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

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  • dissemble/dɪˈsɛmbəl/verbC2To hide your true feelings behind a false show.
  • disseminate/dɪˈsɛmɪˌneɪt/verbC2To spread information widely.
  • dissemination/dɪˌsɛmɪˈneɪʃən/nounC2The spreading of information widely.
  • dissension/dɪˈsɛnʃən/nounC2Angry disagreement within a group.
  • dissent/dɪˈsɛnt/nounC1Open refusal to accept the accepted view.
  • dissertation/ˌdɪsəˈteɪʃən/
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nounC1
The book-length research project written for a degree.
  • dissident/ˈdɪsɪdənt/nounC1Someone who openly opposes the ruling power.
  • dissimulate/dɪˈsɪmjʊˌleɪt/verbC2To hide your real feelings by pretence.
  • dissipate/ˈdɪsɪpeɪt/verbC1To scatter and disappear, or to waste away.
  • dissociation/dɪˌsəʊʃiˈeɪʃən/nounC1Feeling cut off from your own body or thoughts.
  • dissolution/ˌdɪsəˈl(j)uːʃən/nounC1The formal ending of a body or a marriage.
  • dissolve/dɪˈzɒlv/verbC14 meaningsTo mix into a liquid until it becomes part of it and can no longer be seen.
  • dissonance/ˈdɪsənəns/nounC1A clash of sounds or of ideas that will not fit.
  • dissonant/ˈdɪsənənt/adjectiveC2Clashing in sound or in feeling.
  • dissuade/dɪˈsweɪd/verbC1To persuade someone not to do something.
  • distance/ˈdɪst(ə)n(t)s/nounA23 meaningsThe amount of space between two points.
  • distance learningnounB2Studying a course without attending in person.
  • distant/ˈdɪstənt/adjectiveB24 meaningsFar away in space.
  • distant relativenounB2A family member connected only through several steps.
  • distaste/(ˌ)dɪsˈteɪst/nounB2+A mild dislike for something offensive.
  • distasteful/dɪsˈteɪstfəɫ/adjectiveC1Unpleasant and offensive.
  • distend/dɪˈstɛnd/verbC2To swell out from inside pressure.
  • distil/dɪˈstɪl/verbC1To purify by boiling and condensing, or to reduce to the essence.
  • distillation/dɪstɪˈleɪʃən/nounC2Separating liquids by boiling and cooling the vapour.
  • distinct/dɪˈstɪŋkt/adjectiveB22 meaningsClearly separate from other things and not the same as them.
  • distinction/dɪˈstɪŋkʃən/nounC14 meaningsA grade awarded for outstanding work.
  • distinctive/dɪˈstɪŋktɪv/adjectiveC1Easy to recognise as different from anything else.
  • distinguish/dɪˈstɪŋ.ɡwɪʃ/verbB24 meaningsTo recognise the difference between two or more things.
  • distort/dɪsˈtɔːt/verbC1To twist something out of its true shape or meaning.
  • distortion/dɪsˈtɔːʃən/nounB2+A twisting of shape, sound or truth out of true.
  • distract/dɪˈstɹækt/verbB22 meaningsTo take someone's attention away from what they are doing.
  • distracted/dɪˈstɹæk.tɪd/adjectiveB12 meaningsUnable to give attention to something because something else has taken it.
  • distraction/dɪsˈtɹæk.ʃən/nounB2Something that pulls attention away.
  • distraught/dɪsˈtɹɔːt/adjectiveB2+So upset that you can barely think straight.
  • distress/dɪˈstɹɛs/nounB22 meaningsSerious trouble or suffering.
  • distress signalnounB2The call sent when a vessel needs urgent help.
  • distribute/dɪˈstɹɪbjuːt/verbB22 meaningsTo hand shares out to many people or places.
  • distribution/ˌdɪstɹɪˈbjuːʃən/nounB24 meaningsThe way something is spread out or shared among people, places or values.
  • distributornounB2+2 meaningsThe company that gets copies to the shops.
  • district/ˈdɪstɹɪkt/nounB12 meaningsA named part of a city or region.
  • distrust/dɪsˈtɹʌst/nounB2+A lack of confidence in somebody.
  • disturb/dɪˈstɜːb/verbB23 meaningsTo interrupt someone and break their rest, work or concentration.
  • disturbing/dɪsˈtɜː.bɪŋ/adjectiveC1Upsetting and hard to put out of your mind.
  • ditch/dɪt͡ʃ/nounB12 meaningsA long narrow channel dug to carry water away.
  • dither/ˈdɪðə/verbC1To hesitate and fail to make up your mind.
  • dive/daɪv/verbB26 meaningsTo jump into water head first.
  • dive inphraseB2To start doing something eagerly and without delay.
  • diver/ˈdaɪ̯və(ɹ)/nounB1+Somebody who goes down under water.
  • diverge/daɪˈvɜːd͡ʒ/verbC1To move apart from a common point.
  • divergence/daɪˈvɜː(ɹ)d͡ʒəns/nounC1A moving apart of things that were once together.
  • divergent/daɪˈvɜː.d͡ʒənt/adjectiveC1Growing apart, or differing from what is usual.
  • diverse/daɪˈvɜːs/adjectiveB2+Made of many different kinds mixed together.
  • diversify/daɪˈvɜː.sɪ.faɪ/verbC1To spread into a wider range of kinds.
  • diversion/daɪˈvɜː.ʃən/nounB2+2 meaningsA route round a closed road.
  • diversity/daɪˈvɜː(ɹ)sɪti/nounB2+The mix of different kinds within one group.
  • divert/daɪˈvɜːt/verbC14 meaningsTo change the course or direction of something.
  • diverted/daɪˈvɜːtəd/adjectiveB2+Sent somewhere other than planned.
  • divertingadjectiveC1Entertaining and taking your mind off things.
  • divide/dɪˈvaɪd/verbB25 meaningsTo separate something into parts.
  • dividend/ˈdɪvɪdɛnd/nounB2+3 meaningsA share of profit paid to shareholders.