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

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  • resplendent/ɹɪˈsplɛn.dənt/adjectiveC2Shining brilliantly and richly dressed.
  • respondent/ɹɪˈspɒn.dənt/nounB2+Somebody who answers a survey.
  • response/ɹɪˈspɒns/nounA2+An answer, or a reaction to something.
  • responsibility/ɹɪˌspɒn.səˈbɪl.ɪ.ti/nounA23 meaningsA duty to deal with or take care of something.
  • responsible/ɹɪˈspɒn.sə.bəl/adjectiveB13 meaningsIn charge of something and answerable for it.
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In a way that shows you can be trusted with the duty.
  • responsive/ɹɪˈspɒn.sɪv/adjectiveB2+Quick to react to what people or events do.
  • rest/ɹɛst/verbA26 meaningsTo stop activity for a while so that you recover.
  • restaurant/ˈɹɛst(ə)ɹɒnt/nounA1A place where you sit at a table, order food and pay after eating.
  • restful/ˈɹɛs(t)fʊl/adjectiveB2Making you feel calm and rested.
  • restitution/ˌɹɛstɪˈtjuːʃən/nounC1The return of something taken to its rightful owner.
  • restive/ˈɹɛstɪv/adjectiveC2Restless and hard to keep under control.
  • restless/ˈɹɛstlɪs/adjectiveB23 meaningsUnable to keep still or to relax.
  • restlessness/ˈɹɛstləsnəs/nounB2+Being unable to settle or stay still.
  • restockverbB2+To fill the shelves again.
  • restoration/ɹɛstəˈɹeɪʃən/nounB2+2 meaningsThe bringing of something back to its former state.
  • restorative/ɹɪˈstɒɹətɪv/adjectiveC1Having the power to bring back health or strength.
  • restore/ɹɪˈstɔː/verbB22 meaningsTo bring files back from a spare copy.
  • restored/ɹɪˈstɔɹd/adjectiveB1+2 meaningsRepaired carefully back to its original state.
  • restrain/ɹɪˈstɹeɪn/verbB22 meaningsTo hold somebody back from moving or acting.
  • restraining ordernounC1A court order to stay away from a person.
  • restraint/ɹɪˈstɹeɪnt/nounC1Self-control, or something that holds you back.
  • restrict/ɹɪˈstɹɪkt/verbB2+2 meaningsTo keep something within set limits.
  • restriction/ɹɪˈstɹɪkʃən/nounB2+2 meaningsA rule or condition that limits what can be done.
  • restroom/ˈɹɛstˌɹum/nounB1A public toilet, in American English.
  • result/ɹɪˈzʌlt/nounA2+3 meaningsWhat comes out at the end of something, caused by what happened before.
  • resume/ɹɪˈzjuːm/nounB2+A short document listing education and jobs.
  • resurgencenounC1A rising again after a decline.
  • resurrection/ɹɛzəˈɹɛkʃən/nounB2A rising from the dead, or a revival of something.
  • resuscitate/ɹɪˈsʌsɪˌteɪt/verbC22 meaningsTo bring somebody back to consciousness or life.
  • resuscitationnounC2Reviving somebody who has stopped breathing.
  • retail/ˈɹiˌteɪl/nounB22 meaningsThe business of selling goods in small quantities to the public.
  • retailer/ˈɹiteɪlɚ/nounB2+A business that sells goods directly to the public.
  • retain/ɹɪˈteɪn/verbB22 meaningsTo keep possession of something.
  • retainer/ɹɪˈteɪn.ə/nounC2A servant kept on by a family for many years.
  • retake/ɹiːˈteɪk/<q:verb>nounB2+Another attempt after the first was not good enough.
  • retaliate/ɹɪˈtæl.i.eɪt/verbB2+To strike back after being hurt.
  • retaliation/ɹiˌtæl.iˈeɪ.ʃən/nounB2+Harm done back in return for harm received.
  • retargetingnounC1Advertising again to people who already looked.
  • retch/ɹɛt͡ʃ/verbC1To heave as if about to be sick.
  • retention/ɹɪˈtɛnʃən/nounB2+2 meaningsKeeping customers or staff rather than losing them.
  • rethink/ɹiːˈθɪŋk/verbB1+2 meaningsTo think about something again from the start.
  • reticence/ˈɹɛtɪs(ə)ns/nounC1An unwillingness to say much.
  • reticent/ˈɹɛtɪsənt/adjectiveC1Keeping your thoughts and feelings to yourself.
  • retina/ˈɹɛt.ɪ.nə/nounB2+The layer at the back of the eye that senses light.
  • retinol/ˈrɛ.tən̩ɑl/nounC1A vitamin treatment used to smooth skin over time.
  • retinue/ˈɹɛ.tɪ.njuː/nounC1The attendants who travel with an important person.
  • retire/ɹɪˈtaɪə/verbB1+4 meaningsTo stop working permanently at the end of a working life.
  • retired/ɹɪˈtaɪəd/adjectiveB1Having given up work for good on reaching a certain age.
  • retirement/ɹəˈtaɪə(ɹ).mənt/nounB22 meaningsThe years after somebody stops working for good.
  • retirement partynounB1A gathering held when somebody leaves work for good.
  • retort/ɹɪˈtɔɹt/verbC12 meaningsTo reply quickly and sharply.
  • retouch/ɹɪˈtʌtʃ/verbC1To correct small faults in a photograph.
  • retrace/ɹiːˈtɹeɪs/<q:verb>verbC1To go back over the way you came.
  • retract/ɹɪˈtɹækt/verbB2+2 meaningsTo draw something back into a housing or body.
  • retraction/ɹɪˈtɹækʃən/nounC1A public statement taking back what was printed.
  • retreat/ɹɪˈtɹiːt/verbB22 meaningsTo move back away from danger.
  • retrialnounC1A second hearing of a case already tried.
  • retribution/ˌɹɛt.ɹɪˈbju.ʃən/nounC1Punishment given as deserved payment for wrong.
  • retrieval/ɹɪˈtɹiːvəl/nounB2+Getting something back from where it was.