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  • seance/ˈseɪˌɑns/nounC1A meeting held to try to contact the dead.
  • seaplane/ˈsiˌpleɪn/nounB2+An aircraft that lands on water instead of a runway.
  • search partynounB2A group that goes out looking for somebody lost.
  • seaside/ˌsiːˈsaɪd/nounA2+The land beside the sea, especially as a place to visit.
  • season[ˈsiː.zn̩]nounA24 meaningsOne of the four divisions of the year, each with its own weather.
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A ticket bought for a whole period of travel.
  • seasonal menunounB2A list of dishes that changes with the year.
  • seasoningnounB1+The salt, pepper and herbs that flavour a dish.
  • seasoning balancenounC1The right proportion of salt, acid and sweetness.
  • seat/siːt/nounA22 meaningsThe place where one person sits.
  • seat numbernounA2The place assigned to you on the plane.
  • seatbelt/ˈsiːt.belt/nounA2+The strap fastened across the body in a vehicle.
  • seatbelt signnounB1The lit symbol telling you to fasten up.
  • seatpostnounB2The tube that holds the seat at the right height.
  • seawaternounB1+The salty water of the ocean.
  • seaweed/ˈsiːwiːd/nounB1+The green and brown algae that grow in the sea.
  • secateurs/ˈsɛk.əˌtɜːz/nounC2Strong scissors for cutting woody stems.
  • secession/səˈsɛʃən/nounC1Breaking away from a country to form a new one.
  • seclusion/səˈkluːʒən/nounC1The state of being kept well away from others.
  • second/ˈsɛk.ənd/nounA15 meaningsA unit of time; sixty of them make a minute.
  • second class postnounB1The slower and cheaper way of sending mail.
  • second personnounB2The form used when speaking to somebody.
  • secondary/ˈsɛkənd(ə)ɹɪ/adjectiveB24 meaningsLess important than the main thing.
  • secondary sourcenounB2An account written later by someone studying it.
  • secondment/səˈkɒn(d)mənt/nounC1A temporary move to another team or organisation.
  • seconds/ˈsɛk.əndz/nounB2A second helping of the same dish.
  • secret/ˈsiː.kɹɪt/nounA23 meaningsSomething you know that you must not tell anyone else.
  • secretariat/ˌsɛk.ɹəˈtɛə.ɹɪ.ət/nounC1The permanent staff running an international body.
  • secretary/ˈsɛk.ɹə.tə.ɹi/nounA2+3 meaningsSomebody employed to handle letters, calls and appointments in an office.
  • sect/sɛkt/nounB2+A group holding beliefs at odds with the main body.
  • section/ˈsɛkʃən/nounB12 meaningsOne of the parts into which something is divided.
  • sector/ˈsɛk.təɹ/nounB2One distinct part of an economy or an area.
  • security/sɪˈkjʊəɹɪti/nounB13 meaningsBeing safe from danger, and the settled feeling that comes with it.
  • security badgenounB1The card that opens the doors you are allowed through.
  • security checknounB1The point where passengers and bags are screened.
  • security clearancenounB2Official permission to see secret material.
  • security guardnounB1A person employed to guard premises or people.
  • security tagnounB2The device that sounds an alarm if goods leave unpaid.
  • sedan/səˈdæn/nounB2+A car with a separate enclosed boot, called a saloon in Britain.
  • sedationnounC1The calming of a patient with drugs.
  • sedative/ˈsɛdətɪv/nounB2+A drug that calms and makes you sleepy.
  • sedge/sɛd͡ʒ/nounC2A grassy plant that grows in wet ground.
  • sediment/ˈsɛd.ɪ.mənt/nounC12 meaningsSolid material that sinks to the bottom of a liquid and settles there.
  • sediment layernounB2One band of silt, sand or mud in rock, marking material that settled at a particular time.
  • sedimentationnounC1The settling of carried material at the bottom.
  • seduction/sɪˈdʌk.ʃn̩/nounB2+The leading of somebody into something, especially sex.
  • seed/siːd/nounB13 meaningsThe small hard part of a plant that a new plant grows from.
  • seed drillnounC1The machine that plants seed in even rows.
  • seed podnounB2The case that holds a plant's seeds until they are ready.
  • seedling/ˈsiːdlɪŋ/nounC1A very young plant just grown from seed.
  • seeker/ˈsiːkə/nounB2Somebody looking for something.
  • seer/sɪə(ɹ)/nounC12 meaningsA person who can see what will happen in the future.
  • seesaw/ˈsiː.sɔː/nounB22 meaningsA playground plank where one rider rises as the other sinks.
  • segment/ˈsɛɡ.mənt/nounC12 meaningsOne identifiable part of a whole market.
  • segregation/sɛɡɹəˈɡeɪ̯ʃən/nounB2+Keeping groups of people forcibly apart.
  • seismic/ˈsaɪzmɪk/adjectiveC23 meaningsTo do with earthquakes and the movement of the ground.
  • seismology/saɪzˈmɑl.ə.d͡ʒi/nounC2The study of earthquakes.
  • seizure/ˈsiː.ʒə(ɹ)/nounB22 meaningsA sudden fit caused by abnormal brain activity.
  • selection/səˈlɛkʃən/nounB22 meaningsThe choosing of somebody or something.
  • selectivitynounC2Care in choosing only what fits.