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

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19,295 words · showing 13,741–13,800

  • recidivism/rɪˈsɪdɪvɪzm̩/nounC2The habit of returning to crime after punishment.
  • recipe/ˈɹɛs.ɪ.pi/nounA2+Written instructions for cooking a dish.
  • recipient/ɹəˈsɪp.i.ənt/nounB2A person who receives something.
  • reciprocal/ɹɪˈsɪpɹək(ə)l/adjectiveC1Given by each side to the other.
  • reciprocate/ɹɪˈsɪpɹəˌkeɪt/verbC1To respond to an action or feeling with a matching one.
  • reciprocity/ˌrɛsəˈprɑsəti/
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The practice of exchanging things for mutual benefit.
  • recital/ɹɪˈsaɪtl̩/nounB22 meaningsA performance of music or poetry.
  • recitation/ˌɹɛsɪˈteɪʃən/nounC2Saying a learned piece aloud from memory.
  • recite/ɹɪˈsaɪt/verbB1+2 meaningsTo say a piece you have learned by heart out loud, in front of other people.
  • reckless/ˈɹɛkləs/adjectiveB2Acting wildly without thought for the danger.
  • reckless abandonphraseC1Behaviour with no thought for the danger at all.
  • recklessnessnounB2+Acting with no regard for the danger.
  • reckon/ˈɹɛkən/verbB2To calculate, or to hold an opinion.
  • reckoning/ˈɹɛkənɪŋ/nounB22 meaningsA calculation.
  • reclaim/ɹɪˈkleɪm/verbB22 meaningsTo get something back.
  • reclamation/(ˌ)ɹɛkləˈmeɪʃn̩/nounC1The winning back of land or material for use.
  • recline/ɹɪˈklaɪn/verbB2To tilt a seat backwards.
  • recluse/ɹɪˈkluːs/nounC2Somebody who lives shut away from other people.
  • reclusive/ɹɪˈkluːsɪv/adjectiveC2Choosing to live away from company.
  • recognisable/ˈɹɛkə(ɡ)naɪzəbl̩/adjectiveB2+Easy to know again when you see it.
  • recognise/ˈɹɛkənaɪz/verbA2+4 meaningsTo know someone or something because you have met them before.
  • recognition/ˌɹɛkəɡˈnɪʃ(ə)n/nounB22 meaningsBeing noticed and praised for what you did.
  • recognize/ˈɹɛk.əɡ.naɪz/verbA2+3 meaningsTo know somebody or something from before.
  • recoil/ɹɪˈkɔɪl/verbC12 meaningsTo draw back suddenly in fear or disgust.
  • recollect/ɹɛkəˈlɛkt/verbB22 meaningsTo manage to remember something after trying.
  • recollection/ɹɛkəˈlɛkʃən/nounB2+2 meaningsSomething you remember; a memory of a past event as you hold it now.
  • recommend/ˌɹɛkəˈmɛnd/verbA2+3 meaningsTo tell someone that something or someone is good and worth choosing.
  • recommendation/ˌɹɛkəmɛnˈdeɪʃən/nounB1+Advice that somebody or something is worth choosing.
  • recompense/ˈɹɛkəmˌpɛns/nounC1Payment made for trouble or loss.
  • reconcile/ˈɹɛkənsaɪl/verbC22 meaningsTo restore peace between people.
  • reconciled/ˈɹɛkənsaɪld/adjectiveC12 meaningsBrought back together after a long quarrel.
  • reconciliation/ˌɹɛk(ə)nsɪlɪˈeɪʃ(ə)n/nounC22 meaningsComing back together after a quarrel.
  • recondite/ˈɹɛk(ə)nˌdaɪt/adjectiveC2Dealing with matters far beyond ordinary knowledge.
  • reconnaissance/ɹɪˈkɒnɪsəns/nounC1Going out to see where the enemy is.
  • reconnect/ˌɹiː.kəˈnɛkt/verbB1+2 meaningsTo join up again.
  • reconsider/ˈɹiːkənˌsɪdə/verbB2To think again about a decision.
  • reconstruct/ˌɹiːkənˈstɹʌkt/verbB22 meaningsTo build something again after damage.
  • reconstruction/ˌɹiːkənˈstɹʌkʃən/nounC12 meaningsBuilding again what was destroyed.
  • reconvene/ɹiː.kənˈviːn/verbC1To gather again after a break.
  • record/ˈɹɛk.ɔːd/nounB16 meaningsA written account of facts or events, kept for later use.
  • recorded deliverynounB2Post that must be signed for on arrival.
  • recorded delivery slipnounC1The card left when nobody signed for an item.
  • recount/ɹɪˈkaʊnt/verbC12 meaningsTo describe events that happened.
  • recoup/ɹɪˈkuːp/verbC1To get back money or losses.
  • recourse/ɹɪˈkɔːs/nounC2The help or remedy you can turn to.
  • recover/ɹɪˈkʌvə/verbB12 meaningsTo get your health back after being ill.
  • recovery/ɹɪˈkʌvəɹi/nounB23 meaningsThe period of getting healthy again after illness.
  • recovery positionnounB2The posture an unconscious person is laid in to breathe safely.
  • recreate/ˈɹɛk.ɹi.eɪt/verbB2To make something again as it once was.
  • recreation/(ˌ)ɹɛkɹiˈeɪʃən/nounB2Activity done for pleasure and refreshment.
  • recreationaladjectiveC1Done for enjoyment rather than as work or duty.
  • recrimination/ɹiˌkɹɪməˈneɪʃən/nounC2Angry blame thrown back and forth.
  • recruit/ɹɪˈkɹut/verbB22 meaningsTo find and take on new people.
  • recruiter/ɹɪˈkɹuːtə(ɹ)/nounB1+A person whose job is finding staff for employers.
  • recruitment/rɪˈkruːt.mənt /nounB2+The process of finding and taking on new staff or members.
  • rectangle/ˈrɛktæŋɡl̩/nounA2+A flat shape with four right angles.
  • rectangular/ɹɛkˈtæŋɡjəlɚ/adjectiveB2Shaped like an oblong with four right angles.
  • rectification/ˌɹɛktɪfɪˈkeɪʃən/nounC1The putting right of something wrong.
  • rectify/ˈɹɛktəˌfaɪ/verbC12 meaningsTo put a mistake right.
  • rectitude/ˈɹɛk.tɪ.tjuːd/nounC2Strict moral uprightness.