a lot

forms: a lot

pos: phrase

text: I have a lot of things to say.

text: He caused a lot of trouble.

text: Running is a lot more fun when the weather is cool.

text: He used to come here a lot, but he doesn't anymore.

ipa: /əˈlɒt/

ipa: /əˈlɑt/

audio: en-uk-a lot.ogg


goodness

forms:
goodness (singular)
goodnesses (plural)

pos: noun

etymology_text: good + -ness

ety-suffix

good

ness

expansion: good + -ness

text: He was known in the community for his goodness towards others. As such, many in the community were saddened the day he passed away.

glosses: Goodness is the good, nutritional, healthy part or content of something.

text: Despite the goodness of exercising, John usually does not have time for it.

ipa: /ˈɡʊdnəs/

noun

goodness

goodnesses

expansion: [POS TABLE]


reluctant

forms:
reluctant (positive)
more reluctant (comparative)
most reluctant (superlative)

pos: adj

glosses: If you are reluctant to do something, you do not want to do it.

text: My son was reluctant to go to school today because he has a test.

text: She gave him a reluctant smile.

ipa: /rɪˈlʌktənt/

adjective

more: true


low

forms:
low (positive)
lower (comparative)
lowest (superlative)

glosses: If cost, value, amount, sound, temperature, etc. is low, it is small.

text: My pay is very low, so it's hard to live here.

text: Poor people need low-cost apartments.

text: The temperature will go down over night and tomorrow it will be lower than it was today.

glosses: If something is low, it (or its top) is close to the ground.

text: The bridge is too low for the truck to go under it.

text: I bought a low-quality bag and it already has a hole in it.

glosses: If a sound is low, it is small in frequency or quiet.

text: On the piano, the left hand plays the low notes and the right hand plays the high notes.

glosses: If a person is feeling low, they are not happy.

ipa: /loʊ/

low

lower

lowest


typo

forms:
typo (singular)
typos (plural)

glosses: A typo is a mistake made when typing or writing. When a person types the wrong letters for a word when the person really knows what the right letters are, that is a typo.

text: It was just a typo; he wrote "dgo" but he meant "dog".

ipa: /ˈtaɪpəʊ/


found

forms:
find (canonical)
finds (third-person singular)
found (past)
found (past participle)
finding (present participle)

pos: verb

glosses: The past tense and past participle of find.

glosses: To start some type of organization or company.

text: They founded the company in 2003.

ipa: /'fɑʊnd/

find

finds

found

found

finding


great

forms:
great (positive)
greater (comparative)
greatest (superlative)

glosses: A great object or event is very big and large in scale.

text: A great storm is approaching our shores.

text: Dinner was great.

glosses: Something that is great is very important.

glosses: Great is used to describe an important leader.

text: Alexander the Great

enpr: grāt

ipa: /ɡreɪ̯t/

sampa: /greIt/

adj

great

greater

greatest


great

forms: great

pos: intj

glosses: It is said to show happiness about something.

text: I got the job? Great!

text: Great, you can come with us on the trip.

glosses: It can also be said to show disappointment.

text: I didn't get the job? Great.

text: Oh great, the store is closed.


curtain

forms:
curtain (singular)
curtains (plural)

glosses: Curtains are pieces of cloth that hang in front of a window, door, or stage.

text: So I'll close the curtains and the room now will be quite dark.

text: We put all the lights on and draw the curtains when we're going to go out.

text: They got new curtains to match the carpet and the furniture.

glosses: A curtain is a substance, or group of items that blocks your view or blocks access.

text: The base of the rock is undercut, permitting walkers to pass behind the curtain of falling water.

text: Suddenly she came out through the last curtain of trees and found herself looking down over sunlit green field.

ipa: /ˈkɜːtn̩/

ipa: /ˈkɝtn̩/


curtain

forms:
curtain (canonical)
curtains (third-person singular)
curtained (past)
curtained (past participle)
curtaining (present participle)

glosses: If you curtain something off, you put a curtain around it.


expansion

forms:
expansion (singular)
expansions (plural)

text: The expansion of metals and plastics in response to heat is well understood.

text: My new office is in the expansion behind the main building.

glosses: A product to be used with a previous product.

text: This expansion requires the original game-board.

ipa: /ɪkˈspænʃən/

hyphenation: ex‧pan‧sion


compilation

forms:
compilation (singular)
compilations (plural)

glosses: The act of collecting or gathering things from various sources and putting them together.

text: I enjoy the compilation that is required when writing an article.

glosses: A collection of things that were compiled (taken from different places and put together). A compilation is usually a book or official paper made of materials from other books or official papers.

text: The band was lazy, so instead of making new songs, they just made a compilation of old songs.

ipa: /kɒmpɪˈleɪʃən/


constituency

forms:
constituency (singular)
constituencies (plural)

glosses: A constituency is a specific area that is represented by an official who is elected by the voters of that area.

text: The prime minister represented their constituency.

noun

constituencies


feeling

forms:
feeling (singular)
feelings (plural)

glosses: Your feelings are your emotions, thoughts, and opinions.

text: Many people have strong feelings about the war.

text: Charles had some difficulty in understanding her feelings.

glosses: A feeling is a signal that your body gives you, such as pain, heat, softness, etc.

text: The feeling of the sun on his face was relaxing.

text: Since the accident, he has no feeling in his fingers.

ipa: /ˈfiːlɪŋ/


feeling

forms:
feel (canonical)
feels (third-person singular)
felt (past)
felt (past participle)
feeling (present participle)

text: He felt the soft cloth with his hand.

text: She felt a pain in her hand.

glosses: To have an emotion. When you are happy, sad, or angry you are feeling.

text: I'm feeling very happy today.

text: They feel sad because their friend left.

verb

feel

feels

felt

feeling


confess

forms:
confess (canonical)
confesses (third-person singular)
confessed (past)
confessed (past participle)
confessing (present participle)

glosses: When you confess to doing something, you are saying that you did it.

text: John confessed to the cops that he robbed the bank.

ipa: /kənˈfɛs/

confess

es


special

forms:
special (positive)
more special (comparative)
most special (superlative)

glosses: If something is special, it is not usual; it is different or important in some way.

text: She is the most special person in my life.

glosses: particularly interesting; dear; beloved; favored

enpr: spĕsh'əl

ipa: /ˈspeʃəl/


unearth

forms:
unearth (canonical)
unearths (third-person singular)
unearthed (past)
unearthed (past participle)
unearthing (present participle)

etymology_text: un- + earth

ety-prefix

un

earth

expansion: un- + earth

glosses: To drive or take something out of the ground or soil; to uncover or find; to bring to light; to disclose

text: to unearth a secret

ipa: /ʌnˈɜː(r)θ/

audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-unearth.wav


female

forms: female (positive)

glosses: If a person, animal or plant is female it is of the sex that can have babies or produce eggs or seeds. Girls and women are female people.

text: The test says your baby will be female.

text: Yes, I have a female dog.

glosses: If something is female, it is of, for, or about women or girls.

text: The girls can change in the female change room over there.

text: This movie is good for a female audience.


female

forms:
female (singular)
females (plural)

glosses: A female is a person, animal, or plant that can have babies or produce eggs.

text: In humans, females are called women or girls.


husband

forms:
husband (singular)
husbands (plural)

ipa: /ˈhʌzbənd/


husband

forms:
husband (canonical)
husbands (third-person singular)
husbanded (past)
husbanded (past participle)
husbanding (present participle)

glosses: If you are husbanding, you are managing resources carefully.

verb

husband


thanks

forms: thanks

glosses: You say thanks when somebody has helped you or done something nice for you.

text: "Can I get the door for you?" "Thanks!"

ipa: /θæŋks/

sampa: /T{Nks/


thanks

forms:
thanks (singular)
thanks (plural)

glosses: Thanks are kind words and thoughts for people who did nice things for you.

text: A special thanks goes to my family.

text: Many thanks to everyone who helped me.

text: He is not going to get much thanks from them.

noun

thanks

thanks


thanks

pos: prep

text: Thanks to your help, we were able to finish quickly.

text: We'll be late thanks to the snow.


thanks

forms:
thank (canonical)
thanks (third-person singular)
thanked (past)
thanked (past participle)
thanking (present participle)

glosses: The third-person singular form of thank.

verb

thank


minority

forms:
minority (singular)
minorities (plural)

glosses: A minority is less than half (50%) of some group.

text: Most people agreed, but a sizable minority were upset by the decision.

glosses: A minority is a member of an ethnic group that does not have political or social power.

text: The company claims it has hired several minorities since the complaint was lodged.

glosses: Minority is the state of being a minor, not an adult.

noun

minority

minorities


random access memory

forms: random access memory (singular)

glosses: Random access memory or RAM is a type of short-term computer memory that is usually used to hold the software and data for currently running programs.


permanent

forms:
permanent (positive)
more permanent (comparative)
most permanent (superlative)

glosses: When something is permanent, it cannot be changed or fixed.

text: His permanent problems cannot be solved.

ipa: /ˈpɝmənənt/

ipa: /ˈpɜːmənənt/

hyphenation: per‧ma‧nent


ordain

forms:
ordain (canonical)
ordains (third-person singular)
ordained (past)
ordained (past participle)
ordaining (present participle)

glosses: If a church ordains a minister, it admits a person to the ministry.

ipa: /ɔrˈdeɪn/

ipa: /ɔːˈdeɪn/

audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-ordain.wav

hyphenation: or‧dain


replaced

forms:
replace (canonical)
replaces (third-person singular)
replaced (past)
replaced (past participle)
replacing (present participle)

glosses: The past tense and past participle of replace.

text: We replaced our old printer with a new one last week.

text: She replaced the light bulb after it burnt out.

verb

replac

e


pos: det

text: I looked to see how many coins I had, but I had none.

text: There was no food on the table, and there was none in the kitchen either.

ipa: /nʌn/


king

forms:
king (singular)
kings (plural)

glosses: A king is the male leader of a country and whose son will probably lead the country.

text: Following the death of James I, Charles I became King of England, in 1625

text: Howard Stern styled himself as the "king of all media".

glosses: One of the playing pieces in chess; it may move only once square per move in any direction, but cannot move into check (threat of attack).

glosses: A playing card with the image of a king on it.

enpr: /kĭng/

ipa: /kɪŋ/

sampa: /kIN/

audio: en-uk-the king.ogg


probable

forms:
probable (positive)
more probable (comparative)
most probable (superlative)

glosses: If something is probable, there is a high chance of it happening, being true, or existing.

text: Weather is the probable cause of this morning's traffic problems.

text: It's probable that he'll be here later.

ipa: /ˈprɑbəbl̩/

ipa: /ˈprɒbəbl̩/

hyphenation: prob‧a‧ble


represent

forms:
represent (canonical)
represents (third-person singular)
represented (past)
represented (past participle)
representing (present participle)

glosses: To represent is to stand in the place of; to act the part of (another).

text: A member of Congress represents his district in Congress.

glosses: To represent is to serve as a sign or symbol of; as, mathematical symbols represent quantities or relations; words represent ideas or things.


fuck

forms:
fuck (canonical)
fucks (third-person singular)
fucked (past)
fucked (past participle)
fucking (present participle)

glosses: You say "fuck you" or "fuck that" to show that you are very angry or that you don't care.

text: Fuck you too, asshole.

text: Fuck that!

text: Look at that one. I'd like to fuck her.

glosses: If you say fuck off, you strongly want someone to leave you alone.

text: Fuck off, you!

glosses: If someone says they fuck with something, they mess with it. (Often someone says they "don't fuck with" something, which means they don't like or interact with it.)

text: I'm not going to fuck with the settings.

enpr: fŭk

ipa: /fʌk/

sampa: /fVk/


fuck

forms: fuck

glosses: You say fuck when you are very angry or surprised about something.

text: Fuck! That hurts. Be careful with that shit.


fuck

forms:
fuck (singular)
fucks (plural)

glosses: You use the fuck to emphasise what you are saying.

text: What the fuck do you think you're doing? Get the fuck out of my stuff.

text: Gimme that, you stupid little fuck.

text: I gave her flowers and we had a great fuck.

glosses: A fuck is a person that you have sex with.

text: Is she your current fuck?

glosses: If you don't give a fuck, you don't care.

text: Look, don't tell me about your fucking problems. I couldn't give a fuck.


chief

forms:
chief (singular)
chiefs (plural)

text: They came to the chief to resolve their dispute.

text: All firefighters report to the fire chief.

ipa: /tʃiːf/


chief

forms: chief (positive)

glosses: The chief thing is the primary or principal thing.

text: The chief cause of his death was cancer.


purpose

forms:
purpose (singular)
purposes (plural)

glosses: A purpose is reason for doing something or for existing.

text: Coal is used for only three purposes: heating houses, generating electricity and making steel.

text: The main purpose of the visit was to see the new building.

ipa: /ˈpɝpəs/

ipa: /ˈpɜːpəs/

hyphenation: pur‧pose


purpose

forms:
purpose (canonical)
purposes (third-person singular)
purposed (past)
purposed (past participle)
purposing (present participle)

glosses: If you purpose to do something, you plan on doing it.

purpos


cough

forms:
cough (canonical)
coughs (third-person singular)
coughed (past)
coughed (past participle)
coughing (present participle)

glosses: If you cough, you quickly blow air out and make a noise because of a feeling in the throat.

text: This cold is terrible. I was coughing and sneezing all night.

text: She coughed to get his attention.

ipa: /kɒf/

enpr: kôf

ipa: /kɔf/


cough

forms:
cough (singular)
coughs (plural)

glosses: A cough is the action or sound of quickly blowing air out because of a feeling in the throat.

text: My doctor gave me some medicine for my cough.

text: Her cough was so bad that she was coughing up blood.


medical

forms:
medical (positive)
more medical (comparative)
most medical (superlative)

text: Dr. Barry was very creative in his teaching, research, and medical practice.

text: Often the poor do not go to a doctor because they are unable to pay for medical treatment.

ipa: /ˈmɛdɪkl̩/

hyphenation: med‧i‧cal


medical

forms:
medical (singular)
medicals (plural)

glosses: A medical is a general check by a doctor.

text: I'd like to make an appointment for my annual medical.


upsetting

forms:
upsetting (positive)
more upsetting (comparative)
most upsetting (superlative)

glosses: Something or someone that upsets somebody.

hyphenation: up‧set‧ting


upsetting

forms:
upset (canonical)
upsets (third-person singular)
upset (past)
upset (past participle)
upsetting (present participle)

upset

upsets

upset

upsetting


constant

forms:
constant (positive)
more constant (comparative)
most constant (superlative)

glosses: If something is constant, it doesn't change over time.

text: I have this constant pain in my back. I wish it would stop.

text: The rain has been constant all morning.

ipa: /ˈkɒnstənt/

ipa: /ˈkɑnstənt/


constant

forms:
constant (singular)
constants (plural)

glosses: A constant is a value that doesn't change.

text: In the formula 7x²+3y+5=z, 5 is a constant.


link

forms:
link (canonical)
links (third-person singular)
linked (past)
linked (past participle)
linking (present participle)

glosses: If you link two or more things, you make a connection between them.

text: The Northern Ireland economy is closely linked to that of the rest of the United Kingdom.

text: A number of computers can be linked together to make a network.

ipa: /liŋk/


link

forms:
link (singular)
links (plural)

glosses: A link is a connection between two or more things.

text: It's easy to see a close link between studying and good grades.

text: The link between England and Europe is an old one.

glosses: A link is a word or picture on the Internet that you click to go to another page.


harvest

forms:
harvest (singular)
harvests (plural)

glosses: Harvest is the time that you bring the crops in from the fields.

text: We had an early harvest this year because of all the sun.

glosses: Harvest is the act of bring the crops in from the fields.

text: Our grain harvest went really well this year.

glosses: A harvest is the crops that you bring in at the end of a growing season.

text: Western Canada has had the biggest wheat harvest in 20 years.

ipa: /ˈhaːvɪst/


harvest

forms:
harvest (canonical)
harvests (third-person singular)
harvested (past)
harvested (past participle)
harvesting (present participle)

glosses: If you harvest something, you collect it after growing it.

text: The rice looks like it's ready to harvest.

text: We harvested these grapes from our own vines.


organ

forms:
organ (singular)
organs (plural)

glosses: An organ is a part of an animal or plant with a specific purpose, such as an eye or a heart.

text: The stomach is an important organ of the digestive system of humans.

glosses: An organ is a musical instrument that looks like a piano and blows air through pipes to make sounds.

text: He can play many organs.


ancient

forms:
ancient (positive)
more ancient (comparative)
most ancient (superlative)

glosses: Very old, usually hundreds or thousands or millions of years old.

text: He studied the ancient world.


ancient

forms:
ancient (singular)
ancients (plural)


confirm

forms:
confirm (canonical)
confirms (third-person singular)
confirmed (past)
confirmed (past participle)
confirming (present participle)

glosses: If something confirms an idea, it show that it is true.

text: The results of the study confirm previous research on the topic.

glosses: If you confirm a possible agreement or plan, you tell somebody that it is now final and official.

text: Can we confirm that the meeting is at 10:00?

glosses: If a Christian priest confirms a baptized person, they admit them to full participation in the church.

ipa: /kənˈfɜːm/

ipa: /kənˈfɝm/


constituent

forms: constituent (positive)

glosses: If something is constituent, it is being part of a whole.

glosses: If someone is constituent, they are given permission to make a constitution.

ipa: /kənˈstɪtjuənt/


constituent

forms:
constituent (singular)
constituents (plural)

glosses: A constituent is a resident of a place of an elected official.

text: The governor is popular among his constituents. He will likely win the election this year.

glosses: A constituent is a usable element of a phrase or clause.


replace

forms:
replace (canonical)
replaces (third-person singular)
replaced (past)
replaced (past participle)
replacing (present participle)

etymology_text: re- + place

ety-prefix

re

place

expansion: re- + place

glosses: If X replaces Y or if you replace Y with X, X now does what Y used to do.

text: Smith will replace the injured Jones for England who are leading 2 to 0.

glosses: If you replace something, you give somebody a new one because you have broken, lost, or used the old one.

text: I'm sorry, don't know how I'm going to replace your stolen bike.

glosses: If you replace something, you put it back where it was.

text: After looking at the ring for a while, he carefully replaced it and left the shop.

ipa: /rɪˈpleɪs/


church

forms:
church (singular)
churches (plural)

glosses: The Church is Christian's gathering to praise and be with God.

glosses: A church is a building where Christians gather and pray to God.

text: The church across the street has a service at 10 am.

text: Christian churches and Buddhist temples exist alongside each other.

text: Though she prayed and attended church, as she got older she often wondered why God didn't do anything.

glosses: A church is a particular kind of religious belief or power.

text: They asked for the help of the Catholic Church.

text: At the time I moved from the Baptist Church to the Pentecostal Church I was about sixteen years old.

text: Jesus Christ established a church in which men and women were equal.

text: This country was founded on the idea of separation of church and state.

text: People tend to leave because they don't accept certain church teachings.

glosses: A Christian religious organization, local or general.

text: The Church (referring to the dominant religious organization of a particular time or place).

glosses: Church is a time when Christians go to a church.

text: I'll be there after church.

ipa: /t͡ʃɜːt͡ʃ/

ipa: /t͡ʃɝt͡ʃ/

noun

church

churches


nevertheless

forms:
nevertheless (positive)
Superlative–

pos: adv

etymology_text: never + the + less

compound

never

the

less

expansion: never + the + less

glosses: You use nevertheless to add surprising information or something in contrast to what was already said or written.

text: Morgan stopped working as a doctor in 1973. Nevertheless, he remained active in medical research until his death.

text: We are seriously over budget. I have nevertheless decided to continue with the project.

ipa: /ˈnɛvəðəlɛs/

ipa: /ˈnɛvɚðəlɛs/


good

forms:
good (positive)
better (comparative)
best (superlative)

glosses: When you are good, you do the right things. That is, you do things that are kind or helpful. You do not do things that hurt people or are not honest.

text: He is a good person and would never steal.

text: She is a good girl and always helps her mother.

glosses: If something is good it is useful or helpful. This also means high quality.

text: My last pair of shoes were very good, they lasted two years!

glosses: If food is good it means you like the taste. This food is not likely to be spoiled or of low quality.

text: Thank you for the pie; it was very good.

glosses: If you had a good time, you enjoyed something.

glosses: You may call something good because you like it.

text: We had a good trip and liked seeing all the sights.

glosses: If you are good at something, you do it well.

text: She is a good swimmer; she could save you from drowning.

text: He is a good worker and always gets the job done.

glosses: A good sign means something good is likely to happen.

text: Some people think a rainbow is a good omen, and means you will have good luck.

text: If you are sick, its a good sign if your fever ends.

text: Favorable

text: Beneficial

enpr: go͝od

ipa: /ɡʊd/

sampa: /gUd/

adj

good

better

best


good

forms:
good (singular)
goods (plural)

text: He has a lot of good in him and always helps us out.

glosses: Good refers to the side of good (against evil and bad).

text: I'm completely for good and think we should all try to do the right thing.

glosses: Goods are identical items that are produced, then traded, bought or sold, for the purpose of consumption.

text: You can buy many different types of goods at the market.


defeat

forms:
defeat (canonical)
defeats (third-person singular)
defeated (past)
defeated (past participle)
defeating (present participle)

glosses: If you defeat someone, you win against them in a game, battle, or contest.

text: South Africa defeated Zimbabwe (170) by four wickets with four balls to spare.

text: American forces defeated a small band of fighters in a three-hour street battle last night.

text: When I was in school, I was good at English, but science always defeated me.

ipa: /dɪ'fiːt/


defeat

forms:
defeat (singular)
defeats (plural)

glosses: A defeat is a loss in a game, battle, or contest.

text: Dole went down in defeat in last night's elections.


psychological

forms:
psychological (positive)
more psychological (comparative)
most psychological (superlative)

text: We are concerned about the psychological effect the experience may have on the girls.

text: When children have problems, we need to consider many aspects of the child's social and psychological functioning.

text: Many psychological theories refer to problematic parent-child relationships.

ipa: /ˌsaɪkəˈlɒdʒɪkl/

ipa: /ˌsaɪkəˈlɑːdʒɪkl/

hyphenation: psy‧cho‧log‧i‧cal


psychology

forms:
psychology (singular)
psychologies (plural)

text: Research in sports psychology demonstrates the value of setting difficult goals.

enpr: sī-kŏlʹə-jē

ipa: /saɪˈkɑlədʒi/

ipa: /saɪˈkɒlədʒɪ/

hyphenation: psy‧chol‧o‧gy

noun

psychology

psychologies


separate

forms: separate (positive)

glosses: Being separate means that a piece of an object is not connected to or attached to the rest of the object.

text: This chair was broken into five separate pieces.

glosses: If two objects, ideas, or people are separate from one another, they are not together.

text: I try to keep my personal life separate from work.

poses: adjective noun

hyphenation: sep‧a‧rate


separate

forms:
separate (canonical)
separates (third-person singular)
separated (past)
separated (past participle)
separating (present participle)

glosses: To separate something is to take it apart, divide it, or stop it from connecting.

text: I diced the onions and the carrots, separating them into two piles.

enpr: sĕ'pərāt

ipa: /ˈsɛpəreɪt/

verb

separat


label

forms:
label (singular)
labels (plural)

glosses: A label is a small sign, usually on something, to tell you about it.

text: Please read the label before using the product.

text: There are washing instructions on the label.

glosses: A label is a brand (mainly for fashion and music companies).

text: Her favorite label is Gucci.

ipa: /ˈleɪbəl/

hyphenation: la‧bel


label

forms:
labelled (past)
labelled (past participle)
labelling (present participle)
label (canonical)
labels (third-person singular)
labeled (past)
labeled (past participle)
labeling (present participle)

glosses: If you label something, you write information on it or attach information to it.

text: Please be sure to label your bags before getting on the airplane.

text: He labelled the tree with its name and date.

glosses: If you label somebody or something as being some way, you categorize them that way.

text: After the way he acted, the other children labeled him as weird.

label

l


find

forms:
find (canonical)
finds (third-person singular)
found (past)
found (past participle)
finding (present participle)

glosses: If you find something, you discover or locate it.

text: I can't find my keys. Have you seen them?

text: Christopher Columbus is known for finding the Americas, but it had probably already been discovered by Europeans.

text: He finds faults with my work.

text: I find your argument bad.

text: The jury finds for the defendant

enpr: fīnd

ipa: /faɪnd/

sampa: /faInd/

audio: en-uk-to find.ogg

find


find

forms:
find (singular)
finds (plural)

glosses: Anything that is found, especially by good luck.


battle

forms:
battle (singular)
battles (plural)

glosses: A battle is when different groups or teams fight each other.

glosses: A battle is a personal challenge or struggle.

text: After a long battle with cancer, he finally returned to work.

ipa: /ˈbætəl/

enpr: băt'l

ipa: /ˈbætl̩/

hyphenation: bat‧tle


battle

forms:
battle (canonical)
battles (third-person singular)
battled (past)
battled (past participle)
battling (present participle)

text: In World War II, Germany and England battled for control of Europe.

text: Learning a new language is difficult, but if you keep battling, you will learn it.

text: The Nutcracker and the toys came to life to battle the Mouse King and his army.

battl


connection

forms:
connection (singular)
connections (plural)

etymology_text: connect + -ion

ety-suffix

connect

ion

expansion: connect + -ion

glosses: A connection is a way that two or more things come or belong together.

text: Who was the first person to make the connection between sickness and cleanliness?

text: The north-south train makes a connection with the east-west train at Union Station.

text: My Internet connection is not very fast.

text: Susan knows a lot about Russia. She'll be your connection there.

ipa: /kəˈnɛkʃən/

hyphenation: con‧nec‧tion


pocket

forms:
pocket (singular)
pockets (plural)

glosses: A pocket is a small empty space, usually in your clothes, usually to carry things in.

text: I usually put my keys in my pants' pocket, but I can't find them now.

text: My cell phone is in the outside pocket of my bag.

glosses: A pocket is a small area of something that is completely surrounded by something else.

text: There was a small pocket of air under the boat.

text: There is a pocket of Welsh-speaking villages in South Wales.

hyphenation: pock‧et


pocket

forms:
pocket (canonical)
pockets (third-person singular)
pocketed (past)
pocketed (past participle)
pocketing (present participle)

glosses: If you pocket something, you put it in your pocket.

glosses: If you pocket something you win, take, or steal it (and put it in your pocket.)


admit

forms:
admit (canonical)
admits (third-person singular)
admitted (past)
admitted (past participle)
admitting (present participle)

glosses: If you admit someone, you allow them to enter an area or a building.

text: The man was admitted to the theater, and sat in the front row.

glosses: If you are admitted to an institution, the institution starts taking care of you.

text: He was admitted to hospital and he is having his operation next week.

text: My elderly grandmother was admitted to a nursing home.

text: To be admitted to a state school, children must show the ability to learn.

glosses: If you admit something, you say reluctantly that it is true.

text: She admitted that she robbed the bank.

text: The accused admitted stealing the money.

text: No child would ever admit to enjoying school.

text: "Climbing the Everest was harder than I thought," he admitted.

text: She admitted her mistake and apologized.

ipa: /ədˈmɪt/

ipa: /ædˈmɪt/

verb

admit

t


signal

forms:
signal (singular)
signals (plural)

glosses: A picture, or a light, or a movement of a hand, or other thing that tells people to do something.

text: When I make this signal with my hand, everybody walk to the front of the room.

glosses: A picture, or a light, or a movement of a hand, or something else that lets someone recognize another person, a ship, an airplane or something else.

text: The sailor saw the signal on the other ship and so recognized it was the enemy.

enpr: sĭgʹnəl

ipa: /ˈsɪɡnəl/

hyphenation: sig‧nal


signal

forms:
signaled (past)
signaled (past participle)
signaling (present participle)
signal (canonical)
signals (third-person singular)
signalled (past)
signalled (past participle)
signalling (present participle)

glosses: When someone or something signals to someone, they use a signal to tell the person something.

text: The red light signals to the cars to stop.

signal


lot

forms:
lot (singular)
lots (plural)

glosses: A lot of something is a large amount of it.

text: I have a lot of things to say.

text: He caused lots of trouble.

text: Running is lots more fun when the weather is cool.

text: He used to come here a lot, but he doesn't anymore.

glosses: A lot is a piece of land, usually small.

text: They are constructing a building on this lot.

enpr: lŏt

ipa: /lɒt/

sampa: /lQt/

audio: En-uk-a lot.ogg


examination

forms:
examination (singular)
examinations (plural)

glosses: An examination is a formal test, usually important and often at the end of a course.

text: Did you pass the English examination last week?

text: OK, class. Time is up. Please hand in your examination papers.

glosses: Examination is the act of looking at something very carefully.

text: The teachers and parents worked together in a closer examination of the problems grade seven students face.

text: The question of changing the law is currently under examination.

text: On closer examination, we found that we had made a mistake.

ipa: /ɪɡˌzæmɪˈneɪʃən/

hyphenation: ex‧am‧i‧na‧tion


hunt

forms:
hunt (canonical)
hunts (third-person singular)
hunted (past)
hunted (past participle)
hunting (present participle)

glosses: If you hunt for something, you look for it very carefully.

text: We hunted for new clothing at the mall.

glosses: If you hunt for animals, you look for them to catch or kill them.

text: My father hunted rabbits when I was a child.

ipa: /hʌnt/


hunt

forms:
hunt (singular)
hunts (plural)

glosses: A hunt is a search for something or someone.

text: The police were on a hunt to find the murderer.

glosses: A hunt is a search for animal(s) to catch or kill.


poison

forms:
poison (singular)
poisons (plural)

glosses: Poison is any substance that makes people sick or kills them if it gets into their body.

text: He put out poison to get rid of the mice.

text: Some snakes can deliver poison by biting you.

enpr: poi'zən

ipa: /ˈpɔɪz(ə)n/


poison

forms:
poison (canonical)
poisons (third-person singular)
poisoned (past)
poisoned (past participle)
poisoning (present participle)

text: They poisoned the king's food.

text: He poisoned the ants to get rid of them.

glosses: If something poisons a person or animal, it makes them sick, or kills them chemically.

text: The drugs that he used were slowly poisoning him.

glosses: If something poisons someone's mind, it puts bad thoughts there.


extension

forms:
extension (singular)
extensions (plural)

glosses: Extension is the process of making something longer.

glosses: An extension is the time or part of something that was added to make it longer.

text: She had extensions put in her hair and now she has long hair.

text: He couldn't pay in May so the bank gave him an extension until July.

glosses: An extension is the operation of pulling the two ends of a broken bone to bring the broken pieces into the same straight line.

glosses: Extension is the act of moving an arm, leg, finger, etc. so that it is straight.

glosses: An extension is short for file extension.

ipa: /ɪkˈstɛnʃən/


file

forms:
file (singular)
files (plural)

glosses: A file is a set of papers or records on a specific issue, person, etc.

text: The letter should be in the file on the Herzog problem.

glosses: A file is a set of information that can be opened, changed, and saved by a computer program.

text: My computer won't read the Word file you e-mailed me last night.

glosses: A file is a place to keep papers organised.

text: Can you put this receipt in the file?

glosses: A file is a tool with rough sides that you rub against something to make it smooth.

ipa: /faɪl/


file

forms:
file (canonical)
files (third-person singular)
filed (past)
filed (past participle)
filing (present participle)

glosses: If you file papers or documents, you put them away in an organised way in one place.

text: I filed the letter under "t" for taxes.

glosses: If you file a report or a story, you submit it to your employer or editor.

text: What time did you file that story about the car crash?

glosses: If you file a complaint, you make an official complaint.

glosses: If people file somewhere, they go there in a line.

glosses: If you file something, you rub it with a file to make it smooth.

text: She went to the store for a manicure, which involves filing and polishing the nails.

fil


list

forms:
list (singular)
lists (plural)

glosses: A list is a group of related words, often in some order, often to help you remember something.

text: I can't remember if we need milk and I've forgotten the shopping list.

text: Did you call everyone on the phone list?

text: I'm sorry, I can't talk now. I've got a long list of things to do.

ipa: /lɪst/

sampa: /lIst/


list

forms:
list (canonical)
lists (third-person singular)
listed (past)
listed (past participle)
listing (present participle)

glosses: If you list something, you say or write a number of related things.

text: OK, let's start the meeting by listing the things to talk about.

text: The phone book lists five different restaurants in our town.


chair

forms:
chair (singular)
chairs (plural)

glosses: A chair is a piece of furniture for one person to sit on.

text: Please, pull up a chair and sit down.

text: There were six chairs around the table.

glosses: The person who is in charge of a meeting is the chair of the meeting.

text: The chair opened the floor to questions.

glosses: A chair is a position of professor in a university.

text: A chair of Mathematics has opened at London University.

ipa: /ʧɛə(r)/

ipa: /ʧɐr/


chair

forms:
chair (canonical)
chairs (third-person singular)
chaired (past)
chaired (past participle)
chairing (present participle)

glosses: If you chair a meeting, you are in charge of controlling it.

text: The meeting was chaired by the head teacher.


film

forms:
film (singular)
films (plural)

glosses: A film is a recording of a moving picture that tells stories including actors, directors, and producers.

text: The studio has hired some actors to make a film about the making of Wiktionary.

text: Let's go to the theatre and watch a film.

text: I studied film at college and now I'm a writer.

glosses: Film is a thin, clear material used for taking photographs or movies.

text: My new camera is digital and doesn't need film.

glosses: A film is a flat, thin material or substance often covering something.

text: The soap left a sticky film on the glass.

text: We use a plastic film to protect the food.

ipa: /fɪlm/

audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-film.wav


film

forms:
film (canonical)
films (third-person singular)
filmed (past)
filmed (past participle)
filming (present participle)

glosses: If you film something, you record it as a moving picture.

text: Somebody filmed the attack with their cell phone and showed it to police.


radio

forms:
radio (singular)
radios (plural)

glosses: A radio is piece of electronic equipment that sends or receives signals though the air and plays voice, music, or other sounds.

text: I used to carry a small radio, but now I have an MP3 player.

text: When I'm in the car, I usually listen to the radio.

text: The news will be on the radio in about five minutes.

text: CBC 99.1 FM is my favorite radio station.

text: The pilot tried to contact the airport over the radio.

ipa: /ˈreɪdiˌəʊ/

ipa: /ˈreɪdiˌoʊ/

sampa: /"reIdi%oU/


radio

forms:
radio (canonical)
radios (third-person singular)
radioed (past)
radioed (past participle)
radioing (present participle)

glosses: If you radio someone, you send a message to them using a radio.

glosses: If you radio a message, you send it to someone using a radio.


exact

forms:
exact (positive)
more exact (comparative)
most exact (superlative)

glosses: If something is exact, it completely agrees with a statement, fact, or a truth; it fits perfectly.

glosses: If something is exact, it is clearly thought of or stated.

glosses: If someone is exact, they are careful to follow a rule, guideline, or promise; they are accurate; they are methodical.

ipa: ɛg'zækt


exact

forms:
exact (canonical)
exacts (third-person singular)
exacted (past)
exacted (past participle)
exacting (present participle)

glosses: If someone exacts a payment from someone, they demand and enforce it.

glosses: If someone exacts something, they make it desirable; they need it.

glosses: If someone exacts something from someone, they get or make it by force.


polite

forms:
more polite (comparative)
most polite (superlative)
polite (positive)
politer (comparative)
politest (superlative)

glosses: If you are polite, you treat people nicely and follow the social rules of your group.

text: It's not polite to take something without asking.

text: Parents have to teach their children to be polite.

text: Susie is more polite than her sister Cindy.

text: Susie is the most polite child I have ever met.

ipa: /pəˈlaɪt/

audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Nattes à chat-polite.wav

adj

polite

politer

politest


revolt

forms:
revolt (canonical)
revolts (third-person singular)
revolted (past)
revolted (past participle)
revolting (present participle)

glosses: If a person revolts, they act against an authority.

text: The farmers had to revolt against the government to get what they deserve.

glosses: If something revolts you, its existence greatly repels you.

text: Your brother revolts me!

ipa: /rɪˈvoʊlt/

ipa: /rɪˈvəʊlt/

hyphenation: re‧volt


revolt

forms:
revolt (singular)
revolts (plural)


lonely

forms:
lonely (positive)
lonelier (comparative)
loneliest (superlative)

etymology_text: lone + -ly

ety-suffix

lone

ly

expansion: lone + -ly

glosses: If you feel lonely, you feel sad because you are alone.

text: She was bored and lonely without her friends.

text: I still miss him terribly and feel very lonely sometimes.

glosses: A lonely place is a place with few people, often far from a city or town.

text: The only sound in that wild, lonely place was the wind.

ipa: /ˈləʊnli/

ipa: /ˈloʊnli/

sampa: /"loUnli/

lonely

lonelier

loneliest


extend

forms:
extend (canonical)
extends (third-person singular)
extended (past)
extended (past participle)
extending (present participle)

glosses: If you extend something, you make it longer.

text: They extended the meeting so that more people could speak.

text: The muscles contract and extend to move the body.

glosses: If something extends from x to y, it covers all the time or space in between.

text: The Alps extend from France to Austria.

text: The middle ages extended from ancient to modern times.

text: I would like to extend to you an invitation to the party.

ipa: /ɛkˈstɛnd/

audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-extend.wav

hyphenation: ex‧tend


busy

forms:
busy (positive)
busier (comparative)
busiest (superlative)

glosses: If you are busy, you are doing something and not available to do something else.

text: I'm sorry, I'm busy on Monday. Can we get together on Wednesday?

text: I'm too busy to go to the movies.

text: The doctor's busy with another emergency.

text: We need something to keep the kids busy in the car.

glosses: If a time is busy, there is little or no time to rest because of work or other activities.

text: Things are really busy at the office this week. I have five meetings tomorrow.

text: December is a busy time of year for many shops.

text: Cooking every day is very difficult with my busy schedule.

glosses: If a place is busy, there are many people or vehicles moving about.

text: The roads are busy this morning, so give yourself extra time.

text: Hartsfield-Jackson International is the world's busiest airport.

glosses: If a telephone is busy someone is using it and cannot take a call.

text: I tried to call him, but the line was busy.

glosses: If a design is busy there are too many small elements in it.

text: I don't think you should wear that busy dress.

enpr: bĭz'i

ipa: /ˈbɪzi/

audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Nattes à chat-busy.wav

hyphenation: bus‧y

adj

busy

busier

busiest


busy

forms:
busy (canonical)
busies (third-person singular)
busied (past)
busied (past participle)
busying (present participle)

glosses: If you busy yourself, you find things to do to fill your time.

text: He busied himself with fixing his tie as he waited for her to arrive.

verb

bus

y


service

forms:
service (singular)
services (plural)

glosses: An action or work by one person that can be consumed by another person.

text: Hair care is a service industry.

glosses: A function that is provided by one program or machine for another.

text: This machine provides the name service for the LAN.

text: I did three years of service before coming here.

text: She brought out the silver tea service.

glosses: The act of initially starting, or serving, the ball in play in tennis, volleyball, and other games.

text: The player had four service faults in the set.

text: The funeral service was good.

glosses: The serving, or delivery, of a document requiring someone to appear in a court of law.

text: The service happened yesterday.

glosses: That which is provided by the government or its agents.

text: The Job Centre provides a service to the unemployed.

ipa: /ˈsɜːvɪs/

ipa: /ˈsɝvɪs/


service

forms:
service (canonical)
services (third-person singular)
serviced (past)
serviced (past participle)
servicing (present participle)

glosses: If you service something, you serve them.

text: They service the customer base.

glosses: If you service something, you perform maintenance on them.

text: He is going to service the car.

servic


drive

forms:
drive (canonical)
drives (third-person singular)
drove (past)
driven (past participle)
driving (present participle)

glosses: If you drive a car or other vehicle, you control its movement and direction.

text: I've been learning how to drive a bus.

glosses: If you drive somewhere, you go there by car.

text: The bus is too slow. Let's drive to school instead.

text: Mom, can you drive me to Cindy's house?

glosses: If you drive someone or something, you make them move.

text: The dogs drove the cows into the field.

glosses: If you drive someone to do something, you make them do something.

text: The death of her son drove her to drink.

ipa: /'draɪv/

audio: en-uk-to drive.ogg

drive

drives

drove

driven

driving


drive

forms:
drive (singular)
drives (plural)

text: Let's go for a drive down to the lake.

glosses: Drive is the feeling that you want or need to do something.

text: She has a strong drive to succeed.

text: If you're tired, it often affects your sex drive.

glosses: A (disk) drive is part of a computer that reads and writes information to a disk.

glosses: A drive is the short road outside a house to put a car on.

glosses: A drive is a short strong effort to do something.

glosses: Drive is the power that makes a vehicle move.

glosses: In sports, a drive a ball that has been hit hard.

glosses: A drive is when people direct a group of animals to move in a particular direction.


aerobic

forms: aerobic (positive)

glosses: If a living thing is aerobic, it needs oxygen to survive.

text: E. coli is a type of aerobic bacteria because it cannot survive without oxygen.

text: Human beings are aerobic creatures.

ipa: /ɛəˈrəʊ.bɪk/

audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vininn126-aerobic.wav


dead

forms:
dead (positive)
deader (comparative)
deadest (superlative)

text: My brother is dead. His funeral was last week.

text: The problem is a dead battery.

text: My arm is dead. I cannot feel it.

enpr: dĕd

ipa: /dɛd/

sampa: /dEd/

adj

dead

deader

deadest


dead

forms:
dead (positive)
Superlative–

text: He thinks you are a woman, but you are a man. He is dead wrong.


hate

forms:
hate (canonical)
hates (third-person singular)
hated (past)
hated (past participle)
hating (present participle)

glosses: If you hate something you dislike it strongly.

text: My 3-year old won't eat tomatoes. She just hates them.

text: I hate myself for being weak.

ipa: /heɪt/

verb

hat

e


hate

forms:
hate (singular)
hates (plural)

text: My feelings towards him are a mixture of love and hate.

glosses: A hate is something that you dislike strongly.

text: Did you have any hates or fears when you were there?


afford

forms:
afford (canonical)
affords (third-person singular)
afforded (past)
afforded (past participle)
affording (present participle)

glosses: If you can afford something, you have enough money or resources to buy it or do it.

text: The richer people, who could afford it, built large houses.

text: We cannot afford to put another person on the project.

text: I'm afraid I can't afford to waste more time here.

glosses: If you afford someone something, you give it or allow it.

text: The Government has continued to afford him protection.

text: The city took the opportunity afforded by the break in the weather.

ipa: /ʌˈford/


facilitate

forms:
facilitate (canonical)
facilitates (third-person singular)
facilitated (past)
facilitated (past participle)
facilitating (present participle)

text: The aim was to facilitate the development of such schools.

text: The structure of the text should facilitate comprehension.

glosses: If someone facilitates a meeting, they guide it and help it run well.

text: The government appointed the judge to facilitate the meeting between the protesters and the developers.

ipa: /fəˈsɪlɪteɪt/

facilitat


elderly

forms:
elderly (positive)
more elderly (comparative)
most elderly (superlative)

etymology_text: elder + -ly

ety-suffix

elder

expansion: elder + -ly

text: The hospital had a number of elderly patients who had been there for many years.

text: He was very elderly, but not at all sad and small.

text: This resort is a good choice for the elderly as the area is very flat and there is plenty to see and do nearby.

ipa: /ˈɛldɚli/

ipa: /ˈɛldəli/

hyphenation: eld‧er‧ly


check

forms:
check (canonical)
checks (third-person singular)
checked (past)
checked (past participle)
checking (present participle)

glosses: If you check something, you look at it to see if there is a problem, or something new or different.

text: Hi, I heard some noises, so I'm just checking to see if you were O.K.

text: Can you check that the lights are off?

text: Please check your test before handing it to the teacher.

text: I just checked my e-mail and found 50 new messages.

text: He checked the mirror to see if the police car was still behind him.

glosses: If you check something out, you look at it because it might be interesting.

text: I found this great video online. Check it out.

text: When you're in Toronto, you should check out the CN tower.

glosses: If you check an answer, or choice, you make a check mark (✓) beside it.

text: If you want to get mail from us, check the box at the bottom of the page.

glosses: If you check out of a hotel, you pay your bill and leave.

text: I called the hotel, but they said you had already checked out.

glosses: If you check in to a hotel, you go to the front desk to tell them you've arrived and you get your key.

text: After we checked in, we went to our room and unpacked our bags.

glosses: If you check something, usually something bad, you stop it.

text: He put out his hands but could not check his fall.

text: Senegal, which acted early, was able to check the spread of the disease.

glosses: If you check your coat or bags, you give them to a worker to take care of.

text: Reid was traveling alone without any checked luggage.

text: You can check your luggage inside and show them your passport with your ticket.

enpr: chĕk

ipa: /t͡ʃɛk/

homophones: cheque Czech


check

forms:
check (singular)
checks (plural)

glosses: A check is a piece of paper that gives someone else the right to receive some money from your bank account. (Other spelling: cheque)

text: She wrote him a personal check for $250.

text: Could you please pay in cash instead of checks?

text: I found out about the problem when I tried to cash her bad checks.

glosses: A check is something you do to make sure that there is no problem.

text: The town must conduct regular checks on drinking water quality.

text: They did background checks on all the teachers before hiring them.

text: We stood in line at the airport for the extra security checks.

text: I want to get a quick check of the weather before going.

glosses: A reality check is an opportunity to think about reality and make sure your hopes and thoughts are reasonable.

text: I think this injury is a real reality check for him. He can't keep working like this.

glosses: If you keep something in check, you stop it from getting bigger or worse.

text: There aren't enough birds to keep the insects in check.

text: I had difficulty keeping my anger in check.

glosses: A check is something that controls or stops something else.

text: The company didn't have the right checks and balances, and that's why they lost all the money.

text: Waiter, can you bring us the check please?

text: Put a check next to today's date and sign here.

text: He finished it up and put a check mark in the box.

glosses: Check is a pattern of squares, especially on cloth.

text: Michael was a big man in a red wool check shirt.

glosses: A coat check is a place where you can give your coat, bags, etc. to a worker to take care of.

text: The lines were long at the coat check, so we put our jackets on the backs of our chairs.

glosses: In chess, check the position of the king where it can be directly attacked by the opponent's pieces but from which it may escape.

text: You can't move that piece because your king is in check.


phone

forms:
phone (singular)
phones (plural)

glosses: A phone is a tool for speaking to people who are far away.

text: Can I borrow your phone? I need to call my friend.

text: The phone's ringing. Can you answer it?

text: "Goodbye!" she said, and put the phone down.

text: This classroom does not allow students to use their phones during class.

ipa: /ˈfoʊn/

sampa: /"foUn/


phone

forms:
phone (canonical)
phones (third-person singular)
phoned (past)
phoned (past participle)
phoning (present participle)

glosses: If you contact somebody using a phone, you phone them.

text: Hey, I'll phone you tonight and we can decide what to do.

text: I phoned up my friend and asked her to come over at 8:00.

verb

phon


nurse

forms:
nurse (singular)
nurses (plural)

glosses: A nurse is a healthcare worker who helps doctors and helps sick or injured people with the activities of daily life.

glosses: A nurse is a woman who takes care of other people's children.

ipa: /nɜːs/

ipa: /nərs/


nurse

forms:
nurse (canonical)
nurses (third-person singular)
nursed (past)
nursed (past participle)
nursing (present participle)

glosses: If you nurse a sick or injured person or animal, you help them with the activities of daily life.

text: I admire the time he took to nurse that sick dog back to health.

glosses: If you nurse a body part or an injury, you rest it and are careful about it.

glosses: If you nurse a bad feeling, you think about it often and try not to forget it.

glosses: If you nurse a drink, you drink it very slowly.

nurs


ensure

forms:
ensure (canonical)
ensures (third-person singular)
ensured (past)
ensured (past participle)
ensuring (present participle)

text: His work is great and should ensure the survival of his business.

glosses: If you ensure that something is correct or that it happens, you check it and fix any problems.

text: Special care is taken to ensure that teachers understand the course material.

ipa: /ɪnˈʃʊə/

ipa: /ɪnˈʃʊɚ/

audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-ensure.wav

ensur


democracy

forms:
democracy (singular)
democracies (plural)

glosses: Democracy is a system of government where everyone is equal and everyone has some power. It is a system of government in which the people elect their leaders.

text: Democracy is the will of the people.

glosses: A democracy is a country that uses democracy as the system of government.

text: The United States is a democracy.

text: Many countries in the Western world are democracies.

ipa: /dɪˈmɒkrəsi/

ipa: /dɪˈmɑkrəsi/

audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-democracy.wav

irrnoun

democracies


hanging

forms:
hanging (singular)
hangings (plural)

glosses: A form of capital punishment where a person is held in the air by a rope around his/her neck until they are dead.

text: There was a hanging in Carson City.

ipa: /ˈhæŋɪŋ/


hanging

forms:
hang (canonical)
hangs (third-person singular)
hanged (past)
hanged (past participle)
hanging (present participle)

glosses: The present participle of hang. To kill by hanging.

text: Nebraska is hanging him next week.

verb

hang


hanging

forms:
hang (canonical)
hangs (third-person singular)
hung (past)
hung (past participle)
hanging (present participle)

glosses: The present participle of hang. suspended.

text: Your shirt is hanging in the closet.

hangs

hung

hung

hanging


mixed

forms:
mixed (positive)
more mixed (comparative)
most mixed (superlative)

glosses: If something is mixed, it includes different kinds of things.

text: I don't know. I have very mixed feelings about these changes.

text: The quality of show dogs here is rather mixed.

ipa: /mɪkst/


mixed

forms:
mix (canonical)
mixes (third-person singular)
mixed (past)
mixed (past participle)
mixing (present participle)

glosses: The past tense and past participle of mix.

text: We mixed the blue and yellow paint together to get green paint.

mix

es


propaganda

forms:
propaganda (singular)
propagandas (plural)

glosses: Things that are written or said, often by someone in power, that are not true or that are one-sided.

text: I object when political propaganda is pushed through my letterbox at election time

enpr: prŏ-pə-gănʹ-də

ipa: /ˌprɒpəˈɡændə/


neutral

forms:
neutral (positive)
more neutral (comparative)
most neutral (superlative)

text: A judge in a trial must be neutral.

text: The referees in international matches are from neutral countries.

text: I think this new wording is more neutral than the old wording.

text: The newest wording is the most neutral of all.

ipa: /ˈnjuːtrəl/

ipa: /ˈnuːtrəl/


pen

forms:
pen (singular)
pens (plural)

text: She sat down with pen and paper and started a letter to her aunt.

text: He picked up his ballpoint pen, crossed out some words.

glosses: A pen is a small area with a fence around it, usually for animals.

text: The pigs walked slowly around their pen.

ipa: /pɛn/

sampa: /pEn/


pen

forms:
pen (canonical)
pens (third-person singular)
penned (past)
penned (past participle)
penning (present participle)

glosses: If you pen something, you compose it and write it down.

text: The letter was penned by Shakespeare just before he died.

text: I penned my first song when I was in college.

glosses: If you pen an animal, you put it in a pen.

glosses: If someone is penned in, they are in a place and cannot get out easily.

text: Most of them were penned in watching the TV with their parents.

pen

n


delivered

forms:
deliver (canonical)
delivers (third-person singular)
delivered (past)
delivered (past participle)
delivering (present participle)

glosses: The past tense and past participle of deliver.

text: The package was delivered this morning.

deliver


success

forms:
success (singular)
successes (plural)

glosses: Success is doing what you plan or want to do.

text: Getting 100% on the test gave him a feeling of success.

ipa: /səkˈsɛs/

irrnoun

successes


howdy

forms: howdy

glosses: "A greeting similar to hello. It is a shortened form of how do you do or how do you fair.

text: When the cowboy saw Abigail, he said, "Howdy, miss."

ipa: /ˈhaʊdi/


image

forms:
image (singular)
images (plural)

glosses: An image is something you can see or imagine that looks like the real thing.

text: Many people have an image of God as an old man.

text: The image on the screen reminded him of the town where he grew up.

text: The image in the mirror was not how she saw herself.

glosses: An image is the good or bad opinion about someone or something.

text: What's your image of Paris?

text: We should be trying to create an image of the company as helpful and friendly.

ipa: /ˈɪmɪd͡ʒ/

hyphenation: im‧age


image

forms:
image (canonical)
images (third-person singular)
imaged (past)
imaged (past participle)
imaging (present participle)

glosses: If you image something, you create an image of it.

text: The lunar surface at the Apollo 17 site, imaged by the Apollo 17 astronauts.

verb

imag


altitude

forms:
altitude (singular)
altitudes (plural)

text: The altitude of Mount Fuji is 3776 meters.

audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-altitude.wav


hi

forms: hi

glosses: You say "hi" in greeting when you meet or see somebody.

text: Hi, how are you?

ipa: /haɪ/

sampa: /haI/

homophones: high hie


artificial

forms:
artificial (positive)
more artificial (comparative)
most artificial (superlative)

glosses: Something that is made by people instead of being made by nature.

text: The silk flowers were not real. They were artificial.

enpr: ä(r)təfĭsh'əl

ipa: /ɑː(r)təˈfɪʃəl/


dialogue

forms:
dialogue (singular)
dialogues (plural)

glosses: A conversation between two or more individuals.

text: Bill and Melinda maintained a dialogue via email over the course of their long-distance relationship.

glosses: In a film, the spoken parts of the script; what the characters say.

text: The movie had great special effects, but the dialogue was bad.

glosses: In a book, the parts that show a conversation.

ipa: /ˈdaɪælɒg/

sampa: /"daI{lQg/


mysteries

forms:
mystery (singular)
mysteries (plural)

glosses: The plural form of mystery; more than one (kind of) mystery.

noun

mystery

mysteries


rock your socks

forms: rock your socks

text: I'm going to rock your socks.

text: I rock your socks.

text: The band "Green Day" rocks your socks.


mad

forms:
mad (positive)
madder (comparative)
maddest (superlative)

text: I am so mad at you for ruining my painting.

text: He says he hears voices. I think he's gone mad!

adjective

mad

madder

maddest


civilian

forms:
civilian (singular)
civilians (plural)

glosses: A civilian is a person who is not in the country's army.

text: Its against the law for a soldier to hurt a civilian.

text: Civilians are not allowed in the army camp.

glosses: The general population who live in an area.

ipa: /sɪˈvɪliən/


investigation

forms:
investigation (singular)
investigations (plural)

glosses: An investigation is a careful look at a crime, problem, etc. to find the truth or a solution.

text: Researchers were conducting further investigations into the connection between smoking and lung disease.

text: The cause of the fire is currently under investigation.

ipa: /ɪnˌvɛstəˈgeɪʃən/


albeit

forms: albeit

glosses: You use albeit to give more information that weakens earlier information.

text: He won the fight, albeit barely.


civilians

text: Its against the law for a soldier to hurt civilians.

noun

civilian

civilians


ruining

forms:
ruin (canonical)
ruins (third-person singular)
ruined (past)
ruined (past participle)
ruining (present participle)

verb

ruin


compassion

forms: compassion (singular)

glosses: If you have compassion, you are aware of the pain of other people and want to help make it better.


framework

forms:
framework (singular)
frameworks (plural)

etymology_text: frame + work

compound

frame

work

expansion: frame + work

glosses: A framework is basic ideas and organisation that you can build an argument, a book, a society, etc. around.

text: The aim of the course is to provide a comprehensive framework for practical and theoretical study in Art and Design.

text: The purpose of a system of budgeting is to provide a reasoned framework for the financial decisions of a future period.

glosses: A framework is the structural supports that a building, vehicle, etc. is built around.

text: Very large iron and steel beams provide the framework for the building’s central section.

ipa: /ˈfreɪmwɜːk/

ipa: /ˈfreɪmwɝk/

audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-framework.wav


emotion

forms:
emotion (singular)
emotions (plural)

glosses: A human feeling such as sadness, anger, loss, sympathy, etc.

text: Loss is a powerful emotion.

ipa: /ɛˈmʌʊʃn̩/

ipa: /əˈmoʊʃn̩/

audio: en-us-emotion 2.ogg


estate

forms:
estate (singular)
estates (plural)

glosses: Someone's estate is everything they own, or everything they leave when they die.

text: Because he had no family, he left his estate to the church.

glosses: An estate is a large area of land with a large house on it.

text: On the weekend, we went fishing at her country estate.

enpr: ĭ-stāt

ipa: /ɪˈsteɪt/


co-ordination

forms: co-ordination (singular)

glosses: Co-ordination is another way of spelling coordination.

noun

co-ordination


technique

forms:
technique (singular)
techniques (plural)

glosses: A technique is a specialized and skillful way of doing something.

text: It is important for pilots to be taught the right technique for the take-off run.

text: The scientists will use a new technique to measure the exact speed of the moon.

ipa: /tɛkˈniːk/

audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-technique.wav


revolution

forms:
revolution (singular)
revolutions (plural)

glosses: A revolution is a sudden significant change.

text: The Industrial Revolution began when machines were able to make things quicker and cheaper than people.

text: In the 1960s, you had the women's revolution, the sexual revolution, and all sorts of change.

glosses: A revolution is a war against the government by the country's own people.

text: There was a revolution in France in 1789.

glosses: When a wheel turns around once it has made a revolution; going in a circle; turning; revolving.

text: The hour hand on the clock makes one revolution in twelve hours.

glosses: A revolution is when one object (like a planet) goes in a circle around another object (like a star).

text: One revolution of Earth is 365 days long. One revolution of Venus is 225 days long.

ipa: /ˌrɛvəˈl(j)uːʃən/

hyphenation: re‧vo‧lu‧tion


convention

forms:
convention (singular)
conventions (plural)

glosses: A convention is a large meeting of a specific group or for a specific purpose.

text: There's a doctor's convention in town this week and all the hotels are full.

text: The garden show will be at the convention centre.

glosses: A convention is an international agreement the controls how countries behave.

text: This action goes against the European Convention on Human Rights.

text: In my culture, a convention is to eat raw fish.

glosses: A convention is a particular way of acting or a particular belief of a group of people.

text: By convention, people in North America drive on the right hand side of the road.

text: There are a set of conventions that every member must observe.

ipa: /ˌkənˈvɛnʃən/


committee

forms:
committee (singular)
committees (plural)

glosses: A group of people that come together to do something or decide something.

text: He is on the administrative committee. They decide how to administer the school.

enpr: kə-mĭtʹē

ipa: /kəˈmɪti/


hence

forms: hence

text: You are the government and hence have responsibility for this mess.

text: We shall meet again two months hence.

ipa: /ˈhɛns/

sampa: /"hEns/


real estate

forms: real estate (singular)

glosses: Real estate is land, and the buildings on the land.

text: Most of the company's money is in real estate.

glosses: Real estate is the business of buying and selling land, and the buildings on the land.

text: A real estate agent helped us to sell our home.

enpr: /rēl' əstāt"/

ipa: /ˈriːl əˌsteɪt/


philosophy

forms:
philosophy (singular)
philosophies (plural)

glosses: Philosophy is the study of the nature of existence and truth: how things are and how they should be.

text: Plato's writings have been used to teach philosophy, logic, maths, and other subjects.

glosses: A philosophy is a set of beliefs that guide the actions of a group or individual.

text: Her education explains in part why she holds the political philosophies she does.

ipa: /fɪˈlɒsəfi/

ipa: /fɪˈlɑsəfi/

philosophies


printed

forms:
print (canonical)
prints (third-person singular)
printed (past)
printed (past participle)
printing (present participle)

glosses: The past tense and past participle of print.

ipa: /prɪntɪd/

verb

print


dialog

forms:
dialog (singular)
dialogs (plural)

glosses: A conversation between two or more individuals.

text: Bill and Melinda maintained a dialog via email over the course of their long-distance relationship.

glosses: In a film, the spoken parts of the script; what the characters say.

text: The movie had great special effects, but the dialog was bad.

glosses: In a book, the parts that show a conversation.

ipa: /ˈdaɪælɒg/


compensation

forms:
compensation (singular)
compensations (plural)

glosses: Compensation is money, or something of value, given to somebody who has lost something or been harmed.

text: He was ordered to pay £600 compensation after being found guilty of assault.

text: They are asking for compensation for the damage to their car.

text: After the injury, Worker's Compensation began sending him a weekly cheque.

text: If I'm hurt an accident that is not my fault, I would ask for compensation for damages.

glosses: Compensation is everything that a company gives to someone for doing their job, including money, company car, stocks, etc.

text: My compensation package at the old job was better, but I enjoy it more here.


corporation

forms:
corporation (singular)
corporations (plural)

glosses: A corporation is a large company or a group of companies that work together.

text: The Canadian Broadcasting Corporation is Canada's national radio and TV broadcaster.

text: The funding will come from government, schools, individuals and corporations.

ipa: /'kɔːpoˈreɪʃn/


pies

forms:
pie (singular)
pies (plural)

glosses: The plural form of pie; more than one (kind of) pie.

text: This year, the one who eats the most pies wins the contest.

ipa: /paɪz/

audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-pies.wav

noun

pie


discovery

forms:
discovery (singular)
discoveries (plural)

text: When Archimedes made a discovery, he ran around saying "I found it!"

text: The new spacecraft will help us make discoveries about space.

ipa: /dəsˈk͉ʌv(ə)ˌri/

ipa: /dɪsˈkʌvəˌri/

irrnoun

discoveries


comprehension

forms:
comprehension (singular)
comprehensions (plural)

glosses: Comprehension is the understanding of the meaning or importance of something.

text: Reading comprehension questions are often on tests in schools.

ipa: /kɒmprɪˈhɛnʃn̩/

ipa: /kɑmprɪˈhɛnʃn̩/


constraint

forms:
constraint (singular)
constraints (plural)

text: Perhaps the main constraint is lack of money.

text: Financial constraints have forced hospitals to treat more patients more rapidly.

text: In the Middle East, there are often tight constraints on women's activities.

ipa: /kənˈstreɪnt/


partnership

forms:
partnership (singular)
partnerships (plural)

glosses: A partnership is two people or groups working together, especially in business.

text: Microsoft has entered into a partnership with Apple to develop software for the Macintosh.

text: If one member of the partnership dies, the other member may have difficulty continuing the business.

ipa: /ˈpɑːtnəʃɪp/

ipa: /ˈpɑrtnɚʃɪp/


annoys

forms:
annoy (canonical)
annoys (third-person singular)
annoyed (past)
annoyed (past participle)
annoying (present participle)

glosses: The third-person singular form of annoy.

verb

annoy


interaction

forms:
interaction (singular)
interactions (plural)

glosses: An interaction is when two or more things affect each other or work together.

text: Poor health can harm older people's participation in everyday life and social interaction.

text: It is necessary to understand the interactions between the plant and its surroundings.

text: She should have a lot of interaction with other students, or with the teacher.

ipa: /ˌɪntərˈækʃən/


commercial

forms:
commercial (positive)
more commercial (comparative)
most commercial (superlative)

glosses: If something is commercial, it is related to buying, selling, trading and money.

text: Education is much more difficult than many industrial and commercial processes to measure.

text: There is too much fishing, both commercial fishing and sport fishing.

ipa: /kəˈmɜːʃəl/

ipa: /kəˈmɝʃəl/


commercial

forms:
commercial (singular)
commercials (plural)

glosses: A commercial is an advertisement on TV or radio.

text: The actress recently appeared in a TV commercial for Meadowcup butter.


justification

forms:
justification (singular)
justifications (plural)

glosses: A justification is a reason given by somebody for doing something.

text: There was no justification for continuing this war.

text: Practice in logical thinking is frequently used as justification for teaching Latin.

glosses: In printing, justification is the spacing of words and letters so that the margins on the left and right are even.

ipa: /ˌdʒʌstɪfɪˈkeɪʃən/


ability

forms:
ability (singular)
abilities (plural)

glosses: An ability is something that you can do.

text: I have a very good reading ability.

hyphenation: abil‧i‧ty

noun

abilities


political

forms:
political (positive)
more political (comparative)
most political (superlative)

etymology_text: politic + -al

ety-suffix

politic

al

expansion: politic + -al

glosses: Something is political if it is related to politics.

text: He supports the Democratic political party.

ipa: /pəˈlɪtɪkəl/


reliance

forms:
reliance (singular)
reliances (plural)

glosses: If x has a reliance on y, x needs y. {{ant|independence}

text: North Korea's reliance on foreign aid, mainly from China, isn't likely to end soon.

text: The new economy has a great reliance on the Internet.

ipa: /rɪˈlaɪəns/

audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-I learned some phrases-reliance.wav


difficult

forms:
difficult (positive)
more difficult (comparative)
most difficult (superlative)

glosses: When something is difficult, it is not easy.

text: It'll be difficult to get him to change his mind; he's really stubborn.

text: It's more difficult to learn another language when you're older than when you're young.

text: The most difficult thing I've ever had to do was get over my fear of flying.

ipa: /ˈdɪfɪkəlt/

ipa: /ˈdɪfɪkʌlt/


occupational

forms:
occupational (positive)
more occupational (comparative)
most occupational (superlative)

text: Their income is: state pension £83.25 occupational pension £45.20 Total £128.45.

text: The specialised language of certain occupational groups (for example, builders, doctors, lawyers, mechanics and scientists) is often unknown to other people.

text: This industry has some of the highest standards of occupational health and safety.


annoy

glosses: If something annoys people, it makes them angry or bothered. This often happens after someone does an action many times.

text: It annoys me when he won't stop talking.

text: Stop annoying your sister.

ipa: /əˈnɔɪ/

hyphenation: an‧noy


river

forms:
river (singular)
rivers (plural)

text: We go swimming in the river.

text: The river bends there.

text: He won a river of votes.

ipa: /ˈrɪvə/

ipa: /ˈrɪvɚ/


ever

forms:
ever (positive)
Superlative–

glosses: If I ask you if you have ever been to France, I am asking if you have been to France at any time in your life.

text: Have you ever met a king or queen?

text: I will love you forever and ever.

ipa: /ˈɛvə/

ipa: /ˈɛvɚ/


deliver

forms:
deliver (canonical)
delivers (third-person singular)
delivered (past)
delivered (past participle)
delivering (present participle)

glosses: If you deliver something, you bring it to the person or place where it belongs.

text: The award was delivered to her personally by the president.

text: His mother delivered him to the meeting place right on time.

glosses: If you deliver a speech, you speak in front of a number of people.

glosses: If you deliver, you do what you promised or had to do.

text: A promise from the government doesn't mean that they will actually deliver.

glosses: If you deliver a hit, kick, etc. to someone, you hit them.

glosses: If someone delivers a baby, they help it out of the mother when it is born.

text: Joan Ellen Montgomery, 4.8 kg, was delivered last night at the Greenville hospital.

glosses: If you deliver someone from something bad, you help them get away from it.

ipa: /dɪˈlɪvə(r)/

ipa: /dɪˈlɪvɚ/

hyphenation: de‧liv‧er


pie

forms:
pie (singular)
pies (plural)

glosses: A baked food that has a crust outside and a filling inside, as well as a crust on top.

text: The family had cherry pie for dessert.

enpr: pī

ipa: /paɪ/

sampa: /paI/


difference

forms:
difference (singular)
differences (plural)

text: You need to learn to accept differences in people.

glosses: A characteristic of something that makes it different from something else.

text: There are three differences between these two pictures.

text: The people had to settle their differences before they could work together.

ipa: /ˈdɪfrən(t)s/

hyphenation: diffe‧rence; dif‧fer‧ence


status

forms:
status (singular)
statuses (plural)

glosses: Your status is your level, role, or situation in a group or society.

text: Mike Hooper has retained his status as Liverpool's current No 1 goalkeeper.

text: With the change in employment status came changes in responsibilities and pay.

text: In many countries, the ability to speak English is a sign or high social status.

glosses: The status of something is its situation at a particular time.

text: What is the status of the repairs?

ipa: /ˈsteɪtəs/

noun

statuses


comfortable

forms:
comfortable (positive)
more comfortable (comparative)
most comfortable (superlative)

glosses: If a piece of furniture, clothing, a room, etc. is comfortable, you feel comfortable in it (see 2.)

text: There were a few old but comfortable chairs in the meeting area.

glosses: If you feel comfortable, you are not hot or cold; you are relaxed, and you feel no pain or worry.

text: The nurse put a blanket on me to make me more comfortable.

text: She doesn't feel comfortable with a dog in the house.

enpr: kŭmf'təbl

enpr: kŭm'fətəbl


exception

forms:
exception (singular)
exceptions (plural)

glosses: The act of excepting or excluding; exclusion

glosses: Something that is taken out from others; something said to be distinct or not included.

text: Almost every rule has its exceptions.

ipa: /əkˈsɛpʃən/


immigration

forms:
immigration (singular)
immigrations (plural)

glosses: Immigration is the movement of people or animals into an area, usually a country.

text: Immigration from the Caribbean makes up only 2 per cent of all immigrants.

text: The government wants to tighten immigration controls, but it does not want to be seen as anti-foreign.

text: In 1924 US legislation effectively placed a ban on Japanese immigration.

ipa: /ˌɪmɪˈɡreɪʃən/

ipa: /ɪmɪˈɡreɪʃn/

audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-immigration.wav

hyphenation: im‧mi‧gra‧tion


brittle

forms:
brittle (positive)
more brittle (comparative)
most brittle (superlative)

glosses: Not flexible; easy to break under stress or pressure

ipa: /ˈbrɪtl̩/


brittle

forms:
brittle (singular)
brittle (plural)

glosses: A candy made from boiled sugar and nuts.

brittle

brittle


criteria

forms:
criterion (singular)
criteria (plural)

glosses: The plural form of criterion; more than one (kind of) criterion.

glosses: Criteria are a set of principles that you use to judge something or decide about something.

text: One of the criteria for measuring the success of a democracy is the percentage of people that vote in that society .

text: The project proposal does not meet current criteria for approval.

ipa: /kraɪˈtɪəriə/

audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-criteria.wav

criterion

criteria


internal

forms:
internal (positive)
more internal (comparative)
most internal (superlative)

text: Doctors had to operate to stop the internal bleeding.

text: Grammar is mostly concerned with the internal structure of words and sentences.

text: The company has been weakened by ongoing internal conflict.

text: The police are conducting an internal investigation after officers shot two people.

text: They've painted the internal walls but left the outside as it was.


implication

forms:
implication (singular)
implications (plural)

glosses: An implication is a result that may be expected or predicted.

text: This change has big implications for health planners and for those caring for people with AIDS.

text: It seems a very technical matter, but it is one with important practical implications.

text: She said all that, and the implications was that she didn't want to go.

glosses: An implication is a meaning that can be understood but is not given directly.

text: Even if you did not call me a liar, the implication is there.

text: When I say gold is a metal, I say by implication that gold must resemble any other metals.

glosses: An implication is when somebody appears to be involved in something, usually something bad or illegal.

text: The implication of Judge Lyman in the affair of Green and young Hammond has raised many questions.

ipa: /ˌɪmpləˈkeɪʃən/

audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-implication.wav


reaction

forms:
reaction (singular)
reactions (plural)

glosses: A reaction is an action that happens because of another action.

text: When he asked her to lunch, her first reaction was to say no.

text: In part, McKenna sees the move to smaller cars as a natural reaction to rising gasoline prices.

text: Fast reaction times are common in athletes.

text: When oxygen is added, a chemical reaction begins and heat is released.

text: A severe allergic reaction to the drug has killed five Americans.

ipa: /riˈækʃən/


recursion

forms:
recursion (singular)
recursions (plural)

glosses: Recursion is the act or process of going back and happening again.

glosses: Recursion is the use of a function inside itself to generate an infinite number of results.

text: The following function exhibits recursion.

glosses: Recursion is the use of one kind of linguistic unit inside itself.

text: An example of recursion is when a clause appears inside a larger clause, as in the following:


coordination

forms:
coordination (singular)
coordinations (plural)

glosses: The ability of the muscles in a body to work together.

text: Young children lack the coordination to walk or even to pick up small objects.

text: Alcohol can affect your balance and coordination.

glosses: The planning or timing of actions so that they work together.

text: The result of opening the new building was a lack of coordination between different departments.

text: There has been an improvement in coordination of the various government programs to deal with poverty.

ipa: /koʊˌɔrdɪˈneɪʃən/


belly

forms:
belly (singular)
bellies (plural)

glosses: The soft part of the body below the chest.

text: He got punched in the belly.

ipa: /ˈbɛli/

hyphenation: bel‧ly

belly

bellies


prison

forms:
prison (singular)
prisons (plural)

text: Her brother is in prison.

text: He is in a prison of his own mind.

ipa: /ˈprɪzən/


conference

forms:
conference (singular)
conferences (plural)

glosses: A conference is a large organised meeting to discuss a particular topic or area.

text: FMBRA will be holding a conference on diet, health, and the food industry on 19 March in Barcelona.

text: Some of the world's top scientists attended an important conference in 1983, to study the effects of nuclear weapons.

text: Contact the teacher or coach and ask for a private conference without your child's presence.

ipa: /ˈkɒnfərəns/

ipa: /ˈkɑːnfərəns/

audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-conference.wav


explore

forms:
explore (canonical)
explores (third-person singular)
explored (past)
explored (past participle)
exploring (present participle)

glosses: If you explore a possibility, plan, idea, etc. you think about it carefully.

text: As they were learning about wine, they were exploring the possibilities of setting up their own winery.

text: This is just an introduction. We will explore the ideas further in the next chapter.

glosses: If you explore something, you look around it to try to find new places, things, parts, etc.

text: Stories like this about the old house made him want to go and explore for himself.

text: The oil company is exploring the ocean floor, looking for new sources.

enpr: ĭksplô'

ipa: /ɪkˈsplɔː/

enpr: ĭksplôr'

ipa: /ɪkˈsplɔːr/

verb

explor


annoying

forms:
annoy (canonical)
annoys (third-person singular)
annoyed (past)
annoyed (past participle)
annoying (present participle)

audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Persent101-annoying.wav


annoying

forms:
annoying (positive)
more annoying (comparative)
most annoying (superlative)

glosses: Someone or something that annoys is annoying.

text: He is so annoying!

text: The noise from that radiator is annoying.


rages

forms:
rage (singular)
rages (plural)

glosses: The plural form of rage; more than one (kind of) rage.

noun

rage


rages

forms:
rage (canonical)
rages (third-person singular)
raged (past)
raged (past participle)
raging (present participle)

verb

rag


example

forms:
example (singular)
examples (plural)

glosses: If I give an example of something, I name one of that type of thing.

text: A baseball, a softball, a football, and a soccer ball are examples of balls.

glosses: An example is a model of what something else of the same type should be like.

text: Look at the example of a model airplane to see how your model airplane should be built.

ipa: /ɪɡˈzɑːmpl̩/

ipa: /ɪɡˈzæmpl̩/

ipa: /əɡˈzæmpl̩/

ipa: /ɘɡˈzɐːmpɯ/

hyphenation: ex‧am‧ple


despite

forms: despite

glosses: If x happens despite y, it is surprising that x happens because y usually stops it.

text: Despite their best efforts, the ministers have not been able to come to an agreement.

text: Despite all the problems, I think this project is a success.

text: We hope that there will soon be changes despite the fact that the leaders are still the same old people.

glosses: If you do something despite yourself, you didn't plan or want to do it.

text: She hated him, but when he spoke she laughed despite herself.

ipa: /dɪˈspaɪt/


mist

forms:
mist (singular)
mists (plural)

text: There was a mist over the water.

ipa: /mɪst/


corporate

forms:
corporate (positive)
more corporate (comparative)
most corporate (superlative)

glosses: Corporate finance, planning, management, etc. is related to business or a company.

text: We have accounts for both individual and corporate clients.

text: There is a big difference between local managers and corporate leaders.

text: There is a trend in large corporate structures to remove layers of management.


uncomfortable

forms:
uncomfortable (positive)
more uncomfortable (comparative)
most uncomfortable (superlative)

etymology_text: un- + comfortable

ety-prefix

un

comfortable

expansion: un- + comfortable

glosses: If a piece of furniture, clothing, a room, etc. is uncomfortable, you feel uncomfortable in it (see 2.)

text: The chairs looked so uncomfortable that he didn't sit down.

glosses: If you feel uncomfortable, you are hot or cold; you are not relaxed, or you feel pain or worry..

text: I still had this uncomfortable feeling that I should know her.

text: She felt very uncomfortable with his arm touching hers.


chin

forms:
chin (singular)
chins (plural)

glosses: The chin is the lowest part of the face. It is the point of the jaw and the part of the face where beards grow.

text: My chin is below my mouth.

enpr: chĭn

ipa: /tʃɪn/

sampa: /tSIn/


rage

text: Losing his game sent him into a fit of rage.

ipa: /reɪdʒ/


rage

glosses: When a person rage, they get very angry.


proof

forms:
proof (singular)
proofs (plural)

glosses: Proof is evidence which shows something is correct.

text: He has proof that he was not at the crime scene. A witness says that they were somewhere else.

glosses: A proof can show how a theorem is correct.

enpr: pro͞of

ipa: /pruːf/

ipa: /pruf/

ipa: /prʉːf/


tot

forms:
tot (singular)
tots (plural)


girl

forms:
girl (singular)
girls (plural)

glosses: A girl is a female child or teenager; someone who is not a woman yet.

text: Many girls like to play with dolls.

text: I have two children: a boy and a girl.

glosses: A female person of any age (even a woman).

text: The girls are going out tonight, do you want to come?

text: I really love that girl.

text: My cat is a girl.

text: She is a girl cat.

ipa: /gəːl/

ipa: /gərl/

ipa: /ɡɵːl/


mechanism

forms:
mechanism (singular)
mechanisms (plural)

text: This research should help us to understand the mechanisms of memory.

text: This agreement sets out detailed mechanisms for solving disagreement between the two countries.

text: These two features combine to create a new data retrieval mechanism.

glosses: A mechanism is one moving system within a larger, more complex machine or organism.

text: The body has a control mechanism to bring down blood-sugar level when it begins to reach unhealthy peaks.

ipa: /ˈmɛkənɪzm/


partial

forms:
partial (positive)
more partial (comparative)
most partial (superlative)

glosses: A partial list, solution, payment etc. is just a part of the whole and not complete.

text: The dinner was only a partial success – everyone loved the dessert, but nobody liked the soup.

glosses: If you are partial to something, you like it.

text: I'm rather partial to a beer or two on Friday nights.

glosses: If you are partial, you treat people or things differently, unfairly preferring one to another.

text: The students accused the teacher of being partial in her grading.

ipa: /ˈpɑrʃəl/

ipa: /ˈpɑːʃəl/

audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-partial.wav

hyphenation: par‧tial


representative

forms:
representative (singular)
representatives (plural)

glosses: A representative is a person who represents a group or company.

text: The ambassador is our representative.

ipa: /ˌrɛprɪˈzɛnt(ət)ɪv/

hyphenation: rep‧re‧sen‧ta‧tive


representative

forms: representative (positive)

text: This is a representative sample.


digestion

forms:
digestion (singular)
digestions (plural)

glosses: Digestion is what happens to food once it is eaten. It changes the food into substances your body can use.

text: Eating fruits and vegetables is good for your digestion.

ipa: /daɪˈdʒɛstʃən/


regime

forms:
regime (singular)
regimes (plural)

glosses: A regime is a government, especially a bad or illegal one.

text: Washington ended rule by the Taliban and established a new client regime in Afghanistan.

text: Questions about how Jews had been treated under the Nazi regime troubled him after he had settled in Germany.

text: Under Labour's new tax regime, families will be worse off.

ipa: /rəˈʒiːm/

audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-regime1.wav

audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-regime2.wav

audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-regime3.wav


impartial

forms:
impartial (positive)
more impartial (comparative)
most impartial (superlative)

etymology_text: im- + partial

im

partial

expansion: im- + partial

text: A good teacher must be impartial.

audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-impartial.wav


ruins

forms:
ruin (singular)
ruins (plural)

glosses: The plural form of ruin; more than one (kind of) ruin.

hyphenation: ru‧ins


ruins

forms:
ruin (canonical)
ruins (third-person singular)
ruined (past)
ruined (past participle)
ruining (present participle)


alternative

forms:
alternative (positive)
more alternative (comparative)
most alternative (superlative)

glosses: An alternative approach, way, source, etc. is not the usual one.

text: Do you have some alternative transportation in case the car breaks down.

text: They're not really a pop band. They're more alternative than that.

text: I recommend an alternative lifestyle.

enpr: /ăl-tûr'nə-tĭv/

ipa: /ɒltɜːnətiv/


alternative

forms:
alternative (singular)
alternatives (plural)

glosses: An alternative is something else that you can choose.

text: We only have two alternatives: stay here or go back.

text: St Mungo's shelter for the homeless offers a new alternative to sleeping on the streets.


explanation

forms:
explanation (singular)
explanations (plural)

etymology_text: explain + -ation

ety-suffix

explain

ation

expansion: explain + -ation

glosses: An explanation is the words used to tell somebody how to do something or the reason for something.

text: The explanation was long and drawn-out.

glosses: An explanation is the cause of something.

text: The explanation for his bad mood was a lack of sleep.

ipa: /ˌɛkspləˈneɪʃən/

hyphenation: ex‧pla‧na‧tion


civil

forms:
civil (positive)
more civil (comparative)
most civil (superlative)

glosses: About the citizens of a country, especially as opposed to the government, army, police, religion, etc.

text: One of the most important civil rights is freedom of speech.

text: In the Civil War, the Red Army had blocked off the northern part of Ukraine from the hungry south.

text: The state is connected to civil society through aspects other than its role in administration

text: The government had run out of money to pay civil servants.

text: This comes under civil, rather than criminal, law.

text: The bridge would be one of the largest civil engineering projects in the country.

glosses: If someone is civil, they are polite but not friendly.

text: Mum had been civil to me since the fight but something had gone between us.

ipa: /ˈsɪvəl/


odd

forms:
odd (positive)
odder (comparative)
oddest (superlative)

glosses: If something is odd, it is not normal and usually you don't like it or don't understand it.

text: The neighbours thought him very odd, because he would leave his doors open all night.

text: She liked him, but there was something odd about the way he spoke.

glosses: The odd time, drink, problem, etc. is one that happens sometimes, but not often.

text: I don't really drink – just the odd beer at the weekend.

glosses: An odd sock, boot, etc. is one without its pair.

text: The clown was wearing odd socks.

glosses: An odd number is one that does not divide evenly by 2 (e.g., 1, 3, 5, 7, 9, etc.)

text: Fifty-one is an odd number.

glosses: A count of (number)-odd is just a little more than the number.

text: I've got fifty-odd students in the class.

ipa: /ɒd/

sampa: /Qd/

ipa: /ɑd/

sampa: /Ad/

adj

odd

odder

oddest


wife

forms:
wife (singular)
wives (plural)

text: Bill just married his second wife.

ipa: /waɪf/

sampa: /waIf/

noun

wife

wives


scheme

forms:
scheme (singular)
schemes (plural)

glosses: A scheme is a plan, sometimes a bad or dishonest one.

text: The new training scheme will be targeted at recent graduates.

text: Employees still participate in the company's pension scheme during the duration of their break.

text: The management had various schemes to control the workers.

text: The color scheme for the bedroom is blue and white.

ipa: /skiːm/


scheme

forms:
scheme (canonical)
schemes (third-person singular)
schemed (past)
schemed (past participle)
scheming (present participle)

glosses: If you scheme against someone, you make an evil plan against someone.

verb

schem

e


exclude

forms:
exclude (canonical)
excludes (third-person singular)
excluded (past)
excluded (past participle)
excluding (present participle)

glosses: If you exclude someone or something, you keep them out.

text: During play time, she was excluded from the group.

text: The rules specifically exclude the use of drugs.

ipa: /ɪksˈkluːd/

hyphenation: ex‧clude

exclud


impulse

forms:
impulse (singular)
impulses (plural)

text: The impulse to learn led me to study day and night.

text: Pushing an object gives it an impulse.

glosses: The effect (integral) of force over time.

text: The total impulse from the impact will depend on the kinetic energy of the bullet.

ipa: /ˈɪmpʌls/

hyphenation: im‧pulse


considerable

forms:
considerable (positive)
more considerable (comparative)
most considerable (superlative)

glosses: A considerable amount, time, degree, etc. is a fairly large or important one.

text: He had given it a considerable amount of thought before deciding.

text: Many part-time farmers traveled considerable distances each day to their work.

text: The time needed to do it properly is considerable.

ipa: /kənˈsɪdərəbl/


subsequent

forms: subsequent (positive)

text: When he came the first time, he was very quiet, but on subsequent visits, he was much more talkative.

text: The child began to walk early but subsequent development, such as speech, was unusually late.

ipa: /ˈsʌbsɪkwənt/


subsequent

forms: subsequent

glosses: If x is subsequent to y, x happens after y.

text: The government called a press conference subsequent to the agreement.

text: Subsequent to her appearance on TV she received many bookings.


dance

forms:
dance (canonical)
dances (third-person singular)
danced (past)
danced (past participle)
dancing (present participle)

glosses: If you dance, you move your body to music.

text: He danced with the princess to the music of Mozart.

text: The performers danced and sang.

danc


dance

forms:
dance (singular)
dances (plural)

text: He has an interesting dance he does while listening to that song.

glosses: A dance is an event where people come together to dance.

text: Are you going to the dance?


ruin

glosses: To wreck something, to make it useless, to break something.

text: You've ruined my painting!

text: You've ruined my screwdriver!

text: You will ruin your pencil if you press that hard.


ruin

forms:
ruin (singular)
ruins (plural)

glosses: The standing parts of a broken building or construction.

text: Our only look at Mayan culture is the ruins.


comment

forms:
comment (singular)
comments (plural)

glosses: A comment is a short statement about something; usually it is an opinion.

text: I'm afraid I can't make any comment on the case right now.

text: Her comments were misunderstood.

ipa: /ˈkɑmɛnt/


comment

forms:
comment (canonical)
comments (third-person singular)
commented (past)
commented (past participle)
commenting (present participle)

glosses: If you comment on or about something, you say something about it.

text: Commenting on the changes in Peru, the president said he would be watching the situation.

text: He commented that it was good news.


implement

forms:
implement (canonical)
implements (third-person singular)
implemented (past)
implemented (past participle)
implementing (present participle)

glosses: If you implement a plan, you put it into action; you do it.

text: To reduce poverty, it is essential for the government to fully implement the new education policy.

ipa: /ˌɪmpləmˈent/


implement

forms:
implement (singular)
implements (plural)

glosses: An implement is a tool, usually a hand tool (e.g., a shovel).

text: The garage held all sorts of items - lamps, bicycle frames, farm and garden implements and dozens of other things.

ipa: /ˈɪmpləmənt/


short

forms:
short (positive)
shorter (comparative)
shortest (superlative)

glosses: If something is short then there is a small distance from the bottom to the top. The opposite is tall.

text: I can't reach the table because I'm too short.

text: The more I use the pencil, the shorter it becomes.

glosses: If something is short then there is a small distance from the one end to the other. The opposite is long.

text: The city centre and shops are only a short distance away.

glosses: If something is short then it takes a little time.

text: I'm going to Chengdu for a short break.

ipa: /ʃɔːt/

enpr: shôrt

ipa: /ʃɔrt/

sampa: /SOrt/

ipa: /ʃoːt/

adj

short

shorter

shortest