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

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  • direction/dɪˈɹɛk.ʃən/nounA24 meaningsThe way in which somebody or something moves, points or faces.
  • directly/dɪˈɹɛk(t).li/adverbB12 meaningsIn a straight line, or without anything in between.
  • director/dɪˈɹɛk.tə(ɹ)/nounA2+3 meaningsThe person who controls how a film, play or programme is made and performed.
  • disappear/dɪsəˈpɪə/verbA23 meaningsTo go out of sight; to stop being visible.
  • disappointed/ˌdɪsəˈpɔɪntɪd/adjectiveB12 meaningsUnhappy because something you hoped for did not happen or was not as good as you expected.
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discipline/ˈdɪsɪplɪn/nounB15 meanings
Training that teaches people to obey rules and control themselves.
  • discount/dɪˈskaʊnt/nounB1+3 meaningsAn amount taken off the usual price.
  • discount codenounB1A word or number typed in to reduce a price.
  • discover/dɪˈskʌvə/verbA2+3 meaningsTo find something that was not known about before.
  • discovery/dɪˈskʌv.ɹi/nounA2+2 meaningsThe finding of something important not known before.
  • dish/dɪʃ/nounA13 meaningsOne prepared food.
  • dishclothnounB1A small cloth for wiping plates and surfaces.
  • dislike/dɪsˈlaɪk/verbB12 meaningsTo find someone or something unpleasant.
  • display/dɪsˈpleɪ/nounB27 meaningsAn arrangement of things put out to be looked at.
  • distance/ˈdɪst(ə)n(t)s/nounA23 meaningsThe amount of space between two points.
  • distracted/dɪˈstɹæk.tɪd/adjectiveB12 meaningsUnable to give attention to something because something else has taken it.
  • district/ˈdɪstɹɪkt/nounB12 meaningsA named part of a city or region.
  • ditch/dɪt͡ʃ/nounB12 meaningsA long narrow channel dug to carry water away.
  • divide/dɪˈvaɪd/verbB25 meaningsTo separate something into parts.
  • diving boardnounB1The springboard a diver jumps from.
  • division/dɪˈvɪʒn̩/nounB12 meaningsThe splitting of something into parts.
  • divorce/dɪˈvɔːs/nounB13 meaningsThe legal ending of a marriage.
  • do/də/verbA15 meaningsTo perform an action, a job or a task.
  • do businessphraseB1To trade with somebody.
  • do not disturbphraseB1The sign hung out to keep staff from knocking.
  • do upphraseB12 meaningsTo fasten a garment or its buttons.
  • dock/dɒk/nounB12 meaningsAn enclosed area of water where ships are loaded.
  • dodge/dɒd͡ʒ/verbB13 meaningsTo move quickly aside to avoid something.
  • doll's housenounB1A miniature home with tiny furniture inside.
  • dolphin/ˈdɒlf.ɪn/nounB1A clever sea mammal that leaps from the water.
  • domestic/dəˈmɛs.tɪk/adjectiveB12 meaningsTo do with the home.
  • don't mention it/dəʊnt ˈmɛn.ʃən ɪt/phraseB1A modest reply to being thanked.
  • doorframe/ˈdɔːˌfɹeɪm/nounB1The frame surrounding a doorway, to which the door is fixed.
  • doorstep/ˈdɔː(ɹ)stɛp/nounB1The step or area immediately outside a front door.
  • dotted linenounB1A line drawn as a row of separate points.
  • double-deckernounB1A bus with a whole second floor of seats.
  • doubt/daʊt/verbB13 meaningsTo think that something is probably not true, or probably will not happen.
  • dough/dəʊ/nounB12 meaningsThe soft mix of flour and water you knead before baking.
  • down/ˈdaʊ̯n/nounA15 meaningsThe soft fine feathers under a bird outer feathers, used to fill jackets and bedding.
  • downtown/ˈdaʊ̯nˌtaʊ̯n/nounB12 meaningsThe busy central part of a city.
  • dozen/ˈdʌzən/nounA22 meaningsA group of twelve.
  • drag/dɹæɡ/verbB18 meaningsTo pull something heavy along the ground behind you.
  • drag and dropphraseB1To move something by holding and releasing it elsewhere.
  • drain/dɹeɪn/verbA25 meaningsTo let liquid run out of something, leaving the solid part behind.
  • drainpipe/ˈdɹeɪnˌpaɪp/nounB12 meaningsA pipe carrying rainwater or waste down and away from a building.
  • drama/ˈdɹɑːmə/nounA2+4 meaningsA serious play or film about strong feelings.
  • dramatic/dɹəˈmætɪk/adjectiveB12 meaningsSudden and striking.
  • draw/dɹɑ/verbA14 meaningsTo make a picture using a pen, a pencil or chalk.
  • dress codenounB1The standard of clothing an occasion requires.
  • dress upphraseB13 meaningsTo put on smart or formal clothes.
  • drill/dɹɪl/nounA2+3 meaningsA tool that bores holes by spinning a sharp bit.
  • drip/ˈdɹɪp/verbB15 meaningsTo fall in small drops.
  • drive/dɹaɪv/verbA29 meaningsTo control a car or other vehicle and make it move.
  • drive-through/ˈdɹaɪvˌθɹu/nounB1A service where you order and collect without leaving the car.
  • driveway/ˈdɹaɪvˌweɪ/nounB1The short private road from the street to a house.
  • drizzle/ˈdɹɪzəl/nounB13 meaningsVery fine light rain.
  • drop/dɹɒp/verbA26 meaningsTo let something fall, by accident or on purpose.
  • drop offphraseB12 meaningsTo deliver someone or something on the way somewhere.
  • dropdownnounB1A list that unfolds when you click it.
  • drown/dɹaʊn/verbB12 meaningsTo die under water from being unable to breathe.