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

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  • software/ˈsɒf(t)ˌwɛə/nounB1+The programs a computer runs.
  • softwoodnounB2+Wood from a fast-growing evergreen, light and easy to cut.
  • soggy/ˈsɒɡi/adjectiveB2Unpleasantly wet and soft.
  • soil/sɔɪl/nounB12 meaningsThe top layer of ground in which plants grow.
  • sojourn/ˈsɒd͡ʒən/nounC2A temporary stay in a place.
  • solace/ˈsɒl.ɪs/noun
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Comfort in a time of sadness.
  • solar/ˈsəʊ.lə/adjectiveB2Coming from or belonging to the sun.
  • solar panel/ˈsəʊ.ləˌpæ.nəl/phraseB2The dark rooftop rectangle that turns sunshine into power.
  • solar system/ˈsəʊl.ə ˌsɪs.təm/nounB1A star and everything held by its gravity.
  • solder/ˈsɒl.də(ɹ)/verbB2+To join wires with a melted alloy of low melting point.
  • soldering/ˈsɑdəɹɪŋ/nounB2+Joining metal with a lower-melting alloy.
  • soldier/ˈsəʊld͡ʒə/nounA22 meaningsA person who serves in an army, especially one below officer rank.
  • sole/səʊl/nounB24 meaningsThe flat underside of a foot.
  • sole tradernounC1A person running a business alone in their own name.
  • solely/ˈsəʊl.li/adverbC1For one reason or person alone and no other.
  • solemn/ˈsɒləm/adjectiveB2+Deeply serious and dignified.
  • solemnity/səˈlɛmnɪti/nounC1Grave seriousness, or a formal ceremony.
  • solemnly/ˈsɒləmli/adverbB2In a grave and serious way.
  • solicit/səˈlɪsɪt/verbC2To ask formally for money, help or support.
  • solicitation/səˌlɪsɪˈteɪʃən/nounC1A formal request for money or for business.
  • solicitous/səˈlɪsɪtəs/adjectiveC2Showing anxious care for somebody's wellbeing.
  • solicitude/səˈlɪsɪˌt(j)uːd/nounC2Anxious care for somebody's welfare.
  • solid/ˈsɒl.ɪd/adjectiveB14 meaningsHard and firm, not liquid or gas.
  • solidarity/ˌsɒl.ɪˈdæɹ.ə.ti/nounC1Standing together with others in their struggle.
  • solidify/səˈlɪdɪˌfaɪ/verbC1To make or become firm.
  • solidity/səˈlɪdɪti/nounC1Firmness and strength of structure.
  • soliloquy/səˈlɪləkwi/nounB2+A speech made aloud by a character who is alone.
  • solipsism/ˈsɒlɪpsɪzəm/nounC2The view that only your own mind can be known to exist.
  • solitaire/ˈsɒl.ɪˌtɛə(ɹ)/nounB1+3 meaningsA card game for one player.
  • solitariness/ˈsɒlɪt(ə)ɹɪnəs/nounC2The quality of being habitually apart from others, treated as a trait of a person or place rather than as the peaceful aloneness someone seeks out.
  • solitary/ˈsɑlɪˌtɛɹi/adjectiveB22 meaningsExisting or done all alone.
  • solitude/ˈsɒlɪˌtjuːd/nounC2Being alone by choice.
  • solo/ˈsoʊ.loʊ/nounB22 meaningsA passage performed by one musician alone.
  • soloistnounB2+A performer who appears alone.
  • solomon islandsnounC1Pacific island chain east of Papua New Guinea.
  • solstice/ˈsɒl.stɪs/nounB2+The longest or the shortest day of the year.
  • soluble/ˈsɒljʊbəl/adjectiveB2+Able to be dissolved in a liquid.
  • solute/ˈsɒljuːt/nounC1The substance that dissolves into a liquid.
  • solution/səˈl(j)uːʃən/nounA2+2 meaningsThe answer that ends a problem or difficulty.
  • solve/sɒlv/verbA2+2 meaningsTo find the answer to a problem or puzzle.
  • solvent/ˈsɒlvənt/nounB2+3 meaningsThe liquid in which another substance dissolves.
  • somalianounB1+Country on the Horn of Africa with the continent's longest coastline.
  • somber/ˈsɑmbɚ/adjectiveC1Dark and gravely serious in mood.
  • sombre/ˈsɒmbə/adjectiveC1Serious and dark in mood.
  • somedayadverbA2At some unfixed time in the future.
  • somehow/ˈsʌmhaʊ/adverbA2In a way nobody can quite explain.
  • somersault/ˈsʌməˌsɒlt/nounC1A complete roll of the body head over heels.
  • sometime/ˈsʌmˌtaɪm/adverbB12 meaningsAt an unstated point in time.
  • sometimes/ˈsʌm.taɪmz/adverbA1On some occasions but not on all of them.
  • somewhat/ˈsʌmwɒt/adverbB2To a moderate extent.
  • sommelier/ˌsɒmˈmɛli.ə/nounC1The waiter who advises on and serves wine.
  • son/sʌn/nounA13 meaningsA person's male child, at any age.
  • son-in-law/ˈsʌnɪnˌlɔː/nounB2The husband of your daughter.
  • song/sɒŋ/nounA12 meaningsOne piece of music with words to sing.
  • songwriternounB1+Somebody who writes the words or music of songs.
  • sonnet/ˈsɒnɪt/nounB2+A strict fourteen-line poem.
  • sonorous/ˈsɒn.əɹ.əs/adjectiveC2Deep, full and resonant in sound.
  • soon/suːn/adverbA13 meaningsIn a short time from now.
  • sooner or laterphraseB2At some point in the future, inevitably.
  • soot/suːt/nounB2+The fine black powder deposited by smoke.