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

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  • desiccated/ˈdɛsɪkeɪtəd/adjectiveC1Completely dried out.
  • design/dɪˈzaɪn/verbB13 meaningsTo plan how something new will look and work.
  • design technologynounB2Lessons in designing and making practical objects.
  • designate/ˈdɛz.ɪɡ.nət/verbC12 meaningsTo officially mark out for a particular role or use.
  • designation/dɛzɪɡˈneɪʃən/nounB2+An official name or title given to something.
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nounA2+2 meanings
Somebody who decides how things should look and work.
  • desirable/dɪˈzaɪəɹəbəl/adjectiveC1Worth wanting or having.
  • desire/dɪˈzaɪə/nounB12 meaningsA strong wish for something.
  • desist/dɪˈsɪst/verbC1To stop doing 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.
  • desolate/ˈdɛs.ə.lət/adjectiveC12 meaningsEmpty, bare and abandoned.
  • desolation/ˌdɛsəˈleɪʃən/nounC1Bleak emptiness, or utter misery.
  • despair/dɪˈspɛə(ɹ)/nounB1+2 meaningsThe state of having lost all hope.
  • despairing/dɪˈspɛə.ɹɪŋ/adjectiveC1Showing complete loss of hope.
  • desperate/ˈdɛs.p(ə.)ɹɪt/adjectiveB13 meaningsReady to do anything because there is almost no hope.
  • desperately/ˈdɛs.p(ə.)ɹət.li/adverbB22 meaningsWith the urgency of somebody running out of hope.
  • desperation/ˌdɛspəˈɹeɪʃən/nounB2A state of hopelessness leading to reckless action.
  • despicable/dɪˈspɪkəbəl/adjectiveB2+Deserving nothing but contempt.
  • despite/dɪˈspaɪt/prepositionB1Regardless of something that might have stopped it.
  • despoil/dɪˈspɔɪl/verbC2To strip a place of its goods by force.
  • despondency/dɪˈspɒndənsi/nounC2Low spirits from a loss of hope.
  • despondent/dɪˈspɒndənt/adjectiveC1In low 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.
  • destined/ˈdɛstɪnd/adjectiveC1Certain to happen or to end up in a particular way.
  • destiny/ˈdɛs.tɪ.ni/nounB2The events already fixed for someone in the future.
  • destitute/ˈdɛstɪtʃuːt/adjectiveC1Without money, home or any means at all.
  • destroy/dɪˈstɹɔɪ/verbA22 meaningsTo damage something so completely that nothing is left.
  • destruction/dɪsˈtɹʌkʃən/nounB2The complete ruining of something.
  • destructive/dɪˈstɹʌktɪv/adjectiveC1Causing great damage.
  • desultory/ˈdɛs.əl.t(ə).ɹi/adjectiveC2Done without plan or steady interest.
  • detach/dɪˈtæt͡ʃ/verbB2+To unfasten one part from another.
  • detached/dɪˈtæt͡ʃt/adjectiveB2Standing on its own, or showing no emotional involvement.
  • detachment/dɪˈtæt͡ʃmənt/nounB2+2 meaningsBeing present without feeling connected.
  • detail/ˈdiː.teɪl/nounB15 meaningsOne small fact or feature of something larger.
  • detain/dɪˈteɪn/verbC12 meaningsTo keep someone in official custody.
  • detainee/ˌdɪteɪˈniː/nounB2+Somebody being held in custody.
  • detangleverbC1To work knots out of hair.
  • detect/dɪˈtɛkt/verbB22 meaningsTo discover that something is present, especially something faint or hidden.
  • 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.
  • deter/dɪˈtɜː/verbB2+To make somebody decide not to do something.
  • detergent/dɪˈtɜːd͡ʒənt/nounB1+A powder or liquid used to wash things clean.
  • deteriorate/dɪˈtɪə.ɹɪə.ɹeɪt/verbC1To grow steadily worse over time.
  • deterioration/dɪˌtɪəɹɪəˈɹeɪʃən/nounB2+A steady worsening in condition.
  • determine/dɪˈtɜː(ɹ).mɪn/verbB22 meaningsTo establish something exactly, after investigation.
  • determinism/dɪˈtɜːmɪnɪzəm/nounC2The view that everything is fixed by what came before.
  • deterrent/dɪˈtɛɹənt/nounC2Something kept in order to stop an enemy attacking.
  • detest/dɪˈtɛst/verbC1To dislike somebody or something intensely.
  • detestable/dɪˈtɛstəbl̩/adjectiveC1Deserving to be hated.
  • detonate/ˈdɛtəneɪt/verbB2To set off an explosion deliberately.
  • detonation/dɛtəˈneɪʃən/nounC1The setting off of an explosion.
  • detonator/ˈdɛt.ə.neɪ.tə(ɹ)/nounB2The device that sets off an explosive.
  • detour/ˈdiː.tɔː(ɹ)/nounB1+3 meaningsA longer route taken because the direct one is blocked or because you want to pass something.
  • detract/dɪˈtɹækt/verbC2To take away from the worth or effect of something.
  • detriment/ˈdɛtɹɪmənt/nounC1Harm done to something valued.