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

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19,295 words · showing 5,701–5,760

  • eradicate/ɪˈɹæd.ɪ.keɪt/verbB2+To destroy something completely and for good.
  • eraser/ɪˈɹeɪzə/nounA2+The small soft block that removes writing mistakes.
  • erect/ɪˈɹɛkt/verbC12 meaningsTo build or put up something upright.
  • erection/ɪˈɹɛkʃən/nounC1The putting up of a structure.
  • eritreanounC1Red Sea country north of Ethiopia, capital Asmara.
  • ermine/ˈɜːmɪn/
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The white winter fur of a stoat, used to trim robes.
  • erode/ɪˈɹəʊd/verbB2+To wear something away little by little.
  • erosion/ɪˈɹəʊʒən/nounB2+2 meaningsThe gradual wearing away of land or rock by water, wind or ice.
  • erotic/ɪˈɹɒtɪk/adjectiveB2+Concerned with sexual desire.
  • err/ɜː/verbC1To make a mistake.
  • errand/ˈɛɹənd/nounB1A small trip out to get one thing done.
  • erratic/ɪˈɹætɪk/adjectiveC12 meaningsJumping about with no steady pattern.
  • erstwhile/ˈɜː(ɹ)st.waɪl/adjectiveC2Belonging to a former time.
  • erudite/ˈɛɹ.ʊ.daɪt/adjectiveC2Deeply learned from long study.
  • erudition/ˌɛɹʊˈdɪʃən/nounC2Great learning gathered from books.
  • erupt/ɪˈɹʌpt/verbB2To burst out violently.
  • eruption/ɪˈɹʌpʃən/nounB2The explosive moment a volcano blows its top.
  • escalate/ˈɛs.kə.leɪt/verbC12 meaningsTo refer a problem to a more senior person.
  • escalation/ˌɛs.kəˈleɪ.ʃən/nounB2+A sharp increase in scale or seriousness.
  • escalator/ˈɛs.kə.leɪ.tə/nounB1+A moving staircase in a shop or station.
  • escapade/ˈɛskəˌpeɪd/nounC1A wild adventure that breaks the rules a little.
  • escape/ɪˈskeɪp/verbA24 meaningsTo get free from a place or a situation.
  • escapologist/ˈɛs.kəˌpɒl.ə.dʒɪst/nounC1A performer who frees themselves from chains.
  • escarpment/ɪˈskɑːp.mənt/nounC2A long steep slope at the edge of high ground.
  • eschew/ɛsˈt͡ʃuː/verbC2To keep away from something on principle.
  • escort/ˈɛs.kɔɹt/nounB22 meaningsPeople who go with somebody to guard or accompany them.
  • escutcheon/ɪˈskʌt͡ʃən/nounC2The shield on which a coat of arms is shown.
  • esoteric/ˌiː.səʊˈtɛɹ.ɪk/adjectiveC1Understood only by a small circle of initiates.
  • especially/ɪˈspɛʃ.(ə.)li/adverbA2More than in any other case.
  • espionage/ˈɛs.pi.əˌnɑːʒ/nounC1The work of spying on another state or company.
  • esplanade/ˈɛspləˌneɪd/nounC1A long open level walk beside water.
  • espouse/ɪˈspaʊz/<a:UK>verbC1To take up and support a cause.
  • espresso/ɛˈspɹɛsəʊ/nounB1+A small strong black coffee made by forcing hot water through ground beans.
  • espy/ɪˈspaɪ/verbC2To catch sight of something at a distance.
  • essay/ˈɛs.eɪ/<qq:sense 1><a:RP,GA>nounB1+A short piece of writing presenting thoughts on one topic.
  • essayist/ˈɛ.seɪ.ɪst/nounB2A writer of short pieces arguing a view.
  • essence/ˈɛsəns/nounC12 meaningsThe core quality that makes something what it is.
  • essential/ɪˈsɛn.ʃəl/adjectiveB1+3 meaningsSo necessary that something cannot work or exist without it.
  • essentially/ɪˈsɛnʃəli/adverbB2At bottom, when you strip away the details.
  • establish/ɪˈstæb.lɪʃ/verbB23 meaningsTo set something up so that it continues into the future.
  • establishment/ɪˈstæb.lɪʃ.mənt/nounC13 meaningsThe setting up of something.
  • estate/ɪˈsteɪt/nounB22 meaningsA large area of land with houses or a country house on it.
  • estate agentnounB2A person whose business is selling and letting property.
  • estate carnounB2A long car with a big load space behind the seats.
  • estate salenounB2A sale of the contents of a house after a death.
  • esteem/ɪˈstiːm/nounB2+The respect in which somebody is held.
  • estimate/ˈɛs.tɪ.mət/verbB23 meaningsTo judge a number, size or value roughly, without measuring exactly.
  • estimation/ˌɛs.tɪˈmeɪ.ʃən/nounC1A rough judgement of size or worth, or the regard you are held in.
  • estonianounB1+The most northern Baltic country, famous for its digital government.
  • estrange/ɪˈstɹeɪnd͡ʒ/verbC1To turn somebody who was close into a stranger.
  • estrangedadjectiveC1No longer in contact with a relative.
  • estrangement/ɪsˈtɹeɪnd͡ʒmənt/nounC1The state of having drifted out of contact.
  • estuary/ˈɛstjʊəɹi/nounB2+The wide mouth where a river meets the sea.
  • eswatininounC2Small African kingdom formerly called Swaziland.
  • etch/ɛt͡ʃ/verbC12 meaningsTo cut a design into a hard surface, especially using acid.
  • etching/ˈɛt͡ʃ.ɪŋ/nounC2A design bitten into metal with acid.
  • eternal/ɪˈtɜː.nl̩/adjectiveB12 meaningsLasting for ever, without beginning or end.
  • eternity/ɪˈtɜːnɪti/nounB12 meaningsTime without any end.
  • ether/ˈiː.θə/nounC1A light flammable liquid once used as an anaesthetic.
  • ethereal/ɪˈθɪə.ɹɪ.əl/adjectiveC1So delicate and light it seems not of this world.