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

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19,295 words · showing 4,921–4,980

  • distinguish/dɪˈstɪŋ.ɡwɪʃ/verbB24 meaningsTo recognise the difference between two or more things.
  • distort/dɪsˈtɔːt/verbC1To twist something out of its true shape or meaning.
  • distortion/dɪsˈtɔːʃən/nounB2+A twisting of shape, sound or truth out of true.
  • distract/dɪˈstɹækt/verbB22 meaningsTo take someone's attention away from what they are doing.
  • distracted/dɪˈstɹæk.tɪd/adjectiveB12 meaningsUnable to give attention to something because something else has taken it.
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distraction
/dɪsˈtɹæk.ʃən/
nounB2
Something that pulls attention away.
  • distraught/dɪsˈtɹɔːt/adjectiveB2+So upset that you can barely think straight.
  • distress/dɪˈstɹɛs/nounB22 meaningsSerious trouble or suffering.
  • distress signalnounB2The call sent when a vessel needs urgent help.
  • distribute/dɪˈstɹɪbjuːt/verbB22 meaningsTo hand shares out to many people or places.
  • distribution/ˌdɪstɹɪˈbjuːʃən/nounB24 meaningsThe way something is spread out or shared among people, places or values.
  • distributornounB2+2 meaningsThe company that gets copies to the shops.
  • district/ˈdɪstɹɪkt/nounB12 meaningsA named part of a city or region.
  • distrust/dɪsˈtɹʌst/nounB2+A lack of confidence in somebody.
  • disturb/dɪˈstɜːb/verbB23 meaningsTo interrupt someone and break their rest, work or concentration.
  • disturbing/dɪsˈtɜː.bɪŋ/adjectiveC1Upsetting and hard to put out of your mind.
  • ditch/dɪt͡ʃ/nounB12 meaningsA long narrow channel dug to carry water away.
  • dither/ˈdɪðə/verbC1To hesitate and fail to make up your mind.
  • dive/daɪv/verbB26 meaningsTo jump into water head first.
  • dive inphraseB2To start doing something eagerly and without delay.
  • diver/ˈdaɪ̯və(ɹ)/nounB1+Somebody who goes down under water.
  • diverge/daɪˈvɜːd͡ʒ/verbC1To move apart from a common point.
  • divergence/daɪˈvɜː(ɹ)d͡ʒəns/nounC1A moving apart of things that were once together.
  • divergent/daɪˈvɜː.d͡ʒənt/adjectiveC1Growing apart, or differing from what is usual.
  • diverse/daɪˈvɜːs/adjectiveB2+Made of many different kinds mixed together.
  • diversify/daɪˈvɜː.sɪ.faɪ/verbC1To spread into a wider range of kinds.
  • diversion/daɪˈvɜː.ʃən/nounB2+2 meaningsA route round a closed road.
  • diversity/daɪˈvɜː(ɹ)sɪti/nounB2+The mix of different kinds within one group.
  • divert/daɪˈvɜːt/verbC14 meaningsTo change the course or direction of something.
  • diverted/daɪˈvɜːtəd/adjectiveB2+Sent somewhere other than planned.
  • divertingadjectiveC1Entertaining and taking your mind off things.
  • divide/dɪˈvaɪd/verbB25 meaningsTo separate something into parts.
  • dividend/ˈdɪvɪdɛnd/nounB2+3 meaningsA share of profit paid to shareholders.
  • divination/ˌdɪvɪˈneɪʃən/nounC2Trying to foretell what is hidden or to come.
  • divine/dɪˈvaɪn/adjectiveB23 meaningsBelonging to or coming from a god.
  • diving boardnounB1The springboard a diver jumps from.
  • divinity/dɪˈvɪnɪti/nounC1The quality of being a god, or the study of religion.
  • division/dɪˈvɪʒn̩/nounB12 meaningsThe splitting of something into parts.
  • divorce/dɪˈvɔːs/nounB13 meaningsThe legal ending of a marriage.
  • divulge/daɪˈvʌld͡ʒ/verbC1To reveal information that was private.
  • dizzinessnounB2The feeling that everything is spinning.
  • dizzy/ˈdɪzi/adjectiveA2+Feeling as though everything is turning around you.
  • djiboutinounC1Tiny Horn-of-Africa country guarding the Red Sea's gate.
  • dnanounB2The twisted ladder molecule that carries the recipe for you.
  • do/də/verbA15 meaningsTo perform an action, a job or a task.
  • do away withphraseC1To abolish or get rid of something entirely.
  • do businessphraseB1To trade with somebody.
  • do harmphraseB2To cause damage or injury.
  • do inphraseC12 meaningsTo exhaust somebody completely.
  • do not disturbphraseB1The sign hung out to keep staff from knocking.
  • do upphraseB12 meaningsTo fasten a garment or its buttons.
  • do withoutphraseB2To manage even though you lack something.
  • do your bestphraseA2To try as hard as you possibly can.
  • docile/ˈdəʊ.saɪl/adjectiveC12 meaningsQuiet and easy to control or handle.
  • dock/dɒk/nounB12 meaningsAn enclosed area of water where ships are loaded.
  • dockyardnounB2+Where ships are built and repaired.
  • doctor/ˈdɒktə(ɹ)/nounA1The person you visit when you are ill; they help you get better.
  • doctorate/ˈdɒk.tə.ɹɪt/nounB2+The highest university qualification, won by research.
  • doctrine/ˈdɒk.tɹɪn/nounC13 meaningsA set of beliefs taught by a church, party or other body as authoritative.
  • document/ˈdɒkjʊmənt/nounB1+2 meaningsA written or printed record providing information or evidence.