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

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  • hereby/hɪəˈbʌɪ/adverbB2By this act, in formal declarations.
  • hermit/ˈhɝmɪt/nounB2Somebody who lives entirely apart from other people.
  • heroism/ˈhɛɹəʊɪzəm/nounB2Behaviour of very great courage.
  • hesitate/ˈhɛz.ɪ.teɪt/verbB2To pause before acting because you are not quite sure.
  • hesitation/ˌhɛzɪˈteɪʃən/nounB2A pause before acting, caused by uncertainty.
  • hiccup/ˈhɪkʌp/
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To make a sharp involuntary sound in the throat.
  • hideous/ˈhɪd.i.əs/adjectiveB22 meaningsExtremely ugly.
  • hideout/ˈhaɪdˌaʊt/nounB2A place where somebody hides from pursuit.
  • hierarchy/ˈhaɪ.ə.ɹɑː(ɹ).ki/nounB23 meaningsA system in which people or things are ranked one above another.
  • high/haɪ/adjectiveA16 meaningsFar above the ground, or measuring a lot from bottom to top.
  • high boardnounB2A fixed platform high above the water.
  • high wirenounB2A rope stretched high for walking across.
  • high-densityadjectiveB2Having many homes packed into a small area.
  • high-pitched/ˌhaɪˈpɪt͡ʃt/adjectiveB2Having a high frequency of sound.
  • high-rankingadjectiveB2Holding a senior position.
  • high-risenounB2A tall block of flats or offices.
  • high-speed railnounB2Railways built for very fast trains.
  • high-visibilityadjectiveB2Brightly coloured so as to be easily seen.
  • highlighter/ˈhaɪ.laɪt.ə/nounB1+2 meaningsA bright marker used to colour over important lines.
  • hilarious/hɪˈlɛə.ɹi.əs/adjectiveB2Extremely funny.
  • hinge/ˈhɪnd͡ʒ/nounB1+3 meaningsA joint that lets a door, lid or gate swing open and shut.
  • hint/hɪnt/verbB23 meaningsTo suggest something without saying it outright.
  • hip/hɪp/nounB13 meaningsThe joint and bone at each side of the body below the waist.
  • hippie/ˈhɪpi/nounB22 meaningsA young person of the 1960s counterculture, associated with peace, long hair and rejecting convention.
  • hire/ˈhaɪ(.)ə/verbA25 meaningsTo give someone a job and pay them to do it.
  • hiss/hɪs/verbB25 meaningsTo make a long sharp s-sound, the way a snake or an angry cat does.
  • hit/hɪt/verbA16 meaningsTo strike someone or something with your hand or an object.
  • hit backphraseB2To answer an attack with one of your own.
  • hit the booksphraseB2To start studying seriously.
  • hit the roadphraseB2To leave and start your journey.
  • hit-and-runadjectiveB2Involving a driver who leaves the scene after a crash.
  • hit-or-missadjectiveB2Unplanned and therefore unreliable, working only some of the time.
  • hitch/hɪt͡ʃ/verbB22 meaningsTo fasten something with a knot or hook.
  • hitchhiker/ˈhɪtʃˌhaɪkə/nounB2Somebody who travels by asking drivers for lifts.
  • hitman/ˈhɪtmæːn/nounB2A killer hired to murder somebody.
  • hive/haɪv/nounB1+2 meaningsThe built home of a bee colony.
  • hold/həʊld/verbA17 meaningsTo keep something in your hands or arms.
  • hold an opinionphraseB2To believe a particular thing.
  • hold backphraseB22 meaningsTo restrain something or keep it in.
  • hold luggagenounB2The bags stored beneath the cabin.
  • hold onphraseB13 meaningsTo wait a moment.
  • hold upphraseB22 meaningsTo delay somebody or something.
  • hold your horsesphraseB2What you say to make someone slow down and wait.
  • hold your tonguephraseB2To stop yourself from saying what you are thinking.
  • holder/ˈhəʊldə/nounB22 meaningsThe person who holds something.
  • holdupnounB2A robbery carried out with a weapon.
  • holiday cottagenounB2A small country house rented for a break.
  • holiness/ˈhoʊlinəs/nounB2The quality of being sacred or morally pure.
  • holler/ˈhɒlə/verbB23 meaningsTo shout loudly, especially to somebody far away.
  • hollow/ˈhɒləʊ/adjectiveB26 meaningsHaving an empty space inside.
  • holocaust/ˈhɒl.ə(ʊ)ˌkɔːst/nounB2Destruction on a vast scale.
  • holster/ˈhɒlstə(ɹ)/nounB2The shaped case a handgun is carried in.
  • holy/ˈhəʊli/adjectiveB13 meaningsConnected with God or with religion, and treated with deep respect.
  • home economicsnounB2The study of running a household and cooking.
  • home-cookedadjectiveB2Prepared at home rather than bought ready-made.
  • homeland/ˈhəʊmˌlænd/nounB2The country where you were born or belong.
  • homeless/ˈhoʊmlɪs/adjectiveB2Having nowhere to live.
  • homestay/ˈhoʊmˌsteɪ/nounB2Staying as a guest in a local family's house.
  • homeward/ˈhoʊmwɚd/adverbB2Towards where you live.
  • homework/ˈhəʊmˌwɜːk/nounA12 meaningsSchool work that a pupil is given to do at home.