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

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  • test/tɛst/nounA1A set of questions that checks what you have learned.
  • test outphraseB1To try something to see whether it works.
  • test tubenounB1A thin glass tube used to hold small samples.
  • testament/ˈtɛs.tə.mənt/nounC12 meaningsA will.
  • testify/ˈtɛstɪfaɪ/verbB22 meaningsTo give sworn evidence in court.
  • testimonial/tɛstɪˈməʊni.əl/noun
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A customer's own words used to persuade others.
  • testimony/ˈtɛstɪmoʊni/nounB22 meaningsWhat a witness formally tells the court under oath.
  • testy/ˈtɛsti/adjectiveC1Easily irritated.
  • tetchy/ˈtɛt͡ʃi/adjectiveC2Fretfully peevish and easily upset by small things, in the way an overtired child or an ailing person is.
  • tether/ˈtɛðə/nounB2+A rope tying an animal to one spot.
  • text messagenounA2A short written message sent between mobile phones.
  • textbook/ˈtɛkst.bʊk/nounB22 meaningsA book containing the lessons of one subject.
  • textilesnounB2+The study and craft of cloth and clothing.
  • texture/ˈtɛkst͡ʃə(ɹ)/nounB1+2 meaningsThe way something feels in the mouth or under the hand.
  • thailandnounA2+A country in Southeast Asia.
  • thank/ˈθæŋk/verbA13 meaningsTo tell someone you are grateful for something they did.
  • thank you/ˈθæŋk ˌju/phraseA1Used to express gratitude.
  • thank-you notenounB1A short letter sent to express thanks.
  • thankfullyadverbC1Fortunately, as one is glad to say.
  • thanklessadjectiveC1Receiving no thanks or appreciation, however well done.
  • that figuresphraseC1That fits exactly what I would have expected.
  • that reminds mephraseB1Said when something triggers another memory.
  • that's a shamephraseB1An expression of mild sympathy at bad news.
  • thatch/θæt͡ʃ/nounB2+A roof covering made of straw or reeds.
  • thaw/θɔː/verbB1+5 meaningsTo become soft and unfrozen, or to let frozen food do so.
  • the ball is in your courtphraseC1It is now your turn to decide or act.
  • 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 calm before the stormphraseC1The strange quiet just before trouble breaks loose.
  • the cold shoulderphraseC1Deliberate unfriendly silence toward someone.
  • the edge overphraseC1A slight advantage that puts you in front.
  • 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 luck of the drawphraseC1Whatever chance happens to hand you.
  • the other dayphraseA2Recently, on an unspecified recent day.
  • the powers that bephraseC1The people in authority, whoever they may be.
  • the tip of the icebergnounB2The small visible part of a much bigger problem.
  • the tools of the tradephraseC1The equipment a particular job requires.
  • the whole nine yards/ðə ˌhoʊl ˌnaɪn ˈjɑɹdz/phraseC1Absolutely everything that goes with it.
  • theater/ˈθi(ə)tɚ/nounA2+2 meaningsThe building where plays are performed.
  • theatrical/θiːˈætɹɪkəl/adjectiveC1To do with the stage, or exaggerated for effect.
  • theatricalitynounC1An exaggerated showy manner.
  • 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.
  • then againphraseB2Used to introduce a consideration that qualifies what was just said.
  • thence/ðɛns/adverbC2From that place or that fact.
  • theologian/ˌθi.əˈloʊd͡ʒən/nounC1Somebody who studies religion and its doctrines.
  • theology/θiˈɒ.lə.d͡ʒi/nounC1The study of religion and belief.
  • theorem/ˈθiː.ə.ɹəm/nounB2+A statement proved to be true from other truths.
  • theoretical/ˌθɪəˈɹɛtɪkəl/adjectiveC12 meaningsExisting in ideas and models rather than in tested practice.
  • theoreticallyadverbB2In principle, whatever happens in practice.
  • theoriseverbC1To put forward an explanation to be tested.
  • theorist/ˈθɪəɹɪst/nounB2+Somebody who develops explanations rather than tests them.
  • theory/ˈθɪə.ɹi/nounB23 meaningsAn explanation of how something works that has been tested hard enough to rely on.
  • therapeutic/ˌθɛɹ.əˈpjuː.tɪk/adjectiveB2+Helping to cure or to relieve suffering.
  • therapy/ˈθɛɹ.ə.pi/nounB2Regular treatment for the body or the mind.
  • thereafter/ˌðɛəɹˈɑːf.tə(ɹ)/adverbC1After that point in time.
  • thereby/ðɛɹˈbaɪ/adverbC1By that means; with that result.