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

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  • outrun/ˈaʊtɹʌn/verbB22 meaningsTo run faster or further than somebody.
  • outset/ˈaʊtsɛt/nounC1The very beginning of something.
  • outshine/aʊtˈʃaɪn/verbB2+To be so much better that others are put in the shade.
  • outsider/ˌaʊtˈsaɪdəɹ/nounC1Somebody who does not belong to the group.
  • outskirts/ˈaʊtskɝts/nounB2+The far edges of a city, where the buildings thin out.
  • outsmart/aʊtˈsmɑː(ɹ)t/
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verbB2
To beat somebody by being cleverer.
  • outsourcing/ˈaʊtˌsɔː.sɪŋ/nounB2+Paying an outside company to do work your own staff once did.
  • outstanding balancenounC1The amount still left to pay.
  • outstretched/aʊtˈstɹɛt͡ʃt/adjectiveB2+Extended to full length.
  • outward/ˈaʊt.wɚd/adjectiveB2+2 meaningsFacing or moving away from the centre.
  • outweigh/ˌaʊtˈweɪ/verbC1To matter more than the other side of the scale.
  • oval/ˈəʊvəl/nounB23 meaningsA shape like a stretched circle or an egg.
  • ovation[ə(ʊ)ˈveɪ.ʃn̩]nounB2+Long enthusiastic applause from an audience.
  • oven/ˈʌ.vn̩/nounA2+An enclosed compartment for baking and roasting food.
  • oven mittphraseB1A padded glove for handling hot cookware.
  • over my dead body/oʊ.vɚ maɪ dɛd bɑ.di/phraseB2I will resist this with everything I have.
  • over the topphraseB2Excessive and beyond what is reasonable.
  • overall/ˌəʊ.vəˈɹɔːl/adjectiveB22 meaningsTaking everything into account.
  • overalls/ˈoʊvəɹɔːlz/nounC1Work trousers with a front panel and shoulder straps.
  • overbearingadjectiveC1Domineering in a way that leaves no room for others.
  • overblown/ˌəʊ.vəˈbləʊn/adjectiveC1Made far more of than it deserves.
  • overboard/ˈəʊvə(ɹ)ˌbɔː(ɹ)d/adverbB22 meaningsOver the side of a boat into the water.
  • overbookedadjectiveB2+Sold to more passengers than there are seats.
  • overbookingnounB2+Taking more bookings than there are rooms.
  • overcast/ˈəʊvəˌkɑːst/adjectiveB1+Completely covered by grey cloud.
  • overcome/ˌəʊ.vəˈkʌm/verbB22 meaningsTo beat a difficulty.
  • overconfident/ˌəʊvə(ɹ)ˈkɒnfɪdənt/adjectiveB2+Surer of success than the facts allow.
  • overcooked/ˌəʊ.vəɹˈkʊkt/adjectiveB1+Left on the heat far too long.
  • overcrowdedadjectiveB1+Holding far more people than it should.
  • overdose/ˈəʊvə(ɹ)ˌdəʊs/nounB2+2 meaningsA dangerously large dose of a drug.
  • overdraft/ˈəʊvədɹɑːft/nounC1Permission to spend beyond what is in the account.
  • overdrawn/ˌəʊvəˈsteɪtɪd/adjectiveB2+Having taken out more than the account held.
  • overdrive/ˌəʊvə(ɹ)ˈdɹaɪv/<q:verb>nounB2+2 meaningsA state of working far harder than usual.
  • overdue/ˌəʊ.vəˈdju/adjectiveB13 meaningsNot paid, returned or done by the time it should have been.
  • overestimate/ˌəʊvəɹˈɛstɪmeɪt/<q:verb>verbB2+To think something bigger or better than it is.
  • overexposedadjectiveB2+Burnt out and too pale from too much light.
  • overflow/ˈəʊvəˌfləʊ/verbB22 meaningsTo spill over the edge of a container or channel.
  • overflowing/ˌoʊvɚˈfloʊɪŋ/adjectiveB1+2 meaningsSo full that the contents are spilling out.
  • overgrownadjectiveB1+Covered in plants that have grown wild.
  • overhandadjectiveB2+Thrown with the arm raised above the shoulder.
  • overhang/əʊvəˈhaŋ/nounB2+Rock that leans out further than the ground below.
  • overhaul/ˈəʊvəˌhɔːl/verbB2+2 meaningsTo take something apart and repair it thoroughly.
  • overhead/ˈəʊvəˌhɛd/adverbB1+4 meaningsDirectly above; in the sky or the space above your head.
  • overhead linenounC1The wire that feeds current to electric trains.
  • overhead lockernounB2The closed shelf above the seats for small bags.
  • overheadsnounC1The running costs a business pays whatever it sells.
  • overhear/oʊ.vɚˈhɪɚ/verbB2To hear something you were not meant to.
  • overheatingnounB2The becoming too hot for safe working.
  • overkill/ˈəʊ.vəˌkɪl/nounB2Far more force or effort than the job needed.
  • overlap/ˌəʊvəˈlæp/verbB22 meaningsTo cover part of the same area or time as something else.
  • overlay/ˌəʊ.vəˈleɪ/nounC2A layer placed on top of something else.
  • overload/ˌəʊvəˈləʊd/nounB2More than a system or a person can carry.
  • overlock/ˈəʊvəˌlɒk/verbC2To finish a raw edge so it cannot fray.
  • overlook/ˈəʊvəˌlʊk/verbC14 meaningsTo fail to notice or consider something.
  • overlord/ˈəʊvə(ɹ)lɔː(ɹ)d/<q:noun>nounC1The supreme master in a feudal chain, to whom lesser nobles owe their lands and their loyalty.
  • overlyadverbC1More than is good or reasonable.
  • overnight/əʊvə(ɹ)ˈnaɪt/adverbB23 meaningsDuring the night.
  • overpass/ˈəʊvə(ɹ)pæs/nounB1+A bridge carrying one road above another.
  • overpower/əʊvəˈpaʊə/verbB22 meaningsTo defeat someone by greater strength.
  • overpoweringadjectiveB2+So strong that nothing else can be noticed.