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

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  • resuscitate/ɹɪˈsʌsɪˌteɪt/verbC22 meaningsTo bring somebody back to consciousness or life.
  • retail/ˈɹiˌteɪl/nounB22 meaningsThe business of selling goods in small quantities to the public.
  • retain/ɹɪˈteɪn/verbB22 meaningsTo keep possession of something.
  • retaliate/ɹɪˈtæl.i.eɪt/verbB2+To strike back after being hurt.
  • retch/ɹɛt͡ʃ/verbC1To heave as if about to be sick.
  • rethink/ɹiːˈθɪŋk/
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verbB1+2 meanings
To think about something again from the start.
  • retire/ɹɪˈtaɪə/verbB1+4 meaningsTo stop working permanently at the end of a working life.
  • retort/ɹɪˈtɔɹt/verbC12 meaningsTo reply quickly and sharply.
  • retouch/ɹɪˈtʌtʃ/verbC1To correct small faults in a photograph.
  • retrace/ɹiːˈtɹeɪs/<q:verb>verbC1To go back over the way you came.
  • retract/ɹɪˈtɹækt/verbB2+2 meaningsTo draw something back into a housing or body.
  • retreat/ɹɪˈtɹiːt/verbB22 meaningsTo move back away from danger.
  • retrieve/ɹɪˈtɹiːv/verbC12 meaningsTo go and bring something back.
  • retrofit/ˌɹɛtɹəʊˈfɪt/verbC1To fit new systems into an old building.
  • return/ɹɪˈtɜːn/verbA15 meaningsTo go back to a place you were before.
  • retweetverbB1To pass somebody else's post on to your own followers.
  • reunite/ˌɹiːjuːˈnaɪt/verbB2To bring or come together again after separation.
  • rev/ɹɛv/verbB22 meaningsTo make an engine turn faster and louder.
  • reveal/ɹɪˈviːl/verbB24 meaningsTo make known something that was secret or unknown.
  • revel/ˈɹɛv.əl/verbC12 meaningsTo take great delight in something.
  • reverberate/ɹɪˈvɜːbəˌɹeɪt/verbC2To keep sounding on and on around a space.
  • revere/ɹɪˈvɪə(ɹ)/verbC1To respect somebody very deeply.
  • reverse/ɹɪˈvɜːs/verbB25 meaningsTo drive a vehicle backwards.
  • revert/ɹəˈvɜː(ɹ)t/verbB2+To go back to a former state or habit.
  • review/ɹɪˈvjuː/nounA2+3 meaningsA published opinion of how good something is.
  • revile/ɹəˈvaɪl/verbC2To abuse somebody in bitter language.
  • revise/ɹɪˈvaɪz/verbB1+3 meaningsIn British English, to study material again before an exam.
  • revisit/ɹiːˈvɪzɪt/verbB2+2 meaningsTo go back to a place.
  • revive/ɹɪˈvaɪ̯v/verbC12 meaningsTo bring back to life or consciousness.
  • revoke/ɹɪˈvoʊk/verbB2+To officially cancel a licence, right or permission.
  • revolt/ɹɪˈvoʊlt/nounB22 meaningsAn armed rising against those in power.
  • revolutioniseverbB2+To change something completely and for good.
  • revolve/ɹɪˈvɒlv/verbB22 meaningsTo move in a circle around a central point.
  • reward/ɹɪˈwɔːd/verbB12 meaningsTo give somebody something good for what they have done.
  • rewind/ɹiːˈwaɪnd/verbB1+2 meaningsTo wind a tape or recording back towards the start.
  • rewrite/ˈɹiː.ɹaɪt/verbB1+2 meaningsTo write something again in a different form.
  • rhyme/ɹaɪm/nounB22 meaningsThe matching end-sound of words.
  • ricochet/ˈɹɪk.ə.ʃeɪ/verbC1To bounce off a surface at an angle.
  • rid/ɹɪd/verbB1To free a place or person of something unwanted.
  • ride/ɹaɪd/verbA24 meaningsTo sit on a bicycle, horse or motorbike and travel on it.
  • riffle/ˈɹɪfəl/verbC1To turn pages quickly with the thumb.
  • rifle/ˈɹaɪfəl/nounB22 meaningsA long-barrelled gun fired from the shoulder.
  • ring/ɹɪŋ/nounA16 meaningsA circle of metal worn on a finger.
  • rinse/ɹɪns/verbB1To wash quickly under clean running water.
  • rip/ɹɪp/verbB14 meaningsTo tear something quickly and roughly.
  • ripen/ˈɹaɪpən/verbB2To become ready to eat.
  • ripple/ˈɹɪp(ə)l/nounB24 meaningsA small wave or ring spreading across the surface of water.
  • rise/ɹaɪz/verbB15 meaningsTo move upward.
  • risk/ɹɪsk/nounA22 meaningsThe chance that something bad will come of what you do.
  • rivet/ˈɹɪvət/nounB2+2 meaningsA metal pin used to fasten two plates together permanently.
  • roam/ɹəʊm/verbB2To travel about freely over a wide area.
  • roar/ˈɹɔː/verbB26 meaningsTo make a long, deep, very loud sound, as a lion does.
  • roast/ɹoʊst/verbB22 meaningsTo cook in the dry heat of an oven until brown.
  • rock/ɹɒk/nounA25 meaningsThe hard solid material that mountains and cliffs are made of.
  • rocket/ˈɹɒk.ɪt/nounB14 meaningsA machine that burns fuel to push itself into space.
  • roil/ˈɹɔɪl/verbC2To churn and stir up violently.
  • roll/ɹəʊl/verbA25 meaningsTo move along by turning over and over.
  • roll outphraseB22 meaningsTo flatten dough with a rolling pin.
  • romp/ɹɒmp/verbC2To play boisterously, or to win very easily.
  • rook/ɹʊk/nounC13 meaningsA large black bird of the crow family that nests in colonies in treetops.