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

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  • dismissal[dɪsˈmɪsəɫ]nounC1Being formally removed from your job.
  • dismount/dɪsˈmaʊnt/verbB22 meaningsTo get down from a horse or bicycle.
  • disorientation/dɪsˌɔːɹɪənˈteɪʃən/nounC1A confused loss of your sense of place or direction.
  • disown/dɪsˈəʊn/verbC1To refuse any longer to acknowledge a relative.
  • disparate/ˈdɪsp(ə)ɹət/adjectiveC1So different in kind that comparison is hard.
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/dɪsˈpæʃənət/
adjectiveC1
Judging without letting feeling in.
  • dispatch/dɪˈspæt͡ʃ/verbB25 meaningsTo send someone or something off to a place, for a purpose.
  • dispel[dɪˈspɛɫ]verbC1To drive away doubts, fears, or myths.
  • dispensary/dɪsˈpɛnsəɹi/nounC1A place where medicines are made up and handed out.
  • dispense/dɪˈspɛns/verbC1To hand out, or to make up and give medicine.
  • disperse/dɪˈspɜːs/verbC13 meaningsTo spread out over a wide area and move off in different directions.
  • displace/dɪsˈpleɪs/verbC12 meaningsTo force something or someone out of its usual place.
  • displacement/dɪsˈpleɪsmɪnt/nounC1The weight of water a floating hull pushes aside.
  • disposable/dɪsˈpəʊzəbl̩/adjectiveB23 meaningsMade to be thrown away after one use.
  • disposal/dɪsˈpəʊ.zəl/nounC1Getting rid of something.
  • dispose/dɪsˈpoʊz/verbC1To get rid of something.
  • disposed/dɪˈspoʊzd/adjectiveC12 meaningsInclined or willing to do something.
  • disposition/ˌdɪs.pəˈzɪʃ.ən/nounB2+2 meaningsThe mood or temper a person naturally has.
  • dispossess/dɪspəˈzəs/verbC1To take somebody's property or land away.
  • disquiet/dɪsˈkwaɪ.ɪt/nounC1A vague, nagging sense that something is not right.
  • disreputable/dɪsˈɹɛpjʊtəbəl/adjectiveC1Not respectable in character or appearance.
  • disrepute/dɪsɹɪˈpjuːt/nounC1The state of having lost people's good opinion.
  • disrupt/dɪsˈɹʌpt/verbC1To break the normal flow of things.
  • disruption/dɪsˈɹʌpʃən/nounC12 meaningsA serious interruption to the normal running of something.
  • dissect/dɪˈsɛkt/verbC1To cut a body open for study, or to examine in fine detail.
  • dissection/dɪˈsɛkʃən/nounC1The cutting open of a body to study its parts.
  • dissent/dɪˈsɛnt/nounC1Open refusal to accept the accepted view.
  • dissertation/ˌdɪsəˈteɪʃən/nounC1The book-length research project written for a degree.
  • dissident/ˈdɪsɪdənt/nounC1Someone who openly opposes the ruling power.
  • dissipate/ˈdɪsɪpeɪt/verbC1To scatter and disappear, or to waste away.
  • dissociation/dɪˌsəʊʃiˈeɪʃən/nounC1Feeling cut off from your own body or thoughts.
  • dissolution/ˌdɪsəˈl(j)uːʃən/nounC1The formal ending of a body or a marriage.
  • dissolve/dɪˈzɒlv/verbC14 meaningsTo mix into a liquid until it becomes part of it and can no longer be seen.
  • dissonance/ˈdɪsənəns/nounC1A clash of sounds or of ideas that will not fit.
  • dissuade/dɪˈsweɪd/verbC1To persuade someone not to do something.
  • distance/ˈdɪst(ə)n(t)s/nounA23 meaningsThe amount of space between two points.
  • distant/ˈdɪstənt/adjectiveB24 meaningsFar away in space.
  • distasteful/dɪsˈteɪstfəɫ/adjectiveC1Unpleasant and offensive.
  • distil/dɪˈstɪl/verbC1To purify by boiling and condensing, or to reduce to the essence.
  • distinction/dɪˈstɪŋkʃən/nounC14 meaningsA grade awarded for outstanding work.
  • distinctive/dɪˈstɪŋktɪv/adjectiveC1Easy to recognise as different from anything else.
  • distinguish/dɪˈstɪŋ.ɡwɪʃ/verbB24 meaningsTo recognise the difference between two or more things.
  • distort/dɪsˈtɔːt/verbC1To twist something out of its true shape or meaning.
  • distract/dɪˈstɹækt/verbB22 meaningsTo take someone's attention away from what they are doing.
  • distress/dɪˈstɹɛs/nounB22 meaningsSerious trouble or suffering.
  • distribution/ˌdɪstɹɪˈbjuːʃən/nounB24 meaningsThe way something is spread out or shared among people, places or values.
  • distributornounB2+2 meaningsThe company that gets copies to the shops.
  • disturbing/dɪsˈtɜː.bɪŋ/adjectiveC1Upsetting and hard to put out of your mind.
  • dither/ˈdɪðə/verbC1To hesitate and fail to make up your mind.
  • dive/daɪv/verbB26 meaningsTo jump into water head first.
  • diverge/daɪˈvɜːd͡ʒ/verbC1To move apart from a common point.
  • divergence/daɪˈvɜː(ɹ)d͡ʒəns/nounC1A moving apart of things that were once together.
  • divergent/daɪˈvɜː.d͡ʒənt/adjectiveC1Growing apart, or differing from what is usual.
  • diversify/daɪˈvɜː.sɪ.faɪ/verbC1To spread into a wider range of kinds.
  • divert/daɪˈvɜːt/verbC14 meaningsTo change the course or direction of something.
  • divertingadjectiveC1Entertaining and taking your mind off things.
  • dividend/ˈdɪvɪdɛnd/nounB2+3 meaningsA share of profit paid to shareholders.
  • divine/dɪˈvaɪn/adjectiveB23 meaningsBelonging to or coming from a god.
  • divinity/dɪˈvɪnɪti/nounC1The quality of being a god, or the study of religion.
  • divorce/dɪˈvɔːs/nounB13 meaningsThe legal ending of a marriage.