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

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  • mechanism/ˈmɛk.ə.nɪ.zəm/nounB2The working parts of a device, or how a process runs.
  • medal/ˈmɛdəl/nounB2A round metal prize worn on a ribbon.
  • media studies/ˈmiːdi.ə ˈstʌdiz/nounB2The study of newspapers, film and broadcasting.
  • medical/ˈmɛdɪkl̩/adjectiveA22 meaningsTo do with doctors and the treatment of illness.
  • medicinal/məˈdɪ.sɪ.nəl/adjectiveB2+2 meaningsTasting of medicine rather than food.
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adjectiveB12 meanings
Neither large nor small.
  • meet/miːt/verbA16 meaningsTo come to the same place as someone, by arrangement or by chance.
  • meet a deadlinephraseB2To finish by the time set.
  • meet a requirementphraseB2To satisfy what is demanded.
  • meet expectationsphraseB2To be as good as people hoped.
  • meet halfwayphraseB2To settle by each side moving the same distance.
  • megapixelnounB2A million of the tiny squares in an image.
  • mellow/ˈmɛləʊ/adjectiveB24 meaningsSoft and rounded in sound, light or colour, with nothing harsh in it.
  • melody/ˈmɛl.ə.di/nounB2The line of notes that carries a song.
  • melt/mɛlt/verbB12 meaningsTo turn from solid to liquid in heat.
  • meltdown/ˈmɛltdaʊn/nounB22 meaningsA complete loss of composure under strain.
  • melting/ˈmɛltɪŋ/adjectiveB22 meaningsSoftening on the tongue almost at once.
  • member/ˈmɛm.bə/nounA13 meaningsSomebody who belongs to a group or organisation.
  • membershipnounB2Belonging to a group, or the people who belong.
  • memorable/ˈmɛm.(ə)ɹə.bl̩/adjectiveB2Worth remembering, and hard to forget.
  • memorial/məˈmɔːɹi.əl/nounB22 meaningsA structure built so that somebody or something is remembered.
  • memory/ˈmɛm.ə.ɹi/nounA24 meaningsSomething you remember from the past.
  • menace/ˈmɛnɪs/nounB24 meaningsA person or thing that threatens harm.
  • mend/mɛnd/verbB1+3 meaningsTo repair something broken or torn so that it can be used again.
  • mental/ˈmɛn.təl/adjectiveB13 meaningsHappening in the mind, or connected with the mind.
  • mental blocknounB2An inability to think about something at all.
  • mentality/mɛnˈtæləti/nounB2The habitual way a person or group thinks.
  • menthol/ˈmɛnθɒl/nounB2A substance from mint oil that produces a cooling sensation.
  • mentorshipnounB2Guidance given by somebody more experienced.
  • merchandise/ˈmɜː.t͡ʃənˌdaɪs/nounB22 meaningsGoods sold carrying the name of a band, show or team.
  • merchandising/ˈmɜːt͡ʃ(ə)ndaɪzɪŋ/nounB2Selling goods that carry a brand's name.
  • merchant/ˈmɜːtʃənt/nounB2A trader who buys and sells goods.
  • merciless/ˈmɜːsɪləs/adjectiveB2+2 meaningsShowing no pity or forgiveness.
  • mercury/ˈmɜːkjʊ.ɹi/nounB2A metal that is liquid at room temperature.
  • mere/mɪə̯/adjectiveB2Nothing more than the thing stated.
  • mess aboutphraseB22 meaningsTo waste time doing nothing useful.
  • message/ˈmɛs.ɪdʒ/nounA12 meaningsA short piece of writing sent to somebody.
  • messenger/ˈmɛs.ən.d͡ʒɚ/nounB2Somebody who carries word from one person to another.
  • messiah/məˈsaɪ.ə/nounB2A promised deliverer, or somebody treated as one.
  • messy/ˈmɛsi/adjectiveB13 meaningsUntidy; with things left out of place.
  • metal detectornounB2The archway that beeps at metal on your person.
  • metallic/mɪˈtæl.ɪk/adjectiveB1+4 meaningsLooking or shining like metal.
  • metaphor/ˈmɛt.ə.fə/nounB2A figure of speech describing one thing as another to suggest a likeness.
  • meteor/ˈmiːtɪ.ə/nounB2The streak of light made by a space rock burning up.
  • meter readingnounB2The figure showing how much has been used.
  • metrics/ˈmɛt.ɹɪks/nounB2The numbers chosen to show how things are going.
  • michelin starnounB2A famous mark of very high cooking quality.
  • microphone/ˈmaɪ.kɹəˌfəʊn/nounB2A device that catches sound so it can be recorded or amplified.
  • microscope/ˈmaɪ.kɹəˌskəʊp/nounB2An instrument that magnifies very small things.
  • microwave/ˈmaɪkɹəˌweɪv/nounB22 meaningsAn oven that heats food using electromagnetic radiation.
  • middle-classadjectiveB2Belonging to the social group between rich and poor.
  • migrate/maɪˈɡɹeɪt/verbB1+2 meaningsTo travel a long way each year with the seasons.
  • migration routenounB2The path birds follow between summer and winter homes.
  • migration seasonnounB2The weeks when birds travel to a warmer place.
  • mile/maɪ̯l/nounA13 meaningsA unit of distance equal to about 1.6 kilometres.
  • milestone/ˈmaɪlˌstoʊn/nounB23 meaningsA point marking real progress along a long path.
  • mill/mɪl/nounB15 meaningsA building where grain is ground into flour.
  • millennium/mɪˈlɛnɪəm/nounB23 meaningsA period of one thousand years.
  • millionaire/ˌmɪl.i.əˈnɛə(ɹ)/nounB2Somebody whose wealth runs to seven figures.
  • millipede/ˈmɪləpid/nounB2A long round creature that curls up, with two pairs of legs per segment.