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

Letter
abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz
Level
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Part of speech
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  • wage gapphraseC1The difference in pay between two groups doing similar work.
  • walk in the parkphraseB2Something pleasantly easy.
  • walk outphraseB22 meaningsTo leave suddenly as a protest.
  • ward offphraseC1To keep something harmful away.
  • warm up/ˌwɔː(ɹ)m ˈʌp/phraseB1To gently wake your muscles before sport; also, to heat food again.
  • washing machinephraseA2The machine that turns dirty clothes into clean ones.
  • waste awayphraseB2To grow steadily thinner and weaker.
  • watch outphraseA22 meaningsUsed to warn someone of immediate danger.
  • water downphraseB2To weaken by adding liquid, or to soften a demand.
  • water under the bridgephraseB2An old quarrel that no longer matters.
  • watered downphraseB2Weakened by adding liquid, or made less forceful.
  • we should do this againphraseB1A warm way of saying you enjoyed the meeting.
  • wear downphraseB22 meaningsTo reduce something gradually by friction or use.
  • wear offphraseC1To fade away gradually.
  • wear outphraseB2To use something until it is finished — shoes or your energy.
  • weigh downphraseB22 meaningsTo press down heavily on something.
  • weigh evidencephraseB2To compare the strength of what supports each side.
  • weigh upphraseB22 meaningsTo consider the advantages and disadvantages of something.
  • welcome/ˈwɛl.kəm/exclamationA17 meaningsA greeting to someone who has just arrived.
  • welcome matphraseB1The small rough carpet at the front door where you clean your shoes.
  • what a pity/ˌwʌt ə ˈpɪti/ [ˌwɐɾ ə ˈpʰɪɾi ~ ˌwɜɾ ə ˈpʰɪɾi]phraseB1An expression of regret about something disappointing.
  • what have you been up tophraseB1A casual way of asking what somebody has been doing lately.
  • what's newphraseB1A casual request for somebody's recent news.
  • what's the catchphraseC1Asking what hidden problem comes with a good offer.
  • when pigs flyphraseB2A mocking way to say something will never happen.
  • where were wephraseB2Used to resume a conversation after an interruption.
  • while awayphraseC1To pass time pleasantly with nothing important to do.
  • white liephraseB2A small harmless untruth told to spare someone's feelings.
  • wild goose chasephraseC1A long hopeless search for something you will never find.
  • wind down/waɪnd ˈdaʊn/phraseB2To relax gradually, or to bring to a slow close.
  • wind up/waɪnd ˈʌp/phraseC1To finally land in a place or state you never planned.
  • window seatphraseB1The seat next to the window on an aircraft.
  • window shoppingphraseB2Walking past shops just looking, buying nothing at all.
  • wing itphraseC1To do something without any preparation.
  • wipe downphraseB1To clean a surface by wiping it with a cloth.
  • with respectphraseC1Used before politely contradicting somebody.
  • within reachphraseB1Near enough to take hold of.
  • word of mouthnounB22 meaningsThe passing of news or information from one person to another in speech.
  • work like a charmphraseB2To succeed perfectly and immediately.
  • work out/ˌwɜːk ˈaʊt/phraseB13 meaningsTo exercise in order to get fit.
  • work to rulephraseC2Doing exactly what the rules require and no more.
  • worlds apartphraseB2Completely different from one another.
  • worn outphraseB1So used that it no longer works.
  • worth its weight in goldphraseB2So useful that no price would be too high.
  • would you believe itphraseB2An exclamation at something hard to credit.
  • wrap upphraseB22 meaningsTo bring something to a conclusion.
  • wrap your head aroundphraseB2To finally take in an idea that resists you.
  • write downphraseA2To put words on paper so you will not forget them.
  • write offphraseB2To damage beyond repair, or to accept a loss.