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

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  • suggest/səˈd͡ʒɛst/verbA24 meaningsTo put an idea or plan forward for others to consider.
  • suggestion/səˈd͡ʒɛst.ʃən/nounB12 meaningsAn idea put forward for others to consider.
  • suicidal/ˌsuː.ɪˈsaɪ.dəl/adjectiveB2Wanting to end your own life, or recklessly dangerous.
  • suit yourselfphraseB2Do as you like, though I would not.
  • suite/swiːt/nounB23 meaningsA set of connected rooms taken as one booking.
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verbB22 meanings
To go quiet and moody because you did not get your way.
  • sum/sʌm/nounB24 meaningsThe total reached by adding numbers together.
  • summit/ˈsʌmɪt/nounC13 meaningsThe highest point of a mountain.
  • summon/ˈsʌmən/verbB23 meaningsTo order someone to come, especially by official authority.
  • sun loungernounB2The long chair you lie on beside a pool.
  • sunbeamnounB2A single ray of light from the sun.
  • sunken/ˈsʌŋkən/adjectiveB22 meaningsLying below the surrounding surface or under water.
  • sunny/ˈsʌni/adjectiveA12 meaningsBright with unbroken sunshine.
  • sunny spellnounB2A period when the cloud breaks and the sun shows.
  • suntan/ˈsʌnˌtæn/nounB2A browning of the skin caused by exposure to the sun.
  • superhumanadjectiveB2Beyond what an ordinary person could do.
  • superintendent/ˌsjuːpəɹɪnˈtɛndənt/nounB2An officer in charge of a department or building.
  • superior/suːˈpɪə.ɹi.ə/adjectiveB25 meaningsBetter in quality than something else.
  • superiority/sʊˌpɪə(ɹ).iˈɒ.ɹɪ.ti/nounB2+2 meaningsBeing better or higher than others.
  • supernatural/ˌs(j)uː.pəˈnæ.tʃə.ɹəl/adjectiveB22 meaningsBeyond what the laws of nature allow.
  • superstitious/ˌs(j)uː.pəˈstɪ.ʃəs/adjectiveB2Believing that luck follows signs and charms.
  • supplier/səˈplaɪə/nounB2The business that provides what you need to trade.
  • supply chainnounB2Every step from raw material to the customer's hands.
  • supply linenounB2The route along which food and ammunition reach the front.
  • support/səˈpɔːt/verbA24 meaningsTo help somebody and be on their side.
  • support networknounB2The people a person can lean on.
  • support workernounB2Somebody paid to help another with daily life.
  • supportive/səˈpɔɹtɪv/adjectiveB23 meaningsGiving help, sympathy and encouragement to someone.
  • suppose/səˈpəʊz/verbA23 meaningsTo think something is probably true without having proof.
  • surely/ˈʃɔːli/adverbB12 meaningsUsed to show you expect agreement.
  • surface/ˈsɜː.fɪs/nounB12 meaningsThe outside or top layer of something.
  • surgeon/ˈsɜːd͡ʒən/nounB22 meaningsA doctor who performs operations.
  • surgery/ˈsɜː.d͡ʒə.ɹi/nounB12 meaningsMedical treatment that opens the body.
  • surrender/səˈɹɛndə(ɹ)/verbB13 meaningsTo stop fighting and give yourself up.
  • surround/səˈɹaʊnd/verbB24 meaningsTo be positioned all the way around something or someone.
  • surroundings/səˈɹaʊndɪŋz/nounB2Everything around a place or a person.
  • surveillance/sɚˈveɪ.ləns/nounB2The constant secret watching of people.
  • survey/ˈsɜːveɪ/nounB1+4 meaningsA set of questions asked of many people to find out what they think or do.
  • survival/səˈvaɪ.vəl/nounB2Continuing to live through something dangerous.
  • survive/səˈvaɪv/verbA22 meaningsTo stay alive through danger or disaster.
  • survivor/səˈvaɪvə/nounB2A person who came through when others did not.
  • suspect/ˈsʌspɛkt/nounB14 meaningsSomebody the police think may have committed a crime.
  • suspend/səsˈpɛnd/verbB22 meaningsTo stop something for a time, or ban somebody temporarily.
  • suspense/səˈspɛns/nounB2The tense state of waiting to find out what happens.
  • suspension/səˈspɛnʃən/nounC14 meaningsThe system of springs and shock absorbers connecting a vehicle's wheels to its body.
  • suspension bridgenounB2A bridge hung from cables slung between towers.
  • suspicion/səˈspɪʃ.ən/nounB22 meaningsThe uneasy feeling that somebody is up to something.
  • sustain/səˈsteɪn/verbB24 meaningsTo keep something going over a period of time.
  • swallow/ˈswɒl.əʊ/verbB14 meaningsTo make food or drink go down your throat.
  • swamp/ˈswɒmp/nounB13 meaningsAn area of low, permanently wet ground where trees stand in still water.
  • swan/swɒn/nounB22 meaningsA large white water bird with a long curved neck.
  • swap outphraseB2To take one part out and put another in.
  • swarm/swɔɹm/nounB1+2 meaningsA thick moving cloud of insects.
  • swat/swɒt/verbB23 meaningsTo hit something small with a quick, flat blow.
  • sway/ˈsweɪ̯/verbB23 meaningsTo move slowly from side to side.
  • swear/ˈswɛə(ɹ)/verbB23 meaningsTo promise something in a serious and formal way, sometimes in front of a court or an official.
  • sweep/swiːp/verbB13 meaningsTo clean a floor with a long brush.
  • sweet toothphraseB2A strong love of sugary treats.
  • sweeten/ˈswiːtən/verbB22 meaningsTo make something taste sweeter.
  • sweetness/ˈswiːtnəs/nounB12 meaningsThe quality of tasting of sugar.