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

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  • strip/ˈstɹɪp/verbB25 meaningsTo remove a covering layer from something, leaving the bare surface underneath.
  • stripe/stɹaɪp/nounB1A long straight coloured line.
  • stripling/ˈstɹɪplɪŋ/nounC2A boy or young man not yet grown to full size.
  • stroke/stɹəʊk/nounB22 meaningsA sudden blockage of blood to part of the brain.
  • stroke ratenounC1How many arm cycles a swimmer makes each minute.
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To walk slowly and without hurry, for pleasure.
  • stroller/ˈstɹəʊlə/nounB1+The wheeled chair a baby is pushed around in.
  • stronghold/ˈstɹɒŋhəʊld/nounB2+A place strongly held and hard to take.
  • structure/ˈstɹʌk(t)ʃə/nounB23 meaningsThe way the parts of something are arranged.
  • struggle/ˈstɹʌɡəl/verbB22 meaningsTo make a great effort against difficulty.
  • strumpet/ˈstɹʌm.pɪt/nounC2A prostitute, in old and insulting use.
  • strut/stɹʌt/verbB22 meaningsTo walk proudly, showing off.
  • stub/stʌb/nounB22 meaningsThe short piece left when the rest is used up.
  • stubble/ˈstʌb.əl/nounB2+2 meaningsThe short growth of beard after shaving.
  • stubbornness/ˈstʌbən(n)əs/nounB2A refusal to be moved by any argument.
  • stucconounC1Fine plaster used to coat and decorate walls.
  • stud/stʌd/nounC15 meaningsAn upright timber in the frame of a wall.
  • stud findernounC1A device that locates the timber hidden inside a wall.
  • student/ˈstjuː.dn̩t/nounA12 meaningsA person learning at a school or university.
  • student loannounB2Money borrowed to fund study, repaid after graduation.
  • studio/ˈstjuːdi.əʊ/nounB12 meaningsA tiny flat with one main room.
  • studio sessionnounB2A booked period of recording time.
  • study/ˈstʌd.i/verbA14 meaningsTo spend time learning about a subject.
  • stuff/stʌf/nounA25 meaningsThings in general: possessions, materials or activities.
  • stuffinessnounC1Airlessness in a room, or stiff formality in a person.
  • stumble/ˈstʌmbəl/verbB25 meaningsTo catch your foot and briefly lose your balance while walking.
  • stump/stʌmp/nounB1+4 meaningsThe base of a tree left in the ground after the trunk is cut away.
  • stunt/stʌnt/nounB22 meaningsA dangerous action performed for the camera.
  • stupidity/stjuːˈpɪdɪti/nounB1Behaviour showing a serious lack of intelligence or sense.
  • stupor/ˈstjuː.pə/nounC1A dazed state in which you can barely respond.
  • stutter/ˈstʌtɚ/verbB1+3 meaningsTo repeat sounds or get stuck on them while speaking.
  • sty/staɪ/nounB1+The pen where pigs are kept.
  • style/staɪl/nounA13 meaningsThe way somebody does something or dresses.
  • style guidenounB2The rules for wording, colour and layout.
  • stylist/ˈstaɪlɪst/nounB2Somebody who arranges hair or clothes professionally.
  • stylus/ˈstaɪ.ləs/nounB2+A pointed instrument for writing or engraving.
  • subaltern/ˈsʌb.əltən/nounC2A junior officer in the army.
  • subassemblynounC2A group of parts put together before final building.
  • subconscious/sʌbˈkɒn.ʃəs/adjectiveC12 meaningsHappening in the mind below awareness.
  • subcontinent/ˌsʌbˈkɒntɪnənt/nounC1A large land mass forming part of a continent.
  • subculture/ˈsʌbˌkʌltʃɚ/nounC1A group within a society with its own style and values.
  • subdivision/ˈsʌbdɪvɪʒən/nounB2+A part that a larger division is split into.
  • subject/ˈsʌb.d͡ʒɛkt/nounA24 meaningsAn area of study.
  • subjectivity/ˌsʌbd͡ʒɛkˈtɪvɪti/nounC1Judging from your own feelings and position.
  • subjunctive/səbˈd͡ʒʌŋktɪv/nounC1The verb form used for wishes and things not real.
  • sublimationnounC1A solid turning straight into gas.
  • submarine/sʌb.məˈɹiːn/nounB12 meaningsA vessel that travels under the surface of the sea.
  • submission/səbˈmɪʃən/nounC1Yielding to another's power, or a document handed in.
  • subordinate/səˈbɔːdɪnət/nounC12 meaningsSomebody of lower rank than you.
  • subordination/səˌbɔːdɪˈneɪʃn̩/nounC1The placing of one thing under the authority of another.
  • subplot/ˈsʌb.plɒt/nounB2+A second story running alongside the main one.
  • subpoena/sə(b)ˈpiː.nə/nounC1A court order requiring attendance or documents.
  • subscriber/səbˈskɹaɪbɚ/nounC1Someone who pays regularly to keep receiving something.
  • subscriber countnounB2How many people follow a channel.
  • subscription/səbˈskɹɪpʃən/nounB1+3 meaningsA regular payment that keeps a service, a paper or a magazine coming to you.
  • subsequent analysisnounC1The examination carried out after the first results.
  • subserviencenounC2Excessive readiness to obey somebody else.
  • subsidence/ˈsʌbsɪdəns/nounC1The sinking of ground into a hollow beneath it.
  • subsidiary/sʌbˈsɪ.di.əɹ.i/nounC12 meaningsA company owned and controlled by a larger company.
  • subsidy/ˈsʌbsɪdi/nounC1Government money paid to keep a price low or an industry alive.