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

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  • 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 meanings
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A famous person's signature collected as a keepsake.
  • automate/ˈɔːtəmeɪt/verbC2To replace human work with machinery.
  • automated/ˈɔːtəmeɪtɪd/adjectiveB1+Operated automatically by machinery without human control.
  • automatic/ˌɔː.təˈmæt.ɪk/adjectiveB24 meaningsWorking by itself, without a person operating it.
  • automatically/ˈɔːtəʊˌmæt.ɪ.k(ə.)li/adverbB22 meaningsBy itself, without human action.
  • automation/ˌɔː.təˈmeɪ.ʃən/nounB2+Machines taking over work people once did by hand.
  • autonomous/ɔːˈtɒnəməs/adjectiveC2Running itself, under no one else's control.
  • 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.
  • auxiliary/ɔːɡˈzɪl.(j)ə.ɹi/adjectiveC1Giving extra support, or helping the main one.
  • avail/əˈveɪl/verbC12 meaningsTo be of use or help to somebody.
  • availability/əˌveɪ.ləˈbɪl.ɪ.ti/nounC1Whether something can be had when wanted.
  • available/əˈveɪ.lə.bəl/adjectiveA2+3 meaningsAble to be got, bought or used.
  • 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.
  • averse/əˈvɜː(ɹ)s/adjectiveC1Strongly disinclined towards something.
  • aversion/əˈvɜːʒən/nounC1A strong dislike that causes you to avoid something.
  • avert/əˈvɝt/verbC12 meaningsTo prevent something bad from happening.
  • avert your eyesphraseC1To look away deliberately.
  • avert your gazephraseC1To deliberately look away.
  • avian/ˈeɪvi.ən/adjectiveC2To do with birds.
  • aviary/ˈeɪvɪəɹi/nounB2+A large cage or building where birds are kept.
  • avid/ˈæv.ɪd/adjectiveC1Eagerly devoted to something.
  • avocado/ˌævəˈkɑːdəʊ/nounA2+A green pear-shaped fruit with soft flesh and a large stone.
  • avoid/əˈvɔɪd/verbA2+2 meaningsTo stay away from somebody or something on purpose.
  • avoid eye contactphraseB2To deliberately keep from looking directly at somebody.
  • avoidance/əˈvɔɪdəns/nounB2+The keeping away from something on purpose.
  • await/əˈweɪt/verbB2To wait for something.
  • awake/əˈweɪk/adjectiveA12 meaningsNot sleeping.
  • awaken/əˈweɪkən/verbB22 meaningsTo wake from sleep.
  • aware/əˈwɛə/adjectiveB12 meaningsKnowing that something exists or is happening.
  • awareness/əˈwɛɹ.nəs/nounB2Knowing that something exists or is happening.
  • awash/əˈwɒʃ/adjectiveC1Covered or flooded with water, or overflowing with something.
  • awe/ɔː/nounB2Wonder mixed with respect before something vast.
  • awesome/ˈɔːsəm/adjectiveA22 meaningsExtremely impressive.
  • awesomeness/ˈɔːsəmnəs/nounB2+The informal quality of being thrillingly impressive, used in casual praise rather than of stately magnificence.
  • awhile/əˈwaɪl/adverbB2For a short time.
  • awkward/ˈɔːk.wəd/adjectiveB23 meaningsMaking people feel embarrassed and unsure what to say or do.
  • 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.
  • awry/əˈɹaɪ/adjectiveC1Crooked, or gone wrong.
  • 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.
  • axiomatic/ˌæk.si.əˈmæt.ɪk/adjectiveC2So obviously true that it needs no proof.
  • 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.
  • azure/ˈæʒə/adjectiveB2+Bright clear blue, like a cloudless sky.