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

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781 words · showing 661–720

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  • striker/ˈstɹaɪkɚ/nounB22 meaningsA football player whose job is to score.
  • string/stɹɪŋ/nounB14 meaningsThin cord used for tying things.
  • stringy/ˈstɹɪŋi/adjectiveB2Tough and full of fibres.
  • strip/ˈstɹɪp/verbB25 meaningsTo remove a covering layer from something, leaving the bare surface underneath.
  • strive/ˈstɹaɪv/verbB22 meaningsTo make great and sustained efforts to achieve something.
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/stɹəʊk/
nounB22 meanings
A sudden blockage of blood to part of the brain.
  • stroll/stɹəʊl/verbB13 meaningsTo walk slowly and without hurry, for pleasure.
  • strong-willedadjectiveB2Having so firm a purpose that pressure and persuasion cannot shift you.
  • structure/ˈstɹʌk(t)ʃə/nounB23 meaningsThe way the parts of something are arranged.
  • struggle/ˈstɹʌɡəl/verbB22 meaningsTo make a great effort against difficulty.
  • strut/stɹʌt/verbB22 meaningsTo walk proudly, showing off.
  • stub/stʌb/nounB22 meaningsThe short piece left when the rest is used up.
  • stubborn/ˈstʌbɚn/adjectiveB12 meaningsRefusing to change your mind or your behaviour, whatever anyone says.
  • stubbornness/ˈstʌbən(n)əs/nounB2A refusal to be moved by any argument.
  • stud/stʌd/nounC15 meaningsAn upright timber in the frame of a wall.
  • student/ˈstjuː.dn̩t/nounA12 meaningsA person learning at a school or university.
  • student loannounB2Money borrowed to fund study, repaid after graduation.
  • studio sessionnounB2A booked period of recording time.
  • stuff/stʌf/nounA25 meaningsThings in general: possessions, materials or activities.
  • stumble/ˈstʌmbəl/verbB25 meaningsTo catch your foot and briefly lose your balance while walking.
  • stump/stʌmp/nounB1+4 meaningsThe base of a tree left in the ground after the trunk is cut away.
  • stunningadjectiveB22 meaningsExtremely beautiful.
  • stunt/stʌnt/nounB22 meaningsA dangerous action performed for the camera.
  • stutter/ˈstʌtɚ/verbB1+3 meaningsTo repeat sounds or get stuck on them while speaking.
  • style/staɪl/nounA13 meaningsThe way somebody does something or dresses.
  • style guidenounB2The rules for wording, colour and layout.
  • stylist/ˈstaɪlɪst/nounB2Somebody who arranges hair or clothes professionally.
  • subdue/səbˈdu/verbC12 meaningsTo bring somebody or something under control by force.
  • subscriber countnounB2How many people follow a channel.
  • subtitle/ˈsʌbtaɪtəl/nounB2Words at the bottom of a screen giving the speech in text.
  • subtitlesnounB13 meaningsLines of text at the bottom of a screen showing what is being said, translated or written out.
  • subtle/ˈsʌtl̩/adjectiveC12 meaningsSo slight or delicate that it is easy to miss.
  • subtract/səbˈtɹækt/verbB2To take one amount away from another.
  • succeed/səkˈsiːd/verbA2+2 meaningsTo reach the result you were working for.
  • succession/səkˈsɛʃ.ən/nounC12 meaningsThe order in which a title or post passes on.
  • sudden deathnounB2A finish where the next point ends everything.
  • sue/sjuː/verbB22 meaningsTo take somebody to court to claim money or redress.
  • sufficient/səˈfɪʃənt/adjectiveB22 meaningsAs much as is needed for a particular purpose.
  • suffocate/ˈsʌfəkeɪt/verbB22 meaningsTo die or kill through being unable to breathe.
  • suggest/səˈd͡ʒɛst/verbA24 meaningsTo put an idea or plan forward for others to consider.
  • suggestion/səˈd͡ʒɛst.ʃən/nounB12 meaningsAn idea put forward for others to consider.
  • suicidal/ˌsuː.ɪˈsaɪ.dəl/adjectiveB2Wanting to end your own life, or recklessly dangerous.
  • suit yourselfphraseB2Do as you like, though I would not.
  • suite/swiːt/nounB23 meaningsA set of connected rooms taken as one booking.
  • sulk/sʌlk/verbB22 meaningsTo go quiet and moody because you did not get your way.
  • sum/sʌm/nounB24 meaningsThe total reached by adding numbers together.
  • summit/ˈsʌmɪt/nounC13 meaningsThe highest point of a mountain.
  • summon/ˈsʌmən/verbB23 meaningsTo order someone to come, especially by official authority.
  • sun loungernounB2The long chair you lie on beside a pool.
  • sunbeamnounB2A single ray of light from the sun.
  • sunken/ˈsʌŋkən/adjectiveB22 meaningsLying below the surrounding surface or under water.
  • sunny/ˈsʌni/adjectiveA12 meaningsBright with unbroken sunshine.
  • sunny spellnounB2A period when the cloud breaks and the sun shows.
  • suntan/ˈsʌnˌtæn/nounB2A browning of the skin caused by exposure to the sun.
  • superhumanadjectiveB2Beyond what an ordinary person could do.
  • superintendent/ˌsjuːpəɹɪnˈtɛndənt/nounB2An officer in charge of a department or building.
  • superior/suːˈpɪə.ɹi.ə/adjectiveB25 meaningsBetter in quality than something else.
  • superiority/sʊˌpɪə(ɹ).iˈɒ.ɹɪ.ti/nounB2+2 meaningsBeing better or higher than others.
  • supernatural/ˌs(j)uː.pəˈnæ.tʃə.ɹəl/adjectiveB22 meaningsBeyond what the laws of nature allow.
  • superstitious/ˌs(j)uː.pəˈstɪ.ʃəs/adjectiveB2Believing that luck follows signs and charms.