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

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abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz
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373 words · showing 241–300

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  • retrieve/ɹɪˈtɹiːv/verbC12 meaningsTo go and bring something back.
  • return/ɹɪˈtɜːn/verbA15 meaningsTo go back to a place you were before.
  • return on investmentnounB2What you got back compared with what you spent.
  • returns/ɹɪˈtɜːnz/nounB12 meaningsItems brought back after being borrowed or bought.
  • returns policynounB2The rules about bringing goods back.
  • reunion/ɹiːˈjuːnjən/
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A gathering of people who have been apart for a long time.
  • reunite/ˌɹiːjuːˈnaɪt/verbB2To bring or come together again after separation.
  • rev/ɹɛv/verbB22 meaningsTo make an engine turn faster and louder.
  • reveal/ɹɪˈviːl/verbB24 meaningsTo make known something that was secret or unknown.
  • revelation/ˌɹɛv.əˈleɪ.ʃən/nounC12 meaningsKnowledge believed to be disclosed by a god.
  • revenge/ɹəˈvɛnd͡ʒ/nounB2Harm inflicted in return for a wrong suffered.
  • revenue/ˈɹɛvənjuː/nounB2+2 meaningsThe money a business takes in from its sales, before costs are subtracted.
  • reversal/ɹɪˈvɜː(ɹ)səl/nounB2A change to the opposite direction or decision.
  • reverse/ɹɪˈvɜːs/verbB25 meaningsTo drive a vehicle backwards.
  • revise/ɹɪˈvaɪz/verbB1+3 meaningsIn British English, to study material again before an exam.
  • revision/ɹɪˈvɪʒ.ən/nounB2+2 meaningsIn British English, study of material already taught, before an exam.
  • revisit/ɹiːˈvɪzɪt/verbB2+2 meaningsTo go back to a place.
  • revolt/ɹɪˈvoʊlt/nounB22 meaningsAn armed rising against those in power.
  • revolution/ˌɹɛv.əˈluː.ʃən/nounB23 meaningsThe overthrow of a government or system by the people.
  • revolutionary/ˌɹɛvəˈluʃənɛɹi/adjectiveB2Completely new and overturning what came before.
  • revolve/ɹɪˈvɒlv/verbB22 meaningsTo move in a circle around a central point.
  • revolver/ɹɪˈvɒl.vɚ/nounB2A handgun with a revolving cylinder holding the cartridges.
  • rewind/ɹiːˈwaɪnd/verbB1+2 meaningsTo wind a tape or recording back towards the start.
  • rhinoceros/ɹaɪˈnɒs.ə.ɹəs/nounB2A huge thick-skinned animal with a horn on its nose.
  • rhyme/ɹaɪm/nounB22 meaningsThe matching end-sound of words.
  • rhythm/ˈɹɪð.əm/nounB22 meaningsA regular repeated pattern of sound or movement in music.
  • rib/ɹɪb/nounB22 meaningsOne of the curved bones enclosing the chest.
  • rib cagenounB2The curved bones that make a basket around the heart.
  • ribbon trimnounB2A narrow decorative band sewn onto cloth.
  • rich/ˈɹɪt͡ʃ/adjectiveA15 meaningsHaving a lot of money or property.
  • riddle/ˈɹɪdəl/nounB2A question worded to be hard to work out.
  • rider/ˈɹaɪ̯.dəː/nounB22 meaningsSomebody who rides a horse or a bike.
  • ridge/ɹɪd͡ʒ/nounB23 meaningsA long narrow crest of high ground.
  • ridiculous/ɹɪˈdɪk.jʊ.ləs/adjectiveB12 meaningsSo silly or unreasonable that it deserves to be laughed at.
  • rifle/ˈɹaɪfəl/nounB22 meaningsA long-barrelled gun fired from the shoulder.
  • rig/ɹɪɡ/nounB2The equipment for drilling, or a large lorry.
  • righteous/ˈɹaɪt͡ʃəs/adjectiveB22 meaningsMorally right.
  • righteousness/ˈɹaɪt͡ʃəsnəs/nounB2The state of behaving as morality demands.
  • rightful/ˈɹaɪtfəl/adjectiveB2Belonging by right.
  • rights/ɹaɪts/nounB12 meaningsThe freedoms every person is entitled to.
  • rigid/ˈɹɪd͡ʒ.ɪd/adjectiveB22 meaningsStiff and unbending, of a material.
  • rim/ɹɪm/nounB22 meaningsThe outer edge of a wheel, holding the tyre.
  • ring/ɹɪŋ/nounA16 meaningsA circle of metal worn on a finger.
  • ring a bellphraseB2To sound faintly familiar without quite coming back.
  • ringmasternounB2The person who introduces each act in the ring.
  • riot/ˈɹaɪ.ət/nounB2A violent outburst by an angry crowd.
  • rip/ɹɪp/verbB14 meaningsTo tear something quickly and roughly.
  • ripe/ɹaɪp/adjectiveB14 meaningsFully grown and ready to be eaten or gathered.
  • ripen/ˈɹaɪpən/verbB2To become ready to eat.
  • ripple/ˈɹɪp(ə)l/nounB24 meaningsA small wave or ring spreading across the surface of water.
  • rise/ɹaɪz/verbB15 meaningsTo move upward.
  • risk assessmentnounB2The check on what could go wrong and how to stop it.
  • ritual/ˈɹɪt͡ʃ.u.əl/nounB23 meaningsA fixed series of actions performed in a set order, especially in a religion.
  • roach/ɹəʊtʃ/nounB22 meaningsA cockroach.
  • roam/ɹəʊm/verbB2To travel about freely over a wide area.
  • roar/ˈɹɔː/verbB26 meaningsTo make a long, deep, very loud sound, as a lion does.
  • roast/ɹoʊst/verbB22 meaningsTo cook in the dry heat of an oven until brown.
  • robotic/ɹəʊˈbɒt.ɪk/adjectiveB22 meaningsRelating to or carried out by robots.
  • robotic armnounB2A programmed mechanical limb that does repeated work.
  • rock the boatphraseB2To disturb a situation that was going along quietly.