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

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  • recap/ɹiːˈkæp/verbB2+2 meaningsTo go over the main points again.
  • recaptureverbB2+To catch again, or to bring back a past feeling.
  • recede/ɹɪˈsiːd/verbB2+To move back and grow more distant.
  • recedingadjectiveB2+Moving back, of a hairline.
  • recession/ɹɪˈsɛʃn̩/nounB2+2 meaningsA period when an economy shrinks and jobs are lost.
  • recklessnessnounB2+Acting with no regard for the danger.
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  • reckoning/ˈɹɛkənɪŋ/nounB22 meaningsA calculation.
  • recognisable/ˈɹɛkə(ɡ)naɪzəbl̩/adjectiveB2+Easy to know again when you see it.
  • recollection/ɹɛkəˈlɛkʃən/nounB2+2 meaningsSomething you remember; a memory of a past event as you hold it now.
  • reconstruct/ˌɹiːkənˈstɹʌkt/verbB22 meaningsTo build something again after damage.
  • recruitment/rɪˈkruːt.mənt /nounB2+The process of finding and taking on new staff or members.
  • recurring/ɹɪˈkɜːɹɪŋ/adjectiveB2+Coming back again and again.
  • redecorateverbB2+To paper and paint a room afresh.
  • redefineverbB2+2 meaningsTo give something a new definition or meaning.
  • redesign/ˌɹiː.dɪˈzaɪn/verbB2+To design something again, differently.
  • redevelopmentnounB2+The rebuilding of an area to a new plan.
  • reduction/ɹɪˈdʌk.ʃən/nounB2+2 meaningsA gain of electrons, the opposite of oxidation.
  • redundant/ɹɪˈdʌn.dənt/adjectiveB2+4 meaningsNo longer needed or useful.
  • redwood/ˈɹɛdwʊd/nounB2+A very tall tree with soft red bark.
  • reek/riːk/verbB2+2 meaningsTo smell very strongly and badly.
  • reestablishverbB2+To set something up again after a break.
  • referral/ɹɪˈfɜː.ɹəl/nounB2+2 meaningsBeing sent on to a specialist by a doctor.
  • refine/ɹɪˈfaɪn/verbB2+2 meaningsTo improve something by removing what is rough or impure.
  • refinery/rɪˈfaɪnərɪ/nounB2+A plant that purifies oil or sugar.
  • reflective/ɹɪˈflɛktɪv/adjectiveB2+Thoughtful, or throwing light back.
  • reflector/ɹɪˈflɛktə(ɹ)/nounB2+A device that throws light back to make you seen.
  • reform/ˌɹiːˈfɔɹm/nounB2+2 meaningsA change made to improve a system.
  • refuel/ɹiːˈfjuːəl/verbB2+To take on more fuel.
  • refuellingnounB2+Filling an aircraft's tanks before the next flight.
  • refugee/ˈɹɛfjʊd͡ʒiː/nounB2+A person forced to flee their country to stay safe.
  • regal/ˈɹiːɡəl/adjectiveB2+Fit for a monarch, and grand in bearing.
  • reggae/ˈɹɛɡeɪ/nounB2+A Jamaican style with the accent on the off-beat.
  • regiment/ˈɹɛd͡ʒɪmənt/nounB2+A large permanent unit of an army.
  • registry/ˈɹɛd͡ʒɪstɹi/nounB2+The official office where records of births, marriages and property dealings are kept and consulted.
  • regrettableadjectiveB2+Giving cause for regret.
  • regrettablyadverbB2+Unfortunately, as one is sorry to say.
  • regularity/ˌɹɛɡjuˈlæɹəti/nounB2+The quality of happening at even intervals.
  • regulate/ˈɹɛɡ.jʊ.leɪt/verbB2+2 meaningsTo control something with official rules.
  • reimbursement/ˌɹiː.ɪmˈbɜːs.mənt/nounB2+Money paid back to cover what somebody spent.
  • rein/ɹeɪn/nounB2+2 meaningsA strap used to guide and control a horse.
  • reincarnation/ˌɹiːɪŋkɑː(ɹ)ˈneɪʃən/nounB2+The belief that a soul returns in another body.
  • reinforce/ˌɹiː.ɪnˈfɔːs/verbB2+4 meaningsTo make something stronger by adding support.
  • reinforcement/ˌɹiːɪnˈfɔːsmənt/nounB2+Extra strength or support sent in.
  • reinvent/ɹiːɪnˈvɛnt/verbB2+To make something afresh in a new form.
  • rejoin/ɹɪˈd͡ʒɔɪn/verbB2+2 meaningsTo join something again after leaving.
  • relativity/ɹɛl.əˈtɪv.ɪ.ti/nounB2+The physical theory that measurement depends on the observer.
  • relent/ɹɪˈlɛnt/verbB2+To soften and give way at last.
  • relic/ˈɹɛlɪk/nounB2+3 meaningsAn object that has survived from an earlier time and is kept because of it.
  • relive/ɹiːˈlɪv/verbB2+To experience something again in memory.
  • relocation/ˌɹiːləʊˈkeɪʃən/nounB2+Moving to a new place because of your job.
  • reluctance/ɹɪˈlʌktəns/nounB2+Unwillingness to do something, shown in hesitation.
  • remarry/ɹiːˈmæɹi/verbB2+To marry again after a divorce or the death of a spouse.
  • rematch/ˈɹiː.mætʃ/<q:noun>nounB2+A second contest between the same opponents.
  • remembrance/ɹɪˈmɛm.bɹəns/nounB2+The act of keeping somebody in memory.
  • remission/ɹɪˈmɪʃ(ə)n/nounB2+3 meaningsA period when the signs of a disease ease or disappear.
  • remnant/ˈɹɛmnənt/nounB2+A small remaining piece of something larger.
  • remodelverbB2+To change the shape or structure of something.
  • renaissance/ɹəˈneɪs(ə)ns/nounB2+2 meaningsThe Renaissance: the flowering of art, architecture, science and learning in Europe from roughly the 1300s to the 1600s, taken as the end of the Middle Ages.
  • renegotiateverbB2+To agree new terms for something already agreed.
  • renewalnounB2+2 meaningsThe act of making something valid again for a further period.