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

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  • retrieve/ɹɪˈtɹiːv/verbC12 meaningsTo go and bring something back.
  • retro/ˈɹɛt.ɹəʊ/adjectiveB2+Deliberately in the style of an earlier time.
  • retrofit/ˌɹɛtɹəʊˈfɪt/verbC1To fit new systems into an old building.
  • retrospect/ˈɹɛtɹəˌspɛkt/nounC2A view of a past event with the knowledge of what followed.
  • retrospectionnounC2Looking back over what has already happened.
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nounC22 meanings
An exhibition or survey covering a long period of work.
  • return/ɹɪˈtɜːn/verbA15 meaningsTo go back to a place you were before.
  • return addressnounB1The address to send it back to if it fails.
  • return farenounB1The price of travelling there and back.
  • return on investmentnounB2What you got back compared with what you spent.
  • return ticketnounA2A ticket there and back.
  • returns/ɹɪˈtɜːnz/nounB12 meaningsItems brought back after being borrowed or bought.
  • returns policynounB2The rules about bringing goods back.
  • retweetverbB1To pass somebody else's post on to your own followers.
  • reunion/ɹiːˈjuːnjən/nounB22 meaningsA gathering of people who have been apart for a long time.
  • reunite/ˌɹiːjuːˈnaɪt/verbB2To bring or come together again after separation.
  • reusableadjectiveB1+Made to be used many times over.
  • rev/ɹɛv/verbB22 meaningsTo make an engine turn faster and louder.
  • reveal/ɹɪˈviːl/verbB24 meaningsTo make known something that was secret or unknown.
  • revel/ˈɹɛv.əl/verbC12 meaningsTo take great delight in something.
  • revelation/ˌɹɛv.əˈleɪ.ʃən/nounC12 meaningsKnowledge believed to be disclosed by a god.
  • revelatory[ɹɛvəˈlɛjtəɹi]adjectiveC2Showing something that had not been understood before.
  • revelry/ˈɹɛvəlɹi/nounC2Noisy merry-making with drink and dancing.
  • revenant/ˈɹɛvənənt/nounC2Somebody who returns, especially from the dead.
  • 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.
  • reverberate/ɹɪˈvɜːbəˌɹeɪt/verbC2To keep sounding on and on around a space.
  • reverberation/ɹiˈvɜː(ɹ)bəɹeɪʃən/nounC2An echo that keeps sounding, or a lasting effect.
  • revere/ɹɪˈvɪə(ɹ)/verbC1To respect somebody very deeply.
  • reverence/ˈɹɛv.ə.ɹəns/nounB2+Deep respect close to worship.
  • reverent/ˈɹɛv.ə.ɹənt/adjectiveC1Showing deep respect.
  • reverential/ˌɹɛvəˈɹɛnʃəl/adjectiveC1Full of awe and deep respect.
  • reverie/ˈɹɛvəɹi/nounC2A pleasant daydream you drift into.
  • reversal/ɹɪˈvɜː(ɹ)səl/nounB2A change to the opposite direction or decision.
  • reverse/ɹɪˈvɜːs/verbB25 meaningsTo drive a vehicle backwards.
  • reversible/ɹəˈvɜː(ɹ)sɪbəl/adjectiveB2+Able to run in either direction.
  • revert/ɹəˈvɜː(ɹ)t/verbB2+To go back to a former state or habit.
  • review/ɹɪˈvjuː/nounA2+3 meaningsA published opinion of how good something is.
  • reviewernounB1+Somebody who writes judgements of books or films.
  • revile/ɹəˈvaɪl/verbC2To abuse somebody in bitter language.
  • 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.
  • revisionism/ɹɪˈvɪʒəˌnɪzəm/nounC2The reworking of an accepted account of the past.
  • revisit/ɹiːˈvɪzɪt/verbB2+2 meaningsTo go back to a place.
  • revival/ɹɪˈvaɪ̯vəl/nounC12 meaningsA bringing back into life or use.
  • revive/ɹɪˈvaɪ̯v/verbC12 meaningsTo bring back to life or consciousness.
  • revocation/ˌɹɛvəˈkeɪʃən/nounC1The withdrawing of a right or a licence.
  • revoke/ɹɪˈvoʊk/verbB2+To officially cancel a licence, right or permission.
  • 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.
  • revolutioniseverbB2+To change something completely and for good.
  • revolve/ɹɪˈvɒlv/verbB22 meaningsTo move in a circle around a central point.
  • revolver/ɹɪˈvɒl.vɚ/nounB2A handgun with a revolving cylinder holding the cartridges.
  • reward/ɹɪˈwɔːd/verbB12 meaningsTo give somebody something good for what they have done.
  • rewind/ɹiːˈwaɪnd/verbB1+2 meaningsTo wind a tape or recording back towards the start.
  • rework/ˈɹiːwɜː(ɹ)k/nounC1Putting right an item that failed inspection.
  • rewrite/ˈɹiː.ɹaɪt/verbB1+2 meaningsTo write something again in a different form.
  • rewritten/ɹiːˈɹɪt.ən/adjectiveB2+Written out again in a changed form.
  • rhetoric/ˈɹɛtəɹɪk/nounC13 meaningsLanguage chosen to persuade or impress, especially when there is nothing behind it.