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

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19,295 words · showing 11,521–11,580

  • offcut/ˈɒfkʌt/nounC1The piece left over after a length is cut to size.
  • offend/əˈfɛnd/verbB23 meaningsTo hurt someone's feelings or upset their sense of what is proper.
  • offender/əˈfen.də(ɹ)/nounB22 meaningsA person who has broken the rules or the law.
  • offensive/əˈfɛnsɪv/nounB23 meaningsA large planned attack.
  • offer/ˈɒfə(ɹ)/verbA24 meaningsTo hold something out for somebody to take if they want it.
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/ˈɒfəɹɪŋ/
nounB24 meanings
Something given to a god, a temple or a church as an act of worship.
  • office/ˈɒf.ɪs/nounA1The room with desks and computers where many people do their jobs.
  • officer/ˈɒf.ɪ.sə/nounA22 meaningsA person holding a position of authority in the armed forces or police.
  • official/əˈfɪʃəl/adjectiveB13 meaningsApproved or announced by those in authority.
  • officious/əˈfɪʃəs/adjectiveC2Fussily using small authority to interfere.
  • offing/ˈɒfɪŋ/nounC2The near future, in the phrase in the offing.
  • offline/ɒfˈlaɪn/adjectiveB1+2 meaningsNot connected to the internet.
  • offset/ˈɒf.sɛt/verbB2+To balance one thing against another so they cancel out.
  • offshoot/ˈɔf.ʃuːt/nounC1A branch growing from a main stem or organisation.
  • offshore/ɒfˈʃɔː(ɹ)/adverbB22 meaningsOut at sea, away from the coast.
  • offside/ɒfˈsaɪd/nounB2+The football rule about standing too far forward.
  • offspring/ˈɒfspɹɪŋ/nounC1A creature's young.
  • often/ˈɒfən/adverbA12 meaningsMany times; on many occasions.
  • ogle/ˈəʊɡl̩/verbC1To stare at somebody in an unwelcome admiring way.
  • ogre/ˈəʊ.ɡə/nounB2+2 meaningsA large cruel man-eating giant of stories.
  • oil/ɔɪl/nounA22 meaningsThe liquid fat used in cooking.
  • oil changenounB1Replacing the old oil in an engine.
  • oily/ˈɔɪli/adjectiveB1+2 meaningsCovered in or feeling like thick liquid fat.
  • oily skinnounB1Skin that produces a lot of natural grease.
  • oink/ɔɪŋk/verbB1+2 meaningsTo make the grunting sound a pig makes.
  • ointment/ˈɔɪntm(ə)nt/nounB2A greasy healing preparation rubbed onto the skin.
  • okra/ˈɒkɹə/nounB2+A green pod that thickens a stew as it cooks.
  • old/əʊld/adjectiveA14 meaningsHaving lived or existed for a long time.
  • old agenounB1The last part of a long life.
  • old-fashioned/oʊldˈfæʃənd/adjectiveB1Belonging to an earlier time and out of fashion.
  • old-timernounC1An elderly member of a place or a trade who has been there far longer than anyone else and remembers how it all used to be.
  • older/ˈəʊldə/adjectiveA1Greater in age than another.
  • oldie/ˈəʊldi/nounB2+A song that was popular long ago.
  • oldsternounC2A person well on in years, of either sex, spoken of informally but without mockery.
  • oligarchy/ˈɒlɪˌɡɑːki/nounC1Rule by a small privileged group.
  • olive/ˈɒ.lɪv/nounB22 meaningsA small bitter Mediterranean fruit eaten cured or pressed for oil.
  • olive oilnounA2The oil pressed from a small green or black fruit.
  • omannounB2The peaceful Gulf country of Muscat, deserts, and dramatic coasts.
  • ombre/ˈɒm.bə/adjectiveC1Shading gradually from dark to light.
  • ombudsman/ˈɒmbədzmən/nounC1The official who settles complaints against businesses.
  • omelette/ˈɒmlɪt/nounA2+Beaten eggs cooked flat in a pan and folded.
  • omen/ˈəʊ̯mən/nounB2+A thing that happens and is taken as a sign of what is going to happen, good or bad.
  • ominous/ˈɒmɪnəs/adjectiveB2+Giving the feeling that something bad is coming.
  • omission/ə(ʊ)ˈmɪʃ.ən/nounB2+2 meaningsSomething that has been left out.
  • omit/əʊˈmɪt/verbB2+To leave something out.
  • omnipotence/ɒmˈnɪpətəns/nounC1Power without any limit.
  • omniscience/ɑmˈnɪʃəns/nounC1Knowledge of absolutely everything.
  • omnivore/ˈɒmnɪvɔː/nounB2An animal that eats both plants and meat.
  • on a whimphraseC1Acting on a sudden fancy rather than a plan.
  • on balancephraseC1Taking everything into account.
  • on callphraseB2Available to be called on for work at any time.
  • on cloud ninephraseB2Floating with pure happiness.
  • on good termsphraseB2In a friendly relationship with somebody.
  • on purposephraseA2Deliberately, rather than by accident.
  • on schedulephraseB1Exactly as the plan intended.
  • on second thoughtphraseB2Having reconsidered.
  • on the ballphraseC1Alert, quick, and on top of everything.
  • on the fencephraseC1Undecided between two positions.
  • on the grapevinephraseC1By word of mouth passed informally from person to person.
  • on the mendphraseB2Getting better after being ill.