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

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  • simper/ˈsɪmpə/verbC2To smile in a silly self-conscious way.
  • simple/ˈsɪm.pəl/adjectiveA23 meaningsEasy to understand or to do.
  • simpleton/ˈsɪmpəltən/nounC1Somebody who is foolish and easily fooled.
  • simplicity/sɪmˈplɪsɪti/nounC1The quality of being plain and easy to grasp.
  • simplification/ˌsɪm.plɪ.fɪˈkeɪ.ʃən/nounB2+The making of something easier to follow.
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To make something easier to understand or do.
  • simulate/ˈsɪm.jʊˌleɪt/verbC1To imitate the working of something for study or practice.
  • simulation/ˌsɪm.jʊˈleɪ.ʃn̩/nounC1A model run to see what would happen.
  • simultaneous/ˌsɪm.əlˈteɪ̯.ni.əs/adjectiveB2+Happening at exactly the same moment.
  • simultaneously/ˌsɪmlˈteɪnɪəsli/adverbC1At exactly the same moment.
  • sin/ˈsɪn/nounB12 meaningsAn act that breaks a religious law.
  • sincere/sɪnˈsɪə(ɹ)/adjectiveB2Meaning what you say or feel, with nothing put on for effect.
  • sincerity/sɪnˈsɛɹəti/nounB2Meaning honestly what you say.
  • sinecure/ˈsaɪ.nɪˌkjʊə/nounC2A post that pays well and asks almost nothing.
  • sinew/ˈsɪnjuː/nounC1The tough cord joining muscle to bone.
  • sinewy/ˈsɪnjuːi/adjectiveC1Lean and strong, with the muscles showing.
  • sinful/ˈsɪnfl̩/adjectiveB22 meaningsBreaking a religious or moral law.
  • sing/ˈsɪŋ/verbA12 meaningsTo make music with your voice.
  • singaporenounB1+An island city-state in Southeast Asia.
  • singe/sɪnd͡ʒ/verbC2To burn something lightly at the surface.
  • singer/ˈsɪŋ.ə/nounA2+A person who performs with their voice.
  • single/ˈsɪŋɡl̩/adjectiveA25 meaningsOnly one; one and no more.
  • single out/ˌsɪŋ.ɡəl ˈaʊ̯t/phraseC1To pick one person from the group for special treatment.
  • single room/ˌsɪŋ.ɡəl ˈɹuːm/nounA2A room with one bed, for one guest.
  • single ticketnounA2A ticket for one direction only.
  • single tracknounB2A line with only one set of rails for both directions.
  • single-handedadjectiveC1Done by one person alone, without help.
  • single-handedlyadverbB2Entirely by one person, without help.
  • single-mindedadjectiveB2Fixed on one purpose to the exclusion of all else.
  • singular/ˈsɪŋ.ɡjə.lɚ/adjectiveB2Referring to one only, or remarkably unusual.
  • singularity/ˌsɪŋɡjəˈlæɹətɪ/nounC1A point where the usual rules break down.
  • singularly/ˈsɪŋɡjəlɚli/adverbC1To a remarkable and unusual degree.
  • sinister/ˈsɪ.nɪ.stə/adjectiveB2Quietly promising that something evil is near.
  • sink/ˈsɪŋk/nounB15 meaningsThe fixed basin with taps where you wash dishes or your hands.
  • sink inphraseB2For news to be fully understood, usually slowly.
  • sinkhole/ˈsɪŋkˌhoʊl/nounB2+A hole where the ground has collapsed into a hollow.
  • sinuous/ˈsɪn.ju.əs/adjectiveC1Winding in smooth supple curves.
  • sip/sɪp/verbB12 meaningsTo drink in tiny careful mouthfuls.
  • sire/saɪə(ɹ)/nounC13 meaningsThe male parent of an animal.
  • siren/ˈsaɪəɹən/nounB13 meaningsA device that makes a loud warning sound, and the sound it makes.
  • sister/ˈsɪs.tə(ɹ)/nounA12 meaningsA girl or woman with the same parents as you.
  • sister-in-law/ˈsɪs.tɚ.ɪn.lɔ/nounB2Your partner's sister, or your brother's wife.
  • sisterhood/ˈsɪstə.hʊd/nounC12 meaningsThe bond of solidarity between women.
  • sit/sɪt/verbA15 meaningsTo rest your body on a chair or other surface, with your weight off your legs.
  • sit downphraseA12 meaningsTo move from standing into a seated position.
  • sit on the fencephraseC1To refuse to pick a side.
  • sit-downnounC1A strike in which workers stop work but stay put in the workplace, refusing to leave until their demands are met.
  • sitar/ˈsɪtɑɹ/nounC1A long-necked Indian instrument with sympathetic strings.
  • sitcom/ˈsɪtˌkɒm/nounB2+A funny television series about the same people in the same setting.
  • situate/ˈsɪt͡ʃ.u.eɪt/verbB2+To place something in a particular position.
  • situation/ˌsɪt.juːˈeɪ.ʃən/nounA13 meaningsThe way things are at a particular time.
  • six/sɪks/nounA13 meaningsThe number 6, one more than five.
  • six of one and half a dozen of the otherphraseC2Two options that amount to exactly the same.
  • six-pack/ˈsɪksˌpæk/nounB1A pack of six cans or bottles sold together.
  • sixteen/ˈsɪks.tiːn/nounA1The number after fifteen.
  • sixty/ˈsɪksti/nounA1Six times ten.
  • size/saɪz/nounA22 meaningsHow big or small something is.
  • size upphraseC1To look at somebody and judge what they are like.
  • sizeableadjectiveB2+Fairly large.
  • sizzle/ˈsɪzəl/verbB23 meaningsTo make the hissing, crackling sound of food cooking in hot fat.