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

Letter
abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz
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Part of speech
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  • machine learningphraseB2Teaching computers by showing them examples instead of writing rules.
  • main coursephraseA2The biggest central dish of the meal.
  • make a beeline forphraseC1To head straight towards something without delay.
  • make a decisionphraseB1To choose what to do after considering the options.
  • make dophraseB2To manage with what little you have.
  • make ends meetphraseB2To just manage to pay for life on the money you have.
  • make intophraseB1To turn one thing into another.
  • make out/meɪk aʊt/phraseB22 meaningsTo manage to see or hear something indistinct.
  • make overphraseB2To give something a completely new look.
  • make sense ofphraseB1To find the pattern in something confusing.
  • make the bedphraseA2To pull the covers straight after sleeping.
  • make up/ˌmeɪk ˈʌp/phraseB22 meaningsTo invent something untrue.
  • make up forphraseB2To compensate for something bad you did.
  • make yourself at homephraseB1Relax here and behave as if it were your own place.
  • makes sensephraseB1That is a reasonable explanation.
  • many hands make light workphraseC1A job is easy when everybody helps.
  • maternity leavephraseB2A period of leave from work granted to a mother around childbirth.
  • meet a deadlinephraseB2To finish by the time set.
  • meet a requirementphraseB2To satisfy what is demanded.
  • meet expectationsphraseB2To be as good as people hoped.
  • meet halfwayphraseB2To settle by each side moving the same distance.
  • meet somebody's eyephraseC1To look directly at somebody who is looking at you.
  • meet upphraseB1To come together with somebody by arrangement.
  • mend fencesphraseC1To put a quarrel right and be friends again.
  • mess aboutphraseB22 meaningsTo waste time doing nothing useful.
  • mess upphraseB1To spoil something, or to make it untidy.
  • mill aboutphraseC1To move around aimlessly in a crowd.
  • mind youphraseC1Used to add a qualifying thought.
  • mind your own businessphraseB2A sharp refusal to explain yourself.
  • miss the boatphraseC1To lose an opportunity by acting too late.
  • mix upphraseB1To confuse one thing with another.
  • more often than notphraseB2In the majority of cases.
  • more or less/mɔɹ ɔɹ lɛs/phraseB1Approximately; almost but not exactly.
  • mother tongue/ˈmʌð.ə ˌtʌŋ/phraseB1The first language you grew up speaking.
  • mother-in-law/ˈmʌ.ðəɹ.ɪnˌlɔː/phraseB2The mother of your husband or wife.
  • motion sicknessphraseB2The dizzy sick feeling some people get in moving cars and boats.
  • mount upphraseB2To grow steadily larger, as costs do.
  • move in/ˌmuːv ˈɪn/phraseB12 meaningsTo begin living in a new home.
  • move in withphraseB1To begin sharing a home with somebody.
  • move onphraseB22 meaningsTo put a difficult experience behind you and continue.
  • move outphraseB1To leave a home permanently, taking your possessions.
  • move overphraseB1To shift aside to make space.
  • mull overphraseC2To turn a question over slowly in your mind.
  • mustn't grumblephraseC1A very British way of admitting things are all right.
  • my pleasurephraseB1A warm reply to being thanked.