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

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19,295 words · showing 5,041–5,100

  • doorway/ˈdɔɹweɪ/nounB2The opening in a wall that a door fits into.
  • doping/ˈdoʊpɪŋ/nounB2+Cheating with forbidden performance-enhancing drugs.
  • dormant/ˈdɔːmənt/adjectiveC12 meaningsAlive but inactive.
  • dormer/ˈdɔɹmɚ/nounC1A small window that sticks out from a sloping roof.
  • dormitory/ˈdɔː.mɪ.tɹi/nounB2+A shared sleeping building or room.
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One bed in a room shared with strangers.
  • dosage/ˈdəʊsɪd͡ʒ/nounB2How much medicine to take and how often.
  • dose/ˈdəʊ̯s/nounB22 meaningsThe measured amount of medicine taken at one time.
  • dossier/ˈdɔs.jeɪ/nounC1A file of collected information about somebody.
  • dot/dɒt/nounA22 meaningsA tiny round mark.
  • dotage/ˈdoʊtɪd͡ʒ/nounC2The weak-minded state of very great age.
  • dote/dəʊt/verbC1To love somebody so much that you spoil them.
  • doting/ˈdəʊtɪŋ/adjectiveB2+Showing excessive fondness.
  • dotted linenounB1A line drawn as a row of separate points.
  • double/ˈdʌb.əl/adjectiveA25 meaningsTwice the usual size, amount or strength.
  • double agentnounB2A spy who is secretly working for both sides.
  • double backphraseB2To turn round and go the way you came.
  • double bass/ˈdʌ.bl̩beɪs/nounB2The biggest and deepest of the bowed string instruments.
  • double roomnounA2A room with one large bed for two people.
  • double shiftnounB2Working both the midday and the evening service.
  • double takenounC1A second look because the first did not register.
  • double tracknounB2A line with separate rails for each direction.
  • double-bookverbB2To promise the same time slot to two people.
  • double-crossverbB22 meaningsTo betray someone you had agreed to act with.
  • double-deckernounB1A bus with a whole second floor of seats.
  • doublet/ˈdʌblət/nounC2A close-fitting jacket worn by men in past centuries.
  • doubly/ˈdʌb.li/adverbB2+Twice as much, or in two ways at once.
  • doubt/daʊt/verbB13 meaningsTo think that something is probably not true, or probably will not happen.
  • doubtless/ˈdaʊ̯tləs/adjectiveC1Almost certainly.
  • dough/dəʊ/nounB12 meaningsThe soft mix of flour and water you knead before baking.
  • doughnut/ˈdəʊnʌt/nounA2+A sweet fried ring of dough.
  • doughty/ˈdaʊti/adjectiveC2Brave and persistent.
  • dour/ˈdʊə/adjectiveC1Stern, unsmiling and gloomy in manner.
  • douse/daʊs/verbC12 meaningsTo put a fire out with water.
  • dove/dʌv/nounB22 meaningsA pale bird of the pigeon family, used as a symbol of peace.
  • dovetail/ˈdʌvteɪl/verbC12 meaningsTo fit together neatly and work well as a pair.
  • dowager/ˈdaʊədʒə/nounC2A widow holding a title from her late husband.
  • dowel/ˈdaʊəl/nounC1A short wooden peg that joins two pieces invisibly.
  • down/ˈdaʊ̯n/nounA15 meaningsThe soft fine feathers under a bird outer feathers, used to fill jackets and bedding.
  • down on your luckphraseB2Going through a bad patch with no money.
  • down paymentnounB2The first sum paid, with the rest to follow.
  • down to earthphraseB2Practical, modest, and easy to talk to.
  • downbeat/ˈdaʊnbiːt/nounC12 meaningsThe first and strongest beat of a bar.
  • downfall/ˈdaʊnfɔːl/nounB2+2 meaningsThe ruin of somebody who was riding high.
  • downheartedadjectiveC1Low in spirits.
  • downhill/ˈdaʊnˌhɪl/adverbB1+2 meaningsGoing down a slope.
  • download/ˈdaʊnˌləʊd/verbA2+3 meaningsTo copy a file from the internet or a network onto your own device.
  • downpipenounC1The vertical pipe taking roof water to the ground.
  • downpour/ˈdaʊn.pɔː(ɹ)/nounB1+A sudden heavy fall of rain.
  • downright/ˈdaʊnɹaɪt/adverbB2Thoroughly, said of something bad.
  • downside/ˈdaʊnˌsaɪd/nounB2+The drawback of something otherwise good.
  • downsize/ˈdaʊnsaɪz/verbC1To cut the number of people a company employs.
  • downstairs/daʊnˈstɛɹz/adverbA22 meaningsOn or to a lower floor.
  • downstream/ˌdaʊnˈstɹiːm/adverbB2+2 meaningsWith the flow of a river.
  • downtime/ˈdaʊntaɪm/nounB2+2 meaningsTime when a machine or system is not working or not in use.
  • downtown/ˈdaʊ̯nˌtaʊ̯n/nounB12 meaningsThe busy central part of a city.
  • downturn/ˈdaʊntɜːn/nounB2+A decline in trade or fortunes.
  • downward/ˈdaʊnwɚd/adjectiveB1+Moving or facing towards a lower place.
  • downwards/ˈdaʊnwədz/adverbB1+Towards a lower place or level.
  • downy/ˈdaʊni/adjectiveC1Covered in very soft fine hair.