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

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363 words · showing 61–120

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  • taunt/tɔːnt/verbB22 meaningsTo try to hurt or provoke somebody with words.
  • tavern/ˈtævən/nounB2An old-fashioned inn serving drink and food.
  • taxi ranknounB2The line where cabs wait for passengers.
  • teacup/ˈtiː.kʌp/nounB2A small cup with a saucer, used for drinking tea.
  • teal/tiːl/nounC12 meaningsA small fast-flying wild duck.
  • team/ˈtiːm/
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A group working or playing together towards one goal.
  • team leadnounB2The person guiding a small working group.
  • tear down/tɛə(ɹ) ˈdaʊn/phraseB2To demolish a building or structure.
  • tease/tiːz/verbB14 meaningsTo make playful fun of someone, meaning no real harm.
  • teaspoon/ˈtiːˌspuːn/nounB2The small spoon used for stirring a cup.
  • technical/ˈtɛk.nɪk.əl/adjectiveB1+2 meaningsTo do with machines, science or the details of a craft.
  • tectonic platenounB2One of the vast slabs the surface of the earth is broken into.
  • teething/ˈtiːðɪŋ/nounB2The painful weeks when a baby's teeth push through.
  • telescope/ˈtɛl.ɪ.skəʊp/nounB2An instrument that makes distant objects look close.
  • tell/tɛl/verbA15 meaningsTo give someone information in words.
  • tell me about itphraseB2A way of saying you know that trouble only too well.
  • tell offphraseB2To speak angrily to somebody about their behaviour.
  • tell talesphraseB2To report another person's misbehaviour in order to get them punished.
  • template/ˈtɛm.plɪt/nounB1+2 meaningsA ready-made pattern to be filled in with your own content.
  • temple/ˈtɛm.pl̩/nounB22 meaningsA building used for worship, especially in Hindu, Buddhist, Sikh, Jewish and ancient religions.
  • tempo/ˈtɛm.pəʊ/nounB23 meaningsThe speed at which a piece of music is played or sung.
  • temporarily/ˌtɛmpəˈɹɛɹəli/adverbB2For a short while only.
  • temporary/ˈtɛmpəɹəɹi/adjectiveB2Lasting only for a limited time; not permanent.
  • temporary fixnounB2A repair meant only to last until a proper one.
  • tempt/tɛmpt/verbB2To make someone want to do something they should not.
  • temptation/ˌtɛmpˈteɪʃən/nounB2The pull towards something you should resist.
  • tenant/ˈtɛ.nənt/nounB22 meaningsA person who pays rent to live in or use property belonging to someone else.
  • tenant farmernounB2A farmer who rents the land they work.
  • tend/ˈtɛnd/verbB12 meaningsTo be likely or inclined to do something.
  • tender/ˈtɛn.dəː/adjectiveB24 meaningsGentle and full of quiet love.
  • tenderness/ˈtɛn.dɚ.nɪs/nounB22 meaningsGentle warmth of feeling.
  • tense/tɛns/adjectiveB15 meaningsNervous and unable to relax.
  • tension/ˈtɛnʃən/nounB26 meaningsThe tightness of something stretched, and the pulling force in it.
  • tentative/ˈtɛntətɪv/adjectiveB2+2 meaningsNot final, and open to change.
  • term/tɜːm/nounA2+6 meaningsOne of the periods that the school or university year is divided into.
  • term timenounB2The weeks when schools are in session.
  • terminal/ˈtɚmɪnəl/adjectiveC14 meaningsOf an illness, certain to cause death; of a person, dying from such an illness.
  • terms and conditionsnounB2The full rules attached to an agreement.
  • terrace/ˈtɛɹəs/nounB24 meaningsA flat paved area beside a building, used for sitting outdoors.
  • terrific/təˈɹɪf.ɪk/adjectiveB12 meaningsVery good indeed.
  • terrify/ˈtɛɹɪfaɪ/verbB2To frighten somebody very badly.
  • territorial/ˌtɛɹ.ɪˈtɔː.ɹi.əl/adjectiveB22 meaningsDefending its own space against others.
  • territory/ˈtɛɹɪˌtɔɹi/nounB2Land under the control of a ruler or an animal.
  • terror/ˈtɛɹɚ/nounB22 meaningsExtreme fear.
  • terrorist/ˈtɛɹəɹɪst/nounB2Somebody who uses violence against civilians for political ends.
  • testify/ˈtɛstɪfaɪ/verbB22 meaningsTo give sworn evidence in court.
  • testimony/ˈtɛstɪmoʊni/nounB22 meaningsWhat a witness formally tells the court under oath.
  • textbook/ˈtɛkst.bʊk/nounB22 meaningsA book containing the lessons of one subject.
  • texture/ˈtɛkst͡ʃə(ɹ)/nounB1+2 meaningsThe way something feels in the mouth or under the hand.
  • thaw/θɔː/verbB1+5 meaningsTo become soft and unfrozen, or to let frozen food do so.
  • the best of both worldsphraseB2Enjoying the advantages of two options at once.
  • the bigger picturephraseB2The whole situation, rather than the detail in front of you.
  • the icing on the cakephraseB2An extra pleasure on top of something already good.
  • the last strawphraseB2The final small problem that makes you finally explode.
  • the last wordphraseB2The final remark in an argument, and the winning of it.
  • the tip of the icebergnounB2The small visible part of a much bigger problem.
  • theater/ˈθi(ə)tɚ/nounA2+2 meaningsThe building where plays are performed.
  • theft/θɛft/nounB2The crime of taking what belongs to somebody else.
  • theme/θiːm/nounB12 meaningsThe subject that runs through a work.
  • theme tunenounB2The music that opens and closes a programme.