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

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19,295 words · showing 4,501–4,560

  • depressive/dɪˈpɹɛsɪv/adjectiveC2To do with long-lasting lowness of spirits.
  • deprivation/ˌdɛp.ɹɪˈveɪʃən/nounC1The lack of what is needed for a decent life.
  • deprive/dɪˈpɹaɪv/verbC1To take away from somebody what they need.
  • depth/dɛpθ/nounB22 meaningsHow far something goes down from the surface.
  • depth of fieldnounC1How much of the scene in front and behind is sharp.
  • deputy/ˈdɛpjəti/
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The person who acts in place of the one in charge.
  • derailleur/dɪˈɹeɪl(j)ə/nounC1The mechanism that shifts the chain between gears.
  • derailmentnounC1A train coming off the rails.
  • derange/dɪˈɹeɪnd͡ʒ/verbC2To drive somebody out of their right mind.
  • deregulationnounC1The removal of rules that controlled an industry.
  • derelict/ˈdɛr.ə.lɪkt/adjectiveC22 meaningsAbandoned and falling down.
  • deride/dɪˈɹaɪd/verbC1To laugh at somebody with contempt.
  • derision/dɪˈɹɪʒən/nounC2Contemptuous mockery.
  • derisive/dɪˈɹaɪ.sɪv/adjectiveC2Showing open scorn.
  • derivative/dɪˈɹɪvətɪv/adjectiveC13 meaningsCopying too closely from earlier work.
  • derive/dɪˈɹaɪv/verbB2+3 meaningsTo get something from a particular source.
  • dermatologist/ˌdɜːməˈtɒlədʒɪst/nounB2+A doctor who specialises in skin.
  • derogatory/dɪˈɹɒɡətɹi/adjectiveC1Meant to belittle somebody.
  • descaleverbC2To remove the hard chalky deposit left by water.
  • descend/dɪˈsɛnd/verbB25 meaningsTo move down from a higher place.
  • descend onphraseC1To arrive somewhere suddenly and in numbers.
  • descendant/dɪˈsɛndənt/nounB2+2 meaningsA person who comes after you in your family line.
  • descent/dɪˈsɛnt/nounC13 meaningsThe act of going down, or the route that leads down.
  • describe/dɪˈskɹaɪb/verbA2+3 meaningsTo say or write what someone or something is like.
  • description/dɪˈskɹɪpʃən/nounA2+An account in words of what something is like.
  • descriptive/dəˈskɹɪptɪv/adjectiveB2Setting out in words what something is like.
  • descry/dɪˈskɹaɪ/verbC2To catch sight of something far off.
  • desecrate/ˈdɛs.ɪ.kɹeɪ̯t/verbC1To treat a sacred place with violent disrespect.
  • desecration/dɛ.sɪˈkɹeɪ.ʃən/nounC1The violent disrespecting of something sacred.
  • desert/ˈdɛz.ət/nounA22 meaningsA huge dry area where almost no rain falls.
  • deserter/dɪˈzɜːtə(ɹ)/nounB2+A soldier who runs away from duty.
  • desertion/dɪˈzɜːʃən/nounC1The abandoning of a post, a duty or a person.
  • deserve/dɪˈzɜːv/verbA22 meaningsTo have earned something by what you have done.
  • desiccated/ˈdɛsɪkeɪtəd/adjectiveC1Completely dried out.
  • design/dɪˈzaɪn/verbB13 meaningsTo plan how something new will look and work.
  • design technologynounB2Lessons in designing and making practical objects.
  • designate/ˈdɛz.ɪɡ.nət/verbC12 meaningsTo officially mark out for a particular role or use.
  • designation/dɛzɪɡˈneɪʃən/nounB2+An official name or title given to something.
  • designer/dɪˈzaɪnɚ/nounA2+2 meaningsSomebody who decides how things should look and work.
  • desirable/dɪˈzaɪəɹəbəl/adjectiveC1Worth wanting or having.
  • desire/dɪˈzaɪə/nounB12 meaningsA strong wish for something.
  • desist/dɪˈsɪst/verbC1To stop doing something.
  • desk/dɛsk/nounA13 meaningsA table with a flat top for writing, reading or working at.
  • desktop/ˈdɛsktɒp/nounC1A computer meant to sit on a table, or the screen you start from.
  • desolate/ˈdɛs.ə.lət/adjectiveC12 meaningsEmpty, bare and abandoned.
  • desolation/ˌdɛsəˈleɪʃən/nounC1Bleak emptiness, or utter misery.
  • despair/dɪˈspɛə(ɹ)/nounB1+2 meaningsThe state of having lost all hope.
  • despairing/dɪˈspɛə.ɹɪŋ/adjectiveC1Showing complete loss of hope.
  • desperate/ˈdɛs.p(ə.)ɹɪt/adjectiveB13 meaningsReady to do anything because there is almost no hope.
  • desperately/ˈdɛs.p(ə.)ɹət.li/adverbB22 meaningsWith the urgency of somebody running out of hope.
  • desperation/ˌdɛspəˈɹeɪʃən/nounB2A state of hopelessness leading to reckless action.
  • despicable/dɪˈspɪkəbəl/adjectiveB2+Deserving nothing but contempt.
  • despite/dɪˈspaɪt/prepositionB1Regardless of something that might have stopped it.
  • despoil/dɪˈspɔɪl/verbC2To strip a place of its goods by force.
  • despondency/dɪˈspɒndənsi/nounC2Low spirits from a loss of hope.
  • despondent/dɪˈspɒndənt/adjectiveC1In low spirits from a loss of hope.
  • dessert/dɪˈzɜːt/nounA2The sweet course at the end of a meal.
  • dessert menunounB1The list of sweet dishes offered at the end.
  • destination/dɛstɪˈneɪʃən/nounB1The place you are trying to get to.
  • destined/ˈdɛstɪnd/adjectiveC1Certain to happen or to end up in a particular way.