 meaningsOn fire, or burning.
  • align/əˈlaɪn/verbC1To bring into line, or to take a side.
  • alignment/əˈlaɪn.mənt/nounC1An arrangement in a straight line, or an agreement of aims.
  • alimony/ˈæl.ɪ.mə.ni/nounC1Money one spouse must pay the other after a divorce.
  • all else being equalphraseC1Assuming nothing else changes.
  • all handsphraseC1Every member of the crew, called on deck.