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

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  • redundancy/ɹɪˈdʌnd(ə)nsi/nounC23 meaningsThe ending of a job because the role is no longer needed.
  • redundant/ɹɪˈdʌn.dənt/adjectiveB2+4 meaningsNo longer needed or useful.
  • reed/ɹiːd/nounB22 meaningsA tall stiff grass growing at the water's edge.
  • reedy/ˈɹiː.di/adjectiveC12 meaningsThin and high in tone.
  • reek/riːk/verbB2+2 meaningsTo smell very strongly and badly.
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/ˈɹiːl/
verbB25 meanings
To stagger or lurch about, close to falling over.
  • reenact/ɹi.ɪˈnækt/verbC1To act out a past event again.
  • reenactmentnounC1A staged repeat of a past event.
  • refactorverbC1To rewrite code so it reads better without changing what it does.
  • referee/ˌɹɛf.əˈɹiː/nounB25 meaningsThe official who enforces the rules during a sports match.
  • referendum/ˌɹɛfəˈɹɛndəm/nounC1A vote where the whole electorate answers one question directly.
  • refinanceverbC1To replace a loan with a new one on different terms.
  • refinement/ɹəˈfaɪnmənt/nounC12 meaningsA small improvement to something already working.
  • reforestationnounC1The planting of trees where forest was lost.
  • reformation/ˌɹɛf.əˈmeɪ.ʃən/nounC1The sixteenth-century split in western Christianity.
  • refractverbC1To bend light as it passes into another material.
  • refrain/ɹɪˈfɹeɪn/verbB22 meaningsTo hold yourself back from doing something.
  • refreshing/ɹəˈfɹɛʃɪŋ/adjectiveC12 meaningsMaking you feel cool and revived.
  • refreshment/ɹɪˈfɹɛʃ.mənt/nounB1+2 meaningsFood and drink taken to revive you.
  • refuge pointnounC1A safe place to wait for help in an emergency.
  • refurbish/ɹiːˈfɜːbɪʃ/verbC1To redecorate and re-equip something so it is like new.
  • refusal/ɹɪˈfjuːzl̩/nounC1A statement that you will not.
  • refute/ɹɪˈfjuːt/verbC12 meaningsTo prove that a claim or argument is wrong.
  • regale/ɹɪˈɡeɪl/verbC1To entertain somebody lavishly with food or stories.
  • regalia/ɹɪˈɡeɪ.li.ə/nounC1The crown and other emblems worn by a monarch.
  • regenerate/ɹiːˈd͡ʒɛnəɹɪt/verbC12 meaningsTo grow back or renew itself.
  • regenerationnounC12 meaningsThe rebuilding of a run-down district.
  • regent/ˈɹiːd͡ʒənt/nounC1Someone ruling for a monarch too young or unable.
  • regime/ɹəˈʒiːm/nounC12 meaningsA government, especially a harsh one.
  • regimen/ˈɹɛd͡ʒ.ɪ.mən/nounC1A fixed routine of care followed daily.
  • regimentaladjectiveC12 meaningsBelonging to a regiment.
  • register/ˈɹɛd͡ʒ.ɪ.stə/verbB27 meaningsTo put your name on an official list.
  • registrar/ˈɹɛd͡ʒ.ɪsˌtɹɑɹ/nounC1The official who keeps formal records.
  • regression/ɹɪˈɡɹɛʃ.ən/nounC1A slipping back to an earlier and worse state.
  • regret/ɹɪˈɡɹɛt/verbB24 meaningsTo wish you had not done something, or that things had gone differently.
  • regulator/ˈɹɛɡ.jʊ.leɪ.tə/nounC12 meaningsA body that keeps an industry within limits.
  • regulatory/ˈɹɛɡ.jʊ.lə.t(ɔː.)ɹi/adjectiveC1Concerned with making and enforcing rules.
  • regurgitate/ɹɪˈɡɝ.d͡ʒəˌteɪt/verbC12 meaningsTo bring swallowed food back up into the mouth.
  • rehabilitation/ˌɹiː.əˌbɪl.ɪˈteɪ.ʃən/nounC1Treatment that helps somebody return to normal life.
  • rehome/ɹiːˈhəʊm/verbC1To find a new family for an animal.
  • rein/ɹeɪn/nounB2+2 meaningsA strap used to guide and control a horse.
  • rein inphraseC1To pull a horse up, or to hold something back.
  • reinforce/ˌɹiː.ɪnˈfɔːs/verbB2+4 meaningsTo make something stronger by adding support.
  • reinvent the wheel/ˌɹiːɪnˌvɛnt ðə ˈ(h)wiːl/phraseC1To waste effort making again what already exists.
  • reiterate/ɹiːˈɪt.ə.ɹeɪt/verbC1To say something again for emphasis or clarity.
  • reiterationnounC1The saying of something over again.
  • reject/ɹɪˈd͡ʒɛkt/verbB1+4 meaningsTo refuse to accept or agree to something.
  • rejection/ɹɪˈd͡ʒɛkʃən/nounC1The refusal to accept somebody or something.
  • rejoice/ɹɪˈd͡ʒɔɪs/verbB22 meaningsTo feel and show great joy.
  • rekindleverbC1To light again, or to revive a feeling.
  • relapse/ɹɪˈlæps/nounC12 meaningsA return of an illness you had almost beaten.
  • relapse preventionnounC1Planning ahead to avoid slipping back.
  • relationaladjectiveC1To do with how things stand in relation to each other.
  • relaxation/ˌɹiːlækˈseɪʃən/nounB22 meaningsLetting body and mind go loose.
  • relevance/ˈɹɛl.ɪ.vən(t)s/nounC1The degree to which something relates to the matter being considered.
  • reliabilitynounC1Whether a measure gives the same answer when repeated.
  • relic/ˈɹɛlɪk/nounB2+3 meaningsAn object that has survived from an earlier time and is kept because of it.
  • religious/ɹɪˈlɪd͡ʒəs/adjectiveB12 meaningsConnected with faith and God.
  • relinquish/ɹɪˈlɪŋkwɪʃ/verbC1To let go of power or possession, reluctantly.
  • reluctant/ɹɪˈlʌktənt/adjectiveC1Unwilling to do something, and doing it slowly or with visible resistance.