can

forms:
can (present)
could (past)
can't (negative)

glosses: If someone can do something, they are able to do it.

text: Most birds can fly.

text: Can you speak English?

text: I can't see it. It's too small.

text: "Can you come?" "Yes, I think I can."

text: This is a service that anyone can easily afford.

glosses: If someone can do something, they are allowed to do it.

text: You can't smoke here.

text: Can I go now?

glosses: You use can to ask somebody to do something (if you know the person well).

text: Can you open the door for me, please?

text: Can I have the salt, please?

glosses: If something can happen, it is possible.

text: It's so small that it can't be seen.

text: There can't be any difference.

text: Can the plan work?

text: That can't be right.

text: Imagine how bad it can get.

glosses: If someone tells you something can't happen, they think it's not a good idea.

text: You just can't keep smoking.

text: You can't think things are going to get better.

glosses: If something can happen, it happens sometimes.

text: I can get really busy here on weekends.

text: Her classes can be really interesting or really boring.

enpr: kăn

ipa: /kæn/

ipa: /kən/

can

could

can't

expansion: [POS TABLE]


can

forms:
can (canonical)
cans (third-person singular)
canned (past)
canned (past participle)
canning (present participle)

pos: verb

glosses: If someone cans something, they put in a can or jar to keep for a long time.

text: We canned the peas for the winter.

glosses: If someone cans something, they stop working on it.

text: The idea was canned.

glosses: If someone gets canned they have lost their job.

glosses: If you tell someone to can it, you want them to stop talking.

text: Can it, would you? I'm trying to watch TV.

verb

n


can

forms:
can (singular)
cans (plural)

pos: noun

glosses: A can is a metal container, usually for holding food or drink.

text: I drink cola from a can.

text: spaghetti hoops come in a can.


category

forms:
category (singular)
categories (plural)

glosses: A category is a group of people or things that are the same in some way.

text: The music business tries to put music into various categories, such as rock, pop, jazz, etc.

ipa: /ˈkætəˌgori/

noun

categories


absorption

forms:
absorption (singular)
absorptions (plural)

etymology_text: absorb + -tion

ety-suffix

absorb

tion

expansion: absorb + -tion

glosses: Absorption is taking in a gas or liquid through very small holes.

text: Good water absorption properties make sponges useful for soaking up water.

glosses: Absorption is the state of being completely occupied by something.

text: Sam's absorption in his book made him forget to eat dinner.

hyphenation: ab‧sorp‧tion


grant

forms:
grant (canonical)
grants (third-person singular)
granted (past)
granted (past participle)
granting (present participle)

glosses: If you grant something to something, you give it to them, usually formally.

text: The school has granted us permission to use a classroom in the evenings.

glosses: If you grant something, you accept that it is true.

text: Yes, I'll grant you that the data is old, but I still think it's useful.

ipa: /grɑːnt/

ipa: /grænt/

sampa: /gr\{nt/


grant

forms:
grant (singular)
grants (plural)

glosses: A grant is something, usually money, that is given to someone, usually by a government or institution.

text: The professor received a research grant to study weather changes.

text: I got a $2,000 government grant to help me go to school.


gold

forms: gold (singular)

glosses: Gold is a metal, which can be used to make coins and rings. It costs a lot of money to buy. Its symbol is Au on the periodic table and its atomic number is 79.

text: I keep my gold in a safe.

text: This is a gold ring

ipa: /ɡəʊld/

enpr: gōld

ipa: /ɡoʊld/

noun

gold


tea

forms:
tea (singular)
teas (plural)

glosses: Tea is a light brown or green drink that is very popular around the world.

text: Would you like coffee or tea?

enpr: tē

ipa: /tiː/

homophones: T tee


sorry

forms:
sorry (positive)
sorrier (comparative)
sorriest (superlative)

pos: adj

glosses: You say "I'm sorry" when you have done something wrong and you feel bad.

text: I'm sorry that I lost your jacket last night.

ipa: /ˈsɔːri/

ipa: /ˈsɒri/

ipa: /ˈsɑːri/

adj

sorry

sorrier

sorriest


research

forms:
research (singular)
researches (plural)

glosses: Research is the process or result of trying to find an answer by reading, interviewing, watching, or doing experiments.

text: The last 10 years has provided a huge amount of research into a cure for cancer.

text: We've been conducting research into the reason for the changes in these fish.

ipa: /rɪˈsɜːtʃ/

noun

research

researches


research

forms:
research (canonical)
researches (third-person singular)
researched (past)
researched (past participle)
researching (present participle)

glosses: If you research a question, you try to find an answer, usually by reading a lot about it, or by doing experiments.

text: I have to research the history of King Henry II for my English class.

verb

es


unit

forms:
unit (singular)
units (plural)

glosses: One of a measure of something; the amount of something that is counted as "one".

text: Measure five units to the left.

text: $4 is the unit price.

text: A pound is a useful unit for thinking about amounts of butter.

text: I prefer metric units.

glosses: Item, used when no other word for something exists.

text: He set up the A/C unit.


tired

forms:
more tired (comparative)
most tired (superlative)
tired (positive)
tireder (comparative)
tiredest (superlative)

glosses: If you feel tired, you have no energy and you need a rest.

text: After walking for 15 km, I was so tired, that I couldn't take another step.

ipa: /taɪə(r)d/

adj

more: true

tired

tireder

tiredest


tired

forms:
tire (canonical)
tires (third-person singular)
tired (past)
tired (past participle)
tiring (present participle)

glosses: The past tense and past participle of tire.

verb

tir

e


rare

forms:
rare (positive)
rarer (comparative)
rarest (superlative)

glosses: If something is rare, you seldom see it or there are only a few.

text: It's rare to have snow in June.

text: The vory-billed woodpecker is a very rare bird, and has only been seen by a few people.

glosses: If a meat is cooked rare, it is cooked very lightly so that the meat is still red when it is done.

ipa: /rɛə/

adj

rare

rarer

rarest


cheap

forms:
cheap (positive)
cheaper (comparative)
cheapest (superlative)

glosses: If something is cheap, it costs very little money.

text: "I bought this for $37 last week, but today I saw it in the store for only $22." "Wow! That's cheap."

glosses: If something is cheap, it is low in quality.

text: I don't like that jacket. It looks too cheap. Is it plastic?

ipa: /t͡ʃip/

enpr: chēp

ipa: /t͡ʃiːp/

cheap

cheaper

cheapest


bee

forms:
bee (singular)
bees (plural)

glosses: A bee is a black and yellow striped insect with wings that makes honey. It has a stinger.

text: That bee is flying to the flower.

enpr: bē

ipa: /biː/

audio: en-uk-a bee.ogg


wait

forms:
wait (canonical)
waits (third-person singular)
waited (past)
waited (past participle)
waiting (present participle)

glosses: If you wait for someone or something, you do something (or nothing) until something else happens.

text: I waited for you for twenty minutes. Where were you?

text: The fans waited patiently for their idol to arrive.

glosses: To wait is to take orders and serve food at the tables in cafes and restaurants.

text: Her job at the cafe was to wait at the tables.

ipa: /weɪt/

audio: en-uk-to wait.ogg


our

pos: pron

glosses: Our things are things that belong to us.

text: We've come in our new car.

text: Our daughter got a new job.

enpr: ou(ə)

enpr: ouə(r)

ipa: /aʊə(r)/

enpr: our

ipa: /aʊr/

sampa: /aUr/

enpr: ar

ipa: /ɑr/

sampa: /Ar/


theirs

glosses: If something is theirs, it belongs to them.

text: This book isn't mine, it's theirs.

text: "Whose laptop is this?" "It's theirs."


should

forms:
shall (present)
should (past)
shouldn't (negative)

glosses: You use should to say that it is a good idea to do something.

text: If you have a test, you should be studying.

text: Who should we call to fix this?

ipa: /ʃʊd/

sampa: /SUd/

audio: en-US should (stressed).ogg

audio: en-US should (unstressed).ogg

shall

should

shouldn't


breakfast

forms:
breakfast (singular)
breakfasts (plural)

glosses: Breakfast is the first meal that we eat in the morning.

text: I'm late for school. I don't have time for breakfast today.

text: "What time do you usually eat breakfast?" "Oh, I don't know, usually about 6:30."

ipa: /ˈbrɛkfəst/

hyphenation: break‧fast


hers

glosses: If something is hers, it belongs to her.

text: Please give this to Susan. It's hers.

ipa: /ˈhɜːz/

ipa: /ˈhɝz/


hotel

forms:
hotel (singular)
hotels (plural)

glosses: A hotel is a place where people pay to stay in a room overnight, usually for only a few days.

text: We fly to Taipei and stay at the Hilton hotel for three days and two nights.

ipa: /həʊˈtɛl/


dinner

forms:
dinner (singular)
dinners (plural)

glosses: Dinner is the largest meal of the day, usually eaten in the evening.

text: I'm sorry, I'll be late tonight, so I won't be home for dinner.

text: We had fish with rice and fried vegetables for dinner last night.

ipa: /ˈdɪnə/

enpr: dĭnʹər

ipa: /ˈdɪnɚ/


d

forms: D or d

text: "c" comes before "d"

text: Liam did not pass this exam because he got a D.

letter

D


for instance

forms: for instance

pos: phrase

glosses: You say, for instance when you plan to give an example of something.

text: When the United States doesn't like what a country is doing, it sends in its army. For instance, Vietnam was a problem, America started a war.


identical

forms: identical (positive)

glosses: If two ore more things are identical, they are exactly the same.

text: The teachers teach from identical textbooks, but the ways they teach are quite different.

ipa: /ɪˈdɛntɪkl̩/

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

hyphenation: i‧den‧ti‧cal


sauce

forms:
sauce (singular)
sauces (plural)

glosses: A sauce is a thick liquid that you put on food to give it a special taste.

text: I put the chicken in a special sauce for two hours before I cook it.

ipa: /sɔːs/

ipa: /sɔs/


attraction

forms:
attraction (singular)
attractions (plural)

glosses: An attraction is a force that pulls two things together.

text: magnets have an attraction to metal.

text: I feel a strong attraction to my husband.

text: I don't understand your attraction to rough men.

glosses: An attraction is a popular feature at an event or site.

text: Elephants and lions are major attractions at many zoos.

text: Country western singer Vince Gill was a big attraction at the State Fair.

text: The Alamo is a tourist attraction in Texas.

glosses: Something that causes interest, pleasure, or liking for someone are something.

text: she has romantic ideas about sexual attraction

ipa: /əˈtrækʃən/


rice

forms:
rice (singular)
rices (plural)

glosses: Rice is a white or brown grain that people boil and eat.

text: In many Asian countries, including Japan, China, and Thailand, they eat rice with almost every meal.

ipa: /raɪs/


restaurant

forms:
restaurant (singular)
restaurants (plural)

glosses: A restaurant is a place where you can buy and eat food and drinks.

text: My wife and I went out to a small French restaurant in Toronto for dinner.

ipa: /rɛstərɒnt/

audio: en-uk-a restaurant.ogg

hyphenation: res‧tau‧rant


authority

forms:
authority (singular)
authorities (plural)

glosses: To have authority means to have the power to make a decision.

text: This judge has the authority to throw you in jail.

glosses: If you are an authority on something, many people think you know very, very much about it.

text: The Pope is the highest authority in the Catholic church.

ipa: /ɔːˈθɒrəti/

ipa: /əˈθɑrəti/

noun

authorities


amphibian

forms:
amphibian (singular)
amphibians (plural)

glosses: An amphibian is an animal that lives on land and in water.

text: Frogs, toads, salamanders, newts, and gymnophiona are all examples of amphibians, since they can live on land and in the water.

enpr: ăm'fĭb"ĭ-ən

ipa: /ˈæmˌfɪbɪən/

hyphenation: am‧phib‧i‧an


response

forms:
response (singular)
responses (plural)

glosses: A response is some words or actions that happen as a reaction to something else.

text: We sent a message to them two weeks ago, but there has been no response so far.

text: The police response to these problems has been slow and weak.

text: In psychology, a response is a behavior which occurs after a stimulus.

ipa: /rɪˈspɒns/


lie

forms:
lie (canonical)
lies (third-person singular)
lay (past)
lain (past participle)
lying (present participle)

glosses: If you lie down, your head and whole body are at the same level. You lie down when you want to rest or sleep.

text: She lay on the bed and went to sleep.

glosses: If something lies somewhere, it is there and it is not moving.

text: His dirty shirt was lying on the floor and old socks were everywhere.

ipa: /laɪ/

sampa: /laI/

lie

lies

lay

lain

lying


lie

forms:
lie (canonical)
lies (third-person singular)
lied (past)
lied (past participle)
lying (present participle)

glosses: If you lie, you say or write something that you know is not true.

text: "How old are you?" he asked. "Twenty-one," she lied. She was actually eighteen years old. Examples given in the old Webster dictionary says, why do you lie to me vs why do you just lie there. In past tense the word "lier" perceived in the new dictionary does not exist. It has been deleted from context to be depicted as "liar" when in fact they are two different existing words that have two different meanings all together. In example, to be a "lier" is to be a noun in context and to be a "liar" would be as a verb form. One depicts a person or being while the other depicts an action.

verb

lied

lying


lie

forms:
lie (singular)
lies (plural)

glosses: Something not true, a falsehood, an untruth.

text: I told a lie.


fruit

forms:
fruit (singular)
fruits (plural)

glosses: The fruit is the part of a plant or tree that holds the seeds. It's usually sweet and good to eat.

text: Most people don't eat enough fruit and vegetables.

text: Apples, oranges, and bananas are the most common fruits in most supermarkets.

enpr: fro͞ot

ipa: /fruːt/


topic

forms:
topic (singular)
topics (plural)

glosses: A topic is a general idea that someone is speaking (reading, thinking, etc.) about at a specific time.

text: We were talking about my problems. Don't change the topic.

text: Our library has books on a wide range of topics.

text: When you're writing for school, it's important to stay on topic, and not start talking about other things.

ipa: /ˈtɒpɪk/

ipa: /ˈtɑpɪk/

hyphenation: top‧ic


honey

forms:
honey (singular)
honeys (plural)

glosses: Honey is a sweet, thick liquid that is made by bees. It is usually golden or brown.

text: Add some honey to make it taste good.

text: Honey, I only love you.

text: We need to find some honeys.

ipa: /'hʌni/

sampa: /"hVni/

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


exactly

pos: adv

etymology_text: exact + -ly

ety-suffix

exact

ly

expansion: exact + -ly

glosses: You use exactly when you want to say that something is 100% true, not just close.

text: The movie will start at exactly 7:02 PM.

text: That is exactly the same picture that I was thinking of.

glosses: You use exactly to show that you agree strongly with something.

text: "We can't stay here. It's too cold." "Exactly!"

ipa: /ɪɡˈzæk(t)li/


soup

forms:
soup (singular)
soups (plural)

glosses: Soup is a food usually made by boiling meat and vegetables in water to give the water flavour.

text: Would you like soup or a salad before your meal?

text: You can try our wide variety of soups.

ipa: /suːp/


alike

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

glosses: If some things are alike, they are almost the same in some way.

text: My mother and I are very much alike.

ipa: /əˈlaɪk/


alike

forms:
alike (positive)
more alike (comparative)
Superlativemost alike

glosses: If some things act alike, they act in almost the same way.

text: All the men in the office dress alike.

glosses: You use alike to show that what you say is true of both groups or individuals.

text: Teachers and students alike have to work harder to improve this school.


person

forms:
person (singular)
people (plural)

text: She is a very nice person.

glosses: In grammar, the system of person is related to who is involved in the conversation.

text: The pronoun I is first person, you is second person, and most other nouns are third person.

glosses: A person is an individual with a mind and rights.

text: The court is trying to decide if an elephant is a legal person.

ipa: /ˈpɜː(r)sən/

hyphenation: per‧son

noun

person

people


themselves

glosses: You use themselves when the people doing an action and the people receiving an action are the same people, but they are not you or the person you're talking to.

text: They've hurt themselves.

text: They're very happy with themselves.

text: They've got themselves a new pet.

glosses: Use for emphasis, when talking about more than one person or about one person when you don't know who that person is.

text: The classes are as different as the students themselves.

glosses: If somebody or some people do something by themselves, they do it alone.

text: The children earned $500 by themselves. I didn't help.

glosses: If somebody or some people don't feel themselves, they are different from usual, because they are sick, scared, stressed, etc.

ipa: /ðɛmˈsɛlvz/

sampa: /DEm"sElvz/


lunch

forms:
lunch (singular)
lunches (plural)

glosses: Lunch is the meal that we eat in the middle of the day.

text: Shall we have sandwiches for lunch?

text: "Is it lunch time yet?" "No, it's only 10:30."

ipa: /lʌnʧ/

lunches


lunch

forms:
lunch (canonical)
lunches (third-person singular)
lunched (past)
lunched (past participle)
lunching (present participle)

text: Most people lunch around noon time.

verb

lunch


shall

forms:
shall (present)
should (past)
shan't (negative)

glosses: Shall is usually used to make a suggestion about your own actions.

text: Shall I get that for you?

text: Shall we go?

text: Where shall I put the plates?

glosses: Shall is used like will to make a promise.

text: We shall send your order immediately.

ipa: /ˈʃæl/

ipa: /ʃəl/

shan't


bean

forms:
bean (singular)
beans (plural)

glosses: Beans are the seeds of one family of plants that people often cook and eat.

text: Put the dried beans in water overnight. They should be soft and ready to cook in the morning.

glosses: A bean-like seed of some other plants, especially coffee.

text: Although the beans from a single coffee may be sold unblended, in many cases, after roasting, beans from several different origins are combined to balance flavor

enpr: bēn

ipa: /biːn/


violence

forms:
violence (singular)
violences (plural)

glosses: Violence is an action done to hurt somebody or something.

text: I don't watch boxing, because I don't like all the fighting and violence.

ipa: /ˈvaɪ(ə)ləns/


ours

glosses: If something is ours it belongs to us; the possessive case of we, used without a following noun.

text: This land has been ours for years.

text: Is this bag yours or ours?

ipa: /ˈaʊɚz/

ipa: /ˈaʊəz/


sex

forms:
sex (singular)
sexes (plural)

glosses: Sex is an act done by a male and a female (in this case there is sometimes an intent to make babies) or with just two men or women.

text: Most men in our survey say they definitely would not have sex with a new partner without using a condom.

glosses: A person or animal's sex is male, female, or both.

text: She had not had any male friends during her early life and now found it difficult to talk to members of the opposite sex.

enpr: sĕks

ipa: /sɛks/

sampa: /sEks/

noun

sex

sexes


fried

forms:
fry (canonical)
fries (third-person singular)
fried (past)
fried (past participle)
frying (present participle)

glosses: The past tense and past participle of fry.

text: I fried some chicken last night for dinner.

verb

fr

y


fried

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

glosses: Fried food is food that has been cooked in a pan with hot oil.

text: I don't like fried chicken. It's too oily.


grand

forms:
grand (positive)
grander (comparative)
grandest (superlative)

glosses: If something is grand, it's large and impressive.

text: As she got out of the car, she saw that the house was very grand.

adjective

grand

grander

grandest


anesthetic

forms:
anesthetic (singular)
anesthetics (plural)

glosses: An anesthetic is a gas that is used by a doctor or nurse to make a person feel no pain or to put a person to sleep.

text: They used an anesthetic on him before performing the surgery.

ipa: /ˌænəsˈθɛtɪk/

audio: en-US anesthetic.ogg


airplane

forms:
airplane (singular)
airplanes (plural)

glosses: An airplane is a vehicle with wings that can fly.

text: Can we hurry? I have to catch an airplane to Miami.

ipa: /ˈɛəpleɪn/

ipa: /ˈɛərˌpleɪ̯n/


itself

etymology_text: it + -self

ety-suffix

it

self

expansion: it + -self

glosses: Third person neutral singular reflexive pronoun.

text: No person did a thing, but the car started all by itself.

ipa: /ɪtˈsɛlf/

hyphenation: it‧self


coffee

forms:
coffee (singular)
coffees (plural)

glosses: Coffee is a dark brown drink that is very popular around the world.

text: Would you like a cup coffee or tea?

text: "Milk or cream?" "No, thank you. I like my coffee black."

glosses: Coffee is the beans or bean powder used to make coffee.

text: Can you pick up a tin of ground coffee at the shop?

hyphenation: cof‧fee


plural

forms: plural (positive)

glosses: If a noun is plural in English grammar, it refers to other than one thing.

text: If I say, "one cat", that's singular, but if I say, "a lot of cats", that's plural.

glosses: A plural person is someone with dissociative identity disorder.

ipa: /ˈplʊrəl/

hyphenation: plu‧ral


plural

forms:
plural (singular)
plurals (plural)

glosses: The form of a word that normally refers to other than one thing.

text: The plural of the word "dog" is "dogs."


offer

forms:
offer (singular)
offers (plural)

glosses: An offer is when you say you will do something or give something.

text: He wanted to buy my car, so he made me an offer of $5000.

ipa: /ˈɒfə(r)/

ipa: /ˈɑːfɚ/


offer

forms:
offer (canonical)
offers (third-person singular)
offered (past)
offered (past participle)
offering (present participle)

glosses: If I offer something to you, that means I will give it to you if you want.

glosses: If I offer to do something for you, that means I will do it for you if you want.


hat

forms:
hat (singular)
hats (plural)

glosses: A hat is a piece of clothing that you wear on your head.

text: A poke bonnet is an old-fashioned woman's hat that covers the hair and shades the face with a rim.

text: Please take off your hat when you enter the church.

text: Men remove their hats when entering a church.

text: Women's hats are sold in a special store called a milliner's shop or a millinery.

text: Men's hats are sold in a special store called a haberdashery.

ipa: /hæt/

ipa: [hat]


must

forms:
must (present)
mustn't (negative)

glosses: Must is usually used to tell someone they have no choice about doing something because it is important or because of a rule or law.

text: She must get her medicine soon or she will die.

glosses: If you say something must be true, you say you have come to believe that it is true.

text: I must have left my phone at the restaurant.

text: She must not have the note if you've got it.

ipa: /mʌst/

sampa: /mVst/

ipa: /məs(t)/

must

mustn't


hit

forms:
hit (canonical)
hits (third-person singular)
hit (past)
hit (past participle)
hitting (present participle)

glosses: If you hit someone or something, then you touch them hard and fast.

text: The bully got suspended for hitting the boy in the face.

text: The red car was turning when the blue car hit it.

glosses: The past tense and past participle of hit.

glosses: If you hit on someone, you flirt with them.

text: I'm just gonna be hitting on chicks tonight

enpr: hĭt

ipa: /hɪt/

sampa: /hIt/

hit

hits

hit

hit

hitting


hit

forms:
hit (singular)
hits (plural)

text: The hit almost knocked me out.

glosses: A great success, especially in the entertainment industry.

text: His new musical comedy was a hit with audiences and critics.

text: He had so many hits last year that he was elected to the Musical Comedy Hall of Fame.


one another

glosses: Each of a group of more than two people or things to the others.

text: The army recruits helped one another get through the first few difficult days.

audio: en-us-one another.ogg


chain

forms:
chain (singular)
chains (plural)

glosses: A chain is a series of round pieces of material joined together to make a line.

text: He got her a gold chain necklace for her birthday.

text: This led to an unfortunate chain of events.

glosses: A chain of stores is a group of stores that all have the same name, such as McDonald's restaurants or GAP clothing stores.


chain

forms:
chain (canonical)
chains (third-person singular)
chained (past)
chained (past participle)
chaining (present participle)

glosses: If you chain things together, you connect them in a line.

glosses: If you chain A to B, you connect A to B with a chain.

text: The dog was chained to the tree.


chemical

forms:
chemical (singular)
chemicals (plural)

glosses: A chemical is a basic substance that is used in or produced by mixing elements or other chemicals.

text: When you burn plastics, you put dangerous chemicals into the air.

text: The chemical industry in China is producing more and more useful paints, glues, and other products.

enpr: kĕm'ĭk-əl

ipa: /ˈkemɪkəl/

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


chemical

forms: chemical (positive)

text: This test can detect small changes in the chemical composition of water.


each other

glosses: To one another; one to the other; showing that each of two or more things does something to the other.

text: Maria and Robert loved each other.

text: The two monkeys picked the bugs off each other.


winter

forms:
winter (singular)
winters (plural)

glosses: Winter is the coldest season of the year. In northern countries, December, January and February are winter months.

text: We like to go to Mexico in the winter.

ipa: /'wɪntə/

enpr: wĭnʹtər

ipa: /'wɪntɚ/


myself

etymology_text: my + -self

my

expansion: my + -self

glosses: You use myself when you are the doer and the receiver of an action.

text: I taught myself.

glosses: If you do something by yourself, you do it without any help or alone.

text: I taught him myself.

glosses: You use myself to emphasize that it is you and not somebody else.

text: I know a lot of people love coffee, but I myself don't really like it.

ipa: /maɪˈsɛɫf/

sampa: /maI"sElf/


we

glosses: The person speaking and other people with him or her.

text: "Are you and Mia still going?" "No, we're finished."

text: We went to Paris together.

text: We ought to help.

text: Let's go. We need to talk to Mark.

text: We won our football game.

text: We need to think about other people more.

enpr: wē

ipa: /wiː/

ipa: /wi/

sampa: /wi/


we

forms: we

pos: det

text: We Canadians don't act that way.


complain

forms:
complain (canonical)
complains (third-person singular)
complained (past)
complained (past participle)
complaining (present participle)

glosses: If you complain about someone or something, you say or write that you are not happy about it.

text: We complained to the manager about the service after waiting one hour for our food.

ipa: /kəmˈpleɪn/


December

forms: December

pos: name

glosses: December is the twelfth month of the year.

text: There are 31 days in December.

ipa: /dɪˈsɛmbə/

enpr: dĭ-sĕmʹbər

ipa: /dɪˈsɛmbɚ/


straight

glosses: If something goes straight, it continues to move in one direction without turning.

text: No not that road. Just keep driving straight.

ipa: /streɪt/

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


straight

forms:
straight (positive)
straighter (comparative)
straightest (superlative)

glosses: If something is straight, it does not bend, or turn. It continues in one direction.

text: He had had too much to drink and couldn't walk in a straight line.

glosses: Someone who is straight is heterosexual; being attracted to those of the opposite sex.

adj

straight

straighter

straightest


straight

forms:
straight (singular)
straights (plural)

glosses: In the card game of poker, a straight hand has five sequential cards.

text: A 5, 6, 7, 8, and 9 is considered a straight hand.


mouth

forms:
mouth (singular)
mouths (plural)

glosses: a part of the face used for eating and talking

text: He opened his mouth to speak.

enpr: mouth

ipa: /maʊθ/

ipa: /mʌʊθ/


mouth

forms:
mouth (canonical)
mouths (third-person singular)
mouthed (past)
mouthed (past participle)
mouthing (present participle)

glosses: To silently speak; to form words with your mouth without making a sound.

text: He mouthed the answers to her.

ipa: /maʊð/


yes

forms:
yes (positive)
Superlative–

glosses: A word that is used to agree or accept; to mean the same thing that the other person said.

text: Yes, I eat fish.

glosses: A word used to not agree with a negative sentence or question.

text: You are not tall. Yes, I am tall.

text: You do not want it, do you? Yes, I do.

text: Isn't William your brother? Yes, he is my brother.

ipa: /jɛs/

sampa: /jEs/


yes

forms: yes

pos: intj

text: I won! Yes!


yes

forms:
yes (singular)
yeses (plural)

glosses: A yes is an answer that agrees or accepts.

text: She gave him a yes.

text: The vote count was six "yesses" and one "no."

noun

yes

yeses


fry

forms:
fry (canonical)
fries (third-person singular)
fried (past)
fried (past participle)
frying (present participle)

glosses: If you fry something, you cook it in a pan on a stove with hot oil.

text: Do you think we should fry the eggs or boil them?

enpr: frī

ipa: /fraɪ/

sampa: /fraI/


fry

forms:
fry (singular)
fries (plural)

text: Pass me a fry, I want to see if they taste good.

fry

fries


engine

forms:
engine (singular)
engines (plural)

glosses: An engine is the part of a machine which gives it power.

ipa: /ˈɛnd͡ʒɪn/

ipa: /ˈend͡ʒɪn/

ipa: /ˈend͡ʒɘn/

hyphenation: en‧gine


they

glosses: "They" is used to talk about two or more people, not you or the person you are speaking to.

text: I love Josie and Reg. They are nice people.

glosses: "They" is used to talk about two or more things.

text: Can you get the books for me? They're over there.

glosses: "They" is used to talk about one or more person when you don't know the sex or number.

text: If a person is fast, they can get there early.

glosses: "They" is used to talk about people in general.

text: When are they going to finish that new building?

text: They say you should drink eight glasses of water a day.

enpr: thā

ipa: /ðeɪ/

sampa: /DeI/


century

forms:
century (singular)
centuries (plural)

text: My great grandfather came to Canada over a century ago.

text: The telephone was invented in the 19th century.

text: Centuries passed before the slaves were freed.

ipa: /ˈsɛnt͡ʃʊri/

ipa: /ˈsɛn(t)ʃ(ə)ri/

hyphenation: cen‧tu‧ry; cent‧ury

irrnoun

centuries


confusion

forms:
confusion (singular)
confusions (plural)

etymology_text: confuse + -ion

ety-suffix

confuse

ion

expansion: confuse + -ion

glosses: Confusion is a feeling you get when things are unclear or you don't understand.

text: The snow storm caused great confusion at the airport where many planes were unable to take off or land.

text: The confusion in the last act of "The Marriage of Figaro" usually makes the audience laugh.

ipa: /kənˈfjuːʒən/


him

glosses: he when used after a preposition or as the object of a verb.

text: Give it to him (after preposition)

text: She wrote him a letter (indirect object)

text: She treated him for a cold (direct object)

enpr: hĭm

ipa: /hɪm/

sampa: /hIm/


motion

forms:
motion (singular)
motions (plural)

glosses: A motion is a movement, often not a big movement.

text: She made a small motion with her hand to get his attention.

text: The light turned green and he put the car into motion.

ipa: /ˈməʊʃən/

ipa: /ˈmoʊʃən/


motion

forms:
motion (canonical)
motions (third-person singular)
motioned (past)
motioned (past participle)
motioning (present participle)

glosses: If you motion a person, you direct or command them with a movement.


himself

etymology_text: him + -self

him

expansion: him + -self

glosses: Third person masculine singular reflexive pronoun.

text: He went by himself to the store.

ipa: /hɪmˈsɛlf/

sampa: /hIm"sElf/

hyphenation: him‧self


medicine

forms:
medicine (singular)
medicines (plural)

glosses: Medicine is something you put into or on your body when you are sick to make yourself healthy.

text: After I got out of the hospital, I went to the drug store and bought medicine for my ear problem.

text: The school of medicine at the University of Western Ontario has produced some of the country's best doctors.

text: Many doctors go to Canada but find that they can't practice medicine there.

enpr: ˈmed-sən

ipa: /ˈmɛdsən/

enpr: ˈme-də-sən

ipa: /ˈmɛdəsɪn/

hyphenation: me‧di‧cine


offender

forms:
offender (singular)
offenders (plural)

etymology_text: offend + -er

word parts

offend

-er

expansion: offend + -er

glosses: An offender is someone or something that does something wrong, usually someone who breaks the law.

text: The boy who took the car is a young offender, so we can't use his real name.


location

forms:
location (singular)
locations (plural)

text: When you're opening a new business, the choice of location is very important.

glosses: A site outside of a studio used for shooting all or part of a movie or television show.

text: The show was filmed on location in Hawaii.

ipa: /loʊˈkeɪʃən/

ipa: /ləʊˈkeɪʃən/


those

forms: those

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

text: Those bolts go with these parts.

text: I don't want those oranges because they are too sour.

ipa: /ðəʊz/

ipa: /ðoʊz/

sampa: /DoUz/


whose

glosses: Whose is used to ask what person something belongs to.

text: Whose is this? There's no name on it.

text: Whose coat did you take?

glosses: Whose is used to join a relative clause about a person or thing.

text: Children whose parents smoke are more likely to smoke themselves.

text: This is a country whose language is dying.

text: The girl in the picture, whose name is Marion Russell, was from my home town.

ipa: /huːz/


throat

forms:
throat (singular)
throats (plural)

glosses: Your throat is a tube inside your neck. It takes air from your mouth to your lungs.

text: My throat hurts from singing too much.

ipa: /ˈθrəʊt/

ipa: /ˈθroʊt/

sampa: /"TroUt/


group

forms:
group (singular)
groups (plural)

glosses: When more than 2 things or people are together, they make a group.

text: A group of people went into the building.

ipa: /gruːp/


group

forms:
group (canonical)
groups (third-person singular)
grouped (past)
grouped (past participle)
grouping (present participle)

glosses: To put people or things together to make a group.


these

forms: these

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

text: I am going to take these sandwiches for my lunch.

text: These paintings around me are not to be touched.

text: These are the simple rules you have to follow.

text: I have always wanted to own books like these.

enpr: thēz

ipa: /ðiːz/

ipa: /ðiz/

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


animal

forms:
animal (singular)
animals (plural)

glosses: An animal is any living thing that can move. people are not animals, but are said to be animals, under the scientific definition. .

text: Dogs, elephants, and horses are all animals.

enpr: ăn'əməl

ipa: /ˈænəməl/

audio: en-uk-an animal.ogg


May

glosses: May is the fifth (5th) month of the year.

text: There are 31 days in May.

text: May fell down and hurt her knee.

enpr: mā

ipa: /meɪ/

sampa: /meI/

proper noun

May

Mays


major

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

glosses: A major change, problem, event, etc. is a big and important one.

text: We expected the change to cause a lot of problems, but in the end it wasn't as major as we had thought.

text: Tom Cruise had a major part in the movie. He directed it and acted in it as the main character.

glosses: A major musical scale is the usual scale for music in western culture. The major scale starts two notes above the minor and more often sounds happy.

text: That music could be D minor or F major.

ipa: /ˈmeɪʤɚ/

hyphenation: ma‧jor


major

forms:
major (singular)
majors (plural)

glosses: A major is a subject area that is the main study of a student at a college or university.

text: My major is Speech-Language Pathology, which is about problems people may have with talking.

glosses: A major is a military rank between captain and lieutenant-colonel.

glosses: A major is a person of the legal age of majority.


major

forms:
major (canonical)
majors (third-person singular)
majored (past)
majored (past participle)
majoring (present participle)

glosses: If you major in something, you concentrate on a single area of study as a student at a college or university.

text: My mother majored in English but I will major in psychology.


few

forms:
few
fewer (comparative)
fewest (superlative)

text: I found very few problems.

text: There are so few good books.

text: I can't believe how few people are here.

text: There are so many problems and few are easy.

ipa: /fjuː/

determiner-comp

few

fewer

fewest


treatment

forms:
treatment (singular)
treatments (plural)

etymology_text: treat + -ment

ety-suffix

treat

ment

expansion: treat + -ment

glosses: A treatment is an action, usually by a doctor, to make somebody healthy.

text: He has had treatments every day since he hurt his neck.

text: My sister is undergoing treatment for breast cancer.

glosses: The treatment that you give someone or something is the way that you act toward it.

text: The treatment that I have received since beginning this job has been terrible. My boss yells at me every day and nobody is friendly at all.

ipa: /ˈtriːtmənt/

hyphenation: treat‧ment


house

forms:
house (singular)
houses (plural)

glosses: A house is a building that one family lives in.

text: The president lives in a house in Washington, called The White House.

ipa: /haʊs/


house

forms:
house (canonical)
houses (third-person singular)
housed (past)
housed (past participle)
housing (present participle)

glosses: If you house someone or something, you give them a home.

text: The building houses a research centre and a school.

text: During the storm they were housed in the local school's gym.

ipa: /haʊz/

verb

hous

e


sheep

forms:
sheep (singular)
sheep (plural)

glosses: A sheep is an animal that people keep on farms and eat for food.

text: My grandfather has a sheep farm and we get all our wool there.

glosses: A sheep is a person who follows orders blindly and cannot think for themself.

enpr: shēp

ipa: /ʃiːp/

audio: en-uk-a sheep.ogg

noun

sheep

sheep


herself

etymology_text: her + -self

ety-suffix

her

expansion: her + -self

glosses: Third person singular feminine reflexive pronoun

text: She went by herself to the store.

ipa: /hɜːˈsɛlf/

ipa: /hɝˈsɛlf/

hyphenation: her‧self


amusement

forms:
amusement (singular)
amusements (plural)

etymology_text: amuse + -ment

amuse

expansion: amuse + -ment

glosses: Amusement is the feeling you have when something is fun or funny or makes you laugh.

glosses: An amusement is something that gets your attention and that you like; something like playing; something that is good but not useful.

text: Movies, video games and toys are amusements.

text: An amusement park has games, special food, and rides like a roller coaster and a merry-go-round.

text: Movie theaters, arcade and restaurants are good places for amusement.

ipa: /əˈmjuzmənt/


freeze

forms:
freeze (canonical)
freezes (third-person singular)
froze (past)
frozen (past participle)
freezing (present participle)

glosses: If you freeze something, you cool it until it becomes solid.

text: Water freezes at 0°C.

text: The chicken will go bad soon. We should freeze it and then we can cook it next week.

text: I was freezing because I had forgotten my coat.

ipa: /ˈfriːz/

freeze

freezes

froze

frozen

freezing


freeze

forms:
freeze (singular)
freezes (plural)

glosses: A freeze is a time when the temperature is cold.

glosses: A freeze is when the usual way things are done is stopped.


resident

forms:
resident (singular)
residents (plural)

glosses: A resident is somebody who lives in a particular area.

text: The local residents like the tourism because it creates more jobs for them.

glosses: A resident is a doctor who is still training, and who works in a hospital.

ipa: /ˈrɛzɪd(ə)nt/

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


resident

forms: resident (positive)

glosses: If you are resident somewhere, you live or work there.

text: If you are not resident in the town, you may not use the town pool.

text: The resident population at the school has grown each year, and now most of our students live here.

text: I am a resident of Thailand.


daily

forms: daily (positive)

etymology_text: day + -ly

day

ly

expansion: day + -ly

glosses: used to describe something done every day.

text: He kept a daily diary.

enpr: dāli

ipa: /ˈdeɪli/


daily

text: He showers daily.


tour

forms:
tour (singular)
tours (plural)

glosses: A tour is a planned walk, bus trip, or flight, to look at a particular place.

text: Last year we took a wonderful tour to Rome.

ipa: /tɔː(r)/


tour

forms:
tour (canonical)
tours (third-person singular)
toured (past)
toured (past participle)
touring (present participle)

glosses: If you tour a place, you go around it to look at it, often with a guide.

text: The president gave a short tour around the new factory.

text: The opera company was touring Europe and Africa.

text: The Grammy winner toured several cities on the East Coast last year.

text: Many country western singers tour during the summer months.


element

forms:
element (singular)
elements (plural)

glosses: An element is one part of something bigger, such as a plan, an engine, or a business.

text: He's the best salesman on our team, but he's only one element in our success.

glosses: An element is one basic kind of substance, such as iron (Fe) oxygen (O) or sodium (Na).

text: Water is made up of two elements: Hydrogen and Oxygen.

enpr: ĕl'ĭmənt

ipa: /ˈɛlɪmənt/

hyphenation: el‧e‧ment


widow

forms:
widow (singular)
widows (plural)

glosses: A widow is a woman whose husband has died.

text: The government supports the widows of dead soldiers.

hyphenation: wid‧ow


every

forms: every

text: I work every day from 6:00 to 9:30.

text: I believe every single word she says.

text: Our members are involved in almost every aspect of teaching.

text: The Earth goes around the sun once every year.

text: Every time I go to see him, like, he's happy.

text: Not every person can do this.

text: We get together every other week.

text: They're watching her every move.

text: There's every reason to believe that she will get better.

ipa: /ˈɛvri/

sampa: /"Evri/


third

forms: third (positive)

glosses: The third thing is the one that is number three (3) in order.

text: I have two older brothers. I'm the third child.

enpr: thû(r)d

ipa: /θɜː(r)d/

enpr: thûrd

ipa: /θɝd/


third

forms:
third (singular)
thirds (plural)

glosses: A third of something is one of three equal parts of that thing.

text: Four is one third of twelve.


sufficient

forms: sufficient (positive)

glosses: If something is sufficient, it means there is enough or that it is good enough.

text: We now have a sufficient number of people to do the job.

text: The food supplies should be sufficient to last the winter.

text: The factory was shut down because if didn't meet the necessary and sufficient conditions for safety.

ipa: /səˈfɪʃənt/


sufficient

forms: sufficient

glosses: You use sufficient to identify the smallest amount needed.

text: Sufficient of us are against this idea that we should stop now.


decrease

forms:
decrease (canonical)
decreases (third-person singular)
decreased (past)
decreased (past participle)
decreasing (present participle)

glosses: If something decreases, it goes down in number or value.

text: The Australian dollar has decreased 3% against the Euro.

text: The government has decreased the amount of money it gives to schools.

enpr: dĭkrēs'

ipa: /dɪˈkriːs/

hyphenation: de‧crease

verb

decreas


decrease

forms:
decrease (singular)
decreases (plural)

glosses: A decrease happens when the number or value of something goes down.

text: There has been a 3% decrease in the Australian dollar against the Euro.

text: Every year we see a larger decrease in the number of students studying foreign languages.

enpr: dē'krēs

ipa: /ˈdiːkriːs/


wool

forms:
wool (singular)
wools (plural)

glosses: Wool is the hair of a sheep. We often use it to make clothes.

ipa: /wʊl/


some

forms: some

glosses: Used to mean an amount or number of something when the amount or number is not exact or specific.

text: Would you like some grapes?

text: Every government is ill-disposed to the press, all or some of the time.

text: He had edited the paper for some years.

text: I've just met some man who said he knew you.

glosses: You use some before a number to say that it may be a little more or a little less.

text: Some 200 people attended the event.

ipa: /sʌm/

sampa: /sVm/

ipa: /sam/

sampa: /sam/


cream

forms:
cream (singular)
creams (plural)

text: Would you like some cream in your coffee?

glosses: The cream of something is only the best thing, or person.

text: He's the cream of the tennis world.

glosses: A cream is a smooth oily substance that people put on their skin to make it soft or as a medicine.

text: You should clean the cut and put this cream on it three times a day.

ipa: /kriːm/


cream

forms:
cream (canonical)
creams (third-person singular)
creamed (past)
creamed (past participle)
creaming (present participle)

glosses: To cream something is to puree or blend it into a liquid.

glosses: To cream something is to make it turn into a cream-like color.

text: The final score was 11-2, we creamed them!


offense

forms:
offense (singular)
offenses (plural)

glosses: An offense is an action that breaks the law.

text: Murder is a serious criminal offense.

glosses: When you give offense to someone, you do something that they don't like.

text: I didn't mean to give offense, but I didn't know that you don't do that in China.

glosses: The offense is the person or team who is attacking.

text: For the first time in the game, Arsenal goes on the offense.

ipa: /əˈfɛns/

hyphenation: of‧fense


a little

forms: a little

text: We've only got a little time, so please be quick.

text: I need a little more room here.

text: You can do it with a little help from your friends.

text: He put a little water into the cup.

text: "Would you like some cake?" "Just a little, please."

text: Can we talk a little more?

text: You're walking a little too slowly.

text: I understand only a little of what you say.


yourself

etymology_text: your + -self

ety-suffix

your

expansion: your + -self

glosses: You use yourself when the person doing an action and receiving an action are both you.

text: Be careful. You'll hurt yourself.

text: Are you happy with yourself.

text: I heard you got yourself a new pet.

text: Don't pretend you don't know. You yourself have seen these kinds of problems.

glosses: If you do something by yourself, you do it alone.

text: That's beautiful, son. Did you make it by yourself?

glosses: If you don't feel yourself, you are different from usual, because you are sick, scared, stressed, etc.

ipa: /jɔːˈself/

hyphenation: your‧self


grass

forms:
grass (singular)
grasses (plural)

glosses: Grass is a green, leafy plant that often covers the ground.

text: We haven't got much rain, and the grass on the lawn is turning brown.

enpr: grăs

ipa: /grɑːs/

ipa: /græs/

sampa: /gr{s/

irrnoun

grasses


ugly

forms:
ugly (positive)
uglier (comparative)
ugliest (superlative)

glosses: If someone or something is ugly, it's not nice to look at.

text: Hughie had the same ugly face as his father and brother.

ipa: /ˈʌɡli/

adj

ugly

uglier

ugliest


asleep

forms: asleep (positive)

text: Please be quiet. The baby's asleep.

text: I had trouble falling asleep last night.

ipa: /əˈsliːp/


them

glosses: Other people; not you or the people you are talking to.

text: I saw my friends and said, "hi" to them.

text: I made a lot of things. This is one of them.

glosses: You use them to talk about one person, if you don't know who that person is.

text: If somebody comes, help them.

enpr: thĕm

ipa: /ðɛm/

sampa: /DEm/

enpr: thəm/

ipa: ðəm/


there

glosses: You use there to show that something exists.

text: There is a problem here.

ipa: /ðɛə/

ipa: /ðɛr/

sampa: /DEr/

homophones: their they're


there

forms: there

pos: prep

text: We left for Ottawa and arrived there at 7:00.


there

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


who

glosses: You use who to add a clause to explain more about the person or people you're talking about.

text: They are good people who are working hard.

text: We saw Kim, who was in his car.

text: We asked everybody who was there.

text: It was you who lost the keys, not me.

glosses: You use who to ask about a person or people.

text: Who was on the phone?

text: Who's your new teacher?

text: Who did you meet today?

text: He told me who was there.

text: I'll ask who can help us.

ipa: /huː/

ipa: /hu/

sampa: /hu/


rat

forms:
rat (singular)
rats (plural)

glosses: Rats are medium-sized rodents. They often live near people and eat garbage. Rats can carry diseases. They are also kept as pets and can be very tame.

text: I caught the rat that was eating our food.

enpr: /răt/

ipa: /ræt/

audio: en-uk-a rat.ogg


butter

forms:
butter (singular)
butters (plural)

glosses: Butter is a firm yellow substance that is made from milk spread on bread or used in cooking.

text: Please pass the butter.

text: Melt some butter in a fry pan, and then add the eggs.

text: If you keep the butter in the fridge, it's too hard to put on bread.

glosses: A bread and butter issue, is a basic and important one.

text: If we want to win this election, we need to focus on bread and butter issues like jobs.

glosses: Your bread and butter is the work that you do most and that earns you the most money.

text: Fixing shoes used to be our bread and butter, but today, nobody gets their shoes fixed.

ipa: /ˈbʌtə/

enpr: bŭtʹər


butter

forms:
butter (canonical)
butters (third-person singular)
buttered (past)
buttered (past participle)
buttering (present participle)

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

text: Would you like me to butter your toast for you?


weight

forms:
weight (singular)
weights (plural)

glosses: The weight of something is how heavy it is.

text: She's put on a lot of weight since she went to university.

text: I'm exercising to try to lose some weight.

glosses: A weight is a heavy thing that you use to keep something down or that people lift to become stronger.

text: Can you put a weight on that paper so that it doesn't blow away?

ipa: /weɪt/


weight

forms:
weight (canonical)
weights (third-person singular)
weighted (past)
weighted (past participle)
weighting (present participle)

glosses: When you weight something, you add weight to it.

text: To get your fishing line down to the bottom of the lake, you must weight it.


complex

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

glosses: If something is complex, it has lots of parts or pieces, or is difficult to understand.

text: He has constructed a complex computer system to send translated messages between humans and dolphins.

text: A complex problem that we face today is poverty, especially in Africa.

enpr: kəmplĕks'

ipa: /kəmˈplɛks/


complex

forms:
complex (singular)
complexes (plural)

glosses: A group of buildings with a common purpose, such as a university or military base.

glosses: A psychologically-based dislike or fear of a particular thing.

text: Jim has a complex about working for a woman boss.

glosses: A thunderstorm that forms when two storm fronts collide.

glosses: A structure with a central atom or molecule that has a weak connection to atoms or molecules around it.

enpr: kŏm'plĕks

ipa: /ˈkɒmplɛks/

sampa: /"kQmplEks/

ipa: /ˈkɑmplɛks/

sampa: /"kAmplEks/

irrnoun

complexes


terrible

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

glosses: If something is terrible, it's very bad.

text: He said she was ugly. Wasn't that a terrible thing to say to anyone?

glosses: If something is terrible, it causes people to feel terror or fear.

text: The witch laid a terrible curse on him.

ipa: /ˈtɛrəbl/

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


goat

forms:
goat (singular)
goats (plural)

glosses: A goat is a mammal with horns, part of the sheep family.

text: The goat used to graze in the field.

ipa: /gəʊt/


map

forms:
map (singular)
maps (plural)

glosses: A map is an image of a place, usually with place names written in.

text: I think we're lost. Do you have a map?

text: I've got a good street map of London.

ipa: /mæp/

audio: en-uk-a map.ogg


map

forms:
map (canonical)
maps (third-person singular)
mapped (past)
mapped (past participle)
mapping (present participle)

glosses: If you map something, you create a visual representation of it.

text: John mapped out his idea so that his friends could understand it.

verb

map

p


both

forms: both

glosses: When there are two things, both is the first thing and the second thing.

text: Jim took both the apple and the orange.

text: Both Anne and Jane agreed to eat the pear.

text: Give me one. You can't have both.

text: Both of my parents were from Canada.

text: They found problems at both the schools.

text: The room had windows at both ends.

text: Working in the city and living in the country, you get the best of both worlds.

text: There were cars coming from both directions.

enpr: bōth

ipa: /bəʊθ/

ipa: /boʊθ/

sampa: /boUT/


nut

forms:
nut (singular)
nuts (plural)

glosses: A nut is a kind of seed that usually grows on trees inside a hard shell and that people often eat.

text: Nuts are a good source of protein.

glosses: A metal ring that is screwed onto a bolt (thick screw).

enpr: nŭt

ipa: /nʌt/

sampa: /nVt/


nut

forms:
nut (canonical)
nuts (third-person singular)
nutted (past)
nutted (past participle)
nutting (present participle)

nut

nuts

nutted

nutting


talk

forms:
talk (canonical)
talks (third-person singular)
talked (past)
talked (past participle)
talking (present participle)

glosses: to speak; any sound from a person's mouth.

text: He talks with him daily.

ipa: /tɔːk/

audio: en-uk-to talk.ogg


talk

forms:
talk (singular)
talks (plural)

text: I liked the talk he gave to the students.

text: His talk is meaningless.


several

forms: several

glosses: Several things is a small number of things. More than two, but not very many.

text: It rained for several days last week.

text: We changed several of them, but left others untouched.

ipa: /ˈsɛvrəl/


several

forms: several (positive)

glosses: Their several things is a number of their things.

text: They each went their several ways.


wine

forms:
wine (singular)
wines (plural)

glosses: Wine is an alcoholic drink made from grapes or other fruit.

text: I don't drink wine very often. Usually I prefer beer.

enpr: wīn

ipa: /waɪn/

sampa: /waIn/


wine

forms:
wine (canonical)
wines (third-person singular)
wined (past)
wined (past participle)
wining (present participle)

glosses: If you wine and dine someone, you entertain them with dinner and wine.

win


things

forms:
thing (singular)
things (plural)

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

text: I packed my things.

ipa: /θɪŋz/

noun

thing


another

forms: another

glosses: Another of something means that there is one more of it.

text: Is there another way to do this?

text: Mike and another man came to our house.

text: I can't do this now. Let's do it another time.

text: Another of the things you can't ask is "how old are you?"

text: I've got this shirt, and another just like it.

text: That's another one of those things I have to do.

text: Can I just sleep for another five minutes?

text: I've been very busy with one thing and another.

text: I'll do it one way or another.

text: And another thing: clean this up!

text: I hope we don't get another George Bush.

text: Oh no! Not another problem!

ipa: /əˈnʌðə/

ipa: /əˈnʌðɚ/


guess

forms:
guess (canonical)
guesses (third-person singular)
guessed (past)
guessed (past participle)
guessing (present participle)

glosses: If you guess at something, you try to imagine what it might be, but you don't know the answer.

text: "What happened? Why has play stopped?" "I don't know. I guess a player's hurt, maybe."

enpr: gĕs

ipa: /ɡɛs/

verb

guess

es


guess

forms:
guess (singular)
guesses (plural)

glosses: A guess is an answer that you give when you don't know the real answer.

text: "Wow, what a great car! How much do you think it costs?" "My guess is around $80,000."

noun

guesses


enough

forms: enough

text: I've already had enough coffee today.

text: Do you think this is enough?

text: Is this good enough?

text: I'm not tall enough to reach it.

text: The noise was enough to wake her.

text: You should be bold and tell them that enough is enough.

ipa: /ɪ'nʌf/

sampa: /I"nVf/


science

forms:
science (singular)
sciences (plural)

glosses: The study of finding how things work. Some kinds of science are mathematics, biology, physics and chemistry.

text: biology is a kind of science.

ipa: /ˈsaɪəns/


science

forms: The sciences

glosses: The sciences are the group of science subjects. These are mathematics, biology, physics and chemistry.

proper noun

The sciences


murder

forms:
murder (singular)
murders (plural)

glosses: Murder is when one person plans to hurt or kill somebody and they kill somebody.

text: Police are looking into two murders at a club in Brazzaville last night.

text: A woman who lived in 1982 was walking into the woods, and was murdered by a man, who was into the woods, also, and her body was never found, so her family just had a memorial.

ipa: /ˈmɜːdə/

ipa: /ˈmɝdɚ/


murder

forms:
murder (canonical)
murders (third-person singular)
murdered (past)
murdered (past participle)
murdering (present participle)

text: He murdered two people in the bar.


illustrate

forms:
illustrate (canonical)
illustrates (third-person singular)
illustrated (past)
illustrated (past participle)
illustrating (present participle)

glosses: If you illustrate something, you draw a picture of it, or you explain it.

text: "I'm sorry, can you explain again?" "OK, let me illustrate with an example."

text: This graph illustrates the change in price.

glosses: If you illustrate a book, magazine, poster, etc., you put pictures in it.

text: Have you tried reading these illustrated books for adults?

verb

illustrat


empty

forms:
empty (positive)
emptier (comparative)
emptiest (superlative)

glosses: If something is empty, it has nothing inside it.

text: Hey! You finished my beer. It's empty.

ipa: /ɛmptiː/

hyphenation: emp‧ty

adj

empty

emptier

emptiest


empty

forms:
empty (canonical)
empties (third-person singular)
emptied (past)
emptied (past participle)
emptying (present participle)

glosses: If you empty something, you remove everything in that item.

text: I will empty the bins.

verb

empt

y


many

forms:
many
more (comparative)
most (superlative)

text: There are many people in China.

text: How many times have I walked down this street?

text: It was so many years ago that we first met.

text: There are not many people like him.

text: As many as 30 per cent of the population carries this disease.

text: In too many cases, people don't get the care they need.

text: A great many questions still have no answers.

text: Some are good, but not very many.

text: Many of our teachers come from other countries.

ipa: /ˈmɛni/

sampa: /"mEni/

determiner-comp

many

more

most


many

forms: many (positive)

glosses: You use many to indicate that you are talking about a large number of people or things.

text: The possibilities are many.


one

forms: one

text: We have one nose and one mouth.

enpr: wŭn

ipa: /wʌn/

sampa: /wVn/


one

forms:
one (singular)
ones (plural)

text: One is the smallest whole number.


one

glosses: One is a singular pronoun which means someone or people. It is used more often in formal writing.

text: It is easy to see the difference if one looks closely enough.


parent

forms:
parent (singular)
parents (plural)

glosses: The parents of a person or animal are its father and mother.

text: Children may only enter the pool with a parent or guardian.

ipa: /ˈpærənt/


parent

forms:
parent (canonical)
parents (third-person singular)
parented (past)
parented (past participle)
parenting (present participle)


smoke

forms:
smoke (singular)
smokes (plural)

glosses: Smoke is the gray or black substance that goes up into the air when something burns.

text: The smoke from that factory is making me sick.

enpr: smōk

ipa: /sməʊk/

ipa: /smoʊk/

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


smoke

forms:
smoke (canonical)
smokes (third-person singular)
smoked (past)
smoked (past participle)
smoking (present participle)

glosses: If somebody is smoking, they are breathing in smoke, usually from a cigarette.

text: Excuse me, you can't smoke in the restaurant.

glosses: If something is smoking, it is making smoke.

text: The fire's still smoking. You'd better put some more water on it.

verb

smok


belt

forms:
belt (singular)
belts (plural)

glosses: A belt is a piece of clothing worn around a person's waist. They can be used to hold up trousers or skirts, or for carrying things in pockets, such as on a utility belt.

text: I think I've put on weight. My belt is too tight.

glosses: A belt is used to hold people down for safety, such as a seat belt

ipa: /bεlt/


belt

forms:
belt (canonical)
belts (third-person singular)
belted (past)
belted (past participle)
belting (present participle)

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


neither

forms: neither

glosses: Not one or the other; not either; none of two things.

text: Neither definition seems correct.

text: Neither Sarah nor John is going to the concert on Saturday.

text: Fresia and Lydia sat on either side of the bed, but neither spoke.

text: Neither of his two kids wants to work for him.

text: He only has two friends, and neither one is interesting.

text: In the first game neither side scored.

text: Neither Darwin nor Huxley worked at Oxford.

text: This helps neither you nor me.

text: We are neither saying that it's wrong, nor are we saying you should try it.

ipa: /ˈnaɪðər/

ipa: /ˈnaɪðə(r)/

hyphenation: nei‧ther


neither

glosses: Neither is used to show that a something that is not true in one case is also not true in another case.

text: She didn't have one, and neither did I.

text: If you don't go, then neither will I.

text: "I can't touch it." "Neither can I."


June

glosses: June is the sixth (6th) month of the year.

text: There are 30 days in June.

text: June went to school with David.

enpr: jo͞on

ipa: /d͡ʒuːn/

proper noun

June

Junes


no

forms:
no (positive)
Superlative–

glosses: Used to disagree or refuse; to say something different from what the other person said.

text: No, I do not fish.

text: No, I still have some things to do first.

glosses: Used to agree with the negative side of a negative question.

text: Isn't the door locked? No, the door is not locked. We can go in.

ipa: /nəʊ/

ipa: /noʊ̯/

sampa: /noU/


no

forms: no

text: There is no water left.

text: No hot dogs were sold yesterday.

glosses: Not any possibility or allowance of (doing something). You can't.

text: No smoking.

text: There's no stopping her once she gets going.

glosses: Not (a); not properly, not really; not fully.

text: My mother's no fool.

text: Working nine to five every day is no life.

text: He's no better off.


much

forms:
much
more (comparative)
most (superlative)

glosses: a lot of; a large amount of; a high degree

text: I don't have much money.

text: I don't like the cider very much.

text: I know how much he loves everybody in the house.

text: You're not much better than he is.

text: She was much more fun after a few drinks.

text: This is almost as much fun as last week.

text: We bought another one, but the cost was much greater.

text: I don't think it matters much what you study.

text: Thank you very much!

text: Much attention has been given to the question of where the money should go.

text: They arrived much sooner than we had expected.

text: He's very much the Englishman.

glosses: If someone or something is very much alive, interested, open, etc., they are indeed so, contrary to expectations.

text: I thought the window was closed, but it was very much open.

glosses: If something is pretty much impossible, useless, perfect, etc. it is roughly so.

text: Your hair looks pretty much perfect the way it is.

ipa: /mʌt͡ʃ/

sampa: /mVtS/

determiner-comp

much


certain

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

glosses: If you are certain of something, you believe it to be true without doubt.

glosses: If something is certain, it will happen without doubt.

glosses: If you make certain of something, you check that it is true or correct.

ipa: /sɜːtn/

ipa: /sɝtn/

ipa: /ˈsɝtən/


certain

forms: certain

glosses: Used to talk about groups or individuals without saying exactly which ones.

text: Certain problems can be solved with very simple maths.

text: Certain of the members did not agree.


corner

forms:
corner (singular)
corners (plural)

glosses: A corner is the place where two lines or edges meet.

text: They live on the corner of Main Street and Dundas.

text: Just put it on the table in the corner of the room.

ipa: /ˈkɔrnɚ/

ipa: /ˈkɔːnə(r)/

hyphenation: cor‧ner


corner

forms:
corner (canonical)
corners (third-person singular)
cornered (past)
cornered (past participle)
cornering (present participle)

glosses: To corner someone is to get someone into a place where he or she cannot leave.

text: Jessy cornered him in the supply room and wouldn't let him leave.

text: The car really corners well. Turns are easy for it.


measurement

forms:
measurement (singular)
measurements (plural)

etymology_text: measure + -ment

ety-suffix

measure

expansion: measure + -ment

glosses: Measurement is the act of measuring something.

glosses: Measurement is the amount of something which is found by measuring it.

text: The measurement of flour you need is four cups.

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


quiet

forms:
quiet (positive)
quieter (comparative)
quietest (superlative)

glosses: Not loud; making no sound or making very little sound.

text: This young person is very quiet now because she is reading a book.

text: You should be quiet in a library or a movie theater.

ipa: /kwaɪət/

adj

quiet

quieter

quietest


quiet

forms:
quiet (canonical)
quiets (third-person singular)
quieted (past)
quieted (past participle)
quieting (present participle)

text: She quieted the cries of her baby.

text: The manager quieted their protest with a few words.

text: Her presence quiets his fears.


quiet

forms: quiet (singular)

text: You like the quiet.


various

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

glosses: Various ways, types, kinds, etc. are many different ones.

text: I've made the dish a number of times in various ways. It's never the same.

text: What are the differences between the various types of bottled water?

ipa: /ˈvɛəriəs/

ipa: /ˈvɛriəs/


various

forms: various

glosses: You use various to identify more than one thing without saying exactly which ones.

text: Various books have been taken.

text: There are various ways to fix the problem.

text: You have broken various of the rules.


loose

forms:
loose (positive)
looser (comparative)
loosest (superlative)

glosses: If something is loose, it moves easily or may come away from what it is attached to.

text: His tooth is loose and will probably come out in a day or two.

glosses: If something is loose, it does not fit closely.

text: My pants are so loose that they keep falling down.

enpr: /loo͞s/

ipa: /luːs/

loose

looser

loosest


us

glosses: You use us to talk or write about yourself and other people together with you.

text: She said hello to us.

text: Can you tell us where it is?

text: We think this is important for all of us.

enpr: ŭs

ipa: /ʌs/

sampa: /Vs/

ipa: /əs/


us

forms: us

glosses: You use us to refer to yourself and other people together with you.

text: It's OK for you guys, but it's different for us women.


now

forms: now

glosses: You use now when you want to say that something is true at this time. It is also used for things a short time in the future or a short time in the past.

text: I had many problems before, but I'm OK now.

text: What did you say just now?

text: The English teacher is at the library now.

glosses: You use now at the beginning of a sentence to get people's attention.

text: Now, I'd like to hear from other people too.

glosses: You use now to refer to the present time, often in contrast to a time in the past or the future.

text: Now is the time when we must all live as economically as possible.

text: Now is a good time to do it.

text: Mary should be home by now.

glosses: You use now to indicate that an event has occurred and as a result something else may or will happen.

text: I’m going to relax now the school year is over.

ipa: /nɑʊ/

sampa: /naU/


uncle

forms:
uncle (singular)
uncles (plural)

glosses: Your uncle is the brother of your mother or father.

text: My father has a brother, Joe. Joe is my uncle.

text: My mother's brother, Jim, is another uncle.

ipa: /ˈʌŋkəl/


mass noun

forms:
mass noun (singular)
mass nouns (plural)

glosses: A mass noun is a noun that refers to an amount, not an item.

text: "Water" is a mass noun, but "scissors" is not.


advertising

forms:
advertise (canonical)
advertises (third-person singular)
advertised (past)
advertised (past participle)
advertising (present participle)

ipa: /ˈædvə(r)ˌtaɪzɪŋ/

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

verb

advertis


advertising

forms: advertising (singular)

glosses: Advertising is the business or study of using newspapers, TV, etc. to sell products or inform people.

text: Coke has a new advertising campaign for a new drink.

text: There's too much advertising on radio.

noun

advertising


which

forms: which

glosses: You use which to ask for the selection of one or more members of some set.

text: There are a lot of new books this year. Which ones do you like?

text: Excuse me, which way is the toilet?

text: Which of the two wines is cheaper?

text: Which of the following cheeses are usually made from sheep's milk? A. pecorino B. vaccino C. provolone D. chevre.

glosses: You use which to add a clause to explain what thing you're talking about.

text: For several seconds he sat in silence, during which time the tea and sandwiches arrived.

text: I'm thinking of getting a new car, in which case I'd get a red one.

enpr: hwĭch

ipa: /ʍɪʧ/

sampa: /WItS/

enpr: wĭch

ipa: /wɪʧ/

sampa: /wItS/

homophones: wich witch


which

glosses: You use which to add a clause to give more information about the thing you're talking about.

text: We've met some problems which are very difficult to handle.

text: He walked by a door with a sign which reads: PRIVATE OFFICE.

text: He had to leave, which was very difficult.

text: We have to protect the environment in which we live.

text: She appears to actually like the man, which I find incredible.

text: No art can be properly understood apart from the culture of which it is a part.


collection

forms:
collection (singular)
collections (plural)

glosses: A collection is a group of things of the same type. They are usually special in some way.

text: He has one of the biggest collections of paintings by Van Gogh.

glosses: If you take a collection, you ask many people for money, for a particular reason.

text: The school took a collection for new books.

ipa: /kəˈlɛkʃən/


rent

forms:
rent (singular)
rents (plural)

glosses: Rent is the money you pay to borrow and use something, usually an apartment.

text: Have we paid this month's rent yet?

enpr: rĕnt

ipa: /rɛnt/

sampa: /rEnt/


rent

forms:
rent (canonical)
rents (third-person singular)
rented (past)
rented (past participle)
renting (present participle)

glosses: If you rent something, you pay money to use something for a limited time, usually for a house or apartment.

text: I'm in Texas next week, so I'll have to rent a car.

text: The room was rented out last week.


camp

forms:
camp (singular)
camps (plural)

glosses: A camp is a place, usually outside of cities, where people stay for a short time.

text: I don't think I can walk anymore today. Let's set up camp for the night.

ipa: /kæmp/


camp

forms:
camp (canonical)
camps (third-person singular)
camped (past)
camped (past participle)
camping (present participle)

glosses: If you camp, you stay in a place, usually outside of the city for a short time.

text: I hope we can go camping in the mountains this summer.


license

forms:
license (singular)
licenses (plural)

glosses: A license is an official piece of paper that allows you to do something, such as drive, open a business, etc.

text: I got my driver's license when I was 16 years old.

ipa: /ˈlaɪsəns/

hyphenation: li‧cense


license

forms:
license (canonical)
licenses (third-person singular)
licensed (past)
licensed (past participle)
licensing (present participle)

glosses: The act of giving a formal (usually written) authorization.

text: It was decided to license Wikipedia under the GFDL.

text: I am licensed to practice law in this state.

verb

licens


will

forms:
will (present)
would (past)
won't (negative)

glosses: You use will to say that you strongly expect something to happen in the future.

text: Don't worry. The sun will come up again tomorrow.

glosses: If you will do something, you make a plan to do it.

text: I will go to the store.

ipa: /wɪl/

sampa: /wIl/

will

would

won't


will

forms:
will (canonical)
wills (third-person singular)
willed (past)
willed (past participle)
willing (present participle)

glosses: If you will something to happen, you wish for it to happen.

glosses: If you will something to someone, you write down your plan to give it to them after your death.

text: He willed his coin collection to his son.


will

forms:
will (singular)
wills (plural)

glosses: A will is a statement about what you want to happen after you die.

glosses: Will is the ability to push through difficulties.

text: His will states that the house will be inherited by his oldest son after his death.


traditional

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

glosses: If something is traditional, it has been done in the same way for a long time.

text: I learned traditional Japanese cooking from my grandmother.

text: It is traditional to give gifts at Christmas time.

ipa: /trəˈdɪʃənəl/

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


as

forms: as

glosses: A word that is used to compare two things that are equal.

text: As you know, we need more workers.

text: I baked the cake as my mother used to.

text: Nothing is the same as it used to be.

text: The room looks just as before.

text: The speech, as he remembered it, was very powerful.

text: The measures as taken by the government were effective.

text: The company might end up dragging its feet and leaving the matter unsettled, as it used to be.

glosses: A word that is used to show that two things happened at the same time.

text: Just as I went out, it started to rain.

text: We sleep as the world turns in darkness.

glosses: A word that is used to show why something happens.

text: As I couldn't understand French, I didn't watch the film.

glosses: A word that is used to express concession.

text: Interesting as it seems, I don't think I'll get it.

text: The house was reported as being in excellent condition.

text: The police do not regard him as being dangerous.

text: Several pupils were designated as having moderate or severe learning difficulties.

text: I always think of you as one of the family.

text: She rates his work as creative.

ipa: /æz/

ipa: /əz/


as

text: You are younger than I am, but nearly as tall.

text: This is not as good as it was last time.

text: It remained as much a chimera as ever.


flat

forms:
flat (positive)
flatter (comparative)
flattest (superlative)

glosses: If something is flat, it has a surface with no high places or low places.

text: There are a lot of mountains, and very little flat land for farming.

enpr: flăt

ipa: /flæt/

sampa: /fl{t/

adj

flat

flatter

flattest


flat

forms:
flat (singular)
flats (plural)

glosses: A flat is a rented room or rooms in a building with other flats.

text: Would you like to come back to my flat and watch TV?

glosses: A flat makes a note one semitone lower than a natural: it is shown by the symbol ♭.


flat

forms:
flat (canonical)
flats (third-person singular)
flatted (past)
flatted (past participle)
flatting (present participle)

verb

t


umbrella

forms:
umbrella (singular)
umbrellas (plural)

glosses: An umbrella is a tool to keep you dry when it rains. You hold it over your head.

text: I use my umbrella when it rains.

glosses: An umbrella company is an organization that controls other organizations.

text: The store was under the company umbrella.

ipa: /ʌmˈbrɛlə(r)/


consist

forms:
consist (canonical)
consists (third-person singular)
consisted (past)
consisted (past participle)
consisting (present participle)

glosses: If A consists of B, then B is the thing or things that, together, make A.

text: His letter consisted of only three words.

text: Preparation for the party consisted of inviting guests, buying food, cleaning, and hoping that the weather would be nice.

enpr: kənsĭst'

ipa: /kənˈsɪst/


improve

forms:
improve (canonical)
improves (third-person singular)
improved (past)
improved (past participle)
improving (present participle)

glosses: If something improves, it changes from bad to good.

text: The government is planning to improve the quality of rail service by adding new trains.

ipa: /ɪmˈpruːv/

improv

e


body

forms:
body (singular)
bodies (plural)

glosses: A body is the main part of a person, animal, physical object, or organisation.

text: After falling out of the tree, his arm was broken and his body hurt all over.

text: The governing body of the UN meets in Geneva.

text: The police found her body after she had been missing for three days.

text: The senate is an important legislative body in the United States.

glosses: A body of something is a lot on it together in one place.

text: Lake Michigan is a large body of water.

glosses: A body is a thing that all moves together.

text: The moon is a body in orbit around Earth.

ipa: /ˈbɒdi/

sampa: /"bQdi/

ipa: /ˈbɑdi/

sampa: /"bAdi/

hyphenation: bod‧y

noun

body

bodies


burst

forms:
burst (canonical)
bursts (third-person singular)
burst (past)
burst (past participle)
bursting (present participle)

glosses: If something bursts, it breaks open because of pressure from the inside.

text: I was driving west on the highway, when my front left tire burst.

text: When the bell rang, the school door burst open and the children came out running.

glosses: The past tense and past participle of burst.

ipa: /bɜːst/

ipa: /bɜrst/

burst

bursts

burst

burst

bursting


burst

forms:
burst (singular)
bursts (plural)

text: There was a burst of laughter from the audience when the clown slipped on the banana peel.

text: A burst of brilliant music greeted the newlyweds when they walked into the ball room.


circle

forms:
circle (singular)
circles (plural)

text: Please put your chairs in a circle.

text: The dog was running in circles.

enpr: sûrʹ-kəl

ipa: /ˈsɜrkəl/

hyphenation: cir‧cle


circle

forms:
circle (canonical)
circles (third-person singular)
circled (past)
circled (past participle)
circling (present participle)

glosses: To circle something is to move around it.

text: The earth circles the sun once a year.

text: Using your pencil, please circle the correct answer.

verb

circl


apple

forms:
apple (singular)
apples (plural)

glosses: An apple is a sweet, red, yellow or green fruit.

text: I gave my teacher an apple.

text: I went to the Big Apple.

enpr: ăpʹəl

ipa: /ˈæpəl/


aside

forms: aside

glosses: If you put something aside, you put it to the side, often because you want to use it later.

text: We put some money aside for the children's education.

text: The fans were pushed aside by police to let the band go through.

text: Aside from the wine, which was terrible, the dinner was excellent.

glosses: You use something aside to leave that thing out of the topic.

text: The lies aside, they're good workers.

ipa: /əˈsaɪd/


aside

forms:
aside (singular)
asides (plural)

glosses: An aside is something that you write or say that isn't part of your main idea.

text: And, just as an aside, I'd like to say that these ideas are not new...


flower

forms:
flower (singular)
flowers (plural)

glosses: A flower is part of a plant. Flowers are often very pretty. Plants make them so that they can make new seeds.

text: The flower of the plant is starting to wilt.

text: She was in the flower of her life.

text: Cherry blossoms are in flower this week.

text: The rose is my favorite flower.

ipa: /ˈflaʊə/

ipa: /ˈflaʊɚ/


flower

forms:
flower (canonical)
flowers (third-person singular)
flowered (past)
flowered (past participle)
flowering (present participle)

glosses: When something flowers, it starts to bloom.

text: Cherry blossoms are going to flower this week.


mine

text: Give that back to me! It's mine!

enpr: mīn

ipa: /maɪn/


mine

forms:
mine (singular)
mines (plural)

glosses: A mine is a large hole in the ground from which rocks and minerals are taken.

glosses: A mine is a device that explodes when it is touched, or when a ship, vehicle, or person comes close to it.


mine

forms:
mine (canonical)
mines (third-person singular)
mined (past)
mined (past participle)
mining (present participle)

glosses: If you mine rocks or minerals, you dig them out of the ground.

glosses: If you mine an area, you dig a mine there.

glosses: If you mine an area, you put exploding mines there.

text: The soldiers mined the field to help kill their enemies.

min


arrange

forms:
arrange (canonical)
arranges (third-person singular)
arranged (past)
arranged (past participle)
arranging (present participle)

glosses: If you arrange something, you put it in order or you organise it.

text: We have arranged a meeting between the president of the company and the new owner.

text: I will arrange for a car to meet you at the airport.

ipa: /əˈreɪndʒ/

arrang


ticket

forms:
ticket (singular)
tickets (plural)

glosses: A ticket is a piece of paper that allows you to enter a train, airplane, show, etc.

text: I bought my ticket to Mexico last week, but now I can't find it.

glosses: A ticket is a piece of paper that shows that you have parked your car in the wrong place or committed some other driving offence.

text: The policeman gave me a ticket for going 125 km/h.

ipa: /ˈtɪkɪt/


ticket

forms:
ticket (canonical)
tickets (third-person singular)
ticketed (past)
ticketed (past participle)
ticketing (present participle)

glosses: If you ticket someone, then you give someone a ticket for breaking a law.

text: The officer ticketed the driver after he drove through a red light.


rude

forms:
rude (positive)
ruder (comparative)
rudest (superlative)

glosses: If someone is rude or does something rude, they act in a way that will likely upset people.

text: Don't interrupt me when I'm speaking. It's rude.

enpr: ro͞od

ipa: /ruːd/

adj

rude

ruder

rudest


noise

forms:
noise (singular)
noises (plural)

glosses: A noise is a sound, usually one that you don't want.

text: There's too much noise. I can't hear what she's saying.

enpr: noiz

ipa: /nɔɪz/

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


little

forms:
little (positive)
littler (comparative)
littlest (superlative)

glosses: If something is little, its size is not big.

text: I just ate a tiny little piece of the cake.

glosses: A little while, distance, etc. is not long.

text: Could you just wait a little while more?

text: Two little boys were fighting on the playground.

ipa: /'lɪtl̩/

sampa: /"lItl/

little

littler

littlest


little

forms:
little
less (comparative)
least (superlative)

glosses: Little money, room, help, etc. is a small amount of it; not much.

text: They understood little or no French.

text: He was busy and had little time for children.

text: Try to spend as little of your money as possible.

text: We saw little of her after the first day.

text: Little is known about the problem.

text: The building was destroyed leaving little more than rock and glass.

text: She's a quiet person with little to say about these things.

text: This has little to do with him and a lot to do with you.

text: We saved what little was left.

determiner-comp

less

least


roof

forms:
roof (singular)
roofs or rooves (plural)

text: My five brothers, two sisters and seven cousins all live together under one roof.

ipa: /ruːf/

noun

rooves


roof

forms:
roof (canonical)
roofs (third-person singular)
roofed (past)
roofed (past participle)
roofing (present participle)

glosses: If you roof something, then you are putting a roof onto a building.

text: My father had to roof our house because it needed a roof.


sister

forms:
sister (singular)
sisters (plural)

glosses: Your sister is the daughter of your mother and father.

text: My parents have three children: me, my brother, and my sister.

text: The Sister said that I must rest more.

glosses: A sister of a thing is something that has a special or affectionate connection to it, specifically one that is non-hierarchical.

text: Wikipedia is a sister project of Wiktionary.

ipa: /ˈsɪstə/

enpr: sĭs'tər

ipa: /ˈsɪstɚ/


astronomer

forms:
astronomer (singular)
astronomers (plural)

etymology_text: astronomy + -er

ety-suffix

astronomy

er

expansion: astronomy + -er

glosses: An astronomer is a person who studies stars, galaxies and space; a person who studies astronomy.

text: The astronomer stayed up all night, but saw nothing because it was cloudy.

ipa: /əstrɒnəʊmə/


compare

forms:
compare (canonical)
compares (third-person singular)
compared (past)
compared (past participle)
comparing (present participle)

glosses: If you compare two things, you look at, talk about, or think about how they are the same and how they are different.

text: I compared all different kinds of computers before buying this one.

text: Compared to the sun, the moon is quite small.

ipa: /kəmˈpɛr/

verb

compar


licence

forms:
licence (singular)
licences (plural)

glosses: A licence is an official piece of paper that allows you to do something, such as drive, open a business, etc.

text: I got my driver's licence when I was 16 years old.

ipa: /ˈlaɪsəns/

hyphenation: li‧cence


licence

forms:
licence (canonical)
licences (third-person singular)
licenced (past)
licenced (past participle)
licencing (present participle)

glosses: Another spelling of license, usually thought to be wrong. The verb form should normally be spelt as license.

licenc


management

forms:
management (singular)
managements (plural)

etymology_text: manage + -ment

ety-suffix

manage

ment

expansion: manage + -ment

glosses: Management is the act of watching and controlling a business or situation.

text: This building uses a computerized energy management systems to save electricity.

glosses: The management is/are the people who control a business.

text: Management have received a 5% pay raise, but workers are only getting 3.5%.

ipa: /ˈmænəʤmənt/


bone

forms:
bone (singular)
bones (plural)

glosses: Bones are the hard, white things inside your body. They give your body its shape.

text: How many bones did a dinosaur have?

ipa: /bəʊn/


bone

forms:
bone (canonical)
bones (third-person singular)
boned (past)
boned (past participle)
boning (present participle)

verb

bon


snake

forms:
snake (singular)
snakes (plural)

glosses: A snake is a long, thin reptile with no legs.

text: Some snakes will attack people, but most will try to hide or run away.

glosses: A snake is a dishonest, treacherous person.

text: Chuck is a snake to do a low thing like that.

glosses: A snake is a tool used to unclog plumbing.

enpr: snāk

ipa: /sneɪk/

sampa: /sneIK/


snake

forms:
snake (canonical)
snakes (third-person singular)
snaked (past)
snaked (past participle)
snaking (present participle)

glosses: If you snake, you move in a winding path.

text: The river snakes through the valley.

glosses: If you snake, you clean or unclog a clog using a plumbing snake.

snak


birth

forms:
birth (singular)
births (plural)

glosses: A birth is when a new baby comes out of its mother.

text: My mother gave birth to my brother at 12:00 on Dec. 31st.

text: The birth of the personal computer was in 1976.

enpr: bûth

ipa: /bɜːθ/

ipa: /bɜːð/

enpr: bûrth

ipa: /bɝθ/

ipa: /bɝð/

noun

birth


birth

forms:
birth (canonical)
births (third-person singular)
birthed (past)
birthed (past participle)
birthing (present participle)

glosses: If a woman births a child, she bears or give birth to a child.


tooth

forms:
tooth (singular)
teeth (plural)

glosses: A tooth is a hard, white thing in your mouth. You use your teeth to chew food.

glosses: A tooth is a sharp point sticking out of something and forms a row of sharp objects for cutting.

glosses: A tooth is a rounded point on a gear that is used to transmit or receive force and motion to other gears.

ipa: /tuːθ/

teeth


dirty

forms:
dirty (positive)
dirtier (comparative)
dirtiest (superlative)

etymology_text: dirt + -y

ety-suffix

dirt

y

expansion: dirt + -y

glosses: If something is dirty, it has dirt on it, or it is not clean.

text: After playing outside all day, her hands were all dirty.

text: You shouldn't say damn, shit, and other dirty words.

ipa: /ˈdɜːti/

ipa: /ˈdɝti/

adj

dirty

dirtier

dirtiest


cottage

forms:
cottage (singular)
cottages (plural)

glosses: A cottage is a small house, usually in the countryside.

text: When we were young, we spent the summers at a cottage on Canoe Lake.

ipa: /ˈkɒtɪd͡ʒ/

ipa: /ˈkɑtɪd͡ʒ/

hyphenation: cot‧tage

noun

expansion: [POS TABLE]


what

glosses: What is used to ask for information about things.

text: What did you see?

text: What do you mean?

glosses: What is used to add a clause with more information.

text: I don't know what you mean.

text: I'll tell you what to do.

text: I'll see what I can do to help.

glosses: The thing(s) which: a small amount of something.

text: Take what you can find.

text: What you made was great.

text: I am what I am.

text: The city is not what it used to be.

text: They kept blaming him for what he had done.

ipa: /wɔt/

sampa: /wOt/

ipa: /ʍɒt/

sampa: /WQt/

ipa: /wʌt/

sampa: /wVt/


what

forms: what

glosses: What is used to ask about the member(s) of a group.

text: What book did you buy?

glosses: What is used to talk about the member(s) of a group.

text: What gifts you can give are appreciated.

text: What ideas he has to offer are likely to be half-baked.

text: I gave him what money I had.


what

forms: what (positive)

glosses: used to show that you feel strongly about something.

text: What a great book this is!

adjective

what


bottle

forms:
bottle (singular)
bottles (plural)

glosses: A bottle is a container, usually made of glass that holds liquid and has a cap or stopper.

text: He drank cold water from a plastic bottle.

text: She brought two bottles of wine to the party.

text: We collected the empty beer bottles and took them back to the shop.

text: I filled up the bottle with water.

text: She cracked open four bottles and poured glasses for each of them.

text: The floor under the Rock was covered with trash: broken bottles, food wrappers, and ripped clothing.

text: The bottle had a long, thin neck.

ipa: /ˈbɑɾ(ə)l/

ipa: /ˈbɒtəl/

enpr: bŏtʹəl

ipa: /ˈbɑtəl/

audio: en-uk-a bottle.ogg


bottle

forms:
bottle (canonical)
bottles (third-person singular)
bottled (past)
bottled (past participle)
bottling (present participle)

glosses: If you bottle your feelings up, you keep them inside and don't let them show.

text: You can tell he is still angry, but he's keeping it bottled up.

glosses: If you bottle somebody or something up, you keep them in a very small space, often under pressure.

text: We were bottled up in that plane for 32 hours.

glosses: If you bottle something, you put it in a bottle.

text: This plant bottles a lot of spring water every day.

verb

bottl


either

forms: either

text: I can write with either hand.

text: You can drink either tea or coffee.

text: They can be used either alone or in groups.

text: Few people liked it; most either ignored it or hated it.

text: The room has a door at either end.

text: People were walking on either side of the road.

text: I can't find either shoe. I have lost both shoes.

text: I have a blue coat and a green coat. Either will keep me warm.

text: There will still be problems in either of the following two cases.

enpr: ī′thə(r)


either

glosses: Used in negative statements to mean too or also.

text: I don't like him and I don't like her either.

text: I can't sing and I can't dance either.

text: No other country has any real friends either.


head

forms:
head (singular)
heads (plural)

glosses: The head is the highest and most important part of the body.

text: He put his head on the desk and fell asleep.

text: After a series of problems, the head of the company left.

glosses: The bathroom on a ship is called the head.

glosses: The head is the function of the most important element in a phrase.

enpr: hĕd

ipa: /hɛd/

sampa: /hEd/


head

forms:
head (canonical)
heads (third-person singular)
headed (past)
headed (past participle)
heading (present participle)

text: Bill heads for the mall after work.


push

forms:
push (canonical)
pushes (third-person singular)
pushed (past)
pushed (past participle)
pushing (present participle)

glosses: If you push something, you touch it with a force away from your body.

text: You have to push that door quite hard before it will open.

text: If you push this button, the machine will stop.

enpr: po͝osh

ipa: pʊʃ

sampa: /pUS/

push

es


push

forms:
push (singular)
pushes (plural)

glosses: A push is the act of touching something with a force away from your body.

text: My car won't move. Can you give me a push?

noun

pushes


part

forms:
part (singular)
parts (plural)

glosses: A part of something is one piece of it or a small amount of it.

text: As a part of this team, you need to come to practice regularly.

text: Part of the page was gone, so I couldn't read it.

text: I don't have the right part to fix your computer, but we've ordered it.

ipa: /pɑːt/

enpr: pärt

ipa: /pɑrt/

ipa: /pɐːt/


part

forms:
part (canonical)
parts (third-person singular)
parted (past)
parted (past participle)
parting (present participle)

glosses: If A and B part, they were together and now they are not.

text: My wife and I parted after our son died.

text: We didn't want to part with the house, but we had to sell it.

text: He parted the leaves and looked up at the bird.


clean

forms:
clean (positive)
cleaner (comparative)
cleanest (superlative)

glosses: If something is clean, it is free from dirt

text: The kids came back from the washroom with clean hands and faces.

text: Did you wash these dishes? They don't look very clean.

text: To keep the air clean, smoking is not allowed.

text: I clear our breakfast and wipe the table clean with a wet rag.

glosses: If a technology is clean, it doesn't produce much pollution.

text: We want to use wind as safe, clean, non-polluting energy.

text: There was a lot of pushing in their last game, but today's match was mostly clean.

text: No dirty jokes, please. Keep your language clean.

text: The police searched the car for drugs, but it was clean.

text: Her driving record was clean.

glosses: A clean piece of paper, start, etc. has nothing from before: no writing, no history, etc.

text: Why don't you get a clean piece of paper and start over.

text: I wanted a clean start, so I moved to LA.

glosses: If a something is clean, it is smooth, simple, and regular, without anything unwanted.

text: Your company website needs a clean design that makes it easy for consumers to understand what you're selling.

text: It's a clean cut, made with something sharp like a razor or a knife.

enpr: klēn

ipa: /kliːn/

adjective

clean

cleaner

cleanest


clean

forms:
clean (canonical)
cleans (third-person singular)
cleaned (past)
cleaned (past participle)
cleaning (present participle)

glosses: If you clean something, you take away the dirt and put everything in its place.

text: Tomo, will you clean up your room please. There are clothes all over the floor.


boy

forms:
boy (singular)
boys (plural)

glosses: A boy is a male child or teenager; someone who is not a man yet.

text: He had a pretty wife and two little ones: a boy and a girl.

text: My oldest son was a Boy Scout in England.

text: The boys basketball team won five games in a row.

text: Two teenage boys died in the crash.

text: A 12-year-old boy stands at the window and watches two men outside.

text: "I am a grown man" "you are not a man, you are a little boy, you don't act like a man".

text: I told my mom I wanted a boy puppy, not a girl one.

ipa: /bɔɪ/

sampa: /bOI/


boy

forms: boy

glosses: You use boy when you are surprised about something.

text: Boy, that's a big dog.


decade

forms:
decade (singular)
decades (plural)

text: The 1960s was a decade of great change in North America.

enpr: dəkād', dĕk'ād

ipa: /dəˈkeɪd/


cousin

forms:
cousin (singular)
cousins (plural)

glosses: Your cousin is the son or daughter of your aunt or uncle.

text: Every year at Christmas, I got to play with all my cousins at my grandma's house.


registration

forms:
registration (singular)
registrations (plural)

glosses: Registration is the process of registering something.

text: The soccer club has registration at the school this week.