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

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19,295 words · showing 19,141–19,200

  • world/wɜːld/nounA12 meaningsThe earth and everybody living on it.
  • world warnounB1A war fought across most of the globe at once.
  • world-class/wɜː(ɹ)ldˈklæs/adjectiveB2Among the very best anywhere.
  • worldly/ˈwɜː(ɹ)ldli/adjectiveB2+2 meaningsConcerned with material rather than spiritual life.
  • worlds apartphraseB2Completely different from one another.
  • worldviewnounB2+
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The whole set of beliefs through which somebody sees life.
  • worm/wɜːm/nounA2+A long soft legless animal living in soil.
  • wormingnounC1Treating an animal against internal parasites.
  • worn/wɔːn/adjectiveB12 meaningsThinned and damaged by long use.
  • worn outphraseB1So used that it no longer works.
  • worn-out/ˈwɔːn.aʊt/adjectiveB22 meaningsUsed until no longer serviceable.
  • worried/ˈwʌɹid/adjectiveA22 meaningsUnhappy and afraid because you keep thinking about something bad that might happen.
  • worry/ˈwʌ.ɹi/verbA24 meaningsTo keep thinking about something bad that might happen, and to feel anxious because of it.
  • worse/wɜːs/adjectiveA23 meaningsOf lower quality or more unpleasant than something else.
  • worship/ˈwɜː.ʃɪp/verbB24 meaningsTo show deep love and reverence for a god, through prayer or ritual.
  • worshipper/ˈwɜːʃɪpə/nounB2+A person taking part in an act of devotion.
  • worst/wɜːst/adjectiveA23 meaningsOf the lowest quality, or most unpleasant.
  • worst-caseadjectiveC1Assuming the least favourable possible outcome.
  • worth/ˈwɜːθ/adjectiveA22 meaningsHaving a particular value.
  • worth its weight in goldphraseB2So useful that no price would be too high.
  • worthless/ˈwɜːθ.ləs/adjectiveB2Having no value or use at all.
  • worthwhile/ˌwɜː(ɹ)θˈwaɪl/adjectiveC1Worth the time and effort it costs.
  • worthy/ˈwɜː.ði/adjectiveB2Deserving respect or the thing in question.
  • would you believe itphraseB2An exclamation at something hard to credit.
  • wound/ˈwuːnd/nounB12 meaningsAn open cut in the skin.
  • woven/ˈwəʊ.vən/adjectiveB2Made by crossing threads over and under.
  • wrack/ɹæk/nounC2Seaweed thrown up on the shore, or ruin.
  • wraith/ɹeɪθ/nounC12 meaningsA pale ghostly figure.
  • wrangle/ˈɹæŋɡəl/verbC12 meaningsTo argue at length and noisily.
  • wrap/ɹæp/verbB13 meaningsTo cover something by folding paper or cloth around it.
  • wrap upphraseB22 meaningsTo bring something to a conclusion.
  • wrap your head aroundphraseB2To finally take in an idea that resists you.
  • wrapper/ˈɹæpɚ/nounB12 meaningsThe paper or plastic around a single item.
  • wrapping/ˈɹæp.ɪŋ/nounB1+The paper or plastic that covers something.
  • wrath/ɹɒθ/nounB2Extreme and often righteous anger.
  • wreak/ɹiːk/verbC12 meaningsTo cause great damage.
  • wreath/ɹiːθ/nounB2A ring of flowers or leaves.
  • wreck/ˈɹɛk/verbB13 meaningsTo destroy something completely.
  • wreckage/ˈɹɛkɪdʒ/nounB2What is left after something is destroyed.
  • wren/ɹɛn/nounB2+One of the tiniest birds, with a cocked-up tail.
  • wrench/ˈɹɛnt͡ʃ/nounB23 meaningsA tool for gripping and turning nuts and bolts.
  • wrest/ɹɛst/verbC2To pull something away by force.
  • wrestle/ˈɹɛsl̩/verbB12 meaningsTo struggle physically to overpower somebody.
  • wrestlernounB1+Somebody who grapples as a sport.
  • wrestling/ˈɹɛs.l̩.ɪŋ/nounB12 meaningsThe sport of gripping an opponent and forcing them down.
  • wretch/ɹɛt͡ʃ/nounB2+2 meaningsA person in a miserable, pitiable condition.
  • wretched/ˈɹɛt͡ʃɪd/adjectiveB2Miserably unhappy, or of very poor quality.
  • wriggle/ˈɹɪɡəl/verbB2+2 meaningsTo twist and turn the body with small movements.
  • wring/ɹɪŋ/verbB2+2 meaningsTo twist something to squeeze the water out.
  • wrinkle/ˈɹɪŋkl̩/nounB1+4 meaningsA small line or fold in skin.
  • wrinkle-freeadjectiveB2Made of cloth that refuses to crease.
  • wrinkly/ˈɹɪŋk(ə)li/adjectiveB1+Covered in small creases.
  • wrist/ɹɪst/nounA2The joint between the hand and the arm.
  • writ/ɹɪt/nounC1A formal written command issued by a court.
  • write/ɹaɪt/verbA14 meaningsTo put words down on paper or a screen.
  • write downphraseA2To put words on paper so you will not forget them.
  • write offphraseB2To damage beyond repair, or to accept a loss.
  • write-offnounC1Something too damaged to be worth repairing.
  • writer's blocknounB2The state of being unable to write anything.
  • writhe/ɹaɪð/verbC1To twist the body about in pain.