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

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  • scream/skɹiːm/verbB15 meaningsTo cry out loudly and high in fear, pain or excitement.
  • screen/ˈskɹiːn/nounA25 meaningsThe flat surface of a phone, computer or television on which pictures and text appear.
  • screen breaknounB1A deliberate pause from devices.
  • screen shareverbB1To show the others what is on your own display.
  • screenshot/ˈskriːn.ʃɒt/nounB12 meaningsA picture a device takes of its own screen.
  • screw/ˈskɹuː/
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A threaded pin driven in by turning.
  • screw inphraseB1To fasten something by turning it into a threaded hole.
  • scrub/skɹʌb/verbB14 meaningsTo clean something by rubbing it hard with a brush or a rough cloth.
  • scuba diving/ˈskuːbə ˈdaɪ.vɪŋ/nounB1Diving with air carried in tanks on your back.
  • sea levelnounB1The average height of the ocean surface.
  • sea viewnounB1A room whose window looks out over the water.
  • seal/siːl/nounB14 meaningsA sea animal with flippers and a thick coat that swims in cold water and comes ashore on rocks.
  • season[ˈsiː.zn̩]nounA24 meaningsOne of the four divisions of the year, each with its own weather.
  • season ticketnounB1A ticket bought for a whole period of travel.
  • seasonal/ˈsiːzənəl/adjectiveB1+3 meaningsHappening or available at one particular time of year only.
  • seasoned/ˈsiːzənd/adjectiveC13 meaningsOf wood, dried slowly until it is stable.
  • seatbelt signnounB1The lit symbol telling you to fasten up.
  • second class postnounB1The slower and cheaper way of sending mail.
  • second-handadjectiveB1Owned by somebody else before you.
  • secondary/ˈsɛkənd(ə)ɹɪ/adjectiveB24 meaningsLess important than the main thing.
  • secret/ˈsiː.kɹɪt/nounA23 meaningsSomething you know that you must not tell anyone else.
  • secretly/ˈsiː.kɹɪt.li/adverbB12 meaningsWithout letting anyone know.
  • section/ˈsɛkʃən/nounB12 meaningsOne of the parts into which something is divided.
  • secure/sɪˈkjʊə(ɹ)/adjectiveB14 meaningsFirmly fixed and unlikely to move.
  • security/sɪˈkjʊəɹɪti/nounB13 meaningsBeing safe from danger, and the settled feeling that comes with it.
  • security badgenounB1The card that opens the doors you are allowed through.
  • security checknounB1The point where passengers and bags are screened.
  • security guardnounB1A person employed to guard premises or people.
  • see/siː/verbA16 meaningsTo notice something with your eyes.
  • see you aroundphraseB1A casual farewell to somebody you will meet again.
  • seed/siːd/nounB13 meaningsThe small hard part of a plant that a new plant grows from.
  • seem/ˈsiːm/verbA23 meaningsTo give the impression of being something, whether or not it is so.
  • segment/ˈsɛɡ.mənt/nounC12 meaningsOne identifiable part of a whole market.
  • self/ˈsɛlf/nounB1The person you essentially are.
  • self-checkoutnounB1The machine you scan and pay at yourself.
  • self-confidentadjectiveB1Sure of your own abilities and worth.
  • self-employedadjectiveB1Working for yourself rather than as somebody's employee.
  • self-service/sɛlfˈsɜː.vɪs/nounB1A system in which customers serve themselves.
  • selfish/ˈsɛl.fɪʃ/adjectiveB12 meaningsCaring only about your own wants and not about other people.
  • sell/sɛl/verbA13 meaningsTo give something to somebody in exchange for money.
  • senior/ˈsiːnjə(ɹ)/adjectiveB13 meaningsHigher in rank or position.
  • sensation/sɛnˈseɪʃən/nounB12 meaningsA feeling in the body.
  • sensible/ˈsɛn.sɪ.bəl/adjectiveB13 meaningsShowing good practical judgement.
  • separate/ˈsɛp.əˌɹeɪt/verbA2+4 meaningsTo move or keep things or people apart from each other.
  • sergeant/ˈsɑː.d͡ʒənt/nounB1A non-commissioned officer above a corporal.
  • serious/ˈsɪə̯.ɹi.əs/adjectiveA24 meaningsNot joking or pretending; meaning exactly what you say.
  • servant/ˈsɜːvənt/nounB1Somebody employed to work in another's household.
  • server/ˈsɜːvə/nounB1+2 meaningsAn always-on computer that websites and services run on.
  • service/ˈsɜː.vɪs/nounA26 meaningsThe work done for customers or the public by a person or business, and the manner in which it is done.
  • serviette/ˌsɜː.viˈɛt/nounB1The cloth or paper used to wipe your mouth.
  • session/ˈsɛ.ʃən/nounB14 meaningsA period of time spent doing one particular activity.
  • set/sɛt/verbA27 meaningsTo put something somewhere carefully, or arrange it ready for use.
  • set menunounB1A fixed list of courses at one price.
  • set up/ˌsɛt ˈʌp/phraseB12 meaningsTo assemble or arrange something ready for use.
  • setting/ˈsɛtɪŋ/nounB14 meaningsThe place and time in which a story happens.
  • settle/ˈsɛ.təl/verbB14 meaningsTo end an argument or a dispute.
  • setup/ˈsɛtʌp/nounB1The way something is arranged, or a trick to frame somebody.
  • several/ˈsɛv.(ə.)ɹəl/adjectiveA23 meaningsMore than two but not many.
  • severe/sɪˈvɪə/adjectiveB13 meaningsVery serious and hard to bear.
  • sewer/ˈs(j)uːə/nounB1An underground pipe carrying waste water away.