use

forms:
use (singular)
uses (plural)

glosses: A way to apply something; an application.

text: They put it to good use.

text: This battery will last for 2000 uses.

enpr: yo͞os

ipa: /juːs/

ipa: /jus/

sampa: /jus/


change

forms:
change (canonical)
changes (third-person singular)
changed (past)
changed (past participle)
changing (present participle)

pos: verb

glosses: If you change something, you make it different than before.

text: Ellen changed the sentence so that it was correct.

enpr: chānj

ipa: /t͡ʃeɪnd͡ʒ/

sampa: /tSeIndZ/

verb

chang

e

expansion: [POS TABLE]


change

forms:
change (singular)
changes (plural)

pos: noun

glosses: A change is when something becomes different.

text: The building plan required some small changes.

glosses: When you get change for a bill, you get smaller bills or coins that equal the amount of the original bill. For example, if you get change for a $5 bill, you may get five $1 bills or you may get four $1 bills and coins that add up to $1 or you may get some other combination of bills and coins.

text: Can I get change for this $100 bill please?

text: I brought a change of clothes, just in case.


site

forms:
site (singular)
sites (plural)

text: He was working on a building site in Alton when a concrete mixer rolled back and hit him.

enpr: sīt

ipa: /saɪt/

sampa: /saIt/

homophones: cite sight


site

forms:
site (canonical)
sites (third-person singular)
sited (past)
sited (past participle)
siting (present participle)

glosses: If something is sited somewhere, it was put or built there.

text: The house is sited on the corner of Portland Street and Langham Street.

sit


regular

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

pos: adj

glosses: A regular event repeats after a similar amount of time or space.

text: The best way to keep everyone happy is to have regular meetings.

text: I call home on a regular basis.

text: She lost all that weight through regular exercise.

text: He rested at regular intervals throughout the day.

text: The staff knows all the regular customers.

text: There are rest stops at regular intervals along the trail.

text: The colors were arranged in a regular pattern.

glosses: A regular thing is the usual or common one, not special or different.

text: They met at their regular time.

text: These special students are in regular education classrooms but need extra help.

text: This is the last regular-season game before the playoffs.

text: Maybe if he acted more like regular people, he wouldn't have these problems.

text: I don’t like regular flavor.

glosses: A regular coffee or "coffee, regular" usually means with one milk and one sugar, but it means different things in different places.

glosses: Regular gasoline has an octane rating between 85 and 88.

text: The price of regular gas went up about 5 cents a litre over the weekend.

glosses: A regular word follows the normal rules for marking tense, number, etc.

text: In English, jump is a regular verb because it's past tense is -ed, but go is irregular.

glosses: A regular shape has all angles and all sides equal.

text: A stop sign is a regular octagon.

glosses: If someone is regular, they defecate or menstruate at predictable times.

glosses: You say X is a regular Y, to suggest that X is very much like Y in some important way, even though X is not actually Y.

text: He's a regular jackass. (he's foolish)

text: She's a regular Sherlock Holmes. (she's good at solving mysteries)

text: According to his wife, he's a regular Olympian at the little games they play. (he wins all the games)

ipa: /ˈrɛgjələr/

adjective

more: true


regular

forms:
regular (singular)
regulars (plural)

glosses: A regular is a customer who comes often.

text: He is a regular at the restaurant. He comes every day after work.


account

forms:
account (singular)
accounts (plural)

glosses: An account is an arrangement with a bank or other company to do business.

text: I opened a bank account when I moved into town.

text: The internet company cancelled my e-mail account.

glosses: The records of the money that is paid or received. (often plural)

text: The accounts show that your bill has already been paid.

text: The account that he gave didn't match the story that was in the newspaper.

glosses: If you take something into account, you think about it when you decide something.

text: Effective leaders have to take account of everyone's feelings.

ipa: /ə'kaʊnt/

hyphenation: ac‧count


account

forms:
account (canonical)
accounts (third-person singular)
accounted (past)
accounted (past participle)
accounting (present participle)

glosses: If x accounts for some part of y, x makes up that part of y.

text: Payments to employees account for 73% of our budget.

glosses: If x accounts for y, it explains why y happens or exists.

text: Oh, she was sick. Well, that accounts for her poor test score.


canvasses

forms:
canvas (singular)
canvasses or canvases (plural)

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

text: Many canvasses lined the wall.

noun

canvas

canvasses

canvases


canvasses

forms:
canvass (canonical)
canvasses (third-person singular)
canvassed (past)
canvassed (past participle)
canvassing (present participle)

glosses: The third-person singular form of canvass.

verb

canvass

es


sail

forms:
sail (singular)
sails (plural)

glosses: A sail is a large piece of fabric (cloth) to catch wind, used on a boat or a ship.

text: They folded the sail.

ipa: /seɪl/


sail

forms:
sail (canonical)
sails (third-person singular)
sailed (past)
sailed (past participle)
sailing (present participle)

glosses: If you sail, you move by catching the wind, usually by ship on water.

text: They sail around the world every year in their boat.

glosses: If you sail, you travel on a boat or ship.

text: We sailed across the Atlantic to reach Spain.

text: We sailed the ship to the east of the island.


box

forms:
box (singular)
boxes (plural)

glosses: A box is a square container, usually with four sides, a top and a bottom.

text: We had big cardboard boxes filled with the stuff.

text: I gave my seat to an old woman with a chicken in a wooden box.

text: It was always fun to open my lunch box and see what my mom had packed.

text: Jack Ferguson found a box containing his son's personal papers,

text: After the party, there were empty pizza boxes everywhere.

text: UPS had delivered a stack of boxes.

text: The address was a local post office box, not a physical address.

text: My cell phone was in the glove box of the car.

glosses: A box is a square area with lines around it in a magazine, book, or computer screen.

text: It's especially important to speak to your doctor if you belong to this group (see box on page 118).

text: Right-click in any Explorer window or any Open or Save dialog box.

glosses: A box is an electronic device such as a television, radio, or computer.

text: We'd brought a boom box out back and played the only radio station that came in.

text: More TVs get connected to the Internet, either directly or through set-top boxes.

ipa: /bɒks/

sampa: /bQks/

enpr: bäks

ipa: /bɑːks/

audio: EN-AU ck1 box.ogg

irrnoun

boxes


box

forms:
box (canonical)
boxes (third-person singular)
boxed (past)
boxed (past participle)
boxing (present participle)

glosses: If you box, you fight someone for sport by punching them.

glosses: If you box something (up), you put it in a box.

text: He boxed his old belongings up.

glosses: If you box something on a page, you draw a square around it.

verb

box


range

forms:
range (singular)
ranges (plural)

glosses: A range of X is a number of different kinds of Xs

text: We offer you a whole range of clothes, from socks to hats.

glosses: The range is area between an upper and lower limit.

text: Most accidents affect children in the seven to 10 age range.

glosses: Something's range is the distance that it can travel.

text: The company's newest airplane has a range of 10,556 km.

glosses: In statistics, the range of results is highest result minus the lowest result.

text: The test results in the study had a range of 63; the highest was 100 and the lowest 37.

glosses: A (mountain) range is a group of mountains.

glosses: A shooting range is a place to practice using a gun.

glosses: A range is a large grassy area for farm animals to walk about freely.

ipa: /reɪndʒ/

sampa: /r\eIndZ/


range

forms:
range (canonical)
ranges (third-person singular)
ranged (past)
ranged (past participle)
ranging (present participle)

glosses: If something ranges from X to Y, it includes a number of different things and X and Y are different examples of those.

text: The police had stopped him for a variety of things ranging from stealing a book to having a gun.

glosses: If something ranges around an area, it moves around it.

rang


base

forms:
base (singular)
bases (plural)

glosses: Something's base is its lower part; the solid part that touches the floor or touches the earth and keeps the other parts of the thing up.

glosses: Something's base is its most important part.

glosses: A base is a building for military personnel and material.

glosses: An base is a chemical that releases hydroxide ions in water, and has a high pH.

text: ammonia is a weak base.

enpr: bās

ipa: /beɪs/

sampa: /beIs/


base

forms:
base (positive)
baser (comparative)
basest (superlative)

text: The people who make those sex videos are really base.

adj

base

baser

basest


base

forms:
base (canonical)
bases (third-person singular)
based (past)
based (past participle)
basing (present participle)

glosses: When something or someone is based in a place, they do most of their work in that place.

text: The airline is based in Toronto, but flies all over the world.

glosses: If you base x on y, you build or make x on, using, or to be like y.

text: The movie is based on the book.

verb

bas


feature

forms:
feature (singular)
features (plural)

glosses: A feature is a special or noticeable part of something.

text: One unusual feature of the town is the river in the middle of mainstreet.

glosses: A feature is a useful part or function of a product.

text: In computers, a CD drive used to be a special feature. Now you can't buy a computer without one.

glosses: A feature is a special newspaper or magazine article or radio or television program that is not published regularly.

text: The Star is running a special feature about homelessness.

glosses: A feature is a movie playing at a cinema.

text: Today's feature will appear right after these commercials.

ipa: /fiːtʃə(r)/


feature

forms:
feature (canonical)
features (third-person singular)
featured (past)
featured (past participle)
featuring (present participle)

glosses: If you feature something, you have it as a noticeable and positive part.

text: This restaurant features the most famous chefs in France.

text: Jazz and Blues feature prominently in the magazine.

glosses: If you feature something, you consider (or imagine) it.

text: I cannot feature that happening.

featur


left

forms: left (positive)

glosses: One of the two directions, the opposite of right. This arrow is pointing left: ←

text: turn left at the next corner.

text: Three apples are left.

ipa: /lɛft/

sampa: /lEft/


left

forms:
left (singular)
lefts (plural)

text: The shop is on your left.

text: Take two lefts and a right and then you'll be there.


left

forms:
leave (canonical)
leaves (third-person singular)
left (past)
left (past participle)
leaving (present participle)

glosses: The past tense and past participle of leave.

leave

leaves

left

left

leaving


verse

forms:
verse (singular)
verses (plural)

glosses: Words that use rhythm and good sounds, like the words of a song but with no music.

text: It was a book of verse.

text: That is found in the Gospel of John, chapter 3, verse sixteen.

ipa: /ˈvɝs/

ipa: /ˈvɜːs/


verse

forms:
verse (canonical)
verses (third-person singular)
versed (past)
versed (past participle)
versing (present participle)

glosses: If you verse, then you study a subject in depth.

text: He has become well versed in the classics.

vers


button

forms:
button (singular)
buttons (plural)

glosses: A button is a round object that can be pushed through clothing so that the clothing stays on.

text: Sarah's sweater doesn't work anymore because the buttons popped off.

glosses: A button is a switch that is turned on by pressing it.

text: I pressed the button to turn on the television.

glosses: A button is a badge that can be worn of clothing and is put onto the clothing with a pin to hold it in place.

text: I have a "Vote for Bush" button.

glosses: If a poker player has the button, he is the last person to act on that hand.

ipa: /'bʌtən/

hyphenation: but‧ton


button

forms:
button (canonical)
buttons (third-person singular)
buttoned (past)
buttoned (past participle)
buttoning (present participle)

glosses: If you button something, you fasten it with a button.

text: Button up your coat!


commission

forms:
commission (singular)
commissions (plural)

glosses: A commission is a group of people who work together to research or manage something for a government.

text: She was recently appointed to head the European commission on climate change.

glosses: A commission is money that a salesperson receives for each sale.

text: You may have to pay commission to convert the dollars into local currency on your travels.

glosses: The official appointment of an officer in a nation's armed forces.

text: Brummell resigned his commission when his regiment was posted to Manchester.

glosses: A commission is a task to be undertaken.

text: My commission was only to deliver this message.

ipa: /kəˈmɪʃən/


commission

forms:
commission (canonical)
commissions (third-person singular)
commissioned (past)
commissioned (past participle)
commissioning (present participle)

glosses: If you commission someone to do or create something, you formally ask them to do it.

text: The report commissioned by the Department of Health in 1989, contains guidelines on how best to manage and organise waiting lists.


cut

forms:
cut (canonical)
cuts (third-person singular)
cut (past)
cut (past participle)
cutting (present participle)

glosses: If you make something shorter or divide it in pieces, you cut it.

text: Jared cut the meat using his knife and fork.

text: In the lumber mill, the logs are then cut into boards.

text: I cut my hand.

text: They cut the electricity.

text: The film was cut by ten minutes.

glosses: If you remove something to put it somewhere else, you cut it.

text: Ben cut the text from the Word document and pasted it into another.

glosses: If the picture changes from one scene to another, the scene cuts to another.

ipa: /kʌt/

sampa: /"kVt/

cut

cuts

cut

cut

cutting


cut

forms:
cut (singular)
cuts (plural)

glosses: A scratch, opening in the skin or a surface.

text: She had a cut on her arm.

text: There was a cut in prices.

glosses: A small piece removed by cutting is a cut.

text: I will take a cut of beef.


canvases

forms:
canvas (singular)
canvasses or canvases (plural)

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

text: Many canvases lined the wall.


canvases

forms:
canvas (canonical)
canvases (third-person singular)
canvased (past)
canvased (past participle)
canvasing (present participle)

glosses: The third-person singular form of canvas.


board

forms:
board (singular)
boards (plural)

glosses: A board is a group of people who govern something.

text: The school board has chosen new textbooks for all the schools.

text: Bret Stephens is a member of the editorial board of the Wall Street Journal.

text: School boards are supposed to make sure students get the best education possible.

text: Copies also should be sent to the chairman of the licensing board.

text: I have a meeting coming up with the Community Advisory Board.

text: The outside of the house was made of wooden boards.

text: The knives should be used on a wooden cutting board only.

text: He pinned his poster in the center of the bulletin board.

text: There were two diving boards at the deep end of the pool.

glosses: If something is true across the board, it is true in all cases.

text: He was number one across the board. Nobody was better.

glosses: If something is on the drawing board, it is being planned.

text: The designs for the car is still on the drawing board.

text: I think those students need to go back to the drawing board.

glosses: A message board is a place for people to share ideas publicly, often over the internet.

text: These days churches are using e-mail, message boards, and blogs to communicate.

glosses: A circuit board is flat, usually green, piece of electronic equipment.

text: He opened the computer so we could get a look at the circuit board.

glosses: A sounding board is a person or group of people who will listen to your ideas and tell you if they're good or not.

text: I often discuss company matters with him, and use him as a sounding board.

ipa: /bɔː(r)d/


board

forms:
board (canonical)
boards (third-person singular)
boarded (past)
boarded (past participle)
boarding (present participle)

glosses: If you board a boat, plane, train, or other vehicle, you get onto it.

text: Sarah boarded the plane.

glosses: If a boat, plane, train, or other vehicle is boarding, passengers are allowed to get on it.

text: Flight AC002 is now boarding at gate two.

glosses: If you board in a school or in someone's house, you pay to live there.

text: In Paris, I boarded with a nice family in Le Alle.

glosses: If you board a building or a business up, you close it for a long time.

text: Number 1 Strand Street was finally cleaned out, boarded up, and offered for sale by the city.


canvas

glosses: A canvas is a type of hard, rough cloth used for making sails, tents, and painted on.

text: John prepared the canvas for the sail.

glosses: Canvas that is stretched out on a frame to be painted on.

text: A good artist chooses his or her own canvas.

glosses: Canvas is something that is a basis for a creative work.

text: The life in rural France served as a canvas for Ted F. Adams' Around the Tree.

ipa: /ˈkænvəs/

hyphenation: can‧vas


canvas

glosses: If you canvas something, you cover an area or object with canvas.


regulation

forms:
regulation (singular)
regulations (plural)

text: The company has recently imposed new safety rules and regulations to reduce accidents.

glosses: Regulation is the process of controlling something, usually with rules.

text: The government is reducing regulation of the airlines.

ipa: /ˌrɛɡjʊˈleɪʃən/

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

hyphenation: reg‧u‧la‧tion


regulation

forms: regulation (positive)

glosses: If something is regulation, it is made or done according to the rules.

text: This isn't a regulation soccer ball. It's too small.

ipa: /ˌrɛɡjʊˈleɪʃən/


carriage

forms:
carriage (singular)
carriages (plural)

glosses: A vehicle on wheels, usually pulled by a horse.

text: Jack Hampton rode on his carriage to the wedding.

text: Sarah said that she would be on the third carriage of the train.

text: His noble carriage made nobody suspect that he was a poor pauper.

ipa: /ˈkærɪdʒ/

hyphenation: car‧riage


freezing level

forms:
freezing level (singular)
freezing levels (plural)

glosses: The freezing level is the height where the air is 0 degrees Celsius (0 °C) or 32 degrees Fahrenheit (32 °F). Higher than the freezing level, the air is colder. Lower than the freezing level, the air is warmer.

text: Now the weather is colder and the freezing level is lower than it was in the summer.


snow level

forms:
snow level (singular)
snow levels (plural)

glosses: The snow level is like the freezing level. The snow level is a measure of how high up on a mountain snow or ice is able to be. Lower than the snow level, the mountain is warmer and no snow is there.

text: In the summer, the snow level is near the top of this mountain.


stereophonic

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

glosses: Using two headphones with almost the same sound so the sound seems to be coming from a direction.

text: This stereophonic machine is very good! It seems as if the music is coming from this room!


through

forms: through

pos: prep

glosses: from one end or side of something to the other

text: The ink went through the paper and made the table wet.

text: The thief came in through the window.

text: She pushed the thread through the hole in the needle.

ipa: /θruː/

ipa: /θru/

sampa: /Tru/


cultural

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

glosses: A cultural background, difference, identity etc. relates or belongs to a particular group of people.

text: Teachers should think about the cultural background of their students.

text: The difference between the cities are both cultural and economic.

glosses: Cultural things are related to art, music, books, etc.

text: The new art museum has become the cultural center of the town.

ipa: /ˈkʌlt͡ʃərəl/


beauty

forms:
beauty (singular)
beauties (plural)

glosses: Beauty is the quality of being nice to look at.

text: Beauty makes things attractive.

text: There is a beauty in the night sky that is hard to explain.

glosses: A beauty is something or someone that is good to look at.

text: She is a beauty.

ipa: /ˈbjuːti/

noun

beauty

beauties


participation

forms:
participation (singular)
participations (plural)

glosses: Participation is the act of joining together with other people to do something.

text: After the injury, he was removed from active participation in the war.


mass

forms:
mass (singular)
masses (plural)

glosses: A measure of how much material is in something.

text: The Earth has much more mass than the moon.

text: The spacesuit weighed 75 pounds on Earth but here in outer space it weighed nothing, although its mass was exactly the same.

text: A mass of dirty branches stopped the river.

glosses: A Christian ceremony in memory of the Last Supper.

text: He goes to mass every Sunday.

text: A mass of protesters gathered at city hall.

ipa: /mæs/

ipa: /mɑːs/

mass

masses


put

forms:
put (canonical)
puts (third-person singular)
put (past)
put (past participle)
putting (present participle)

glosses: When you put a thing someplace, you move a thing to a place.

text: I always put my books on the table when I get home from school.

glosses: The past tense and past participle of put.

text: The person stopped reading the book and put it on the table.

enpr: /poo͝t/

ipa: /pʊt/

sampa: /pUt/

audio: En-uk-to put.ogg

put

puts

put

put

putting


sexual intercourse

forms: sexual intercourse

pos: phrase

glosses: Sexual intercourse is an act done usually by a male and a female and usually to make babies.

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


fornication

forms:
fornication (singular)
fornications (plural)

glosses: Fornication is sexual intercourse between two people who are not married.

enpr: fôr'nĭ-kā'shən

ipa: /ˌfɔrnɪˈkeɪʃən/


raw

forms:
raw (positive)
rawer (comparative)
rawest (superlative)

glosses: If something is raw, it has not been cooked, processed, prepared, etc.

text: You should wash your hands after touching raw meat.

text: Computers take the raw information and make it easier to understand.

glosses: When something is raw, it is in a natural state.

adjective

raw

rawer

rawest


passenger

forms:
passenger (singular)
passengers (plural)

glosses: A passenger is a person who is riding a vehicle—not the driver.

text: The boat can carry 101 passengers at more than 80 km/h across waves 1.5 m high.

text: The driver was killed in the car accident, but the two passengers were unharmed.

text: Both passenger trains and freight trains use the same tracks.


ventriloquist

forms:
ventriloquist (singular)
ventriloquists (plural)

glosses: A ventriloquist is a person who does a trick to make the person's voice seem to be coming from a different direction. The ventriloquist talks but does not move the mouth. People think the ventriloquist is not talking and they think a thing or an animal or a different person is talking.

text: People laughed when the ventriloquist made a shoe talk to a hat.


on

forms: on

glosses: positioned at the upper surface of, touching from above

text: The apple is on the table.

text: Tim was born on the 4th of July.

text: I turned the television on.

text: Shall we stop for lunch or shall we drive on?

text: I have a book on history.

text: There was a World Summit on the Information Society a few weeks ago.

text: I have no money on me at the moment.

text: I would like to eat the fruit on the trees.

text: He was arrested on suspicion of bribery.

text: I contacted Joanne on a hunch that she would know about it.

text: The stock price increased on news of a new product.

glosses: If something is on, it is active, functioning or operating.

text: The television is on.

text: The lights are on, so it is very bright.

enpr: ŏn

ipa: /ɒn/

sampa: /Qn/

ipa: /ɑn/

sampa: /An/


sudden

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

glosses: Very quick; taking no time or almost no time, and being a surprise.

text: Not expecting the sudden change in the weather, he got rained on.

text: The car crash was very sudden.

ipa: /sʌdn/


cloth

forms:
cloth (singular)
cloths (plural)

glosses: Cloth is a thin, flat material, often made from cotton or polyester.

glosses: A cloth is a piece of cloth, usually for cleaning things.

text: The person used a wet cloth to wash the table.

enpr: klŏth

ipa: /klɒθ/

sampa: /klQT/


tray

forms:
tray (singular)
trays (plural)

glosses: A big plate for many people; a wide, long, flat thing that people put food on.

text: Take some food from the tray and put it on your plate.

text: Put the plates on the tray and move them to the other room.

enpr: trā

ipa: /treɪ/

sampa: /treI/


distinction

forms:
distinction (singular)
distinctions (plural)

glosses: A distinction is a difference that you have noticed or decided is important. Often used to separate things.

text: Before we discuss how you can develop your creative powers, we need to make a distinction between two different but related activities --; THINKING and LEARNING.

text: There is, in other words, no neat or clear distinction to be drawn between political equality and social and economic equality.

glosses: If something is done with distinction, it is done to a high level and other people recognise that.

text: We only wanted to take athletes of distinction; no one is going just for the trip.

ipa: /dɪˈstɪŋkʃən/


detective

forms:
detective (singular)
detectives (plural)

glosses: A detective is a person who tries to find information to help people or solve crimes, usually a non-patrol police officer.

text: He hired a private detective to find the missing art.

text: Police detectives were examining the house where the body was found.

ipa: /dɪˈtɛktɪv/

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


though

forms: though

glosses: You use though to introduce a fact which you regard as less important than the fact in the main clause.

text: Though he talked very loudly, she did not hear him.

text: She did not hear him, though he talked very loudly.

text: There was a real, though small, problem.

glosses: You use though to add a fact or an opinion that makes the previous statement less strong or less important.

text: Our team lost. It was a good game though.

text: He went to school in Paris. His French, though, isn’t very good.

ipa: /ðəʊ/

ipa: /ðoʊ/

sampa: /DoU/


wall

forms:
wall (singular)
walls (plural)

glosses: One side of a house; a high, flat part of a building.

text: All four walls of the room are painted in blue.

text: There is a wall between the two gardens.

text: Peter fell from the wall.

ipa: /wɔːl/


decision

forms:
decision (singular)
decisions (plural)

glosses: A decision is a sudden thought, with purpose, before someone does something. After a person makes a decision, the person has knowledge about a thing the person will do.

text: After much thought, the person made a decision to go to the meeting.

text: A person sees two roads. The person needs to go on one road or the other. The person makes a decision and goes on one of the roads.

glosses: A decision is the end of a process in a committee. After a committee makes a decision, a record in writing says the important thing.

text: After much discussion, the committee made an important decision about insurance.

ipa: /dɪˈsɪʒən/


so

pos: adv

text: The box was so wide that the person was not able to take it through the door.

enpr: sō

ipa: /səʊ/

ipa: /soʊ/

sampa: /soU/

homophones: sew sow


so

forms: so

text: The gravestones were covered with moss, so that it was impossible to read the names on them.

text: The person locks the door so no one is able to come in and take things.

text: We help them so that they can get better.

text: He asked me to write the equations on the blackboard so he could see how they developed.


so

pos: conj

text: We had been on a boat like that before, so knew the general layout.

text: It was cheap, so it seemed like a deal.

text: Our son is at school near here, so that's another reason for not moving.


care

forms:
care (singular)
cares (plural)

glosses: Care is the act of helping someone, especially sick people, the very young or the very old.

text: He decided not to seek health care from a hospitals.

text: We take the kids to child care during the week.

glosses: If you take care of someone, you watch them so that there is no trouble.

text: You're going to need someone to take care of you when you get older.

text: We'll be taking real good care of you. I promise.

glosses: If you take care of a problem, you fix it or arrange it.

text: Don's worry. Pearl and Edward will take care of things.

text: We go in, do our job, and take care of what we need to take care of.

glosses: You say "Take care!" when you are leaving somebody.

text: That's it. All right. Jim, good to see you. Take care.

glosses: You say "Take care!" when you want somebody to do something safely.

text: Go slowly and take care not to touch anything.

text: Care should be taken when holding eggs.

glosses: Care is the act of keeping something in a good condition.

text: I'm caring for the house while they're away.

glosses: A Care is a worry, concern, or something that you think about often.

text: I don't have a care in the world.

ipa: /kɛə/

ipa: /kɛr/

sampa: /kEr/


care

forms:
care (canonical)
cares (third-person singular)
cared (past)
cared (past participle)
caring (present participle)

glosses: If you don't care about something, you don't think about it often or have a concern for it; it doesn't matter.

text: I don't care what happens to my car.

glosses: If you care about something, you think it is important.

text: He only cares about his car.

text: Young children can learn to care for a pet.

verb

car


police officer

forms:
police officer (singular)
police officers (plural)

glosses: A police officer is an official person who stops criminals and helps people.

text: A young police officer was shot on patrol last night.

text: The police officer asked to see my driver's license.


banana

forms:
banana (singular)
bananas (plural)

glosses: A yellow colour, like the colour of a banana.

enpr: bə-nă'nə

ipa: /bəˈnænə/


then

forms: then

text: Then she was little. Now she is big.

text: The then president did a lot of developmental activities.

text: We will arrive before then.

text: I'm going to see you next month; by then you will have finished your thesis.

text: Your life since then must have seemed very ordinary.

text: First, I cook the food; then I eat it, and then I wash the plates.

text: If she is happy, then I'm happy too.

ipa: /ðɛn/

sampa: /DEn/

ipa: /ðen/


where

forms: where

text: Where do you live?

text: Where did the man go?

text: I wonder where they will take us to.

glosses: (In or to) the place or situation in which.

text: The room where the people cook the food is not cold.

text: Where I'm from, we don't eat much fish.

text: I'll go where you go.

text: Where people were concerned, his threshold of boredom was low.

text: This is where I live.

text: That's where you are wrong.

text: Stand over here where the light is good.

text: Sit where I can see you.

text: You'll be right here where you belong.

glosses: You use where to introduce a clause that contrasts with the other parts of the sentence.

text: Where Nixon was secretive and suspicious, Ford was relaxed, open and candid.

ipa: /ʍɛə(r)/

ipa: /wɛr/

sampa: /wEr\/

homophones: ware wear


than

forms: than

glosses: Used to compare two things that are not equal.

text: The tree is higher than the house.

text: He is better than me.

text: It was much better than I'd expected.

enpr: thăn

ipa: /ðæn/

enpr: th(ə)n

ipa: /ðən/


frequently

etymology_text: frequent + -ly

ety-suffix

frequent

ly

expansion: frequent + -ly

glosses: If you do something frequently, you do it often.

text: The library is frequently used by students.

text: I don't like the roads, but I have to drive frequently.


toe

forms:
toe (singular)
toes (plural)

glosses: A toe is a little part of a foot, like a finger. A foot has 5 toes.

text: This shoe is too small -- it gives me pain in my toes.

ipa: /təʊ/

ipa: /toʊ/


steel

forms: steel (singular)

glosses: A very strong metal made of iron and other substances mixed together.

text: All my pots for cooking are made of steel.

enpr: stēl

ipa: /stiːl/

noun

steel


headphone

forms:
headphone (singular)
headphones (plural)

etymology_text: head + phone

compound

head

phone

expansion: head + phone

glosses: A headphone is a very little machine near a person's ear that makes sound.

text: The music on the person's headphones was so loud that he didn't know I was talking to him.

ipa: /ˈhedfəʊn/

ipa: /ˈhedfoʊn/

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


meantime

forms: meantime (singular)

glosses: The meantime is the time between two things.

text: Police are checking his story. In the meantime, he remains in jail.

enpr: mēnʹtīm

ipa: /ˈmiːntaɪm/


whistle

forms:
whistle (singular)
whistles (plural)

glosses: A whistle is a sound like music. A person makes a whistling sound by blowing air when the person's mouth is in a little circle.

text: The whistle of the wind in trees was low and sad.

glosses: A whistle is a little instrument made of wood, metal or other material. A person puts the instrument in the person's mouth and blows air to make a loud whistling sound.

text: When you are in danger, blow your whistle loudly and someone will run and help you.

ipa: /wɪsl̩/

sampa: /wIsl=/


whistle

forms:
whistle (canonical)
whistles (third-person singular)
whistled (past)
whistled (past participle)
whistling (present participle)

glosses: To whistle is to make a whistling sound with one's mouth.

text: A happy person is able to whistle and work at the same time.

verb

whistl


in a hurry

forms: in a hurry

glosses: If you are in a hurry you are rushing or you don't have much time.

text: She ran down the steps in a hurry and dropped her books.


adverb

forms:
adverb (singular)
adverbs (plural)

glosses: An adverb is a kind of word that generally modifies verbs and other words (but not nouns); adverbs usually answer questions such as how?, why? and to what extent?.

text: In the clause Jane ran quickly, quickly is an adverb because it tells you how Jane ran.

hyphenation: ad‧verb


substance

forms:
substance (singular)
substances (plural)

glosses: What a thing is made of; the essential or most important part of anything. Everything is made of substances.

text: milk has water, sugar, fat and other substances in it.

ipa: /ˈsʌbstəns/


tin

forms:
tin (singular)
tins (plural)

glosses: The kind of metal that cans are frequently made with. It is the chemical element Sn.

enpr: tĭn

ipa: /tɪn/


sticky

forms:
sticky (positive)
stickier (comparative)
stickiest (superlative)

etymology_text: stick + -y

ety-suffix

stick

y

expansion: stick + -y

glosses: Able to join to things; hard to wash off. When you touch a sticky thing, some of it goes on your finger. People are able to use a sticky material to join things together.

ipa: /ˈstɪki/

adj

sticky

stickier

stickiest


thick

forms:
thick (positive)
thicker (comparative)
thickest (superlative)

glosses: If something is thick, there is some distance from one side to the other.

text: He was a workman with big hands and thick fingers.

text: The tree was too thick to put his arms around.

text: The ice on the lake is about 40cm thick in the winter.

glosses: If something is thick it has a lot of stuff in it.

text: I am warm because I have a thick coat.

text: The dog has beautiful, thick hair.

text: The oil moved slowly because it was so thick.

glosses: If a liquid is thick, it can't flow very quickly.

enpr: thĭk

ipa: /θɪk/

sampa: /TIk/

thick

thicker

thickest


twist

forms:
twist (canonical)
twists (third-person singular)
twisted (past)
twisted (past participle)
twisting (present participle)

glosses: If you twist something, you turn one part of it in one direction and another part in the other direction at the same time.

ipa: /twɪst/


withdraw

forms:
withdraw (canonical)
withdraws (third-person singular)
withdrew (past)
withdrawn (past participle)
withdrawing (present participle)

glosses: If you withdraw (something) from somewhere, you take (it) out.

text: The conservatives have withdrawn support from the government.

text: He withdrew $50 from his bank account.

text: After the battle, the soldiers withdrew from the town.

ipa: /wɪðˈdrɔː/

hyphenation: with‧draw

withdraw

withdraws

withdrew

withdrawn

withdrawing


performance

forms:
performance (singular)
performances (plural)

glosses: A performance is a show of acting or music.

text: We went to see a performance by local musicians last night.

text: The acting was good, but the noise made it difficult to enjoy the performance.

glosses: The performance of a person, machine, company, etc. is how well it does its job.

text: After a year of losing money, the company needs to improve performance.

text: This car is a high performance vehicle.

ipa: /pə'fɔːməns/


equation

forms:
equation (singular)
equations (plural)

glosses: An equation is a mathematical statement in which both sides are of equal value.

text: Find x, in the equation x+2y=3y.

text: Using equation (2.1) from above, we can now solve for x.

glosses: An equation is how everything works together to create a situation.

text: Money plays a big part in the political equation.

glosses: The equation of x with y, is the act of thinking about them as the same or as belonging together.

text: The equation of women with maids and cooks must stop.

enpr: ĭkwā'zhən

ipa: /ɪˈkweɪʒən/

enpr: ĭkwā'shən

ipa: /ɪˈkweɪʃən/


wide

forms:
wide (positive)
wider (comparative)
widest (superlative)

glosses: If something is wide, it is long from one side to the other side.

text: This box is 30 cm long and 20 cm wide, but only 10 cm high.

text: It's a very wide river, but not very deep.

text: The road was built wide enough to fit four lanes of traffic.

text: He cast a wide net into the sea.

glosses: If there is a wide range, variety, or world, there is a lot of it.

text: The store offers a wide range of products.

text: He has traveled to wide and varied places.

text: The news received wide coverage across all media platforms.

text: There is a wide variety of choices available.

glosses: If you give something or someone a wide berth, you avoid them by a lot.

text: He gave the barking dog a wide berth.

ipa: /waɪd/

ipa: /wɑed/

wide

wider

widest


wide

forms:
wide (positive)
wider (comparative)
Superlativewidest

glosses: If something is wide open, it is open to its full extent.

text: She opened her eyes wide in surprise.

text: The door was pushed wide open.

glosses: If you are wide awake, you are completely awake and alert, often when you would prefer to be asleep.

text: Despite the late hour, the children were wide awake and eager to open their presents.

text: After drinking three cups of coffee, I was wide awake all night.

glosses: If two things are wide apart, there is a lot of space between them.

text: "It was this big," she said, spreading her hands as wide apart as she could.

text: He was a big man with dark eyes placed wide apart.

text: He spread his arms wide to embrace her.


wide

forms: wide

glosses: If something goes wide of the target, it misses the target.

text: The soccer ball went wide of the goal.

text: Her first shot was wide, but the second struck his shoulder.

text: He put it wide of the mark.

glosses: If the ball or a player is/plays/goes wide, they are near the sides of the field or court.

text: He ran wide and got tackled near the sideline.


cart

forms:
cart (singular)
carts (plural)

glosses: A small, open vehicle on wheels, pulled or pushed by a person or an animal and usually used for carrying things, not people.

text: Harry put his trunk in a cart and pushed it through the station.

glosses: A small motor vehicle like a car; a go cart.

text: Sophie squealed as she raced through the race course on the cart.

ipa: /kɑːt/

enpr: kärt

ipa: /kɑrt/


cart

forms:
cart (canonical)
carts (third-person singular)
carted (past)
carted (past participle)
carting (present participle)

glosses: If you cart something to somewhere, you move it there.


false

forms:
false (positive)
falser (comparative)
falsest (superlative)

glosses: If something is false, it is not true or not real.

text: It is false that 2 + 2 = 5.

text: My grandfather takes out his false teeth at night.

ipa: /fɔːls/

ipa: /fɔls/

false

falser

falsest


statistics

forms:
statistic (singular)
statistics (plural)

glosses: Statistics are numbers about information.

text: New crime statistics that show the number of crimes is decreasing.

text: The government published new unemployment statistics for the month of June.

glosses: Statistics is the science of using and understanding those numbers.

text: To do research, it's important to understand simple statistics such as averages and standard deviations.

text: Statistics is a kind of mathematics.

ipa: /stəˈtɪstɪks/

noun

statistic


outcome

forms:
outcome (singular)
outcomes (plural)

glosses: An outcome is the result of a situation or action.

text: The outcome of the race was different from what most people were expecting.

text: The most likely outcome of the war is a broken country with no leader.

ipa: /ˈaʊtkʌm/

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

hyphenation: out‧come


wise

forms:
wise (positive)
wiser (comparative)
wisest (superlative)

glosses: a wise person has much knowledge and makes good decisions.

text: Say your question to the old woman, because she is wise and will tell you good ideas about things to do.

ipa: /waɪz/

adjective

wise

wiser

wisest


wise

forms:
wise (canonical)
wises (third-person singular)
wised (past)
wised (past participle)
wising (present participle)

glosses: If you wise up, you get informed; you learn something.

verb

wis

e


teach

forms:
teach (canonical)
teaches (third-person singular)
taught (past)
taught (past participle)
teaching (present participle)

glosses: To help someone learn something. To tell someone how to do something.

text: Most parents try to teach their children to be nice.

text: She taught in a high school for 25 years.

text: Mr. Smith teaches grade-five English and history.

sampa: /'titS/

ipa: /'tiʧ/

teach

teaches

taught

taught

teaching


street

forms:
street (singular)
streets (plural)

glosses: A road in a city with buildings on the sides and places where people can walk.

text: I saw a woman with a dog walking down the street.

enpr: strēt

ipa: /striːt/

audio: en-uk-a street.ogg


true

forms:
true (positive)
truer (comparative)
truest (superlative)

glosses: If something is true, it is correct or real, not imagined or made up.

text: She says she didn't take the money, but what she says is not true.

text: My wife is my one true love.

ipa: /truː/

ipa: /tru/

sampa: /tru/

adj

true

truer

truest


chronology

forms:
chronology (singular)
chronologies (plural)

etymology_text: chrono- + -logy

glosses: Chronology is the science of finding out what events came in what order

text: Chronology can help historians find out why an old empire ended.

glosses: Chronology is text or graphics that show what events happened in what order

text: The chronology at the back of the book shows the Kings and Queens of England.

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

noun

chronologies


way

forms:
way (singular)
ways (plural)

text: The committee made a good decision about which way to make the machine.

text: One way to cook food is to put it in an oven; another way is with a flame.

text: I do things my own way.

text: That way of thinking will not solve the problem.

text: Farming is a great way of life.

text: A car crash was the same way my dad died.

text: She dresses that way every day.

text: I started to see things in a different way.

glosses: A way is a path, a road, or a route; how you get to a certain place.

text: Do you know the way to the lunch room?

text: I was on my way to Paris when I got lost.

text: He went out of his way to bring me the coffee.

text: It's a long way from where I started.

text: Could you move your car out of my way?

enpr: wā

ipa: /weɪ/

sampa: /weI/

homophones: weigh wey way


way

text: I think that it's way too early to tell what the result will be.

text: We missed. In fact we were way way off.


south

forms: south (singular)

glosses: The direction opposite to north. For a person looking at the setting sun, the south is on their left hand.

text: The wind usually comes from the south.

ipa: /saʊθ/

sampa: /saUT/


south

forms: south

glosses: One of the four compass directions: 180º from north. If you face south, the sun rises on your left.

text: Africa is South of Europe.


administration

forms:
administration (singular)
administrations (plural)

glosses: Administration is the process of running and organising an organisation such as a business or government.

text: The mayor is responsible for the administration of the town.

text: He wanted to go into politics, so he studied public administration at university.

glosses: The administration are the people who run and organise an organisation such as a business or government.

text: In short, the administration does not actually know why it wants a space station.

text: The Bush administration has one of the worst records of any American government.

ipa: /ədˌmɪnəˈstreɪʃən/


hammer

forms:
hammer (singular)
hammers (plural)

glosses: A hammer is a heavy tool for pushing a nail into wood.

text: When you have only a hammer, all things seem like nails.

glosses: A hammer is a moving part of a gun that hits the firing pin to make the gun fire.

ipa: /ˈhæmə/

ipa: /ˈhæmɚ/


hammer

forms:
hammer (canonical)
hammers (third-person singular)
hammered (past)
hammered (past participle)
hammering (present participle)

glosses: If you hammer something, you push a nail into wood using a hammer.

text: He hammered so hard that the building moved a little.


furthermore

forms:
furthermore (positive)
Superlative–

glosses: You use furthermore to add more information to what was already said or written.

text: We believe that the project is possible. Furthermore, we believe that we can do it within a few months.


chalk

forms:
chalk (singular)
chalks (plural)

glosses: Chalk is a soft, white, powder-like limestone.

text: The men mine chalk in the hills near my house.

glosses: Chalk is a piece of chalk, or more usually, processed compressed chalk, that is used for drawing and for writing on a blackboard; teachers at school may use chalk to write on a blackboard.

text: John wrote his name on the blackboard with chalk.

text: There are many pieces of chalk on the floor.

text: The shop at the corner of the street sells many chalks.

enpr: chôk

ipa: /ʧɔːk/

ipa: /ʧɑk/

sampa: /tSAk/


chalk

forms:
chalk (canonical)
chalks (third-person singular)
chalked (past)
chalked (past participle)
chalking (present participle)

glosses: To put chalk on something, such as the tip of a billiards cue.

glosses: To write something using chalk; this is often done on a blackboard.

glosses: To use powdered chalk to put the lines on a sports field.


song

forms:
song (singular)
songs (plural)

glosses: A song is some music with words in verse.

text: That song sounds beautiful.

ipa: /sɒŋg/

ipa: /sɑŋg/


different

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

glosses: If two or more things are different, they are not like each other, not the same. The two things have two sizes, not both the same size; or they have two shapes, they don't both have one shape; or they each have a color, not just one color for both things; or they are not the like each other in some other way.

text: The day and night are quite different.

text: My brother's bike is different from mine.

ipa: /'dɪfərənt/


inside

forms: inside

text: He locked his keys inside his car.

text: Outside was cold, but he was warm inside the house.

text: I put my pen inside my bag.

text: Let's look inside here.

text: Don't stand out here. Come on inside.

ipa: /ˈɪnsaɪd/


inside

forms:
inside (singular)
insides (plural)

glosses: The inside of something is the part that you can't see or can't touch because other parts are around it.

text: The inside of my mouth hurts.

text: Outside, the building was dark and grey, but the inside was bright and beautiful.


chest

forms:
chest (singular)
chests (plural)

glosses: A type of box with a lid that you can lock.

text: He put his things in the chest

ipa: /t͡ʃɛst/

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


instance

forms:
instance (singular)
instances (plural)

glosses: An instance of something is a time or situation when it happens.

text: In this particular instance, the computer was the problem, not the user.

text: There have been many instances of cheating that were not caught.

ipa: /ˈɪnstəns/


old

forms:
older (comparative)
oldest (superlative)
old (positive)
elder (comparative)
eldest (superlative)

glosses: If someone or something is old, they are not young; they have been in existence for a long time.

text: An old man has gray hair.

text: This old book was written a hundred years ago.

text: "Ashley, how old are you?" "I'm only 16 years old."

glosses: Your old school, boss, address, etc. is one that you no longer use or are no longer together with.

text: I didn't have many friends at my old school.

ipa: /əʊld/

enpr: ōld

ipa: /oʊld/

sampa: /oUld/

adj

old

older

oldest

elder

eldest


globe

forms:
globe (singular)
globes (plural)

glosses: A globe is a solid shaped like a ball, often with a map on it.

text: He spun the globe on his desk, looking for Japan.

text: People all around the globe love soccer.

ipa: /ɡləʊb/

ipa: /ɡloʊb/

ipa: /ɡloːb/

audio: EN-AU ck1 globe.ogg


hospital

forms:
hospital (singular)
hospitals (plural)

glosses: A building for sick people, with doctors and nurses.

text: Mary had an accident. She will be in hospital for a week.


skirt

forms:
skirt (singular)
skirts (plural)

glosses: A skirt is a loose cloth that a woman uses to cover her legs; the lower part of a dress.

text: She has a blue skirt and a red shirt on.

enpr: skû(r)t

ipa: /skɜːt/

enpr: skûrt

ipa: /skɚt/


skirt

forms:
skirt (canonical)
skirts (third-person singular)
skirted (past)
skirted (past participle)
skirting (present participle)

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


Christmas

forms: Christmas

pos: name

glosses: Christmas is a Christian holiday to celebrate the birth of Christ, usually on Dec. 25.

text: Santa put lots of presents under the Christmas tree.

text: I've got a week's holiday around Christmas time.

enpr: KRIS-məs


system

forms:
system (singular)
systems (plural)

glosses: A system is a group of things that work together; a way of doing something.

text: This coloured paper is part of my system for keeping lists of people.

enpr: sĭsʹtəm

ipa: /ˈsɪstəm/

hyphenation: sys‧tem


tight

forms:
tight (positive)
tighter (comparative)
tightest (superlative)

glosses: If x is tight, it fits closely and strongly to y.

text: The bandage on your finger should not be too tight or your finger may turn blue.

text: The police kept tight control during the speech.

glosses: If a string is tight its ends are as far apart as possible.

text: A tight rope is in a straight line.

enpr: tīt

ipa: /taɪt/

sampa: /taIt/

tight

tighter

tightest


tight

glosses: If you close or tie something tight, you do it strongly or closely so that it won't change easily.

text: He closed the door tight behind them.

text: Hold on tight and I'll pull you up.


valid

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

glosses: If something is valid, it is correct, appropriate, and acceptable.

text: I'm sorry sir, your driver's license is not valid.

text: I think we should listen to her. She makes a valid argument.

text: To log in, you need a valid password.

ipa: /ˈvælɪd/

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


smooth

forms:
smooth (positive)
smoother (comparative)
smoothest (superlative)

glosses: Smooth feels pleasant and flat when you touch it; not rough.

text: He felt the smooth skin on her cheek.

glosses: A smooth liquid would have no lumps in it.

text: He mixed the flour and water until it was smooth.

ipa: /smuːð/

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

smooth

smoother

smoothest


while

forms: while

glosses: If x happens while y happens, they happen at the same time.

text: He fell asleep while sitting at his desk.

ipa: /ʍaɪl/

sampa: /WaIl/

ipa: /waɪl/

sampa: /waIl/


while

forms: while (singular)

text: After a while I will stop working and cook food for us.


while

forms:
while (canonical)
whiles (third-person singular)
whiled (past)
whiled (past participle)
whiling (present participle)

glosses: If you while away the time, you spend it doing something not very productive.

text: On Sundays, I like to while away the hours by reading.

verb

whil


still

text: No one has fixed the oven -- It is still broken.

ipa: /stɪl/

sampa: /stIl/


still

forms:
more still (comparative)
most still (superlative)
still (positive)
stiller (comparative)
stillest (superlative)

glosses: If something is still, it is not moving and resting in one place.

text: Sit still when you are in school.

adj

still

stiller

stillest


wind

forms:
wind (singular)
winds (plural)

text: The wind blows so strongly now that a person's hair goes in the person's face.

enpr: wĭnd

ipa: /ˈwɪnd/

sampa: /wInd/


wind

forms:
wind (canonical)
winds (third-person singular)
wound (past)
wound (past participle)
winding (present participle)

glosses: If you wind something you wrap it around and make it tight.

text: You need to wind the string around the stick.

glosses: If you wind a clock or watch you tighten a spring inside it. This is done by turning knob. The spring powers the clock or watch as it unwinds (stops being tight).

glosses: If something winds it twists around in different directions.

text: The road winds for miles.

glosses: If something winds down, it runs out of power and gets slower. (Like a watch that is unwinding.)

glosses: How something winds up is how it becomes in the end or after something happens.

text: I wound up lost after I made the wrong turn.

enpr: wīnd

ipa: /waɪnd/

sampa: /waInd/

homophones: whined wined

wind

winds

wound

wound

winding


waste

forms:
waste (canonical)
wastes (third-person singular)
wasted (past)
wasted (past participle)
wasting (present participle)

glosses: To use something for no reason, or for bad reasons or only little reasons, and after it is used no one can use it again.

text: He wasted the food by making it dirty.

enpr: wāst

ipa: /weɪst/

sampa: /weIst/

verb

wast


waste

forms:
waste (singular)
wastes (plural)

glosses: Things that are not useful; things that people want to take out of their house.


journal

forms:
journal (singular)
journals (plural)

glosses: A journal is a record of what is happening, usually written regularly (e.g., daily, weekly, monthly, etc.), often scientific.

text: They published their study in the British Medical Journal.

text: She wrote in her journal on New Year's Day 1922, "The weather is bad and I'm too tired to write today."

enpr: jûrʹ-nəl

ipa: /ˈdʒɜrnəl/

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

hyphenation: jour‧nal


journal

forms:
journal (canonical)
journals (third-person singular)
journaled (past)
journaled (past participle)
journaling (present participle)

glosses: If you journal, you regularly record what is happening, usually in writing.


summer

forms:
summer (singular)
summers (plural)

glosses: The part of the year when the weather is hot.

text: There is no school in the summer.

ipa: /ˈsʌmə/

enpr: /sŭmʹər

ipa: /ˈsʌmɚ/

hyphenation: sum‧mer


law

forms:
law (singular)
laws (plural)

glosses: Laws are the official rules of a government or organisation.

text: We have defined crime as behaviour which breaks the criminal law.

text: We believe that this law is wrong and we are not prepared to obey such a law.

text: The Kyoto treaty became law in 2005.

enpr: lô

ipa: /lɔː/


stem

forms:
stem (singular)
stems (plural)

glosses: A stem is a long, thin thing joining parts of a plant.

text: Put the stems of the flowers in this cup of water.

glosses: A stem is a narrow part of certain man-made objects, such as a tobacco pipe, a spoon.

enpr: stĕm

ipa: /stɛm/


stem

forms:
stem (canonical)
stems (third-person singular)
stemmed (past)
stemmed (past participle)
stemming (present participle)

glosses: If you stem soemthing, you remove the stem from it.

text: to stem cherries; to stem tobacco leaves

glosses: If a problem stems from an action, it is caused by or originates from the action.

text: The current crisis stems from the short-sighted politics of the previous government.

stem

m


wing

forms:
wing (singular)
wings (plural)

glosses: A wing is the long flat part of a bird, insect or other flying thing. It is used to fly.

text: This bird can fly very high very quickly because the bird uses strong wings with many feathers.

text: He looked out the window of the plane and saw the sun shining on the wing.

glosses: A wing is part of a building, usually not the main part.

enpr: wĭng

ipa: /wɪŋ/

sampa: /wIN/


wing

forms:
wing (canonical)
wings (third-person singular)
winged (past)
winged (past participle)
winging (present participle)

glosses: If you wing it you do not have a plan—you are making up what you do while you do it.


a bit

forms: a bit

text: I like to put a bit of sugar in my coffee.

glosses: A bit can be used to mean some or slightly.

text: That hat is a bit small for him.

text: Could you move that up a bit?

ipa: /ə'bɪt/


turn

forms:
turn (canonical)
turns (third-person singular)
turned (past)
turned (past participle)
turning (present participle)

text: The car turned the corner and went north.

text: Walk down the street and turn left at the lights.

text: The dancers turned round and around.

glosses: If something turns a certain way, it becomes that way.

text: The sky turned dark and cloudy.

text: The game turned into a fight.

ipa: /tɜːn/

enpr: tûrn

ipa: /tɝn/


even

glosses: You use even to focus on the most surprising or unlikely case.

text: Even in peaceful countries, there are problems.

text: She felt a lot of pain walking even though she was only in her thirties.

text: They told us the manager isn't there, even though we can see her through the window.

text: Even if they don't know you, they will still talk to you.

text: I never liked chocolate, not even when I was young.

text: Even with Denver's slow start, they are likely to win.

text: Everyone walks to school here, even the teachers.

text: Not even the world's fastest runner can run that fast.

text: Even a quick look tells you there's a lot to learn.

text: Anyone with even basic Internet search skills can find you.

text: She didn't tell me about it and I expect she wasn't even aware of it.

text: This is not a small problem, and it will likely become even more important in the near future.

text: I just hope I don't get lost, and I'm not even really sure of my bus number.

text: The last few years have been difficult, but now she may face an even greater challenge.

text: It will be very difficult for him, even dangerous.

text: Our progress was not rewarded. In fact, it was not even mentioned.

text: I don't even know who you are.

text: It's so cheap, you don't even have to bring money.

text: He can't even go back and look for it.

text: We might even make some money if we work hard.

text: He won't lose his job, not even temporarily.

text: I hid it in the books where nobody would look. Even so, I worried about it all evening.


even

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

glosses: If things are even, the top or surface of each is as high as the others.

text: The top of the wall is even because the bricks are all the same size.

glosses: If a number is even, it can be divided into 2 equal parts.

text: 2, 4, 6 and 8 are even numbers. 1, 3, 5 and 7 are not even numbers; they are odd numbers.


even

forms:
even (canonical)
evens (third-person singular)
evened (past)
evened (past participle)
evening (present participle)

glosses: If you even something (out/up), you reduce the ups and downs; you make it smooth or equal.

text: India was leading 2-1, but Australia evened the score in the last minute.

text: The makeup evens out your skin tone without adding color.

glosses: If you even a problem out, you solve it.

text: I went down and evened it all out. Everyone's happy now.


restrict

forms:
restrict (canonical)
restricts (third-person singular)
restricted (past)
restricted (past participle)
restricting (present participle)

glosses: If you restrict something, you limit it.

text: This room is restricted to company employees. Other people may not enter.

text: This law restricts the freedom of businesses to set their own prices.

ipa: /rɪˈstrɪkt/

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


war

forms:
war (singular)
wars (plural)

glosses: War is when armies or countries fight against each other.

text: Those two countries are always at war.

ipa: /woʊr/


war

forms:
war (canonical)
wars (third-person singular)
warred (past)
warred (past participle)
warring (present participle)

glosses: If you war with someone or something, you fight or battle with them.

war

r


metal

forms:
metal (singular)
metals (plural)

glosses: Metal is a hard material, often shiny. Gold, silver, and steel are examples of metals.

text: We replaced out our wood door with a stronger metal one.

ipa: /ˈmɛtəl/

homophones: mettle medal meddle


expand

forms:
expand (canonical)
expands (third-person singular)
expanded (past)
expanded (past participle)
expanding (present participle)

glosses: If something expands, it becomes bigger.

text: The company is looking at expanding into new products.

text: The airline plans to expand its service into Ireland.

text: With rapidly expanding population in India, business is booming.

text: He later expanded on his initial statement, giving more details.

ipa: /ɛkˈspænd/

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


soft

forms:
soft (positive)
softer (comparative)
softest (superlative)

text: cotton is a soft cloth.

text: When metal is heated it gets soft.

enpr: sŏft

ipa: /sɒft/

enpr: sôft

ipa: /sɔft/

ipa: /sɑft/

adj

soft

softer

softest


statistic

forms:
statistic (singular)
statistics (plural)

glosses: Statistics are numbers about information.

text: New crime statistics that show the number of crimes is decreasing.

text: That statistic about the number of unemployment this month must be wrong.

ipa: /stəˈtɪstɪk/


holy

forms:
holy (positive)
holier (comparative)
holiest (superlative)

glosses: If something is holy, it is very religious or good and important in a religion.

text: They believe the birthplace of their is holy land.

ipa: /ˈhoʊli/

sampa: /"hoUli/

holy

holier

holiest


classic

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

text: Richard Branson is a classic example of success without schooling.

glosses: If something is classic, it has a long history and it is liked.

text: His clothes were a mixture of classic and modern styles.

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


classic

forms:
classic (singular)
classics (plural)

glosses: A classic is a book, play, song, etc. that has a long history and is liked.

text: Every time a classic like that comes on the radio, I just have to stop and listen.

text: This book has become a classic of Canadian fiction.

glosses: The classics are the language and art from ancient Rome and Greece.

text: You've never read Homer? Schools don't teach the classics these days.


maintenance

forms:
maintenance (singular)
maintenances (plural)

etymology_text: maintain + -ance

ety-suffix

maintain

ance

expansion: maintain + -ance

glosses: Maintenance is the process of regularly fixing things and keeping something in good shape.

text: After 8,000 km, you should take the car in for maintenance.

text: Wood houses can be a problem because they require regular maintenance.

ipa: /ˈmeɪntɪnəns/

ipa: /ˈmeɪntənəns/


holy shit

forms: holy shit

pos: intj

glosses: You use holy shit when you are surprised.

text: Holy shit! That was a big explosion.

ipa: /ˌhəʊli ˈʃɪt/

ipa: /ˌhoʊli ˈʃɪt/

audio: en-au-holy shit.ogg


tradition

forms:
tradition (singular)
traditions (plural)

glosses: A tradition is something that has been done in the same way for a long time.

text: Despite a long tradition of education, there is still a lack of qualified teachers

text: They continue the tradition of winter football which started in the 1800s.

text: Tradition says that we need a drink before the speech.

enpr: trə-dishʹ(ə)n

ipa: /trəˈdɪʃən/


two

forms: two

pos: det

glosses: ordinal second) The number 2. Two means more than one and less than three.

text: We have two eyes and two ears.

enpr: to͞o

ipa: /tuː/

homophones: to too


two

forms:
two (singular)
twos (plural)

text: One and one is two.


organisation

forms:
organisation (singular)
organisations (plural)

etymology_text: organise + -ation

organise

ation

expansion: organise + -ation

glosses: An organisation is a group of people with a particular purpose (e.g., teams, clubs, churches, etc.)

text: The daycare is operated by a voluntary organisation of parents and teachers.

text: It is often difficult for women to join these organisations that have always been for men.

glosses: Organisation is the way that something is put together.

text: The organisation of the book is very difficult to understand.

text: The organisation of the event took three months.

ipa: /ˌɔrgənɪˈzeɪʃən/

hyphenation: or‧gan‧i‧sa‧tion


statement

forms:
statement (singular)
statements (plural)

glosses: A statement is a claim someone makes that is true or false.

text: I don't agree with that statement.

ipa: /ˈsteɪtm(ə)nt/

ipa: /ˈsteɪtmənt/

hyphenation: state‧ment


eight

forms: eight

glosses: ordinal eighth) The number eight is one more than seven and one less than nine.

text: Most people work about eight hours a day.

enpr: āt

ipa: /eɪt/

sampa: /eIt/


eight

forms:
eight (singular)
eights (plural)

text: Four and four is eight.


suggestion

forms:
suggestion (singular)
suggestions (plural)

glosses: An idea for something to do, that someone says to another person. The other person is free to do the thing or not do the thing.

text: I have a suggestion for you: have more fruit and you will be healthier.

ipa: /səˈd͡ʒɛstʃən/

ipa: /səɡˈd͡ʒɛstʃən/

hyphenation: sug‧ges‧tion


room

forms:
room (singular)
rooms (plural)

glosses: A room is a place which is part of a building. Someone is able to see other people who are in the same room.

text: We need a long, wide room because many people will be at the meeting.

glosses: Room can mean some space; a place with nothing, only air.

text: I need room to be able to move my arms and not touch people.


room

forms:
room (canonical)
rooms (third-person singular)
roomed (past)
roomed (past participle)
rooming (present participle)

text: I roomed with Ryan all four years of college.


spoon

forms:
spoon (singular)
spoons (plural)

glosses: A spoon is a little, long, thin, metal thing with a round end for putting food in one's mouth.

text: Put a knife, a fork and a spoon near the plate on the table.

ipa: /spuːn/

audio: en-uk-a spoon.ogg


spoon

forms:
spoon (canonical)
spoons (third-person singular)
spooned (past)
spooned (past participle)
spooning (present participle)

glosses: When two people spoon, they lie next to each other with one person's back against the other person's front, similar to the way two spoons are stacked together.


tobacco

forms:
tobacco (singular)
tobaccos (plural)

glosses: Tobacco is a plant that is used to make cigarettes.

text: Tobacco advertising is illegal to help reduce smoking.


vehicle

forms:
vehicle (singular)
vehicles (plural)

glosses: A vehicle is something that moves people or things from one place to another, for example: cars, planes, boats, etc.

text: Bicycles and wheelchairs are allowed. All other vehicles must stay off the path.

hyphenation: ve‧hi‧cle


competition

forms:
competition (singular)
competitions (plural)

glosses: Competition is a situation or event in which people or groups try to succeed over each other.

text: With increasing international competition, companies are cutting costs to survive.

text: Brazil is playing in this year's World Cup competition in Italy.

glosses: The competition is the individual or group that is trying to succeed against you.

text: Because the competition has lowered prices, we have to do the same.

text: The competition has been preparing for this game all year.

ipa: /ˌkɒmpəˈtɪʃən/

ipa: /ˌkɑːmpəˈtɪʃən/


slightly

etymology_text: slight + -ly

slight

ly

expansion: slight + -ly

text: The two pictures look very similar, but they are slightly different.

text: Sales for June were slightly higher than last year at £5.2m against £5.08m.

ipa: /ˈslaɪtli/

hyphenation: slight‧ly


sweet

forms:
sweet (positive)
sweeter (comparative)
sweetest (superlative)

glosses: If something is sweet, it tastes like sugar or fruit.

text: This cake is very sweet. I think you put much sugar in it.

glosses: A sweet person or thing pleases or is nice.

text: Thank you! It's very sweet of you to give me this.

ipa: /swiːt/

adj

sweet

sweeter

sweetest


sweet

forms:
sweet (singular)
sweets (plural)


chance

forms:
chance (singular)
chances (plural)

text: We have the chance.

text: Poker is a game of chance.

glosses: How much something is likely to be true.

text: There is a 30% chance of rain tomorrow.

ipa: /tʃɑːns/

ipa: /tʃæns/


chance

forms:
chance (canonical)
chances (third-person singular)
chanced (past)
chanced (past participle)
chancing (present participle)

glosses: If you chance upon something, you discover it even though you were not looking for it.

glosses: If you chance something, you try it, even though it may not work.

verb

chanc

e


teaching

forms:
teaching (singular)
teachings (plural)

glosses: Something taught by an important person in religion or philosophy.

text: Many people follow the teachings of Confucius.

text: We shouldn't forget Jesus' teachings.

text: Teaching has seen many changes over the years.


teaching

forms:
teach (canonical)
teaches (third-person singular)
taught (past)
taught (past participle)
teaching (present participle)

teach

teaches

teaching


tendency

forms:
tendency (singular)
tendencies (plural)

glosses: A tendency is an inclination of something to behave in a particular way or to go in a particular direction.

text: He has a tendency to talk too much.

text: There's a general tendency for males to be bigger than females.

ipa: /ˈtɛndənsi/

hyphenation: ten‧den‧cy

noun

tendency

tendencies


meanwhile

forms:
meanwhile (positive)
Superlative–

glosses: You use meanwhile to introduce a new topic happening at the same time as the old topic.

text: Sutton Coldfield won 2-0 away at Chelmsford. Meanwhile, Hightown were 3-0 winners against Clifton.

text: International students are here only to study English. Meanwhile, many immigrant students must also work and take care of their families.

ipa: /ˈmiːnwaɪl/

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


meanwhile

forms: meanwhile (singular)

glosses: The meanwhile is the time between two things.

text: Police are checking his story. In the meanwhile, he remains in jail.


interference

forms:
interference (singular)
interferences (plural)

glosses: Interference is something, especially an action, that makes it difficult to achieve a goal.

text: The police were unable to arrest him because of government interference.

text: The manager should let his workers make these decisions without any interference at all.

text: Iran passes the ball without any interference from England.

ipa: /ˌɪntərˈfirɨns/

ipa: /ˌɪntəˈfirəns/


impact

forms:
impact (singular)
impacts (plural)

glosses: An impact is the act of one object hitting another.

text: In tests, the driver was unhurt, even in high-speed impacts.

text: Many buildings were destroyed as the plane exploded on impact.

glosses: The impact is the effect of an act, statement, change, etc.

text: The report noted that most teachers feel that IT has made little impact on formal education.

text: The environmental impact of such increases in efficiency, however, depends on how you generate the power.

enpr: imʹpăkt

ipa: /ˈɪmpækt/


impact

forms:
impact (canonical)
impacts (third-person singular)
impacted (past)
impacted (past participle)
impacting (present participle)

glosses: If something impacts you, it has an effect on you.

text: It is obvious how bad movies will impact on children.

glosses: If you impact something, you press (or pack) its together.

text: There is a special tool to impact the road when it is under construction so the base is solid.

enpr: im-păktʹ

ipa: /ɪmˈpækt/


stairs

forms:
stair (singular)
stairs (plural)

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

glosses: Stairs are steps to help you go to a different level; stairs can help you get up to another level or can help you get down to another level.

text: She climbed the stairs up to her bedroom.

text: The ball rolled down the stairs and into the basement.

stair


get

forms:
got (past participle)
get (canonical)
gets (third-person singular)
got (past)
gotten (past participle)
getting (present participle)

text: The woman goes to the store and gets a new dress.

text: The problem got worse.

text: He got hit by a car.

ipa: /gɛt/

sampa: /gEt/

get

gets

got

got

getting

gotten


whip

forms:
whip (singular)
whips (plural)

glosses: A whip is a long, thin leather instrument. A person uses it, with very quick motion, to give pain. A person uses it on a horse or another person as punishment.

text: When the horse sees the whip in the person's hand, the horse gets scared and runs far away.

glosses: A whip is a member of a political party who is in charge of enforcing the party's policies in votes.

enpr: wĭp

ipa: /wɪp/

enpr: hwĭp

ipa: /ʍɪp/


whip

forms:
whip (canonical)
whips (third-person singular)
whipped (past)
whipped (past participle)
whipping (present participle)

glosses: If you whip something, you hit it with a whip.

text: Jockeys whip horses to make them go faster.

verb

whip

p


unique

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

glosses: If something is unique, it is one of a kind; it is unmatched.

text: When the school for the deaf opened, it was unique in Europe.

text: Of course, the problem is not unique to this country.

glosses: If something is unique, it is rare or unusual.

text: Oh, thank you! What a unique gift!

text: Living in Japan was a unique experience.

ipa: /juːˈniːk/


dominant

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

glosses: If something is dominant, it is larger, stronger, or more powerful than other things.

text: In society, the dominant class holds power by using the lower classes.

text: Microsoft is still dominant in operating systems and other software.

ipa: /ˈdɒmɪnənt/

ipa: /ˈdɑmənənt/

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


dominant

forms:
dominant (singular)
dominants (plural)

glosses: A dominant is the fifth note of a musical scale of eight notes.

text: In the C Major scale, the dominant is the G.


bake

forms:
bake (canonical)
bakes (third-person singular)
baked (past)
baked (past participle)
baking (present participle)

glosses: If you bake something, you cook it with dry heat all around it, usually in an oven.

text: Bake the cake at 325 °F for 25 minutes.

ipa: /beɪk/

sampa: /beIk/

bak


stocking

forms:
stocking (singular)
stockings (plural)

glosses: A piece of clothing made of thin cloth to cover the legs.

text: One of my stockings has a hole in it.

ipa: /ˈstɒkɪŋ/


stocking

forms:
stock (canonical)
stocks (third-person singular)
stocked (past)
stocked (past participle)
stocking (present participle)

stock


rush

forms:
rush (canonical)
rushes (third-person singular)
rushed (past)
rushed (past participle)
rushing (present participle)

text: After the accident, they rushed him to the hospital.

text: I woke up late and rushed through breakfast.

rush

es


rush

forms:
rush (singular)
rushes (plural)

text: As the movie finished, there was a rush to the toilets.

text: A rush of air blew the papers off the desk.

text: I was in a rush and knocked the glass onto the floor.

noun

rushes


wave

forms:
wave (singular)
waves (plural)

glosses: A wave is the motion of water up and down.

text: The wind blew strongly on the water and made high waves.

enpr: wāv

ipa: /weɪv/

sampa: /weIv/


wave

forms:
wave (canonical)
waves (third-person singular)
waved (past)
waved (past participle)
waving (present participle)

glosses: To move from side to side again and again.

text: When she saw her friend, she waved her hand so her friend would see her.

text: The flag waved in the wind.

verb

wav


wax

forms:
wax (singular)
waxes (plural)

glosses: Wax is a solid material made of animal fat.

text: A candle is made of wax and a thick thread and has a flame on top.

enpr: wăks

ipa: /wæks/

homophones: whacks wacks

noun

wax

waxes


wax

forms:
wax (canonical)
waxes (third-person singular)
waxed (past)
waxed (past participle)
waxing (present participle)

glosses: If you wax something, you put wax on it, for example, a car.

text: She waxed her car to make the paint shine brightly.

glosses: When something waxes, it means that it gets bigger and becomes more full.

text: As the moon changes from a new moon to a full moon, it is said to be waxing.


solid

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

glosses: If something is solid, it is hard and keeps its shape.

text: When he went out in the morning, the water had frozen solid.

text: After it has cooled, the solid gold is moved to a safer place.

glosses: If something is solid x, its only material is x.

text: Copper mixed with silver made a much cheaper spoon than solid silver.

glosses: If something is solid, it has not spaces inside or between.

text: The traffic was a solid line of cars as far as you could see.

text: The wall looked solid, but when he knocked it made a hollow sound.

glosses: If something is solid, it is good and will not break or change easily.

text: Don't worry about the chair. It's solid as a rock.

text: The police had enough solid evidence to put him in jail.

enpr: sŏl'ĭd

ipa: /ˈsɑlɪd/

ipa: /ˈsɒlɪd/


solid

forms:
solid (singular)
solids (plural)

glosses: A solid is a material which keeps its shape. It is not a liquid (like water) or a gas (like air).


seven

forms: seven

text: There are seven days in one week.

ipa: /ˈsɛvən/


seven

forms:
seven (singular)
sevens (plural)

text: Three and four is seven.


wire

forms:
wire (singular)
wires (plural)

glosses: A wire is a long, thin metal thing, mostly for the purpose of making a connection from electric power to a machine.

text: A person cut the electric wire and all the machines in the building stopped.

ipa: /waɪə/


wire

forms:
wire (canonical)
wires (third-person singular)
wired (past)
wired (past participle)
wiring (present participle)

text: They wired up all the machines in the building.

verb

wir


three

forms: three

text: A triangle has three sides.

ipa: /θriː/


three

forms:
three (singular)
threes (plural)

text: one and two is three.


together

forms: together

glosses: Near; close; in the same place; not far; in a family or group.

text: I put all the books about food together on one shelf.

text: Together with everyone else, I'd like to thank you.

glosses: Putting parts of something into one thing. Organizing

text: He put together a meeting.

text: She put her computer back together herself.

ipa: /tʊˈgɛðɚ/

hyphenation: to‧geth‧er


together

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

glosses: If you say that someone is together, you mean he or she is well organized and focused.

text: I really admire how together she is.


test

forms:
test (singular)
tests (plural)

glosses: A test is writing that many learners do in a room at the same time so that people are able to see how much knowledge the learners have.

text: I'm happy because I got a high mark on the test.

glosses: A test is something someone does to see if something works.

text: The person did a good test of the machine by pushing all the buttons and watching the machine.

ipa: /tɛst/

sampa: /tEst/

audio: en-uk-a test.ogg


test

forms:
test (canonical)
tests (third-person singular)
tested (past)
tested (past participle)
testing (present participle)

glosses: The action of testing; to try something out to see whether it works.

text: He tested the software many times.


instant

forms:
instant (singular)
instants (plural)

text: She looked at me and for an instant, I thought she was her mother.

glosses: Instant x is x that is ready, or happens, very quickly (in an instant).

text: I don't like instant coffee, but that's usually what I drink.

text: With his first book, he was an instant success.

ipa: /ˈɪnstənt/


silver

forms:
silver (singular)
silvers (plural)

glosses: A metal with a near white colour and high value and the symbol Ag.

text: He paid with a silver dollar.

text: Her hair turned silver as she got older.

text: Jenny had three coppers and one silver.

glosses: A utensil or piece of cutlery made with silver; silverware

text: Mom put out the good silver for Christmas.

enpr: sĭl'vər

hyphenation: sil‧ver


six

forms: six

glosses: ordinal sixth) Six is the number that is after five and before seven. In numerals, it is 6.

text: Most people sleep from six to nine hours a night.

ipa: /ˈsɪks/

sampa: /"sIks/


six

forms:
six (singular)
sixes (plural)

text: Three and three is six.

noun

six

sixes


flow

forms:
flow (canonical)
flows (third-person singular)
flowed (past)
flowed (past participle)
flowing (present participle)

glosses: If something flows, it moves in a smooth and regular way.

text: The river flows gently to the sea.

enpr: flō

ipa: /fləʊ/

verb

flow

flows

flowed

flowed

flowing


flow

forms:
flow (singular)
flows (plural)

glosses: A flow is a smooth regular movement of a liquid, gas, etc.

text: A major accident is blocking the flow of traffic on Yonge St., just north of Queen.


become

forms:
become (canonical)
becomes (third-person singular)
became (past)
become (past participle)
becoming (present participle)

glosses: If x becomes y, it changes into y or changes to be more y.

text: The boy has become a man.

text: After she explained the ideas, they became clear.

glosses: If something becomes someone, it suits them or looks good on them.

text: Nice hat! It really becomes you.

ipa: /bə'kʌm, bɪˈkʌm/

sampa: /b@"kVm, bI"kVm/

become

becomes

became

become

becoming


stitch

forms:
stitch (singular)
stitches (plural)

glosses: A stitch is a little circle of thread, used to join cloth together.

text: A stitch in time saves nine. (Fix a little hole in cloth with one stitch now, or the hole will be big and will need many stitches.)

ipa: /stɪt͡ʃ/

sampa: /stItS/

enpr: stĭch

irrnoun

stitches


stitch

forms:
stitch (canonical)
stitches (third-person singular)
stitched (past)
stitched (past participle)
stitching (present participle)

glosses: If you stitch something, you make stitches in it.

verb

stitch


explode

forms:
explode (canonical)
explodes (third-person singular)
exploded (past)
exploded (past participle)
exploding (present participle)

glosses: If something explodes, it breaks apart quickly and strongly.

text: A bomb exploded in the market, killing five people.

text: She was so angry, she exploded.

ipa: /ɪkˈspləʊd/

ipa: /ɪkˈsploʊd/

hyphenation: ex‧plode

explod


hurry

forms:
hurry (canonical)
hurries (third-person singular)
hurried (past)
hurried (past participle)
hurrying (present participle)

text: After the speech, he had to hurry out the door to the waiting car.

text: I woke up late and had to hurry through breakfast.

text: My mother urged me to hurry. "You'll be late", she cried, "If you don't hurry!

hurr

y


treat

forms:
treat (canonical)
treats (third-person singular)
treated (past)
treated (past participle)
treating (present participle)

glosses: If you treat someone in a certain way, you act that way towards them.

text: I hate it when my teacher treats me like a child.

text: He always treated her badly. No wonder she left him!

glosses: If you treat an illness or injury, you do things to make it better.

text: The doctor couldn't treat my finger until he saw the X-ray.

text: After the accident 29 people were treated in hospital for minor injuries.

glosses: If you treat something, you put something on it or do something to it protect or clean it.

text: The woods was treated with chemicals before being made into paper.


treat

forms:
treat (singular)
treats (plural)

glosses: A treat is something nice that you don't get often.

text: The occasional trip to a swimming pool is a real treat for most families.

text: The children had a special treat of ice cream and cake.


socks

forms:
sock (singular)
socks (plural)

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

enpr: sŏks

ipa: /sɒks/

ipa: /sɑːks/

noun

sock


socks

forms:
sock (canonical)
socks (third-person singular)
socked (past)
socked (past participle)
socking (present participle)


extreme

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

glosses: If something is extreme it is very different from normal.

text: This disease usually causes mild illness, but in extreme cases can cause death.

text: Few animals can live in the extreme cold of the far north.

ipa: /ɪkˈstriːm/


extreme

forms:
extreme (singular)
extremes (plural)

glosses: An extreme is a situation or idea taken to its limit, especially with two opposites.

text: When there is a crime, you have a range of choices. At one extreme you can do nothing. At the other extreme, you can kill the person.


sample

forms:
sample (singular)
samples (plural)

glosses: A sample is a small amount of something to try or test it.

text: The nurse took a small blood sample.

text: The data come from a study of a random sample of adult (aged 15 and over) deaths.

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


sample

forms:
sample (canonical)
samples (third-person singular)
sampled (past)
sampled (past participle)
sampling (present participle)

glosses: If you sample something, you try or test a small amount of it.

text: After sampling each of the wines, she bought the one she liked best.

verb

sampl


attitude

forms:
attitude (singular)
attitudes (plural)

glosses: Your attitude is your feelings and opinions, especially when your actions show how you feel.

text: He has a really bad attitude towards work.

text: A positive attitude can make life a lot easier.

glosses: The attitude of an aircraft is the orientation of it that is relative to the horizon or direction of motion.

ipa: /ˈætɪˌtjuːd/

ipa: /ˈætɪtud/


thousand

forms: thousand

text: Julius Caesar lived about two thousand years ago.

ipa: /ˈθaʊznd/

sampa: /"TaUznd/


thousand

forms:
thousand (singular)
thousands (plural)

text: Ten hundreds is a thousand.


combination

forms:
combination (singular)
combinations (plural)

glosses: A combination is an item or group made of different things or kinds of things.

text: Any combination of these factors increases the risk dramatically.

glosses: Combination is the process of putting two or more things together.

ipa: /kɒmbɪ'neɪʃən/


stretch

forms:
stretch (canonical)
stretches (third-person singular)
stretched (past)
stretched (past participle)
stretching (present participle)

glosses: To pull; to move one end of something as far as possible from the other end.

text: He was big and the shirt was little, but he was able to stretch it and use it.

text: The Alps stretch from France to Austria.

ipa: /strɛtʃ/

stretch


stretch

forms:
stretch (singular)
stretches (plural)

glosses: A stretch is when a person pulls something.

text: John was stuck in jail for a ten-year stretch.

glosses: A statement is a stretch when it is changed or exaggerated from the truth.

text: That is a stretch! I do not think you are being entirely truthful to me.

noun

stretches


watch

forms:
watch (singular)
watches (plural)

glosses: A watch is a little clock on a person's arm near the person's hand, to measure time.

text: The person looks at his watch and has a thought that he is late.

ipa: /wɒtʃ/

ipa: /wɑːtʃ/

ipa: /wɔt͡ʃ/

watches


watch

forms:
watch (canonical)
watches (third-person singular)
watched (past)
watched (past participle)
watching (present participle)

glosses: To watch is to look for a long time or to look at somebody doing something.

text: yesterday I watched the person cook the food and now I know how to cook the food.

verb

watch


ten

forms: ten

text: We have ten fingers and ten toes.

ipa: /tɛn/

sampa: /tEn/


ten

forms:
ten (singular)
tens (plural)

text: two fives is ten.


imply

forms:
imply (canonical)
implies (third-person singular)
implied (past)
implied (past participle)
implying (present participle)

glosses: If you imply something, you mean it, but you don't say it directly.

text: By saying I should exercise more, she implied that I'm fat.

text: What does it imply about him if he uses bad language all the time?

ipa: /ɪmˈplaɪ/

hyphenation: im‧ply

impl


immediately

etymology_text: immediate + -ly

ety-suffix

immediate

expansion: immediate + -ly

glosses: If you do something immediately, you do it with no time or space between.

text: One car went by, immediately followed by a second at high speed.

text: Young man, I want this room cleaned up right now--immediately! Do you understand me?

ipa: /ɪˈmiːdiətli/

hyphenation: im‧me‧di‧ate‧ly; im‧me‧diate‧ly


immediately

forms: immediately

text: Miss Mei-Ling will be arriving here at twelve forty-five. Let me know immediately she does.

text: Immediately I've done it I feel completely disgusted with myself.


police

forms: police (plural)

glosses: The police are the government force who enforce laws, prevent crime, stop and arrest criminals, regulate traffic, help maintain public order, and help with emergencies.

text: When we saw the man take the money, we called the police.

text: The police car stopped the truck that was driving too fast.

text: New Zealand Police took stolen guns, money, and cars, after searching a homes in the city of Auckland.

glosses: The police means the city government department that is concerned with enforcing laws and helping with emergencies.

text: The Police Department there replaced the previous system of having volunteers keep the city safe.

ipa: /pəˈliːs/

police


police

forms:
police (canonical)
polices (third-person singular)
policed (past)
policed (past participle)
policing (present participle)

glosses: If you police an area or activity, you watch it to make sure no laws are being broken.

text: There are fewer crimes in the countryside, but it's difficult to police such a big area.

verb

polic


till

forms: till

glosses: In a period of time ending at a time someone says.

text: We will tell stories till it is time to sleep.

enpr: tĭl

ipa: /tɪl/

sampa: /tIl/


till

forms:
till (canonical)
tills (third-person singular)
tilled (past)
tilled (past participle)
tilling (present participle)


till

forms:
till (singular)
tills (plural)

glosses: A till is cash register; a machine which counts sales in shops and stores the money.

text: The till contained one hundred dollars at the end of the day


wheel

forms:
wheel (singular)
wheels (plural)

glosses: A wheel is a round thing (circle) on a cart or carriage or train or other machine that moves. A cart has four wheels that touch the road and turn.

text: The cart needs a very smooth road because it has little wheels.

enpr: wēl

ipa: /wiːl/

homophones: weal we'll


wheel

forms:
wheel (canonical)
wheels (third-person singular)
wheeled (past)
wheeled (past participle)
wheeling (present participle)

glosses: If you wheel something somewhere, you transport it in or on a vehicle that has wheels.

text: The nurses wheeled her into the operating theatre.

glosses: If something is wheeling, it is travelling in circles.

text: The eagle wheeled and dived towards the ground to catch its prey.


stupid

forms:
stupider (comparative)
stupidest (superlative)
stupid (positive)
more stupid (comparative)
most stupid (superlative)

glosses: If something or someone is stupid, it shows a lack of clear thought.

text: I'm so angry. That was a stupid mistake.

text: Don't be stupid. Of course it's true.

ipa: /ˈst(j)uːpɪd/

adjective

stupid

stupider

stupidest


sponge

forms:
sponge (singular)
sponges (plural)

glosses: A sponge is a soft thing with many holes that can keep much water in it. (One that grows in water, or one that is made by people and used for washing things.)

text: Use the sponge to clean up the water.

enpr: spŭnj

ipa: /spʌnd͡ʒ/


sponge

forms:
sponge (canonical)
sponges (third-person singular)
sponged (past)
sponged (past participle)
sponging (present participle)

glosses: Sponge means to take advantage of someone's kindness

verb

spong


trade

forms:
trade (canonical)
trades (third-person singular)
traded (past)
traded (past participle)
trading (present participle)

glosses: When two people trade, one gives something to the other and the other gives something to the first one. They make an exchange. Sometimes money is one of the things.

ipa: /treɪd/

sampa: /'treId/

trad


trade

forms:
trade (singular)
trades (plural)

glosses: Trade is the buying and selling of goods.

text: Trade between Canada and the US is at its highest level in years.

text: I think I made a good trade.

glosses: A trade is a job that needs a special skill to do.

text: The carpenters trade involves making things from wood.

text: He went to trade school to become a plumber.


entertainment

forms:
entertainment (singular)
entertainments (plural)

etymology_text: entertain + -ment

ety-suffix

entertain

ment

expansion: entertain + -ment

glosses: Entertainment is things that you do, watch, read, or listen to for fun (e.g., movies, TV, music, games, etc.)

text: Stories provide entertainment, but they also can teach you things.

text: Most people in town go to the bar for entertainment.


trick

forms:
trick (canonical)
tricks (third-person singular)
tricked (past)
tricked (past participle)
tricking (present participle)

glosses: To make someone think something that is not true.

text: He tricked her into thinking he had much money.

enpr: trĭk

ipa: /trɪk/

sampa: /trIk/


trick

forms:
trick (singular)
tricks (plural)

glosses: Something you do to fool (trick) someone.

text: I did a trick that the children thought was magic.

text: I know a few tricks with a computer.

text: I taught my dog several tricks, like shaking hands with me.

glosses: Something clever you do that might solve a problem.

text: I know just the trick for this.


grave

forms:
grave (positive)
graver (comparative)
gravest (superlative)

glosses: If a problem or situation is grave, it is bad and serious.

text: She's in danger, Frank. Grave danger. Aren't you willing to do anything to help her?

glosses: If a person looks or acts grave, they look serious and worried.

text: He looked very grave indeed, and sat staring quiety at his table-full of papers.

glosses: A grave accent is the mark over the e shown here: è.

enpr: grāv

ipa: /ɡreɪv/

sampa: /greIv/

adjective

grave

graver

gravest


grave

forms:
grave (singular)
graves (plural)

glosses: A grave is the place where a dead body is buried in the earth.

text: If your pet has died, you may be too upset to dig the grave.


tail

forms:
tail (singular)
tails (plural)

glosses: A tail is a long, thin part on the back end of an animal.

text: The dog wags his tail (moves his tail quickly from side to side) when he sees his friend.

enpr: tāl

ipa: /teɪl/


tail

forms:
tail (canonical)
tails (third-person singular)
tailed (past)
tailed (past participle)
tailing (present participle)

glosses: If you tail someone, you follow them without them noticing; you observe them.


perceive

forms:
perceive (canonical)
perceives (third-person singular)
perceived (past)
perceived (past participle)
perceiving (present participle)

glosses: If you perceive something, you notice it through one of your senses (you see it, touch it, smell it, hear it, or taste it); to be aware of something.

text: He was unable to perceive any difference at all in the room after the changes.

glosses: If you perceive something, you believe it or understand it.

text: Education is widely perceived as a powerful way to improve the quality of life.

ipa: /pəˈsiːv/

ipa: /pɚˈsiv/

hyphenation: per‧ceive

verb

perceiv

e


train

forms:
train (singular)
trains (plural)

glosses: A long vehicle with many cars that are joined together. A train runs on a track.

text: I took the train from Paris to Frankfurt.

ipa: /treɪn/

audio: en-uk-a train.ogg


train

forms:
train (canonical)
trains (third-person singular)
trained (past)
trained (past participle)
training (present participle)

glosses: If you train someone, you teach them a particular skill.

text: In school we had computer training and sex education.