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

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  • benefactor/ˈbɛnəˌfæktəː/nounC1Somebody who gives money or help.
  • beneficial/ˌbɛn.ɪˈfɪʃ.əl/adjectiveB2+Doing good, or bringing an advantage.
  • beneficiary/ˌbɛn.ɪˈfɪʃ.əɹ.i/nounC1Somebody who receives an advantage or a legacy.
  • benefit/ˈbɛn.ɪ.fɪt/nounA2+3 meaningsMoney paid by the state to those who qualify.
  • benefit paymentnounB2Money from the state paid into an account.
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nounB22 meanings
Regular payments made by the state to those entitled.
  • benefits packagenounB2Everything you get besides the money.
  • benevolence/bəˈnɛvələns/nounC1Kindly feeling and the wish to do good.
  • benevolent/bəˈnɛvələnt/adjectiveC1Kind, generous and wishing good to others.
  • benign/bɪˈnaɪn/adjectiveC12 meaningsGentle and harmless.
  • beninnounC1A country in West Africa.
  • bent/bɛnt/adjectiveB25 meaningsCurved or twisted out of its proper straight shape.
  • bequeath/bɪˈkwiːθ/verbC12 meaningsTo leave something to somebody in your will.
  • bequest/bɪˈkwɛst/nounC1Something left to somebody in a will.
  • berate/bɪˈɹeɪt/verbC1To scold somebody at length.
  • bereaved/bɪˈɹiːvd/adjectiveC1Having recently lost somebody close to death.
  • bereavement/bɪˈriːvmənt/nounC1The state of having lost somebody to death.
  • bereft/bəˈɹɛft/adjectiveC2Left completely without something valued.
  • beret/ˈbɛɹeɪ/nounB2+A soft round flat cap with no brim.
  • berry/ˈbɛɹi/nounB2A small round juicy fruit without a stone.
  • berserk/ˈbɜːsɜːk/adjectiveB2+Wildly and violently out of control.
  • berth/bɜːθ/nounB2+2 meaningsA boat's place at a quay.
  • beryl/ˈbɛɹ.əl/nounC2A hard mineral that includes emerald and aquamarine.
  • beseech/bɪˈsiːt͡ʃ/verbC2To beg somebody urgently.
  • beset/bɪˈsɛt/verbC1To trouble from every side at once.
  • beside/bɪˈsaɪd/prepositionA2Next to or at the side of something.
  • beside the pointphraseB2Not related to what actually matters.
  • besiege/bəˈsiːd͡ʒ/verbC2To surround a place with an army, or to press in on somebody.
  • besmirch/bɪˈsmɜːtʃ/verbC2To damage somebody's good name.
  • besotted/bɪˈsɒtɪd/adjectiveC2So much in love that judgement is lost.
  • bespeak/bɪˈspiːk/verbC2To be a sign of something.
  • bespectacled/bɪˈspɛktəkəld/adjectiveC2Wearing spectacles.
  • best/bɛst/adjectiveA14 meaningsOf the highest quality; better than all the others.
  • bestial/ˈbɛs.ti.əl/adjectiveC1Savagely cruel, like an animal.
  • bestir/bɪˈstɜː/verbC2To rouse yourself into activity.
  • bestow/bɪˈstəʊ/verbB2+To give something as an honour.
  • bestride/bɪˈstɹaɪd/verbC2To stand or sit with a leg on each side of something.
  • bestsellernounB2+A book that sells in very large numbers.
  • bet/bɛt/nounA22 meaningsAn agreement to pay if you are wrong about a result.
  • betide/bɪˈtaɪd/verbC2To happen to somebody.
  • betoken/bɪˈtoʊ.kən/verbC2To be a sign of what is to come.
  • betray/bɪˈtɹeɪ/verbB23 meaningsTo act against somebody who trusted you.
  • betrayal/bɪˈtɹeɪəl/nounB2Breaking a trust that somebody placed in you.
  • betrothal/bɪˈtɹəʊ.ðəl/nounC1A formal promise to marry.
  • betrothed/bɪˈtɹəʊðd/nounC1An old-fashioned, literary word for the person one has promised to marry, used unchanged for a man or a woman rather than the French-derived pair.
  • better/ˈbɛt.ə/adjectiveA14 meaningsOf higher quality, skill or value than something else.
  • better late than neverphraseB2It is still worth doing even though it is overdue.
  • betterment/ˈbɛtəmənt/nounC1A rise in a person's condition or standing in life, such as the lift that schooling gives to the poor.
  • between/bɪˈtwiːn/prepositionA25 meaningsIn or through the space that separates two people, places or things.
  • beverage/ˈbɛv(ə)ɹɪd͡ʒ/nounB1A drink, in formal or trade usage.
  • bewilder/bɪˈwɪldə(ɹ)/verbB2+To confuse someone so completely they are lost.
  • bewildered/bəˈwɪldɚd/adjectiveB2+Totally confused and lost.
  • bewilderment/bɪˈwɪldəmənt/nounB2+A state of complete confusion.
  • bewitched/bɪˈwɪt͡ʃt/adjectiveB2+Placed under an enchantment.
  • bewitching/bəˈwɪt͡ʃɪŋ/adjectiveC1So charming that you cannot look away.
  • beyond repairphraseB2So damaged that fixing it is not possible.
  • bezel/ˈbɛz.əl/nounB2+A rim of metal enclosing a stone or a watch face.
  • bhutannounC1Himalayan kingdom that measures Gross National Happiness.
  • biannual/bʌɪˈanjuːəl/adjectiveC1Happening twice in a year.
  • bias/ˈbaɪ.əs/nounB2+4 meaningsA leaning toward or against something that stops you judging it fairly.