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

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654 words · showing 181–240

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  • departure/dɪˈpɑː(ɹ)tjə(ɹ)/nounB1+2 meaningsThe act or moment of leaving.
  • departure boardnounB1The screen listing flights and their times.
  • dependant/dɪˈpɛndənt/nounC1Somebody who relies on another for support.
  • dependence/dɪˈpɛndəns/nounC1The state of needing something or somebody.
  • dependency/dɪˈpɛndənsi/nounC12 meaningsAnother piece of code your program needs to run.
  • depiction/dɪˈpɪkʃən/
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A showing of something in a picture or in words.
  • depilatory/dəˈpɪləˌtɔɹi/nounC2A cream that dissolves hair at the surface.
  • depletion/dɪˈpliːʃən/nounC1The using up of a supply until little is left.
  • deployment/dɪˈplɔɪmənt/nounC1Sending people or equipment where they are needed.
  • deportation/diːˌpɔːˈteɪʃən/nounB2+Forcing a foreign national to leave the country.
  • deposit/dɪˈpɒz.ɪt/nounB14 meaningsMoney paid up front and held until you pay the rest or bring the thing back.
  • deposition/ˌdɛp.əˈzɪʃ.ən/nounC12 meaningsSworn evidence taken down.
  • depot/ˈdɛpəʊ/nounB23 meaningsThe yard or building where buses, trains or lorries are kept, cleaned and repaired.
  • depravity/dəˈpɹævɪti/nounC2Deep moral corruption.
  • depredation/ˌdɛpɹəˈdeɪʃən/nounC2Damage done by plundering or by nature.
  • depression/dɪˈpɹɛʃən/nounB22 meaningsA lasting heaviness that drains meaning from things.
  • deprivation/ˌdɛp.ɹɪˈveɪʃən/nounC1The lack of what is needed for a decent life.
  • depth/dɛpθ/nounB22 meaningsHow far something goes down from the surface.
  • depth of fieldnounC1How much of the scene in front and behind is sharp.
  • deputy/ˈdɛpjəti/nounB1The person who acts in place of the one in charge.
  • derailleur/dɪˈɹeɪl(j)ə/nounC1The mechanism that shifts the chain between gears.
  • derailmentnounC1A train coming off the rails.
  • deregulationnounC1The removal of rules that controlled an industry.
  • derision/dɪˈɹɪʒən/nounC2Contemptuous mockery.
  • derivative/dɪˈɹɪvətɪv/adjectiveC13 meaningsCopying too closely from earlier work.
  • dermatologist/ˌdɜːməˈtɒlədʒɪst/nounB2+A doctor who specialises in skin.
  • descendant/dɪˈsɛndənt/nounB2+2 meaningsA person who comes after you in your family line.
  • descent/dɪˈsɛnt/nounC13 meaningsThe act of going down, or the route that leads down.
  • description/dɪˈskɹɪpʃən/nounA2+An account in words of what something is like.
  • desecration/dɛ.sɪˈkɹeɪ.ʃən/nounC1The violent disrespecting of something sacred.
  • desert/ˈdɛz.ət/nounA22 meaningsA huge dry area where almost no rain falls.
  • deserter/dɪˈzɜːtə(ɹ)/nounB2+A soldier who runs away from duty.
  • desertion/dɪˈzɜːʃən/nounC1The abandoning of a post, a duty or a person.
  • design/dɪˈzaɪn/verbB13 meaningsTo plan how something new will look and work.
  • design technologynounB2Lessons in designing and making practical objects.
  • designation/dɛzɪɡˈneɪʃən/nounB2+An official name or title given to something.
  • designer/dɪˈzaɪnɚ/nounA2+2 meaningsSomebody who decides how things should look and work.
  • desire/dɪˈzaɪə/nounB12 meaningsA strong wish for something.
  • desk/dɛsk/nounA13 meaningsA table with a flat top for writing, reading or working at.
  • desktop/ˈdɛsktɒp/nounC1A computer meant to sit on a table, or the screen you start from.
  • desolation/ˌdɛsəˈleɪʃən/nounC1Bleak emptiness, or utter misery.
  • despair/dɪˈspɛə(ɹ)/nounB1+2 meaningsThe state of having lost all hope.
  • desperation/ˌdɛspəˈɹeɪʃən/nounB2A state of hopelessness leading to reckless action.
  • despondency/dɪˈspɒndənsi/nounC2Low spirits from a loss of hope.
  • dessert/dɪˈzɜːt/nounA2The sweet course at the end of a meal.
  • dessert menunounB1The list of sweet dishes offered at the end.
  • destination/dɛstɪˈneɪʃən/nounB1The place you are trying to get to.
  • destiny/ˈdɛs.tɪ.ni/nounB2The events already fixed for someone in the future.
  • destruction/dɪsˈtɹʌkʃən/nounB2The complete ruining of something.
  • detachment/dɪˈtæt͡ʃmənt/nounB2+2 meaningsBeing present without feeling connected.
  • detail/ˈdiː.teɪl/nounB15 meaningsOne small fact or feature of something larger.
  • detainee/ˌdɪteɪˈniː/nounB2+Somebody being held in custody.
  • detection/dɪˈtɛk.ʃən/nounC1The finding out of something hidden.
  • detective/dɪˈtɛktɪv/nounA22 meaningsA person whose job is investigating crimes, gathering evidence and working out who is responsible, either as a police officer of that rank or as someone hired privately.
  • detector/dɪˈtɛktə(ɹ)/nounB1+A device that senses something is present.
  • detention/dɪˈtɛnʃn̩/nounC12 meaningsThe punishment of being made to stay at school after lessons have ended.
  • detergent/dɪˈtɜːd͡ʒənt/nounB1+A powder or liquid used to wash things clean.
  • deterioration/dɪˌtɪəɹɪəˈɹeɪʃən/nounB2+A steady worsening in condition.
  • determinism/dɪˈtɜːmɪnɪzəm/nounC2The view that everything is fixed by what came before.
  • deterrent/dɪˈtɛɹənt/nounC2Something kept in order to stop an enemy attacking.