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

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19,295 words · showing 16,921–16,980

  • tactile pavingnounC1Textured ground that can be felt underfoot as a warning.
  • tadpole/ˈtædpoʊl/nounB1+The young of a frog, with a tail and no legs.
  • taekwondo/ˌtaɪkwɑnˈdoʊ/nounB1A Korean martial art known for high kicks.
  • tag/tæɡ/nounA24 meaningsA small label attached to something, showing a price, a name or an instruction.
  • taglinenounB2The line that sums up what a brand promises.
  • tail/ˈteɪ̯l/
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The long part sticking out from the rear end of an animal's body.
  • tail lightnounB1The red lamp at the back of a vehicle.
  • tail spikenounB1A sharp bony point at the end of a tail.
  • taillightnounC1A red light at the rear of a vehicle.
  • tailor/ˈteɪlɚ/nounB23 meaningsA person whose job is making, altering and fitting clothes to a customer's measurements.
  • tailor-madeadjectiveB2Cut to fit one particular person.
  • tailor's chalknounB2Chalk for marking lines that brush off cloth.
  • taint/teɪnt/nounC1A trace of something bad that spoils the whole.
  • taiwannounB1+An island off the coast of East Asia.
  • tajikistannounC1Central Asian country that is almost entirely mountains, capital Dushanbe.
  • take/ˈteɪ̯k/verbA18 meaningsTo reach out and get hold of something with your hands.
  • take a decisionphraseC1To reach and announce a formal choice.
  • take a short cutphraseB1To go by a quicker route, or to skip proper steps.
  • take advantagephraseB22 meaningsTo make good use of a chance.
  • take afterphraseB2To look or behave like an older family member.
  • take an interestphraseB2To begin paying close attention to something.
  • take apartphraseB22 meaningsTo separate something into its component pieces.
  • take away/ˌteɪk əˈweɪ/phraseA22 meaningsTo remove something from a place or person.
  • take backphraseB1To return a purchase to the shop; also, to unsay hurtful words.
  • take carephraseA22 meaningsUsed as a warm farewell.
  • take downphraseB12 meaningsTo write down what somebody says.
  • take in/teɪk‿ˈɪn/phraseB26 meaningsTo understand and absorb something you are told or shown.
  • take it easyphraseB12 meaningsTo relax and avoid exerting yourself.
  • take it one day at a timephraseB2To face only what today asks of you.
  • take offphraseB12 meaningsOf an aircraft, to leave the ground.
  • take offencephraseB2To feel insulted by what was said.
  • take onphraseB2To accept new work or responsibility; also, to fight an opponent.
  • take outphraseB12 meaningsTo remove something from inside something else.
  • take overphraseB2To assume control of something from someone else.
  • take precautionsphraseB2To act in advance against a possible danger.
  • take responsibilityphraseB2To accept that you are accountable for something.
  • take stockphraseC1To pause and review how things actually stand.
  • take the blamephraseB1To accept fault, whether or not it was yours.
  • take the first turningphraseB1To leave the road at the earliest junction.
  • take the law into your own handsphraseC1To punish somebody yourself instead of using the courts.
  • take the plungephraseB2To finally commit to something you have been putting off.
  • take the scenic routephraseB2To go the long and pretty way round.
  • take the wind out of your sailsphraseC1To take away your confidence suddenly.
  • take tophraseB22 meaningsTo develop a liking for somebody or something.
  • take upphraseB22 meaningsTo begin a new activity or hobby.
  • take with a pinch of saltphraseC1To not fully believe what you are told.
  • take your timephraseB1To do something without hurrying.
  • take-offnounB1The moment an aircraft leaves the ground.
  • takeaway/ˈteɪkəweɪ/nounB1+Restaurant food you carry home in boxes instead of eating there.
  • takeaway counternounB1The place where food is collected to eat elsewhere.
  • takeaway menunounB1The printed list a delivery restaurant leaves at your door.
  • takeout/ˈteɪkaʊt/nounA2+Restaurant food you collect and eat at home.
  • takeovernounB2Gaining control of a company, sometimes against its will.
  • talc/tælk/nounB2+A fine powder dusted on skin to keep it dry.
  • talent/ˈtæl.ənt/nounA2A natural ability to do something well.
  • talented/ˈtæləntɪd/adjectiveB1Having a natural gift for doing something well.
  • talisman/ˈtæl.ɪsˌmæn/nounC12 meaningsAn object believed to hold protective power.
  • talk down tophraseB2To speak to somebody as if they were stupid.
  • talk intophraseB2To persuade someone to do something they doubted.
  • talk overphraseB2To discuss something thoroughly before deciding.