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

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411 words · showing 61–120

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  • seasonal/ˈsiːzənəl/adjectiveB1+3 meaningsHappening or available at one particular time of year only.
  • seasoned/ˈsiːzənd/adjectiveC13 meaningsOf wood, dried slowly until it is stable.
  • seatbelt signnounB1The lit symbol telling you to fasten up.
  • second class postnounB1The slower and cheaper way of sending mail.
  • second-handadjectiveB1Owned by somebody else before you.
  • secondary/ˈsɛkənd(ə)ɹɪ/
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Less important than the main thing.
  • secret/ˈsiː.kɹɪt/nounA23 meaningsSomething you know that you must not tell anyone else.
  • secretly/ˈsiː.kɹɪt.li/adverbB12 meaningsWithout letting anyone know.
  • section/ˈsɛkʃən/nounB12 meaningsOne of the parts into which something is divided.
  • secure/sɪˈkjʊə(ɹ)/adjectiveB14 meaningsFirmly fixed and unlikely to move.
  • security/sɪˈkjʊəɹɪti/nounB13 meaningsBeing safe from danger, and the settled feeling that comes with it.
  • security badgenounB1The card that opens the doors you are allowed through.
  • security checknounB1The point where passengers and bags are screened.
  • security guardnounB1A person employed to guard premises or people.
  • see/siː/verbA16 meaningsTo notice something with your eyes.
  • see you aroundphraseB1A casual farewell to somebody you will meet again.
  • seed/siːd/nounB13 meaningsThe small hard part of a plant that a new plant grows from.
  • seem/ˈsiːm/verbA23 meaningsTo give the impression of being something, whether or not it is so.
  • segment/ˈsɛɡ.mənt/nounC12 meaningsOne identifiable part of a whole market.
  • self/ˈsɛlf/nounB1The person you essentially are.
  • self-checkoutnounB1The machine you scan and pay at yourself.
  • self-confidentadjectiveB1Sure of your own abilities and worth.
  • self-employedadjectiveB1Working for yourself rather than as somebody's employee.
  • self-service/sɛlfˈsɜː.vɪs/nounB1A system in which customers serve themselves.
  • selfish/ˈsɛl.fɪʃ/adjectiveB12 meaningsCaring only about your own wants and not about other people.
  • sell/sɛl/verbA13 meaningsTo give something to somebody in exchange for money.
  • senior/ˈsiːnjə(ɹ)/adjectiveB13 meaningsHigher in rank or position.
  • sensation/sɛnˈseɪʃən/nounB12 meaningsA feeling in the body.
  • sensible/ˈsɛn.sɪ.bəl/adjectiveB13 meaningsShowing good practical judgement.
  • separate/ˈsɛp.əˌɹeɪt/verbA2+4 meaningsTo move or keep things or people apart from each other.
  • sergeant/ˈsɑː.d͡ʒənt/nounB1A non-commissioned officer above a corporal.
  • serious/ˈsɪə̯.ɹi.əs/adjectiveA24 meaningsNot joking or pretending; meaning exactly what you say.
  • servant/ˈsɜːvənt/nounB1Somebody employed to work in another's household.
  • server/ˈsɜːvə/nounB1+2 meaningsAn always-on computer that websites and services run on.
  • service/ˈsɜː.vɪs/nounA26 meaningsThe work done for customers or the public by a person or business, and the manner in which it is done.
  • serviette/ˌsɜː.viˈɛt/nounB1The cloth or paper used to wipe your mouth.
  • session/ˈsɛ.ʃən/nounB14 meaningsA period of time spent doing one particular activity.
  • set/sɛt/verbA27 meaningsTo put something somewhere carefully, or arrange it ready for use.
  • set menunounB1A fixed list of courses at one price.
  • set up/ˌsɛt ˈʌp/phraseB12 meaningsTo assemble or arrange something ready for use.
  • setting/ˈsɛtɪŋ/nounB14 meaningsThe place and time in which a story happens.
  • settle/ˈsɛ.təl/verbB14 meaningsTo end an argument or a dispute.
  • setup/ˈsɛtʌp/nounB1The way something is arranged, or a trick to frame somebody.
  • several/ˈsɛv.(ə.)ɹəl/adjectiveA23 meaningsMore than two but not many.
  • severe/sɪˈvɪə/adjectiveB13 meaningsVery serious and hard to bear.
  • sewer/ˈs(j)uːə/nounB1An underground pipe carrying waste water away.
  • sexual/sɛk.ʃuː.əl/adjectiveB12 meaningsTo do with physical attraction between people.
  • sexy/ˈsɛksi/adjectiveB12 meaningsPhysically attractive in a way that stirs desire.
  • shadow/ˈʃædəʊ̯/nounB14 meaningsThe dark shape made when something blocks the light.
  • shallow endnounB1The part of the pool where you can stand.
  • shape/ˈʃeɪ̯p/nounA22 meaningsThe outline or form that something has.
  • share/ʃɛə/verbA24 meaningsTo let somebody else have part of what is yours.
  • sharp/ʃɑːp/adjectiveB14 meaningsHaving an edge or point that cuts or pierces easily.
  • sharpen/ˈʃɑɹpən/verbB1To make something sharper.
  • shave/ˈʃeɪ̯v/verbB1To cut hair off close to the skin with a blade.
  • shaving foamnounB1The lather spread on skin before shaving.
  • shed/ʃɛd/nounB12 meaningsA simple wooden building used for storage.
  • sheet/ʃiːt/nounA24 meaningsA large rectangle of thin cloth used to cover a bed.
  • shelf/ʃɛlf/nounB1A flat horizontal board fixed to a wall for holding things.
  • shell/ʃɛl/nounB17 meaningsThe hard outer covering of an egg, a nut, a seed, or an animal such as a snail, crab or tortoise.