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

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  • t-junctionnounB2Where a road ends by joining another across it.
  • t-shirtphraseA1A simple soft top with short sleeves and no buttons.
  • tab/tæb/nounB15 meaningsA small flap or strip sticking out from the edge of something, there to be gripped, pulled or read.
  • tabard/ˈtæbɑː(ɹ)d/nounC2A short sleeveless coat bearing a coat of arms.
  • table/ˈteɪbl̩/nounA12 meaningsFlat furniture with legs, used for eating and working.
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How you are expected to behave while eating.
  • table servicenounB2Being served at your seat rather than fetching food.
  • table tennisnounA2A racket game played across a small indoor table.
  • tableau/ˈtæ.bləʊ/nounC2A striking scene held motionless like a picture.
  • tableclothnounB2A cloth spread over a table, especially for a meal.
  • tablespoon/ˈteɪbəlˌspuːn/nounB1+The large spoon used for serving food.
  • tablet/ˈtæblət/nounA2+2 meaningsA flat touch-screen computer.
  • tabloid/ˈtæblɔɪd/nounB2+A newspaper of scandals and large headlines.
  • taboo/təˈbuː/nounB2+2 meaningsSomething a society forbids without needing to explain.
  • tacit/ˈtæsɪt/adjectiveC2Understood between people without being said.
  • taciturn/ˈtæsɪtɜːn/adjectiveC2Habitually saying very little.
  • taciturnitynounC2The habit of saying very little.
  • tack/tæk/nounB24 meaningsA short nail with a wide flat head, pushed in by hand.
  • tackle/ˈtækəl/verbB17 meaningsTo stop an opponent and try to take the ball from them.
  • tacky/ˈtæki/adjectiveB22 meaningsShowily cheap and lacking taste.
  • taco/ˈtɑkoʊ/nounA2+A folded tortilla with a filling.
  • tact/tækt/nounC1Skill in saying things without giving offence.
  • tactful/ˈtæktfəl/adjectiveC1Careful not to cause offence when handling a difficult matter.
  • tactic/ˈtæktɪk/nounC12 meaningsA particular action chosen to gain an advantage in a situation.
  • tactical/ˈtæktɪk(ə)l/adjectiveC1Planned to gain a particular advantage.
  • tactician/tækˈtɪʃən/nounC1Somebody clever at planning the moves of a contest.
  • tactics/ˈtæktɪks/nounB1+The short-term moves planned to win a particular contest.
  • tactile/ˈtæktaɪl/adjectiveC1To do with touch, or pleasant to handle.
  • tactile pavingnounC1Textured ground that can be felt underfoot as a warning.
  • tadpole/ˈtædpoʊl/nounB1+The young of a frog, with a tail and no legs.
  • taekwondo/ˌtaɪkwɑnˈdoʊ/nounB1A Korean martial art known for high kicks.
  • tag/tæɡ/nounA24 meaningsA small label attached to something, showing a price, a name or an instruction.
  • taglinenounB2The line that sums up what a brand promises.
  • tail/ˈteɪ̯l/nounA25 meaningsThe long part sticking out from the rear end of an animal's body.
  • tail lightnounB1The red lamp at the back of a vehicle.
  • tail spikenounB1A sharp bony point at the end of a tail.
  • taillightnounC1A red light at the rear of a vehicle.
  • tailor/ˈteɪlɚ/nounB23 meaningsA person whose job is making, altering and fitting clothes to a customer's measurements.
  • tailor-madeadjectiveB2Cut to fit one particular person.
  • tailor's chalknounB2Chalk for marking lines that brush off cloth.
  • taint/teɪnt/nounC1A trace of something bad that spoils the whole.
  • taiwannounB1+An island off the coast of East Asia.
  • tajikistannounC1Central Asian country that is almost entirely mountains, capital Dushanbe.
  • take/ˈteɪ̯k/verbA18 meaningsTo reach out and get hold of something with your hands.
  • take a decisionphraseC1To reach and announce a formal choice.
  • take a short cutphraseB1To go by a quicker route, or to skip proper steps.
  • take advantagephraseB22 meaningsTo make good use of a chance.
  • take afterphraseB2To look or behave like an older family member.
  • take an interestphraseB2To begin paying close attention to something.
  • take apartphraseB22 meaningsTo separate something into its component pieces.
  • take away/ˌteɪk əˈweɪ/phraseA22 meaningsTo remove something from a place or person.
  • take backphraseB1To return a purchase to the shop; also, to unsay hurtful words.
  • take carephraseA22 meaningsUsed as a warm farewell.
  • take downphraseB12 meaningsTo write down what somebody says.
  • take in/teɪk‿ˈɪn/phraseB26 meaningsTo understand and absorb something you are told or shown.
  • take it easyphraseB12 meaningsTo relax and avoid exerting yourself.
  • take it one day at a timephraseB2To face only what today asks of you.
  • take offphraseB12 meaningsOf an aircraft, to leave the ground.
  • take offencephraseB2To feel insulted by what was said.
  • take onphraseB2To accept new work or responsibility; also, to fight an opponent.