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

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  • arms race/ˈɑɹmz.ɹeɪs/nounB2Two powers building weapons faster than each other.
  • army/ˈɑː.mi/nounA22 meaningsAll the land soldiers of a country together.
  • aroma/əˈɹəʊ.mə/nounB2A pleasant smell, especially of food or drink.
  • aromatic herbnounB2A leaf grown for the scent it gives to food.
  • arrival/əˈɹaɪ.vl̩/nounB13 meaningsThe act or moment of reaching a place.
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The buttocks, in coarse British use.
  • art/ɑːt/nounA12 meaningsBeautiful things people create.
  • art historynounB2The study of painting and sculpture through time.
  • article/ˈɑːtɪkl̩/nounB14 meaningsA piece of writing in a newspaper, magazine or website.
  • artillery/ɑːˈtɪləɹi/nounB2The heavy guns of an army, and those who operate them.
  • artwork/ˈɑːtˌwɜːk/nounB2Pictures and designs made for a purpose.
  • ash/ˈæʃ/nounB24 meaningsThe soft grey powder left when something has burned.
  • ash treenounB2A tall tree with feathery leaves and black buds.
  • aside/əˈsaɪd/adverbB22 meaningsTo one side, or out of the way.
  • ask/ɑːsk/verbA15 meaningsTo put a question to someone.
  • aspect/ˈæspɛkt/nounB22 meaningsOne side or feature of a thing.
  • assault/əˈsɒlt/nounB23 meaningsThe crime of physically attacking somebody.
  • assembly/əˈsɛmb.lɪ/nounB13 meaningsA gathering of a whole school at the start of the day.
  • assembly line/əˈsɛmbli laɪːn/nounB2A line of workers each adding one part in turn.
  • assembly pointnounB2Where everybody gathers after leaving a building.
  • assessment/əˈsɛsmənt/nounB2+3 meaningsA careful judgement of the quality, value or amount of something.
  • asset/ˈæsɛt/nounB23 meaningsSomething valuable that a person or organisation owns.
  • assets/ˈæsɛts/nounB22 meaningsEverything a business owns that has value.
  • assignment/əˈsaɪn.mənt/nounB14 meaningsA piece of work given to a student or a worker to finish by a set time.
  • assist/əˈsɪst/verbB12 meaningsTo help somebody with what they are doing.
  • assistance/əˈsɪs.təns/nounB2The help given to somebody.
  • assistance dognounB2A dog trained to help somebody with a disability.
  • associate/əˈsəʊʃieɪt/verbB22 meaningsTo connect one thing with another in the mind.
  • association/əˌsəʊʃiˈeɪʃn̩/nounB22 meaningsAn organised group.
  • assumption/əˈsʌm(p).ʃ(ə)n/nounB22 meaningsSomething accepted as true without proof or checking.
  • asteroid/ˈæst(ə)ɹɔɪd/nounB2A rocky body orbiting the sun, smaller than a planet.
  • asthma inhalernounB2The device that opens tight airways.
  • astronomy/əˈstɹɒn.ə.mi/nounB2The science of stars, planets and space.
  • athletics/æθˈlɛtɪks/nounB2The sports of running, jumping and throwing.
  • atomic massnounB2How heavy one atom of an element is.
  • atomic numbernounB2How many protons an element's atoms have.
  • attachment/əˈtæt͡ʃmənt/nounB2+4 meaningsA close feeling of fondness or loyalty towards somebody or something.
  • attack/əˈtæk/nounA22 meaningsA violent attempt to hurt or defeat somebody.
  • attempt/əˈtɛmpt/verbB22 meaningsTo make an effort to do something.
  • attendance/əˈtɛn.dəns/nounC12 meaningsBeing present at lessons, work or an event.
  • attendant/əˈtɛndənt/nounB22 meaningsA person employed to assist people in a particular place.
  • attitude/ˈætɪt͡ʃuːd/nounB12 meaningsA settled way of thinking and feeling about something.
  • attribute/ˈæt.ɹɪ.bjuːt/verbC12 meaningsTo state that something was caused or created by a particular source.
  • au pair/əʊ ˈpɛə/nounB2A young foreigner who helps with children in return for board.
  • auction/ˈɔːkʃən/nounB22 meaningsA sale where the item goes to the highest bidder.
  • audience sharenounB2The slice of all viewers that one channel holds.
  • audio descriptionnounB2A spoken account of what is happening on screen.
  • auditorium/ɔː.dɪˈtɔː.ɹi.əm/nounB2The seated hall where an audience watches a stage.
  • aura/ˈɔːɹə/nounB24 meaningsThe feeling or quality that seems to surround a person or place.
  • author/ˈɔː.θə/nounA2+2 meaningsThe person who wrote a book.
  • authority/ɔːˈθɒɹəti/nounB15 meaningsThe power to give orders and expect them to be obeyed.
  • auto-renewalnounB2A subscription that continues unless you stop it.
  • autocompletenounB2The feature that finishes your typing for you.
  • autocorrectnounB2The feature that changes what you typed, right or wrong.
  • automatic/ˌɔː.təˈmæt.ɪk/adjectiveB24 meaningsWorking by itself, without a person operating it.
  • autopsy/ˈɔː.tɒp.si/nounB2The examination of a body to discover the cause of death.
  • avalanche/ˈævəlɑːnʃ/nounB22 meaningsA mass of snow sliding suddenly down a mountainside.
  • avenue/ˈæv.əˌnjuː/nounB12 meaningsA broad street, often lined with trees.
  • average/ˈæv.(ə.)ɹɪd͡ʒ/adjectiveA2+4 meaningsOrdinary; neither very good nor very bad.
  • awareness/əˈwɛɹ.nəs/nounB2Knowing that something exists or is happening.