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

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  • compliance/kəmˈplaɪ.əns/nounC12 meaningsThe state of doing what rules or laws require.
  • complicitynounC1A share in somebody else's wrongdoing.
  • composition/ˌkɒmpəˈzɪʃən/nounC14 meaningsThe way the parts of something are arranged.
  • composure/kəmˈpoʊʒɚ/nounC1Calm self-control in a difficult situation.
  • compound/ˈkɒmpaʊnd/nounB24 meaningsA substance made of two or more elements chemically joined.
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An eye made of hundreds of tiny separate lenses.
  • compress/kəmˈpɹɛs/verbB24 meaningsTo press something into a smaller space.
  • compromise/ˈkɒmpɹəˌmaɪz/verbB24 meaningsTo settle a disagreement by each side giving up part of what it wanted.
  • compulsion/kəmˈpʌlʃən/nounC12 meaningsAn urge to do something over and over.
  • conception/kənˈsɛpʃən/nounC12 meaningsThe forming of an idea.
  • concerto/kənˈt͡ʃɛɹtoʊ/nounC1A piece for one solo player and a full orchestra.
  • concession/kənˈsɛʃən/nounC12 meaningsAdmitting a point your opponent has made.
  • conclave/ˈkɒnkleɪv/nounC1A private meeting held behind closed doors.
  • concoction/kənˈkɒkʃən/nounC1A drink or a story made up from mixed parts.
  • concourse/ˈkɒŋkɔː(ɹ)s/nounC1The wide open hall inside a terminal.
  • concubine/ˈkɑŋkjəbaɪn/nounC1A woman living with a man of higher rank without marriage.
  • concussion/kənˈkʌʃən/nounB22 meaningsAn injury to the brain caused by a blow to the head.
  • condescension/kɑndiˈsɛnʃən/nounC1Kindness offered in a way that shows you feel superior.
  • conduct/ˈkɒndʌkt/verbB25 meaningsTo organise and carry out an activity, especially a formal or official one.
  • cone/ˈkəʊn/nounB25 meaningsA shape with a circular base that narrows to a single point at the top.
  • confederate/kənˈfɛdəɹət/nounC1A secret partner in a scheme.
  • confessional/kənˈfɛʃənəl/nounC1The small booth where a priest hears confessions.
  • confessor/kənˈfɛsə/nounC1A priest who hears confessions and grants forgiveness.
  • confidant/ˈkɑn.fɪ.dɑnt/nounC1The person you tell your secrets to.
  • configuration/kənˌfɪɡ.əˈɹeɪ̯.ʃən/nounC12 meaningsThe settings that decide how a system behaves.
  • confinement/kənˈfaɪnmənt/nounC12 meaningsBeing kept within limits or shut in.
  • confirmation/ˌkɑn.fəɹˈmeɪ.ʃən/nounC14 meaningsProof or a statement showing that something is true or certain.
  • confluence/ˈkɒn.flu.əns/nounC1The point where two rivers join.
  • conformity/kənˈfɔːmɪti/nounC1Behaving the same way as everybody else.
  • confrontation/ˌkɒn.fɹənˈteɪ.ʃən/nounC1An open clash face to face.
  • congestion/kənˈd͡ʒɛs.t͡ʃən/nounB2+2 meaningsToo much traffic for the roads to carry.
  • congregation/ˌkɒŋɡɹɪˈɡeɪʃən/nounC1The people gathered for a religious service.
  • congress/ˈkɑŋɡɹəs/nounB22 meaningsThe national law-making body of the United States.
  • conker/ˈkɒŋkə/nounC1The shiny brown nut of the horse chestnut.
  • connoisseur/ˌkɑnəˈsɝ/nounC1An expert judge in matters of taste.
  • conscientious objector/ˌkɑnʃiˈɛnʃəs əbˈd͡ʒɛktɚ/nounC1Somebody who refuses to fight on moral grounds.
  • conscript/ˈkɒnskɹɪpt/nounC1Somebody made to serve by law rather than choice.
  • consensus/kənˈsɛnsəs/nounC12 meaningsGeneral agreement among the members of a group.
  • consequence/ˈkɒn.sɪ.kwəns/nounB1+2 meaningsA result that follows from an action or a situation.
  • conservation/ˌkɑnsə(ɹ)ˈveɪʃən/nounB2+4 meaningsThe work of protecting wild places, animals and plants from damage and from being used up.
  • conservatory/kənˈsɜː.və.tɹi/nounC12 meaningsA glass room built onto a house.
  • consistency/kənˈsɪs.tən.si/nounC12 meaningsBeing free of contradiction.
  • console/ˈkɒn.səʊl/verbB24 meaningsTo comfort someone who is unhappy or disappointed.
  • consolidation/kənˌsɒlɪˈdeɪʃ(ə)n/nounC1The joining or strengthening of separate parts.
  • consort/ˈkɒnsɔːt/nounC12 meaningsThe husband or wife of a ruler.
  • consortium/kənˈsɔː.ti.əm/nounC1A group of companies acting together on one project.
  • constant/ˈkɒnstənt/adjectiveB25 meaningsHappening all the time; never stopping.
  • constituency/kənˈstɪt͡ʃu.ənsi/nounC1The area one representative is elected to speak for.
  • constitution/ˌkɒn.stɪˈtjuː.ʃ(ə)n/nounC12 meaningsThe founding document setting out a country's deepest rules.
  • constitutional/ˌkɒn.stɪˈtjuː.ʃ(ə)n.(ə)l/adjectiveC12 meaningsTo do with the basic laws of a state.
  • constraint/kənˈstɹeɪnt/nounC1A limit that stops you doing as you wish.
  • consultancy/kənˈsʌl.tən.si/nounC1A firm that sells expert advice.
  • consultant/kənˈsʌl.tənt/nounB2+2 meaningsAn outside expert paid to give professional advice to a business or client.
  • consultation/ˌkɒnsəlˈteɪʃən/nounC12 meaningsA meeting to obtain professional advice.
  • containment/kənˈteɪnmənt/nounC1Keeping a danger inside a limited area.
  • contaminant/kənˈtamɪnənt/nounC1Something present that should not be there.
  • contempt/kənˈtɛmpt/nounC12 meaningsThe feeling that someone or something is worthless and beneath you.
  • contender/kənˈtɛn.dɚ/nounC1Somebody with a real chance of winning.
  • content/kənˈtɛnt/adjectiveB24 meaningsQuietly satisfied with what you have and how things are.
  • contention/kənˈtɛnʃən/nounC1A point argued for, or a state of disagreement.