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

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  • serendipity/ˌsɛɹ.ənˈdɪp.ɪ.ti/nounC2The happy accident of finding something wonderful while looking for something else.
  • serenity/səˈɹɛnɪti/nounC1Deep untroubled calm.
  • serf/sɜːf/nounC1A peasant bound by law to the land they worked.
  • serfdom/ˈsɜːfdəm/nounC1A system binding peasants to the land they work.
  • sergeant/ˈsɑː.d͡ʒənt/nounB1A non-commissioned officer above a corporal.
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nounB23 meanings
A story published or broadcast in separate parts over a period of time.
  • seriousness/ˈsɪɹiəsnəs/nounB22 meaningsThe degree to which something is grave or severe.
  • sermon/ˈsɜː.mən/nounB2A talk given to a congregation about belief and conduct.
  • serpent/ˈsɜːpənt/nounB2A great snake, especially one of legend.
  • serum/ˈsɪəɹəm/nounB22 meaningsA concentrated liquid skin treatment.
  • servant/ˈsɜːvənt/nounB1Somebody employed to work in another's household.
  • server/ˈsɜːvə/nounB1+2 meaningsAn always-on computer that websites and services run on.
  • service/ˈsɜː.vɪs/nounA26 meaningsThe work done for customers or the public by a person or business, and the manner in which it is done.
  • service chargenounB2A percentage added to the bill for the staff.
  • service plannounB2An agreement covering repairs for a fixed monthly sum.
  • serviced apartmentnounC1A flat rented short-term with hotel-like service.
  • serviette/ˌsɜː.viˈɛt/nounB1The cloth or paper used to wipe your mouth.
  • servility/səˈvɪ.lɪ.ti/nounC2Excessive 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 menunounB1A fixed list of courses at one price.
  • set squarenounB2A flat triangle used to draw and check right angles.
  • 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.
  • 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.
  • severance/ˈsɛv.ɹəns/nounC12 meaningsMoney paid to somebody whose job is ending.
  • severity/sɪˈvɛɹ.ɪ.ti/nounB2+How serious or how harsh something is.
  • 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.
  • sexuality/sɛk.ʃuːˈæ.lɪ.ti/nounC1A person's sexual nature and preferences.
  • seychellesnounB2Indian Ocean islands of granite boulders and honeymoon beaches.
  • 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.
  • shaft/ˈʃɑːft/nounB22 meaningsA vertical passage down into a mine.
  • shaft of lightnounC1A straight column of light through darkness.
  • shah/ʃɑː/nounC1The former hereditary ruler of Iran.
  • shake/ˈʃeɪk/verbA24 meaningsTo move something quickly back and forth.
  • shale/ʃeɪl/nounC1A soft rock that splits into thin layers.
  • shale oilnounC1Oil squeezed out of layered rock.
  • shallow endnounB1The part of the pool where you can stand.
  • sham/ˈʃæm/nounB2+2 meaningsSomething pretending to be what it is not.
  • shambles/ˈʃæmbəlz/nounC1A scene of complete disorder.
  • shame/ˈʃeɪ̯m/nounB24 meaningsThe painful feeling of having lost the respect of others, or of yourself, because of something you did.
  • shampoo/ʃæmˈpuː/nounA2+Liquid soap made for washing hair.
  • shank/ˈʃæŋk/nounC12 meaningsThe lower part of the leg.
  • shape/ˈʃeɪ̯p/nounA22 meaningsThe outline or form that something has.