military

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

glosses: If something is military, it is a characteristic of people in the armed forces.

text: Sick soldiers go to the military hospital.

glosses: If something is military, it is about armed forces such as the army, marines, navy, or air force.

glosses: If something is military, it has to do with war.

glosses: If something is military, it has to do with armies and ground troops.

hyphenation: mi‧li‧tary


military

forms:
military (singular)
militaries or military (plural)

pos: noun

glosses: The military is the United States armed forces in general.

text: It's not the job of the military to make policy.

noun

militaries

military

expansion: [POS TABLE]


instrument

forms:
instrument (singular)
instruments (plural)

glosses: An instrument is any thing people hold in their hand and use to do something.

text: A hammer is a heavy instrument.

glosses: An instrument is something used to play music.

text: I enjoy playing music, my favorite instrument is the guitar.

ipa: /ˈɪnstrʌmənt/

hyphenation: in‧stru‧ment


love

forms:
love (canonical)
loves (third-person singular)
loved (past)
loved (past participle)
loving (present participle)

pos: verb

glosses: When someone loves another person, they feel good about the person and want the person to be happy.

text: I love Colin.

text: Mothers love their children very deeply.

ipa: /lʌv/

sampa: /lVv/

verb

lov

e


love

forms:
love (singular)
loves (plural)

glosses: The feeling of loving someone and caring for them.

text: Is my love for him a real love that will last a long time?

glosses: The feeling of liking something very much.

text: I love the simple English Wikipedia.

glosses: A tennis player who has scored love has a score of zero.

text: (From a sports commentator) Fifteen-love!


subsidiary

forms:
subsidiary (singular)
subsidiaries (plural)

glosses: A subsidiary is a company that is owned by a larger company. {[ant|parent}}

text: This company owns three subsidiaries that make different kinds of machines.

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

noun

subsidiaries


subsidiary

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

pos: adj

glosses: If something is subsidiary, it is connected, but lower in importance, rank, or level, etc.

text: Surprisingly, the subsidiary company became more successful than the parent company.

text: At some point work became subsidiary to music for her.

adj

more: true


bassist

forms:
bassist (singular)
bassists (plural)

etymology_text: bass + -ist

ety-suffix

bass

ist

expansion: bass + -ist

glosses: A bassist is someone who plays a bass instrument or sings bass.

text: The bassist sat his guitar down.


polish

forms:
polish (canonical)
polishes (third-person singular)
polished (past)
polished (past participle)
polishing (present participle)

glosses: Someone polishes something when they rub it with a cloth to make it smooth and shiny. Sometimes wax or a special liquid is used.

text: A wooden floor should be polished with floor wax.

text: Silver needs to be polished to make it shiny.

enpr: pŏ'lĭsh

ipa: /ˈpɒlɪʃ/

sampa: /"pQlIS/

enpr: pä'lĭsh

ipa: /ˈpɑlɪʃ/

sampa: /"pAlIS/

verb

polish

es


polish

forms:
polish (singular)
polishes (plural)

glosses: Polish is a special liquid used for polishing things.

text: I need to buy some polish for polishing my wooden table.

noun

polishes


incorporate

forms:
incorporate (canonical)
incorporates (third-person singular)
incorporated (past)
incorporated (past participle)
incorporating (present participle)

text: All the Wilsons ladies' clubs incorporate features designed to help women players improve and enjoy their game.

text: The systems would try to incorporate some of the ideas of Hayes and others.

glosses: If you incorporate x into y, you make x part of y.

text: Please incorporate these changes into the final book.

glosses: An incorporated company is a corporation. Often written Inc. as part of a company name.

text: We were a partnership for many years, but we incorporated last year.

text: Mona Doyle was hired as president of Consumer Network Inc.

enpr: ĭnkôr'pərāt

ipa: /ɪŋˈkɔrpɚeɪt/

ipa: /ɪŋˈkɔrpɚe(ɪ)t/

hyphenation: in‧cor‧po‧rate

verb

incorporat


miner

forms:
miner (singular)
miners (plural)

glosses: A miner is a person who works in a mine. They go into a deep tunnel in the earth to get diamonds, coal, silver, gold or other minerals.

text: It was difficult for the miners to come out of the mine after some rocks fell in the tunnel.

ipa: /maɪnə/


rational

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

glosses: If something is rational, it makes sense and is based on reason.

text: Driving without a seatbelt is simply not rational.

text: Use of clean fuels is a healthier and more rational approach to meeting our energy needs.

text: Science is more linear, logical and rational than art.

text: I don't know what happened, but I'm sure there's a perfectly rational explanation.

glosses: If someone is rational, they are calm and not emotional.

text: It's often difficult to remain rational when people are telling you you're terrible.

enpr: ră'sh(ə)nəl

ipa: /ˈræʃ(ə)nəl/


growth

forms:
growth (singular)
growths (plural)

glosses: The act of growing (getting bigger); an increase in size, number, value, or strength.

text: I'm pleased with the growth in value of our house in the years after we bought it.

glosses: Something that grows or has grown; a mass that is not normal, such as a tumor.

text: There was a healthy growth of bushes near the house.

text: He died of a growth in his brain.

ipa: /ɡroʊθ/

ipa: /ɡrəʊθ/


parcel

forms:
parcel (singular)
parcels (plural)

glosses: A package; a box wrapped in paper; a thing bigger than a letter that is sent in the mail.

text: On my birthday, I got a parcel in the mail.

glosses: A parcel of land is a piece of land that was part of a larger piece.

enpr: pärʹ-səl

ipa: /ˈpɑrsəl/

hyphenation: par‧cel


parcel

forms:
parcelled (past)
parcelled (past participle)
parcelling (present participle)
parcel (canonical)
parcels (third-person singular)
parceled (past)
parceled (past participle)
parceling (present participle)

glosses: If you parcel something out, you divide it into small parts to give to different people.

text: The set of books was parcelled out among the people who were there.

glosses: If you parcel something off, you divide it into small parts to be sold to different people.

glosses: If you parcel something up, you make it into a parcel by wrapping it up.

parcel

l


feeble

forms:
feeble (positive)
feebler (comparative)
feeblest (superlative)

text: The old man is feeble.

text: I was very feeble that day because I was sick.

text: That's a feeble excuse.

text: Don't listen to her; she's feeble-minded.

ipa: /ˈfiːbəl/

hyphenation: fee‧ble

adj

feeble

feebler

feeblest


antique

forms:
antique (singular)
antiques (plural)

glosses: An antique is something that is old for its type.

text: This lamp is an antique, it is 200 years old.

ipa: /ænˈtiːk/


antique

forms: antique (positive)

glosses: If something is antique, it is older than most things similar to it.

text: He had his antique car refinished.


drawer

forms:
drawer (singular)
drawers (plural)

glosses: A drawer is a box made of wood that is part of a piece of furniture (such as a desk); drawers can slide in and out so that people can put things into them.

text: I keep my socks in the top drawer of the chest.

text: Did you draw this picture? Wow, you're a really good drawer.

glosses: A person who writes a bank draft, check, or promissory note.

text: We'll have to have a drawer draw up the promissory note.


favourite

forms: favourite (positive)

glosses: My favourite brand is the brand I like most.

text: Ford is my favourite brand of truck.

audio: EN-AU ck1 favourite.ogg


favourite

forms:
favourite (singular)
favourites (plural)

glosses: A favourite is a thing or person that someone likes the most. It is a thing that someone prefers, or likes more than any other.

text: chocolate ice cream is my favourite.

glosses: When kings and other royalty have favourites, these are people they trust.

text: He was a favourite of the king.


lead

forms:
lead (singular)
leads (plural)

glosses: A lead is a wire or strap attached to something.

text: The dog can't go far because it's on a short lead.

text: Attach this lead to one end of the battery.

glosses: Lead is a very heavy gray metal. It's a chemical symbol is Pb.

text: This box is so heavy, it feels as if it's full of lead.


lead

forms:
lead (canonical)
leads (third-person singular)
led (past)
led (past participle)
leading (present participle)

glosses: Someone is leading other people if the person is going first and the other people are following or coming after.

text: Please lead us to the house, because you know how to go there.

glosses: Showing or telling other people what to do.

text: He moves that little stick in the air to lead the people making music.

enpr: lēd

ipa: /liːd/

lead

leads

led

led

leading


discrimination

forms:
discrimination (singular)
discriminations (plural)

glosses: Discrimination is the act of treating someone unfairly just because of their skin colour, religion, sex, etc.

text: Even in 2007, there's still too much sex discrimination at the higher levels of big business.

glosses: Discrimination is the ability to notice differences.

text: At this small size, discrimination is very difficult.

glosses: Discrimination is the ability to recognise high levels of quality.

text: The clothes were chosen by someone with discrimination.

ipa: /dɪskrɪmɪˈneɪʃən/


lock

forms:
lock (singular)
locks (plural)

glosses: A lock is a metal thing on a door (or on a window, drawer, etc.) that stops people from opening the door unless they have the right key to open it.

text: No one will take things from my house. I have a very strong lock on the door.

glosses: A lock is two or more gates (doors) in water to let boats move from lower water to higher water or the other way.

ipa: /lɒk/

ipa: /lɑːk/


lock

forms:
lock (canonical)
locks (third-person singular)
locked (past)
locked (past participle)
locking (present participle)

glosses: Someone locks a door when they close the lock with a key so that no one can come in.

text: Remember to lock the door when you leave the house.


flight

forms:
flight (singular)
flights (plural)

glosses: Flight is the act of flying: moving through the air using wings.

text: Birds have had flight for millions of years.

text: The flight of the bird was beautiful.

text: The flight to Boston leaves soon.

text: This flight is going to New York.

glosses: Flight is the act of running away and hiding.

text: The flight of the man just after the crime made the police think he was guilty.

enpr: flīt

ipa: /flaɪt/


rigid

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

text: It's possible to use flexible materials to form a rigid structure.

ipa: /ˈrɪʤɪd/

sampa: /"rIdZId/


scope

forms:
scope (singular)
scopes (plural)

glosses: The scope of a book, a law, a duty, etc. is how much is included or how far it can go.

text: The small budget has limited the scope of the research.

text: There are plans to expand the scope of the department's activities.

text: This kind of art allows the greatest scope for individual expression.

text: It is not within the scope of this book to talk about them all.

glosses: A scope is an instrument for looking at things, e.g., a telescope or a microscope.

ipa: /ˈskəʊp/

ipa: /ˈskoʊp/

sampa: /"skoUp/


scope

forms:
scope (canonical)
scopes (third-person singular)
scoped (past)
scoped (past participle)
scoping (present participle)

glosses: If you scope something (out), you look at it carefully.

text: I scoped out the place last week. It seems nice.

verb

scop


destruction

forms:
destruction (singular)
destructions (plural)

etymology_text: destruct + -ion

ety-suffix

destruct

ion

expansion: destruct + -ion

glosses: The destruction of a thing is the act of breaking the thing; the end of existence of the thing. Before the destruction, the thing is there. After the destruction, there is no thing any more.

text: The destruction of the house was necessary because the walls were not strong and people were not safe from falling bricks.

text: The earthquake caused a lot of destruction.

ipa: /ˌdɪsˈtrʌkʃən/

hyphenation: de‧struc‧tion


muscle

forms:
muscle (singular)
muscles (plural)

glosses: A muscle is a part of the body of a person or animal. It's a part that pulls to make parts of the body move.

text: He can lift heavy things because he has strong muscles.

enpr: mŭʹsəl


muscle

forms:
muscle (canonical)
muscles (third-person singular)
muscled (past)
muscled (past participle)
muscling (present participle)

glosses: To muscle is to use strength or muscles to do something.

text: He muscled his way into the room between the people who were trying to stop him.

verb

muscl


cruel

forms:
crueller (comparative)
cruellest (superlative)
cruel (positive)
crueler (comparative)
cruelest (superlative)

glosses: Someone who is cruel is mean. They hurt other people and don't care, or they like hurting other people.

text: The cruel guard pushed the prisoners so hard that some of them fell down.

glosses: An action is cruel if only cruel people would do it.

text: It's cruel to make children work 10 hours a day.

enpr: /kro͝əl/

ipa: /krʊəɫ/

adj

cruel

crueller

cruellest

crueler

cruelest


overseas

forms: overseas

pos: prep

etymology_text: over- + seas

ety-prefix

over

seas

expansion: over- + seas

glosses: If something is overseas, it is in a different country, usually across the ocean.

text: After university she went overseas to teach.

glosses: The overseas markets, students, etc. are in or from a different country, usually across an ocean.

text: Wang is an overseas student from China.

text: Canada needs to do more for overseas development, especially in Africa.

text: With the college taking in more overseas students, more attention is being put on language issues.

ipa: /ˌəʊvəˈsiːz/

ipa: /ˌoʊvɚˈsiːz/

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


record

forms:
record (singular)
records (plural)

glosses: A record is something in writing to tell what happened.

text: Keep a record of the date and what you said every time you talk to that person.

glosses: A record is a big round black plastic thing with music or other sounds on it.

text: Now people don't use records any more -- they use cassettes or CDs.

ipa: /ˈrɛkɔːd/

enpr: rĕkʹərd

ipa: /ˈrɛkɚd/

hyphenation: rec‧ord; re‧cord


record

forms:
record (canonical)
records (third-person singular)
recorded (past)
recorded (past participle)
recording (present participle)

glosses: To make a written record about something.

text: She recorded everything she did in a little book.

glosses: To put music or other sounds onto a machine.

text: The singer recorded some songs on CDs to sell them.

ipa: /rɨˈkɔːd/

enpr: rĭ-kôrdʹ

ipa: /rɪˈkɔrd/


attached

forms:
attach (canonical)
attaches (third-person singular)
attached (past)
attached (past participle)
attaching (present participle)

glosses: The past tense and past participle of attach.

ipa: /əˈtæt͡ʃt/

hyphenation: at‧tached

verb

attach


attached

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

glosses: If you are attached to something or someone, you like it and do not want to lose it; you have an emotional connection to it.

text: Many young adults are still as attached to their parents as they were when they were small.

text: Marjorie was surprised at how attached Bill became to Lizzie, as if Lizzie were his daughter.

text: Farmers tend to be very attached to their land.


how

forms:
how (positive)
Superlative–

pos: adv

glosses: The word how is used to ask about the way something happens or the way people do things.

text: How will we ever solve this problem?

glosses: The word how is used to tell about the way something happens or the way people do things.

text: I know how we can solve this problem.

text: This is how to make this machine work.

glosses: The word how is used to show that you feel strongly about something.

text: How old he looks!

ipa: /haʊ/

sampa: /haU/


how

forms: how (positive)

glosses: You use how to ask if something was good or bad, or what qualities it has.

text: How was the movie?

text: How are you feeling?


how

forms: how

pos: conj

glosses: You use how to tell that something happens, is done, or is true.

text: She told him how it wasn't fun anymore.


underlie

forms:
underlie (canonical)
underlies (third-person singular)
underlay (past)
underlain (past participle)
underlying (present participle)

glosses: If x underlies y, x causes y; x is the reason for y.

text: Poor education underlies much of the crime and violence in our society.

glosses: If x underlies y, x is the basis for y or the most important part of y.

text: The basic principle underlying the argument is that we can know what each of the parts is.

ipa: /ʌndər'laɪ/

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

underlie

underlies

underlay

underlain

underlying


owner

forms:
owner (singular)
owners (plural)

glosses: The owner of a thing is the person who owns the thing: who has the thing or who should have the thing. A thing belongs to its owner.

text: Who is the owner of this coat that was left on a chair?

text: You have to give it back to me. I'm the owner.

ipa: /ˈoʊnɚ/

ipa: /ˈəʊnə/

hyphenation: own‧er


industry

forms:
industry (singular)
industries (plural)

glosses: An industry is a kind of work that makes things.

text: Many people in this country have jobs in the clothing industry.

glosses: Industry is the quality of working hard, trying hard and doing it well.

text: Because of her industry, she made a lot of money.

ipa: /ˈɪndəstri/

hyphenation: in‧dus‧try

noun

industries


fowl

forms:
fowl (singular)
fowls (plural)

glosses: A fowl is a bird: an animal with feathers that can fly, especially a kind that people eat.

text: This farmer keeps sheep and two kinds of fowl: chickens and ducks.

enpr: foul

ipa: /faʊl/

sampa: /faUl/


incidence

forms:
incidence (singular)
incidences (plural)

glosses: The incidence of something is how often it happens.

text: regular blood pressure checks would reduce the incidence of heart disease and sudden heart attacks.

text: There is a surprisingly high incidence of theft in book stores.

hyphenation: in‧ci‧dence


north

forms: north (singular)

glosses: North is the direction towards the top of the Earth, opposite to south; If you are looking north, the sun sets on your left.

text: Canada is the biggest country in North America.

glosses: North is the end of a magnet that points north.

glosses: The north is the area of land north of the speaker; Also the Arctic.

ipa: /nɔːθ/

ipa: [no̞ːθ]

ipa: /nɔrθ/

enpr: nôrth

ipa: /noːθ/

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


north

forms: north

glosses: In the direction north; towards the north

text: The place you want is two miles north of here.

text: It's colder here because we're further north.


line

forms:
line (singular)
lines (plural)

glosses: A line is a mark that is long, straight and very thin.

text: She drew a line down the middle of the page to divide the page into two parts.

text: Put the buttons in a straight line on the front of the shirt.

glosses: A line is a row of people who are waiting for something in order; a queue.

text: You got here last, so you have to stand at the back of the line.

enpr: līn

ipa: /laɪn/

sampa: /laIn/


line

forms:
line (canonical)
lines (third-person singular)
lined (past)
lined (past participle)
lining (present participle)

glosses: Someone lines things up when they put them in a straight line or row.

glosses: Someone lines something up when they put it just in the right place or at the edge of something.

text: Line up the end of the piece of wood with the edge of the table.

glosses: Someone lines up when they start waiting in a line (queue) with other people.

text: Everyone line up here, please, and I'll help you one at a time.

glosses: Someone lines something when they mark it with one or more lines.

text: Please line the pitch before the match.

glosses: Someone lines something when they add an inside layer of material (liner) to it.

verb

lin


go

forms:
go (canonical)
goes (third-person singular)
went (past)
gone (past participle)
going (present participle)

glosses: If you go, you move in space, especially to or through a place.

text: I go to the seashore every summer.

text: Kathy goes to the seashore every summer, too.

text: I went to the seashore last year.

text: She's gone to the seashore.

text: I'm going to the seashore next year.

glosses: If you go, you move in time, often in your mind.

text: You have to go back to 1911 to find a wetter day.

text: Marty McFly jumped in the time machine and went to 1965.

glosses: If you go, you move on the computer, the internet, or in the memory.

text: Then go to the C: drive.

text: His mind went to the last time he saw her.

glosses: If you go, you move a certain distance or a certain way.

text: We've gone 10 kilometers today.

text: Sandra is going in circles.

text: Please don't go.

text: People have been coming and going all day.

glosses: If you go bad, wild, blind, etc., you become like that.

text: Jim went blind.

enpr: gō

ipa: /gəʊ/

ipa: /goʊ/

sampa: /goU/

audio: en-uk-to go.ogg

go

goes

went

gone

going


foul

forms:
foul (singular)
fouls (plural)

glosses: Something that goes against the rules in a sport.

text: After a bad foul, a soccer player has to leave the game


foul

forms:
foul (positive)
fouler (comparative)
foulest (superlative)

text: We left the meat too many days, and now it is foul and we can't eat it.

text: There's a foul smell in the bathroom.

adj

foul

fouler

foulest


name

forms:
name (singular)
names (plural)

glosses: A name is what a person, place, or thing is called or how it is identified.

text: My name is Jack.

ipa: /ˈneɪm/

sampa: /"neIm/


name

forms:
name (canonical)
names (third-person singular)
named (past)
named (past participle)
naming (present participle)

glosses: To name is to give a name to someone, someplace, or something.

text: She named her cat Fluffy.

verb

nam


gal

forms:
gal (singular)
gals (plural)

ipa: /ɡæl/


gal

forms: gal

pos: abbrev

glosses: Gal is an abbreviation for gallon, which is a unit of measurement for volume.


come

forms:
come (canonical)
comes (third-person singular)
came (past)
come (past participle)
coming (present participle)

glosses: To move towards a place or into a place; to move to the place where the person who is talking is.

text: Come to my house and I will give you something to eat.

text: Come here to me.

text: Twenty people came to the party.

text: He came here, but he went away again before you came here.

enpr: kŭm

ipa: /kʌm/

audio: en-uk-to come.ogg

come

comes

came

come

coming


come

forms: come

text: We'll talk again come January.


come

forms: come (singular)

text: (also spelled cum)


note

forms:
note (singular)
notes (plural)

text: In this song, every word is on a different note.

glosses: A note is a short letter; something written on a small piece of paper.

text: If you go out, leave me a note to tell me where you went.

ipa: /nəʊt/

ipa: /noʊt/

sampa: /noUt/


note

forms:
note (canonical)
notes (third-person singular)
noted (past)
noted (past participle)
noting (present participle)

glosses: You note that something happened when you see that it happened and remember it.

text: I noted that you weren't wearing shoes.

not

e


nail

forms:
nail (singular)
nails (plural)

glosses: A nail is a small, long, thin sharp metal thing for holding wood together. People put it into the wood by hitting it with a hammer.

text: I need some nails to fix the roof.

glosses: A nail is the thick, hard part at the ends of fingers and toes.

text: I broke the top off my finger nail and it was very painful.

ipa: /neɪl/


nail

forms:
nail (canonical)
nails (third-person singular)
nailed (past)
nailed (past participle)
nailing (present participle)

glosses: If you nail something to something else, you use a nail to join them.

text: He nailed the set of shelves onto the wall.

glosses: When someone gets an idea just right, we say they nailed it or "hit the nail on the head".

text: I think you've nailed the reason why this isn't working.


learning

forms:
learn (canonical)
learns (third-person singular)
learned (past)
learned (past participle)
learning (present participle)

glosses: Someone is learning ideas if they didn't know the ideas before and they are starting to know them.

text: I'm learning to speak French by reading lots of French books.

ipa: /ˈlɝnɪŋ/

ipa: /ˈlɜːnɪŋ/

learn


learning

forms: learning (singular)

glosses: Learning is the action of someone learning something.

text: Lots of learning happens at school. That's what school is for.

noun

learning


title: scizzors

redirect: scissors

pos: hard-redirect


sacrifice

forms:
sacrifice (singular)
sacrifices (plural)

glosses: A sacrifice is something that a person gives up in order to help him or somebody else. A person who makes a sacrifice for a friend will do something that he might not want to do in order to help his friend.

glosses: A sacrifice is an offer given as a gift to a god.

text: People in the Old Testament offered a lamb as a sacrifice to God for forgiveness.

ipa: /ˈsækrɪfaɪs/

hyphenation: sac‧ri‧fice


sacrifice

forms:
sacrifice (canonical)
sacrifices (third-person singular)
sacrificed (past)
sacrificed (past participle)
sacrificing (present participle)

glosses: If you sacrifice someone or something, you give them up for other things.

verb

sacrific


forthcoming

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

glosses: An event that is forthcoming is something that will happen soon. It's coming in a short time.

text: The forthcoming publication of her book will help her get status and respect.

glosses: A person who is forthcoming is someone who tells what they're thinking.

text: I asked him what his plans are for next year but he wasn't very forthcoming.

ipa: /fɔːθˈkʌmɪŋ/

ipa: /fɔrθˈkʌmɪŋ/

hyphenation: forth‧com‧ing


heat

forms:
heat (singular)
heats (plural)

glosses: Heat is a kind of energy. It is the quality things have when they are warm or hot.

text: This is a good coat. It keeps the heat in.

text: The heat from the sun is making me feel hot and tired.


heat

forms:
heat (canonical)
heats (third-person singular)
heated (past)
heated (past participle)
heating (present participle)

text: I just need to heat up the food and then we can eat.


flexibility

forms:
flexibility (singular)
flexibilities (plural)

etymology_text: flexible + -ity

ety-suffix

flexible

ity

expansion: flexible + -ity

glosses: Flexibility is the quality of being flexible.

text: Current technology allows for greater flexibility in how we do our jobs.

ipa: /ˌflɛksɪˈbɪlɪti/

irrnoun

flexibilities


hope

forms:
hope (canonical)
hopes (third-person singular)
hoped (past)
hoped (past participle)
hoping (present participle)

glosses: When someone hopes that something will happen, it means that they want it to happen and they think it may happen.

text: We hope that more women will decide to join the course.

text: It was hoped that the job would be filled by a local person.

enpr: /hōp

ipa: /həʊp/

ipa: /hɔʊp/

sampa: /hoUp/

verb

hop


hope

forms:
hope (singular)
hopes (plural)

glosses: A hope is the idea in someone's mind when they're hoping for something.

text: All of my hopes came true!


someone

forms: someone

pos: det

text: I heard someone at the door.

text: You should ask someone who knows more about it.

text: I'm hoping to meet someone special at the dance.

ipa: /ˈsʌmwʌn/

hyphenation: some‧one


eventually

etymology_text: eventual + -ly

ety-suffix

eventual

ly

expansion: eventual + -ly

glosses: If something will happen eventually, it will happen but it will be in the future, not soon. Some day it will happen.

text: I'll clean out my closet eventually.

text: Eventually we'll find a better way to do this.


needle

forms:
needle (singular)
needles (plural)

glosses: A needle is a small, long, thin sharp metal thing with a hole in it, used for sewing.

text: She used a needle and blue thread to fix the hole in the shirt.

glosses: A needle is a long, thing, sharp metal thing for putting drugs into a person through the skin.

text: The doctor used the needle to inject the medicine into the patient.


needle

forms:
needle (canonical)
needles (third-person singular)
needled (past)
needled (past participle)
needling (present participle)

text: Billy needled his sister incessantly about her pimples.

verb

needl


cover

forms:
cover (canonical)
covers (third-person singular)
covered (past)
covered (past participle)
covering (present participle)

glosses: Something that is covering another thing is on top of (or over) the other thing in a way that stops people from seeing it.

text: I cover myself in two blankets at night to stay warm.

text: Remember to cover the pot with a lid while you're cooking something.

ipa: /ˈkʌvɚ/

ipa: /ˈkʌvə/


cover

forms:
cover (singular)
covers (plural)

glosses: A cover is something that usually covers something else.

text: The cover of the book has a picture on it under the name of the book.


minimum

forms:
minimum (singular)
minimums or minima (plural)

glosses: The minimum is the lowest number, size, amount, etc. that exists, that is allowed, or that is possible.

text: Try to keep drinking to a minimum at school.

text: A minimum of three workers is needed to do the job.

hyphenation: min‧imum

noun

minima


crack

forms:
crack (canonical)
cracks (third-person singular)
cracked (past)
cracked (past participle)
cracking (present participle)

glosses: When something cracks it breaks along a line, maybe not a straight line. It might break into two pieces, or it might break but the two pieces are still attached.

text: She cracked an egg and put the inside of the egg into a bowl.

ipa: /kræk/


crack

forms:
crack (singular)
cracks (plural)

glosses: A crack is the line where something is breaking.

text: There is a crack from the edge of this plate to the middle. It will break soon.

glosses: A loud sound like the sound of something breaking.

text: It was raining, and she saw a flash of lightning and heard the crack of thunder.

glosses: A strong, fairly cheap form of cocaine; crack often comes in the form of a rock and it is usually smoked in a crack-pipe.

text: "I wouldn't use it, if I was going to use it I can afford real cocaine. Crack is wack." - Whitney Houston


incentive

forms:
incentive (singular)
incentives (plural)

glosses: An incentive is something that makes you feel like you want to do something.

text: Companies should give their workers financial incentives to take the bus to work.

text: The government is cutting taxes to provide incentives for investment.

text: Doctors have a lot of incentive to see many patients and little incentive to spend much time with each one.

ipa: /ɪnˈsɛntɪv/

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

hyphenation: in‧cen‧tive


compliment

forms:
compliment (singular)
compliments (plural)

glosses: A compliment is a few words of praise: saying that someone or something is good in some way.

text: William gave me a compliment and that made me feel good. He told me my hair was nice.

ipa: /ˈkɒmplɪmənt/

ipa: /ˈkɑmpləmənt/


compliment

forms:
compliment (canonical)
compliments (third-person singular)
complimented (past)
complimented (past participle)
complimenting (present participle)

text: She complimented him on his clothes because they looked good.


dear

forms:
dear (positive)
dearer (comparative)
dearest (superlative)

glosses: Dear is something that is precious or greatly valued to someone. They love the thing or the person.

text: My large stamp collection is very dear to me.

text: Dear George, Thank you for your letter of August 1.

glosses: Dear is something very expensive. It has a higher price; costs a lot of money.

text: That diamond ring is too dear -- we can't buy it.

ipa: /dɪə/

ipa: /dɪr/

sampa: /dIr/

adj

dear

dearer

dearest


dear

forms:
dear (singular)
dears (plural)

text: My cousin is my dear because she gives me flowers very often.


nephew

forms:
nephew (singular)
nephews (plural)

glosses: A nephew is the male child of someone's sister or brother, and is a part of their extended family.

text: My sister just had a baby boy. He is my nephew.

sampa: /nEvju/

sampa: /nEfju/


attach

forms:
attach (canonical)
attaches (third-person singular)
attached (past)
attached (past participle)
attaching (present participle)

glosses: If you attach x to y, you put x on y so that they will not come apart.

text: Warnings and instruction should be firmly attached to the container.

text: Attach the wire to the speaker with the red clip.

text: Look for spaces where the tire attaches to the rim.

glosses: If you are attached to an office, department, location, etc. you work for that part of the organisation.

glosses: If a quality such as importance is attached to something, people think the thing has that quality.

text: There was a great deal of importance attached to being well dressed.

glosses: If something is attached to something else, there is a strong connection between them.

text: The promise of more money for the school is attached to better results from the students?

text: There is also something called ground rent, which is attached to these apartments.

ipa: /əˈtæt͡ʃ/

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

hyphenation: at‧tach

verb

attach

es


gun

forms:
gun (singular)
guns (plural)

glosses: A gun is a weapon that sends bullets through its metal tube.

text: John F. Kennedy was shot by a gun.

enpr: gŭn

ipa: /ɡʌn/

sampa: /gVn/


gun

forms:
gun (canonical)
guns (third-person singular)
gunned (past)
gunned (past participle)
gunning (present participle)

glosses: To make an engine work fast by opening its throttle.

text: I gunned the engine and passed his car.

glosses: If someone is gunned down, they are shot by something, usually a gun.

text: He was gunned down by a hitman.

gun

n


level

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

glosses: Even, flat, straight, smooth, horizontal. Having all parts equally as high as all other parts.

text: This table is not level: things are rolling off it.

ipa: ˈlɛvəl


level

forms: level

glosses: If one thing is level with another, they are at the same height.

text: The bookshelf is level with the top of the door frame.


level

forms:
level (singular)
levels (plural)

glosses: A level is a place that is higher or lower than some other places.

text: The room you want is on the third level of this building.

glosses: A tool for finding out whether a surface is level.


level

forms:
leveled (past)
leveled (past participle)
leveling (present participle)
level (canonical)
levels (third-person singular)
levelled (past)
levelled (past participle)
levelling (present participle)

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

level

l


degree

forms:
degree (singular)
degrees (plural)

glosses: We measure an angle using degrees. All the way around a circle is 360 degrees. Often, ° is written instead of "degrees".

text: A right-angled triangle has an angle of 90 degrees.

glosses: We measure how hot or how cold it is (temperature) using degrees on a scale, such as Celsius or Fahrenheit.

text: It's going to be 35 degrees Celsius today.

glosses: The amount that an object has of a certain quality.

text: To what degree do the two accounts of the accident agree?

glosses: Any units used to measure specific gravity, bitterness, darkness, etc. in manufacturing commodities.

glosses: An award (usually better than a diploma but not as good as a doctorate) given by a university or, in some countries, a college

text: After four years at university, she got her degree.

glosses: The number of edges that a vertex is part of.

text: The corner of a cube is of degree 3, but the corners of an eight-sided solid have degree 4.

enpr: dĭgrē'

ipa: /dɪˈɡriː/

sampa: /dI"gri/

hyphenation: de‧gree


need

forms:
need (canonical)
needs (third-person singular)
needed (past)
needed (past participle)
needing (present participle)

glosses: If you need something, you want it and must have it.

text: Everyone needs food and water.

glosses: If you need to do something, it is very important that you do it.

text: Sir, you need to leave now.

ipa: /niːd/

homophones: knead kneed


need

forms:
need (present)
needed (past)
needn't (negative)

glosses: If you need do something, you have to do it.

text: Need you do that all the time?

text: You needn't keep telling me. I heard you the first time.

need

needed

needn't


need

forms:
need (singular)
needs (plural)

glosses: If you have a need for something, you must have it; something necessary or required.

text: I've always tried to have few needs beyond food, clothing and shelter.


company

forms:
company (singular)
companies (plural)

glosses: A company is an organization for doing work for money.

text: He works for a big company.

text: I own this company, so it's a problem for me if people don't buy what we make.

glosses: Company is people who are visiting other people; people who are in other peoples' house so that they can talk to the other people, or people who are walking with other people or being somewhere with other people.

text: I can't talk to you on the phone right now, because I have company. (people in the house.)

glosses: When someone keeps someone else company, they stay with the person.

text: Will you keep me company while I go to mail this letter?

glosses: A company' is a unit of an army, it usually consists of two or three platoons to form a battalion.

ipa: /'kʌmpəni/

irrnoun

companies


friend

forms:
friend (singular)
friends (plural)

glosses: Two people are friends of each other if they like being together and they like helping each other, but are not related.

text: I only have three close friends.

text: She's been a friend of mine for many years.

text: Some friends are coming to our house for dinner tonight.

text: I stayed awake until the middle of the night talking with some friends.

text: Our house burned down, but some friends helped us build a new one.

ipa: /frɛnd/

sampa: /frEnd/


only

text: There are only three schools in this town.

text: You can get this only in Canada.

text: I'm only able to go on Monday.

text: He comes only once a year.

text: She only eats vegetables.

text: This is only what we got.

text: He's not only nice, but also good looking.

text: We will stop only to rest.

text: Things will only get worse.

text: Only call me if you have to.

ipa: /əʊnliː/

ipa: /oʊnli/

sampa: /oUnli/


only

forms: only (positive)

glosses: Just one or just a few; this and no other; no more than this.

text: She is the only woman doctor in this city.

text: These are the only coins I have.

glosses: An only child, son, girl, etc. has no brothers or sisters.


only

forms: only

glosses: You use only to introduce a fact that prevents a statement from being completely true.

text: They probably could do it, only you never let them try.


humour

forms:
humour (singular)
humours (plural)

glosses: Humour is ideas that make people laugh: jokes, funny things.

text: I like the stories she tells because they're full of humour.


humour

forms:
humour (canonical)
humours (third-person singular)
humoured (past)
humoured (past participle)
humouring (present participle)

glosses: To humour someone is to agree with them only to make the them happy.


floor

forms:
floor (singular)
floors (plural)

glosses: The floor is the flat part at the bottom of a room. People stand on the floor.

text: Don't drop your milk on the floor.

text: The children are sitting on the floor to play.

text: To get to room 302 you have to go up three floors.

enpr: flô

ipa: /flɔː/


floor

forms:
floor (canonical)
floors (third-person singular)
floored (past)
floored (past participle)
flooring (present participle)

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


hearing

forms:
hear (canonical)
hears (third-person singular)
heard (past)
heard (past participle)
hearing (present participle)

glosses: If you hear something, you use your ears to get a sound from it.

text: Are you hearing the music clearly enough, or must I make it louder?

hyphenation: hear‧ing

verb

hear

hears

heard

heard

hearing


hearing

forms:
hearing (singular)
hearings (plural)

glosses: The act of hearing or the quality of being able to hear.

text: I'm worried about my son's hearing -- maybe his ears were hurt by music that was too loud.

text: Hearing is necessary to be a sign language interpreter.

glosses: A trial in a court of law or another kind of event where a group listens to people and makes a formal decision.

text: Next week I have an immigration hearing to decide whether I can stay in this country.


frequent

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

glosses: An event is frequent if it happens many times in a short time.

text: Broken toys is the most frequent reason children ask for help here.

text: Seeing a lion is not a frequent event around here.

ipa: /friːkwən̩t/


frequent

forms:
frequent (canonical)
frequents (third-person singular)
frequented (past)
frequented (past participle)
frequenting (present participle)

glosses: Someone frequents a place if they go there regularly.

text: I frequent some of the restaurants on this street.

ipa: /friːkwɛn̩t/


cushion

forms:
cushion (singular)
cushions (plural)

glosses: A cushion is a pillow; a soft item that people can sit on or put their head on when they lie down.

text: Here's a bed with sheets, a cushion and a blanket.

text: Here's a soft chair with two cushions to make it even softer.

ipa: /ˈkʊʃən/


cushion

forms:
cushion (canonical)
cushions (third-person singular)
cushioned (past)
cushioned (past participle)
cushioning (present participle)

glosses: To stop one item from making hard contact with another item.

text: Mats were laid down to cushion the gymnast's fall.


fight

forms:
fight (canonical)
fights (third-person singular)
fought (past)
fought (past participle)
fighting (present participle)

glosses: When two people fight against each other, they hit each other and try to hurt each other.

text: Two children were fighting over a toy, and one child got hurt and started to cry.

glosses: When two people fight against each other, they want different things and they try to get what they want. They might yell, or they might just try hard.

text: When that husband and wife fight with each other, they don't hit. They just yell at each other.

text: I'm fighting to get more money for the work I do.

enpr: fīt

ipa: /faɪt/

sampa: /faIt/

fight

fights

fought

fought

fighting


fight

forms:
fight (singular)
fights (plural)

text: There was a fight in the bar last night and three people had to go to the hospital.


living

forms:
live (canonical)
lives (third-person singular)
lived (past)
lived (past participle)
living (present participle)

ipa: /lɪvɪŋ/

liv


living

forms:
living (singular)
livings (plural)

text: What do you do for a living?


living

forms: living (positive)

glosses: A living thing is a person, animal or plant that is not dead—it is still able to function and grow.

text: Living things grow and make more living things like themselves.


harbour

forms:
harbour (singular)
harbours (plural)

glosses: A harbour is some water in a curve of land where it's safe for boats because there are no big waves.

text: A ship in the harbour is safe -- but that is not what ships are for.

ipa: /ˈhɑrbər/


harbour

forms:
harbour (canonical)
harbours (third-person singular)
harboured (past)
harboured (past participle)
harbouring (present participle)

glosses: To provide a harbour or safe place for something or someone.

text: The old docks once harboured all kinds of ships, but they have been closed for years now.

text: The ships harbour in the bay during the winter months.

text: Sam has harboured resentment against Joe since Joe got the job they both applied for.


wealth

forms: wealth (singular)

glosses: Wealth is when one has a lot of money. Wealth is a lot of money or a lot of things of high value like land, houses, factories, jewelry, etc.

text: His wealth is so great that he wears new shoes every day.

ipa: /wɛlθ/


express

forms:
express (canonical)
expresses (third-person singular)
expressed (past)
expressed (past participle)
expressing (present participle)

glosses: If you express yourself, you say something about how you feel.

text: Sam expressed his feelings.

ipa: /ɪkˈsprɛs/

express


express

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

text: To mail the letter, Anna used the express service.


fold

forms:
fold (canonical)
folds (third-person singular)
folded (past)
folded (past participle)
folding (present participle)

glosses: If you fold something thin such as paper, you bend it so it touches itself.

text: A type of art where paper is folded to make different models is called origami.

text: She folded the letter and put it into the envelope to mail it.

glosses: In poker, if you fold, you stop betting and withdraw.

text: After three people folded, there were only two people left in the game, betting against each other.

glosses: If you fold on ingredient into another, you stir it gently and carefully with a folding action.

text: Fold the egg whites into the batter.


fold

forms:
fold (singular)
folds (plural)

text: There was a fold down the middle of the paper.

glosses: A fold is a small place with a fence around it where people keep sheep.

text: After the sheep eat grass all day in the fields, they come home to the fold where it's safe for the night.


interval

forms:
interval (singular)
intervals (plural)

text: There is a ten-minute interval between classes.

glosses: In music, an interval is the difference in pitch between two notes.

glosses: In mathematics, an interval is a connected section of the real line.

glosses: In the game of cricket, either of the two breaks, at lunch and tea, between the three sessions of a day's play.

ipa: /ˈɪntɚvəl/

ipa: /ˈɪntəvəl/

hyphenation: in‧ter‧val


save

forms:
save (canonical)
saves (third-person singular)
saved (past)
saved (past participle)
saving (present participle)

glosses: If you save something, you keep it; you do not give it or toss it away.

text: Please save that book for me.

glosses: If you save someone, you keep them safe or help them survive.

text: You saved my life.

glosses: If you save information, you put it on a disk or into some kind of long-term memory.

text: He saved the resumé on the floppy disk.

enpr: sāv

ipa: /seɪv/

sampa: /seIv/

sav


save

forms:
save (singular)
saves (plural)

glosses: A save is when something was saved. This term is used in sports.

text: Due to a great save at the end, the game ended 0:0.


save

forms: save

glosses: All of x save y describes only that part of x that is not y.

text: The night air was still and silent save for the voice of a female dispatcher over his police radio.

text: All my cats are white, save one.

text: We know little of her background, save that she was born in Mississauga.


domain

forms:
domain (singular)
domains (plural)

glosses: A domain is a field or area of knowledge or skill, or of where a rule is in force.

text: The question of whether there is a god or not is not within the domain of science.

text: The copyright is expired and the book is now in the public domain.

glosses: A domain is a large area owned by a person or controlled by a government.

text: The Royal Domain of Drottningholm stands on an island in Lake Mälar in a suburb of Stockholm.

glosses: A domain (name) is a group of internet addresses or URLs that share the same last section (e.g., http://simple.wiktionary.org/wiki/domain is in the wiktionary.org domain.)

text: If you want to set up a web site, the first step is probably to register a domain name such as amazon.com or google.com.

ipa: /dəʊˈmeɪn/

ipa: /doʊˈmeɪn/

sampa: /doU"meIn/


holy war

forms:
holy war (singular)
holy wars (plural)

glosses: A holy war is a war fought for religious reasons. Examples include jihad and crusades.


tape

forms:
tape (singular)
tapes (plural)

glosses: Tape is a long thin material, often with glue on one side or used for recording.

text: We can fix the tear with some tape.

text: The reporters surrounded the president with their cameras, tape recorders and notebooks.

text: The band put three songs on tape.

text: The tape is peeling off my hockey stick.

ipa: /teɪ̯p/


tape

forms:
tape (canonical)
tapes (third-person singular)
taped (past)
taped (past participle)
taping (present participle)

glosses: If you tape music, a speaker, a TV program, etc., you record it on tape or film.

text: It is not known who taped the conversation or how.

text: I didn't want to stay up to watch the show, so I taped it so I could watch it tomorrow.

glosses: If you tape something, you put tape on it.

text: Can you tape this closed for me?

text: Her coach taped her knee before the game.

tap


garden

forms:
garden (singular)
gardens (plural)

glosses: A garden is a place where flowers and other plants grow where people want them to. Frequently it is a small place with a wall around it, near a house. It may have rocks and other things in it to look beautiful.

text: She spends a lot of time taking care of the flowers in her garden.

ipa: /ˈɡɑːdən/

enpr: gärʹdən

ipa: /ˈɡɑːrdən/

hyphenation: gar‧den


garden

forms:
garden (canonical)
gardens (third-person singular)
gardened (past)
gardened (past participle)
gardening (present participle)

glosses: If you garden, you work in a garden, especially your own garden around your house.

text: He joined his mother when she gardened and talked to her flowers.


exchange

forms:
exchange (canonical)
exchanges (third-person singular)
exchanged (past)
exchanged (past participle)
exchanging (present participle)

glosses: An exchange is when a person or a group of people trade an item or service with another person or group of people.

text: The children can exchange toys so that each child has a new toy to play with.

ipa: /ɛksʧeɪndʒ/

exchang


exchange

forms:
exchange (singular)
exchanges (plural)

text: I did well in that exchange. Now I have three good new books, and I only paid a little money.


definite

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

glosses: Someone is definite if they are sure. They have no doubt about what they're saying.

text: She was definite that this is the right place.

glosses: Something is definite if it has defined limits.

ipa: /ˈdɛfɪnɪt/


initiative

forms:
initiative (singular)
initiatives (plural)

glosses: If you have or take the initiative, you are in control and can decide what to do next.

text: It's good to see someone take the initiative and start doing something about this problem.

text: It appears that the army was acting on its own initiative and not on orders from the president.

glosses: If you have initiative, you do things without needing to be told to do them.

text: We're looking to hire somebody with initiative because I won't be able to supervise them much.

glosses: An initiative is an effort to start doing something to solve a problem.

text: The town has no new initiatives to deal with garbage.


input

forms:
input (singular)
inputs (plural)

glosses: The input is the information that is put into something.

text: Everyone who is affected should have a chance to provide input.

text: You can put a mask over your eyes and plugs in your ears, but it's impossible to block out all sensory input.

text: The input to the amplifier should be digital.

text: Teachers should welcome input from their students.

text: It is important to avoid errors during data input.

ipa: /'ɪnpʊt/

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

hyphenation: in‧put


input

forms:
inputted (past)
inputted (past participle)
input (canonical)
inputs (third-person singular)
input (past)
input (past participle)
inputting (present participle)

glosses: If you input something (often into a computer) you put it in.

text: If the text has been correctly input to the computer, there should be no problems.

glosses: The past tense and past participle of input.

input

t

inputs

input

input

inputting


index

forms:
index (singular)
indexes or indices (plural)

glosses: An index is an alphabetical (A to Z) list, usually at the back of a book, where you can find the pages in a book that talk about particular things or words.

text: Look in the index to see where they talk about Chomsky.

glosses: An index shows the level of prices, wages, etc. so you can compare them with those of an earlier date.

text: On Wall Street, the Dow Jones index closed 10 points up at 2,731.23.

ipa: /ˈɪndɛks/

noun

index

indexes

indices


index

forms:
index (canonical)
indexes (third-person singular)
indexed (past)
indexed (past participle)
indexing (present participle)

glosses: If you index something, you make an index (guide) for it.

glosses: If you index something to a certain price level, you make it go up or down with that level.


trace

forms:
trace (singular)
traces (plural)

glosses: A trace of something is a very small amount, almost too small to find.

text: We've found traces of an earlier painting underneath this one.

text: No trace of the original material remains.

text: The last trace of cloud had disappeared from the sky.

text: He said it without a trace of sadness.

text: The fact that each coin has different trace elements provides clear evidence that they were made at different places.

glosses: A trace is a line on a paper drawn by a machine that shows the ups and downs of something.

text: The trace shows a very irregular heartbeat.

glosses: A trace is a path that tells you where something came from.

text: We've got a trace on the call.

text: The fox was able to follow the trace the rabbit left on the ground.

ipa: /treɪs/


trace

forms:
trace (canonical)
traces (third-person singular)
traced (past)
traced (past participle)
tracing (present participle)

glosses: If you trace something, you follow information to find where it came from or where it went.

text: Also, both the church and the farm can trace their origins back to the 1500s.

text: The police soon traced the couple's movements and found they had made a number of telephone calls to Paris.

text: The disease has been traced back to some bad eggs.

text: He traced a line in the sand.

glosses: If you trace a picture or a shape, you draw it by putting a piece of paper over it and drawing what you see underneath.

text: She traced the Chinese characters carefully, the way you do before you learn to read.

verb

trac


voluntary

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

glosses: Acting of one's own free will. Something that somebody does is voluntary if the person is doing it because they want to do it, not because someone orders them to do it.

text: Helping to wash the dishes is voluntary.

text: I have a voluntary position helping children learn to read.

hyphenation: vol‧un‧ta‧ry


given

forms:
give (canonical)
gives (third-person singular)
gave (past)
given (past participle)
giving (present participle)

text: On any given day, you're likely to see her there.

ipa: /'gɪvən/

give

gives

gave

given

giving


given

forms: given

glosses: Given x means if x is true, happened, exists, etc.

text: Given our current problems, I don't think we can spend any more.

text: Given a number, we can find another number that is bigger.

glosses: Given that-clause means in consideration of the fact that-clause.

text: Given that they are inexperienced, they've done a good job.


given

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

glosses: If someone is given to doing something, they do it regularly.

text: My father's given to making long speeches about when he was a boy.

glosses: If someone is given to something, they wear, use, or do it often.

text: When she got older, she was given to elegant clothes and long speeches.


given

forms:
given (singular)
givens (plural)

glosses: A given is something that you accept as true.

text: We need to make a decision about where we will live after this, but selling this house is a given.


limit

forms:
limit (singular)
limits (plural)

glosses: The limit is the edge of how far something can go. It can go up to the limit but no farther.

text: This fence is at the limit of my property.

text: The heater sets a limit to how cold it can be in the house; it can't get colder than that.

text: There is no limit to what we can do.

ipa: /ˈlɪmɪt/

sampa: /"lImIt/

hyphenation: li‧mit


limit

forms:
limit (canonical)
limits (third-person singular)
limited (past)
limited (past participle)
limiting (present participle)

text: The fence limits the cows from going out of the field.

glosses: If you limit someone, you reduce or take away their freedom.


history

forms:
history (singular)
histories (plural)

text: China has many old books about its history.

text: The restaurant is close to the city's history and art museums.

glosses: History is the study of what happened in the past.

text: He is a professor of history.

glosses: If somebody or something makes history, they do something very important that will not be forgotten.

text: She made history by becoming Africa's first elected female president.

glosses: If somebody or something goes down in history, they are remembered by people because they were very important or well known.

text: She'll go down in history as one of our greatest writers.

glosses: A history is a book recording things that have happened.

text: He was reading a history of Ancient Rome.

glosses: If somebody or something has a history of something, it's very common for them.

text: She has a history of cheating on tests.

glosses: If you say something is history, you mean it's finished, over, dead, or not important any more.

text: OK, that game's history.

glosses: If you say the rest is history, you mean you don't have to tell about because everyone already knows.

text: They just happened to run into each other at the right time, and the rest is history.

enpr: hĭsʹt(ə)rē

ipa: /ˈhɪst(ə)ri/

hyphenation: his‧to‧ry; hist‧ory

noun

histories


detail

forms:
detail (singular)
details (plural)

glosses: A detail is a small part of something that is not as important as the whole thing.

text: I've written a book, but I still need to change some details in it.

text: Writing your name at the top of the page is a small detail, but it's important.

text: This is a very clear picture. You can see every detail.

text: He's on floor-cleaning detail today.

ipa: /ˈdiːˌteɪl/

ipa: /ˈdiˌteɪl/

hyphenation: de‧tail


detail

forms:
detail (canonical)
details (third-person singular)
detailed (past)
detailed (past participle)
detailing (present participle)

glosses: When someone details something, they tell all the details about it, or record the details.

text: Would you please detail this project for me?


pin

forms:
pin (singular)
pins (plural)

glosses: A pin is a small, sharp thing used for holding things together.

enpr: pĭn

ipa: /pɪn/

sampa: /pIn/


pin

forms:
pin (canonical)
pins (third-person singular)
pinned (past)
pinned (past participle)
pinning (present participle)

glosses: When you pin something, you are fastening it with a pin.

text: We should pin this poster to that wall.

text: She pinned the dress pattern to the fabric.

text: Joey pinned the tail on the donkey and won the prize.

glosses: If you pin someone, you force someone firmly onto the ground to prevent them from moving.

text: A term in wrestling meaning to force an opponent's shoulders to the mat and holding them there for three seconds.

verb

pin


minus

forms: minus

glosses: You use x minus y to show that y is taken away from x.

text: Five minus three is two. (5-3=2)

text: The TV is $299 minus a 10% discount.

text: The margin of error is plus or minus one per cent.

enpr: mīn-əs

ipa: /ˈmaɪnəs/


minus

forms:
minus (singular)
minuses (plural)

glosses: A minus sign, negative sign, or minus is the symbol "－". It is used in more than one situation:

text: before a number, to indicate that it is a negative number.

text: in a math problem 3-1=2 to indicate subtraction.

glosses: A minus is a problem or some negative aspect.

text: He's nice, but the way he dresses is a real minus.

noun

minus

minuses


fixed

forms:
fix (canonical)
fixes (third-person singular)
fixed (past)
fixed (past participle)
fixing (present participle)

glosses: The past tense and past participle of fix.

text: The mechanic fixed my car.

text: The mother fixed the broken toy.

text: The meeting of Congress is fixed on January 3.

text: The mechanic has fixed all of the problems.

glosses: Something is fixed if it didn't work before, but now it works or has been repaired.

text: Is your car fixed yet?

glosses: If an animal has been fixed, it had an operation to stop it from having babies.

text: After a male cat is fixed, it doesn't fight with other cats as much.

glosses: If a game, contest, or election is fixed, somebody unfairly controls what will happen before it is over.

text: Don't go to that casino, the roulette wheel is fixed.

text: When we find out who squealed on our roulette wheel, they're going to get fixed.

text: Don't go into my room, or I'll fix you!

text: Don't worry about it, we're fixed with the cops.

ipa: /fɪkst/

verb

fix


fixed

forms: fixed (positive)

glosses: Not changing, not able to be changed, staying the same.

text: fixed assets

text: fixed cost


massacre

forms:
massacre (singular)
massacres (plural)

glosses: A massacre is when many people are killed. This is especially true when those killed appear to be innocent civilians not linked to the war in progress. Very often, the term is also applied if the killings were done in a brutal way.

text: Many people were killed in the My Lai Massacre during the Vietnam War.


massacre

forms:
massacre (canonical)
massacres (third-person singular)
massacred (past)
massacred (past participle)
massacring (present participle)

glosses: To kill many innocent people without much resistance; to slaughter people.

massacr


division

forms:
division (singular)
divisions (plural)

glosses: Division is the act of dividing a whole thing into parts.

text: The division of the pie by the children happened with very little fighting.

glosses: Division is the process or calculation of dividing a number by another number.

text: I've got ten divisions to do for my homework.

glosses: Divisions are the parts of something after division.

text: There are four divisions (or sections) in a classical pas de deux.

glosses: A division is a large military unit (group of soldiers)

glosses: A division is a section of a large company.

text: This division of GenericTech specializes in the manufacturing of routers.

glosses: When scientists are grouping kinds of animals, a division is a kind of group (Latin divisio) below kingdom and above class.

text: Magnolias belong to the division Magnoliophyta.

glosses: A division is a difference of viewpoint between two sides of an argument.

text: There is a division in the Senate between politicians who support abortions and politicians who do not.

glosses: A division is a piece of music (melody), played with musical instruments, in the 17th and 18th centuries based on another piece.

glosses: A division is a set of pipes in a pipe organ.

glosses: A division is a concept where a common group of debtors (people who owe money) are only responsible for part of the total debt.

ipa: /dɪˈvɪʒən/


harbor

forms:
harbor (singular)
harbors (plural)

glosses: A harbor is some water in a curve of land where it's safe for boats because there are no big waves.

text: A ship in the harbor is safe -- but that is not what ships are for.

ipa: /ˈhɑrbər/


harbor

forms:
harbor (canonical)
harbors (third-person singular)
harbored (past)
harbored (past participle)
harboring (present participle)

glosses: To provide a harbor or safe place for something or someone.

text: The old docks once harbored all kinds of ships, but they have been closed for years now.

text: The ships harbor in the bay during the winter months.

text: Sam has harbored resentment against Joe since Joe got the job they both applied for.


gender

forms:
gender (singular)
genders (plural)

glosses: A living thing's gender is its sex: male (man, boy), female (woman, girl), both, or neither.

text: There are gender differences in everything from physical size to play style.

text: The effects vary considerably according to such factors as class, race and gender.

glosses: Gender is a way of grouping nouns in some languages, for example: masculine, feminine & neuter.

text: In French, the gender affects everything from the choice of le or la to the adjective endings.

glosses: Someone's gender is whether they behave like a boy or girl. This is called masculine or feminine, and not the same as male or female.

text: His gender was not traditional, he was a very feminine boy.

glosses: The gender of a cord, cable, or plug tells how it connects. If it has a hole (a socket) that can be plugged into, it is female. If it plugs into a hole, it is male.

text: The microphone was the wrong gender for the computer's sound card.

ipa: /ʤɛndə/

ipa: /ʤɛndɚ/

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

hyphenation: gen‧der


understand

forms:
understand (canonical)
understands (third-person singular)
understood (past)
understood (past participle)
understanding (present participle)

glosses: To hear and then fully know what was said, know enough to do it. To know the meaning of something.

text: He understood what I said to him.

text: She didn't understand. She thought I meant the meeting was today.

enpr: ŭn(′)dər-stănd'

ipa: /(ˌ)ʌndəˈstænd/

enpr: ŭn′dər-stănd'

ipa: /ˌʌndɚˈstænd/

audio: en-uk-to understand.ogg

hyphenation: un‧der‧stand

understand

understands

understood

understood

understanding


point

forms:
point (singular)
points (plural)

glosses: A point is a position with no size, or a small dot.

text: These two lines meet at this point.

glosses: A point is the sharp end of a knife or other sharp thing.

text: He used the point of the knife to make a hole in the can.

glosses: The point of something is the reason or purpose for it.

text: The whole point of coming here was to plant this tree, so let's not go home without doing it.

glosses: A point is a dot between two numbers. To the dot's right, you find a decimal.

text: You need a point between the one and the zero.

ipa: /pɔɪnt/

sampa: /pOInt/


point

forms:
point (canonical)
points (third-person singular)
pointed (past)
pointed (past participle)
pointing (present participle)

glosses: To point at something is to hold one finger (or a stick, arrow or other long, thin thing) in the direction of the thing so that people will look at the thing.

text: He pointed her toward the gate.


point

forms: point

glosses: You use point to introduce decimals in a number that is not an integer.

text: The price has gone up by two point five percent (2.5%).


interest

forms:
interest (singular)
interests (plural)

glosses: When someone wants to know more about something or likes to do something, we say the person has an interest in it.

text: She has a strong interest in art. She is going to go to an art school.

text: What are your interests?

glosses: When something is important to a person, or if good things happening to the thing are good for the person, we say that the person has an interest in the thing.

text: Because I own a house on this street, I have an interest in keeping the street clean.

text: I'm doing this to look after my own interests.

glosses: When someone borrows money, they have to give back more money than they borrowed. The extra money they have to pay is called interest.

text: The bank gives me two percent interest per year on the money in my account.

ipa: /ˈɪntrɛst/

ipa: /ˈɪntərəst/

hyphenation: in‧ter‧est


interest

forms:
interest (canonical)
interests (third-person singular)
interested (past)
interested (past participle)
interesting (present participle)

glosses: If someone is interested, they are curious and want to find out about something.

text: I am interested in researching flowers.

text: Does maths interest you?


crucial

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

glosses: When something is crucial, it is very important. It will make a big difference. You cannot succeed without it.

text: To write a great book, it's crucial to have the person in the book change and develop.

text: It was a crucial time in the battle when the king dropped his sword.

text: The development of this company is at a crossroads, and we need to make some crucial decisions.

text: Iron plays a crucial role in moving oxygen around the body.

text: The new doctor was crucial to the success of the operation.

hyphenation: cru‧cial


distance

forms:
distance (singular)
distances (plural)

glosses: The distance between two things is how far apart they are. A short distance means they're close to each other, and a long distance means they're far apart.

text: The distance from the Earth to the Sun is 93 million miles.

text: The distance from my house to the store is 2 kilometres.

text: The two girls were sitting a short distance apart, so they could hear each other whisper.

ipa: /ˈdɪstəns/

hyphenation: dis‧tance


distance

forms:
distance (canonical)
distances (third-person singular)
distanced (past)
distanced (past participle)
distancing (present participle)

glosses: If you distance yourself from someone, you move away from something or someone.

distanc

e


have

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

glosses: Someone has something if the thing is in their hands. The person is holding or gripping it.

text: Do you have a spoon, or do you need me to give you one so you can eat the soup?

glosses: If you have to do something, you must do it.

text: I have to go.

text: John had to pay a fine.

glosses: Someone has something if the thing is that person's thing: the person owns it; it belongs to the person.

text: The rich family has a big house.

glosses: If you have you hold something in the mind.

text: I have a doubt about him.

text: We have lunch at 13:00.

glosses: You use have to say that you suffer from something or to tell the experience.

text: I have a defective vision. (I don't see well.)

text: He had a wonderful time with his friends.

ipa: /hæv/

ipa: /həv/

ipa: /hæf/

audio: en-uk-to have.ogg

have

has

had

had

having


have

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)

text: I have closed the window. (Also: I've closed the window.)

text: I had already eaten before. (Also: I'd already eaten before.)

having


curve

forms:
curve (singular)
curves (plural)

glosses: A curve is a line that is not straight. It is like part of a circle. It starts in one direction and turns.

text: The edge of the flower petal is a beautiful curve.

ipa: /kɜːv/

ipa: /kɝv/


curve

forms:
curve (canonical)
curves (third-person singular)
curved (past)
curved (past participle)
curving (present participle)

text: The car curved around the corner.

text: This piece of wood is not good. It is curved.

curv


control

forms:
control (singular)
controls (plural)

glosses: If you have control over someone or something, you can make it do what you want.

text: He should try to take control and tell the other handlers what to do.

text: driving in the rain, he had lost control on the wet surface and spun off the road.

text: The country fell under the direct control of the army.

text: They are trying to keep tighter control over spending.

text: The government will demand improved pollution control systems for all factories.

text: Most companies devote some resources to quality control and product testing.

text: Unless birth control methods are used, sooner or later the woman is likely to get pregnant.

text: The continuing Soviet desire for arms control led to a SALT II treaty.

text: The brain's control systems tend to decline with age so that, for instance, our balance gets less good.

text: The experimental group took the medicine while the control group took a sugar pill.

text: Suddenly the airplane went out of control and started diving.

glosses: A control is a button, switch, dial, etc. that lets you make a machine do what you want.

text: If you turn off your TV with the remote control, it continues to use a quarter of normal power.

text: She touched the volume control and the sound dropped.

ipa: /kənˈtrəʊl/

ipa: /kənˈt(ʃ)roʊl/


control

forms:
control (canonical)
controls (third-person singular)
controlled (past)
controlled (past participle)
controlling (present participle)

glosses: If you control something, you make it do what you want.

text: Too many people are overweight because they can't control their eating behaviour.

text: The company is controlled by a New York businessman.

glosses: If you control something, you do not let its numbers or size grow too much.

text: The new plan should control inflation.

control


flag

forms:
flag (singular)
flags (plural)

glosses: A flag is a piece of cloth, usually marked with a colourful symbol or sign.

glosses: A flag flown by a ship is to show the presence on board of the admiral (the leader of a group of ships); the admiral himself; or his flagship.

glosses: The use of a flag, especially to show the start of a race or other event.

text: Be ready to start running immediately at the flag.

glosses: On a computer, a flag is a variable or place in the computer's memory that keeps a true-or-false, yes-or-no value, usually either recording the fact that a certain event has happened or asking for a certain action to happen if it's an action that doesn't always happen.

glosses: In a command line interface (a place on a computer screen for people to type commands for a computer to do), a sign telling the computer to do something it does only sometimes, or a sign changing in some other way the action of the command being typed.

ipa: /flæɡ/


flag

forms:
flag (canonical)
flags (third-person singular)
flagged (past)
flagged (past participle)
flagging (present participle)

glosses: If you mark with a flag, it shows the importance of something.

glosses: (often with down) To signal to, especially to stop a car that's driving past, etc.

text: Please flag a taxi down for me.

glosses: When a person flags, the person becomes weak, tired or feeble.

text: His strength flagged toward the end of the race.

glosses: To signal or mark something that happened.

text: The compiler flagged three errors.

glosses: To set the value of a variable in a computer program to true.

text: Flag the debug option before running the program.

flag

g


allocation

forms:
allocation (singular)
allocations (plural)

glosses: An allocation is the amount that is given out or shared.

text: Our department's allocation of computer time is too small.

text: We need to increase the allocation of funds to fix the roads problem.

glosses: Allocation is the act of giving out or sharing something.

text: The budget allocations are becoming less and less frequent.

text: With the new focus on the environment, governments are rethinking their resource allocation plans.

text: The broad allocation of contracts means that we don't depend on any one company.

ipa: /æləˈkeɪʃən/

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


force

forms:
force (singular)
forces (plural)

glosses: A force is the act of a thing pushing on another thing, or how strongly it pushes.

text: The force of the hammer hitting the nail pushes the nail into the wood.

text: In science, energy is force times distance.

text: He pushed his shoulder against the door with great force, but was not able to open the locked door.

glosses: A group that aims to attack, control, or constrain.

text: police force

ipa: /fɔːs/

ipa: /fɔrs/


force

forms:
force (canonical)
forces (third-person singular)
forced (past)
forced (past participle)
forcing (present participle)

glosses: Someone forces something to happen when they make it happen.

text: He forced his way into the room.

text: The large size of our family forced me to buy a bigger house.

forc


driving

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

text: The man driving the truck went to the run-down weigh station.

text: In the European Union, driving on the right side of the road is normal.

glosses: If something is driving, it is moving quickly and strongly.

text: The driving wind blew the rain sideways.

enpr: drīʹvĭng

ipa: /ˈdraɪvɪŋ/

drive

drives

drove

driven

driving


event

forms:
event (singular)
events (plural)

text: The event of her walking into the room happened before the event of the book falling off the table, so she saw it fall.

text: In the event that the machine breaks, read this to know what to do.

glosses: An event is when many people come together at a time they choose for a reason or for fun.

text: At the event tomorrow we're going to have balloons and music.

ipa: /ɪˈvɛnt/

sampa: /I"vEnt/


grip

forms:
grip (canonical)
grips (third-person singular)
gripped (past)
gripped (past participle)
gripping (present participle)

glosses: Someone grips a thing by holding it tightly in their hand.

text: He gripped the rope and pulled.

enpr: grĭp

ipa: /ɡrɪp/

sampa: /grIp/

grip

p


grip

forms:
grip (singular)
grips (plural)

text: It's good to have a firm grip when shaking hands.

text: The ball will move differently depending on the grip used when throwing it.

text: There are several good grips on the northern face of this rock.


copper

forms:
copper (singular)
coppers (plural)

glosses: Copper is a metal that is a red-brown colour. Sometimes coins of small value are made from copper. The symbol for copper is Cu with an atomic number of 29.

text: Water comes into our house through copper pipes.

glosses: A copper is a penny, a coin of small value made of copper.

text: Could you give me a copper? I have almost enough money to buy that thing.

text: The copper arrested him for stealing.

enpr: kŏ'pə

enpr: kä'pər

audio: EN-AU ck1 copper.ogg

hyphenation: cop‧per


copper

forms: copper (positive)

text: The copper statue has turned green.

glosses: Having the reddish-brown colour/color of copper

text: The copper couch will look really nice with that wallpaper.


minute

forms:
minute (singular)
minutes (plural)

glosses: A minute is a short time equal to sixty seconds. There are sixty minutes in one hour.

text: He ran the race in 1 minute and ten seconds.

text: Please wait a minute while I get my coat and then I will come with you.

enpr: mĭn'ĭt

ipa: /ˈmɪnɪt/

sampa: /"mInIt/

audio: en-uk-a minute.ogg


minute

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

text: The pictures appear similar, with only a few, minute differences.

enpr: mīnyo͞ot'

ipa: /maɪˈnjuːt/

ipa: /mɪ'nɪt/


humor

forms:
humor (singular)
humors (plural)

glosses: Humor is ideas that make people laugh: jokes, funny things.

text: I like the stories she tells because they're full of humor.


humor

forms:
humor (canonical)
humors (third-person singular)
humored (past)
humored (past participle)
humoring (present participle)

glosses:
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development

forms:
development (singular)
developments (plural)

etymology_text: develop + -ment

ety-suffix

develop

ment

expansion: develop + -ment

text: The development of this story has been slow.

text: The organism has reached an important part in its development.

text: Our news team brings you the latest developments.

text: Our development department has created three new adhesives this year.

glosses: The active placement of the pieces, or the process of doing it

text: White's development is good, but black's has been hampered by the pawn on e5.

ipa: /dəˈvɛləpmənt/

hyphenation: de‧ve‧lop‧ment


dependent

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

glosses: If you are dependent on something, you need it or rely on it.

text: Ocean divers are dependent on their oxygen masks for air.

ipa: /dɪˈpɛndənt/


dependent

forms:
dependent (singular)
dependents (plural)

glosses: A dependent is a person who relies on another person for support.

text: With two children and an ailing mother, she had three dependents in all ... (In British English, this meaning is spelt dependant.)

glosses: A dependent is an element in a phrase or clause that is not the head.


pleasure

forms:
pleasure (singular)
pleasures (plural)

glosses: Pleasure is a nice feeling we have when we do something that's fun or that feels good.

text: Being at this party and seeing my friends again is a real pleasure.

ipa: /ˈplɛʒə/

enpr: plĕzhʹər

ipa: /ˈplɛʒɚ/

hyphenation: pleas‧ure


pleasure

forms:
pleasure (canonical)
pleasures (third-person singular)
pleasured (past)
pleasured (past participle)
pleasuring (present participle)

glosses: If you pleasure someone, you do something for someone to make them feel good.

verb

pleasur


integrity

forms: integrity (singular)

glosses: Integrity is the quality of being honest and of doing only good things.

text: I liked the integrity she showed when she wouldn't let someone from the other company pay for her lunch.

glosses: Integrity is the quality of being whole, not broken.

text: We need to test the integrity of the bridge.

hyphenation: in‧teg‧ri‧ty

noun

integrity


tonight

pos: pron

glosses: Tonight is the night that comes between today and tomorrow.

text: Tonight is when the party is scheduled.

text: We will talk tonight.

ipa: /təˈnaɪt/


fan

forms:
fan (singular)
fans (plural)

glosses: A fan is a thing that moves air to help people stay cool; either a small paper thing a person holds in their hand, or a machine with a part that turns fast to push the air.

text: She held the fan in front of her face so people wouldn't see her smile.

text: Turn on the fan! It's hot here!

glosses: A fan is a person who supports another person or team.

text: John is a fan of that soccer club.

text: When he kicked the ball into the goal, all his fans cheered loudly.

ipa: /fæn/

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


fan

forms:
fan (canonical)
fans (third-person singular)
fanned (past)
fanned (past participle)
fanning (present participle)

glosses: To blow air on something, often with a fan.

text: We had to fan ourselves with our programs because it was so hot and crowded in the auditorium.

text: We enjoyed standing at the edge of the cliff, being fanned by the wind.

glosses: usually to fan out) To move or spread in many directions from one point, similar to the shape of a hand-held fan.

verb

fan

n


foolish

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

etymology_text: fool + -ish

ety-suffix

fool

ish

expansion: fool + -ish

glosses: Unwise. A person who is foolish does not have good sense or judgement. They do things without thinking carefully; they do things that are bad ideas.

text: The person who saw and copied my homework today is being foolish.

glosses: Foolish means someone who is usually foolish. They have the characteristic (quality) of being foolish.

text: Being foolish once in a while does not make a person a foolish one.

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


frame

forms:
frame (singular)
frames (plural)

glosses: The parts of a building that are strong and that hold the other parts up.

text: Now that the frame is done, we can start on the walls.

glosses: The strong parts (bones) of a person's body.

text: His starved flesh hung on his frame.

glosses: Something, often made of wood, around the outside of a picture.

text: The painting was in a beautifully carved frame.

glosses: The outer part of a stamp's image, usually decorated.

glosses: A part of a strip of photographic film, the size of one image.

text: A film projector shows many frames in a single second.

glosses: A way of understanding, a point of view.

text: In this frame, it's easy to ask the question that the investigators missed.

glosses: A game of snooker, from break-off until all the balls have been potted.

glosses: A chunk of data sent over the wires of a network.

glosses: In bowling, a set of balls whose results are added for scoring.

glosses: A division of time on a multimedia timeline, such as 1/30th of a second.

ipa: /freɪm/


frame

forms:
frame (canonical)
frames (third-person singular)
framed (past)
framed (past participle)
framing (present participle)

glosses: People frame a building when they put together the strong parts while they're building or constructing it.

text: Once we finish framing the house, we'll hang tin on the roof.

glosses: Someone frames a picture such as a painting or photograph when they add a decorative border.

glosses: Someone who is taking a picture with a camera frames something when they carefully put it inside the edges of the picture in a nice way.

text: The director frames the fishing scene very well.

glosses: To put together words to make a point of view (way of thinking) for understanding or interpretation.

text: How would you frame your accomplishments?

text: The way the opposition has framed the argument makes it hard for us to win.

glosses: Someone frames someone else of a crime such as murder that they didn't do when they make things seem as if the person did the crime.

text: He put the gun in her car to try to frame her.

verb

fram


case

forms:
case (singular)
cases (plural)

glosses: A case is a container to hold something.

text: He opened the case and pulled out his violin.

glosses: A case is a matter for police or in court.

text: The judge did not accept his case.

glosses: A case is the form of a noun showing how it is used in a sentence.

text: The word "he" is in the subject or nominative case.

text: That man is sure a hard case.

ipa: /keɪs/

sampa: /keIs/


case

forms:
case (canonical)
cases (third-person singular)
cased (past)
cased (past participle)
casing (present participle)

glosses: If a police officer cases a house, he or she watches it until something happens.

text: We were casing a house all night in Brooklyn.

cas


exceed

forms:
exceed (canonical)
exceeds (third-person singular)
exceeded (past)
exceeded (past participle)
exceeding (present participle)

glosses: If x exceeds y, x is or becomes larger or better than y.

text: The company's 2005 revenue exceeds that of 2004.

text: The quality of her essay exceeded my expectation.

glosses: If you exceed something, you go beyond (farther than) the limits, beyond the regular level or beyond what is allowed.

text: Your user name may not exceed eight characters.

text: The length of the soldier's hair exceeds the allowed length.

ipa: /ɪkˈsiːd/

audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-AcpoKrane-exceed.wav

hyphenation: ex‧ceed


hook

forms:
hook (singular)
hooks (plural)

glosses: A hook is a curved, sharp thing, usually made of metal and often small. Someone can put the hook through a hole in something to grip it so that they can pull the thing.

enpr: ho͝ok

ipa: /hʊk/


hook

forms:
hook (canonical)
hooks (third-person singular)
hooked (past)
hooked (past participle)
hooking (present participle)

glosses: If you are hooking something, you are attaching it to a hook.

text: Hook the bag here, and the conveyor will carry it away.


disgust

forms:
disgust (singular)
disgusts (plural)

glosses: A strong dislike someone feels for something. Disgust is an emotion. People feel it, for example, when they find something dirty or not fit to eat.

text: With an air of disgust, she stormed out of the room.

text: When she saw the meat that was ten days old, she felt a strong disgust.

enpr: dĭs-kŭst'

ipa: /dɪsˈgʌst/

sampa: /dIs"kVst/


disgust

forms:
disgust (canonical)
disgusts (third-person singular)
disgusted (past)
disgusted (past participle)
disgusting (present participle)

glosses: To cause a strong dislike for something.

text: It disgusts me, to see her chew with her mouth open.


laugh

forms:
laugh (canonical)
laughs (third-person singular)
laughed (past)
laughed (past participle)
laughing (present participle)

glosses: Someone laughs when they make a sound with their mouth because they think something is funny. It can sound like "ha ha", "ho ho", "hee hee", etc.

text: That was a really good joke. I've never laughed so hard!

ipa: /lɑːf/

enpr: lăf

ipa: /læf/


laugh

forms:
laugh (singular)
laughs (plural)

glosses: The sound of someone laughing, or the action of laughing.

text: We had lots of good laughs at the party.

text: I heard a laugh in the other room and went to see what they were laughing at.


reveal

forms:
reveal (canonical)
reveals (third-person singular)
revealed (past)
revealed (past participle)
revealing (present participle)

glosses: If you reveal something, it was hidden and you show it or make it known.

text: A new study reveals that car makers have made little or no gains in fuel economy.

text: It was revealed yesterday that the president has decided to step down.

ipa: /rəˈviːl/

hyphenation: re‧veal


intervention

forms:
intervention (singular)
interventions (plural)

etymology_text: intervene + -tion

ety-suffix

intervene

tion

expansion: intervene + -tion

glosses: An intervention is an activity designed to change or stop a situation.

text: To prevent government intervention, the companies agreed to stop advertising cigarettes.

text: The teachers planned a reading intervention for the students who were having trouble.

ipa: /ɪntɚˈvɛnʃən/

ipa: /ɪntəˈvɛnʃən/

hyphenation: in‧ter‧ven‧tion


author

forms:
author (singular)
authors (plural)

glosses: An author is the creator of a work; a writer.

text: I am the author of this article. I was the one who wrote it.

ipa: /ˈɔːθə/

ipa: /ˈɔːθɚ/


author

forms:
author (canonical)
authors (third-person singular)
authored (past)
authored (past participle)
authoring (present participle)

glosses: If you author something, you create a work as its author.

text: Did you read that article that John authored? It was poorly written.


colleague

forms:
colleague (singular)
colleagues (plural)

glosses: A colleague is a person who works together with another person or who does the same kind of work.

text: I like to talk about the science with my colleagues from the other university.

ipa: /ˈkɑliɡ/

ipa: /ˈkɒliːɡ/

hyphenation: col‧league


bond

forms:
bond (singular)
bonds (plural)

glosses: A bond is a connection between two people because of love or friendship.

text: War can often build strong bonds between people who suffered or fought together.

glosses: A bond is a connection between two or more things, for example using glue.

text: The heat created a bond between the plastic and the metal.

glosses: A bond is a financial document promising to pay a certain amount of money. These are often bought and sold.

text: The new benchmark ten-year government bond yielded 6.3%.

text: Most large international banks have issued floating rate bonds as a source of medium-term funding.

text: It took her many years to break free of the bonds of guilt.

glosses: A bond is the force that holds atoms together.

ipa: /bɑnd/

ipa: /bɒnd/


bond

forms:
bond (canonical)
bonds (third-person singular)
bonded (past)
bonded (past participle)
bonding (present participle)

glosses: If you bond two things, you connect them, for example using glue.

text: The melting wax bonded to the table.

text: He bonded the wood to the plastic to make it look more natural.

text: The individual carbon atoms in a diamond are bonded together extremely strongly.

glosses: If you bond with someone, you form a special relationship.

text: Breastfeeding helps the baby bond with its mother.


monkey

forms:
monkey (singular)
monkeys (plural)

glosses: A monkey is a primate with a long tail that climbs trees.

text: We saw Vervet monkeys in the Zoo.

enpr: mŭngki

ipa: /ˈmʌŋki/

sampa: /"mVNki/

hyphenation: mon‧key


monkey

forms:
monkey (canonical)
monkeys (third-person singular)
monkeyed (past)
monkeyed (past participle)
monkeying (present participle)

glosses: If you monkey something, you make changes to it.

text: I foolishly monkeyed with the control panel and it ended up exploding.


order

forms:
order (singular)
orders (plural)

glosses: Order is when things are where they should be.

text: I need to take some time to put my things in order.

glosses: The order of some things means which thing is first, which one is second, which one is last, etc.

text: The children will take turns in order of age.

ipa: /ˈɔːdə/

ipa: /ˈɔrdɚ/


order

forms:
order (canonical)
orders (third-person singular)
ordered (past)
ordered (past participle)
ordering (present participle)

glosses: To order something is to ask someone to sell it to you.

text: At the restaurant, she ordered chicken and potatoes.

glosses: To order someone to do something is to tell the person that they must do it.

text: The father ordered his children to be quiet.


net

forms:
net (singular)
nets (plural)

glosses: A net is a thing made of ropes or string that lets small things through but keeps big things in.

text: I forgot my fishing net. What will we use to catch fish now?

text: The tennis player hit the ball into the net.

enpr: nĕt

ipa: /nɛt/


net

forms:
net (canonical)
nets (third-person singular)
netted (past)
netted (past participle)
netting (present participle)

glosses: To net something is to catch it in a net.

text: He netted a big fish.

verb

net


net

forms: net (positive)

glosses: A company's net income is its profits minus its expenses.


guide

forms:
guide (singular)
guides (plural)

glosses: a document or book that offers information or instruction; guidebook.

glosses: any marking or object that catches a person's attention for quick reference.

glosses: a device that guides part of a machine, or guides motion or action.

glosses: a spirit thought to speak through a medium.

glosses: a member of a group marching in formation who sets the pattern of movement for the rest.

ipa: /gaɪd/


guide

forms:
guide (canonical)
guides (third-person singular)
guided (past)
guided (past participle)
guiding (present participle)

glosses: to serve as a guide for someone or something.

glosses: to use control or influence over someone or something.

guid


form

forms:
form (singular)
forms (plural)

glosses: Form is the shape or structure of a person or a thing.

glosses: A thing that makes shapes to other things, as in a mold.

glosses: A form is a blank document which is to be filled in by a person.

text: To join with the club, please fill in this application form.

ipa: /fɔːm/

ipa: /fɔrm/

sampa: /fOr\m/


form

forms:
form (canonical)
forms (third-person singular)
formed (past)
formed (past participle)
forming (present participle)

glosses: If you form something, you give it shape or structure.


release

forms:
release (canonical)
releases (third-person singular)
released (past)
released (past participle)
releasing (present participle)

etymology_text: re- + lease(to lease again)

ety-prefix

re

lease

expansion: re- + lease

glosses: If someone releases something, they let go of it; they stop holding it and set it free (let it be free).

text: He released his grasp on the lever.

text: He was released after two years in prison.

glosses: Someone releases something when they put it out into the world (discharge it).

text: They released thousands of gallons of water into the river each month.

glosses: A company releases something when they let the public start using it.

text: They released the new product later than they wanted to.

glosses: To lease again; to agree to a new lease of; to let back, sublet or rent again.

text: I leased the house from the owner, and released it for a year to another person.

ipa: /rɪˈliːs/

releas


release

forms:
release (singular)
releases (plural)

glosses: In software, a version of something that is put up for sale or that the public can use.

text: The video store advertised that it had all the latest "releases".

glosses: That which is released, untied or let go.

text: They marked the occasion with a release of butterflies.


drop

forms:
drop (singular)
drops (plural)

glosses: A drop is a very small amount of a liquid.

text: A drop of water weighs 0.1 grams.

text: There was a drop in the prices last week.

enpr: drŏp

ipa: /drɒp/

sampa: /drQp/

ipa: /drɑp/

sampa: /drAp/


drop

forms:
drop (canonical)
drops (third-person singular)
dropped (past)
dropped (past participle)
dropping (present participle)

text: He dropped from the roof when he was running.

verb

drop


aggregate

forms:
aggregate (singular)
aggregates (plural)

glosses: The aggregate is the number or amount when everything is put together.

text: Although demand was up in certain areas, aggregate demand was down.

text: When each day's time is put together, he's been running for an aggregate of over 762 hours.

glosses: Aggregate is the small stones that are used to make concrete.

enpr: ă'grĭgət

ipa: /ˈæɡrɪɡət/


aggregate

forms:
aggregate (canonical)
aggregates (third-person singular)
aggregated (past)
aggregated (past participle)
aggregating (present participle)

glosses: If you aggregate something, you put or bring it together.

text: You shouldn't aggregate the various costs. Look at them individually.

text: The students' income should be aggregated with the parents'.

enpr: ă'grĭgāt

ipa: /ˈæɡrɪɡeɪt/

sampa: /"{grIgeIt/

aggregat


fear

forms:
fear (singular)
fears (plural)

glosses: Fear is a bad feeling usually caused by a danger or a worry that something bad might happen.

text: He was struck with fear when he thought he saw a ghost.

text: She has a fear of spiders.

glosses: Fear is the chance that something might happen.

text: There's no fear of her being on time. She's always late.

glosses: Fear is a feeling of very high respect, usually towards a god.

text: Christians who worship in churches have a fear of God.

ipa: /fiə/

ipa: /fɪə/

ipa: /fɪr/

sampa: /fir/