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

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218 words · showing 1–60

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  • gag/ɡæɡ/verbB22 meaningsTo choke or retch.
  • gain accessphraseB2To get the right or the means to enter.
  • gain experiencephraseB2To learn by doing something over time.
  • gallery/ˈɡæləɹi/nounB12 meaningsA building where paintings are shown.
  • gamble/ˈɡæm.bəl/verbB12 meaningsTo risk money on an uncertain outcome.
  • gambling/ˈɡæm.bl̩.ɪŋ/noun
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Risking money on the result of a game or a race.
  • game/ɡeɪm/nounA13 meaningsAn activity with rules played for fun or to win.
  • gaming/ˈɡeɪmɪŋ/nounB2Playing computer games, or betting for money.
  • gangster/ˈɡæŋ.stəː/nounB2A member of an organised criminal band.
  • gap yearphraseB2The year off between school and university, often spent traveling.
  • gardener/ˈɡɑɹd.n̩.ɚ/nounB2Somebody who looks after plants, flowers and lawns.
  • garnish/ˈɡɑːnɪʃ/verbB2+3 meaningsTo add a small pretty finishing touch to a plate.
  • gash/ɡæʃ/nounB22 meaningsA long deep cut in flesh.
  • gasp/ɡɑːsp/verbB24 meaningsTo take a short, sharp breath in, from shock, pain or surprise.
  • gate changenounB2An announcement that your departure door has moved.
  • gate latchnounB2The catch that holds a field gate shut.
  • gateway/ˈɡeɪtˌweɪ/nounB2An opening with a gate, or a way into something larger.
  • gather/ˈɡæðə/nounB13 meaningsCloth drawn up on a thread to make soft fullness.
  • gauge/ˈɡeɪd͡ʒ/verbB2+4 meaningsTo judge or estimate the amount, level or strength of something, especially something you cannot measure directly.
  • gauze/ɡɔːz/nounB2A thin loosely woven fabric used for dressings.
  • gaze/ɡeɪz/verbB23 meaningsTo look at something steadily for a long time.
  • gear rationounB2How far one turn of the pedals drives you.
  • gear shiftnounB2The control that changes which gear you are in.
  • gel nailsnounB2Nail colour hardened under a lamp to last for weeks.
  • gender/ˈd͡ʒɛndə/nounB2The state of being male, female or otherwise identified.
  • gene/d͡ʒiːn/nounB2One inherited instruction inside a living thing.
  • generate/ˈd͡ʒɛn.ə.ɹeɪt/verbB2To produce something in quantity.
  • generation/ˌd͡ʒɛnəˈɹeɪʃən/nounB12 meaningsAll the people born and living at about the same time.
  • generation gapnounB2The difference in outlook between young and old.
  • generosity/ˌd͡ʒɛn.əˈɹɒs.ɪ.ti/nounB22 meaningsThe open-handed readiness to give.
  • generous/ˈd͡ʒɛn(ə)ɹəs/adjectiveB13 meaningsWilling to give money, time or help freely.
  • genetic/d͡ʒəˈnɛt.ɪk/adjectiveB2Passed down through inherited units.
  • genius/ˈd͡ʒiː.ni.əs/nounB13 meaningsSomebody with exceptional ability.
  • gentleman/ˈd͡ʒɛn.təl.mən/nounB12 meaningsA polite, well-behaved man.
  • gentleness/ˈd͡ʒɛntl̩nəs/nounB2A soft and careful way of treating things.
  • gently/ˈd͡ʒɛntli/adverbB23 meaningsWith a soft, light touch that avoids harm.
  • genuine/ˈd͡ʒɛn.juː.ɪn/adjectiveB23 meaningsReally what it is said to be; not a copy.
  • genuinely/ˈd͡ʒɛn.ju.ɪn.li/adverbB22 meaningsIn a sincere and honest way.
  • geographic/d͡ʒiəˈɡɹæfɪk/adjectiveB2To do with the earth's regions and features, in the shorter adjective form that ends in -ic.
  • geography/dʒiˈɒɡɹəfi/nounA2+2 meaningsThe study of countries, landscapes and maps.
  • germ/d͡ʒɜːm/nounB22 meaningsA tiny living thing that can make you ill.
  • germ-freeadjectiveB2Having no germs left on it.
  • gesture/ˈd͡ʒɛs.t͡ʃə/nounB23 meaningsA movement of the hands, head or arms that carries a meaning.
  • get acrossphraseB2To make an idea understood by others.
  • get aheadphraseB2To become more successful than the people around you.
  • get alongphraseB12 meaningsTo have a friendly relationship with someone.
  • get aroundphraseB2To travel from place to place; also, to dodge a rule cleverly.
  • get around tophraseB2To finally do something you kept putting off.
  • get away withphraseB2To escape blame or punishment for something.
  • get byphraseB2To manage to survive with just barely enough.
  • get carried awayphraseB2To become so excited you lose control of yourself.
  • get down/ɡɛt ˈdaʊn/phraseB2To make somebody feel low.
  • get offphraseA22 meaningsTo leave a vehicle.
  • get on like a house on firephraseB2To take to each other immediately and warmly.
  • get outphraseA22 meaningsTo leave or escape from a place.
  • get the upper handphraseB2To gain the advantage over somebody.
  • get the wrong end of the stickphraseB2To misunderstand what somebody meant.
  • get through/ɡɛt ˈθɹu/phraseB22 meaningsTo survive or endure a difficult period.
  • get through tophraseB2To reach somebody, or to make them finally understand.
  • get your act togetherphraseB2To organise yourself and start doing things properly.