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

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19,295 words · showing 181–240

  • acrid/ˈæk.ɹɪd/adjectiveC1Sharp and bitter enough to sting the nose.
  • acrimonious/ˌæk.ɹɪˈməʊ.nɪ.əs/adjectiveC1Full of bitterness and angry feeling.
  • acrimony/ˈækɹɪməni/nounC2Bitter ill feeling between people.
  • acrobat/ˈæk.ɹə.bæt/nounB2An entertainer who performs feats of balance and agility.
  • acrobatic/ˌækɹəˈbætɪk/adjectiveC2Involving daring feats of balance and agility.
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Feats of balance, tumbling and agility.
  • acronym/ˈækɹənɪm/nounB2+A word built from first letters, like NASA.
  • across fromphraseA2On the other side, facing you.
  • acrylics/əˈkɹɪlɪks/nounB2+Artificial nails built on top of your own.
  • act/ækt/nounA22 meaningsA single thing somebody does.
  • act up/ækt ˈʌp/phraseC1To behave badly, or to stop working properly.
  • action/ˈækʃən̩/nounA12 meaningsThe doing of something, rather than talk about it.
  • action figurenounB1A small posable model of a character.
  • action pointnounB2A task assigned to somebody during a meeting.
  • actions speak louder than words/ˈak.ʃənz spiːk ˈlaʊ̯d.ə ˌðan wɜːdz/<q:contemporary>phraseB2The saying: what people do proves more than what they say.
  • activate/ˈæktɪˌveɪt/verbB22 meaningsTo bring something into use that was waiting.
  • activation/ˌæktɪˈveɪʃn̩/nounC1The act of setting something working.
  • activation energynounC1The push a reaction needs before it will start.
  • active/ˈæk.tɪv/adjectiveA2+Busy doing things; working rather than idle.
  • activist/ˈæk.tɪ.vɪst/nounC1A person who fights publicly for a cause.
  • activity/ækˈtɪv.ɪ.ti/nounA2+Something people do, especially for interest or exercise.
  • actor/ˈæk.təː/nounA12 meaningsA person who plays a character in films or on stage.
  • actual/ˈækʃuəl/adjectiveB1Real, rather than supposed.
  • actually/ˈæk(t)ʃᵿli/adverbA22 meaningsIn fact, as against what was assumed.
  • actuary/ˈæktʃuˌɛɹi/nounC1A specialist who calculates risk for insurers.
  • actuate/ˈæktʃu.eɪt/verbC1To set a mechanism working.
  • acuity/əˈkjuːɪti/nounC1Sharpness of sight, hearing or thought.
  • acumen/ˈækjʊmən/nounC1A quick and shrewd judgement in practical matters.
  • acute/əˈkjuːt/adjectiveC14 meaningsSevere and sharp — of pain, a shortage, embarrassment or need.
  • acute anglenounB2An angle smaller than a square corner.
  • acutely/əˈkjuːtli/adverbC1In a sharply felt or intense way.
  • ad hominemnounC2Attacking the person instead of their argument.
  • ad lib/æd ˈlɪb/nounC2Words spoken without preparation.
  • ad-libverbC2To speak without a script, making it up as you go.
  • adage/ˈæd.ɪd͡ʒ/nounC1A short old saying that people take as true.
  • adamant/ˈæd.ə.mənt/adjectiveC1Refusing absolutely to change your mind.
  • adapt/əˈdæpt/verbB22 meaningsTo change yourself to fit new conditions.
  • adaptation/ˌæd.əpˈteɪ.ʃən/nounC14 meaningsA film, play or programme made from a book or other original work.
  • add/æd/verbA12 meaningsTo put numbers together for their total.
  • add fuel to the firephraseB2To make an angry situation worse.
  • add upphraseB2To make sense as a whole, or to total numbers.
  • add up tophraseB2To amount to something when everything is counted.
  • addendum/əˈdɛn.dəm/nounC1Something added at the end of a document.
  • addict/ˈæd.ɪkt/nounB2Somebody who cannot give up a habit or a substance.
  • addicted/əˈdɪktɪd/adjectiveB2Unable to stop using or doing something.
  • addiction/əˈdɪkˌʃən/nounB2+A compulsive inability to stop using a substance or doing something harmful.
  • addictive/əˈdɪktɪv/adjectiveB2+Hard to stop once you have started.
  • addition/əˈdɪʃ.ən/nounB1Something added, or the joining of numbers together.
  • additional/əˈdɪ.ʃə.nəl/adjectiveB2Coming on top of what is already there.
  • additionallyadverbB2+As a further point.
  • additive/ˈæd.ɪ.tɪv/nounC2A substance put into food or fuel to change its properties.
  • addle/ˈæ.dəl/verbC2To muddle somebody's thinking.
  • address/əˈdɹɛs/nounA16 meaningsThe number, street and town that say where a building is.
  • addressee/ˌædɹɛˈsiː/nounC1The person a letter is written to.
  • adept/əˈdɛpt/adjectiveC1Highly skilled at something through practice.
  • adequatelyadverbB2+Well enough for the purpose.
  • adhere/ædˈhɪə/verbC12 meaningsTo stick firmly to a surface.
  • adherence/ədˈhɪə.ɹəns/nounC1Sticking firmly to a rule or a belief.
  • adherent/ædˈ(h)ɪə.ɹənt/nounC1A committed follower of a cause.
  • adhesion/ˌædˈhiː.ʒən/nounC2The sticking of one surface to another.