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

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  • eagerness/ˈiɡɚnəs/nounC1Keen and impatient willingness to do something.
  • earful/ˈɪə(ɹ)fəl/nounC1An informal blast of angry complaint aimed at somebody who has to stand and take it, named from the receiving side rather than the speaker's.
  • earmark/ˈɪəmɑːk/verbC1To set something aside for a particular purpose.
  • earnest/ˈɝ.nɪst/adjectiveC12 meaningsDeeply sincere and serious about what you do.
  • earpiece/ˈɪəpiːs/nounC1A small speaker worn in the ear to receive sound.
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/ˈəːθ(ə)nwɛː/
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Thick pottery fired at a low heat.
  • earthy/ˈɜː.θi/adjectiveB2+2 meaningsSmelling of soil and damp woodland.
  • ease offphraseC1To become less strong or less intense.
  • eat your wordsphraseC1To have to admit that what you said was wrong.
  • eau de toilette/ˌəʊ də twɑːˈlɛt/nounC1A light scent, weaker than perfume.
  • eaves/iːvz/nounC1The part of a roof that overhangs the wall.
  • eavesdrop/ˈiːvzˌdɹɒp/verbB22 meaningsTo listen secretly to other people's conversation.
  • ebb/ɛb/verbC22 meaningsTo flow back out, as the tide does.
  • eccentric/ɪkˈsɛntɹɪk/adjectiveC13 meaningsOdd in a harmless, likeable way; living by your own rules.
  • echo/ˈɛk.əʊ/nounB24 meaningsA sound that comes back to you after bouncing off a surface.
  • echo chambernounC1A space where you hear only your own opinions back.
  • eclectic/ɛkˈlɛk.tɪk/adjectiveC1Drawing on many different sources and styles.
  • ecological/ˌiːkəˈlɒd͡ʒɪkl̩/adjectiveC1To do with living things and their surroundings.
  • economics/ˌiːkəˈnɒmɪks/nounB2+2 meaningsThe study of money, markets and trade.
  • ecosystem/ˈiːkəʊˌsɪstəm/nounB2+2 meaningsA community of living things and their surroundings as one system.
  • ecstasy/ˈɛkstəsi/nounB2+2 meaningsAn overwhelming feeling of joy.
  • ecstaticallyadverbC1With overwhelming joy.
  • eddy/ˈɛd.i/nounC12 meaningsA small whirling movement in water or air.
  • edgy/ˈɛd͡ʒi/adjectiveB22 meaningsTense and on the point of snapping.
  • edible/ˈɛdɪbəl/adjectiveB1+3 meaningsSafe or fit to eat.
  • edict/ˈiː.dɪkt/nounC1A command issued by somebody in authority.
  • educator/ˈɛd͡ʒəkeɪtɚ/nounC1Somebody whose work is teaching.
  • eerie/ˈɪəɹi/adjectiveB22 meaningsStrange and frightening in a quiet, ghostly way.
  • effect/ɪˈfɛkt/nounA2+2 meaningsThe change something causes.
  • effective/ɪˈfɛktɪv/adjectiveB1+3 meaningsProducing the result it was meant to produce.
  • effectiveness/ɪˈfɛk.tɪv.nɪs/nounC1How well something achieves its purpose.
  • effervescent/ˌɛfəˈvɛsənt/adjectiveC12 meaningsGiving off bubbles of gas.
  • effigy/ˈɛfəd͡ʒi/nounC1A model of a person, often burnt in protest.
  • effortless/ˈɛfə(ɹ)tlɪs/adjectiveC1Done so well it looks easy.
  • egotistical/ˌi.ɡoʊˈtɪs.tɪk.(ə)l/adjectiveC1Excessively concerned with yourself and your own importance.
  • egregious/ɪˈɡɹiː.d͡ʒəs/adjectiveC1Outstandingly bad.
  • egret/ˈiːɡɹɪt/nounC1A long-legged white wading bird.
  • eight/eɪt/nounA13 meaningsThe number 8.
  • elaborationnounC1The adding of more detail to something.
  • elapse/ɪˈlæps/verbC1To pass, as time does.
  • elastic/ɪˈlæstɪk/nounC12 meaningsA band that stretches and springs back.
  • elective/ɪˈlɛktɪv/nounB2+3 meaningsA course a student chooses rather than has to take.
  • electoral/ɪˈlɛk.tə.ɹəl/adjectiveC1To do with elections and voting.
  • elegant/ˈɛləɡənt/adjectiveB22 meaningsBeautiful in a graceful, restrained way.
  • elemental/(ˌ)ɛləˈmɛntəl/adjectiveB2+2 meaningsBelonging to the basic forces of nature.
  • elephant in the roomphraseC1The huge obvious problem everyone politely ignores.
  • elevate/ˈɛləveɪt/verbC12 meaningsTo lift to a higher position.
  • elevation/ˌɛlɪˈveɪʃn̩/nounC12 meaningsA drawing of one flat face of a building.
  • elevator/ˈɛləˌveɪtə/nounA22 meaningsA machine that carries people between the floors of a building.
  • elicit/ɪˈlɪsɪt/verbC1To skilfully draw out a response or information.
  • eligible/ˈɛl.ɪ.d͡ʒɪ.bəl/adjectiveC12 meaningsMeeting the conditions that allow you to do or receive something.
  • elite/ɪˈliːt/nounC1The small group at the top of a society or field.
  • elitist/ɪˈliːtɪst/adjectiveC1Favouring a select few over everybody else.
  • elixir/ɪˈlɪksə(ɹ)/nounC1A liquid said to cure everything or grant long life.
  • ellipse/ɪˈlɪps/nounC1A regular oval, like a squashed circle.
  • elongate/ɪˈlɒŋ.ɡeɪt/verbC1To make or become longer.
  • elope/ɪˈləʊp/verbC1To run away secretly in order to marry.
  • elucidate/ɪˈl(j)uːsɪdeɪt/verbC1To make something clear by explaining it.
  • elude/ɪˈljuːd/verbC12 meaningsTo escape from somebody by cleverness.
  • elusive/ɪˈl(j)uː.sɪv/adjectiveC1Always slipping away just before you catch it.