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

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  • surgeon/ˈsɜːd͡ʒən/nounB22 meaningsA doctor who performs operations.
  • surgery/ˈsɜː.d͡ʒə.ɹi/nounB12 meaningsMedical treatment that opens the body.
  • surgical/ˈsɜːd͡ʒɪkəl/adjectiveC1To do with operations, or done with exact precision.
  • surinamenounC1The smallest South American country, once Dutch Guiana.
  • surly/ˈsɜːli/adjectiveC1Bad-tempered and unfriendly.
  • surmise/sɜːˈmaɪz/
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To guess from slight evidence.
  • surmount/səˈmaʊnt/verbC1To get over a difficulty or an obstacle.
  • surname/ˈsɜːˌneɪm/nounA2+A family name shared with relatives, usually written last.
  • surpass/səˈpɑːs/verbB2+To go beyond what was achieved before.
  • surplus/ˈsɝˌplʌs/nounC1More than is needed.
  • surprise/sə(ː)ˈpɹaɪ̯z/nounA12 meaningsSomething that happens when you did not expect it.
  • surprised/səˈpɹaɪzd/adjectiveA2Reacting to something you never expected.
  • surprisingly/səˈpɹaɪzɪŋli/adverbB1+In a way that causes surprise.
  • surreal/səˈɹiː(.ə)l/adjectiveB2+So strange that it feels like a dream.
  • surrealism/səˈɹiː(.ə)l.ɪz.əm/nounC2An art movement of dreamlike and impossible images.
  • surrender/səˈɹɛndə(ɹ)/verbB13 meaningsTo stop fighting and give yourself up.
  • surreptitious/ˌsʌɹɪpˈtɪʃəs/adjectiveC2Done quietly and secretly to avoid being noticed.
  • surrogate/ˈsʌɹəɡɪt/nounB2+Somebody or something standing in for another.
  • surround/səˈɹaʊnd/verbB24 meaningsTo be positioned all the way around something or someone.
  • surroundings/səˈɹaʊndɪŋz/nounB2Everything around a place or a person.
  • surveillance/sɚˈveɪ.ləns/nounB2The constant secret watching of people.
  • survey/ˈsɜːveɪ/nounB1+4 meaningsA set of questions asked of many people to find out what they think or do.
  • surveyor/səːˈveɪ.ə/nounB2+The person who measures land or inspects buildings.
  • survival/səˈvaɪ.vəl/nounB2Continuing to live through something dangerous.
  • survive/səˈvaɪv/verbA22 meaningsTo stay alive through danger or disaster.
  • survivor/səˈvaɪvə/nounB2A person who came through when others did not.
  • susceptibility/səˌsɛptəˈbɪlɪti/nounC1How easily somebody is affected by something.
  • susceptible[səˈsɛptɪbl̩]adjectiveB2+Easily influenced or harmed by something.
  • sushi/ˈsuːʃi/nounA2+A Japanese dish of vinegared rice with fish or vegetables.
  • suspect/ˈsʌspɛkt/nounB14 meaningsSomebody the police think may have committed a crime.
  • suspend/səsˈpɛnd/verbB22 meaningsTo stop something for a time, or ban somebody temporarily.
  • suspenders/səˈspɛndɚz/nounC1Straps worn over the shoulders to hold up trousers.
  • suspense/səˈspɛns/nounB2The tense state of waiting to find out what happens.
  • suspension/səˈspɛnʃən/nounC14 meaningsThe system of springs and shock absorbers connecting a vehicle's wheels to its body.
  • suspension bridgenounB2A bridge hung from cables slung between towers.
  • suspicion/səˈspɪʃ.ən/nounB22 meaningsThe uneasy feeling that somebody is up to something.
  • suspicious/səˈspɪʃ.əs/adjectiveB12 meaningsMaking people think that something dishonest or dangerous is going on.
  • sustain/səˈsteɪn/verbB24 meaningsTo keep something going over a period of time.
  • sustainability/səˌsteɪnəˈbɪlɪti/nounB2+Living and producing in ways the planet can bear forever.
  • sustainable/səˈsteɪnəbəl/adjectiveB2+Able to continue without using the world up.
  • sustainably/səˈsteɪ.nə.bli/adverbC1In a way that can be kept up without using things up.
  • sustenance/ˈsʌs.tə.nəns/nounC1Food and drink that keep you alive.
  • suture/ˈs(j)uː.tʃə/nounC1A stitch used by a surgeon to close a wound.
  • swaddle/ˈswɒdəl/verbB2+To wrap a baby tightly in cloth.
  • swaddlingnounC1Cloth wrapped tightly round a newborn baby.
  • swagger/ˈswæɡ.ə/verbC1To walk in a way that shows too much confidence.
  • swallow/ˈswɒl.əʊ/verbB14 meaningsTo make food or drink go down your throat.
  • swami/ˈswɑːmi/nounC1A Hindu ascetic or yogi honoured with a title of respect.
  • swamp/ˈswɒmp/nounB13 meaningsAn area of low, permanently wet ground where trees stand in still water.
  • swan/swɒn/nounB22 meaningsA large white water bird with a long curved neck.
  • swap/ˈswɒp/verbB12 meaningsTo give one thing and get another back.
  • swap outphraseB2To take one part out and put another in.
  • sward/swɔːd/nounC2An expanse of short grass.
  • swarm/swɔɹm/nounB1+2 meaningsA thick moving cloud of insects.
  • swarthy/ˈswɔɹði/adjectiveC1Having a dark complexion.
  • swat/swɒt/verbB23 meaningsTo hit something small with a quick, flat blow.
  • swatch/swɒtʃ/nounC1A small patch of colour tried out on the skin or a wall.
  • swathe/sweɪð/nounC1A broad strip cut or covered across something.
  • sway/ˈsweɪ̯/verbB23 meaningsTo move slowly from side to side.
  • swear/ˈswɛə(ɹ)/verbB23 meaningsTo promise something in a serious and formal way, sometimes in front of a court or an official.