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

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  • construction/kənˈstɹʌkʃən/nounB22 meaningsThe process or industry of building things.
  • construction setnounB2A boxed kit of parts for building models.
  • constructive/kənˈstɹʌktɪv/adjectiveB2Intended to be helpful and lead to improvement.
  • constructive dismissalnounC2Being forced to resign by intolerable treatment.
  • construe/kənˈstɹuː/verbC1To take words as having a particular meaning.
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The office of a country's representative in a foreign city.
  • consult/ˈkɒnsʌlt/verbB22 meaningsTo go to an expert for advice.
  • consultancy/kənˈsʌl.tən.si/nounC1A firm that sells expert advice.
  • consultant/kənˈsʌl.tənt/nounB2+2 meaningsAn outside expert paid to give professional advice to a business or client.
  • consultation/ˌkɒnsəlˈteɪʃən/nounC12 meaningsA meeting to obtain professional advice.
  • consume/kənˈsjuːm/verbB22 meaningsTo use something up.
  • consumer/kənˈsjuːmə/nounB2+A person who buys and uses goods and services.
  • consumer electronicsnounB2Electrical goods made for ordinary household use.
  • consumer rightsnounB2The protections the law gives to buyers.
  • consummate/ˈkɒnsəmət/verbC1To bring to completion, especially a marriage.
  • consummationnounC2The bringing of something to its perfect finish.
  • consumption/kənˈsʌmp.ʃən/nounB2+2 meaningsThe using up of resources, goods or food.
  • contact/ˈkɑntækt/nounA22 meaningsCommunication with somebody.
  • contactlessadjectiveB1Paid by touching a card against a reader.
  • contagion/kənˈteɪd͡ʒən/nounC2The spreading of disease or of feeling by contact.
  • contagious/kənˈteɪ.d͡ʒəs/adjectiveB22 meaningsSpreading easily from person to person.
  • contain/kənˈteɪn/verbB14 meaningsTo have something inside.
  • container/kənˈteɪ.nə/nounB12 meaningsA large standard steel box for transporting goods.
  • container shipnounB2A vessel that carries goods in stacked metal boxes.
  • container terminalnounB2Where metal boxes move between trains and lorries.
  • containment/kənˈteɪnmənt/nounC1Keeping a danger inside a limited area.
  • contaminant/kənˈtamɪnənt/nounC1Something present that should not be there.
  • contamination/kənˌtæm.ɪˈneɪ.ʃən/nounB2+The spoiling of something by an unwanted substance.
  • contemplate/ˈkɑn.təmˌpleɪt/verbC12 meaningsTo think about something seriously as a possibility.
  • contemplation/ˌkɒntəmˈpleɪʃən/nounB2+Long quiet thought about something.
  • contemporary/kənˈtɛm.p(ə.)ɹə.ɹi/adjectiveB2+2 meaningsBelonging to the same time as something else.
  • contemporary dancenounB2A modern style that breaks classical rules.
  • contempt/kənˈtɛmpt/nounC12 meaningsThe feeling that someone or something is worthless and beneath you.
  • contemptible/kənˈtɛmptəbəl/adjectiveC1Deserving no respect at all.
  • contemptuous/kənˈtɛm(p).tʃu.əs/adjectiveC2Showing that you consider somebody or something worthless.
  • contend/kənˈtɛnd/verbC12 meaningsTo argue or assert something in a dispute.
  • contender/kənˈtɛn.dɚ/nounC1Somebody with a real chance of winning.
  • content/kənˈtɛnt/adjectiveB24 meaningsQuietly satisfied with what you have and how things are.
  • contention/kənˈtɛnʃən/nounC1A point argued for, or a state of disagreement.
  • contentment/kənˈtɛntmənt/nounC1The quiet satisfied feeling of wanting nothing more.
  • contest/ˈkɒn.tɛst/nounB12 meaningsA competition to decide who is best.
  • context/ˈkɒn.tɛkst/nounB2The surrounding facts that make something make sense.
  • contextualadjectiveC1Depending on the surrounding circumstances.
  • continent/ˈkɒntɪnənt/nounB1+One of the seven great land masses of the earth.
  • continental breakfastnounB2A light morning meal of bread, pastries and coffee.
  • contingency/kənˈtɪnd͡ʒənsi/nounC1A plan kept ready in case things go wrong.
  • contingent/kənˈtɪn.d͡ʒənt/nounC12 meaningsA body of troops or people sent from a larger group.
  • continual/kənˈtɪnjuəl/adjectiveC1Happening again and again over a period.
  • continuance/kənˈtɪnjuəns/nounC22 meaningsThe act of going on.
  • continuation/kənˌtɪnjʊˈeɪʃ(ə)n/nounB2+The carrying on of something that had begun.
  • continue/kənˈtɪn.juː/verbA23 meaningsTo keep doing something.
  • continuity/ˌkɒn.tɪˈnjuː.ɪ.ti/nounC12 meaningsThe quality of going on without a break.
  • continuous/kənˈtɪn.juː.əs/adjectiveB2+3 meaningsGoing on in time without a break.
  • continuum/kənˈtɪnjuəm/nounC1A range with no sharp break anywhere along it.
  • contort/kənˈtɔː(ɹ)t/verbB2To twist something violently out of its normal shape.
  • contortionist/kənˈtɔː(ɹ)ʃənɪst/nounC1A performer who bends the body into extreme shapes.
  • contour/ˈkɒntɔː/nounC14 meaningsThe outline of something, especially the way it curves.
  • contour linenounB2The line on a map joining points of equal height.
  • contraband/ˈkɒn.tɹəˌbænd/nounC1Goods it is illegal to own or to move.
  • contract/ˈkɒntɹækt/nounB24 meaningsA formal agreement between two sides, written down and signed, that the law will enforce.