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

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  • ancestor/ˈæn.sɛs.tɚ/nounB22 meaningsA family member from long before you.
  • ancestral/ænˈsɛs.təɹ.əl/adjectiveB2+2 meaningsBelonging to the family members who came before.
  • ancestry/ˈæn.sɛs.tɹi/nounB2+The line of family a person comes from.
  • anchor/ˈæŋ.kəː/nounB23 meaningsA heavy device dropped to hold a ship in place.
  • anchor chainnounB2The heavy links that hold a boat to its anchor.
  • anchorage/ˈæŋkəɹɪd͡ʒ/
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A place where ships can safely lie at anchor.
  • anchormannounB2The man who presents a news programme.
  • anchovy/ˈæn.t͡ʃə.vi/nounB1+A tiny strong-tasting fish packed in salt.
  • ancient/ˈeɪn.ʃənt/adjectiveA2+2 meaningsBelonging to the distant past, thousands of years ago.
  • andorranounC1Tiny country high in the Pyrenees between France and Spain.
  • anecdotal[ˌænɪkˈdəʊ̯tɫ̩]adjectiveC1Based on single stories rather than gathered evidence.
  • anecdote/ˈæn.ɪkˌdəʊt/nounB2+A short amusing true story from somebody's life.
  • anesthesia/ˌæn.əsˈθiːz.i.ə/nounB2Medically produced loss of sensation or consciousness.
  • anew/əˈnu/adverbB2+Once more, starting from the beginning.
  • angel/ˈeɪ̯n.d͡ʒəl/nounA22 meaningsA heavenly messenger.
  • angelic/ænˈd͡ʒɛlɪk/adjectiveB2Beautifully good, like an angel.
  • anger/ˈæŋɡə/nounB1The hot feeling that rises when something is deeply unfair.
  • angle/ˈæŋ.ɡəl/nounB24 meaningsThe amount of turn between two lines that meet, measured in degrees.
  • angolanounB2+Portuguese-speaking country on Africa's southwest coast, capital Luanda.
  • angrieradjectiveA2+More angry than before or than someone else.
  • angrily/ˈæŋ.ɡɹə.li/adverbA2+In a way that shows anger.
  • angry/ˈæŋ.ɡɹi/adjectiveA12 meaningsFull of hot feeling because something is unfair.
  • angst/ˈæŋ(k)st/nounC2A deep unfocused anxiety about existence.
  • anguish/ˈæŋ.ɡwɪʃ/nounB2+Very great pain of mind or body.
  • angular/ˈæŋ.ɡju.lə/adjectiveC2Made of sharp corners, or bony and thin.
  • animal/ˈænɪməl/nounA1A living creature that moves about and is not a plant.
  • animate/ˈæn.ɪ.mət/verbB2+To bring to life, or to make drawings appear to move.
  • animated/ˈæn.ɪ.meɪ.tɪd/adjectiveB22 meaningsLively and full of interest.
  • animator/ˈænɪˌmeɪtə(ɹ)/nounB1+A person who makes drawings appear to move.
  • animosity/æn.ɪˈmɒs.ɪ.ti/nounC1Strong hostility or dislike.
  • anion/ˈænˌaɪ.ən/nounC2An ion carrying a negative charge.
  • anise/ˈæn.ɪs/nounC1A plant whose seed gives a liquorice flavour.
  • ankle/ˈæŋ.kəl/nounA2+The joint between the foot and the leg.
  • anklet/ˈæŋklət/nounC1A light chain worn around the lower leg.
  • annals/ˈæn.əlz/nounC1A yearly record of events.
  • annex/ˈænɛks/verbC2To take territory and add it to your own.
  • annihilate/əˈnaɪ.ə.leɪt/verbC1To destroy completely, or to defeat overwhelmingly.
  • annihilation/əˌnaɪ.əˈleɪ.ʃən/nounC1Total destruction, leaving nothing.
  • anniversary/ˌænɪˈvɜːs(ə)ɹi/nounB22 meaningsThe date on which something happened in an earlier year, marked each time it comes round.
  • annotate/ˈæn.ə.teɪt/verbB2+To add explanatory notes to a text.
  • annotation/ˌæn.əˈteɪ.ʃən/nounC1A note added to a text to explain or comment on it.
  • announce/əˈnaʊns/verbB13 meaningsTo make something known officially and publicly.
  • announcement/əˈnaʊns.mənt/nounB1An official public statement.
  • annoy/əˈnoɪ̯/verbB1To make someone mildly angry or impatient.
  • annoyance/əˈnɔɪ.əns/nounB22 meaningsMild anger.
  • annoying/əˈnɔɪ.ɪŋ/adjectiveB1Making you a little angry again and again.
  • annual/ˈæn.ju.əl/adjectiveB22 meaningsHappening once every year.
  • annual leavenounB2Paid holiday earned over the year.
  • annually/ˈæn.jʊə.li/adverbB2+Once every year.
  • annul/əˈnʌl/verbC1To declare officially that something never held.
  • annulment/əˈnʌl.mənt/nounC1An official declaration that a marriage never held.
  • annum/ˈæn.əm/nounC1A year, in phrases about rates and pay.
  • anodyne/ˈæn.ə.daɪn/adjectiveC2Deliberately inoffensive and lacking any substance.
  • anoint/əˈnɔɪnt/verbC12 meaningsTo smear with oil as part of a religious ceremony.
  • anomaly/əˈnɒm.ə.lɪ/nounC1The one thing that does not fit the pattern.
  • anon/əˈnɑn/adverbC2Soon, or in a little while.
  • anonymity/ænəˈnɪmɪti/nounC2The state of having no name attached to you.
  • anonymous/əˈnɒn.ə.məs/adjectiveB2With the name kept unknown.
  • answer/ˈɑːn.sə/nounA15 meaningsSomething said, written or done in reply to a question, a letter or a call.
  • answer backphraseB2To reply rudely to somebody in authority.