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

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659 words · showing 181–240

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  • get on like a house on firephraseB2To take to each other immediately and warmly.
  • get outphraseA22 meaningsTo leave or escape from a place.
  • get overphraseB1To recover from an illness, a shock, or a broken heart.
  • get rid of/ɡɛt ɹɪd ʌv/phraseB1To remove or dispose of something unwanted.
  • get something off your chestphraseC1To say the thing that has been troubling you.
  • get the upper handphraseB2
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To 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 to the pointphraseB1To say the most important thing without unnecessary delay.
  • get togetherphraseB1To meet socially as a group.
  • get upphraseA12 meaningsTo rise from bed in the morning.
  • get your act togetherphraseB2To organise yourself and start doing things properly.
  • get your head aroundphraseB2To manage to understand something difficult.
  • get your own wayphraseB2To make things go exactly as you wanted.
  • getawaynounB2A short escape from daily life.
  • geyser/ˈɡiː.zə/nounB2+A natural fountain that blasts hot water from the ground.
  • ghana/ˈɑːnə/nounB1+A country in West Africa.
  • ghastly/ˈɡɑːs(t).li/adjectiveB22 meaningsHorrifying.
  • ghetto/ˈɡɛ.təʊ/nounB2A district where one group lives apart from the rest.
  • ghost/ɡəʊst/nounA22 meaningsThe spirit of a dead person appearing to the living.
  • ghostwriternounB2+Somebody who writes a book that appears under another name.
  • ghoul/ɡuːl/nounC1A grave-haunting creature of legend that feeds on the dead.
  • giant/ˈd͡ʒaɪ.ənt/adjectiveB12 meaningsVery much larger than usual.
  • gibber/ˈd͡ʒɪbə(ɹ)/verbC1To talk fast and unintelligibly from fear.
  • gibberish/ˈd͡ʒɪ.bə.ɹɪʃ/nounB2Rapid, garbled talk that carries no meaning.
  • gibbet/ˈd͡ʒɪbɪt/nounC2A post where executed criminals were hung on display.
  • gibenounC2A mocking remark aimed at somebody.
  • giddy/ˈɡɪd.i/adjectiveC13 meaningsFeeling as if everything is spinning; unsteady on your feet.
  • gift/ɡɪft/nounA22 meaningsSomething nice given to somebody.
  • gift cardnounB1A card loaded with money to spend as a present.
  • gift wrapphraseB1The colorful paper a present is covered in.
  • gig/ɡɪɡ/nounB22 meaningsA single live performance by a band.
  • gigabyte/ˈɡɪɡəbaɪt/nounB1+A unit of digital information, about a billion bytes.
  • gigantic/d͡ʒaɪˈɡæntɪk/adjectiveB1Extremely large.
  • giggle/ˈɡɪɡl̩/verbB13 meaningsTo laugh in a light, high, half-swallowed way.
  • gigolo/ˈd͡ʒɪɡ.ə.loʊ/nounC1A man kept by a woman in return for his company.
  • gilded/ˈɡɪldɪd/adjectiveC1Covered with a thin layer of gold.
  • gilding/ˈɡɪldɪŋ/nounC1A thin covering of gold laid over a surface.
  • gill/ɡɪl/nounB1+The organ a fish breathes water through.
  • gilt/ɡɪlt/nounC12 meaningsA thin covering of gold.
  • gimlet/ˈɡɪm.lət/nounC2A small tool for boring holes in wood.
  • gimmick/ˈɡɪm.ɪk/nounB2+A trick or device used to attract attention.
  • ginger/ˈdʒɪndʒə/nounB1A knobby spicy root used in cooking.
  • gingerbread/ˈd͡ʒɪn.(d͡)ʒəˌbɹɛd/nounB1+A spiced cake or biscuit flavoured with ginger.
  • gingerly/ˈdʒɪn(d)ʒəli/adverbC1Very cautiously, as if afraid of hurting something.
  • giraffe/dʒɪˈɹɑːf/nounB1The tallest animal, with a very long neck.
  • gird/ɡɜːd/verbC2To fasten a belt on, or to prepare for action.
  • gird upphraseC2To prepare yourself for hard effort.
  • girder/ˈɡɜːdə(ɹ)/nounB2+A great steel beam carrying a building's weight.
  • girdle/ˈɡɝdl̩/nounC15 meaningsA belt or cord worn round the waist.
  • girl/ˈɡɜːl/nounA12 meaningsA female child.
  • girlfriend/ˈɡɜːlfɹɛnd/nounA12 meaningsThe woman or girl somebody is romantically involved with.
  • girlish/ˈɡɜː.lɪʃ/adjectiveB2Having the manner of a young girl.
  • giro/ˈdʒaɪɹəʊ/nounC2A payment transferred between accounts through the post office.
  • girth/ɡɜːθ/nounC12 meaningsThe measurement round something thick.
  • girth strapnounC1The band that holds a saddle under the belly.
  • gist/d͡ʒɪst/nounB2+The essential point of what was said.
  • give/ˈɡɪv/verbA15 meaningsTo hand something to someone so that it becomes theirs.
  • give an accountphraseC1To describe what happened.