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

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  • abandon/əˈbæn.dən/verbB24 meaningsTo leave a person, place or thing permanently, especially one that needs you.
  • abase/əˈbeɪs/verbC2To humble somebody, or to lower yourself.
  • abate/əˈbeɪt/verbC1To become less fierce.
  • abdicate/ˈæb.dɪˌkeɪt/verbC1To give up a throne.
  • abet/əˈbɛt/verbC1To help somebody do something wrong.
  • abhor/əbˈhɔː/
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To hate something deeply.
  • abide/əˈbaɪd/verbB22 meaningsTo put up with something.
  • abjure/əbˈd͡ʒʊə(ɹ)/verbC2To give up a belief or a claim by solemn promise.
  • abolish/əˈbɒl.ɪʃ/verbC1To officially end a law or practice forever.
  • abound/əˈbaʊnd/verbC1To be present in very great numbers.
  • abridge/əˈbɹɪd͡ʒ/verbC1To shorten a work while keeping its sense.
  • abrogate/ˈæ.bɹə.ɡət/verbC2To cancel a law or an agreement by authority.
  • abscond/əbˈskɒnd/verbC1To run away secretly, often taking what is not yours.
  • abseil/ˈæb.seɪl/verbC1To come down a rock face on a rope.
  • absent/ˈæb.sn̩t/adjectiveB24 meaningsNot in the place where you are expected to be.
  • absolve/əbˈzɒlv/verbC1To free somebody from blame or from a duty.
  • absorb/əbˈzɔːb/verbB22 meaningsTo soak something up.
  • abstract/ˈæbˌstɹækt/adjectiveB24 meaningsExisting as an idea rather than as a thing you can touch.
  • accede/əkˈsiːd/verbC1To agree to a request, or to take up high office.
  • accelerate/əkˈsɛl.əˌɹeɪt/verbC12 meaningsTo move faster and faster.
  • accentuate/əkˈsɛn.t͡ʃu.eɪt/verbC1To make something more noticeable or prominent.
  • accept/əkˈsɛpt/verbA24 meaningsTo say yes to something offered.
  • access/ˈæksɛs/nounB12 meaningsThe right or opportunity to enter or use something.
  • acclaim/əˈkleɪm/nounC12 meaningsEnthusiastic public praise.
  • acclimatiseverbC1To let your body get used to thinner air.
  • accommodate/əˈkɒməˌdeɪt/verbB22 meaningsTo have room for somebody or something.
  • accompany/əˈkʌm.pə.ni/verbB23 meaningsTo go somewhere with someone.
  • accomplish/əˈkʌm.plɪʃ/verbB2To finish something successfully.
  • accord/əˈkɔːd/nounB23 meaningsA formal agreement between two sides who were in dispute.
  • accost/əˈkɔst/verbC2To approach a stranger boldly and speak to them.
  • account/əˈkaʊnt/nounB13 meaningsA personal record with a bank, a website or a service.
  • accredit/əˈkɹɛd.ɪt/verbC1To recognise officially as meeting a standard.
  • accrue/əˈkɹuː/verbC2To build up in amount over time.
  • accumulate/əˈkjuːmjʊˌleɪt/verbC1To pile up little by little over time.
  • accuse/əˈkjuːz/verbB2To say openly that somebody has done wrong.
  • ache/eɪk/verbB13 meaningsTo hurt with a dull, continuous pain.
  • achieve/əˈt͡ʃiːv/verbB2To succeed in reaching a goal after real effort.
  • acknowledge/əkˈnɒl.ɪd͡ʒ/verbB23 meaningsTo admit openly that something is true.
  • acquaint/əˈkweɪnt/verbB2+To make somebody familiar with something.
  • acquiesce/ˌækwiˈɛs/verbC1To go along with something without protest.
  • acquire/əˈkwaɪɚ/verbB23 meaningsTo come to own or possess something.
  • acquit/əˈkwɪt/verbB2+To declare in court that the accused is not guilty.
  • activate/ˈæktɪˌveɪt/verbB22 meaningsTo bring something into use that was waiting.
  • actuate/ˈæktʃu.eɪt/verbC1To set a mechanism working.
  • ad-libverbC2To speak without a script, making it up as you go.
  • adapt/əˈdæpt/verbB22 meaningsTo change yourself to fit new conditions.
  • add/æd/verbA12 meaningsTo put numbers together for their total.
  • addle/ˈæ.dəl/verbC2To muddle somebody's thinking.
  • address/əˈdɹɛs/nounA16 meaningsThe number, street and town that say where a building is.
  • adhere/ædˈhɪə/verbC12 meaningsTo stick firmly to a surface.
  • adjoin/əˈd͡ʒɔɪn/verbC1To be next to and touching.
  • adjourn/əˈd͡ʒɝn/verbB2+To break off a meeting until another time.
  • adjudicate/əˈd͡ʒuː.dɪ.keɪt/verbC1To act as judge and decide a dispute.
  • adjust/əˈd͡ʒʌst/verbB23 meaningsTo make a small change to something so that it fits or works better.
  • administer/ədˈmɪn.ɪ.stə/verbC1To manage affairs, or to give out medicine.
  • admire/ədˈmaɪə/verbB12 meaningsTo look up to somebody with respect and approval.
  • admit/ədˈmɪt/verbB13 meaningsTo agree that something bad or embarrassing is true.
  • admonish/ədˈmɒn.ɪʃ/verbC1To tell somebody off gently but firmly.
  • adopt/əˈdɒpt/verbB24 meaningsTo take another person's child into your family and become their legal parent.
  • adore/əˈdɔː/verbB2To love somebody very deeply.