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

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  • debrief/diːˈbɹiːf/nounB2+2 meaningsA meeting after an event to review how it went.
  • debug/diːˈbʌɡ/verbB2+To find and remove the faults in a program.
  • debunk/diːˈbʌŋk/verbC1To show publicly that a claim is nonsense.
  • decant/dəˈkænt/verbC1To pour liquid gently from one vessel to another.
  • decay/dɪˈkeɪ/verbB2To rot slowly, or to fall into a worse state.
  • deceive/dɪˈsiːv/
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To make someone believe something that is not true.
  • decide/dɪˈsaɪd/verbA1To finally choose what you will do after thinking about it.
  • decimate/ˈdɛsɪmeɪt/verbC1To destroy a large part of something.
  • decipher/dɪˈsaɪfə(ɹ)/verbC1To work out the meaning of a code or unclear writing.
  • declare/dɪˈklɛə/verbB23 meaningsTo say something openly and officially.
  • declassify/diːˈklæsɪfaɪ/verbC1To release something from official secrecy.
  • decline/dɪˈklaɪn/verbB23 meaningsTo politely say no to an offer.
  • declutter/diːˈklʌtə(ɹ)/verbC1To get rid of everything you do not need.
  • decorate/ˈdɛkəɹeɪt/verbB12 meaningsTo make something more beautiful with added touches.
  • decrease/dɪˈkɹiːs/verbB22 meaningsTo become smaller in number or amount.
  • decry/dɪˈkɹaɪ/verbC2To condemn something openly.
  • decrypt/dɪˈkɹɪpt/verbB2+To turn encrypted data back into readable form.
  • dedicate/ˈdɛdɪˌkeɪt/verbB1+2 meaningsTo give your time and heart fully to one purpose.
  • deduce/dɪˈdʒuːs/verbB2+2 meaningsTo reach a conclusion by reasoning from what is known.
  • deduct/dɪˈdʌkt/verbB2+To subtract an amount from a total.
  • deem/diːm/verbC1To formally judge or consider something to be so.
  • deepen/ˈdiːpən/verbB2+To make or become deeper.
  • deface/dɪˈfeɪs/verbB2+To spoil the surface or appearance of something.
  • default/dɪˈfɒlt/verbC12 meaningsTo fail to make the repayments you agreed to.
  • defeat/dɪˈfiːt/nounB12 meaningsThe result of losing a contest or battle.
  • defect/ˈdiːfɛkt/nounB22 meaningsA fault in something, present from the time it was made.
  • defend/dɪˈfɛnd/verbB13 meaningsTo protect somebody or something from attack.
  • defer/dɪˈfɜː/verbB2+2 meaningsTo put off until later.
  • defile/dɪˈfaɪl/verbC12 meaningsTo make something sacred or clean unfit.
  • define/dɪˈfaɪn/verbB1+To say exactly what a word or idea means.
  • deflate/diːˈfleɪt/verbB2+To let the air out, or to take somebody's confidence away.
  • deflect/dɪˈflɛkt/verbB2+2 meaningsTo turn a blow or an object aside.
  • deflower/diˈflaʊ.ɚ/verbC2To take a woman's virginity, in old use.
  • deform/dɪˈfɔːm/verbB2+To spoil the natural shape of something.
  • defray/dɪˈfɹeɪ/verbC2To pay part or all of a cost.
  • defuse/diːˈfjuːz/verbB2+To make a bomb safe, or to calm a tense situation.
  • defy/dɪˈfaɪ/verbC12 meaningsTo openly refuse to obey a greater power.
  • degrade/dɪˈɡɹeɪd/verbC1To lower in quality, or to treat with contempt.
  • degreaseverbC1To remove thick fat from a surface.
  • deign/deɪn/verbC2To do something you consider beneath you.
  • deject/dɪˈdʒɛkt/verbC2To lower somebody's spirits.
  • delay/dɪˈleɪ/nounB13 meaningsExtra time spent waiting for something that should already have happened.
  • delegate/ˈdɛlɪɡət/verbC13 meaningsTo give a task, and the authority to carry it out, to someone who works under you.
  • delete/dɪˈliːt/verbB2To remove something written or stored.
  • deliberate/dɪˈlɪb.(ə.)ɹət/adjectiveB23 meaningsDone on purpose, with full intention.
  • delineate/dɪˈlɪniːeɪt/verbC2To describe or mark out the shape of something exactly.
  • deliver/dɪˈlɪv.ə(ɹ)/verbA24 meaningsTo bring goods or letters to somebody.
  • demand/dɪˈmɑːnd/verbB13 meaningsTo ask for something forcefully.
  • demean/dɪˈmiːn/verbC1To lower somebody's dignity.
  • demobiliseverbC2To release troops from service after a war.
  • demolish/dɪˈmɒl.ɪʃ/verbB2+4 meaningsTo knock a building down completely.
  • demonstrate/ˈdɛm.ənˌstɹeɪt/verbB24 meaningsTo show clearly how something works or how it is done.
  • demur/dɪˈmɜː/verbC2To raise an objection, mildly and politely.
  • demystify/diːˈmɪstɪfaɪ/verbC2To strip the mystery from a subject and make it plain.
  • denigrate/ˈdɛn.ɪ.ɡɹeɪ̯t/verbC1To run somebody's reputation down unfairly.
  • denote/dɪˈnəʊt/verbC2To be the sign or name for something.
  • denounce/diˈnaʊns/verbC12 meaningsTo publicly declare something to be wrong or evil.
  • dent/dɛnt/nounB22 meaningsA hollow in a hard surface made by a blow.
  • deny/dɪˈnaɪ/verbB23 meaningsTo say that something is not true.
  • deodoriseverbC1To take a bad smell away.