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

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  • cleverness/ˈklɛvɚnəs/nounC1Quickness of mind and skill at working things out.
  • cliche/kliˈʃeɪ/nounB2+A phrase so overused it no longer says anything.
  • click/klɪk/verbB14 meaningsTo press the button on a mouse to choose something on a screen.
  • click and collect/klɪk ənd kəˈlɛkt/phraseB2Ordering online and picking the goods up in person.
  • click your fingersphraseB2To snap the fingers to make a sharp sound.
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What share of viewers clicked.
  • clickbait/ˈklɪkbeɪt/nounB22 meaningsA headline written only to make you press it.
  • clicker/ˈklɪkə/nounB2+A small device used to mark good behaviour.
  • client/ˈklaɪ.ənt/nounB13 meaningsA person or company that pays a professional or a firm for work or advice.
  • clientele[klaɪ.n̩ˈtɛl]nounC1All the customers of a business taken together.
  • cliff/klɪf/nounB2A high steep wall of rock.
  • cliffhanger/ˌklɪfˈhæŋ.ə(ɹ)/nounB2+2 meaningsAn ending that stops at the worst moment.
  • climactic/ˌklaɪˈmæk.tɪk/adjectiveC1Forming the most intense point of a story or an event.
  • climate/ˈklaɪ.mɪt/nounB1+2 meaningsThe usual weather of a place over many years.
  • climate change/ˈklaɪmət ˌtʃeɪndʒ/nounB2The long-term warming and disruption of the world's weather.
  • climax/ˈklaɪ.mæks/nounC1The most intense point of a story or an event.
  • climb/ˈklaɪ̯m/verbB14 meaningsTo go up something, using the hands and feet.
  • climber/ˈklaɪmə/nounB1+2 meaningsSomebody who climbs rock or mountains.
  • climbing/ˈklaɪ̯mɪŋ/nounA2+2 meaningsThe sport of going up rock faces or walls.
  • climbing framenounB1A structure of bars children climb about on.
  • clime/klaɪm/nounC2A region considered by its weather.
  • clinch/klɪnt͡ʃ/verbC12 meaningsTo settle something conclusively.
  • cling/ˈklɪŋ/verbC12 meaningsTo hold on and refuse to let go.
  • cling film/ˈklɪŋˌfɪlm/nounB2The thin stretchy sheet pulled over a bowl of food.
  • clingy/ˈklɪŋi/adjectiveB2Holding on too tightly for comfort.
  • clinic/ˈklɪn.ɪk/nounB22 meaningsA small medical centre for visits without a stay.
  • clinical/ˈklɪn.ɪ.kəl/adjectiveB23 meaningsRelating to the treatment of patients.
  • clink/klɪŋk/verbB2+2 meaningsTo make a light ringing sound of glass or metal.
  • clipnounB14 meaningsA small device that holds things together by gripping them.
  • clipboardnounB1+The place copied text waits in on a computer.
  • clippers/ˈklɪpɚz/nounB1+An electric tool that cuts hair very short.
  • clique/kliːk/nounB2+A small closed group that keeps others out.
  • cloak/kləʊk/nounC1A loose sleeveless outer garment hung from the shoulders.
  • clobber/ˈklɒb.ə(ɹ)/verbC12 meaningsTo hit somebody very hard.
  • clock/klɒk/nounA14 meaningsA device fixed to a wall or standing on a surface that shows the time.
  • clock inphraseB2To register your arrival at work.
  • clock upphraseC1To reach a total of miles, hours or wins.
  • clockwise/ˈklɒkwaɪz/adverbB1+Turning the way the hands of a clock go.
  • clod/klɒd/nounC12 meaningsA lump of earth.
  • clog/klɒɡ/verbB22 meaningsTo block something gradually so nothing can pass.
  • cloggedadjectiveB2Blocked so that nothing can pass.
  • cloister/ˈklɔɪstə/nounC2A covered walk in a monastery, or a sheltered life.
  • cloisteredadjectiveC2Kept away from the ordinary world.
  • clone/kloʊn/verbB2To make an exact genetic copy of a living thing.
  • clop/klɒp/verbC1To make the sound of a hoof on hard ground.
  • close/ˈkləʊz/verbA16 meaningsTo move a door, lid or window so that the opening is blocked.
  • close up/kləʊzˈʌp/phraseB1To shut for the day, or to heal over.
  • close-croppedadjectiveC1Cut very short.
  • close-knit/kləʊs ˈnɪt/adjectiveC1Bound together tightly by affection.
  • close-up/ˈkləʊsʌp/nounB1A shot taken very near the subject.
  • closed/kləʊzd/adjectiveA23 meaningsNot open; shut so that nothing goes in or out.
  • closed captionsnounB2On-screen text of speech and sound for the deaf.
  • closeness/ˈkləʊs.nəs/nounC1How near two people or things are.
  • closet/ˈklɒzɪt/nounA22 meaningsThe built-in space where clothes hang, in American use.
  • closure/ˈkləʊ.ʒə(ɹ)/nounB22 meaningsA shutting down.
  • clot/klɒt/nounB2+2 meaningsA thick mass formed when blood thickens and sets.
  • cloth/klɒθ/nounB12 meaningsWoven material used for garments and furnishings.
  • clothesline/ˈkləʊðzlaɪn/nounB1+The rope where wet washing hangs to dry.
  • clothespinnounB1+The small wooden clip that holds washing on the line.
  • cloud/ˈklaʊ̯d/nounA24 meaningsA white or grey mass of water floating in the sky.