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

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  • a and enounB2The hospital department for sudden serious cases.
  • a b testnounB2Showing two versions to see which performs better.
  • abandon/əˈbæn.dən/verbB24 meaningsTo leave a person, place or thing permanently, especially one that needs you.
  • abbey/ˈæbi/nounB22 meaningsThe buildings where a community of monks or nuns live under an abbot or abbess.
  • abdomen/ˈæb.də.mən/nounB2The belly area of the body.
  • abduction/əbˈdʌk.ʃn̩/
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  • absence/ˈæb.s(ə)n̩s/nounB2The state of not being there.
  • abstract/ˈæbˌstɹækt/adjectiveB24 meaningsExisting as an idea rather than as a thing you can touch.
  • abuse/əˈbjuːs/nounB22 meaningsCruel or violent treatment of a person.
  • academy/əˈkæd.ə.mi/nounB2A school for a special subject, or a learned society.
  • accent/ˈak.sənt/nounB12 meaningsThe way people from one place pronounce their words.
  • acceptance/əkˈsɛp.təns/nounB22 meaningsThe act of agreeing to receive or take something.
  • accessible roomnounB2A room designed for a guest who uses a wheelchair.
  • accessory/əkˈsɛs.(ə.)ɹi/nounB22 meaningsA small additional item that complements something else.
  • accomplice/əˈkɒm.plɪs/nounB2Somebody who helps another commit a crime.
  • accord/əˈkɔːd/nounB23 meaningsA formal agreement between two sides who were in dispute.
  • accordion keysnounB2The buttons pressed while squeezing a bellows instrument.
  • account/əˈkaʊnt/nounB13 meaningsA personal record with a bank, a website or a service.
  • accountability/əˌkaʊn.təˈbɪl.ə.ti/nounB22 meaningsThe duty to explain your actions to others and to accept the consequences of them.
  • accountant/əˈkaʊn.tənt/nounB2A person whose job is keeping, checking and reporting on financial records.
  • accuracy/ˈak.jʊ.ɹə.si/nounB2Freedom from error.
  • acid/ˈæsɪd/nounB22 meaningsA sour substance that turns litmus red.
  • acid rainnounB2Rain made sour by pollution, which kills trees.
  • acorn cupnounB2The rough little cup an oak seed sits in.
  • acquired/əˈkwaɪɹd/adjectiveB22 meaningsGained or developed rather than possessed from birth.
  • acrobat/ˈæk.ɹə.bæt/nounB2An entertainer who performs feats of balance and agility.
  • action pointnounB2A task assigned to somebody during a meeting.
  • acute anglenounB2An angle smaller than a square corner.
  • addict/ˈæd.ɪkt/nounB2Somebody who cannot give up a habit or a substance.
  • address/əˈdɹɛs/nounA16 meaningsThe number, street and town that say where a building is.
  • adhesive/ədˈhiː.sɪv/nounB2A substance that sticks two things together.
  • administration/ədˌmɪn.ɪˈstɹeɪ.ʃən/nounB22 meaningsThe running of an organisation.
  • admirer/ədˈmaɪ.ɹə/nounB22 meaningsSomebody who thinks highly of another.
  • adoptive parentnounB2Somebody who becomes a child's legal parent for life.
  • advance/ədˈvɑːns/verbB26 meaningsTo move forward.
  • affection/əˈfɛk.ʃən/nounB22 meaningsGentle steady fondness for somebody or something.
  • afterlife/ˈɑːftəˌlaɪf/nounB22 meaningsLife believed to continue after death.
  • agency/ˈeɪ.d͡ʒən.si/nounB22 meaningsA business acting for others.
  • agenda/əˈd͡ʒɛn.də/nounB23 meaningsA list of the items to be discussed at a meeting, in order.
  • agenda itemnounB2One subject listed for discussion at a meeting.
  • agent/ˈeɪ̯d͡ʒənt/nounB12 meaningsSomebody who acts on behalf of another.
  • aggravation/ˌæɡɹəˈveɪʃən/nounB2A worsening of a problem, or persistent annoyance.
  • aggression/əˈɡɹɛʃən/nounB2Hostile or violent behaviour and the readiness to attack.
  • agony/ˈæɡ.ə.ni/nounB2Pain so severe that you can think of nothing else.
  • aid/eɪd/nounB22 meaningsHelp, especially money or supplies given to those in need.
  • aid workernounB2Somebody who brings help where a disaster has struck.
  • air/ˈɛə̯/nounA13 meaningsThe invisible mixture of gases that living things breathe.
  • air ambulancenounB2A helicopter that carries the badly injured.
  • air milesnounB2Points earned by flying, spent on future travel.
  • air pressure/ˈeɹ̠ ˌpɹ̠ɛʃəɹ/nounB2The weight of the atmosphere pressing down.
  • air traffic controllernounB2The official who directs aircraft by radio.
  • airfieldnounB2An open area where aircraft take off and land.
  • alert/əˈlɜːt/adjectiveB24 meaningsAwake and paying close attention to what is happening.
  • algorithm feednounB2A stream of posts chosen for you by a machine.
  • alias/ˈeɪ.li.əs/nounB22 meaningsA false name a person goes by.
  • all-clearnounB2A signal or message that danger is over, or that something is safe.
  • allergic reactionnounB2The body responding dangerously to something harmless.
  • alliance/əˈlaɪ.əns/nounB2A union of parties who agree to help each other.
  • allowance/əˈlaʊəns/nounC13 meaningsMoney given regularly to someone for them to spend.
  • ally/ˈæl.aɪ/nounB22 meaningsA country or person on your side.