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

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  • adversary/ˈæd.və.sɛɹi/nounC1An opponent in a contest, dispute or conflict.
  • advertisement/ədˈvɜːtɪsmənt/nounB1+2 meaningsA public notice or message promoting a product or service.
  • advocacy/ˈæd.və.kə.si/nounC1Speaking up on behalf of somebody who needs support.
  • advocate/ˈæd.və.kət/verbC12 meaningsTo argue publicly in favour of a cause.
  • aesthetic/iːsˈθɛ.tɪk/adjectiveC12 meaningsConcerning beauty and how things look.
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affidavit
/ˌæfɪˈdeɪvɪt/
nounC1
A written statement sworn to be true.
  • affiliate/əˈfɪl.i.ət/nounC12 meaningsA local station carrying a national network's shows.
  • affiliation/əˌfɪliˈeɪʃən/nounC1The connection somebody has with an organisation.
  • affinity/əˈfɪnɪti/nounC1A natural liking or a close likeness.
  • affirmation/æfɝˈmeɪʃn/nounB2+2 meaningsA positive statement repeated to yourself.
  • affliction/əˈflɪk.ʃən/nounC1Something that causes lasting pain or trouble.
  • affront/əˈfɹʌnt/nounC1An open insult to somebody's dignity.
  • afterlife/ˈɑːftəˌlaɪf/nounB22 meaningsLife believed to continue after death.
  • aftermath/ˈæf.tɚˌmæθ/nounC1The period and conditions that follow a disaster.
  • agate/ˈæɡ.ɪt/nounC1A banded stone with rings of colour through it.
  • agency/ˈeɪ.d͡ʒən.si/nounB22 meaningsA business acting for others.
  • aggregate/ˈæɡ.ɹɪ.ɡət/verbC14 meaningsTo gather separate items or figures together into one whole or one total.
  • agility/əˈd͡ʒɪl.ɪ.ti/nounC12 meaningsThe ability to move quickly and change direction easily.
  • agitation/ædʒ.ɪˈteɪ.ʃən/nounC12 meaningsA state of anxious restlessness.
  • agnostic/aɡˈnɒstɪk/nounC12 meaningsA person who thinks it cannot be known whether a god exists.
  • agony auntnounC1The columnist who answers readers' personal problems.
  • aide/eɪd/nounC1An assistant to somebody important.
  • air pocketnounC1A sudden drop caused by a change in the air.
  • airtimenounC1The minutes a subject is given on radio or television.
  • alabaster/ˈæl.əˌbɑːs.tə/nounC1A smooth white stone soft enough to carve.
  • alchemy/ˈælkəmi/nounC12 meaningsThe old art of trying to turn base metal into gold.
  • alcove/ˈæl.kəʊv/nounC1A small recess set back into a wall.
  • alder/ˈɔːldə/nounC1A tree that grows in wet ground.
  • alderman/ˈɔːldəmən/nounC1A senior member of a town council.
  • alehousenounC1A house where beer is sold and drunk.
  • alibi witnessnounC1Someone who swears the accused was somewhere else.
  • alienation/ˌeɪli.əˈneɪʃən/nounC12 meaningsThe feeling of being cut off from those around you.
  • alignment/əˈlaɪn.mənt/nounC1An arrangement in a straight line, or an agreement of aims.
  • alimony/ˈæl.ɪ.mə.ni/nounC1Money one spouse must pay the other after a divorce.
  • allegation/ˌæl.ɪˈɡeɪ.ʃən/nounC1A claim of wrongdoing made without proof yet.
  • allegiance/əˈliː.d͡ʒəns/nounC1Loyalty owed to a person, a country or a cause.
  • allocation/ˌæl.əˈkeɪ.ʃən/nounC1The share given out to each.
  • allowance/əˈlaʊəns/nounC13 meaningsMoney given regularly to someone for them to spend.
  • alloy/ˈæ.lɔɪ/nounB2+2 meaningsA metal made by mixing a metal with one or more other metals or elements.
  • alloy steelnounC1Steel with other metals added to change its properties.
  • alloy wheelnounC1A car wheel cast from light metal rather than pressed steel.
  • almanac[ˈɔl.mə.næk]nounC1A yearly book of facts, dates and tables.
  • alms/ɑːmz/nounC1Money or food given to poor people as charity.
  • alpine/ˈæl.paɪn/adjectiveB2+2 meaningsBelonging to high mountains above the treeline.
  • altercation/ˌɔːltəˈkeɪʃn̩/nounC1A noisy quarrel.
  • alternatornounC1The part that charges the battery while the engine runs.
  • altruism/ˈæl.tɹu.ɪz.əm/nounC1Concern for others put before yourself.
  • alumnus/əˈlʌmnəs/nounC1A former student of a school or university.
  • amalgamation/əˌmælɡəˈmeɪʃən/nounC1The joining of separate bodies into one.
  • ambiguity/æm.bɪˈɡjuː.ɪ.ti/nounC13 meaningsThe quality of having more than one possible meaning.
  • amble/ˈæm.bəl/verbC13 meaningsTo walk at an easy, unhurried pace.
  • amendment/əˈmɛndmənt/nounC1An official change added to a law or constitution.
  • amendment rightnounC1A freedom guaranteed by a change to a constitution.
  • ammonite/ˈæ.məˌnaɪt/nounC1A spiral-shelled sea creature found in rock.
  • ammunition/ˌæmjuˈnɪʃən/nounB22 meaningsThe bullets and shells a weapon fires.
  • amnesty/ˈæm.nɪ.sti/nounC1An official pardon granted to a group of offenders.
  • amplification/ˌæmplɪfɪˈkeɪʃən/nounC1The making of a sound or a signal stronger.
  • amulet/ˈæm.jə.lɪt/nounC1A small object worn or carried to protect its owner from harm, illness or bad luck.
  • anachronism/əˈnæ.kɹə.nɪ.z(ə)m/nounC1Something that belongs to the wrong period.
  • anaesthetist/əˈniːsθətɪst/nounC1The doctor who puts patients to sleep for surgery.