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

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  • markedly/ˈmɑː.kɪd.li/adverbC1To a degree that is easy to notice.
  • marketplacenounC1Where goods are traded, or the world of trade itself.
  • markup/ˈmɑː(ɹ)k.ʌp/nounC1The amount added to cost to arrive at the selling price.
  • marlin/ˈmɑɹ.lɪn/nounC1A large fast game fish with a spear-like snout.
  • maroon/məˈɹuːn/verbC12 meaningsTo leave somebody in a place they cannot get away from.
  • marriage/ˈmæɹɪd͡ʒ/
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The legal relationship between two married people.
  • marry/ˈmæɹi/verbA23 meaningsTo become somebody's husband or wife.
  • marshal/ˈmɑːʃəl/verbC13 meaningsTo gather people or facts and put them in order.
  • mart/mɑɹt/nounC1A market or trading centre.
  • martial law/ˈmɑːʃəl lɔː/nounC1Rule by the army, with ordinary law suspended.
  • martyrdom/ˈmɑː(ɹ).tə(ɹ).dəm/nounC1Death or great suffering endured for a belief.
  • masculinity/ˌmæskjəˈlɪnɪti/nounC1The qualities traditionally associated with being a man.
  • mash/mæʃ/verbB13 meaningsTo crush cooked food until it is soft and lumpy.
  • masochism/ˈmæs.ə.kɪ.zəm/nounC1Taking pleasure in your own pain or humiliation.
  • masonry/ˈmeɪsənɹi/nounC1Stone or brickwork taken as a whole.
  • masquerade/ˌmæskəˈɹeɪd/nounC1A pretence, or a party where faces are covered.
  • massacre/ˈmæs.ə.kə(ɹ)/nounC1The killing of many helpless people.
  • massage/ˈmæsɑː(d)ʒ/nounB22 meaningsRubbing the body to ease it.
  • massive/ˈmæs.ɪv/adjectiveB23 meaningsExtremely large and heavy.
  • masterfuladjectiveC1Showing complete command of a skill.
  • mastheadnounC1The title block at the top of a newspaper.
  • mastiff/ˈmæstɪf/nounC1A very large powerful guard dog.
  • material/məˈtɪə.ɹi.əl/nounC14 meaningsIn chess, the pieces a player has, weighed by value.
  • maternal/məˈtɜːnəl/adjectiveC1To do with a mother, or motherly in feeling.
  • mathematical/ˌmæθ(.ə)ˈmæt.ɪ.kəl/adjectiveC1To do with numbers and their study.
  • matinee performancenounC1A show given in the afternoon.
  • matriarch/ˈmeɪtɹɪˌɑːk/nounC1The powerful older woman who leads a family.
  • matron/ˈmeɪtɹən/nounC1A dignified married woman, or a woman in charge of nursing.
  • mattedadjectiveC1Tangled into a thick dirty mass.
  • matting/ˈmætɪŋ/nounC1Fur tangled into knots that must be cut out.
  • maturity/məˈtjʊəɹɪti/nounB22 meaningsBeing fully grown, in body or in judgement.
  • maul/mɔːl/verbC12 meaningsTo attack and tear at somebody savagely.
  • mauritanianounC1Saharan country between Morocco and Senegal, capital Nouakchott.
  • maxim/ˈmæk.sɪm/nounC1A short rule of conduct people live by.
  • mead/miːd/nounC1An alcoholic drink made from honey.
  • meander/miˈæn.də(ɹ)/verbC12 meaningsTo follow a winding course, or to wander without direction.
  • meaningless/ˈmiː.nɪŋ.ləs/adjectiveC1Having no sense or purpose at all.
  • meat/miːt/nounA12 meaningsFood that comes from the body of an animal.
  • mechanic/mɪˈkænɪk/nounB22 meaningsSomebody whose job is repairing engines and machines.
  • median/ˈmiː.di.ən/nounB2+2 meaningsThe middle value when everything is put in order.
  • mediate/ˈmidieɪt/<a:US>verbC1To act between two sides in order to help them agree.
  • medieval/ˌmɛd.iˈiː.vəl/adjectiveC12 meaningsBelonging to the Middle Ages, roughly 500 to 1500.
  • mediocrity/miː.dɪˈɒk.ɹɪ.ti/nounC1The quality of being merely average and unremarkable.
  • meditate/ˈmɛ.dɪˌteɪt/verbB2+2 meaningsTo calm and empty the mind as a practice.
  • meditation/mɛdɪˈteɪʃn̩/nounC12 meaningsQuiet focused attention practised to calm the mind.
  • meet somebody's eyephraseC1To look directly at somebody who is looking at you.
  • megalomania/ˌmɛɡəloʊˈmeɪniə/nounC1An obsession with your own power and greatness.
  • melancholy/ˈmɛlənkəli/nounC23 meaningsA quiet, lasting sadness with no single cause.
  • meld/mɛld/verbC1To blend two things into one.
  • melee/ˈmɛˌleɪ/nounC1A confused struggle with everybody mixed together.
  • melodramatic/ˌmɛl.ə.dɹəˈmæt.ɪk/adjectiveC1Exaggerated in emotion or behaviour.
  • meltdown/ˈmɛltdaʊn/nounB22 meaningsA complete loss of composure under strain.
  • melting/ˈmɛltɪŋ/adjectiveB22 meaningsSoftening on the tongue almost at once.
  • meltwaternounC1Water running off a melting glacier or snowfield.
  • meme/miːm/nounB12 meaningsA joke picture or format that spreads and is endlessly remade.
  • memo/ˈmɛməʊ̯/nounC12 meaningsA short written message circulated inside an organisation.
  • memoir/ˈmɛmˌwɑː/nounC1An account of events written from your own life.
  • memorandum/ˌmɛm.əˈɹæn.dəm/nounC1A short written note circulated inside an organisation.
  • menace/ˈmɛnɪs/nounB24 meaningsA person or thing that threatens harm.
  • menagerie/məˈnæd͡ʒəɹɪ/nounC12 meaningsA collection of wild animals kept for show.