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

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  • solar system/ˈsəʊl.ə ˌsɪs.təm/nounB1A star and everything held by its gravity.
  • solid/ˈsɒl.ɪd/adjectiveB14 meaningsHard and firm, not liquid or gas.
  • solo/ˈsoʊ.loʊ/nounB22 meaningsA passage performed by one musician alone.
  • solve/sɒlv/verbA2+2 meaningsTo find the answer to a problem or puzzle.
  • sometime/ˈsʌmˌtaɪm/adverbB12 meaningsAt an unstated point in time.
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nounA12 meanings
One piece of music with words to sing.
  • soothe/suːð/verbB12 meaningsTo calm somebody.
  • sore/sɔː/adjectiveB13 meaningsPainful and tender, especially when touched or moved.
  • sort/soɹt/verbA24 meaningsTo separate things into groups.
  • sort of/ˈsɔːt‿əv/phraseB1Partly or to some degree, but not entirely.
  • soul/səʊl/nounB12 meaningsThe part of a person believed to outlast the body.
  • sound/ˈsaʊ̯nd/nounA17 meaningsSomething you hear; vibration travelling through the air to the ear.
  • south africaphraseB1The country at Africa's southern tip, with Cape Town and Table Mountain.
  • southern/ˈsʌðən/adjectiveB1Belonging to the south.
  • soy saucenounB1A salty dark brown liquid poured over rice.
  • spare/spɛə(ɹ)/verbB16 meaningsTo choose not to harm, punish or kill someone you have power over.
  • spare partnounB1A replacement component kept ready.
  • spare tirephraseB1The extra wheel in the back for when one goes flat.
  • spare wheelnounB1The extra wheel carried in case one fails.
  • sparkle/ˈspɑː.kəl/verbB12 meaningsTo shine with quick bright points of light.
  • sparkling/ˈspɑɹkl̩ɪŋ/adjectiveB22 meaningsSo clean that it catches the light.
  • sparkling waternounB1Water with bubbles of gas in it.
  • speak/spiːk/verbA14 meaningsTo use your voice to say words.
  • speaker/ˈspikɚ/nounA2+4 meaningsA device that turns an electrical signal into sound.
  • special/ˈspɛʃ.əl/adjectiveA14 meaningsNot ordinary, and valued or important because of it.
  • special offernounB1A temporary reduction in price to attract customers.
  • species/ˈspiːʃiːz/nounB1One particular kind of living thing.
  • specifically/spɪˈsɪf.ɪ.kli/adverbB1Exactly and particularly, rather than in general.
  • speech/spiːt͡ʃ/nounA23 meaningsA formal talk given to an audience.
  • speed/spiːd/nounA22 meaningsHow fast something moves.
  • speed cameranounB1The device that photographs vehicles going too fast.
  • speed limit/ˌspiːd ˈlɪ.mɪt/phraseB1The maximum legal speed for vehicles on a particular road.
  • speed skatingnounB1Racing on ice over a measured distance.
  • speeding/ˈspiːdɪŋ/nounB1Driving faster than the law allows.
  • spell/spɛl/verbA24 meaningsTo name or write the letters of a word in the right order.
  • spicy/ˈspaɪsi/adjectiveB1Burning pleasantly in the mouth.
  • spike/spaɪk/nounB12 meaningsA long sharp piece of metal or wood.
  • spill/spɪl/verbB14 meaningsTo let liquid or loose material fall out of its container by accident.
  • spin/spɪn/verbB14 meaningsTo turn round and round quickly on one spot.
  • spinach/ˈspɪnɪt͡ʃ/nounB1A dark green leaf vegetable.
  • spine/spaɪn/nounB13 meaningsThe line of bones down the middle of the back.
  • spinning topnounB1A toy that balances upright while it spins.
  • spirit/ˈspɪɹɪt/nounB15 meaningsA being without a body, or the immaterial part of a person.
  • spit/spɪt/verbB16 meaningsTo force saliva or another liquid out of your mouth.
  • splash/splæʃ/nounA2+4 meaningsThe sound and the scatter of water when something hits it.
  • split/splɪt/verbA24 meaningsTo break or divide along a line.
  • split the billphraseB1To divide what is owed between everybody.
  • spoil/spɔɪl/verbB15 meaningsTo ruin something, or damage the quality of it.
  • spoiled/spɔɪld/adjectiveB12 meaningsGiven so much that behaviour has suffered.
  • spoken/ˈspəʊ.k(ə)n/adjectiveB1Said aloud rather than written down.
  • sponge/spʌnd͡ʒ/nounB13 meaningsA soft absorbent block used for washing.
  • sports hallnounB1A large indoor space for games and exercise.
  • spot/spɒt/verbB15 meaningsTo see or notice something, especially something you were looking for or something hard to see.
  • spread/spɹɛd/verbB14 meaningsTo push something soft thinly across a surface.
  • spread outphraseB1To move apart so as to cover more ground.
  • spring/ˈspɹɪŋ/nounA14 meaningsThe season between winter and summer.
  • springtimenounB1The season when plants begin to grow again.
  • sprinkle/ˈspɹɪŋkəl/verbB14 meaningsTo scatter small drops or pieces of something over a surface.
  • sprinkler/ˈspɹiŋklɚ/nounB12 meaningsThe device that sprays water in circles over the garden.
  • sprout/spɹaʊt/verbC12 meaningsTo send up a first small shoot.