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

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  • eager/ˈiɡɚ/adjectiveB22 meaningsFull of impatient excitement about doing or getting something.
  • eagle owl/ˈiːɡəl ˈɑʊl/nounB2A huge owl with orange eyes and ear tufts.
  • ear/ˈɪə̯/nounA13 meaningsThe organ of hearing on each side of the head.
  • ear defendersnounB2Padded cups that keep loud machine noise out.
  • eardrum/ˈɪəˌdɹʌm/nounB2The tiny skin inside your ear that sound makes tremble.
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A person who happily wakes at dawn.
  • earn/ɜːn/verbA2+3 meaningsTo receive money for the work you do.
  • earsplittingadjectiveB2Extremely loud, to the point of pain.
  • easel/ˈiː.z(ə)l/nounB2The three-legged stand that holds a painting while it is made.
  • easier said than donephraseB2The plan sounds simple but will be hard in practice.
  • eat/iːt/verbA13 meaningsTo take food into the mouth, chew it and swallow it.
  • eavesdrop/ˈiːvzˌdɹɒp/verbB22 meaningsTo listen secretly to other people's conversation.
  • echo/ˈɛk.əʊ/nounB24 meaningsA sound that comes back to you after bouncing off a surface.
  • eclipse/ɪˈklɪps/nounB2The hiding of the sun by the moon, or of the moon by the earth's shadow.
  • economy/ɪˈkɒ.nə.mi/nounB1+2 meaningsThe whole system of buying, selling and working.
  • edge/ɛd͡ʒ/nounB15 meaningsThe line where something stops — the outer limit of a surface, a space or a shape.
  • edgy/ˈɛd͡ʒi/adjectiveB22 meaningsTense and on the point of snapping.
  • edible mushroomnounB2A fungus that can safely be eaten.
  • edit/ˈɛdɪt/verbB22 meaningsTo change a picture, film or text after it was made.
  • edit downphraseB2To shorten a piece by cutting the weaker parts.
  • edition/ɪˈdɪʃ(ə)n/nounB2One version of a book as printed at a given time.
  • editorial/ˌɛdɪˈtɔːɹɪəl/nounB2+2 meaningsThe article where a newspaper gives its own opinion.
  • educate/ˈɛd͡ʒ.ʊˌkeɪt/verbB1+2 meaningsTo teach someone over an extended period.
  • eerie/ˈɪəɹi/adjectiveB22 meaningsStrange and frightening in a quiet, ghostly way.
  • effective/ɪˈfɛktɪv/adjectiveB1+3 meaningsProducing the result it was meant to produce.
  • efficiency/ɪˈfɪʃ.ən.si/nounB23 meaningsThe quality of getting a result with little waste of time, money, effort or material.
  • efficient/ɪˈfɪʃənt/adjectiveB2Getting the result without wasting time or energy.
  • effort/ˈɛf.ət/nounB13 meaningsThe physical or mental energy you put into doing something.
  • ego/ˈiɡo/nounB2Your sense of your own worth and importance.
  • eject/ɪˈd͡ʒɛkt/verbB22 meaningsTo push or throw something out with force.
  • el salvadornounB2The smallest and most crowded Central American country.
  • elaborate/ɪˈlæb.(ə.)ɹət/adjectiveB23 meaningsMade of many small parts, each one carefully worked out.
  • elbow/ˈɛlbəʊ̯/nounA24 meaningsThe joint in the middle of the arm, where the arm bends.
  • elder/ˈeldə/adjectiveB12 meaningsOlder, especially of two family members.
  • elder relativenounB2An older member of the family, treated with respect.
  • elderly/ˈɛldɚli/adjectiveB22 meaningsOld, said of a person, in a polite and slightly distant way.
  • elect/ɪˈlɛkt/verbB2To choose somebody for a post by voting.
  • electric/ɪˈlɛktɹɪk/adjectiveA23 meaningsWorked by electricity.
  • electrician/ɪˌlɛkˈtɹɪʃ(ə)n/nounB2The professional who installs and repairs wiring.
  • electrify/ɪˈlɛktɹɪfaɪ/verbB22 meaningsTo supply something with electric power, or convert it to run on electricity.
  • electronic/ˌɛl.ɛkˈtɹɒn.ɪk/adjectiveA2+2 meaningsWorking by circuits and small components.
  • electronics/ˌɛl.ɛkˈtɹɒn.ɪks/nounB2The study of circuits and the devices built from them.
  • elegance/ˈɛl.ɪ.ɡəns/nounB2Graceful good taste in style or in thought.
  • elegant/ˈɛləɡənt/adjectiveB22 meaningsBeautiful in a graceful, restrained way.
  • elementary/ˌɛlɪˈmɛntəɹi/adjectiveB22 meaningsBasic and introductory.
  • elevation/ˌɛlɪˈveɪʃn̩/nounC12 meaningsA drawing of one flat face of a building.
  • eliminate/ɪˈlɪm.ɪ.neɪt/verbB22 meaningsTo remove something completely.
  • elm/ɛlm/nounB2A tall broad-leaved hedgerow tree.
  • elsewhere/ˌɛlsˈʍɛə/adverbB2In or to some other place.
  • embassy/ˈɛmbəsi/nounB2A country's official house inside a foreign country.
  • embrace/ɛmˈbɹes/verbB23 meaningsTo put your arms around someone and hold them.
  • embroidery/ɪmˈbɹɔɪdəɹi/nounB2+3 meaningsThe craft of decorating cloth with designs sewn in thread.
  • emerald/ˈɛm.(ə.)ɹəld/nounB1+3 meaningsA precious stone of deep green, a variety of the mineral beryl.
  • emerge/ɪˈmɜːd͡ʒ/verbB24 meaningsTo come out from a place where you could not be seen.
  • emission/ɪˈmɪʃ.ən/nounB2+2 meaningsGases sent into the air by vehicles, factories or power stations.
  • emotion/ɪˈməʊ.ʃən/nounB12 meaningsA strong feeling such as love, anger or fear.
  • emotionally/ɪˈməʊʃənəli/adverbB2In a way that involves strong feeling.
  • emphasis/ˈɛmfəsɪs/nounB2+2 meaningsSpecial importance or attention given to something.
  • emphasize/ˈɛm.fə.saɪz/verbB2+2 meaningsTo give special importance or force to something.
  • emphatically/ɪmˈfætɪkli/adverbB2+2 meaningsIn a firm way that leaves no room for doubt.