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

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  • service plannounB2An agreement covering repairs for a fixed monthly sum.
  • serviceable/ˈsɝvɪsəbl̩/adjectiveC1Still good enough to be used.
  • serviced apartmentnounC1A flat rented short-term with hotel-like service.
  • serviette/ˌsɜː.viˈɛt/nounB1The cloth or paper used to wipe your mouth.
  • servile/ˈsɜː(ɹ)ˌvaɪl/adjectiveC2Fawning and slavishly obedient.
  • servility/səˈvɪ.lɪ.ti/
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Excessive willingness to obey and please.
  • servitude/ˈsɜːvɪtʃuːd/nounC1The state of being forced to serve another.
  • sesame/ˈsɛsəmi/nounB1+A tiny pale seed used in cooking and pressed for oil.
  • 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 a precedentphraseC1To do something that later cases will follow.
  • set a targetphraseB2To fix the result you mean to reach.
  • set an examplephraseB2To behave in a way others should copy.
  • set aside/sɛt.əˈsaɪd/phraseB2To save money or time for a purpose; to park a disagreement.
  • set backphraseB2To delay progress; also, to cost someone a lot.
  • set downphraseC12 meaningsTo record something formally in writing.
  • set forthphraseC1To begin a journey, or to state something in order.
  • set menunounB1A fixed list of courses at one price.
  • set offphraseB22 meaningsTo begin a journey.
  • set out/ˈsɛt‿aʊt/phraseB2To begin a journey, or to explain in an orderly way.
  • set squarenounB2A flat triangle used to draw and check right angles.
  • set up/ˌsɛt ˈʌp/phraseB12 meaningsTo assemble or arrange something ready for use.
  • set your heart onphraseB2To want one particular thing above all others.
  • setback/ˈsɛtbæk/nounB2+A problem that throws progress backwards.
  • setting/ˈsɛtɪŋ/nounB14 meaningsThe place and time in which a story happens.
  • setting spraynounC1A mist that fixes make-up in place.
  • settle/ˈsɛ.təl/verbB14 meaningsTo end an argument or a dispute.
  • settle downphraseB2To start a calm steady life in one place, often with a family.
  • settlement/ˈsɛ.təl.mənt/nounB22 meaningsAn agreement that ends a dispute without a full trial.
  • settler/ˈsɛt.lɚ/nounB2+Somebody who makes a home in a new territory.
  • setup/ˈsɛtʌp/nounB1The way something is arranged, or a trick to frame somebody.
  • seven/ˈsɛvən/nounA12 meaningsThe number 7.
  • seventeen/ˈsɛv.ən.tiːn/nounA1The number that comes after sixteen.
  • seventy/ˈsɛv.ən.ti/nounA1Seven times ten.
  • sever/ˈsɛv.ɚ/verbC12 meaningsTo cut something right through, separating it.
  • several/ˈsɛv.(ə.)ɹəl/adjectiveA23 meaningsMore than two but not many.
  • severance/ˈsɛv.ɹəns/nounC12 meaningsMoney paid to somebody whose job is ending.
  • severe/sɪˈvɪə/adjectiveB13 meaningsVery serious and hard to bear.
  • severelyadverbB2To a very serious degree, or harshly.
  • severity/sɪˈvɛɹ.ɪ.ti/nounB2+How serious or how harsh something is.
  • sew/səʊ/verbA2+To join cloth with a needle and thread.
  • sewage/ˈsuː.ɪd͡ʒ/nounB2The waste water carried away from buildings.
  • sewer/ˈs(j)uːə/nounB1An underground pipe carrying waste water away.
  • sewing machinenounA2A machine for stitching fabric.
  • sex/ˈsɛks/nounA22 meaningsThe category of being male or female.
  • sexism/ˈsɛksɪzm̩/nounB2+Prejudice against people because of their sex.
  • sextant/ˈsɛk.stənt/nounC1An instrument for finding position by the stars.
  • sexual/sɛk.ʃuː.əl/adjectiveB12 meaningsTo do with physical attraction between people.
  • sexuality/sɛk.ʃuːˈæ.lɪ.ti/nounC1A person's sexual nature and preferences.
  • sexy/ˈsɛksi/adjectiveB12 meaningsPhysically attractive in a way that stirs desire.
  • seychellesnounB2Indian Ocean islands of granite boulders and honeymoon beaches.
  • shabby/ˈʃæbi/adjectiveB22 meaningsWorn out and untidy from long use.
  • shack/ʃæk/nounB2A roughly built shelter of scraps.
  • shackle/ˈʃækl̩/nounB2+A metal ring locked round a prisoner's limb.
  • shade/ʃeɪd/nounB24 meaningsThe cool dark area where sunlight is blocked.
  • shadow/ˈʃædəʊ̯/nounB14 meaningsThe dark shape made when something blocks the light.
  • shadowy/ˈʃæd.oʊ.i/adjectiveB1+Full of dark patches, or mysterious and little known.
  • shady/ˈʃeɪdi/adjectiveB22 meaningsGiving shade.
  • shaft/ˈʃɑːft/nounB22 meaningsA vertical passage down into a mine.
  • shaft of lightnounC1A straight column of light through darkness.