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

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  • audio descriptionnounB2A spoken account of what is happening on screen.
  • audit/ˈɔːdɪt/nounC14 meaningsAn official examination of financial accounts to check that they are accurate.
  • audition/ɑˈdɪʃən/nounB1The tryout where performers compete for a role.
  • auditor/ˈɔːdɪtɚ/nounB2+2 meaningsSomebody who officially checks financial accounts.
  • auditorium/ɔː.dɪˈtɔː.ɹi.əm/nounB2The seated hall where an audience watches a stage.
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Anything at all.
  • augury/ˈɔː.ɡjʊ.ɹi/nounC2Reading signs, often in birds, to predict events.
  • august/ɔːˈɡʌst/nounA12 meaningsThe eighth month of the year.
  • aunt/ɑːnt/nounA1The sister of your mother or father, or an uncle's wife.
  • aura/ˈɔːɹə/nounB24 meaningsThe feeling or quality that seems to surround a person or place.
  • aurochs/ˈaʊɹɒks/nounC2A huge wild ox now extinct.
  • aurora/əˈɹɔː.ɹə/nounB2+Curtains of coloured light in the polar sky.
  • auspicesnounC1The support and protection of a body or a person.
  • austerity/ɔˈstɛɹɪti/nounC22 meaningsA policy of deep cuts to public spending.
  • australianounA2+A country and continent in the southern hemisphere.
  • austrianounA2+A landlocked Alpine country in central Europe.
  • authentication/ɔːˌθɛntɪˈkeɪʃn̩/nounB2+2 meaningsProving that you are who you claim to be.
  • authenticity/ɑθɛnˈtɪsɪti/nounC2The quality of being genuine.
  • author/ˈɔː.θə/nounA2+2 meaningsThe person who wrote a book.
  • authorisationnounB2+Official permission to act.
  • authority/ɔːˈθɒɹəti/nounB15 meaningsThe power to give orders and expect them to be obeyed.
  • autism/ˈɔːtɪzəm/nounB2+A condition affecting how somebody communicates and senses the world.
  • auto/ˈɔːtəʊ/nounB1A motor car, in American usage.
  • auto-renewalnounB2A subscription that continues unless you stop it.
  • autocompletenounB2The feature that finishes your typing for you.
  • autocorrectnounB2The feature that changes what you typed, right or wrong.
  • autocracy/ɔːˈtɒkɹəsi/nounC1Rule by one person with unlimited power.
  • autocrat/ˈɔːtəkɹæt/nounC1A ruler who answers to nobody.
  • autograph/ˈɔːtəɡɹɑːf/nounB12 meaningsA famous person's signature collected as a keepsake.
  • automatic/ˌɔː.təˈmæt.ɪk/adjectiveB24 meaningsWorking by itself, without a person operating it.
  • automation/ˌɔː.təˈmeɪ.ʃən/nounB2+Machines taking over work people once did by hand.
  • autonomy/ɔːˈtɒn.ə.mi/nounC13 meaningsThe freedom to make your own decisions about your own life or work.
  • autopilot/ˈɔːtəʊˌpaɪlət/nounC2The system that flies the aircraft without hands.
  • autopsy/ˈɔː.tɒp.si/nounB2The examination of a body to discover the cause of death.
  • autumn/ˈɔːtəm/nounA12 meaningsThe season between summer and winter, when leaves fall and the days shorten.
  • avail/əˈveɪl/verbC12 meaningsTo be of use or help to somebody.
  • availability/əˌveɪ.ləˈbɪl.ɪ.ti/nounC1Whether something can be had when wanted.
  • avalanche/ˈævəlɑːnʃ/nounB22 meaningsA mass of snow sliding suddenly down a mountainside.
  • avant-gardeadjectiveC12 meaningsNew and experimental, well ahead of what most people accept.
  • avarice/ˈævəɹɪs/nounC2Extreme greed for wealth.
  • avatar/ˌæv.əˈtɑː(ɹ)/nounB1+2 meaningsThe image or character representing somebody online.
  • avenue/ˈæv.əˌnjuː/nounB12 meaningsA broad street, often lined with trees.
  • average/ˈæv.(ə.)ɹɪd͡ʒ/adjectiveA2+4 meaningsOrdinary; neither very good nor very bad.
  • aversion/əˈvɜːʒən/nounC1A strong dislike that causes you to avoid something.
  • aviary/ˈeɪvɪəɹi/nounB2+A large cage or building where birds are kept.
  • avocado/ˌævəˈkɑːdəʊ/nounA2+A green pear-shaped fruit with soft flesh and a large stone.
  • avoidance/əˈvɔɪdəns/nounB2+The keeping away from something on purpose.
  • awareness/əˈwɛɹ.nəs/nounB2Knowing that something exists or is happening.
  • awe/ɔː/nounB2Wonder mixed with respect before something vast.
  • awesomeness/ˈɔːsəmnəs/nounB2+The informal quality of being thrillingly impressive, used in casual praise rather than of stately magnificence.
  • awkwardnessnounB2+Discomfort in a situation nobody knows how to handle.
  • awning/ˈɔːnɪŋ/nounB2+A sheet of canvas stretched over a door or window for shelter.
  • axe/æks/nounA2+A heavy blade on a handle used for chopping.
  • axiom/ˈak.sɪ.əm/nounC12 meaningsA statement accepted as true without proof, used as the starting point for reasoning.
  • axis/ˈæksɪs/nounB2+2 meaningsA reference line a graph is measured from.
  • axle/ˈæksəl/nounB2+A rod or shaft that a wheel turns on, or that joins a pair of wheels and turns with them.
  • azerbaijannounB2The Caucasus country of Baku, on the Caspian Sea.