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

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  • distress/dɪˈstɹɛs/nounB22 meaningsSerious trouble or suffering.
  • distress signalnounB2The call sent when a vessel needs urgent help.
  • distribute/dɪˈstɹɪbjuːt/verbB22 meaningsTo hand shares out to many people or places.
  • distribution/ˌdɪstɹɪˈbjuːʃən/nounB24 meaningsThe way something is spread out or shared among people, places or values.
  • district/ˈdɪstɹɪkt/nounB12 meaningsA named part of a city or region.
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/dɪˈstɜːb/
verbB23 meanings
To interrupt someone and break their rest, work or concentration.
  • ditch/dɪt͡ʃ/nounB12 meaningsA long narrow channel dug to carry water away.
  • dive/daɪv/verbB26 meaningsTo jump into water head first.
  • dive inphraseB2To start doing something eagerly and without delay.
  • diversion/daɪˈvɜː.ʃən/nounB2+2 meaningsA route round a closed road.
  • divide/dɪˈvaɪd/verbB25 meaningsTo separate something into parts.
  • divine/dɪˈvaɪn/adjectiveB23 meaningsBelonging to or coming from a god.
  • dizzinessnounB2The feeling that everything is spinning.
  • dnanounB2The twisted ladder molecule that carries the recipe for you.
  • do/də/verbA15 meaningsTo perform an action, a job or a task.
  • do harmphraseB2To cause damage or injury.
  • do upphraseB12 meaningsTo fasten a garment or its buttons.
  • do withoutphraseB2To manage even though you lack something.
  • document/ˈdɒkjʊmənt/nounB1+2 meaningsA written or printed record providing information or evidence.
  • dodge/dɒd͡ʒ/verbB13 meaningsTo move quickly aside to avoid something.
  • dodgemsnounB2Small electric cars driven to bump each other.
  • dodgy/ˈdɒd͡ʒ.i/adjectiveB22 meaningsNot to be trusted.
  • doe/dəʊ/nounB2A female deer or rabbit.
  • dogged/dɒɡd/adjectiveB2Persistent and refusing to give up.
  • doggy bagnounB2A container for taking leftovers home.
  • dollar/ˈdɒl.ə/nounA12 meaningsThe currency of the United States and several other countries.
  • domestic/dəˈmɛs.tɪk/adjectiveB12 meaningsTo do with the home.
  • domestic flightnounB2A flight that stays inside one country.
  • dominate/ˈdɒm.ɪ.neɪt/verbB22 meaningsTo be the strongest force in a place or contest.
  • dominican republicnounB2Caribbean country of merengue, sharing the island of Hispaniola.
  • don't judge a book by its coverphraseB2The saying: appearances tell you little about what is inside.
  • donation/dəʊˈneɪʃən/nounB2Money or goods given freely to help a cause.
  • donkey/ˈdɒŋ.ki/nounB2A grey animal like a small horse with long ears.
  • donor/ˈdəʊnə/nounB22 meaningsSomebody who gives blood or an organ.
  • donor cardnounB2A card saying your organs may be used after death.
  • doodle/ˈduːdl̩/nounB22 meaningsAn absent-minded drawing made while thinking of something else.
  • doom/duːm/nounB2A terrible fate that cannot be avoided.
  • door/do(ː)ɹ/nounA12 meaningsA movable barrier you open to enter a room or building.
  • doorway/ˈdɔɹweɪ/nounB2The opening in a wall that a door fits into.
  • dormitory bednounB2One bed in a room shared with strangers.
  • dosage/ˈdəʊsɪd͡ʒ/nounB2How much medicine to take and how often.
  • dose/ˈdəʊ̯s/nounB22 meaningsThe measured amount of medicine taken at one time.
  • dot/dɒt/nounA22 meaningsA tiny round mark.
  • double/ˈdʌb.əl/adjectiveA25 meaningsTwice the usual size, amount or strength.
  • double agentnounB2A spy who is secretly working for both sides.
  • double backphraseB2To turn round and go the way you came.
  • double bass/ˈdʌ.bl̩beɪs/nounB2The biggest and deepest of the bowed string instruments.
  • double shiftnounB2Working both the midday and the evening service.
  • double tracknounB2A line with separate rails for each direction.
  • double-bookverbB2To promise the same time slot to two people.
  • double-crossverbB22 meaningsTo betray someone you had agreed to act with.
  • dove/dʌv/nounB22 meaningsA pale bird of the pigeon family, used as a symbol of peace.
  • down on your luckphraseB2Going through a bad patch with no money.
  • down paymentnounB2The first sum paid, with the rest to follow.
  • down to earthphraseB2Practical, modest, and easy to talk to.
  • downbeat/ˈdaʊnbiːt/nounC12 meaningsThe first and strongest beat of a bar.
  • downfall/ˈdaʊnfɔːl/nounB2+2 meaningsThe ruin of somebody who was riding high.
  • downhill/ˈdaʊnˌhɪl/adverbB1+2 meaningsGoing down a slope.
  • downright/ˈdaʊnɹaɪt/adverbB2Thoroughly, said of something bad.
  • downtime/ˈdaʊntaɪm/nounB2+2 meaningsTime when a machine or system is not working or not in use.