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  • season[ˈsiː.zn̩]nounA24 meaningsOne of the four divisions of the year, each with its own weather.
  • seasonal menunounB2A list of dishes that changes with the year.
  • seasoned/ˈsiːzənd/adjectiveC13 meaningsOf wood, dried slowly until it is stable.
  • seat/siːt/nounA22 meaningsThe place where one person sits.
  • seatpostnounB2The tube that holds the seat at the right height.
  • second/ˈsɛk.ənd/
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A unit of time; sixty of them make a minute.
  • second personnounB2The form used when speaking to somebody.
  • second thoughtsphraseB2Fresh doubts about a decision you already made.
  • secondary/ˈsɛkənd(ə)ɹɪ/adjectiveB24 meaningsLess important than the main thing.
  • secondary sourcenounB2An account written later by someone studying it.
  • seconds/ˈsɛk.əndz/nounB2A second helping of the same dish.
  • secretary/ˈsɛk.ɹə.tə.ɹi/nounA2+3 meaningsSomebody employed to handle letters, calls and appointments in an office.
  • secretive/ˈsiːkɹɪtɪv/adjectiveB2Inclined to keep things hidden.
  • secretly/ˈsiː.kɹɪt.li/adverbB12 meaningsWithout letting anyone know.
  • sector/ˈsɛk.təɹ/nounB2One distinct part of an economy or an area.
  • secure/sɪˈkjʊə(ɹ)/adjectiveB14 meaningsFirmly fixed and unlikely to move.
  • security clearancenounB2Official permission to see secret material.
  • security tagnounB2The device that sounds an alarm if goods leave unpaid.
  • sediment layernounB2One band of silt, sand or mud in rock, marking material that settled at a particular time.
  • see/siː/verbA16 meaningsTo notice something with your eyes.
  • see eye to eyephraseB2To agree completely with someone.
  • seed/siːd/nounB13 meaningsThe small hard part of a plant that a new plant grows from.
  • seed podnounB2The case that holds a plant's seeds until they are ready.
  • seek outphraseB2To search for someone or something until you find them.
  • seeker/ˈsiːkə/nounB2Somebody looking for something.
  • seem/ˈsiːm/verbA23 meaningsTo give the impression of being something, whether or not it is so.
  • seesaw/ˈsiː.sɔː/nounB22 meaningsA playground plank where one rider rises as the other sinks.
  • seize/ˈsiːz/verbB26 meaningsTo take hold of something suddenly and firmly.
  • seizure/ˈsiː.ʒə(ɹ)/nounB22 meaningsA sudden fit caused by abnormal brain activity.
  • selection/səˈlɛkʃən/nounB22 meaningsThe choosing of somebody or something.
  • selective/səˈlɛktɪv/adjectiveB22 meaningsChoosing carefully from a range of options.
  • self-awareadjectiveB2Understanding your own nature and effect on others.
  • self-carenounB2Looking after your own health and spirits deliberately.
  • self-cateringadjectiveB2Where you cook your own meals rather than being fed.
  • self-centeredadjectiveB2Seeing everything only in relation to your own concerns, so that other people barely register.
  • self-control/ˌsɛlf kənˈtɹoʊl/nounB2The power to master your own urges and temper by strength of mind alone.
  • self-defencenounB2The protecting of yourself from attack.
  • self-esteem/ˌsɛlf.əˈstiːm/nounB2How much you value and believe in yourself.
  • self-respectnounB2A sense of your own dignity strong enough to stop you from acting in ways that would demean you.
  • self-studynounB2Learning on your own without a teacher.
  • self-tannounB2A lotion that browns the skin without sun.
  • selfishness/ˈsɛl.fɪʃ.nəs/nounB2Caring only about what suits you.
  • selflessadjectiveB2Putting the good of others before your own.
  • sell/sɛl/verbA13 meaningsTo give something to somebody in exchange for money.
  • seminar/ˈsɛmɪnɑɹ/nounB2+2 meaningsA small university class based on discussion of a set text or topic.
  • senate/ˈsɛnɪt/nounB22 meaningsThe upper house of a parliament in many countries.
  • senator/ˈsɛn.ə.tə/nounB2An elected member of an upper house of lawmakers.
  • send/sɛnd/verbA12 meaningsTo make something travel to somebody.
  • senior/ˈsiːnjə(ɹ)/adjectiveB13 meaningsHigher in rank or position.
  • senseless/ˈsɛnsləs/adjectiveB22 meaningsHaving no purpose.
  • sensible/ˈsɛn.sɪ.bəl/adjectiveB13 meaningsShowing good practical judgement.
  • sensitive/ˈsɛn.sɪt.ɪv/adjectiveB24 meaningsFeeling emotions strongly and easily upset by what people say or do.
  • sensitive skinnounB2Skin that reacts easily to products.
  • sensitivity/ˌsɛn.sɪˈtɪv.ɪ.ti/nounC12 meaningsHow easily something reacts or is hurt.
  • sensor/ˈsɛn.sə/nounB2A device that detects heat, light, movement or another physical change and signals it.
  • sentence/ˈsɛn.təns/nounA13 meaningsA complete set of words that makes sense on its own, beginning with a capital letter and ending with a full stop.
  • seonounB2Shaping a site so search engines rank it higher.
  • separation/ˌsɛp.əˈɹeɪ.ʃən/nounB22 meaningsThe pulling apart of things.
  • sequence/ˈsiː.kwəns/nounB25 meaningsA set of things following one another in a fixed order.
  • serene/səˈɹiːn/adjectiveB2+2 meaningsDeeply calm and untroubled.