air

forms:
air (canonical)
airs (third-person singular)
aired (past)
aired (past participle)
airing (present participle)

glosses: If you air something, you broadcast it, either over the radio, or on television.

text: Hurry! You'll miss the story about homeless children that is about to air on the local news!


finally

pos: adv

etymology_text: final + -ly

ety-suffix

final

ly

expansion: final + -ly

glosses: If something finally happens, it means there was a long wait before it happened.

text: I finally finished university. Now, I can start my real life.

glosses: Finally is used, often at the beginning of a sentence, to show that this is the last thing or idea.

text: First, I think that we should use less. Second, I think we should reuse the things that we have. And, finally, I think we should recycle more.

ipa: /ˈfaɪnəli/


similar

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

pos: adj

glosses: If two things are similar, they are almost the same, or the same in many, but not all, ways.

text: Canadian English is similar to American English, but there are some small differences in pronunciation, and spelling.

text: My sister and I have very similar ideas.

glosses: If two shapes are similar, they have the same shape, but might be different sizes.

text: These two triangles are similar because they have the same angles, but they are not congruent because one is bigger than the other.

ipa: /ˈsɪmələ/

ipa: /ˈsɪməlɚ/

adj

more: true

expansion: [POS TABLE]


heart

forms:
heart (singular)
hearts (plural)

pos: noun

text: He has a problem with his heart.

text: You broke my heart.

text: We get to the heart of the problem.

text: He has a lot of heart.

ipa: /hɑːt/

ipa: /hɑrt/

sampa: /hArt/


cry

forms:
cry (canonical)
cries (third-person singular)
cried (past)
cried (past participle)
crying (present participle)

pos: verb

glosses: To shed tears; to let water come from your eyes, usually while making a sound, usually when you feel sad.

text: He started to cry because he was so upset.

text: I cried when my brother died.

text: They cried for us to stop.

ipa: /kraɪ̯/

verb

cr

y


cry

forms:
cry (singular)
cries (plural)

text: She gave a little cry of fear.

text: He had a good cry.

noun

cry

cries


technical

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

glosses: Technical problems, writing, or skills, are related to special knowledge that most people don't have.

text: Doctors use a lot of technical vocabulary. I wish they would explain things more easily.

text: Our computers had some kind of technical problem, so we had to call somebody to come and fix it.

text: A prima ballerina must have great technical knowledge of dance movement.


during

forms: during

pos: prep

glosses: If you do something during something else, you do it at the same time.

text: He often reads during dinner.

text: I'm always tired because I work during the night.

ipa: /ˈdjʊərɪŋ/

ipa: /ˈdʊərɪŋ/


battery

forms:
battery (singular)
batteries (plural)

glosses: A battery is a device for storing or keeping electricity. Batteries are used to power flashlights, laptop computers, cell phones, and many other devices.

text: I put a new battery in the flashlight.

text: I threw away the old, dead battery.

glosses: A battery is a coordinated group of artillery weapons.

glosses: Battery is the act of hitting or striking a person.

text: My brother was sent to jail for assault and battery.

ipa: /ˈbætəri/

hyphenation: bat‧te‧ry

battery

batteries


fun

forms: fun (singular)

text: Thanks! I had a lot of fun today. Let's do it again.

glosses: If you do something for fun, you do it because you enjoy it.

text: It's not my job; I just write Wiktionary articles for fun.

ipa: /fʌn/


fun

forms:
more fun (comparative)
most fun (superlative)
fun (positive)
funner (comparative)
funnest (superlative)

glosses: A fun activity, time, person, etc. is enjoyable.

text: I really like soccer. It's such a fun game.

adj

fun

funner

funnest


custom

forms:
custom (singular)
customs (plural)

glosses: A custom is an activity that happens traditionally or regularly.

text: Almost everyone there eats rice every day, but there are different local customs about how to cook it.

text: My mother's custom is to have breakfast in the garden with her newspaper.

glosses: A custom is a long-established practice; considered as unwritten law.

text: It was a custom in medieval times a woman could not marry without her parents consent.

ipa: /kʌstəm/


custom

forms: custom (positive)

glosses: A custom piece of clothing or other item is created for a specific person or use.

text: He only wears custom suits, made to fit him perfectly.


identify

forms:
identify (canonical)
identifies (third-person singular)
identified (past)
identified (past participle)
identifying (present participle)

glosses: If you identify something, you say what it is.

text: I showed him the picture and he identified the man as his brother.

text: The management has identified the key areas of concern.

text: The study identified three options.

glosses: If x identifies y, x makes it easy to know what y is.

glosses: If you identify with someone else, you understand and share their feelings.

glosses: If x is identified with y, it is closely connected to it.

hyphenation: i‧den‧ti‧fy

verb

identif


black

forms:
black (singular)
blacks (plural)

glosses: The darkest color; with no light; the color of the sky at night.

text: He stood alone in the black of the night.

glosses: Blacks are people of a race with dark coloured skin.

text: There were many whites, some blacks and native Americans, and a few Asians.

glosses: If a company is in the black, it is making a profit. (opposite = in the red)

text: It took a year for the restaurant to get in the black.

enpr: blăk

ipa: /blæk/

sampa: /bl{k/


black

forms:
black (positive)
blacker (comparative)
blackest (superlative)

text: The black dog was the color of night.

glosses: If someone is black, they belong to a race with dark-coloured skin.

text: It's still difficult for a black person to become a manager.

text: About 30 percent of Southfield's 80,000 citizens are black.

text: More and more universities are offering courses in black history.

text: The day the war started was a black day in history.

adj

black

blacker

blackest


black

forms:
black (canonical)
blacks (third-person singular)
blacked (past)
blacked (past participle)
blacking (present participle)

glosses: If you black something, you color it black.

text: He blacked his boots before the party.

text: They blacked out the windows so the light would not be seen outside.

text: A number of lines in the report were blacked out.

glosses: If you black out, you stop seeing and hearing everything around you and you fall down.

text: After his tenth beer, he blacked out and we couldn't wake him up.


food

forms:
food (singular)
foods (plural)

glosses: Food is what people and animals eat for nutrition or pleasure when they are hungry.

text: We grow our own food.

text: He eats many foods from other lands.

text: I'm going to get the children some food from the restaurant because they're hungry.

enpr: /fo͞od/

ipa: /fuːd/


q

forms: Q or q

glosses: The seventeenth (17th) letter of the alphabet. Most words with q have a u as the next letter, for example aqua.

text: "q" comes after "p" and before "r"

ipa: /kjuː/

homophones: cue queue

letter

Q


beach

forms:
beach (singular)
beaches (plural)

glosses: A large area of sand (or very small stones), next to an area of water.

text: People sometimes lie on beaches when they are on holiday, to get a suntan.

ipa: /bit͡ʃ/

ipa: /biːt͡ʃ/

noun

beach

beaches


beach

forms:
beach (canonical)
beaches (third-person singular)
beached (past)
beached (past participle)
beaching (present participle)

glosses: If something is beached, it has run onto a beach or sandbar.

verb

es


practise

forms:
practise (canonical)
practises (third-person singular)
practised (past)
practised (past participle)
practising (present participle)

glosses: If you practise something, you do it again and again to improve your ability.

text: The class was going to practise writing skills for homework.

text: When I got my first guitar, I practised until my fingers fell off.

enpr: prăkʹtĭs

ipa: /ˈpræktɪs/

sampa: /"pr{ktIs/

practis

e


IP address

forms:
IP address (singular)
IP addresses (plural)

glosses: An IP address is a number that is used to identify a computer. It is short for Internet protocol address.

text: The IP address is 123.45.678.9.

noun

IP address

IP addresses


institution

forms:
institution (singular)
institutions (plural)

glosses: A custom or practice of a society or community.

text: The institution of marriage is present in many cultures but its details vary widely across them.

glosses: An institution is a large group of people who work together for a specific purpose. Examples include hospitals, universities, and banks.

text: Banks, insurance companies and other financial institutions are already offering internet services.

ipa: /ˌɪnstɪˈtjuːʃən/

ipa: /ˌɪnstɪˈtuːʃən/


building

forms:
building (singular)
buildings (plural)

glosses: A building consists of walls, a foundation and a roof that together close in some space.

text: I work in the Chrysler Building.

ipa: /ˈbɪldɪŋ/

hyphenation: build‧ing


building

forms:
build (canonical)
builds (third-person singular)
built (past)
built (past participle)
building (present participle)

text: He is building a skyscraper.

build

builds

built

built

building


suddenly

etymology_text: sudden + -ly

ety-suffix

sudden

expansion: sudden + -ly

glosses: If something happens suddenly, it happens very quickly when you don't expect it to happen.

text: My son had been sitting in the chair beside me. Then, suddenly, I realised he was gone.

ipa: /ˈsʌdn̩li/


shop

forms:
shop (singular)
shops (plural)

text: He bought a hat from the shop.

ipa: /ʃɒp/

sampa: /SQp/

enpr: shäp

ipa: /ʃɑp/

sampa: /SAp/


shop

forms:
shop (canonical)
shops (third-person singular)
shopped (past)
shopped (past participle)
shopping (present participle)

glosses: If you shop for something, you look for it in a store because you want to buy it.

text: I need some new shoes, but I've been shopping for them for a week and I can't find any I like.

verb

shop

p


fee

forms:
fee (singular)
fees (plural)

glosses: A fee is the money you pay for some kinds of services, such as legal advice, education, or club membership.

text: School fees have increased again this year.

glosses: An inheritable estate in land held of a feudal lord in return for certain services.

text: He held his lands in fee of the Earl of Chester.


advice

forms:
advice (singular)
advices (plural)

glosses: If you give someone advice, you tell them what you think they should do.

text: Thanks so much! I took your advice and it really helped me get the job.

text: Excuse me! I'm looking for advice on how to get a loan. Can you help me?

ipa: /ədˈvaɪs/

ipa: /ædˈvaɪs/

hyphenation: ad‧vice


preposition

forms:
preposition (singular)
prepositions (plural)

glosses: A preposition is a member of a group of words, or part of speech, that usually show where something happens. Typically a preposition is followed by a noun.

text: In the sentence, "I come from Canada," from is a preposition.

enpr: prĕp-ə-zĭsh'ən

ipa: /ˌprɛpəˈzɪʃən/


preposition

forms:
preposition (canonical)
prepositions (third-person singular)
prepositioned (past)
prepositioned (past participle)
prepositioning (present participle)

etymology_text: pre- + position

ety-prefix

pre

position

expansion: pre- + position

glosses: If you preposition something, you place it in a location before some event occurs.

ipa: /ˈpriːpəˌzɪʃən/


spade

forms:
spade (singular)
spades (plural)

text: I took my spade to the garden.

text: He had three spades and two hearts.

ipa: /speɪd/


spade

forms:
spade (canonical)
spades (third-person singular)
spaded (past)
spaded (past participle)
spading (present participle)

text: She will spade the garden.

verb

spad


academic

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

glosses: An academic topic, lecture, idea, etc., is one that is connected to education.

text: The academic staff at the college generally don't teach during the summer.

text: There is a lot of political disagreement about it, but there is general academic agreement.

ipa: /ˌækəˈdɛmɪk/

hyphenation: ac‧a‧dem‧ic


academic

forms:
academic (singular)
academics (plural)

glosses: An academic is a researcher or university teacher.

text: The government has begun jailing journalists and banning academics from travel.

text: The book is very popular for one written by an academic.

glosses: Academics is the part of school related to learning.

text: This class was strong in every aspect of their schooling, including academics, athletics and extracurricular activities.

ipa: /ˌækəˈdɛmɪk/


job

forms:
job (singular)
jobs (plural)

glosses: A job is an activity that you do, usually, regularly and for pay.

text: She got a good job as a manager in a book store.

text: She does the same job as George, and she does it faster and better.

text: Son, come here. I have a job for you before you start watching TV.

glosses: A job is a task that a computer performs.

glosses: A job is a plastic surgery that is done on someone. Usually used with another word to form a noun.

text: John just had a nose job.

enpr: jŏb

ipa: /dʒɒb/

sampa: /dZQb/


equipment

forms: equipment (singular)

etymology_text: equip + -ment

ety-suffix

equip

ment

expansion: equip + -ment

glosses: Your equipment is the things that you use to do a job or sport.

text: Soccer is a popular game because you need very little equipment to play--just a ball and an open space.

text: The soldiers had to carry all their equipment on their backs.

text: The computer equipment was old and often broke down.

ipa: /ɪ'kwɪpmənt/


engineering

forms: engineering (singular)

glosses: Engineering is a job or a science about designing and building things.

text: She worked for a civil engineering company, that makes portable bridges.


engineering

forms:
engineer (canonical)
engineers (third-person singular)
engineered (past)
engineered (past participle)
engineering (present participle)

verb

engineer


facilities

forms:
facility (singular)
facilities (plural)

glosses: The facilities in a building include the equipment, services, or places that are available.

text: How much does it cost an employer to provide childcare facilities?

text: The hotel is cheap, but it still has a lot of facilities for guests.

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

ipa: /fəˈsɪlɪtiz/

ipa: /fəˈsɪlɪdiz/

hyphenation: fa‧cil‧i‧ties

noun

facility

facilities


web

forms:
web (singular)
webs (plural)

glosses: A web is a series of lines, ideas, or thoughts connected.

text: Her web of thoughts is complex.

text: The spider is spinning a very large web.

text: Simple English Wiktionary is my favorite place on the web.

ipa: /wɛb/


web

forms:
web (canonical)
webs (third-person singular)
webbed (past)
webbed (past participle)
webbing (present participle)

glosses: If you web something, you cover it with a web.

text: Spiders web their prey and then eat them.

verb

web

b


informal

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

etymology_text: in- + formal

ety-prefix

in

formal

expansion: in- + formal

glosses: If something is informal, it is friendly and casual; it is not official.

text: Can we get together for some informal talks before the meeting?

text: School is generally quite informal. Many students even call their teacher by their first name.

ipa: /ɪnˈfɔːm(ə)l/

ipa: /ɪnˈfɔrm(ə)l/

hyphenation: in‧for‧mal


feet

forms:
foot (singular)
feet (plural)

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

text: Please take your shoes and socks off of your feet.

text: My feet hurt from walking all day.

text: My friend is six feet tall.

enpr: fēt

ipa: /fiːt/

noun

foot

feet


formally

etymology_text: formal + -ly

ety-suffix

formal

ly

expansion: formal + -ly

glosses: If you do something formally, you do it in a formal way.

text: They expect you to formally behave yourself. If not, I doubt you will get the job.

ipa: /ˈfɔrməli/

ipa: /ˈfɔːməli/

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


farm

forms:
farm (singular)
farms (plural)

glosses: A piece of land where people work growing plants and animals. Usually, a farm makes food for its owners to eat or sell.

text: We grow cows and apples on our farm.

glosses: A farm is a group of coordinated servers.

text: A server farm.

enpr: färm

ipa: /fɑːrm/

ipa: /fɑːm/


farm

forms:
farm (canonical)
farms (third-person singular)
farmed (past)
farmed (past participle)
farming (present participle)

glosses: To grow plants or animals on a piece of land.

text: My father farms on a large parcel of land for a living.

glosses: If you farm in an online game, you engage in repetitive activity for a particular item.


door

forms:
door (singular)
doors (plural)

glosses: A piece of a wall that can be opened (leaving a hole in the wall to walk through) or closed (covering the hole). Some doors are on hinges; others slide.

text: Please open the door for him. His hands are full.

enpr: dô

ipa: /dɔː/

enpr: dôr

ipa: /dɔːr/


dog

forms:
dog (singular)
dogs (plural)

glosses: A dog is a domestic mammal, related to wolves and foxes, that is often kept as a pet.

text: My pet dog is called "Rover".

ipa: /dɒg/

sampa: /dQg/

ipa: /dɔg/

sampa: /dOg/

ipa: /dɑg/

sampa: /dAg/


dog

forms:
dog (canonical)
dogs (third-person singular)
dogged (past)
dogged (past participle)
dogging (present participle)

glosses: If you dog someone, you follow them while being annoying.

glosses: If you dog something or someone, you follow them to try to catch them.

verb

dog

g


relaxed

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

glosses: If someone is relaxed, they feel calm, they are not worried, and their muscles are not tight.

text: I feel most relaxed when I'm fishing.

text: I really enjoy talking to her. She's always so relaxed and she has time to listen.

ipa: /rɪˈlækst/

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


relaxed

forms:
relax (canonical)
relaxes (third-person singular)
relaxed (past)
relaxed (past participle)
relaxing (present participle)

glosses: The past tense and past participle of relax.

relax


advertisement

forms:
advertisement (singular)
advertisements (plural)

etymology_text: advertise + -ment

ety-suffix

advertise

expansion: advertise + -ment

glosses: An advertisement is a public notice which advertises something; pictures and writing from a company which many people can see.

text: There was an advertisement for fruit on the wall. It had a big picture of an apple.

ipa: /ədˈvɜːtɪsmənt/

ipa: /ˌædvɚˈtaɪzmənt/


run

forms:
run (canonical)
runs (third-person singular)
ran (past)
run (past participle)
running (present participle)

glosses: To go quickly, with both feet off the ground at one time.

text: I must run.

text: I like to run in the afternoon.

text: The car runs well.

text: He ran from the cops.

text: He ran the hotel together with his beloved wife.

text: He had run all the way from Dallas.

ipa: /rʌn/

sampa: /r\Vn/

run

runs

ran

run

running


run

forms:
run (singular)
runs (plural)

glosses: A trip made by a runner; compare to walk.

text: I’m going for a run.

glosses: A run in baseball is when a batter safely touches home plate.

glosses: A run in cricket is scored when the batsmen run between the two wickets.

glosses: An unbroken course of performances or showings.

text: The musical had a long run on Broadway.


vary

forms:
vary (canonical)
varies (third-person singular)
varied (past)
varied (past participle)
varying (present participle)

glosses: If something varies, it is not always the same.

text: The summer temperature in Toronto can vary from 12 degrees at night to over 30 degrees during the day.

text: "Do you enjoy your job?" "You know, it varies. Some days are good..."

text: Teachers sometimes need to vary the order and manner in which things are taught and learnt.

ipa: /ˈvɛəri/

verb

var

y


p

forms: P or p

glosses: The sixteenth (16th) letter of the alphabet.

text: "p" comes after "o" and before "q"

ipa: /piː/

homophones: pea pee

letter

P


p

forms: p

pos: abbrev

text: Meet me at 4:30pm.

text: She wrote her homework in her notebook: "read p 60 – 80".

text: This quote is from Moby Dick by Herman Melville (p119).


down

forms: down

text: What goes up on earth must fall down.

glosses: Towards a smaller price, number, amount, etc.

text: I'm going to buy a computer once prices go down.

ipa: /daʊ̯n/

sampa: /daUn/


down

forms:
down (singular)
downs (plural)

glosses: Down is soft feathers or a covering of soft feathers.

text: That pillow is full of down.


down

forms:
down (canonical)
downs (third-person singular)
downed (past)
downed (past participle)
downing (present participle)

glosses: If you down a liquid, normally an alcoholic drink, it means you drink it very quickly.

text: Harry downed a glass of beer in five seconds.


title

forms:
title (singular)
titles (plural)

glosses: The title of a book, movie, song, etc. is its name.

text: "I just finished the best book." "Really, what's the title?"

glosses: A title is a word or name that describes a person's job or status.

text: His title was Director of Science Education.

text: The proper title for an unmarried woman is "Miss".

glosses: A title is a legal document that proves you own something.

text: He put the title to his house in a bank for safe keeping.


title

forms:
title (canonical)
titles (third-person singular)
titled (past)
titled (past participle)
titling (present participle)

glosses: To give a title to someone or something.

text: I titled my essay "The History of Japan".

verb

titl


journey

forms:
journey (singular)
journeys (plural)

text: Timothy left on a long journey.

ipa: /ˈdʒɜː(r)ni/

audio: en-uk-a journey.ogg


journey

forms:
journey (canonical)
journeys (third-person singular)
journeyed (past)
journeyed (past participle)
journeying (present participle)

glosses: If you journey to somewhere, you travel there.

text: We journeyed from town to town.


worse

forms:
bad (positive)
worse (comparative)
worst (superlative)

text: It is worse to lie to hide something than it is to lie to protect someone.

text: The weather this winter is worse than last year.

ipa: /wɜːs/

ipa: /wɝs/

adjective

bad

worse

worst


culture

forms:
culture (singular)
cultures (plural)

glosses: A culture is a common history, set of beliefs, or way of life within a group of people.

text: Rock and roll is a central part of American popular culture.

text: When I moved to China, it took me a long time to start to understand the culture.

ipa: /ˈkʌlt͡ʃɚ/

ipa: /ˈkʌlt͡ʃə/


culture

forms:
culture (canonical)
cultures (third-person singular)
cultured (past)
cultured (past participle)
culturing (present participle)

glosses: If you culture bacteria or cells, you grow them.

verb

cultur


lung

forms:
lung (singular)
lungs (plural)

glosses: Your lungs are part of your body that is inside your chest. Your lungs allow you to breathe.

text: Smoking for many years had damaged his lungs.

enpr: lŭng

ipa: /ˈlʌŋ/


speak

forms:
speak (canonical)
speaks (third-person singular)
spoke (past)
spoken (past participle)
speaking (present participle)

text: He speaks with him daily.

enpr: /spēk/

ipa: /spiːk/

audio: en-uk-to speak.ogg

speak

speaks

spoke

spoken

speaking


global

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

glosses: If something is global it includes the whole world.

text: The weather is changing, and this is not just in one or two places. The change is global.

text: The Olympics and the world cup of soccer are the two largest global sporting events.

ipa: /ˈgləʊbəl/

enpr: glō'bəl

ipa: /ˈgloʊbəl/

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


brain

forms:
brain (singular)
brains (plural)

glosses: Your brain is the part of your body that is inside your head.

text: The brain is the part of the body that thinks and controls the rest of the body through the nervous system.

text: He has serious brain damage from falling off of his bicycle and hitting his head.

enpr: brān

ipa: /breɪn/

audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Back ache-brain.wav


color

forms:
color (singular)
colors (plural)

glosses: The image caused by light in your eyes, due to light of various wavelengths hitting your retina.

text: My favorite color is blue.

glosses: The color of a person's skin, especially as an indicator of their race or ethnicity

enpr: /kŭlʹə/

ipa: /ˈkʌlə/

enpr: /kŭl'ər/

ipa: /ˈkʌlɚ/


color

forms:
color (canonical)
colors (third-person singular)
colored (past)
colored (past participle)
coloring (present participle)

text: Rose colored the drawing with a pencil.


c

forms: C or c

text: "b" comes before "c"

glosses: In some schools, an C is the passing grade.

text: Albert only just passed the exam; he got a C.

ipa: /si/

homophones: see sea

letter

C


it

pos: pron

glosses: Used to refer to an object that might have been described earlier in the text.

text: The house was very big. It had many rooms.

text: It is very hot today.

text: I'm staying in because it is raining.

glosses: Used to describe a situation in general.

text: I don't like it when people tell me to do something.

text: It is hard to find a job.

text: It wasn't easy knowing where the ball would go.

enpr: ĭt

ipa: /ɪt/

sampa: /It/

enpr: ət

ipa: /ət/


it

forms: IT

glosses: Information Technology, i.e. the use of computers.

initialism

IT


probably

etymology_text: probable + -ly

ety-suffix

probable

expansion: probable + -ly

glosses: If something is probably true, or will probably happen, it means there is a high chance of it.

text: I'm not sure what I'm doing tonight, but I'll probably stay home and study.

text: "Is Ed here?" "Uh... he usually leaves at 4:00, so he's probably gone, but I'll go and have a look."

ipa: /ˈprɒbəbli/

ipa: /ˈprɑbəbli/


health

forms: health (singular)

glosses: If you talk about the health of a person or animal, you are talking about whether they are sick or not.

text: The doctors believe that the disease will not be a serious danger to public health.

text: Before you start exercising, you should be in good health.

glosses: If you have health you are not sick (do not have disease) and are not hurt.

enpr: hĕlth

ipa: /hɛlθ/


migration

forms:
migration (singular)
migrations (plural)

glosses: A migration is a large movement, usually of people or animals, to a new living place.

text: Every fall, the birds begin their migration from the cold northern areas to the southern regions where they will spend the winter.

ipa: /maɪgˈreɪʃǝn/

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

hyphenation: mi‧gra‧tion


practice

forms:
practice (canonical)
practices (third-person singular)
practiced (past)
practiced (past participle)
practicing (present participle)

glosses: If you practice something, you do it again and again to improve your ability.

text: The class was going to practice writing skills for homework.

text: When I got my first guitar, I practiced until my fingers fell off.

glosses: If you practice a subject (specially law and medicine), you pursue it as a career.

text: She practiced law for several years.

ipa: /ˈpræktɪs/

verb

practic


practice

forms:
practice (singular)
practices (plural)

glosses: Practice is an activity you do again and again to improve your ability.

text: I can go to the party because I have soccer practice that night.

text: My driving is getting better, but I still need practice.


style

forms:
style (singular)
styles (plural)

glosses: A style is a specific look, design, or way of dressing or acting.

text: I don't understand why the styles in fashion magazines are always changing.

text: We have a new manager, but her style is much more friendly than the old guy.

glosses: A style is a traditional or legal term referring to a person who holds a title or post.

text: He styled himself the Count of Monte Cristo.

enpr: stīl

ipa: /staɪl/


style

forms:
style (canonical)
styles (third-person singular)
styled (past)
styled (past participle)
styling (present participle)

glosses: If you style something, you design and make it appear in a certain way.

styl


a

pos: det

glosses: A is used when you don't expect your listener to identify which thing you mean.

text: Compare "A book I saw on the shelf" and "The book I gave you yesterday".

ipa: /eɪ/

ipa: /æɪ/


a

forms: A or a

text: The letter "a" comes before "b".

glosses: In some schools, an A is a very high grade.

text: Ron got an A on his earth science test.

letter

A


wash

forms:
wash (canonical)
washes (third-person singular)
washed (past)
washed (past participle)
washing (present participle)

glosses: When you wash something, you clean it with water.

text: I wash my car every day.

ipa: /wɒʃ/

sampa: /wQS/

ipa: /wɑʃ/

sampa: /wAS/

audio: En-uk-to wash.ogg

verb

wash

es


wash

forms:
wash (singular)
washes (plural)

text: He gave the dog a wash.

glosses: The items for washing, before, after, or during the washing.

text: He threw his dirty clothes in the wash.

text: She brought the wash in from the clothesline.

text: The program was a complete wash.

text: His project is a wash.

glosses: With up: to be washed up is to be completely discouraged and burnt out.

text: The Starcraft 2 servers were down and I was all washed up.

noun

washes


correct

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

glosses: Something that is correct has no mistakes.

text: For question #5, only 5 people got the correct answer.

text: When you type, the correct hand position is very important.

ipa: /kəˈrɛkt/


correct

forms:
correct (canonical)
corrects (third-person singular)
corrected (past)
corrected (past participle)
correcting (present participle)

glosses: When you correct something that is wrong, you make it right.

text: I corrected the mistakes on your test.


ocean

forms:
ocean (singular)
oceans (plural)

text: My great grandfather came across the Atlantic ocean from Scotland to Canada in 1882 on a sailing ship.

text: She stood on a beach in Japan and looked east at the sun coming up over the Pacific ocean.


thought

forms:
thought (singular)
thoughts (plural)

glosses: When you have a thought, you have an idea or concept in your mind.

text: I have a thought about the answer to that problem.

text: I will give your words some thought.

ipa: /θɔːt/

ipa: /θɑt/

sampa: /TAt/


thought

forms:
think (canonical)
thinks (third-person singular)
thought (past)
thought (past participle)
thinking (present participle)

glosses: The past tense and past participle of think.

text: He thought of his mother.

text: I have thought of everything.

text: She thought that you were gone.

think

thinks

thought

thought

thinking


slowly

etymology_text: slow + -ly

ety-suffix

slow

expansion: slow + -ly

glosses: When something moves slowly or does something slowly, it takes a very long time to do it.

text: She was very tired, and walked slowly up the stairs to bed.

text: He moved slowly, hoping that the bird wouldn't notice him.

ipa: /ˈsləʊli/

ipa: /ˈsloʊli/

sampa: /"sloUli/


men

forms:
man (singular)
men (plural)

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

ipa: /mɛn/

sampa: /mEn/

noun

man

men


region

forms:
region (singular)
regions (plural)

glosses: A region is an area of land or of the body.

text: The fishing problems have been happening only in the Atlantic coast region.

text: The southern regions of Japan are warm and tropical.

text: If we do an operation in this region of the brain, you may lose your ability to speak.

glosses: A region is any connected part of a space or surface. This definition is useful in geometry.

text: In Euclidean space, a convex set is a region which has a geometric definition.

enpr: rēj′ən

ipa: /riːʤn̩/


electric

forms: electric (positive)

glosses: If a machine is electric, it uses electricity.

text: My grandmother wrote her letters on a typewriter; my mother used an electric typewriter, and I use a computer.

text: We bought a new gas stove. It's much faster than our old electric one.

ipa: /ɪˈlɛktrɪk/

sampa: /I"lEktrIk/

hyphenation: e‧lec‧tric


legal

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

glosses: If an activity is legal it does not break any laws.

text: In Canada, it is perfectly legal for a woman to walk down the street with no shirt on.

glosses: A legal problem, action, fee, etc. is related to the law or lawyers.

text: After losing the court case, he had to pay over $30,000 in legal fees.

text: The government brought legal action against three cigarette makers.

ipa: /liːɡl/


arch

forms:
arch (singular)
arches (plural)

glosses: A semi-circle shape, like an inverted "U".

text: Robert drew an arch on the paper.

glosses: Any object having the shape of an arch, from stone bridges and doorways to bows.

text: They went through the arch into the church.

glosses: A part of the foot, on the bottom, which is shaped like an arch.

text: She stepped on a nail and hurt the arch of her foot.

enpr: ärch

ipa: /ɑrt͡ʃ/

ipa: /ɑːt͡ʃ/

arch

arches


arch

forms:
arch (canonical)
arches (third-person singular)
arched (past)
arched (past participle)
arching (present participle)

text: The cat arched its back.


arch

forms: arch-

pos: prefix

glosses: Arch added to the start of a word signifies it is important or the most important

text: An archbishop is a senior bishop.

text: comic-book villains may be an arch-enemy.

prefix

arch-


international

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

etymology_text: inter- + national

ety-prefix

inter

national

expansion: inter- + national

glosses: An international event, situation, idea, etc. includes two or more countries.

text: In soccer news, France beat Japan in international competition.

glosses: An international student is a student from country A studying in country B.

text: The United States has more international students than any other country.

ipa: /ˌɪntəˈnæʃnəl/

ipa: /ˌɪntɚˈnæʃnəl/

hyphenation: inter‧nation‧al


international

forms:
international (singular)
internationals (plural)

glosses: An international is a game or contest between two or more countries.

ipa: /ˌɪntəˈnæʃnəl/

ipa: /ˌɪntɚˈnæʃnəl/


X-ray

forms:
X-ray (singular)
X-rays (plural)

glosses: X-rays are a type of invisible light beyond ultra-violet. They pass through skin and tissue, but not bone, making it useful in medicine. X-rays are a type of radiation.

text: When John broke his arm, he had an X-ray taken.

glosses: X-ray represents the letter X in the ICAO spelling alphabet.

ipa: /ˈɛks reɪ/

ipa: /ˈɛks ˌreɪ/


X-ray

forms:
X-ray (canonical)
X-rays (third-person singular)
X-rayed (past)
X-rayed (past participle)
X-raying (present participle)

glosses: To X-ray is to take a photograph of an X-ray

text: The doctor X-rayed the patient's leg


X-ray

forms: X-ray (positive)

glosses: Something that is X-ray is something to do with X-rays.

text: The airport had an X-ray scanner.


being

forms:
be (canonical)
am, is, are (present)
was, were (past)
been (past participle)
being (present participle)

text: Being happy is my favorite state.

text: I hope you are all being good.

ipa: /ˈbiːɪŋ/

hyphenation: be‧ing

be

am

is

are

was

were

been

being


being

forms:
being (singular)
beings (plural)

text: You are a human being.


being

forms: being

glosses: You use being to show the reason for something.

text: The mother is very happy, being that her son has become a college student.


bridge

forms:
bridge (singular)
bridges (plural)

glosses: Anything which avoids something which blocks a path, usually water, by going over the top of it.

text: The Golden Gate Bridge connects the two sides of California.

text: The bridge let cars go over the road, to avoid the traffic.

ipa: /brɪdʒ/

audio: En-uk-a bridge.ogg


bridge

forms:
bridge (canonical)
bridges (third-person singular)
bridged (past)
bridged (past participle)
bridging (present participle)

glosses:
:
 This short section needs someone to add to it.

verb

bridg

e


h

forms: H or h

text: "g" comes before "h"

letter

H


programme

forms:
programme (canonical)
programmes (third-person singular)
programmed (past)
programmed (past participle)
programming (present participle)

glosses: When you programme a computer, you use code to tell the computer what to do.

text: The student can programme the computer to calculate all of his statistics.

text: All of the math students know how to programme.

ipa: /ˈprəʊɡræm/

enpr: prōʹgrăm'

ipa: /ˈproʊˌɡræm/

verb

programm


programme

forms:
programme (singular)
programmes (plural)

glosses: A programme is a number of steps that are followed to reach a goal or end.

text: His new exercise programme gets more difficult every week.

text: Oxford College has an excellent English language programme.

glosses: A programme is a guide to a dramatic or theatrical performance.

text: After he entered the theatre, he bought a copy of the programme.

glosses: A (television or radio) programme is a broadcast.

text: Star Trek is her favourite programme.

glosses: A (computer) programme is the code that tells a computer what to do.

text: Microsoft Word is one of the most popular programmes in the world.

text: The new programme has a lot of problems. My computer crashes every time I try to run it.


period

forms:
period (singular)
periods (plural)

text: There was a short period when my computer stopped working.

text: During the first period, Germany scored two goals.

text: The dinosaurs lived from late in the Triassic period (about 225 million years ago) until the end of the Cretaceous (about 65 million years ago).

glosses: A period is the dot that marks the end of most sentences in English. This -> . is a period.

text: Should I use an exclamation mark or a period at the end of this sentence?

glosses: A woman's period is the time each month when she passes blood.

text: I have missed two periods now. I think I must be pregnant.

ipa: /ˈpɪərɪəd/


period

forms: period

pos: intj

glosses: And nothing else; and nothing less; used for emphasis.

text: When I say "eat your dinner," it means "eat your dinner", period!


assign

forms:
assign (canonical)
assigns (third-person singular)
assigned (past)
assigned (past participle)
assigning (present participle)

glosses: When you assign a job to someone, you tell them to do it.

text: That teacher always assigns too much homework.

glosses: To attribute or sort something into categories.

text: No firm dates can be assigned to this emperor's life.

ipa: /əˈsaɪn/

hyphenation: as‧sign


page

forms:
page (singular)
pages (plural)

glosses: A page is one side of a sheet of paper in a book, newspaper, etc.

text: The picture of the accident was on page one of the morning's paper.

glosses: A page is a sheet of paper in a book, newspaper, etc.

text: This book has one page missing.

glosses: A page is the part of a document that you can see at one time on a computer screen.

glosses: A web page is a computer document that can be accessed over the internet.

text: This site has some of the most visited pages on the web.

glosses: A page is a young person whose job is to help important people like knights, or members of parliament.

text: The pages passed out copies of the new law.

ipa: /peɪdʒ/

sampa: /peIdZ/


page

forms:
page (canonical)
pages (third-person singular)
paged (past)
paged (past participle)
paging (present participle)

glosses: If you page someone, make an announcement or send them a message asking them to contact you.

text: Paging Dr. Horvat! Please, contact the nursing station.

text: If you need me, just have them page me at the restaurant.

glosses: If you page forward, back, through, etc. something with pages, you move from one page to another.

text: I paged through the magazine, just looking at the pictures.

text: Use the mouse to page down to the next screen.

pag


wet

forms:
wet (positive)
wetter (comparative)
wettest (superlative)

glosses: If something is wet it has some water or other liquid on it.

text: I got completely wet in the rain.

text: I don't want to use this towel. It's already wet.

enpr: wĕt

ipa: /wɛt/

sampa: /wEt/

adj

wet

wetter

wettest


wet

forms:
wet (canonical)
wets (third-person singular)
wetted (past)
wetted (past participle)
wetting (present participle)

glosses: If you wet something, you put water or some other liquid on it.

text: Please try not to wet the bathroom floor when you have a shower.

verb

t


had

forms:
have (canonical)
has (third-person singular)
had (past)
had (past participle)
having (present participle)

glosses: The past tense and past participle of have.

text: We had a good time at the zoo.

text: But we have had better times in the park.

ipa: /hæd/

have

has

had

had

having


had

forms:
have (canonical)
have (present)
has (third-person singular)
had (past)
having (present participle)
haven't (present negative)
hasn't (third-person singular negative)
hadn't (past negative)

having


create

forms:
create (canonical)
creates (third-person singular)
created (past)
created (past participle)
creating (present participle)

glosses: If you create something, you make or invent it. Usually, it's something that nobody has made before.

text: Wiktionary editors create Wiktionary entries.

text: initially, the company will create 200 new jobs, rising to 520 over the next few years.

text: A lot of problems have been created by the new government.

ipa: /kriːeɪt/

hyphenation: cre‧ate

creat


stiff

forms:
stiff (positive)
stiffer (comparative)
stiffest (superlative)

glosses: If something is stiff, it is not able to be bent.

text: My arm was very stiff this morning after bowling yesterday.

text: The bar is too stiff; I cannot bend it.

ipa: /stɪf/

adj

stiff

stiffer

stiffest


stiff

forms:
stiff (singular)
stiffs (plural)

text: She went to the morgue and saw some stiffs.


stiff

forms:
stiff (canonical)
stiffs (third-person singular)
stiffed (past)
stiffed (past participle)
stiffing (present participle)

glosses:
:
 This short section needs someone to add to it.


bicycle

forms:
bicycle (singular)
bicycles (plural)

etymology_text: bi- + cycle

ety-prefix

bi

cycle

expansion: bi- + cycle

glosses: A bicycle is a vehicle with two wheels. You use your legs to make it move.

text: I learned to ride a bicycle when I was six years old.

ipa: /ˈbaɪsɪkl̩/

audio: en-uk-a bicycle.ogg

hyphenation: bi‧cy‧cle


bicycle

forms:
bicycle (canonical)
bicycles (third-person singular)
bicycled (past)
bicycled (past participle)
bicycling (present participle)

verb

bicycl


warm

forms:
warm (positive)
warmer (comparative)
warmest (superlative)

glosses: If something is warm, it is a nice temperature between cool and hot.

text: It's good to come into a nice warm house on a winter's day.

text: She washed her face in the warm water.

ipa: /wɔːm/

ipa: /wɔːrm/

adj

warm

warmer

warmest


warm

forms:
warm (canonical)
warms (third-person singular)
warmed (past)
warmed (past participle)
warming (present participle)

glosses: If you warm something, you increase the temperature.

text: At 7:30, the sun came up and warmed them a little.

text: Oh, the coffee's cold. Can you warm it up for me?


responsibility

forms:
responsibility (singular)
responsibilities (plural)

glosses: A responsibility is any action which somebody trusts or expects that another person will do. Responsibilities are normally given or taken.

text: He took that responsibility upon himself.

text: Looking after that pet is a big responsibility.

enpr: rĭ-spŏn'sə-bĭlʹĭ-tē

hyphenation: res‧pon‧si‧bi‧li‧ty

noun

responsibilities


e

forms: E or e

glosses: E is the fifth letter of the alphabet, and is the most common vowel and letter used in the English language.

text: "d" comes before "e"

glosses: The constant e is a real number that has formula e= lim _(n→∞)(1+1/n)ⁿ, and is approximately 2.718281828.

ipa: /iː/

letter

E


open

forms:
open (canonical)
opens (third-person singular)
opened (past)
opened (past participle)
opening (present participle)

glosses: To move something to the side to allow entrance.

text: I will open the door for our guests.

text: She opened the store.

enpr: ō'pən

audio: en-uk-to open.ogg


open

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

text: The door was open.

text: The shop is open.

glosses: Available for the public to see and change (of code).

text: This software has open code because it was released under an open-source license.


free

forms:
free (positive)
freer (comparative)
freest (superlative)

glosses: If something is free, it does not cost money to buy.

text: This loaf of bread is free. It costs $0.

text: The government provides free healthcare for people who cannot afford it.

glosses: If something is free, it is able to go (move) anywhere easily.

text: A wild bird is free to go where it likes.

glosses: If someone or something is free, it is carefree; it does not have any responsibilities.

text: When she is not at work, she is free.

glosses: If something is free, it is not blocked.

text: The drain was free of anything blocking it.

glosses: If something or someone is free, it is not in use.

text: This chair does not have anyone sitting in it. It is free.

glosses: When something is free, it has no conditions or limitations to using or being in it.

text: This is a free country. You can have your own freedom of speech here.

ipa: /friː/

adj

free

freer

freest


free

forms:
free (canonical)
frees (third-person singular)
freed (past)
freed (past participle)
freeing (present participle)

glosses: If you free something or someone, you release it.

text: She frees the birds because they do not belong in a cage.

text: We officially free you from jail. You may go.

verb

frees

freed

freed

freeing


prefer

forms:
prefer (canonical)
prefers (third-person singular)
preferred (past)
preferred (past participle)
preferring (present participle)

glosses: If you prefer something, you like it more than another thing.

text: Sometimes I eat in restaurants, but I prefer to cook.

text: I generally prefer coffee to tea. I just can't enjoy tea.

ipa: /prɪˈfɝ/

ipa: /prɪˈfɜː/

prefer

r


clothes

forms: clothes (plural)

glosses: Clothes, such as shirts, pants, socks, etc. are things that people wear on their body to cover it.

text: He took off his clothes and got into the shower.

text: There was no money to buy clothes, so we got our cousins' old shirts and jeans with holes in the knees.

ipa: /kləʊðz/

ipa: /kloʊz/


clothes

forms:
clothed (past)
clothed (past participle)
clothe (canonical)
clothes (third-person singular)
clad (past)
clad (past participle)
clothing (present participle)

glosses: The third-person singular form of clothe.

ipa: /kloʊðz/

cloth

clothe

clothes

clad

clothing


tongue

forms:
tongue (singular)
tongues (plural)

glosses: The part of the body that tastes food. It is pink or red and is inside the mouth.

text: He spoke in his native tongue.

ipa: /tʌŋ/


tongue

forms:
tongue (canonical)
tongues (third-person singular)
tongued (past)
tongued (past participle)
tonguing (present participle)

glosses:
:
 This short section needs someone to add to it.

tongu


typical

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

glosses: If something is typical, it is normal, and not special. It's what you would expect.

text: This rain isn't typical. We almost never get rain at this time of year.

text: These problems are just another typical example of how politicians only care about themselves.

ipa: /ˈtɪpɪkl̩/

hyphenation: typ‧i‧cal


at

forms: at

glosses: Used to say where something is, or when saying something's position

text: I am at home.

text: Let's meet at the pub!

glosses: Used to say the time at which something happened or will happen

text: Breakfast is at 9 o'clock.

text: At 5pm we went home.

glosses: Used to direct attention towards a state, event, or detail

text: Look at how lucky we are.

text: At half price!

text: Water boils at high temperatures.

enpr: ăt


at

forms: at sign

pos: symbol

text: support@microsoft.com is an email address.

text: Apples @ £1.50 per kilogram.

symbol

at sign


me

glosses: You use me instead of your name, to refer to yourself.

text: This is my book. It belongs to me.

enpr: mē

ipa: /miː/


act

forms:
act (canonical)
acts (third-person singular)
acted (past)
acted (past participle)
acting (present participle)

glosses: If you act in some way, you do something that makes people think you are that way.

text: When he must do something, he acts quickly.

text: Don't do anything strange. Just act normal.

text: She acted the fool when she saw him.

glosses: If you act, you perform in a film or a play.

text: Daniel Radcliffe acts in the Harry Potter films.

ipa: /ækt/

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


act

forms:
act (singular)
acts (plural)

text: Going into the house on fire to help a child was a brave act.

text: The UK's Freedom of Information Act was passed in 2004. It lets people ask questions of the government.

glosses: An act is when you do something to make people believe something other than the truth.

text: Susan seems nice, but it's all an act.

glosses: An act is a part of a play, opera, ballet, musical, film, or other theatrical piece. An act is sometimes divided into scenes.

text: The curtain comes down at the end of each act.


ear

forms:
ear (singular)
ears (plural)

glosses: A part of the head (or face) used for hearing.

text: My rabbit has two big ears.

text: Your shouting hurts my ears!

ipa: /ɪə̯/

ipa: /ɪr/


technology

forms:
technology (singular)
technologies (plural)

glosses: Technology is the tools, equipment, and activities that come from scientific knowledge.

text: Modern technology such as computers, robots, and wireless communications, can reduce the cost of doing business. (can make the cost smaller.)

text: The 1800s saw a gradual development (growth in small steps) of new technologies in farming and transportation.

ipa: /tɛkˈnɒlədʒi/

ipa: /tɛkˈnɑlədʒi/

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

hyphenation: tech‧nol‧o‧gy

noun

technologies


she

glosses: A female person or animal without identifying or describing her. The person is normally identified or described earlier in the text or sentence.

text: The woman with the glasses played the trumpet. She didn't play very well.

text: Agatha Christie was an English writer, but she is now dead.

text: She is one of the largest ships you can ever find in this port.

text: I bought this car 5 years ago, but she is still working well.

ipa: /ʃiː/


she

forms:
she (singular)
shes (plural)

text: Alice is definitely a she.


program

forms:
program (canonical)
programs (third-person singular)
programed (past)
programed (past participle)
programing (present participle)

glosses: When you program a computer, you use code to tell the computer what to do.

text: The student can program the computer to calculate all of his statistics.

text: All of the math students know how to program.

ipa: /ˈprəʊɡræm/

ipa: /ˈproʊˌɡræm/


program

forms:
program (singular)
programs (plural)

glosses: A program is a number of steps that are followed to reach a goal or end.

text: His new exercise program gets more difficult every week.

text: Oxford College has an excellent English language program.

glosses: A program is a guide to a dramatic or theatrical performance.

text: After he entered the theatre, he bought a copy of the program.

glosses: A (television or radio) program is a broadcast.

text: Star Trek is her favorite program.

glosses: A (computer) program is the code that tells a computer what to do.

text: Microsoft Word is one of the most popular programs in the world.

text: The new program has a lot of problems. My computer crashes every time I try to run it.


right

forms:
righter (comparative)
rightest (superlative)
right (positive)
more right (comparative)
most right (superlative)

text: You did the right thing.

enpr: rīt

ipa: /ˈraɪt/

homophones: rite wright write

adj

right

righter

rightest


right

forms:
right (singular)
rights (plural)

glosses: When something is to the right of a location, it means the direction 90º clockwise.

text: He takes a right at the library.

text: She made a right turn on Oak Street.

glosses: When you have the right for something, it means that it is an activity allowed by status.

text: You have the right to remain silent.

text: Administrators on Wiktionary have the right to block users from editing.

text: Two wrongs don't make a right.


right

forms:
right (canonical)
rights (third-person singular)
righted (past)
righted (past participle)
righting (present participle)

glosses: When you turn something right, you turn it the right-side-up.

text: He righted the boat.

glosses: When you make something right, you correct it.

text: He tried to right a wrong.


right

text: He does it right.

text: I want to talk to you right now.

text: But John, the letter is right there.

text: She turned right.


temperature

forms:
temperature (singular)
temperatures (plural)

glosses: The temperature of something is how hot or cold it is.

text: Today's temperature is 25°C.

ipa: /ˈtɛmp(ə)rətʃə(r)/

hyphenation: tem‧per‧a‧ture


government

forms:
government (singular)
governments (plural)

etymology_text: govern + -ment

ety-suffix

govern

ment

expansion: govern + -ment

glosses: A government is a group of people who make the laws and control a country or other place.

text: The local government announced a 5% cut in taxes.

ipa: /ˈgʌvənmənt/

ipa: /ˈɡʌvɚnmənt/

hyphenation: gov‧ern‧ment


eagle

forms:
eagle (singular)
eagles (plural)

text: He saw an eagle perched on top of that tree.

glosses: An old gold coin in the United States worth $10.

text: He showed me his coin collection. He even had an old eagle.

text: I got a birdy and you got an eagle on that last hole.


eagle

forms:
eagle (canonical)
eagles (third-person singular)
eagled (past)
eagled (past participle)
eagling (present participle)

glosses: If you eagle a golf hole, you score two under par on it.

text: I eagled the last hole with 3 strokes on a par 5.

verb

eagl


sound

forms:
sound (positive)
sounder (comparative)
soundest (superlative)

ipa: /saʊnd/

adj

sound

sounder

soundest


sound

forms:
sound (singular)
sounds (plural)

glosses: any noise; something that can be heard by the ears.

text: There was a loud sound.


sound

forms:
sound (canonical)
sounds (third-person singular)
sounded (past)
sounded (past participle)
sounding (present participle)

glosses: If something sounds a particular way, you think it is that way when you hear or read about it.

text: The restaurant sounds great.


her

glosses: You use her instead of the name of a person, to talk about a woman or girl. (used in the object position, never as a subject)

text: This is Susan's book. Give it to her.

glosses: If you say something is her thing, you mean it belongs to a particular woman or girl.

text: It is her book, not mine,

ipa: /hɜː/

ipa: /hɝ/


flood

forms:
flood (singular)
floods (plural)

glosses: A flood happens when there has been a lot of rain in a short time and the water covers the ground.

text: The storm brought heavy rains, and the resulting flood caused $14 million in damage to crops.

enpr: flŭd

ipa: /flʌd/


flood

forms:
flood (canonical)
floods (third-person singular)
flooded (past)
flooded (past participle)
flooding (present participle)

glosses: If a place is flooded, the water covers the ground and often causes a lot of damage.

text: In 2005, a hurricane brought so much rain that much of Louisiana was flooded, killing many people, and destroying large parts of the city.

text: The market has been flooded with boy band recordings.

text: Stop flooding the editorial office with your complaints.


egg

forms:
egg (singular)
eggs (plural)

glosses: An egg is a common food that is ball-shaped and can have a baby animal inside, such as a chicken, a fish, a snake, etc.

text: I had a boiled egg for breakfast.

glosses: An egg is a cell in the female's body that can become a baby when it is joined by a male cell.

enpr: ĕg

ipa: /ɛɡ/

sampa: /Eg/


egg

forms:
egg (canonical)
eggs (third-person singular)
egged (past)
egged (past participle)
egging (present participle)

text: On Halloween, naughty children egg houses.


you

glosses: Used instead of the name of the person being spoken to; it is a second-person pronoun.

text: You are my best friend.

text: Can I go to the shops with you?

text: You have to be 18 years old to see that film.

text: She has problems with her eyes, and can't see you properly.

enpr: yo͞o

ipa: /juː/

homophones: ewe u yew


you

forms: you

glosses: Used before a word that means the person or people someone is talking to.

text: You guys can leave now.


green

forms:
green (singular)
greens (plural)

enpr: grēn

ipa: /ɡriːn/

ipa: /ɡrin/


green

forms:
green (positive)
greener (comparative)
greenest (superlative)

text: The grass is green.

glosses: A fruit that is not ripe (ready to eat).

text: The banana was still green.

text: He was a new journalist and quite green.

text: She turned green when she saw my dress.

glosses: Something that protects the environment.

text: Saving that tree was a green thing to do.

green

greener

greenest


instruction

forms:
instruction (singular)
instructions (plural)

etymology_text: instruct + -ion

ety-suffix

instruct

ion

expansion: instruct + -ion

glosses: An instruction is a command or a step that helps you achieve a goal.

text: Before he died, he gave the hospital instructions about how to deal with his body.

glosses: The instructions that come with a new machine, computer, or product tell you how to use the product.

text: I couldn't figure out how to set the temperature in the fridge, so I read the instructions.

ipa: /ɪnˈstrʌkʃən/


loan

forms:
loan (singular)
loans (plural)

glosses: A loan is money that you borrow and pay back later. Usually, you take a loan from a bank.

text: We've almost finished paying off our car loan.

text: We can't afford to buy the new TV without taking a loan.

text: I'd like to take out a loan for $5,000.

ipa: /ləʊn/

ipa: /loʊn/


loan

forms:
loan (canonical)
loans (third-person singular)
loaned (past)
loaned (past participle)
loaning (present participle)

glosses: If you loan someone something, you lend it to them.

text: Please loan me your lawn mower.

glosses: Loan in Hollywood studio speak means an actor is under contract to one studio and loaned to another studio to make one of their films.

text: He was loaned to MGM to make MGM's newest movie.


bed

forms:
bed (singular)
beds (plural)

text: At night, I go to bed.

text: The fish was so far down in the water that it was touching the river's bed.

ipa: /bɛd/


bed

forms:
bed (canonical)
beds (third-person singular)
bedded (past)
bedded (past participle)
bedding (present participle)

text: By the next week, Josh had bedded Tina and Holly.

verb

bed

d


breath

forms:
breath (singular)
breaths (plural)

glosses: Your breath is the air that you move into and out of your lungs.

text: After running for just a minute, his breath was coming quickly.

glosses: A breath is the air that you move into and out of your lungs one time.

text: Take a big breath and put your face in the water.

enpr: brĕth

ipa: /breθ/

sampa: /breT/


structure

forms:
structure (singular)
structures (plural)

glosses: The structure of something is the way that it is put together.

text: The structure of her writing makes it very easy to understand.

text: The social structure of a class is often very complex.

glosses: A structure is something that has been built or put together, especially something big, such as a building.

text: The CN tower is the tallest structure in Toronto.

ipa: /ˈstrʌktʃə(r)/

ipa: /ˈstrʌktʃɚ/

hyphenation: struc‧ture


structure

forms:
structure (canonical)
structures (third-person singular)
structured (past)
structured (past participle)
structuring (present participle)

glosses: If you structure something in a particular way, you organise or build it that way.

text: Prepare a list of questions to structure the interview.

structur

e


January

pos: name

glosses: January is the first (1st) month in the year.

text: There are 31 days in January.

ipa: /ˈdʒænjʊəri/

enpr: jănʹyo͞o-ĕr'ē

ipa: /ˈdʒænjuˌɛri/

sampa: /"dZ{nju%Eri/

proper noun

January

Januaries

Januarys


back

forms: back

text: He went back behind the stands.

text: I didn't like it, so I sent it back.

text: He went back to the same house.

text: They came back again.

ipa: /ˈbæk/


back

forms:
back (singular)
backs (plural)

glosses: The back is the rear part of something; it is the part in the other direction from the front.

text: I went to the back of the house.

glosses: The back is the rear part of the human body.

text: He had a scar on his back.


back

forms:
back (canonical)
backs (third-person singular)
backed (past)
backed (past participle)
backing (present participle)

text: The Republicans backed the bill.

text: He put the car in gear and backed right into the garage door.


sick

forms:
sick (positive)
sicker (comparative)
sickest (superlative)

glosses: If a person, animal, or plant is sick, it has a disease and is not healthy.

text: I'm sorry, I'm too sick to go to work today.

text: If you're sick, you should go and see a doctor.

glosses: A way of saying something is bad. (Could mean one or both of the following.)

glosses: If something is sick it makes you feel like vomiting. Usually this is not literal, but just means very bad.

text: Oh sick! There is dog shit all over everything.

glosses: Sick can mean similar to person who is mentally ill (crazy), as an insult. This can also mean something bad that a crazy person might do.

text: Killing children is just plain sick.

text: That guy is really sick in the head.

glosses: You say this about something that is cool. That is, something you like or see as very good.

text: That song is sick!

enpr: sĭk

ipa: /sɪk/

sampa: /sIk/

adj

sick

sicker

sickest


physical

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

glosses: A physical thing or activity is related to the body, or something you can touch.

text: The war didn't leave him with any physical injuries, but his mind was badly damaged.

text: When we look at where someone lives, we have to look at the physical environment (e.g., the amount of green space, transportation, house size, etc.) as well as the social environment.

ipa: /ˈfɪzɪkəl/


cloud

forms:
cloud (singular)
clouds (plural)

glosses: A cloud is a collection of condensed water vapor floating in the sky that sometimes makes rain.

text: Those dark storm clouds are quickly getting closer.

glosses: A cloud is a group or swarm of something.

text: The cloud of locusts flew closer to the corn.

enpr: kloud

ipa: /klaʊd/


cloud

forms:
cloud (canonical)
clouds (third-person singular)
clouded (past)
clouded (past participle)
clouding (present participle)

glosses: If something is clouded, it becomes foggy or gloomy; it becomes blocked from sight.

text: The sky clouded over.

glosses: If something is clouded, it becomes obscure.

text: Don't cloud the issue.


area

forms:
area (singular)
areas (plural)

text: This is the business area of town.

text: We have chosen a large forest area for the new park.

glosses: An area of study is a special subject, such as mathematics, grammar, music, or biology.

text: Economics is quite interesting, but my area is more related to politics.

glosses: The area of a surface, is the size of the surface.

text: The length is 10 cm and the width is 5 cm, so the area is 50 cm².

enpr: âʼrĭ-ə

enpr: ârʼē-ə


community

forms:
community (singular)
communities (plural)

glosses: A community is a group of people living in the same area and having a similar background or similar interests.

text: Most Libyan policemen were members of the community where they worked.

text: Within the business community, most people believe that taxes are too high.

ipa: /k(ə)ˈmjunəti/

hyphenation: com‧mu‧nity

irrnoun

communities


pool

forms:
pool (singular)
pools (plural)

glosses: A pool is hole that holds water. Usually, it is for people to swim in.

text: Our hotel had a large indoor pool.

ipa: /puːl/

ipa: /pul/

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


pool

forms:
pool (canonical)
pools (third-person singular)
pooled (past)
pooled (past participle)
pooling (present participle)

text: Let's pool our money together to buy a gift for Mom.


grade

forms:
grade (singular)
grades (plural)

glosses: A grade is a letter or number that you use to show how good something is. Usually, teachers use it to show how good a student's test or assignment is.

text: He got 97% on his test. It was the top grade in the class.

text: Our restaurant uses only the highest grade of meat.

glosses: In North American English, a grade is the school year.

text: Most Canadian children start grade one when they are six years old and finish grade 12 when they are 18.

ipa: /ɡreɪd/

homophones: grayed greyed


grade

forms:
grade (canonical)
grades (third-person singular)
graded (past)
graded (past participle)
grading (present participle)

glosses: If you grade something, you judge how good it is.

text: After the final exam, the teacher spent the whole weekend grading papers.

text: My friends goes to the farm to grade animals that are going to be sold.

verb

grad


be

forms:
be (canonical)
am, is, are (present)
was, were (past)
been (past participle)
being (present participle)

glosses: This verb tells us that a thing is present, or in a place.

text: The book is on the table.

text: There was someone in the room.

text: Were you at the party?

text: The party was on Saturday.

text: The next meeting will be here.

glosses: Go somewhere; visit someone (only in the perfect tense).

text: I've never been to Disneyland.

text: The book is blue.

text: They were sad about losing the match.

text: John is 35 years old this year.

text: I'm fine.

text: He'd like to be a doctor.

text: The film was terrible!

text: The book is 5 euro.

text: Look, Mummy! I'm being a dog! Woof, woof!

glosses: We use a form of be and a gerund-participle to make progressive aspect.

text: He is sitting on the chair.

text: I've been waiting for half an hour.

text: They will be leaving on Tuesday.

ipa: /biː/

audio: en-uk-to be.ogg

be

am


liquid

forms:
liquid (singular)
liquids (plural)

glosses: A basic state of things that is similar to water. Not solid or gas.

text: She put the liquid in a glass.

enpr: /lɪk'wɪd/

ipa: /ˈlɪkwɪd/

sampa: /"lIkwId/

hyphenation: liq‧uid


liquid

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

glosses: A thing that is in the form of a liquid.

text: He added liquid nitrogen.


transport

forms:
transport (singular)
transports (plural)

glosses: Transport refers to how things are moved, or a system of transportation.

text: I prefer my own means of transport.

glosses: A transport is a vehicle or vessel used to move things or people.

text: On Tatooine, C-3PO thought he saw a transport in the distance.

ipa: /ˈtrænzpɔːt/


transport

forms:
transport (canonical)
transports (third-person singular)
transported (past)
transported (past participle)
transporting (present participle)

glosses: If you transport something, you carry it from one place to another, usually on a truck, boat, or other large vehicle.

text: One of the most important parts of doing business is transporting your materials from the factory to the shop.

ipa: /trænzˈpɔːt/


doctor

forms:
doctor (singular)
doctors (plural)

glosses: A person who helps people who are sick, and looks after their health.

glosses: A person who can work very well about a particular thing and is given the title Doctor by a university, for example a doctor in psychology could be called Doctor John Smith.

ipa: /ˈdɒktə/

hyphenation: doc‧tor


doctor

forms:
doctor (canonical)
doctors (third-person singular)
doctored (past)
doctored (past participle)
doctoring (present participle)

glosses: If you doctor someone, you act as a medical doctor towards them.

glosses: If you doctor something or someone, you change them.


affect

forms:
affect (canonical)
affects (third-person singular)
affected (past)
affected (past participle)
affecting (present participle)

glosses: If x affects y, then x causes a change in y.

text: The movement of the soccer ball was affected by the wind.

text: Sigmund Freud's ideas were affected by the writings of Frederick Nietzsche.

text: How do you think the new government will affect the economy?

glosses: If you affect a way of speaking, walking, dressing, etc., you pretend that it is your normal way, often to impress people.

text: "No, ma'm," Robert said, affecting a southern accent.

enpr: əfĕkt'

ipa: /ə'fɛkt/


affect

forms:
affect (singular)
affects (plural)

glosses: Your affect is the emotion or feeling you have in response to an idea, object, etc.

text: Actors need to bring out the affect of the scene.

glosses: Affect is emotion or emotional response.

text: When teaching, we need to consider both ideas and affect.


information

forms:
information (singular)
informations (plural)

glosses: Information is facts, details, numbers, names, and other forms of knowledge.

text: The nurse can provide you with more information about healthy eating.

text: computers make it easy to save and search for the information you need.

ipa: /ˌɪnfəˈmeɪʃən/

ipa: /ˌɪnfərˈmeɪʃən/

hyphenation: in‧for‧ma‧tion


aid

forms:
aid (singular)
aids (plural)

glosses: Aid is the help that is given to people, usually by a government or institution.

text: After the flood the UN sent $500 million of aid in the form of food, water, tents, and medical supplies.

glosses: An aid is a person or thing that helps you do an activity.

text: The president's aid spoke to the newspapers today.

text: I can't see, but I have a number of aids, such as a cane, a dog, and a talking computer, that make my life easier.

ipa: /eɪl/


aid

forms:
aid (canonical)
aids (third-person singular)
aided (past)
aided (past participle)
aiding (present participle)


lecture

forms:
lecture (singular)
lectures (plural)

glosses: A lecture is a talk about a specific topic. Usually, it is a planned talk and it often lasts a long time.

text: My teacher is giving a lecture on human rights tonight at the university.

hyphenation: lec‧ture


lecture

forms:
lecture (canonical)
lectures (third-person singular)
lectured (past)
lectured (past participle)
lecturing (present participle)

glosses: If you lecture someone, you teach them something.

lectur


meal

forms:
meal (singular)
meals (plural)

glosses: A meal is the food you eat at regular times of the day. breakfast, lunch, and dinner, are meals.

text: Thanks for dinner! I haven't had a good Italian meal like that for a long time.

glosses: The edible part of certain grains; it is often used to feed animals.

ipa: /miːl/

audio: en-uk-a meal.ogg


require

forms:
require (canonical)
requires (third-person singular)
required (past)
required (past participle)
requiring (present participle)

text: The job requires high level of math skills.

text: The new system will make the information available where it is required.

glosses: If you are required to do something, you have to do it.

text: All men over the age of 21 are required to report to the army for service.

ipa: /rɪˈkwaɪə/

ipa: /rɪˈkwaɪr/

hyphenation: re‧quire

requir


sun

forms: sun

glosses: The sun is the star that can be seen during the day from the Earth. In the sky, it looks like a yellow circle.

text: The sun is very hot.

enpr: /sŭn/

ipa: /sʌn/

sampa: /sVn/


sun

forms:
sun (singular)
suns (plural)

glosses: A star, especially a star that is at the center of a solar system.

text: Scientists have found other suns with planets around them.


Earth

forms: Earth

glosses: The planet on which we live - the third planet of the Solar System.

text: The moon goes around the Earth.

ipa: /ɜː(r)θ/


wolf

forms:
wolf (singular)
wolves (plural)

glosses: A wolf is a wild animal, similar to a dog.

enpr: wo͝olf

ipa: /ˈwʊlf/

sampa: /"wUlf/

audio: En-uk-a wolf.ogg

noun

wolf

wolves


habit

forms:
habit (singular)
habits (plural)

glosses: A habit is something that you do regularly.

text: John, don't bite your fingernails. It's a bad habit.

text: Marjorie has a habit of buying Christmas presents early, hiding them away like a squirrel, and then forgetting all about them.

glosses: A habit is what people in certain jobs wear, generally religious jobs. These people can be recognized by their habits.

text: The monk's habit was black.

glosses: A habit is the form of growth of a plant or, sometimes, an animal.

text: Some corals grow with a branching habit.

ipa: /ˈhæbɪt/

sampa: /"h{bIt/


perfect

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

glosses: Something that is perfect has no mistakes, problems, or damage.

text: She answered him in perfect Japanese.

glosses: Something that is perfect is exactly what was needed or wanted.

text: "Here's the knife." "Oh, yes! Thanks, it's perfect."

text: That's a perfect example of how to start a business.

glosses: In a perfect tense, a verb is used for a situation that is finished before another point in time.

text: I believe that in French the passe compose is equivalent to the present perfect tense in English.

ipa: /ˈpɜːfɪkt/

poses: adjective noun

ipa: /ˈpɝːfɪkt/


perfect

forms:
perfect (canonical)
perfects (third-person singular)
perfected (past)
perfected (past participle)
perfecting (present participle)

glosses: If you perfect something, you fix all its problems or make it as good as possible.

text: Our leaders have perfected the art of sounding good while saying nothing.

ipa: /pəˈfɛkt/

ipa: /pɚˈfɛkt/


perfect

forms:
perfect (singular)
perfects (plural)

glosses: The perfect is a verb tense used for a situation that is finished before another point in time.

text: This verb should be in the present perfect.


mineral

forms:
mineral (singular)
minerals (plural)

glosses: A mineral is a substance in the earth such as calcium, salt, iron, etc.

text: The rocks in this area are rich in minerals.

text: Eating nuts will help your body get the minerals it needs.


crush

forms:
crush (canonical)
crushes (third-person singular)
crushed (past)
crushed (past participle)
crushing (present participle)

text: I will crush the spider with a book.

ipa: /krʌʃ/

audio: EN-AU ck1 crush.ogg

verb

crush

es


crush

forms:
crush (singular)
crushes (plural)

glosses: If you have a crush on someone, you like them and want to date them. This could be because you think they are attractive.

text: I've got a crush on Joey, but you can't tell anyone.

glosses: The person you have a crush on is called a crush.

text: Cindy was my boyhood crush.

irrnoun

crushes


item

forms:
item (singular)
items (plural)

glosses: An item is a particular thing that is separate from other things.

text: The first item to discuss at today's meeting is the noise from the new road.

text: There are a number of items here that belonged to your father.

ipa: /ˈaɪtəm/

ipa: [ˈaɪ̯ɾəm]


resource

forms:
resource (singular)
resources (plural)

etymology_text: re- + source(verb)

ety-prefix

re

source

expansion: re- + source

glosses: A resource is something that is available and useful.

text: We don't have enough time and resources to finish the job.

text: Canada has fewer natural resources, including trees, fish, and oil, than it did in the past.

ipa: /rɪˈzɔɚs/

ipa: /ˈrisɔɚs/

hyphenation: re‧source


resource

forms:
resource (canonical)
resources (third-person singular)
resourced (past)
resourced (past participle)
resourcing (present participle)

glosses: If you resource something, you source it again.

verb

resourc


sharp

forms:
sharp (positive)
sharper (comparative)
sharpest (superlative)

text: He has a sharp knife.

text: That girl is sharp.

text: That lemonade is sharp.

text: I would like sharp Cheddar cheese.

ipa: /ʃɑːp/

ipa: /ʃɑrp/

audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Back ache-sharp.wav

adj

sharp

sharper

sharpest


sharp

forms:
sharp (singular)
sharps (plural)

glosses: A blade, especially a sword used in fencing, with a sharp tip.

text: Jesse preferred to practice with sharps.

glosses: A sharp is a note that is one half step above the one that is named.

text: The last note that she sang was a D sharp, not a C flat.


ice

forms:
ice (singular)
ices (plural)

glosses: A gas or liquid, normally water, which has been frozen (made solid)

text: When water is cooled below 0°C, it freezes into ice.

text: Ice is the solid state of water.

ipa: /aɪs/


ice

forms:
ice (canonical)
ices (third-person singular)
iced (past)
iced (past participle)
icing (present participle)

glosses: If you ice something, you cool it by putting ice or something else very cold on it.

text: I iced my knee after I hurt it in soccer.

glosses: If you ice a cake, you cover with icing.

text: I iced this cake.

verb

ic


milk

forms:
milk (singular)
milks (plural)

glosses: Milk is a white liquid some animals make for their babies to drink. People often drink cow's milk.

text: The boy had some fresh goat milk.

ipa: /mɪɫk/


milk

forms:
milk (canonical)
milks (third-person singular)
milked (past)
milked (past participle)
milking (present participle)

glosses: If you milk an animal like a cow or a goat, you take the milk out of it.


o

forms: O or o

glosses: The fifteenth (15th) letter of the alphabet. It is a vowel.

text: "o" comes after "n" and before "p"

ipa: /ˈəʊ/

ipa: /ˈoʊ/

homophones: oh owe

letter

O


cheese

forms:
cheese (singular)
cheeses (plural)

glosses: Cheese is a food that is made by mixing bacteria with milk and aging it.

text: I often eat cheese with bread and grapes.

enpr: chēz

ipa: /t͡ʃiːz/

ipa: /t͡ʃiz/


meat

forms:
meat (singular)
meats (plural)

glosses: Meat is the muscle of animals that we eat. beef, chicken, and pork are kinds of meat.

text: I am a vegetarian. I don't eat meat, only fruits, grains, and vegetables.

text: You should cook the meat at 135 to 140°C.

enpr: mēt

ipa: /miːt/

homophones: meet mete


customer

forms:
customer (singular)
customers (plural)

glosses: A customer is a person who pays money for goods or services.

text: The restaurant had to close because there weren't enough customers.

ipa: /ˈkʌstəmə/

ipa: /ˈkʌstəmɚ/

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


grain

forms:
grain (singular)
grains (plural)

glosses: A grain is a seed that people eat, such as wheat, rice, corn, etc.

text: Most North Americans get their grains from bread and pasta.

glosses: A grain is any very small piece of something, such as sand, salt, sugar, etc.

text: One grain of salt is almost too small to see.

ipa: /greɪn/


transportation

forms: transportation (singular)

etymology_text: transport + -ation

ety-suffix

transport

ation

expansion: transport + -ation

glosses: Transportation is the system or vehicles used to move people or things from one place to another.

text: In most of Canada, the main form of transportation is the family car.

text: The public transportation system in Tokyo is a mixture of busses and above- and below-ground trains.

text: The company is trying to reduce transportation costs by sending more goods by boat rather than airplane.

ipa: /trænspɔːˈteɪʃən/

ipa: /trænspɚˈteɪʃən/

hyphenation: trans‧por‧ta‧tion


convenient

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

glosses: If something is convenient, you can get it or use it quickly and easily.

text: Living here is so convenient. There's a supermarket right across the street, and a train station just a 2 minute walk away.

text: It's more convenient to drive than it is to walk.

text: This is the most convenient route to take.

ipa: /kənˈviːniənt/

ipa: /kənˈvinjənt/

hyphenation: con‧ve‧nient


dry

forms:
dry (positive)
drier (comparative)
driest (superlative)

glosses: If something is dry, it has no water or liquid on it.

text: The Sahara desert is dry.

enpr: drī

ipa: /draɪ/

audio: EN-AU ck1 dry.ogg

adj

dry

drier

driest


dry

forms:
dry (canonical)
dries (third-person singular)
dried (past)
dried (past participle)
drying (present participle)

text: The clothes dried in the sun.

text: I dried myself after my bath.

verb

dr

y


camera

forms:
camera (singular)
cameras (plural)

glosses: An object that takes pictures digitally or on film.

text: I took a picture of the mountain with my camera.

glosses: A machine that records or broadcasts moving pictures.

text: The shooting was caught on camera.

glosses: A Latin word meaning room and used in English only for rooms where laws are discussed

ipa: /ˈkæmərə/

hyphenation: ca‧me‧ra; cam‧era

noun

camera


computer

forms:
computer (singular)
computers (plural)

etymology_text: compute + -er

ety-suffix

compute

er

expansion: compute + -er

glosses: A computer is a machine that helps you store, organize, and use information.

text: If you're looking at a web page, you must be using a computer.

glosses: A computer is a person whose job is doing computations.

ipa: /kəmˈpjuːtə/

ipa: /kəmˈpjutɚ/

hyphenation: com‧pu‧ter


my

text: Is this my book, or is it yours?

enpr: mī

ipa: /maɪ̯/

sampa: /maI/


depression

forms:
depression (singular)
depressions (plural)

glosses: If someone has depression, they have a condition which makes them very sad and makes it very hard for them to imagine being happy later.

text: After Suzie's dog passed away, she fell into a depression for six months.

glosses: A depression is when a person's feelings are very sad and unhappy.

text: John had a small depression after he lost the tennis match, but in two weeks he was back to normal.

glosses: A depression is a low point on a surface.

text: There was a small depression in the ground where the rock had been.

glosses: A depression is when the economy slows down by a lot.

text: The business community is worried that the oil problems could lead to a depression.

ipa: /dɪˈprɛʃən/


contact

forms:
contact (singular)
contacts (plural)

glosses: When x makes or has contact with y, they touch each other physically.

text: The trains in Tokyo are so crowded that everyone has to stand in close contact to everyone else.

text: He wore dark glasses so that he wouldn't have to make eye contact with anyone.

text: "Did you tell Chris about lunch today?" "No, I wasn't able to get in contact with him."

ipa: /ˈkɑntækt/

ipa: /ˈkɒntækt/


contact

forms:
contact (canonical)
contacts (third-person singular)
contacted (past)
contacted (past participle)
contacting (present participle)

glosses: If A contacts B, A telephones B or writes a letter or e-mail to B.

text: If I can help further please do not hesitate to contact me at 012-345-6789.


wood

forms:
wood (singular)
woods (plural)

glosses: Wood is what trees are made of. People use wood to build things like houses and furniture.

enpr: wo͝od

ipa: /wʊd/


damage

forms:
damage (singular)
damages (plural)

glosses: If something has some damage, there is something broken or hurt.

text: Their car hit a truck, but luckily there was very little damage to the car.

glosses: Money that someone has to pay someone else because something was damaged or someone was hurt.

text: The reason his car hit another car was that he did something wrong, so he had to pay damages to the owner of the other car.

ipa: /ˈdæmədʒ/

hyphenation: dam‧age


damage

forms:
damage (canonical)
damages (third-person singular)
damaged (past)
damaged (past participle)
damaging (present participle)

glosses: If you damage something, you break or hurt it.

text: All those cigarettes have damaged her health.

text: The factory has caused significant damage to the local environment.

verb

damag


contrast

forms:
contrast (singular)
contrasts (plural)

glosses: Contrasts are the differences you find when you compare something or someone.

text: When comparing English and Japanese, there are many contrasts but also a large number of similarities.

text: Married life is a sharp contrast to the life of a single person.

ipa: /ˈkɒntrɑːst/

enpr: kŏn'trăst

ipa: /ˈkɑnt(ʃ)ræst/


contrast

forms:
contrast (canonical)
contrasts (third-person singular)
contrasted (past)
contrasted (past participle)
contrasting (present participle)

glosses: If you contrast two things, you look for or explain the differences between them.

text: It's difficult not to contrast the good things he says with the terrible way he acts.

ipa: /kənˈtrɑːst/

enpr: kəntrăst'

ipa: /kənˈt(ʃ)ræst/


subject

forms:
subject (singular)
subjects (plural)

glosses: A subject is a branch of knowledge in school, college or university, such as English, math, science, and history.

text: The subject of the class is English literature.

glosses: In English grammar, the subject of a sentence is usually a noun that comes before the verb. This noun is usually the thing that is doing the action, and it is usually the topic of the sentence.

text: In the sentence, "Tom gave the box to Wilma", Tom is the subject.

glosses: A subject is a person who is governed by a king, queen, emperor, etc.

enpr: sŭbʹjĕkt

sampa: /"sVbdZEkt/


subject

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

glosses: If someone or something is subject to something, they are likely to be affected by it or experience it.

text: Home prices are even more subject to change than gas prices.


subject

forms:
subject (canonical)
subjects (third-person singular)
subjected (past)
subjected (past participle)
subjecting (present participle)

text: They were subjected to intense labor.

enpr: səb-jĕktʹ

ipa: /səbˈdʒɛkt/


pig

forms:
pig (singular)
pigs (plural)

text: On this farm, we have over 200 pigs, but no cows or horses.

glosses: If you call someone a pig you mean that they eat too much, are not clean, or are not a nice person.

text: My sister is such a pig. We bought a bag of sweets and she ate them all in one day.

ipa: /pɪg/


ourselves

glosses: The reflexive case of we, the first-person plural personal pronoun.

glosses: us (referring to us, when we have already been mentioned)

text: We should keep this for ourselves.

text: We did it ourselves.


park

forms:
park (singular)
parks (plural)

glosses: A park is an outdoor area where people can relax and play.

text: We sat under the trees and had lunch in Central Park.

text: Algonquin Provincial Park is the oldest, largest park in Ontario, covering about 7,725 square kilometres.

text: I'm going to take the kids to the park to play on the swings.

enpr: pärk

ipa: /pɑrk/

ipa: [pɑːk]

ipa: [pɑrk]

ipa: [paːk]

ipa: [pɐːk]


park

forms:
park (canonical)
parks (third-person singular)
parked (past)
parked (past participle)
parking (present participle)

glosses: If you park a car or other vehicle, you drive it to a place and let it stand there.

text: She never parks her car under a tree.


object

forms:
object (singular)
objects (plural)

glosses: An object is a thing that you can touch, but it is not alive.

text: We don't know what killed him, but it was a smooth, heavy object.

glosses: The object of an action or plan is the goal or the reason for it.

text: The object of soccer is to kick the ball into the other team's net.

glosses: The object is a type of complement in a verb phrase or preposition phrase with the form of a noun phrase.

text: In the sentence Yoko ate the bread, the bread is the object.

enpr: ŏb'jĕkt

ipa: /ˈɒbdʒekt/

sampa: /"QbdZekt/

hyphenation: ob‧ject


object

forms:
object (canonical)
objects (third-person singular)
objected (past)
objected (past participle)
objecting (present participle)

glosses: If you object to something, you don't agree with it.

text: Most people will object to being asked to work too much.

enpr: əb-jĕkt'

ipa: /əbˈdʒekt/


o'clock

forms: o'clock

glosses: When saying a time, this means that it is zero minutes past the hour. O'clock is almost always given after the number of hours. It is short for of the clock.

text: "What time is it?" "It is 6 o'clock."

text: The train leaves at 2 o'clock in the afternoon.

ipa: /əˈklɒk/

ipa: /əˈklɑk/


balance

forms:
balance (singular)
balances (plural)

glosses: If something is in balance, it has equal amounts all around.

text: She was walking on a thin line, but lost her balance and fell down.

text: This plan has a good balance of new and old ideas.

glosses: The balance in your bank account is the amount of money you have in the account.

glosses: A type of scale where there are two parts.

ipa: /ˈbæləns/

hyphenation: bal‧ance


balance

forms:
balance (canonical)
balances (third-person singular)
balanced (past)
balanced (past participle)
balancing (present participle)

glosses: If you balance something, you make it have equal amounts all around.

text: The bird balanced easily on the wire for a few moments before flying off.

text: A good manager has to balance the costs and benefits of doing business.

balanc


their

glosses: If something belongs to them it is their thing.

text: That's not their car, it's ours.

ipa: /ðɛɚ/

ipa: /ðɛə(r)/

homophones: there they're


yours

glosses: If something is yours, it belongs to you.

text: Excuse me, is this yours? I found it on the desk.

ipa: /jɔː(r)z/

enpr: yôrz

ipa: /jɔːrz/


seldom

glosses: If you seldom do something, you almost never do it.

text: "How often did you meet?" "Well, we saw her quite often, but we seldom saw her husband. In fact, I'm not even sure what he looks like."

ipa: /'seldəm/


your

glosses: Your things are things which belong to you.

text: Can I eat some of your ice-cream please?

ipa: /jɔː(r)/

enpr: yôr

ipa: /joʊr/

audio: en-us-your unstressed.ogg

homophones: yore you're


universal

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

glosses: If something is universal, then it is true for everyone or everything everywhere.

text: The laws of physics are universal.

text: Universal human rights must be supported by every country.

ipa: /ˌjuːnɪˈvɜːsl/

ipa: /ˌjuːnɪˈvɜːrsl/

hyphenation: uni‧ver‧sal


its

glosses: Its thing is the thing that belongs to it.

text: We bought the old car and fixed up its engine.

text: The moon doesn't make its own light.

text: "Where's the coffee?" "It's on its way.

ipa: /ɪts/

sampa: /Its/


chicken

forms:
chicken (singular)
chickens (plural)

glosses: A chicken is a bird that farmers raise for meat and eggs.

text: My father went out back, caught a chicken, cut off its head, and cleaned it for dinner.

text: They make a very tasty fried chicken dish here that comes with vegetables and potatoes.

sampa: /"tSIkIn/

audio: en-uk-a chicken.ogg


chicken

forms: chicken (positive)

glosses: Someone who is afraid to do something is chicken.

text: You won't jump your bike because you're chicken.


apparatus

forms:
apparatus (singular)
apparatuses (plural)

glosses: A system of things to do to get to a goal.

noun

apparatuses


bus

forms:
bus (singular)
buses or busses (plural)

glosses: A bus is a vehicle that carries a large number of people on roads.

text: He ran to catch the school bus, which had stopped at a corner to pick up more kids.

text: This bus makes ten stops before arriving at Union Station.

text: I woke up late and missed my bus this morning.

text: Tourists didn't usually ride the local bus.

text: The bus driver took out tickets as we got on at the station.

text: The two young men boarded a crowded city bus to go home.

text: She was the first and only passenger at this bus stop.

text: Round-trip bus fare to and from the ferry terminal was $1.

glosses: A bus is part of a computer; it moves information.

ipa: /ˈbʌs/

sampa: /bVs/

audio: en-uk-a bus.ogg

bus

buses

busses


bus

forms:
buses (third-person singular)
bused (past)
bused (past participle)
busing (present participle)
bus (canonical)
busses (third-person singular)
bussed (past)
bussed (past participle)
bussing (present participle)

glosses: If you bus people somewhere, you take them there on a bus.

text: The children are bused to school every morning.

glosses: If you bus tables, you take away dirty dishes in a restaurant.

verb

busses

bussed

bussed

bussing


lungs

forms:
lung (singular)
lungs (plural)

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

text: Smoking for many years had damaged his lungs.

noun

lung


singular

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

glosses: If a noun is singular in English grammar, it usually refers to only one thing.

text: If I say, "one cat", that's singular, but if I say, "a lot of cats", that's plural.

glosses: If something is singular, then it is unique.

text: The singular appearance of the man caught his attention.

ipa: /ˈsɪŋɡjəlɚ/

ipa: /ˈsɪŋɡjʊlə/

hyphenation: sin‧gu‧lar


cool

forms:
cool (positive)
cooler (comparative)
coolest (superlative)

glosses: If something is cool, its temperature is between warm and cold.

text: It's hard to keep the house nice and cool on a hot summer's day.

text: The air was cool, so he put on his jacket.

glosses: If you say something is cool you mean it is good and you like it.

text: That's a really cool cell phone! Where did you get it?

text: Wow, your computer looks cool!

glosses: Someone who is cool is admired by others, someone of notably high social status.

text: Jeffrey is the coolest guy in town.

enpr: ko͞ol

ipa: /kuːl/

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

adj

cool

cooler

coolest


cool

forms:
cool (canonical)
cools (third-person singular)
cooled (past)
cooled (past participle)
cooling (present participle)

glosses: If you cool something, you decrease the temperature.

text: Blow on the coffee to cool it off.

glosses: If something cools, its temperature decreases.

text: The soup was too hot, so he waited for it to cool a little.


each

forms: each

text: Come here you two. I'll give each of you a toy.

text: More and more problems happened each year.

text: We have to treat each individual case differently.

text: They each have good points and bad points.

text: Sara looked at each of the three bedrooms.

text: The price is $6 each.

ipa: /iːʧ/


tall

forms:
tall (positive)
taller (comparative)
tallest (superlative)

glosses: If something is tall, there is a long distance from the bottom to the top.

text: The man was so tall that he hit his head coming in the door.

text: There are too many tall buildings in Toronto.

ipa: /tɔːl/

ipa: /tɔl/

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

tall

taller

tallest


pencil

forms:
pencil (singular)
pencils (plural)

glosses: A pencil is used for writing on paper. It is made of wood, and has a pencil "lead" that goes through the middle.

ipa: /pɛnsəl/


earth

forms:
earth (singular)
earths (plural)

text: I planted some roses in this patch of earth.

glosses: Anything made up mostly of rock, sand or soil.

text: Here is some earth.

text: There is earth in this box.

glosses: Earth is the third planet from the sun, where we live.

text: The Earth is a planet.

text: He came from a different earth.

text: Earth is dry and hot.

ipa: /ɜːθ/

ipa: /ɝθ/


opposite

forms: opposite

glosses: If A is opposite B, they are facing each other.

text: The bank is just opposite this hotel, right across the street there.

ipa: /ˈɒpəzɪt/

ipa: /ˈɑpəzɪt/


opposite

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

glosses: If two things are opposite, they are the same kind but completely different from each other.

text: "Go left. No, right!" "Do you want me to go left or right? I mean, they're opposite directions, aren't they?"

text: I don't think we can work together. We're too opposite.

text: Black is the opposite of white. "Yes" is the opposite of "no". Day is the opposite of night.


opposite

forms:
opposite (singular)
opposites (plural)

glosses: The opposite of something is something else of the same kind but completely different.

text: My kids always do the exact opposite of what I tell them.

text: The word dust is its own opposite, meaning both put on and take off dust.


storm

forms:
storm (singular)
storms (plural)

glosses: A storm is bad weather with high winds that disturbs the atmosphere.

text: Small boats should stay off the water tonight because we are expecting a storm.

ipa: /stɔːm/

ipa: /stɔrm/


storm

forms:
storm (canonical)
storms (third-person singular)
stormed (past)
stormed (past participle)
storming (present participle)

glosses: If you storm, you move fast and noisily like a storm, usually when angered.

glosses: If you storm a building or other fortification, you assault it with military troops.

text: The sargeant and his platoon stormed the stronghold of the most wanted terrorist.


dish

forms:
dish (singular)
dishes (plural)

glosses: Dishes are the flat round holder for food that we usually put on the table and eat off of.

text: There was a crash when the waiter dropped his tray of dishes on the floor.

glosses: A dish is a particular kind of cooked or prepared food.

text: Last night she made a wonderful Indian dish that I had never eaten before.

ipa: /dɪʃ/

irrnoun

dishes


dish

forms:
dish (canonical)
dishes (third-person singular)
dished (past)
dished (past participle)
dishing (present participle)

glosses: To dish is to gossip about something or somebody.

verb

dish


purple

forms:
purple (singular)
purples (plural)


purple

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


quickly

etymology_text: quick + -ly

ety-suffix

quick

ly

expansion: quick + -ly

glosses: If you do something quickly or something happens quickly, it happens in a very short time.

text: Please close the door quickly. You'll let the cat out.

text: I hope the train gets here quickly. I'm late already.

ipa: /ˈkwɪkli/

hyphenation: quick‧ly