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

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  • abandon/əˈbæn.dən/verbB24 meaningsTo leave a person, place or thing permanently, especially one that needs you.
  • abate/əˈbeɪt/verbC1To become less fierce.
  • abdicate/ˈæb.dɪˌkeɪt/verbC1To give up a throne.
  • abet/əˈbɛt/verbC1To help somebody do something wrong.
  • abolish/əˈbɒl.ɪʃ/verbC1To officially end a law or practice forever.
  • abound/əˈbaʊnd/
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To be present in very great numbers.
  • abridge/əˈbɹɪd͡ʒ/verbC1To shorten a work while keeping its sense.
  • abscond/əbˈskɒnd/verbC1To run away secretly, often taking what is not yours.
  • abseil/ˈæb.seɪl/verbC1To come down a rock face on a rope.
  • absent/ˈæb.sn̩t/adjectiveB24 meaningsNot in the place where you are expected to be.
  • absolve/əbˈzɒlv/verbC1To free somebody from blame or from a duty.
  • abstract/ˈæbˌstɹækt/adjectiveB24 meaningsExisting as an idea rather than as a thing you can touch.
  • accede/əkˈsiːd/verbC1To agree to a request, or to take up high office.
  • accelerate/əkˈsɛl.əˌɹeɪt/verbC12 meaningsTo move faster and faster.
  • accentuate/əkˈsɛn.t͡ʃu.eɪt/verbC1To make something more noticeable or prominent.
  • acclaim/əˈkleɪm/nounC12 meaningsEnthusiastic public praise.
  • acclimatiseverbC1To let your body get used to thinner air.
  • accord/əˈkɔːd/nounB23 meaningsA formal agreement between two sides who were in dispute.
  • accredit/əˈkɹɛd.ɪt/verbC1To recognise officially as meeting a standard.
  • accumulate/əˈkjuːmjʊˌleɪt/verbC1To pile up little by little over time.
  • ache/eɪk/verbB13 meaningsTo hurt with a dull, continuous pain.
  • acquiesce/ˌækwiˈɛs/verbC1To go along with something without protest.
  • acquire/əˈkwaɪɚ/verbB23 meaningsTo come to own or possess something.
  • activate/ˈæktɪˌveɪt/verbB22 meaningsTo bring something into use that was waiting.
  • actuate/ˈæktʃu.eɪt/verbC1To set a mechanism working.
  • adhere/ædˈhɪə/verbC12 meaningsTo stick firmly to a surface.
  • adjoin/əˈd͡ʒɔɪn/verbC1To be next to and touching.
  • adjudicate/əˈd͡ʒuː.dɪ.keɪt/verbC1To act as judge and decide a dispute.
  • administer/ədˈmɪn.ɪ.stə/verbC1To manage affairs, or to give out medicine.
  • admonish/ədˈmɒn.ɪʃ/verbC1To tell somebody off gently but firmly.
  • adorn/əˈdɔɹn/verbC1To make something more beautiful by adding to it.
  • advocate/ˈæd.və.kət/verbC12 meaningsTo argue publicly in favour of a cause.
  • affect/əˈfɛkt/verbB12 meaningsTo make a difference to something.
  • affiliate/əˈfɪl.i.ət/nounC12 meaningsA local station carrying a national network's shows.
  • affirm/əˈfɝm/verbB2+2 meaningsTo state firmly that something is true.
  • aggregate/ˈæɡ.ɹɪ.ɡət/verbC14 meaningsTo gather separate items or figures together into one whole or one total.
  • agoniseverbC1To worry at a decision for far too long.
  • agree/əˈɡɹiː/verbA15 meaningsTo have the same opinion as someone, and say so.
  • airbrushverbC1To smooth a picture until the flaws vanish.
  • alienate/ˈeɪ.li.ə.neɪt/verbC1To turn somebody who was friendly into a stranger.
  • alight/əˈlaɪt/adjectiveC13 meaningsOn fire, or burning.
  • align/əˈlaɪn/verbC1To bring into line, or to take a side.
  • allay/əˈleɪ/verbC1To calm a fear or ease a pain.
  • allege/əˈlɛd͡ʒ/verbC1To claim something without proving it.
  • alleviate/əˈli.vi.eɪt/verbC1To make pain or a problem less severe.
  • allocate/ˈæl.ə.keɪt/verbC1To divide money, time or resources officially between uses.
  • alloy/ˈæ.lɔɪ/nounB2+2 meaningsA metal made by mixing a metal with one or more other metals or elements.
  • amalgamate/əˈmælɡəˌmeɪt/verbC1To merge separate bodies into one.
  • amass/əˈmæs/verbC1To gather a great quantity over time.
  • amble/ˈæm.bəl/verbC13 meaningsTo walk at an easy, unhurried pace.
  • amend/əˈmɛnd/verbC12 meaningsTo formally change a law or text to improve it.
  • annihilate/əˈnaɪ.ə.leɪt/verbC1To destroy completely, or to defeat overwhelmingly.
  • annul/əˈnʌl/verbC1To declare officially that something never held.
  • anoint/əˈnɔɪnt/verbC12 meaningsTo smear with oil as part of a religious ceremony.
  • antagoniseverbC1To make somebody hostile towards you.
  • anticipate/ænˈtɪs.ɪ.peɪt/verbB23 meaningsTo realise in advance that something will happen and prepare for it.
  • appease/əˈpiːz/verbC1To calm somebody by giving them what they want.
  • append/ʌˈpɛnd/verbC1To add something at the end.
  • appoint/əˈpɔɪnt/verbC12 meaningsTo choose someone officially for a job, post or role.
  • appreciate/əˈpɹiː.ʃi.eɪt/verbB14 meaningsTo recognise the full worth of something and be glad of it.