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

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19,295 words · showing 2,701–2,760

  • chance/t͡ʃɑːns/ [t͡ʃʰɑːns]nounA25 meaningsA moment when something becomes possible for you.
  • chance upon/ˈt͡ʃɑːns əˌpɒn/phraseC1To meet or find by pure accident.
  • chancellor/ˈtʃɑːnsələ/nounB2+A high state or university official.
  • chancy/ˈtʃænsi/adjectiveC1Risky, and depending on luck.
  • chandelier/ˌʃæn.dəˈlɪə(ɹ)/nounB1+A branching hanging light for a high ceiling.
  • chandler/ˈt͡ʃændlɚ/
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A dealer in candles, or in ships' supplies.
  • change/ˈt͡ʃeɪnd͡ʒ/verbA14 meaningsTo become different, or to make something different.
  • change aroundphraseB1To move things into different places.
  • change intophraseB1To put on other clothes, or to become something else.
  • change out ofphraseB1To take off what you are wearing and dress differently.
  • change the sheetsphraseB1To take off the used bedding and put clean on.
  • change your tunephraseC1To suddenly say the opposite of what you said before.
  • changing matnounB1The padded surface a baby is changed on.
  • changing roomnounA2A room for trying on clothes, or for changing before sport.
  • channel/ˈt͡ʃænəl/nounB14 meaningsA television or radio station.
  • chant/t͡ʃɑːnt/nounB23 meaningsA short phrase repeated in a rhythmic, half-sung voice by a group of people.
  • chaos/ˈkeɪɒs/nounB23 meaningsComplete disorder, in which nothing works as it should and no one is in control.
  • chaotic/keɪˈɒtɪk/adjectiveB22 meaningsCompletely disordered and out of control.
  • chaoticallyadverbC1In a completely disordered way.
  • chapel/ˈt͡ʃæp.əl/nounB12 meaningsA small building or room used for worship.
  • chaperone/ˈʃæ.pəˌɹoʊn/nounC1Somebody who accompanies a young person to keep them proper.
  • chaplain/ˈt͡ʃæp.lɪn/nounC1A clergyman serving a school, a hospital or the forces.
  • chapped/t͡ʃæpt/adjectiveB2+Cracked and sore from cold and wind.
  • chapter/ˈt͡ʃæptə(r)/nounB12 meaningsOne numbered part of a book.
  • character/ˈkæ.ɹɪk.tə/nounA25 meaningsA person in a story, film or play.
  • character arcnounC1The way a character changes across a story.
  • characteriseverbC1To describe the nature of something.
  • characteristic/ˌkæɹəktəˈɹɪstɪk/nounB22 meaningsA feature or quality typical of a person or thing.
  • charadesnounB2+A game of acting a title out without speaking.
  • charcoal/ˈtʃɑː.kəʊl/nounB1+3 meaningsBlack carbon left when wood is burned slowly without much air.
  • charge/ˈt͡ʃɑːd͡ʒ/verbB14 meaningsTo ask a particular price for something.
  • chargebacknounC1Reversing a card payment after a dispute.
  • charger/ˈtʃɑːdʒə/nounA2+2 meaningsThe cable and plug that refill a device's battery.
  • charging pointnounB1The place an electric vehicle plugs in.
  • chariot/ˈt͡ʃæɹi.ət/nounB1+A two-wheeled cart pulled by horses in ancient times.
  • charisma/kəˈɹɪzmə/nounC1The magnetic personal power that draws people to a leader.
  • charismatic/ˌkæɹɪzˈmætɪk/adjectiveC12 meaningsDrawing people in with magnetic personal charm.
  • charitable/ˈt͡ʃæɹɪtəbəl/adjectiveB2Generous to those in need, or willing to think well of people.
  • charity/ˈtʃæɹɪti/nounA2+3 meaningsAn organisation that collects money to help people in need.
  • charlatan/ˈʃɑɹlətən/nounC2Somebody who falsely claims special skill.
  • charlestonnounC1A fast dance of the 1920s.
  • charm/tʃɑːm/nounB25 meaningsThe power of pleasing people and making them like you.
  • charming/ˈtʃɑː(ɹ).mɪŋ/adjectiveB1Pleasing and delightful.
  • charredadjectiveB2+Blackened at the surface by fire.
  • chart/t͡ʃɑɹt/nounB14 meaningsA published list of what is selling best.
  • charter/ˈt͡ʃɑːtə/nounC12 meaningsA formal document granting rights.
  • charteredadjectiveC12 meaningsHolding formal professional status in a field.
  • chase/t͡ʃeɪs/verbB13 meaningsTo run after somebody or something to catch them.
  • chasm/ˈkæzəm/nounB2+A deep split in the ground, or a wide gap between views.
  • chassis/ˈt͡ʃæ.si/nounB2+The frame everything else in a vehicle is bolted to.
  • chaste/t͡ʃeɪst/adjectiveC12 meaningsRefraining from sex.
  • chasten/ˈt͡ʃeɪ.sən/verbC2To make someone more humble by correction or setback.
  • chastise/tʃæˈstaɪz/verbC1To scold or punish somebody.
  • chastity/ˈt͡ʃastɪti/nounC1The state of refraining from sex.
  • chat/ˈt͡ʃæt/nounA2+2 meaningsA written conversation happening live on a screen.
  • chat shownounB1A programme where a host interviews guests.
  • chattel/ˈt͡ʃæt.l̩/nounC2A movable possession, as opposed to land.
  • chatter/ˈtʃætə/verbB24 meaningsTo talk quickly about small, unimportant things.
  • chatty/ˈt͡ʃæti/adjectiveB2Fond of easy friendly talk.
  • cheap/ˈt͡ʃiːp/adjectiveA13 meaningsCosting little money.