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

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309 words · showing 181–240

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  • follow upphraseB2To take a further step after a first one.
  • follow your nosephraseB2To go straight on, or to trust your instinct.
  • follow-upnounB2A later piece or action returning to an earlier one.
  • follow-up emailnounB2The message sent afterwards to confirm what was agreed.
  • follower/ˈfɒləʊə(ɹ)/nounB22 meaningsA person who has chosen to see everything you post.
  • fond/fɒnd/adjectiveB22 meanings
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Having a warm, lasting liking for somebody or something.
  • food chainnounB2The order in which living things eat one another.
  • food criticnounB2A writer who judges restaurants in public.
  • foolishness/ˈfuːlɪʃnəs/nounB2Behaviour that shows no sense.
  • foolproof/ˈfuːl ˌpɹuːf/adjectiveB2So simple that nobody could get it wrong.
  • footage/ˈfʊtɪd͡ʒ/nounB22 meaningsRecorded moving pictures.
  • foothold/ˈfʊthoʊld/nounB2+2 meaningsThe small ledge a climber puts a foot on.
  • for the time beingphraseB2For now, until something changes.
  • forbid/fəˈbɪd/verbB2To order that something must not be done.
  • force/fɔːs/verbB14 meaningsTo make somebody do something they do not want to do.
  • forceful/ˈfɔːsfəl/adjectiveB2Expressing yourself strongly and with confidence.
  • forecast/ˈfɔːkɑːst/nounB23 meaningsA statement of what the weather will do.
  • foreign/ˈfɒɹɪn/adjectiveA2+3 meaningsBelonging to a country that is not your own.
  • foreign exchangenounB2The business of turning one currency into another.
  • foreigner/ˈfɒɹ.ɪ.nə(ɹ)/nounB2A person from another country.
  • foreman/ˈfɔː(ɹ).mən/nounB22 meaningsThe worker in charge of a crew on a site or a factory floor.
  • forensics/fəˈɹɛn.zɪks/nounB2The science of examining traces left at a crime.
  • foresee/fɔɹˈsi/verbB2+2 meaningsTo know in advance that something will happen.
  • forever/fəˈɹɛvə(ɹ)/adverbA23 meaningsFor all time; permanently.
  • forge/fɔːd͡ʒ/nounC13 meaningsThe hearth or workshop where metal is heated and beaten.
  • forgery/ˈfɔː.dʒəɹ.ɪ/nounB2+2 meaningsThe crime of making fake documents, money or signatures.
  • forget-me-not/fɚˈɡɛt.miˌnɑt/nounB2A small plant with pale blue flowers.
  • forgetful/fərˈɡɛtfəl/adjectiveB2Often failing to remember things.
  • forgive/fə(ɹ)ˈɡɪv/verbA23 meaningsTo stop feeling angry at somebody for what they did.
  • forgiveness/fəˈɡɪvnəs/nounB2Letting go of the right to stay angry.
  • fork/fɔːk/nounA24 meaningsThe eating tool with a handle and three or four sharp points.
  • forklift/ˈfɔɹklɪft/nounB2A small truck with prongs that lifts pallets.
  • form/fɔːm/nounA15 meaningsA printed sheet with spaces for information.
  • formation/fɔːˈmeɪʃ(ə)n/nounB22 meaningsAn ordered arrangement.
  • formerly/ˈfɔɹmɚli/adverbB2At an earlier time than now.
  • formula/ˈfɔː.mjʊ.lə/nounB1+4 meaningsA rule written in symbols and numbers for working something out.
  • forth/fɔːθ/adverbB2Out, or forward from a place, in formal or older use.
  • forthcoming/fɔːθˈkʌmɪŋ/adjectiveB23 meaningsHappening or appearing soon.
  • fortress/ˈfoɹ.tɹɪs/nounB2A large strongly defended building.
  • fortunate/ˈfɔː.t͡ʃə.nɪt/adjectiveB2Having good luck.
  • fossil fuelphraseB2Coal, oil, and gas — energy dug up from ancient buried life.
  • fossiliseverbB2To be turned to stone and preserved over ages.
  • foster/ˈfɒstə/verbB24 meaningsTo bring up a child who is not your own, for a period and without adopting them.
  • foster parentnounB2Somebody who raises a child not born to them, for a time.
  • foul/faʊl/nounB24 meaningsAn action against the rules in a sport.
  • found/ˈfaʊ̯nd/verbB2To set up an institution and provide for its beginning.
  • foundation/ˌfaʊ̯nˈdeɪ̯ʃən/nounB24 meaningsThe solid base a building stands on.
  • fowl/faʊl/nounB2A bird kept for its meat and eggs.
  • fraction/ˈfɹæk.ʃən/nounB23 meaningsA number that expresses a part of a whole, written as one number over another.
  • fracture/ˈfɹæk.t͡ʃʰəː/nounB24 meaningsA break or crack, especially in a bone.
  • fragile/ˈfɹæd͡ʒaɪl/adjectiveB13 meaningsEasily broken or damaged.
  • fragment/ˈfɹæɡmənt/<q:noun>nounB2+2 meaningsA small piece broken off something larger.
  • fragrance-freeadjectiveB2Made without any added scent.
  • frail/fɹeɪl/adjectiveB23 meaningsWeak in body, especially through age or illness.
  • frame/ˈfɹeɪ̯m/nounB15 meaningsThe rigid structure that surrounds or supports something, such as a picture, a window, a bicycle or a building.
  • frame of mind/fɹɛɪːm ʌv maɪːnd/nounB2The mood you happen to be thinking in.
  • framework/ˈfɹeɪm.wɜːk/nounB23 meaningsA set of ideas, rules or principles that something is built on or judged against.
  • framing/ˈfɹeɪmɪŋ/nounB23 meaningsThe choice of what to include in a picture and what to leave out.
  • frankly/fɹæŋkli/adverbB2Speaking openly, even if it is unwelcome.
  • frantic/ˈfɹæn.tɪk/adjectiveB2Wild with hurry, worry or fear.